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pNEWS BRIEFING
PM targets anti-vax
misinformation
Churches left at mercy
of lead thieves
Iranian tanker sets
sail from Gibraltar
Chinese auto company
may rescue Wrightbus
The Prime Minister has said social
media firms must share responsibility
for the rising spread of measles as he
attacked “fake news” by anti-vaxxers
providing misguided information.
Boris Johnson will today set out plans
to boost vaccination rates on a visit to
a hospital in the South West, following
a rise in cases of measles. In the first
quarter of 2019 there were 231
confirmed cases, just three years after
the World Health Organisation
declared the UK measles-free.
Page 2Rules preventing parishioners using
modern materials to replace stolen
roofs are leaving churches at the
mercy of lead thieves. St Peter’s in
Stourton, a Grade I-listed church in
the diocese of Salisbury, has had its
roof stripped a second time after
planning rules meant the warden was
banned from using composite
materials instead of lead despite the
first theft. It comes as the rising price
of metal has seen thefts from church
roofs increase by a third in two years.
Page 6The Iranian tanker caught in a standoff
between Tehran and the West left
Gibraltar last night, shipping data
showed, hours after the British
territory rejected a US request to
detain the vessel further.
British Royal Marines seized the
tanker in Gibraltar in July on suspicion
it was carrying oil to Syria, a close ally
of Iran, in violation of European Union
sanctions. That triggered a series of
events that heightened tensions on oil
shipping routes through the Gulf.
Page 11The Chinese auto giant BYD is
exploring a potential rescue deal for
the troubled “Boris bus” maker
Wrightbus as the Government comes
under pressure from the DUP to save
jobs in Northern Ireland. Around 1,
roles are on the line as the race to
secure a new owner or fresh funding is
on. Parent company Wrights Group,
one of Northern Ireland’s biggest
exporters, hired Deloitte last month to
find new funding after a cash flow
squeeze cast doubt on its future.
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Obituaries 25
TV listings 33
Weather 34
No-deal leak
blamed on
Hammond’s
Remainers
Drink-drivers getting off due to police cuts
Duke of York
‘appalled’ by
Epstein sex
allegations
GCSE reforms to blame for decline in arts
By Hayley Dixon and Patrick Scott
DRINK-drivers are getting away with
breaking the law because police are
having to drive for up to 1hr 45 mins to
take them to the nearest custody cells,
it was warned last night.
An investigation by The Daily Tele-
graph has found officers across Eng-
land and Wales routinely have to drive
suspects for more than an hour before
they can process their arrest, after a
third of all custody suites were closed.
It is feared that some drink-drivers
are escaping prosecution because they
have sobered up on the journey to the
station, while officers are opting to
drive other suspects home or simply
giving them a ticking off to save time.
Those furthest from stations say they
are living in “forgotten towns” where
criminals can do as they please.
The number of custody suites has
fallen by a third since 2010, from 277 to
180, the investigation found. Just three ofthe 43 police forces in England and
Wales did not provide figures from 2010.
An analysis of the data, obtained us-
ing the Freedom of Information Act,
shows that there are more than 70
towns in England which do not have a
police station within 20 miles.
Over the same period, Home Office
data show that the number of arrests
has fallen from more than 1.3 million in
2009-10 to almost 700,000 in 2017-18.
Officers warn that cuts to police num-
bers combined with cuts to resources
mean that if they are forced to make a
round trip lasting several hours, there
will be no bobbies left on the beat. Clive
Continued on Page 2By Camilla Turner education editorGCSE reforms have led to a drastic de-
cline in music and arts and must be
scrapped, the man who created the
qualification has said.
Lord Kenneth Baker, who was edu-
cation secretary under Margaret
Thatcher, has blamed the English Bac-
calaureate – known as the EBacc – for
“squeezing out” technical, cultural and
creative subjects from schools.
The EBacc has been championed by
the Government since being estab-
lished in 2010 by the former education
secretary Michael Gove in a bid to re-
verse the “dumbing down” of GCSEs.In order to obtain the award, which
counts towards a school’s league table
position, students must obtain five
good GCSEs in maths, English litera-
ture, English language, at least two sci-
ences, a language, and either history or
geography.
But Lord Baker said that the EBacc
has “done a lot of damage” to subjects
such as design and technology (DT),
drama, music, art and dance, which
have seen “absolutely devastating”
drops in entries over the past decade.
His comments come as thousands of
students across the country prepare to
pick up GCSE results on Thursday.
In a letter to Gavin Williamson, theEducation Secretary, he points out that
since 2010, entries for DT have fallen
by 65 per cent, dance by 46 per cent,
drama by 29 per cent and music by 24
per cent.
The letter – signed by the former
education secretaries Lord Blunkett
and Baroness Morris as well as the for-
mer Ofsted chief inspectors Sir Michael
Wilshaw and Sir Mike Tomlinson – ar-
gues that “the imposition of the EBacc”
has been a significant factor in these
steep declines.
Officials at the Department for Edu-
cation (DfE) have already admitted that
they will not meet their original target
Continued on Page 2JASON BYE FOR THE TELEGRAPH
The Rt Rev Jonathan Meyrick, the Bishop of Lynn, yesterday gave a sermon that included a rendition of the Bee Gees’ song ‘Words’ to
bid farewell to the 55ft helter skelter that brought thousands of visitors to Norwich Cathedral during its Seeing It Differently projectIt’s a revelation
Johnson accuses former ministers of
undermining crucial talks with EU leaders
By Christopher Hope
chief Political corresPondent
BORIS JOHNSON last night accused a
group of Remain-supporting ex-minis-
ters led by Philip Hammond of attempt-
ing to undermine his bid to negotiate a
new Brexit deal from the EU.
