private woe over the recruitment of more state pupils by oxford and cambridge, that's on the front of the times as private—school parents claim their children are being edged out by "social engineering". the financial times leads on uber‘s underwhelming stock market debut, after shares for the ride—hailing app opened below their offer price. ifind i find that ever so hard to say, right hailing app. the i reports that the conservative party is experiencing a funding crisis with donations drying up as brexit unrest grows. doctors in the us announce plans for a radical gene therapy that could drastically reduce the risk of heart attack, that's according to the guardian. and the mirror has spoken to the ex—wife of thomas markle, the father of the duchess of sussex. we might not dwell on that one. let's start with the daily express. outrage as rape victims warned they faced prosecution. why would rape victims face prosecution? this thing

that the police are bringing in. without even consulting the victims commissioner, who is supposed to be consulted and all of this. and i thought that i just cannot understand why they‘ re thought that i just cannot understand why they're doing it. i mean there are incidents where there are false accusation that eicher accusations made — a tiny portion of fabrications. is that why they are doing this? orare fabrications. is that why they are doing this? or are theyjust loading the dice against the complainants was white rape cases are at an all—time high. 1.7? was white rape cases are at an all-time high. 1.7? there are a number of things going on here. we've had those rape cases that collapsed after evidence came to light from phones that had not been properly submitted as part of the inquiry. but then last weekend i think it was, we had the police in

crime commissioner saying to police co nsta bles, crime commissioner saying to police constables, don't do this, don't go poking around in the victims phones. looking at this in the form we've seen, it says... it says that if it is identified from your advice and suggest the commission of a second offe nce, suggest the commission of a second offence, they have the duty to an just to investigate that. that will just to investigate that. that will just put people off. estate idea of having nothing to hide so and hand over. but people do have things that they want... in that case, if this does happen, that is fairly inevitable, isn't it? they would have to then investigate what looked like a have to then investigate what looked likea crime? have to then investigate what looked like a crime? what they could also do is use all kinds of different material to defend the defendant. because you think about what's on your phone on any one day. you are expressing your most private self, right? who knows what you can do with that? there's got to be a safe

space for all of us, which is not given over to the authorities, surely just because given over to the authorities, surelyjust because something happened to you and went to the police. but you can see by the police. but you can see by the police are trying to cover themselves in one way because they've had such problems with disclosure in the past from the other side. but this willjust put people off even more. they're talking about it being like a digital strip search. talking about it being like a digital strip searchlj talking about it being like a digital strip search. i think that's it. these people have already gone through a horrific incident, and then this is even more invasive. and then this is even more invasive. and then to think the micro worry about what you've said or done on this phone could lead to the police arresting you with my people won't do it. for a long time, women have said they aren't prepared to go forward with a rape allegation because their private lives will be handed over. i knew somebody who went through a case about five years ago. she said that she felt as if

she was being violated all over again by the system. it's never easy. the sad thing about this is that baroness new life, the victims commissioner secular that sounds good. she will be leaving that role. she came to prominence because her husband gary was beaten outside to death. she then subsequently became the victims commissioner and has beena the victims commissioner and has been a fantastic voice for victims across the country. however she now leaving thisjob, across the country. however she now leaving this job, and across the country. however she now leaving thisjob, and it's a worry because no one else will stand up for people like she does because she comes from such a normal background. we have people in the lords or who level replaces or that come from a civil service background. it was refreshing because we're listening to her at the moment because we don't hear many other people coming forward. i've interviewed her a few times, she comes across extremely well. in these positions of power...

let's not get into that, michael. we can't be defining normal on a friday night. the telegraph — mps claim expenses for adult children. this is within the rules. it is a. what is the rules? the rule is that you can claim for adult children if they are dependent on you. if they are still at university and things like that. now the case they've looked at, they have five mps who say they've discovered doing this. to have offered to give their money back, one has appended to the energy minister. she claimed nearly £10 million for her two children living in the second hall. this has enabled them to have a big enough room to accommodate their families is them to have a big enough room to accommodate theirfamilies is blue thatis accommodate theirfamilies is blue that is what the original idea was. this is all within the rules but it looks a bit with you. she gets over £111,000 a year to start with. she also claims £22,000 a year and other allowa nces

