needed an opposition to go against. you would respect him. he had experienced some things and he spoke passionately. in the british papers, in the sunday telegraph, they lead with their main picture, the pope in ireland. the first papal visit there for nearly a0 years. really overshadowed by allegations of child abuse by the church. and really, their diminished status of the catholic church in ireland? you indeed. it is a two day visit. the first in almost 40 years. it is mired in this awful controversy around these industrial schools, mired in this awful controversy around these industrial schools, the laundries as they were called, and the shocking detail, we cannot fail to be shocked when you read about what happened to these babies and young girls and the level of abuse, and what seems to be coming out of

the pope's visit is that it feels, it may not be the intention, but it feels very lukewarm in his response to the way in which these people we re to the way in which these people were treated, and the responsibility of the catholic church to now say that, 0k, of the catholic church to now say that, ok, the words and this idea of coming together as a family and trust in the catholic church, but you cannot help but feel that this was perhaps the problem in that it allowed priests and bishops etc to go on to abuse. charlie, the catholic church in ireland is still huge, it might be diminished and reduced partly because of these scandals but it is still a huge part of irish life. i went to i went twice, and when i was in cork 10—50 yea rs twice, and when i was in cork 10—50 years ago i was doing a talk show. i interviewed many of the people who had grown up after this abuse and it was harrowing what they had to live

with, ptsd symptoms. i cannot believe it has been a0 years since the last pa pal visit, believe it has been a0 years since the last papal visit, it seems like yesterday. but the story has not changed. also in the sunday telegraph, an intriguing story, theresa may ordering a space race with the european union after brexit. could be exciting, i don't know. it points out the underlying serious message of what happens after brexit and the fact that security, underlying this galileo project, and britain's potential exclusion from it is this issue over security and what's going to happen in putting money into a research project to find out how we can have oui’ project to find out how we can have our own project to find out how we can have our own satellite projects, now that we will not be in the european union, and the sharing of information is key, as well. those

are the key messages to come out of this. charlie, the us has been in a space race with russia most in this post now could be in a space race with the eu. the whole purpose of this was to try and make money and beat the states, and talking about taxing by the mile in the highways, that was why the sting was put india, to use gps, i don't think that the us does. but it says that this is you talking, if they don't grant access, maybe you could twist your arm grant access, maybe you could twist yourarm and grant access, maybe you could twist your arm and say we are sharing with them. ican your arm and say we are sharing with them. i can see now the possible need for developing systems like this, of our own. but before this it was a mess and i wouldn't want

anything to do with it. underlying the statement, the funding is now one mapping out how a sovereign satellite system would work. it was like you're back on the 19th century and britain is just like you're back on the 19th century and britain isjust working on its owfi. and britain isjust working on its own. we don't actually work like that any more. i can turn the heating on from anywhere in the world. in my house. the sunday mirror has stormy daniels, trump tried to silence me but i will testify. stormy daniels, the porn star, of course, she reveals death threats from followers of the president. and inside there is a great quote from their interview with stormy daniels, saying, "i'm just fighting for the truth. trump probably wishes that he had never met me, but a lot of men probably feel like that." quite a nice quote. i'm more interested on the court on the opposite side of the page which

says this is a bleak week for donald trump but this sorry saga will run and run. this sums it up, because this story about stormy daniels will just keep going. she is fighting for the truth. and i hope that she does fight. she's not going to let it drop. she is under extreme pressure and it is hard not to admire somebody that keeps pushing under the weight such pressure. what is she on the pressure for? she said it was consensual and with regard i know the person who set this up but i cannot talk about that! no teasers, then! how damaging for donald trump is this whole affair? none of that is against the law. you may not like that someone has slept around before, but if it is your money as a candidate and you go to

