14/01/2016 The Papers

and it has been a good day for England's cricketers. That's all in

Sportsday in 15 minutes, after The Papers.

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

With me are Tims Collins, Former Tory MP and Managing Director

of Bell Pottinger Public Affairs, and Paul Johnson,

'Diamond Wheezers', is the Sun's take on the Hatton Garden heist and

claims an ex-girlfriend handed them over to police after being jilted.

The Mirror also goes with that story and says the hunt is on

for ?10 million worth of valuables that are still missing.

The Mail claims it's a ?20 million fortune that's missing,

along with 'Mr Big', who is still on the run.

Their picture is of the late Alan Rickman, whose death was announced

The Independent says, "Coe declared fit to clean up

athletics", but the paper asks, "Was he part of the problem?"

The Express leads with pensions and says that in the next 15 years

three quarters of those reaching retirement age

The Telegraph goes with the same Work and Pensions data,

but this time focuses on those who will be worse off.

The i devotes its front page to news that ten Labour MPs could lose their

The Guardian claims that a worldwide split in the Anglican

We will start with the coverage of the Hatton Garden heist, which took

place audaciously, as it was described, last Easter. They picked

a long bank holiday weekend. The language around this is gangster

territory. If you look at the front pages you could be forgiven for

thinking the UK has lost turns the clock back 20 years. It features a

Mr Big, a jilted mole, cast that includes the big man, Billy the

Fish. Extraordinary. Seven found guilty. The average age is 63. The

oldest 76, who arrived on the scene of the heist, as we now call it. But

we would be mistaken to think this was a group of cuddly, old grandads.

The Daily Mirror has another picture. Hatton Garden secrets.

There's a of money missing. There is a lot of money missing. I think the

Mirror slightly missed one angle. Normally you would expect they would

try to have a go at the government. But this bit might have missed. In

the Mirror, ?10 million has gone missing. According to the Mirror,

police said, we offer a ?20,000 reward to find the goods. That is

austerity Britain for you. It is really just another story about

pensions. Plus, where is Basil? The ghost? I love that report we did

today where Daniel actually squeezed through the concrete that they

drilled through. It made me feel ill, because I am a little bit cost

to pick. But they were very determined. -- claustrophobic. If we

didn't have somebody else pushing from the other end he would still be

there. On the one hand it is extraordinary ingenuity. And in a

public place in the pub bragging about it. The Daily Express and the

Telegraph is where we will go next. Date are telling us different things

depending on what you look at. -- data. The Express says millions get

pension boost, at the Telegraph says that many will miss out on that.

They are both right as it depends on when you retire. If you're under the

age of 43 you will probably worse off. These are part of the changes

new to the system and really goes to the heart of the politics of this,

the fact that people over the age of 43 vote in much greater numbers than

those under the age of 43 and this is what

The system will be designed by people who are elected to look after

the people who will vote. Is that really how it is bought through? I

don't know. It is an interesting story. The Express says low-paid

women in particular will benefit from this. ?36 week. You would have

to be pickup elation about how much that means to you by the time you

get to 2030. I suppose compared to what they are currently getting it

looks decent. There are lots of different systems, depending on

whether you opted out of the state owning system. Essentially everybody

will retire on the same flat rate pension, which is obviously better

for many people who haven't been able to build up a contribution

record, but worse for those, especially younger people, who have

a chance to put more into the system but now won't be rewarded for doing

so. Jeremy Corbyn critics fear bloodbath. Ten Labour MPs facing a

fight to keep their seats. There was a boundary commission. There have

been many before. But the Tories certainly perked up at this one. In

order to reduce the number of seats down to 600, it looks like 35 of

those would be Labour held seats. That would have a significant effect

on the electoral mathematics. It is no wonder that the Conservative

rebalancing, this is what it calls rebalancing, this is what it calls

it. Then in some cities you would get three Labour held seats moving

to two. Consequently some are at risk of their seats. But none of

this has started yet. The word bloodbath strikes me as being a bit

hyperventilating. Three well-known MPs might be at risk. The point is

that what Jeremy Corbyn says is that he is not in favour of what is

called mandatory reselection. In other words, if you are standing as

a Labour MP for the same constituency he says you shouldn't

automatically face reselection from the local party. But if your

constituency is disappearing and you are having to compete with the

neighbouring Labour MP and you are paying musical chairs then there is

absolutely no guarantees and there are many people on the moderate Tony

Blair or soft Labour MP side that might get pushed out of it. Church

of VoIP is split over gay rights but liberals pay price, says the

Guardian. -- church avoids split. It has been on the cards for a while.

