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BBCNEWS The Papers July 20, 2020

Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me is the Deputy Editor of the daily express, michael booker, and im alsojoined by the director of uk, in a changing europe, anand menon. Welcome back to you both. Lets look through some of the other papers that have come in the past 30 minutes or so. The daily mirror hails the possibility of a vaccine for christmas, after promising findings from a team of scientists at oxford university. The same story makes the front page of the metro. The newspaper says that the oxford vaccine could train the body to fight off the virus. The i also leads on the vaccine progress, but it adds that further large scale testing is still needed, before it can be rolled out. The guardian says that the Prime Minister has called the results from the oxford team very positive and a step in the right direction. The times welcomes the fact that there were no serious side effects in the vaccine trial, which involved over 1,000 volunteers. The telegraph goes with a different story. It says the long awaited report into alleged russian interference in uk democracy will lay bare the kremlins meddling in the Scottish Independence vote. That report is due to be published tomorrow morning. And front line workers battling coronavirus in the uk could be set to receive pay rises thats according to the express. We will come to that in a moment. But lets start off with the guardian. Hopes of coveted 19 vaccine raise as uk study hailed as break there. But several sites around the world. At the moment there are two vaccines that will reach phase three testing, theres a sign ofa reach phase three testing, theres a sign of a chinese vaccine and this one in the university of bok, or 0xford. Both in brazil and other places, they are trying to test this in places where they are still getting a lot of cases, which makes it easier to get requisite numbers of people. The first results are very encouraging, 90 of people who took this drug showed signs of antibodies. But it doesnt prove that this. Anyone getting coronavirus or falling ill with that as yet, and thats what we want to hear from phase three trials. Some of the tabloids are talking about a vaccine by christmas. But i think most scientists dont want to put too much hope into this. But they are describing is a milestone. They are, and the lead in oxford, sarah gilbert, was cool about this, but said this is what they expected it to do. Theres confidence there, but the problem is if there is problems with this in a couple months or so and the trials dont go so well, we dont want to get hopes too high as this could get dell macro deal a huge blow to morale, and if we have these headlines as you say reminiscing of the war, all over by christmas and things like that if that doesnt happen, then people will lose morale. But at the moment its good news, and we hope the good news continues. Weve also got some other good news thats come in the la st other good news thats come in the last day or so about more treatments, or one more treatment for this as well that can help stop the disease in its tracks. So when we started this, it was all about ventilators. All they had to fight it was paracetamol. Itjust goes ventilators. All they had to fight it was paracetamol. It just goes to show you that they have moved on very, very quickly, and it is thanks to the scientists and medics that we are in this position where we could finally beat it. The daily mail going for that headline, vaccine by christmas as michael was saying, if you look at some of the pull quotes at the bottom of that main story, picking up on those other trials as well, including that separate trial of an inhaled drug, dramatically cutting the odds of patients becoming severely ill. So it does seem to a lot of these trials are all moving in the right direction, arent they . Yes, lots of different things. This is a protein that they found that if you inhale it, it can stop you becoming very ill with covid 19, so it is a treatment. And at the same time i think there are 19 different vaccines now at different phases of the trial process, with these two that i mentioned earlier up to phase three. So theres an awful lot of work going into either treating this 01 work going into either treating this or trying to prevent people catching it. So there is grounds for cautious optimism, though if you look further up optimism, though if you look further up in the daily mail splash, under the headline, it says it is not yet known if a vaccine could stop people getting or spreading coronavirus. So that strikes me as a bit of a key thing we need to find out. But we do know is that there are no serious side effects, and it is safe . So thats what we hear so far, some people have had fever or headaches, andl people have had fever or headaches, and i think people will except that if that means that your immune from the thing. So lets hope that this continues, this detail in the papers talking about how it has been difficult for them to test this because of the low numbers in this country of infections, thats why theyve had to move it out to Different Countries. So theyre still good news here, theres still been relatively few deaths in the la st been relatively few deaths in the last few days in this country, which is obviously terrible news for those involved but good for the upward trend. So we are getting there, we just hope the good news continues. Good news for the share prices as well, hitting record highs at £1. 7 billion to the companys market value. Money elsewhere, according to your paper, michael, pay rise reward for our virus heroes. What are the figures . Well, teachers will get a 3. 