Friday, September 05, 2008


The investigation into the crash of the BA plane at Heathrow earler in the year is on the front of many of the papers.The Telegraph reports that

An urgent review of air safety has been ordered after investigators found that ice blocking the fuel supply caused a British Airways passenger jet to crash land at Heathrow.
adding

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch warned that "immediate action" must be taken out to assess whether the problem which caused the Boeing 777 accident could affect other aircraft.


The Independent reports Safety fears over long-haul flights

Flight BA038 was seconds away from touching down when it lost power. The pilot did not even have time to warn his 136 passengers to brace themselves before he realised the jet was not going to reach the runway


The Mail says that

Every long-haul passenger plane in the world faces strict new safety checks to prevent a repetition of the Heathrow crash-landing in January. They could also be ordered to fly at lower altitudes after investigators admitted they have no idea how many other planes may be vulnerable to a 'previously unforeseen threat' of ice blocking the flow of engine fuel.


For the Times yesterday's latest figures on the economy dominate,the paper says that

Car sales fell to their lowest level for more than 40 years last month in the most dramatic sign yet that the country is heading into a recession.
Britain’s biggest industry gave warning of deeper cuts in production to come as consumers, worried about the high cost of fuel and the economic downturn, shy away from big purchases and abandon the showrooms


The Guardian leads with the headline Austerity Britain

The latest batch of figures highlights the strain on household budgets labouring under heavier mortgage payments and sharply rising energy and food costs.
It adds to clear evidence of changing spending habits in recent weeks as consumers negotiate the worsening economy. Sales at Aldi, the "pile it high, sell it cheap" grocer, jumped almost 20% in the 12 weeks to mid-August, compared with the same period a year earlier, while sales at rival Lidl were up 12.3%.
Analysts have begun to talk about the "Aldi effect" as shorthand for discount and low budget retailers that are benefiting from the credit crunch.


The Mail says that

The value of an average house is dropping by almost £100 a day, the Halifax said yesterday.
Since March the price of a typical home has tumbled from £191,590 to just over £174,000.It means taxpayers on a monthly salary of around £2,000 are earning less at work than they are losing on their homes.


The Telegraph reports on the Prime Minister's speech last night he

has ruled out giving cash handouts to families struggling with the cost of rising energy bills,In a speech to the Scottish CBI in Glasgow tonight, Gordon Brown said there would be no “short-term gimmicks or giveaways”, but said ministers are working with utility companies to try to reduce bills in the future.
Mr Brown said: “Not short-term gimmicks or giveaways - but firm steps towards making every home in Britain more energy efficient, thus reducing bills not just temporarily, but permanently.


Brown will be ousted in months, critics say reports the Independent

Charles Clarke cast a long shadow over Mr Brown's attempted relaunch by calling on the Cabinet to stage a mutiny against him if he failed to revive Labour's fortunes soon.
But Brown allies hit back by warning Labour MPs that they would be "turkeys voting for Christmas" if the Prime Minister was forced out, saying that an incoming leader would have to call an early general election.


The Guardian reports that on institutional racism in schools,

Black Caribbean pupils are being subjected to institutional racism in English schools which can dramatically undermine their chances of academic success, according to a new study.
Researchers have uncovered evidence that teachers are routinely under-estimating the abilities of some black pupils, suggesting that assumptions about behavioural problems are overshadowing their academic talents.


The Times says that

American universities are planning to use recruitment agencies to entice the brightest British students across the Atlantic with generous bursaries.
Admissions tutors in the US are developing new tactics in the global battle to attract students; a move that will benefit the cleverest but will exacerbate competition between American and British universities. In addition to a “brain drain” of the best school-leavers, Britain’s share of the lucrative market in overseas students, who pay substantial fees, could be diminished.


The Express leads with the headline Work til you drop

If you’re dreaming of a restful retirement – think again. That was the daunting warning from a senior Labour figure yesterday.
Instead, people should be prepared to keep working as long as they can and expect less support from the state in future.
Former Home Secretary David Blunkett provoked outrage by calling for drastic measures
in response to the looming pensions crisis.


