tv The Papers BBC News May 13, 2018 10:30pm-10:46pm BST
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hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first the headlines. former labour cabinet minister dame tessa jowell has died at the age of 70. she was diagnosed with brain cancer last may. two britons freed in the democratic republic of congo after being kidnapped during a visit to a national park, named as bethan davies and robertjesty, say they are "very relieved" their ordeal is over. police in indonesia say a couple and their four children carried out suicide bombings at three churches which killed at least 13 people and left dozens more wounded. injerusalem, israelis celebrate the opening of the new us embassy while palestinians protest. and a standing ovation for kate adie as she wins this yea r‘s ba fta fellowship. hello and welcome to our look ahead
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to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejohn rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent, and katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro leads with a picture of the late and report the father of prince harry's soon to be wife, meghan markle, might no longer be welcome at the royal wedding after being accused of staging fake paparazzi pictures. "patients trapped by care closures", says the daily express and reports that every month last year, more than 12 care homes went bankrupt as owners fought to find the money to cover increasing running costs. the ft also runs a tribute to the late dame tessa jowell and report that donald trump has ordered the us commerce department to assist a chinese telecoms group
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following a personal request from china's president. the telegraph also pays its respects to dame tessa jowell and says the head of mi5 will appeal to european leaders today not to risk their "shared strength" by weakening security and intelligence—sharing after brexit. the guardian pays its respects to the 71 people who died in grenfell tower injune last year, and are running a tribute to their lives today. that gives you a flavour of the main papers this evening. we can go a little deeper. kate, to the daily telegraph and some lovely pictures after the death of dame tessa jowell and a lot of people paying tribute to her and her legacy. she's on the front of most papers we have had in so front of most papers we have had in so far. ever since we heard the news a lot of tribute but what is
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striking if they are from across the house. all of these different political parties, notjust labour politicians. you had david cameron, theresa may, jeremy hunt a lot of the conservatives, and although you might expect that, i think it is a bit different this time also everybody has said this is someone who does not have an enemy, just got things done and some of the tributes have been very touching. there was a nice one from david blunkett who worked with her in the labour government. he said how he always used to send her up for being such a network, which i think in westminster is quite a badge of honour! but what set her apart was that she did it for a good reason, using her social skills to get something done. we have interviewed various people this evening and the warmth of the tributes... we do a lot of obituaries sadly in this job, sometimes you feel people go through the motions but today has been very
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different. you're right, the striking theme is how few enemies she had, how people literally did not have a bad word to say about her. she was unusual in that respect. she did not have enemies in the party, even though she disagreed with a lot of people, and did not have enemies in other parties either. it meant she was an unusually effective politician. the olympics was one of her triumphs and that was achieved by getting people to work together. sure stud is another thing spoken about. —— sure sta rt. another thing spoken about. —— sure start. the thing going round the dizzying to be what was the best achievement! but there was an interview which surfaced which said the things she was most proud of was sure start —— going round on
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twitter. we had lord boateng on earlier who i had a little side motion into bringing that back. you presumably both must have met tessa jowell at various points? i only met her on a couple of occasions. it was as everybody said, she was just a very warm person and one of those people, when they speak to you you feel they genuinely want to. a lot of people don't have that! and she was full of mischief as well which was one of her nicest sides. she had a mischievous sense of humour, slightly wicked, she loved talking. she came and talked to my students at kings college london, and for some reason we got kicked out of the i’ooiti some reason we got kicked out of the room we we re some reason we got kicked out of the room we were in so some reason we got kicked out of the room we were in so she carried on with the class is sitting on a windowsill outside because the students had a lot of questions for her. she loved engaging with them
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and that was these are the person she was. there was a lovely tribute from alistair campbell who obviously knew her and worked with her but they were friends and went on holiday and he were called an incident where she was dancing around the kitchen, even when she was ill. and of course the illness was ill. and of course the illness was something she seized in a way and was determined to make something off by campaigning about it. and that speech she gave to the lords recently has resurfaced today and her comments about cancer, basically trying to make a positive from her situation. in the daily telegraph you can see that coming to fruition because the prime minister is putting aside another 20 million to go into brain cancer research. there isa go into brain cancer research. there is a legacy above, political things in regard to the illness. staying on the daily telegraph and the story about the chief of mi5 warning
