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:00:00. > :00:00.scrapped. It capsized off the island of Giglio, killing 32 people. Laura

:00:00. > :00:18.Trott winds gold at the Commonwealth Games and we will have a full round

:00:19. > :00:23.up coming up `` wins. Welcome to our slightly longer than usual lookahead

:00:24. > :00:37.to what the paper's are bringing us tomorrow. With us is a fellow at the

:00:38. > :00:43.University of Manchester and a feature writer for the Independent.

:00:44. > :00:52.The Daily Telegraph focuses on fracking. The Guardian leads with

:00:53. > :00:55.fracking as well, it says the government will also invite firms to

:00:56. > :00:59.bid for onshore oil and gas licences for the first time in six years. An

:01:00. > :01:02.investigation into the NHS by the Sun, says it's in a critical state,

:01:03. > :01:07.with budget cuts and hard`pressed A units. The Daily Express claims

:01:08. > :01:12.a burst of two minutes of exercise a week, is the easy way to beat

:01:13. > :01:14.ageing. The Mail reports on so called "cowboy parking squads",

:01:15. > :01:18.roaming the high street and hitting thousands of drivers, with fines.

:01:19. > :01:21.The front page of The Times says one in nine patients waiting to see a GP

:01:22. > :01:24.can't get an appointment, with doctors turning away their patients

:01:25. > :01:31.more than 40 million times this year. And... Cycling Gold for

:01:32. > :01:34.England's Laura Trott, on the Independent, who defied a kidney

:01:35. > :01:41.infection to win the women's 25 kilometre points race at the

:01:42. > :01:47.Commonwealth Games. Let's begin. We will start with the Times. Millions

:01:48. > :01:52.shot out of Doctor's clinics. These suggestion is one in nine people

:01:53. > :01:57.trying to get an appointment cannot get one and have been turned away

:01:58. > :02:03.more than 40 million times this year. When you read into this,

:02:04. > :02:08.according to the College of GPs, it has been brought in by patient

:02:09. > :02:12.demand. Many people think they need help and with an ageing population,

:02:13. > :02:17.they probably do. This is quite worrying. Out only the ageing

:02:18. > :02:26.population but also the growing population `` not only. The

:02:27. > :02:31.chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs says that the profession has

:02:32. > :02:36.been brought to its knees. She says there are simply not enough family

:02:37. > :02:42.doctors to go around. There is a statistic that GPs deal with 90% of

:02:43. > :02:47.patients within the NHS but only get 9% of the budget so they are

:02:48. > :02:51.incredibly overstretched. I am outraged about that because they do

:02:52. > :02:55.a fantastic job but they are simply not getting the money they need,

:02:56. > :03:02.especially as the population is expanding at such a huge rate. The

:03:03. > :03:08.NHS is the biggest employer in Europe, it is a gargantuan

:03:09. > :03:09.organisation and they are not putting the money where the patients

:03:10. > :03:26.needed most. going to need to change how many

:03:27. > :03:31.people get to see their doctors. It is 11% overall not getting

:03:32. > :03:39.appointments but the number is worse in London. GPs are a critical first

:03:40. > :03:42.point of contact for everybody. It is where people find out they need

:03:43. > :03:52.to see an oncology expert, for example. Detection is very clear...

:03:53. > :03:57.It is worrying that we will meet our medical services more as we become

:03:58. > :04:03.older. Someone is going to have to do something about this soon.

:04:04. > :04:13.Critical is the headline in the Sun. NHS in crisis as its budget is cut.

:04:14. > :04:27.Doctors warning of a care timebomb. It hopes here, here and here. `` it

:04:28. > :04:35.hurts. You mention not being able to see a GP and if people cannot see a

:04:36. > :04:42.GP, they take matters into their own hands and go knocking on the A

:04:43. > :04:46.door. One third of people think that the NHS has got worse over the past

:04:47. > :04:50.year. That is a warning for the government. I have been on this

:04:51. > :04:54.programme many times before, discussing my love for the NHS,

:04:55. > :04:59.which the majority of this country shares, and the moment any

:05:00. > :05:04.politician suggests taking 1p away from the NHS, it is a massive vote

:05:05. > :05:08.loser. Every government of every stripe always says it will support

:05:09. > :05:12.the NHS and this is a real warning for Jeremy Hunt and this government

:05:13. > :05:15.that they must do more because it is the most loved organisation of this

:05:16. > :05:21.country, closely followed by the BBC. I can say that because I do not

:05:22. > :05:27.work for the BBC. I'm glad you did. Thank you. If the government does

:05:28. > :05:33.not love the NHS as much as people do, it will suffer. One of the world

:05:34. > :05:38.'s biggest airline says it will stop flying over Iraq. This is Emirates.

