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:00:00. > 3:59:59Britain. And Lewis Hamilton leads the way in prep is ahead of the

:00:00. > :00:22.Spanish Grand Prix. `` practice. Welcome to our lookahead to the

:00:23. > :00:31.papers tomorrow. With me are the journalist Jeremy Cliffe and the

:00:32. > :00:34.novelist Dreda Say Mitchell. First of all, the Rolf Harris trial

:00:35. > :00:38.on many of the front pages. The Daily Mail focusing on a letter he

:00:39. > :00:44.claimed he wrote to the father of one of his alleged victims.

:00:45. > :00:50.The Mirror also leading with Rolf Harris.

:00:51. > :00:56.Then Britain's Camp Bastion shame, a photograph of a serviceman posing

:00:57. > :01:00.with a dead insurgent. One of the two serviceman apparently sent home

:01:01. > :01:05.from Afghanistan. A special report from Ukraine, where

:01:06. > :01:10.there have been violent clashes between government forces and pro`

:01:11. > :01:16.Russian separatists. Russia celebrating victory Day, the

:01:17. > :01:21.defeat of Nazi Germany. That is in the FT. President Putin prompted

:01:22. > :01:26.protests from the Ukrainian government by visiting Crimea.

:01:27. > :01:34.The Guardian claims that NHS hospitals are in need of thousands

:01:35. > :01:41.of extra nurses. Then take that Gary Barlow, the front page of the Times.

:01:42. > :01:48.A hefty tax bill after signing up to it tax avoidance scheme.

:01:49. > :01:54.And the Express has a story that the Queen has been told to take it easy

:01:55. > :02:00.after Prince Charles stood in for her during an official ceremony.

:02:01. > :02:05.Let us begin. As we were saying, the Rolf Harris trial really featuring

:02:06. > :02:11.on a lot of the front pages. We start off with the Daily Mirror.

:02:12. > :02:16.That quote apparently coming from a letter that the court heard. All of

:02:17. > :02:23.the court reporters have picked up on this letter in the first page of

:02:24. > :02:28.this trial. He was apparently writing to the father of one of the

:02:29. > :02:35.alleged victims. Begging for his forgiveness and dramatic language.

:02:36. > :02:40.He said that although he was saying he had this relationship, he

:02:41. > :02:46.disputed the relationship had begun when the alleged victim was

:02:47. > :02:55.underage. Absolutely. He said that it was when she was 18. She is

:02:56. > :02:59.alleging that it was going on for 16 years. One of the incidents took

:03:00. > :03:10.place in the same room that his daughter was in. This was his

:03:11. > :03:15.friend's daughter. I think it is interesting with that headline.

:03:16. > :03:19.People would look at it and I hope that they do read the letter to see

:03:20. > :03:26.that he is alleging that she was not underage. Just looking at that, you

:03:27. > :03:34.might think that he is confessing to the allegations put before him. We

:03:35. > :03:39.will leave that to the jury. Let us move on to the Guardian. The story

:03:40. > :03:44.at the bottom, Nigerian forces were warned over the kidnapping. Amnesty

:03:45. > :03:51.International alleging that there was a tipoff and Nigerian security

:03:52. > :03:54.forces failed to act. Absolutely. Jeremy put it well earlier when he

:03:55. > :04:01.said that Amnesty International have been talking to a range of people. A

:04:02. > :04:05.number of things have come out. One of the things that Amnesty

:04:06. > :04:08.International is alleging is that the Nigerian security forces did not

:04:09. > :04:13.do anything because they had a lack of resources and they were not

:04:14. > :04:19.prepared to engage with well armed men. We are talking about the Armed

:04:20. > :04:24.Forces. The economy is one of the most buoyant economies in Africa.

:04:25. > :04:30.One of the other thing that Amnesty International says is that they

:04:31. > :04:35.talked to residents and they said they got calls warning them and when

:04:36. > :04:39.they called the local military post, people did not answer the

:04:40. > :04:46.phone. This is really disturbing if this is true. Given those accounts

:04:47. > :04:49.by locals, the response from the Nigerian army is really bizarre.

