r health secretary, matt hancock, was grilled in the covid inquiry after saying an earlier lockdown could have kept schools open. ouch. hancock also gave his condolences to the passing of former mayor of liverpool, joe anderson , except his actually anderson, except his actually alive and well. oops and teachers and academy in kent. scary story. this one went on strike over pupil violence with teachers reporting that members of staff are threatened daily. are we really losing discipline in our schools to that extent .7 in our schools to that extent? and do we get in touch all about you? send me your thoughts on gbviews@gbnews.com or message me on our socials. really, really simple at gb news. but first, let's catch up on the news headunes let's catch up on the news headlines with erin armstrong . headlines with erin armstrong. >> very good afternoon to it's a minute past 12 hour on armstrong here in the newsroom. glasgow airport has reopened its runway after flights were suspended

earlier following snow that was heavier than forecast. temperatures dropped to as low as minus ten overnight. red and yellow warnings are still in place for snow ice across place for snow and ice across many parts of the uk as some sporting events have been cancelled. the fa cup, some games , scottish league matches games, scottish league matches too, and also the racing at newcastle . meteorologist john newcastle. meteorologist john hammond says the cold temperatures though won't last long. >> the focus of the cold shifting northwards, something a bit milder, trying to push in from the south. then the cold air sweeps back south again later on monday into tuesday. so we're not waving goodbye to this cold spell just yet. i think through the middle of the week, potentially further severe frost and then later on this week into next weekend, a complete transformation in it's going to turn my cold, wet, windy, soggy and horrible rail passengers are facing yet more disruption as train drivers continue to strike over pay . over pay. >> no east midlands trains are running today and there's a limited service between london and scotland on lner.

separately, an overtime ban across all services in england until next weekend will cause further chaos. aslef members have voted to continue taking industrial action for the next six months. the rail delivery group says they ought to accept an 8% pay offer, but the shadow culture secretary, thangam debbonaire , says the government debbonaire, says the government need to start negotiating air strikes, help none of us, you know, the working people who want to get to work, people who want to get to work, people who want to get to work, people who want to get to visit family and friends, it's really important that strikes settled that these strikes are settled as possible and i really as soon as possible and i really hope government and the hope that the government and the unions negotiate that. unions can negotiate that. >> settlement as soon >> and a fair settlement as soon as they can. an 84 year old man has following a huge house has died following a huge house explosion . explosion in edinburgh. >> the blast, which happened in the area last night, the baberton area last night, was from several miles was heard from several miles away. a 43 year old woman and a 54 year old man have been taken to hospital. a number of neighbouring were neighbouring properties were evacuated as a precautionary measure. though, say measure. police though, say there are no suspicious circumstances. a go fund me page has been set up to help raise

for money the family. has been set up to help raise for money the family . boris for money the family. boris johnson is expected to admit he made mistakes during the pandemic when he appears before the inquiry next week. the the covid inquiry next week. the former prime minister will, however, argue his government got right with got the big decisions right with the times claiming he'll say he helped save tens, if not hundreds of thousands of lives by preventing the nhs from being overwhelmed. some of his senior staff, though, have already given evidence they've given evidence and they've criticised indecision on and criticised his indecision on and his leadership . 46 men have his poor leadership. 46 men have been charged following clashes in birmingham on thursday night. the violence erupted ahead of aston villa's match against legia warsaw . west midlands legia warsaw. west midlands police says five officers were injured when missiles were thrown by visiting football fans. 43 people were charged with a public order offence, two with a public order offence, two with assault and another with possession of a knife. the disorder started after several poush disorder started after several polish fans were told they wouldn't be allowed into the stadium . a british soldier has stadium. a british soldier has

been killed in kenya. the ministry of defence has confirmed that major kevin mccall died while off duty on wednesday. the 32 year old had served in europe, the middle east, the falklands and also africa . defence secretary grant africa. defence secretary grant shapps has described him as an exceptional person and an exceptional person and an exceptional soldier . aid trucks exceptional soldier. aid trucks have entered the rafah crossing for the first time since the truce collapsed in the middle east. israel says 400 terror targets have been hit in the past 24 hours. the hamas run health ministry, though, says at least 200 palestinians have been killed since yesterday. both sides blame each other for breaking the seven day pause in fighting . and mediators say fighting. and mediators say negotiations have resumed in doha to restart the truce and secure the release of new hostages . a us judge has ruled hostages. a us judge has ruled donald trump is not immune from being held accountable for 2020 election interference . a warning election interference. a warning some flashing images are coming up. mr trump's lawyers argued

presidential immunity, saying his attempts to reject the election results fell within his presidential duties . but the presidential duties. but the judge says the former president will be prosecuted like any other citizen . mr trump's other citizen. mr trump's accused of unlawfully trying to overturn his election defeat . overturn his election defeat. that's it for the moment. we're on tv, digital radio on your smart speaker to just say play gb news if that's what you want to listen to. now it is over to dawn . dawn. >> thank you very much, aaron. right let's get straight into today's stories, shall we? now, some mps are furious about nigel farage's appearance in the jungle, urging viewers to kick him out, claiming his affable man of the people act masks a sinister side . labour's nadia sinister side. labour's nadia whittome has this to say. itv should never have given him a platform to launder his reputation , and i would urge reputation, and i would urge anyone considering voting to

keep him on to think twice from the racist undertones of his brexit. campaigning to the climate denialism he's pushed farage is not some affable clown, but a poisonous influence on our society. oh jesus . right. on our society. oh jesus. right. coming. joining me to discuss this is gb news political correspondent who is more used to talking about the really heavy going on the important stuff. olivia utley olivia. okay. i can't believe we are sitting here. you are fond of all knowledge on everything political talking about a reality tv show. now this is a labour to labour. three labour mps. actually. i think having a go. it's a front page of the daily mirror today. what do you make of this? >> well, it does seem to be a bit of a bizarre story. these labour mps, nadia whittome and kim johnson have weighed in on. i'm a celebrity, asking the british public to vote. nigel farage off the show because as you quoted there, one of them said he's a poisonous influence

on society. he's not an affable clown, and they're criticising itv actually, for giving him the opportunity to, as they put it, launder his reputation. now, this isn't a sort of they're not speaking on behalf of the labour party. in fact, thangam debbonaire, the labour shadow culture secretary, came on gb news earlier today and said when asked that it was up to itv viewers , i think that most of viewers, i think that most of the public will agree with that. it's not shouldn't be in the hands of labour mps to decide who stays on a reality tv show. nadia whittome is a is a pretty controversial mp, generally interesting, very controversial . interesting, very controversial. >> who is she? i don't even know who she is. >> she was the youngest ever. >> she was the youngest ever. >> to paraphrase somebody else from another reality show. who is she? from another reality show. who is sshe was britain's youngest mp >> she was britain's youngest mp when elected 2009. when she was elected in 2009. i mean, is very much to the mean, she is very much to the left of the party. she's quite a sort hard core corbynista she sort of hard core corbynista she got a bit of trouble when got in a bit of trouble when rishi sunak became prime minister because someone it was, you know, obviously lauded the

fact that he was britain's first asian prime minister and she said that it isn't a win for britain's asian community. she was to take that was actually asked to take that tweet by labour party tweet down by the labour party because so sort because it was seen as so sort of divisive controversial. of divisive and controversial. so very much comes at this so she very much comes at this from from from the left of the party, the far left of the party, the far left of the party, and does kim johnson. party, and so does kim johnson. as it is not the view of as i say, it is not the view of the labour as a whole that the labour party as a whole that the labour party as a whole that the country should be voting. nigel farage off itv . hopefully nigel farage off itv. hopefully they've got better things to think about labour right? think about labour voters right? >> i mean, don't you think they'd be thinking can my mp just concentrate on things like the cost of living crisis? you know, maybe the migration issue ? know, maybe the migration issue? how about the nhs rather than a man in a jungle eating kangaroo? willy or whatever he's eating this week? >> well , i this week? >> well, i mean, absolutely. i think there are quite a lot of people and probably some of nadia whittome and kim johnson's constituents who think that this isn't they should be isn't what they should be focusing on. i mean, basically, they feel as though nigel farage

is someone who sort of beyond the pale that his his reputation is bad. he's such a divisive is so bad. he's such a divisive figure that he shouldn't be allowed to sort of air his toxic views. obviously most of the country will think, hang on, isn't it up to us to decide who of is acceptable and who isn't acceptable? but that's where they stand. and as thangam debbonaire said this morning, they are sort of entitled to their view to what their constituents think is another m atter. >> matter. >> exactly. and this is and this is after nigel lythgoe, who is the boss of itv , did a rude the boss of itv, did a rude gesture when talking about nigel. all this is the man who organised him to go on there in the first place. and he's playing in £1.5 million. and do you know when voting starts? i'm going to test your showbiz knowledge now. >> showbiz knowledge is terrible. >> right. okay voting. voting starts. you know, for all the labour mps out there. i want to pick their phones up and make loads of for money itv. voting starts this weekend, provided

starts this weekend, so provided nobody else walks out because we already olivia love this already lost olivia. i love this . olivia is so, so brilliant, by the way. it's so brilliant on politics, but obviously this is not your strong area. grace dent , who is a yeah, she was ill, wasn't she? >> she was. is she a food critic or. >> well done. yeah. and jamie lynn >> well done. yeah. and jamie lyn britney spears is. >> britney spears is. >> britney spears is. >> well, not a clue. there there was bit of a clue there. they was a bit of a clue there. they have out. so basically have walked out. so basically now provided one else walks now provided no one else walks out, voting starts. and think, out, voting starts. and i think, you the person so you know, the first person so it's good asking about it's no good asking you about the to going out. the odds as to who's going out. >> not. no. >> i'm afraid not. no. >> i'm afraid not. no. >> right. okay. but there >> okay. right. okay. but there has this might know has been now this you might know there farage himself in there has been farage himself in there has been farage himself in the jungle was having a conversation about his future in politics and didn't rule out becoming the next prime minister. >> yeah , we have heard that >> yeah, we have heard that before . nigel farage attended before. nigel farage attended conservative party conference and said , i mean, it seemed to and said, i mean, it seemed to be in general, he was quite by the way, wasn't he? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> yeah. he was very popular there. didn't he there. but he didn't rule out he quite liked the idea, i think,

of being the next tory leader. now, spoken to a lot now, i've spoken to quite a lot of conservative mps who don't think impossible think that that's impossible scenario. if our scenario. they think that if our migration crisis gets any worse, obviously we saw the highest legal net migration figures a couple of weeks ago, 746,000. remember, it was only sort of ten years ago that david cameron was saying 12 years ago, i guess david cameron was saying that he wanted to net migration down wanted to get net migration down to under 100,000. meanwhile, of course small course, we've got the small boats crisis no signs of boats crisis shows no signs of abating whatsoever. the rwanda plan going to get off the plan isn't going to get off the ground time and there ground any time soon. and there are tory who think that the are tory mps who think that the conservative party in the event in the very likely event of a loss at the next general election, will end up veering to the right on issues like immigration and then you do get a where perhaps someone a moment where perhaps someone like sort of like nigel farage could sort of emerge from the ashes of the conservative party. >> okay , maybe. maybe we should >> okay, maybe. maybe we should sort out the next election. olivia, by having a reality tv show , right. okay, let's just show, right. okay, let's just get them all in there eating,

you know, willies and whatever else they have to eat. they eat bottoms well. i think you're bottoms as well. i think you're not watching it either. >> no, no, no. >> no, no, no, no, no. >> blame any case, >> can't blame me. in any case, nigel is doing very well viewing figures are down this year, but i suspect it's because we've seen it all before now. >> yeah. bake off viewing figures down as well. so are you watching bake off? i finished watching bake off? i finished watching bake off? i finished watching bake off. caught half. >> e- e— half. >> got. i know nothing half. >> bake ot. i know nothing half. >> bake offi know nothing half. >> bake off on �*iow nothing half. >> bake off on the nothing half. >> bake off on the grounds about bake off on the grounds i am kitchen right. am dangerous kitchen right. okay. olivia utley thank okay. that's olivia utley thank you very much there. it's a shame because i had a great little for you. i've got 12 little quiz for you. i've got 12 politicians who appeared on reality shows. to test reality tv shows. i want to test you on which ones have been in which, but evidently we've run out maybe next time. out of time. maybe next time. thank you very much, olivia. thank you very much, olivia. thank you. right. okay now, protests in support of palestine continue around the world with a major peace rally happening in paris today . meanwhile, back in paris today. meanwhile, back in london, former labour leader jeremy corbyn is due to speak at a freedom for palestine rally organised by stop the war. our reporter lisa hartle is in

wimbledon for us. lisa, can you tell us what's going on with the protests today and why you're in wimbledon in particular for. >> hello? yes, well , this hit >> hello? yes, well, this hit the vigil here in wimbledon is one of 47 that are being held across the country. jeremy corbyn is due to be speaking at tower hamlets protest . that's tower hamlets protest. that's due to take place from 3 pm. today. and they're all organised by the palestine solidarity campaign. they've been protesting , holding marches and protesting, holding marches and vigils like this since the war began. vigils like this since the war began . and if i if i just step began. and if i if i just step out of the way, you'll be able to see some of the placards that are being held up, have thousands of names of the people who been killed gaza who have been killed in gaza since started . i spoke since the war started. i spoke to the secretary of the group earlier and she said that each time they hold a vigil or a protest, they're trying to get through all of the names of the people . and the reason they're people. and the reason they're here today and they say that they will be here until the ceasefire is brought in is

because of the number of people that have have been killed . and that have have been killed. and obviously, it's been it's eight weeks now since hamas first launched its attack on israel, killing 1200 people all around 120 people are now being held hostage and remain hostage in gaza. hostage and remain hostage in gaza . and this also also comes gaza. and this also also comes after a week of a ceasefire, a humanitare groups are saying that obviously saved lives dunng that obviously saved lives during that time. but now we're fighting having resumed again . fighting having resumed again. the death numbers have continued to rise. medical supplies are in short supply. electricity water, fuel. so both sides, both sides , fuel. so both sides, both sides, humanitarian organisations are saying both sides need to work together to try and bring an end together to try and bring an end to this as the number of deaths are likely to continue and organisers at events like this say that they're going to continue to hold these events to try and bring some kind of awareness to the fact that a ceasefire is what they're

calling for. >> but this is not a march as such, is it is just a gathering where people are remembering those that have lost their lives and sort of like very peacefully demonstrating there by the look of things , summary yeah, some of of things, summary yeah, some of the 47 events that are taking place today, some of them are marches , some of them are marches, some of them are protests and some of them are vigils like this one where, like you say, they're just gathering to remember those have died to remember those who have died and bring awareness to what they say is the fact of what's going on in gaza at the moment. >> and they save the children announced today, they released the figures. they say that of the figures. they say that of the number of 15,000 people that have been killed in gaza, over 8000 of them are children. >> it's a very young population, isn't it ? isn't it? >> that's lisa hartle , our gb >> that's lisa hartle, our gb news london reporter there in wimbledon in south london at one of the palestinian palestinian peace gatherings . many of them peace gatherings. many of them aren't marching today. they're

gatherings going on around the city today and i believe around the country as well. but i think there's about 13in london. but for all the analysis and for all the best analysis and opinion on that story and much more , you can go to our website, more, you can go to our website, which is gbnews.com now, lots of you have been sending in your emails already, which is marvellous on such a busy day as well. jim says the left are terrified of nigel in the jungle as they're scared people may see him as more than the caricature they want him to be seen. i think that's such an important point because you have this preconceived idea of nigel and that's what the terrified of. is he come across as he going to come across as human? and meanwhile, jeff says, good afternoon, jeff. thank you very for getting in touch. very much for getting in touch. the comments by labour mps the comments made by labour mps about farage what the focus about farage show what the focus would be on if ever a labour government got into power, focussed on cancelling popular people because they have different views to them. anyone who are thinking that labour should rethink and i think that's such an important point

as well. i must admit i saw the daily mirror putting nigel farage on the front page of the daily mirror. if you haven't seen it, i'm going to hold it up there you go. hopefully you can see that, right? okay. so they are know, don't are obviously, you know, don't like farage. the like nigel farage. it's the daily wing left daily mirror, a left wing left leaning paper. they want him out. so they put him page out. so they put him on page one, know, great one, which is, you know, great pubuchy one, which is, you know, great publicity nigel farage, publicity for nigel farage, great for the as great publicity for the show as well. thank very well. marvellous thank you very much. mirror and you know, much. daily mirror and you know, if your if your politician is seriously worried about that, i would more about voting would consider more about voting for someone else, possibly at the election. but keep your the next election. but keep your views coming in. love them. views coming in. we love them. that's about that's all about you, not about us. it's been an action us. now. it's been an action packed week at the covid inquiry as michael gove and former health secretary matt hancock took the stand. i'm sorry, it's a saturday afternoon. i have to inflict names you. inflict those names on you. hancock that kissing an hancock accepted that kissing an aide kissing . hancock accepted that kissing an aide kissing. i'm hancock accepted that kissing an aide kissing . i'm sorry. it's aide kissing. i'm sorry. it's more than kissing. may have impacted the public's confidence in rules put in place to stop the spread of the virus, as he also mistakes only refereed referred to rather, the former

mayor of liverpool as being sadly no longer with us. sadly he actually is now . joining me he actually is now. joining me now is political commentator benedict spence to give us an update to bring us up to date for those of us who aren't glued to every second of the covid inquiry because we're fiddling with our baubles and our christmas trees or something or other. benedict good afternoon. thank you very much for joining other. benedict good afternoon. that( you very much forjoining other. benedict good afternoon. thiat lovelyery much forjoining other. benedict good afternoon. thiat lovely tree1uch for joining other. benedict good afternoon. thiat lovely tree there,»r joining other. benedict good afternoon. thiat lovely tree there, by)ining other. benedict good afternoon. thiat lovely tree there, by the|g us at lovely tree there, by the way, happening this way, what's been happening this week? and a blockbuster week? and there's a blockbuster appearance coming up next week, evidently , i mean, all sorts has evidently, i mean, all sorts has been going on, although you would be forgiven for missing it given individuals in question. >> i understand the average question. >> i urdoes:and the average question. >> i urdoes:and wantiverage person does not want to necessarily much of their necessarily spend much of their time hanging on to every word from matt hancock or michael gove. >> but, you know, things did happen. things of some significance. michael gove issued for people who issued an apology for people who had their families had suffered in their families dunng had suffered in their families during the pandemic , which, you during the pandemic, which, you know, it was very broad. it wasn't sort of very pointed. it

