06/08/2017 The Papers

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Hello and welcome to our look at this morning's papers.

With me are Caroline Crampton from the New Statesman

and the political commentator James Millar.

First, let's take a quick look at what's on the front pages.

The Sunday Telegraph has a photograph of Usain Bolt

and Justin Gatlin after their controversial 100 metres final,

The paper reports the the UK is prepared to pay up to ?36 billion

It says it's the first time a precise figure has been proposed.

The Independent on Sunday also focuses on Brexit

and a warning from scientists about the government's intention

The Observer concentrates on advice from the Children's Commissioner,

who's concerned that many kids are bingeing on social

The Mail on Sunday says it has found that around 40% of police stations

have been closed down in seven years.

The Sunday Times reports that British students

are being discriminated against by universities, in favour

The Sunday Mirror has a story we've been reporting on today,

the ordeal of a British model who was kidnapped in Milan.

And the Sunday Express chooses to feature Prince Harry

and his girlfriend, the actress Meghan Markle, as they arrive

Let's start with the Telegraph. The big picture of Usain Bolt. He lost

and only got a bronze. What does that say about the world of

athletics? It is a great picture because the winner has his back to

the camera which tells the story. No one cares about the winner because

he is a drugs cheat and he got booed when he won and all the rest of it.

But Bolt took the adulation of the crowd because he has been a great

athlete and I have to say, I'm quite pleased he lost. That might be

controversial. It proves he is human. If he finished and had never

been beaten, there will be questions as to how he has been so invincible.

I think it has humanised him a bit more. Controversy about the crowd

booing and jeering Gatlin. Some say people should just have been silent.

Fans will do what they want to do. Booing is an acceptable reaction,

just like cheering is when someone wins. It was interesting, the

interviews we saw with athletes afterwards how Usain Bolt, rather

than looking back at his or saying that he had been beaten by someone

who had been banned for being a drugs cheat, he just talked about

his performance. A lot of people also say that if you are dropped for

drugs cheating once and even twice, you should be banned for life.

Gatlin's win adds to that argument. You same bolt is retiring because he

is 30 and knocking on, but Justin Gatlin is 35. It does seem unusual,

to say the least. Let us move on to the main story in the Sunday

Telegraph, the EU Brexit divorce bill. There has been talk about how

much the divorce feel might be. 100 billion is the top and figure, but

now for the first time, according to the Sunday Telegraph, we have got a

figure. It is 40 billion euros, or ?36 billion. Does that sound about

right? Who can say? So many figures are floating around, but what is

clear is that we will pay so Boris Johnson's statement that the EU can

go whistle, we need not pay any attention to it. We will have to

make contributions to the EU after we have left in order to maintain

certain benefits and smooth the way to a transitional arrangement. What

is interesting is the sourcing for this story. This isn't one random

person saying this, there are three separate sources in Whitehall and

government. This is probably a fairly excepted fact in the Civil

Service in Whitehall and it's now a question of managing the media and

people's expectations. That is tricky because a lot of people who

voted for Brexit will say that we should not have to pay a penny. This

takes us back to the misinformation of the EU referendum campaign.

