:00:15. > :00:19.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
:00:20. > :00:27.With me are Kate Proctor, political correspondent
:00:28. > :00:29.at The London Evening Standard and the Broadcaster, John Stapleton.
:00:30. > :00:30.Tomorrow's front pages, starting with...
:00:31. > :00:33.The Times leads with the apparent chemical attack that killed at least
:00:34. > :00:40.The I leads goes with the same story, noting that a hospital
:00:41. > :00:47.The Metro also goes with the attack in Syria, saying children
:00:48. > :00:51.The Financial Times reports women are under-represented at the top
:00:52. > :00:56.The Express claims that an increase in the number of people eating
:00:57. > :01:00.take-aways could lead to a rise in diabetes.
:01:01. > :01:03.The Telegraph leads with news that the government will help people
:01:04. > :01:07.who brought diesel cars and are now facing higher tax bills.
:01:08. > :01:16.The Guardian reports on dangerously high levels of air
:01:17. > :01:24.The Daily Mail has the same story and shows a Spanish ship leading a
:01:25. > :01:27.smaller boat away from Gibraltar. on dangerously high levels of air
:01:28. > :01:39.pollution near schools. John, perhaps he would start is with
:01:40. > :01:46.the awful story from Syria. The picture from the metro says it all
:01:47. > :01:53.with a small baby with a mask on its face. We have got used to these
:01:54. > :01:59.horrific images from Syria. But these pictures are amongst the worst
:02:00. > :02:04.we have ever seen. These are people, including at least 11 children who
:02:05. > :02:08.were murdered in their sleep. One expert I was hearing early in the
:02:09. > :02:14.day, a British Doctor Who has worked out there said 58 deaths so far, but
:02:15. > :02:17.in opinion he could be over a thousand given the ferocity of these
:02:18. > :02:23.chemical agents, in circumstances like this. Syria denies any
:02:24. > :02:29.involvement. Russia says it wasn't them, but we know this has happened
:02:30. > :02:35.before. Syria was told some time ago to clear its factory, as it were, of
:02:36. > :02:41.these agents, apparently it appears it didn't do so. All the papers are
:02:42. > :02:45.covering it, Kate, but the Telegraph saying deadly chemical strike in
:02:46. > :02:51.Syria puts pressure on US position and that is the complication about
:02:52. > :03:01.the story, people conned them quickly, but where do we go from
:03:02. > :03:08.here? It will be a test of Obama -- Donald Trump because Obama didn't
:03:09. > :03:12.act previously. We don't know what the red lines are. He has used
:03:13. > :03:17.strong language condemning the attack and no one should access this
:03:18. > :03:22.in a world. In terms of what he's going to do next, it is unknown. And
:03:23. > :03:31.his relationship with Putin, that will be a test of that. He has made
:03:32. > :03:36.such a big play about how he admires Putin in some sense and Putin can
:03:37. > :03:39.put that pressure on Assad. It will be interesting to see how he reacts,
:03:40. > :03:45.whether it is through military means or a test of his diplomacy skills. I
:03:46. > :03:52.don't know what we do about this. We have the opportunity a few years ago
:03:53. > :03:57.to do it militarily and we decided not to do so. Most people would have
:03:58. > :04:04.agreed with that because they didn't want to repeat a rack. But as that
:04:05. > :04:08.cannot possibly continue to governess country, given what has
:04:09. > :04:13.happened, but how do you get rid of him? I don't have the faintest idea.
