23/04/2014 The Papers

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

bringing us tomorrow. With me are Jenni Russell, columnist at The

Times, and Neil Midgley, media writer at the Daily Telegraph.

Tomorrow's front pages. The Express leads on the search for Madeleine

McCann. It claims that detectives working on the case are now ready to

make arrests in the Algarve. The Telegraph reports on Bank of England

figures. It says welfare reforms have driven up the number of people

who are self`employed, creating a new generation of entrepreneurs. The

Guardian focuses on police hopes that British Muslim women may tell

them about family members travelling to Syria to fight. The Metro leads

on a court case involving a man who allegedly ran a five million pound

fraud scheme. The Times says a new union for classroom teachers is to

be launched amid growing discomfort at existing organisations. The Sun

has a picture of the Duchess of Cornwall with her brother, Mark

Shand, who died after a fall in New York yesterday. That's also the lead

in the Mail. The paper says the Duchess is devastated. The Mirror,

like the Express, has more on the search for Madeleine McCann. It says

police are investigating a sex attack on a ten`year`old British

girl in the same resort from where Madeleine vanished. With me are

Jenni Russell, columnist at The Times, and Neil Midgley, media

writer at the Daily Telegraph. We will start with the times, teachers

fighting with the breakaway union. This is a good news story, as far as

it goes. A new union affiliated to the National Association of head

teachers, a more moderate union, only for the very top of the

teaching profession. It is for senior teachers, heads of

Department, those sort of people who are below head teachers. It is hoped

that when most people come out of that a new tee, that because they

are so senior within schools, the strike threat has less staying in it

`` NUT. What about unions that exist at the moment, are they too gung ho

when it comes to downing pens and paper? I have been writing about

education for the past dozen years or so, there has been a lot of

criticism under the Blair government and the conservative one. When you

speak to individual teachers, they are fantastically intelligent about

what is going on in the classroom, but when they are together

collectively, they sound like mad people. I am a person who believes

in unions but the way the union leadership is run in teaching unions

has been very counter`productive. They have parents on their side, but

they have not made any ultimate bout what has happened to education that

has resonance. Is this what they want? I think it is a militant

leadership, that says something the rank and file not happy with. It is

an excellent story to have, it is not quite clear, it is a new trade

union for classroom teachers, but it does not say whether it is for

exclusively to ship positions. Calling it this name. `` to

leadership positions. It is not the snappiest brand. Is it on the edge

of becoming a head teacher? On the edge of teaching altogether? On the

edge of striking and not crossing the edge! Lets go on the edge of

striking and not crossing the edge! Let's go onto the Daily Mail, the

very sad news that Mark Shand, the Duchess of Cornwall's younger

brother, has died in a fall in New York. He was a larger`than`life

character by all accounts, committed to saving the Asian elephant. He

seemed to be someone who had a fantastically interesting social

life, but was also concerned about the natural world. It is a fairly

common combination among people at the top of the social tree. He

seemed dedicated to those conservation charities. We were just

discussing beforehand, how does someone die falling over on a

pavement in New York? Neal was saying that apparently he was

walking along with his hands in his pockets and possibly did not get

them out in time. ``Neil. A friend of mine, when I was living in Paris,

she was walking along the road, hands in her pockets, which straight

down on her head, and ended up in the same hospital that Princess

Diana ended up in. It was a very traumatic experience. There is

nothing to break your fall. I have never thought that having your hands

in your pockets would be a risk. We are always told it is bad manners to

talk with your hands in your pockets. If you have a flagstone

sticking up a little or you trip over something, there's nothing to

break your full. If you have had a couple of drinks, as it appears that

he may have done. He was at a charity event. It is a horrible

combination of circumstances. None of us tried to blame him. `` are

trying to blame him. Let's go onto the Financial Times. Manufacturers

are at their most optimistic since the 1970s. They are, since 1973, the

CBI does a confidence index, it shows that 41% of manufacturers are

more optimistic about the future, only 8% are less optimistic. That

gives a net 33% positive index. That is apparently the best since 1973.

As we were discussing earlier, it is great news for George Osborne. It

adds some meat to the economic recovery. Some balance. Some wealth

being created as opposed to things increasing like financial houses.

There is the global economy as well, it shows a greater demand for

reddish goods abroad. How does Ed Miliband fight this? How does he

count of the ultimate that the commune is doing well under the

Conservatives, so you should vote for them at the next election? If

the economy starts doing well, they can work on that. `` the economy.

