visa u—turn visa u —turn from visa u—turn from the worker visa u—turn from the government. they had tried to clamp down almost half a million, including dependents came in this route last year and the government increased the salary cap to 38 grand. they've gone back down to 29 grand after a row back. another u—turn for the government and of course, christmas wouldn't be christmas without the great getaway . chaos without the great getaway. chaos as brits take planes, trains, automobiles and even ferries to get away or grind their way back home. we'll have all the latest travel updates from theo theo chikomba next story . yesterday, chikomba next story. yesterday, of course, there was a mass shooting in prague broke live dunng shooting in prague broke live during this show. at least 14 killed david kozak who was shot dead shot himself dead is believed now to be linked to a series of other killers. as the dark history emerges, we'll take the full look at the details and keir starmer has ruffled feathers by wearing military

fatigues. some . veterans have fatigues. some. veterans have called it a disgrace that a guy for so long supported jeremy corbyn. is he fit to fancy dress as a soldier? he's not the first to do it. boris did it. liz truss did it. but is starmer allowed to do this? all that coming up in the next hour. now let us know if you're getting away. are you stuck somewhere grinding it out, kids driving you mad? if so, drop me an email and let's share the pain. also, we've got a great a cracking christmas song coming up for you. roy wood the legend has recorded a special exclusive for gb news. if that doesn't cheer you up, nothing will. all coming up in the show after your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. well, the top story from the gp newsroom is that

millions of train passengers are facing a hike in fares of nearly 5. the department of transport confirming regulated rail fares in england will rise from the 3rd of march next year. that increase is based on inflation, but it has been capped at 4.9. passengers say . it's worsening passengers say. it's worsening the rising cost of living. >> bad thing . i mean, already >> bad thing. i mean, already the trains are striking and that we're pay enough and we don't get the service that they should be delivering. >> i mean, it makes sense because everything's going up, but, it's good but, you know, it's not good news. >> i news. »| news. >> i it's very expensive already. >> i'm not looking forward to it because do public because we do use public transport lot. and trains. >> so it's going to be a bit rough on the bank account. >> i still have to live with it. >> i still have to live with it. >> it's how things are going nowadays, aren't they? >> passengers at >> some of the passengers at king's cross commenting on that. >> some of the passengers at king'sthat;s commenting on that. >> some of the passengers at king'sthat news1menting on that. >> some of the passengers at king'sthat news comingg on that. >> some of the passengers at king'sthat news coming asn that. >> some of the passengers at king'sthat news coming as railat. well, that news coming as rail passengers face travel disruption get disruption as they try to get away christmas. trains are away for christmas. trains are running out of london, but there have several cancellations. have been several cancellations. and paddington have been several cancellations. and in paddington have been several cancellations. and in west paddington have been several cancellations. and in west london|gton have been several cancellations. and in west london closing station in west london closing for days from christmas

for four days from christmas eve. this sunday and that eve. that's this sunday and that means no mainline trains going from heathrow during that time in the airport, set to be exceptionally busy. um expecting, we believe, a quarter of a million passengers over the coming days . and on the roads, coming days. and on the roads, motorists being affected by the delays. port of dover saying it's taking around 90 minutes to process cars with pre—booked tickets, travel editor lisa mino told gb news people do need to be patient . be patient. >> today is predicted to be the busiest day and that's because you've got normal commuters, normal truck drivers on the roads at the same time, you've got all of those people that are starting to head away for christmas. so today is going to be the big point. they're also talking about a lunch crunch. it's going point where it's going to be the point where actually lunchtime is going to be the busiest day on all of the next three days. so between 12 and two, that's really don't want to find yourself on any of the roads in the uk network. >> now, in other news, today a criminal investigation has been

launched alleged launched into the alleged abduction alex batty , the abduction of alex batty, the teenager, been missing for teenager, who'd been missing for six years, returned to the uk last week after being found in france. he disappeared when he was just 11 years old. his mother, who wasn't his legal guardian at the time , had taken guardian at the time, had taken him on a pre—arranged trip to spain. greater manchester police is pursuing the case now after interviewing the 17 year old, who's back home. a woman has appeared in court today charged with murdering her four year old son in east london. keziah macharia is accused of stabbing kobi, who was found with knife injuries at home in hackney on wednesday. he was taken to hospital but died a postmortem examination will take place next thursday, the day his mother is also due to appear at the old bailey . czech police have bailey. czech police have confirmed 13 people were killed by a gunman in prague. no foreigners, they say, were among the victims . the victims. >> hello? hello. hey cheeky .

>> hello? hello. hey cheeky. >> hello? hello. hey cheeky. >> if you're watching on television, you can see this is body cam footage. that's just been released showing officers arriving at the charles university as they made their way through the campus, looking for the attacker. police saying the 24 year old suspect first killed his father before targeting students . we targeting students. we understand 27 people taken to six local hospitals, 12 remain in a serious condition and at least one is critical. the czech prime minister has joined students at the university to pay students at the university to pay tribute to those who lost their lives. the gunman, who had a gun license but no criminal record, took his own life . now record, took his own life. now here the economy is at risk of falling into a recession. after revised figures showed it performed worse than expected in the third quarter of this year. rather than flatlining, the economy contracted by 0.1. if the economy shrinks for a second consecutive quarter , it's going

consecutive quarter, it's going to enter what's known as a technical recession. shadow financial secretary to the treasury james murray blamed the government . this is yet more government. this is yet more evidence of failure from rishi sunak. >> he's already failed to cut waiting lists. he's failed to stop the boats . stop the boats. >> and now it's been confirmed that he's failed to grow the economy too. >> and actually is just the >> and actually this is just the latest in 13 years of economic failure from the conservatives, which has left people across britain which has left people across briti'm worried about the >> i'm very worried about the economic forecasts for this country. >> t“ w- g at the growth >> if you look at the growth forecasts issued by the office of budget responsibility earlier in cut the in the autumn, they've cut the growth the next growth forecast for the next three years. >> worse year, hoping to bring foreign family members to uk foreign family members to the uk have a financial reprieve. >> the government has watered down increase the down plans to increase the earnings threshold from almost £39,000 to £29,000, a right wing tory mps have criticised that move , describing it as a move, describing it as a regrettable sign of weakness . regrettable sign of weakness. today is officially the shortest day of the year and to celebrate

thousands of people have been gathering at stonehenge in wiltshire for the annual winter solstice. sunrise was 8:09 this morning and because it's the shortest day we'll set just after 4 pm. as the earth's axis tilts at its very farthest from the sun. it's one of the few occasions where english heritage will allow people to gather freely among the ancient structures at stonehenge , spring structures at stonehenge, spring is on its way . structures at stonehenge, spring is on its way. this structures at stonehenge, spring is on its way . this is gb news is on its way. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker. this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> thank you polly. right, let's get stuck into today's christmas menu . do we start with the menu. do we start with the government's controversial u—turn on migrant visas ? u—turn on migrant visas? ministers have rowed back on plans to increase the amount of money that britons need to bring foreign family members to live in the uk , to £38,700. the

in the uk, to £38,700. the government has now confirmed plans to increase the threshold to £29,000 next spring. earlier this month, home secretary james cleverly announced the figure would go up from 18,600 to 38,700. if you follow in this as part of a package of measures to kerb legal migration , now kerb legal migration, now remember that net migration in 2022 was a record. was . boeing 2022 was a record. was. boeing 745,000. almost three quarters of a million. they were meant to stop it. now they're going back. merry christmas, it's another u turn . and i'm joined by our turn. and i'm joined by our political correspondent, catherine fauser, to go through this. a regrettable sign of weakness to three mps have said tory mps. this is their own legislation. within five minutes they rowed back because a few people kicked off about it. this is the government they call keir starmer. flip flop. they're flip flopping all over the shot

