tv The Papers BBC News May 17, 2020 10:30pm-11:01pm BST
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we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first the headlines. the uk government insists england's schools are safe to open to more children at the beginning of next month it is the case that is extremely unlikely that any school is likely to be the source of a covid—19 outbreak and if for any reason, there are risks then we can take steps to mitigate them. a deal to produce doses of a potential vaccine — as the uk's daily figure for coronavirus deaths drops to 170 and spain records fewer than 100 death in the past 2a hours — for the first time since its lockdown began.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster and psychotherapist, lucy beresford and john rentoul chief political commentator at the independent. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the daily mail runs with the government's suggestion that 30 milliob brits could get a vaccine by september. the i leads on workers unions claiming the ‘prime minister's safety inspections at work don't exist‘. ‘getting back on tracks‘ is the metro's headline — as 70% of rail services are restored tomorrow. the times says that tough quarantine plans for holiday—makers could scupper summer travel plans. the telegraph‘s headline is ‘risk of virus spreading in schools in very low‘. whereas the mirror ask ‘are our kids safe or not, mr gove?‘ — as the debate over schools reopening continue, the independent says that hospitals have been refusing reuqests for ceasarian births,
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despite nhs england advice that they should continue. and ‘ministers under fire amid chasos over contact rtracing‘ is the headline in the guardian. so let‘s begin... we start with the daily mail, headlines are rather intriguing and half of britain‘s could get jack and months. a coronavirusjob half of britain‘s could get jack and months. a coronavirus job will begin in september and it emerged last night. that was it emerged last night. that was it emerged last night is that it was announced in the downing street press conference at 4:30 p:m.. and i am nervous about any headline that uses the word could and then a subheading that has the subheading with the word if innate, it sounds conditional and it would be amazing if this were to go ahead, the trials were successful,
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it would be a complete game changer in terms of notjust how this country would operate but also one is led to believe that all the brits having access to the vaccine, the government is looking at how it could be made available to other countries as well sail around the world there could be a lot of people who are saved by this but it is a big conditional death, we did not know whether these vaccinations actually work. you almost feel, picking up on what she said there, the word could and if should be an giant font and perhaps in red because in this paper i circled the word if quite a lot and that is the whole point, it is the word if. word if quite a lot and that is the whole point, it is the word ifm is interesting because the daily mail isa is interesting because the daily mail is a professional operation that understands its audience and presumably this is the story they decided people are interested and. i
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would have thought that the schools or the frames or what is going on in hospitals would be of more interest because we know that story about the vaccine and we know about if this vaccine and we know about if this vaccine works it could possibly be available as soon as possible although that is a very optimistic timetable and that would be very important if it happens. what is new is that the government will deal with those who can deal with the daily says and a nap to help the population. that is significant on the front page i suppose but i am surprised that daily mail did not go for something else. that is what we will look at in the daily mirror, what you referenced, schools, the headline, are our kids safe or not mrgove? headline, are our kids safe or not mr gove? who is obviously not the
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education secretary but he was on duty speaking to the bbc so that is tea m duty speaking to the bbc so that is team and the question is addressed. and it‘s a bold headline but it is a really cheeky question because there is no answer to that at the moment. there are so many unknowns and you could argue that so much in life has risk attached to it. and making judgement calls as a politician is about balancing risk but if you‘re asking such a bold question, you‘re hoping to get quite a clear answer and unfortunately the government does not have that. the issue for this whole story is around whether we ought to still open schools even if there is a small risk because of christ there are countries around the world who have reopened their schools, denmark being a classic case in france just recently, places like sweden have not really locked
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their schools down at all and there has been really important research coming out of places like ireland and, iceland, sorry and norway. they did not have a single case of a child spreading the virus to their pa rents. child spreading the virus to their parents. so any fears that children are super spreaders and hard to keep them apart and that should be the reason for not opening the schools, it really pales into insignificance when you think about all the damage being done notjust to our children‘s educational chances back to their mental health and i am thinking of the vulnerable children who are at home at the moment who look at schools as a say pay then, somewhere they can maybe escape from domestic violence in the home or maybe they might not even get fed very well at home and there one free