People who voted for Brexit and who believe in that side of the argument

were told that. It was wrong that they were told that, so it's

understandable they make that assumption. James, this is something

that has to be sorted out from the EU's point of view. If we are going

to have a new trade agreement, this has to be sorted out. This figure of

36 billion, I have a problem with that. I have have just been on

holiday and I think that 40 billion euros equals 40 billion quid! It

seems we will be paying for access to EU benefits, which will cost

about ?10 billion a year. The actual pay-out that we have to fork out for

our liability in terms of projects that are ongoing in Eastern Europe,

pensions, buildings, all this sort of literary bricks and mortar in

some cases, that they are saying will be 10 billion. I'm not sure the

EU will settle for just 10 billion. We know what the EU figure is, it is

60 billion. But this figure, is it the British offer, if you like and

it's not necessarily what the EU are going to settle for? It's a haggling

process. It is, and this is a low first appeared. I'm sure somewhere

deep in Whitehall is the upper bound of what they will go to. That will

be interesting. James, let's talk about children bingeing on social

media. The children za is warning of kids being on the tablets and

smartphones all the time. It's like junk food. It is a good Sunday story

because all parents are concerned that the children are on screen is

too much. But parents have been worried about that since the dawn of

television to some extent. It is interesting because kids don't watch

television any more. They do watch YouTube as social media. That's just

the way it is, things have changed. There is a lot of talk about

comparing it to junk food. I am sure parents will be screaming at the

television right now. Stop them bingeing on social media, but how do

you do it? The children Tsar doesn't seem to have any ideas of how to do

this. Adults of a problem with this as well. Speaking for myself, none

of us seem to be able to do much about it. The stories light on

evidence that it is bad for kids. I know there is a feeling that should

be out climbing trees rather than watching YouTube, but there is a lot

of good stuff on the Internet. There was a balance to be struck. I

suppose one of the things is that they don't read books as much as

they used to? The summer Reading challenge comes around every year

and they are encouraged to go to the library. It doesn't have to be an

either or. Speaking of education, the Sunday Times said that

universities are taking foreign students ahead of British students.

Is that true? That's what the story is suggesting. It's a good story for

the moment because we have a level results coming up next week and the

obligatory picture of some happy students hugging each other. Female

students. Of course. This is less a story about students are more about

universities in the way they are funded because what lies behind this

is not that universities wish to betray sixth formers, but just that

non-EU international students bring in higher fees. Universities have

had the government grants cut progressively and have to make up

the shortfall somehow. With Brexit coming along, EU students, there is

a lot of uncertainty about how many will be admitted, so this kind of

makes sense. The suggestion is they can get into British universities

with lower academic requirements. Nothing like with the A-levels,

where you need two az and a B. Yes, they have these access courses that

are being run by two or three big companies that they say will

guarantee you a place at university, but you do have to passed the course

to get in. It does play into that fear, especially if you have kids

who have taken A-levels. Will they be beaten to the line? They are

using figures in an interesting way. For an example, Manchester

University, British graduates have declined by 10%. In terms of bold

numbers, those figures will be different because there will be 10%

of a huge bigger number of British undergraduates and 50% of a smaller

number. The journalist dudes pose as an international student and he was

told that he would be guaranteed a place. I think we are getting ahead

of ourselves. I think that was just one incident. All right, let us have

a look at the mail on Sunday. Criminal - 40% of police stations

shut down. We think about fuh bobbies on the beat, on the street

maybe, but this is about police stations. -- fuh bobbies. The

figures on this one are quite controversial. There has been a lot

of discussion after the recent terrorist attacks. I think the Daily

Mail has gone with this because he was the Home Secretary in 2010? I

think it is a coded attack against the Prime Minister. Good analysis.

And, of course, Amber Rudd is the current Home Secretary and is being

talked up as the next leader of the Conservative Party. Is it a bit like

high street banks? Some people might argue that you don't need as many

police stations physically as had we had in the past? What was the last

time any of us and she went to a police station? I used to go as a

cop reporter, but I haven't been for a very long time, but there is

something about closing police stations. It makes you think that

it's a bit dodgy. There seems to be only one police station in

Northumbria that you can walk into. What people would want to know is

because this is a worry headline, is that OK, police stations are being

cut, but our police response times good? If I call 999 the nonemergency

number, will someone still come and help quickly as possible? If the

response times are good, maybe people won't mind that there aren't

as many police stations. The last story, Prince Harry sweeping Megan

off to Botswana. A lot of papers are wondering whether he will propose.

Probably not! As I have learned from the mail on Sunday, they have

previous coverage of when Prince Harry took his former girlfriend

Chelsea to Africa with the same headline. Does the new statesman

have a view on this? People going on holiday, but them. Are you

fascinated by Megan and Harry? I can't say I am, to be honest? There

has been so much bad news and whatever you think of royal

weddings, they are big news to most people in the country, but actually

a royal wedding to look forward to is perhaps what the country needs to

look forward to to bring it together after all the Brexit staff. So you

are calling for a royal wedding? That or an England World Cup win. I

think the royal wedding is more likely!

Just a reminder we take a look at tomorrows front pages every

Coming up on BBC One after this programme is Sunday Morning Live.

With the details, we say good morning to Sean Fletcher.