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at least at grassroots level. i never knew tennis had this much community. it was fun overall. i was not expecting this. glad they enjoyed it. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. good evening. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with us are the deputy political editor of the mirror, ben glaze, and deputy political editor at the daily express, sam lister. welcome to you both, nice having you here tonight. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's start with
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the financial times, and it leads on our top story — theresa may has promised to set a timetable for her resignation, and for the election of her successor, next month. the telegraph declares the "men in grey suits" — or conservative backbenchers — have called time on the prime minister's administration. boris johnson, the former foreign secretary, has confirmed he will run for tory leadership once mrs may steps down. that's in the daily mail. a different story in the express. it reports on the campaign to make a cystic fibrosis drug available on the nhs. the metro leads on the london bridge inquest, and the actions of a nurse who spoke to her attacker, before he stabbed her. and, iran has told militias to prepare for a "proxy war" in the region — that's according to a guardian so, a varied set of front pages, but the battle over the conservative leadership dominating. let's see what our reviewers make of it all. let's start with how it is reporting on the ft. may to set timetable for
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number ten exit afterjune vote on withdrawal bill. how clear a timetable you think this is quiz —— this is kwes yellow —— this is? theresa may is going to step down. we will certainly know more by the middle ofjune. we will certainly know more by the middle ofjune. there seem to be sort of two options depending on how the vote goes stop loop that's right. ——. the vote goes stop loop that's right. --. that's right. she has spoken to graham brady. in the ist ofjune, when or spoken to graham brady. in the ist of june, when or lose spoken to graham brady. in the ist ofjune, when or lose her brexit vote. if she loses, couple units and she will go immediately or she will trigger the process for going insomuch as the race will start. if she wins — and we must say it is unlikely at this stage — she will stay until the end of the process,
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which probably takes up to the summer recess. she which probably takes up to the summer recess. she had already said she would go after brexit was complete. that was to set a timetable for the tory leadership race. if the deal is voted down again, she has not seen brexit through. this is a really crushing moment for the prime minister. i think you'll be personally devastated to be leaving office and not having seen through that promise. people who know her say she very much wants to be able to say, i came in to do a job, i've got it done. and she was like that at the home office too. it was three years ago she came into downing street, and you will remember the speech he mayjust outside number ten. she had a lot she wanted to do and she did not want her whole premiership to be reflecting brexit. she wanted to do other stuff. which seems so she wanted to do other stuff. which seems so naive she wanted to do other stuff. which seems so naive now! she wanted to do other stuff. which seems so naive now! but she didn't
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think she would lease have brexit to show. now she is going to be leaving office, highly likely, without the one thing she was there to do. she's going to fail to do it. it will be injured in that whoever is their su ccesso rs injured in that whoever is their successors go to do it. it will be injured in that whoever is their su ccesso rs injured in that whoever is their successors co—director untangle the difficulties —— interesting to note that whoever are successor. even if we get into general election territory, you wonder what will change in terms of the numbers in the house of commons and how we see this through. it really is a conundrum... the parties, the main parties are divided over what brexit should or should look like or should happen or not. let's look at the daily telegraph. "men in grey suits". i am sure there are women who have some thing to say about that. you have to wonder how she does feel about this and her own party turning on her. she is the
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latest tory prime minister before stop by her own party over europe, she is gutted. this is a public personal humiliation for her, and can't have been easy, that 90 minutes in her office, the men in grey suits. they are not all men and do not all wear grey suits. it's a good line, though! they had a showdown in her office. they had a difficult showdown, we hear about tears welling up in her eyes and a handkerchief, although we should say some handkerchief, although we should say some of those accounts are dispute by people in the room, that she wasn't as emotional as that. is the thing about how the female prime minister gets written about. yeah. like her husband telling her, now it is time to go. we have had this lot with andrea leadsom, complains about how she gets written up as too
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emotional. the prime minister here is seen to be tearful, but what is interesting is actually, this is the second female prime minister we have had, and both times they have essentially been done in by men in grey suits and both times they are reportedly tearful. it's a repeat of history to margaret thatcher all over again. we will come back to the telegraph comes something rather different indian. a little bit more on the daily mail. ——, something rather different in the end. boris johnson. he was not a big announcement. it sort of trickled out. it is interesting the mail through this forward, but boris, it has been no secret in westminster he was going to run. he was at the british insurance brokers
