tv The Papers BBC News February 17, 2018 11:30pm-11:46pm GMT
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hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment, first the headlines. the husband of the murdered mp jo cox resigns from two charities set up in her memory, after admitting to inappropriate behaviour in the past. members of ukip have voted overwhelmingly to sack their leader, henry bolton, after less than six months in the job. the party now faces its fourth leadership election in less than 18 months. theresa may warns european union leaders not to put lives at risk by blocking a security deal after brexit. the president of the european commission confirmed his desire to maintain a security bridge between the two. if this could be at least a silver for lizzy yarnold. she goes to the front. lizzy yarnold becomes the first british winter athlete to defend an olympic title after winning gold in the women's skeleton. her teammate laura deas took bronze, taking team gb to its most successful day in winter olympic history. earlier, izzy atkin won bronze
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in the women's ski slopestyle — a first ever medal for britain on skis. this creature is intelligent, capable of understanding emotions. and in this week's film review we'll take a look at the shape of water, in which sally hawkins falls in love with an unusual creature. we have got a lot to fit in. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror and political commentator, jo phillips. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the observer investigates britain's prison system, claiming two—thirds of prisons are providing inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment for inmates. the sunday express says theresa may has declared there will be "no going back" on brexit.
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the telegraph leads on claims prominent members of the labour party met eastern bloc agents during the cold war. the mail on sunday has an interview with brendan cox, the widower of murdered mpjo cox, who has stepped down from his role in two charities after admitting inappropriate behaviour with a colleague. the sunday times says the education secretary is looking at a number of university reforms, including cheaper tuition fees for some courses. and the sun on sunday reports on alleged marriage difficulties between pop stars cheryl and liam payne. so a variety of stories on the front pages. we won't be looking at all of them. let us start with the mail on sunday. brendan cox. we have to take issue, straightaway, with the headline. yes, iwas issue, straightaway, with the headline. yes, i was a sex pest, confesses headline. yes, i was a sex pest, co nfesses jo headline. yes, i was a sex pest, confesses jo cox's headline. yes, i was a sex pest, confessesjo cox's husband. headline. yes, i was a sex pest, confesses jo cox's husband. he does not say that anywhere in the
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interview at all. he certainly admits to inappropriate behaviour. he apologises profusely for behaviour that may have made colleagues feel uncomfortable. and he completely denies an allegation about, i think it was in the mail on sunday last week, that he sexually assaulted a woman in america. he has continued to deny that. and he says that one of the descriptions of an incident in 2015 is massively exaggerated. the headline, as is so often the case, belies the story inside. there is no doubt it is yet another story of somebody who perhaps now, with hindsight, realises that their behaviour, and he does say i did not think it was predatory, i thought it was playful, was inappropriate and caused deep distress. even though he is saying it isa distress. even though he is saying it is a massive exaggeration,
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clearly some of the women involved there are some to complain about. that right. obviously he feels they did have something to complain about, because he has resigned from the two charities that he founded, the two charities that he founded, thejo the two charities that he founded, the jo cox the two charities that he founded, thejo cox foundation and more in common. and he says he will, for the time being, withdraw from public life. we must not conflict this with what is going on with oxfam and other charities. we are in the same territory, but it is not the same. it says all the way through that while he disputes are some of the allegations made against him, that he is sorry that he made people feel uncomfortable. letters move onto the sunday telegraph. check agent claims 15 mp5 sunday telegraph. check agent claims 15 mps met spies, notjustjeremy corbyn. john mcdonnell and ken livingstone. a total of 15 mps. they see that this is ridiculous will stop ken livingstone calls it a tissue of lies. labour is describing
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the allegations as absurd, which is what they have been saying all week. the point about this is that we are going back to the 1980s. we are going back to the 1980s. we are going back to a different time. gorbachev was then that changing the whole nature of russia and eastern europe... perestroika and glasnost. those great was we had at the time. mps were meeting a lot of eastern europeans at the time. the only thing you could actually say that they were guilty of was not to imagine that some of them might have been spies. we don't know what on earth they could have passed to these agents. ken livingstone was not an mp. he was coming to the end of this time of leading the dlc. john mcdonnell probably was an mp then, or was he at the dlc? jeremy
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corbyn was in the same constituency. and the czechoslovakian diplomat or spy and the czechoslovakian diplomat or spy talks about three meetings with jeremy corbyn. three meetings over the course of a couple of years, three years, in fact, does not sound like a lot to me. presence in the observer. the dire state of our failing jails. if we can find the shock figures. they are quite worrying. it is an analysis of 118 different prisons. 68% are providing u nsatisfa ctory different prisons. 68% are providing unsatisfactory standards with two inside jails unacceptably unsafe. what we have to do is either build more prisons or reduce the prison population dramatically. there are 84,000 prisoners behind bars at the moment. the jails are just not able to accommodate them. they are no longerfit for to accommodate them. they are no longer fit for purpose. that is the