someone money as a candidate and you go to someone and say here is 100,000, don't talk about that, on the level of so—called hush money, it is contract law. but that is legal, but morally, is there a moral issue? there's a lot of morals, and times do change. most of us knew going in that donald trump did not have that john mccain, george bush sort of patrician style. but the public didn't mind, it doesn't say in the constitution that you have to be,... you don't think any of this is damaging donald trump in the opinion polls? what he did is not against the law. amongst his base and amongst a lot of other people label say, what they are doing especially with paul manafort, instead of

investigating the crime, they are investigating the crime, they are investigating the crime, they are investigating the person to find a crime. the she not have the right to speak out without fear? —— does she not, without being paid hush money. if she has signed a deal, then she can't. it is i have taken money, i have signed, with a contract, i received value for what i have owned. let's move on, back to brexit, actually. it is neverfar from the front pages. the observer has that no—deal brexit risks the break—up of the united kingdom. this is the former eu chief herman van rompuy boy warning of an essential threat to the uk from brexit. rompuy boy warning of an essential threat to the uk from brexitlj would refer back to the quote in the sunday mirror that this is a saga that will go on and on. and it's easy for us to be complacent about all of the barrage of information thatis all of the barrage of information that is coming our way, to do with

brexit, and no—deal, and a deal, but it feels like quite a serious claim, that scotland, which voted in the majority to remain within the eu, could end up well, that people are saying could end up breaking apart the uk. that is kind of a left—field thought that many people never really considered. this is a bit worrying. first up we have an eu official interfering in our domestic politics. this brings home to me an insta nt politics. this brings home to me an instant thought. is he now telling the scots or promoting to the scots to do all they can... is he saying that the eu will work to not have a deal, to facilitate the break—up of

the country? if you think about that, that is the threat. also in the observer, the children's tsar calling for an end to battery hen school holidays. what do they mean by that? it was not the battery hen holidays but battery hen kids, the idea that kids are sitting at home squashed into the confined four walls of their home rather than being out playing during the summer holidays, in some places it is still six weeks at the time, and what they are not doing is running around like free chickens! they are actually in their homesjust swiping and playing on computer games. i can't remember who it is at the moment but there was an idea that holidays should be on prescription, some kind of prescription that you can hand out and write out which says that you must have two weeks holiday outplaying, getting your vitamin d

somewhere. interesting. outplaying, getting your vitamin d somewhere. interestinglj outplaying, getting your vitamin d somewhere. interesting. ican tell you this, my friend's son, he's a couch potato, walking around with his ipad watching his favourite show, in new hampshire, the spent a week were none of them could go near the tv or the ipad. he was out on the tv or the ipad. he was out on the boat, running the speedboat, it amazed me. he can be very hyperactive and he was on one of the small boats, fishing for one hour, sitting quietly and catching fish. i can sitting quietly and catching fish. i ca n swear sitting quietly and catching fish. i can swear by doing that. maybe even get him cycling, which leads to the sunday times, the idea of making cycling helmets compulsory, says the tour de france winner.|j cycling helmets compulsory, says the tour de france winner. i love cycling but i will not cycle on the roads in london. that is a terrible thing and! roads in london. that is a terrible thing and i am sure that lots of

cycling people who would be outraged by that but it is true. it is very dangerous. when i read the people that have lost lives as a result of cycling, particularly in the city, it saddens me. i think why wouldn't you want to wear a helmet? 0n the other hand, a friend of mine, an ardent cyclist says that wearing a helmet can give you a false sense of security anyway. that is one of the arguments. she says that she would much rather not wear a helmet because she is much more aware of safety on the roads. as i said, i do not cycle in london, i love cycling but not on the streets of london. perhaps i'm not the best one to argue for and against, but it is an interesting one. charlie? there is a libertarian angle to this. i grew up in boston in the states. this was a very big story. they brought in