didn't specifically say the victims, he said people who had suffered. so i suppose that might be some succour to people who were particularly upset about lockdowns, example, who were particularly upset about thaniowns, example, who were particularly upset about than just 5, example, who were particularly upset about than just eight example, who were particularly upset about than just eight people a, rather than just eight people who died or suffering from long covid whatever it may be. covid or or whatever it may be. those are missed out on those who are missed out on hospital appointments as a result of nhs policy. but nonetheless, there was an apology of sorts from michael gove, given that he was sort of one of the quad of people who was the of the tree was at the top of the tree making the decisions, i making all the decisions, i think that is worth bearing think that that is worth bearing in i think a lot more in mind. i think a lot more people paying attention people were paying attention to matt because of course matt hancock because of course of of the of all of the sort of the salacious around him. and salacious gossip around him. and as alluded to, some of as you alluded to, some of it extracurricular than just extracurricular rather than just his spat with dominic cummings and others, although that also continued a pace . matt hancock continued a pace. matt hancock was talking about policy when it came to, for example, releasing patients from hospitals back into care homes. he suggested that he tried to put a shield in place . dominic that he tried to put a shield in place. dominic cummings very gleefully tweeting , matt gleefully started tweeting, matt hancock or that's a lie hancock is lying or that's a lie from hancock something along from hancock or something along those know, we

those lines. so you know, as we already know, no love already know, sort of no love lost there . yeah. broadly, a lot lost there. yeah. broadly, a lot of there is still a lot of tittle tattle , a lot of gossip tittle tattle, a lot of gossip still going on. michael gove also raised the prospect , of also raised the prospect, of course, of the possibility of virus having been manmade and how that might affected how that might have affected the government's response to it. and rather curiously , given that rather curiously, given that everything else is allowed to be discussed, brexit or discussed, be it brexit or austerity, that down austerity, that was shut down very as a conversation very quickly as a conversation topic. but yeah , quite a lot topic. but yeah, quite a lot going on. and as you said, and potentially names potentially bigger names upcoming who may or may not be in the country at the moment. and we wait to see matt hancock namedrops , at least one of the namedrops, at least one of the current prime minister rishi sunak won't see either. sunak so we won't see either. i i mean the blockbuster i think we are definitely getting next week is one. >> boris johnson, esquire. jr so what are we expected him to come outwith? i mean, it's, it is going to be a fascinating given. >> of course, you know not to put too fine a point on it this

was all on his watch. but given that was the man, if you that he was the man, if you like, very top of the like, at the very top of the tree between john hancock and cummings gove and the like cummings and gove and the like of and there have been so of it, and there have been so many it will many allegations, it will be interesting see what his interesting to see what his response to this there was response to this is. there was also a suggestion at an earlier point, by whom , that point, i forget by whom, that his deputy, dominic raab, had actually been better in host dunng actually been better in host during the few days that boris was hospitalised than boris was throughout the entirety of the pandemic. and of course we've got there will be things put to him for example , the let him like for example, the let the bodies pile high. question there will, of course be questions around partygate . so questions around partygate. so we wait to see what line the inquiry decides to take and the one thing that must be said is one thing that must be said is one does hope that it is questioning along the lines of policy than gossip. policy rather than gossip. i think gossip when comes to think gossip when it comes to bofis think gossip when it comes to boris been done to boris johnson, has been done to death. that seems to be death. but that seems to be a real theme of inquiries in this country. and certainly when it comes boris johnson, people comes to boris johnson, people prefer the circus itself. the

one of the things i'm finding very frustrating from the bits of it that i can actually bear to endure. >> i mean, six hours of matt hancock the other day saying, i don't like dominic cummings in various but that's all various ways, but that's all i got from pretty much what he was saying. one thing i'm not getting is what happens getting from it is what happens going forward. i mean, there's a lot of name calling, a lot of finger pointing, a of he finger pointing, a lot of he said she said, i would have done this. i would have done that. i was a good guy. all was a good guy. they were all bad. i'm not getting is bad. what i'm not getting is what is basically what we're going to do should this , heaven going to do should this, heaven forbid, happen again. i mean, it's like watching a bunch of kids fight a useless kid, by the way, because i'm not getting that anyone actually did anything mean, i'm anything good. i mean, i'm getting are getting the scientists are blaming politicians. getting the scientists are blaming politicians . the blaming the politicians. the politicians blaming politicians are blaming the scientists. i scientists. from what i understand , boris is going to understand, boris is going to come on and say he actually did a fairly good job. paraphrase him there. obviously but i'm not getting any planning as to what's going to happen. should

this happen again. and i thought that's what this inquiry was about. >> well, it should be what it's about. and lots of other countries, as they have their inquiries are making it about that. but i think it speaks more to the culture in this country, certainly around politics, around westminster. and we saw this actually during the pandemic itself. you know, journalists into the journalists would go into the downing press conferences downing street press conferences and sort and they would not ask sort of proper questions about scientific anything scientific policy or anything like that. it would just be a sort of why you doing sort of why aren't you doing more minister? why more of this minister? why aren't you doing this faster? minister it very minister you know, it was very it wasn't a particularly conducive atmosphere . i think conducive atmosphere. i think scientific rigour , but i suppose scientific rigour, but i suppose what you could say in the defence those who are asking defence of those who are asking these questions, that are not diving are diving into those issues are very few of the people who are currently being interrogated by the likely to be in the inquiry are likely to be in power the next time there is a pandemic. so from that perspective , would good to perspective, it would be good to know lessons they've know what lessons they've learnt, like to learnt, what they would like to see put in place , but actually see put in place, but actually the people you'd need to ask about that are the labour party ,

about that are the labour party, are they? as such they are they? and as such they aren't of particular interest because they weren't necessarily aren't of particular interest be charge.1ey weren't necessarily aren't of particular interest be charge. 1ey \actually ecessarily aren't of particular interest be charge.1ey \actually it essarily aren't of particular interest be charge.1ey \actually it is sarily in charge. but actually it is going to be questions that need to to people keir to be put to people like keir starmer. know, starmer. you know, hypothetically odds he hypothetically, the odds are he will probably be prime minister hypothetically, the odds are he wi a probably be prime minister hypothetically, the odds are he wi a yearably be prime minister hypothetically, the odds are he wi a year ory be prime minister hypothetically, the odds are he wi a year or so's prime minister hypothetically, the odds are he wi a year or so's time.�* minister hypothetically, the odds are he wi a year or so's time. what ;ter in a year or so's time. what would differently? what would you do differently? what are to put in place are you going to put in place now? those questions also be now? those questions can also be put the current put to the current administration sunak administration to rishi sunak say are doing say what work are you doing to lay ground future lay the ground for future administration? we haven't administration? but we haven't got yet. you know, got to that stage yet. you know, matt longer mp. matt hancock is no longer an mp. dominic cummings is no longer in parliament. sajid has parliament. um, sajid javid has left , but parliament. um, sajid javid has left, but michael is still left, but michael gove is still in place and perhaps we could have more given to have seen more of that given to him. sunak when he him. rishi sunak when he is brought the inquiry , i would brought to the inquiry, i would hope that those would be questions put to questions that would be put to him, have to and him, but we have to wait and see. agree you though see. i do agree with you though not enough on actual policy has been addressed. not enough on actual policy has bee marvellousi. not enough on actual policy has bee marvellous . thank you very >> marvellous. thank you very much for that. that that cheery, festive on the covid festive note on the covid inquiry. and just a reminder to everybody out there, the chilcot inquiry over the iraq war went for on seven years. lovely

benedict spence, political commentator , thank you very much commentator, thank you very much for joining us this afternoon with a lovely if you're listening on the radio whilst doing your own christmas tree benedict tree was very lovely , benedict tree was very lovely, very traditional in the background. so carry on listening and putting your baubles up because that's what it's today, it? it's about today, isn't it? right now you are watching and listening saturday listening to gb news saturday with neesom. more with me. dawn neesom. lots more coming up today's but coming up on today's show, but first, a look at the first, let's take a look at the weather ellie. weather with ellie. >> hello. welcome to your latest gb news weather. i'm ellie glazer. after a very cold couple of days, for most of us, it looks like something a little bit milder is on the way in the south of the uk through the weekend. this area of low pressure out the southwest pressure out to the southwest gradually but gradually moves towards us. but for here now, low for the here and now, low pressure in charge, bringing various frontal to various frontal systems to the west bringing some west of the uk and bringing some showers as well. those showers will from the west, will push in from the west, perhaps over the perhaps turning wintry over the hills parts of hills of wales and parts of north—west well. but north—west england as well. but for parts scotland, northern for parts of scotland, northern ireland the southeast ireland and the southeast generally staying dry with some ireland and the southeast generskiestaying dry with some

ireland and the southeast generskies overnight with some ireland and the southeast generskies overnight and| some ireland and the southeast generskies overnight and could�* clear skies overnight and could lead freezing lead to some mist and freezing fog those clear skies fog under those clear skies turning cold. we could see turning very cold. we could see —8 or —10 across parts of scotland, perhaps , but perhaps scotland, perhaps, but perhaps just a touch milder across the south—west compared recent south—west compared to recent nights . as start on sunday, nights. as we start on sunday, those showers could bring some icy stretches many , icy stretches to many, particularly central particularly across the central swathe the uk. those swathe of the uk. but those showers the south—west showers across the south—west continue to push way north continue to push their way north and as we go through and eastwards as we go through into perhaps and eastwards as we go through into heavy perhaps and eastwards as we go through into heavy at perhaps and eastwards as we go through into heavy at times perhaps and eastwards as we go through into heavy at times and aps turning heavy at times and wintry over the hills across parts of wales and northern england . parts of scotland, england. parts of scotland, though, staying drier though, generally staying drier but feeling cold. but are definitely feeling cold. some perhaps staying some parts perhaps staying below, through sunday below, freezing through sunday afternoon, milder afternoon, however, still milder again the south—west into again across the south—west into monday. further rain pushes its way south and eastwards as we go into monday afternoon. again, there be some wintry there could be some wintry elements across parts of wales and northern england, but staying still across staying dry still across parts of and northern of scotland and northern ireland. that rain continues to clear way through monday, clear its way through monday, leaving colder day leaving a drier but colder day on and wednesday . on tuesday. and wednesday. >> ooh, baby, it's cold out there. so stay snuggled up

watching gb news. and thank you very much, ellie. and lots more coming up on today's show as the christmas well and christmas season is well and truly upon us. and not truly upon us. and you're not ready, know you're ready, are you? you know you're not ready. we'll be keeping you wary what shops are doing to wary of what shops are doing to ward in the festive ward off thieves in the festive season . all of and much season. all of that and much more i'm dawn neesom more to come. i'm dawn neesom and are watching and and you are watching and listening britain's listening to gb views, britain's news channel . news channel. earlier on

britain's news channel. >> it's 1231. britain's news channel. >> it's1231. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. let's get you up to date with the headlines. the temperatures could drop to minus 12 tonight in parts of scotland after heavy snow earlier saw flights disrupted at glasgow airport . a disrupted at glasgow airport. a yellow weather warnings for snow andice yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place from 6:00 this evening until midday tomorrow . for many this evening until midday tomorrow. for many parts of this evening until midday tomorrow . for many parts of the tomorrow. for many parts of the uk , several sporting events have uk, several sporting events have been cancelled , including fa cup been cancelled, including fa cup games. scottish league matches and racing fixture at and today's racing fixture at newcastle . the ministry of newcastle. the ministry of defence has confirmed a british soldier, kevin mccall , major soldier, kevin mccall, major kevin mccall, has been killed in kenya while off duty. the 32 year old who served in europe, the middle east, the falklands and africa died on wednesday . and africa died on wednesday. the defence secretary, grant shapps, has described him as an exceptional person and an exceptional person and an

exceptional soldier . an 84 year exceptional soldier. an 84 year old man has died following a huge house explosion in edinburgh . a 43 year old woman edinburgh. a 43 year old woman and a 54 year old man have been taken to hospital and a number of neighbouring properties were evacuated a precaution . evacuated as a precaution. police say there are no suspicious circumstances . a week suspicious circumstances. a week of travel disruption has begun as train drivers continue to strike over pay know east midlands trains are running today and there's a limited service between london and scotland on lner . aslef members scotland on lner. aslef members have voted to continue to taking industrial action for the next six months. the rail delivery group says they should accept an 8% pay offer . group says they should accept an 8% pay offer. boris johnson's expected to admit he made mistakes during the pandemic when he appeared before the covid inquiry next week. the former prime minister will, however, argue his government got decisions right with got the big decisions right with the times claiming he'll say he helped save tens, if not hundreds thousands of lives hundreds of thousands of lives by preventing the nhs from being overwhelmed. some of his senior

staff, though, have already given evidence and they've criticised his indecision and his poor leadership . i'll be his poor leadership. i'll be back with more in about half an hours back with more in about half an hour's time. or you can get more right now on our website. gbnews.com and now it is back to dawn . dawn. >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me. dawn neesom. so i've just been admiring the lovely decorations in the studio . sorry, slightly distracted . sorry, i'm slightly distracted by . we are on your by the baubles. we are on your tv digital radio and online tv on digital radio and online now. today is one of the busiest days in the british shopping calendar . and whilst people will calendar. and whilst people will be looking out for the best bargains online, shopkeepers will be analysing their black friday profits and looking for a boost in trade in the run up to christmas. it comes as shoplifter has more than doubled in the past three years and cost retailers . £953 million a year, retailers. £953 million a year, according to the british retail consortium. in a bid to catch

shoplifters during the countdown to christmas. west yorkshire police are going undercover in huddersfield town centre . our huddersfield town centre. our yorkshire and humber reporter anna riley has this story. >> to crack down on shoplifting in the run up to christmas , in the run up to christmas, plainclothed police officers are covertly patrolling shops in huddersfield to catch thieves in the act. it comes as shoplifting in england and wales has risen by a quarter in the past 12 months, costing . retailers £953 months, costing. retailers £953 million a year. and west yorkshire is the second worst affected region . affected region. >> it is a problem. >> it is a problem. >> and small businesses, especially really get targeted and obviously coming up to christmas, there's cost of living crisis. >> you know, we are seeing an increase in shoplifting . so this increase in shoplifting. so this hopefully prevention piece that we're doing around, you know, making it so that so that it's harder for criminals to come to huddersfield target the huddersfield and to target the small we're trying small businesses. we're trying to living. that to make a living. that plainclothes team actually to make a living. that plaiijust:hes team actually to make a living. that

plaiijust addedam actually to make a living. that plaiijust added a] actually to make a living. that plaiijust added a differentially add just added a different variance. really so they can go in and watch and obviously not be seen and not be and then can apprehend offenders. >> the undercover action here also supports the rollout of smartwater forensic spray . smartwater forensic spray. >> it involves marking high value products with specific dna that's linked to specific shops . that's linked to specific shops. it assists us when we arrest shoplifters with products on them , and they can be linked to them, and they can be linked to individual stores. and it helps the convictions in court. >> the scheme's funded by huddersfield business improvement district to protect retailers income and safety . retailers income and safety. >> the scheme is to send a clear message. we are watching you so don't come into the town centre unless you're going to behave nicely and actually pay for your goods. 63% of retail crime is committed by repeat offenders , committed by repeat offenders, so the huddersfield bid rangers know who they are. the police know who they are. the police know who they are. the police know who they are. hence the undercover working so we can be proactive in our responses now and we can make a difference

this christmas. >> shopkeepers in the town like david whittle feel reassured by the campaign. he owns a family run ladies fashion boutique and is always vigilant in protecting their stock. >> everything in the shop , >> everything in the shop, everything is tagged. yes i'm not naive. we lose 1 or 2 things recent . lately we've had a lady recent. lately we've had a lady who has brought her own handbag in and left her handbag and taken a new handbag. you can't be complacent , taken a new handbag. you can't be complacent, but it is fighting crime . obviously when fighting crime. obviously when people are hard up or they're struggling for money, then crime sometimes increases. so anything that's bid and the police can do any authority can do to help is very, very helpful. >> the message here is shoplifters beware as you just don't know who might be watching you. anna riley gb news huddersfield . huddersfield. >> thank you, anna. so bring stuff. you're watching and

listening to gb news saturday with me. dawn neesom. lots more coming up on today's show. our schools to soft. well, we'll be asking what can be done to restore order in britain's classrooms and all of that and much more, including adding just another warning by the way, it's three weeks away. the big day is three weeks away. the big day is three weeks away. but no panic. no panic. i'm ready. three weeks away. but no panic. no panic. i'm ready . obviously. no panic. i'm ready. obviously. i'm really ready. you're watching and listening to gb news, britain's news channel don't go too far.

sunday mornings from 930 on . gb news. >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me. dawn neesom on your tv, online and on digital radio. now before we move to on our next subject, i just want to thank the people getting in touch to say i actually look like the christmas tree. if you're listening on the radio, i'm a very vibrant blue i'm wearing a very vibrant blue jacket christmas is jacket and the christmas tree is obviously blue obviously red, white and blue because gb news. but because it's gb news. but evidently i look like a christmas is to christmas tree, which is nice to know. you. we are know. thank you. but we are moving on are we losing moving on now. are we losing discipline in our schools ? discipline in our schools? teachers at an academy in kent went strike over pupil went on strike over pupil violence with teachers reporting that members of staff are threatened daily by the head of the school says pupils behaviour across the country had worsened since the pandemic , adding since the pandemic, adding a lack of funding made it difficult to tackle the issue.

okay joining me now is editor in chief of the good schools guide , chief of the good schools guide, lord ralph lucas . mr lucas, lord ralph lucas. mr lucas, thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. now this is a shocking story, but this is concerning one school in the isle of sheppey in kent. so the bafic isle of sheppey in kent. so the basic question i want to ask is how widespread is this that pupils are so out of control? this one teacher here interviewing here said he's in tears at not knowing what to do, how to cope with this. it's not uncommon. >> i don't think we've got any good data as to how frequent it is, but i it's something one sees a fair bit of it is something which should be dealt with because there are plenty of examples of schools where this doesn't happen . doesn't happen. >> it's one of the big puzzles we have at the moment is how to get this straight. >> so is this i mean, you know, you know , i went to school back you know, i went to school back in the dark ages, obviously, but, you know, we had we had

badly behaved kids there. but i don't i recall the teachers being the ones in control. if you read what's happening in many schools now, it seems that the lunatics are literally running the asylum. the kids are the ones in charge. they're the ones telling the teachers how the school should be run, often while carrying knives . while carrying knives. >> and there's not there's nothing that excuses that. to my mind, the government has a very excellent behaviour. tsar called tom bennett . there are some tom bennett. there are some really good examples of schools which are run without this sort of trouble, like mikaela , which of trouble, like mikaela, which is not in an easy part of london. so and if i look back in, in my history, then there was a time when one of the people who worked with me on the good schools guide was was a maths teacher in saint george's maida vale. and it was just as maths teacher in saint george's mai

done. wonderful school so it can be done . you can get this straight, done. you can get this straight, but it requires was real, really good management at the top and a real focus on getting good behaviour . real focus on getting good behaviour. in a sense to soft on some schools and some teachers not all obviously are too soft on kids they are letting them get away quite literally with murder . it's get away quite literally with murder. it's not get away quite literally with murder . it's not the teachers, murder. it's not the teachers, i mean teachers , if you're a mean teachers, if you're a teacher, you just have to go along with the systems that are there in the school. it's the head, the senior leadership team, the multi—academy trust. on top of that oasis is not a bad outfit. it ought to be able to get this straight. i i'm really surprised that it hasn't , really surprised that it hasn't, but it's it it it's such a big thing for parents to send your child to a school where behaviour is bad . they don't behaviour is bad. they don't learn. they get bullied. it's a really difficult time for them. we should we owe it to our children to get this straight.

