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tv   The Papers  BBC News  August 25, 2019 11:30pm-11:46pm BST

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can sum it up like this, the so you can sum it up like this, the temperature is gradually heading downwards over the next few days, but with that change was his brain and perhaps thunderstorms for a time. as we go through tonight, missed and fog could start to be quite problematic across the western half of the uk, poor visibility through wales, the west midlands, sapper scott and, otherwise some clear spells and temperatures of 12— 16 degrees. it is a bank holiday for most of us tomorrow but if you are travelling early through wales, the midlands, north—west england, sapper scotland, bear in mind the low cloud mist and fog could make some troublesome conditions. much of the clear, and it's another day of warmth and sunshine. but with the chance of a shower in the far south—west and generally a cooler feel for the western and northern parts of the uk. certainly a cooler day in scotland, 21 degrees in glasgow. well up into the 30s in andrea —— east anglia and the south—east, more hot sunshine on
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tuesday, but increased chance of showers in themselves, quite hit and miss but some of these could give a lot of rain and generally cloudy and conditions on the west word will be a bit cooler but still 30 degrees or a bit cooler but still 30 degrees or a touch of other for some spots in the south—east. as you go through tuesday night, it's likely we will see some hit and miss showers and thunderstorms moving through. and we get to wednesday, that front i showed you in the middle of doubt that it will finally start to make its move. it pushes its way eastwards, it brings rent method and we start to get into the glare. rain sweeping eastwards, for many of us as we go on to wednesday, and on thursday, and bridges in the south—east, 23 degrees at rest, in the teens for the northern best of the teens for the northern best of the uk. here they will be some rain at times, that's all from me. bye for now.
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hello. this is bbc news with chris rogers. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment with nigel nelson and jo phillips. first, the headlines: the prime minister says the chances of a brexit deal are touch and go, having previously said odds of a no—deal brexit were a million to one. it's going to be touch and go, but the important thing is to get ready to come out without a deal. also at the g7 summit, there's optimism around a us trade deal after talks with president trump, though borisjohnson acknowledges it's likely to take more than a year. ben stokes leads a thrilling comeback for england, keeping ashes hopes alive.
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and brazil's military begins a major operation aimed at putting out a record number of fires in the amazon rainforest. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are the political commentatorjo phillips, and the political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people nigel nelson. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. "the greatest ever innings", says the telegraph. the back pages are on the front pages with that bit of cricket history today. they show a picture of ben stokes, whose brilliant batting saved
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england from the jaws of defeat in the ashes. meanwhile, the mail says that stokes' performance, described as one of the greatest individual ashes displays of all time, combined with the scorching temperatures, means britain was the land of heat and glory this bank holiday weekend. and the times pays tributes to jack leach, england's number 11 batsman, who stayed in long enough alongisde stokes to allow him to bat his way to victory. and the sun simply says: the i says borisjohnson‘s chances of gettng a brexit deal are touch and go. they report that nothing new has emerged from talks with eu leaders at the g7 summit. but the prime minister has said britain can easily cope with a no—deal brexit, says the guardian. and the mirror reports that mrjohnson says his government won't pay for bbc license fees for the over—75s, saying the corporation must cough up themselves.
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we are going to be talking about that and some of the other stories now. shall we start with the cricket? that's what everyone is talking about. honestly, isn't it a pleasa nt talking about. honestly, isn't it a pleasant change? it is. the dreadful pun in the sun, go urn my son. ben stokes, who won the world cup too much only a month ago, fantastic performance, and brought england back from the jaws of defeat, looking desperate only a few hours previously —— world cup only a month ago. everything was stacked against you, it looked impossible and you turnit you, it looked impossible and you turn it around. the thing that is so lovely is when you get real sporting events like this, sportswriters
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really co m e events like this, sportswriters really come into their own. there is a lovely piece on the front page of the times... not at the sun evidently! not at the sun! mike atherton, former england cricket captain, has written... this is what sportswriters love, it's not about the result, it's about the drama, he has gone out there and he has to get this massive number and he is following in the footsteps on the same ground as ian botham. marvellous. if you are a british sports stand your country does well, all your countrymen and women do well in a particular sport, it makes yourjob all the more exciting even if you're meant to be impartial. they are impartial. they do try to be. they have to be. it must give you more satisfaction. they want england or britain or whatever it might be to be up there and go out there and win. i can imagine that there and win. i can imagine that
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the cricket writers today were in 7th heaven when they saw this. because they want expecting it. a lot of bbc and other commentators... there was hope, there always is, like the world cup. people didn't know if they were going to any cricket today for a start! there was hope and then it turned like this. right up there with ian botham and brian lara. he is. and a year ago he wasn't a hero, he was pretty much zero with the incident in bristol. let's have they look the sun... go urn my son. struggling for a pun. the sun often do great ones but that's one of the best. in case no—one quite gets it there's a picture of the ashes urn, so they know what they are referring to. what's great is because this is such a sensational sporting story, every front pages carrying this. this isn't on the back pages, it is right
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oi'i isn't on the back pages, it is right on the front. the only picture i can't find, which i think is the best one, him in the dressing room afterwards. looking exhausted. that's on the inside. we haven't got the inside pages yet. might be on the inside pages yet. might be on the back pages. he looks absolutely spent. and playing in that heat would have taken some doing, it really must! let's go to politics. let's, why not? white i can see you're dying to talk about it. champing at the bit. the times leading with ben stokes, but the other story isjohnson will easily cope with no—deal. will we, nigel? no! thanks very much, nigel! thanks for that... extended version of click next. it's a question of degree. we don't know how bad it