:04:14. > :04:19.John, let's go on to Ken Livingstone. You have a long history
:04:20. > :04:23.with him, you are telling us? Yes, I have the dubious distinction of
:04:24. > :04:28.being the first person to put Ken Livingstone on television and I
:04:29. > :04:33.think it was in 1971 when he was a new Labour councillor before he came
:04:34. > :04:44.leader of the GLC. I have known him a long time. Rarely of the front
:04:45. > :04:51.pages. This business of him being in hot water. His remarks about Hitler
:04:52. > :04:59.and Xeon is. Everybody expected him to be expelled, and he expected to
:05:00. > :05:05.be expelled, but it is a suspension. It is a suspension from holding
:05:06. > :05:09.office or representing the party at any level. He is still a member and
:05:10. > :05:18.can attend branch meetings and vote in ballots. His parliamentary
:05:19. > :05:23.colleagues are complaining saying it is making a mockery of the zero
:05:24. > :05:29.tolerance approach by the Labour Party to anti-Semitism. Ken
:05:30. > :05:32.Livingstone said he is not guilty of anti-Semitism and they did not find
:05:33. > :05:36.me guilty. It is a sensitive business, but the Jewish community
:05:37. > :05:43.to grave offence? They really did. I would just say that the sanctions he
:05:44. > :05:46.has been given here make no difference to him, because I spoke
:05:47. > :05:53.to him recently and he almost indicated he has semi retired and
:05:54. > :06:04.doesn't want to hold office. I don't think he is pursuing to become an
:06:05. > :06:07.MP. The head of young Labour in London has said, Ken Livingstone
:06:08. > :06:13.doesn't represent her views. She is a Jewish lady. She was deeply hurt
:06:14. > :06:17.by it. If she is the future of the Labour Party, people her age and her
:06:18. > :06:20.generation say his views are not reflective of how they feel and you
:06:21. > :06:25.have the support people like that. They are the future of the party and
:06:26. > :06:29.they are putting their foot down and saying it is not OK. One of the
:06:30. > :06:37.interesting elements about this, is Jeremy Corbyn should make his
:06:38. > :06:42.position clear on this. Another example of the Labour Party emerging
:06:43. > :06:47.not too well from a highly controversial issue. Jeremy Corbyn
:06:48. > :06:52.in the headlines again himself when challenged by a reporter who said if
:06:53. > :06:55.you are that concerned about what the Conservative government is
:06:56. > :06:59.doing, why don't you consider resigning yourself and give the
:07:00. > :07:06.Labour Party a chance? It didn't go down well. Every day, the Labour
:07:07. > :07:13.Party is not getting good news for its image. There was confusion this
:07:14. > :07:16.evening whether this was a true suspension, a qualified suspension.
:07:17. > :07:21.It took a statement from him to sort it out. People are convinced this
:07:22. > :07:26.issue with Ken Livingstone will have an impact Alecto orally and the
:07:27. > :07:32.biggest indication will be the local elections coming up soon. Another
:07:33. > :07:38.story, which a lot of newspapers have it in, we are going back to the
:07:39. > :07:44.Daily Telegraph. This is the business of diesel cars. Kate, the
:07:45. > :07:51.headline says hand-outs for diesel cars hits by toxin tax, what is it
:07:52. > :07:56.about? A Labour initiative to encourage people to buy diesel cars
:07:57. > :08:05.because they were deemed to be saved for environment. Ten years on, it
:08:06. > :08:08.shows they are harmful vehicles and we have stacks of people in the
:08:09. > :08:12.country who own one. It is how we try and go forward with this. You
:08:13. > :08:18.work for the London Evening Standard and London has been picked out as
:08:19. > :08:25.being polluted? We have campaigned heavily on clean air. Theresa May
:08:26. > :08:29.has said, she has hinted at some sort of scrappage scheme might be on
:08:30. > :08:34.the cards. If you have bought a diesel car, you might get some
:08:35. > :08:39.compensation of financial help. My son has got a diesel van and he will
:08:40. > :08:42.be delighted, to get some compensation from the government.
:08:43. > :08:47.But how on earth will they work it out? How much compensation, for
:08:48. > :08:51.which vehicles and what will they do if drivers dispute it. One of the
:08:52. > :08:57.more interesting lines in the story, is in The Times version, or the
:08:58. > :09:01.Telegraph, someone suggested if we eliminated the bumps in roads we
:09:02. > :09:04.could do a lot to solve the problem of emissions. When diesel cars go
:09:05. > :09:12.over these bonds, and I bet you didn't know this, they emit more
:09:13. > :09:15.emissions. So if you get rid of the speed bumps, you can go some way to
:09:16. > :09:22.solve the problem. On the same day the London mayor says... He has this
:09:23. > :09:27.?24 charge, congestion charge and he is thought about extending it. Going
:09:28. > :09:33.back to this big economic argument about this, looking up the inside
:09:34. > :09:38.pages of The Times, they say it scrappage scheme would blow the
:09:39. > :09:43.Chancellor's budget. It must be so? Absolutely, you cannot imagine the
:09:44. > :09:48.cost. The last thing the government needs now while it is negotiating
:09:49. > :09:52.Brexit, and there is a huge percentage of diesel car owners, I
:09:53. > :09:59.have read somewhere 40% of car owners are diesel car owners.
