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:00:00. > :00:00.draws to a close, we will hear from Michael Vaughan, who describes the

:00:00. > :00:00.South Africa captain as a great of the game. That is all coming up

:00:00. > :00:20.after The Papers. Welcome to our look ahead to what

:00:21. > :00:28.the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are James Miller

:00:29. > :00:32.from the Sunday Post, and also a journalist from the Sun. The

:00:33. > :00:35.Telegraph is saying that a high-protein diet is as bad for your

:00:36. > :00:39.health as smoking, according to research which tracked thousands of

:00:40. > :00:45.adults for 20 years. The Express also leads on a health story, that

:00:46. > :00:49.positive thinking could be as effective as anti-inflammatory drugs

:00:50. > :00:52.to help beat the pain of arthritis. The Scotsman leads with the crisis

:00:53. > :01:04.in the Ukraine, with a picture of John Kerry in Kiev.

:01:05. > :01:13.That is also the lead on the front of the Guardian. The Mirror has a

:01:14. > :01:16.story about the Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell, who is

:01:17. > :01:21.apparently stepping down from the soap. The Metro is leading with a

:01:22. > :01:25.story about five men who worked as part of a nuclear plant armed force,

:01:26. > :01:30.who have won damages after they said they were too unfit to carry guns.

:01:31. > :01:37.The Daily Mail is reporting that Downing Street is facing allegations

:01:38. > :01:41.of a cover-up after an aide was arrested over child abuse imagery.

:01:42. > :01:49.The Financial Times beads with Putin stepping back. -- leads. We are

:01:50. > :02:00.going to start with Ukraine. The war of words, according to the Guardian.

:02:01. > :02:08.What is interesting, I think, is that not many papers have got this

:02:09. > :02:15.story on the front page. Yes, clearly it is a very important

:02:16. > :02:20.story, but it is less of a kind of on the brink moment, which would

:02:21. > :02:29.ring it to the attention of papers like mine, which had it on the front

:02:30. > :02:32.yesterday. -- which would bring it. I think everybody felt a little

:02:33. > :02:37.relieved to see Putin on that armchair, in that press conference,

:02:38. > :02:41.and to see John Kerry in Kiev, because at least there is a sense

:02:42. > :02:45.that people are talking. It is still on the front page of the Sun. We

:02:46. > :02:51.have a next close of tomorrow that Britain is still selling arms to

:02:52. > :02:55.Russia. But it is not the splash that we had yesterday, when everyone

:02:56. > :03:00.was nervous that we are off towards World War III. It does seem that

:03:01. > :03:06.temperatures have called a bit on this story. Yes, looking at the

:03:07. > :03:15.papers, it seems Putin has taken some of the heat out of things

:03:16. > :03:20.today. Although tonight, we are hearing that shots have been fired,

:03:21. > :03:24.and much as it pains me to say it is a newspaperman, it is the sort of

:03:25. > :03:36.story which newspapers are struggling to keep up with, because

:03:37. > :03:41.it seems to be changing so quickly. Sam, given the profile of your

:03:42. > :03:48.readers, on the Sun, what is it that makes a big geopolitical story like

:03:49. > :03:53.Ukraine, what is it that can get it on your front page? A lot of our

:03:54. > :03:58.readers are in the Armed Forces, so they are interested in any potential

:03:59. > :04:01.conflict around the world. If you are a parent of someone who is going

:04:02. > :04:07.to get flown out potentially to Syria or Ukraine, it is not going to

:04:08. > :04:14.happen in this case, but... And also, simple things like prices. --

:04:15. > :04:17.like gas prices, how much a loaf of bread is going to cost. Russia is

:04:18. > :04:20.also one of the biggest wheat producers in the world. We have to

:04:21. > :04:26.tell them the story, and keep them up to date with events. But it is

:04:27. > :04:32.such a fast changing story, that it is, yes... And it is the knock-on

:04:33. > :04:36.effect of what is going on with a story like that, that you can sell

:04:37. > :04:44.to your readers? Yes, they are interested in world events anyway.

:04:45. > :04:48.But yes, how is it going to affect the man in the street, is what we

:04:49. > :04:56.are looking at as well. Let's go onto the Telegraph, and James,

:04:57. > :05:01.high-protein diet, as bad for health as smoking. We all know what

:05:02. > :05:07.happened to Mr Adkins, who decided that he felt that low carbs and

:05:08. > :05:12.high-protein was the way forward, but it seems to be official now.

:05:13. > :05:18.Yes, it is interesting there is no mention of Atkins in the headline.

