this is bbc news — i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 11:00. the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, once a friend of presidents and british royalty, is found dead in his prison cell, —— the disgraced us financier, jeffrey epstein, has been found dead in his prison cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. national grid has said it will learn lesson after nearly1 million people across england and wales lost power yesterday. the family of a 15—year—old girl missing in malaysia have made a fresh appeal for information to help find her. more than a million people are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are martin lipton chief sports reporter at the sun, and jane merrick, who's the policy editor at the i. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the sunday telegraph details a pledge to be made by prime minister borisjohnson to end the automatic release of serious criminals who are currently freed after serving half of their sentence. the sunday times claims that the queen has privately expressed her disappointment in the current political class and its "inability to govern".

the observer leads on a warning from gordon brown that growing nationalism is pulling the united kingdom apart and driving it towards an unprecedented economic calamity. the mail on sunday leads on the us financier jeffrey epstein, who was found dead in his prison cell in a special high security unit in manhattan at 6.30am this morning. and the sunday express pictures prince andrew with his formerfriend epstein — who was often seen socialising with the rich and powerful, including president donald trump and former president bill clinton.so a mix of stories this evening with most papers featuring jeffrey epstein who was found dead awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges we're going to start with the sunday times, a picture of the queen back at the opening of parliament in 2017 there is a suggestion she may have been giving vent to some frustration. a very good story. no suggestion she hasn't said this but this was three years ago after david cameron resigned and she questioned the political class's inability to

govern, this sense of exasperation. three years ago, what does she think now? it's relevant to fast forward today because the queen has been dragged into the political debate about brexit as we talk about a no—confidence vote potentially in september and is she going to have to intervene and downing street aides and her aides are resisting this because you can't drag the monarch into a political crisis. this because you can't drag the monarch into a political crisisli think monarch into a political crisis.” think it's interesting and there is a view widely held actually that the calibre of our political classes is not as high as it's been in the past and that's across all parties. if you look back to previous governments and previous oppositions, the depth of quality seemed much greater than we have today. that would be a view may be ofan today. that would be a view may be of an old person. it was better than the old days. go back to the mid-

905. the government in waiting under layer was full of a lot of big hitter5. the govern that went out wa5 hitter5. the govern that went out was full of a lot of big hitter5. —— government. look at the commons today, and you wouldn't say that about the government in waiting all the current government. the 5tronge5t person appear5 the current government. the 5tronge5t person appears to be dominic clemens, but the worst thing i5, dominic clemens, but the worst thing is, the problem or buckingham palace i5 is, the problem or buckingham palace is if we end up with the queen having to make a decision over who i5 having to make a decision over who is the prime minister, then immediately 5he is the prime minister, then immediately she is dragged into politic5 when she is supposed immediately she is dragged into politics when she is supposed to be above the fray. therein lies the issue that it talks about ongoing conversations between the queen's private secretary, the cabinet secretary and peter hill, the pps to the prime minister about protecting the prime minister about protecting the monarch's independence and that is the crux of the issue, do we want

the queen, the royal family to be pa rt of the queen, the royal family to be part of the political process other than the ceremonial role which they hold the moment. it says she is not indifferent to politics. lots of occasions over the last few years, she has intervened in a very anodyne way sort of gesturing to people, i think before the scottish referendum, she said she hoped people would ink seriously and that was taken as prounion. in 2008, she said, why did no—one see the credit crunch coming. we are going to see her private secretary edward young playing an increasingly important role and he will presumably be acting with knowing what she wants. she is not a normal human being in this context. she is the monarch and we have to respect the monarchy.

this context. she is the monarch and we have to respect the monarchym is government in her name. we have to respect the monarchym is government in her namem we have to respect the monarchym is government in her name. if boris johnson loses a confidence vote and stays in number 10, what does buckingham palace do. that is when edward young will come into his own. 0bviously all this depends on a vote of no—confidence in september and the fallout from that but as you say, a lot going on behind the scenes to pre—empt any pickle that the monarchy might find themselves in. any observer, a bit more on the hold brexit issue. tangentially, one might say, but no dells ——no deal spells calamity for the union, says gordon brown. he wrote for the observer. again, a bit like the queen, he makes occasional interventions and he was very instrumental in the scottish independence referendum. he says unionism is sleep walking into oblivion, by obstructive nationalist

ideology employed by borisjohnson and if we are to understand why we are facing not only our own we most serious constitutional crisis since the 17th century we must understand nationalism is driving politics, alluding to boris johnson nationalism and scottish nationalism. the idea the union might split. there's more to article. you guys have been delving inside. sadiq khan says it might be time for union in more ways than one. what we have here is another piece in the observer. sadiq khan says he is open to a unity government. people look and say, hang on, what you saying? he says, i have no time for parliamentary poker. i would give my full support to any effort to stop and undemocratic no deal. you may argue, what does the mayor of london have to do with what's going on in

