Newspaper headlines: Cambridge slavery probe and backlash over rape victim phone demand By BBC News

Staff Published duration 30 April 2019

Cambridge University's review of its historic links to the slave trade makes the front page of the Times.

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The paper says the investigation is the first of its kind in England and Wales, and it will examine the university's funding, and the work of its academics between the 18th and early 20th Centuries.

The Daily Telegraph says the university could issue an apology for historic racism. But one of the university's professors, Gill Evans, tells the paper the inquiry is a "backhanded" approach which could end up "messing with history".

'Victims like suspects'

Victims of rape step up the criticism of asking them to hand over their mobile phones to police - or risk a case being dropped.

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One woman tells the Guardian that revealing details of her past love life were an invasion of her privacy, and she decided not to pursue her case.

An editorial in the Times says it is right for prosecutors to be fair to defendants - but that it need not come at the expense of a return to victims being treated like suspects.

The face of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, is on several front pages after he appeared in a propaganda video for the first time in five years.

The Sun says it "stunned the West", because there had been reports that he was dead.

'Uneasy alliance'

It says a meeting later - at which senior officials will discuss a manifesto for European elections - is "crunch time" for the party.

The Daily Mirror says it understands people's concerns about a new Brexit vote, but says the uneasy alliance within Labour will disintegrate if it does not follow the agreed policy of backing a referendum, if there is no general election.

'Hold them accountable'

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It says a Freedom of Information request has found that the most common reason was for "breach of security", which can include bringing drugs and phones into prisons. It says other cases include assaulting prisoners, or having inappropriate relationships with them.

The paper says an anti-corruption unit is about to be launched by the Ministry of Justice.

The Daily Mirror leads on Monday's meeting between the government and big social media firms.

It says a promise by Google and Facebook to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds protecting children from bullying and self-harm is "not nearly enough", when the companies will "rake in" £183bn this year.

'Saved by cinema'

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It says he was a pioneer whose work was "groundbreaking" - including what it calls the "landmark" drama, Boyz N the Hood.