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meal at school is keeping them going. all of this is off the table if the unions do not agree to opening our schools and i think it is the wrong question for the mirror to be asking. the mirror asks our oui’ to be asking. the mirror asks our our kids safe or not and is it abiding yes or no or is the answer there is always a degree of risk? as there is always a degree of risk? as the mirror knows, there is always a degree of risk and the story that michael gove slightly stumbled in his tv interview this morning because he initially said yes absolutely, guaranteed that schools, children will be safe in school and then of course he realised what he said and then qualify that and i would have thought any reasonable person would understand what he meant, that you cannot rule out the re st meant, that you cannot rule out the rest absolutely. you have to accept
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some risk and i think that is a reasonable point and i agree with all those arguments in favour of opening as many schools as possible. obviously cautiously and stage by stage but i think it is important that we do that. we looked at schools and let‘s look at the next big subject which is transport, getting back on tracks. the mattress as social distancing will mean roads are as social distancing will mean roads a re left as social distancing will mean roads are left free, people can get on the train knowing they will get a seat, will it work? will we be able to see the seat or will we be able to sit on it, it would be incredibly tempting to sit down but this is another thing that needs to happen because we need to get our economy moving again. again it is interesting when you free said about the binary choice, we have to recognise this is not a dream, we
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just need to get our economy going oi’ just need to get our economy going or otherwise we will not be able to pay for everything that we are paying for at the moment, governments subsidizing those people‘s income. getting transport up people‘s income. getting transport up and running is probably a good thing and here in london they made some very questionable decisions about for example introducing the congestion charge atjust the moment they do not want people going on public transport. so i am pleased to hear there are going to be more trains made available, meaning more people can go into work hopefully safe and less crowding and more people employed on that public transport so that will be a good thing as well. would you take the train or it to you that at the moment when they reopened?” train or it to you that at the moment when they reopened? i am lucky because i live within cycling distance of central london so i can cycle into work but it will be interesting to see how much of the
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economy actually does require people to be in the office or at their workplace. we have seen a huge increase in working from home and the question is whether some of that will continue and allow the railways and buses to operate on what is 10% of the normal capacity. that is quite a sharp reduction and very difficult to imagine the economy can operate at full throttle and that people can work from home to make that work. let's do what we do traditionally, we will go to be independent now, on front page and i know you would be happy about that, the front picture you have of 0bama attacking trump‘s virus response. the front picture you have of 0bama attacking trump's virus response. he had to those at donald trump yesterday i think it was, an american sign which is unusual
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because he has stayed out of politics pretty much and he never mentioned donald trump by name. but he did say little kids think that doing what feels good is the right thing to do and unfortunately some so—called adults still think that way which is why things are so screwed up. which is pretty hard hitting and donald trump had a go back at him saying he is the worst president ever or something. is it wise for one former president to criticise his successor? know, even though he might be saying what eve ryo ne though he might be saying what everyone is thinking it almost brings him down to donald trump‘s level and it feels like two people in the playground, this was maybe that had boy who left school last year and has now come back to give a valediction address and he is just poking fun at the people who are left behind and unfortunately and
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also because he did not mention trump by name, but many will say he is not talking about our guy so i did not quite see the point. is not talking about our guy so i did not quite see the pointm is not talking about our guy so i did not quite see the point. it also contradicts michelle obama's dana saying when they go low, we will go high. we will end with the daily telegraph and the picture on their front page, back to the beach, we will look at that picture of two people, a couple at a then beach and dorsett taking no chances, they have a plastic windbrea ker, dorsett taking no chances, they have a plastic windbreaker, reasonably ingenious. and i had seen people using a shower curtain as a way for people to hug. 0ne using a shower curtain as a way for people to hug. one way of getting through the summer and going back to the beach. it reminds me of the whole of my childhood, i grew up near the beach when the wind was howling and probably even raining, there will would be on the beach and
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absolutely determined to enjoy ourselves and get the most out of having that amazing natural resource. we have obviously been cooped up so much and everyone wants to get out there and get that source of vitamin d from the semite which is very important in keeping our immune system alert against a virus sell a beautiful image to remind us. sunny days are hopefully add. any ideas of uas? i will not be going out with a plastic sheet myself. you know to be fair, i think the government's relaxation of the lockdown was sensible and there is very little evidence that the disease is passed on out of doors so i think it is reasonable to sunbathe and go to the beach. thank you. that is set for the papers that our.