themselves. >> yes, i mean labour are saying it's chaos. and james cleverly, the new home secretary , only the new home secretary, only beenin the new home secretary, only been in the job a few weeks. these measures were announced at the beginning of december. a whole package of measures promising, they say, to bring net migration currently at three quarters of a million, down by 300,000. now this particular element, which is this minimum . element, which is this minimum. threshold that you have to earn for a family visa, basically they were doubling it from 18,500 to over 38,000 from the spring. there was absolute uproar from quite a lot of people at this saying this was cruel. this was unfair, a big, big backlash . and now, lo and big backlash. and now, lo and behold, very quietly, it emerged yesterday after parliament has gone into recess , that the gone into recess, that the government's clearly had a rethink. they've decided to sort of split the difference between what it was, what they said it would be, and made it at 29,000

instead. and of course , not only instead. and of course, not only have they managed to annoy all the people who said it was outrageous in the first place, they've now annoyed a whole other set of people by rowing back on this, including adding quite a lot of mps in their own party. people like jonathan gullace on the right saying deeply disappointing, undermining our efforts. people like miriam cates of the new conservatives does not bode well. i should say. um the government's assessment means that in terms of how much it will bring migration down by, they think the low tens of thousands. so in the grand scheme of things , not that much, scheme of things, not that much, but under messaging, i mean, if they'd said in the first place, okay, it was 18,000, you had to earn to bring a family member in, and we're going to put it up to 29. that's a big increase . i to 29. that's a big increase. i think a lot of people would have said, fair enough, but they've said, fair enough, but they've said, we're going to put it right up and now, oh, we're not. and it's uh, yeah, they've got

themselves in a bit of a mess. >> and the numbers are eye—watering. 322,000 skilled worker this route last worker visas this route last year and 154,000 dependents. so almost 50, 40% on top. family members. and if you're coming in on 19 grand or even 29 grand, that's a below average or median wage , and therefore it leaves wage, and therefore it leaves the door wide open. the whole point of increasing the threshold was to increase the skill threshold, and therefore just to kind of get away from those numbers coming in and the numbers were 75% of people could afford to bring dependents at the 18,600 threshold. but putting it up to 38,000 would take that right back to 30,000. this is the government's own data. it would have worked. and yet they've done a u—turn. yes yes. >> and don't forget, of course, to this some. so now set at 29,000, that's not per person. um that is total household income . so presumably the person

income. so presumably the person thatis income. so presumably the person that is already in britain and, and the partner or whoever else they want to bring in from abroad, that is their total combined income . now 29,000 is combined income. now 29,000 is less than the average salary. and as you say, the government wants people coming in to boost the economy. what they don't want is people coming in who aren't going to be contributing much. and you know , still much. and you know, still increase pressure on schools, hospitals, public services . hospitals, public services. >> and that's quite right, because if they're dependent on the person who's working, they're also dependent social they're also dependent on social services, hospitals, on services, on on hospitals, on dentists and the of it. dentists and the rest of it. that's one that's one calamity. there's another one, though. today catherine, that that caught that an caught my eye. and that is an undercover, , chat with undercover, um, chat with somebody at luton airport. a border force official came out with an astonishing statement . with an astonishing statement. and that is people who are currently claiming asylum in the uk are going home for christmas . uk are going home for christmas. so presumably they fled their country under under fear of

persecution or whatever. but it's safe to go back at christmas. this is an absolute outrage. >> you couldn't actually make this up , >> you couldn't actually make this up, could you? because people are coming here claiming asylum now . certainly some of asylum now. certainly some of them will be genuinely in fear of their lives . however, if you of their lives. however, if you are in fear of your life, you are in fear of your life, you are not then going to pop for home christmas, are you? now we know that a number of people crossing the channel in small boats are economic migrants. often paperwork will be destroyed. so what they say, you know, it's difficult to know what the reality is, but quite astonishing. yes. this border force chief at luton airport has revealed that the exit checks that they do on some people i think fairly randomly has revealed that a number of asylum seekers are popping home for christmas and presumably will be allowed back in. you would think, if they went having claimed asylum , that they claimed asylum, that they wouldn't be coming back in, but there you go. >> i mean, there are so many

questions needs to be asked. a they presumably thought they presumably think thought they presumably think thought they they're they weren't safe, but they're okay that in okay at christmas. that in itself a complete misnomer. itself is a complete misnomer. secondly, to secondly, they can afford to travel back home and return. that itself belief. that in itself defies belief. thirdly, anybody doing thirdly, surely anybody doing this should immediately forfeit their right to claim asylum in their right to claim asylum in the uk . the uk. >> well, this story has only come the last couple come out in the last couple of hours, it? i'd be amazed hours, hasn't it? i'd be amazed if this doesn't a lot if this doesn't get a whole lot more attention because it does seem quite incredible. and the absolute opposite of people fleeing in fear of their life. people fleeing in fear of their life do not go back home for christmas. >> yeah. katherine forster i think a lot of people out there will think people are being absolutely having the mickey taken out of them on this one. with me now dean morgan, who with me now is dean morgan, who is an immigration concern agent. thanks joining the thanks for joining us on the show. um, let's show. so, dean, um, so let's first, can turn to the first, if we can turn to the salary cap and the change of legislation, there to make it cheaper to make it easier to come into the uk , 37,000 down to come into the uk, 37,000 down to 29, although higher than the

original 18,600. what's your take on this? this u—turn ? take on this? this u—turn? >> yeah, i mean it's an absolute disgrace. >> i mean , it's carry on >> i mean, it's carry on government at its finest . and, government at its finest. and, uh, you know, my clients are hundreds of them have been contacting us over the last week in a blind panic because the government's policy was we've announced that we're going to increase requirement, increase the salary requirement, minimum salary requirements in nearly £40,000 from 18,600. you know, uh , and they have no know, uh, and they have no actual idea what the actual detail of the policy would be. they don't know if it's going to affect the savings requirement. they don't know what it . would they don't know what it. would be for more than one, you know, for a dependent or more than one dependent to come here. and they don't know when spring is, you know, can't announce know, and so you can't announce a policy, surely, to everyone . a policy, surely, to everyone. there's tens of thousands of people and put them people already here and put them in god before in the fear of god before christmas. their loved 1st may not be able to stay with them because of such a ridiculously high know, the high amount. and you know, the first mistake the government made one is for the made on this one is for the last. since 2012, when they

brought in the 18,600 requirement. at point have requirement. at no point have they and requirement. at no point have they you and requirement. at no point have they you to and requirement. at no point have they you to it.|d then you want to double it. suddenly the other point is, is that they could have just linked this average wage this to the median average wage back and would have back then, and it would have incrementally increased and people along people would have gone along with would have with it. they never would have lost any court cases, would they? because when they? you know, because when they? you know, because when they in this kind they tried to bring in this kind of, know, ridiculous lurch of, you know, ridiculous lurch to extreme, it's going to be to the extreme, it's going to be shot the courts. so shot down in the courts. so that's, know, that that's, you know, that's that point. of national point. the office of national statistics, we pay a fortune for those statistics. and just statistics, we pay a fortune for those understandrnd just statistics, we pay a fortune for those understandrnd they don't don't understand why they don't use they want use them, because if they want to consult with me, try to consult with me, i can try and help to avoid these and help them to avoid these embarrassing u—turns moving forward. because if you put it up only people up to £38,700, the only people over 40 years of age would have been able to bring their loved over 40 years of age would have been here. to bring their loved over 40 years of age would have been here. well,�*|g their loved over 40 years of age would have been here. well,�*|g you're oved ones here. well, if you're british you're or your british or you're irish or your european on a valid visa, european here on a valid visa, you have the right to marry at 18. year olds, 18 21, 18. so 18 year olds, 18 to 21, according the are only according to the ons, are only about 23,000 on average in the uk . so what happens to that to uk. so what happens to that to them? even when it gets to 29? so you can get married at 18, but you've got to wait till 30