The Prime Minister’s team accused
the group of “deliberately leaking” de-
tails of Government no deal planning
ahead of crucial talks this week with
Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel.
The war of words escalated last night
as Mr Hammond denied he or his allies
had leaked the “Operation Yellowham-
mer” document and accused Mr John-
son of having “no negotiating strategy
and no serious plan for a no-deal”.
The leak of Yellowhammer – White-
hall code for preparations for no deal –
to The Sunday Times laid bare civil
servants’ concerns about the impact of
a no-deal without adequate planning.
However, Mr Johnson’s team said
the plans – warning of medicine and
food shortages and the risk of riots –
were drawn up by Theresa May’s gov-
ernment and the leak was purposefully
timed to frustrate Mr Johnson’s efforts
to secure a new deal to exit on Oct 31.
No 10 sources blamed one of a group
of ministers led by Mr Hammond, the
former chancellor, and David Gauke,
the former justice secretary. A source
said: “It has been deliberately leaked
by a former minister in an attempt to
influence discussions with EU leaders.
“Those obstructing preparation are
no longer in Government, £2 billion of
extra funding has already been made
available and Whitehall has been stood
up to actually do the work through the
daily ministerial meetings.”
A spokesman for Mr Hammond de-
nied any involvement, saying: “It was
absolutely not him.” Mr Gauke could
not be reached for comment.
The Yellowhammer document said
that fresh food prices would rise, medi-
cines would run short and there would
be a rise in public disorder. Petrol im-
port tariffs would “inadvertently” lead
to the closure of two oil refineries,
while protests across the UK could “re-
quire significant amounts of police re-
sources” in a no-deal scenario.
The leak of the document – marked
“official sensitive” – is the most serious
since details of talks at Chinese firm
Huawei were leaked in April.
Whitehall insiders said documents
with this classification were not meant
to be removed from departments. Last
night the Cabinet Office declined to say
whether there would be a leak inquiry.
An insider close to Mr Hammond’s
group took aim at Mr Johnson’s han-
dling of the Brexit talks and at Dominic
Cummings, his chief adviser, telling
The Daily Telegraph: “There is no nego-
tiating strategy – and no serious plan
for a no-deal. This is all about une-
lected ideologues at No 10 [who are]
hell-bent on an undemocratic no-deal.”
Mr Johnson heads to Brussels this
week for his first direct talks with Mrs
Merkel, the German chancellor, and
Mr Macron, the French president,
since becoming Prime Minister.
Government sources said he would
make clear that threats by Remain-sup-
porting MPs would come to nothing.
Mr Johnson’s strategy is to threaten
meaningfully a no-deal Brexit to per-
suade the EU to remove the Irish back-
stop from the Withdrawal Agreement.
However, aides to Mr Macron said he
would say the backstop cannot be re-
visited even if it means a no-deal Brexit.
Ms Merkel added: “I think it’s always
better to leave with an agreement than
without one. But if that’s not possible,
we’ll be prepared for the alternative.”
No 10 expects there will be “very lit-
tle discussion” of Brexit during the vis-
its. Instead, discussions will revolve
around next weekend’s G7 agenda.
Mr Johnson will spread the message
of the UK’s “renewed global reach” at
the summit in Biarritz, France.Reports: Pages 4-
Editorial Comment: Page 15By Camilla Tominey
associate editorTHE DUKE OF YORK last night reacted
for the first time to the Jeffrey Epstein
sex scandal.
Speaking after new footage emerged
of the 59-year-old royal staying in the
disgraced financier’s flat in 2010, the
Duke said he was “appalled” by recent
reports.
In a statement released to The Daily
Telegraph, a Buckingham Palace
spokesman said: “The Duke of York has
been appalled by the recent reports of
Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged crimes. His
Royal Highness deplores the exploita-
tion of any human being and the sug-
gestion he would condone, participate
in or encourage any such behaviour is
abhorrent.”
Having appeared at church along-
side his mother the Queen in Balmoral
last weekend, the Duke was conspicu-
ous by his absence at Crathie Kirk yes-terday. He is currently holidaying in
the Spanish resort of Sotogrande with
his ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York.
The statement followed the release
of a video showing the Duke peering
out from behind the door of Epstein’s
£63 million Manhattan mansion, wav-
ing goodbye to a brunette.
Less than an hour earlier Epstein had
been seen leaving the New York prop-
erty with a young blonde woman.
The footage is from December 2010,
when the Duke, then the UK’s Special
Representative for Trade, stayed with
Epstein in his New York home – two
years after Epstein was convicted of sex
with a child and placed on the sex of-
fender register. The Duke previously
conceded he had made an “error of
judgment’ after pictures emerged from
the same trip of the pair in Central Park.
Buckingham Palace recently re-
peated their “emphatic denial” of allega-
tions against the Duke made by Virginia
Roberts, one of Epstein’s victims.
A spokesman said: “This relates to
proceedings in the United States, to
which the Duke of York is not a party.
Any suggestion of impropriety with un-
der-age minors is categorically untrue.
“It is emphatically denied that the
Duke of York had any form of sexual
contact or relationship with Virginia
Roberts.
“Any claim to the contrary is false
and without foundation.”Report: Page 7The Duke of York is
currently holidaying
in Spain with his
ex-wife Sarah,
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