:00:15. > :00:17.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
:00:18. > :00:27.With me are Beth Rigby, the Media Editor from the Times
:00:28. > :00:33.and James Rampton, feature writer for the I.
:00:34. > :00:41.At that talking through the front newspapers in a moment.
:00:42. > :00:43.The Financial Times leads with accusations that Britain
:00:44. > :00:45.blocked attempts by EU officials to strengthen defences
:00:46. > :00:47.against the import of cheap Chinese steel -
:00:48. > :01:04.The i headlines that one in five will be obese in 9 years time
:01:05. > :01:06.British men coming in at number 8 on a global table.
:01:07. > :01:08.New Day also has obesity as it's headline -
:01:09. > :01:12.with medics warning the UK is set to be the fattest nation in Europe.
:01:13. > :01:15.The Telegraph reports a new study which says statins could become
:01:16. > :01:17.obsolete within a decade as the population becomes too obese
:01:18. > :01:20.The Metro headlines with price rises hitting people's pockets
:01:21. > :01:26.The Times writes that Tata has accused David Cameron of sleeping
:01:27. > :01:29.walking into the steel crisis by attempting to woo
:01:30. > :01:35.The Guardian also follows the story of Tata Steel -
:01:36. > :01:37.reporting the Business Secretary Sajid Javid is to travel
:01:38. > :01:42.to South Wales to reassure workers of the future of the plant.
:01:43. > :01:51.And of course the Daily Mirror, featuring the front page of Ronnie
:01:52. > :02:07.That a is lovely picture of Ronnie. The best one of him.
:02:08. > :02:13.Yes, a lovely picture of him. The warmth coming through had been his
:02:14. > :02:19.face, in his gesture. He died today, aged 85, surrounded by his wife of a
:02:20. > :02:24.50 years and his two daughters and lovely, lovely tributes in the
:02:25. > :02:27.paper. Quite rightly for him. A favourite of mine was tweeted by
:02:28. > :02:34.Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, who called him a giant of the
:02:35. > :02:39.British entertainment industry, who, given he was 5ft, I think Ronnie
:02:40. > :02:44.Corbett would have found that funny. Maybe a deliberate joke? I am going
:02:45. > :02:50.to say it wasn't. James, you messaged in I did. I'm delighted to
:02:51. > :02:55.say he really lived up to expectations when I met him. I was
:02:56. > :03:01.honoured to meet him. Michael Palin taking to you earlier, mentioned the
:03:02. > :03:05.twinkle he had. Sometimes you feel with comedians, that they switch it
:03:06. > :03:09.on and off, almost like they are acting for camera or stage but with
:03:10. > :03:15.Ronnie Corbett it was there all the time it was something that just
:03:16. > :03:21.emanated from him gnarly. I remember growing up as a child it was a great
:03:22. > :03:24.treat to be allowed to stay up on a Saturday night to watch The Two
:03:25. > :03:31.Ronnies, and I'm sure that there will be many my age and younger and
:03:32. > :03:39.older, who will feel a loss as he has disappeared.
:03:40. > :03:44.And here the Sun. With a picture of him in the famous glasses, sorry, a
:03:45. > :03:49.picture of him with the famous glasses.
:03:50. > :03:53.And I was speaking to John Lloyd, he was saying he campaigned for Ronnie
:03:54. > :03:58.Corbett to get a knighthood. He never got one. Saying that comedians
:03:59. > :04:04.don't often get one. We were talking about this before. Trying to think
:04:05. > :04:14.who has them. I looked it up. There are only five. Harry Lauder in 1911,
:04:15. > :04:19.Charlie Chaplin, Harry Secombe, Norman Which had come, and Lenny
:04:20. > :04:25.Henry. That is extraordinary airily few. You virtually have to appear on
:04:26. > :04:29.Top of the Pops these days to get one. But as a comedian it is much,
:04:30. > :04:33.much harder. If you are poking fun at the
:04:34. > :04:37.establishment your entire life, somehow... The establishment does
:04:38. > :04:42.not like you. And maybe fitting you don't. I think
:04:43. > :04:45.you lose credibility with the audience if you then become part of
:04:46. > :04:50.the establishment. You have to make the judgment whether or not it
:04:51. > :04:57.reflects badly on you if you accept it. It could undermine your
:04:58. > :05:04.credentials. So, Ronnie Corbett, very sadly missed. Now to the Times.