absolutely >> and oasis is the name of the school oasis academy, which is on the isle of sheppey in kent. and this is which this story is particularly about. so our parent that's now this is the other thing is right okay. when i was a kid so back in the dark ages, if i did something naughty at school, i would go home and get a clip round the ear from my mum or my dad march back up the school. and would say to school. and they would say to the teacher, look, you know, have tell her off. have a go at her. tell her off. et cetera. cetera. et cetera. et cetera. now, nowadays hearing stories nowadays i'm hearing stories where kids are naughty at school . so parents then go to the school and give the teacher a clip around the air. i mean, how much responsible is to much of responsible is down to parents . here parents. here >> parents are the people who are responsible for their children's education. that's what's written in in the education act. it's absolutely parents responsible city to back the school up if they don't like what the school is doing. choose a different school . but if a different school. but if you're if you've chosen to send

a child to a school, support what it's doing, support how it manages things, talk to them civilly and that way you'll get the best out of it. there's no excuse for abuse or violence . excuse for abuse or violence. >> absolutely. and just one just one final very quick question. we're running out of time. unfortunately, there was a report in the papers this week about our knife arch security arches scanning, kids going into school in case they're carrying knives . what do you make of that ? >> 7- >> that ? >> that shouldn't be 7 >> that shouldn't be necessary it or do you really shouldn't have let things get to that point where you can't trust the kids, not to bring in knives. the school isn't running properly. if it has to do that, in view, absolutely right. in my view, absolutely right. >> thank you very much for joining afternoon. joining us this afternoon. that's ralph lucas, editor that's lord ralph lucas, editor in of the good schools in chief of the good schools guide. thank you very much for joining we move on to joining us. now we move on to a lighter subject, itv has extended an episode of i'm a celebrity that featured a cultural appropriation row

between nigel farage and nella rose. after the broadcast , rose. after the broadcast, oyster was accused of not giving nigel enough airtime. so now, after nearly two weeks in the jungle, well, what do we make of nigel's performance? so far? there you can see him there doing his physical jerks with a couple of logs and what's he doing there? no, they're just they do a lot of sitting around in there, don't they? right. so joining me now is entertainment reporter and expert on this. unlike me , hayley palmer. hayley unlike me, hayley palmer. hayley thank you very much for joining. >> i like the word expert, but you are expert compared to me. >> you are an expert on this. believe now i mean, i'm believe me. now i mean, i'm watching it because it's part of my watch it. kind my job to watch it. i kind of think nigel is doing okay in there. i really think he is now. >> i've been in morocco this week, but i have been following it there. >> she has to go. i had to go there casually getting some there just casually getting some lovely sunshine . lovely sunshine. >> i came back last night in time i'm a celebrity because time for i'm a celebrity because i had to see it and i agree with

you. i think he is doing really well. he could have kicked off massively. >> i think i would have kicked off massively. there are some people it's slightly irritating. it has to be said. yeah. nella, i'm going to go there. go, go there, go there. go on, go. >> i'm not okay with the situation. >> for me, it's not even about their views because you know, you've i've got you've got your view. i've got my they're probably not my view. they're probably not going to be the same. that's okay. it's not what okay. but for me, it's not what the view is . it's the way that the view is. it's the way that she's kind of dealing with it very childlike, like, oh, we're not going to be friends. i don't want to be friends with you anymore. like it's just it's really immature . and she sort of really immature. and she sort of always almost gaslight. so i don't like to see it makes me always almost gaslight. so i don'reallyto see it makes me always almost gaslight. so i don'really uncomfortable me always almost gaslight. so i don'really uncomfortable ase always almost gaslight. so i don' really uncomfortable as a feel really uncomfortable as a viewer just those viewer watching just for those who aren't that familiar with it, nella rose is 26 year old and she is an influence for youtuben >> youtuber influencer, which means she influences people which makes youtube videos and right, which is slightly worrying considering , as you

worrying considering, as you say, she does come across as slightly younger than her years. >> she does. i think it's like it's just all, you know, we're not anymore don't not friends anymore and don't talk and i'm not going to talk to me and i'm not going to eat said to fred. eat your food, she said to fred. >> all this kind of thing. >> it's all this kind of thing. and see that these and you can see that these people like nigel fred people like nigel and fred are hurt would be hurt by people like nigel and fred are hurt because would be hurt by people like nigel and fred are hurt because it's)uld be hurt by people like nigel and fred are hurt because it's everything's by that because it's everything's magnified. not eating that because it's everything's magnifieyyou're not eating that because it's everything's magnifieyyou're not)t eating that because it's everything's magnifieyyou're not sleeping properly. you're not sleeping properly. you're not sleeping properly when people are properly. so when people are like, i don't want to your like, i don't want to be your friend, you know, just friend, you know, it's just kind of and you could of a bit like, oh, and you could see night nigel was like, see last night nigel was like, you would half of you know, would you like half of my he was being so nice my biscuit? he was being so nice and wouldn't have given and just. i wouldn't have given and just. i wouldn't have given a my biscuit. no no, a half of my biscuit. no no, that's important biscuit. that's an important biscuit. >> very important that's an important biscuit. >> becausey important that's an important biscuit. >> becausey impare|nt that's an important biscuit. >> becausey impare hungry, biscuit because they are hungry, as know, it does biscuit because they are hungry, as you know, it does biscuit because they are hungry, as you emotional,, it does biscuit because they are hungry, as you emotional, doesn't it? make you emotional, doesn't it? i mean, you are going to be, you know, slightly edge the know, slightly on edge all the time. know, slightly on edge all the tim totally. in their >> totally. and in their defence, lost her defence, i know she's lost her parents. i can see the pain in her i feel like her pain is her and i feel like her pain is coming out. actually so i will say much. for me say that much. but for me it's a difficult and you know, difficult watch and you know, the bits that i have watched, i think the two mean, nella is think the two i mean, nella is brilliant because she's brilliant for tv because she's such a strong personality and,

you know, you know, she's getting a lot of airtime, which is brilliant because she you love her, right? >> the thing i find about reality tv is , is the people reality tv is, is the people that do well are the marmite characters. you either really love them or you really hate them, but you feel strongly about them in one way. and nella is brilliant doing sort is brilliant at doing that. sort of like i, i care about this. this woman . i don't know who she this woman. i don't know who she is, do care about what this woman. i don't know who she is, doing, :are about what this woman. i don't know who she is, doing, whether|t what this woman. i don't know who she is, doing, whether i what this woman. i don't know who she is, doing, whether i liket this woman. i don't know who she is, doing, whether i like it she's doing, whether i like it or these people don't win, or not. these people don't win, though. that are though. the people that win are the which me the nice ones. which brings me on will win. who josie. on to which will win. who josie. >> i predicted it from the beginning. josie will win. she's likeable . likeable. >> josie gibson, the itv . >> well, josie gibson, the itv. >> well, josie gibson, the itv. >> yes. she gets on with everybody. you're right, everybody. and you're right, it is it's the is the nice people. it's the related that win . and related people that win. and she's going through her struggle . was there crying last . she was there crying last night and she missed her son. and like you said, i think emotions are high. you know, it must be magnified in there. and you you just just want to must be magnified in there. and you yourjust just want to must be magnified in there. and you your feet just want to must be magnified in there. and you your feet up just want to must be magnified in there. and you your feet up and want to must be magnified in there. and you your feet up and go nt to must be magnified in there. and you your feet up and go to to must be magnified in there. and you your feet up and go to bed put your feet up and go to bed in house, don't you? in your own house, don't you? and cup tea. well, and have a cup of tea. well, yeah, mean, you know, 1.5

yeah, but i mean, you know, 1.5 million, i'd go eat whatever million, i'd go and eat whatever they were to give. million, i'd go and eat whatever they weryi to give. million, i'd go and eat whatever they weryi would.o give. >> yeah i would. >> yeah i would. >> i along. >> i play along. >> i play along. >> yeah. but know. but no, >> yeah. but you know. but no, i'm doing it. by the way, i'm not doing it. by the way, sign her up. the voting starts this weekend, am i it this weekend, am i right? it does. >> nigel's daughter has gone does. >> there. iel's daughter has gone does. >> there. so? daughter has gone does. >> there. so? sorghter has gone does. >> there. so? so the er has gone does. >> there. so? so the friends|one out there. so? so the friends and family have gone out to the jungle. so that means that now the will take place, the voting will take place, which that you need to which means that you need to vote him gb news viewers, vote for him gb news viewers, because it's you have to pick up the phone and vote. we want to we want that thing they do we want to do that thing they do on strictly come dancing is that phone, phone, phone, phone, which wanted to which is i've always wanted to do i know. know. do that. i know. i know. >> i'm not doing strictly come dancing can't dance at dancing either. i can't dance at all. about what this all. what about what about this is because he is the husbands one because he is the husbands one because he is well and i am is watching it well and i am frankie . well, he's very quiet. >> t- >> hold on a bit. >> hold on a bit. >> a bit of a dark horse. >> a bit of a dark horse. >> oh, good. she's good. >> oh, she's good. she's good. i'm really surprised at how quiet i haven't seen much quiet he is. i haven't seen much come i want more come out of him. i want more personality. mean, the personality. i mean, he's the complete opposite of nella. like, not getting enough like, we're not getting enough airtime. but airtime. or maybe he is, but we're not getting it in the we're not just getting it in the edit. >> this is the thing, isn't it? it's to it's edited

it's down to how it's edited exactly . exactly. >> but i do think if you're coming out with some corkers, they're it in like they're going to put it in like sam for example. sam thompson, for example. >> no idea is, but >> i have no idea who he is, but he's made in chelsea. he's he's made in chelsea. >> oh, right. okay. yeah, he's adorable. and been on quite adorable. and he's been on quite adorable. and he's been on quite a shows. i've a few reality shows. right i've know but he know him from radio days, but he is like a little golden retriever puppy. he is a lovely energy and are picking up energy and they are picking up on little lines. i don't on his little lines. i don't know frankie if i miss know with frankie if i miss something, but i couldn't tell you thing he said. something, but i couldn't tell you no, thing he said. something, but i couldn't tell you no, that's he said. something, but i couldn't tell you no, that's true. aid. something, but i couldn't tell you no, that's true. would you go >> no, that's true. would you go in the jungle if you were asked? just out of interest? because, i mean, if you're listening the mean, if you're listening on the radio have idea what radio and you have no idea what this gorgeous sitting this gorgeous creature sitting next like, she is next to me looks like, she is tall, slim , she's got long tall, she's slim, she's got long blonde hair, she's very fit. she's athletic. does she's very athletic. she does a lot so you would lot of sport. so you would actually, in theory, shoo in? >> i think i'd be terrible because i love my little snack . because i love my little snack. i electric blanket. i love my electric blanket. i love my own knife and fork. i love my own knife and fork. i love my own toilet paper. so i don't think it would work out, but i would do it. >> okay. right the viewing >> okay. right now, the viewing figure. question. figure. one last question. unfortunately phone, unfortunately so phone, phone, phone, one last question. right.

viewing are down, but is viewing figures are down, but is it we're getting it because we're getting a little this show in little bit tired of this show in particular, than anyone particular, rather than anyone that's it? i have that's actually in it? i have heard they are down, but i actually think it is a good line up this year think if up this year and i think if you're it, tune in you're not watching it, tune in because it's the last week vote. >> can do this. come >> nigel, we can do this. come on, news so do the vote thing. >> do the vote thing right. okay. right. thank very okay. right. thank you very much, palmer, their much, haley haley palmer, their expert telly. expert on all things telly. you're and listening to you're watching and listening to gb with me. dawn gb news saturday with me. dawn neesom. lots more coming up on today's first, shall today's show. but first, shall we look at the weather today's show. but first, shall we ellie?.ook at the weather today's show. but first, shall we ellie? iok at the weather today's show. but first, shall we ellie? i thinkthe weather today's show. but first, shall we ellie? i think it's weather today's show. but first, shall we ellie? i think it's cold.|er with ellie? i think it's cold. >> a brighter outlook with box solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello, welcome to your latest gb news weather. i'm ellie glazer. after a very cold couple of days, for most of us, it looks like something a little bit milder is on the way in the south of the uk through the weekend. this area of low pressure to the southwest pressure out to the southwest gradually but gradually moves towards us. but for now, low for the here and now, low pressure in charge, bringing

various frontal systems the various frontal systems to the west and bringing some west of the uk and bringing some showers as well. showers showers as well. those showers will the west, will push in from the west, perhaps over perhaps turning wintry over the hills and parts of hills of wales. and parts of northwest as well. but northwest england as well. but for parts of scotland, northern ireland southeast ireland and the southeast generally with some generally staying dry with some clear skies overnight and could lead some mist and freezing lead to some mist and freezing fog clear fog under those clear skies turning cold, could see turning very cold, we could see —8 or —10 across parts of scotland, perhaps, but perhaps just a touch milder across the south—west recent south—west compared to recent nights . as we on sunday, nights. as we start on sunday, those showers could bring some icy stretches many , icy stretches to many, particularly central particularly across the central swathe of the uk. those swathe of the uk. but those showers across southwest showers across the southwest continue push way north continue to push their way north and as we through and eastwards as we go through into sunday afternoon, perhaps turning times and turning heavy at times and wintry over the hills across parts of wales and northern england, scotland , england, parts of scotland, though generally staying drier but feeling cold. but are definitely feeling cold. some perhaps staying below some parts perhaps staying below freezing through sunday afternoon . however, still milder afternoon. however, still milder again the south—west into again across the south—west into monday . further rain pushes its monday. further rain pushes its way south and eastwards as we go into monday afternoon . again, into monday afternoon. again, there be some wintry there could be some wintry elements wales there could be some wintry elennorthern wales

there could be some wintry elennorthern england wales there could be some wintry elennorthern england , wales there could be some wintry elennorthern england , butales and northern england, but staying dry still across parts of scotland northern of scotland and northern ireland. that rain continues to clear its through monday , clear its way through monday, leaving but colder day leaving a drier but colder day on tuesday and wednesday . on tuesday and wednesday. >> looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news you brew weather on. gb news you brew that's a bit chilly. >> you know the best thing you can do this afternoon is stay indoors , pause, watch telly, indoors, pause, watch telly, snuggle up on the settee and watch me. why not? thank you very much, ellie. lots more coming in show. we'll coming up in today's show. we'll be bringing you the latest as pro—palestine marches take to the streets of london for the eighth week in a row. all of that and much, much more to come. dawn neesom. i a come. i'm dawn neesom. i have a christmas you're watching christmas tree you're watching and listening to gb news. britain's don't go britain's news channel. don't go too .

away . hello and welcome to gb away. hello and welcome to gb news saturday, a saturday. that's just three weeks before christmas. ouch. i'm dawn neesom for the next two hours, i'll be keeping you company on tv, onune keeping you company on tv, online and on digital radio. bringing you up to date on all the stories that really matter to you coming up this hour , to you coming up this hour, pro—palestinian demonstrators are set to take to the streets for the eighth week in a row calling for a ceasefire in the israeli hamas conflict. we'll be going live to keep up to going there live to keep up to date with everything happening

around country. our around the country. then, our christmas traditions a new christmas traditions dead. a new study claims over a third of brits plan to ditch the traditional christmas dinner for a takeaway. i mean, come on. with trend analysis on google revealing there has been a 900% increase in online searches for the term christmas to . come on, the term christmas to. come on, people. christmas takeaway . what people. christmas takeaway. what are you doing? and boris johnson has called the racism row surrounding the royal family normal and not remotely racist saying questioning a baby's skin colour is just human nature. lots more on that one to come, too. and do get in touch. send me your thoughts at vaiews@gbnews.uk . com or vaiews@gbnews.uk. com or message me on social media. really, really simple. just at gb news. but first, here's the news with aaron armstrong . news with aaron armstrong. >> good afternoon to you. it's a minute past one. i am aaron armstrong . temperatures could armstrong. temperatures could drop to —12 tonight in parts of scotland after heavy snow saw flights disrupted at glasgow

airport earlier. fresh yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place. they'll be in force from 6 pm. this evening until midday tomorrow for many parts of the uk. two fa cup ties in england and 11 league matches in england and 11 league matches in scotland have been postponed. while today's racing fixture at newcastle was abandoned . newcastle was abandoned. however, meteorologist john hammond says the cold temperatures won't last long. >> the focus of the cold shifting northwards, something a bit milder, trying to push in from the south. then the cold air sweeps back south again. later on monday into tuesday. so we're not waving goodbye to this cold spell just yet. i think through the middle the week, through the middle of the week, potentially frost potentially further severe frost ice. and then later on this week into next weekend , a complete into next weekend, a complete transformation . it's going to transformation. it's going to turn mild , wet, windy, soggy and turn mild, wet, windy, soggy and horrible . horrible. >> a week of travel disruption for rail passengers has begun as train drivers continue to strike over pay. no east midlands trains are running today and there's a limited service between london and scotland on

lnen between london and scotland on lner. separately an overtime ban across all services in england until next weekend will cause further chaos. aslef members have voted to continue taking industrial action for the next six months. the rail delivery group says they should accept an 8% pay offer, but the shadow culture secretary, thangam debbonaire , says the government debbonaire, says the government needs to start negotiating strikes help. >> none of us, you know , the >> none of us, you know, the working people who want to get to work , people who want to get to work, people who want to get to work, people who want to get to visit family and friends. it's important that these it's really important that these strikes soon as strikes are settled as soon as possible . and hope that possible. and i really hope that the government and the unions can negotiate and fair can negotiate that. and a fair settlement as as they can. settlement as soon as they can. >> an 84 year old man has died following a huge house explosion in edinburgh. the blast, which happenedin in edinburgh. the blast, which happened in the babatan area last heard from last night, was heard from several miles away. a year several miles away. a 43 year old and 54 year old man old woman and a 54 year old man were taken to hospital and a number neighbouring number of neighbouring properties evacuated as a properties were evacuated as a precautionary . police precautionary measure. police say are no suspicious say there are no suspicious circumstances. a go fund me