:05:19. > :05:22.High-protein diet, what does that mean to a lot of people? A lot of

:05:23. > :05:26.people understand meat, but a high-protein diet is an interesting

:05:27. > :05:31.headline. I think we have known for a while that too much meat is bad

:05:32. > :05:37.for you, and this sets out exactly how much is too much. Interestingly,

:05:38. > :05:44.it says a person weighing nine stone should eat about 45-50 g of protein

:05:45. > :05:52.a day. That is mainly women, I would suggest. This is very much targeted

:05:53. > :05:56.at... Not very many men, anyway. The figures are quite scary, aren't

:05:57. > :06:01.they? It says that a chicken breast or Simon Philip still accounts for

:06:02. > :06:09.about 40% of the recommended daily protein intake. -- or salmon fill

:06:10. > :06:12.it. It worries me, because just when you think you have got a handle on

:06:13. > :06:21.the latest diet, everybody changes the rules. I think this includes

:06:22. > :06:28.eggs and is well. The way we have done it in the Sun is to say that a

:06:29. > :06:39.fry up is just as bad as a cigarette. It reminds me of the old

:06:40. > :06:44.thing about, if you give up smoking and drinking, you do not have

:06:45. > :06:49.longer, it just feels like it. That one works for me! Family breakdown

:06:50. > :06:53.is the other main story on the front page of the Telegraph. Family

:06:54. > :06:59.breakdown could cost taxpayers ?46 billion, James? Yes, I am not quite

:07:00. > :07:08.sure, that figure has been quoted in Parliament, but again, from the

:07:09. > :07:11.Relationships Foundation, a think-tank, and exactly how they

:07:12. > :07:18.came up with this figure is not exactly set out. It is interesting,

:07:19. > :07:22.as an unmarried parent, by choice, apparently I am four times more

:07:23. > :07:29.likely to separate from my partner. I would suggest that is not true,

:07:30. > :07:35.obviously, and hopefully I am not convinced that it is something to do

:07:36. > :07:41.with being married. I think it is certainly, there is good evidence

:07:42. > :07:45.that people who get married are more likely to stay together, and the

:07:46. > :07:50.divorce rate is going down. Maybe it is just my personal situation which

:07:51. > :07:54.makes me doubt it. The article says that you have got the usual costs,

:07:55. > :08:00.legal fees, the cost of separation. You have got child maintenance

:08:01. > :08:04.payment collection, but on top of that, it talks about spending on

:08:05. > :08:13.children in care, and a proportion of spending on the health, education

:08:14. > :08:24.and criminal justice system, Sam? Yes, these stories tend to crop up

:08:25. > :08:27.in the run-up to an election. But those figures suggest to me that it

:08:28. > :08:31.is the underclass we are looking at, the very poor, where this is a

:08:32. > :08:37.problem, and I think that is what Lord Freud is saying. Children in

:08:38. > :08:41.care, spending on health, education and criminal justice, suggests this

:08:42. > :08:46.is a complete breakdown. It does always concern me that centres like

:08:47. > :08:51.sure start have been closing down, in my personal opinion, because

:08:52. > :08:55.these are the places where you can teach young mums how to bring up

:08:56. > :09:00.their kids, how to give them values, how to give them the basics

:09:01. > :09:05.in life, so that saddens me. James, is there a sense that these figures

:09:06. > :09:09.have been potentially over-egged by people who perhaps feel that the

:09:10. > :09:26.institution of marriage is the bedrock of society? There is a

:09:27. > :09:34.political aspect to this. The Tories are bringing in their married

:09:35. > :09:39.people's tax allowance, there has been controversy about that, saying

:09:40. > :09:43.the cost of splitting up is very high and therefore the relatively

:09:44. > :09:51.small cost of this tax allowance we can justify quite easily. It does

:09:52. > :09:59.seem very high indeed. Let's go on to the Express. A new way to fight

:10:00. > :10:06.the agony of arthritis, a step forward and that is positive

:10:07. > :10:09.thinking. Basically meditation is better for you than

:10:10. > :10:18.anti-inflammatory drugs according to this new research, which could save

:10:19. > :10:24.a fortune on the NHS. Particularly among Express readers who might be

:10:25. > :10:30.more elderly and prone to these conditions. I wonder if that is why

:10:31. > :10:35.they have taken a psychologist out with the World Cup team. Has Wayne

:10:36. > :10:45.Rooney got arthritis? That should be on the front page of it is true! It

:10:46. > :10:52.is funded by Arthritis Research Uk, a reputable body, and there seems to

:10:53. > :10:58.be credence in this? I was very suspect when I first saw it but it

:10:59. > :11:04.seems to stand up as being fairly decent research. It is fascinating

:11:05. > :11:09.stuff, pain, because it is by its very nature all in the mind.

:11:10. > :11:13.However, it doesn't really help people who are suffering to say to

:11:14. > :11:18.them, think yourself better. It is like saying that it is your fault

:11:19. > :11:23.and you can get out of it. I question whether it would save

:11:24. > :11:27.money, but talking therapies actually cost quite a bit of money

:11:28. > :11:35.because you have got to pay somebody to talk to the patient and drugs are

:11:36. > :11:40.very cheap. But meditation is obviously nice and cheap, you can

:11:41. > :11:47.teach people to meditate quite quickly, I assume. I am no expert in

:11:48. > :11:51.meditation! Do you think there will be people tomorrow picking up this

:11:52. > :11:58.newspaper and thinking that they will give this a go? Possibly. There

:11:59. > :12:04.is hope in every health news story and that is why people put them on

:12:05. > :12:09.the front page. I read this and my back started aching so I suspect

:12:10. > :12:16.some people might pick it up, feel more pain and go to the doctor

:12:17. > :12:22.tomorrow! It is definitely a mental pain with you, clearly! My guests

:12:23. > :12:27.will be back in one hour to talk more about the papers. At 11 o'clock

:12:28. > :12:33.we will have a report from John Simpson on the stand-off earlier

:12:34. > :12:41.today between Russian and Ukrainian troops in Crimea. Now, Sportsday.