18/01/2016 The Papers

play in the Six Nations campaign after being cited for making contact

with an opponent's eyes. That is in 15 minutes. -- Andy Murray's

first-round match. Hello, and welcome to our look

ahead to what the papers With me are are Deborah Haynes,

who's defence editor with the Times, and Torcuil Crichton,

who's the political editor The Financial Times leads with

the news that trade union bosses are warning ministers that Chinese

steel imports are, in their words, leading British mills to

the brink of "catastrophe". The Metro leads with a

story we've been covering today - the suggestion that some Muslim

women who fail to learn English The picture there is

of the actress Amy Schumer, who suffered a broken shoe heel

at the Critics' Choice Awards. The Express headline

heralds the death of what it calls 'gold-plated' final

salary pensions with the prediction that nearly every

fund will be axed by next year. The photo on the right is

of Tuppence Middleton - one of the stars of

the BBC's new drama, War And Peace. The i's headline

reads, "Fury as Student Grants are Axed" - it talks of "controversial"

new laws passed without a full The Guardian leads

with the story that the boss of the NHS in England is calling

for a political consensus on how to the story that the Prime Minister

would back a ban on Muslim women wearing a veil in schools, courts

and other British institutions. Their cover picture shows

singer/songwriter Don McLean of American Pie fame, who has been

arrested and charged Let's begin our look at the papers.

Let's begin with the Times. An interesting front-page headline,

women charged more on sex as Thai street. Deborah will have strong

views, but tell us what it is about -- on the high street. It has been

staring us in the face for years. We have accepted it, and it is the way

companies and shops charge women well for the same product, and this

Times story by the consumer affairs editor, has brilliant examples. If

you want to buy a scooter for a child in pink, it will cost ?5 more.

For a pair of jeans for a man, but if you buy them for a woman, they

cost more. It is the same material. You want a razor in pink, it will be

46% extra. There is one bizarre exception, whose' parents for some

bizarre reason cost less then goes' parents -- snick. -- 's secular. We

have known about it but we have accepted it. We have not realise the

huge disparities. They are shocking figures. It is so weird, because it

is embarrassing to admit, but I have always bought men's races. --

raises. Just because it is cheaper. I thought maybe the reason women's

razors were more expensive is because they were in with something,

but actually it is just that they are pink -- infused. An interesting

story of something that has stayed us in the face for ages. The Times

have analysed hundreds of products and, with these startling results.

You have the reactions. The woman leading the committee in the Commons

for women's equality is calling it unacceptable, and there is a

suggestion retail bosses could be called before Parliament to justify

this discrepancy tween men on whom are pricing. -- men and women's. We

are 40 years on from equal pay but we know it is the gender pay still.

Something as simple as spending money, you have to pay more if you

are a female. There was an example of boys' pants being expensive, but

they were examples of girls' costing more. It applies online as well.

