Monday, July 07, 2008


Food takes centre stage with many of the papers headlining the Prime Minister's comments.

Britain declares war on waste says the Independent

The Government is to launch a campaign to stamp out Britain's waste food mountains as part of a global effort to curb spiralling food prices.
Supermarkets will be urged to drop "three for two" deals on food that encourage shoppers into bulk-buying more than they need, often leading to the surpluses being thrown away.


Waste not want not Brown tells families is the lead in the Times

A cross-Whitehall study into higher food costs has identified waste as a factor. The report said that British households disposed of four million tonnes of food each year that could have been eaten. The Cabinet Office inquiry into food policy, ordered by Mr Brown soon after he became Prime Minister, accuses families of wasting an average of £420 a year on food, The Times has learnt.


The Guardian says that on his way to the G8 summit

the prime minister referred to the report: "If we are to get food prices down, we must also do more to deal with unnecessary demand - such as all of us doing more to cut food waste which is costing the average household in Britain around £8 per week."


The Mail also leads with the story

Gordon Brown called for prudence in the kitchen last night, telling us not to throw away so much food.
With prices soaring, he suggested we could save up to £8 a week by making our shopping go further.
Waste could be reduced by simple steps such as storing fruit and vegetables in the fridge to make them last longer.


The Telegraph leads with a warning for the Prime Minister

Now you're future is at stake

Labour MPs have warned Gordon Brown that his future as Prime Minister will be at stake when Labour fights a crucial by-election in which the party has been forced to field its fifth choice candidate. Some MPs have told the Daily Telegraph that there would be no way back for Mr Brown if the party loses the traditional Labour stronghold in its Scottish heartland of Glasgow East.
One former minister even warned that winning in Glasgow would not save Mr Brown, and losing the safe seat would hasten his exit.


The Indpendent agrees

Many Labour MPs are saying privately that Mr Brown will be dealt a fatal blow if Labour does not hold the seat, which it won with a 13,500-majority at the last election.
"Gordon will have to make up his own mind on this," said one minister. "But people will encourage him, if things have not been turned around. And it will be sooner than people think.


Tories unveil reform plan for fuel duty reports the Guardian

The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, yesterday promised a radical reform of fuel duty that would have given motorists an immediate cut of between 5p and 6p a litre on the price of petrol at current rates.
The Conservatives say they would introduce what they call a "fair fuel stabiliser", which would mean the Treasury would take less tax on fuel when oil prices rose, but claw back the cash when prices fell. When the price reached 118p a litre in June, motorists would have paid only 113p. At today's diesel prices of more than 130p a litre, the savings would be higher.


Knife Crime is not far from the headlines,the Mirror leads with the story that

A thug aged just 10 pulled a flick knife on a nine-year-old girl after she refused to hand over her games console.
The terrified victim was walking three doors from a friend's house to her grandmother's when she was accosted by the primary school pupil
.

The Mail says 'Knives are in youngsters' DNA,' minister warns

Carrying a knife in public is now ingrained in the ‘collective DNA’ of a generation of youngsters, the Government admitted yesterday.
Police Minister Tony McNulty made the deeply disturbing remark as figures were released showing that every day, 38 victims of knife woundings are admitted to A&E departments.
The total of almost 14,000 last year is far worse than had been feared.


The Guardian reports that

Five held over Shakilus Townsend killing

Four men, aged 16, 17, 18 and 22, and a 16-year-old girl were in custody last night in connection with the attack, which left the teenager, the 18th to die from knife violence in London this year, pleading for his mother as he lay bleeding in a witness's arms.
The arrests on Saturday night and yesterday morning came as tributes and pictures posted on the internet suggested the teenager, known as Shak or Bugz, was caught up in London's gang culture. He was repeatedly referred to as a "fallen soldier", and one photograph on the social networking site Bebo shows him posing with a kitchen knife as he leans against a car, with the caption "Dullwichz killer Bugz", while in another he holds a gun.


Face of man wanted in connection with murder of students reports the Independent

The black and white image is a computer-generated impression of a white male seen running from the scene eight days ago, at about the time neighbours reported hearing an explosion. He has been described as between 30 and 40, of slight/slim build and wearing a light coloured baseball cap and a dark top, blue jeans and white trainers.



There is much debate about women bishops,the Telegraph reports that

A new class of "super bishop" could be created to cater for traditionalists who oppose the introduction of women bishops, in a last-minute bid to avert a split within the Church of England.Under the plan, three male super bishops would be ordained to look after clergy and parishioners who do not want to be led by a female bishop, and would be answerable only to the Archbishops of York and Canterbury.
as the Times reports that

More than 1,300 clergy have threatened to walk out if the Church goes ahead with approving the consecration of women bishops without statutory provision to safeguard the traditionalists' place in the Church.


Sport is on most of the front pages with pictures of a triuphant Raphael Nadal at Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal elated to beat Roger Federer, the 'best in history' in men's final says the Telegraph

The new Wimbledon champion is certainly determined to do things his own way. Rafael Nadal set a precedent for victory celebrations by climbing into the players' box to greet his family and friends, then walking across the roof of the television commentary boxes to shake hands with the visiting Prince and Princess of Asturias.


The Mail says

It took a performance reminiscent of The Greatest for Rafael Nadal to win the greatest ever Wimbledon final last night and finally dethrone Roger Federer.
Having absorbed more punches than Muhammed Ali might have expected in a 15-rounder, the 22 year-old Spaniard kept bouncing back to finally subdue Roger Federer on the most dramatic night experienced at SW19's own theatre of dreams.



Hope and glory says the front of the Sun

BRITISH sport was given huge hope for the future yesterday after glorious victories for F1 ace Lewis Hamilton and tennis starlet Laura Robson.
The Brit sensations — aged 23 and 14 — landed the British Grand Prix and girls’ singles title at Wimbledon. They lifted the gloom of the credit crunch and a string of sporting flops, giving the nation a massive boost. And last night thrilled Lewis said: “It’s been a great weekend for British sport — let’s hope it continues.”


The Independent reports that Half of Britons believe NHS will cease to be free at point of use

The findings of the poll show that, on the NHS's 60th anniversary, public confidence in the Government's ability to sustain it as a comprehensive, free and universal service has sunk to a new low. Some 93 per cent of those surveyed believe the NHS should continue to be funded from taxes and remain free at the point of use.


More on health in the Times which says that

Infertile men can more than double their chances of fatherhood with a new IVF technique, according to the most comprehensive study of the procedure yet conducted.
The results of a major trial of the approach, which builds upon the technique of injecting sperm directly into an egg, suggest dramatic benefits for the one in 12 couples affected by malefactor infertility. A far more powerful microscope is used to identify the sperm most likely to succeed.


Finally the Express announces on its front page that the summer will be a washout

THE summer is heading for a total washout, with little chance of any long periods of sunshine.
Most of the country will be drenched by thundery showers all this week – and forecasters predict that could set the pattern for the rest of the month and beyond.
The miserable outlook even led one forecaster to warn that this summer could be among the wettest on record.

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