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0:00:09 > 0:00:11Hello.

0:00:11 > 0:00:15This is BBC News.

0:00:15 > 0:00:16I don't know what they are laughing at!

0:00:17 > 0:00:19We'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment.

0:00:19 > 0:00:20First the headlines.

0:00:20 > 0:00:23The government is warning Oxfam and other UK charities that funding

0:00:23 > 0:00:26will be withdrawn if they fail to cooperate with the authorities

0:00:26 > 0:00:30in cases of sexual exploitation by staff.

0:00:30 > 0:00:33A Russian passenger aircraft has crashed shortly after taking off

0:00:33 > 0:00:41from Domodedovo Airport in Moscow, killing all 71 people on board.

0:00:41 > 0:00:44Theresa May and some of her senior ministers are to give speeches over

0:00:44 > 0:00:47the coming weeks setting out the future relationship the UK wants

0:00:47 > 0:00:48with the EU after Brexit.

0:00:48 > 0:00:51The leader of South Africa's ruling ANC party, Cyril Ramaphosa,

0:00:51 > 0:00:53says the future of the country's president, Jacob Zuma,

0:00:53 > 0:00:59will be finalised tomorrow.

0:00:59 > 0:01:02The Foreign Office says it is providing support

0:01:02 > 0:01:02The Foreign Office says it is providing support to the families of

0:01:02 > 0:01:08six British visitors involved in a helicopter action and in the Grand

0:01:08 > 0:01:11Canyon which killed three people.

0:01:22 > 0:01:26Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

0:01:26 > 0:01:27bringing us tomorrow.

0:01:27 > 0:01:29With me are parliamentary journalist Tony Grew and the entertainment

0:01:29 > 0:01:34journalist Caroline Frost.

0:01:34 > 0:01:35So pleased to have you here.

0:01:35 > 0:01:41Many of tomorrow's front pages are already in.

0:01:41 > 0:01:46The Metro leads with former Development Secretary Priti Patel's

0:01:46 > 0:01:49response to the Oxfam scandal, and her claims that exploitation

0:01:49 > 0:01:51in the aid sector is rife.

0:01:51 > 0:01:56The Express warns that icy weather is on its way,

0:01:56 > 0:01:59with forecasters saying blizzards could lead to power cuts and even

0:01:59 > 0:02:02affect mobile phone signal.

0:02:02 > 0:02:04I would be quite glad if that happened!

0:02:04 > 0:02:06The Guardian reports that £34 million

0:02:06 > 0:02:09of government funds could be at risk for Oxfam following the

0:02:09 > 0:02:12allegations of sexual misconduct.

0:02:12 > 0:02:15The Telegraph also leads on the former

0:02:15 > 0:02:16Development Secretary's comments that warnings about sexual

0:02:16 > 0:02:23exploitation in the aid sector had previously been dismissed.

0:02:23 > 0:02:27The Times has a story about time pressures at the Home Office over

0:02:27 > 0:02:32the need to create separate systems to register existing EU citizens and

0:02:32 > 0:02:33those who will arrive after March next year.

0:02:33 > 0:02:35Lots of interesting front pages for our paper

0:02:35 > 0:02:36reviewers to discuss.

0:02:36 > 0:02:40Thank you very much for joining us this Sunday evening.

0:02:40 > 0:02:49Starting with the Metro and the Oxfam scandal, Tip of the iceberg.

0:02:49 > 0:02:52This is the former development secretary speaking, we heard from

0:02:52 > 0:02:56penny Mordaunt early in the day but this is Priti Patel.This story is

0:02:56 > 0:03:01going to grow and grow. We have been talking about Haiti and it has now

0:03:01 > 0:03:08moved to Chad. Clearly, if the allegations turn out to be true,

0:03:08 > 0:03:13this is exploitation on a grand scale. We know that Haiti is one of

0:03:13 > 0:03:17the most disaster struck, poverty riddled countries in the world and

0:03:17 > 0:03:23the idea that Oxfam workers, charged with going in there and doing good,

0:03:23 > 0:03:28are somehow abusing their positions to enjoy them selves in some of the

0:03:28 > 0:03:34Hellenistic fashion, it is a double bad, a good person using a position

0:03:34 > 0:03:40of authority to commit something he missed -- head on a stick fashion.

