very controversial stance on figure. very controversial stance on a lot of issues. lots of other things that cause controversy. you're judged by sales, and the sales of e—mail has always been strong. and as a reason for that. you talk about it in being controversial, is sent on brexit and so on controversial, is sent on brexit and so on and so forth. the campaigns he might as well, particularly stephen lawrence. journalism prickly at its best. it was an incredibly bold thing to do at the time, to put the name of those five people and call them murderers. kevin and i know in journalism, you cannot do that and risk the libel but he was daring them. he was saying, come back at us if we are wrong. that helped to

shape the narrative about stephen lawrence. who is going to replace him? i think the bookies favourite is the mail on sunday editor. he is the favourite. tony gallagher, the son's editor. seen in the political mould. it could well be someone from the...heis mould. it could well be someone from the he is going upstairs apparently, mr dacre. whoever takes over the job, apparently, mr dacre. whoever takes over thejob, are they apparently, mr dacre. whoever takes over the job, are they going to have him breathing down their neck?l comparison with alex ferguson and manchester united. whoever comes in,

it's going to be huge shoes to fill. you're going to have this guy who's incredibly powerful. is he going to be on the phone every day saying, thatis be on the phone every day saying, that is wrong? i think is going to have to be a really tough person. it's hard to imagine him taking a step back. he is very hands on. whoever succeeds him, probably should expect a phone call. is the kind of thing he and affected! let's go the telegraph. mr davis, david davis, brexit secretariat in public battle with theresa may over brexit. could we see david davis resigned tomorrow? finally! i was could we see david davis resigned tomorrow? finally! iwas thinking this might be the fifth time he's been suggested to resign. fifth time? there have been other occasions when there's been stories in the papers saying he's going to resign in all of this. he's fighting for the british pickle! —— british

people. eventually somebody says, are you going to put up or shut? he does appear to be relatively close, although i was speaking to one source close to david davis earlier oi'i source close to david davis earlier on and they said no, he is not. he has made clear the next week, he is meeting michel barnier in brussels, so meeting michel barnier in brussels, so he said he was doing that, he was still planning on being brexit secretary. there are definitely tensions between him and number ten. numberten is tensions between him and number ten. number ten is ready to take control of the whole brexit process and him as brexit secretary is being overlooked. this specific issue is done with the sort of backstop, so essentially, an agreement of no other solutions found in the northern ireland border issue, thereafter be a backstop —— there

would have to be. theresa may wants to let brussels no what the government's proposal for that is tomorrow. apparently there is no time limit on it, and the pheromones brexiteers in david davis is this is —— they fear among brexiteers is... but for those people who believe that the good friday agreement is potentially at risk here, the solution cannot be simply waiting for max fax —— whatever technological advances need to be made. the back is committed might not be the solution. as a result, those who believe there should be an open ended agreement think that is the best option. for theresa may, you need a contingency plan. it is so you need a contingency plan. it is so important we are a matter of

months away from leaving. we need to have a formal dinner and place —— formal deal in place by october. so davis is annoyed about... what i wonder is whether theresa may, friday marks a year since the terrible botched election but she's still in power. she be thinking, david davis, you have threatened to resign so many times, this is now a game of chicken between the two. she might be saying, come onto let me know who was stronger here in the cabinet. i lasted a year after the win was predicted after grenfell, for example, she was going after resign. slightly and voting. an open—ended commitment to the status quo, to keep the border invisible between the north and south. that would be a big trial of brexit,

would be a big trial of brexit, would it not? no, because the macro you mean if it's open ended? yeah. i suppose, yeah, the brexiteers. the whole point of the backstop is that it can only end once an alternative solution is found the it cannot be open ended but as we do not know how long it is going to give find a solution. that is what we are in this complete model and the brexiteers, as you say, clearly, deeply suspicious this is all a bit ofa deeply suspicious this is all a bit of a ploy by the prime minister who, lest we forget, did wrote remain. wanted to keep us in the uk by stealth, by the back door. the backstop, the back door to staying in. ok, the guardian. that's the

secretary of state for health, jeremy hunt. this the quote inside —— to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the national health service. jeremy hunt gave an interview this going to air tomorrow. i think this has been in the moves, the 70th birthday next month, and it has been in easing off of austerity and sort of march. i think they are ready to spend more money. it's been a i% think they are ready to spend more money. it's been a 1% annual rise in 2010, which is not enough. wejust had a huge winter crisis in the nhs this year. the nhs really need extra money. i think the tories still don't have that sort of success on the nhs as an issue, and so i think by doing this, it's a great gesture to say the conservative party, it's

