Saturday, 18 April 2009

Saturday's papers


The news of the results of the second post mortem into the death of Ian Tomlinson are the lead in manyu of the papers.

The Guardian says that the officer caught on film attacking him during the G20 protests could face manslaughter charges after a second postmortem concluded that the newspaper vendor died from internal bleeding and not a heart attack.

Should the IPCC investigation end with a referral to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and, ultimately, a charge of manslaughter, the officer will become the first since 2005 to be charged with such an offence says the Independent

The Mail says the Tomlinson family have raised serious questions about the initial Scotland Yard response to Mr Tomlinson's death, and the delays in handing over the investigation of the case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

The police make the front of the Times as well as it reveals that the police who arrested the Conservative frontbencher Damian Green trawled his private e-mails looking for information on Britain’s leading civil liberties campaigner.

The paper adds that

Officers from Scotland Yard’s antiterror squad searched the computer seized from his parliamentary office using the key words “Shami Chakrabarti” – even though the Liberty director had nothing to do with the leaking of Home Office documents that prompted the investigation.


The Express reports on a pension shock ahead of next week's budget.The paper says that

HARD-WORKING Middle Britain savers could be the targets of a new Government tax raid,
adding that

Chancellor Alistair Darling is set to scrap income tax relief on workplace pension contributions made by millions of higher-rate taxpayers in next week’s Budget.


Finally the Telegraph reports that speed limits are to be cut on roads across the country under government plans to reduce accidents.The paper says

Motorists driving on residential roads and near schools will be forced to obey a strict 20mph limit, under proposals to be unveiled next week.

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