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hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political strategist jo tanner, and anand menon, director of uk in a changing europe, a research group focusing on uk—eu relations. first let's take a look at some of the front pages. captain tom moore's knighthood is well covered by the sun, which says he's the first of many coronavirus crisis heroes who will be honoured. many of the papers focus on schools reopening. the times casts doubt over the date of 1 june — saying it depends on the status of the uk's track and trace system. the telegraph says the british medical association thinks schools can open injune, so long as it is safe to do so. the guardian says up to 1,500 primary schools could remain closed, after several councils say

they won't force them to reopen. meanwhile, the mail accuses a teaching union of using cynical tactics to stop schools from reopening. the metro reports on the blame game emerging in whitehall between the government and its scientific advisers. those warnings on the economy from the chancellor are the lead story in the express. and the star says millions of briton are planning to swap summer holidays abroad for camping trips in the uk. so let's begin. thank you both for taking time to join us virtually for the paper review. let's talk about the financial times‘s front page, and rishi sunak of course has been talking about the recession, about the way the recession might end up looking, and the front page of the financial times,

looking, and the front page of the financialtimes, "rishi looking, and the front page of the financial times, "rishi sunak dashes bounce back hopes as jobless claims soar above 2 million." these look like dark times for the economy? the figures are unprecedented, you can see the picture on the front page of people claiming unemployment. the key thing is the chancellor was giving evidence today to a lords committee, and the key phrase was "it might be that the economy will not bounce back. " "it might be that the economy will not bounce back." many economists have been hoping for what a v—shaped recovery, where goes down but then goes back to where it started from quite quickly. but now they are thinking a u—shaped recovery, where there is a longer dip of the bottom, is looking less likely, and other people are thinking about an l—shaped crisis where we bumbled along the bottom of the well. so the chancellor is preparing us for the fa ct chancellor is preparing us for the fact that the economy won't recover quickly and, as you say, the jobless figures are astounding, a 69% rise in the number of people claiming unemployment in one month. remember that large parts of the workforce are currently that large parts of the workforce

a re currently protected that large parts of the workforce are currently protected by the government's furlough scheme, and we don't have any idea how many of those people will have jobs to go back to is that scheme starts to end. employees will start have to ta ke end. employees will start have to take on the pay for those salaries from august dashes employers, and at that point will get a clear idea of how many people are kept on. really honest words from rishi sunak. he's laying it down as he sees it, he says, "there's no doubt there will be more hardship to put calm." absolutely, and i think there is a degree that rishi sunak has been heralded quite a lot during this crisis, for his performance in the way that he has designed this scheme with his team at the treasury in terms of the furlough scheme that is currently, according to the ftc, played out at over £11 billion already in terms of to those workers

who are already at home on 80% pay -- financial who are already at home on 80% pay —— financial times. so who are already at home on 80% pay —— financialtimes. so the who are already at home on 80% pay —— financial times. so the challenge for him is that really, there's no way of hiding from the economic picture because all the data is really out there. so actually it is better that he is as honest as he can be, but ultimately he is still hampered by unknowns because so much of this crisis and how it is affecting us, it is still unknown. and the point here is that the key to the recovery in the economy, whenever and however long that might take, his business is being able to reopen. but given the current circumstances, how difficult will that be? very difficult because obviously when businesses reopen, as much for the medical experts as it is for the government as democrat of the moment, that figures on coronavirus figures were depends not just on businesses reopening, but also on the british people willing to be able to go out and start spending again. even if the high streets reopen, we aren't sure how many people will swap, how many

people will want to go eat there and what groups of people, even if they're what groups of people, even if they‘ re allowed what groups of people, even if they're allowed to. so there are lots of unknowns about how quickly the economy will come back, even as lockdown the economy will come back, even as lockd own starts the economy will come back, even as lockdown starts to be lifted. let's talk about schools. lots of papers with the school story on their front page. it is a big deal in the uk, people are genuinely worried about sending their kids back to school, other people are keen to send them back. starting with the front page of the times, it says here the reopening of schools in ten days' time, thrown into doubt last night as the government's senior scientific advisers said it would depend on an effective track, trace and isolate system. that is not something we've heard before? know, dame angela mclean, the chief scientific adviser said that essentially, changes to lockdown report require effective tracing and