to bring your partner here and, and live in a globalised and we live in a globalised world. know, them world. plus you know, them targeting category is not targeting this category is not going make any difference. as going to make any difference. as you rightly said before, the you so rightly said before, the skilled visa and skilled worker visa and the dependent element is the dependent element of that is the vast majority of this. plus they've also cured it by saying from january that students can't bnng from january that students can't bring which bring their dependents, which they never should have been allowed their allowed to bring their dependents. no point dependents. there's no point coming one year coming here for a one year master's course to then bring your and children, your wife and four children, whoever thought that was whoever thought that that was a good so so you know, the good idea. so so you know, the people are already here are people that are already here are livid and destroys their faith in people that in government. the people that are here on partner visas, they pay are here on partner visas, they pay 5000. they're going to be paying pay 5000. they're going to be paying per every two and paying per person every two and a half years the right to a half years for the right to stay the person on stay here. the person on the spouse visa has no right to benefits five years until benefits for five years until they get indefinite they at least get indefinite leave remain. i mean, this leave to remain. so i mean, this is a total shambles and someone needs get a grip and needs to get a grip and whoever's policy team whoever's on that policy team that dissent to this whoever's on that policy team that idea dissent to this whoever's on that policy team that idea at ssent to this whoever's on that policy team that idea at the |t to this whoever's on that policy team that idea at the beginning, crazy idea at the beginning, they should excluded from all they should be excluded from all future meetings indefinitely. >> yeah. dean something does need about this

need to be done about this because the facts speak for themselves. the government's own data us 75% of the people data shows us 75% of the people coming to the country on 18,600 can afford to bring family members . if can afford to bring family members. if you ramp that up to 38.5 grand, it's 30. so we do need to increase this. if we have any hope of trying to clamp down on legal migration, we must remember the thick end of half a million came in this route, including dependents last year. >> but the problem is, is that you know, all the efforts that's been put in to target people that follow due process and pay an absolute fortune to bring their loved ones here and show a salary, because here's the problem if you live in northern ireland, scotland, ireland, you live in scotland, in how you in the hebrides. how are you ever to get to 38,000 or ever going to get to 38,000 or 29,000? you're probably not going if you have a high going to. so if you have a high income and you live in london in the bubble, then you can bring your loved one here. but if you live outside london, you live live outside of london, you live in wales, cornwall. good luck to you but they in wales, cornwall. good luck to you the but they in wales, cornwall. good luck to you the right but they in wales, cornwall. good luck to you the right to but they in wales, cornwall. good luck to you the right to have but they in wales, cornwall. good luck to you the right to have their they have the right to have their partner here. the partner has no

access to any public funds. i know the but they're access to any public funds. i know a the but they're access to any public funds. i know a ridiculous but they're access to any public funds. i know a ridiculous amountay're access to any public funds. i know a ridiculous amount ofre paying a ridiculous amount of money plus if they're money now. plus if they're working, they're paying double taxation for the nhs, they're paying taxation for the nhs, they're paying and paying the nhs surcharge and they're paying through they're also paying through their . so, know, the their income. so, you know, the partner visas are not the problem, but the skilled worker visas. >> but dean, the fact of the matter is 154,000 dependents aren't contributing that tax on the whole . if they are, if they the whole. if they are, if they are children, if they're not working. so something has to be done because a lot of people are rightly saying that at the moment you can buy your way into the relatively cheaply, the country relatively cheaply, bnng the country relatively cheaply, bring family members bring all your family members and a burden upon the and become a burden upon the state, contributor. and become a burden upon the stat no, contributor. and become a burden upon the statno, appreciate|tor. and become a burden upon the statno, appreciate that, >> no, i appreciate that, martin, but we shouldn't conflate the uk partner visas, which a smaller number, which is a much smaller number, and that are and uk student visas that are hundreds thousands of visas hundreds of thousands of visas are year with their are a year with their dependents, three, four, five dependents, three, four, five dependents in tow. same with skilled worker. there are hundreds of thousands of visas and they have right. so you and they have the right. so you know, people that are know, the people that are already the british people already here, the british people that and husbands and that have wives and husbands and

partners, bringing them partners, they're bringing them here, being targeted, partners, they're bringing them herethey're being targeted, partners, they're bringing them herethey're a being targeted, partners, they're bringing them herethey're a tinyg targeted, partners, they're bringing them herethey're a tiny fractionzd, partners, they're bringing them herethey're a tiny fraction of but they're a tiny fraction of the you want to the problem. if you want to bnng the problem. if you want to bring migration. bring down migration. >> dean morgan, superb . >> okay. dean morgan, superb. excellent thank you excellent analysis. thank you very much. immigration consultant, joining consultant, thanks for joining us on the show. well we'll have lots more on that story throughout the show. and of course, let me know what you think because the bottom line is something to be done. and something has to be done. and what we've got the moment is what we've got at the moment is complete calamity. so complete and utter calamity. so final. well, for the conservatives accuse the conservatives to accuse the labour , keir starmer of labour party, keir starmer of flip flopping, me this flip flopping, but to me this just like another violent just feels like another violent u—turn. turn , you u—turn. a handbrake turn, you could say, and there's plenty of coverage of this story on our website, gbnews.com and you've helped to make that the fastest growing national news website in the . thank you very the country. thank you very much. christmas bonus. the country. thank you very much. christmas bonus . and much. nice christmas bonus. and talking which, you can start talking of which, you can start your new year with £10,000 in cash, a £500 shopping spree and a brand new iphone. sounds amazing right? well, here's how you could make all of those pnzes you could make all of those prizes yours . prizes yours. >> this is your chance to win cash, treats and tech in our

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aftermath of cancelled eurostar trains. it comes as rail fares are set to increase by a stinging 5% from march next yeah stinging 5% from march next year. well, our national reporter theo chikomba, is at saint pancras international station for us and theo , i'm station for us and theo, i'm leaving saint pancras in about four hours time, heading for nottingham. hopefully you got some good news for me, but what's the general picture out there on this day? it's always chaos this time of year. theo yes . yes. >> well, it's, uh, it's every single year we see scenes like this , uh, in the lead up to this, uh, in the lead up to christmas, only a few days now until christmas. but in the last 24 hours or so, we saw that industrial action, which was taken by staff who work for eurotunnel and le chateau, who transport cars over to france and back into the uk, and those queues led people having to stay here overnight to get the first train back to france, or indeed going to france . this morning we going to france. this morning we had some reports of people sleeping over in inside the train station itself . but at

train station itself. but at saint pancras in the early hours of this morning, there were accused going all the way around the station while long queues aren't unusual, it was unusual to see queues that long. and that was because many people who had trains later in the day were hoping not to miss their train, so they came here in the early hours of this morning. however, this afternoon has been relatively calm. uh, cautiously calm, hoping that their trains do go ahead . and so far, so good do go ahead. and so far, so good for those who have been travelling from saint pancras and heading out of london. but the other thing is the double whammy. today we found out that rail ticket prices within the uk or within england are going to increase by 4.9% in march next year and that means for those who are watching their pockets, particularly when it comes to train tickets, if you are a regular traveller, it will mean that your ticket prices will be going up in march next year, but they the rate of they are below the rate of inflation. the benchmark, which

was seen in july this year of 9. we've spoken to some of those commuters about about that and this is what they had to say. okay. >> that's a bad thing. i mean, already the trains are striking and that we pay enough and we don't get the service that they should be delivering like , i'm should be delivering like, i'm hoping to get away for christmas tomorrow i know what's tomorrow and i don't know what's going when i to going to happen when i get to euston station tomorrow well, euston station tomorrow as well, because strikes because of all the strikes and all the delays, the strikes. all the delays, all the strikes. >> i just think it's really inconvenient. and to honest, inconvenient. and to be honest, personally, get personally, i think they get paid personally, i think they get pai�*they're reliable of the >> they're reliable of the trains a lot to be trains is also a lot to be desired to, uh, you know, on my train this morning, uh, from leeds, it was cancelled. so i had to catch, uh, another train, a different train. and of course, i had no book seat because of the cancellation . so, because of the cancellation. so, no, i think they've got to get their act together first before they start thinking about putting prices up yet again . putting prices up yet again. >> um, not looking forward to it because i do use public transport quite a lot and trains. >> so it's going to be a bit

