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tv   The Papers  BBC News  February 3, 2019 11:30pm-11:46pm GMT

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if‘ai‘it if‘ai‘ii mr is from that mild south—westerly direction. hello. this is bbc news with rebecca jones. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first, the headlines. wreckage from the plane carrying the missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson has been found. the government says nissan's decision not to make a new model at sunderland — as planned — is a blow to the car industry and the region. theresa may says she has new ideas on brexit ahead of her return to brussels for talks on the irish backstop. the mother of missing libby squire has thanked people helping to search for the hull university student as the police hunt enters its third day. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.
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with me arejohn rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent and rachel cunliffe, comment and features editor at city am. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the daily mail has a photograph of the footballer emiliano sala, following the news that the wreckage of the plane he and pilot david ibbotson were travelling in has been found. its main story is about plans to use smart energy meters to help monitor dementia patients. the daily express says that theresa may will bring key tory brexiteers and remainers together for crisis talks to thrash out a solution to the brexit deadlock. the metro reports on liberal democrat leader sir vince cable saying a ‘significant‘ number of labour and tory mps are plotting to desert their parties and join with him in an attempt to halt brexit. the financial times reports on comments from the business secretary that nissan's decision to cancel production of a new model
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at its sunderland plant is "a warning sign" of the damage that could be wrought on the car sector by a no—deal brexit. the times says that ministers are considering withdrawing a £60 million package of support for nissan after it broke its pledge to build the latest version of the x—trail suv in britain. the guardian's lead story is about campaigners calling on the government to intervene urgently over the cost of a cystic fibrosis drug. the i has the same story. it says children are being denied a life—extending drug after the manufacturer set the price at £105,000 per patient per year. and the daily telegraph has a call from the the chief secretary to the treasury liz truss for women to be less "squeamish" about making money. the headline here, nissan faces
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losing made‘s £60 million brexit sweetener losing made's £60 million brexit sweetener because it's broken its pledge to expand its uk plant at sunderland. we discussed the financial times version of this story earlier. but what it didn't mention was the government had actually given nissan and £60 million as part of a package to support the production of this new car. if they are not going to do it in sunderland, the times quotes a government source saying clearly we will be reviewing the grant in light of this decision. is it going to work? i've been watching this story ploughed today. we've had numerous mps on various sides talking about
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this, and this is the first i've heard of the £20 million sweetener. an anonymous government source heard of the £20 million sweetener. an anonymous government source here. it an anonymous government source here. it definitely hasn't been something the government said so far and you would thought that she would have thought this would be their initial response. greg clark has been told by nissan that the move was nonnegotiable. if the government is hoping to put pressure on nissan, it won't work. it's about diesel, and the decline in demand these vehicles. this is one of theresa may of's first try after she became prime minister, that she got this deal. the international business community having confidence in britain post brexit. it's a symbolic
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blow, clearly financial for people in solemn —— sunderland as well. blow, clearly financial for people in solemn -- sunderland as well. all the papers say there will not be any job losses immediately but it does put a slightly darker complexion on the projections for the future. let's move on to the express and we mentioned brexit. it started with deeper and according to the express, there is going to be a crunch summit to save brexit. john, i have got a slight sense of deja vu. is this new or is itjust more of the same?m isa or is itjust more of the same?m is a new crunch summit. when you read crunch summit, it talks about something exotic. but its conservative backbenchers meeting at the prime minister ‘s invitation to try and thrash out the reasons why
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they voted against the prime minister ‘s deal, she is saying, you come up with some better ideas. people are going to think, why now? she is still only negotiating with mps in herown she is still only negotiating with mps in her own party. she hasn't really reached out. i don't think it is going to work. in the nissan story, it says two of her proposals to solve the backstop issue have been rolled out. either a unilateral withdrawal clause or a set and eight to the backstop, —— backstop, neither of those i good enough. just a couple of weeks ago, that is what the brexiteers were calling. i don't have high hopes that this summit.
