02/01/2016 The Papers

Police say those involved are believed to have known each other.

Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers

With me are Rashid Razaq, culture correspondent for the

London Evening Standard, and Caroline Wheeler, political

They have both been brushing up on their timetables since I last saw

them. The Observer leads with

the story claiming that government budget cuts are almost doubling

the number of homes considered as being at "significiant risk"

of flooding within 20 years. The Sunday Times headlines

an executive pay row, saying the Environment Agency's PR

Chief left the organisation with a six-figure pay-off, despite

a troubling week for the agency. The Sunday Express leads with

the same story, saying senior managers at the

Environment Agency have been awarded The Mail on Sunday features claims

from Labour MP Simon Danczuk's first wife, that he made excessive sexual

demands while they were married. Mr Danczuk denies all

the allegations made against him. The Independent on Sunday's picture

shows a woman in Bahrain protesting against Saudi Arabia's decision to

execute 47 individuals, an act that The Sunday Telegraph reports that

11-year-olds will be expected to know all their times tables

when they leave primary school, We will start with the Sunday

Express. You have written this story. A fury at flood fatcat

bonuses. It comes as a courtesy of the freedom of information act. Many

of your viewers know it is coming under attack. There have been moves

to limit its scope. It has generated many interesting stories. As a

journalist, I genuinely think that information is in the public

interest, and otherwise will not be out there, is exposed day in and day

out. In this instance, we found out that the Environment Agency,

criticised for not doing enough to prevent flooding devastating parts

of the North and threatening other parts of the country, have a death

senior staff and directors ?300,000 in bonuses. That is despite the fact

that we have seen their planning unfortunately come undone in many

areas, like York, which are still under water. People's minds entitle

them to bonuses. -- contracts. But people may question whether they are

appropriate these days. These would have been paid before the recent

flood. But I want to know what it was they did deemed successful. Why

did they merit these bonuses? By any measure, most people would have

thought they have failed. It is at a time of peak and shrink. -- a

shrinking. We are seeing bonuses in some ways been used to top up

salaries. -- pay shrinking. This is at a time when the funding for this

could have been spent elsewhere, like propping up flood defence is.

Anything that would have stopped these flooding is. -- defences. --

floodings. Maybe they did something we don't know about. We asked them

this and they did they cut back office costs and had been investing

more on the frontline. These figures were standalone and were there to be

seen. The Observer two. -- Observer. Ministers are warning of risk. The

suggestion is we will see much more examples of flooding. This is really

a leaked document. Almost twice as many households are read significant

risk. -- are at. Repair for more of the same. They will have a rethink.

-- Prepare. After that, they will think, we cannot allow this to

happen again. The problem I have, having been in the lobby for 12

years, I have seen many instances of flooding throughout the time I have

been dead. There was often a knee-jerk reaction, more money

pledged. -- there. Yet nothing changes about how we tackle this

flooding. We have seen people, and again in this report, they have said

they need to change their approach to managing the systems, to have a

more long-term approach. That is the problem. We have a short-term

approach. It rains, we say, we must bolster this flood defence, but

actually we need to think further forward about what is happening in

the age. You could turn the clock back and not build houses where they

have built them. -- future. A high-stakes reshuffle. The Shadow

Home Secretary, Hilary Benn, they were at God with the Syria air

strikes. -- odds. He made that impassioned speech that many said

was the best Westminster had been. He is a popular figure, Tony Benn's

son, which make it difficult for Jeremy Corbyn to move him. He has

one of the top jobs. It would be difficult to see where he could

possibly move without exacerbating tensions within an already divided

party. Who will replace an? Diane Abbott? -- him. Will that help

Jeremy Corbyn? Another paper suggests that he will not let that

happen. He will not let Diane Abbott take his job. Whether he has a

choice of makes a stink about it will remain to be seen ex-Met.

Independent on Sunday. -- next week. Danny. Saudi Arabia executing 47

prisoners. -- Damn You. Tehran is protesting to the outrage around the

world. But still, many hold on to their relationship with Saudi

Arabia. -- protesting. The independent has taken an independent

line. Why do we have to stay friends with these tyrants? But who has a

better record, Iran or Saudi Arabia? It is much of a muchness. This is a

political campaign. It is hard to be too is the worst. It is. This is an

escalation of tension in that part of the world. They have shown muscle

over this. Iran came out and said they would be a huge price to pay

for this action. -- there would be. Immediately, Saudi Arabia responded.

It is a tussle. We will have to see how it escalates over coming days.

It isn't just in their backyard. There are proxy war is happening

everywhere. Yemen, Bahrain, -- wars. The whole region. You have oil with

the US and Russia. There are so many different machinations to this. This

cleric, he is a symbol of that. But he isn't the cause of what we are

talking about the plight a few similar pieces in the peak last

night. -- about. How long can you keep justifying a relationship like

this? -- papers. We have had to justify the relationship with them

before. Whether it is appropriate to continue that relationship. It

raises some prospects about our role in the world. However, I question

what kind of influence we have any more in that particular path of the

world and region. -- part. David Cameron has not been silent on this

matter, he has been very clear that Britain does oppose any country with

a death penalty. I think it is questionable to attacking on that.

Very quickly, a look at the Sunday times. The Prime Minister must go if

he loses the EU vote, according to ministers and. A difficult time for

David Cameron, trying to renegotiate the relationship with the EU. --

ministers. This is a warning shot to him. He stakes so much of his

political capital on this. If he loses, he knows he will not be able

to stay. He has been pressed on it. This story is really saying that

cabinet ministers are saying, let's give him a free vote, but they were,

you are more vulnerable. To make a campaign to stay in and lose. The

Telegraph. A couple of stories. People must know their times tables

at the age of 11 before moving to secondary school. In many parts of

the country. Pretty important things, aren't they, times tables. I

know in the last hour I put him on the spot and embarrassed us all. --

timestables. You need to use them every day. I totally agree with you.

What worries me is this talk about returning to traditional teaching

methods. In my head I see a story with a teacher standing at the board

with a ruler making everyone chanced their times tables. That is not a

constructive way to make people learn. But that is how, certainly

because I have been involved with, that is how they do teach. You

unpack it all and understand what it means. And you never forget it. Do

you? Please don't put me on the spot again. It is an easy thing that may

look impressive. Saying your times tables. But is it important? I don't

know. I am not good at maths. I wouldn't be an expert. And look at

you, still with us, writing for the Standard. People seem to not be able

to get enough of these children. George and Charlotte. What is he

saying he? A lovely story. -- here. I am not usually a royalist. Even

though you work for the Express. I am reckoned that. It is a lovely

story. -- I am rare in that. This, rates the 40th anniversary of the

Princes trust. He talks about his fatherhood. -- Trust. It has made

him more emotional and he sees life is more precious. --. It seems that

William and Harry have enough sibling relationships. --

relationship. In the letters, they both decided it was drivel. It is

nice to know that even Princes take the meat out of their father. I wish

I had a sibling to do the same. -- mick. I hope you come back again and

we didn't scare you away. That is it. Coming up next, Click. We look

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