Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Newspaper review

Papers

The Daily Telegraph leads with a warning by the head of the Navy that Britain cannot sustain its operations in Libya for another three months without making cuts elsewhere.

The Daily Mail says the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, told a briefing he might have to send ships which currently defend the UK to Libya.

The Guardian says the coalition's plans for the NHS in England is facing a "repackaging" exercise.

It says the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, has issued a private plea to angry Conservative MPs to stand by him as he prepares to push through a heavily amended version of his NHS reforms.

It says Mr Lansley has calmed them by saying their key "red lines" - that competition should be allowed and the need for a quick pace of reforms - have not been crossed.

The Sun says the proposals have been diluted, but plenty of good things remain.

In the Mail's view however, basic principles have been ripped out of the Health and Social Care Bill.

The Telegraph says it is hard to see what is left of Andrew Lansley's original vision - the legislation is far removed from what he intended.

The Daily Mirror says sticking plasters are being applied to a flawed plan and the "ill-judged" bill should be scrapped altogether.

The Independent leads with a despatch from Syria on the plight of what it calls the terrified and exhausted stream of the dispossessed fleeing the violence of the Syrian armed forces.

It says they are living in squalor on the Turkish border - with little food and water and no shelter.

But they are prepared to suffer that, to reach a place of relative safety away from the tanks, artillery and helicopter gunships.

The Daily Express leads with an £814m government pledge to a mass vaccination programme in the developing world.

It says there is outrage Britain is paying more than any other country.

The Guardian says US and Afghan officials are locked in secret talks about a long-term security agreement for US forces to remain in Afghanistan after Nato troops withdraw in 2014.

Andy Murray is on several of the front pages after his victory at Queen's.

The Independent says he will go to Wimbledon full of confidence.

Many of the papers describe Murray as the "King of Queens".

"Now roll on Wimbledon", says The Guardian.

The sale of the BBC's Television Centre is widely reported.

The Independent says it is a sad day for generations of television viewers.

Loved and hated probably in equal measure, the complex is nonetheless a national landmark, it says.

But the paper is heartened by the news that the future of the Blue Peter garden is secure - it is being moved to the BBC's northern headquarters in Salford.

This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-13758290

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