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the government publishes plans to change organ donation in england to an opt—out system from 2020. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and entertainment journalist, caroline frost and the parliamentary journalist, tony grew. good evening to you both. most of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the ft leads with a warning from the chancellor, philip hammond, to business leaders about a french—led attempt by the eu to restrict the uk's access to european markets after brexit. ministers are warning that a no—deal brexit will result in the eu breaching its own laws, that's according to
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the daily telegraph. the daily mail hails a new text message alerts system, which it says is revolutionising the fight against sepsis. self—harming by teenage girls has doubled in 20 years, that's according to the times, which says that the figures have led to concerns about the pressures of school and social media on young people. the independent carries a picture of the world war two vintage aircraft which crashed in the swiss alps, killing all 20 passengers and crew on board. it also reports that leading universities are urging the government to bring back maintenance grants for poor students in order to improve diversity in higher education. the guardian has found that virgin has been awarded almost £2 billion worth of nhs contracts in the past five years. the mirror leads on its campaign to change the organ donor law to an opt—out system, which it says has been praised by prime minister theresa may. and the i voices alarm over the number of unaffordable houses
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being built on green—belt land. so, a varied set of front pages. let's see what our reviewers make of it all. let's start with the financial times story. tony, get us started. hamon fears french drive to stall city's eu fears french drive to stall city's e u a ccess fears french drive to stall city's eu access after brexit. more fears here —— hammond. eu access after brexit. more fears here -- hammond. the chancellor had a meeting last week with some senior figures in the city, they will be horrified it's on the front page of the ft but we will leave that to one side. when the uk leave the eu there will be a close alignment hopefully on financial services but overtime the eu in politically motivated rule changes instigated by the french... those pavilions french! keen on keen on the french personally but, there
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you go. they may be able to affect the financial services in the uk to be closer to eu rules. he's pointing out in the medium term what the uk should be looking at is trying to get... replace the possible loss of eu market access with financial services deals with other countries and particularly emerging markets in the far east. it isn't as apocalyptic as some of the warnings we've been hearing about brexit, it's a concern in the medium—term france might try to snatch business from the city of london. the french have made it their business to attract business away from the uk to france, so we shouldn't be surprised? there's also solve machinations. huizing these diplomatic mysteries, even in the la st diplomatic mysteries, even in the last ten days —— there's all sorts of machinations —— we've seen. theresa may meeting macron in the
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south of france. dominic raab flying to brussels. they resemble top executives going out as brand ambassadors. it is the last chance saloon to make any of this happen. as tony said, as we're hearing, it is time to encourage growth. they are spreading their bets and hopefully minimising losses. we have the trade secretary liam fox saying 60/40 in the last 24 hours over a no—deal brexit. 60/40 in the last 24 hours over a no-deal brexit. he will be picking up no-deal brexit. he will be picking upa lot no-deal brexit. he will be picking up a lot of air miles, he's been spruiking the trade deals across the globe. we can't do trade deals u nless we globe. we can't do trade deals unless we know whether we are in the single market after leaving the eu. when we did this and our ago you both agreed it is strange we are hearing this now as if people didn't foresee any of this. there is some brilliant language in the front page
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of the telegraph that says the eu is stalling in negotiations, it's more than two years and they are accusing the eu of stalling! we don't even have a position because the government is split over the so—called chequers plan. government is split over the so-called chequers plan. caroline, the daily mail, a campaign of theirs, blueprint to end the sepsis scandal. we should remind ourselves what sepsis is. a secondary infection, it has been tagged the silent killer because people going to hospitals with various complaints like skin infections, chest infections, pneumonia or something like flu and this is a secondary infection and it basically attacks those organs and can sneak up, often with fatal results. the figures the daily mail have quoted is we get 250,000 cases in this country each year with one in six of those proving fatal. those are appalling
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figures. the daily mail, journalists who don't work for the daily mail love to poke holes in the daily mail regularly, we should of our caps to them, they've been campaigning for this for two years since the tragic death of a young boy. they've been campaigning for significant extra ca re campaigning for significant extra care for patients and they've come up care for patients and they've come up with this scheme. and what is the scheme, who wants to explain? my understanding with sepsis, it's particularly difficult to diagnose in and of itself. for example, a patient‘s temperature will start to rise and the way you deal with it is give them antibiotics. doctors and nurses have hand—held devices that are seething information about a range of vital signs for the patient, such as the temperature, blood pressure, that sort of stuff. when it suspects a patient may be in danger of catching sepsis it sends a tie —— text to the doctor or nurse
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to say this patient is in danger of developing sepsis. according to the daily mail, it is revolutionising the fight against the disease. widely available or just starting? the fight against the disease. widely available orjust starting?l two—year pilot scheme but with these dramatically positive results... the good news is this isn't new drugs, not research, this isjust basic tests and care that doctors and nurses are already doing and we the aid of decent software, the algorithms assisting them, and downstream in the treatment. it is sending a text saying do you think the patient has sepsis, very straightforward and then there's a list of recommended actions. the health practitioners aren't having to think about it until this trigger. it's a tripwire. there's a trial period... they have reached the end of it. ok. the idea is it is how the end of it. ok. the idea is it is now being rolled out. good news.
