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:00:15. > :00:19.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

:00:20. > :00:21.bringing us tomorrow. With me are Craig Woodhouse, Political

:00:22. > :00:30.Correspondent with The Sun on Sunday, and Joanne Hart, Investments

:00:31. > :00:33.Editor at the Mail on Sunday. The Observer leads with the story

:00:34. > :00:39.we've been covering all day here on BBC News - the historic events in

:00:40. > :00:42.Ukraine. The paper says the opposition has taken control in Kiev

:00:43. > :00:47.and shows a picture of the former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who

:00:48. > :00:49.was today released from prison. Ukraine's opposition leader also

:00:50. > :00:54.appears on the front of the Telegraph with the caption: The Day

:00:55. > :00:57.A Nation Said "Enough". Ukraine also dominates the Sunday Telegraph,

:00:58. > :01:03.which has a picture of Yulia Tymoshenko, who the paper calls

:01:04. > :01:06.Ukraine's Iron Lady. She appears again on the front cover of The

:01:07. > :01:11.Sunday Times, with the headline The Dictatorship Has Fallen. And a

:01:12. > :01:14.different story on the front of The Mail on Sunday. It shows a picture

:01:15. > :01:27.of Shadow Floods Minister Barry Gardiner, enjoying a dip in Cancun.

:01:28. > :01:32.On holiday. Let's begin with the Observer. Like many papers, it is

:01:33. > :01:35.showing a picture of Yulia Tymoshenko, the first time we have

:01:36. > :01:43.seen her in public for some time, taking to the stage in front of

:01:44. > :01:48.thousands of people this evening. The papers have done well to get all

:01:49. > :01:53.of this in, because developments have been happening so quickly. Yes,

:01:54. > :01:57.I was in the newsroom, writing some of our coverage on this, and it

:01:58. > :02:01.seemed that every time I checked the wires after writing 200 words, the

:02:02. > :02:06.story was wrong. I must have torn it up several times. It has been an

:02:07. > :02:09.incredible day across Ukraine, culminating in the speech by the

:02:10. > :02:16.freed Yulia Tymoshenko, straight out of prison, into a taxi and on a

:02:17. > :02:20.plane down to Kiev. And amazing pictures. Almost everyone has led

:02:21. > :02:24.with it. Joanne, what did you make of some of the things she had to

:02:25. > :02:27.say? It appeared to our correspondents that it was rather

:02:28. > :02:32.much a pitch for election as the new president. Absolutely, but it is

:02:33. > :02:38.scary that these elections are now being set for May. We are now in

:02:39. > :02:42.February, so there is a three-month vacuum. What will happen? It is all

:02:43. > :02:46.very well her standing on stage and being cheered by most of the

:02:47. > :02:50.supporters, although not all, in independent Square. But there are

:02:51. > :02:55.three months, and as we have seen with the Arab Spring, the difference

:02:56. > :02:58.between a coup or a revolution and long-lasting democracy is a very

:02:59. > :03:05.different thing. And this is not even a revolution, you can't call it

:03:06. > :03:09.that, because you have an elected leader who has been accused of

:03:10. > :03:12.colluding with Russia and taking the country towards Russia rather than

:03:13. > :03:15.Europe. This is a relatively new country, still searching for an

:03:16. > :03:20.identity, which makes it so much more complicated than a revolution,

:03:21. > :03:24.if that was even straightforward. Yes, I am sure many people in

:03:25. > :03:28.Ukraine would have some sympathy with Viktor Yanukovych, who

:03:29. > :03:31.described it as a coup. When you see protesters taking over a square and

:03:32. > :03:34.then presidential palaces and then the resignation of the Speaker of

:03:35. > :03:40.Parliament and then the appointment of several of Tymoshenko's allies to

:03:41. > :03:44.key positions, if it was happening in other parts of the world, we

:03:45. > :03:50.would describe it as a coup. Where we go from here is a scary thing,

:03:51. > :03:56.because we have Russia still heavily supportive of Yanukovych. The US and

:03:57. > :04:00.the West are supportive of letting the Ukrainian people have their

:04:01. > :04:04.say. And as you say, we have a three-month power vacuum. The

:04:05. > :04:08.Independent on Sunday's headline perhaps sums it up best, the day a

:04:09. > :04:16.nation said enough. But as John was saying, -- as Joanne was saying, now

:04:17. > :04:19.what? Things could fall apart, particularly with the East being so

:04:20. > :04:23.close to Russia. They speak Russia and there, and there have been

:04:24. > :04:28.threats by officials there breaking away from Ukraine. Absolutely. It is