That will be an interesting investigation. Deborah, start us on

the Daily Telegraph. They talk about David Cameron whacking a Muslim veil

then -- backing. They have been clever picking up on comments that

everyone else didn't really think about too much this morning, that

the Prime Minister made on the Today programme where he says it could be

possible for schools, courts, hospitals, border checks, those

sorts of places, for women who have chosen to wear a veil to not be able

to wear them, but people should have a right to choose what they want to

read. He is not advocating Draconian systems like in France and Belgium

-- what they want to wear. But this will probably if night that debate

which has been long-running anyway. -- ignite. There is a whole package

of measures such as the issue to deal with making Muslim women speak

English, which has been controversial today. Apparently

there will be other measures that will be announced. It is all aimed

at stopping people from being radicalised and joining is an

extent. An interesting point -- Islamic State. What is the

connection? Getting people to speak English when they beat in the UK,

that sounds sensible if a touch not practical. But going beyond that,

that is different. Cameron did go beyond that today. There is enough

meat in what he said about English lessons going one step you want. --

beyond. Baroness Warsi called a lazy connection by saying that if a woman

is here for 2.5 years and does not learn English, they can to -- be

deported. And then British Muslims are being radicalised and deported

into terrorism. That was today's story. The Telegraph have picked up

on other comments made about the veil and how he would want it in

certain circumstances like courts, council buildings perhaps where

people are meeting where the public overlaps with the private, he would

like to see the veil banned. It happens in France, Bolton and other

bases in Europe -- Belgium. It feeds into that whole wider debate about

multiculturalism and the liberation of women. Telling people what to

wear. Tolerance is the British byword, and this does not seem very

tolerant. Let's go to the Financial Times. I think it is your turn. It

is our main news tonight, Chinese steel imports pushed mills to bring

catastrophe. We are talking about Port Talbot being mothballed. This

is a difficult and miserable thing for a lot of people. Devastating

news. Widely expected where they were stacking steel in the car park

because they could not sell it. About 1000 people using their jobs

in Port Talbot and other plants across Britain. But from the grim

news of the job losses, what is to come? China, which has been blamed

for this lot of steel on the world market, is now trying to go for what

is called market economy status with the World Trade Organisation. That

means an economy where people buy and sell under state subsidy. We

know China has not, and there have been warnings that this will cost

Europeans millions of jobs and pounds in lost production because we

will be flooded with Chinese goods. If people think this is blue-collar

jobs, it is not. You will see paralegal, accountancy, professional

jobs to the some extent any growth of China will carry on. But

globalisation is unstoppable. People say the government should intervene,

but to do what? One of our commentators said tonight about an

overvalued currency. We cannot have any influence on that. At least the

government don't want to have any influence over that. While everyone

is bashing China over steel, the government has been all out on the

offensive to woo Chinese investment to the UK, and with regard to the

recognition from the WTO, bridging is supporting that. -- Britain. EU

states are divided over whether they want to support China getting this

economy status, but Britain is in favour, which shows that Housing act

you have. It is a complex picture. -- balancing. I think David Cameron

was going to tackle the Chinese leadership over steel, but we have

not seen much evidence of that. Let's move on. The Sun, one big

story, crackshot probed by crackpots. What is this about? This

is another interesting example of a British soldier being chased through

the courts potentially to do with actions on the battlefield. In this

case, the British sniper is being probed for killing an Iraqi who is

about to via a grenade because he did not shout a warning. That seems

ludicrous. Why would you shout a warning if you are going to kill

someone? The whole point of being a sniper is you are not seen. And you

are in a wall sign. If you shout, it allows people to your position. --

war zone. Top Army witch-hunt, it says, and there is a sense that

certain law firms are chasing after an persecuting soldiers for actions

they did during the Iraq war and the Afghanistan war. Iraq is especially

in the spotlight because of this Iraqi historic allegations tribunal

looking at about 1500 allegations relating to almost 300 soldiers who

have been questioned in relation to this. There is a suggestion that

charges could be bought against them. We have had the investigation

into the incident where there are incidents where soldiers have

misbehaved, but the idea that it is on a industrial scale does seem a

bit suspicious. Or that every shot has to be investigated legally

afterwards. It has an effect on the ability of commanders of Britain to

wage war. There is a real concern that if you... There are lots of

laws that legislate war anyway, any idea that you can add extra millions

through human rights legislation really restricts the abilities of

commanders to give conduct -- conduct battle. And Friends United.

No more friends need reuniting says the Daily Telegraph. It is gone. It

seems innovative and amazing, and it did what you said on the tin. You

put your details in and classmates or people you never wanted to hear

from again come up. Why did it die? It was overtaken by Facebook. And

other social websites that were available. Did you use it with lack

I did, actually. I put in my old school and all of these people

popped up. It was years ago, then Facebook came along and you were at

United, so you don't need to be reunited. It is interesting. This

article talks about how it was blamed for thousands of divorces. It

reignited millions of friendships as well. That is it for this hour.

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