:00:00. > :00:00.That's all of this board for now, now Maxine Mawhinney has a look at
:00:00. > :00:21.The Papers... -- that is all of the sport.
:00:22. > :00:24.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be
:00:25. > :00:27.With me are Martin Lipton, Deputy Head of Sport
:00:28. > :00:30.at the Sun and Rosamund Urwin from the London Evening Standard.
:00:31. > :00:31.Let's have a look at the Sunday papers.
:00:32. > :00:34.The Express features the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:00:35. > :00:36.who saw their visit to Paris overshadowed by the Orly airport
:00:37. > :00:38.attack: the Royals "continued defiantly with their programme,"
:00:39. > :00:43.The Sunday Times also pictures the Duchess of Cambridge,
:00:44. > :00:46.but its main story is that alleged rape victims will be spared
:00:47. > :00:48.cross-examination in court, under new reforms announced
:00:49. > :00:52.The Mail goes it alone with a controversial call
:00:53. > :00:56.from a retired doctor for women to be able to terminate a pregnancy
:00:57. > :01:00.The Telegraph says new evidence has emerged over claims that a pregnancy
:01:01. > :01:02.testing drug has been linked to birth defects
:01:03. > :01:06.And the Sunday Mirror has an exclusive interview
:01:07. > :01:09.with George Michael's personal medic - who says the star knew
:01:10. > :01:25.Let's dive straight in. Let's go to The Times newspaper first, this
:01:26. > :01:32.story about rape victims who can now give evidence on video tape, what do
:01:33. > :01:36.you think of this? This is overdue. Obviously, it can be incredibly
:01:37. > :01:43.painful to relive your attack in court. Liz Truss has given an
:01:44. > :01:47.exclusive interview to The Sunday Times and is bringing forward plans
:01:48. > :01:53.for us to have a recorded cross-examination for adult sexual
:01:54. > :01:57.offences and tried in Crown Court. We have taped evidence in child sex
:01:58. > :02:02.cases which is used already, it is being extended. It seems a really
:02:03. > :02:05.sensible measure, it is incredibly difficult for some people, and I
:02:06. > :02:09.think it does stop people coming forward, the idea that they have to
:02:10. > :02:14.get up in court and talk about what has happened to them. And in front
:02:15. > :02:18.of the person for whom they are alleged to be the victim? And
:02:19. > :02:25.effectively be grilled by a solicitor, a barrister. Martin, what
:02:26. > :02:32.do you think? I agree, absolutely. This is overdue by a number of
:02:33. > :02:36.years. The trauma of being raped, I cannot imagine. The horror of having
:02:37. > :02:40.to relive that, in front of a room full of strangers, in front of the
:02:41. > :02:44.person you believe perpetrated that act. With the understandably
:02:45. > :02:50.forensic and aggressive nature of a cross-examination. It's a horror I
:02:51. > :02:57.would not want to contemplate. Anything which would alleviate this
:02:58. > :03:02.distress in any way, a cross-examination would still take
:03:03. > :03:07.place but a more controlled one. An antiseptic way, in a small room in
:03:08. > :03:10.front of a camera. I think it is beneficial for everyone. It's
:03:11. > :03:16.interesting, the suggestion pilot schemes have been developed using
:03:17. > :03:20.the concept that there have been far more guilty pleas, early guilty
:03:21. > :03:24.pleas. Yes, one of the other lines is that because of the reduced
:03:25. > :03:31.pressure, I suppose, that evidence can be clearer... You are not going
:03:32. > :03:36.to stumble... If you are sat in that box with a judge and with
:03:37. > :03:39.cross-examination, with the jury and the press, whatever. You are going
:03:40. > :03:45.to be even more nervous than you would be in any event. Someone to
:03:46. > :03:49.look after the interests of the most important people in any crime, the
:03:50. > :03:55.victims. One thing mentioned here that Liz Truss found out, a case
:03:56. > :03:58.where a defendant faced his accuser wearing the same clothes in which he
:03:59. > :04:03.had allegedly committed the rape. On the next page, it talks about a case
:04:04. > :04:09.where somebody went on the stand and afterwards found the trauma so
:04:10. > :04:14.great, she killed herself. The cause is not clear but it is great trauma,
:04:15. > :04:17.and there are a number of cases where people suffered greatly after
:04:18. > :04:21.facing this in court. It is interesting, using the pilot from
:04:22. > :04:28.children, it's obviously been successful. In The Sunday Times,
:04:29. > :04:33.George Osborne, OK... Martin, let's begin with you.