rough on the bank account, but you know, i guess we'll just have to live with it. >> it's how things are going nowadays, aren't they? >> well, depending on where you live, whether you have a rail card and how often you use the train will indication of train will be an indication of how you're your ticket how much you're your ticket pnces how much you're your ticket prices will be going up, particularly throughout the yeah particularly throughout the year. year . particularly throughout the year. year. but we've heard year. next year. but we've heard from transport secretary, from the transport secretary, mark having mark harper. he's saying having met target of halving met our target of halving inflation across the economy, this is significant, uh, intervention by the government to cap the increase in rail fares below last year's rise. and this afternoon, we've heard from the from labour's shadow transport secretary saying it's beggars belief that after the worst year ever for cancellations on our railways , cancellations on our railways, the conservatives would deliver a brutal rail fare hike for millions of long suffering passengers. we've seen this yean passengers. we've seen this year, lots of strike action, industrial action taking place, engineering works and of course we've seen the weather having an impact on rail disruption in the

last 24 hours. so again , next last 24 hours. so again, next year people will be bracing themselves, maybe for more cancellations , but mainly for cancellations, but mainly for the price increases of their tickets. >> okay, theo chikomba, thanks for the update. superb stuff and i want to hear from you if your christmas plans have been ruined . if you're stuck on a motorway somewhere, stuck on a train, get in touch gb views at gb news. com we'll try and share your pain. so thanks for that now. lots more still coming between now and and i'll bring you now and 4:00. and i'll bring you more exclusive more from our exclusive interview keir starmer. interview with sir keir starmer. i'll not a soldier i'll also ask he's not a soldier , why on earth did he wear , so why on earth did he wear military fatigues at a nato base yesterday in slovenia? but first, your latest news headunes first, your latest news headlines polly headlines with polly middlehurst. >> martin. thank you. the headunes >> martin. thank you. the headlines this hour, millions of train passengers are facing a nearly 5% hike in fares . the nearly 5% hike in fares. the department of transport confirming regulated rail fares in england will rise on the 3rd of march next year. that

increase, based on inflation, but it's been capped at 4.9. and that news coming as rail passengers face travel disruption today as they try to get away for christmas. trains are running out of london, but there have been cancellations on many lines and paddington station itself closing for four days from christmas eve this sunday. and that means no mainline trains going to heathrow during that period . and heathrow during that period. and the airport is set to be exceptionally busy this year, expecting more than a quarter of a million passengers over the coming days. motorists also being affected by the delays port of dover telling us here at gb news that it's taking around 90 minutes to process cars, and those are the ones with pre—booked tickets. meanwhile a criminal investigation has been launched into the alleged abduction of alex bhatti, the teenager who'd been missing for six years, returned to the uk last week at the age of 17 after being found in france . he being found in france. he disappeared, though, when he was 11 years old. his mother, who

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the price of gold is £1,625.84 an ounce, and the ftse 100 is currently standing . at 7697. currently standing. at 7697. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> thank you polly. now, czech police have confirmed that 15 people, including the gunman , people, including the gunman, were killed in a mass shooting in prague yesterday. they released body cam footage showing officers arriving at charles university as they searched for the attacker. police say the 24 year old suspect killed his father before targeting students . 27 people targeting students. 27 people were taken to six hospitals. 12 remain in a serious condition and at least one is critical. well, joining us now in studio is our reporter, charlie peters. charlie almost exactly 24 hours ago to the minute this this happened and full details are

now emerging not only of david kozak's past, but of the interception by the police. and this could have been much, much worse, couldn't it? >> it could have been. that's the message put forward in several press conferences today. first this first by the police. this morning, who detailed the extreme amounts of ammunition and found at the scene and weaponry found at the scene as the police cleared the area. but also by the czech interior minister, who this afternoon in the last couple of hours has said that the police acted professionally and he found no fault and couldn't find any area within the timeline of reaction where they could have improved their response and that comes off quite a lot of significant local criticism in the media and on social media. in the czech republic. last night, in response to this incident, a lot of panic and concern and fear that it could have been worse, but actually that the response could have been faster as well. this morning the police said that their response time between the first call about a shooting, which yesterday and it took four

minutes for them to get on scene , it was 21 minutes between the first shot and the assailant killing himself on the roof of that building . but over two that building. but over two hours before the shooting started , police found a body started, police found a body believed to be the man's father in the west of prague and they understood at that time that the suspect was actually travelling in from the west into the city centre. but they understood that he was travelling in order to commit suicide, not a mass shooting. now telegram reports, telegram posts associated with this year old shooter now this 24 year old shooter now explain and show a lot more of a violent intent. there he actually praised a 41 year old shooter in russia who carried out a mass shooting in a school in december, the seventh in the west of the country. earlier this month . and he said that she this month. and he said that she was his angel and that before he had waited and anticipate , had waited and anticipate, waited this sort of moment, and she opened the door for him to want to carry out this kind of

attack. but those two hours are the critical time that people are saying that the police could have serious have acted with more serious responses . responses. >> and charlie, the czech repubuc >> and charlie, the czech republic some most republic has some of the most liberal laws in of liberal gun laws in all of europe. and the problem is, though, kozak wasn't known to authorities, we now know he had an obsession with firearms. but the weapon he had an american ar 15 semi—automatic with scope 15 semi—automatic with a scope and a lot of ammunition, he was and a lot of ammunition, he was a man who could have killed. they're saying here, high tens, 60, 70, 80 people. had they not got involved when they did. but now suspected of killing a man and his baby daughter last week. and also he's being investigated for other murders . for other murders. >> so on that telegram channel that we've just referred to, that we've just referred to, that was revealed last night, he spoke about how this shooting in russia earlier in the month had inspired a change from becoming a serial killer into a mass shooting , and also on that shooting, and also on that telegram channel yesterday, it was shared in russian. he was a

russian speaker that he was going to carry out either a suicide or a mass shooting. we now know, of course, that he chose both. and so there is an indication that he's been involved in many killings involved in many more killings before yesterday's mass slaughter to that incident last friday, a man and his two month old infant daughter shot dead in a forest east of the city in investigators looking into that event, which horrified the country , now are drawing a link country, now are drawing a link there. they said they can't be certain at this time, but at the moment the indication is that he was the shooter on that incident and they are carrying out the forensic and ballistic assessment on what they recovered yesterday . also, when recovered yesterday. also, when they investigated the man's father's yesterday , they father's house yesterday, they also found explosive devices. so not just the kind of heavy weaponry you've referred to . weaponry you've referred to. also a shotgun. he used to take his own life and explosives . at his own life and explosives. at his own life and explosives. at his father's house, prague, as you know, the czech republic is a country with over 1 you know, the czech republic is a country with over1 million gun permits. but it's the amount of ammunition that really

surprised police surprised those. over 200 police officers the scene officers deployed to the scene yesterday as they cleared that building. one of the criticisms that last night, that was levelled last night, which the didn't which actually the police didn't really this morning, was really address this morning, was how to how long it took for them to reach now, the police reach the roof. now, the police said was hard find out how said it was hard to find out how to there, and that to get there, and that information came from outside, from police officers deployed on the ground. and when they started return towards started to return fire towards the year shooter on the the 24 year old shooter on the balcony, redirected balcony, they then redirected those inside the those forces inside the building, inside the arts department to go to the roof. but they couldn't get there and quickly, as they would have wanted to. >> julie peters, thank you . um, >> julie peters, thank you. um, lots of questions still to be asked , kozak had asked, kozak said he had a worthless life and wanted to leave the world in as much pain as possible. well, on that front at got his wish. now, at least he got his wish. now, if hunt was hoping for an if jeremy hunt was hoping for an early he early christmas present, he was disappointed uk disappointed because the uk is at risk of falling into a recession. after revised official figures show the economy declined between july and september for the quarter, gross domestic product, or gdp, fell by 0.1% over the last three