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next stage, really, to start debasing the whole business of criminal justice debasing the whole business of criminaljustice and how we do without. how do you upgrade the present stock? exactly. you have victorian buildings that are unfit for purpose. prison officers with low morale and a high turnover of staff. you have cuts to funding and rehabilitation. we have had this conversation for as long as i can remember. that's right. it feels very familiar. when he wasjust a secretary, he seemed to be concentrating on prisons and trying to do something about it —— justice secretary. how many recommendations have been in and nothing changes? there has to be a fundamental change in criminality and what to do with people. stay with the observer. jeremy corbyn under pressure to shift brexit stance. have i got news
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eu? who is this coming from? —— have i got news for you. two women on the show for a change. two funny women. i don't know about me... this is 20,000 members of the labour party. i don't know about shifting his brexit starts, it would be nice to know what it is, let alone shifting it. they want to know whether he wants to stay in the single market in the customs union or what he wants. neil kinnock has nowjoined in and says these members in the labour party... neil kinnock is backing stopping britain's exes, whether or not that is likely. lots of people are thinking there should be another referendum or there should be some way to stop everything hurtling out of control. there is no prospect mechanism at
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the moment for a second referendum. there is no mechanism for it at all. there is no mechanism for it at all. there are a lot of campaign groups who are trying to get one. eben britton being one of them. best for britain another. —— open britain. it won't happen unless there is a huge change in public attitudes. no sign of that coming from the pulse at the moment. if anything the brexiteers have actually hardened up. moment. if anything the brexiteers have actually hardened upm moment. if anything the brexiteers have actually hardened up. it is still exactly the same figures. the sunday times. no screen sex please, we are actors. equity is suggesting there may have to be guidelines in place for performers who might be asked to do saucy scenes. we cannot go into it as such... why? because we are a bit coric? —— coy?
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laughter. basically it is no serious kissing and covering yourself up. laughter. which seems to me to make a nude scene work. it is a bit of a passion killer. liberty bodice is at the ready. it is serious. iwas killer. liberty bodice is at the ready. it is serious. i was or is under the impression, i ready. it is serious. i was or is underthe impression, lam ready. it is serious. i was or is under the impression, i am very naive, that on—screen kisses were a bit like on screen punches in the face, that it was all sleight of hand and things, i didn't realise that we did it. it depends on which film you are doing it. they mentioned roger moore. it is not known as a porn star. what is this story? carrey known as a porn star. what is this story? ca rrey gets known as a porn star. what is this story? carrey gets a job with air
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miles. still on the sunday times —— prince harry. after last week's interesting discussion about the commonwealth, i am sure am not in thinking the queen or the head of state was automatically... head of the commonwealth. i assumed that the head of state was ahead of the,. prince harry is to come into a youth leadership role. there is a common thugs of government conference in april —— commonwealth heads of government. the commonwealth still has 53 members. it is extremely young, as an organisation, in terms of its membership and the people within the countries, they have predominantly younger demographics. i don't understand the headline other than that he will travel around a lot. the key to this is that prince charles will probably
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get the role anyway, he is 69, the idea is that you need a younger royal to bridge the gap. back to the telegraph. a little aside. craig watts and says we have been wonderful, perfect for the news. watts and says we have been wonderful, perfect for the newsm hea wonderful, perfect for the newsm he a producer? i don't think he has anything to do with it. sheep who can grow human organs created in lab. this is all a bit scary. it is coming out of stanford university. the idea is that you genetically modified sheep, that you introduced human dna and various different things can grow from that, ultimately you can be growing organs for human transplant. just another step along the way of scientific advancement. let us have the nhs will be able to cope when it arrives. how close are we to achieving that? ten years. you said
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that without moving your lips. was that without moving your lips. was that inappropriate behaviour? yes, it is meant talking of women, it happens all the time. —— men. crosstalk would you like to say stomach about the? no, it is a solidified. —— it is fine. in the independent, golden glory for lizzy yarnold. a fabulous picture of her become the first uk athlete to successfully defend a title at the winter olympics. athlete to successfully defend a title at the winter olympicslj should title at the winter olympics.” should imagine if the so... do we go into the weather forecast after this? no, we don't. the film review. if there is a snow there will be djs
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playing out of cupboards with children wanting to try this in the snow “— children wanting to try this in the snow —— tea trays. children wanting to try this in the snow -- tea trays. i might have a go at the luge, you can go feet first. how do you begin to start practising that? you can't go slowly to see if you like it. you could not even go down the stairs on a tea tray. anyway, good for her. she is an absolute hero. that is a super photo. thank you both. that's it for the papers tonight. thank you, nigel and jo. next on bbc news — the film review. hello and a warm welcome to the film review on bbc news.
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to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. good to have you with us, jason. what have you been watching? this week we go to sacramento, an ordinary town where saoirse ronan stars as lady bird, dreaming of romance and not serving coffee anymore. we go set sail on the oceans with colin firth single—handedly taking on the world in an around the world yacht race, starring as donald crowhurst in the mercy. and there's more water, as sally hawkins stars in guillermo del toro's fishy fairy tale the shape of water, and an unlikely relationship with an aquatic alien.
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