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| BA strike still on papers' minds | BA strike still on papers' minds |
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| href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/seealso/2009/12/daily_view_british_airways_str.html">Read more reactions to the British Airways strike at the See Also blog | |
| The looming British Airways strike continues to occupy the thoughts of the leader writers. | The looming British Airways strike continues to occupy the thoughts of the leader writers. |
| The Independent warns that, while the airline will lose hundreds of millions of pounds, the price of the loss of future custom will be still greater. | The Independent warns that, while the airline will lose hundreds of millions of pounds, the price of the loss of future custom will be still greater. |
| The Daily Mail agrees. "Can't the strikers see the danger that many passengers whose holiday plans they are destroying will never fly BA again?" | The Daily Mail agrees. "Can't the strikers see the danger that many passengers whose holiday plans they are destroying will never fly BA again?" |
| Both sides should draw back from the brink, it declares. | Both sides should draw back from the brink, it declares. |
| 'Parents' anger' | 'Parents' anger' |
| The Daily Mail and Daily Mirror lead with the sentencing of nursery worker Vanessa George, who admitted sexually assaulting children in her care. | The Daily Mail and Daily Mirror lead with the sentencing of nursery worker Vanessa George, who admitted sexually assaulting children in her care. |
| The Mail reflects parents' anger at the length of the sentence with the headline, "Price of depravity: Just seven years' jail". | The Mail reflects parents' anger at the length of the sentence with the headline, "Price of depravity: Just seven years' jail". |
| The Mirror says George is to get a new identity and home when she is freed, to protect her from public fury. | The Mirror says George is to get a new identity and home when she is freed, to protect her from public fury. |
| The Sun says horrified parents protested at her sentence. | The Sun says horrified parents protested at her sentence. |
| Military cuts | Military cuts |
| Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth's announcement of extra spending for troops in Afghanistan is welcomed. | Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth's announcement of extra spending for troops in Afghanistan is welcomed. |
| But the plan to pay for it by cutting other areas of military expenditure is heavily criticised. | But the plan to pay for it by cutting other areas of military expenditure is heavily criticised. |
| For the Independent, the purchase of more helicopters is tantamount to an acknowledgement that complaints about equipment were justified. | For the Independent, the purchase of more helicopters is tantamount to an acknowledgement that complaints about equipment were justified. |
| The Daily Telegraph says the "back-of-the-envelope" cuts are an object lesson in how not to manage the armed forces. | The Daily Telegraph says the "back-of-the-envelope" cuts are an object lesson in how not to manage the armed forces. |
| Babies oust booze | Babies oust booze |
| The House of Commons is to get its first creche next September. | The House of Commons is to get its first creche next September. |
| According to the Times, other building projects, including a new lead roof at Parliament, are being cancelled or delayed to pay for the facility. | According to the Times, other building projects, including a new lead roof at Parliament, are being cancelled or delayed to pay for the facility. |
| The Independent reports the creche will replace one of the many Commons bars. | The Independent reports the creche will replace one of the many Commons bars. |
| Commons Speaker John Bercow tells the paper: "If Parliament is to be truly representative of the community it serves, then it must do more to encourage parents to stand as MPs." | Commons Speaker John Bercow tells the paper: "If Parliament is to be truly representative of the community it serves, then it must do more to encourage parents to stand as MPs." |