:04:34. > :04:39.Scarpering second jobs for MPs? This could end the second jobs for MPs,
:04:40. > :04:44.I'm more interested in six jobs for MPs can he seems to be a very busy
:04:45. > :04:51.man! I didn't realise you could be a newspaper editor on a part-time
:04:52. > :04:54.basis, or a deputy editor on a part-time basis. It's a full-time
:04:55. > :04:58.job, I'm not sure I could be the MP for Wandsworth
:04:59. > :05:04.Wandsworth or wherever while putting a newspaper to get. I struggle
:05:05. > :05:12.enough! What would your Reading be, that he is more of a figurehead? I
:05:13. > :05:16.suspect so, he had a job in a few years ago working for The Times and
:05:17. > :05:20.the Telegraph. In a minor capacity. He has no knowledge of the newspaper
:05:21. > :05:27.industry, he doesn't know how to put a story together or develop
:05:28. > :05:31.headlines. What does he bring? That he's the former Chancellor of the
:05:32. > :05:38.Exchequer, and I had to say, in a pro-Labour but anti-Brexit city, he
:05:39. > :05:43.and it's one of those boxes given his position in the referendum. I
:05:44. > :05:48.think there will be a pact between him and the mess of the
:05:49. > :05:55.-- and the London mayor. It's a bit of revenge for him. He has the
:05:56. > :06:00.chance to slaughter Theresa May and those who feel have trashed his
:06:01. > :06:06.legacy. On a platform read by millions of people. It seems wrong
:06:07. > :06:10.to me that they can do this. It is not the first and there has been a
:06:11. > :06:16.political editor of the standard all other newspapers. The editor of the
:06:17. > :06:24.Telegraph was a cabinet minister but not simultaneously. He's going to be
:06:25. > :06:28.your boss, Rosamund? Yes! What is your -- what has the reaction be? He
:06:29. > :06:36.came in on Friday to talk to the troops. And how did that go? It went
:06:37. > :06:39.well, there were not questions, there was not time. He wants to put
:06:40. > :06:43.out a paper that is good, he would not want to take on a job with all
:06:44. > :06:48.of the attention it has got... I'm sure he will find it easy and be an
:06:49. > :06:52.excellent work for her new boss, she will flourish as she always does! We
:06:53. > :06:56.are putting you in a difficult position but Martin, you are right,
:06:57. > :07:06.but questions about whether you can edit a paper... The chairman of
:07:07. > :07:10.public life, has shunned the light -- shone the light on whether MPs
:07:11. > :07:16.should have more than one job. Does it come down to salaries? Not
:07:17. > :07:22.so much salaries, but the divergence of interest. I think it's no fair
:07:23. > :07:24.thing that you have members of the House of Lords and the House of
:07:25. > :07:31.Commons who are professionals in other walks of life, professionals,
:07:32. > :07:35.doctors... But it is difficult to have a full-time job and still be a
:07:36. > :07:40.full-time member of a house of parliament. This story will run...
:07:41. > :07:43.It will run and run! We will ask you when you have had a flavour of it
:07:44. > :07:47.all! In The Observer, Nicola Sturgeon's
:07:48. > :07:50.warning to Theresa May, obstruct second referendum at your peril.
:07:51. > :07:54.Nicola Sturgeon is talking tough on this?
:07:55. > :07:59.Yes but it is interesting, it looks like she has been bounced into this
:08:00. > :08:05.position by Alex Salmond, who is more hawkish on the call for a
:08:06. > :08:08.second referendum. We have this pretty and pleasant spat between
:08:09. > :08:16.Nicola Sturgeon and Theresa May. -- and pleasant spat -- and pleasant. I
:08:17. > :08:21.do not think Scotland can win. Wherever the vote takes place, she
:08:22. > :08:25.has two resign, in the same way that Salmond does. If they vote for
:08:26. > :08:33.independence, it's unlikely, but who knows... We all called Brexit
:08:34. > :08:36.differently! She is suddenly in charge of a country where the
:08:37. > :08:42.economic arguments in favour of independence were based on an oil
:08:43. > :08:47.price of $130 per barrel, and there was a mythical huge sea of oil in
:08:48. > :08:50.the North Sea that everybody was keeping quiet about before the
:08:51. > :08:55.referendum because the British government did not want anyone in
:08:56. > :08:59.Scotland to know this thing that doesn't exist exists... It is
:09:00. > :09:06.bizarre. But this is about timing. And there is clearly a Nasa monitor
:09:07. > :09:11.-- animosity between the two. They are both important people. If I was
:09:12. > :09:18.Theresa May. I would want Scotland to go earlier. If there is any
:09:19. > :09:22.chance of the Scottish First Minister being a conservative, like
:09:23. > :09:28.Ruth Davidson, it would be if the SNP were to split in two, with
:09:29. > :09:31.recriminations and aggravations, a referendum bid again... Nobody will
:09:32. > :09:35.want to be the Prime Minister that sees the end of the union. You don't
:09:36. > :09:39.want that on your card. And you had to think about Northern Ireland now,
:09:40. > :09:45.that double whammy. And possibly Cornwall. But I agree, Nicola
:09:46. > :09:51.Sturgeon has the best of both worlds at the moment. When things go wrong,
:09:52. > :09:56.she can blame Westminster and kick a pasting there. When things go right,
:09:57. > :10:00.the SNP in power in Scotland, -- kick up a stink.
