an u u; flfflt: ‘ur. a mini fix air. win 5 u 5.1 vflflt ‘u5 "m5 5’f u “maw ”115 5’f feared. an uplifting story of a woman who has given birth after being caught in the grand foul fire tragedy. and the next stories summed up tragedy. and the next stories summed up as sleaze balls. let's start with the financial times. it has scored a major coup. congratulations to them, cracking investigation, got everyone talking, it has been in the papers today and will be there tomorrow. what amazes me is after the harvey weinstein scandal, has been a great debate about the role of women and the question is how does any group of people imagine that in 2018 they could get away with something like this. ifound could get away with something like this. i found it could get away with something like this. ifound it bewildering. this was an event at which women were told to wear sexy black dresses, underwear to match, high heels, paraded in the fanfare of trumpets toa paraded in the fanfare of trumpets to a men only assembly and in some cases they were treated to put it

mildly, inappropriately, to bid it at its strongest, they were sexually abused. unbelievable that these people thought they could get away with it. i did not know these gatherings existed so it was shocking, well done to the ft for bringing this to our attention. this clu b bringing this to our attention. this club will be closing after this. the ft has updated as farmers, they are shutting down this organisation, —— updated us mess. this has tarnished the reputation. they would never have been able to hold an event again. i hope it is not the end of it, ithink again. i hope it is not the end of it, i think there is more to do, you need to speak to the trustees and the people who arranged the event. seeing this being discussed in more detail. i think there are a heck of a lot of questions to be asked michael told these women to dress in this way and did the beneficiaries of this event really not know what

was going on? it's been going for 30 yea rs. was going on? it's been going for 30 years. it must have happened before otherwise the ft would not have had a tip—off to go and have a look at it. so they have questions to answer and so have the organisers. an interesting debate. in your newsroom a minute ago, four women were talking, and one of them said, are we overplaying this a bit? these women went voluntarily, some have been there before and enjoyed the event. it leads to new opportunities for them and they've been back once oi’ for them and they've been back once or twice. and i wondered if we were getting excited about this because it is posh people at posh event. given that you say that lets look at the front page of the metro with this great headline, sexists and the city. is this partly the point, that it is taking part in the city and not so low? of course, this is what it feels so scandalous because it feels like a different group of

people altogether. the women's minister said today that there seems to be some sort of correlation between wealth and holding these events. is this why we are more horrified by it? probably. for me this is masked in charitable giving, supposed to be something altruistic yet at the same time it has essentially degraded women. this is why i find it shocking that, some of the most respectable people in the country, apparently. someone asked, if we get worked up about this should we also get worked up about the fact that there are clubs in soho with this kind of thing goes on every night. there is a difference as someone every night. there is a difference as someone pointed out, the women who work in several know what they are infor. who work in several know what they are in for. some of the women employed at this event certainly did

not and every woman has the right not and every woman has the right not to be abused in this way. £150 for a shift if you are a student or oi'i for a shift if you are a student or ona minimum for a shift if you are a student or on a minimum wage, that's a lot of money to earn in one night and when you get there you have entered a i’ooiti you get there you have entered a room of hell. let's go to the front page of the daily telegraph it also leads on this story but with a different twist. list makes the point, the political ramifications, when minister who is there, and says that he left early because he felt uncomfortable, but this report indicates that he was there until 930 pm and he was at the same event of the previous year and has been called upon to account for himself. his line was that he was not aware of this activity. it must have

happened before otherwise the ft would not have been there. nobody is trying to put a different point of view, if you look at hostess agencies there's quite a lot of information that might set alarm bells ringing. when were the vital statistics of the addresses are dashed home hostesses. many of the women did not know what they are doing. host 's work is something you might done as a student, because you feel it might be a good idea and you can be young and naive and five years later think, that was a terrible experience. it doesn't excuse terrible experience. it doesn't excuse the behaviour. terrible experience. it doesn't excuse the behaviourlj terrible experience. it doesn't excuse the behaviour. i don't think

we can say that women signed up for this because they enjoy it and they knew what they were doing. i don't think we can say that. a small story at the bottom, trump hails the new churchill, was that. it is theresa may apparently. he has told her she could become this generation is winston churchill. he made the comparison with britain's wartime leader in a phone call on december 19 last year, the date is interesting because remember, in december last year, they had this big bust up over him be treating the briton first upwelling tweets and she condemned him for that and he told her to mind her own business. a p pa re ntly told her to mind her own business. apparently they have made up. downing street could control this

