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the cartoons of the prophet muhammad. backin cartoons of the prophet muhammad. back in france, no explanation for this latest attack, just a profound sadness that has become all too familiar. nick beake, bbc news, paris. the former england and manchester united player nobby stiles has died aged 78, after a long battle with illness. stiles played every minute of england's victorious 1966 world cup campaign. and he would go on to win a european cup with his boyhood club, manchester united, two years later. our sports correspondent andy swiss has been looking back at a remarkable career. he was one of sport's more unlikely heroes — the world cup winner with the toothless grin and the dancing feet. commentator: i have never seen nobby stiles like this before. thatjig of delight ensured nobby stiles‘ place in footballing folklore. it's nice because people remember you for it. and they say, "oh, yeah, i remember yourjig," and they pass it onto their children and whatever.
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and so when it's seen, it's nice because, teeth or no teeth, it doesn't matter. you know, it was just the total enjoyment which i was doing. but his talent had been a long time in the making, from his early years growing up in manchester, through to a debut for england's schoolboys at 15. and in 1960, manchester united came calling. commentator: what a goal! he could score but, above all, he could tackle. and his fearlessness brought him to england's attention. in 1965, he was called up by sir alf ramsey and in february 1966, he scored his first and only international goal. commentator: stiles scored! a few months later, he was part of the team hoping to take england to world cup glory and stiles‘ brave and often brilliant challenges helped england to become champions. the image of him dancing around wembley — trophy in one hand, false teeth in the other — is one he, like everyone else, could never forget.
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he had a heart that was probably as big as the gap in his teeth. he was just a real character and obviously he was an old school type of player, a hard man. and that grit also helped manchester united to the european cup in 1968. behind that cheery demeanour, stiles was pure steel. he was fun to be around and on the pitch, it was a different matter. you know, it was all about winning the game. he was a bit of a jekyll and hyde really, if you think about it. when he went on the pitch, he sort of changed and he had a job to do and he did it, did it so well. stiles never enjoyed the riches his achievements deserved, ultimately selling his medals to raise money for his family. but while others may have attracted more headlines, few inspired as much affection as nobby stiles, the man whose pure euphoria once captured a country's imagination.
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tributes to nobby stiles, who's died at the age of 78. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me, the home affairs editor at the london evening standard, martin bentham, and thejournalist and broadcaster caroline frost. great to see you both. quick look through some of those front pages. according to the times, boris johnson is considering the imposition of new lockdown restrictions in england from next week, following concerns that hospitals across the country are being overwhelmed. the daily telegraph reports a fourth tier of restrictions in england is on the way,
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after scientists warned the prime minister the virus was spreading faster than even their own gloomiest predictions, while the daily mail says a cabinet source has told the paper a national lockdown will be announced next week. the guardian says health officials suggest a national lockdown now could "save christmas" in england and allow families to meet during the festive season. according to the i, boris johnson is summoning the leaders of scotland, wales and northern ireland in effort to find a "common approach" that can reduce coronavirus cases before the winter break. the daily express reports that hundreds of thousands of over—55s dipping into their pensions to get through the pandemic risk creating a "generation in poverty", while the financial times says that global equities were on track for their worst week since march,
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with silicon valley groups among the latest casualties in a sell—off driven by alarm over surging coronavirus cases and nervousness around the us election. and the daily mirror devotes its front page to 1966 world cup winner nobby stiles, who died today after battling cancer and alzheimer's. so those are the front pages. we are going to start off, martin and caroline, lovely to see you both. caroline, lovely to see you both. caroline, i wonder if you did kick kick us off, hence there could be a national lockdown on the daily mail frontpage. apparently you could win electric car for frontpage. apparently you could win electric carfor £900... frontpage. apparently you could win electric car for £900... as you say, not confirmed but if anything over
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the last year, the pattern is we get these leaks, the last year, the pattern is we get these lea ks, they the last year, the pattern is we get these leaks, they put the finger in these leaks, they put the finger in the breeze and if there is not too much of a hoew, this is what follows, so it looks as though... this is borisjohnson‘s worst nightmare, but it looks as though he is good have to bow to medical science, the data has spoken, it looks as though... we're kind of approaching a locked on by default anyway. wales is close, scotland is close, france is now close, the walls are falling in, and at least when i feel certain if this prince conference does happen if we know what we're dealing with at the beginning of the week. martin? we will know we are dealing with, sort of, may be, because when will it actually and ? of, may be, because when will it actually and? this is the problem with going to lockdown, what will this achieve? the problem is, we will come onto the ftps later on in the review, that looks at this
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point, but we have had a lockdown before, that got infections down over the summer, but all that has doneis over the summer, but all that has done is push the problem down the line. and we are now in the same situation where hospitals are apparently at risk of being overwhelmed. we have already had all the economic pain and all the knock on effects and it looks regrettably like we are going to go back on the similar road. and is very hard to see where it actually gets us. let's turn to the front page of the times because it is the same story, national lockdown looms, strict curbs and prospect for next week to stop hospitals being overwhelmed, and they could remain in place until december one. i think many parents will be saying, what about schools? yes, that a bit more detail in the times. if that everything will be closed apparently from monday except... the announcement will be monday, except with their calling essential shops — presumably food,