months and i'm joined now by vicky pryce , who's the chief vicky pryce, who's the chief economic adviser at the centre for economic and business research. thanks for joining for economic and business research. thanks forjoining us on the on the show, vicky, always a pleasure. so last week, merry christmas from mr sunak and jeremy hunt because inflation was down. now so thin gruel we could if this is repeated in the next quarter, officially be entering a recession . recession. >> indeed. and there's more to it really because the office for national statistics also revised the previous quarter's data . so the previous quarter's data. so when you look at quarter two, when you look at quarter two, when originally we were supposed to have grown by 0.2 percent, now it's zero in their recalculation . so we had a recalculation. so we had a quarter with zero, a quarter with minus with a slight minus of 0.1. and who knows what's going to happen. this quarter. >> now this quarter is nearly over. >> oven >> we have one set of data which is verified, if you like, by the national by the office of national statistics. this could be revised to. but it did suggest that in our gdp suggest that in october our gdp fell what would have

fell by 0.3. what would have happenedin fell by 0.3. what would have happened in november and december? we some december? we get some indications little bit of indications a little bit of a revival in in services, obviously, because we are getting near christmas and people are buying a lot. there were sales in november. remember were sales in november. remember we had this , you know, black we had this, you know, black friday, uh, which encouraged a lot of people to go out and buy discounted goods in advance of christmas. what will have happen in december? not but in december? we're not sure, but overall has been little overall there has been a little bit of an improvement in activity in last couple of activity in the last couple of months. we might, in fact months. so we might, in fact just about recession in just about escape recession in this quarter. >> there's hardly any >> but there's hardly any surprise that people are tightening their belts because of interest rates. people are getting clobbered their getting clobbered on their mortgages. getting mortgages. they're getting clobbered card clobbered on their credit card repayment , whatever sort of repayment, whatever sort of finance have . as finance they have. as a consequence, people are taking care the pence care of the pounds and the pence . that's the way to really . that's the only way to really unlock the economy now is to start ratcheting back on interest rates so we can actually have a bit of breathing room. >> i have to say, i agree entirely. i think interest rates where they are are too high for what the economy is doing right

now. and if you add to that the fact that inflation is coming down quite significantly, not just around down quite significantly, not justworld, around down quite significantly, not justworld, then around down quite significantly, not justworld, then there around down quite significantly, not justworld, then there a|n01d down quite significantly, not justworld, then there a|no real the world, then there is no real reason interest rates should reason why interest rates should stay a long period of stay high for a long period of time, which is what the bank of england is trying to get us to accept would course of accept would be the course of events year or so. events over the next year or so. the markets believe it. the markets don't believe it. the markets don't believe it. the markets don't believe it. the markets think the interest rates going to come down rates are going to come down quite significantly. and it's not interest of not just interest rates, of course. high taxation. course. it's high taxation. we've had this stealth taxes basically with personal allowances not being upgraded with a more tax. and we've paying a lot more tax. and we've seen of the figures seen that in some of the figures coming out of the government in terms tax receipts, it terms of the tax receipts, it has been able to accumulate hugely greater anyone had hugely greater than anyone had anticipated. of anticipated. and we've got, of course, little bit of an course, a little bit of a of an ease in the sense that from january we have a national insurance contributions . um, insurance contributions. um, the, the rate of that going down by points, which is by two points, which is something we're going to have, of course, also minimum wage going up from next financial year by nearly 10. well, 9 to 10. but this is fine as well for a number of people. but overall

the squeeze is still there. if interest rates don't come down, then i think the consumer is going to find it difficult to go out and continue spending as they have done just in the last month or so. >> okay, vicky bryce, thanks for your expert analysis. as ever throughout year merry throughout the year and a merry christmas for christmas to you. thanks for joining the thank joining us on the show. thank you. always a pleasure. okay this year, sir keir this time next year, sir keir starmer prime starmer will probably be prime minister but does he have the charisma this or charisma to lead this country or is he just too dull? the steve davis of politics. martin davis of politics. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

with me, michael portillo, gb news. >> britain's news channel . >> britain's news channel. >> britain's news channel. >> welcome back. 347 you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news at 4:00. i'll get reaction to the government's u—turn on its latest measures to cut legal migration. spoiler it's not very good now. sir keir starmer is back in the uk after visiting british troops at a nato base in estonia, less than 100 miles from the russian border . but 100 miles from the russian border. but while he was over there, the labour leader gave an exclusive interview to gb news political editor christopher hope. now starmer didn't rule out launching nuclear weapons to protect it becomes pm protect the uk. if it becomes pm next year. and he also said that he'd consider setting up offshore processing centres to deal with the surge in small boat crossings. well, there's every chance that sir keir starmer will be prime minister next year, but does he look like a prime minister in waiting? well, the man who answer

well, the man who can answer that christopher. hope you're that is christopher. hope you're up and personal, chris. up close and personal, chris. you've been along with a lot of prime ministers, a lot of potential prime ministers, star comes across has to be said a bit of a waxwork dummy bit of a bit of a waxwork dummy bit of a bit bit of a steve davis in bit of a bit of a steve davis in person. what's he like? >> well, he warms up a bit like sunak. quite warm sunak. they're both quite warm people, tend to kind people, but they do tend to kind of freeze a bit on air, get a bit more stilted because they worry about saying the wrong thing. where gb we asked worry about saying the wrong thinright1ere gb we asked worry about saying the wrong thinright questions, we asked worry about saying the wrong thin right questions, theye asked the right questions, they worried might appear. worried how they might appear. he's theresa on he's warmer than theresa may on the may scale . he's an the theresa may scale. he's an eight of ten saying much eight out of ten saying much though, a boris johnson though, but on a boris johnson scale. i think boris johnson in interviews terrific. was uh, interviews was terrific. was uh, charismatic, the riz, which charismatic, had the riz, which is the i asked, you know is the word i asked, you know what riz is to the starmer? he goes, know what is. it goes, didn't know what it is. it means charisma. ironic really. um, but i think, you know, boris was performer and gave you a was a performer and gave you a bit of a show, whereas i think privately more of privately he's much more of a shy individual. whereas you see more the person with starmer. more of the person with starmer. i think he, you know, he is trying to show he could be our

prime minister. he's he's taken the in, salary the extra boost in, in salary and all the around him, and he's got all the around him, all the security apparatus around him. i think he's trying to the walk and he's we saw to walk the walk and he's we saw him in a flak jacket in him there in a flak jacket in estonia now and he's been criticised by people for wearing a jacket. he did wear one a flak jacket. he did wear one on salisbury plain when he went, went there with with troops. went there with with uk troops. he to wear, as he was given them to wear, as was healey. if he said no was john healey. if he said no to them, he said saying to to them, he said saying no to the uniform. does that look? the uniform. how does that look? and awkward in and he might look awkward in a suit a tank. so i just feel suit on a tank. so i just feel some sympathy for him. >> i've got say, was >> i've got to say, there was quite a backlash to starmer in in military flacks, and i wonder if not necessarily his if it's not necessarily his fault, fact he fault, but the fact that he backed corbyn backed jeremy corbyn so vociferously in 2019. corbyn, of course, despite raised by veterans because he wore the white, he wore the white poppy . white, he wore the white poppy. he wouldn't sing the national anthem at the d—day memorial. he wouldn't sing the national ant he1 at the d—day memorial. he wouldn't sing the national ant he mouthedi—day memorial. he wouldn't sing the national ant he mouthed itday memorial. he wouldn't sing the national ant he mouthed it or! memorial. he wouldn't sing the national ant he mouthed it or sangnorial. he wouldn't sing the national ant he mouthed it or sang it.ial. >> he mouthed it or sang it. >> he mouthed it or sang it. >> and of course he wanted >> yeah. and of course he wanted to prosecute former veterans for their time in northern ireland. so i wonder the true so i wonder if that's the true reason were showing reason why people were showing such .