page, though, has been set up to help money for the family . help raise money for the family. a soldier has been a british soldier has been killed in kenya. the ministry of defence has confirmed major kevin mccool died while off duty on wednesday. the 32 year old had served in europe, the middle east, the falklands in addition to africa . defence secretary to africa. defence secretary grant shapps described him as an exceptional person and an exceptional person and an exceptional soldier . 46 men have exceptional soldier. 46 men have been charged following clashes in birmingham on thursday night. the violence erupted ahead of aston villa's match against legia warsaw. a west midlands police says five officers were injured when missiles were thrown by visiting football fans . 43 people were charged with a pubuc . 43 people were charged with a public order offence, two with assault and another with possession of a knife . the possession of a knife. the disorder started after several poush disorder started after several polish fans were told they wouldn't be allowed into the stadium. boris johnson is expected to apologise and admit he made mistakes during the pandemic. when he appears before the covid inquiry next week. the former prime minister will,

however, argue his government got the big decisions right with the times claiming he'll say he helped save tens if not helped to save tens if not hundreds of thousands of lives by preventing the nhs from being overwhelmed . and some of his overwhelmed. and some of his senior staff, though, have already given evidence and they've his they've criticised his indecision and poor leadership . indecision and poor leadership. aid trucks have entered the rafah crossing for the first time since the truce collapsed in the middle east. israel says 400 terror targets have been hit in the past 24 hours. the hamas run health ministry says almost 200 palestinians have been killed since yesterday. both sides blame each other for breaking the seven day pause in fighting . a us judge has ruled fighting. a us judge has ruled donald trump isn't immune from being held accountable for 2020 election interference. a warning some flashing images are coming up . mr trump's lawyers argued up. mr trump's lawyers argued presidential immunity , saying presidential immunity, saying his attempts to reject the election results fell within his presidential duties. but the judge says the former president will be prosecuted like any

other citizen . mr trump is other citizen. mr trump is accused of unlawfully trying to overturn his election defeat . overturn his election defeat. well, that's it for the moment. i'll be back with more in about half an hour's time. but now it's to gb news, saturday. it's over to gb news, saturday. >> thank you very much . aaron. >> thank you very much. aaron. now let's get stuck into today's stories. but but but before i do, i just want to give a little shout out to constance on twitter or whatever it's called. these days. who's got in touch to say, can you please tell viewers about the i'm a celebrity app? phone charges might deter some from voting , might deter some from voting, but the app gets you five free votes per night. so if you're watching and it's cold, so why not watch it? obviously, you can watch gb news at the same time. then you know, you can vote for free on that app. but now we move on. now, pro—palestinian demonstrators are set to take to the streets for the eighth week

in a row, calling for a ceasefire in the israel—hamas conflict. police say protests are expected in around 13 boroughs in london after the seven day israel—hamas ceasefire ended. now, joining me to discuss this is gb news political correspondent olivia utley , who is out there all utley, who is out there all looking well wrapped up now, olivia. thank you very much for joining us. can you tell us exactly where you are and what's going on there ? going on there? >> yeah, i'm in tower hamlets this morning. >> yeah, i'm in tower hamlets this morning . and what we're this morning. and what we're expecting to see today is slightly different from the previous eight weeks of marches as there isn't a planned london central london pro—palestine march taking place. but what is happening is, as you say, 13 london boroughs are hosting individual rallies. london boroughs are hosting individual rallies . so the rally individual rallies. so the rally here in tower hamlets today will be in the building just behind me here. there are police officers. you can see their van just outside here. the rally is due to begin at 3:00. as yet, no one's yet turned up. we've spoken to the police officers ,

spoken to the police officers, not even the organisers of the event turned up. these event have turned up. but these police just police officers are here just really make sure that all really to make sure that all of those people who are here for the rally stay inside the building. do not want them building. they do not want them out streets. we do. out on the streets. we do. they're not hoping for any repeats of any of the sort of disruption that we've seen in previous weeks. this rally is organised by the stop the war coalition, saying with the other 12 rallies around and london boroughs today we are expecting to hearjeremy boroughs today we are expecting to hear jeremy corbyn boroughs today we are expecting to hearjeremy corbyn speak a little bit later. so i'm expecting a pretty big turnout for this particular rally as jeremy corbyn seems to excite quite a lot of into arrest among pro—palestinian supporters. i'll be back with you at 2:00 and 3:00, i think it is. 3:00 is when it's all expected to take off. so i'll let you know how it's going then where? >> this is my local london boroughs . >> this is my local london boroughs. i'm >> this is my local london boroughs . i'm just being nosey boroughs. i'm just being nosey here. whereabouts in tower hamlets are you at? i'm interested. olivia >> i'm on cheshire street, about

a ten minute walk from whitechapel station. right. okay. it's i've seen it quite a lot of pro—palestine flags draped on houses and buildings in the surrounds area. so i'm sure you know more about it than me. if it's your local area. but it seems to be a pretty pro—palestine hotspot here. no >> yeah, that's why i asked, because has because our local market has been palestine flags been draped in palestine flags for a good while now . do we know for a good while now. do we know why the focus has switched from the big marches that have been organised to the small independent gatherings around? well, as you say, 13 london boroughs , it seems to be that boroughs, it seems to be that essentially just the difficulty in organising these huge london marches. >> the police obviously the metropolitan police commissioner, mark rowley, he actually decided to let these marches go ahead and he was prepared to carry on letting them go ahead. but it seems as though the organisers themselves have decided that these rallies in individual london boroughs are perhaps easier to organise.

and sure it comes as a big and i'm sure it comes as a big relief to the police. we spoke to one of the policewoman who's policing this event here and she talks about just the incredible cost that policing these enormous marches in central london has had on the police force, the of resources, force, the use of resources, which obviously have to be diverted this rather than diverted to this rather than elsewhere. so i think police elsewhere. so i think the police will be very, relieved will be very, very relieved indeed that these rallies indeed that these local rallies are taking place instead, which are taking place instead, which are much easier to police. we're expecting local police here and at the other 12 rallies, and they will be helped by pan london police as they're called, who will be brought in from other boroughs to shore up that effort. but as i say, it will be much, much easier to get a handle on than those enormous sort of 100,000 person central london rallies that we've seen taking place in marble arch for the past eight weekends. >> so jeremy corbyn is expected to come to the east london one where you are today . today, where you are today. today, obviously he's incredibly divisive and has made comments

before that, you know, hamas are friends. his comments, not mine, are the police expecting any counter protests at that location ? not as far as we're location? not as far as we're aware . aware. >> we are expecting jeremy corbyn. he will give a talk. what we're expecting him to say, what the stop the war coalition have on website is that he have on their website is that he will calling a ceasefire will be calling for a ceasefire and they make clear on that website that they are defining that ceasefire as a permanent ceasefire as opposed to the pause in hostilities that we've seen over the last six days. it seems that jeremy corbyn is speaking today as a result of the end of that ceasefire which, as aaron said in his bulletin there, both sides are blaming each other for. we have seen a reignite of hostilities. and that's why there's going to be a particular sort of piquancy to these rallies today. and i expect there will be a bit of push back from whatever jeremy corbyn has to say. >> brilliant. that's olivia utley there for us live in east

london on the palestine gatherings. i think they are now. olivia, thank you very much. go and get a lovely hot cup of tea or something. now our reporter lisa hartle is in wimbledon for us. lisa, i believe you're at the site of yet another one of these protests. can you bring us up to speed on what's happening where you are? hello >> hello. yes, well, this one here in wimbledon is a it's a vigil. so there's about 100 people. you can see behind me. and they've been gathered here since half 11 this morning. they've got the palestinian flags, the different various different placards, but they're also at the moment, i don't know if you can hear from here, but they're reading the names from large boards of a number of different people that have passed away in gaza during the airstrikes since the war began . airstrikes since the war began. so if i just step out the way, maybe you might be able to see a little better. but this is one of 47 vigils or protests that are taking place across the

country , all organised by the country, all organised by the palestinian organisation on their basically palestine sorry, palestine solidarity campaign, 47 of them taking place across the country. jeremy corbyn is due to speak at the one in tower hamlets at 3 pm. today and they're calling for a ceasefire between gaza and israel. then they've been holding vigils since the war began and across various locations and they say that's what they're going to continue to do until a ceasefire has can be reached . and it's has can be reached. and it's eight weeks today since that the since hamas first launched its attack on israel, killing 1200 people, taking hundreds of hostages, 120 of those are still being held in gaza. and then, of course, since then, the retaliation by israel, the airstrikes has left 15,000 people dead in gaza . and today, people dead in gaza. and today, save the children have said that 8000 of those are reported to be children. and i spoke to one of

the organisers here earlier and she said that this is what they're going to continue to do every every week until a ceasefire can be brought in. >> that's lisa hartle there. lisa, thank you very much for joining us in the cold in wimbledon today at one of the vigils of police for peace, basically rather than the marches. that's what's going on around the country today. so right . okay. for all the best right. okay. for all the best analysis and opinion on that story and so much more, though, simply go to our website gbnews.com it's a very good website actually. i'll use it all the time if i were you. now we move love this story . we move on. i love this story. our christmas tradition is dead now . most of the festive adverts now. most of the festive adverts this year focussed on the theme of make your own traditions and throw the old ones out of the window. this is involve basically people burning paper hats. well, the god that was controversial, wasn't it? we've even had a been a festive venus flytrap who knew that was a

thing. it is now. flytrap who knew that was a thing. it is now . and also thing. it is now. and also someone pulping their presence was it or something or other refusing to cook. in any case, now a new study claims over a third of brits plan to ditch the traditional christmas dinner for a takeaway. okay, come on, people with trend analysis on google revealing there has been a 900% increase in online searches for the term christmas takeaway. now joining me now is the deputy leader of the reform party , i.e. the reform party mep party, i.e. the reform party mep , ben habib, and former editor of labourlist. oh, no, actually, peter is not here. see, i'm on the ball. i look to my side and peter is not here yet. he is joining us in a second. he's just finishing off his takeaway. ben let's come to you first. right. okay i was shocked by this. right. >> he's buying his turkey. >> he's buying his turkey. >> peter must be buying. he's buying turkey, turkeys buying his turkey, but turkeys are according to this. are stuffed according to this. it's a chinese takeaway we're all going for. yeah you make of this? >> well, i think that's very

sad. if people are going for a chinese takeaway on christmas day, know , i've got some day, you know, i've got some sympathy with perhaps not wishing to go through the all the hard work of a massive christmas lunch. i've got huge sympathy . but the tradition sympathy. but the tradition should be preserved, shouldn't it? even if you cheat and it? and even if you cheat and you buy perhaps a turkey, that's cooked or you buy your pudding that's been already made for you or whatever , you know, you only or whatever, you know, you only really do it once a year and it's almost part of british culture to be eating turkey for the next two weeks after christmas. and it would be tragic if all that stopped, wouldn't tragic if all that stopped, wotnobody actually turkey >> nobody actually likes turkey anymore >> nobody actually likes turkey anymorfairly dry and nobody >> it's fairly dry and nobody actually sprouts. >> it's fairly dry and nobody actucome sprouts. >> it's fairly dry and nobody actucome on, sprouts. >> it's fairly dry and nobody actucome on, it's sprouts. >> it's fairly dry and nobody actucome on, it's tradition)uts. >> it's fairly dry and nobody actucome on, it's tradition .rts. but come on, it's tradition. >> yeah, i like brussels sprouts. i've grown to like them. do you. how do them. yeah. how do you. how do you sprouts? you like brussels sprouts? >> don't . don't at me. by the >> i don't. don't at me. by the way, i a lot people like way, i know a lot of people like brussels i think brussels sprouts. i just think maybe way mum maybe it's just the way my mum cooked them, though. right now, young man, into the vegetarian. absolutely yeah, absolutely. you are. vegetarian as well, are. i'm a vegetarian as well, but i just don't like brussels sprouts. edwards,

sprouts. now peter edwards, former of the labourlist, former editor of the labourlist, you have just arrived in the studio running late. how very dare you . it's a tradition to be dare you. it's a tradition to be on time for my show. so. but come on, i know you're a vegetarian, but you're going to do the traditional thing. you're going to have a vegan turkey slice or other. slice or something or other. >> probably something slice or something or other. >> or)bably something slice or something or other. >> or maybe something slice or something or other. >> or maybe fish. something veggie or maybe fish. >> i should have said, i'm pescatarian. >> i gave up meat 20 years ago. >> i gave up meat 20 years ago. >> but let's talk about the tradition, because what m atter. >> matter. >> mean, i think the great >> i mean, i think the great thing about britain today, which is country i've is the only country i've ever lived enjoys, is the only country i've ever livetogether enjoys, is the only country i've ever livetogether at enjoys, is the only country i've ever livetogether at christmas. oys, i get together at christmas. and i looked up. there's about 27 looked it up. there's about 27 million people that identify as christian in the uk. but i've worked with huge number of worked with a huge number of jewish muslim colleagues jewish and muslim colleagues over particularly over the years, particularly muslim community, still muslim community, and it's still the matter in the things that matter matter in most faiths. coming together with , showing with your family, showing appreciation, looking appreciation, perhaps looking upwards. if have faith , upwards. if you have faith, giving presents. and obviously all things often based all these things are often based around as well. around a meal as well. and certainly , know, a certainly, you know, i'm a christian and i'm british, but i don't eat meat. otherwise don't eat meat. but otherwise i'm mainstream. you i'm fairly mainstream. but you join in the tradition. i hope we

can hold on them for years to can hold on to them for years to come. while recognising perhaps some of them were invented by charles dickens in the 19th century. charles dickens in the 19th cenand go back to >> and they don't go back to time immemorial. yeah, he time immemorial. yeah, but he invented the ghost story at christmas is also christmas as well, which is also a pretty shout, to fair, a pretty good shout, to be fair, which love. yeah, which we all love. yeah, exactly. ben, that's exactly. but. but ben, that's a good it doesn't matter good point. it doesn't matter what are no what faith you are or of no faith, it is a time of year. i mean, look, you've got trees here. it's sparkly lights. it's all eyes full of tinsel all glowing eyes full of tinsel and i love that song line, all glowing eyes full of tinsel and it's i love that song line, all glowing eyes full of tinsel and it's justyve that song line, all glowing eyes full of tinsel and it's just timeiat song line, all glowing eyes full of tinsel and it's just time to song line, all glowing eyes full of tinsel and it's just time to get; line, but it's just time to get together with your family. spend time family. it is. time with your family. it is. and share, you know, the loveliness of this time of year. >> yeah. and lots of different faiths celebrate a day off on the 25th of december and i mean i was born in pakistan and actually funnily enough the founder of i don't know whether this was politically accidentally on purpose or whether this actually was the case, but muhammad ali jinnah, who was the father of pakistan, was happened to be born on the 25th december. so they could

25th of december. so they could declare the 25th of december a national holiday. and everyone could celebrate together. i endorse completely, by the way, everything that peter has just said about christmas day, which is a remarkable event because we very rarely with one another agree . and can i say what peter, agree. and can i say what peter, what lovely you've on what a lovely tie you've got on today well. stop it. but today as well. oh, stop it. but but the question i've got for peter is, do you like brussels sprouts? oh, i do. >> i like all veg . >> i like all veg. >> i like all veg. >> yeah, i'm well there you go. >> yeah, i'm well there you go. >> you're in a minority here, right? >> okay. now, i mean, it's chinese takeaways, but indian takeaways and japanese takeaways. sushi, which is a seamless link for my story. i've got a friend recently who went on holiday to japan and came back. ray thing about japanese culture for how it was very traditional and absolutely loved it and really, really was was taken the whole thing. and he goesit taken the whole thing. and he goes it was just sobering because it was so traditionally japanese. because it was so traditionally japanese . this particular friend japanese. this particular friend of mine probably an ex friend, after me telling this story , after me telling this story, also thinks that if we get upset

about british traditions dying out, that somehow makes you racist . so it's like, you know, racist. so it's like, you know, he , you know, we should be more he, you know, we should be more multicultural . we should accept, multicultural. we should accept, you know, everything and anything, you know, and british tradition isn't that important. so i'm coming to you on this one. ben yeah , he's missing one. ben yeah, he's missing something here, i think so. >> this is a slightly more serious point. you know, we've discussed christmas in a sort of broader but this is broader fun sense, but this is a very serious point, by the way, because as i was gb news, the because as i was on gb news, the other day with a lady debating this very issue and her basic line was, unless british society is prepared, unless people in british society are prepared to accept our values and champion our values , celebrate our our values, celebrate our values, actually you're bigoted. and what what we've i think what we're developing into is a nation, not out of a largely homogeneous, harmonious cultural makeup, but one where cultures are you know, living in their own separate silos without much

integration going on and let me just say straight off the bat, i think diversity of thought is very significantly improved . if very significantly improved. if you if you interact with people of different cultures, different backgrounds, different experiences from different parts of the world, because you learn from all of that. but if you have of the kind of immigration that we've had in the uk , the that we've had in the uk, the numbers that we've had coming in without any attempt to assimilate , without any ability assimilate, without any ability to really forge a new, a unified approach to the way we live, you end up, i think, with division rather than diversity of thought. and that's how multiculturalism is coming to be played in the uk. it's not the good that comes out of modest immigration that allows societies to evolve over time for their collective betterment. what we're getting is division in society . we and us in them in society. we and us in them all the time. and i find that very worrying, peter. >> i mean , we've just been live