:05:05. > :05:08.Your front page lead is tomorrow is the steel crisis and the Chinese
:05:09. > :05:12.angle on the whole thing and the accusation that the British
:05:13. > :05:18.Government has been trying too hard to woo the Chinese and to allow in
:05:19. > :05:21.this glut of cheap Chinese steel. It is the really the beginning of
:05:22. > :05:26.the blame game. We know that Tata is going to shut or sell its
:05:27. > :05:31.operations. 15,000 jobs directly affected by that. But overall in the
:05:32. > :05:36.UK steel industry up to 40,000 jobs affected.
:05:37. > :05:44.Now ministers have insisted that this closure is about the glut of
:05:45. > :05:49.cheap steel in the world market as China sell it is cheaply and there
:05:50. > :05:54.is huge overcapacity in the market. What this stir is saying and the FT
:05:55. > :05:58.lead with this as well is that the European Commission and the European
:05:59. > :06:03.Union had actually been trying to put up barriers to stop this flood
:06:04. > :06:08.of Chinese steel in the EU. And the people that have been dragging their
:06:09. > :06:18.feet, the country dragging their feet was no other than the UK. In
:06:19. > :06:22.the US they have tariffs of 236%, why have George Osborne and David
:06:23. > :06:28.Cameron not done that? The accusation is that George Osborne
:06:29. > :06:36.was wooing the Chinese as he wants inward investment from China to fund
:06:37. > :06:40.projects such as Hinkley Point, the fund HS2, the high-speed rail line
:06:41. > :06:45.so turned a blind eye to something that would hurt China in order to
:06:46. > :06:49.curry favour with the Chinese that is politically very difficult for
:06:50. > :06:53.Government when they are facing the huge job losses in the run-up to
:06:54. > :06:58.local elections. James, is it a problem? I do. It
:06:59. > :07:03.plays into this idea that the Government handled this badly. An
:07:04. > :07:07.element of omni-shambles to use a word coined by one of George
:07:08. > :07:13.Osborne's previous Budgets. But a sense that they had no real grip of
:07:14. > :07:17.the situation. The Business Secretary in Australia with his
:07:18. > :07:23.teenage daughter, perhaps planning to spend down time when 40,000 jobs
:07:24. > :07:27.were at stake. He missed the plain back, apparently. Anna Soubry
:07:28. > :07:33.sending mixed messages as to what the Government would do. Jeremy
:07:34. > :07:39.Corbyn got in there quickly, he was in Port Talbot today, so he made the
:07:40. > :07:43.running and Steven Kinnock played a blinder, went to Mumbai, there
:07:44. > :07:46.putting the case for his constituents eloquently and has
:07:47. > :07:50.today questioned the position. I can see why he has done it. It looks
:07:51. > :07:55.chaotic. Even if it just the perception.
:07:56. > :07:59.Perception is everything today, though.
:08:00. > :08:06.To the Garde, still with the Tata Steel story. Their lead is who on
:08:07. > :08:09.earth may buy the company. It is losing, we are hearing, ?1 million a
:08:10. > :08:17.day. Who would buy a company like that? The first point is that the
:08:18. > :08:19.Government rule odd re-nationalisation, despite Anna
:08:20. > :08:24.Soubry saying that all options were on the table. That will not happen.
:08:25. > :08:29.So now the Guardian are talking about who could buy it. Liberty
:08:30. > :08:33.House is a company that bought unwanted sites in Scotland when the
:08:34. > :08:39.Scottish Government propped up their steel industry to find a buyer
:08:40. > :08:42.temporarily. But Tata, I think interestingly, further down, Tata
:08:43. > :08:47.say that they have tried for 158 months to find a buyer for the
:08:48. > :08:53.operations without success. They also say that they would release the
:08:54. > :08:57.assets for nothing but the problem is that there are huge liabilities.
:08:58. > :09:03.Pension liabilities amounting to ?2 billion. So when you look at the
:09:04. > :09:08.market, who is going to take on a company losing ?1 million a day with
:09:09. > :09:12.huge liabilities in a market that has a glut and it show no, sir sign
:09:13. > :09:17.of profiting. So it is not a question of selling
:09:18. > :09:23.but giving it away and maybe even nobody wants it if given away. And
:09:24. > :09:26.would Tata want to sell off to a rival who could maximise? I really
:09:27. > :09:31.feel for the people in these communities.
:09:32. > :09:36.Beth said 40,000 people involved. It could cost the Government ?200
:09:37. > :09:42.million in benefits if these places do close. So a huge problem. It
:09:43. > :09:48.reminds me of the problem with the '80s with the cool industry. Cheap
:09:49. > :09:51.imports, the same thing is afflicting the steel industry. The
:09:52. > :09:56.people suffering are the poor workers, I feel for them. They are
:09:57. > :10:09.stuck in the middle of this terrible problem. James Frampton writer for
:10:10. > :10:15.the i. Obesity is on the front of this page there. Are extraordinary
:10:16. > :10:20.statistics. One in five in the planet will be obese by 2025.