also claims £22,000 a year and other allowances of. all of which is permissible? yes, but the point of this — the telegraph were at the start of the great expensive scandal, although that was the sunday express really with jackie smith. however, the telegraph went on and took it onwards. you edit that, don't you? i do, thank you very much secular that was a very fruity story. but it'sjust very much secular that was a very fruity story. but it's just the ethics of it all. i think that we are in such a crisis in this country will stop the democracy that took centuries to build up, a stable, advanced, mature democracy is currently under attack from all sides. and this is not the time when mps should be — they should be like caesar has back wife. they should be and so clean that nobody should be able to report ten years on. that is when public trust started to erode. the rules have changed. but it's

also you — you're right, it is personal ethics. the best bit about the story is that the independent parliamentary standards authority are now considering putting gps on mps to prevent any fiddling of travel expenses. so we know the billing. that might be a privacy issue. how will you track them? isn't that a moral? a little bit. i think they have some time back when these things happen, a mood settles over the country. it's a brown mood secular a dangerous mood. i really do think we are in dangerous times. torrey funding crisis, parties struggling to pay rent for head office. donations have run dry? as a lefty , office. donations have run dry? as a

lefty, it gives me some pleasure. but again, this is so much part of... it is where the money is going to that worries me, to a party which has no policies except out of europe. no other policies. that was a short short—lived bit of glee. europe. no other policies. that was a short short-lived bit of glee. i'm so a short short-lived bit of glee. i'm so terrified of the whole situation at the moment. and it's interesting how fickle these funders are. at the moment. and it's interesting how fickle these funders arem at the moment. and it's interesting how fickle these funders are. is it? it is fickle. but you put your money where you think that the outcomes will go. but they have no policies! they're going to deliver brexit. we don't even know how they'll do it. and if they aren't, then the brexit party has been acquitted. again, the sunday express two weeks ago talked about the funding crisis that they had. we said then that mcdavis, the chief executive and treasurer of the tory party, he said he was in

despair —— mick davis. he didn't have the money to run the hq and fight and win elections. aren't they doing this thing where they're getting money from oligarchs's wives to play tennis and all these things? there was that fundraiser, wasn't there? the problem is that both the remaining donors that they've had and brexit donors — they don't know what they stand for the moment. there's complete disarray in the tory party. a lot of them want theresa may to stand on but she's not going anywhere. there's no money coming in but they are in a bit of prices. the financial times. .. to live within their means, isn't that what they said? donating £200,000 to the brexit party? jeremy hoskin, he's got a few quid. he's pushed a lot of money into the tories before, given millions to the vote leave

campaign. a big present to the micro brexiteer. nigel frost got a good bounce, they do seem to be picking up. a bit of a head of steam and the momentum is with them. where's you have change uk and there is no momentum. momentum is a difficult word to use. i think we should be very difficult. i know there's a lot of excitement about new parties, isn't nigel a character out of a movie? this is actually really frightening stuff. we do not know what the party stands for, these people... they seem to have a few more sensible people... really? there are always interesting people there. but the point is this — what is it that they want? they want to come out of europe. is it so they can be economic anarchy with no regulation? what is the ultimate goal? they haven't said. he's

putting money into the brexit party, saying it's like having a second referendum. remember, there is still 17.4 million people who wanted to leave, it hasn't been delivered. what hasn't been delivered? polls are all over the place secular to brexiteers. what is it that the people who voted for brexit voted for? let's go to the times! the times— private well over the rights of state pupils at oxbridge. this is the head of stowe school, excuse me if i've mispronounced it. he saying that some people, and i don't —— they think it's that some people, and i don't —— they think its social engineering? you get the impression from reading it that he's kind of overstated it a

bit because he says it's almost like anti—semitism secular a little bit? it's outrageous! he might have changed his mind about that. you can see why people are upset if they been paying for their kids to go to private school, and their ideas that they will get that private school to oxbridge. we see that in america, in the states where people have been bribing to get into certain universities. this is in the same level, but you can see a lot of parents will probably think that it gives your kid an advantage. parents will probably think that it gives your kid an advantagem usually does until they change the admission rules. but there has been increasing amount, he says, a private school bashing going on. this is just private school bashing going on. this isjust a choice private school bashing going on. this is just a choice that people make and how they spend their money. that's fine, but we are allowed to bash them. that free speech again? know, because my children went to private schools and i hated it! why did you send them? because i was

