:00:00. > :00:16.Hello and welcome to our look at what the morning papers
:00:17. > :00:20.With me are Martin Bentham, the Home Affairs Editor
:00:21. > :00:23.for the Evening Standard, and the broadcaster,
:00:24. > :00:39.Shyama knows us well and has brought her own snacks! Good evening and
:00:40. > :00:41.thank you for coming in to see us. Let's start with
:00:42. > :00:43.tomorrow's front pages. The Financial Times writes
:00:44. > :00:45.that business leaders are warning their investors that
:00:46. > :00:47.global tax crackdowns The headlines that teachers
:00:48. > :00:52.are demanding an end to school tests for primary school students saying
:00:53. > :00:55.the system has an 'exam The Daily Express warns of travel
:00:56. > :00:58.chaos saying Storm Katie has the potential for a month's worth
:00:59. > :01:02.of rain to fall on the Bank Holiday The Daily Telegraph headlines
:01:03. > :01:05.with rifts in the Tory party deepening after accusations
:01:06. > :01:07.David Cameron is ignoring ministers The Guardian leads with calls
:01:08. > :01:14.from the Shadow Chancellor to scrap a ?3,000 tax cut for the rich
:01:15. > :01:32.in which he says shows we're The Mirror covers the death of a
:01:33. > :01:35.girl who died after being blown away on the bouncy castle. The Daily Mail
:01:36. > :01:37.covers the same story. The Times carries a warning
:01:38. > :01:40.from Presidential hopeful Donald Trump that Britain is no
:01:41. > :01:53.longer safe for Americans to travel The Times, Britain is no longer
:01:54. > :01:57.safe, Trump warns the presidential contender raises alarm after
:01:58. > :01:58.Brussels attacks. He's not the only one saying similar things, is he?
:01:59. > :02:01.Well, I don't one saying similar things, is he?
:02:02. > :02:04.Well, I don't know. I find all of this very difficult because we are
:02:05. > :02:07.living in the middle of it and we are just getting on with our own
:02:08. > :02:13.lives and I don't quite understand why the Americans who're so far over
:02:14. > :02:16.there, are using us as a pawn in this battle over leadership of the
:02:17. > :02:23.Republican Party or indeed any other party. To me, this is a bit of a,
:02:24. > :02:26.you know, it's just old Trump bellowing into the dark again, like
:02:27. > :02:31.somebody at the other end of the the tunnel and you just get this echo
:02:32. > :02:35.coming at you and it's just meaningless. I mean really? !
:02:36. > :02:39.Pakistan is a lot less safe than we are. Libya is a lot less safe than
:02:40. > :02:42.we are, you know. It's just so ridiculous. Britain is a place and
:02:43. > :02:46.Europe is a place though that Americans are more likely to travel
:02:47. > :02:50.to on holiday than in Pakistan say and Libya, aren't they and John
:02:51. > :02:55.Kerry is saying something similar too? I agree in essence that there
:02:56. > :03:00.is a risk and we just get on with it and it depends how you define
:03:01. > :03:04.unsafe. But actually it's not such an outlandish thing for Trump to be
:03:05. > :03:08.saying because he's echoing what John Kerry said. The US put out a
:03:09. > :03:12.travel advisory last week saying there was a potential threat across
:03:13. > :03:16.Europe, to avoid crowded places, which is what Kerry has been saying
:03:17. > :03:20.here, restaurants could be targeted and all those sorts of things. It
:03:21. > :03:23.doesn't say that you shouldn't come here and live your lives and
:03:24. > :03:26.Americans shouldn't come here. They are saying if you do come here,
:03:27. > :03:29.there is a chance that something bad might happen which is true. Of
:03:30. > :03:35.course, it's the same as we have to face isn't it. Interesting that none
:03:36. > :03:43.of the other countries which supply us with still-ones of tourists every
:03:44. > :03:46.year, Japan, China, are not telling they are people not to travel. I
:03:47. > :03:50.don't necessarily know that they are. I don't know what other
:03:51. > :03:53.countries have done. It was the same after 9/11, there was a concern that
:03:54. > :03:57.people might not want to travel to America because of it and the
:03:58. > :04:00.message from the States was, this has happened, it's been appalling,
:04:01. > :04:06.but don't let terrorism stop you travelling. It was a very different
:04:07. > :04:09.type of attack wasn't it, because it was planes, it was very different,
:04:10. > :04:15.it was the first time as well and also it broke into the American
:04:16. > :04:20.infrastructure. These are isolated terrorism incidents we are suffering
:04:21. > :04:26.at the moment and I sin Searle sigh hope we have no more -- sincerely.
