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tv   The Papers  BBC News  November 4, 2018 11:30pm-11:45pm GMT

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hello. this is bbc news, with me, shaun ley. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment with lynn faulds wood and henry mance. as you can see, they are flicking through them as we speak. but first, the headlines: the businessman, arron banks, has insisted that all the money he provided to a pro—brexit campaign in the run—up to the referendum came from his uk companies. he's facing a police investigation into claims that he was not the true source of the funding. firefighters are dealing with a large blaze in nottingham, in the city's former cattle market. in total, four buildings are alight near notts county football club's ground meadow lane. no—one is thought to be injured. an investigation is under way after an inflatable slide collapsed at a funfair and fireworks display in woking in surrey last night. seven of the eight children who were hurt have been discharged from hospital. former prime ministers have been paying tribute to sirjeremy heywood, the former head of the civil service who has died from cancer at the age of 56. tony blair called him "a formidable whitehall operator". and 10,000 flames have been lit
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at the tower of london, launching a week of commemorations marking 100 years since the end of the first world war. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster, lynn faulds wood, and henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times. most of tomorrow's front pages are now in. thank you for staying with us with a fresh look at the papers. senior eu officials are warning that theresa may's chances of striking a brexit deal are only 50—50. that's according to the guardian. the daily mail carries a picture of the tower of london, lit up with 10,000 torches to mark 100 years since the end of the first world war.
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the tower of london is also pictured in the times. but the paper also has an investigation, which it says reveals companies and charities are cashing in on a care crisis in the nhs. the telegraph reports that foreigners who've never lived in the uk will be permitted to join the armed forces, amid a worsening recruitment crisis. the ft leads with an interview with italy's deputy prime minister, luigi di maio, in which he claims rome's controversial spending plans will become a recipe for growth across europe. a veteran who went on a hunger strike in protest over a lack of mental healthcare for ex—soldiers has won his battle, after an intervention from the former head of the british army. that's in the daily express. the metro reports on the fatal stabbing of a 22—year—old man in penge, in south—east london. it's the fourth such attack in just five days. and the daily mirror has a poll which suggests a majority of british people would pay more taxes to ensure the elderly are cared for properly. so, a varied set of front pages.
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yes, iam relieved it yes, i am relieved it is not brexit, brexit, brexit all the way. actually for me the best picture is on the front of the mail. we will start with the mail then. on the news tonight the teachers were lovely of 10,000 torches —— the pictures were lovely of 10,000 torches lit. they will put them out at the end of the evening. and it is to mark armistice, the last day of the war, when the guns fell silent, 100 yea rs, when the guns fell silent, 100 years, the first world war, and it is absolutely beautiful when you see the shots of them. all of the tickets are sold to go in there, folks, all week, but you can go to the tower of london and see it from afar. i should imagine these dusky autumnal evenings, henry, it's going to be quite splendid to see even if
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you are looking from the way away. yes, the process of letting these torches, from 5pm through to 9pm in the evening... you think of the poor bloke who has to wind up all of the clock. yes. we struggle for moment of reflection in today's world and in the run—up to armistice day you have the opportunity to think about notjust the loss, as have the opportunity to think about not just the loss, as we have the opportunity to think about notjust the loss, as we think have the opportunity to think about not just the loss, as we think about every year, but the momentous centenary. i was struck because we have been reporting the start of commemorations in other parts of europe, the big service in strasbourg cathedral tonight, with the french and german presidents, but we have the german actor sebastian coch on the news channel last week, a week before i should say, and in germany the first world war is hardly mentioned, there are no real commemorations, there are no
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a cts no real commemorations, there are no acts of veneration, if you like, he put it musically, we have enough to worry about with the second world war, but it is interesting how the different reflections on this, and it is so potent for the british. different reflections on this, and it is so potent for the britishm i had lost i would not want to remember it. angela merkel is going to france to the celebrations. they are not shy about coming out and acknowledging that it happened and trying to move on. if you remember the ceramic poppies, this is equally... someone has really and ideas in how to make us remember in a very haunting image. a less brilliant idea on the front of the star, proudly displaying its own p°ppy on star, proudly displaying its own poppy on the banner, it looks like an illustration of an authentic royal british legion poppy. this is straight up my watchdog street. for viewers with longer memories. anyone born after 1912, i did ten years of that and i did lots of stories about counterfeits done by cruel conmen
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ripping off the "feed the world" t—shirts. ripping off the "feed the world" t-shirts. in 1984. yes. it was people dying by the million being ripped off. this time manchester trading standards have found a load of poppies which are purporting to raise money for the british legion. that is the con. it is not that you can't sell poppy that is different. it is just the idea that ones we are wearing this evening, the idea that you might give money thinking money is going to help service people.|j have brought in a prop, buy official ones. if you have one of those around your neck, it is all right. the conmen have things like "lest we forget, these were made from animal, so forget, these were made from animal, so just buy it from a source where you can make sure you won't make
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someone you can make sure you won't make someone who is horrible rich —— enamel. and a broader question about this, given the years you have been looking at consumer issues and rip—offs, do you think there has been a big austerity impact on the people are used to do this kind of work, the local council inspectors who were check on markets and restau ra nts. who were check on markets and restaurants. yes, they don't do that any more, local councils have been hacked back. trading standards had 50% of their funding cut. hacked back. trading standards had 5096 of their funding cut. really? 0h, 5096 of their funding cut. really? oh, gosh, yes. we did a survey, rather, i didn't, they did. around the country, and it's absolutely swindling cuts. and i did a review for the government into dangerous products and recall is, these tumble dryers catching fire, and trading standards don't have these product safety trained officers to do anything about this. and even if they had they don't have the money to do it. it is a sad thought, isn't it? to the guardian now, henry, i