mandatory seat belts. and a talk—show host run a campaign saying you should read but the government should not you do. hold that thought, because the pope who we we re thought, because the pope who we were talking about earlier on, is just arriving at the irish shrine in cou nty just arriving at the irish shrine in county mayo, knock, in the republic of ireland. it is all part of his papal visit to the republic of ireland. the first papal visit their for almost a0 years. he's also going to be holding a huge mass in dublin today. this visit overshadowed, to be honest, as we were discussing earlier on in this newspaper review by abuse, scandals and cover—ups in the catholic church in ireland. he is expected to speak later in front ofan is expected to speak later in front of an estimated half a million catholics in phoenix park. and abuse

victims and their supporters have been gathering for a stand for truth rally in dublin to demand justice. and again, the background to all of this, the irish prime minister leo varadkarurging the this, the irish prime minister leo varadkar urging the pope to take a stand against abuse and ensure justice for victims in ireland and around the world. the pope, during his visit, has admitted what he talked about as the church's failure, and he said that action over abuse scandals, repellent crimes, which has rightly giving rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community and i, myself, shallow sentiments, he said. he has been meeting victims of abuse including a woman who was assaulted by a priest

when she was in hospital, at the age of 13. the pope in knock in county mayo. much more coverage of that throughout the day from my collea g u es throughout the day from my colleagues annita mcveigh, who is there for us. that is the pope's visit to ireland. as we continue this newspaper review, let's go to the mail on sunday. they have got a scandal of 3.6 million nhs ghost patients. what is a ghost patient, what do they mean? if you're someone who is registered on your box but does not exist in reality. the mail on sunday has discovered that it is £151 per patient, and that you have got 6 million... who is paying £151?

that is what doctors in england get on average for each patient on their books whether they see them or not. they are on their books, you would assume that they are being seen. they are registered with the gp. and with 3.6 million people, if you multiply that by 151, that is a huge amount of money that gps receive for patients that effectively do not exist, and that is the crux of this investigation. is that a bit of a scandal, charlie? it shows the system doesn't work. a couple of months ago i read about this thing, we are trying to make these targets but they don't have the time to do the other stuff that they have to do. the targets for payment, checking for cholesterol, you get to the point where there is some real stuff you need to talk about like the pain in your site, but they are

too busy testing what pressures. the pain in your site, but they are too busy testing what pressuresm isa too busy testing what pressuresm is a broad brush to say that the syste m is a broad brush to say that the system doesn't work. that is a big statement. it does need reviewing, absolutely full stop or example, a person who died in 1969 remained on the list for az years. that is a lot of years and also a lot of money. what it doesn't make clear, perhaps because i've not read the whole article, just the bulk of it, is how these people are ending up on that list. obviously some people die and they are not taken off the list. there is an example of a gp with a fabricated patient called m mouse to fill gaps in his schedule. it needs to be overhauled and looked at again. there was a case of a house with 2a people in it registered with a gp. and maybe f christmas and a

few other patients! thank you both being with. you can see the front pages of the newspapers online, on our bbc news website. so thank you to charlie and lainy. and that is it from the papers this morning. they just showed you theyjust showed you of they just showed you of the theyjust showed you of the pope landing in the republic of ireland, in knock, where he is visiting the catholic shrine. let's join in knock, where he is visiting the catholic shrine. let'sjoin my colleague in knock, annita mcveigh. can you bring us up—to—date? thank you very much. i am in dublin where

the pope will later be saying mass in front of half a million people. his plane has landed in knock in the last few minutes in county maher in the west of ireland. i will tell you more about knock in a minute. it is a holy shrine. it is visited by 1.5 million people each year. if we take a look at the images from there, the pope is being visited by local schoolchildren. the weather is pretty atrocious. we were looking at shots of the aer lingus plane landing at the airport are struggling to see if through the heavy rain, but the flight number for that plane, ei1979, heavy rain, but the flight number forthat plane, ei1979, referenced at the last time the pope visited iowa, popejohn at the last time the pope visited iowa, pope john paul at the last time the pope visited iowa, popejohn paul ii, almost a0 yea rs iowa, popejohn paul ii, almost a0 years ago. he went to knock as well. pope francis, following in his footsteps. and you can see there,