:04:50. > :04:59.They have called these rumours and allegations. It seems oddly casual.

:05:00. > :05:02.You were talking about resources and they were making the case that they

:05:03. > :05:12.did not have the wherewithal to go in against Boko Haram. The change

:05:13. > :05:18.might be that British and American advisers on the ground. What kind of

:05:19. > :05:22.strategy might we see? In the short term, hopefully all the resources

:05:23. > :05:27.will be there to try and find these girls. The terrain they have to go

:05:28. > :05:36.into is very difficult, but there is the issue of whether they are still

:05:37. > :05:42.in Nigeria or Cameroon. Who knows. This has brought up so many things

:05:43. > :05:45.about Nigeria that need unfitting. It almost seems like the

:05:46. > :05:52.international community cannot do that for them, only the Nigerian

:05:53. > :05:56.government and its people. There seems to be so many divisions, so

:05:57. > :06:04.many geographical divisions, religious divisions, this country

:06:05. > :06:08.needs to stop for a moment. Britain and America say they are sending

:06:09. > :06:17.experts. But this is not going to be a military intervention. They are

:06:18. > :06:22.being very cautious. People are keeping hope, but it is a difficult

:06:23. > :06:29.situation. Gary Barlow. Take that, Gary Barlow. This is apparently a

:06:30. > :06:34.?20 million bill for tax avoidance. To be fair, it does not appear to be

:06:35. > :06:44.a comment from him or his accountant. The allegation made by

:06:45. > :06:51.the judge in this case was that he was using an investment vehicle to

:06:52. > :06:55.put their money in something that would avoid tax. If it transpires

:06:56. > :06:59.that he was involved in this decision or was simply ignorant, you

:07:00. > :07:07.would wonder what it would do to his image? He trades on his patriotic

:07:08. > :07:13.credentials. You wonder whether this will damage that. Celebrities have

:07:14. > :07:22.gotten into pretty hot water on this before. Absolutely. We are not sure

:07:23. > :07:26.what his comments. As a British citizen sitting here, I am thinking

:07:27. > :07:42.that everybody should pay their taxes. ?63 million from world tours

:07:43. > :07:46.and see these. `` CDs. If people are doing tax avoidance and they are in

:07:47. > :07:51.the public eye, they have two think very carefully. It is not just about

:07:52. > :07:54.money, it is an issue about themselves. For somebody like Gary

:07:55. > :08:02.Barlow, think of all the young people looking up to him. What would

:08:03. > :08:06.they think of this? The fact that somebody so famous has been caught

:08:07. > :08:13.avoiding tax is great for the Treasury. This will persuade a lot

:08:14. > :08:19.of other people to find out how they are managing to secure such a low

:08:20. > :08:25.tax bill. This is part of a drive by the government to crack down on tax

:08:26. > :08:31.avoidance. Let us turn our attention to a very different thing. These

:08:32. > :08:38.reports were fairly disturbing pictures dating back to 2012.

:08:39. > :08:42.Britain's Camp Bastion shame. British service personnel rejoicing

:08:43. > :08:49.over the bodies of dead Taliban fighters. I hope not. People

:08:50. > :08:55.rejoicing. Some of the servicemen who did this, if it is proved that

:08:56. > :08:59.they did this, it was one of those moments and they look back and

:09:00. > :09:08.think, I really wish I had not done that. It makes me think sometimes

:09:09. > :09:12.about the whole issue about war when we go into particular countries. How

:09:13. > :09:17.it sometimes can change people and how people actually behave. The

:09:18. > :09:28.important thing about this story is how the Ministry of Defence react to

:09:29. > :09:33.it. That this cannot happen again. We heard that two members of the

:09:34. > :09:40.staff have been from frontline duties. Britain is pulling out of

:09:41. > :09:46.Afghanistan by this year. By September there should be no troops

:09:47. > :09:52.left. The Taliban has started its attacks on coalition forces. This is

:09:53. > :09:57.grotesque in and of itself. It poses a risk to soldiers still out there.

