Papers reflect on economic woes
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7302063.stm Version 0 of 1. "How bad will it get?" asks the Daily Mail, reporting on "one of the worst days in economic history". The Daily Telegraph says the £5bn put in to the markets by the Bank of England was not enough to prevent alarm spreading. "A brutal day's trading" is how the Times sums up the £14bn wiped off the value of shares in banks. The Financial Times says Wall Street regained its calm after being initially spooked by the Federal Reserve's offer of finance to all its primary dealers. Mills bomb The £24m divorce settlement for Heather Mills is the lead in the Daily Mirror. The paper is among several to picture Sir Paul McCartney's lawyer, Fiona Shackleton, after a glass of water had been tipped over her head. "Wet it be" is its headline. "Heather wins £24m... then chucks water over Macca's lawyer," the paper continues. The Sun devotes two pages to what it calls Heather Mills's "rant" outside court, under the headline "The long and whining moan". Teacher concerns Teachers fear that increasing numbers of surveillance cameras are turning schools into "Orwellian" societies, according to the Daily Telegraph. The same fears are mentioned in several papers' reports on the Association of Teachers and Lecturers' conference. According to the Times, concerns were expressed that CCTV is being installed to watch over teachers' every move. They apparently fear that constant and "overzealous" observation will stifle their creativity. Stormy time The Guardian carries a survey which suggests the Conservative lead over Labour is at a scale not seen since Margaret Thatcher won the 1987 election. Labour has suffered a dramatic backlash from voters in the wake of Alistair Darling's do-nothing Budget, it says. There could be a stormy time ahead for the rest of us, according a report in the Independent. The paper says forecasters predict snow, gales and heavy downpours in some regions over the Easter weekend. |