>> i mean, we've just been live to tower hamlets, where there is a where jeremy corbyn is expected to speak at a palestinian peace demonstration. now i live in tower hamlets, and if you don't know, it's one of the poorest boroughs in east london. it's very, very multicultural , but it london. it's very, very multicultural, but it is london. it's very, very multicultural , but it is quite multicultural, but it is quite divided . borough people don't divided. borough people don't tend to mix . so ben's got tend to mix. so ben's got a point that , you know, point that, you know, multiculturalism doesn't actually appear to be working that well . that well. >> well, i don't agree. and i should say i live in tower hamlets as well. i have for a decade or so, and people do mix. >> you're probably neighbour. >> you're probably my neighbour. >> you're probably my neighbour. >> people do mix in enormously. but right. don't quite but ben's right. i don't quite agree. but ben's right to ask a question about integration. but in east london, it is in terms of east london, it is in terms of east london, it is in incredibly diverse and the institutions i'm tied to, which are a workplace or a christian church or a political party, that's kind of how i spend my free time. those are all very diverse, but i don't quite agree. >> but ben did ask a legitimate question, which was if you have different communities living side but not talking to

side by side but not talking to each other, that's not a model for diversity. >> that's just people living in different groups doing their own thing. the other point, and i don't think it's about immigration keeping immigration because i'm keeping that topic, but that as a separate topic, but wherever communities wherever you've got communities living together and if community grows and obviously we've seen an influx ukrainians , which an influx of ukrainians, which you in you welcome very much in the last months, is there has to last 18 months, is there has to be adequate infrastructure , be adequate infrastructure, schools, transport and particularly gp places and so on and so on. >> so what do you think? i mean, why it okay, my question to why is it okay, my question to both why it okay for both of you, why is it okay for some cultures like the japanese culture, wonderful . well, culture, wonderful. well, absolutely. everything is incredibly japanese and they don't veer from that. that's fine. but there is an implication that if you want british traditions to survive , british traditions to survive, you've not just christmas, but lots of traditions , that you are lots of traditions, that you are somehow racist . what do you say somehow racist. what do you say to that? peter i don't really recognise that at all. >> let's take one specific example. every christmas in in some tabloid newspapers we get a story about local government telling a primary school they

can't nativity , but then can't have a nativity, but then there's a backlash and everyone from every culture you can from every culture says you can have a school nativity at christmas just like in one of my previous workplaces, we supported staff to have a celebration for celebration at eid for the muslim there's muslim festival. there's actually respect between faith groups rather than disapproval . groups rather than disapproval. and i think most of your viewers and most people i've met in politics will accept that diverse city is not about banning stuff. it's facilitate ing everyone to honour their own tradition within a british context . right. context. right. >> ben, same question to you. why is it okay for japan >> ben, same question to you. why is it okay forjapan to be why is it okay for japan to be incredibly japanese? but in britain it could be so. >> i mean, i think you've absolutely hit the nail on the head and dawn and this is the argument that i have with anyone who suggests for a moment that british institutions are racist against ethnic minority or people from minority religious backgrounds or trans gendered or whatever. my argument is absolutely not. our british institutions , the entire united institutions, the entire united

kingdom , the way we're kingdom, the way we're structured is really to do the majority party down, to do our bafic majority party down, to do our basic traditional british values down to dumb, our own feeling of nafionhood down to dumb, our own feeling of nationhood down. if you're proud of the union, jack, you're criticised, you're sort of, you know, far right nationalist in other countries . that's not the other countries. that's not the case. going back to pakistan and they're very proudly fly their pakistani flag everywhere there. and you know, we're almost more proud in this country about our support of ukraine than we are of the united kingdom. but people from ukraine are sort of like many blonde blue hair that makes it fine. no, but, you know, but saying know, no, but what i'm saying is, know, we will champion is, you know, we will champion their right to national sovereignty than we sovereignty any more than we will own right. and will champion our own right. and we are absolutely not institutionally racist against ethnic minorities. if there's any prejudice now that's crept in to the united kingdom, it is this. it is in to order keep a lid on ethnic divisions flaring up , we've dumbed down and

up, we've dumbed down and require the majority of the people in the united kingdom to subjugate themselves to these other cultures and the racism if it exists, which by the way, i do think it is exists. i think we've got is against the majority white people. it is promote an of ethnic minorities and minor religious groups over and minor religious groups over and above and to the detriment of the majority. >> okay, interesting point. i think your mike's failing, though. unfortunately well, i admit that i am prejudiced . admit that i am prejudiced. okay. against brussels sprouts , okay. against brussels sprouts, so. right. okay ben habib, thank you very much. and uh, peter edwards, thank you very much. and uh, no gold star like you were late, right ? you are were late, right? you are watching and listening to gb news saturday with me. dawn neesom lots more coming on neesom lots more coming up on today's but first, should today's show, but first, should we dare go out and have a look at what the weather's doing with ellie? >> hello. welcome to your latest gb weather. i'm ellie gb news weather. i'm ellie glazer. after a very cold couple of for most of us, it of days, for most of us, it looks like something little looks like something a little bit is on the in the

bit milder is on the way in the south the uk through south of the uk through the weekend. low weekend. this area of low pressure out the southwest pressure out to the southwest gradually moves towards us. but pressure out to the southwest grathe.ly moves towards us. but pressure out to the southwest grathe here oves towards us. but pressure out to the southwest grathe here and towards us. but pressure out to the southwest grathe here and now,rds us. but pressure out to the southwest grathe here and now, lowrs. but for the here and now, low pressure in charge, bringing various to the various frontal systems to the west of the uk and bringing you some as well, those some showers as well, those showers push the showers will push in from the west, perhaps wintry west, perhaps turning wintry over wales and over the hills of wales and parts north west england as parts of north west england as well. but for parts scotland, well. but for parts of scotland, northern ireland and the south—east dry south—east generally staying dry with clear skies overnight south—east generally staying dry withcould clear skies overnight south—east generally staying dry withcould leadr skies overnight south—east generally staying dry withcould lead to kies overnight south—east generally staying dry withcould lead to kies oymistjht south—east generally staying dry withcould lead to kies oymist and and could lead to some mist and freezing fog those clear freezing fog under those clear skies, turning very cold. we could see eight minus could see minus eight or minus ten across parts of scotland perhaps, perhaps perhaps, but perhaps just a touch across the touch milder across the south—west compared recent south—west compared to recent nights . as we start on sunday, nights. as we start on sunday, those showers could bring some icy many , icy stretches to many, particularly across central particularly across the central swathe the uk. those swathe of the uk. but those showers the south—west showers across the south—west continue their way north continue to push their way north and eastwards as we go through into afternoon, perhaps into sunday afternoon, perhaps turning at and turning heavy at times and wintry hills across wintry over the hills across parts wales and northern parts of wales and northern england . parts scotland, england. parts of scotland, though, staying drier though, generally staying drier but feeling cold. but are definitely feeling cold. some perhaps staying but are definitely feeling cold. some freezinghaps staying but are definitely feeling cold. some freezing throughying but are definitely feeling cold. some freezing through sunday below, freezing through sunday afternoon, however, still milder again across the south—west into

monday. further rain pushes its way south and eastwards as we go into monday afternoon. again, there could be wintry there could be some wintry elements across parts of wales and northern england, but staying parts staying dry still across parts of scotland and northern ireland. that rain continues to clear through monday , clear its way through monday, leaving colder day leaving a drier but colder day on and wednesday . on tuesday and wednesday. >> thank you very much, ellie. all right. that's nippy in it, right? lots more coming up on today's show as as security services say a terror attack in the uk linked to the conflict in gazais the uk linked to the conflict in gaza is likely only a matter of time. oh, god. should we all be more vigilant? all of that and much more to come. i'm dawn neesom and you are watching and listening to gb news, britain's news channel don't go too far now . earlier

thursdays from six till 930. >> welcome back to gb news. it is 131. aaron armstrong here in the newsroom. temperatures could drop to —12 tonight in parts of scotland after heavy snow saw flights disrupted at glasgow airport earlier . a yellow airport earlier. a yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place from 6 pm. this evening until midday tomorrow . and that's for many tomorrow. and that's for many parts of the uk. tomorrow. and that's for many parts of the uk . several parts of the uk. several sporting events have been cancelled. two fa cup games in

england and 11 scottish league matches to along with the racing at newcastle that was abandoned earlier. the ministry of defence has confirmed a british soldier, major kevin mccall, has been killed in kenya while off duty . killed in kenya while off duty. the 32 year old who served in europe, the middle east and the falklands died on wednesday . falklands died on wednesday. defence secretary grant shapps has described him as an exceptional person and an exceptional person and an exceptional soldier . the 94 year exceptional soldier. the 94 year old man died following a huge explosion at a house in edinburgh. a 43 year old woman and a 54 year old man were also taken to hospital. all and a number of neighbouring properties evacuated as a precaution. say there are precaution. police say there are no suspicious circumstance . no suspicious circumstance. forces a week of travel disruptions begun . train drivers disruptions begun. train drivers are continuing to strike over pay are continuing to strike over pay so no east midlands trains today and there's a limited service between london and scotland as well. aslef members have voted to continue taking industrial action for the next six months. the rail delivery group, though, says they should accept that the 8% pay offer

that's on the table . and boris that's on the table. and boris johnson is expected to admit he did make mistakes during the pandemic he appears before pandemic when he appears before the covid inquiry week . the the covid inquiry next week. the former minister will, former prime minister will, however , argue government however, argue his government got decisions right, got the big decisions right, with the claiming he will with the times claiming he will say he helped save tens if not hundreds of thousands of lives by preventing the from being by preventing the nhs from being overwhelmed . and some of his overwhelmed. and some of his senior staff, overwhelmed. and some of his senior staff , though, have overwhelmed. and some of his senior sgiven:hough, have overwhelmed. and some of his senior sgiven evidence ave overwhelmed. and some of his senior sgiven evidence .ye overwhelmed. and some of his senior sgiven evidence . they've already given evidence. they've criticised indecision and criticised his indecision and poor leadership. i'll be back with more at the top of the next hour or you can get more now on our website. gbnews.com now it's back to dawn . back to dawn. >> thank you very much, erin . >> thank you very much, erin. welcome back to gb news saturday with me. dawn neesom. i'm on your tv online and on digital radio so you can listen. just in case you're doing the tree this afternoon . a terror attack in afternoon. a terror attack in the uk linked to the conflict in gazais the uk linked to the conflict in gaza is likely only a matter of

time . security forces have told time. security forces have told gb news scott yard's head of counter—terror policing told gb news there was no specific intelligence of any planned attacks . but calls to the attacks. but calls to the anti—terror hotline have risen 700% since the conflict in the middle east began on the 7th of october. commander dominic murphy has urged the public to be extra vigilant in the run up to christmas. joining me now is former head of counter—terrorism at the mod , major general chip at the mod, major general chip chapman. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. appreciate your time at this very busy time of year for the look. basically, how worried should we be is what i'm going to ask, because that's what everyone's going to want to ask this afternoon. >> well, really, we've had these vigilance messages for the last five years. >> so 20, 20, we it because >> so 20, 20, we had it because we were coming out of lockdown and thought to be a lot of and was thought to be a lot of onune and was thought to be a lot of online radicalisation. then last

year had it because of year we had it because of crowded places in the world cup in qatar and this year we've got the conflict with israel and hamas. the reality is that the phrase we've had the last few daysis phrase we've had the last few days is an attack is inevitable. thatis days is an attack is inevitable. that is not true. that would , of that is not true. that would, of course, be true because in terms of time, there will be a terrorist attack , but it doesn't terrorist attack, but it doesn't bandit terrorist attack, but it doesn't band it by time. the reality is that the threat level at the moment is still substantial. thatis moment is still substantial. that is , an attack is likely not that is, an attack is likely not highly likely, not inevitable and not imminent. so we need to be slightly cautious about this . be slightly cautious about this. the best way to think about this is what ken mccullen, the head of mi5, is what ken mccullen, the head of m15, said on the 21st of october, which is that that attacks could be prompted by fighting between hamas and israel, could be again , plays israel, could be again, plays into the current threat level thatis into the current threat level that is substantial, i.e. an attack is likely not highly likely, not inevitable . and of likely, not inevitable. and of course, people can help in this vigilance at this time of the

year , which is why they put year, which is why they put these messages out , which is why these messages out, which is why you have more reports to the counter hotline why action counter hotline and why action counters terrorism. that is gov.uk. gov.uk forward slash act is the website for people to go on to help the police if they think there's anything suspicious. finally i'd like to say of course there is has been a lot more hate crime happening because of the israeli hamas incident. there are 18 arrested last year for hateful propaganda . there's been a lot more extremism there has not been a lot more terrorism. so we have to, you know, be slightly gentle about scaring people when we don't need to scare them. no, absolutely. >> the last thing i want to do, you know, as someone that actually loves this time of year and very much looking forward and is very much looking forward to winter to going to our winter wonderland, christmas wonderland, doing a christmas shopping days shopping over the next few days is, you know, i want to go out and enjoy this this wonderful time can just ask time of the year. can i just ask what frankly shambles what impact the frankly shambles of the immigration policy has

had on on terror threat levels recently? i mean, we heard this week that we have 17,000 illegal migrants just gone missing. we don't know who these people are, what they're doing here, where they are, how much is a worry or of a worry? is that what immigration policy is different than terrorist policy often does? >> people think there's a significant correlation between the two? that's not necessarily true. now, it is the case that most people who take part in terrorist attacks in the uk are either british or dual nationals. and if you look at some of the names of the ones that people generally remember, so for example, the westminster attack, khalid masood , attack, khalid masood, manchester, salman abedi they don't seem like anglo—saxon names and of course they, they weren't so it's not necessarily the immigration policy. it's often the integration policy and it's often second and third generation people who are searching for identity, who are those who become radicalised .

those who become radicalised. now that can also work. the other way where attacks can lead to what we call a reciprocal radicalised relation from right wing extremist too. so sometimes we conflate immigration and terrorist policy. they're not necessarily the same and sometimes these things are used differently to try and solve differently to try and solve different problems. so for example, shami amina begum was excluded from the country under immigration policy still is at the moment not under terrorist legislation . legislation. >> but surely you must be worried. i mean, there's17,000 worried. i mean, there's 17,000 people that we just don't know who they are or where they are or what their plans are. yeah i mean that's ridiculous. >> of course . but if i were to >> of course. but if i were to ask you, dawn , to name me ask you, dawn, to name me a terrorist attack in the uk in 2023 or 2022, you'd be probably hard pushed to do that. and to give me the numbers who were killed because they extremely, extremely low . you know, i don't extremely low. you know, i don't think many of your viewers do. could do that. now, what they would remember is the attacks in

2017, 2018, 2019. they are pretty historic . what you're pretty historic. what you're going to get if you do get attacks at the moment is those inspired by not those directed by, for example, al—qaeda or isis. so it is the grievance and ideology coming together at the moment with the endurance of the hamas israeli conflict, which is going to be the potential problem . one thing about those problem. one thing about those things, as you get a thing called flare ups, which then produce spikes of both this sort of hate crime and extremism , of hate crime and extremism, they then tail off and fortunately it looks like the war between israel and hamas is going to go on for some some time. that which propel action in the future. >> yeah, but your message basically is not to worry. go out and have a good time this christmas. do the things you want to do. just be vigilant . want to do. just be vigilant. >> absolutely. because the dread hazard of terrorism is what really scares people. the clue is in the name. and we also can suffer from what we call threat inflation, where people think

they're going to be involved in a terrorist incident. and the real likelihood is that , you real likelihood is that, you know, 99.9, nine, 9% recurring of people will never be involved in a terrorist incident. >> that's great. thank you so much us for much for joining us and for being reassuring the end being so reassuring at the end there. that a major general there. that is a major general chip chapman, head chip chapman, former head of counter at mod. counter terrorism at the mod. thank much. and you can thank you so much. and you can go and put your tree up now, i think, one think, because there's not one in there, is in the background there, is there? now there? thank you very much. now you watching and listening you are watching and listening to saturday with me. to gb news saturday with me. dawn neesom. more up dawn neesom. lots more coming up on today's show. now uk is on today's show. now the uk is you might have noticed this uk is facing a bit of a cold snap following a blast of cold air from scandinavia . the met office from scandinavia. the met office has that up to three has said that up to three centimetres of snow doesn't fall .sound centimetres of snow doesn't fall . sound that much does it? could fall inland in parts of the uk with higher the roots of northern of northeast scotland expecting up to five centimetres. so so are we in for a white christmas ? come on. we a white christmas? come on. we have to ask all of that and much more coming up. you're watching and listening to gb news with

me. dawn neesom. don't go too far, though .

through until 7:00 this evening. gb news is the people's. channel >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me. dawn neesom on your tv, online and on digital radio. now we are british, so we are going to talk about the

weather. the uk is facing a cold snap following a blast of cold air from scandinavia. well, where else is it going to be coming from? it's cold and we are actually the met office has said that up to three centimetres of snow could fall inland in parts of the uk with higher routes, which is basically the hills , i'm basically the hills, i'm guessing, of north—east scotland are expecting up to five centimetres now. i'm sorry, it doesn't sound that much to me, but joining me now is weather journalist nathan rahl to explain that five centimetres is really something that we should be concerned about. nathan, thank very forjoining thank you very much for joining me. welcome. and that me. you're welcome. and that wasn't meant wasn't as rude. it was as meant to sound, the way , i'm sort to sound, by the way, i'm sort of sitting here how i can actually go with that link. >> just carry on as carry on. >> i talk about the weather. it's probably safe. >> i can actually go a bit higher than that. now higher than that. they're now predicting six inches in parts of you know, of the country. so, you know, i have inches is, have no idea what six inches is, but you very much. but thank you very much. >> it's not possible >> boom, boom. it's not possible to shed yet. the weather to shed yet. what's the weather doing? met office have

doing? so the met office have actually their actually just extended their weather tonight. >> we obviously a very, >> we are obviously in a very, very period of weather at very cold period of weather at the with that the moment with that scandinavian right us. scandinavian air right over us. it like main event is it looks like the main event is going tonight through to going to be tonight through to tomorrow, met tomorrow, midday. all the met office warnings seem to be updated . they're all over the updated. they're all over the place, to six inches of snow place, up to six inches of snow possibly in the north—west of the country. and that's in place until tonight . i think until midnight tonight. i think that warning and there's another warning that warning and there's another wa there is a lot of snow about so there is a lot of snow about tonight until about midday tonight up until about midday tomorrow as get through this cold. >> and that's not just on the higher ground. that just sort higher ground. that is just sort of a major i mean, the of like a major i mean, the higher totals, the six inches, the inches, were the four inches, what we were talking the four inches, what we were talki|mean, is going to be >> i mean, that is going to be isolated, high, high ground or in valleys locally, not as much as not really going as that. it's not really going to deep that. but there to be as deep as that. but there could be disruptions. and could well be disruptions. and that warnings that is why these warnings are out for travel. out for disruptions for travel. power certainly if power cuts may be certainly if you're on the roads, you're travelling on the roads, be that of be prepared for that sort of thing. some disruption. >> we not cope? why do >> why can we not cope? why do why do we. it's winter, right? it happens every year. why are we surprised it? we constantly surprised by it? it's really interesting and i

think i've had this discussion before and seems to be that before and it seems to be that we don't get this enough to warrant infrastructure that we don't get this enough to warneed infrastructure that we don't get this enough to warneed infrittructure that we don't get this enough to warneed infrit in cture that we don't get this enough to warneed infrit in place.hat we need to put it in place. >> example, in sweden >> so, for example, in sweden and norway and the countries that put with this sort that will put up with this sort of through the entire of weather through the entire season, they have all the gritting, de—icers the gritting, the de—icers at the airports through the airports to get them through the season. don't have season. we just don't have it for enough. norway for long enough. and in norway they the pavements they actually heat the pavements underneath stop they actually heat the pavements uricingzath stop they actually heat the pavements uricing over. stop they actually heat the pavements uricing over. we stop they actually heat the pavements uricing over. we wouldn't stop they actually heat the pavements uricing over. we wouldn't havetop it icing over. we wouldn't have the no, no, no, no. >> no, no, no, no, no. >> but it does seem that when we get i mean, it hasn't happened so seem to be coping. so far. we seem to be coping. we've not a snowy period we've not a very snowy period yet, seem that we yet, but it does seem that we haven't too much disruption haven't had too much disruption just we'll see tonight. and just yet. we'll see tonight. and tomorrow, that to tomorrow, because that seems to be mean, tomorrow, because that seems to be mum's mean, tomorrow, because that seems to be mum's quite mean, tomorrow, because that seems to be mum's quite elderly,�*nean, tomorrow, because that seems to be mum's quite elderly, you 1, my mum's quite elderly, you know, it's keeping an eye on them i love it them because why i love it and it's it's pretty it's gorgeous and it's pretty etcetera, you know, the vulnerable and the elderly will find it difficult check on find it difficult to check on them always say. them as they always say. >> going have to ask >> but i'm going to have to ask the question in a quick the big question in a very quick time because we're running out of christmas of time. basically, christmas day it day is three weeks on monday. it is. eek. not me neither. is. eek. not ready. me neither. um, snow? well, anywhere. >> said before , i can >> i've said this before, i can pretty much say what i like