:10:21. > :10:27.They are good the bullet points. They highlight the shocking aspects
:10:28. > :10:33.of this report. One in five of us to become obese. That is the main
:10:34. > :10:38.headline and the Telegraph pointing out that drugs such as statins may
:10:39. > :10:42.not work, which is vital for saving lives, it may not work as obesity
:10:43. > :10:48.counteracts the effect of the medication. So a really, really
:10:49. > :10:54.serious problem it is good to have it on the front page to highlight
:10:55. > :11:00.what a potential catastrophe we have with heart disease, diabetes.
:11:01. > :11:05.Beth, British men coming in at number eight on the global table of
:11:06. > :11:14.obesity, does that surprise you? It does. And on the New Day, they are
:11:15. > :11:20.saying that the UK is setting itself up to be the fattest nation in
:11:21. > :11:24.Europe. This study comes a few weeks after George Osborne imposed a sugar
:11:25. > :11:31.tax to raise ?500 million. Which he said he would put into sports in
:11:32. > :11:35.schools in a bid to begin to tackle the obesity epidemic that is coming
:11:36. > :11:41.ourway in the UK, if not already here if you think of what the
:11:42. > :11:44.Government has done in terms of levies, alcohol, tobacco, heavily
:11:45. > :11:50.taxed in a bid to free money for the NHS. This is if there are
:11:51. > :11:54.generations of people getting late onset of diabetes and medical
:11:55. > :12:03.complications for obesity, this will cost the NHS a fortune. And speaking
:12:04. > :12:11.of things going up in price, Metro have tomorrow, April the 1st, or
:12:12. > :12:19.April the Worth, Council Tax up, prescriptions up, the public sector
:12:20. > :12:22.set to pay. An expensive day from tomorrow? There is a flip side as
:12:23. > :12:29.the national Living Wage is coming in. So workers on very, very low
:12:30. > :12:36.wages will get an increase in pay but obviously so if you take Council
:12:37. > :12:40.Tax, famously frozen through the coalition years through austerity,
:12:41. > :12:44.the Council Tax bills but George Osborne has allowed councils to
:12:45. > :12:49.increase the bills because actually they are going to use that money to
:12:50. > :12:59.care for older people to create a ?3. 5 billion fund to start to try
:13:00. > :13:02.to fill in some of the gaps that the rollbacks for the welfare have
:13:03. > :13:08.created. I don't mind paying more Council Tax for that.
:13:09. > :13:14.James, you get the last word. April Fool's Day is tomorrow. You have
:13:15. > :13:20.spotted possibly an April's Fool's Story in I hope so. I thought the
:13:21. > :13:30.Germans and the French could be more unpopular if that is possible. It
:13:31. > :13:36.story is claiming that Roland Piaf suggests that if we leave the EU in
:13:37. > :13:39.June, then we could be thrown from the European Championships. The
:13:40. > :13:52.moment I realised it was a made up story, was when I saw that the
:13:53. > :13:59.German representative was You'regoingtolose. He says: If
:14:00. > :14:03.Britain leaves, we should be clear, out means out. It is a fantastic
:14:04. > :14:10.story. You think, the Europeans, what are they doing to us now. But
:14:11. > :14:18.it plays on our xenophobia. Is it not nice to have a light
:14:19. > :14:29.hearted Brexit story. And a light hearted football story as well. Yes.
:14:30. > :14:34.Many thanks to both of you. Have a good April's Fool's Day tomorrow.
:14:35. > :14:41.And while we have been on the air, more tributes to Ronnie Corbett. The
:14:42. > :14:49.Sun leading with a poignant tribute:... And it's good night from
:14:50. > :14:54.me. And the Daily Express signing him off with: It's a fond good night
:14:55. > :14:59.to him. And the Daily Mail: Questioning why
:15:00. > :15:03.his services to entertainment were never nighted. As we were discussing
:15:04. > :15:09.earlier on. So, Ronnie Corbett dominating.
:15:10. > :15:13.Don't forget all the front pages are online on the BBC News website
:15:14. > :15:16.where you can read a detailed review of the papers.
:15:17. > :15:19.It's all there for you - 7 days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers -
:15:20. > :15:23.with each night's edition of The Papers being posted
:15:24. > :15:25.on the page shortly after we've finished.
:15:26. > :15:27.Thank you to James Frampton and Beth Rigby. Thank you very much for being
:15:28. > :15:39.with us. Good night. The April showers have come early
:15:40. > :15:40.this week but you would