stupid. people will call you a hypocrite. that's why i'm openly saying so. because i would stupid. i had an immigrant‘s mindset and i really believed that if you pay for your children to go to the schools, that they would emerge special. but actually i so regret it... i said it earlier than now. and you didn't ta ke earlier than now. and you didn't take them out of it? my daughter in particular — that's when it hit me because the care is really poor in some of these schools. not in all of them. but in a lot of public schools. there is a huge crisis. you can't generalise. i'm saying in a lot of schools, it's all driven by results. it is in state schools to. no it's not. and i did try, but i'm totally confessing that i am one of those. i would never totally confessing that i am one of those. iwould never do totally confessing that i am one of those. i would never do it this guys doing, which is actually saying that this extra advantage should continue forever more. surely they have to

understand it's been unequal and wrong, and we should do something about it? and they are getting a bashing, but confidence of schools have been casually bashed anyways. i we nt have been casually bashed anyways. i went there and i'm here tonight, so that should inspire a few people. which school did you go to? saint leonard's in durham. putting you on the map, saint leonards. leonard's in durham. putting you on the map, saint leonardslj leonard's in durham. putting you on the map, saint leonards. i think that they are protesting too much. this language — i hope he withdraws the statement, i hope so. let's look at the telegraph. philip green must lose knighthood. this is mary portis, the review of the... lose knighthood. this is mary portis, the review of the. .. it didn't go particularly well. lots of reports. will they take any notice on this occasion? philip green should be stripped of his knighthood — we've talked about his allegations and gagging orders, which he's

denied all along. but he said he should be stripped of his knighthood. now lots of people have been shouting that for a while. but it doesn't seem to be getting with anyone. there doesn't seem to be any... it'll be great day when it happens. you probably don't like knighthood in the first place? no, we should have some standards. now that we know what we know, and he's not the only one, there are several people. what happened to archer? did he lose anything when he went into prison? did he have to suffer at all? there is a little challenge for you. go and look it up, do some journalism. between now and 11:30pm. it would have to be decided as a committee. again, it's one of those stories on the front of the telegraph. they have a history with the telegraph, and their breathing new life into their old stories. but it doesn't matter what mary portis think about it? they're both

retailers, so it's think about it? they're both retailers, so its relevant. think about it? they're both retailers, so it's relevant. that there have been stories in the last 2-3 there have been stories in the last 2—3 months about all the people who went to the parties and gradually fallen away. karen brady left him as well? maybe there is some justice on earth. that's a bigger point, isn't there? what a statement. that's it for the papers this hour. michael and yasmin will be back at 11.30pm for another look at the papers. and 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. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. headlines coming up at 11pm. well the weekend is looking decent enough for most of us. it won't be com pletely enough for most of us. it won't be completely dry, there are a few

showers in the forecast, and indeed through this evening and overnight. there will be 1—2 showers scattered around from earlier on as well. here's the satellite picture from earlier on, and you can see a mixed airof earlier on, and you can see a mixed air of cloud across the uk. shower clouds, hazy skies and places as well. weather fronts towards the far south of the country. this is what it look like early on, you can see thunderstorms rolling through parts of the midlands and east anglia, 1—2 flashes of lightning there across parts of scotland. tonight a few showers left over, but they will be fading away. the weather front to the south misses the southern county, so it should be dry in the south. pretty chilly first thing on saturday, five celsius around southern parts of wales, to celsius in the northeast of england. so there will be a touch of grass frost here and there. over the weekend, high pressure will be building across western areas of the uk initially. that means that saturday is looking dry across western areas

of the uk. but as far as the east of the country is concerned, there will be some showers. this is what it looks like saturday morning. a few showers across parts of east anglia in lincolnshire. through the day once at sun gets going, the clouds will up bubble up and we will see 1— to point to micro breaking out, but mostly in the northeast of england. out towards the west, the weather will be dry. sunday's weather forecast, the high—pressure is pretty much over the uk, preventing the showers from brewing. there will be very little cloud, the winds will be very little cloud, the winds will be light. temperatures won't be much higher, but it will feel quite a bit warmer because of those light winds and more sunshine. the high—pressure is still with us through sunday night into monday, you can see right across the uk, northern parts of france, it is dominating parts of northwestern europe. find weather with little in the way of cloud. wind will be off from the north see around east anglia, so it will be chilly in norwich. the western areas

get the warmest of the weather, so it could be 19 celsius in cardiff. temperatures will continue to rise as we go through the week, hitting around 20 celsius at some point early next week. that's it from me, bye— bye.

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