still because it's three weeks away. the lie i can away. however, the lie i can lie, the lie, but i won't do that. the met office's long—range forecast says a 15% chance of says there's a 15% chance of being colder than average between february. so between now and february. so christmas that and a 30% christmas isn't that and a 30% chance it being milder and chance of it being milder and the long—range outlook over the next month, takes in next month, which takes in christmas, more christmas, is sort of for more milder, unsettled weather as we go however that said, go forward. however that said, these things can always turn on a dime and we could be looking at christmas. so it's just keep an eye on this space about at christmas. so it's just keep an > right. okay. i believe that's what in the trade. what they call in the trade. hedging bets . what they call in the trade. hedging bets. nathan rahl, hedging your bets. nathan rahl, weather journalist, expert hedging your bets. nathan rahl, weatherjournalist, expert and weather journalist, expert and generally nice person . generally generally nice person. generally lovely person and very, very good at hedging his bets. thank you very much for joining us today. thank you. now prince harry them harry and meghan. yes, them again to break their again are yet to break their silence after dutch silence after the dutch translation of omid scobie's book endgame identified two royals at the centre of a racism row alleging questioning prince archie's skin colour before he was born . buckingham palace is

was born. buckingham palace is still considering whether it should take legal action. so we have to be careful what we say to some extent. now joining me is royal correspondent and writer mike cole to drill down more on this story about excuse me, the mystic way that a name that evidently wasn't in a book ends up in a book because of a translation . michael, over to translation. michael, over to you . you. >> good afternoon. dawn a pleasure to be with you . there pleasure to be with you. there we have the king back from dubai at sandringham house this afternoon in feeling i'm quite sure, satisfied and well satisfied with his performance performance and his speech at the climate conference. and yet he's got to turn his mind . and he's got to turn his mind. and there he is looking very happy. he's got to turn his mind to this poisonous problem of a very vile , unkind, nasty allegation vile, unkind, nasty allegation of racism . um, completely of racism. um, completely

unjustified against two senior royal personalities . uh, this, royal personalities. uh, this, as you say , stems from the as you say, stems from the interview given in 2021 by meghan markle . and there we see meghan markle. and there we see her in happier times , too, oprah her in happier times, too, oprah winfrey. and i think we all remember that. she said that , remember that. she said that, uh, to members of the royal. she said there had been conversations with prince harry, conversations with prince harry, conversations in the plural in which senior royal people raised the question of the skin tone of her. then unborn first child. and we remember that oprah winfrey then did a sort of stagey pause . uh, and she said , stagey pause. uh, and she said, what? and here we see the baby in question , archie. and of in question, archie. and of course, they took great pains then to make sure that the press could not get any shots at all of their proud new baby, which was all very, very, very sad

indeed , because most people in indeed, because most people in this country, the vast majority , this country, the vast majority, have not got a racist thought in their heads. and it's all sad andifs their heads. and it's all sad and it's unjustified. and i've followed the king around the world when he was prince of wales. nobody has done more to b bnng wales. nobody has done more to b bring about inclusion. he's the head of the commonwealth of 56, independent, like minded countries, most of them do not have a white majority . and he's have a white majority. and he's the head of an increasingly diverse culture and ethnically country . he so to have these country. he so to have these allegations thrown is very unkind . it's really , really unkind. it's really, really pernicious because as the allegation itself is easy to make, but it's extremely difficult to refute because that's what the one thing i wanted to bring up is that, you know, they made that allegation and the dramatic from oprah . and the dramatic from oprah. >> i mean, but, you know , eight >> i mean, but, you know, eight hours of netflix, 150,000 words

of spare that that book that harry coloured in and the 12 part podcast spotify neither harry nor meghan ever mentioned this again right the way and the front page of the telegraph today pressure on harry to back king in the racism row. this is takes one sentence from harry saying you know okay, we didn't work with this book. we didn't work with this book. we didn't work with this book. we have nothing to do with it. make it stop. now. the royal family are not . that's all needs not racist. that's all he needs to say, isn't it? >> wisdom , dawn, in one so >> such wisdom, dawn, in one so young as you . you have said it. young as you. you have said it. oh, god . and we must remember oh, god. and we must remember that meghan and oprah were both actresses in their earlier lives. i have written a piece for the sunday express tomorrow in which i said that harry must act and that's how you began this. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> but it's not going to he must come out and he must distance himself from this poisonous prose , and he must set it.

prose, and he must set it. >> he must completely deny the allegation. and he said it already . he did an interview already. he did an interview back in january. michael michael, michael. >> unfortunately, my lovely, we have to go. we've run out of time. i always run out of time with you. thank much. and with you. thank you so much. and for and for being so lovely and complimentary as well. that's michael expert michael cole, royal expert there. for there. thank you so much for joining and joining us. you're watching and listening saturday listening to gb news saturday with neesom. lots more with me. dawn neesom. lots more coming today's show. but coming up on today's show. but first, have look at that first, let's have a look at that weather. there's weather. it's cold. there's a spoiler you. spoiler for you. >> brighter outlook with boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello, welcome to your latest gb news weather. i'm ellie glazier . after gb news weather. i'm ellie glazier. after a very cold couple of days , for most of us, couple of days, for most of us, it looks like something a little bit milder is on the way in the south of the uk through the weekend. area of low weekend. this area of low pressure to the southwest. pressure out to the southwest. gradually towards but gradually moves towards us. but for now, low for the here and now, low pressure in charge, bringing various frontal to the various frontal systems to the west the uk and bringing some

west of the uk and bringing some showers showers showers as well. those showers will from west, will push in from the west, perhaps turning wintry the perhaps turning wintry over the hills wales and parts hills of wales and parts of northwest but northwest england as well. but for parts of scotland, northern ireland south east ireland and the south east generally some generally staying dry with some clear and could clear skies overnight and could lead mist and freezing lead to some mist and freezing fog under those clear skies turning cold. could see turning very cold. we could see —8 or —10 across parts of scotland, perhaps , but perhaps scotland, perhaps, but perhaps just a touch milder across the south—west compared recent south—west compared to recent nights . as on sunday, nights. as we start on sunday, those showers could bring some icy stretches many , icy stretches to many, particularly across the central swathe uk . but those swathe of the uk. but those showers southwest showers across the southwest continue to their north continue to push their way north and as we go through and eastwards as we go through into perhaps into sunday afternoon, perhaps turning heavy at times and wintry over hills across wintry over the hills across parts of wales and northern england. of scotland, england. parts of scotland, though staying drier england. parts of scotland, thotare staying drier england. parts of scotland, thotare definitely staying drier england. parts of scotland, thotare definitely feeling drier england. parts of scotland, thotare definitely feeling cold, but are definitely feeling cold, some parts perhaps staying below freezing sunday freezing through sunday afternoon, still milder afternoon, however, still milder again south—west into again across the south—west into monday. further rain pushes its way south and eastwards as we go into monday afternoon. again, there could be some wintry elements parts of wales elements across parts of wales and england, but and northern england, but staying dry still across parts

of northern of scotland and northern ireland. rain continues to ireland. that rain continues to clear way monday , clear its way through monday, leaving colder day leaving a drier but colder day on tuesday and wednesday . that on tuesday and wednesday. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . boilers sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> thank you very much , ellie. >> thank you very much, ellie. very clear message there . stay very clear message there. stay on that sofa. make a nice cuppa and watch gb news easy. lots more coming up on today's show. we'll be bringing you the latest as pro—palestine marches take to the streets of london for the eighth a row. of eighth week in a row. all of that to come and much more. i'm dawn you're watching dawn neesom and you're watching and gb news is and listening gb news is britain's news channel. now, don't too far.

away . welcome back to gb news away. welcome back to gb news with me dawn neesom . you are with me dawn neesom. you are actually joining me as i'm just admiring the christmas decorations here and you're not ready. you know, monday is three days exactly before christmas day, so don't want to panic you, but you're not ready, are you? right. okay, lots more coming up in today's show. we have the latest rail strikes , latest on those rail strikes, the the palestine the latest on the palestine gatherings going on in london

today. and is your workplace racist ? well, why wouldn't it racist? well, why wouldn't it be? but first, let's check out on those news headlines with aaron armstrong . aaron armstrong. >> very good afternoon to you. it's 2:00 here in the gb newsroom . let's get you up to newsroom. let's get you up to date with the headlines as temperatures could drop to minus 12 tonight in scotland after heavy snow, slow flights . and heavy snow, slow flights. and travel disrupted at glasgow airport earlier, a fresh weather warnings for snow and ice are in place from 6:00 this evening . place from 6:00 this evening. they'll last until midday tomorrow for many parts of the country . two fa cup ties in country. two fa cup ties in england and 11 matches in scotland have been postponed. today's racing fixture at newcastle was abandoned earlier too. however, meteorologist john hammond says the cold temperatures won't last long. >> the focus of the cold shifting northwards, something a bit milder , trying to push in bit milder, trying to push in from the south. >> they when the cold air sweeps

back south again later on monday into tuesday . so we're into tuesday. so we're not waving goodbye this cold waving goodbye to this cold spell yet. i think through spell just yet. i think through the week, the middle of the week, potentially severe frost potentially further severe frost out. and later on this week out. and then later on this week into next weekend , a complete into next weekend, a complete transformation . it's going to transformation. it's going to turn mild , wet, windy, soggy and turn mild, wet, windy, soggy and horrible . horrible. >> a week of travel disruption for rail passengers lies ahead as train drivers continue to strike over pay. no east midlands trains are running today. there's limited service between london and scotland . between london and scotland. separately, an overtime ban across all services in england until next weekend is likely to cause further chaos. aslef members have voted to continue taking industrial action for the next six months. the rail delivery group says they should take the offer on the table. that's an 8% pay rise. but shadow culture secretary thangam debbonaire says the government needs to start negotiating strikes . strikes. >> help none of us, you know, the working people who want to

get to work, people who want to get to work, people who want to get visit family friends, get to visit family and friends, it's important that these it's really important that these strikes as soon as strikes are settled as soon as possible. and i really hope that the government and the unions can that fair can negotiate that and a fair settlement as soon as they can. >> soldier been >> a british soldier has been killed kenya. the ministry of killed in kenya. the ministry of defence has confirmed that kevin mccall. kevin mccall died mccall. major kevin mccall died while off duty on wednesday . the while off duty on wednesday. the 32 year old had served in europe , the middle falklands , the middle east, the falklands in addition to africa. defence secretary grant shapps has described him as an exceptional person and an exceptional soldier . an person and an exceptional soldier. an 84 year old man has died as a result of an explosion at a house in edinburgh. there was a huge explosion to the blast , which was a huge explosion to the blast, which happened in the babatan area. last night was heard from several miles away. a 43 year old woman and a 54 year old have been taken to old man have been taken to hospital. some other neighbouring properties were evacuated a precaution. evacuated as a precaution. police though there were no police say, though there were no suspicious circumstance cases and a gofundme page has been set up to help raise money for the

family . 46 men have been family. 46 men have been arrested following a disruption ahead of a football match in birmingham on thursday night. it was the aston villa against legia warsaw game . the violence legia warsaw game. the violence erupted ahead of that . west erupted ahead of that. west midlands police say five officers were injured with missiles were thrown by visiting fans. 43 people were charged with a public order offence at two with assault and another with possession of a knife. the disorder started after several poush disorder started after several polish fans were told by police that they wouldn't be allowed into the stadium as well. boris johnson is expected to apologise and admit to making mistakes dunng and admit to making mistakes during the pandemic when he appears before the covid inquiry later this week. the former prime minister however, is going to argue that his government got many of the big decisions right. the times is claiming he's going to save tens, if to say he helped save tens, if not hundreds of thousands of lives by preventing the nhs from being overwhelmed . as some of being overwhelmed. as some of his senior staff, they've already given evidence in the week gone by and they criticised

his indecision and his poor leadership . aid trucks have leadership. aid trucks have entered the rafah crossing for the first time since the truce collapsed in the middle east. israel says 400 terror targets have been hit in the past 24 hours. however, the hamas run health ministry says almost 200 palestinians have been killed since then. both sides are blaming each other for breaking the seven day pause in fighting . the seven day pause in fighting. a us judge has ruled donald trump is not immune from being held accountable for his 2020 election interference. a warning some flashing images are in the pictures coming up. mr trump's lawyers are argued, but the president full immunity, saying he his attempts to reject the election results fell within his presidential duty . to. the presidential duty. to. the judge, though, disagreed and said the former president will be prosecuted like any other citizen. he's accused of unlawfully trying to overturn his election defeat . and how his election defeat. and how about this? the guinness

storehouse in dublin has won the world's best tourist attraction award of 2023. and the better news, it beat some of the world's best attraction, including the niagara falls. the great wall of china and machu picchu . that's in peru. the picchu. that's in peru. the storehouse got an award for the best beer tour visitor experience for the second year in a row. so to awards the place allows visitors to make pints to pull pints. we should say, and learn about the company's history before, more importantly, having a pint of the black stuff in the gravity bar with a beautiful view of dubun bar with a beautiful view of dublin . that's all for the dublin. that's all for the moment. i'll be back with more in just under half an hour's time. now it's back over to dawn i >> -- >> thank 5mm >> thank you very much , aaron. >> thank you very much, aaron. you are watching and listening to gb news with me , dawn neesom. to gb news with me, dawn neesom. and we are now three weeks away from the big day on monday, by the way. so if you are listening

on your radio and you've got to the stage of your decorations where you're putting fairy where you're putting the fairy lights just a suggestion for lights up just a suggestion for you. okay? just pour yourself a drink. it really helps. i've been trust me, it works. been there. trust me, it works. it untangles fairy lights like nothing else on earth . but we nothing else on earth. but we have so much coming on, on the show. so let's get cracking, shall we? now pro—palestinian demonstrators are set to take to the streets for the eighth week in a row now calling for a ceasefire in the israel—hamas conflict . police say protests conflict. police say protests are expected in 13 boroughs around london. no big march today, just 13 separate. it gathered ings. i think we can call them around london after the seven day israel hamas ceasefire ended with both sides blaming one another. there's a surprise now coming live to us from one of these gatherings is olivia utley gb news political reporter in east london. in tower hamlets , where i believe tower hamlets, where i believe you are due to be joined by

jeremy corbyn quite, quite soon. >> we are. we're expecting jeremy corbyn to be speaking at this rally as they're calling it, in tower hamlets, which is due to start in about an hour's time . um, there is a marked time. um, there is a marked change in tone from previous pro palestine marches that have taken place in central london for the past eight weeks. the mood here is a lot more subdued, a lot quieter. it's an hour out until the march, but the organisers have only just turned up. i haven't seen a single other pro—palestinian protesters enter here today that will come as a huge relief to the police force, managing to keep a lid on of these palestinian protests for the past eight weeks has been a real, real challenge. most of the time the peace is just about been kept. but we've seen some pretty shocking individual scenes. and the police, spoken to here police, we've spoken to here today say that they have pointed today say that they have pointed to the enormous cost, both in terms of cash and in terms of resources of trying to police these central london marches. the rally today, the rallies, i

should say, across london today , should say, across london today, they are set to be a lot easier to keep control of. there are only two two policemen here today. only two two policemen here today . they will probably be today. they will probably be joined by a few more pan london police officers who are coming in to those different 13 boroughs across the capital in order to shore up policing. but as i say, very, very different tone to what we've seen in previous weeks . previous weeks. >> do we know, olivia, obviously , it is good news for the police who have worked incredibly hard in very difficult circumstances to maintain, you know, these these marches going ahead completely peacefully . but do we completely peacefully. but do we know why there is suddenly switched tactics to the gathered ings rather than an actual big march this weekend ? march this weekend? >> well , it's march this weekend? >> well, it's quite march this weekend? >> well , it's quite difficult to >> well, it's quite difficult to get a sort of straight answer out of the organisers of these marches. the people who we've spoken to suggest that it's simply a case of logistics for organising a march like that week after week in central london with, you know 200,000 people sometimes attending. it's

a real feat of logistics. people sometimes attending. it's a real feat of logistics . and a real feat of logistics. and they argue that there time and energy could be put to better use. so we've got these smaller rallies . i'm expecting to see rallies. i'm expecting to see some some well, we've got jeremy corbyn here, so we're expecting to see some pretty hard core fans of corbyn himself . we are fans of corbyn himself. we are in in tower hamlets in a bit of a pro—palestine hotspot. i've been wandering around the local area and there are a lot of buildings draped in in pro—palestine flags. so there might be a pretty sizeable turn up at this particular rally. the other rallies that are taking place today, i think we're covering a couple of there's one in wimbledon. there's one in lewisham. i live in lewisham, another of a pro—palestine another a bit of a pro—palestine hotspot as well. so it's sort of broken up. it's fractured thing and it seems to be far more about the local area than those big, big central london marches. is that perhaps the organisers, of course, would never would never but is this never say this, but is this perhaps because pro—palestinian supporters getting bit supporters are getting a bit fatigued and the idea of turning

out week after week when obviously there is no end to this war in sight, it's getting a tiring. yeah there is that a bit tiring. yeah there is that question and obviously they are never question. >> now , obviously have seen >> now, obviously we have seen some counter protests at some of these are some of the previous marches. is there any sign there of you picked up anything from the police on the ground there that they expecting ? any that they are expecting? any counter—protesters, especially obviously where you are with jeremy corbyn turning up . jeremy corbyn turning up. >> well, i mean, so far, police don't seem to be expecting a big counter—protest. of course, you don't want to speak before the rallies even started. there might be a few people who turn up, but by the size of the policing operation here, as i say, it's very minor, very understated, just couple understated, just a couple of policemen, few more , policemen, perhaps a few more, will as the afternoon will be joining as the afternoon progresses. i don't think we progresses. but i don't think we can anything like can expect to see anything like the crowds that turned up on remembrance sunday to defend the cenotaph, some of whom, of course, got a bit out of hand. >> yeah, and there's one thing