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europe. andrew parker, a speech in an undisclosed location in berlin. he is honestly worried about the effects of brexit on security cooperation. the angle that the independent was keenest on was in saying that mi5 has stopped a terror attack every month since the westminster attack in march last year. and that certainly sends a chill down my spine. it reminds us, you see around westminster these signs saying that the state of security is still severe or something, and that is what it means. it is worth being reminded of that. and it all builds into what appears to be their message, this idea that, given how difficult the situation still is and the level of
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threat which is not going down in terms of isis, even though we are seeing them defeated, in certain areas where they had strongholds, it does not stop the problem. it is best to work together where you can and that is the message to the european allies. i do think here they are talking about how the eu are going to play hardball with us on security. you do think there are some things i completely get playing ha rd ball some things i completely get playing hardball on the customs arrangements and these things, the exciting max—fac, but on security, should we really be point—scoring 7 max—fac, but on security, should we really be point—scoring? it helps both sides to share information. theresa may has slowly come to that approach and hopefully the eu side can reciprocate. always nice to have some good news in the paper, and some good news in the paper, and some news in the last couple of hours that the team accure british nationals who were kidnapped in the congo have been released. this was a gorilla trekking holiday that went
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wrong. the two british nationals. they have now been released. but it is not clear how that came to be. the report notes that we don't know if it was down to negotiations, a ransom, to force, and they have given the statement basically saying an indirect statement saying, we feel good now but we don't want to comment further. there was very little information could a sort of thank you and we are very relieved. you said there was more information but there isn't! we got the names but there isn't! we got the names but interim is of the circumstances, very little. —— in terms of the circumstances. they have got three reporters on this story is perhaps there is more inside but the interesting thing is they don't know why. it does not do much for gorilla trekking tourism. you think back now, the park has been closed and in all of this there was a ranger who
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lost her life. a very difficult situation obviously. moving on to the daily express. their top story, patients trapped by care closers. —— closures. it is not the weather or a health scare, it is a real news story on the front of the daily express, unusual! but it is a serious story about care home closures and the pressure that is putting on the nhs. people, older people are being backed up and having to be kept in the nhs which makes the strains on the nhs more difficult. that is a big current story which i think has been rather lost sight of which the obsession with brexit that we journalists have. the government is engaged in rather delicate negotiations with itself again and how much more money to spend on the nhs and this is part of that story. the figures are scary
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in terms of the number of care homes that will not keep going. there is quite a shop intrigue —— a sharp increase. 83% falling. it is not just brexit, that snap election, theresa may was very famous for her dementia tax and that was a disaster, her plan to fund social care. it became a battle of the illness between dementia and cancer. it reminds us that social care has been this ongoing issue that various governments have tried to grapple with. they talk about not being party political about it and to come toa party political about it and to come to a multilateral approach and yet we are going around in circles. to a multilateral approach and yet we are going around in circlesm is so politically toxic that when you try to solve it, we have seen it, the death tax, it is notjust one party but parties start to talk about the current solution and the
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opposition will always be, like, we can makea opposition will always be, like, we can make a lot of capital by criticising it but then you get problems like this. and the reality is there are people at home who will be terribly worried by stories like this. absolutely, this is what we need to recapture the spirit of tessa jowell four, to work across parties and try to reach some kind of consensus because it has been bedevilled by a party point—scoring in the past. we will head up to the top of the daily express, it is too good to miss, this story of sergei ratcliffe who has been named today as britain's richest man —— served jim wrap sirjim ratcliffe. this is the sunday times rich list which is in the papers this morning. for the first time self—made wealth has
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overta ken first time self—made wealth has overtaken hereditary wealth. first time self—made wealth has overtaken hereditary wealthlj first time self—made wealth has overtaken hereditary wealth. i think it isa overtaken hereditary wealth. i think it is a good thing. it shows you can be aspirational and achieve things. he is the owner of a chemical business. he grew up in a council house. he supports brexit. all of these things, he does not seem like your stereotypical billionaire. he is worth £21 billion. that is extraordinary. he has made several billionjust this year so extraordinary. he has made several billion just this year so he has experienced a brexit bounce perhaps. speaking for the remainer, experienced a brexit bounce perhaps. speaking forthe remainer, i experienced a brexit bounce perhaps. speaking for the remainer, i did find it quite amusing that britain's leading businessmen turns out to be against the united states of europe, i thought that was quite funny given that we assume that business is in favour of the closest possible links with the eu. the point was made, on the rich list, this is the first
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time in! the rich list, this is the first time in i think 15 years is that the list was born in britain rather than somebody who had moved to the country and brought their wealth and entrepreneurial spirit with them. country and brought their wealth and entrepreneurial spirit with themlj have to confess, i had never heard of the man. i had dimly
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