They want to be in power as well. Ed Miliband's message is that there

will be a recovery, who is benefiting? From their own

statistics, it appears to be the people at the top. Labour have been

brilliant at analysing the problem at the moment, inequality is

growing. The benefits of everything that has happened in the past few

years has been spread unequally. They have not been good at coming up

with solution. It was spread unequally under Labour as well. A

majority of jobs were created at the top and the bottom of the wage

scale. The figures show they expected to get worse in years to

come. It is in every single market economy in the world. What you do

about this fact? As economies get stronger, you will find that wages

are rising, but middle income jobs are falling. We are going to have

more education and skills and training, we are going to raise the

minimum wage, we are going to increase the living wage. It does

not add up to enough to persuade anyone that this is the answer to an

old problem. Hence the arrival of Mr Axelrod. At least they have

recognised the problem and it will not go away. Staying with the

Financial Times. Roy Marcos `` Primark. They are basically giving

goods away in New York? If this succeeds and prime, who are very

savvy, they will not have done this without research, it is a reflection

of what we are talking about `` Primark. People have very little.

Primark is one of the ways where people who not earning a Lott

managed to clothe themselves, and get good outfits for nights out and

holidays and schools. `` `a lot. And the road to hell is paved in

America. P have done well in America. Primark very savvy, day? I

was walking past the other day, and you can get clothes very cheap. ``

aren't they? Did you shell out a bit? I was running for an

interview! If I had not been, I would have stopped. This is the

inside page of The Times. This is about the fretting industry. That is

the caveat of this story, it is a study commissioned by the UK onshore

operators group, supported by the Department for business. Your

scepticism has jumped in here? The sheer scale of the potential for

shale gas is staggering. They reckon that the British geological survey,

they know what they are talking about, they estimate there's 1000

300 trillion cubic feet shale gas under the North of England. As a

country, we consume 3 trillion cubic feet. There are 400 years worth of

natural gas. That is the North of England wiped out! In terms of the

way it looks? In 18 years, we could draw 4000 wells. Can you imagine

what that will look like? We have seen what it has done to the

American economy in parts. And the American countryside? There is a lot

more than we have here. It could shift the geopolitical balance of

power when it comes to Russia. Holding the gun of energy towards

the temples of the German people. It is between oil wells in the

Pennines, and Vladimir Putin having a gun to our heads for our energy

supply. You are not from the north, are you? I am! The wrong side of the

Pennines, it does not matter! I am from Bolton! I wonder if all of

England feels like you do? I think I prefer the beautiful mountains.

There are stunning areas. It was like the wind farms we were

discussing earlier. It depends on how much you get in return. They can

completely ruined beautiful landscapes. They are so tall. I

don't think sacking mines do that. They produce almost no energy, or

any reliable energy, whereas tracking clearly, if these figures

are right, it could be a game changer. There is the environmental

problem. Come back, all is forgiven! Onto the front of this paper, this

is Andy Murray, his head is about because he is in tears for the right

reasons. Not because he lost a match on Centre Court or something. He has

been given the freedom of the city of sterling. It is lovely when you

watch public figures being moved by something other than their own

glory. ``Sterling. It means a lot to people that they are recognised by

their own communities. They are touching pictures. He started to

give a speech. I cannot remember his exact words. He said he was very

proud to come home. As soon as he said that word, " home". He is proud

of where he comes from, and the history of don blame. I was going to

say. It is a town with a dreadful history. Dunblaine. For the younger

generation. There was a terrible massacre there. I think he was a

child bow. He was. He was in the school when it happened. A number of

children were killed `` Child there. Here we have a cartoon by Matt. It

says, he was next to the TV when Jamaica In was on, and he just

mumbles inaudibly. I'm sorry, haven't got my specs with me. At the

controversy, hundreds of people called into complaint. Many people

tweeted. A lot of journalists in a bank holiday week looking for a

story. What is going on? Thereat two schools of thought, both of which

are being pounded by the BBC. One is that the actors were just mumbling

too much, and it is true, having watched it. I watched it on preview,

so I didn't get transmission problems, and I said it was like

Downton Abbey done by the Wurzells, because they were very thick West

Country accents. Also, there is this potential problem with the sound

mixing, as it was being transmitted, so now the unions have got involved

and said, our sound mixing members are very good at their jobs. Some

way another it became inaudible. Jamaica Inaudible. It lost a lot of

viewers between its first and second episodes. These things cost hundreds

of thousands of pounds many people put hours and hours of their time

into it. It is good to have you in. Stay with us, at the top of the hour

we will hear from the co`founder of the charity set up why the brother

of the Duchess of Cornwall, who has died unexpectedly in New York. Now,

it is time for Sportsday. Welcome to Sportsday. Manchester

United defend themselves from charges of unprofessional conduct

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