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children who were on a school bus. a shooting at a street party in manchester's moss side area is being treated as attempted murder, after 12 people including two children were wounded. police believe a shotgun with pellets was used in the incident. and family members of the 29 people killed in the omagh bombing attend a memorial service, 20 years on from the car bomb attack in the county tyrone town. nasa's daring solar probe mission has successfully launched from cape canaveral, in florida, after the launch was called off yesterday. the mission will analyse the sun's atmosphere for the first time. jason statham stars as a rescue diver who must save his crew from 75 foot prehistoric shark in the meg. we will hear what jason solomons thought of that and the rest of the
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week's releases in the film review. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are anne ashworth, associate editor of the times, and john rentoul, chief political commentatorfor the independent. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the financial times leads with the situation in turkey, and that photo shows the parker solar probe launching from cape canaveral. the i has a warning from the eead of a higher education watchdog who says more should be done to protect the mental health of students. the metro shows forensic officers combing for clues in the south of manchester yesterday, after 12 people were injured in a shooting. the express reports that
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new research shows the death of the high street is being speeded up by the growing tide of bank closures. the daily telegraph leads with borisjohnson calling for theresa may to slash stamp duty and abandon affordable housing targets. the times has spoken to trade experts who say theresa may's plan for a bespoke customs deal with the european union is based on flawed analysis. the mail continues its attack onjeremy corbyn, with a photo of him taken in the same cemetery where the munich olympics terrorists are buried. and the mirror leads with more complaints from the father and family of meghan markle about their treatment. what a mix of stories. we will start with you, john. the times newspaper reporting on passport queues of up to 2.5 hours at heathrow. this is
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one of those stories we report on every august, isn't it, let's face it. it is, and people are always going away at this time of year. i have just got back through stansted, no queues at all. lovely, lovely airport, and it has to be said that this is a at heathrow from outside the eu, mostly from the united states, who had to wait 2.5 hours on one day. but it is not a good advert for the country. not when we need to be open for business, and this is coming from key elements such as virgin atlantic. and the boss of virgin atlantic. and the boss of virgin atlantic. and the boss of virgin atlantic is saying that at a time when the uk needs to show the world it is open for business, the government and border force need to provide a great first impression for every visitor every time. and we are going to need to be there, in the
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future, smiling and welcoming people in. and 2.5 hours makes people feel very, very irritable. i am not sticking up for border control, obviously, but i travel a lot, i am sure you guys travel a lot, and quite often especially in america you can queue for two or three hours to get through border control, yet we don't complain about that. we seem to complain about our own country. isn't it something we need to accept, when we are seeing more stringent checks and more people are travelling at a busy time of the year? yes, and they are blaming a computerfailure. year? yes, and they are blaming a computer failure. it doesn't take much, does it? it is the sort of thing you always hear. maybe the weight needs to be more agreeable. waiting is unpleasant, but maybe the circumstances and the surroundings are not good. what is quicker, the automatic one? definitely the automatic one? definitely the automatic one. is it? i don't know, i have had discussions about this with people i have been queueing
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with people i have been queueing with the three hours, and i don't know. i actually think the old—fashioned ways know. i actually think the old —fashioned ways can know. i actually think the old—fashioned ways can be quicker, actually. because they go wrong, they don't always work. and then you have got to go back. i will put it to the test again and see how it goes. i will report back. the telegraph quoting boris johnson. goes. i will report back. the telegraph quoting borisjohnson. cut stamp duty to end the housing disgrace, borisjohnson stamp duty to end the housing disgrace, boris johnson wants stamp duty to end the housing disgrace, borisjohnson wants to move on from the burka row. we don't, it really, do we? are clearly the daily telegraph does, and boris johnson can rely on them for that. an extraordinary intervention by borisjohnson, criticising an extraordinary intervention by boris johnson, criticising all an extraordinary intervention by borisjohnson, criticising all the housing policies of the government of which he was just recently a member. and this splash is based on his column which goes into the very poor quality of much new build housing, absolutely warranted, and then just goes into a sort of mass attack on developers, naming some of
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them, and then on taxation, the taxation of property. and he says stamp duty is holding up the market, we should get rid of it, cut it, indeed, it was raised in the government of which he was a member. and then he is also talking about having no affordable quotas on developments. that means you put up a block and you don't need to make 20 or 30% of it affordable. and he says that would provide more affordable housing. it is not exactly what you might call cogent. it is not what he was saying when he was mayor of london, either.|j it is not what he was saying when he was mayor of london, either. i would like to know what you think about this, because you are a journalist for the independent, and i think it is fine if borisjohnson has a column, and if the daily telegraph wa nt to column, and if the daily telegraph want to give him one, absolutely fine, but should they be running his quotes on the front page? well, as a front—page lead, i know it is august and all the papers are looking for
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stories of their own, but the former foreign secretary mouthing off about the housing crisis is not... when he is in the middle of a hugely contentious row about his comments on the burka. the daily telegraph is in dangerof on the burka. the daily telegraph is in danger of becoming a free sheet for borisjohnson. in danger of becoming a free sheet for boris johnson. and you are an editor, one of the bosses at the times. well, i mean, bricks and mortar, the property section of times, is one of the things i edit. i know something about this and i am not necessarily persuaded by his arguments. you need to tell developers that they need to have a decent and perhaps even a 50% quota of what they build should be affordable. i absolutely agree with him thatan affordable. i absolutely agree with him that an awful lot of new build housing is pretty poor, and that may something needs to be done about stamp duty. but again, this is him mischiefmaking, because there is even. . . mischiefmaking, because there is even... you would like that story on the front page, but not from boris. not from boris. i think the
