Thursday, 19 March 2009

Thursday's papers

With unemployment rising above 2 million yesterday,the Times reports that there is a growing divide between a burgeoning public sector and struggling private sector.

The paper says

Official figures show that 30,000 jobs were created in the public sector last year, with 105,000 lost in the private sector.


Meanwhile the Express reacts to the news reporting that yet more migrants gathered at Calais desperate to begin a new life here.

The paper reports that

those without a job could soon be joined by new arrivals, as Government attempts to cut the flow of illegal immigrants were thrown into chaos.


On the same topic the Independent reports that the restaurant industry is warning that 45,000 jobs could be cut unless the Government delays plans to outlaw the use of tips to "top up" below-minimum wages.

According to the Telegraph all men over the age of 50 could be tested for prostate cancer after the largest international study ever conducted suggested that screening could save thousands of lives a year in Britain.

The Guardian as many of the papers carries a picture of the man,Sean Hodgson who was freed after 27 years in prison reporting that

Vital evidence which could have secured the release of one of Britain's longest-serving victims of a miscarriage of justice 11 years ago was held in a forgotten forensic science archive on an industrial site in the Midlands,

It leads with the news that

The government yesterday bowed to growing pressure over allegations of Britain's complicity in torture by promising to draw up and publish new guidelines for the security and intelligence agencies when they are involved in interrogating detainees abroad.


The later editions carry the news of the death of the actress Natasha Richardson who died last night — two days after suffering brain injuries in a skiing accident.The paper adds her husband, Hollywood star Liam Neeson, was “shocked and devastated”.

Finally the Mail launches a campaign after it reports that

the Government has shamefully decided to ignore the 65th anniversary of the Normandy landings. event, with no plans for ministers or the Royal Family to attend.

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