Plus, the school 'monster' who always walked free
| Channel deaths 'a wake-up call' |
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| | | Charities are urging the government to create legal routes for refugees to reach the UK after four people - including two children aged five and eight - died in the English Channel. Fifteen others are being treated in hospitals in France after being rescued when their boat capsized, but authorities fear more people could have been lost. A major search operation is due to resume on Wednesday. It's thought those who died were from Iran. In response, Boris Johnson again vowed to crack down on the "criminal gangs" he said were facilitating the crossings, and the UK has repeatedly accused France of not doing enough to prevent migrants leaving its shores. But BBC Paris correspondent Lucy Williamson says French MPs argue no amount of policing will stop the UK being a draw and legally claiming asylum should be made easier. Charity Care4Calais said the loss of life "should be a wake-up call for those in power", and the two countries must come up with a joint plan of action. | |
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| Call for Christmas 'solutions' |
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| Cash system 'under threat' |
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| Customers have been left unable to buy basics such as groceries and medicine because so many stores are now refusing to accept cash. Consumer group Which? is asking businesses who've introduced the ban as part of social distancing to show greater understanding and flexibility to customers who may have no other option. Charities say it's often the most vulnerable who are excluded. One of those, Thomas Scobie, told the BBC finding places to shop that would accept his cash was "a real struggle and depressing". | |
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| | | | | The two girls ran as fast as they could, fleeing through the dense forest to avoid being spotted by anyone at the school. Reaching a phone box by the main road, they unfolded the piece of paper they had been given weeks earlier and dialled the number hastily scribbled on it. They hid behind a wall and waited for their saviour to arrive. When she did, she took them to the police station. The girls told officers their headmaster had raped and sexually abused them repeatedly for two years. Physical tests backed up their claims. They were 10 and 11 years old. | |
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| | | | A mixed bag on Wednesday's front pages. The Daily Telegraph says the prime minister is facing "intense behind-the-scenes lobbying" from his health advisers to impose more drastic coronavirus measures. According to the paper, Downing Street is working privately on the assumption that the second wave of infections will be more deadly than the first. The Sun says the advisers have "dashed the prime minister's hopes of a Christmas reprieve" from lockdown rules. On the issue of food poverty, the PM's food "tsar", Henry Dimbleby, has told the Times the government has "a moral obligation" to stop disadvantaged children going hungry. The Metro, though, highlights remarks by the Conservative leader of Walsall Council, Mike Bird, who criticised footballer Marcus Rashford's campaign and insisted "it doesn't cost a great deal of money to feed a child." On another subject, the Daily Mail asks when ministers will act to stop the Channel migrant "crisis", while the Daily Mirror quotes a retired coastguard officer as saying there was "no way" the latest ill-fated boat was going to make it in "appalling" weather. Finally, the Guardian features prominently news that Comic Relief is to stop sending British celebrities to Africa to make films, after criticism of what some called "white saviours". | |
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