quickly before you olivia, quickly before you go, olivia, because doing extremely because you're doing extremely well, cold it is out well, given how cold it is out there, i understand there's a building bridges gathering on sunday where all faiths are coming together outside downing street to remember the lives that have been lost on both sides . can that have been lost on both sides. can you give us any more information about that ? information about that? >> yeah. so we're expecting this event to take place on sunday, gathering of all faiths. it'll be interesting to see who actually turns up. i was covering the pro—israel vigil for the hostages a few weeks ago in central london, and it was astounding to see that pretty much everyone there was jewish. it was supposed to be for all faiths to join together to support the israeli hostages and to express their sadness at what's taking place in the middle east. but it really was pretty much all jewish people who actually turned up to that event. meanwhile, of course, the pro palestine rallies that we've seen taking place week after

week have been a really diverse mixture of people. there have been i've spoken to quite a few british jews who feel as though london has seen far more willing to turn out for the pro—palestine to pro—palestine cause than to support them and their plight in the middle east. so it'll be interesting what the sort interesting to see what the sort of are like that of demographics are like at that downing street event tomorrow. of demographics are like at that dow1supposedt event tomorrow. of demographics are like at that dow1supposed to vent tomorrow. of demographics are like at that dow1supposed to bet tomorrow. of demographics are like at that dow1supposed to bet to event w. it is supposed to be an event sort of restore calm to london after eight weeks of real division . division. >> yeah, it's lovely. olivia olivia utley, thank you so much for joining us there live from east london on the gathering for palestine , i think is the way to palestine, i think is the way to put it. one of 13 around the country. olivia go and get warm and have a nice cup of tea now let's go to lisa hartle for our gb news london reporter who is another one of these in wimbledon. this afternoon. lisa, can you bring us up to speed with what's happening where you are so it's finished now at 1:30, it was from half 11 till half one today at wimbledon when

there was a vigil held here. >> about 100 people all gathered . there were placards palestinian flags and the organisers had with them placards , boards with excuse me , placards, boards with excuse me, thousands of names of the people who have lost their lives in gaza. and they were being read out. and when i spoke to the organiser, she said that each time there is a vigil or a protest at something that takes place they're showing place there, they're showing their palestine . their support for palestine. they names of they read through the names of those lost their lives. those who have lost their lives. this of 47 events that this is one of 47 events that are taking place around the uk today , one of them being where today, one of them being where olivia just spoke from just now. and they're all calling for a ceasefire . when i spoke to the ceasefire. when i spoke to the leader of this particular vigil , leader of this particular vigil, she was saying that they will be doing this every saturday until that ceasefire comes along. of course, today is eight weeks since hamas first attacked israel with 1200 people losing their lives and we still have 120 people being held hostage in

gaza and 15,000 people in gaza have lost their lives since israel retaliated with airstrikes. and save the children said today that 8000 of those that lost their lives were indeed children . so like i said, indeed children. so like i said, the organisers , the palestine the organisers, the palestine solidarity campaign said that they're going to continue to hold these vigils, marches and protests until they they can see a ceasefire brought in. >> thank you very much. that is lisa hartle there live for us in wimbledon where the gathering for palestine seems to have concluded peacefully from 1130 till 130 today. it's one of 13 taking place around the country . taking place around the country. and we will obviously be going back to olivia, who is at the one in east london in tower hamlets , where jeremy corbyn is hamlets, where jeremy corbyn is expecting to be addressing the crowd that are there now . but crowd that are there now. but let us know what you think as well. this is all about you, this program. i say tear yourself from those fairy

yourself away from those fairy lights. views at gb news. let lights. gb views at gb news. let us what make of the us know what you make of the gatherings palestine gatherings for palestine today. christmas brussels sprouts, whatever you want . in any case, whatever you want. in any case, we move on now . we are going to we move on now. we are going to talk about rail strikes . yes, talk about rail strikes. yes, i know been doing it for know we have been doing it for several feels like. several years, it feels like. but of aslef have voted but many of aslef have voted overwhelm seemingly to continue strike for action the next six months in their ongoing going pay months in their ongoing going pay dispute. the announcement comes as its members at 16 train companies are refusing to work overtime from next saturday. the companies say they will operate as many trains as possible, but some areas have no services. the union have accused the government and the employers of not trying to negotiate. but rail delivery groups say the union should accept the offer that will bring train drivers salary from 60 to 65,000 hundred pound for a four day working week as well. i think now joining me now to talk about this one, we have our james

mathewson and reem ibrahim , who mathewson and reem ibrahim, who been lovely in the studio with me in front of our lovely christmas tree. and james is sitting somewhere without a tree behind you very, very, very bad boy there, santa . naughty list boy there, santa. naughty list for you now. okay i'm going to come to you first. james what is this strike about at this time of year? people need to travel. we want to see our families . we we want to see our families. we want to see our friends and they are earning a lot of money for a four day week. >> they are. but they're incredibly skilled individuals and this is the kind of money we pay and this is the kind of money we pay skilled individuals, although they their actual issue at the moment, as i understand it, is not based around the pay factor that seems to have been satisfied . satisfied. >> so it's not that they're holding out for more pay, it's that they're holding out for specific terms and conditions to be met. and now that seems to have been satisfied the have been satisfied on the rmt side because they've accepted their which we all know their deal, which we all know we're all very pleased to see

and pleased to hear, know much more than than mick lynch, who i'm doing media i'm sure is sick of doing media rounds by now. but they've actually accepted deal . so actually accepted their deal. so sorry. what was that? >> so why are aslef still holding out specific terms and conditions now? >> believe these relate directly to the health and safety and concerns around their workers and you know, they see themselves and every union that dominates transport space and spaces around that skilled labourin spaces around that skilled labour in particular have the have the duty to protect the whole service for all of us to be able to ensure that it's safe and that the actual requests that are put on to their workers are not an outrage and they're not being asked too much for too little and that's obviously, you know, again, it's presented a lot of the time as as a pay dispute. it's not purely that. and aslef are holding out for these terms and conditions. and, you know, they have the right to

and unfortunately, until they're satisfied and we won't see the end this this frame, i'm end of this this frame, i'm going to bring you into this one. >> it's look, there are lots of people on on earning a lot less money who are struggling this time of year important as time of year is so important as well. mean, people want to well. i mean, people want to travel. their travel. they want to see their friends family. this strike friends and family. this strike is going to go for is now going to go on for potentially six months. potentially another six months. i'm does it does it sound a little bit selfish? maybe, you know, maybe it is time to at least maybe what's the phrase we're using with palestine ? have we're using with palestine? have a pause in this , at least over a pause in this, at least over the festive season ? the festive season? >> yeah, absolutely. i think what's interesting is, of course, this comes as the rmt have pay deal , the have accepted the pay deal, the specific working conditions . so specific working conditions. so with regard to the specific sort of working conditions and pay has been devolved , the working has been devolved, the working conditions have been devolved to the train operating system. but obviously, when it comes to the wider issue of pay, that hasn't been resolved and aslef tend to actually cause more disruption than than the rmt anyway. so

obviously it's welcome that the rmt have accepted it and that we won't see strikes until spring next year. but aslef tend to be a little bit more more restrictive, a little bit more disruptive that i do disruptive in that sense. i do think the moment, look, think that at the moment, look, we to see family we all want to see our family and friends, especially this and friends, especially at this time think time of year. and i think that when are earning such a huge when you are earning such a huge amount of money for, again, a four you know, four day work week, you know, i do think we need to be thinking about this within the wider context sector pay, context of public sector pay, within of within the wider context of pubuc is public spending. everyone is facing a tight squeeze. and i think that we need be think that we need to be a little bit less selfish and start those start thinking about those families across the country that just want to each other. just want to see each other. >> back to you. >> james, coming back to you. i mean , selfish. just mean, it's selfish. rooms just said it's selfish. i mean, it is impacting so many people are impacting so many people who are earning a lot less than many of the drivers involved in this action. and i know keep action. and i know you keep saying that it's not about pay. it is about the terms and conditions. bad are the conditions. but how bad are the terms that they conditions. but how bad are the termsto that they conditions. but how bad are the termsto on that they conditions. but how bad are the termsto on forat they conditions. but how bad are the termsto on for another need to be on strike for another six months? >> that's exactly the question we should asking , because we should be asking, because rather than treating them with,

you know, incredulous kind of disdain, i think we should be treating these people with, you know, the kind respect that know, the kind of respect that they they're they deserve. they know they're industry. they know their profession . and if they're profession. and if they're holding out for better terms and conditions, should be conditions, i think we should be supporting them we should be supporting them and we should be saying exactly isn't the saying what exactly isn't the need? let that be resolved. let that to be you. and it's not a race to the bottom, because this is what we often see. you know, understand ream's comments about seeing the seeing friends, family, all the rest of it. rather than rest of it. but rather than viewing as just accept viewing this as just just accept what you're given and move on, you know, why can't we instead be putting the pressure reversely on the government to say, should be trying to say, you should be trying to resolve this the best you can and stop holding out on hardworking british workers, skilled workers who are saying, we need this to be able to move forward with our jobs, the jobs that they love doing and that they want to be doing. they don't want to be on strike. that's the thing we often forget people who are striking, they don't want be on strike. but don't want to be on strike. but

unfortunate, that unfortunate, ali, the way that we presented in the we see this presented in the media too often that media far too often is that these are somehow these people are somehow disrupting things for the for the love of it or for the fun of it to try and ruin our christmas. the fact that they've been to take this action been driven to take this action and accept that deal and can't accept that deal before them, we should be putting the putting it back on the government saying why government and saying why can i just there? just jump in there? >> . i do think it's >> i do. i do think it's interesting we're thinking interesting when we're thinking about the wider context of pubuc about the wider context of public sector pay we're public sector pay and we're talking specifically about working you working conditions here. you know, the actual working conditions themselves have been devolved negotiations have been devolved negotiations have been devolved to the train operator ing companies. so the government can't really it's not really their responsibility at the moment to step in there. i do agree the government have agree that the government have kind up on railways. kind of given up on railways. you heard that the you know, we heard that the third link to manchester on hs2 is totally scrapped. then we heard that there was going to be some investment in some kind of investment in northern railway in order to try and again, we've and replace that. again, we've heard that respect. heard nothing with that respect. we were told that plans for great british railway aren't going be aren't going to

going to be aren't going to happen election, happen until the next election, i.e. happen . so i.e. never going to happen. so i do think that the government have sort of given up with railways they that railways because they think that nothing's they nothing's going to happen. they also closing also said with regard to closing down ticket ticket operators in train stations, they sort of tried to pine that off and blame it on the train operating companies. let's not forget, it was decision to was the government's decision to implement that. and then obviously reverse it. so again, i think the government have given up i think that within given up and i think that within the wider context of public sector pay again the wider sector pay and again the wider context services context of public services that just to be continuously just seem to be continuously failing and strikes failing and we see strikes across country various across the country in various different sectors, i think that this kind of comes into the idea that britain is just feels incredibly . incredibly broken. >> james it does. you're absolutely right. >> think think is right about that of i won't be surprised to know that we think the solution is a little bit different from from what we think when it from what we all think when it comes to fixing this problem to me this is this is because of these private operators. it's because as soon as you say your

transport system needs to exist for profit and with the with the end goal being profit, then you lose out on the people focussed nature of transport. and the fact that this is a public service and it needs to be dnven service and it needs to be driven forward as a public service. we support striking workers . we support people who workers. we support people who ask for the right to be able to live and to meet their basic requirements, to work in jobs. and it shouldn't be a race to the bottom. >> james, can i just say one thing here? i mean, you know, there are people that are actually talk about hard actually you talk about the hard working yeah, my dad working people. and yeah, my dad was i was a labourer activist, so i completely understand , you know, completely understand, you know, how all this works. there how all this works. but there are people jobs are people losing theirjobs because they can't get to their jobs because of the continuing strike and also there strike action. and also there are people actually just shaking your head and there are people actually are now finding actually who are now finding other alternative ways to travel that won't be going back to the trains. so they could be actually striking the way out of their own jobs. >> yeah. you know, if somebody loses their job because they can't get there because of a

strike, then we should be talking about the legislation that workers jobs that protect workers jobs because that's outrageous . you because that's outrageous. you know, and this government, we've seen, you know, over a decade now , tory governments who are on now, tory governments who are on the side of private business, not on the side of british workers yet they use all this rhetoric to talk about pride in british workers. we've not seen that for a long time . standing that for a long time. standing against union movement against the trade union movement , the people who have the back of people of working people in this country is not the way to achieve that. >> and what you say >> okay. and what do you say we're running out time, we're running out of time, unfortunately. what do you say to you know, to the point that, you know, people finding alternative, to the point that, you know, pe0|know, finding alternative, to the point that, you know, pe0|know, train ng alternative, to the point that, you know, pe0|know, train useilternative, to the point that, you know, pe0|know, train useiltedown'e, to the point that, you know, pe0|know, train useiltedown in you know, train use is down in any the pandemic. any case, after the pandemic. what say question what do you say to the question that basically people are finding alternative ways to travel? they won't go back to using the trains now, especially after these strikes ? after all these strikes? >> well, i mean, unfortunately, thatis >> well, i mean, unfortunately, that is that is one of the downsides of this. and it's a real shame because train transport in this country and with the country, you know, stephenson's rocket, you know, i mean, community come

mean, the community has come from north—east england. mean, the community has come from incrediblyeast england. mean, the community has come from incredibly proud england. mean, the community has come from incredibly proud ofngland. mean, the community has come from incredibly proud of that. d. we're incredibly proud of that. and should of our and we should be proud of our railway in history. railway heritage in history. unfortunately, government unfortunately, the government messing around, not not actually siding with striking workers , siding with striking workers, using the most poisonous rhetoric across the media to try and defend them and led to this. and it will continue to lead to that until we get a government that until we get a government that cares striking that cares about striking workers, hopefully has workers, which hopefully has a great present for us great christmas present for us all, just waiting round the all, is just waiting round the corner . corner. >> and think we'll finish on >> and i think we'll finish on that note. that festive note. unfortunately, out of unfortunately, we ran out of time. matthews, time. that's james matthews, a former spokesman former labour spokesman there. and ibrahim, and reem ibrahim, a communications officer at the iea. thank you both very much for joining and if you are forjoining me. and if you are travelling anywhere, this christmas period, good luck. basically, you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with me, dawn neesom. lots more coming up on today's show. but first, let's take a look at the weather, which is affecting cars, trains and planes, you name it. let's have a look. what it's doing, shall we? >> hello. welcome to your latest gb news weather. i'm ellie glazier . after gb news weather. i'm ellie glazier. after a very cold

couple of days for most of us, it looks like something a little bit the way in the bit milder is on the way in the south of the uk through the weekend. area low weekend. this area of low pressure southwest. pressure out to the southwest. gradually towards but gradually moves towards us. but for now , low for the here and now, low pressure in charge, bringing various frontal systems the various frontal systems to the west uk and bringing some west of the uk and bringing some showers those showers showers as well. those showers will from the west, will push in from the west, perhaps wintry over perhaps turning wintry over the hills and parts of hills of wales and parts of northwest as well. northwest england as well. but for of scotland, northern for parts of scotland, northern ireland and the south east generally some generally staying dry with some clear skies overnight and could lead some and freezing lead to some mist and freezing fog under clear skies, fog under those clear skies, turning could see turning very cold. we could see minus minus ten across minus eight or minus ten across parts scotland perhaps, but parts of scotland perhaps, but perhaps milder perhaps just a touch milder across the south—west compared to nights . as we on to recent nights. as we start on sunday, those showers could bnng sunday, those showers could bring some icy stretches to many , the , particularly across the central the uk. but central swathe of the uk. but those showers across the southwest to their southwest continue to push their way eastwards as we go way north and eastwards as we go through afternoon , through into sunday afternoon, perhaps heavy times perhaps turning heavy at times and wintry over the hills across parts of wales northern parts of wales and northern england, scotland , england, parts of scotland, though staying though generally staying drier but feeling cold, but are definitely feeling cold, some perhaps staying below

some parts perhaps staying below freezing through sunday afternoon. however still milder again the south—west into again across the south—west into monday. further rain pushes its way south and eastwards as we go into monday afternoon. again, there some wintry there could be some wintry elements across parts of wales there could be some wintry elen northern oss parts of wales there could be some wintry elen northern england,of wales there could be some wintry elennorthern england, but/ales and northern england, but staying still parts staying dry still across parts of scotland and northern ireland. that rain continues to clear its way through monday, leaving but day leaving a drier but colder day on and wednesday . on tuesday and wednesday. >> thank you very much , ellie. >> thank you very much, ellie. a bit nippy out there, basically, right ? lots more coming up on right? lots more coming up on today's show as the christmas season is upon us. three weeks on monday. just saying . and on monday. just saying. and we'll be keeping you up to date on what the shops are doing to ward off thieves in the festive season. all of that and much more come. i'm dawn neesom more to come. i'm dawn neesom and you're watching and listening to gb news, britain's news channel. put the kettle on, but too far .

news, who's? >> it's 232. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom . flights have in the gb newsroom. flights have been delayed and sporting events postponed amid freezing temperatures across the country . temperatures across the country. temperatures could drop to —12 tonight in parts of scotland after heavy snow led to disruption at glasgow airport earlier , a two fa cup games in earlier, a two fa cup games in england, along with 11 scottish league matches were called off.

