Newspaper review: Next interest rate move contemplated

The newspapers carry a mixed bag on Wednesday with none of the front pages leading on the same story.

The being put on the sex offenders register for life will anger Conservative MPs.

The to evict elderly patients blocking beds.

And to fund care in their old age.

Mortgage trouble

With inflation now standing at 4%, the papers contemplate the Bank of England's next move on interest rates.

The would take the heat out of inflation before it feeds through into wage demands.

The saying inflation deters investment and is a tax on everyone.

But the now could catapult millions of mortgage payers into financial trouble.

Pregnant soldier

The more than $8bn for polluting a swathe of Amazon rainforest.

It says the fine was issued in Ecuador and questions whether the oil firm will actually end up paying anything.

The in Afghanistan even though she was seven months pregnant.

The are to be exempt from the immigration cap.

Early birds

The to report the arrival of a rare oriental turtle dove to the UK, which led twitchers to descend on Oxfordshire.

Birdwatcher Steve Akers spotted the bird in his garden in Chipping Norton - then charged 拢5 a time to see it.

The because after the first 10 twitchers arrived, it flew off.

Finally, t which claims drivers who talk on the phone could actually be safer behind the wheel.

It says those who engage in other tasks pay more attention to the road, and that some distraction helps bored drivers stay focused.