1 pay rise. I said earlier that it will be bumper, but when you look at it, for many of them if youre on £30,000 a year, its an extra £1000. So its not a huge amount, but at the moment with the economy the way it is, its a good jump to be in at the moment, the Public Sectorjob, because theyre slightly more security. The police will be getting 2. 8 security. The police will be getting 2. 8 doctors will be getting 2. 8 . There will be rises for those the chancellor says have made a vital contribution during the pandemic. Clearly they also want all the schools working by september, so they may think this will give them a little push to some teachers who werent confident about going back. But if they will be rewarded for it, maybe that will change some peoples minds. But its relatively small amounts, but in this economy at the moment, it is something to be thankful for. You say this is relatively small, not compared with all the other money going out. How will that be paid back . Thats what we are waiting to hear from the chancellor. In some ways this is quite canny not just chancellor. In some ways this is quite canny notjust in rewarding people who helped get us through the pandemic, but also what we are expecting as we get the auto, a spike in unemployment, now the Public Sector has suffered from pay restraints basically since the start of the last decade. And if this can pull Public Sector salaries back up to near equivalent with private sector salaries, it might be that you find all the people who cant find jobs in the private sector moving to the Public Sector. So aside from being a thank you gift to key workers, this could be a sensible economic move from trying to deal what some could believe a significant economic crisis in the end. When you look at unemployment figures and you look at the migration figures which are all coming out around the same time as well at the end of the year when we actually get through to the moment brexit happens, where do care workers stand in all this . We will have to wait and see. It is a desperate situation that the economy faces at the moment. Peoples jobs in all sectors are currently under threat because of whats going on. As you say by the end of the year, we will have a clear picture on just what the damage has been done. We need to reward those people who have been worked and working hard during this. We hope to care workers will also get a decent raise as well, but many of these are in the private sectors here, so we will have to see what happens to them. But overall we just thank god weve got some good news that some people are being rewarded for whats been going on, and hopefully some better news on the horizon for the economy. Because theres a lot of bad news coming down the track as well. Lets go back to the guardian, the nurse who didnt back Dominic Cummings. Britains chief nurse, tell us what she is claiming . Ruth may, the chief nurse in england, claims that on the 1st ofjune, she went to a practice press c0 nfe re nce 1st ofjune, she went to a Practice Press Conference in downing street expecting to be there at the 5pm press c0 nfe re nce. Expecting to be there at the 5pm press conference. In the practice she failed to support Dominic Cummings, she was asked a question about what she thought of his trip to the northeast and didnt come out with any support for him. She was then told that she wasnt needed at 5pm and no explanation was given. A lot of people are jumping to the conclusion that the government didnt want experts who wouldnt back Dominic Cummings at the press conference. And number ten says that is definitely not the case . They say it is not the case. Further down in the guardians report, it says that there were some briefings that she may have been stuffed in traffic, so im not quite sure who was given that briefing and whether they knew exactly what was going on, whether they were spreading a little bit of disinformation. Youre the Deputy Editor, you must know, who gave that briefing . I dont know who gave that briefing . I dont know who gave that briefing because it wasnt given to us. Briefing because it wasnt given to us. That seems to be a report elsewhere, but there does seem to be a little bit of a whiff of something going on here. She says youd have to ask other people what exactly we nt we nt to ask other people what exactly went went on. News net to micromanagement, surely not . Surely not from this government, what do you mean . They have to be careful what the messages given. And in the end, we had jonathan van town who came out on the weekend shortly after that and did say what he thought about Dominic Cummings. So they didnt entirely manage everyone into silence, but it does seem as though she may have said something they didnt particularly like. Will we ever find out . Im they didnt particularly like. Will we everfind out . Im not they didnt particularly like. Will we ever find out . Im not so sure. Lets go to the telegraph, a couple stories here. Mns job lets go to the telegraph, a couple stories here. Mnsjob cuts, as we we re stories here. Mnsjob cuts, as we were saying, a lot of bad news coming down the track as we approach the autumn, lets hope we dont have that second wave or big spike in coronavirus cases as well. 950 jobs to go at Marks Spencer, another high street below . This is a story very much into parts. Yes, there are 950 jobs going at Marks Spencer because of fears that customers wont come back to the high street. But because customers are shopping on the high street, hermes, the Delivery Firm is hiring thousands of new staff over the next few months because it is effecting a further boom in its business if people dont go back to the high streets. Sorry, i havent read it here, but i think i heard it that 15,000 jobs for hermes kudela yes, thousands of jobs. One of the things we dont know for sure is whetherjobs lost in one part of the economy, like on the high street, will be made up for byjobs the high street, will be made up for by jobs that the high street, will be made up for