:04:29. > :04:35.not really a nation, it is half a nation. Kiev and the western half of

:04:36. > :04:39.the nation are saying enough, but the South and the East are saying

:04:40. > :04:42.actually, we like being close to Russia. That is a third of the

:04:43. > :04:48.country. It is only three years since the nation said enough to

:04:49. > :04:50.Yulia Tymoshenko and kicked her out after not as successful a prime

:04:51. > :04:56.ministership as she might have liked. So it is very difficult. The

:04:57. > :05:00.box of Italy Klitschko, who has been one of the leading opposition

:05:01. > :05:05.figures while Tymoshenko has been in prison, we don't know what he will

:05:06. > :05:10.do -- the boxer Vitali Klitschko. He might come forward and perhaps win

:05:11. > :05:14.the elections when they happen. America and the European Union have

:05:15. > :05:21.been key to the negotiations leading to that peace plan that all sides

:05:22. > :05:25.signed. It did put Ukraine in the middle of a kind of new Cold War as

:05:26. > :05:30.well, with Russia versus America and the European Union. Do you think

:05:31. > :05:34.Ukraine has become a pawn in that severed relationship, particularly

:05:35. > :05:37.between America and Russia? Through history, Ukraine has unfortunately

:05:38. > :05:40.been at the centre of power struggles between East and West

:05:41. > :05:45.almost as long as those struggles have been happening. It is easy to

:05:46. > :05:49.say they are a pawn in the new Cold War. I actually don't think they are

:05:50. > :05:53.being used like that at the moment. But that is because it has not got

:05:54. > :05:58.to that stage. You fear that if Putin entrenches position as he has

:05:59. > :06:09.done over Syria, maybe the patience of Western nations will get as thin

:06:10. > :06:14.as it can. But having a harmonious relationship is valuable to all

:06:15. > :06:20.concerned, despite the posturing. It is also hard, because you have the

:06:21. > :06:24.Russian oil and gas situation. It is hard for Ukraine to be independent

:06:25. > :06:27.without Russian support. And their economy is on its knees at the

:06:28. > :06:31.moment, so they do rely on Russia. The Sunday Telegraph calls

:06:32. > :06:37.Tymoshenko Ukraine's Iron Lady, saying that she hails revolution,

:06:38. > :06:42.saying, this is a country of free people. That title they have given

:06:43. > :06:48.her says a lot about their history. She made a lot of money out of the

:06:49. > :06:51.gas industry, but my gosh, she has been central to the Orange

:06:52. > :06:57.Revolution and very central to this. She's tough. Well, anybody who has

:06:58. > :07:02.spent as many years in prison as she has has to be tough. And I suppose

:07:03. > :07:06.her imprisonment will perhaps have won a lot of people over that

:07:07. > :07:10.perhaps she did not have the support of during the presidential

:07:11. > :07:17.elections. Yes. Perhaps it is a case of better the devil you know when

:07:18. > :07:21.the elections finally come around. You saw the consummate politician in

:07:22. > :07:26.her which she was so good at in 2004. She has dark hair, but she

:07:27. > :07:30.died it blonde and put it up into the plat of the present people of

:07:31. > :07:33.her country. When let out of risen, she went straight to the square,

:07:34. > :07:38.stayed in her wheelchair. The cynic in me doubts whether she needs it,

:07:39. > :07:41.but it looks effective, given rousing speeches from a wheelchair.

:07:42. > :07:45.She is playing the politics game very well if she wants, as we all

:07:46. > :07:49.think she does, to be the person leading Ukraine towards Europe.

:07:50. > :08:02.Let's look at other stories in the Sunday Telegraph. Give us the

:08:03. > :08:05.background to this one? Apart from anything else, it is hard to know

:08:06. > :08:14.whether the Telegraph thinks this is a good or a bad. They are basically

:08:15. > :08:18.saying that it has come about that schools have catchment areas that

:08:19. > :08:23.middle-class families will flock to if the school is good. A lot of

:08:24. > :08:28.schools think this is not fair, so they are trying to create a more

:08:29. > :08:34.balanced intake, rather than simply relying on who is nearest school.

:08:35. > :08:38.And that is because the best schools tend to be in the best areas. They

:08:39. > :08:42.seem to have the best funding and therefore the best opportunities.