such chagrin. >> maybe i mean, of >> yeah, maybe i mean, of course, labour are trying to differentiate between corbyn. so i that direct question. i i asked that direct question. i said corbyn he was asked said corbyn when he was asked would launch nuclear weapons would you launch nuclear weapons if you became prime minister? he said that kills the said no, and that kills the deterrent. the deterrent cost his billions of pounds a year. the submarines with them, nuclear weapons, all three, all four, all under the sea. in a way, they are the point of deterrent is you don't know. you're not going when you're not going to say when you're going it. that's you're going to use it. that's how works. so i asked a how it works. so i asked a question for news viewers question for gb news viewers directly starmer, and he directly of starmer, and he said, , that wouldn't rule said, um, that he wouldn't rule out but of course he out using it. but of course he won't say under what circumstances it , but. circumstances he used it, but. and him clear and his that's him a clear differentiation corbyn. and his that's him a clear differebecause corbyn. and his that's him a clear differebecausei corbyn. and his that's him a clear differebecause i mean, 3yn. and his that's him a clear differebecause i mean, the yeah. because i mean, the campaign for nuclear disarmament, it was corbyn for nuclear disarmament. disarmament, it was corbyn for nuclea was armament. disarmament, it was corbyn for nuclea was a mament. disarmament, it was corbyn for nuclea was a full|ent. disarmament, it was corbyn for nuclea was a full greenham common >> he was a full greenham common sort of hippy approach to it. so at we're safer under at least we're safer under starmer. on starmer. what about on immigration? because it's an interesting of interesting point. we've kind of rattled few of their mps rattled out a few of their mps over the last few weeks about offshore now, offshore processing. now, i think great idea think this would be a great idea if had some partnerships and

if we had some partnerships and countries like greece . countries like greece. >> so the weeks are not on your shows. we've been discussing it for weeks. we see italy in albania, germany are doing one, um, the big issue that labour have rwanda back have with the rwanda plan back in the commons next in front of the commons next month is it's deportation month is it's a deportation plan. once you go to rwanda, there's going back. can't there's no going back. you can't go back. so labour don't like that. looking that. but they are looking clearly at a middle ground, which what eu states are which is what the eu states are doing. some form of offshore processing because they are concerned sure would concerned. i'm sure they would admit it, they are concerned admit it, but they are concerned if starts work and to if rwanda starts to work and to and the small boats and to stop the small boats coming why labour axe it coming, why would labour axe it so if they're going to axe it as they say they would do, if they wind do replace wind power, what do they replace it with? and surely it looks like it's going to an like it's going to be an offshore processing plan. >> funny feeling that >> i've got a funny feeling that that kind of policy would prove popular red wall. the popular with the red wall. the trouble mean it? one trouble is, does he mean it? one of big things we hear about of the big things we hear about starmer all the time, he just changes. he's had positions changes. he's had more positions than on brexit particularly. >> i asked him, you're a >> and i asked him, you're a flip flopper. you know, how can people you? he goes, people trust you? and he goes, no, to, you know, do

no, i'm going to, you know, do what i say. and he's not trying to ahead the policy to go ahead of where the policy is. of course, we haven't is. and of course, we haven't seen a lot policy in since seen a lot of policy in since he's been bequeathed this 1820 point cockups and point lead by tory cockups and i think that that will have to change. and it will change. and i he's to show reason i think he's got to show reason why to vote him. can't why to vote for him. you can't accept the vote. i mean, the tories told me this that tories told me this week that around 23% tory voters are around 23% of tory voters are not declaring for labour yet. so those those are who those those are the ones who tory, tory party is tory, the tory party is targeting. get some targeting. if they can get some of those 23% to back. we're of those 23% to come back. we're looking hung parliament looking at a hung parliament territory year, which territory next year, which i think realistic think is a realistic possibility, and interesting that with that starmer sat down with with you, you know, are you, with gb news, you know, are they starting to understand that actually a lot people that actually a lot of people that watch um, are watch this channel, um, are brexiteers who may have loaned the conservatives votes the conservatives their votes and starting wise up and they're starting to wise up to that actually, if to the fact that actually, if you want to win elections, you need speaking to people. need to be speaking to people. we been talking to them we have been talking to them behind about behind the scenes about our burgeoning, viewer base, the burgeoning, um, viewer base, the listenership base where they are, m25 five. are, they're outside m25 five. a lot they're in red lot of them, they're in the red wall to that language, and wall to use that language, and they can see they to talk

they can see they need to talk to and it's up to us to to them, and it's up to us to give them that chance to talk to them. then we debate what they give them that chance to talk to then robustly. e debate what they give them that chance to talk to then robustly. no abate what they give them that chance to talk to thenrobustly. no problem.|t they give them that chance to talk to thenrobustly. no problem. there said robustly. no problem. there but that's given the opportunity. was and opportunity. and that was and this was a 12 minute this really was a 12 minute interview keir starmer interview with keir starmer was the best i could hope for, for christmas us. christmas for us. >> in a nutshell, are they >> so in a nutshell, are they ready fight or are they ready ready to fight or are they ready to on election front? to rock on the election front? they geared up. they have they seem geared up. they have got the right people in place to graze chief of staff, she's graze the chief of staff, she's very knows parliament works. whitehall works. i think >> whitehall works. i think i can sense it's the coming can sense that it's the coming party. to party. it's theirs to lose. martin, should the martin, i should say the election is 19 weeks away. yesterday if it's held at the same english local same time as the english local elections may count back. elections in may count back. that's three months of that's like three months away of the campaign starts. the election campaign starts. i think soon as parliament, think as soon as parliament, as soon as get back to work in soon as we get back to work in january, it's election year and we election channel. we are the election channel. >> keir starmer might >> yeah. and keir starmer might need flak jacket for that. need that flak jacket for that. he's going to get a he's certainly going to get a lot of flak. huge year ahead. thank you very much chopper. superb and superb okay. another day and another u—turn on another government u—turn on migration. ministers have cut the that the amount of money that britain's bring foreign britain's need to bring foreign family in uk

family members to live in the uk by almost £10,000, and it is another christmas. another u—turn at christmas. no matter look at it, 38 matter how you look at it, 38 grand was a good amount. 18,000 was little, 29,000 is it was too little, 29,000 is it right? let's watch. let's decide. but basically they've done u—turn . i'm martin done another u—turn. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good afternoon, i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news tomorrow. well, for most of us, more of the same. it's going to be a wet one in parts of northern scotland and there are met office warnings in place. there's warning actually there's a warning today actually for snow showers continuing there's a warning today actually for shetland.wers continuing there's a warning today actually for shetland. elsewhere,uing there's a warning today actually for shetland. elsewhere, many across shetland. elsewhere, many places cloudy, but the places dry and cloudy, but the rain going pep up over rain is going to pep up over southern scotland and then western in western scotland. and in the north—east scotland north—east of scotland could turn a time. turn to snow for a time. overnight pretty heavy overnight could be pretty heavy as well. and that, combined with ice, conditions pretty ice, make conditions pretty tncky ice, make conditions pretty tricky morning . tricky for tomorrow morning. further south, well temperatures

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they change the salary threshold , they'd increase it to nearly 39 grand. they've dropped it to 29 grand. for those bringing dependents into the country. and we must remember the thick end of half a million came in this way. will the government ever get a grip on immigration? next story. of course , it wouldn't be story. of course, it wouldn't be christmas without the great getaway bedlam . trains, planes, getaway bedlam. trains, planes, automobiles and ferries are currently looking at severe delays. i'm about to leave and a couple of hours from saint pancras to nottingham. see my dad and my sister and louis for a few pints . will i be able to a few pints. will i be able to get away? can you get away? let us you're stuck and us know if you're stuck and we'll try and keep you company out there. next course. out there. next up, of course. yesterday, 24 hours ago. yesterday, about 24 hours ago. exactly the dramatic mass exactly the dramatic police mass shooting in prague. david kozak shot dead at the scene. full details now emerging of his criminal past. was he responsible for many more

murders? we have dramatic body cam footage also of his takedown. and finally an invasion of privacy . the invasion of privacy. the national crime agency has doubled up with the dvla, meaning every driving license, photograph , including yours, is photograph, including yours, is now on a criminal database . is now on a criminal database. is this a sensible 21st century way of policing or a gross invasion of policing or a gross invasion of privacy ? all of that coming of privacy? all of that coming up in the next hour. of privacy? all of that coming up in the next hour . so yeah, up in the next hour. so yeah, let us know if you're stuck out there. parents gridlocked at stonehenge, 90 minute delays at dover and chaos at heathrow. but we're going to try and get you cheered up. we're going to do that. we've got some great music from roy wood, the legend coming up in this hour. that's all coming up after your latest news headunes coming up after your latest news headlines . headlines with sam francis.