the weather is very inclement, but not deterrent to people who have been planning to come to see the pope here today in the west of ireland. around a5,000 people expected to hear the pope speak. joining me in dublin, and i'm looking at these images with me is the theologian, father eamon connolly. good to have you back with us. connolly. good to have you back with us. for those who do not know about knock, what is it all about? is it the diocese to which i belong. it is a shrine dedicated to our lady. at the signjust a shrine dedicated to our lady. at the sign just coming a shrine dedicated to our lady. at the signjust coming out of the famine, at time of great poverty and ireland, our lady happiest in a small group of people, 15 people. very simple, ordinary people, young and old, from 16 years of age up to quite elderly people. —— our lady

psz. the message was one of ree assurance , psz. the message was one of ree assurance, and comfort. and whether people access or not that our lady appeared there, knock has now become that plays for so many people. you can come here to be healed, not necessarily in a dramatic physical way but in a spiritual way, with a sense of acceptance, which can often be enough of a miracle, people overcoming addictions, overcoming the break—up of relationships and so on. it has become a place of healing and reconciliation. you have a very personal connection with knock from your childhood. i was in knock in 1979 when pope john paul ii came. i was 1979 when pope john paul ii came. i was quite young. and i was assigned to the media to bring water bottles to the media to bring water bottles to them to make sure that they did not get thirsty and provided their

services. now you are talking to the media about this papal visit. i guess you could not have predicted that, back then! it has been interesting to hear details overnight of the conversations the pope has had with abuse survivors, spending 90 minutes with those eight abuse survivors yesterday evening in dublin. what did you make of the details we have heard? we have not heard much, and that is appropriate because it is a personal conversation. some victims and survivors have told their stories and it seems there have been deeply emotional and personal for each of them. i emotional and personal for each of them. lam emotional and personal for each of them. i am delighted that did happen. i cannot understand why it was happen. i cannot understand why it was not happen. i cannot understand why it was not announced happen. i cannot understand why it was not announced in advance that it was was not announced in advance that it was going to happen, not necessarily the details because privacy must be respected, there was much speculation as they would —— as to whether he would actually meet victims. yellow our lady of those survivors is now a priest himself in we st survivors is now a priest himself in west belfast, and someone missing a

month ago that the pope should not have come to ireland because of the way that the church had handled the abuse scandal, but he was well coming of the conversation after it had happened. according to his report he had received some assurance that accountability would be taken more seriously in terms of those who perpetrated abuse but who we re those who perpetrated abuse but who were responsible for covering it up. father mccafferty from belfast, use one of the victims, the survivors, who have spoken about the encounter. everywhere that the pope has gone he has always met with people. it is only a representative group. he cannot meet with everybody. i would hope that those who did not meet him would be reassured by the accounts of those who did. looking back now at these pictures from knock, in cou nty at these pictures from knock, in county mayo in the west of ireland, substantial crowds, despite the bad weather. not on the scale of when

popejohn paul weather. not on the scale of when pope john paul ii weather. not on the scale of when popejohn paul ii was here in 1979 but clearly, an enthusiastic crowd. we saw that atmosphere last night at croke park, a jamboree to mark the world meeting of families, the official reason for pope francis being here this weekend, and that will be the final mass of the event that he will say here in phoenix park in dublin later on today. what is your sense of the reaction to francis that you have seen from people here in ireland on this visit? people will comment about the differences between the visits. we are not comparing like with like. in 1979 there was a visit to ireland, at the numberof 1979 there was a visit to ireland, at the number of different venues. this was a visit for the international meeting of families hosted by the archdiocese of dublin. in1979,

