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Coach crash dominates papers | Coach crash dominates papers |
(about 3 hours later) | |
Newspapers south and north of the border mull over the ramifications of the horrific coach crash near London. | Newspapers south and north of the border mull over the ramifications of the horrific coach crash near London. |
The Daily Telegraph speaks of a long journey home that turned into a night of carnage. | The Daily Telegraph speaks of a long journey home that turned into a night of carnage. |
The Daily Mirror calls for a review of coach safety to see how travellers can be better protected. | The Daily Mirror calls for a review of coach safety to see how travellers can be better protected. |
The Daily Express highlights concerns among some experts that double-decker coaches are more unstable because of their height. | The Daily Express highlights concerns among some experts that double-decker coaches are more unstable because of their height. |
Returning Scots | Returning Scots |
And the front pages of some of the Scottish newspapers are also dominated by news of the crash. | And the front pages of some of the Scottish newspapers are also dominated by news of the crash. |
"Death on the 22:30 to Aberdeen" is the headline in the Scotsman - alongside a picture of the wrecked double decker lying on its side. | "Death on the 22:30 to Aberdeen" is the headline in the Scotsman - alongside a picture of the wrecked double decker lying on its side. |
The paper points out that the coach was packed with Scots returning home after New Year celebrations. | The paper points out that the coach was packed with Scots returning home after New Year celebrations. |
The Courier carries tributes to Chris Toner, the woman from Dundee who was killed in the accident. | The Courier carries tributes to Chris Toner, the woman from Dundee who was killed in the accident. |
Rubbish blamed | Rubbish blamed |
The Daily Mail reports that pest control experts have warned of a plague of vermin spreading across the country. | The Daily Mail reports that pest control experts have warned of a plague of vermin spreading across the country. |
The blame is put on fortnightly rubbish collections - as councils move towards compulsory recycling. | The blame is put on fortnightly rubbish collections - as councils move towards compulsory recycling. |
The front of the Daily Telegraph is dominated by a report that almost half of the Royal Navy's fleet of 44 warships could be mothballed to cut costs. | |
Senior officers think it would leave the once-proud navy little more than a coastal defence force, the paper says. | |
Understaffed units | Understaffed units |
The Sun follows up the BBC's highlighting of poor accommodation in the Army by saying it is helping spark an exodus of soldiers. | The Sun follows up the BBC's highlighting of poor accommodation in the Army by saying it is helping spark an exodus of soldiers. |
It says recruitment targets are not being met and understaffed units are still being sent to fight. | It says recruitment targets are not being met and understaffed units are still being sent to fight. |
In the Mirror, dog-napping is the allegation after singer Lily Allen was reunited with her English bull terrier. | |
Allen says she paid £500 for the return of the animal and suspects the recipient was in league with criminals. | Allen says she paid £500 for the return of the animal and suspects the recipient was in league with criminals. |
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