30/04/2016 The Papers

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

With me are the Political Commentator, Jo Phillips

and Benedicte Paviot, who's the UK Correspondent

Who Kindly brought me creme caramel for pudding. Jo didn't bring me

anything. But she can think about that for next time!

The Sunday Express says the Portuguese detective who led

attempts to find Madeline McCann will release a new book

on the investigation, bringing fresh anguish

The Sunday Mail says the BBC will be forbidden

to schedule prime time programmes at the same time as its rivals,

The Sunday Telegraph also leads with the BBC's Royal Charter,

saying the corporation will face more checks

That is where we will start, with some BBC navel gazing. Rules to end

ITV clash. This is supposedly to give competitors a better, an easier

time of it? Yes, this is obviously a well-timed leak ahead of the White

Paper on the BBC. Which is due out on May 12th. In which it is expected

to renew royal chart hear the runs out this year for eleven years, but

in return there are all these, the Mail, you would think there is

nothing else going on in the world, there are four pages. I don't know

about navel-gazing, but it is BBC bashing. In the daily mail? No? The

BBC will be banned from showing popular programmes like Strictly

against The Voice. They will have to find another time to show it. If it

is that popular, people will watch it. Yes, it is about giving the

commercial broadcasters much more, it is about the BBC being perceived

to use the licence payers' funding to have an unfair advantage over its

rivals. But the licence fee is a privilege and many say it is out of

date when we are used to paying for things. If the BBC wants to keep the

licence fee, the terms should change. Yes, but you don't then

mutilate unfairly, which a lot of these leaked measures seem to be

about. But the BBC shouldn't be "aggressively broadcasting or

trailing its programmes" so much. Any broadcaster, any company worth

their salt will promote things that they have developed. There is even a

battle of the bongs, centring on the 10pm news, ITV has invested heavily

in a revamp of its News at ten and according to the Mail on Sunday it

wants the BBC to move its programme to an earlier slot. A A long time

ago the BBC did the 9 o'clock news. In France it is the 8 o'clock news.

You either stay in to watch it or go out. The 9 o'clock news was popular.

Maybe there is an appetite for it. There a peculiarity, the BBC's

programmes shouldn't be too popular or they could be poached. And the

quality will be checked. But checked by who? Are we going back to the

days of Mary white house. The BBC has programmes for all peoples. Some

are duff, some are amazing. But people with watch two programmes at

once, because they can record one. It is astonishing what technology

does. Nit mail of tuned there is -- in the Mail on Sunday, Mr

Whittingdale, who has endured weeks of embarrassing things about his

private life is expected to tell the BBC to come clean. An interesting

impression from Mr Whittingdale. To come clean about what it pays its

presenters. So we won't find the exact pay cheque of every presenter.

If that has to happen, who am I to stand in its way. That is enough of

BBC chat. Now The Telegraph, PM's Academy deal. We have heard every

state school needs to be an Academy. Not everyone is happy. But there are

deals for people who don't like it in Conservative constituencies.

Although the Telegraph gives its main story to the BBC, sorry, but

telling it like it is, there is a paragraph about what the Telegraph

called the Prime Minister's deal for rebel and concessions to win over

Tory rebels, because they are threatening to kill off his school

reforms. But what this paragraph or two or three also tells us is that

after Mrs Morgan got heckled, the teachers were so cross they're

considering industrial action. We spoke to a head teacher who said she

may close her school for a day. And this is is a moderate union, the

head teachers' union. So there is a lot of anger. There was a report

that schools run by local authorities are doing better than

academies. The real rebellions is coming from rural areas, if small

schools are not supported by the local authority, they will close.