>> martin, thank you very much. good afternoon. >> i'm sam francis in the gb newsroom. >> the headlines at four millions of train passengers are facing another hike in fares of nearly 5. the department of transport has confirmed that regulated rail fares in england will rise from the 3rd of march. the increase is based on inflation but is being capped at 4.9. passengers say it's just more financial pressure. >> the bad thing , i mean, >> the bad thing, i mean, already the trains are striking and that we pay enough and we don't get the service that they should be delivering. >> mean, it makes sense >> i mean, it makes sense because everything's going up, but, you know, it's not good news. >> think it's very expensive >> i think it's very expensive already. >> not looking forward to it >> i'm not looking forward to it because public because we do use public transport lot. and transport quite a lot. and trains, so it's going to be a bit rough on the bank account. i still have to with it. it's still have to live with it. it's how things are going nowadays, aren't they? >> that comes rail >> well, that news comes as rail passengers facing yet more passengers are facing yet more travel they try to travel disruption as they try to get away for christmas. trains are out london, are running out of london, but there been cancellations, are running out of london, but there paddington cancellations, are running out of london, but therepaddington station ations, are running out of london, but therepaddington station closing with paddington station closing

for days from christmas eve for four days from christmas eve on sunday. heathrow's set on sunday. heathrow's also set to exceptionally busy. the to be exceptionally busy. the airport expecting more than a airport is expecting more than a quarter million passengers quarter of a million passengers over next few days, and over the next few days, and motorists are being affected by delays too, with the port of dover it's taking about dover saying it's taking about 90 minutes to process cars with pre—booked tickets. >> editor lisa minot told >> travel editor lisa minot told gb news that travellers need to be patient. >> today's predicted to be the busiest day and that's because you've got normal commuters , you've got normal commuters, normal truck on the normal truck drivers on the roads . at the same time, you've roads. at the same time, you've got all of those people are got all of those people that are starting away for starting to head away for christmas. today is going christmas. so today is going to be big they're also be the big point. they're also talking about a lunch crunch . talking about a lunch crunch. it's going to be the point where actually lunch time is going to be the busiest day on all of the next three days. so between 12 and 2, that's really don't want to find yourself on any of the roads in the uk network. >> a criminal investigation has been launched into the alleged abduction of alex batty, the teenager , who'd been missing for teenager, who'd been missing for six years, returned to the uk

last week after being found in france. he disappeared when he was just 11 years old. his mother, who wasn't his legal guardian , had taken him on guardian, had taken him on a pre—arranged trip to spain, greater manchester police is investigating the case after interviewing the 17 year old. a british student who built a drone for the so—called islamic state terror group has been jailed for life, with a minimum terms of 20 years. the 27 year old had used a 3d printer near his home in coventry to make the device that was designed to carry a bomb or chemical weapons. the judge described him as a manipulative individual and as a manipulative individual and a committed extreme list, and said his sentence means a highly dangerous person has now been taken off the streets. well a woman has appeared in court charged with murdering her four year old son in east london. kezia mikuriya is accused of stabbing kobi, who was found with knife injuries at his home in hackney. he was taken to hospital where he later died on

wednesday. a post mortem will take place next thursday , the take place next thursday, the same time as his mother is due to appear at the old bailey. well, czech police have released body cam footage showing officers responding to the mass shooting in prague yesterday . shooting in prague yesterday. >> hello, hello. hey cheeky . >> hello, hello. hey cheeky. >> hello, hello. hey cheeky. >> police say the 24 year old suspect killed his father before targeting the students at the university, leaving 14 people dead.27 university, leaving 14 people dead. 27 others were also taken to six different hospitals and 12 remain in a serious condition . at least one is in a critical condition . the czech prime condition. the czech prime minister has been joining students at the university to pay students at the university to pay tribute to those victims. police say the attacker , who had police say the attacker, who had a gun licence but no criminal record, took his own life here in the uk, the economy is at risk of falling into a recession after revised figures showed it performed worse than expected in

the third quarter of this year. rather than flat lining the economy contracted by nought point 1% if the economy shrinks for a second consecutive quarter, it will enter what's known as a technical recession . known as a technical recession. shadow financial secretary to the treasury james murray blames the treasury james murray blames the government . the government. >> this is yet more evidence of failure from rishi sunak. he's already failed to cut waiting lists. he's failed to stop the boats and now it's been confirmed that he's failed to grow the economy too. and actually, just actually, this is just the latest in years of economic latest in 13 years of economic failure the conservatives failure from the conservatives which left people across which has left people across britain off. very britain worse off. i'm very worried the economic worried about the economic forecast for this country. if you the growth forecasts you look at the growth forecasts issued the office budget issued by the office of budget responsibility earlier in the autumn, growth autumn, they've cut the growth forecast next three forecast for the next three years. workers are hoping to bnng years. workers are hoping to bring their foreign family members here the uk on a visa i >> -- >> they have been given a financial reprieve. the government has watered down its plans increase earnings plans to increase earnings thresholds from almost £39,000 to now £29,000, right wing tory mps have criticised the move, describing it as a regrettable

sign of weakness . and today is sign of weakness. and today is officially the shortest day of the year. so to celebrate thousands of people gathered at stonehenge for the annual winter solstice, sunrise was . at 8:09 solstice, sunrise was. at 8:09 this morning and it will set at just after 4:00 as the earth's axis is tilted at its very farthest from the sun, it's one of the few occasions where engush of the few occasions where english heritage allows people to gather freely among the ancient structures at stonehenge i >> -- >> this is gb news. >> this is gb news. >> we're across the uk on your tv, in your car, digital radio and on your smart speaker. >> now though. more from . martin. >> thank you sam. now we start with the government's controversial u—turn on migrant visas . yes, yet another one. visas. yes, yet another one. ministers have rowed back on plans to increase the amount of money that britons need to bring foreign family members to live in the uk to £38,700. the

government has now confirmed plans to increase the threshold to 29,000 next spring. earlier this month, home secretary james cleverly had announced the figure would go up from 18,600. are you still following us to 38,700 as part of a package of measures to kerb legal migration 7 measures to kerb legal migration ? now remember that net migration in 2022 was a record whopping sky high 745,000. the thick end of three quarters of a million. well, i'm joined now in our studio by our political correspondent , katherine correspondent, katherine forster. catherine in the conservatives call, keir starmer. mr flip flop. there are more u—turns on immigration than in a driving test from the tories. at the moment they seem to got themselves into rather a mess about this, haven't they? >> because first of all, it was only the beginning of december when the new home secretary, james cleverly, announced a package of measures which the government claims will get net

migration. currently standing at three quarters of a million, down by 300,000. and one of the measures they announced. one of the most controversial was this minimum income requirement. if you are a british person or living in britain with the right to remain, if you want to bring a family member or a spouse or a member of your family into the country, your collective household income would have to be, the government said. from spnng be, the government said. from spring £38,700. now that was more than double the previous 18,500. and there was a big, big backlash with lots of people saying this is incredibly unfair and i'm not going to be able to bnng and i'm not going to be able to bring my partner, my boyfriend. this is desperately unfair and it's such a huge increase. so the government, having made the announcement very quietly as the then emerged yesterday, two days after parliament had gone into recess , have a bit of a recess, have had a bit of a rethink and would have brought that amount down. now to 29,000.

