More Express bashing

And talking of the Express (see earlier story),this morning's edition iognores the good news stories instead to champion its defence of Middle England.

Its front page is the usual Home owners story with what was a minor story yesterday as the governor of the Bank of England hinted that interest rates MAY go up,the Express turns it into

HOME LOAN RATES TO SOAR AGAIN

Another increase would add to the financial misery being endured by millions of cash-strapped families. The average household is already having to find almost £350 extra a year to cover basic bills. The further expense could prove devastating for borrowers who banked on rates staying low.

Then we have a report about Britian losing its landscapes and the solution offered after the report by Country Life Magazine,

shoppers could stop the rot by buying British.The magazine will next month launch a Fair Trade For British Farmers campaign with Waitrose and Farmers Guardian.

Next Inheritance Tax,part of its continuing campaign

Top Tory backs inheritance tax battle

THE Daily Express crusade to abolish inheritance tax won strong new support today.Tory former Cabinet Minister Lord Forsyth of Drumlean praised the paper for standing up for hard-working people.He said that the tax must be scrapped now or the Government would become so reliant on its revenues, that it would find it increasingly difficult to do without them.

Surely a non story?

Then the usual attacks on the NHS,today reporting that

MORE than three in four dentists have closed their doors to new National Health Service patients as the system descends into “a shambles”, new figures show.But at the same time, almost half of dentists have said they can take on new private patients.In a blistering destruction of Government claims that a new contract would solve the dental crisis, a survey suggests that the situation is worse than ever.

And not far behind,the usual dig at immigrants across its front page.

You couldn't make it up...British road signs in Polish

Motorists were left bewildered when the eight yellow signs appeared in country lanes around the Cheshire-Shropshire border to help Poles follow diversions due to roadworks. Engineers said they were necessary to cater for a soaring migrant population in Crewe and Whitchurch, towns flooded by thousands of Eastern Europeans after expansion of the EU in 2004.

No wander the paper has lost 70k of readers in 12 months and has now been overtaken by the Star.