The paper
has learnt that the vehicle manufacturer, which employs around 5,000 workers at plants in Merseyside and Luton, approached Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, last week along with other carmakers, to urge the Government to give guarantees offering financial comfort to its car-part suppliers and dealerships. The move marks the first time that a company outside the banking sector has approached the Government for financial help since the credit crisis erupted 18 months ago.
The Telegraph leads with the news that premium bonds are the new victims of the crisis
More than 20 million savers have seen their chances of making money on Premium Bonds drastically reduced as interest rate cuts hit Britain's most popular investment.
Fleeced by the power giants: Gas, electricity and oil prices plunge - but your energy bills are STILL higher than ever says the Mail
Power companies are under increasing pressure to pass on the benefit of the plummeting price of oil.
Watchdogs are angry that domestic energy bills have continued to rise sharply since the summer even though wholesale prices have nearly halved.
Millions of families are desperate for gas, electricity and heating oil bills to fall as their household incomes are squeezed elsewhere.
OJ Simpson is pictured in many of the papers.The Independent leads with
O J finally goes to jail
A career that had touched the heights of Hollywood fame and sporting stardom ended in all-American disgrace yesterday, with O J Simpson sobbing uncontrollably in a Las Vegas court as he was sentenced to up to 33 years behind bars for organising a bungled armed robbery at a casino hotel.
The Guardian reports that
Dressed in blue prison fatigues, his hands bound in chains, Simpson visibly sagged as Judge Jackie Glass handed down the sentence.
Behind him, his daughter stared at the ground, while Ron and Kim Goldman, the father and sister of one of the people Simpson was cleared of murdering in the 1995 "trial of the century", wiped their eyes.
The Mail reports that
The father of Ronald Goldman, who has accused Simpson of murdering his son in June 1994, said he was thrilled with the verdict although it was a bittersweet occasion.
Fred Goldman said: 'There's never closure. Ron is always gone.
'What we have is satisfaction that this monster is where he belongs, behind bars. That SOB is going to be in jail for a very long time.'
The Guardian leads with the Ofsted report into Haringey
The head of Ofsted has acknowledged that local councils whose child protection agencies have been rated "good" by the agency could in fact be systematically failing children because the assessment method used by inspectors was open to manipulation.
In her first major interview since the verdict on Baby P's death was returned, Christine Gilbert admitted to failings in Ofsted's oversight of Haringey council, acknowledging that officials in the local authority where Baby P died were able to "hide behind" false data last year to earn themselves a good rating from inspectors just weeks after his death.
According to the Times
Security on the River Thames has been stepped up to try to prevent a Mumbai-style terrorist attack on London, Boris Johnson says in an interview with The Times today.
The Mayor of London says that the Royal Navy and the Special Boat Service are guarding the capital against the threat of an assault from the river.
The Times has also been told that measures are already being intensified in readiness for the London Olympics in 2012 and are being studied further as part of the review of strategy that has followed the attacks in India.
The Telegraph reports that
John Hutton, the Defence Secretary, is ready to pull UK troops out of Iraq at the end of this month unless the Iraqi government agrees a new immunity deal for British soldiers who shoot to kill, A legal wrangle between the Ministry of Defence and the Baghdad governments means British involvement in Iraq could end sooner than expected.
and adds
Mr Hutton is privately furious that Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi Prime Minister, has not yet agreed a deal to give British troops "copper-bottomed" legal protection from prosecution when their existing United Nations mandate expires at midnight on 31 December
The Guardian returmns to an old theme BAE accused of £100m secret payments to seal South Africa arms deal
More than £ 100m was secretly paid by the arms company BAE to sell warplanes to South Africa, according to allegations in a detailed police dossier seen by the Guardian yesterday.
The leaked evidence from South African police and the British Serious Fraud Office quotes a BAE agent recommending "financially incentivising" politicians
The Sun reports on a scrounger sensation
EVIL mum Karen Matthews has her first ever job — as a cleaner in prison.
The benefits-scrounging slob kidnapped her daughter Shannon to claim reward money — and had never done a day’s work before in her life.
The Mirror leads on the same topic reporting that
The sister of evil mum Karen Matthews said last night: “I hope she rots in jail.”
Outraged Julie Poskitt said she could never forgive the mother of seven for putting daughter Shannon, nine, through her traumatic ordeal.
Julie, 37, said: “What my sister did shocked me. It shocked my family and it shocked the whole country. Words cannot begin to describe my anger.
The Telegraph meanwhile reports that
Kirklees Council said the independent review would study social workers' involvement with the family and look at why Shannon Matthews was removed from the at-risk register five years before her kidnapping against the recommendations of experts
There is plenty of celebrity in the papers
Boy George faces jail term after guilty verdict in escort case reports the Independent
The eighties pop icon Boy George has been told to expect a prison sentence after being found guilty of falsely imprisoning a male escort.
The former Culture Club singer handcuffed the Norwegian Audun Carlsen to a wall before beating him with a metal chain when he tried to escape after a naked photo shoot.
Selina Scott wins £250,000 in Channel Five ageism row reports the Telegraph
The 57-year-old accused the broadcaster of ageism after it offered her a high-profile role but then gave the job to two younger broadcasters.
In a victory for older female stars, many of whom have complained that they are treated unfairly by the television industry, she has now received an apology from Channel Five and a financial settlement estimated at up to £250,000.
The Express leads with the story adding that
The veteran presenter had expected to be taking over from Five’s news anchorwoman Natasha Kaplinsky when she went on maternity leave earlier this year but was overlooked for younger presenters.
Natasha – who gave birth to a boy in September – was eventually replaced by the much younger Isla Traquair, 28, and Matt Barbet, 32.
The Guardian reports that
Armed men in wigs pull off £70m robbery at top Paris jewellery store
Four men, some wearing wigs and female clothing, made a rapid getaway from the exclusive Harry Winston store in Paris after stealing almost every piece of jewellery on display and emptying two backdoor storage cases.
Police put the estimated total value of the haul at €80m (£70m), making it by far the largest jewel robbery carried out in France. "This is certainly a record," said Doron Levy, a spokesman for the French union of jewellers. "It exceeds anything we've seen here going back years."
One of the running stories of the week is updated in the Sun
FAMILIES were last night warned to beware of a SECOND dodgy Lapland — 24 hours after the one where fuming punters attacked Santa shut in shame.
The new theme park — due to open at noon today — remained little more than a few tents in a muddy field last night.
Its website, parts of which are identical to the Lapland New Forest rip-off, makes the same promise of “Christmas magic for everyone.”
A different Xmas theme in the Mail which reports
Panic in the High Street as every shop starts a sale
Stores are delivering a half-price Christmas amid a desperate High Street 'battle of the bargains'.
Woolworths yesterday launched the biggest closing down sale ever seen, promising to slash prices by up to 50 per cent across 813 outlets.
A few prices came down by more than 80 per cent.
Formula one heading for a crash reports the Independent
the snows of Formula One's winter of discontent deepened yesterday, amid fears that Honda may not be the only team in trouble in the economic blizzard.
As the Japanese team outlined in Tokyo the reasons for their shock withdrawal, fears increased of a scenario from Agatha Christie's novel, Ten Little Indians, and a domino effect sweeping through the sport.
Finally the Guardian reveals Bushes to swap White House for Dallas pad
As their eight years at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue come to a close, George and Laura Bush have revealed their plans to move on, with the announcement that they have bought a house back home in Texas.
The post-presidential house, a single-storey red-brick building, is in the Preston Hollow section of Dallas, the same neighbourhood where the family lived before Bush entered politics. It is one of the wealthiest sections of the city.
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