Tuesday, 22 September 2009

Tuesday's papers


The Guardian leads this morning with the news that

The aviation industry will tomorrow make a dramatic pledge to slash carbon dioxide emissions in half by 2050 in a move that will force up air fares and spark a green technology race among aircraft manufacturers.
adding that

British Airways chief executive, Willie Walsh, will unveil an agreement between airlines, airports and aircraft companies to cut emissions to 50% below 2005 levels by 2050. In a bid to seize the initiative from environmental groups clamouring for higher taxes on the industry


The Independent also concentrates on Green issues reporting that

Beijing will raise the stakes in the race to agree a global climate change treaty by using a summit of world leaders in New York today to announce that China, the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, is ready to take new measures to cut pollution.


Britain is making plans to send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to meet the call for reinforcements made by the US commander in Kabul. reports the Times

The troops would be Britain’s contribution to a military surge called for by General Stanley McChrystal, who commands Nato’s International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) in Afghanistan, some details of which were leaked to an American newspaper yesterday.


The latest opinion poll in this morning's Guardian reveals that a majority of voters think Labour is failing to tell the truth about the state of the public finances,

The result comes as the Conservatives extend their lead over Labour to 17 points – the second highest ever in the Guardian/ICM series, which began in 1984. Conservative support is up two points to 43%, while Labour's has risen one to 26%. The Liberal Democrats, who arrived for their annual conference as polling took place, are unchanged on 19%.


According to the Times,Labour may be backing away from plans to replace Trident, as senior government figures predict that the pledge will be struck from the party’s election manifesto next year.

The paper reports that

A Cabinet source said: “I don’t expect the manifesto will lock us into words committing us to any particular way of providing the deterrent. There is obviously now scope for a debate about means, if not ends.”


Meanwhile the Telegraph reports how Lord Mandelson came close to falling for the Downing Street photographers’ trap as he allowed them a tantalising glimpse of his bundle of confidential papers.

Sent by Steve Van Riel, Labour’s director of policy and research, the memo described the contents of the 12-page information dossier which Lord Mandelson had apparently requested during a phone call with the party worker last week.


It leads with the story that as many as one in six patients treated in NHS hospitals and GPs’ surgeries is being misdiagnosed, adding that

While in most cases the misdiagnosis did not result in the patient suffering serious harm, a sizeable number of the millions of NHS patients were likely to suffer significant health problems as a result, according to figures. It was said that the number of misdiagnoses was “just the tip of the iceberg”, with many people still reluctant to report mistakes by their doctors.


The Mail reports on events across the channel

Riot police armed with flamethrowers, stun guns and tear gas were today preparing to raze the squalid Calais refugee camp known as the Jungle.
Up to 500 officers were massing for the operation - one for each migrant in the shanty town of tarpaulin tents and rickety shacks. Military units were in reserve near the Channel Tunnel entrance in case of disorder.


Staying on that side of the channel many of the papers report on

the tale of a secret love between a dashing French president and an attractive yet desperately unhappy princess who happens to hail from Wales.


The book, penned by the former French head of state Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, opens with the inscription "Promise kept" and ends with the equally intriguing line: "'You asked me for permission for you to write your story,' she told me. 'I give you it, but you must make me a promise ...'".


The redtops all have photos of the memorial service for Bobby Robson,one incident though attracts their attention as the Sun reports

Paul Gascoigne, once soccer's clown prince, wiped a tear from his cheek as he joined the homage to the father figure who called him "daft as a brush".
adding that

the 1,000 guests at yesterday's service of remembrance were united in agreement as England legend Gary Lineker told them: "He was all that was good about football.


The Mail reports that

A public school music teacher was yesterday jailed for having a lesbian relationship with a 15-year-old pupil - but told she could continue seeing her when she leaves prison.


A court heard that trumpet mistress Helen Goddard, 26, helped weave a web of lies so the ' vulnerable' girl could stay in her flat overnight, and took her for a weekend in Paris, where they joined a gay pride march.

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