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good news. let's go on to the news that's been dominating the weekend in the times. tony, can you start us on this one? this anti—semitism thing isn't going away. eight for an week for the labour party. the supporters ofjeremy week for the labour party. the supporters of jeremy corbyn week for the labour party. the supporters ofjeremy corbyn say there isn't a significant problem with anti—semitism in the labour party and its been whipped up by opponents of germany to the snatches saintlike image —— a torrid week for. the jewish community saintlike image —— a torrid week for. thejewish community takes a different approach. it focuses on the definition of anti—semitism, there is an internationally recognised definition, the labour party have talked about whether they should abide by that. it is small but significant, parts of it corbyn harris refused to accept. the rethink they are talking about means the party will agree it is anti—semitic to claim jews are more loyal to israel than their own
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nation, or to compare israeli policy to nazi germany and to hold israel to nazi germany and to hold israel toa to nazi germany and to hold israel to a higher standard. that's not enough. people from the jewish community have said their refusal to adopt the full definition of anti—semitism set out by the international holocaust remembrance alliance is at the centre of the problems with thejewish community. this has been said a lot over the last few days, looks like the british board of he is getting involved again but only todayjeremy corbyn produced a video on social media —— british board ofjewish deputies. he stated his position clearly. instinctively i think... this is two years into his leadership. three. thank you. he is still making the transition from polemicist, activist, very opinionated spokesman, deeply passionate. 0n the one hand, i
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commend someone passionate. 0n the one hand, i commend someone in abstract who sticks to their ideals, isn't a populist, isn't a blairite manoeuvre, manipulating his ideals for the electorate. but this is clearly the other side of the line. this reminds me of trump speak in that the more you try to debate and have nuance and discuss the issues, the more the hard—line corba nights use that as a stick to beat their opponents saying you're out to get him. it's impossible to have a debate. this has now grown and grown from last week to now where we have a situation where he is now conceding over a large area of ground he said he wouldn't concede over. instead of doing an interview and sitting down with a journalist and sitting down with a journalist and going through these issues, he releases a video message on social media. asa releases a video message on social media. as a journalist, that isn't acceptable. if you want and are given over the definition of anti—semitism and you want to dance oi'i anti—semitism and you want to dance on the head of a pin saying we will acce pt
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on the head of a pin saying we will a cce pt two on the head of a pin saying we will accept two thirds of it, i want the leader of the opposition position to explain to people like me to explain why he's doing this, why are you arguing with the jewish community? you draw the parallel with trump because it's about going over the heads of the established media, the newspapers, and going straight to your supporters or trying to change people's mines. someone whose mind isn't changed by this is the daily telegraph's got tony ben's granddaughter caught up in this —— minds. caroline, what do we know? emily ben, a legacy of diehard, nobody can doubt her labour values, it's in her blood. she has said what jeremy corbyn has said is unacceptable and her problem is she has been trolled quite ruthlessly by these hard—line has been trolled quite ruthlessly by these ha rd—line corba has been trolled quite ruthlessly by these hard—line corba nights we have been discussing. she's been drawn into this debate. —— corbynitess. eyesore on social media today, never
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have we seen a united opposition party more. they are falling apart on something that isn't connected with brexit and shouldn't even be the disgust. she may be the daughter of tony benneworth g is softer, more to the middle of the party —— tony bellew, she is softer. it shows the depth of what's going on. emily ben, like the majority of mps and a significant part of the party is opposed tojeremy significant part of the party is opposed to jeremy corbyn's leadership and is appalled she has seen him got into a scrap with the jewish community, saying that he knows better than they do about anti—semitism. those corbyn supporters have gone on social media and viciously attacked and told her he is betraying her grandfather's legacy and he would be ashamed of
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herand she is legacy and he would be ashamed of her and she is seeing legacy and he would be ashamed of herand she is seeing him legacy and he would be ashamed of her and she is seeing him spin in his grave at the centrist position. i would blow a gasket if someone said that to me. she has been very calm and smartly pointed out her grandfather was cremated so he couldn't spin in his grave. i don't know how we get back to civil politics when i look back at the vitriol. most of it anonymous. there's so much vitriol being thrown around in the labour party who are hard—core around in the labour party who are ha rd—core corbyn around in the labour party who are hard—core corbyn mr is and those who come from a different when —— called don't —— corbynites. it's a depressing state of affairs for politics. 0k, depressing state of affairs for politics. ok, let's end with something nice. sort of nice. it's a picture on the front of the guardian, other papers have other pictures, a from the sea at woolacombe beach in north devon yesterday, people having a great time. not a great sun lover?|j
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yesterday, people having a great time. not a great sun lover? i don't have the complexion for it. what's interesting about this is this kind of front page, lots of people frolicking on the beach, something we see regularly in the british press in the summer but we don't see it everyday for three weeks in a row, is how it feels now. for the next few days the temperatures could rise to 33 in parts of the country. nwofor sunworshippers, this is great, but for lots of others, it isn't —— i know for. great, but for lots of others, it isn't -- i know for. caroline, sun worshipper, you look like you might be. accidentally recently. they're having to become more creative with the coverage after three weeks, you get these spellbinding photos like we see in the times with the dolphin, pretty splendid in any climate. i hear the reason britain is so creative is because the weather is so unreliable, people like noel gallagher have to go inside with their guitar and create
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wonderwall and the beatles wouldn't have been what they were without the weather. we will see how the creative industry does with so many months of idle sunshine. a nice thought to end on. that's it for 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 seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. aand if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. but a big thank you to my guests the broadcaster and entertainment journalist, caroline frost, and the parliamentary journalist, tony grew. thank you and goodbye.

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