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it's an attempt by the prime minister to say if you can't come up anything better, you're going to have to accept what i proposed originally. this story is also on the front page of the independent. can may wrap up the backstop deal? is there any sign that the eu are planning? there are some signs, actually. last week, the eu did start to change its tune. they are getting worried the prospect of us leaving without a deal. i think they know that theresa may doesn't really wa nt to know that theresa may doesn't really want to do that. they can't be absolutely sure. and then the emu "eu absolutely sure. and then the emu ——eu negotiators started talking about preventing a hardboard and ireland, which is the one thing the
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eu was saying all along can't be done. indeed. i admire eu was saying all along can't be done. indeed. iadmire her eu was saying all along can't be done. indeed. i admire her more, wrapped up with all of those layers. that's exactly what i was like on saturday. she was leaving church yesterday. sensible, warm clothes. let's move on to the guardian. it's tagged as an exclusive. exclusive to two newspapers. ministers hope to intervene in the unaffordable cystic fibrosis drug. it does seem staggering. £105,000 per person per year. cystic fibrosis is a disease that affects young people. many are not expected to live past the age of 32. it's a tragic disease. given the
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profits that that company may —— makes on what's been paid to its ceo, there are calls for the government to intervene because the nhs can't afford it at this price. there is a question about what the government can do. a private company has come up with this drug. and it's not a british company. they will argue they need the price to be this high in orderto argue they need the price to be this high in order to develop this drug and new drugs and all the failed experiments that don't result in new medical breakthrough —— breakthroughs. if you are someone who has these disease, or a parent, there isn't much we can do. john, does it say on this story, does this drug to cure it? does it manage it? does it say how efficient the drug use? it can extend lives. it doesn't say how much buyer, but clearly, if
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your parent or a patient suffering from cystic fibrosis, for you, anything is worth it. this raises the important question of the nhs. everyone says it's free and all that but it still does have to make decisions about money and how much money is worth it to extend. as a result, with this dispute over the price. the company has withdrawn another new or effective cystic fibrosis drug, even offering it to the nhs. there is a kind of power dynamic here that is quite difficult, and we are talking about life or death, the economics of it. i don't know what the solution is. more funding into medical science? we will leave that one hanging in the airand move we will leave that one hanging in the air and move on to the telegraph. comments made by lynne
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truss, the telegraph is running campaign named women mean business. she says women must not see profit as vulgar. i am tempted to ask, what is her evidence that women see profit as vulgar? not very much. she says that culture is that it is not good to talk about profit, but it's a huge benefit to society. certainly in america, they are happy talking about profit. you'd never ask someone here how much they earn. not sure what the evidence is. we have a very strong culture of female entrepreneurship but the funding that email led businesses receive is much less than them equivalent by men. “— much less than them equivalent by men. —— female. much less than them equivalent by men. -- female. there is an issue here. extraordinary. it is extraordinary. clearly, i don't know
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if it's women shying away from making a profit, i think sexism is more sort of deep—rooted than that. the sexism she faced in the oil industry and indeed in politics. i think that is more interesting. she's saying she faced sexism in her career. she is very confident and good politics and quite good at pushing herself forward. but those numbers you just quoted, you can't argue with them. if 90% of funding goes to all—male start—ups, then clearly there is something deep—seated going on which needs to be tackled. interesting. let's
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return to the times. don't mock us, says neighbourhood watch. i read this and i was curious. it starts from the premise that neighbourhood watch people are curtain twitching busybodies of zest with low—level crime which isn't necessarily how i would have characterised neighbourhood watch but you have to an order to this story to work. neighbourhood watch but you have to an order to this story to worklj get the impression from this that the reporter has his own views of neighbourhood watch. they've managed to get curtain twitching busybodies into the first paragraph of a story saying don't mock us. why do they saying don't mock us. why do they say they are being mocked? because the chief executive is trying to promote all the serious work that neighbourhood watch does and it does sound as if they do some very important work with knife crime and
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youth work and volunteers running workshops and so on but most people do think of neighbourhood watch is being a fairly sort of middle—class suburban activity but it's also quite successful. if there is an active neighbourhood watch in an air, crime is lower. it says it reduces crime bar to 26% but i'm six —— sceptical because if they are all middle—class suburbanites, they are living in middle—class suburban area so maybe the crime rates would be lower a nyway. so maybe the crime rates would be lower anyway. i'm not convinced. well, each of us can perhaps agree a matter different reasons, perhaps. but also there's nothing wrong with being a twitching busybodies. that does actually stop crime because if you do keep a look out for suspicious activity, that is the
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first step to stopping it. 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.

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