phone call why did they not let us know. 0ne one big photograph of theresa may‘s predecessor. this is not the first time he's been caught on camera, he was caught having in a jolly way when he handed over to theresa may. it will infuriate a lot of people, people might think, you were supposed to be such a big champion for remaining and now it sounds like you are accepting brexit which i don't think people will be happy to hear. i think hisjudgment is welcome that he not centrestage any

more. and to get the feel of somebody who called the referendum and geta somebody who called the referendum and get a wishy—washy appraisal is not but satisfactory. i think theresa may might secretly be quite pleased. he is perhaps given her six out of ten. is coded a mistake, not a disaster but when you set up against some things he said during the campaign to stay in, forecasting thousands of job losses, the campaign to stay in, forecasting thousands ofjob losses, saying it was like putting a bomb and the economy and would cost as all pheasants, yet having said that, the other side also said a lot of things that didn't come true. that will continue to be debated. the front page of the guardian has a couple of slightly frightened looking monkeys on the front. they are exactly the same because they are clones. i'm old enough to remember dolly the sheep although i am not sure that you are. same business. turkeys

cloned in china, it took the scientists 19 different attempts. 79 attempts, sorry, iam misreading it, some concern, are we getting a step closer to cloning human beings. 0f course that is illegal. there are ethical issues as well in the very process so far. they have done it to use these monkeys to look at medical treatments for genetic disorders so this will be interesting medical research, to try to see what this might mean for future investigations. i know it is an unsavoury topic for many people. indeed it is. the times has words from theresa may that she is going to talk about tech giants at davos

tomorrow. this is her big speech, at huge gathering and economic leaders and experts. theresa may will talk about technology and how they should be more pressure on social media providers to remove terrorist content which is a very noble thing to talk about but again it's about talking about putting on pressure. she's going to say to people and perhaps more pressure should be put oi'i perhaps more pressure should be put on shareholders to influence social media companies in haste and knowing how quickly they take things of the internet, it's a difficult thing to do. the fact remains that goes on, and they do defend and things are

published which are distasteful, at their worst, horrifying. let's end with the front page of the daily mirror. elton is quitting for the sake of his family but it's quite a long process of quitting! in the process. he will do three years worth of gigs too rounded off and after that we'll do a residency so he look after his young family. after that we'll do a residency so he look after his young familylj after that we'll do a residency so he look after his young family. i am a lwa ys he look after his young family. i am always suspicious of artists who say they will quit, i'm a fan of seagulls, they once had a fight on stage and asked if they would ever play again one band member said hell would have to freeze over first. 111 yea rs later would have to freeze over first. 111 years later they did play again and the album was called hell's frozen over! i am sure he means it, he wa nts to over! i am sure he means it, he wants to spend more time with his children. he's 70 and has given the world so much music, i think these la st world so much music, i think these last three years will be enjoyed by his hands. thank you both. that's it for the papers tonight.

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — 7 days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you lisa and sarah. goodbye. hello, wednesday was very much about storm georgina. that's spent a lot of the day close to the northern shores of scotland, that great and menacing hulk of cloud showing the centre of the storm. the storm moving of the south and east, weather watchers have caught the scenes as the river 0use quest

problems in york, these were the scenes at the western side of the highlands. that was then and this is now, and a bit of the future as well, with a new area of low pressure becoming the focus of showers running into northern and western parts of the british isles to the cause of the night, a fresher feeling night there was the case over the recent nights and a very cold start to the new day on thursday. by bright enough start on thursday. by bright enough start on thursday in the east, low pressure and cloudy skies in the west, showers rotating around that centre and then organised swathes of them coming into southern scotland through western england across wales as well. the best of the dry weather across the east midlands and into the south—east and indeed into central and northern parts of scotla nd central and northern parts of scotland as well. through the evening and overnight what is left of the low—pressure trundling the showers at whether the east. the

skies were clear behind it. a call start to friday, a touch of frost, the last of the breezes still there to be had along the shores, maybe some showers but essentially it's a rather nice day. not overly warm, between four and 9 degrees should cover it, at least it is dry, for those who have seen far too much rain and showers lately, that's the good news but this is the payoff, another set of weather front starting of the weekend, and then the rain through sunday largely becoming confined to northern parts of scotland, noticed the number of isobars there, at least it's coming from the south—west so there will be rain at times, yes it will be windy for many of us but it will be relatively mild. this is bbc news.

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