Newspaper Headlines: Fizzy drink rationing and routine ops dropped By BBC News

Staff Published duration 30 June 2018

The UK shortage of carbon dioxide continues to generate headlines.

The Daily Telegraph warns that meat supplies could start to run low in the shops because of the shortage of the gas, which is used in the slaughter of pigs and chickens, as well as packaging.

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Supermarkets have warned customers that some products are already unavailable and the Telegraph says shelves are expected to be empty of certain foods within days.

Matt's cartoon in the Daily Telegraph has a woman telling her husband: "There are no sausages. I've asked the Army to put out your barbecue".

Bizarre encounters

It says the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has warned that US President Donald Trump has declared war on the international rules-based order - describing the EU, Nato and the World Trade Organization as bad for America.

A diplomatic source says Mr Tusk made the comments to EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday night.

The Times reports that European leaders have been exchanging accounts of bizarre encounters with Mr Trump. He is said to have told one that he could not stand German Chancellor Angela Merkel because she embodied everything that he hated.

The Daily Mail believes that despite claims of a major breakthrough on migration policy even a cursory glance at the EU deal announced in Brussels is enough to tell you it will not work.

The paper says it has huge sympathy for the plight of migrants who are willing to go to desperate lengths to reach the promised land of Europe.

'Devastating' picture

The Daily Mirror carries a photo of the bodies of three young children recovered from the sea after a boat carrying about 120 migrants capsized off the Libyan coast.

The paper says it has chosen to publish what it calls the devastating picture in the belief that the world cannot simply look away.

It says frail residents have been left in urine-soaked clothes, filthy beds and had no baths or showers for weeks on end.

The research, carried out by a law firm, also uncovered cases where residents were being prescribed the wrong medication.

The errors in calculations by pension schemes mean retired workers, with both public and private sector pensions, face reductions to their payments.

In some cases retirement incomes could be cut in half.

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It cites a global study that suggests even low levels of airborne pollutants are damaging long-term health.

Pollution is thought to reduce insulin production and trigger inflammation, preventing the body from converting blood glucose into energy.