isolating new cases systems to be put in place. and there's definitely wording now that downing street had said that borisjohnson wording now that downing street had said that boris johnson always said that the 1st ofjune was always the earliest that school should be open provided the tests were being met. so there is a degree of it looks like there's a bit of movement now, there's obviously on survey —— opposition from councils and unions, and obviously concerned from parents. my son is a year seven people so he's in secondary school, and it is not so much a concern thing because he's not currently in line to go back, but i've heard from many parents who are seriously worried about sending their children back. and you just touched there on councils. the front page of the guardian talks about rebellion amongst some councils joining the opposition to the plan. group birmingham, called her dale in west berkshire — these councils are

saying they may not force schools to reopen sabella no, absolutely, it is fascinating how so many different papers have a slightly different angle on this. and what the guardian is saying that a number of councils have either said no, we won't open schools, or have expressed doubts. what is happening is the government has said they won't issue sanctions against those areas who don't open their schools, and if they are doing that, what the government is saying is if you're not happy to do it, don't do it. so the government has lost control of this, and you know here in the language coming from number ten that earlyjune was a lwa ys number ten that earlyjune was always the earliest date when we wa nted always the earliest date when we wanted schools to reopen. now they are rolling back from what sounded like a hope that they could get schools back that early. what we are seeing is resistance, both political and from teachers unions at the moment, which is forcing a rethink. has the government's language been unhelpful? i think there's lots of concern about the government's language on a lot of this process and how it has been interpreted. i think a lot of people see social

media videos which have suggested how things have been differently interpreted, for example, and i think the reality is that these are very complicated issues but we've already got parents that are very worried. and i think the language, you can read into lots of different things about what's being said, and i think interestingly the telegraph, for example, has focused on the fact that apparently they have dropped their opposition to schools reopening, but actually there appear to be somewhat split because the council chair of britain is taking a very strong stance about not engaging with the government's plans. and yet now a firmer letter has been written from the pma —— bma, which suggests that once schools to reopen. more confusion and uncertainty for parents when they are looking to professionals, and they read these headlines with some dismay. absently, the front page of the telegraph, and the bma

have written a letter suggesting that they were unhappy about schools reopening on the 1st ofjune, they've now changed their stance. i suppose the real issue here is that there are mixed messages coming from all over the place, and parents are genuinely worried? yes, i think it is very confusing for parents as well as teachers and school kids. because you have all these different groups, whether it is doctors, government, councils saying contradictory things. it cannot be easy and, if your child's welfare and health is on the line, what you would like his clear messaging. even the bma seems to be un—capable of that clear messaging, because they wrote back on a letter that their chairman sent the week ago where they advised teachers not to engage with the government. now the line from the bma is they want schools to open up if it is safe. the devil is in the details — when it is safe, a loaded term. it will never be entirely safe so you are dealing with degrees of risk. the question

is whether parents will feel that the degree of risk is an acceptable level or not, and i think as long as there is an uncertainty in these mixed messages, it will be very hard for them to do so. the daily telegraph... the chairman says basically a zero risk approach is not possible. this is about safe being an acceptable level of risk. and i think the point that some people want to make is that ultimately, there will never be a situation where there is zero risk of anything. and i think that is the climate we are in right now, isn't it? it is the case of, if you work from home, work from home. but if you can't, then you should go to work but you have to be safe in doing so. and there's suggestion that workplaces have to be made safe by employers. and schools are a very major workplace for many, many teachers of country, and ultimately with so many different people attending those places every day, we are certainly never going to be

entering that period of zero risk. let's bring in the daily mail, again we are talking about schools, this time another angle talking about the relationship between teachers, their unions and headmasters. the daily mail have decided part of the problem is that the teachers unions are being deliberately unhelpful and even threatening headmasters to try to get their staff back to work. this is based on a zoo zoo meeting of thousands of members that happen today. i don't think any of these are helpful because ultimately all sides will have to sit down and agree on a strategy for people going back to work, but the mail have decided to make a good way of putting pressure without criticising teachers per se. let's move onto daily telegraph a again. virus