0:03:40 > 0:03:48These people are there to help and they are taking advantage. --

0:03:48 > 0:03:50hedonistic fashion.

0:03:52 > 0:03:57These are entitled men who feel they have an entitlement to put their

0:03:57 > 0:04:04hands on women, vulnerable women, children in poor countries, and it

0:04:04 > 0:04:08is also about the culture of these charities, multi-million pound

0:04:08 > 0:04:12charities. There has been disquiet about the way the charity industry

0:04:12 > 0:04:17conducts itself, particularly in Haiti where half £1 billion was

0:04:17 > 0:04:21donated and very little was done with it apart from staying in

0:04:21 > 0:04:25expensive hotels and driving round in four by four vehicles. Oxfam let

0:04:25 > 0:04:31three men resign from their positions during an enquiry into

0:04:31 > 0:04:36sexual exploitation and the only reason they did that was to protect

0:04:36 > 0:04:40their own reputation and that is another part of the story. I think

0:04:40 > 0:04:43this will grow, Oxfam is not the only major charity taking tens of

0:04:43 > 0:04:48millions of pounds from the UK, both from taxpayers and the British

0:04:48 > 0:04:54people. It is the culture of entitlement and also sequencing and

0:04:54 > 0:05:00back covering within the charity sector.The Daily Telegraph also has

0:05:00 > 0:05:04this as its lead, ministers to investigate aid abuse cover-up,

0:05:04 > 0:05:09pursuing those claims. It does not matter where the funding come from,

0:05:09 > 0:05:14it is what is being done in the name of charity.A couple of interesting

0:05:14 > 0:05:18things is, last liked the line from the government significantly

0:05:18 > 0:05:22hardened, they said on Saturday they would have a chat but by last night,

0:05:22 > 0:05:28Penny Mordaunt was saying you are going to cut off funding unless they

0:05:28 > 0:05:31come in and tell us everything that has been going on and assure us they

0:05:31 > 0:05:38have safeguards in place. And to point out, the Dev Patel -- Priti

0:05:38 > 0:05:42Patel as written in the Telegraph saying that when she raised the

0:05:42 > 0:05:46issue in the department it was only a problem with UN peacekeepers which

0:05:46 > 0:05:52is subsequently shown to be incorrect. She was rebuffed having

0:05:52 > 0:05:57raised this and it shows us about what you might call the

0:05:57 > 0:06:00international development culture. They can't be aid workers, but is

0:06:00 > 0:06:06not possible thing they do. The attitudes that pervade the charities

0:06:06 > 0:06:11also seem to pervade the government department responsible for

0:06:11 > 0:06:14administering the way in which UK aid is distributed and I find it

0:06:14 > 0:06:20concerning.It is an uncomfortable thing to have to accept.What I find

0:06:20 > 0:06:26particularly sad about this, I studied for my ethics degree under

0:06:26 > 0:06:31investor Peter Singer who is a right activist and has dedicated almost

0:06:31 > 0:06:36five decades to read disputing wealth amongst the poorest people

0:06:36 > 0:06:39from the richest -- redistributing. He said that if you're not sure what

0:06:39 > 0:06:44to do with your hard earned cash, one place to put it where it is safe

0:06:44 > 0:06:47is Oxfam, he has been saying that for years. The idea that somebody

0:06:47 > 0:06:56who I studied with all of that work and belief, that we can feel safe,

0:06:56 > 0:07:00we put our hands and our pockets, it is the Blue Peter appeal, part of

0:07:00 > 0:07:03our goodwill conscience for years and the idea that so much of that

0:07:03 > 0:07:08good work will be undone by this is a real shame.Moving on and we will

0:07:08 > 0:07:13stay with the Daily Telegraph who is doing well out of us tonight. Three

0:07:13 > 0:07:21out of five stories. Take your sick children to the pharmacy, not the

0:07:21 > 0:07:27GP. This is the NHS saying it.That is because 5 million parents of

