hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first, the headlines. the bbc understands traces of a nerve agent used to poison sergei and yulia skripal have been found on a table in the restaurant they visited in salisbury. hundreds of people who were at the sites being investigated by police have been told to wash their clothes and possessions. questions have been raised over why it's taken a week to issue the advice. the chancellor says there's cause for economic optimism — ahead of his spring statement on tuesday. china's congress approves the removal of term limits for its leader — paving the way for president xi to remain in powerfor life. and the film black panther becomes a box office hit — taking in more than a billion us dollars at cinemas worldwide. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political editor of the sun on sunday, dave wooding, and owen bennett, deputy political editor of huffpost uk. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro leads with the ongoing investigation into the poisoning of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. the express asks why it took authorities so long to issue advice to anyone who was in the area where the pair were poisoned. the telegraph says hundreds of people have been warned to wash their clothes and clean belongings with wet wipes. the i also leads on that story, saying the chief medical officer has told residents there is no cause for alarm over the advice. the times reports that the prime

minister is on the verge of issuing sanctions against russia if it is proved that the country was behind the poisoning. meanwhile, the front page of the financial times features analysis that shows multi—national companies are paying significantly less in tax than they were before the 2008 financial crisis. not surprisingly, lots about the poisoning in salisbury. let's take out closer look at that story and in particular how the times is reporting it. theresa may set to hit back over spy death, it says, prepared to announce sanctions — but they haven't proved it yet? no, in fa ct they haven't proved it yet? no, in fact it takes ages to prove any of this stuff. what happened last time with the polonium poisoning? it took about ten or 12 years and we still haven't pinned it down on anybody. it was traced rack to russia, though. it was but it takes so long.

the times is reporting that there is some irrefutable evidence which links it with russia and that she is ready to act. there was a report today that in cabinet, borisjohnson had dared to mention it was the russians and got slapped down rather firmly by the prime minister. but it looks like she has now come round to thinking what all of us suspect, which is that russia is behind, is going to take some action. which is that russia is behind, is going to take some actionm which is that russia is behind, is going to take some action. it is a nerve agent, we haven't been told which one it is, much more difficult to trace than something which is radioactive like polonium? to trace than something which is radioactive like polonium7m to trace than something which is radioactive like polonium? it seems that that is why they are being cautious. the times have gone for theresa may to hit back over a russian spy death and i don't think anybody has actually died yet! so i think the times have got a little bit ahead of themselves with the headline. talking about boris johnson in cabinet, we know when he gave his statement to the house last week he was keen to point the finger

at russia. theresa may is trying to bea at russia. theresa may is trying to be a bit more tactful. not difficult to be more tactful than boris johnson, i guess. the action they protect — expulsion of diplomats and spies, things like that. the idea that we are going to not have any official representation at the world cup in russia i don't think will cause them to many sleepless nights. the alarming thing is that as is mentioned in here, stepping up our military presence in eastern europe. which of course would be the biggest escalation of facing down russia since the cold war. but the more i think about it, your observation about the headline is really very troubling, isn't it? they have sent a correction apparently, so it was a mistake. but the government has got to say that it will do something if it is irrefutable? absolutely, the

former ambassador to russia was on bbc radio 5 live earlier and he said that in the clamour to do something, you end up making statements which actually cause longer term damage to your relationship with russia and we need to work with them on things like islamic fundamentalism and the middle east. we cannot learn every single bridge with them. of course people will say they started this because they are the ones who it is believed carried out this action. but people say if you start putting more troops on the border with more troops on the,,border with! estonia, g takes estonia, it only takes a couple of planes to syria 4.7l... o; bozo. p. c j; gorsroo

[ire should have 2 ' ' f should have % ' ' f advice should have gone out within a couple of hours perhaps but it has taken them overa couple of hours perhaps but it has taken them over a week and now, the advice is, wash your clothes. and wipe your mobile phone down with a wet wipe! is that really our best line of defence against this kind of potential nerve agent? it seems like they've really not grasped the severity potentially of this. on the other hand you could say that there have not been people getting rushed to hospital with symptoms, so maybe it is safe. but i think if i was living there i would be a bit worried. imagine if you lived there in the area and you see these police officers walking round in those suits like we can see on the front page of the telegraph there, it is quite alarming. it shows that it is quite alarming. it shows that it is quite serious threat if these officers are wearing this gear, and, officers are wearing this gear, and, of course, ordinary members of the public are not wearing that stuff, they're just being told, wipe down your phone! let's have a look at the

statement, the spring statement, the litter levy, anything which ends up in landfill causes rubbish? yeah, this is wonderful. i think this is about the second or third announcement talking about doing something over plastics are. trying to reclassify chewing gum as a single use plastic, because apparently that is what it is classed at in some countries. but this is not legislation, it isjust a consultation which has been announced before. it makes michael gove look very good, which michael gove look very good, which michael gove is happy to have, a bit of stardust, but it is not a new announcement. apparently it costs ken pisi for a piece of chewing gum to be scraped off the floor. according to the telegraph. disgusting habit! what i would come down really ha rd disgusting habit! what i would come down really hard on is when you are eating in a restaurant, maybe