byjobs that are gained in other parts of the economy that are doing well out of this. Most economists reckon that wont be the case, but there are certainly some grounds for a little bit of optimism in the sense that big firms doing well out of Online Shopping are starting to hire more people, and that might at least cut into the number of people going back to work after this. The question is, what sort of quality jobs . If online people are employing more, will those really be warehouse jobs and deliveryjobs, which can often fall under the gay economy . They can be low paid, zero hours contract they can be low paid, zero hours contract gig economy. I think thats a very worrying thing, and again one of the reasons why Boris Johnson was wanting people to get back to work, because a lot of these places are in towns and cities where the Office Workers were, now people are back in their homes and people arent going to the shops any more. And it is very dangerous for britains high streets of the moment. Again, we mourn the loss of 950 jobs at Marks Spencer, another big name. We just worry what will replace them if anything else. Its a worrying time for the economy. Are we clear what the advice is now about working either from we clear what the advice is now about working eitherfrom home or from the office . As far as i know, thanks for putting me on the spot. Sorry, im putting myself on the spot as well, because i dont know. From the 1st of august, it is up to employers to discuss with their staff and the possibility of them coming back to work. So the guidance changes slightly from the start of next month. Anything to add to that . Will people are worried, thats the thing. Aside from Everything Else and its all well and good the Prime Minister wanting us to go back into the offices and get back out there shopping, one of lifes. I think it is for many people, it is a leisure event, going shopping in this country. But looking around the high town, i live in an field in north london, and its very quiet. People are very worried about catching this fire is out there. Theres a lot of worried people out there. The people who traditionally go into shops and buy things, many of now which are in the vulnerable age groups as well, they arent the ones who do the Online Shopping. But they arent the ones going out there shopping at the moment because theyre still very scared of. We do live on different planets when it comes to shopping. Confidence needs to come back and it will take a while. Lets look at the other story. It could be quite a big story tomorrow, russia tried to meddle in the scottish vote. This long awaited Intelligence Report finally being published tomorrow after a lot of foot dragging by number ten, the telegraph choosing to talk about the attempt to meddle in the scottish vote, but not the british vote. One question that comes to mind from reading this, because as you say its pretty good news for the government that russia interference was limited with regards to the Scottish Independence vote one must wonder why number ten sat on this report for so long if this is all it said. So we will wait tomorrow and see if theres more to it than this. Far as it goes, yes, linking russian interference supporting Scottish Independence is pretty nice story for number ten. Interestingly, aaron banks, the leader of the biggest pro Brexit Campaign has been told that he wont be the subject of criticism either. Do you get the impression the telegraph is putting all the good news out first . It does seem that way. There may be something lurking in there that the government wont like. It is good news for leave dot eu, whose founder, aaron banks, was accused of murkiness with the russians. He was cleared by the National Crime agency, hes been told in this report now, having written a letter to the Committee Chairman that he went to see if he was being named in it. Hes been told that hes not facing criticism of any sort whatsoever. So good news for the Brexit Campaign, of any sort whatsoever. So good news forthe Brexit Campaign, not of any sort whatsoever. So good news for the Brexit Campaign, not so good for the Brexit Campaign, not so good for those who thought the british people couldnt vote without the assistance of moscow. Lets see how that one plays out tomorrow. Finally, the New York Times features a story on the front page as often every day, a picture of the Canary Islands with pretty empty beaches there. The coasts are clear and empty. The consequences of this pandemic are pretty dire, arent they, for these island communities which rely so heavily on tourism . The island communities, the places where people traditionally go on holiday like grease that are very reliant on tourism remember, some of these Southern European economies are ones who think they will be worst hit by the pandemic in the worst hit by the pandemic in the worst cases and looking for bailout money from the eu. This makes a bad situation even worse for many of them, including italy where, despite them, including italy where, despite the government trying to give people money that they can spend in order to go away to italy, theres been no significant increase in tourism. Despite all the countries in Southern Europe emerging from lockdown, there are these Little Pockets of other cases which i suppose casts doubt potentially in the future about these air corridors that exist around much of europe at the moment . It certainly does, these cases put people off. Because again, weve seen a lot of the reporting of this, we are still scared to get the virus, and it seems people are scared its quite a bit of a pfaff to go on holiday at the moment, so you dont want to go through that. You speak to a guy who normally at this time of year would be stuffing his face at an all inclusive buffet in Southern Europe, risking food po

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