The Metro also leads on the arrest, saying it followed a high-speed car chase. It pictures police leading a man from the scene of a crash. Wheatley, given 13 life sentences for armed robbery in 2002, absconded from open prison on Saturday.
In the wake of the case, the Conservatives are drawing up plans to prevent violent criminals from getting automatic early release from prisons, for inclusion in their next election manifesto, according to the Daily Telegraph.
The Guardian reports evidence of Police Service of Northern Ireland officers to MPs suggesting nearly 100 Irish republicans linked to almost 300 murders have received "comfort letters" advising they are no longer wanted by police.
The Times highlights the push to find more than 200 girls kidnapped by Islamists in Nigeria. It pictures Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot by the Taliban, displaying the campaign hashtag "#BringBackOurGirls".
The Daily Mail has more claims about the amount of halal food on sale. It says supermarkets and restaurants have switched to meat slaughtered in line with Islamic principles because it's cheaper than stocking a choice of alternatives.
The Independent examines employment statistics to find the number of women aged over 50 who are out of work has jumped 45% to 161,000 since 2010, a period when unemployment among men of the same age has fallen.
Its sister paper, the i, uses the headline "Middle-aged women thrown on the jobs scrapheap". Its front-page image shows Manchester City players during a 4-0 win over Aston Villa that edged them closer to the Premier League title.
International news leads the Financial Times, which reports fresh hopes that the crisis in Ukraine will ease after Russian President Vladimir Putin called on activists to postpone plans for a referendum on independence.
The Daily Star says Katie Price is getting a third divorce after accusing her husband of an affair with her "best friend" Jane Pountney on Twitter. Mrs Pountney's husband reportedly says there was no "full-blown" affair.
The Sun reproduces an image of Price's wedding to husband Kieran Hayler, in the Bahamas in 2013. Mrs Pountney, as bridesmaid, is pictured alongside them on the beach.
Price's photo also appears on the Daily Express front page. Its lead story suggests the UK is in for 72 hours of gales, gusting up to 60mph, from Friday. Southern England is likely to bear the brunt, with flash floods a threat, it says.
A photograph of the fugitive nicknamed "Skull Cracker" - on the pavement and apparently handcuffed - covers the front page of the Daily Mirror.
Inside, the paper describes how events unfolded since Michael Wheatley absconded from an open prison in Kent on Saturday. It records several sightings of the convicted armed robber in the London area on Monday and a building society raid in Surrey on Wednesday.
The Metro quotes witnesses describing the moments before his arrest, involving a police chase which ended in a black BMW crashing into an east London housing block.
Wheatley had failed to return to jail after his day release and the Daily Telegraph says his case has "started a political debate about the handling of violent criminals". It says the Conservatives will pledge to force violent criminals to earn early release, rather than qualify for it automatically.
Reviewing the papers for the BBC News Channel, the Independent's Whitehall editor Oliver Wright said: "I don't think the government should be saying we should be changing the law on when you let people out on the basis of this case. It might be good politics but it's pretty ineffective policy."
His fellow panellist Zamila Bunglawala added: "Before we start reforming the penal system we need to look at the how many people we currently have in prisons and those numbers are horrific."
However Rod Liddle, in the Sun, criticises "do-gooders" who "decided it might be a good idea to let him out", despite him being only 12 years through his 13 life sentences. "The system no longer cares about the public it was set up to protect," he complains.
And the Telegraph argues: "What this most exposes... is the disconnection between the sentences passed by the courts and the length of time served." It adds that more honesty in sentencing policy would restore public confidence.
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