:04:27. > :04:30.It seems like an overreaction, I think we are being used as a
:04:31. > :04:34.political tool by Trump and it makes me cross because they are supposed
:04:35. > :04:39.to be our allies. If they run because one or two allies have
:04:40. > :04:42.scared them, it worries me that they are our allies. They should still
:04:43. > :04:47.come here generally and be aware that there is a potential danger at
:04:48. > :04:51.some points and just get on with it. You mentioned Pakistan, it's on the
:04:52. > :04:55.front of the Guardian. At least 60 killed after park blast. A lot of
:04:56. > :04:59.them were children, hundreds injured as well as those who died? Yes, and
:05:00. > :05:05.this is not the first time this type of thing's happened. Unfortunately
:05:06. > :05:08.it illustrates a depressing other side or similar side to what's
:05:09. > :05:14.happened in Brussels, Paris, you know, this intolerance of some
:05:15. > :05:18.factions of Islamist belief, in this case the Pakistan Taliban have
:05:19. > :05:22.claimed responsibility who just don't want to tolerate people who
:05:23. > :05:27.have a different religious view. The Pakistan Taliban also target people
:05:28. > :05:31.who are getting an education and they shoot bloggers who are 14 years
:05:32. > :05:37.old. I mean the Pakistan Taliban will basically blow up anyone they
:05:38. > :05:40.can on any excuse they can. They're intolerant to people who don't have
:05:41. > :05:45.their view of the world, aren't they? They'll do anything. I think
:05:46. > :05:50.there's part of... I think there are a lot of people in the UK at the
:05:51. > :05:53.moment he've sort of got fatigue with all of this really and want to
:05:54. > :06:02.have a sense of proportion about this. These are - not wanting to be
:06:03. > :06:06.terrified by these maniacs who are behaving like this - basically
:06:07. > :06:14.they'll blow up anything and anyone and any excuse and anything that
:06:15. > :06:19.will make us anxious. I want to feel that I can just go about my business
:06:20. > :06:23.and if I have the bad luck to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, I
:06:24. > :06:29.will manage. Very commendable attitude. That's the Easter Message
:06:30. > :06:33.actually of peace. Let's think about the peace, you know. The other thing
:06:34. > :06:37.we should say is, we had the absolute horror of Brussels which
:06:38. > :06:42.everyone can relate to and see, this number here, at least 60, it's
:06:43. > :06:46.double more or less and shows the difference. That's the
:06:47. > :06:51.proportionality debate. Palmyra on the front of the I, the culture
:06:52. > :06:57.section, what remains of the remains as Isis are driven out of Palmyra
:06:58. > :07:01.and, two temples have been razed to the ground but apparently there are
:07:02. > :07:10.still a lot of buildings that apparently are still standing. It's
:07:11. > :07:14.an important strategic site and a very big significant defeat for the
:07:15. > :07:19.Islamic state. Ultimately, the sort of things we have seen in Brussels,
:07:20. > :07:23.Paris and so on, military defeat for them in Iraq and Syria, won't end
:07:24. > :07:27.that problem immediately or it won't solve it on its own, but clearly I
:07:28. > :07:32.think while they still control lots of territory in that area, that
:07:33. > :07:35.threat is going to remain there, causing all the problems it's doing
:07:36. > :07:39.there and across Europe and so on. So the fact they are being driven
:07:40. > :07:43.out and back is tremendous news really. Strategecally and
:07:44. > :07:51.symbolically very important? Really important. I'm very glad Palmyra is
:07:52. > :08:02.back. I'm sure everyone is, that Palmyra is back. It changes Assad's
:08:03. > :08:05.bargaining position doesn't it? Yes. Martine, this is like we used to say
:08:06. > :08:10.in the old days, it will run and run. The FT, interesting story,
:08:11. > :08:16.Japan's hard up retirees turn to crime for free board and lodging
:08:17. > :08:22.behind bars. A lot of shoplifting it seems so you can get back into
:08:23. > :08:27.prison with they'll look after you! It's gone up 70% I think, 70%
:08:28. > :08:36.occupancy in prisons and the number of people who've offended six times
:08:37. > :08:39.has risen by 460% in recent times. It's because they are fed and looked
:08:40. > :08:44.after in prison which is cheaper than looking after themselves. It
:08:45. > :08:49.reminds me of when I was a reporter at Bow Streets Magistrates Court and
:08:50. > :08:53.there was a wonderful magistrate Kenneth Barraclough and in those
:08:54. > :08:56.days if you were a drunk, you were a criminal so they were in all the
:08:57. > :09:03.time, always at Christmas they would come in, the week before Christmas
:09:04. > :09:08.and Kenneth Barraclough, he was so wonderful would say, you just want
:09:09. > :09:13.to go in for Christmas don't you Mr White, OK, seven days, ten days, and
:09:14. > :09:18.he'd just put them all in and that's effectively what's happening in
:09:19. > :09:23.Japan. Yes, it's not just about contempt for the law is it, this
:09:24. > :09:26.story? No, although this is the a mathematical calculation by some
:09:27. > :09:29.who've suggested they might deliberately be doing it, although
:09:30. > :09:33.on the serious side, it says here that an awful lot of elderly people
:09:34. > :09:37.are living alone and the pension rate is poor so actually maybe they
:09:38. > :09:40.are driven to it. People saying what happens is they leave prison, don't
:09:41. > :09:43.have money or family and therefore they commit crime because they have
:09:44. > :09:49.nobody to support them and they are back in again. Maybe it's out of
:09:50. > :09:56.necessity or they feel driven to it. I don't know why it's funny but it
:09:57. > :09:59.is. It shouldn't be. Kamikaze pensioners going into Lidles or
:10:00. > :10:04.whatever they have in Japan. Down the aisle. I wonder if they do? !