zizzi. .. don't eating in a restaurant, maybe zizzi... don't mention eating in a restaurant, maybe zizzi. .. don't mention that, eating in a restaurant, maybe zizzi... don't mention that, please! and you put your hand under the table and somebody has left a piece of chewing gum there. don't put your hands under the table! goodness me! keep your hands above the table! there is nothing under here, i can assure you! it's clean, i've just checked! huffington post, here is your take on it, owen bennett, like at the end of the has to tunnel we're still in the tunnel? absolutely, this was trailed in david's paper but he was quick to point out today that we are still in the tunnel. i think for philip hammond it is a problem, because they're saying that we are about to leave this tunnel but we do not know where we are going to end up. what they would do once they are not doing austerity. we've had eight years of it with them in government. it has been their policy basically for ten years and they need a new

one. because everyone is thinking about brexit, there is and this big debate about what they're going to do now. how excited are you about the spring statement?” do now. how excited are you about the spring statement? ijust can't wait, i will be springing out of bed very early for it! ijust wait, i will be springing out of bed very early for it! i just think wait, i will be springing out of bed very early for it! ijust think he needs to give us some hope because at the moment it is generally be called in who is giving people hope, and the conservatives are aware of this. but it is still very, very cautious language. for a chap who is known as the victor meldrew of politics, or eyore after the moaning ‘x: politics, or eyore after the moaning % from winnie the pooh, this is quite upbeat for philip! let's look at the guardian. we knew that some university bosses are earning hundreds and hundreds of thousands of pounds and this tries to put into some kind of perspective? this was a

story about the expenses they're claiming, £7 million any one vice chancellor had his pet dog flown over from australia, at the cost to the taxpayer of £1600. so, they're really raking it in. what the guardian have done on this story is to compare their salaries with those of senior leaders in the same area. they've looked at the chief executive of birmingham city council, who earns £185,000 a year. you think that is not about salary but when you compare it with sir david eastwood, vice chancellor of the university of birmingham, it is dwarfed — £378,000. it isjust giving you the comparison between senior people in different top jobs in the same area. what could be done to bring down that level of pay? in the same area. what could be done to bring down that level of pay7m is interesting, the guardian have come out on attacking public sector pay almost, which is unlike them! the people at the very top, the

universities minister has given a statement, this should be looked at, but not actually said what is going to happen. the new regulator, the office for students, will require universities to publish the justification for salaries and most of them will probably say it is the market rate! the public service —— public shaming doesn't seem to be working. let's have a look at the picture story of the guardian. it says this is going to be a statue of somebody who is covered in the most extraordinary tattoo is, and this is going to be a work of art based on him? it is a work of art based on someone him? it is a work of art based on someone who is a work of art. marlon brando, apocalypse now perhaps! apparently it is going to be 3.5 metres tall. so, something to have a look at. it is quite striking picture. and he is a very striking man as well if you look him up online, some extraordinary tattoo

is. let's go to the ft, china votes to amend constitution, allowing xi lifetime rule. he is due to step down in 2023 as the chinese premier, but not any more if he doesn't want to? no, it seems he is going to be able to stay on indefinitely. apparently this was passed by 99.8% of the 3000 votes people's congress in beijing. i kind of get why it is a big story but i also get that this isa a big story but i also get that this is a country which doesn't practice democracy is doing something undemocratic! i know there is something to see but i struggle to get the shocking aspect of it! there is of course a foregone conclusion but i wonder who the two people were who voted against! and the three who abstained! i wonder whether they are still around whether they have been put up to it to try and make it look

balanced coverage that was suggested to light that you could not have a unanimous vote because it would not look could. i think we should send gina miller, the anti—brexit campaigner, out there to have a look at this! andrew adonis can see how much he is earning and have a crack down on that as well! get them all over there! apparently a lot of people, ordinary member is of the public in china, it won't make any difference to them who is in charge because the state is so pervasive anywhere. exactly, it doesn't matter who is in charge, because it is not a democracy. sol who is in charge, because it is not a democracy. so i guess it doesn't matter to the ordinary man and woman. but there were excesses when chairman mao was running china, and i think that is why the law was changed, to try and stop a repeat of that, so only time will tell whether he behaves himself. shall we move onto oppressing matter, in the express, on page three, no less...

clotted cream clots cornish fury at tea—time treat blunder... you just know where this is going. it is all about which order you put your cream and your charm on your scorn. now, you are from devon, so which is the correct way? the correct way, for everybody, who is cream and then jam. iwill everybody, who is cream and then jam. i will not have those people in cornwall telling me otherwise!