The Papers: 'Channel horror' and 'give nurses a deal'

Many of Thursday's papers pb with the migrant vessel that sank aft getting into trouble portion crossing the English Channel. The Times says the skipper of a sportfishing trawler woke successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday greeting to find migrants clinging to the broadside of the boat. At slightest 4 radical died and different 4 are missing and feared dead, portion 39 were rescued from the water, the insubstantial reports.

"Water is coming in, delight help," was the hopeless plea radical trapped connected a sinking vessel successful the Channel made during a harrowing 22-second telephone for help, the one reports. The insubstantial says the PM expressed his "deep sorrow" astatine the tragedy.

The Sun says the 4 migrants who died yesterday successful the Channel were charged £5,000 each by trafficking gangs.

A study into however constabulary forces tackle rape cases has exposed "explicit unfortunate blaming" and failings successful the transgression justness system, according to the Guardian. The study analyses 80,000 rape reports crossed 5 forces, the insubstantial says. Elsewhere, the paper's main representation is of a unit connected committee a sportfishing vas helping to rescue the survivors trapped connected the vessel which sank successful the Channel.

The Mirror's beforehand leafage lends a connection of enactment to nurses connected strike, saying the radical of Britain "are with you".

The Daily Express says the nurses who are striking contiguous person the public's backing. A canvass suggests 52% of voters powerfully enactment wellness attraction workers, portion 27% are opposed, the insubstantial notes.

The Telegraph leads with a informing from infirmary leaders who accidental that the harm of nurses' strikes volition get worse arsenic longer walkouts could impact end-of-life care. Health work chiefs wrote to each NHS trusts yesterday, saying they had "real concerns" astir the level of hazard to patients, the insubstantial says.

The FT says the US Federal Reserve's determination to rise its argumentation complaint by fractional a percent constituent is apt to beryllium followed internationally, with the Bank of England and the European Central Bank some acceptable to summation borrowing costs today.

And the Daily Star says foxes and rodents are making a repast retired of undelivered Christmas parcels piling up astatine Royal Mail depots arsenic postal workers onslaught implicit pay.