we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first, the headlines. the prime minister has announced a month—long lockdown in england from thursday, as the uk records its one millionth case of covid since the outbreak took hold. christmas is going to be different this year, perhaps very different, but it's my sincere hope and belief that, by taking tough action now, we can allow families across the country to be together. non—essential shops, bars and restaurants will close, but schools and universities will stay open. the prime minister will take the changes to parliament on monday. england's chief medical officer says there's been a "significant rate of increase" in covid cases across the entire country. the prevalence of this disease has been going up extremely rapidly over the last few weeks. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has issued new advice that people should not travel to or from england,

except for essential purposes. hello there and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me, rosamund urwin, senior reporter at the sunday times, and the author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown. before our chat, a quick look through some of the front pages. the prime minister's "u—turn" puts the country under a tough new lockdown — that's according to tomorrow's observer. the telegraph says the four—week lockdown will save the nhs, as it warns readers to "stay at home". the paper also notes that millions more will be furloughed, as the government extends the scheme until december. the sunday express described the impending lockdown in england as a "last ditch plea"

to save christmas and to avoid a medical and moral disaster. "shockdown" — that's the headline in the daily mirror. it leads with warnings from experts who say the lockdown delay could cost lives. the sunday times says the prime minister was forced into this new lockdown by fears of a "medical disaster", as uk coronavirus cases hit one million. the daily mail reports that lockdown has sparked a "tory civil war", as the paper claims members of the cabinet were "kept in the dark". and finally, the star has a front page tribute to the former 007 star sir sean connery, who has died aged 90. they say the "world is in mourning". let's begin our chat. lovely to have you back. iwonder let's begin our chat. lovely to have you back. i wonder if you kick off for us, yasmin alibhai—brown, front

page of the express, and there, pm's last—ditch plea to save christmas and the nhs. yes, obviously, the sunday times has cover this, there we re sunday times has cover this, there were mornings weeks ago the numbers we re were mornings weeks ago the numbers were increasing at such speed and spreading fast that the nhs, again, would not be able to cope, even though we have got the nightingale hospitals and better preparation, but it's interesting that the express, the right—wing press, is actually a little bit more onside than thought it would be because they kind of have been very understanding of mrjohnson, saying he is trying to save the aitchison —— the -- the nhs —— the nhs and christmas, but actually, he could have done this three weeks ago, so the calculation change, i think the nhs will, under

these conditions, the nhs will be under tremendous strain, maybe if this had been done earlier, as keir starmer asked... and i this had been done earlier, as keir starmerasked... and i am this had been done earlier, as keir starmer asked... and i am not making a political point here, the scientists were saying this, the other three nations were saying this, andi other three nations were saying this, and i feel for them other three nations were saying this, and ifeel for them because they were supposed to reopen in three weeks. so it is a mess, it is a real big mess. and when you look at this, rosamund, this could have been brought in three weeks ago, but the way the virus has come in has even chucked the scientists. really depressing line, it is worse than the worse scenario. absolutely, yes, but is not three weeks ago sage said we are going to need a circuit breaker lockdown, so can evan dunham even earlier, of course, —— so it

could have been done even earlier. i think the difficulty is the tory party committed heavily to the idea that a second lockdown would be disastrous and sort of attacked keir starmer quite brutally, and then to do it does look as though they were incredibly naive to say early on this was not quick to happen, which is why there is so much political criticism — not clearly in the sunday express — but in other papers, you can see there is a lot of angry conservative mps, because they have been going out saying align, this would be a terrible thing to do, and then a couple of weeks in, the government is delivering exactly what they told us would be disastrous. i think the interesting line in the express is the idea it is a medical and moral disaster, and what is meant there is that borisjohnson was disaster, and what is meant there is that boris johnson was saying that if we do not do this, doctors will

be forced to make choices about which patients survive, which obviously is a completely un—except those situation. —— on except will situation a. sorry to interrupt you, because we are talking about this medical disaster, so i think it is a time to go to our next front page, the sunday times. fears of a medical disaster forces the prime minister into a new lockdown. when you see it like that, you do kind of pause and say, is this going to be long enough, don't you? i am not sure for weeks will be long enough, but there's also a very interesting other dimension, thatjust recently we we re other dimension, thatjust recently we were on the north, being told the furlough scheme... they have extended it for another month, yet just days back, they were telling the north they could not afford a single more penny to go into

extending furlough schemes. this is such grave mismanagement and needless setting off one part of the country against the other. i hope it settles. i hope... you seem to have froze, so, rosamund, i'm going to ta ke froze, so, rosamund, i'm going to take you to the front page of the mail, because yasmin talked about the economic part. this is all about the economic part. this is all about the push and pull with the economy and the health of the country. absolutely. and you have a lot of businesses, particularly small businesses, particularly small businesses, that onlyjust survived the first lockdown, they were promised it was not could you happen again and now they're heading back into it, particularly obviously anybody in the retail sector. and we are heading into christmas, the most important bit, for people who sell