News from overseas and the Guardian reports that

The US vice-president, Dick Cheney, yesterday issued a direct challenge to Moscow's sway over Georgia, pledging Washington's support for its eventual membership of Nato, while denouncing Russia's "illegitimate" invasion. "Georgia will be in our alliance," Cheney said after talks with President Mikheil Saakashvili.


The Independent reports from Angola on Judgement day for the African state that is getting rich quick

In the central square, a group of teenagers compare quad bikes. Couples hold hands by a fountain. Children sit in wonderment beneath images on a giant television screen. A woman contemplates four brightly coloured plastic recycling bins, and comments that they are far too nice to use.
It could be Legoland but incredibly it is Huambo, the war-ravaged town in central Angola where Diana, Princess of Wales, cleared mines in 1997.


Many of the papers report on French fury at Paris Match photos of Taliban fighters

French politicians have condemned Paris Match magazine for publishing photographs of Taliban fighters wearing the uniform of soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan last month.The eight-page spread included images of insurgents holding guns, walkie-talkies, helmets and even a wrist-watch which had belonged to some of the ten French troops who died in an ambush 30 miles from Kabul on August 18


The Times reports that

Somali gunmen are demanding a $1 million ransom for a retired French couple captured aboard a yacht sailing through the pirate-ridden waters of the Gulf of Aden. Maritime officials said that an armed gang was sailing the CarrĂ© d’As towards a remote fishing village used as a buccaneer den.


The Sun returns to Maddy under the headline Barking it reports that

two police sniffer dogs investigated the disappearance of little Madeleine McCann — and left her shell-shocked parents wrongly in the frame.
The hounds’ findings persuaded bungling Portuguese cops to name doctors Kate and Gerry as official suspects in the mystery. obtained by The Sun — and revealed for the first time today — lays bare the flimsy evidence used to build the case against them


The Mail reports on Gang Warfare on the streets

A warm late summer afternoon on a leafy street in an area colonised by fashionable cafes and shops came to an abrupt end when the peace was shattered by a raw, terrifying eruption of gang violence this week.
Armed with spades, screwdrivers, bars and sticks, two gangs clashed and sent locals fleeing into shops for safety.
This running battle between black and Asian youths - a sickening example of brutal Britain today - was captured by a photographer who had been waiting in the street to take a photo of the actress Julie Christie, who lives nearby.


Blue Peter faces the axe reports the Telegraph

Biddy Baxter, the former editor of Blue Peter, has claimed that the BBC is attempting to kill off the much-loved children's programme.She has accused producers of abandoning the core formula of the long-running show, including the involvement of animals, the garden and crafts, in the hope it will be decommissioned.


Pictures of Kevin Keegan keep this week's football theme going,the Guardian reports that

One of the most protracted, and painful, farewells in football was confirmed last night when Kevin Keegan finally resigned as the manager of Newcastle United. An increasingly acrimonious three-day stand-off between Keegan and Mike Ashley concluded with the club's billionaire owner refusing to be backed into a corner by the former England coach's demands before forcing him to walk out.


The Sun says

A DISGUSTED Newcastle United supporter hurled his team shirt into the River Tyne after revered manager Kevin Keegan was forced to quit.
The fan also chucked his £543 season ticket into the drink to show his anger at Toon owner Mike Ashley.


Newscastle are also on the front of the Mirror which reports that on Joey Barton's driving habits.

Football thug Joey Barton jumped a red light and cut up other drivers as he rushed to meet his probation officer. The Newcastle United star, recently freed from prison, was filmed using the city's bus lanes to pass queuing motorists on the inside in his flashy Range Rover.


Finally many of the papers report on the father re united with his son five years after his cremation

A son has been reunited with his father after spotting him fleetingly on a televised appeal five years after what he believed was his parent’s cremation.
For years John Delaney had lived on the streets, so it did not come as a shock to his family when a decomposed body fitting his description was found in bushes outside a Manchester hospital in April 2003.
A coroner confirmed the identification of the body as that of the man who had been missing for three years, allowing his family to go ahead with the cremation and wake. The family had declined to view the corpse.
In April this year, as John Renehan, 42, a father of two, prepared to switch off the television, which showed a daytime programme about missing people, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a man who looked just like his father.

No comments: