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Papers try to focus on good news | Papers try to focus on good news |
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The world's economies may be in a healthier state compared with last week but the newspapers are still interested in the state of the money markets. | The world's economies may be in a healthier state compared with last week but the newspapers are still interested in the state of the money markets. |
The Daily Telegraph has a trillion pound headline figure. It claims that £2,000,000,000,000 is how much it will cost to stop global disaster. | The Daily Telegraph has a trillion pound headline figure. It claims that £2,000,000,000,000 is how much it will cost to stop global disaster. |
That is how much the UK, Europe and the US have pledged to shore up the banking system. | That is how much the UK, Europe and the US have pledged to shore up the banking system. |
The Financial Times also claims the world credit markets are easing up. | The Financial Times also claims the world credit markets are easing up. |
Superhero Brown | Superhero Brown |
Satire is used by The Guardian's cartoonist, Steve Bell who depicts the prime minister as a portly superhero soaring through the sky. | Satire is used by The Guardian's cartoonist, Steve Bell who depicts the prime minister as a portly superhero soaring through the sky. |
President Bush is shown clinging to Mr Brown's briefs, asking: "Holey underwear Brownman - what do we do next?" | President Bush is shown clinging to Mr Brown's briefs, asking: "Holey underwear Brownman - what do we do next?" |
Meanwhile the Times and the Mail both argue the next victim of the credit crunch will be the campaign for Scottish independence. | Meanwhile the Times and the Mail both argue the next victim of the credit crunch will be the campaign for Scottish independence. |
They say that if the country was independent, it would not cope. | They say that if the country was independent, it would not cope. |
Big Brother | Big Brother |
The papers are partly shifting their focus to subjects other than the credit crunch now that the markets have calmed down. | The papers are partly shifting their focus to subjects other than the credit crunch now that the markets have calmed down. |
Politics makes a comeback in the Independent, which examines proposals for a massive government database. | Politics makes a comeback in the Independent, which examines proposals for a massive government database. |
Holding details of every phone call, e-mail and use of the internet in the UK, the paper warns it is a threat to our liberty. | Holding details of every phone call, e-mail and use of the internet in the UK, the paper warns it is a threat to our liberty. |
In a cheery tone, The Times reports on a granny tackling a bag-snatcher. | In a cheery tone, The Times reports on a granny tackling a bag-snatcher. |
'Cruel parents' | 'Cruel parents' |
The Sun decides to continue to bring a bit of light relief to its readers and looks at some genuine but rather comical names. | The Sun decides to continue to bring a bit of light relief to its readers and looks at some genuine but rather comical names. |
Spare a thought for the women christened Nancy Boys, Posthumous Mince and Constant Pain. As the paper says, some parents can be cruel. | |
Meanwhile the Daily Mirror is in a state of shock. There are 71 days left until Christmas but decorations are already up in Coleford in Gloucester. | Meanwhile the Daily Mirror is in a state of shock. There are 71 days left until Christmas but decorations are already up in Coleford in Gloucester. |
The decision has divided the town. | The decision has divided the town. |
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