Newspaper headlines: Raab's 'high standards' and 'Nicola cops search sea'

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Survivors rest while a woman reacts at a hospital in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Kahramanmaras, TurkeyImage source, Reuters
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Images showing the aftermath of the devastation in Turkey appear on the front of a number of papers

An image of a two-year-old boy rescued after three days trapped under a flattened building in Turkey , externalis on the front page of Metro.

The paper focuses on the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal, with the headline "they need your help now".

The Financial Times has a photo of a girl rescued in the same Turkish province, external, and says that time and hope is running out.

The Guardian features an interview with a man in Aleppo , externalin northern Syria, who says the country urgently needs food and blankets.

Several of the morning editions report on AstraZeneca's decision to build a factory in Dublin, instead of Cheshire. The pharmaceutical giant said the UK's tax system was "discouraging".

It is the lead story in the Daily Mail, external - which says the Treasury is under pressure to cut taxes, while the Daily Telegraph says the firm's chief executive said that Britain's life sciences, external sector was at risk.

It is a similar tone in the Times - which says the company suggested, external that its wider research and development spending in the country could be in jeopardy.

The search for Nicola Bulley, which has now been extended to the sea, also features heavily on the front pages.

Friday marks two weeks since the 45-year-old went missing in Lancashire.

The Sun claims that police are looking, external for a red van which was spotted near to where she disappeared. The Mail says officers are tracing around 700 drivers, external who passed along the road on the morning she was last seen.

Ukraine is prepared to use British long-range missiles to hit Crimea, according to the Times, external. Rishi Sunak promised to send more military aid to Kyiv after meeting President Zelensky in the UK earlier this week.

The paper quotes Ukrainian defence sources, who have said that the country would be ready to use any missiles provided to target Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.

The Daily Mirror leads on comments, external made by the money-saving expert Martin Lewis on BBC Radio Four's programme on Thursday morning.

He said that government plans to raise the cap on energy bills in April would be a "national act of harm". The paper said that Mr Lewis had "savaged" the move.

The Daily Express claims that banks are being "blasted" for not passing on higher interest rates to savers.

The paper says that while the cost of mortgage borrowing has shot up, saving rates have not kept pace. It carries an interview with the co-founder of SavingsChampion.co.uk- who described the behaviour as "shoddy" and "nothing new", external.

And the i says that raw sewage from an HS2 construction site is being pumped into a green belt river, external.

The paper says problems at the Maple Lodge Treatment Works in Hertfordshire means polluted water is being discharged into the River Colne.

In a statement, HS2 said it was working closely with Thames Water to manage waste water.