deaths could tail off by the end of june, according to scientists at the university of oxford. they say over the next 4—6 weeks, there will be small rises and falls in the number of deaths, but they expect not to find any coronavirus listed on the ons death data by the end ofjune. what do you make of that, is that looking at it too positively, or is it realistic? i think it is fascinating, if it were to come true, and it would be hugely welcomed. but i think the reality is that many people will be sceptical. and obviously, you know, the interesting thing is how is the state of being put together? because ultimately, we are going to be seeing a relaxing from the 1st of june. so the idea that there will be rises and falls stands possible. but theissue rises and falls stands possible. but the issue is how significant those rises are, and actually how painful is it before we get to the point of

no more deaths — is it that we will have considerable deaths in the run—up to that? and i think the issue here is that this is a prediction, but we've seen many of what might happen. we certainly have seena what might happen. we certainly have seen a flurry of deaths, but by the time we get to that tomorrow, we will have the weekend numbers as well factored in, won't we? and that is always a bigger concern. we saw in italy, for example, which is of course i of us in terms of its troubles with the coronavirus pandemic, it's death toll has raised considerably today. it shows you can get these big rises and falls, can't you? absolutely, and the other issue is if your cases are increasingly concentrated, as ours seemed to be here and care homes, that is another issue, it seems to be that getting this totally under control and care homes, as well. the scientist who's been speaking, the university... he was an interesting guy in terms of he was one of the guys were arguing

early on that cases may have peaked even before locked down, that social distancing was having more of an impact than lockdown. so he's always been relatively upbeat, but sort of on the hawkish end of saying we might be able to and things earlier. if this is true, that's fantastic news, if deaths go down to zero by the end ofjune, that would be very positive. that wouldn't be, when nick was mike moving onto the financial times, facebook opens new aisle to shopping at amazon. facebook opened a shopping service to rival online retailers amazon and ebay as the social media group looks to cash in on its 2.6 billion users. can it rival amazon and ebay? they arejust phenomenal can it rival amazon and ebay? they are just phenomenal right now. they claim they don't want to rival them. two things struck me about the story. it is another covert back

story. it is another covert back story in the sense that facebook shops has been moving —— move forward because we are doing so much more shopping online now. facebook brought their plans forward because so brought their plans forward because so many of us are shopping a lot more online now. but the comparative advantage of facebook, as they would see it, is that they are able to track data. they would accumulate user data to improve things, if you browse a shop will be able to see this and give you recommendations that are tailored for you. privacy campaigners may raise a red flag at this and wonder what the data is being used for, and his facebook using this data for the correct purposes? but they have so much data on people that they can tailor retail offers to people far more accurately may be than other online sites. that is true. let's move on and talk about the express newspaper front page. "captain tom's knighthood." this is great news,

isn't it? captain tom will be given a knighthood. it's wonderful. so captain tom moore is one of those welcome stories where we hear of the honours, instead of us all sighing, wondering why somebody is getting something, i think this is going to be one of those stories where people around the country unite behind. he's had an absolutely incredible time in his fundraising efforts, raising a phenomenal amount of money in the end, and actually i think for his family and for him — he is so modest, i would've loved to have seen his reaction when he found out, because all along he's always been so because all along he's always been so grateful for their support, and you almost wonder what he's got so much attention. but actually he's beena much attention. but actually he's been a mess of inspiration for young and old, which has been one of the rear feel good stories in this whole

terrible time. captain tom moore was what we needed during the lockdown, wasn't he? yes, a genuine no holds barred feel—good story, people keep telling us what a divided nation we are, but he is someone we can all unite around. what he did was truly remarkable. even the most churlish around us who might wonder why we need to breeze to make a raise this £3 million, why isn't the government paying a? £3 million, why isn't the government paying a ? they £3 million, why isn't the government paying a? they will recognise that his own personal achievement was stupendous, to do at his age and with such grace is so remarkable, and it is nice to see the honour system being used to report to micro reward people who have done genuinely good things. what you make of the daily telegraph's front story? apparently tourism chiefs who visit britain are proposing an extra baking holiday in october to help boost the industry, but basically, in the uk. good idea? for the industry, absolutely, in the sense that visit britain was citing