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medical supplies, everything we saw earlier in the year — and also educational settings, which i think isa educational settings, which i think is a deliberate lee broad term stop of course this was the great problem earlier in the year, what to do with the children, and eventually settled on sending them all home. this is the great battle martin has hinted at, what you do with the's education, their livelihoods. there is more data is the number of cases that we are now recording, 211,000 new cases, 12% rise on a fortnight ago, what stage are: the risque scenario only ten days from now. it is not looking good but neither is the alternative. do you think there isa the alternative. do you think there is a sense of inevitability with all this, martin? if viewers havejust joined us, we not talk about confirmation of a national lockdown, this is a story that's been reported
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ina number of this is a story that's been reported in a number of papers, so nothing confirmed yet. martin. no, it is not confirmed, but as caroline said, already quite a lot of the country is in tier} already quite a lot of the country is in tier 3 restrictions. that's been increasing. there is increasing likelihood that even without a lockdown, london and part of the country will end up in tier 3 fairly soon as well, so it is not too far off a nyway, soon as well, so it is not too far off anyway, and, yes, unfortunately, there does seem to be this inevitability. the telegraph talks about a possible tier 4, which would be an extension of the existing system, but it certainly does seem one direction only that we are going in the stomach as i say, the big question is, to what purpose other than the short—term? the theory there that december the ist would be there that december the ist would be the end of it, that probably is optimistic, because there is a delay infection rates and the death rate
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and so on, hospitalization rates, because of the time the manifestation takes, in two or three weeks' time or three or four weeks' time, it is not that far down the line, so you just you dragging on and even the idea of it will get us free for christmas briefly, potentially, you get to the problem — what happens afterwards? it would be nice to bring the viewers something more cheery to talk about, wouldn't it? are readily not. we are following the footsteps of greece — france, belgium as well. let us turn to the front page of the ft. extraordinary news here because this is coming from the scientists, saying that this is exceeding our
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trajectory, our worst—case scenarios. caroline. absolutely. this is what borisjohnson is having to deal with, netiquette is interesting the figures are out there. that particular part of stage, they are covering their backs. we have not seen this earlier in the year. it was all very much enjoyed exercise in projecting figures, the same message. this has become a sort of two—pronged delivery of information. this is what the scientists are telling us and then what the politicians choose to do with that, we will learn on monday or tuesday, but certainly they are laying out their tablecloth thatis they are laying out their tablecloth that is looking bad, it is very much than a few government what they do with that information. i think it is just busy that slight parting of the waves. martin? it is a political decision. of course the medical advice will go on. we have to bear in mind the mail story has reports
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of divisions and cabinet over what to do. clearly the government can keep spending money to keep propping things up, but it is only going so far, and even the extended furlough scheme which has been introduced does not help businesses with things like rates and all the other overheads they have, and ultimately there will be more and more job losses as a result of that, and that leads to poverty, people being depressed and fed up, and some of the older people, frankly, i had a friend of mine texting me today about her mum in lancashire fed up with it, my mum is quite fed up with the restrictions on her activities. some of the people it is meant to be protecting most are fed up with it as well, that is part the problem. all these other costs of lockdown and restrictions, they are hard to calculate as to what they actually are, but there definitely there, there's the mental health problem, domestic abuse on the increase and
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so domestic abuse on the increase and so on, all sorts of problems. of these schools are going to be kept open. children in particular, i think they are the worst affected in the first phase, missing their education in the socialisation of seeing their friends, but if you think has to be a political decision here, clearly, and it cannotjust be driven by the science because there's so many factors that have to be weighed up in the equation. and then, caroline, we have this commentary piece in the ft — just keep calm and carry on. camilla cavendish is listing everything is referring to there, —— everything martin is referred to there. economics, obesity, people running earlier in the year, the novelty is run off. this is all very well, but i think borisjohnson is clearly having to captivate all of that. we have seen rishi sunak was on the
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biggest champions of going out, carrying on, at least if only to prop up carrying on, at least if only to prop up the economy, in his case has been weakened by this new dated that the rise in cases in the summer could be actuated to the eat out to help out scheme, so that if that is not a good look to his future ideas knowing that that is hovering over him almost personally now. the telegraph, camilla cavendish is not alone. many people are so fed up and looking at this in a more holistic way, it is here, in the absence of a very convincing test and trace scheme of any sort, could we just say, what kind of life is that? and i think we are all asking ourselves, quite existential questions. martin, we're going to turn from the ft to the daily telegraph now. something ofa the daily telegraph now. something of a success for chris packham. yes,
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a commendable campaign, chris packham, and this is about wildlife shoots, grouse shoots and so on, and apparently the telegraph is saying he has a high court challenge coming in the next week over the large numbers of game birds around sites of interest, which is in essence using reserves by natural england, the release of large game birds in that area has a detrimental effect in other birdlife and other wildlife, and the result of this according to the telegraph, there's going to be restrictions on exactly that, the release of game birds around, within about 500 metres of, any scientific interest. often the terrain those game boards are being released and is around this type of sites and the story is that therefore, that will have a massive impact on the game bird shooting
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