27/07/2014 The Papers

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

Trott winds gold at the Commonwealth Games and we will have a full round

up coming up `` wins. Welcome to our slightly longer than usual lookahead

to what the paper's are bringing us tomorrow. With us is a fellow at the

University of Manchester and a feature writer for the Independent.

The Daily Telegraph focuses on fracking. The Guardian leads with

fracking as well, it says the government will also invite firms to

bid for onshore oil and gas licences for the first time in six years. An

investigation into the NHS by the Sun, says it's in a critical state,

with budget cuts and hard`pressed A units. The Daily Express claims

a burst of two minutes of exercise a week, is the easy way to beat

ageing. The Mail reports on so called "cowboy parking squads",

roaming the high street and hitting thousands of drivers, with fines.

The front page of The Times says one in nine patients waiting to see a GP

can't get an appointment, with doctors turning away their patients

more than 40 million times this year. And... Cycling Gold for

England's Laura Trott, on the Independent, who defied a kidney

infection to win the women's 25 kilometre points race at the

Commonwealth Games. Let's begin. We will start with the Times. Millions

shot out of Doctor's clinics. These suggestion is one in nine people

trying to get an appointment cannot get one and have been turned away

more than 40 million times this year. When you read into this,

according to the College of GPs, it has been brought in by patient

demand. Many people think they need help and with an ageing population,

they probably do. This is quite worrying. Out only the ageing

population but also the growing population `` not only. The

chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs says that the profession has

been brought to its knees. She says there are simply not enough family

doctors to go around. There is a statistic that GPs deal with 90% of

patients within the NHS but only get 9% of the budget so they are

incredibly overstretched. I am outraged about that because they do

a fantastic job but they are simply not getting the money they need,

especially as the population is expanding at such a huge rate. The

NHS is the biggest employer in Europe, it is a gargantuan

organisation and they are not putting the money where the patients

needed most. going to need to change how many

people get to see their doctors. It is 11% overall not getting

appointments but the number is worse in London. GPs are a critical first

point of contact for everybody. It is where people find out they need

to see an oncology expert, for example. Detection is very clear...

It is worrying that we will meet our medical services more as we become

older. Someone is going to have to do something about this soon.

Critical is the headline in the Sun. NHS in crisis as its budget is cut.

Doctors warning of a care timebomb. It hopes here, here and here. `` it

hurts. You mention not being able to see a GP and if people cannot see a

GP, they take matters into their own hands and go knocking on the A

door. One third of people think that the NHS has got worse over the past

year. That is a warning for the government. I have been on this

programme many times before, discussing my love for the NHS,

which the majority of this country shares, and the moment any

politician suggests taking 1p away from the NHS, it is a massive vote

loser. Every government of every stripe always says it will support

the NHS and this is a real warning for Jeremy Hunt and this government

that they must do more because it is the most loved organisation of this

country, closely followed by the BBC. I can say that because I do not

work for the BBC. I'm glad you did. Thank you. If the government does

not love the NHS as much as people do, it will suffer. One of the world

's biggest airline says it will stop flying over Iraq. This is Emirates.

Questioning whether Islamist militants in Iraq, ISIS namely, has

a missile that could take out a commercial airliner. It is

surprising to some people that airlines still fly over these parts

of the world, which are troubled with violence. Absolutely. But until

the loss of light image 17 last week, we probably did not know that

it was possible on this scale, that surface`to`air missiles was so

available. `` until the loss of flight MH17. Flying is supposed to

be our safest mode of transport. It probably still is but we have had

these incredibly tragic cases of late. And the Air Algerie case as

well, which came down in Mali a few days ago. But there is also a cost

implication as well, once you start diverging planes. That is

interesting because Emirates flies the most flights from this country

across Iraqi airspace. More than 50 per day. It is a vital air corridor

between Europe and Asia. If they have to divert from that, it will

cost more. Passengers will complain about that. The British CEO of it

has to weigh that up. Ultimately, an airline that crashes a lot of planes

is also going to go bust. Or for whatever reason they get shot out of

the air or fall victim to terrorism. It is in the airline's interest.

Safety is paramount and that is the biggest guarantor for more

passengers. National parks to be saved from fracking. It depends

which way you look at this. Countryside campaigners have been

trying to get reassurances that national parks will not be targeted

for fracking for shale gas. Here, we have an announcement that there will

be some protection but it is not an outright ban on the idea. It can be

possible in exceptional circumstances. In exceptional

circumstances where a Tory MP is likely to lose his seat. That is

highly cynical but I do feel that the government seems to be taking a

lot of notice because Tory backbenchers have been making a lot

of noise about this, saying that you cannot fracking our constituency.

Look at all the people who will complain! People might call them

NIMBYs. There might only complain because it is happening in their

backyard but if it was happening in your backyard, you would be very

annoyed about it. But if it happens in a national park, it is not

necessarily be in your backyard but many people would want to protect

that. The people here are very protective of their heartlands,

areas of natural beautiful top the concern is that if there are large

amount of energy found in these areas... Part of the piece is also

that there are a lot of jobs potentially attached to fracking, so

it will be important industry as well as the green agenda. But if it

comes at the expense of our heartlands, it might change the way

people think about this. There is also the issue of energy security.

Especially in light of the recent events in Ukraine, people are

terrified of Russia turning off the taps and stopping its supply of gas

to Western Europe. Germany has 60% of its gas supplied by Russia. We

need to find a way of not being dependent on Russia, of supplying

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

so. UKIP may hand the keys of Number ten to Ed Miliband. The suggestion

that if you get when 9% or more of the vote of the general election, Ed

Miliband will be Prime Minister. It depends on where those folks are

concentrated. They would have to be concentrated so they could win the

right number of seats and push the Conservatives out of those seats.