0:07:27 > 0:07:34children under the age of five, 18 million GP appointments and 2.1

0:07:34 > 0:07:37million A&E visit taken up by patients by condition that could be

0:07:37 > 0:07:42treated at home. They are clogged up with children who don't have much

0:07:42 > 0:07:47wrong with them and a pharmacist can sort it out but the problem is,

0:07:47 > 0:07:57parents are not doctors. They cannot diagnose. Whilst promises are

0:07:57 > 0:08:00extremely highly qualified, and no doubt if they saw something that

0:08:00 > 0:08:03required medical attention, they would advise them to see a GP, I'm

0:08:03 > 0:08:09still slightly concerned at this advice. Parents are being asked to

0:08:09 > 0:08:14make a judgment about the child's illness.The chief executive of the

0:08:14 > 0:08:18UK sepsis trust is saying that parents should trust them, this is a

0:08:18 > 0:08:22high-risk strategy. Normally with small kids, they bring you in early

0:08:22 > 0:08:28because small children can become very poorly very quickly.And spread

0:08:28 > 0:08:33many illnesses quickly amongst schools and nursery groups. I can

0:08:33 > 0:08:38remember writing an article for the practical examiner when I was

0:08:38 > 0:08:44studying about the undervalued and underused resource that is pharmacy

0:08:44 > 0:08:49in the country because they train for up to seven years, they note all

0:08:49 > 0:08:57of those things -- they know. I think they are underused. I am

0:08:57 > 0:08:59stunned that nearly two decades later they are having the same

0:08:59 > 0:09:07discussion. Clearly the message has not got through. It must be about

0:09:07 > 0:09:12balancing, the instinct of every mother is to fear the worst. Perhaps

0:09:12 > 0:09:15it has gone the other way and they are trying to balance it out but

0:09:15 > 0:09:21there will be some horror stories.I agree I have attended the event with

0:09:21 > 0:09:24community pharmacists and they are and underused resource but perhaps

0:09:24 > 0:09:31targeting children is not the way to go.Looking at the Guardian, we

0:09:31 > 0:09:38can't have a paper review without Brexit, what is going on? There it

0:09:38 > 0:09:48is. Penny Mordaunt pledge of a further £100,000 to fight Brexit.

0:09:51 > 0:10:00-- Soros to pledge a further £100,000.We have heard other donors

0:10:00 > 0:10:03putting their money into other pots and he has joined the fight. It'll

0:10:03 > 0:10:08take some hard cash to bring groups together. We have seen how pressure

0:10:08 > 0:10:14groups can work when well funded and organised over the likes of

0:10:14 > 0:10:18Momentum, and we will see if this amount of cash input makes any

0:10:18 > 0:10:26difference. So far, what do we know? It is a bit of an editorial free for

0:10:26 > 0:10:30all so we will see if hard cash makes any difference and make the

0:10:30 > 0:10:34message any clearer.What is he trying to do?Stimulate the debate

0:10:34 > 0:10:39about what the Brexit the UK might have. It sounds like a lot of money

0:10:39 > 0:10:43to us but I would point out that five men effectively between them

0:10:43 > 0:10:53bankrolled the Leave campaign, putting in almost 50 million in, --

0:10:53 > 0:10:5815 million. It is worth pointing out that this organisation, test for

0:10:58 > 0:11:00Britain, has raised £50,000 combination to Saint Wednesday so

0:11:00 > 0:11:09there is some support for it -- Best for Britain. It is not some evil

0:11:09 > 0:11:13billionaire try to influence public opinion.You think his money has

0:11:13 > 0:11:16spearheaded the donations?His support for the organisation might

0:11:16 > 0:11:21well have done that comes back to the point that we don't have a clue

0:11:21 > 0:11:25our Brexit look like and the government doesn't.We are finding

0:11:25 > 0:11:29out with the speeches.Which will no doubt contradict each other because

0:11:29 > 0:11:32there has been no decision in Cabinet. Theresa May had done an

0:11:32 > 0:11:36amazing job of taking it down the road from other 18 months, the EU

