papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the telegraph's brexit commissioning editor asa bennett and the poltical commentator daisy mcandrew. good evening to both of you. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's ta ke let's take a look. good news for house—buyers. the metro leads with the news that the number of people getting on the property ladder is at an 11—year—high. housing also makes front page of the express, which reports that average house prices have climbed by £1,000 a month in the last year. the financial times features south africa's ruling anc party asking presidentjacob

zuma to stand down. the i's front page focuses on borisjohnson. it looks set to a key speech the foreign secretary will make tomorrow. the daily telegraph front page also reports actress minnie driver has resigned as an 0xfam ambassador following allegations over aid workers‘ conduct. and the daily mirror carries allegations that drunk students groped women at an oxford university club. let's look at the telegraph first. what you think you will hear? let's look at the telegraph first. what you think you will hear7m depends which newspapers forward coverage of this speech to believe, whether this is borisjohnson, as the telegraph is saying, laying down

the telegraph is saying, laying down the law, saying that eu laws are intolerable, that for us to continue do have them, and sort of wagging his finger at theresa may and other papers say this is a very consensual speech that boris johnson will make. making it tomorrow we will find out. we understand there are two versions he has presented to downing street and he will get one of them out at the time depending on how the mood takes him but there will be nervous at downing street because we all know what boris johnson's other agenda will be, promoting boris johnson! two versions of the speech, that really is... keeping us guessing. quite a head game. he is a showman after all so maybe he is starting the brexit extravaganza of speeches from all the ministers who are relevant on this and for the foreign secretary, because yes, some papers like the sun have spun it as a rebuke or a warning shot to the pm to say it is intolerable and under democratic that we are still tied into the eu after brexit but i

interpret it that he's not wagging his finger at the prime minister but people like limits —— people who supported remain around the cabinet table like phillip hammond, because the way day at chequers the ministers are meant to be having in the next week, where finally, after hours of debate, they will decide what they want from their future relationship with eu so he's trying to put his argument with some brio. and heading off anyone thinking about a second referendum? yes, saying that would be entirely undemocratic, taking potshots at people who have said that under prime minister herself as an important meeting on friday with angela merkel. —— and the prime minister. you can imagine how she is feeling, boris on his feet tomorrow, what will he say? will he make life harder for her what will he say? will he make life harderfor herand her what will he say? will he make life harder for her and her important meeting on friday or make it easier? it will keep us amused but you wonder every single day, some speech, something on the grid of downing street, pushing brexit, you think that people would like a bit ofa think that people would like a bit of a break from it! let us take a

brexit break for a moment but another story that is sitting on the grid in south africa is what on earth is happening with president jacob zuma? day after day, we hear the anc kind of saying, "it is time to go". the financial times focusing on this. they have really gone big on this. they have really gone big on this. they have really gone big on this and you can understand why because the anc had turned on president zuma, calling on him to resign but it is not as simple as that because yes, there are causes for this and it has been nine years of stag na nt for this and it has been nine years of stagnant popularity, stagnant economy and the poll ratings have gone down. but at the same time, with corruption scandals also polluting the reputation, they don't have legally binding powers on him so have legally binding powers on him so he may well stay put and this whole thing may drag on even longer. do you see anything in the story thatis do you see anything in the story that is new or is it the same one we we re that is new or is it the same one we were talking about last night? what is new is that they are saying

there's a deadline for him to go but they are not saying what it is. we know, having seen certainlyjacob zuma refusing to go anywhere that i would put my money on him pushing the deadline as far as it goes. 0f course the insinuation or the assumption is that so much of that is to do with the alleged corruption against him, that he wants to get his ducks in a row and probably, mixing my knowledge is but feathering his own net and his ducks ina row feathering his own net and his ducks in a row before he is prepared to walk away. that is the suspicion. he's obviously a canny and cunning politician, jacob zuma would not be without a plan to protect himself. at the least, you knows his back is against the wall but they don't necessarily have power except for political pressure to apply on him so political pressure to apply on him so he has survived for years through these kind of things so this is why he knows he can survive yet again. daisy, staying with the financial times, interesting football pricing story. very interesting because what

we are used do is watching the premier league sell its tv rights for more and more eye watering sums of money every year. last year we saw the new player, beattie sport, entering the market, bidding and the competition between sky and beattie sport entered the market and pushed it up astonishingly. —— bt sport. decemberjust it up astonishingly. —— bt sport. december just gone, sky it up astonishingly. —— bt sport. decemberjust gone, sky and bt sport formed a truce and we are wondering what it would do to prices and it has had the reaction we thought it would which is that prices have come down for the first time. they are still i watering, the amounts the premier league clubs will get from selling their tv rights but it is the first time they have ever gone down. interestingly not all of the auctions have happened yet and sky can only bid on one more but it will be interesting to see what impact it might have on the future of the premier league. the other thing is, they are still amazing money and i think the rest of the british economy could learn lessons from how

these clubs revive their own fortunes and actually create a lot of money within the economy and i think the wider lessons should be learned. anything to add? it's a sign of how competitive sport is, given there are other outlets that you can watch it online and media outlets like that so this is the squeeze on the price they can demand but it is still big—ticket stuff. looking at the metro, the first of oui’ looking at the metro, the first of our property stories for the night. this is an interesting one about first—time buyers, you first, any surprises in this story?” first—time buyers, you first, any surprises in this story? i think it is what has led to this, it is not suddenly it has become more affordable, it is not landlords dumping properties.” affordable, it is not landlords dumping properties. i was interested in that as well, it is a selling story really. but there are knock-on effects and benefits and lots of supply suddenly and this is how we have seen the record come through. interestingly, they are saying they