:10:05. > :10:08.The Telegraph says police officers are getting younger. Police want
:10:09. > :10:12.recruits age 16 for cyber beat. You have to be 18 do you at the moment
:10:13. > :10:15.to be a police officer and they want the age to be dropped for cell
:10:16. > :10:32.cuement. They are brilliant in IT and
:10:33. > :10:38.technology and all the thing about increasing cyber crime. Sexting and
:10:39. > :10:41.all of that I imagine, in the playground, because they have to
:10:42. > :10:47.stay at school until they are 18 now anyway so it's confusing. You can go
:10:48. > :10:52.and do work, become an apprentice. You can also be a voluntary police
:10:53. > :10:56.cadet can't you. Youth United foundation of which I am a trustee
:10:57. > :11:01.supports the voluntary police cadet who is do an amazing job of bringing
:11:02. > :11:03.young disenfranchised youngsters and giving them responsibility and
:11:04. > :11:08.training them up so this would be a really good thing. I just thought of
:11:09. > :11:17.that, a great way of using those young people. If you remember, there
:11:18. > :11:20.was that crime commissioner for Medway, she had the 17-year-old who
:11:21. > :11:25.got thrown out, Paris Brown or something like that her name was,
:11:26. > :11:29.thrown out at 17 for having tweeted rude things, but what was very
:11:30. > :11:32.interesting, she was so representative of 17-year-olds, I
:11:33. > :11:36.thought that was an inspired move to have a deputy who was 17.
:11:37. > :11:40.Also there have been some young people who've gone the wrong way
:11:41. > :11:43.unfortunately and done serious things online, committing scriber
:11:44. > :11:46.crimes and so on, but again, some of these people are absolutely
:11:47. > :11:51.brilliantly talented and enlisting their brains in the right direction.
:11:52. > :11:56.Paying them for their expertise could be a good thing. Yes, police
:11:57. > :11:59.and intelligence agencies are searching for people who're very
:12:00. > :12:02.adept in this field. So it's not a daft idea entirely.
:12:03. > :12:05.You would have to come up with a better uniform I think for
:12:06. > :12:13.167-year-olds, they are not going to wear the flat jacket thing.
:12:14. > :12:17.Finally, there's been a revault, we hear, over Easterless chocolate
:12:18. > :12:22.eggs. How so? What's been happening? A lot of manufacturers or retailers
:12:23. > :12:26.have been selling eggs without the word Easter apparently and therefore
:12:27. > :12:31.trying to neutralise, sanitise the whole thing and take any meaning out
:12:32. > :12:36.of the whole point of Easter. I have to say, I was thinking about this. I
:12:37. > :12:41.can't remember what it ever did say on an Easter egg. I have one at home
:12:42. > :12:46.because one of my daughters bought me one but did it say Easter egg. It
:12:47. > :12:50.depends how long you left the wrapper on it before you started
:12:51. > :12:54.scoffing it. I'm only thinking of the posh ones, forget about the
:12:55. > :13:02.little shiny ones, the Cadburys one, you know, but the cellophane, you
:13:03. > :13:07.know. It's a very good question. Did it say anything? Obviously people
:13:08. > :13:11.think it would. Did it say smarties egg and there are other available
:13:12. > :13:16.brands. Maybe it's an old story that's already happened but the
:13:17. > :13:19.point is the same. Like Christmas cards, people get cross when there
:13:20. > :13:22.is no mention of Christmas. It's unnecessary isn't it and the whole
:13:23. > :13:26.point of Easter is that it's Easter for a reason, it's not, if you are
:13:27. > :13:38.not celebrating it as east, then why bother. Spring. -- Easter. Eating
:13:39. > :13:42.chocolate is a good enough Weiwei of spending spring. As we have done in
:13:43. > :13:51.the newsroom. That's it for this hour. Vale that and Martin will be
:13:52. > :13:53.back at 11. 30. Coming up next, it's Reporters.