0:11:36 > 0:11:40has no idea what we want, it is difficult for them to come to a

0:11:40 > 0:11:42negotiating position so that everything is to play for in this

0:11:42 > 0:11:47sense. If Theresa May had won her huge Parliamentary majority for her

0:11:47 > 0:11:53hard Brexit, we would have a different situation but the reality

0:11:53 > 0:11:55is there is no parliamentary majority for a hard Brexit. She will

0:11:55 > 0:12:01either as to defy her own party and the like on the votes of Labour MPs

0:12:01 > 0:12:04to get a more soft version of Brexit, possibly involving sums of

0:12:04 > 0:12:06the customs union which would solve multiple problems but the

0:12:06 > 0:12:11manufacturing and the Irish border. The Irish border as well, that is

0:12:11 > 0:12:15used to get put to one side so frequently.People then remember

0:12:15 > 0:12:20that it is a big deal. And we haven't heard about it for awhile

0:12:20 > 0:12:24because the DUP are keeping their powder dry until the next time they

0:12:24 > 0:12:28are asked to agree with the Cabinet or government about something. As

0:12:28 > 0:12:35Tony said, this is not a huge the money but it an interesting figure,

0:12:35 > 0:12:39we need these faces to come up, it is what we have been lacking, they

0:12:39 > 0:12:47have Boris, Mr Gove, Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader in waiting if you

0:12:47 > 0:12:51read certain editorials. I feel it is up to the Remainers to find

0:12:51 > 0:12:55somebody suitably high profile and dynamic and it could be an

0:12:55 > 0:12:5987-year-old millionaire.There was Gina Miller with her legal

0:12:59 > 0:13:07challenge. Why are you smiling?I find the idea is Jacob Rees-Mogg

0:13:07 > 0:13:11being promised both hilarious and terrifying! A year ago I would have

0:13:11 > 0:13:15said no but these days who knows? I don't think he would command the

0:13:15 > 0:13:21support of the majority of the Parliament who party. He might have

0:13:21 > 0:13:24supporters but there are more than 300 Tory MPs and if there was a

0:13:24 > 0:13:27leadership challenge at the minute, Tory MPs would end up Bachinger

0:13:27 > 0:13:33Theresa May. But again, let's see where we are.You are a brave man to

0:13:33 > 0:13:38make such statement -- backing Theresa May. And finally back to the

0:13:38 > 0:13:44Daily Telegraph. We need somebody with a technical mind to step in and

0:13:44 > 0:13:50help us with this story. Hackers hijack thousands of government

0:13:50 > 0:13:57websites to mine BitCoin.You're looking at me!It is to do with the

0:13:57 > 0:14:03internet! That's all I've got.What I know is that it takes a lot of

0:14:03 > 0:14:10processing power to mine crypto currencies. And it seems that

0:14:10 > 0:14:14different government websites are being harnessed to bring that

0:14:14 > 0:14:22processing power. You can use the metaphor.It is the equivalent, we

0:14:22 > 0:14:27know that sometimes your broadband gets nicked by your neighbour. These

0:14:27 > 0:14:31are very thorough neighbours with a million password at their disposal,

0:14:31 > 0:14:37this is them effectively borrowing the broadband from an attire

0:14:37 > 0:14:46neighbourhood, city, town, whatever, to create the processing power

0:14:46 > 0:14:53needed.More insidiously, there may be some kind of virus infection.

0:14:53 > 0:14:58There are questions for government to answer, not least that the

0:14:58 > 0:15:02information Commissioner's office is one of the websites...They must

0:15:02 > 0:15:07survive a laugh when they that.It is also pointing out that there are

0:15:07 > 0:15:11easy steps that the government can take to stop it happening.We will

0:15:11 > 0:15:17do that later, I am so relieved that story is over!

0:15:17 > 0:15:19That's it for The Papers this hour.

0:15:19 > 0:15:20Don't forget you can see the front pages

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0:15:30 > 0:15:34But Tony and Caroline will be back at 11:30pm with a view more stories,

0:15:34 > 0:15:36maybe not from Telegraph!

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