figures that it's lost 15 million of its dust 15 billion of its £26 billion income this year. the figures are eye watering. when i first saw the headline, i thought, what will bosses think if theyjust got people back to work with mike all of a sudden there's another bank holiday. so when we move forward out of the lockdown, there will be lots of the lockdown, there will be lots of competing demands made of the government. tourist firms will be wanting another bank holiday so they can make up lost ground. firms might say let's not because they have lost ground to make up as well. these are the opening gambits in what i think will be a series of very difficult decisions for government as to which sectors to help first or more openly, and which sectors not to. openly, and which sectors not tolj ta ke openly, and which sectors not tolj take it you agree with that? there is an economic cross, despite the fa ct is an economic cross, despite the fact that everyone loves of the bank holiday, it does cost the economy when it's there supple i don't know if you remember but when it was announced last year that we would have the ve day bank holiday on a

friday, there was quite a lot of outrage and confusion from lots of people because it was a friday for a change, not a monday, that the diaries and calendars all had to be reprinted for those that had gone ahead. and actually the bank holiday didn't really do anything because we we re didn't really do anything because we were all at home anyway, so it was a very strange event. but i think the reality is that bank holidays, when these came up before, the suggestion of additional bank holidays, they are often reasons that people celebrate. they are normally the reason people bring families together. wouldn't it be wonderful if we were all able to be together and have those events, october? but it doesn't look like some of the social distancing measures will actually all be relaxed, there will still be some in place. sol actually all be relaxed, there will still be some in place. so i think there is a huge impact on business and industry... asking whether or not it is practical is a different question. in one word, apparently loads of brits will be shining the

holiday and going camping. any of you big campers? we are singing from the same hymn sheet tonight. that's it for the papers this hour. thank you jo and anand. and thank you to you for your company. bye—bye. hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins with the bbc sport centre. as some premier league clubs returned to non—contract training today, we heard the news that six people from three clubs tested positive for covid—19 in the first batch of tests carried out. earlier, i asked our reporter, laura scott, what impact these results will have on the premier league's aims to resume this season injune. clearly they wouldn't have wanted anyone to test positive for coronavirus, but our understanding is the number of sick is enough to derail the project restart plans,

and that everyone, apart from those who've tested positive, can return to that group training. now it was six tests out of 748 among players and club staff, but we don't know the identities of those involved, if there players or staff, or which clubs there from. now those tests relate to 19 clubs — norwich only tested their players today, so they aren't included in that figure, and those who tested positive will have to self—isolate for seven days and cannot be part of phase one training. the premier league estimate that they might need as many as 40,000 tests to complete the season. but the chief executive of the consortium that is handling these tests says that this is not impacting on the supply to front—line workers. i do not intend to take away any tests from the nhs. in fact, quite the opposite. the nhs and public health england have a strategy to build super laboratories and super laboratory

infrastructures which, as you can see, seems to be allowing them to ramp up very quickly the high volumes of numbers. so the smaller, private consortium companies testing that we undertake definitely does not infringe on that process. ok, well, laura, in terms of the training today, how did it look? well, we aren't actually clear how many clubs chose to return to that noncontact, socially distant training today. but they were able to do so — obviously excluding anyone who tested positive for coronavirus. but clearly that is now the option that lies ahead of them as they move forward. and that training is very much — it is social distancing, they are not allowed to tackle or have any contact among themselves, there must be five players maximum in a group, and they can only train for 75 minutes. and we know from the premier league that they have said that they can do no—notice inspections at training grounds, and could even analyse the gps trackers that the players wear to make sure that they are not exceeding that 75—minute limit.