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won't make you comment on anything political, a lovely image, slightly more traditional of bee eaters —— beef eaters, along with the warden of the tower, the interesting story here is the brexit story, sorry, lynn, cover your ears if you like. don't talk to me about this because people are bored and wondering when this will end. you are going to make it interesting. go on, then. the uk knows that they are running out of time and theresa may is keen to get things wrapped up and she wants a deal this week to enable the eu to call a deal this week to enable the eu to calla summit deal this week to enable the eu to call a summit where the whole thing can be formalised so she can bring it to parliament and it is wrapped up it to parliament and it is wrapped up in time for christmas. it will be over by christmas, now where did we hear that? luna the guardian says the deal is 50—50. hear that? luna the guardian says the deal is 50-50. it could be 60-
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40, we don't know. it is a way to say, look, compromises have to be made. and there is still uncertainty about whether the uk will be prepared to make those compromises. and what is interesting about this is that a uk government source is saying basically we don't have the better bargaining hand. we need the summit more than they do. if it gets pushed back then they know that we are going to have to spend more on planning for a no—deal brexit, moving civil servants from one department to another, you know, the lorry parts, all of this stuff, we are up against a wall and that's what they are trying to, the message, for the eurosceptics, what they are trying to, the message, forthe eurosceptics, is what they are trying to, the message, for the eurosceptics, is to come down. presumably that's the message theresa may has to deliver to her cabinet colleagues and to her party, that, you know, we will have to settle for something. well, they are going into a secretive phase, apparently, the team, with barnier, michelle —— michel barnier, this
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secretive phase is called the "tunnel. are they literally going into a tunnel? -- the "tunnel". so a tunnel would be an improvement. there is no certainty that there is a light at the end of it. laughter. cani a light at the end of it. laughter. can i advise them to stick away from all of these various things that we can have fun out of? absolutely, and theresa may, you can imagine the private eye front cover. this is in the hope that donald tusk, president of the eu council, will have an extraordinary brexit meeting called, a summit, at the end of the month, they are thinking november 22, let's put bets on whether anything happens on november 20 two. and downing street... the day that president kennedy was assassinated —— november 22. that was 1963, we have moved on,
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but if you are looking for anniversaries, if you look that way... it seems to me that you know much more than these things about i do, but the only bargaining chip we have is, they think we owe them 39 billion, and if we fall off a cliff they don't get it, now that's quite a big bargaining chip. there are people in the government who think we would pay that money whatever. evenif we would pay that money whatever. even if we leave without a deal. in that case we don't even have a bargaining chip. i think it is in limbo. there is a question about how northern ireland is treated. that is what it is about. whether they can find an arrangement to avoid a hard border and it doesn't treat northern ireland so differently that the democratic unionists feel cut off from trade by london. the obvious solution is so vague that everyone can say they have won and whether thatis can say they have won and whether that is enough to get through parliament, we shall see. exactly. it ain't over until it is over and
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it feels like round one. let's move on to something much more easy to talk about, which is how the italians have got it wrong with their economy but they think they haveit their economy but they think they have it right. yes. i think most people wouldn't think that italy we re people wouldn't think that italy were the pinnacle of great financial judgement in europe, when we read how they are not doing terribly well. the headline on this story in the ft, at your paper, is italy's recipe for growth will work for the whole of europe, says di maio, who is the deputy prime minister, not the only deputy prime minister, they have more than one, and he seems to admire the fact that donald trump appears to have done quite well in america, they have 4%, what was it, 4%, expansion and growth policies, and they think if they do things like tax, increased government spending, and cut the taxes for the
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rich, presumably, the way they have donein rich, presumably, the way they have done in america, that actually this isa done in america, that actually this is a fantastic idea for europe. now can you just see the rest of europe saying, having already told italy that their budget, there were some rude words set about it, it appears to be quite deluded, can you see the rest of italy, particularly mrs merkel saying, oh, that is a great idea, i haven't thought about that. it is interesting to see what populous do when they get into power, when they are in opposition, they win the election, they get in, and they try to realise some of their promises, cut the retirement e, their promises, cut the retirement age, cut spending, sorry, increase spending, cut taxes, and they say we have a huge problem, we got to create debt now, then the economy will grow so fast that we can repay the debt. in brussels they don't buy that logic. they look across the pond and they see that donald trump
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has put through the tax cuts and he is not entirely unpopular. yes because he might be riding a crest ofa because he might be riding a crest of a wave. economists say that it could crash again. at the moment it looks like it's doing well. that is not how life works. he might be struggling next year. i like the bit where the european commission are saying that the plans, the italian plants, are so serious breach of budgetary rules that it is no alternative is to be asked to withdraw, so before they have even agree the budget, the italians, the european commissioner has said, don't be daft. let's see if they try to defy brussels and go ahead of it, or not, and finally, as they used to say, the times, magnificent picture of the tower of london with the flames, the tortures, but the story to end on is the storyjust above that. basically, diners are to blame
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for wrecking number of restaurants going bust. iam not sure for wrecking number of restaurants going bust. i am not sure if the chap who wrote this article lived there, because he appears to think there, because he appears to think there is a lot of pop up restaurants p°ppin9 there is a lot of pop up restaurants p°pping up there is a lot of pop up restaurants popping up that have specialist themes, like duck dishes and japanese pancake. i was born in glasgow at the last time i was there i don't recall that being exactly the causing of glasgow. why all of these are closing, 1000 have closed in the past year. we have seen problems with gourmet burgers, at jamie 's problems with gourmet burgers, at jamie '5 italian. there may be something here. these chains, they

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