Absolutely. There has been an opinion poll where there is positive

movement in the marginals. UKIP has not yet got a seat in the UK but it

may win some places. But I think it is a desperate story to suggest that

Labour is counting on UKIP winning more votes to get into number ten. A

strange thing to do, to suggest people vote for a party they

disagree with. As a party that is against everything Labour stands

for. It would be the height of cynicism to usher UKIP in, while

hoping to win seats away from the Tories. I'm pleased to see people

like Ed Balls are saying that we should be out there, fighting them

on the beaches, and not tacitly encouraging them in the hope that

they beat the Tories. It would be unfortunate for Labour voters if

this was how Ed Miliband wanted to win. Yeah, otherwise he will just

win it by eating bacon sandwiches. They are encouraging us to ask

questions of him. He might regret saying that. Ceasefire pledges but

no end to the fighting in Gaza. We have seen that fighting has

continued today, despite announcements of ceasefires on both

sides. We have also seen that... There has been a phone call today

between Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama, and Obama says

there has to be an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. If only for

humanitarian reasons. The number of civilians who have died... And the

Pope has spoken on this as well. He has pointed out the number of

children who have been killed. 218 Palestinian children. 1500

Palestinian children have been injured. Shocking figures by

anyone's reckoning. John Kerry has apparently gone home. 15 years ago,

when the US Secretary of State turned up in Israel, that would be

the moment a ceasefire would happen. It shows how little traction in the

US has and how President Obama, much as I love him, has failed in so many

foreign policy areas. He does not have any weight there any more.

Angela Netanyahu is not listening to him or else there would have been a

ceasefire instantly and I think it is a great shame. `` Benjamin

Netanyahu is not listening to him. The point is well made in that we

have not yet brokered a deal in the Middle East between the players that

are currently taking part. Therefore, someone else will have to

wade into this debate and talk about a ceasefire on different terms. What

about the Arab nations? Many of these talks have been taking place

in Qatar. The Qataris have not necessarily hosted many rounds of

talks... But John Kerry and Khaled Meshaal both went to Dale Parker.

The Arab nations to understand this conflict better than most, perhaps.

We will always need American involvement and EU involvement, but

so far, we have not seen peace and this is very unfortunate for the

Palestinian people because the loss of life is just... Khaled Meshaal is

quoted as saying we are not fundamentalists, we are not fighting

the Jews because they are Jews per se. We do not fight any other

races. We are fighting occupiers. But Hamas is regarded as a terrorist

organisation by a number of countries and Fatah, the other

Palestinian political faction, does not seem to have a great deal of

sway over what is happening in Gaza. The difficulty is that

Netanyahu is so reluctant to deal with Hamas... They don't believe in

the right of Israel to exist and do not acknowledge its right to exist

for top it is an extremely difficult situation when the two sides cannot

even agree on how to get to the table. And we have elections in that

part of the world, so the complexion could be different. Yes. But

regardless of political parties, when you have loss of civilian life

on this scale, you have to talk about it differently, or else we

will never move on. It is totally shocking, I agree. 218 children in

ten days is absolutely unthinkable. If it would happen anywhere else,

what would the reaction the? If it happened in London... Anywhere! We

cannot tolerate the fact that it is happening in this part of the

world. Somebody has to step in and do something about it. Staying with

the Guardian. The Commonwealth Games. Happier news. It is a bit of

a handbrake turn, I grant you. Laura Trott wins gold after an illness.

She had a kidney infection but got on her bike anyway, cycled 25

kilometres and got the gold medal in the points cycling. And she is

pictured with the Scottish competitor, Katie Archibald, who

took the bronze medal. The people of Glasgow have rolled out the red

carpet for everybody, making them very welcome. People are fantastic.

Enjoying the climate in Glasgow. And it is wonderful for the athletes.

Perseverance goes a long way for those athletes who win gold. It is

wonderful for the crowd, who get to see lots of home`grown people

winning. The youngest competitor in the Commonwealth Games, 13 years old

from Scotland, has surprised spectators by winning the bronze

medal. She is from Shetland. It was moving. She comes from this very

small community with a tiny pool, where she has to train, and it cost

her lots of money to come from the Shetlands. The commentator said that

the producers were in tears when this 13`year`old girl was being

interviewed. She was so delightful and so I'm believing that this had

happened to her the youngest competitor in the Scottish team

winning a bronze medal. She came from miles behind to get it at the

last minute. It is a great story and it underlines how fantastic this has

been. Yes, the bronze in the para sport 100m breaststroke. And she did

not tell her friends at school she was competing in the Games!

LAUGHTER. I love the stories that come out of events like this. The

Express. Two minutes exercise will stop you from ageing. Per week! With

that win you a place in the Commonwealth Games? I doubt it!

LAUGHTER. We should try it! The only exercise I will do is raise my

eyebrows at this because with everything that is going on in the

world, they have chosen this as a front`page story. Maybe I have my

journalistic values upside down but it does seem a strange thing to

choose. I agree. In some distant way, it is possible the linked to

the NHS story and `` is possibly linked to the NHS story and our

ageing population. It says we will be better performing everyday tasks.

What is that? Cutting your own toenails, putting your shoes on?

Apparently, one of the researchers at this university says it does not

require exercise in seven days per week that the current guidelines

promote. Some health specialists will be concerned. Should we take

this literally. I will not hand in my gym membership just yet. Have I

got time? I will hop on the treadmill. We all will! Thank you

for joining us. To Glasgow for the latest from the Commonwealth Games.

Thank you.