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| 'Stormageddon' and Sochi spectacle - the papers | 'Stormageddon' and Sochi spectacle - the papers |
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| "The waters are still rising. So is the rage." That's the widespread feeling in Saturday's papers - summed up by the Independent - as the flooding crisis continues in south west England. | "The waters are still rising. So is the rage." That's the widespread feeling in Saturday's papers - summed up by the Independent - as the flooding crisis continues in south west England. |
| The Daily Mirror calls the situation "Stormageddon", warning of the threat of more severe weather heading for the UK over the weekend. | The Daily Mirror calls the situation "Stormageddon", warning of the threat of more severe weather heading for the UK over the weekend. |
| The Daily Telegraph focuses on Environment Agency chairman Lord Smith and the battering he took during a visit to the area on Friday. | The Daily Telegraph focuses on Environment Agency chairman Lord Smith and the battering he took during a visit to the area on Friday. |
| Elsewhere, images from the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi appear on a number of front pages, including one in the Guardian of the only apparent technical hitch to hit the spectacular event. | Elsewhere, images from the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi appear on a number of front pages, including one in the Guardian of the only apparent technical hitch to hit the spectacular event. |
| Discussing the papers for the BBC News Channel, Kevin Schofield, chief political correspondent of the Sun, said David Cameron had received "a bit of a kicking" in the Daily Mail for making a speech opposing Scottish independence from London. | |
| Nevertheless, he added: "Finally, I think Westminster is starting to wake up to the fact that Scotland could vote to become independent in September. Until now I think there's been a fair bit of complacency." | |
| Peter Conradi, foreign editor of the Sunday Times, said he wasn't sure the impending referendum was making many waves overseas. | |
| But he said: "The one place where there is interest in it is in Spain where you've got parts of the country that want to break away. They're unwilling to be very accommodating to the Scots because they don't want that to encourage the Catalans to think they can break away." |