hosted by the archdiocese of dublin. in 1979, pope john paul ii said here ami in 1979, pope john paul ii said here amlon my in 1979, pope john paul ii said here am i on my goal of the visit of ireland, but because of health and safety and all of that there has been masses of coverage about the distances people how to walk, about ticketing for events and so on, and that has kept a lot of people away, particularly those with mobility issues. so we're not comparing like with like but in terms of what you asked me, the reception for pope francis has been tremendous. his ability to empathise and connect with people, even if you spend 30 seconds with him looking at him face—to—face, there was a great sense of warmth from him personally. many people experience that last night, as well, at the world meeting of families festival. why has knock being added to the schedule? the archbishop of the diocese of tuam is very persuasive. and francis did not

need much persuading because of his personal devotion to our lady. and popes do honour national basilicas and shrines if they can. we have two in ireland, a place of pilgrimage in ireland, in the north—west, lough deargh. perhaps next time he will go there. there was mention from the irish prime minister that there could be a future visit which would include northern ireland. there does seem to be some impetus behind this idea. there does. in the global catholic world of 1.2 billion, we are a small island on the periphery of europe. but this visit is about issues of reconciliation. we have a story to tell, although we are bowed down at the moment, we have a story to tell about peace and reconciliation and what we are learning from overcoming mutual

problems and religious difficulties. he spoke about that at this speech in dublin yesterday. he has referred to that a number of times. i suspect there will be some will amongst the organisers that this could happen into the future, certainly. we will keep an eye on what is happening in knock for the arrival of the pope, the short journey from knock for the arrival of the pope, the shortjourney from the airport to the shrine itself. father eamon connolly, thank you for your thoughts so far. from dublin, from phoenix park, back to ben in the studio. rather miserable weather there in knock, but let's have a look at the forecast for the uk. we have had rain pouring across some

western parts of the uk already. and the are strong around western and southern coasts, gusting to a0 an hour. here is the cloud that is spreading of the atlantic. there is that every of low pressure. in year we have weather fronts and they will pa rt we have weather fronts and they will part on top of the uk during the course of the afternoon. in the east, this is where the heaviest rain will arrive latest today. after that dry spell this morning, by the time we reached lunch time, you can see that rain spreading across the uk. across the west, notice that the weather is going to improve a little bit later this afternoon. in belfast and maybe western scotland, one of the places where the sun will come out in the second half of the afternoon, so not such a bad into the day. the rain may last in east anglia and the south—east until the latter pa rt anglia and the south—east until the latter part of the evening. tonight, skies will eventually clear. there will be a bit of a breeze. not too cold, 15 degrees in the south,

around 10 celsius in the north. bank holiday monday isn't looking too bad. the weather system is well out of the way, moving into scandinavia. we are in between weather systems. so it is a window of opportunity tomorrow. we will be hoping for some sunshine on bank holiday monday and we should get it across the bulk of the uk, whether in scotland or in the uk, whether in scotland or in the south. maybe catch some showers. not completely dry day, but most of us will escape those showers. and it will feel a lot warmer, around 20 in london, into the high teens in the lowla nds london, into the high teens in the lowlands of scotland and in belfast. heading into tuesday, some warmer aircoming from heading into tuesday, some warmer air coming from the south. the jet strea m air coming from the south. the jet stream shifting to the north—west. to the south, we will see those temperatures climbing. a beautiful start the day on tuesday. temperatures rising quickly, possibly hitting the mid—20s. in the

north—west, we are closer to low pressure, so the —— the western isles of scotland and northern ireland getting a little bit of rain. that's it, goodbye. this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh live in dublin. the headlines at ten o'clock. pope francis arrives in knock on the second day of his ground—breaking visit to ireland. the pope has expressed shame over the church's handling of sex abuse crimes yesterday. one man said the pontiff had ‘promised there would be consequences‘. i got the strong impression that no one will be exempted from just penalties. and i'm ben brown — the other headlines this hour. the government plans to make it harder for businesses to walk away from commitments to workers and suppliers if they go into insolvency.