:08:43. > :08:47.But how are they selecting which children from the most deprived

:08:48. > :08:51.areas get into those schools? Is it an entrance exam? Do they pollinate

:08:52. > :08:54.out of a hat 's there seemed to be two ways they are doing it. We

:08:55. > :08:59.should say that this means schools where there is too much demand,

:09:00. > :09:04.schools which are oversubscribed. The schools are faced with a

:09:05. > :09:07.dilemma, so there are two ways. One is to stick everyone in a hat and

:09:08. > :09:10.draw them out by random allocation, which does not give you a ballot

:09:11. > :09:15.school, and the other is something called fair banding, where

:09:16. > :09:19.applicants sit tests and then they take abortion numbers of what is

:09:20. > :09:23.described here as bright -- they take proportionate numbers of

:09:24. > :09:29.bright, average and lower ability pupils, as described here. Cameron

:09:30. > :09:33.once described pushy parents are spending thousands of pounds on

:09:34. > :09:37.moving to the best postcodes and forcing everybody out. This is

:09:38. > :09:40.designed to prevent that, which is a good thing, particularly in London,

:09:41. > :09:45.where we have seen that happening a lot. Moving on to the Sunday Times

:09:46. > :09:49.and back to Ukraine. Their headline is, the dictatorship has fallen.

:09:50. > :09:55.Another picture of Yulia Tymoshenko on stage, wheelchair-bound, having

:09:56. > :10:00.just left hospital. She has been pleading for German doctors to help

:10:01. > :10:05.her with her back problems. She spoke for around 45 minutes, off

:10:06. > :10:10.script as well. But I am sure it is a speech she has been planning in

:10:11. > :10:16.her head for a long time! Also on the front page of the Times, the

:10:17. > :10:27.latest developments in what we all now know as Plebgate. What is the

:10:28. > :10:33.latest here? Five Metropolitan police officers are to face secret

:10:34. > :10:37.trials, starting this week, amid claims that they colluded to bring

:10:38. > :10:41.down Andrew Mitchell, the cabinet minister in question. This is one of

:10:42. > :10:47.the most extraordinary stories. It has rumbled on and on. It is almost

:10:48. > :10:53.like a web of lies and deceit. Nobody dares say what is really

:10:54. > :10:58.going on. And meanwhile, he is still out of power, suing people left,

:10:59. > :11:03.right and centre. It just seems a very clear story. Do you think we

:11:04. > :11:09.will get more information from these so-called secret trials? Not if they

:11:10. > :11:15.stay secret! It does say details of the alleged plot and apparent

:11:16. > :11:18.attempts will be disclosed for the first time at the hearings. Later,

:11:19. > :11:27.it says the media are barred from reporting, so great! Maybe one day.

:11:28. > :11:33.The Mail on Sunday, your paper, has dedicated its front page not to

:11:34. > :11:38.Ukraine, a brave decision. They have a picture of the shadow floods

:11:39. > :11:47.minister, hailed as the floods supremo for Ed Miliband, on holiday.

:11:48. > :11:55.Yes, this is a cracking story. We should point out that this is not a

:11:56. > :11:57.fake photo. He is not up to his waist in water on the Somerset

:11:58. > :12:03.Levels where some think he ought to be, he has jetted off with his

:12:04. > :12:11.wife. The Mail on Sunday have it inside, promising four more pages.

:12:12. > :12:15.You have to think, politicians, what goes through their heads? They seem

:12:16. > :12:22.to do this a lot, go on holiday at the wrong time. It gives off the

:12:23. > :12:25.wrong signal, because there are so many thousands of families now still

:12:26. > :12:32.up to their waist in water in their own homes, screaming out for help.

:12:33. > :12:35.Yes, thousands of people are either not allowed into their homes or up

:12:36. > :12:39.to their wasting water. And even those who aren't, people who are

:12:40. > :12:47.comfortable, are not able to afford to go to places like Cancun, where

:12:48. > :12:51.Barry is sunning himself. So the squeezed middle of this country will

:12:52. > :12:54.not be impressed. It is also embarrassing for Ed Miliband, who

:12:55. > :12:59.has made the government's handling of this entry to his line of

:13:00. > :13:02.criticism that they have to be doing everything they can, and they have

:13:03. > :13:08.taken their eye off the ball, and why aren't they working on flood

:13:09. > :13:11.defences? Why aren't they dredging? He was calling for a coalition

:13:12. > :13:15.movement to tackle floods and climate change. Exactly, and this

:13:16. > :13:20.was the guy from his party who was meant to be leading. And what is he

:13:21. > :13:26.doing? Getting first-hand experience of water. Thanks for taking us

:13:27. > :13:28.through the papers. You will be back at 11:30pm with more stories and

:13:29. > :13:34.more on the Ukrainian coverage. Thank you for joining us. Stay with

:13:35. > :13:39.us on BBC News. At 11, Moore on the developing situation in Ukraine.

:13:40. > :13:46.Coming up next, this week's edition of Reporters.