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association in manchester, and he slipped about and what i think was a question—and—answer session and said, yes, of course i'm going to go forward. of course i'm going to go forward. of course i'm going to go forward. you can hear him saying that. it's very boris. the fact is, this sort of slipped out, really. there were no tv pictures of him saying it. we think it wasjust an audio recording that surfaced rather later in the day. rather or not this was planned, the date of the prime ministers essentially given her marching orders by the 1922 committee. what is interesting about borisjohnson is committee. what is interesting about boris johnson is he committee. what is interesting about borisjohnson is he has a lot of support particular among the grassroots, and that he can get a brexit delivered that they have asked for. and there will be potentially a stop boris campaign, possibly by his fellow mps. we already know that there is one under way in scotland. scottish mps, scottish tory mps on the whole are
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doing their level best to try and stop... because he plays really badly in scotland. his appeal, his kind of english, trying to be polite, his english... he does not play well north of the border. they are trying to stop him becoming leader. he has been around in parliament at various points for quite a long time. there's quite a few people who he has upset over the yea rs. few people who he has upset over the years. there's quite a few grudges among tory mps out there. this quite among tory mps out there. this quite a few scores to be settled and that kind of thing. i think the strategy from his team will be to say, he is the one who can make your seat in the one who can make your seat in the next election, the one who will make your you are not out of a job. the margin mps, those marginal seats. his allies will be going to
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those in marginal seats, and say, you might not like boris personally but look at his record — he won labour london twice, for mayor. he has been a proven winner. boris did not make friends in his years in parliament. he has rub people the wrong way. theresa may actually do some wrong way. theresa may actually do some thing it tactically for once, appointing and foreign secretary, because he is out of the country lot! well played by the prettiest —— well — — well played —— well played by the prime minister. it is hard to know who is actually going to vote in this contest because the much everybody is standing! i don't know who is going to be the electorates. i think eventually, a lot of it is posturing, a lot of it is people
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sitting at their stall — look at me, i'm doing well, i can be on your side. i think eventually, quite a few will drop out and will be left with this core six or seven. and when it is down to two, the member should gets to vote. let's look at the metro. hero nurse who stood up to evil. this was helen, off—duty, and tried to intervene and was stabbed. that is right. we are hearing these stories of everyday heroism, if you like, as the inquest of the london bridge attack continues. she was at a restaurant on london bridge when all hell broke loose and she ashley went up to one of the terrorist and said, what is wrong with you? just before he stabbed her in the neck. these stories coming out, we honour that area of london bridge — popular with bars, restaurants. and then this
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awful unimaginable situation unfolds, and these ordinary people are thrust into the spotlight...” was on air when that happened and that story unfolded, many, many hours on air, and to come back to it, it's extremely arrested. proud to be british. this terrible scenario, must have been absolute terrifying, but people were there... it must be so awful to actually have to relive all this in this setting, but markable to hear these amazing tales. is nice to be able to mark that on the papers tonight for some the daily express. talk to us about
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this. this is a campaign to get a particular drug to treat cystic fibrosis. this is a campaign we have been running for some time. we are really desperately try to get some action on this. it is basically, there is a wonder drug which has been produced by an american firm, and there is a real problem in the negotiations between them in the nhs about the cost of this drug. and this is been going on for a good year now. and in that time, i think around 70 people have died whose lives have been prolonged if they had lives have been prolonged if they ha d a ccess lives have been prolonged if they had access to this medication. and we have got this gorgeous picture here today of this one—year—old, down downing street, keeping the pressure on to find a resolution. and they have handed in roses, and a p pa re ntly and they have handed in roses, and apparently the suit don't ask and
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listen is 65 roses is that is... it is this symbolic thing. they invented over these raises. theresa may has actually intervened as a result and urged the drug company to get on with this and find some way of compromising on the cost of this drug. it's such an appalling... a powerful front page. this shows the wood that campaigning newspapers can do, when you get a grand—sault of opinion and we can take the fight to those in power on behalf of readers. —— a grand swell of opinion. it's a really great picture. those of us who have spent a lot of time in downing street know that, to get the late in that situation, because the streets are so narrow... the daily express at its crusading best.