:05:39. > :05:44.Questioning whether Islamist militants in Iraq, ISIS namely, has

:05:45. > :05:48.a missile that could take out a commercial airliner. It is

:05:49. > :05:52.surprising to some people that airlines still fly over these parts

:05:53. > :05:58.of the world, which are troubled with violence. Absolutely. But until

:05:59. > :06:03.the loss of light image 17 last week, we probably did not know that

:06:04. > :06:12.it was possible on this scale, that surface`to`air missiles was so

:06:13. > :06:20.available. `` until the loss of flight MH17. Flying is supposed to

:06:21. > :06:23.be our safest mode of transport. It probably still is but we have had

:06:24. > :06:29.these incredibly tragic cases of late. And the Air Algerie case as

:06:30. > :06:36.well, which came down in Mali a few days ago. But there is also a cost

:06:37. > :06:40.implication as well, once you start diverging planes. That is

:06:41. > :06:46.interesting because Emirates flies the most flights from this country

:06:47. > :06:50.across Iraqi airspace. More than 50 per day. It is a vital air corridor

:06:51. > :06:53.between Europe and Asia. If they have to divert from that, it will

:06:54. > :07:02.cost more. Passengers will complain about that. The British CEO of it

:07:03. > :07:07.has to weigh that up. Ultimately, an airline that crashes a lot of planes

:07:08. > :07:12.is also going to go bust. Or for whatever reason they get shot out of

:07:13. > :07:17.the air or fall victim to terrorism. It is in the airline's interest.

:07:18. > :07:22.Safety is paramount and that is the biggest guarantor for more

:07:23. > :07:27.passengers. National parks to be saved from fracking. It depends

:07:28. > :07:30.which way you look at this. Countryside campaigners have been

:07:31. > :07:35.trying to get reassurances that national parks will not be targeted

:07:36. > :07:41.for fracking for shale gas. Here, we have an announcement that there will

:07:42. > :07:45.be some protection but it is not an outright ban on the idea. It can be

:07:46. > :07:50.possible in exceptional circumstances. In exceptional

:07:51. > :07:54.circumstances where a Tory MP is likely to lose his seat. That is

:07:55. > :07:58.highly cynical but I do feel that the government seems to be taking a

:07:59. > :08:01.lot of notice because Tory backbenchers have been making a lot

:08:02. > :08:05.of noise about this, saying that you cannot fracking our constituency.

:08:06. > :08:10.Look at all the people who will complain! People might call them

:08:11. > :08:13.NIMBYs. There might only complain because it is happening in their

:08:14. > :08:18.backyard but if it was happening in your backyard, you would be very

:08:19. > :08:22.annoyed about it. But if it happens in a national park, it is not

:08:23. > :08:28.necessarily be in your backyard but many people would want to protect

:08:29. > :08:31.that. The people here are very protective of their heartlands,

:08:32. > :08:39.areas of natural beautiful top the concern is that if there are large

:08:40. > :08:46.amount of energy found in these areas... Part of the piece is also

:08:47. > :08:49.that there are a lot of jobs potentially attached to fracking, so

:08:50. > :08:53.it will be important industry as well as the green agenda. But if it

:08:54. > :08:58.comes at the expense of our heartlands, it might change the way

:08:59. > :09:02.people think about this. There is also the issue of energy security.

:09:03. > :09:06.Especially in light of the recent events in Ukraine, people are

:09:07. > :09:10.terrified of Russia turning off the taps and stopping its supply of gas

:09:11. > :09:14.to Western Europe. Germany has 60% of its gas supplied by Russia. We

:09:15. > :09:20.need to find a way of not being dependent on Russia, of supplying

:09:21. > :09:28.our own oil and gas. Is this all a dream? We might wake up. Let's hope

:09:29. > :09:34.so. UKIP may hand the keys of Number ten to Ed Miliband. The suggestion

:09:35. > :09:39.that if you get when 9% or more of the vote of the general election, Ed

:09:40. > :09:43.Miliband will be Prime Minister. It depends on where those folks are

:09:44. > :09:46.concentrated. They would have to be concentrated so they could win the

:09:47. > :09:51.right number of seats and push the Conservatives out of those seats.

