hello. this is bbc we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. manchester united captain, harry maguire pleads not guilty and is released from police custody following his arrest on the greek island of mykonos. uk tourists who've been on holiday to croatia, austria and trinidad and tobago now have to isolate for m days when they get back. hundreds of thousands of people

in north west england are told not to socialise with anyone outside their household to stem coronavirus infections. california struggles to contain huge wildfires — burning forests and homes and causing thousands hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the director of the polling organisation deltapoll, joe twyman and the features writer for the independent, james rampton. thank you forjoining me tonight. first a quick look through some of those rampages. the observer, and the labour leader keir starmer says the chaos around exam results has put plans to get children back

to school in september at ‘serious risk‘. meanwhile the telegraph says the prime minister has told allies that failing to reopen schools is ‘not an option‘ it also includes a photo of borisjohnson and carrie symonds on holiday in scotland with their son wilfred. the return to school also dominates the mailfront page and that the uk‘s chief medical officers have ruled that it is safe for children to go back to school next month. the independent reports that care homes were put under pressure to accept patients with coronavirus during the peak of the pandemic it also has a photo of emergency services in california, who are battling to keep dozens of wildfires under control. so let‘s begin... we are going to stay with one of the big stories at the moment, of

course, as children hopefully, heading back to school. james, let‘s start off. front page of the observer what‘s keir starmer saying? well, i absolutely agree with what keir starmer is saying. he saying that the chaos that is and develop the government in the past two weeks over the eight levels in the gcs ease has set them back to weeks in preparation time for schools to reopen in september. i remember there was a phrase used to describe one of george osborne budgets a few yea rs one of george osborne budgets a few years ago and it was on the shambles. i think that very well sums up the way williamson has handled this crisis. if i were to mark him as a teacher i give him enough. i think it‘s been highly destructive, it‘s just damage the life chances of a whole generation of youngsters for them i‘m very angry about it. i know they did learn and they went with the teacher‘s predictions instead but the universities are overwhelmed with applicants and it is a complete

fiasco. whether they can turn things around quickly enough to get the kids ready for school in less than a week, in some cases, i don‘t know. i really hope that they do but given his past record i very much doubt it. joe? what this highlights is the difficulty that the government has with so many different aspects of the education system as a result of covid—19. and having to choose the lesser of two evils. of course the difficulty that they've had is, they've dealt with things up until this point so badly. but this is not the end of their problems. in many ways it is only the beginning of their problems. we have the a—levels and the gcs e results. this year we have returned to school. what if there is a resurgence, a second wave of covid—19 come autumn? what if that leads to significant increases in local lockdowns? perhaps another national lockdown. what does that mean for her children in schools

then? and come next year, and the a—level and gcs e results, how would that be taken into account? in a level who starts last year could potentially lose almost a year of teaching in a two—year course. if they don't have access to laptops at orwi—fi, they don't have access to laptops at or wi—fi, they go without teaching entirely. how do you incorporate that into the eight level results in order to be fair, in order to be at just to those who take part? what does that mean for social mobility? these are enormous questions. and we have only just begun these are enormous questions. and we have onlyjust begun to scratch the surface. the idea that this is uncharted territory for everyone around the world. and they are learning is that going along. what do you make of thatjames? learning is that going along. what do you make of that james? well, i have some sympathy with that. of course no one has ever been in this position before. is the worst health crisis for more than a century. however, all figures show that we have handled it far worse in terms

of fatalities and infections. certainly than any country in europe. we are unfortunately right up europe. we are unfortunately right up near the top of the table in the world. not a table you want to be top of. i do think there are some extenuating circumstances. however the government has really not covered. ever since the beginning when they apparently took a week too long to lockdown. some experts are saying it may have caused as much as 20,000 more deaths. the prime minister apparently missed the first five covid—i9 meeting. who knows why. that will be investigated, i‘m sure. ever since and the government have been on the back foot. they just seem to stumble from one crisis to another. and ifear as much as i wa nt to another. and ifear as much as i want the school to reopen not to save the governments face, i don‘t ca re save the governments face, i don‘t care about that, but for the well—being of the children. i do fear that this chaotic government will not manage it. that will be just the latest in a series of disgraces. as we turn to the front

page of the sunday telegraph. this is coming from professor chris whitty saying that this is part of a report saying that it is less of a risk to go back to school for children. before we address that, what do you make of the world health organisation advising that children over the age of 12 should also be wearing a face mask? how do you see that happening within a small environment? i think it's extraordinarily difficult. what this highlights is there are no answer easy answers. it's not as if there is an obvious solution to take. that will have no negative repercussions. it is clearly going to be the choosing of the lesser of two, three, four evils. and some of those evils are very, very tough on people, and children, on students, unst teachers. it is extraordinarily difficult for them and in a lot of cases we are dealing with the potential for people to die. but

quite how you manage these specifics, the actual reality on the ground with regards to social distancing for 11, 12, ground with regards to social distancing for“, 12, 13, ground with regards to social distancing for11, 12, 13, 14 ground with regards to social distancing for 11, 12, 13, 14 years old. but certainly social distancing during breaks and even during lessons was not something that would be easily enforced. i imagine it's equally difficult now. you have the key question overarching over all of this of the damage that will be done to children not going back to school. the impact on their individual, mental health. the impact on their well— being. individual, mental health. the impact on their well—being. but also the societal impact. the impact on social mobility. the impact on equality. those have to be taken into consideration. along with the health impacts and the risk of transmission. even if as chris but he says in the article, the risk of death. particularly for young people is very very low. the risk of transmission is still there. are you

