Thursday, 11 June 2009

Thursday's papers


The Independent leads with the news that the recession is over, according to one of the nation's most respected economic think-tanks.

The UK's surprising resilience is confirmed by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), an independent body with an enviable record for accuracy. It says that the economy hit rock bottom in as early as March and returned to growth, albeit modestly, in April and May.


One of its consequences was the subject of much discussion yesterday and the Times reveals that

Funding of £500 million for hospital building and refurbishment is being withheld by the Government in the first sign of the severe cuts likely to be forced on the NHS in the recession.


Meanwhile the Guardian looks at yesterday's proposals on the reform of Parliament

Gordon Brown yesterday endorsed radical measures to put a revived parliament back at the centre of British political life, in a reform package designed to revive his flagging constitutional agenda and restore MPs' lost credibility.


The Telegraph leads with more expense allegation,this time it is the communities minister Shahid Malik who claimed the maximum second home allowance for his London property while the office on the ground floor of his constituency house was funded through a separate parliamentary “office” expenses system.

Yesterdays other big story in featured in many of the papers.

The Express reports that

A MOTHER-of-two was charged yesterday with abusing children at a nursery school where she worked.
Vanessa George, 39, was charged with seven sex offences on four-year-olds or under, some who are believed to have been in her care.


The Sun says that sordid photos were taken inside the nursery at the centre of a child porn probe, cops said yesterday

The Mail reports that

Parents have been asked to identify their children from indecent images taken in a nursery at the centre of a major police investigation, it has been revealed.

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