Different parts of the Anglican community and the world are feeling

differently about gay marriage. We often forget that the Church of

England is a global entity. It is an organisation that has got followers

in many parts of the world. What essentially has happened is that

North America, like much of Europe, has become very socially liberal,

but Africa is anything but. So many of the African Church of England

bishops not only are opposed to the idea of endorsing gay marriage, they

actually want all gay people to be made criminals and are lobbying the

government for that, which is an extraordinary illustration. But what

has happened is the Archbishop has sided with the Africans on the basis

that as we all know in all sorts of respect Africa is growing and it is

a big challenge for all of us in the 21st century that the new emerging

powers are much less socially liberal than Europe and North

America. Your paper says the split has been averted, but is that

for now? I think so. This has been going on for 20 years and has been

at the heart of so much bloodletting in the Anglican Church, 85 million

people around the world. It has been going on for 20 years and I think

the Archbishop of Canterbury believes the church is too obsessed

about this and should be more interested in global issues, like

religious violence, religious intolerance, climate change, et

cetera. He is trying to move things on. Whether this works I think is

highly doubtful. You've got some of the Africans denied saying,

Kenyans in particular, saying this is the beginning, not the end.

Somebody else is quoted as saying this is extremely fragile, so we may

not even get to the end of the week on this. Back to the Telegraph. The

story on the front page. It says 1 million Syrians facing starvation

because of dozens of seizures across the country. -- seiges. The town of

them are dire was desperately waiting for aid. -- town of Madaya.

This has been played out in several different places. Yes, and it is

slightly episodic. Madaya rose to the surface after very harrowing

photographs, people in a very poor state. But the overall picture is

absolutely appalling and harrowing. What we have is at least 400,000

people dead in the Syrian civil war, which five years of civil war is

marked in March. You've got 9 million people who fled their

lives... Fled for their lives, fled their homes. The equivalent of the

entire population of London on the run. This is something the world has

not seen for a long time. The story also reports, this study was done by

an organisation called Seige Watch, it has been widely reported that

this besieged towns have been blocked in by both sides. Some have

been encircled by troops loyal to Assad. Only two by IS. This is

another indication by the Prime Minister says it is very difficult

to see how they will be a future for Syria with Assad still in charge.

The Times. This is Phillip Coleman quitting this festival in protest

over of unpaid authors. He is speaking because he says that it is

at odds with one of his other roles, to stand up for rights of authors.

This is a really interesting story. It turns out he is president of the

group, that gives him some status in this. Literary festivals are really

booming in Britain. The average pay is up to ?200. He says many authors

don't get paid, but you pay the electricians, the people who put the

brochures together, but printers, the people who erected the tents. He

says, why not the authors? He says well-known authors don't need the

publicity or the money, and the ones who are poorer aren't making a great

living at all out of writing books. So they should be paid in the sense

of fairness. He says, I've had enough of this, I'm out. But some

festivals would really struggle if all authors had to be paid. They

would. I know some authors who are incredibly poor, they literally find

it very difficult to get money together, sometimes to find a meal.

It is not as though large numbers of these people are well-paid. The

problem is, this is clearly an organisation where festivals... Are

you going to say that actors need to be paid for promotions as well? What

we are talking about actors, we are talking about this more festivals.

It looks like the intervene and say that any festivals

we support will be paid. At authors might not be grateful if this means

festivals invite fewer authors. Creative people feel they are

encouraged to work for profile. Let's have a look at the Mail.

Finally. A picture on the front page of Alan Rickman with JK Rowling. Of

course he played Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films. Brought to

the attention of the younger generation. King of the baddies. He

was by all accounts of wonderful human being. Some people have

commented on how much he was beloved by other cast members. He was a

brilliant billion, but he was more than that. -- villain. Remember that

fantastic film Truly, Madly Deeply? He was an enormously talented actor

and it is such a shock that he has now gone. He was said to an

interviewer, I don't play villains, IP interesting people. One critic

described him as saying he had a face that was a cross between an

eagle and a big cat. His voice appeared between the somewhat

lips, like a ventriloquist. And I read he had a wicked sense of humour

and he likes to play pranks on his fellow actors and the crew when

onset. Quite a wicked sense of humour. I saw a clip of him on the

Jimmy Fallon show. He spoke in the interview after he had inhaled some

helium. It has been remarkable. The story broke at about 12:30pm and

since then we have had about 500,000 viewers -- 5 million. But more

traffic from America. Very interesting. Lovely to see you.

Thank you very much for sparring with each other. Coming up next,

Sportsday.