:10:01. > :10:07.They have a monopoly on seeds there. It is a difficult position for her.
:10:08. > :10:11.People think, we have had two major referendums, we do not want another.
:10:12. > :10:18.And in the last 24 hours, there was a poll, I know they change over time
:10:19. > :10:21.but they say that a majority of people are against another
:10:22. > :10:25.referendum in that time frame. You want to wait and see what comes from
:10:26. > :10:33.the EU. I know plenty of people in Scotland who voted to stay as part
:10:34. > :10:36.of red Britain. Now, because of Brexit -- as part of Great Britain
:10:37. > :10:39.but now because of our decision to leave the EU, they are rethinking
:10:40. > :10:43.it. What guarantee do we have that
:10:44. > :10:49.Scotland can stay in the U... And without the euro, what would their
:10:50. > :10:52.currency be? Would the Spanish government want to encourage a
:10:53. > :10:55.breakaway after those problems in Catalonia? These issues would become
:10:56. > :11:01.greater, the more there is a possibility... Any more comments on
:11:02. > :11:06.Gordon Brown's that way? You season self as a saviour of Britain, from
:11:07. > :11:11.the last independence, -- he sees himself.
:11:12. > :11:16.It is fair to say that he sees Scotland as the issue that he can
:11:17. > :11:22.bring back to the forefront... I thought he spoke really well on it
:11:23. > :11:28.and it was a fair point. The thing is, the concept of a third way, it
:11:29. > :11:31.goes back to when we had Clinton and Blair trying to triangulate in the
:11:32. > :11:34.same way. I do not think people want to hear about a third way but I
:11:35. > :11:39.understand the argument. Brown tries to field a middle
:11:40. > :11:44.ground. I think maybe they do, what we have seen with Brexit and the
:11:45. > :11:48.previous Scottish referendum is the binary question where we know that
:11:49. > :11:52.political events are complex. And we want to compromise. As we saw with
:11:53. > :12:05.Brexit, 48% of people said, hang on, we didn't vote for any of this! You
:12:06. > :12:11.are a typical Remainer! Let's stick with the breakfast... Brexit! It's a
:12:12. > :12:16.difficult word to say! A lot of us have done it, I hold my hand up!
:12:17. > :12:21.Hammond faces a mutiny from Brexit ministers? It's incredible, it
:12:22. > :12:26.seemed to weeks ago he could do no wrong but now it seems he can do no
:12:27. > :12:32.right. To watch the budget unravel so swiftly... We had the
:12:33. > :12:36.omnishambles before... It's an absolute disaster for him. He has
:12:37. > :12:42.been hung out to dry by Theresa May, quite clearly. Now you have the pro
:12:43. > :12:49.Brexit lobby pushing and demanding more money. The Treasury must have
:12:50. > :12:53.tens and millions of pounds of extra funding. It could undermined
:12:54. > :12:58.Britain's trading future, forging new links across the world...
:12:59. > :13:03.Clearly there will be a demand to underpin the negotiations to ensure
:13:04. > :13:08.that there are no negative repercussions. If it goes wrong, the
:13:09. > :13:11.finger of blame will once again be pointed at the Chancellor of the
:13:12. > :13:18.Exchequer. Suddenly, he's in a more difficult position then he would
:13:19. > :13:26.have imagined. He was anti-exit, his position of Foreign Secretary was as
:13:27. > :13:30.a Remainer. There are recriminations where you can see it coming. Doc
:13:31. > :13:42.they do not think he is a true believer. Philip Hammond clearly
:13:43. > :13:45.remains... Given the fallout from the Brexit, including the national
:13:46. > :13:52.insurance contributions, how do you think he would be personally damaged
:13:53. > :13:57.by this? I think he and is may have fallen out substantially, he did not
:13:58. > :14:02.want to back down. -- Theresa May. He thought they should stick with
:14:03. > :14:05.it. Clearly, whilst it was a very unpopular move, especially with
:14:06. > :14:09.newspaper columnists, they might have thought of that! If there was
:14:10. > :14:15.an opposition worth the concept of opposition, he would be in a lot of
:14:16. > :14:22.trouble but he has got away with it, because of how useless Jeremy Corbyn
:14:23. > :14:31.and McDonald... I think his defence, Theresa May thinks he has an air of
:14:32. > :14:34.competence that is lacking. There is still an argument for national
:14:35. > :14:37.insurance. I did not agree but there was an argument for it being
:14:38. > :14:42.correct, you should look at realigning. But you don't ignore
:14:43. > :14:47.your own manifesto commitments. No, I agree. Do you think he feels, with
:14:48. > :14:51.what he sees... I think he will fill extremely let down. I think he feels
:14:52. > :14:55.sidelined. It would be interesting to see how he rebuilds his
:14:56. > :15:00.authority, it has been unquestionably damaged. And also his
:15:01. > :15:05.relationship with the Prime Minister. Again, it has been
:15:06. > :15:08.significantly weakened. He would rightly, I feel, and his advisor
:15:09. > :15:13.would feel he is not only been let down but stabbed in the back. He was
:15:14. > :15:17.hung out to dry. We have a couple of people not in favour of the Prime
:15:18. > :15:22.Minister, we are racking them up! In the Mail on Sunday, they've gone
:15:23. > :15:31.for this shock headline. Let mothers abort babies of "Wrong sex".
