Ministers last night ordered an urgent nationwide review of child protection procedures in the wake of the death of a 17-month-old boy at the hands of his mother, her boyfriend and another man.says the Guardian
The three were convicted at the Old Bailey in a case that has many echoes of the terrible death of Victoria Climbié, whose murder eight years ago, in the same north London borough, Haringey, led to widespread changes in child protection.
Blood on their hands says the Sun
TORTURED Baby P was seen SIXTY times by health or social workers during the eight months in which he was brutally abused.
The 17-month-old tot had more than FIFTY injuries or bruises.
When he was seen by a doctor two days before he died, he had a broken back, eight fractured ribs and was paralysed from the waist down.
The Times reports that
Baby P was sullen and shaven-headed and covered in bruises and scabs when he died in the dirty, flea-ridden house in August last year. His fingernails and the tips of his fingers had been torn off and he had been hit so hard in the face that one of his teeth was found in his stomach
Once again, no one's to blame: says the Mail which reports that
But not a single social worker will lose their job over the blunders which let the little boy suffer 50 injuries including a broken back, eight fractured ribs and ripped fingernails.
The Independent leads with the recession under the headline the Domino effect,it reports how
It began with the banks. Then house prices began to tumble. In the months that followed, the shock waves spread, engulfing first high streets, then factories – and thousands of jobs. In this gripping account, Paul Vallely travels across Britain to meet the people whose lives – and livelihoods – have fallen victim to the domino effect that left a nation broken
4,000 jobs go in a day as recession bites says the Times
The recession took a firm grip on Britain last night as well over 4,000 jobs were slashed in a day, fuelling fears that the total will be more than two million by early next year.
With figures today expected to show the highest number of people out of work since 1998, a roll call of household names in the pharmaceutical, technology and media sectors announced swingeing cuts.
The figures heightened fears that employment in all sectors of the economy will be hit. Until now, the bulk of job losses have been among manufacturers, housebuilders, hotels and restaurants and financial services
The Guardian says that Brown tax cuts to help 10p rate losers
Tax cuts set out by the government in next week's pre-budget report will be aimed at the 1.1 million people who did not receive emergency compensation when the controversial 10p tax rate was abolished earlier this year, the Guardian has learned.
But concerns about the scale of public borrowing mean that the changes will be modest and will be followed soon afterwards by tax rises to reduce national debt towards sustainable levels.
BROWN WILL PUT UP TAXES says the Express
MASSIVE tax rises will fund Gordon Brown’s multi-billion-pound economic rescue package, a senior Labour minister let slip yesterday.
The new burden could equate to at least an extra 4p on income tax, the Tories claimed, raising the average annual household tax bill by £500
The Telegraph meanwhile reports that
Borrowers taking out popular tracker mortgages in the wake of the global credit crisis are paying the highest rates in more than seven years, official figures have revealed.
Stop fleecing us, Brown warns credit card giants says the Mail
Credit card companies were ordered by Gordon Brown last night to stop fleecing customers.
He said they should behave 'responsibly' to help households through the difficult times.
The Prime Minister had been 'appalled' by complaints that interest rates remain sky-high despite the falling cost of borrowing.
Meanwhile the Independent reports that
Handover turns ugly as car industry bailout row flares
An ideological battle has erupted between George Bush and Barack Obama, with the outgoing President baulking at proposals to prop up General Motors, once the world's largest car maker, which could go bust by Christmas.
Despite the smiles for the cameras at the White House on Monday, a tense stand-off is flaring between the two. It is testing Mr Obama's assertion that "we only have one president at a time" and his desire to stay out of Mr Bush's way in the remaining two and a half months of his presidency. With car sales collapsing in a steadily worsening economy, the President-elect wants to avoid the prospect of tens of thousands of Democrat-voting union workers being thrown out of work just as he starts his term of office.
UN Security Council delays sending more troops to Congo reports the Telegraph
The head of UN Peacekeeping operations Alain Le Roy said it was unlikely the council would arrive at a decision on the UN mission, known as MONUC, before the end of the month.