:09:52. > :09:55.Absolutely. There has been an opinion poll where there is positive

:09:56. > :10:01.movement in the marginals. UKIP has not yet got a seat in the UK but it

:10:02. > :10:04.may win some places. But I think it is a desperate story to suggest that

:10:05. > :10:09.Labour is counting on UKIP winning more votes to get into number ten. A

:10:10. > :10:14.strange thing to do, to suggest people vote for a party they

:10:15. > :10:17.disagree with. As a party that is against everything Labour stands

:10:18. > :10:23.for. It would be the height of cynicism to usher UKIP in, while

:10:24. > :10:27.hoping to win seats away from the Tories. I'm pleased to see people

:10:28. > :10:32.like Ed Balls are saying that we should be out there, fighting them

:10:33. > :10:38.on the beaches, and not tacitly encouraging them in the hope that

:10:39. > :10:40.they beat the Tories. It would be unfortunate for Labour voters if

:10:41. > :10:50.this was how Ed Miliband wanted to win. Yeah, otherwise he will just

:10:51. > :10:54.win it by eating bacon sandwiches. They are encouraging us to ask

:10:55. > :11:01.questions of him. He might regret saying that. Ceasefire pledges but

:11:02. > :11:04.no end to the fighting in Gaza. We have seen that fighting has

:11:05. > :11:11.continued today, despite announcements of ceasefires on both

:11:12. > :11:13.sides. We have also seen that... There has been a phone call today

:11:14. > :11:19.between Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama, and Obama says

:11:20. > :11:23.there has to be an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. If only for

:11:24. > :11:30.humanitarian reasons. The number of civilians who have died... And the

:11:31. > :11:33.Pope has spoken on this as well. He has pointed out the number of

:11:34. > :11:39.children who have been killed. 218 Palestinian children. 1500

:11:40. > :11:42.Palestinian children have been injured. Shocking figures by

:11:43. > :11:48.anyone's reckoning. John Kerry has apparently gone home. 15 years ago,

:11:49. > :11:52.when the US Secretary of State turned up in Israel, that would be

:11:53. > :11:56.the moment a ceasefire would happen. It shows how little traction in the

:11:57. > :12:00.US has and how President Obama, much as I love him, has failed in so many

:12:01. > :12:05.foreign policy areas. He does not have any weight there any more.

:12:06. > :12:09.Angela Netanyahu is not listening to him or else there would have been a

:12:10. > :12:14.ceasefire instantly and I think it is a great shame. `` Benjamin

:12:15. > :12:18.Netanyahu is not listening to him. The point is well made in that we

:12:19. > :12:21.have not yet brokered a deal in the Middle East between the players that

:12:22. > :12:25.are currently taking part. Therefore, someone else will have to

:12:26. > :12:31.wade into this debate and talk about a ceasefire on different terms. What

:12:32. > :12:38.about the Arab nations? Many of these talks have been taking place

:12:39. > :12:44.in Qatar. The Qataris have not necessarily hosted many rounds of

:12:45. > :12:49.talks... But John Kerry and Khaled Meshaal both went to Dale Parker.

:12:50. > :12:53.The Arab nations to understand this conflict better than most, perhaps.

:12:54. > :12:58.We will always need American involvement and EU involvement, but

:12:59. > :13:00.so far, we have not seen peace and this is very unfortunate for the

:13:01. > :13:05.Palestinian people because the loss of life is just... Khaled Meshaal is

:13:06. > :13:09.quoted as saying we are not fundamentalists, we are not fighting

:13:10. > :13:14.the Jews because they are Jews per se. We do not fight any other

:13:15. > :13:17.races. We are fighting occupiers. But Hamas is regarded as a terrorist

:13:18. > :13:22.organisation by a number of countries and Fatah, the other

:13:23. > :13:26.Palestinian political faction, does not seem to have a great deal of

:13:27. > :13:31.sway over what is happening in Gaza. The difficulty is that

:13:32. > :13:37.Netanyahu is so reluctant to deal with Hamas... They don't believe in