almost like electioneering, dare i say it. this is one of those areas where the labour party is out in front of the nhs and its welfare. and there's a school of thought in some parts of the conservative party that there is no point in trying to ta ke that there is no point in trying to take labour on that there is no point in trying to take labouron any that there is no point in trying to take labour on any and a shift position that is in the public's isom nhs is labour's issue. i think this indicates it could be the not walking away. in a way, this is just confirmation, theresa may said before easter there was going to be more money for nhs. not how much. no matter how much, it's not enough. there's always more money. and what are they going to do about social care, which remains the huge issue. briefly, the telegraph, jane. oxford

to oxbridge is fine to... we often hear about terrible representative figures and oxbridge but this week, i think there were sort of fresh yet more samples of how poor oxford aren't having black and minority stu d e nts aren't having black and minority students —— are at having. the chairman of the office for student is threatening oxbridge with slashing the tuition fee unless they do more. sorry to interrupt. it does seem bizarre that these two colleges perhaps more than any other part of oui’ perhaps more than any other part of our lives can get away with diversity things that are so a bjectly diversity things that are so abjectly appalling. it's extraordinary. they are almost put oi'i extraordinary. they are almost put ona extraordinary. they are almost put on a pedestal, universities that belong to themselves, and this is

calling time on this. is part of the problem. clear unfairness. if you do cut the fees from, that is a lot of money. it is. finally, the daily mail. rolling stone! look at this picture. we've been to bring enough for you. there go. mary berry is on the left. or maybe mary berry is on the left. or maybe mary berry is on the right. who knows? one of them is mickjagger and the right. who knows? one of them is mick jagger and the other mary berry. and wearing, basically, the same close. what happened here is the poor picture editor has been ordered by his editor need to find a picture of mary berryjust the same as mickjagger. he probably has taken as mickjagger. he probably has ta ken hours to as mickjagger. he probably has taken hours to come up with... is not a bad effort. the scarves were sort of passion? it's the floral

jacket... the floraljacket is one that gets me. and i think mary berry where it better than mick. she's older than him where it better than mick. she's olderthan him and where it better than mick. she's older than him and he looks rough in his pictures. she looks great. sorry, mate. i don't know if that is ageing the remaking them younger. nothing wrong with being in touch with... nothing wrong with being in touch with. .. that'll work. ok, nothing wrong with being in touch with... that'll work. ok, kevin and jane, thank you very much indeed. many thanks to you, and for you to watching. 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. thanks again to jane and to kevin.

and to you. goodbye. hello once again. let's get you right up to date with how we see the weather developing over the next few hours, and indeed the next few days. it'll take us right on into the forthcoming weekend. no great complaints, i suspect, on the weather front around about the cumbria area or indeed many other parts of the british isles during the course of the day. much of the weather action is a good dealfurther south than us at the moment. having said that, there are one or two flies in the ointment. there was quite a bit of stubborn cloud to be had across lincolnshire and yorkshire through the day, and we've seen showers of late just getting away from france and in towards the channel islands. maybe through the rest of the night, one or twojust getting into the very far south of england. as i say, much of the disturbed weather at the moment is to be had across the european continent, so what comes our way on thursday — and some of it will — will be but a tiny portion

of what we could have won. looks as though it's going to be another fine, settled day for the greater part of the british isles. less in the way of clouds as we get on into the afternoon, but there is a greater chance of some of these southern counties of england of seeing the odd sharp shower, maybe a rumble of thunder, the odd rogue one there, too, across western scotland and the far west of northern ireland. on a day where the uv levels are going to be really quite high, so we bear that one in mind if we're out and about for any length of time. and the pollen is stubbornly high again for the greater part of england and wales, and also pretty high there in northern ireland too. this is how we get out of thursday on into friday. not a great deal of change. just a suggestion here — not so much about weather fronts and such coming at us — butjust perhaps a little bit more in the way of instability and atmosphere, so perhaps more showers to report across this southwestern quarter. again, perilously close to the far west of northern ireland there, but otherwise, fine and settled weather. still rather cooler on some of these north sea coasts given that you have

got the onshore breeze, and it will be there again as we get on into saturday. just little filaments of instability towards east anglia there. it's a long way off. don't hold me to that exactly, but it's just a suggestion that we're seeing in some of the models at the moment. and then by sunday, perhaps something a little bit more organised getting into the far south of england, a greater chance of seeing some rain here, perhaps some too on the northeastern shores of england. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm. the grenfell tower inquiry has heard the man who lived in the flat where the fire started is terrified of giving evidence and lives in fear of giving evidence and lives in fear of reprisals. the editor of the daily mail after 26 years at the home is to step down. cabinet divisions run deep as the government prepares to set