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telegraph has to be very careful that they are not just one telegraph has to be very careful that they are notjust one voice, which is boris. the readers want a varied diet. it should... a great newspaper is a great box of chocolates, with all kinds of treats in it, notjust one voice. all the papers are guilty of taking sides at the moment, especially with brexit, more than we have seen before, perhaps even more than during the general election. 0ne perhaps even more than during the general election. one good thing about august is stories we really ca re about august is stories we really care about do end up getting a bit more press. and train fares is something that the guardian have decided to devote much of their front page two. this is something that really riles commuters. it really riles people who have to pay train fares, but that is a fairly small proportion of the population. you have to remember that the ra i lwa ys you have to remember that the railways in this country are heavily subsidised, and that most poor people use buses or cars. this is
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just the guardian whingeing on behalf of the middle class. right, next. hang on. there are millions of people that use trains every day. you get to work late and across the economy. sometimes it cost people their jobs, economy. sometimes it cost people theirjobs, as well. and the train fa res theirjobs, as well. and the train fares continue to go up. i sound a bit partial, don't i? i am freelancing. you can tell i am a commuter, can't you? the train fares continue to go up, but the standard of service doesn't. there you go, i have said my piece. and this is why people get really wound up. of course they get wound up, because train fares go up and nobody likes prices going up, but the rails i have heavily subsidised. if people are asked to pay a bit more, —— the rails are heavily subsidised. if people are asked to pay a bit more, on behalf of bus users and drivers, i think that is fair. wouldn't you think there is an issue with the
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fa ct think there is an issue with the fact that people want a better service and a better quality? you don't have much choice. people are happy to pay for it if they see an increase in the service, but there isn't an improvement in the service. look at the story about northern trains, there are no trains to get. that is true. that is me in trouble on twitter. that will be in the bass's office tomorrow. the financial times, something that i know really excites you. you love a bit of space travel. nasa's delta four, carrying the parker solar probe, has launched, and i am unspea kably excited. probe, has launched, and i am unspeakably excited. are you? 1400dc. well, it is exciting, yes. i did enjoy that doctor who episode
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where they fly into the sun. and of course they are saved at the last minute. the kids are really excited about space travel, it went through about space travel, it went through a lull for many years, especially in the shuttle missions, i remember trying to present news around it and engage children in space, and it is just another shuttle launch to the mir space station in those days. but this is reaching parts of the universe we never drink would be possible. and you have to bring people some hope in a newspaper, otherwise you can, especially in august when a lot of people are reading stuff on holiday, give them a good news story that we are going to know more about our son. —— sun. the mirror and the sun are both getting complaints from megan
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markle's father, who seems to be freely speaking to the newspapers, both the british and american ones, and he thinks the royal family are inhumane, and he has said he doesn't think he will see his daughter again. why doesn't he just call her? presumably she is not picking up the phone, i don't know. this is a follow—up from the story in the mail on sunday today, which ran over six or seven pages. i on sunday today, which ran over six or seven pages. i am on sunday today, which ran over six or seven pages. i am afraid i turned past them all. there is no doubt that the british people are absolutely fascinated by this new episode of the royal soap opera, and thatis episode of the royal soap opera, and that is why it is on the front page of the two leading tabloids. why does herfamily, of the two leading tabloids. why does her family, particularly of the two leading tabloids. why does herfamily, particularly her father, keep speaking to the tabloids? is he actually doing that? are they calling him, do you think? maybe his other children are
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contacting the newspapers on his behalf. it is odd, isn't it? it is a very strange dynamic, and i think this will continue to rumble on. there is the fascination with everything that megan markle is, what she wears, her family, so people will be poring over every word of this. in some ways it is quite nice that she has pretty much a typicalfamily, quite nice that she has pretty much a typical family, in quite nice that she has pretty much a typicalfamily, in many ways. quite nice that she has pretty much a typical family, in many ways. dysfunctional family. she a typical family, in many ways. dysfunctionalfamily. she is a typical family, in many ways. dysfunctional family. she is one of us, isn't she? ithink dysfunctional family. she is one of us, isn't she? i think that is partly why people find this so interesting. she comes across extremely well. i mean, ithink interesting. she comes across extremely well. i mean, i think she has only given two or three interviews since she became mega— famous. the wedding was very telling, she and harry clearly had their say in what they wanted, it was a break from tradition, and people really fell in love with a couple on their wedding day. well, i did,i couple on their wedding day. well, i did, iwas couple on their wedding day. well, i did, i was completely overwhelmed by it. he is an old romantic, really.
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it was a lovely wedding, and it was interesting, and a bit different from what you would expect. maybe we need her to talk to us a little bit more, set the record straight. her mother is supposed to be settling in britain, but i dare say she will not be saying anything. you don't want to rock the royal boat, do you. absolute pleasure to go through the papers with you, i will see you on the train first thing. if it arrives. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, anne and john. next, it's the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news, and taking us
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through this week's releases is jason sullivan. what have you got for us? this week, we go to beirut in 1982. it's mad men in the middle east, wherejohn hamm tries to negotiate the release of a hostage in the negotiator. and there's a big goldfish, an angry one coming up. there it is, jason statham getting his teeth into the meg, and a prehistoric shark is on the loose. can he save us from it? and we take a rare cinematic trip to paraguay for a film called the heiresses. it's about late flowering freedom found amongst older women.
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