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tv   The Papers  BBC News  January 6, 2018 11:30pm-11:46pm GMT

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hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines: the bbc understands theresa may will reshuffle her cabinet at the beginning of next week. a downing street source has dismissed newspaper reports concerning the fate of certain ministers as pure speculation. donald trump has dismissed claims in a new book that those around him question his fitness for office. mr trump said his success in business, television and politics were evidence of his capabilities. an ambulance service has apologised to the family of an elderly woman who died after almost a four—hour wait for paramedics. a spokesperson for the department of health said it was a tragic case, and completely unacceptable. reports from syria say 17 civilians have been killed in air raids on the rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta, near damascus. today's attacks come as aid workers say hospitals have been directly targeted. ridley scott's all the money in the world is out this week, re—shot to replace kevin spacey with christopher plummer. find out what jason solomons made of it, and the rest of the top releases, in the film review.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are eve pollard, the broadcaster and former fleet street editor, and the economics commentator and author dharshini david. tomorrow's front pages: the sunday times claims the prime minister will hold a cabinet reshuffle on monday, with up to six ministers being moved or sacked. its main story follows an investigation by the paper which claims to have found google profiting from those with addictive diseases. the sunday telegraph reports that theresa may is to appoint a new education secretary to try to reinvigorate the government's approach to schools, leaving the incumbent, justine greening, fighting for herjob. in another area of education policy, the mail on sunday claims mrs may has criticised her new university
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tsar, toby young, after old social media posts of his were found to contain sexist and obscene remarks. the observer headlines president trump's reaction to a new book about his administration. the publication by thejournalist michael wolff questions president trump's mental stability since taking office. the sunday express writes that theresa may has ordered a review into parole boards after former taxi driverjohn worboys, found guilty of sexual assault against 12 women, was released after nine years in prison. ididn't i didn't mention brexit, but it is still in here, i promise, somewhere, related no doubt to the reshuffle, which is where we began. the sunday times headline, theresa may plots to reshuffle times headline, theresa may plots to res huffle a n times headline, theresa may plots to reshuffle an entire sixpack of
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cabinet ministers. it is amazing how they make vics pack sound like a lot when there are lots and lots of cabinet ministers, many of whom we cannot remember the names of. —— sixpack. apparently they are going to change again on monday or tuesday. it was monday, but it could be tuesday. it could be the senior ones on monday, the morejunior ones ones on monday, the morejunior ones on tuesday. well, theresa may does not have a lot of time, because mr barnier is probably celebrating christmas and is not freely available for brexit talks. so you have to get your reshuffle in fast. a p pa re ntly have to get your reshuffle in fast. apparently they did research in the set one of the reasons the tories did not do well at the election was that people were very unhappy with the schooling of their children, which i think there is a feeling that schooling, we never come out anywhere near the top of the list is of children who have got mathematical knowledge or reading
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and writing skills, all the rest of it -- and writing skills, all the rest of it —— lists. so we are going to change all the people round and have another go. well, that would mean, then, as it says in the sunday telegraph, that greening fights for job as theresa may wield the axe but some teaching unions have felt she understood them a great deal more, which of course may be problematic to the conservatives. indeed, and this is interesting, because we all thought it was the nhs which was in crisis. when you read these reports, it seems the government thinks education is the crisis creating a headache for them, and therefore justine greening must go. she has been quite popular in some sectors, relatively speaking. it is also a time when you are seeing huge changes to the funding of schools, creating a lot of problems for schools and parents, all of whom vote, and that has been hugely popular, and this is a central plank
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of the government's pledged to improve productivity post—brexit and we are also hearing from the sunday times that mrs may thinksjustine greening has a patronising tone. so it looks like, if these are right, she could be on her way out while jeremy hunt could be on his way up, replacing damian green. jeremy hunt could be on his way up, replacing damian greenli jeremy hunt could be on his way up, replacing damian green. i have to say, newspapers do get a bit over excited about reshuffles. and its readers do not. some readers do, probably if you have a vested interest, or if you have been writing to them and they have been writing to them and they have been writing back to you, you lucky person. but in the end, of course, the political editors, it their life. it changes who they can have lunch with, who they could be talking to, and if you have just got yourself in withjustine greening, and then off she goes, maybe... i mean, it is important, but actually brexit is the thing that matters i'iow. brexit is the thing that matters now. it is the thing that is taking
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everybody‘s time and energy. the other thing which has setjustine greening and theresa may apart was their attitude towards grammar schools, which hasn't materialised, of course. has not materialised, and don't forget acura three is notjust about education, she also has a quality under her belt as well. i know we were talking about the gender pay gap. i never tire of talking about that! why is it always stuck in with somebody else's job?|j would be only too glad to sort that out. it could be monday or tuesday you find out. it is a strange one to tuckin you find out. it is a strange one to tuck in when it affects more than half the population. on the other thing, of course, you are quite right that the nhs is having problems, and it makes great
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headlines, but more people have children than ill, thank heavens, and it really does affect people's lives and their dreams and all the re st of lives and their dreams and all the rest of it. the mail on sunday. the pm's discussed at the student tsar‘s sordid tweets. this is toby young, who we know and who has in the past kindly reviewed the papers for us, he has a new office for the student watchdog at some tweets from eight yea rs watchdog at some tweets from eight years ago has resurfaced. this is the thing university students are told all the time. be careful on social media, because it can come back to haunt you. what they are only told this now. he was in his 405, though. only told this now. he was in his 40s, though. a young man, didn't know any better! the other thing is, he probably understand students better than somebody who has never done anything so silly.|j better than somebody who has never done anything so silly. i have read the tweets, and they are not the