endangering more vulnerable sections of society? trading off those two against each other is a very difficult choice. but the article also talks about williamson is viewed as a quote, useful idiot by the teaching unions. taking heart and the fact that at least they think is useful. it also suggests that he's on last chance. in the school returning really marks his la st school returning really marks his last chance to save his job. school returning really marks his last chance to save hisjob. it may well be that after that he either is forced to or decides to make shall we say, a quiet exit from his position. james, the paper also says that the prime minister is going to ta ke that the prime minister is going to take a hands approach once he returns from his holiday and solving this. i think he has to. just a follow—up of what joe this. i think he has to. just a follow—up of whatjoe was saying, i was astonished that williams is still imposed after the disgracefully incompetent way in which he handled the exams crisis. there is a rumour going around, i‘m

not necessarily saying is true, that he‘s being kept in hisjob as a human shield. so if and when and as i say, if the school reopening is a massive failure, he can protect the prime ministerfrom the massive failure, he can protect the prime minister from the flak. fall on the sword is a way of protecting the pm from the worst criticism from the pm from the worst criticism from the press. however, ithink the pm from the worst criticism from the press. however, i think it‘s absolutely time that boris johnson moves absolutely time that boris johnson m oves fro nt absolutely time that boris johnson moves front and center. i thought it was outrageous that he disappeared from view. i know everyone it‘s a holiday but different rules apply when you choose to be prime minister. nobody forced him to do thatjob. and to make no comment at all about a fiasco that is jeopardising potentially the future of millions of children is a total disgrace will stop he has to say forward , disgrace will stop he has to say forward, he has to be seen to get a grip. if he doesn‘t, his reputation will take even more of a hammering. joe, let‘s turn back to the front page of the observer. thousands of life—saving drug trials halted

whilst we start trials for covid—19 we‘ve lost a lot of others that were taken place. he the education stories and the debacle around the exams illustrate the eight impact that covid—19 and the pandemic is having on the education system. the problem that the government has is that that impact is mirrored across so that that impact is mirrored across so many different areas of british society. and so many different departments within government. the article talks about the fact that some 15,000 separate clinical trials for treatments for things like heart disease and cancer have had to be postponed or indeed, cancelled entirely. as a result of the pandemic. and the knock on impact of that, for those people who so desperately need the kind of treatments that are being developed is enormous. and it illustrates how really so few areas of british life have escaped the impact of covid—19. it illustratesjust have escaped the impact of covid—19. it illustrates just how long—lasting and multifaceted its impact could

potentially be. james, let's go to the front page of the independent. we saw these pictures last year, didn‘t we? but this is california at the moment. i was struck by a phrase that was mentioned quite a bit this week when steve bannon, president trumps former adviser was arrested for alleged fraud. he wrote that notorious inauguration speech for trout. where he talked about american courage. i think this is a very striking symbol of american carnage. this is a president who says that climate change has been invented by the chinese to get commercial gain. he withdrew one of the only, few countries to withdraw from the paris climate change agreement. he has apparently got into big fleet not bed with big oil. and is in cahoots with huge energy companies. he does nothing about climate change. and then he‘s surprised that 100,000 people are told to flee from their homes in

california when it‘s a blaze. i‘m afraid, i‘m very sorry for the people tap into, it‘s absolutely dreadful. but this is the consequence of a resident who ignores and indeed denies that climate change even exists. so i hate to see these pictures. they are also requesting help from australia and canada. that‘s quite humiliating to use these supposedly most powerful country in the world to go with a begging bowl to the smaller countries and say, can you help us? this is a raging way out of control and wejust this is a raging way out of control and we just can‘t deal with it any more because of massive cuts in federalfunding. another thing more because of massive cuts in federal funding. another thing that president trump doesn‘t believe in. i understand the reason they approach australia is because of the shared expertise and the two countries do share in times of wildfires. joe, let‘s say with the front page of the independent. this ca re front page of the independent. this care home and covid—19. this is a story that‘s been rumbling. to think it‘s been getting enough attention?

it isa it‘s been getting enough attention? it is a scandal, isn‘t it? it‘s been getting enough attention? it is a scandal, isn't it? the article refers to eight report by the queens nursing institute based ona the queens nursing institute based on a survey the queens nursing institute based on a survey out, i haven't seen the details of the survey. i can't say on the details. what it illustrates is the potential damage that the covid—19 pandemic has had on the most vulnerable in our society. among the most vulnerable in our society at the time that they are at their most vulnerable. it talks about the difficulties the care homes have encountered as a result of the pandemic. further down the line when the inevitable public inquiry takes place i think this is something that will definitely have to be addressed. the way that people within care homes were treated to have been treated, and potentially continue to be treated is eight because of major concern. i think it could have a serious impact on the governments polling ratings and their popularity as more and more a

story such as this come to life. james? yes i absolutely agree with joe. the tattered reputation of the government is going to take another public. there is very moving testimony online eight nurse with 30 yea rs testimony online eight nurse with 30 years experience at that two dozen of the residents in her care home died stop and she said she was broken at the lowest point by that. she was in despair. that very moving testimony shows the human impact of this policy of sending infected patients to care homes with no recourse to hospital or gps. if this is true, it‘s possibly the worst scandal of the whole covid—19 crisis. thank you very much for joining us this saturday evening. enjoy the rest of your weekend.