:09:58. > :10:05.It is a fantastic recruiting agent for the Taliban. That is yet another

:10:06. > :10:09.reason beyond the horror of the images that they should take it

:10:10. > :10:12.seriously. There is a quote from another serving member of the Armed

:10:13. > :10:23.Forces saying that these incidents and an extra weapon to the Taliban.

:10:24. > :10:28.`` are an. And another story having parents and, I knew it. Schools have

:10:29. > :10:35.been told to let some children start a year later. Guidance from the

:10:36. > :10:38.Department of education. This refers to children born between April and

:10:39. > :10:45.August. The younger half of the school year. They do slightly less

:10:46. > :10:51.well because they are slightly less developed than their peers. A lot of

:10:52. > :10:57.parents would like the opportunity to hold back their children's

:10:58. > :11:01.starting point. So that they have the extra bit of time to develop. A

:11:02. > :11:06.lot of councils have said no to this. But thanks to guidelines from

:11:07. > :11:15.the Department of education, from now schools will have two give

:11:16. > :11:22.parents the chance to put children in the group below. Will we see a

:11:23. > :11:28.lot of people doing this? But also you have the problem being passed

:11:29. > :11:31.along. Exactly. I would like to see where the evidence comes from. I do

:11:32. > :11:39.not think that everybody believes that is the case, that some children

:11:40. > :11:45.are less developed. `` summer. It depends on your educational

:11:46. > :11:51.experience. Some schools, a lot of schools what they do is that they

:11:52. > :11:55.will stagger their intake. A lot of children coming in in the autumn

:11:56. > :12:04.tomes and then in the summer terms you have younger children. Children

:12:05. > :12:11.develop at different speeds. We are agreeing a lot. Going to the FT. One

:12:12. > :12:26.that will make people chuckle. Rooms with a view. A dreadful pun. How

:12:27. > :12:32.does this work? This has made me laugh so much. It seems to have had

:12:33. > :12:44.so many problems from the get go. This is about its wonderfully

:12:45. > :12:47.luxurious hotel. The architect has designed some of the corners so they

:12:48. > :12:53.have got class. When it becomes evening, a act like mirrors. People

:12:54. > :13:02.are able to see in other people 's rooms. Plus the hotel give people

:13:03. > :13:14.the Nokia was so that they can look at London. `` binoculars. The

:13:15. > :13:20.problem is, people do not want to put down deadlines because they pay

:13:21. > :13:25.a lot of money to get a good view. `` the blinds. Let us finish on the

:13:26. > :13:30.Express. The Queen told to take it easy. We were mentioning the

:13:31. > :13:34.suggestion that Prince Charles had stepped in because she was

:13:35. > :13:37.struggling a little bit. You have to feel sorry for her. The description

:13:38. > :13:44.on the front page of the Express is that she was struggling to get up

:13:45. > :13:54.the wooden steps. You just think, poor old dear. Isn't it time we let

:13:55. > :13:59.her go off and watch the horses? The did that in the Netherlands. The

:14:00. > :14:04.suggestion is that she would never agree to that. She seems very

:14:05. > :14:10.committed. She is and 88`year`old woman who seems committed to her

:14:11. > :14:14.job. She does appear to recognise that sometimes she cannot meet those

:14:15. > :14:22.commitments. She would pass them on to her son. I felt for her. I find

:14:23. > :14:36.it hard enough to get up this as myself. `` these days. Thank you.

:14:37. > :14:38.We will get an update at midnight on the latest developments on the

:14:39. > :14:43.violent clashes between Ukrainian troops and pro` Russian separatists.

:14:44. > :14:56.Coming up next, it is time to Sportsday.

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