GARY Glitter is a dangerous, serial child sex molester.

But how we wish that the authorities would devote similar effort and resources to the many thousands of other paedophiles in our communities.

That’s why our calls for Sarah’s Law — to give parents the right to know the whereabouts of such creatures in their neighbourhoods — will never cease.

Though today we can report an important breakthrough.

Eight years after the abduction and murder of schoolgirl Sarah Payne, a version of Sarah’s Law is to be trialled in four police areas from next month.

Parents suspicious about anyone with access to their youngsters can check with police if those children are indeed at risk from predatory abusers.

We have Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and her minister Vernon Coaker to thank for that.

If pilot tests prove worthwhile — and we’re sure they will — the scheme must be introduced throughout the land.

Then the FULL Sarah’s Law must follow swiftly.

For the peace of mind of every parent. And the safety of every child.

Peril on every front

TODAY we uncover passports for potential bombers being sold under the cover of British mosques.

The fanatics behind this plot besmirch their religious elders and the law-abiding Muslim majority who want to live here in harmony.

But villainy gets its aid from abroad.

Which is why the deployment of an extra battalion of 4,500 to confront the Taliban in Afghanistan is a powerful commitment to world security.

We know there will be sacrifice.

Yet it sends a stark message to terrorists: we are in this fight to win, and good will always conquer evil.

The town hall spy-ring

COUNCIL jobsworths’ plans to use anti-terror laws to discover if people are sleeping together are an outrage.

The signal from your mobile phone will tell them exactly where you are.

And whether you or your partner ought to be paying more than a single person’s council tax.

Since its launch, the anti-terror legislation has been hugely abused.

Are there really NO limits to the snoopers’ sinister powers?

Waltz about a rise?

STARS get a fortune and the dancers who let them look good get a pittance.

Strictly TV bosses need to remember it takes two to tango.

So think of a rumba and double it.