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Newspaper review: Greek debt crisis concerns papers | Newspaper review: Greek debt crisis concerns papers |
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The debt crisis affecting Greece provides a focus for many front pages. | The debt crisis affecting Greece provides a focus for many front pages. |
The Daily Telegraph leads with a call by London mayor Boris Johnson, one of its columnists, for Britain to refuse to contribute to a second bail-out. | The Daily Telegraph leads with a call by London mayor Boris Johnson, one of its columnists, for Britain to refuse to contribute to a second bail-out. |
He says Greece should be allowed to default and leave the eurozone. | He says Greece should be allowed to default and leave the eurozone. |
Leo McKinstry in the Daily Express agrees with the assessment. He reckons Greece is going to default and the EU should force it to return to its own currency - or in his words to "remake a drachma out of this crisis". | |
The Guardian's Aditya Chakrabortty reports from the scene of protests in Syntagma Square in Athens. | The Guardian's Aditya Chakrabortty reports from the scene of protests in Syntagma Square in Athens. |
The site has "become the new front-line of the battle against European austerity", he notes. | The site has "become the new front-line of the battle against European austerity", he notes. |
Police offenders | Police offenders |
London's mayor also features in the Sun. In a column Boris Johnson has a pop at Justice Secretary Ken Clarke over plans for shorter jail sentences. | |
Staying with crime, the Sun goes on to report that dozens of police officers convicted of serious offences are being allowed to keep their jobs. | Staying with crime, the Sun goes on to report that dozens of police officers convicted of serious offences are being allowed to keep their jobs. |
The paper says police bosses have been forced the reveal the numbers under a Freedom of Information request. | The paper says police bosses have been forced the reveal the numbers under a Freedom of Information request. |
Meanwhile, the Times says the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre has prepared a "damning" report describing child sex grooming as a hidden issue. It accuses officials of failing to carry out proper inquiries. | Meanwhile, the Times says the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre has prepared a "damning" report describing child sex grooming as a hidden issue. It accuses officials of failing to carry out proper inquiries. |
Pension talks | Pension talks |
With the government's Pensions Bill being debated in the Commons, the Daily Mail says it has been told by sources that a climbdown on changes to the state pension age is "inevitable". | With the government's Pensions Bill being debated in the Commons, the Daily Mail says it has been told by sources that a climbdown on changes to the state pension age is "inevitable". |
The Daily Express says ministers are considering compensation for up to 500,000 woman affected by the plan. | The Daily Express says ministers are considering compensation for up to 500,000 woman affected by the plan. |
The Independent looks at the continuing row between ministers and unions over public sector pensions. | The Independent looks at the continuing row between ministers and unions over public sector pensions. |
It suggests that talks between the parties are on the brink of collapse. | It suggests that talks between the parties are on the brink of collapse. |
Regulations 'rift' | Regulations 'rift' |
The accidental bombing of civilian homes in Tripoli over the weekend by Nato is described by the Daily Telegraph as "deeply regrettable". | The accidental bombing of civilian homes in Tripoli over the weekend by Nato is described by the Daily Telegraph as "deeply regrettable". |
But the Times says it must not deflect from a "just and necessary war". Nato should hold its nerve as there is every reason to believe Colonel Gaddafi's regime is on the brink of imploding, it adds. | But the Times says it must not deflect from a "just and necessary war". Nato should hold its nerve as there is every reason to believe Colonel Gaddafi's regime is on the brink of imploding, it adds. |
The Daily Mirror leads with an appeal by the father of Owen Wightman, the six-year-old boy who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Wakefield. | The Daily Mirror leads with an appeal by the father of Owen Wightman, the six-year-old boy who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Wakefield. |
Finally, the Guardian lead looks at an apparent Tory-Lib Dem rift over plans to scrap environmental regulations. | Finally, the Guardian lead looks at an apparent Tory-Lib Dem rift over plans to scrap environmental regulations. |
It says the efforts by energy secretary Chris Huhne to resist the move is part of a Lib Dem strategy to fight their corner "more aggressively" in the wake of the party's successful opposition to changes in the NHS in England. | It says the efforts by energy secretary Chris Huhne to resist the move is part of a Lib Dem strategy to fight their corner "more aggressively" in the wake of the party's successful opposition to changes in the NHS in England. |
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