:15:32. > :15:37.A shocking call by doctors, ethics board is terminations based on
:15:38. > :15:42.gender alone. It is not the first time we have heard this. There is a
:15:43. > :15:48.possibility, if you have some sort of inherited genetic disease for it,
:15:49. > :15:52.but this is more widespread? This is choice. This is selective abortion,
:15:53. > :15:55.and in other parts of the world it is more common, like India and China
:15:56. > :16:05.particularly, in that part of the world. We are mostly talking about
:16:06. > :16:07.female foetuses. You do not have to be anti-choice to oppose sex
:16:08. > :16:14.selective abortion. It is much more nuanced than that. Personally, I
:16:15. > :16:24.have studied this in other countries and throughout the world. To me,
:16:25. > :16:27.this is not always a free choice. It is painted as a binary but the
:16:28. > :16:30.individual is not always making a free choice because some women are
:16:31. > :16:35.conversed into making these decisions because a son is desired.
:16:36. > :16:41.And when a woman makes any choice, even if she thinks it's free, we do
:16:42. > :16:44.not make it in a vacuum. There are societal pressures imposed on you,
:16:45. > :16:50.and those decision to reflect a society that does not value
:16:51. > :16:56.female... And the society could end up having unbalanced agendas. She is
:16:57. > :17:01.also calling for abortion at any time. -- genders. We have a limit to
:17:02. > :17:07.24 weeks at the moment. In other countries, it is lower. She is
:17:08. > :17:11.basically calling for it at any stage in pregnancy. Even those who
:17:12. > :17:15.believe in a woman's right to choose, I am strongly in that camp,
:17:16. > :17:23.would find it difficult to stomach. I think there comes a point where
:17:24. > :17:27.once the foetus is capable of life, then surely, that is beyond the
:17:28. > :17:33.stage where... Unless there are medical reasons where you have to do
:17:34. > :17:38.it for the safety of the mother... I think this will run a bed. It is
:17:39. > :17:45.such a controversial and divisive issue.
:17:46. > :17:50.Let's go back to the Telegraph. Rosemary, what's happening in
:17:51. > :17:54.Cornwall? It might seem unlikely that people in Cornwall are victims
:17:55. > :17:57.of ethnic pressure but the Council of Europe has condemned the
:17:58. > :18:02.government for neglecting the Cornish minority. The southernmost
:18:03. > :18:09.County, obviously, has suffered erosion of its language, there
:18:10. > :18:16.are... 500 speakers of Cornish, apparently. And landmarks have been
:18:17. > :18:23.Disneyfied, like Pentagon Castle. It was blowing a gale when I went there
:18:24. > :18:26.a few months ago. It was not like a fairy tale princess, it is a rugged
:18:27. > :18:32.bit of rock on a headland. You access it through narrow bridges. It
:18:33. > :18:44.is not Disneyfied! Calling on the BBC to broadcast more in Cornish.
:18:45. > :18:49.That is W1A territory. Parody in the BBC. Someone worse complaining in
:18:50. > :18:55.that about treatment of the Cornish by the BBC. We will see what they
:18:56. > :18:58.come up with next! Complaints from everybody now! Thank
:18:59. > :19:05.you very much indeed for joining us. Those are The Papers this morning.
:19:06. > :19:17.We do them every night, at 10:40pm he and BBC News. Goodbye for now.
:19:18. > :19:22.Hello there, mixed fortunes in the weather today.
:19:23. > :19:26.Some of us have rain, others stay dry. Some are stuck with cloud, but
:19:27. > :19:30.others see the sunshine. This is how the morning started
:19:31. > :19:32.across the Scottish Highlands with