the racing fixture at newcastle was abandoned. weather warnings for snow and ice are in place from 6:00 this evening until midday tomorrow . for many parts midday tomorrow. for many parts of the uk . the ministry of of the uk. the ministry of defence has confirmed a british soldier , major kevin mccall, has soldier, major kevin mccall, has been killed in kenya while off duty . the 32 year old who served duty. the 32 year old who served in africa , europe, the middle in africa, europe, the middle east and the falklands died on wednesday. defence secretary grant shapps has described him as an exceptional person and an exceptional soldier. an 84 year old man has died following a huge house explosion in edinburgh . the 43 year old woman edinburgh. the 43 year old woman and a 54 year old man were taken to hospital. a number of streets nearby were evacuated as a precautionary measure. police say there are no suspicious circumstances . a week of travel circumstances. a week of travel disruption has begun . train disruption has begun. train drivers are continuing to strike over pay. no east midlands trains are running today and there is a limited service between london and scotland. aslef members have voted to

continue taking industrial action for the next six months. the rail delivery group says they should accept an 8% pay offer and boris johnson is expected to admit he made mistakes during the pandemic when he appears before the covid inquiry next week. the former prime minister, however, will argue his government got the big decisions correct, with the times claiming he will say he helped save tens , if not helped save tens, if not hundreds of thousands of lives by preventing the nhs from being overwhelmed . and some of his overwhelmed. and some of his senior staff, overwhelmed. and some of his senior staff , though, have senior staff, though, have already given evidence and they've criticised his indecision and his poor leadership . i will have another leadership. i will have another news bulletin at the top of the next hour at 3:00. and there's more right now on our website. gbnews.com . gbnews.com. >> thank you, aaron. welcome back to gb news saturday with me dawn neesom on your tv online and on digital radio. now now

christmas it's nearly with us. lots of you have been getting in touch on the topics we've been discussing today. in particular christmas dinners and i'm sorry, sprout lovers. i didn't mean to be offensive. there okay, really. but they're not as nice as carrots. i mean, sorry, i'm sprouts. is that a word ? in any sprouts. is that a word? in any case, ned has got in touch and said perhaps all food outlets and shops could be closed for christmas day on boxing day so that workers would be at home with their families. we are, after christian company . after all, a christian company. very well but mary and the very well said, but mary and the perfect name , obviously. oh perfect name, obviously. oh okay. mary. i'm. she says . perfect name, obviously. oh okay. mary. i'm. she says. i'm having chinese on christmas day. it's only myself and the husband, so i'm not going to sweat it out. cooking, seeing family after. thank you very much, mary. well, i'm with you on that one. mary because it's just us as well. but just the two of us as well. but i don't cook. see, this is where i'm cleverer than you. i don't cook. does the cooking, so he cook. he does the cooking, so he can and i'll just can spread it out and i'll just pour quite good pour the drink. i'm quite good at now, today is one at that. now now, today is one of the busiest days in the

british shopping calendar. and whilst people will be looking out for the best bargains online shop keepers will be analysing their black friday profits and looking for a boost in trade in the run up to christmas. it comes as shoplifting has more than doubled in the past three years and cost retailers are astonished , making £953 million astonished, making £953 million astonished, making £953 million a year. that's according to the british retail consortium . in british retail consortium. in a bid to catch shoplifters during the countdown to christmas , west the countdown to christmas, west yorkshire police are going undercover in huddersfield town centre and they're taking our yorkshire and humberside reporter anna riley with them. here she is. let's have a listen to crack down on shoplifting in the run up to christmas , the run up to christmas, plainclothed police officers are covertly patrolling shops in huddersfield to catch thieves in the act. >> it comes as shoplifting in england and wales has risen by a quarter in the past 12 months, costing . retailers £953 million

costing. retailers £953 million a year. and west yorkshire is the second worst affected region i >> -- >> it isa >> it is a problem and small businesses, especially get targeted and obviously coming up to christmas, there's cost of living crisis. you know, we are seeing an increase in shoplifting . so this hopefully shoplifting. so this hopefully prevention piece that we're doing around, you know, making it so that so that it's harder for criminals to come to huddersfield target the huddersfield and to target the small businesses. we're trying to living. that to make a living. that plainclothes can actually plainclothes team can actually add just added a different variance. really so they can go in and watch and obviously not be seen and not be and then can apprehend offenders. >> the undercover action here also supports the rollout of smartwater forensic spray . smartwater forensic spray. >> it involves marking high value products with specific dna that's linked to specific shops . that's linked to specific shops. it assists us when we arrest shoplifters with products on them , and they can be linked to them, and they can be linked to individual stores. and it helps the convictions in court. >> the scheme's funded by huddersfield business improvement district to protect

retailers income and safety . retailers income and safety. >> the scheme is to send a clear message. we are watching you so don't come into the town centre unless you're going to behave nicely and actually pay for your goods. 63% of retail crime is committed by repeat offenders , committed by repeat offenders, so the huddersfield bid rangers know who they are, the police know who they are, the police know who they are. hence the undercover working so we can be proactive in our responses now and we can make a difference this christmas. >> shopkeepers in the town like david whittle feel reassure aired by the campaign. he owns a family run ladies fashion boutique and is always vigilant in protecting their stock. >> everything in the shop, everything is tagged. yes i'm not naive. we lose 1 or 2 things. recent we've had a lady who has brought her own handbag in and left her handbag and taken a new handbag. you can't be complacent, but it is fighting crime . obviously. when

fighting crime. obviously. when people are hard up or or they're struggling for money, then crime sometimes increases . so anything sometimes increases. so anything that bid and the police can do any authority can do to help is very, very helpful. >> the message here is shoplifters beware , for as you shoplifters beware, for as you just don't know who might be watching you. anna riley gb news huddersfield , thank you , anna. huddersfield, thank you, anna. >> yeah, sobering stuff there indeed, isn't it? you do feel sorry for the smaller shops who just can't afford to cope with these losses. now you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with me. dawn neesom . lots more coming up on neesom. lots more coming up on today's show. in an interview. this one's a good one. in an interview this week, a bbc radio five live presenter says an overwhelmingly white workforce has had an impact on his mental health. okay, no one's questioning mental health claims. okay, but is it racist to say your colleague, colleagues are too white? all of

that and much more to come . that and much more to come. you're watching and listening to gb news britain's news channel. don't go too far, though. it's cold out there .

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>> and by now, hopefully you've at least got halfway through putting the christmas tree up. no if you took my earlier advice and poured yourself a nice cold beer or glass something beer or a glass of something fizzy seriously helps . fizzy me that seriously helps. honestly, take it from me. i'm an . any you can an expert. any case you can watch us on tv if you really completely given up online or just to the radio just listen to us on the radio while you swear at those fairy lights. interview lights. now, in an interview this week, a bbc radio five live presenter says an overwhelm hinckley white workforce has an impact on his mental health. speaking to a journalism diversity conference, the presenter said there are no muslim workers involved in the scene . the editorial process at scene. the editorial process at radio five live. joining me now is the co—founder of conservatives against racism for equality and gb news host and all round good egg albie amankona and author and journalist and equally also very good journalist rebecca good egg journalist rebecca reid. thank you very much for joining me. now story has

joining me. now this story has caught a bit of a fuss this week, isn't it? so racist workplaces . i'm going to come to workplaces. i'm going to come to you, albie. what make of workplaces. i'm going to come to you, storye. what make of workplaces. i'm going to come to you, story ?what make of this story? >> i found it to be really rather an odd story, actually , rather an odd story, actually, dawn, first of all, the bbc is pretty known for being a relatively diverse, broad caster. >> if we look across their broadcasting networks, they've even got an entire bbc asian network, which is one of the most popular radio stations in the country. and i don't really think it's credible to say if you work at a company called the british broadcasting organisation that you are you feel that you are mentally ill from working with people who are indigenously british. now imagine if you went to india or pakistan or bangladesh. you a white person, dawn, and went for the went to work for the equivalent of the bbc in one of those countries and said, oh, my mental health is suffering because i'm working many because i'm working with so many south i think people south asians. i think people would probably you racist. would probably call you racist. so i can completely understand the offended by

the people who were offended by the people who were offended by the this. presenter. the comments of this. presenter. >> yeah. >> so yeah. >> so yeah. >> rebecca that's a very good point, i why, point, isn't it? i mean, why, why isn't it racist? now, you know, the population of the united kingdom is 87% white. the the employer , the most of the the employer, the most of the employer. i think it's up to over 50% of bbc employees are ethnically diverse . so it's one ethnically diverse. so it's one of the most diverse places you can work in the uk by the sounds of it. so i mean, it does sound a little bit racist. what he said doesn't it? i don't think it's racist. i think it's the same thing that you might find were you the only white person working japanese radio station. >> you might get to a point where you feel lonely and isolated because there's nobody who about eastenders . who could talk about eastenders. >> for instance, >> and you, for instance, perhaps british traditional british, you know, christian easter might feel lonely and like you've got nobody to go and you have an easter egg hunt with. >> i think what he was trying to say and it's been taken out of context, has been blown up and it doesn't sound great if you read full context.

read it out of the full context. what trying say is being what he's trying to say is being different feels different all the time feels really hard. >> think he's saying the >> i don't think he's saying the bbc inherently a broken and bbc is inherently a broken and evil because of bbc is inherently a broken and evil i because of bbc is inherently a broken and evil i he'sbecause of bbc is inherently a broken and evil i he's just use of that. i think he's just reflecting on the ways in which it's one who it's hard to be the only one who is religion or a is a certain religion or a certain ethnicity in an organisation. >> john lydon i mean, you know, one the quotes is the hardest one of the quotes is the hardest thing to walk into room, thing is to walk into a room, look and nobody looks look around and nobody looks like i lots of like you, but i mean, lots of people have to deal with that situation. look i'm not questioning somebody's mental health. if you say your mental health. if you say your mental health your mental health is affected, your mental health is affected, your mental health is affected, your mental health is affected. but i mean , health is affected. but i mean, come back to you, albie. it's like i understand why he's saying it, but doesn't saying it, but it just doesn't sound like the most sensible thing to say . albie had phrased thing to say. albie had phrased himself similarly to how similar to how rebecca had just raised herself. >> i think a lot of people would be much more understanding of what he said. but that's not what he said. but that's not what he said. but that's not what he said. >> he specifically said that all what he said. >> whiteecifically said that all what he said. >> white peopley said that all what he said. >> white people ataid that all what he said. >> white people at histhat all what he said. >> white people at his place ll what he said. >> white people at his place of the white people at his place of work him feel work were making him feel mentally think that's a pretty

>> i just think that's a pretty odd to say when live odd thing to say when you live in majority country and in a majority white country and you at an organisation you work at an organisation which is actually one which is actually probably one of the most diverse organisations country, organisations in the country, according statistics that according to the statistics that you and has you just gave and indeed has a whole radio station dedicated to british asians, of which this presenter is part of that ethnic minority group. so i just thought it was a bit of an odd comment. i think it's perfectly reasonable say if are not reasonable to say if you are not from group, you might from a majority group, you might feel left out in certain situations . that might be situations. that might be because you're working class , because you're working class, that because you're that might be because you're asian, might because asian, that might be because you're but if you make you're a muslim. but if you make it about someone's race and say, white me feel white people make me feel mentally ill, i can understand why white people feel upset about that comment. >> rebecca it let's put it the other way round. i mean, you know, if i as a white person sitting here said, you know, black make black people make me feel mentally you imagine mentally ill, you can imagine the pile on that would get . the pile on that would get. >> yeah. but i think if you >> yeah. and but i think if you said that, well, you wouldn't say that because sensible say that because you're sensible and you know that it wouldn't be and you know that it wouldn't be a sensible thing to feel. and i

doubt you would feel it. but what i've observed in some places i've worked, where places where i've worked, where there's in the there's been one person in the team black or south there's been one person in the team is black or south there's been one person in the team is that)lack or south there's been one person in the team is that in ck or south there's been one person in the team is that in journalism asian, is that in journalism particularly, there'll be room particularly, there'll be a room full white people and full of white people and whenever that full of white people and wispecific that full of white people and wispecific to that full of white people and wispecific to people that full of white people and wispecific to people who that full of white people and wispecific to people who aren't at is specific to people who aren't white, looks white, everyone goes and looks at the person who isn't white. and think the word and again, i think the word microaggression gets a lot of a lot of flak, but there are i think you do find that there are lots of small ways in which people who are not white sometimes feel othered when they are they are in a are the only when they are in a minority. and i'm and think are the only when they are in a mirspecificid i'm and think are the only when they are in a mirspecific exampled think are the only when they are in a mirspecific example is think are the only when they are in a mirspecific example is that k are the only when they are in a mirspecific example is that at his specific example is that at at the bbc, you get a lot of people on an entry level position are not white and position who are not white and you get a lot of people who are in celebrity in sort of celebrity jobs because knows the bbc, like because god knows the bbc, like all media, likes to forward all media, likes to push forward people who of a diverse people who are of a diverse background and background to try and make themselves like they're themselves look like they're being that being inclusive. but that middle strata well paid strata of very well paid professional tends to be professional roles tends to be exclusively white. and that's where some of the decision making where, again , making comes from, where, again, i up feeling i think people end up feeling like needs aren't being like they're needs aren't being reflected . but again, do reflected. but again, i do understand way that he

reflected. but again, i do undeit, and way that he reflected. but again, i do undeit, particularly way that he reflected. but again, i do undeit, particularly whenthat he reflected. but again, i do undeit, particularly when it's he said it, particularly when it's taken out of context, does make it like just saying, it sound like he's just saying, i like white people. i i don't like white people. i don't think that is he don't think that is what he intended at all. >> i don't actually think >> no, i don't actually think that intended the way he that was intended the way he said. the most as you said. it wasn't the most as you said, said yourself, said, you said yourself, rebecca, but interest thing. i'll you. i'll be coming back to you. rebecca is obviously a white woman how woman talking about how black people they the people feel when they are the only person of colour in the room and everyone goes, oh yeah, looking like, looking at you when it's like, right you speak for right, okay, you can speak for your whole ethnic minority now your whole ethnic minority now you are a person of colour. how do feel about what rebecca do you feel about what rebecca just said? there >> look, i think lots of people of colour would have been in situations like that. i remember when in when i first started working in the city, the only other people that were working in my office who black all the who were black were all the cleaners and would be working cleaners and i would be working late night and all late at night and then all of the black would come the black cleaners would come and it would make me feel awful. so i can completely understand and it would make me feel awful. so i csituations.:ely understand and it would make me feel awful. so i csituations.:ely iliderstand and it would make me feel awful. so i csituations.:ely ii would nd these situations. but i would never that never have said in that situation. dawn or rebecca, that being around white people all the time makes me feel mentally ill. just me as ill. it just strikes me as a pretty odd comment. i think

there's probably that you there's probably ways that you can make that better can make that point better without offending people . without out offending people. >> rebecca would you like to come that reflecting come back to that reflecting your one's experiences and i think an equivalent is that i've worked in jobs when i was when i was working as a temp and as a receptionist, where i'd be the only woman in room. only woman in a room. >> and when i walked in the conversation would change or there be comments about there would be comments about women that i would find very uncomfortable. it does sort of happenif uncomfortable. it does sort of happen if you're a woman in male dominated wouldn't happen if you're a woman in male donthatad wouldn't happen if you're a woman in male donthat working wouldn't happen if you're a woman in male donthat working around nouldn't happen if you're a woman in male donthat working around menin't happen if you're a woman in male donthat working around men made say that working around men made me i would me feel mentally ill. i would say the men say that some of the men i worked were i can't worked with were words i can't say daytime television. i say on daytime television. and i and think is problem , and i think this is the problem, is that when you generalise it does make people feel cross and hurt. who are cross hurt. and people who are cross and hurt aren't listening to a nuanced conversation about racism. feeling cross racism. they're feeling cross and if you to and hurt. so if you want to change anything, you need to think you structure think about how you structure your your your arguments and your sentences. >> unfortunately, >> lovely. unfortunately, we've got there. thank you got to leave it there. thank you both for joining albie both forjoining us. albie and mokoena read their mokoena and rebecca read their debating whether workplace

debating whether your workplace is racist. now we obviously have to see what the bbc has said about this and their statement said a journalism diversity conference. bbc spokesman said events like this one today are instrumental in bringing new talent in. as we work towards making our organisation as inclusive as possible , we want inclusive as possible, we want everyone who works at the bbc and those considering a career with us to know we are focussed on creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels they belong and we believe we should be setting the highest standards on diversity and we recognise there is still more. we could do. therefore, we have clear plans in place to improve the diversity of the workforce. i would just humbly suggest there that they also need to start thinking about the class system there and about how many working class people they employ there. you whose mommies you know, people whose mommies and don't work and daddies don't already work there . that's another they there. that's another thing they need at. but any case, need to look at. but any case, that's for me. joined that's enough for me. i'm joined by in pink , by a gorgeous vision in pink, sitting in front of our lovely

christmas the lovely nana christmas tree, the lovely nana akuais christmas tree, the lovely nana akua is with me. nana i bet you've got a brilliant show coming up, haven't i? >> yes, i hope. i hope they don't but i was don't enjoy it. but i was listening that. i mean, listening to that. i mean, i don't if it's just. >> think you're thinking? >> opinion? i don't mind if it's just me. and i'm the only only person village. person like me in the village. i'm all right with it. i mean, look, i don't know what look, okay, i don't know what that's don't know. that's all about. i don't know. but were actually doing but the bbc were actually doing something to get more working class bbc. i class people into the bbc. i do recall them doing something like that. really that. they just didn't really work well. well, obviously not. >> but i'll tell you a story about off about me about the bbc off air, about me that years ago now. a few that a few years ago now. a few years ago now. but yeah. so what are coming in any case, are you coming up? in any case, we're talking about. we're going to be talking about. >> about that, that >> did you hear about that, that plane a flight? plane that took a flight? i think was biodiesel that it think it was biodiesel that it flew fat. so we're flew on or chip fat. so we're going be talking about that. going to be talking about that. i've paul and jim i've got paul burgess and jim dale control. they dale and climate control. they love a good detector. love to have a good detector. we'll be chatting. you love getting show, don't getting jim on your show, don't you? not much. prefer you? well, not so much. i prefer paul you? well, not so much. i prefer paul. outside . so. paul. i think jim's outside. so. yeah, so got we've got yeah, so we've got we've got those coming also those two coming on. i'm also going israel. going to live to israel. speaking geller. we do

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, particularly across the central the uk. but central swathe of the uk. but those showers across the southwest to their southwest continue to push their way eastwards as we go way north and eastwards as we go through sunday afternoon, through into sunday afternoon, perhaps at times perhaps turning heavy at times and wintry over the hills across parts northern parts of wales and northern england, scotland , england, parts of scotland, though staying drier though generally staying drier but feeling cold, but are definitely feeling cold, some parts perhaps staying below freezing sunday freezing through sunday afternoon. however still milder again south—west into again across the south—west into monday. further rain pushes its way south and eastwards as we go into monday afternoon. again, there could be some wintry elements across wales there could be some wintry elennorthernoss wales there could be some wintry elennorthern england, wales there could be some wintry elennorthern england, but/ales and northern england, but staying dry still parts staying dry still across parts of scotland and northern ireland. that rain continues to clear its way through monday, leaving a drier but colder day on and wednesday . on tuesday. and wednesday. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on .

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labour party adviser matthew laza . in a few moments time, laza. in a few moments time, we'll be covering the latest on the pro—palestine demonstrations which are taking place for the eighth week in a row. that's following the end to the ceasefire in gaza . but before we ceasefire in gaza. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with . aaron latest news with. aaron >> very good afternoon to you. it is 3:00. aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom. temperatures could drop to —12 tonight in parts of scotland after heavy snow saw flights disrupted at glasgow airport. a fresh weather warnings for snow and ice are in place from 6:00 this evening and they'll last until midday tomorrow. for many parts of the uk , two fa cup ties in england uk, two fa cup ties in england and 11 matches in scotland. the league matches have been postponed. today's racing fixture at newcastle was also abandoned and however the good news meteorologist john hammond says temperatures won't says the cold temperatures won't last long. >> the focus of the cold shifting northwards, something a bit milder, trying to push in from the south. >> but then the