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will be, but we do know no—deal will be bad. borisjohnson has pretty much admitted it himself. even with a deal it might not be great for a while, he told the bbc there will be problems that will need ironing out. the problems are bigger if you have no—deal. the operation yellow hammer documents released a week ago give you an idea of what's being faced. the prime minister says there won't be any food shortages or medicine shortages. i don't buy that assurance. there is material coming out in britain parliamentary answers, government material, saying there will be food shortages and you won't be able to get fresh fruit as easily as now and you won't get certain seasonal vegetables. there will be lots of turnips, parsnips and carrots and stuff like that but there will be problems but we don't know how much. we understand there is government
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apartments in overdrive to prepare for issues like food shortages and people not accessing medicine. they won't ignore it, they are the government, they won't let it happen. it is time boris johnson actually grew up... and came clean. he needs to say it's going to be difficult. he's only been in the job a couple of weeks, he is getting his head around it, it is different when you're in number 10 and you're in the prime minister's office when you have access to everything and before that you don't. he has gone helpful other for no that you don't. he has gone helpful otherfor no deal all the that you don't. he has gone helpful other for no deal all the way along because he would rather do that than support theresa may's deal. he's gone helpful other for brexit to happen. he must understand the consequences. the document that nigel referred to, operation yellowhammer, was drawn up by the civil servants... which he has now picked up. he said that today, we know what's going to happen, we're
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going to try to sort things out. know what's going to happen, we're going to try to sort things outm would be nice to tell people how. going to try to sort things outm would be nice to tell people howm course he's going to try to sort it out but bear in mind, he was foreign secretary when this was going on. and he quit over the handling of brexit by the government. that's right, didn't like the way it was going but that wasn't about no—deal, this is when he was seeing them trying to get a deal but he didn't like it. people need to understand, people aren't daft enough to think it will be bumpy but then it will be fine... there's real concerns about transport, especially in the south—east of england, access for people to get to work... crystal ball time, jo. we've talked about this before, this is all heading for a general election and parliament perhaps coming up with some legislation we've never heard of before that blocks. can parliament stop it? that's a good question, can parliament stop it? if they can get
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together and form a government of national unity, yes they could stop it. the hold—up there is obviously deciding who would be the interim prime minister. and it can't be jeremy corbyn. no tory would go along withjeremy jeremy corbyn. no tory would go along with jeremy corbyn and in fairness tojeremy along with jeremy corbyn and in fairness to jeremy corbyn, nor could he, having spent all of his life attacking the tories, end up supporting a tory prime minister, albeit for a couple of days. some more political uncertainty, turmoil and more delay to brexit? that is what they will go for. the one thing parliament can do if they've got the numbers, and we're not quite sure yet, is you can get another delay but really this time it is a delay for something. either for but really this time it is a delay for something. eitherfora but really this time it is a delay for something. either for a general election or a second referendum. 0k, election or a second referendum. ok, let's move on. so much to talk about at the g7 summit, such as brexit, the amazon fires and various trade deals, terror, security, nato.
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somehow the bbc licence fee got brought up. extraordinary, isn't it? ata g7 brought up. extraordinary, isn't it? at a g7 0&a brought up. extraordinary, isn't it? at a g7 q&a with the prime minister. explained, jo, what's been said, the bbc must give free licence fees to over—75s. bbc must give free licence fees to over-75s. you make the point there's not a lot else other than ben stokes and brexit, but this is the front page on the independent, the express and the mirror, which is what we're looking at here. borisjohnson's first comment on this since he become prime minister says he's going to refuse to fund over—75s' free tv licences and the bbc have to pay for it. the bbc have responded and said it's a matterfor pay for it. the bbc have responded and said it's a matter for the government if it wishes to restore funding for free licences for over—75s, not the bbc. that might sound odd to some viewers watching, but they point out in the statement it was the government that decided to stop funding free tv licences for
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over—75s, not the bbc, as piers morgan would like to put it, it was a government decision and if the bbc has to fund those licences, these are the kinds of services that would have to go. bbc two, bbc four, bbc news, bbc scotland, radio 5 live and several local radio stations. when this was first discussed, the government was told this and they said you can't close down bbc local radio, our local mps only get the chance to talk on that and they can't close the bbc news channel because it competes with sky news and we can't close bbc two! which ones will go? i don't think the bbc should be funding this, it might be unpopular with those getting free tv licences, but it's a government responsibility. the bbc is a broadcaster, not the department for work and pensions. as long as i'm paying my licence fee i want to see bbc two and bbc four carrying on,
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that's the business the bbc is actually in. shall we move on? i'm sure there will be lots more to discuss on that in time to come. the nhs also makes the headlines in the telegraph. we haven't seen a story about the nhs for some time. not one like this. this is quite worrying, isn't it, jo, not huge numbers but it shows a pattern. it's not about operations, is not about waiting lists, it's specific, it is about people who are having a point that is cancelled and what they have discovered is that there has been a vast increase, in fairness, we should say there is only 185 patients who have the same appointment cancelled at least ten times. but 13,000, five times. and this is, anyone who's got that

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