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something we are really pushing. we are going to finish with the daily telegraph. i don't know about you but i would have never ordered a wine even half... 25 quit is probably my normal image. what do you even know —— would you even know you even know —— would you even know you are drinking such an expensive wine was blue of course i would! —— drinking such an expensive wine? wine was blue of course i would! —— drinking such an expensive wine7m course i would! i've ashley been to this restaurant in manchester— very nice restaurant, very nice. i did not know the wine this went that far down, to be honest. probably had to turn a few pages to get to it! the way they have sort of, hope you enjoyed your bottle of wine, and they have said, these things happen. the poor waiter or waitress who
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would have brought this mix of wines, the difference of £4000... the restaurant has said, mistakes happen. there is a lesson there for firms and companies, when an employee does make a mistake, to see the funny side and laugh it off. and look at all the publicity! so much better than the 2002! absolutely. if it were vinegar, i would know the difference, but otherwise i don't think i would know at all. my palette is not that refined, unlike ben's. it was a trainee, and you think, but for the grace of god! if you a few weeks yourjob...” remember being in a restaurant, dropping the whole thing on mayonnaise. thankfully the landlord was kind enough to let me off. that
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is my comedy close as i have ever come, not serving a bottle of wine like that. that's it for the papers this hour. ben and sam 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 7 days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on the iplayer. i ,sam, , sam, thanks very much. now it is the weather. things are about to change of the debit into the week. this sow we ended the day on thursday. beautiful sunsets in dorsett. through the day on friday, in general, more cloud then we have seen more recently. we won't all see the cloud. the showers are going moving in on an easterly
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breeze on this fairly week weather fun you can see her across mainly parts of england and wales. that rain will be daunted. followed by further showers across eastern england. for scotland, more cloud and perhaps one or two spots of rain but more sunshine returning widely across condon and the far north of england as well. northern ireland, slightly cloudy than it's been but still a largely tri— picture here. temperatures are in i7—i9d from northern ireland and scotland. typically 13—16 for england and wales. through friday evening, overnight into saturday, more persistent rain works in from the east, affecting northern england. certainly frost free across the board under that blanket of cloud. to summarise your weekend, not quite as glorious as it has been for much of this week and cooler. some showers around but not certainly a
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wash—out. a little bit of sunshine on offer to. this is the pressure set up as we go into the weekend. low pressure in charge of central parts of europe with winds rotating around. the winds coming off the north sea. drifting at times towards northern ireland as well. further south, a bit of sunshine through saturday morning, but showers cropping up almost anywhere. we won't all see them. there will be some showers around during saturday afternoon. 14—18d. not much change in the pressure situations we head into the second half of the weekend. still quite a cloudy day on sunday for some the heaviest of the most frequent showers across scotland. could be the odd rumble of thunder. that's some brightness either side and top temperatures a little warmer than saturday, around 13 or 19 degrees. bye for now.
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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: theresa may agrees to set a timetable for her departure from downing street after the next vote on her brexit plans early next month. she and! she and i will meet to agree a timetable for the election of a new leader of the conservative party. meanwhile, the former foreign secretary borisjohnson says of course he will run for the conservative leadership. four people including three britons have died in a plane crash three miles south of dubai international airport, in the united arab emirates. dramatic evidence from a nurse at the inquests into the london bridge attacks. helen kennett tried to save the life of this man and was stabbed herself. the government abandons its controversial pa rt—privatisation

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