:10:00. > :10:07.Lorries are diesel, buses, some are green, but not very many. My son's
:10:08. > :10:13.van. A major polluter because he drives over those bumps! It is a
:10:14. > :10:18.problem. I wonder if the Prime Minister has said this off-the-cuff
:10:19. > :10:28.and not done too much homework on it. I don't know. Very adventurous
:10:29. > :10:33.idea. Let's go on. The Financial Times, women still missing out on
:10:34. > :10:39.senior jobs in the finance industry. John, what have they discovered? A
:10:40. > :10:44.survey done by the Financial Times has revealed when it comes to the
:10:45. > :10:49.top jobs in the financial services industry, the big banks, insurers,
:10:50. > :10:55.asset managers, only one in four of those positions are held by women.
:10:56. > :11:00.Go down to the lower orders, 50% of their employees are female. 50% of
:11:01. > :11:04.their employees in total in female, but only one in four females get
:11:05. > :11:12.senior jobs. I am not amazed by this, there is a quote from one lady
:11:13. > :11:17.who was asked to describe her role that it was a huge advantage for
:11:18. > :11:22.clients from me being a woman, and a disadvantage internally. Suggesting
:11:23. > :11:27.male chauvinism reigns inside these organisations. Saying that, we
:11:28. > :11:31.should be careful because it would be interesting to see what the
:11:32. > :11:38.results of an investigation into our own industry, into the media would
:11:39. > :11:44.reveal in this regard. Your own newspaper, the editor has been
:11:45. > :11:49.replaced by a man. That is correct. Does this surprise you, I presume
:11:50. > :11:55.the figures don't? Later this week, the government is has got its gender
:11:56. > :12:00.pay regulations, it is requiring companies to explain what their
:12:01. > :12:03.gender difference is through the different layers of the firm and
:12:04. > :12:07.that is happening towards the end of the week. That will be a cultural
:12:08. > :12:12.shift and it will shine the spotlight on how many women are
:12:13. > :12:14.employed at different levels. These are slow, incremental changes and
:12:15. > :12:21.they will have a positive outcome in the end. But we are in the
:12:22. > :12:25.21st-century. It is outrageous. I am not happy about it, but you have to
:12:26. > :12:30.work with the baseline you have got. But there are some things being done
:12:31. > :12:45.to help the situation. Very quickly, the Daily Telegraph is starring the
:12:46. > :12:56.night, but peers call for an enquiry on BBC mumbling. I like it, I find
:12:57. > :13:02.it atmospheric. The bill, you had to listen hard to Tom Hardy speaking.
:13:03. > :13:09.-- the boot. And watching him at the same time. I was happy with
:13:10. > :13:13.mumbling. It drives me nuts. It is not just the mumbling by the actors,
:13:14. > :13:19.it is something to do with the flat screens as well. And also we are
:13:20. > :13:26.getting old and we have got to admit that. I was watching one of my
:13:27. > :13:33.favourite programmes, Line Of Duty and when there is music in the
:13:34. > :13:39.background in particular, I hardly picked up a word. It has nothing to
:13:40. > :13:46.do with the House of Lords. They have made their point. Julian
:13:47. > :13:51.Fellowes on Downton Abbey and also house of cards, Lord Dobbs. He is a
:13:52. > :13:59.BBC man. Too much mumbling all-round.
:14:00. > :14:03.Don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online
:14:04. > :14:07.It's all there for you, seven days a week at
:14:08. > :14:09.bbc.co.uk/papers - and if you miss the programme any
:14:10. > :14:11.evening you can watch it later on BBC iPlayer.
:14:12. > :14:36.Good evening. Things are looking good over the UK for the next few
:14:37. > :14:37.days. High pressure building in and that will drive the weather front