:13:38. > :13:42.the right of Israel to exist and do not acknowledge its right to exist

:13:43. > :13:45.for top it is an extremely difficult situation when the two sides cannot

:13:46. > :13:50.even agree on how to get to the table. And we have elections in that

:13:51. > :13:57.part of the world, so the complexion could be different. Yes. But

:13:58. > :14:00.regardless of political parties, when you have loss of civilian life

:14:01. > :14:04.on this scale, you have to talk about it differently, or else we

:14:05. > :14:13.will never move on. It is totally shocking, I agree. 218 children in

:14:14. > :14:17.ten days is absolutely unthinkable. If it would happen anywhere else,

:14:18. > :14:24.what would the reaction the? If it happened in London... Anywhere! We

:14:25. > :14:28.cannot tolerate the fact that it is happening in this part of the

:14:29. > :14:32.world. Somebody has to step in and do something about it. Staying with

:14:33. > :14:39.the Guardian. The Commonwealth Games. Happier news. It is a bit of

:14:40. > :14:44.a handbrake turn, I grant you. Laura Trott wins gold after an illness.

:14:45. > :14:51.She had a kidney infection but got on her bike anyway, cycled 25

:14:52. > :14:55.kilometres and got the gold medal in the points cycling. And she is

:14:56. > :15:01.pictured with the Scottish competitor, Katie Archibald, who

:15:02. > :15:04.took the bronze medal. The people of Glasgow have rolled out the red

:15:05. > :15:12.carpet for everybody, making them very welcome. People are fantastic.

:15:13. > :15:17.Enjoying the climate in Glasgow. And it is wonderful for the athletes.

:15:18. > :15:21.Perseverance goes a long way for those athletes who win gold. It is

:15:22. > :15:26.wonderful for the crowd, who get to see lots of home`grown people

:15:27. > :15:33.winning. The youngest competitor in the Commonwealth Games, 13 years old

:15:34. > :15:38.from Scotland, has surprised spectators by winning the bronze

:15:39. > :15:43.medal. She is from Shetland. It was moving. She comes from this very

:15:44. > :15:47.small community with a tiny pool, where she has to train, and it cost

:15:48. > :15:54.her lots of money to come from the Shetlands. The commentator said that

:15:55. > :15:58.the producers were in tears when this 13`year`old girl was being

:15:59. > :16:02.interviewed. She was so delightful and so I'm believing that this had

:16:03. > :16:06.happened to her the youngest competitor in the Scottish team

:16:07. > :16:11.winning a bronze medal. She came from miles behind to get it at the

:16:12. > :16:19.last minute. It is a great story and it underlines how fantastic this has

:16:20. > :16:23.been. Yes, the bronze in the para sport 100m breaststroke. And she did

:16:24. > :16:31.not tell her friends at school she was competing in the Games!

:16:32. > :16:36.LAUGHTER. I love the stories that come out of events like this. The

:16:37. > :16:45.Express. Two minutes exercise will stop you from ageing. Per week! With

:16:46. > :16:53.that win you a place in the Commonwealth Games? I doubt it!

:16:54. > :16:57.LAUGHTER. We should try it! The only exercise I will do is raise my

:16:58. > :17:01.eyebrows at this because with everything that is going on in the

:17:02. > :17:05.world, they have chosen this as a front`page story. Maybe I have my

:17:06. > :17:10.journalistic values upside down but it does seem a strange thing to

:17:11. > :17:18.choose. I agree. In some distant way, it is possible the linked to

:17:19. > :17:23.the NHS story and `` is possibly linked to the NHS story and our

:17:24. > :17:26.ageing population. It says we will be better performing everyday tasks.

:17:27. > :17:32.What is that? Cutting your own toenails, putting your shoes on?

:17:33. > :17:38.Apparently, one of the researchers at this university says it does not

:17:39. > :17:40.require exercise in seven days per week that the current guidelines

:17:41. > :17:46.promote. Some health specialists will be concerned. Should we take

:17:47. > :17:51.this literally. I will not hand in my gym membership just yet. Have I

:17:52. > :18:02.got time? I will hop on the treadmill. We all will! Thank you

:18:03. > :18:03.for joining us. To Glasgow for the latest from the Commonwealth Games.

:18:04. > :18:05.Thank you.