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lucy and john will be back at 11:30 for another look at the papers. goodbye for now. hello you, and hello, lara, how are you doing? hello. i‘m good, thank you, and you seem to have cut your hair. yes, the haircut has finally happened, and i have to say, the relationship survived. there was no blood and to be honest, i think she has done a pretty good job, don‘t you? it is looking good, but has the colour changed a bit? yes, i am trying a new artificial silver colour, shall we say — don‘t worry, i will be returning to my natural colour of suspiciously brown as soon as i can get back
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to a proper hairdresser. you have had a good week, you had a lockdown birthday. that‘s right, it was very nice but i don‘t think the years need to count in lockdown. in your house, though, there has been an important birthday. i had the terrifying task of hosting a 10th birthday for my son and seven of his friends on video chat. and it‘s notjust children who are missing events. we all are. and music has been a real casualty of this — so much has been cancelled, music festivals are off, the venues are closed, and it‘s hard to imagine when we‘d next be going to a concert. true, but musicians are not giving up so easily. this is not your typical gig venue. but earlier this month, more than 700,000 people logged in live to watch helsinki‘s annual may day concert performed in this virtual arena complete with digital fireworks.
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fans far away as the usa and germany jammed online with finnish rappers jvg. now, virtual gigs aren‘t new. last year 10 million people watched dj marshmello headline the first concert held inside the game fortnite. then in stomped rapper travis scott to smash that record in april when 12.3 million players logged in to watch his astronomical event live. now i assumed that despite the huge audience figures, thisjust wouldn‘t appeal to the more traditional musicians, who thrive from playing to a live audience. i mean, world—famous jazz genius jamie cullum would think this was an absolute travesty — right? i love this idea. i am a big computer game fan, so in recent years as computer games
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have got more advanced, i am not an online player so much but i love the big open—world games like grand theft auto, the last of us, red dead redemption — they really thought very hard about their soundtracks. i‘ve actually discovered music through the radio stations as you drive around in a stolen car in grand theft auto. i would be first in line if they had opened up a jazz club in grand theft auto and i could play in it — or any type of concert. so all bets are off, it seems, and anything is possible. while i have been at the jazz clubs, minecraft gamers have taken it upon themselves to create their own massive gigs from their bedroom. 0pen pit started in may 2018 when producer/dj/friend max schramp decided to throw his 21st birthday in minecraft. it went better than anyone expected. since then hundreds of thousands
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of fans attended their festivals to see massive music stars like 100 gecs and charli xcx. it‘s the only game that really allows us to do what we do. we have no affiliation to microsoft or minecraft and we can still run our events completely independently. and musicians have started to build their own arenas too. as a tribute to the cancelled music festival south by southwest, indie band courier club have launched block by blockwest. if you are a small artist in a small musical niche, it‘s going to be really hard for you to pack a club out and tour the world, or rather, even tour your nation. but if you can book a show on a virtual platform and bring everyone that is spread out in your community together, you can put on a full show, and you could monetise it and the money can go directly to the artist, rather than kind of circumventing through third parties. the idea is that it breaks down financial barriers,
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it breaks down geographical barriers and it kind of disrupts the whole festival circuit. and for artists like pussy riot, breaking down political barriers is just as important as breaking financial ones. to me it opens up the possibility to play for a russian audience, like i really wish i could play physically, but even when it was not coronavirus, pussy riot are still enemies of the state so sometimes when we just leave the house, cops are arresting us forjust bleep leaving the house. i‘m originally from a small provincial town, and western musicians never come to these cities, it doesn‘t matter if it is coronavirus not coronavirus time. so it doesn‘t matter where you are, you can have access to this concert, that‘s awesome. so i think that is the future, to just cut all the people in the middle who take the money, basically, while producing nothing. and so to the question of money.
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in these extraordinary times, many artists are giving their performances away for free, or like during twitch streamaid, to encourage donations for health workers. but if artists are already making less money from their music sales, can they really afford to give away their live performances for nothing? you have got what erykah badu is doing, who is charging for hers and making it like a full production. and her argument is even though i‘m not about to go bankrupt, i have a big crew of people and by bringing them together and making some money out of this we can keep things going. she has done some incredibly experimental stuff. of course there is no substitute for a real gig, but i think it is wonderful for artists to stay connected to the people who love their music. and just as physical venues split concerts fees with the artist, virtual venues are exploring the same idea. over the course of the last few years we have seen a quadrupling
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in the amount of non—gaming content on twitch. i do think that one of our sustainable strengths over time which ensures that musicians have a high likelihood of broadcasting on twitch after social distancing ends is that they will see this is an entirely new revenue stream. even if artists can make money from online performances, you have to admit the atmosphere of an actual live performance is pretty unique. i asked chart topping artist andrewjohn hozier—byrne, better known as hozier, about gigging online. it is just that hard feeling of knowing that there could be hundreds of thousands of people looking at you at the moment and you are in stark silence. that is very odd. once the messages start coming in there is a sense of 0k, there is a community there, and that is a very, very good feeling.