are new results, this is from 2016 — 17, so there's a bit of a lag in the stats which is to be expected, but first—time buyers, ithink stats which is to be expected, but first—time buyers, i think it was 36 quite recently so that is a significant drop, and their earnings are 41,000 which is still a lot more than your average buyer. but it is heartening to see however, i think what happened with the december they went w:—:;, * w they went w: was 5:7—t ” they went w: was a 5:7—t ” spike ay went w: was a —:;, * w and a ay went w: was a 5:7—t ” but it shows that reforming again but it shows that reforming the tax system which is what led to this, reforming the rental tax system, does have beneficial effects of the rest of it. people say you tinker with the tax system and it does not make much difference but in this case, it did. it might be a blip but it made a difference. and the other house prices story, perhaps less of a blip, perhaps

quite serious, long—term rises in prices. a reminder that the supply shortage is still filij 2,5; % sir—sf,— e;,;:,.—,:,,;;;. e: the ww; ‘5'1‘ filij 2,5; % sir—sf,— e;,;:,.—,:,,;;;. e: the vote, ww: ‘5'1‘ filij 2,5; % sir—sf,— e;,;:,.—,:,,;;;. e: the vote, suddenly ‘5'1‘ filij 2,5; % sir—sf,— e;,;:,.—,:,,;;;. e: the vote, suddenly the ‘ filij 2,5; % sir—sf,— e;,;:,.—,:,,;;;. e: the vote, suddenly the prices = after the vote, suddenly the prices would not be so high... that is what the express is saying, it says, despite what people say, this is the boom after the brexit vote. there is a subtlety that they are missing out from, it was not they would fall, it was that they wouldn't increase by so was that they wouldn't increase by so much so if anything, the express maybe even more excited if they had voted remain because it would be bigger price increases.” voted remain because it would be bigger price increases. i think the figures show a big north—south divide, scottish house prices have gone up much more than london which you would expect because london prices are so high already, they have gone up by less but in scotland i think it is more than 7% which is

really significant. indeed. staying with the express, the nice picture of the queen and prince charles but the story, good prince charles miss out on head of the commonwealth? —— good prince charles. what is the express saying? it is one of those questions to which the answer is almost certainly no, however there was a big was the secret meeting of the commonwealth great and good at marlborough house today and a lot of the discussion was clouded in secrecy the discussion was clouded in secrecy and the bbc i think has seen the notes of the meeting and one of the notes of the meeting and one of the questions to be answered was, what does happen when the queen dies? prince charles will be automatically keen, but he will not automatically keen, but he will not automatically be head of the commonwealth. —— be king. but who else is going to be? the queen is head of state for 15 or 16 of the 53

states of the commonwealth which is far more contentious than whether he becomes commonwealth head but i think it might be... would you want to be head of the commonwealth? a p pa re ntly to be head of the commonwealth? apparently he does. he's done a lot for it. clearly and he wants to be. running out of time, i want to get in this lovely shetland pony, back in the metro, a very nice picture, we have meghan markle in edinburgh at the castle almost wearing the same as the saddle blanket, it is like they coordinated their wardrobe. they thought ahead. this little shetland pony was a bit of a nipper, trying to bite harry's hand. i don't think it was a royalist and it did a massive coup as they approached which the picture editors have ended out. and a quick nice story on the telegraph front page, your paper, cupid leading the way to a patter of tiny feet, what are they on about? stats on the nhs show that

on about? stats on the nhs show that on valentines week is the time when people have a go at trying to conceive and have a baby. and succeed. very much but it amuses me that there is a lag, a fortnight afterwards, people relent on their amorous efforts. stopped oppressing us! strike while the iron is hot. by the end of february, all romance is dead by the beginning of march. that the rest of the year but those two weeks... a baby boom to be expected. thank you forjoining us. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer thank you asa bennett and daisy mcandrew. goodbye. hello. 0nce

hello. once again the next 24 hours will bring some strong winds, some heavy rain and for some of us come some “— heavy rain and for some of us come some —— some of us, some snow. we have a zone of clear skies coming into the night which will turn things chile and then another shield of cloud working in from the atlantic. cloud thickening up all the while across northern ireland and other western areas. eventually some rain and temporarily a spell of snow. for many, it stays dry with clear skies through the night and that will allow it to turn very chilly, a widespread frost and potentially icy stretches as well. some early sunshine then to be had particularly across central and eastern areas but out west we see a band of cloud and mostly rain in the south, but some snow further north. that will be edging its way eastwards, the snow as we go through the day will tend to become confined to high ground in the north because we will start to introduce mild air.

in the far south—west, we will be in double figures. this is bbc news. i'm carrie gracie. the headlines at 11pm: the former football coach barry bennell has been found guilty of multiple sex offences against boys. is the waiting over in south africa? president zuma will face the media tomorrow, as his party calls for him to quit for the sake of the country. catching the online terrorists: the government unveils a new tool to detect extremist content. the newsnight, or as johnson the newsnight, or asjohnson will give a speech tomorrow in which he tries to make peace with those who blame him for brexit. we have more in common than you think, he says. brexit is a liberal project. will that convince his enemies?