Money and pirates hijack headlines
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8196588.stm Version 0 of 1. The Times claims Britain faces <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6792825.ece">a surge in drug addiction, alcoholism and domestic violence</a> as the second wave of the recession bites. The paper says councils are ill-prepared for the fallout of business failures, bankruptcies and job losses. <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2582545/Pirates-strike-in-English-Channel.html">Pirates may have hijacked a huge cargo ship and sailed it through the English Channel,</a> says the Sun While the Daily Express reports <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/120035/Danger-of-just-two-fizzy-drinks-">just two cans of fizzy drink a day can cause severe long-term liver damage.</a> 'Crippling cost' <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/aug/11/mandelson-criticises-osborne">Lord Mandelson's political attack on shadow chancellor George Osborne</a> is the lead story in the Guardian. It says the Tories' planned reforms would have "a crippling cost in human potential and long-term growth". The Daily Telegraph reports that <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/borrowing/mortgages/6012657/Banks-profiteering-on-mortgages-with-record-gap-between-borrowing-and-lending-rate.html">banks are making the highest profits on mortgages since records began,</a> quoting Citigroup's chief UK economist. Figures show that two years after the credit crunch began, consumers are being hit harder than ever, it says. 'Seeking compensation' The Baby Peter abuse case gets more coverage in the Daily Mail, which says <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1205888/Baby-P-Now-father-bids-cash-demand-200-000-compensation.html">his natural father is to sue Haringey Council for failing to protect his son.</a> He is said to be seeking compensation of £200,000, the paper reports. The same paper also reports on a <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1205723/Naughty-pig-swallows-diamond-1-000-ring.html">woman who lost a precious jewel - to a pig on a farm in North Yorkshire.</a> When Anne Moon put her hand in the animal's pen, it clamped its jaws around the diamond in her ring, pulled it off and swallowed it, the Mail says. Bad job The Independent tells us that the number of people without a job in Britain is expected to reach 2.5 million when figures are released. It claims <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/young-gifted-ndash-but-jobless-1770636.html">almost a million of those will be under the age of 25 - a fifth of the nation's young people.</a> The £40m raid on London jewellers Graff Diamonds is widely reported. The Daily Mirror features a CCTV image of the two suspects casually entering the store. It says <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/08/12/suited-booted-and-armed-the-40m-mayfair-graff-jewellers-raiders-captured-on-cctv-115875-21590341/">they were suited, booted, armed and looked "totally relaxed".</a> |