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i am reading your messages, guys, thank you so much. i was quite surprised i have to say how fulfilling that was, having interacted in real time with people — which, to be fair, is not something you can do in a gig. # take me to church. # i‘ll worship like a dog # at the shrine of your light... i will tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife... one of the biggest culprits of bad quality video on a conference call is poor wi—fi signal. maybe you are sitting too far away from the router with solid walls between you and it, or perhaps other people in your household are hammering the wi—fi network with streaming videos and games. we also host diplomats and other foreign leaders when they visit. or it could be that the channel your wi—fi is being carried on by your router is just too crowded with other routers.
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this wifi analyzer app for android will reveal what is going on around you. there are a range of channels available and most routers default to the same few. that is why you see everybody crowded around down here. but see this? that‘s me out of my own, a bandwidth hog of the ninth order. so how did i get that vip channel just for me? well, it‘s not that hard. but don‘t tell everyone, 0k? you need to open your router‘s admin tools, which can be accessed by entering the default gateway ip in the address bar of any browser on a device connected to the router. your ip address may well be the same as mine, so give that a try. if not, open your network and internet settings, then view your network properties to find the default address. you will need the admin password,
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which if you have never accessed this part of your router before, should be in the paperwork that came with it. in the wireless settings, if five gigahertz is available make sure that it enabled, to change your wi—fi channel you might need to take it off auto settings, then just use a different channel and see if it improves the signal. one final quality tip to get you going — set your camera at eye level and make sure the strongest light source is in front of and not behind you. now we have been looking at some of the entertainment that has had to be cancelled and this weekend. i have been looking looking forward to the eurovision song contest, but what has happened is the ai eurovision song contest that we talked about a few weeks ago. and something ifound rather amusing was that britain‘s entry was called rentree. would you believe, i picked the winner? my favourite was australia‘s uncanny valley and it was the favourite
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with the public too. i think it was the totally bonkers lyrics that won it. maybe and, wow, clearly you are very talented at predicting the desirability of poppy, ai—generated, cheesy pop. well done. yes, it‘s my main superpower. listen, that‘s it for this week. thank you for watching we will be back next week live in our living rooms. you can find the teams on social media. thank you for watching and we will see you soon. bye— bye.
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hello there is some wet weather and someone hello there is some wet weather and someone whether in this forecast. must will be found across the northern half of the uk, further south they will be largely dry and quite why they become very warm during the middle of the week. the end of the week will feel different, cooler, windier and more unsettled for all of us. parental systems for all of us will be preaching across northern areas and the crowd producing some outbreaks of rain to the south of some systems turning increasingly warm and sunny forjust about all of us by wednesday. but as far as monday goes, the randy start off across northern scotland. the mainland will brighten up with some sunshine but quite a lot of cloud processing and patchy rain here could become heavier for processing and patchy rain here could become heavierfor the west into the afternoon and further south some spells of hazy sunshine. a
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breezy day and a windy one across northern scotland and as far as temperatures go 18 degrees and aberdeen and 17 and belfast and a height of 24 across some parts of southeast england. monday night into the early part of tuesday, more splashes of rain at time and some clear cells further south. 0vernight temperature is 11, 12 degrees and minimum values for us i‘m still a very mild start to tuesday morning and againa very mild start to tuesday morning and again a lot of cloud across northern areas but quite misty and murky for some of these western posts as well and further south and further east, the best of the sunshine and the highest at the temperature is 25 degrees, it looks likely and london by the state. high—pressure friendly and charge and the frontal system is held at bay by the time being. even northern ireland and scotland lightening up by this stage with the exception of
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shetland here, some temperatures p°ppin9 shetland here, some temperatures p°pping up shetland here, some temperatures popping up around 9 degrees but further south at a high of 27 degrees as possible. things do change for the end of the week but to understand arms breaking out on thursday and some rain at times and by the state it will feel a bit cooler.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk government insists england‘s schools are safe to open to more children at the beginning of next month. it of next month. is the case that it is extremely unlikely it is the case that it is extremely unlikely that any school is likely to be the source of a covid—19 out rate and if for any reason there are risks than we can take steps to mitigate them. a deal to produce doses of a potential vaccine as the uk‘s daily figure for coronavirus deaths drops to 170 — the lowest since lockdown began in march. spain records fewer than 100 death in the past 24 hours for the first time since its lockdown began.
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