but clearly there are players who have raised concerns — we have heard from the watford captain who said he wasn't going to return to training because of concerns about his family's health. so clearly there are challenges ahead, and there is a second round of testing that will be carried out before the premier league shareholders meet again next tuesday to discuss phase two. so, if one of the six people who tested positive is a player, then the clubs will be discussing phase two before a player has even taken part in any part of phase one's training. so clearly some challenges still ahead for the premier league. laura scott there. now before we go, here's a quick round up of some of today's other sports news. manchester united's appeal against a two—year ban from european competitions will be heard by the court of arbitration for support from 8 june. —— manchester city fc. the premier league champions are found to have breached financial fairplay rules by uefa in february.

formula one says it won't be able to hold a british grand prix if personnel aren't given exemptions from government plans to quarantine international travellers. the uk government says it will soon impose a requirement on all arrivals from abroad to self—isolate for 1h days. and this season's challenge cup final due to take place at wembley on 18july has been postponed. the rfl say they remain hopeful of staging the competition this year, even if it is behind closed doors. ok, that is all the sport from us for now — goodnight. hello there. the last couple of days we've seen pretty big weather contrasts across the country from sunnier skies further south like this glorious weather watcher picture in herefordshire, compared to further north where we've had some lingering weather fronts that brought a lot of cloud to northern england, parts of scotland and northern ireland. it's been grey throughout monday and tuesday with some light rain and drizzle.

this weather watcher picture just shows that in cumbria. as we head into wednesday, big changes. this high pressure will push the weather fronts northwards and start to draw some very warm air up from spain and france so a change taking place. after a bit of a grey start in places, the sunshine will become abundant across all of the uk, including scotland and northern ireland, so the temperatures will respond. the low 20s celsius across parts of scotland, 17 or 18 in belfast, mid 20s england and wales. we could see 27 or 28 across the south—east, so this will be the peak of the heat of this warm spell. as we head through wednesday night this cold front starts to move in from the west. that will bring thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain into northern ireland and western parts of britain and through thursday afternoon as it moves eastwards as a very weak feature but bumps into the very warm air across the south—east, it could spark off a few heavy showers and thunderstorms here into the afternoon. hit and miss showers and thunderstorms. again it's going to be a warm day in england and wales, 26, 27 in the south—east, maybe a few degrees cooler

for northern ireland and scotland. big changes to close out the week, a deep area of low pressure moving in, lots of isobars on the chart. it's going to be windier, it's going to bring cooler air to all areas. we could see a little bit of rain just spreading its way eastwards across the whole of the country — not that much, though, across southern and eastern england, and then it's brighter into the afternoon but a blustery day, windy with gales across scotland and northern ireland. gusts 50, 60mph and plenty of heavy and frequent showers here. temperature—wise, the mid teens celsius in the north, a little bit fresher further south too but still highs of 21, maybe 22 degrees giving some afternoon sunshine. as we move out of friday into the weekend, it looks like high pressure wants to start to build in again across the south of the country, low pressure stays to the north of the uk so again we're going to have quite a north—south divide. it will draw in fresher air off the atlantic but there will be plenty of sunshine across england and wales, lighter winds here, scotland and northern ireland, closer to that low pressure system, will be windier with showers

or longer spells of rain, particularly across the north—west, here low to mid teens celsius, could see 20, 21 across the south. into sunday, that area of high pressure really builds in. it could build in a little bit further northwards, in fact, so maybe northern ireland, southern scotland, much of england and wales look dry on sunday with widespread sunshine. lighter winds in the south but windy again across northern and western scotland, where we'll see gales and outbreaks of persistent rain. 13—17 degrees across scotland, 18—22 degrees further south. now, here's the jet stream as we move through sunday and into next week it tends to stay just to the north of the uk. that will steer weather systems to the north of the uk but further south, high pressure will continue to dominate the scene, and as we move through monday, tuesday into wednesday, next week looks like it will be dry for most areas thanks to this area of high pressure, so gardeners and farmers needing the rain across southern and eastern areas, doesn't look like there's going to be any significant rainfall in the near future and if anything it will turn sunnier and warmer

across some southern and eastern areas as we move through into next week. bye for now.

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