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ghillie edifying. you haven't read them, but you will find them very easily. on the other hand, people have been saying how can you, in a position of responsibility, make these kinds of comments on a public forum and expect to keep your post? has he apologised? has he talked about it? has he been questioned? people have been defending... friends of years have been defending him, so he amounts to a great deal more than that, and as you said, he has done a lot of work with free schools, so he is clearly embedded in the world of education. on the other hand there was all this talk about the fact that a press release had said he taught in harvard and cambridge, when in fact he was a student and had some kind of supervisory role, which isn't the same. cv writing, maybe that is what needs to be looked at as well. make
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sure you have been way you say you have been. don't exaggerate. the sunday express, pm's fury at rate fast. a lot four theresa may to be dealing with at the moment, before she gets back to the racks at table. this is the release after nine years in prison ofjohn worboys, the former black cab driver who many people felt should have served longer than nine years for these offences. there is this new thing, the indeterminate sentence, which is about ten years old, apparently. of course, when they say somebody has an indeterminate sentence, you think they are going down for a long time. that is not how it works at all. but interestingly, we have been looking at possibly becoming parole board members ourselves. you can apply for this, can you? well, it is public appointments. it is a bit in the
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mire and sludge. i think you need a double degree in classics from cambridge or oxford to become one, but we are going to look into it, aren't we? the other thing which struck us is there are only three people on the board who make the decision. there are many people who sit on the board, but at any one time there are only three. shall we go into how many people its? dozens, but it comes down to three people in the end. well, it may do. you also have the situation where not only we re have the situation where not only were the victims not told he was going to be released, and many, many victims were not used in the court trial. indeed, and the fact of the matter, as well, is we don't know why the decision was made by the pa role why the decision was made by the parole board, and we won't know. the daily telegraph reports that the children, chairman of the parole board is considering publishing the
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rationale behind the decision to release john worboys, rationale behind the decision to releasejohn worboys, but rationale behind the decision to release john worboys, but tonight, rationale behind the decision to releasejohn worboys, but tonight, a spokesperson for the parole board said this is misleading and that it has no plans to release this information, because rules don't permit it to. and that raises the question about should the rules be changed? no—one the rules should be changed. i think that if you were one of those victims or a relation of one of those victims, you would wa nt to of one of those victims, you would want to know why the world, why this group of these three people on the pa role group of these three people on the parole board, thought this man had changed so much in nine years, having been convicted of raping, i think, 14 having been convicted of raping, i think, 11! women, is that right? having been convicted of raping, i think, 14 women, is that right?m isa think, 14 women, is that right?m is a hell of a lot. and then there are all the other alleged victims out there. it is 12 convictions, but there are thought to be possibly 100 women. don't you often think in britain that our laws are very old—fashioned and they are all about
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property? so you steal, you really go down for a long time. but actually raping a woman on a premeditated basis... when you look at the kind of things he had in his cab, it is utterly shocking. well, there are calls for the reasoning behind the parole boards decision to be made available. the observer is where we will finish, bigly. to be made available. the observer is where we will finish, biglylj think we should put this on our cv is when we apply for the parole board, we are a very stable genius. i will give you both good references. we have heard trump say iama references. we have heard trump say i am a very stable genius, we have also said we have a situation where i was also said we have a situation where iwasa also said we have a situation where i was a very excellent student, which is extraordinary english, isn't it? even if you were a very excellent student, would you go around boasting about it?m excellent student, would you go around boasting about it? it is better to wear these things lightly.
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i think better to wear these things lightly. ithink so, better to wear these things lightly. i think so, that people find out for themselves. he is keeping this story going. you have to wonder, a p pa re ntly going. you have to wonder, apparently he has his lawyers going over this one, but you have to wonder if he has read the book as avidly as others? well, michael wolff says he doesn't read. is the audio book available? they are casting doubt on his mental stability, whether he is fit for office. he wants instant gratification, but of course donald trump is rubbishing michael wolff, saying he is a fraud and this is a work of fiction. if he says he has tapes, that will be interesting. he says he was sitting around in the white house for ages. i mean, donald trump is on the apprentice every day. he just happens to trump is on the apprentice every day. hejust happens to be president of america. hejust day. hejust happens to be president of america. he just happens to be broadcasting from the white house. and having started reading the book,
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i have to say what you read here ties in entirely with the character michael wolff is talking about. i don't think he is doing himself any favours with these types of comments. and the books will sell well. it is a shame it wasn't time for christmas, it would have gone wild. thank you very much for coming m, wild. thank you very much for coming in, lovely to see you both again. coming up next, it is the film review. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases, i'm joined byjason solomons. what have you been watching this week? this week, we find out what happened when christopher plummer replaced kevin spacey in ridley scott's all the money in the world, a kidnap drama set mainly in 19705 italy, but also on a huge
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estate in england. and saddle up for the return of the wild west. but is it the western revived or revised in hostiles? christian bale and rosamund pike, take to the wide open spaces for the violence of the wild west. and ben stiller checks in for a midlife crisis in brad's status, a comedy about middle age and loss and reflecting on your existence while you take your son to colleges. but let's start with all the money in the world. i'm reeling from the fact that christopher plummer is 88,

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