"A report of the Secretary-General will be issued next week, for a decision by the end of the month," he said.
Cholera spreads among Congo refugees reports the Guardian
A cholera outbreak in a refugee camp has spread to eastern Congo's provincial capital of Goma, as humanitarian groups called for more UN peacekeepers to protect civilians caught up in the fighting between government forces and rebel troops.
Human Rights Watch said the UN security council should bolster the 17,000-strong UN force in Congo - the world's biggest UN peacekeeping mission - by 3,000 soldiers and police
Many of the papers report from the Cenotaph
Determined spirit of Henry Allingham, Great War veteran, stirs crowd at Cenotaph says the Times
It is the spontaneous gestures that tell the story behind the ceremony, the moments of real emotion that cut through it all to lay bare our innermost thoughts — and yesterday, as Henry Allingham struggled in vain against the infirmities of old age to rise to his feet, it told a powerful story of remembrance and loss.
The Independent reports
Of all the millions of men who made up the vast military machines fielded by Great Britain, Germany, France and the Empire in a war that ended 90 years ago yesterday, only four remain. Three were at the Cenotaph in Whitehall yesterday, to observe two minutes' silence for their fallen comrades.
The baby of the bunch was Bill Stone, born in Devon in September 1900, the tenth of 14 children, who was prevented by his father from joining the Royal Navy at the age of 15, but signed up on his 18th birthday. He was still in training when the the Great War ended but saw action during the invasion of Sicily in 1943, and stayed in the senior service until 1945.
Carnage UK: The company cynically turning student binge drinking into big business reports the Mail
An intoxicated young woman in hot pants is bending over to retch and simultaneously be groped by a male undergraduate, who she may well not know. Others are simply in a state of alcoholic collapse. Police, stewards and a medical team lurk nearby.
A cold Monday night in November would normally see central Norwich all but deserted.
But Carnage UK is in town. And as many as 2,000 local students, mostly teenagers, are taking part in what the 'UK's number one student event promoter' has billed as a 'Dirty Porn Star' fancy dress party.
For £10 each, the undergraduates are given a souvenir T-shirt and exclusive entry to six city centre nightspots. Each venue is printed on the T-shirts and is supposed to be ticked off with marker pens as the evening progresses.
Man due in court after murder of teenage model says the Telegraph
A man charged with the murder of teenage model Amy Leigh Barnes is due to appear in court today.Miss Barnes, 19, was taken to hospital with stab wounds after police were called to her home in Farnworth, Bolton on Saturday. She died later from her injuries.
Ricardo Morrison, 21, formerly of Birmingham, is due to appear before Bolton Magistrates' Court today, having been charged with her murder by Greater Manchester Police.
Shipwrecked in the sand reports the Indy
The closest Southampton Port's Brambles sandbank normally comes to catching anyone out is during the annual cricket match held on its surface by two rival sailing clubs. Yesterday, the sticky tidal mud patch in the middle of the Solent claimed an altogether bigger prize: the 70,000-tonne Queen Elizabeth 2.
The majestic vessel had planned to make a dramatic entrance to Southampton Water at dawn, to mark its final visit to its home port before it sails for Dubai and a new life as a luxury floating hotel. Unfortunately, the QE2's arrival was marked by drama of a slightly less regal kind when the ship ran aground on the sandbar and had to be towed free by a flotilla of tugs.
The Sun reports on the case of
A FEMALE vicar who went on swingers’ holidays and rolled up drunk to services was yesterday banned from the clergy for 12 years.
Church bosses branded the behaviour of Teresa Davies “scandalous”.
The motorbike-riding mum, 37, boasted of her sordid exploits to two colleagues after a boozy Christmas lunch.
Finally the Guardian reports
Sorry, you're on hold. All of our workers are off sick
Perhaps it is the stress of dealing with cranky members of the public. Or maybe they are just bunking off to escape the sheer boredom of sitting in front of a computer screen, day in, day out. But whatever the reason, it emerged yesterday that people who work in customer services, including call centre operators, are more likely to call in sick than any other workers in Britain.
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