books, for anybody who sells anything for emily gifts. it is pretty catastrophic. it is probably quite good for some online retailers, but they are the exception here, and obviously devastating for pubs and restaurants and the whole leisure sector, because they will be closing, so you can see the problem here. and, of course, protecting lives is absolutely the financial thing, but economic damage kills people too —— protecting lives is absolutely the fundamental thing. we saw that with austerity. it is a very difficult thing to way up and i would say, on the timings, yes, they are saying 27 days now, but he liked and we went into in march initially was supposed to be three weeks, and obviously it extended way beyond that, so the question of whether the world will really look normal again my christmas is a good one. yasmin, we

have got you back, so you are commenting on the economic side of things, so we will go to the sunday telegraph which brings up the point that furlough will make a return, so carry on for us. yeah, but i also think... i don't think there is a section... there is a section of the conservative party which is not good to be happy, including some people in the cabinet. i think dominic raab, for this announcement, was already saying the different tiers and so on were going to work very well. they don't even seem to be talking to each other, so i think there is going to be a revolt among some in the party, and i think rosamund is right that the balancing the economic needs, and it is always the economic needs, and it is always the poorest and the lowest paid who

are going to suffer in —— suffer immeasurably when it is lockdown. i would never wish to be in thisjob, to make lockdown. i would never wish to be in this job, to make these lockdown. i would never wish to be in thisjob, to make these kinds of decisions, but we need a much more strategic and thought through approach, i think a better strategy for stops, and has a clear strategy. we don't seem to have one. —— scotla nd we don't seem to have one. —— scotland has a clear strategy. bus trip to the front page of the 0bserver. as you both pointed out, there is tension in the tory party, lots of pulling and pushing. do you think the prime minister is going to be made to pay for this u—turn and pay for, basically, in attempt to nurse the economy back in such unprecedented times, rosamund? clearly, yes, his party is quite

unhappy. they have been unhappy for quite some time, to be fair. given how he won in 80 c majority year ago, it is this sounding how he has blown —— ago, it is this sounding how he has blown — — it ago, it is this sounding how he has blown —— it is astounding... i don't love this either because we need a government who reacts to events, people should change their mind. i think they should've done this earlier, but i'm not sure this is helpful, but i do think boris johnson is now facing a very difficult situation within his party, and as yasmin says, actually with his own cabinet even, but then the figures the cabinet were told by the figures the cabinet were told by the scientific advisers would be heading towards 4000 deaths a day. that is completely unacceptable and so that is completely unacceptable and so something had to change. yasmin,

if you could take us to the front page of the mirror, any point i would like you to bring out here is it is one of the few that highlights as part of its headlights schools and colleges, basically education. yasmin, do you agree school should stay open? somebody‘s are saying the schools should close. stay open? somebody‘s are saying the schools should closelj stay open? somebody‘s are saying the schools should close. i think this will be the second mini crisis that will be the second mini crisis that will come upon us, because i think children more or less are simply carriers, and their survivors of this thing, but they have teachers. and why should we expect teachers to put their own lives at risk? i think we might, they might have to go in again, to online teaching, to keep safe. i am a part—time professor, a teaching professor, and i've been doing online teaching. and it's really difficult, but the university

made a very good decision, middlesex university, that we cannot risk the lives of all the students and the staff, and i'm worried the education sector is staying open when the figures are so rampant at the moment, so we will watch this space. i think they will have to be a change of heart here too. 0k, just to advise viewers, the bodies i was referring to were the classroom teachers union, who are calling for schools to be closed, and the university lecturers union, who are calling for teaching to be moved online. let's spend our last few minutes pain tribute to an absolute legend, sir sean connery, rosamund, the front page of the daily star on sunday. obviously, he had a long and happy life. massively successful actor, won an oscar. did not want to

be defined as james actor, won an oscar. did not want to be defined asjames bond, but did have extraordinary charisma. but do you know what? i love him most in indiana jones, as indiana jones's dad because, one cabaye ticket is a very charming thing, he was one of the most extraordinarily charming actors, but he alsojust made that character so brilliant, reining in harrison ford, and they had such good chemistry together in that role, so i am afraid that is my favourite sean connery. it is probably not his proudest work, but personally it is the work of his i love the most. i think you nailed it, rosamund. you're right. yasmin? 0h, it, rosamund. you're right. yasmin? oh, my god! i had his picture on my wall at university. all these half dressed women in the james bond movies, the real sex bomb was sean

connery! sorry! there is no other james bond for me. laughter thank you very much to both of you. yasmin alibhai—brown, rosamund urwin, thank you very much. that is it from us. i hope you have enjoyed it. goodbye. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home.