That is of course a lot of Tory MPs. The Sunday telegraph has a story

about the anti-Semitism row deepening and Ken Livingstone saying

he was sorry if he upset anyone with his comments about you could have

predicted where the story would go, the Sunday Telegraph said it has

found more examples of anti-Cem Tim. I would have that so, it has had

four reporters and there is a full report and an editorial comment, but

all we can see on the dossier is one Labour council leader, unknown,

unnamed, sharing an anti-Semitic post and Jeremy Corbyn questioning

why an anti-Jewish mural should be removed. But the timing couldn't be

worse with the local elections and the mayoral elections and Labour

being predicted to lose a lot of seats and Ken Livingstone has done

it again. You wonder what the impact will be. Which groups will support

Labour in spite of this and which will say this is beyond the pale

you're not getting my vote? We will find out next Thursday. Speaking to

a Labour MP that I will choose not to name that I met professionally

last night I will say she... Was concerned about the impact and was

planning to go out campaigning in other constituency. This is what

people are talking to this MP about on the the doorstep? Or did she not

say. I did not get to that. It was, there is a real fear that this will

mean that it has turned people off voting Labour. We should mention

that in this small story in the Sunday Telegraph, which deserved

more front-page analysis, Sarah Pickles, the Government's Special

Envoy for post holocaust issues said Jeremy Corbyn has legitimised a

strain of anti-Semitism that has been lurking in the shadows of left

for some time. Of course, it has been rumbling on. But I have to pick

up Ken Livingstone on what he said, I have heard this so many times,

particularly in this continualliry and this -- country and this

phrasing when you say something outrageous a week before your party,

a man who was London mayor twice, that is extraordinary, the first

time as an independent candidate. You say if I have caused offence I'm

sorry, I think think need to be called out on they're not offering

an apology at all. They're saying what whoever was offended, it is

that problem. It is hi style. - his style. In the fend it is not about

the deed, but you respond to it and there will be people, including many

Labour MPs throwing their head in their hands thinking why on earth

didn't Jeremy Corbyn deal with this? There is an investigation and an

inquiry. So let's see how quickly they come up with something and what

the new rules will be to deal with any provocative statements. Now The

Independent and we have one of their typical pronlt pages -- front-pages,

of course they're online. A burning message to ivory poachers, a huge

amount of ivory set alight to end poaching of ivory. How sensible is

it to get rid of something valuable and could it make... Other elephants

more vulnerable to poaching? When you said symbolic, that is what this

is about, a gesture, it is shocking and Independent fantastic

photograph, and we have seen the coverage, but it will raise

questions as you have done, won't it make people think it is more

valuable. Why not raise money wit. And put to it conservation. It could

encourage more poaching, because the value will rise. Some

conservationists are saying it is a PR stunt. Now the back page of the

Sunday Telegraph. This is not a stunt. A miracle. A fabulous

photograph in my opinion, a title, my kingdom for a title. I grew up on

the hill where Richard III lost his crown and Henry was crowned the

first Tudor king. But that is decide the point. But some context. There

he is with the Leicester scarf, Jamie Vardy, who won't be playing,

although he has done well for the city, Leicester City, he is banned.

Sitting on tenterhooks. You can get a Vardy cino. Oliver Brown, it is

lovely, and describes the atmosphere and I don't think there is a

football fan in this country who isn't hoping, well maybe Manchester

United, but hoping that Leicester do it. Because it is what the FA Cup

should be. And there have been so many horrible scandals and so much

money sloshing around and we have had Fifa and all of this stuff that

has soured it. It is a story of a great team, fabulous manager, who

has put a lot of the others in the shade and actually on the brink of

history. Some generous comments on social media as well from people who

support other teams, but want Leicester to do well. Yes what is

interesting, I love, I agree with you, Oliver Brown's story is great,

there are crews from all over the world and a man who belongs to the

Gujaraty community who says for the first time, he travels a lot and he

says, usually he has to explain where Leicester is and that is no

longer true. It is great, because it is not just a big national story,

but it has become an international story. We should mention also as

well as your connection with Richard III they're saying that Richard III

might have something to do with the success of Leicester. Because it is

since his re-Interment that this good luck on March 26th actually,

that this good luck and this... Success has been coming to

Leicester. Who knows? They were in the relegation zone. They were. An

extraordinary run at the end of last season that kept them just... They

had the luck of being the one-hit wonders and they have done it.

Unstoppable so far as Oliver Brown says. If they win tomorrow, when

they win tomorrow... Let's hope so. Do we feel a film come on. I think

there must be. Quickly, we are going to look at the Sunday Express and

the real katd and the natural -- Kate and the natural cover girl on

the 100th edition of Vogue. I thought it was more interesting they

used a 100-year-old model and... You're not referring to Kate. No,

but she is a cover girl. Like Diana was. That is it for this hour. But

because it is a Saturday, Jo and Benedicte Paviot will be back later.

Coming up reporters.