hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the deputy political editor of the independent, rob merrick, and editor of the racing post, tom kerr. tomorrow's front pages: we start with the daily telegraph. as some children prepare to go back to school tomorrow, there are plans for pupils to attend classes over the summer to stop them from falling behind. 46% of families will keep their children who are due back tomorrow at home instead, that's according to the mirror, meaning that at leasti million children will be absent. the daily mail claims that 2.4 million patients have missed out on vital cancer tests and treatment because of the coronavirus pandemic. the financial times leads on warnings from uk banks that up to half of the £18.5 billion of "bounce back" coronavirus loans are unlikely to be repaid, and that hundreds of thousands of small businesses could collapse. the guardian writes of the wave

of fury across the us over the police killing of george floyd with a photograph of a protester taking a knee today in front of armed police officers in california. on the same story — ‘trump fans the flames in usa' writes the metro, showing another striking image of a protester in los angeles as fire rages behind him. and like a couple of the other papers, the times has a photograph of the queen, who is 94, back in the saddle in the grounds of windsor castle. so let's begin. good evening. we will start with the iron newspaper, focusing on the lockdown. we can't stay in lockdown for ever is the headline of the i. having gone for an walk today, ito say there is no more lock down. we use this word lockdown, but if we ever we re use this word lockdown, but if we ever were in a lockdown, we were never on the scale of restrictions in other countries where they had

the conditions of leaving your house. we haven't really been in lockdown because we can go out whenever we like, exercise as much as you like, we can meet somebody from a different household. more restrictions will be lifted tomorrow, and this is the moment of maximum danger for both the country and for the government. i think possibly the country will forgive the government for all the appalling blunders we have seen in the past few months, almost certainly the highest death toll in europe. but what they will not forget if the government watches lifting the restrictions, having made a mess of imposing them in the first place. all the evidence is we are moving too soon. lots of scientists are very worried that the critical reproduction rate is still very close to one, infections and deaths again. the government is overruled

by tomorrow. there is no getting away from it. it is a real gap. gamble, tom? i think there is actually multiple thoughts here, have been several scientists who have been several scientists who have come out in the last 24 48 hours to say it too soon, and i am far from hours to say it too soon, and i am farfrom an hours to say it too soon, and i am far from an expert sol hours to say it too soon, and i am far from an expert so i will not challenge their viewpoint. but of course you can look at other nations who have eased the lockdown and no two nations are like in this and they have not experienced a second wave. i think what perhaps lies behind some of the government positive thinking is that they are notjust lead by positive thinking is that they are not just lead by the positive thinking is that they are notjust lead by the science, they are also led by the people, and as you say, you went out and walked about and saw people out, having picked links and not really social distancing, and the reality is that over two months of lockdown or whatever the lockdown we had, people are keen to restart their lives, see

friends again, to socialise. it may well prove to be the wrong move, but i think it is quite clear that there isa i think it is quite clear that there is a public appetite to get back out and start to live a bit more again. talking about getting back out, let's go to the daily mirror, because its angle on the evening of restrictions as primary schools returning, but it says i restrictions as primary schools returning, but it saysi million kids were due to go back to school and will be capped off.” kids were due to go back to school and will be capped off. i think the government has long been reconciled to the fact it will not be a big bang. there has been a long battle between ministers and teachers and pa rents between ministers and teachers and parents about whether it is safe to return. going back to this critical rate which has put it close to one by the scientists, the advice is that the impact of year i and reception going back, could be 0.2 in the r rate. again, very good

reasons why parents and teachers are very nervous about the return tomorrow, and therefore why it is only going to take place in some areas of the country tomorrow with only some parents sending their children back. perhaps if things go well in the next few days, then more pa rents well in the next few days, then more parents will feel confident in sending their children back to school. if they don't, what is worrying is we were talking earlier about the education divide that has widened over the last few months because of course wealthier and more privileged children are able to do homeschooling easier than more troubled families, and the evidence i have seen suggests that it only sums children go back, there is more likely to be the better off, perhaps better educated children going back and perhaps kids that most need to go to school will be at home. tom, this is the point picked up by the telegraph earlier that there is an increasing divide now. those who

have bigger homes, computers for every kid had been able to learn during these past few months. those who have to share phones might not have internet connections might be worried going back to school are potentially going to lose almost six months of education if they stay at home until september.” months of education if they stay at home until september. i think there is clearly a disparity in experience for children not going to school. if you have on the one hand the children or parents who are working from home or furloughed, who are able to homeschool, you can access ipads and laptops with their children, perhaps even access some private tutoring services, and on the other hand you have families who parents are still going to work, who are probably putting themselves in harm 's are probably putting themselves in harm '5 way by doing so and cannot afford that equipment. there is a concern that is a problem we are storing up through this lockdown and it will unravel and manifest itself

