Newspaper review: Forests decision triggers debate
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News that ministers are to axe plans to sell-off England's state-owned forests triggers much debate in the papers.
The , Caroline Spelman, and shocked MPs.
Under the headline "forest farce", the paper says the abandonment of the policy follows a furious backlash.
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'Hopes sink'
Nearly all the papers cover the new high in youth unemployment, with one in five 16 to 24-year-olds now jobless.
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, while the that a generation of kids face the scrap-heap.
The , inflicting damage on hundreds of thousands of lives.
Decency call
There was strong reaction to news that sex offenders can appeal against having to register with police for life, as a Supreme Court ruling is adopted.
The and demands the government "finds the guts" to stand up for decency.
For the and the "insane" jurisdiction of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Sprouting crisis
The first scientific link .
It tells us rising greenhouse gas emissions made severe flooding in the autumn of 2000 twice as likely.
The when the Financial Services Authority is broken up into three bodies next year.
Finally, the - a shortage of purple sprouting broccoli.