parliament when he chose to step down from parliament and parliament is trying to fulfil in some the of the people. there was a vote for leaving the eu but what's more important i think is the subtext here. he says, iwould important i think is the subtext here. he says, i would go for anything, would be a general election, taking control of parliament, or even a temporary government of national unity. then he says the starting point, that will be led byjeremy corbyn. that's not what you suspect is this finishing point. there is no question his senior because he is the senior elected labour politician in the country. suggesting the way out the brexit debate would be for labour to vote for somebody other thanjeremy labour to vote for somebody other than jeremy corbyn to leave the country into a non— brexit future. people will be very concerned by

this but the really interesting argument, you could argue it's a subversion of democracy and it's very self. i think many will take that point. page five is where you need to delve. this is why work in sport. take as to the sunday telegraph. a lot of papers focusing on the apparent suicide of 66—year—old jeffrey epstein, a very suave figure supposedly in this picture here but behind the rather smooth good looks, a much more sordid past it seems. the picture is, ina sordid past it seems. the picture is, in a way, why haven't they used the mugshot but this shows how far he has fallen. he was a billionaire wall street banker accused of being involved in a sex ring with underage girls. really horrific allegations. what is so sort of tragic is we are

seeing justice denied here. he was found dead this morning, apparently taking his own life. why wasn't he on suicide watch, after making an attempt to couple of weeks ago? what is going to happen to the case. a lawyer says we are hopeful the government will continue to investigate and facilitated jeffrey epstein's horrifying sex trafficking scheme that damaged so many. the authorities are really going to have to make extra effort. to get justice. they have got the mugshot of jeffrey justice. they have got the mugshot ofjeffrey epstein, justice. they have got the mugshot of jeffrey epstein, disgraced jeffrey epstein found dead in prison. a lot of focus on his associates and the great and good. this is why it has spawned conspiracy theories straightaway. 0ne paperthe

conspiracy theories straightaway. 0ne paper the express talks about suicide", suggesting there is more to it. he was a friend of the duke of york. bill clinton. donald trump. all of whom have been at some point accused of some involvement in his activities, all three of whom have denied involvement. trump has been tweeting to link clinton to the death which i think is fairly grim. buckingham palace has consistently denied any links. but there is no doubt they were all close friends. clinton was a close friend. he went to his island 27 times. 0ther5 clinton was a close friend. he went to his island 27 times. others as well. when associates of this man are so well. when associates of this man are so powerful, evident there is no proof this stage, people will

assumed the worst. there are forces greater than ourselves. interesting stuff. in the meantime, let's rattle through some of the other stories. the sunday telegraph, the actual lead story. plans by borisjohnson to go tough on crime, law and order. there is an election in the offing stop it's likely that we will have an election in september or october 01’ an election in september or october or november and since has become prime minister, all new prime minister is like to announce new policies and think they have money to spend but he's spending it like it's going out of fashion. this is also an interesting policy. the sunday telegraph says billions of pounds will be set out. for prisons.

borisjohnson pounds will be set out. for prisons. boris johnson wants to pounds will be set out. for prisons. borisjohnson wants to see longer prison sentences, basically for serious crimes. fewerjail terms for less serious crimes. it's the sense that you can see rehabilitation in the system. what did you make of the story, martin? it's always very popular to go hard on crime. we had so popular to go hard on crime. we had so many issues, knife crime is another one. if you're trying to make an impact on crime and punishment, it's the obvious one to take. the cost implications are huge. 0ne take. the cost implications are huge. one does have to wonder where the money comes from but obviously it's going to have to be a glorious future. everyone knows it's going to be brilliant. i'm a great believer.

i'm going to come back to you in a moment for a bit of sport to end us just before you do that, the sunday times revealed a—level results are 48% wrong. this won't be happy reading for those poor students. 48% wrong. this won't be happy reading for those poor studentsm isa time reading for those poor studentsm is a time for anguish for a—level students. stories like this, there a lwa ys students. stories like this, there always has to be a story about the levels getting easier it's always depressing. there is a claim the regulator is saying there is inconsistent marking on exams like english and history because the markers are sort of so far apart. there is a 48% margin of error. as i said earlier, i do sort of question their methodology. having known an examinerand their methodology. having known an examiner and what they have to do. they mark their papers and i sent off to the middle tier of markers.

they are pretty rigourous. they sang the regulation isn't as good. i'm not sure what the story is getting out. some bitten down nails, i imagine. martin, for people watching the football. the mail on sunday talking about a step too far. we do love a good pylon the var. the introduction of video assistant referees for the first time. we saw this ruling first at the world cup la st this ruling first at the world cup last year. through the women's world cup this year. now to the premier league. the first rule controversy. there was a retaken