just over the coming months and years potentially because of some children effectively miss out on six months of schooling, while others continue their education, that is going to have a long—term impact on their prospects. tom, hold on a second, because for the last couple of months while we do this paper review, we do mostly national and international papers for the one popular paper has not been featured because it hasn't been printed, but iam right because it hasn't been printed, but i am right in saying for tomorrow morning for the first time since lockdown began, your racing posters being again. talk us through it. —— racing post. i can see the smile of pride. when we stop printing, it was a heartbreaking decision for any editor orjournalist to take, and it wasn'tjust a case of if editor orjournalist to take, and it wasn't just a case of if you editor orjournalist to take, and it wasn'tjust a case of if you stop printing, but we didn't know when we would be back. the virus, the cases

we re would be back. the virus, the cases were mounting rapidly, countries around the globe were looking down, sport was coming to a standstill, society was coming to a standstill. we didn't know what the future held. to be back here two months later, with lots of our team who have been furloughed back on duty again, working in their home offices around the country to put out a newspaper again was absolutely wonderful. we are delighted to be back and we are delighted that racing is back with their meeting at newcastle tomorrow, and from there, it quickly wraps up we have the guineas meeting on the weekend and royal ascot in a couple of weeks time, all taking place behind closed doors with social distancing. not quite as it once was, but it is good to have it back. rob, we often talk in more normal times about the threats to newspapers, thing seeing a newspaper now being printed for the first time after two months by a fellow journalist, that must be a nice

moment to see and start off with sport again. i think it is fantastic. any congratulations for getting it going again. i hope they have glorious success. i hope racing ta kes have glorious success. i hope racing takes up again very quickly. it will be interesting to see how different it will be without the crowds, interesting to hear from tom again to find out how the experience has been. talk us through the measures that racing has put in place in order to be given the all clear to carry on. racing is quite fortunate in that we are not the first. racing has been taking place over the last two months with strict measures behind closed doors in countries such as hong kong and australia and it restarted in france a few weeks ago and in germany. the measures are pretty well tested now, proven to work. it is basically all the things you would expect. there are no

spectators, everyone at their temperature checked, there are masks, there is evening a racing specific coronavirus tracking system which the authority put in place to ensure if there are any outbreaks of coronavirus in the racing industry, they can track those cases and basically do the same as a track and trace service on a national scale does butjust for the sport. reading up does butjust for the sport. reading up on rob ‘s point about creating an atmosphere, royal ascot is coming up on the 16th ofjune, which normally is the time when you see people dressed up as smartly as i possibly can be. no—one will have a top hat this year! no—one is going to be there apart from the jockeys and a few stewards. is that really going to be ascot? it will be very surreal. i wonder if there will be a few dozen officials and a few press people including from the racing post there. i don't know if they we re post there. i don't know if they were where top hats or not, royal

ascot is great fun. i always call it europe is my bigger fancy dress party. it is a load of fun. it won't be the same without the pomp and pageantry, without the queen coming down in her courage every day. but from a sporting point of view, royal ascot draws the best horses in britain, the from around the world. we don't know of any international waters will be coming, but it will still be a list of high level sport, and after two months where we have not had that, it is something to look forward to. talking about creating atmosphere, let's go to the daily telegraph. one of the main stories, singing hymns could spread coronavirus. the minister warned that whenjudges are coronavirus. the minister warned that when judges are open again, there might not be him singing. rob, i know quite a few people who enjoy going to church. if only simply to sing the hymns that we have all learned from an early age. if there is no hymn singing, might people be put off? yes, the secretary had to

put off? yes, the secretary had to put up with a reason this point to explain the anomaly of shops reopening of some tomorrow and lots more in the middle of the month, but not churches. why on earth could this be? there is growing disquiet among church—goers. he came up with the excuse that it could lead to escalation and more spreading of the virus. he pointed to evidence from other countries that singing loudly can create an extra rate of transmission. i have not seen evidence myself. i would love to see it. i said that the real reason churches are in the slow lane is that they don't contribute to the economy. they want to get the economy. they want to get the economy moving. if only churches, if some of the lack hole, you could open earlier. tom, stadiums are going to pipe in sounds, you can pipe in hymns to churches? all the

churches around me have nose —— that isa churches around me have nose —— that is a saying they have home services, one the other day said finally church for introverts you can get on youtube now, which is quite good. we will look to our last paper now, the times, has a paperfeatured in many other newspapers. the queen at the age of 94 on her horse, essentially beating all the other races out of lot down. she is there in windsor park. tom, have you sent her a copy of your first edition? we are going to courier one tomorrow morning just in case the ones in windsor are all sold out. she is a huge lifelong racing fan. if you see closely, you can see her headscarf has jockeys felt solid. perhaps a little nod to racing, the queen giving her support to the resumption of the sport tomorrow. she owns a number of authors. are any of her horses

running in the next few weeks? —— a number of horses. there is one running on tuesday, i could be mistaken. she has a lot of runners through the summer. i am sure she will be disappointed not to be able to attend particularly royal ascot where she goes every day every year. of course. that is the final word. that is it for the papers this evening. thanks to my guests, deputy political editor of the independent rob merrick and editor of the racing post tom kerr. goodbye. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies now available for viewing in the home.