they've also clarified that it won't rise for renewals . people won't rise for renewals. people that are already here for when they come to renew their visa, if it's not, but you know it can stay at 18,500, but they've pretty much upset all the people that thought it was an outrageous leap in the first place. and now all the people that were happy with that it they've now done this about turn . a lot of . so they're getting a lot of flak people within the flak from people within the conservative party for start . conservative party for a start. >> that's right. so conservative mps of the party mps on the right of the party are calling this a regrettable watering down. well, that's that's putting it. that's one way of putting it. but designed to try and but it's designed to try and tackle this huge that we tackle this huge problem that we have worker visas have skilled worker visas 322,000 year, 154,000 322,000 last year, 154,000 dependants and the government's own data. they claim that if it's £18,600, then 75% of people can afford to bring in dependants. if it's 38 grand,

only 30% can afford to bring in dependents. so it was a metric , dependents. so it was a metric, measurable way of cutting down on dependents. and now they've watered it down. >> yes. >> yes. >> and they're saying it's uncertain on how much it will bnng uncertain on how much it will bring net migration down by their are assuming that it will be the low tens of thousands . so be the low tens of thousands. so in the grand scheme of things, this particular measure is probably not going to have an enormous effect. but it's all cumulative, isn't it? and the government says it wants to bnng government says it wants to bring net migration down, but at the same time it's gone up consistently under the last 13 years to the astonishing three quarters of a million where we are now. so the government says it wants to get it down. the home office wants to get it down. but department down. but other department of the education the treasury, the education department, the health department their own department all have their own reasons being quite happy reasons for being quite happy about high levels of net migration. and that is the problem. the treasury, like the money coming in the education sector, loves the foreign students paying double what

domestic students pay . the domestic students pay. the health sector obviously needs workers for the nhs and for social care. so yeah, it's not not easy at all. >> another story that's caught our eye today is this frankly absurd situation . an undercover absurd situation. an undercover reporter talking to a border force operative at luton airport who actually admitted people claiming asylum currently within the uk are going home for christmas . christmas. >> yeah, an incredible story. this phil douglas border force chief, um, speaking to journalists at luton airport , journalists at luton airport, saying that when they carry out exit checks, as they do sort of quite randomly to find out who's leaving the country, why they're leaving the country, why they're leaving the country, he said. quite a lot of them are asylum seekers going home for christmas , and it's an astonishing thing to think that presumably you leave your country because, well, it's unsafe. >> it's a war zone . for whatever >> it's a war zone. for whatever reasons, you may face

persecution or don't have the right to human rights within your country, except for at christmas, when it's perfectly safe to swan off back home. i just cannot believe this is happening. it absolutely beggars belief. >> yes, and thinking about it, obviously to leave the country, you've got to have paperwork. so presumably these people seeking asylum must have come in legally initially because a lot of people crossing on small boats don't have lost either accidentally or deliberately their paperwork . so these are their paperwork. so these are presumably people who have come in legally , then put in a claim in legally, then put in a claim for asylum. um, but the danger that they supposedly face if you're seeking asylum is not sufficient to prevent them popping sufficient to prevent them popping in for kwasi. >> katherine forster. thank you. it just absolutely beggars belief to me that somebody can come into country with come into the country with documents you go documents asian. and when you go out the country and beep, you out of the country and beep, you scan passport. it doesn't scan your passport. it doesn't say claiming asylum. say you're claiming asylum. therefore you can't leave the country. there are so many

questions be asked questions that need to be asked about this story. think it's about this story. i think it's just i, i can't even compute it. anyway, let's move because anyway, let's move on because joining now in the studio joining me now in the studio also lazor, a also is matthew lazor, who's a former labour party adviser. thanks for joining former labour party adviser. thanks forjoining us in former labour party adviser. thanks for joining us in the studio and a merry christmas to you. you must as a as a labour adviser, be be watching what's going on with the conservative party around immigration and many other things. no doubt, and just thinking they're headless chickens. have chickens. they don't have a scooby what's going scooby doo. what's going on? so it the question , do you it begs the question, do you guys need to do anything or do you just stand by and watch this car crash? yeah i mean, it would be tempting to stand by and watch the car crash. be tempting to stand by and watas the car crash. be tempting to stand by and watas you car crash. be tempting to stand by and watas you say, rash. be tempting to stand by and watas you say, rash one thing >> as you say, it's one thing for tories to make mr for the tories to make mr flip—flop their top line attack on keir starmer, when in fact, flip—flop their top line attack on kewe've'mer, when in fact, flip—flop their top line attack on kewe've seen, when in fact, flip—flop their top line attack on kewe've seen, asen in fact, flip—flop their top line attack on kewe've seen, as you fact, flip—flop their top line attack on kewe've seen, as you say,, flip—flop their top line attack on kewe've seen, as you say, is what we've seen, as you say, is more u—turns than a driving test. >> i'm going to borrow that line. um, but i think labour has to be careful that it doesn't just sit back and watch the tories on migration, but tories implode on migration, but that have an offer offer that it does have an offer offer itself because, particularly in the across the the red wall seats across the north england and the

north of england and the midlands, and into wales, midlands, um, and into wales, uh, there a real from uh, there is a real demand from voters for answers. i think labour plan on on labour has got a plan on on illegal migration. i think that they're saying sensible things using to smash using terrorist powers to smash the but on legal the gangs, etc. but on legal migration, offer is a little migration, the offer is a little more i in the more unclear. and i think in the new it'll need to sharpen new year it'll need to sharpen up. i agree with that . um, up. yeah, i agree with that. um, chris you know, sat down chris holmes, you know, sat down with keir starmer this week and a point came up, a fascinating point came up, something out something i've been rattling out of labour mps over the past of some labour mps over the past few weeks. and that's this nofion few weeks. and that's this notion of offshore containment, offshore processing, um, which i think would land well with think would land very well with the red wall voters. you mentioned. going to mentioned. is that going to become labour policy, do become a labour policy, do you reckon? think certainly reckon? i think it's certainly i think they need to develop it further, you do it further, because how you do it when not in the eu, when you're not in the eu, because is really keen on because the eu is really keen on now on offshore processing centres. what is, in centres. what happened is, is in germany, had germany, the germans had a policy them and about policy against them and about sort of eight weeks the sort of eight weeks ago, the social democrat as it social democrat labour as it were, government in germany were, led government in germany changed mind. changed its mind. >> so together you're the eu >> and so together you're the eu is do offshore is starting to do offshore processing now. big processing centres. now. the big difference oh, difference people say oh, but isn't rwanda an offshore

processing but it processing centre? it is, but it is because, as chris is different because, as chris said, it is deporting people from the country, but also it is geographically a very way geographically a very long way away. example, the away. so, for example, the hauans away. so, for example, the italians set up offshore italians want to set up offshore processing albania. processing centres in albania. you'll by an you'll still be dealt with by an italian but you're done italian judge, but you're done by video link. you're just, you know, you know, x 100 miles away. it's much away. you know. so it's much it's simpler and it's much it's much simpler and it's much cheapen it's much simpler and it's much cheaper. rwanda is an expensive white elephant. offshore processing centres. if you have a proper could work. processing centres. if you have a pand' could work. processing centres. if you have a pand' clearould work. processing centres. if you have a pand' clear difference, of >> and the clear difference, of course, if your claim is course, is if your claim is processed in greece, in turkey, in albania or wherever, and you're granted the right to remain uk, then you're remain in the uk, then you're allowed to to the uk. with rwanda. >> it's a it's an absolute no. so that would satisfy the fairness what labour fairness element of what labour is in an asylum. and is looking for in an asylum. and in an asylum system. but it would satisfy the, um, the would also satisfy the, um, the toughness element and the, the and the way of keeping it as an example, you're not automatically going to come into britain would it, would it though, matthew, because we see about of are granted about 76% of claims are granted at the first opportunity, at the first hearing.

>> we can have offshore >> so we can have offshore processing all we like, but would actually cut down on absolute numbers. would actually cut down on absolutewell, bers. would actually cut down on absolutewell, be makes removals >> and well, it makes removals of course easier because one of the problems even for the the problems is even for the 24% who deemed to not have who are deemed to be to not have valid asylum claims, they very rarely because there are rarely go back because there are lots issues about sending lots of issues about sending them also practical them back and also practical issues. need to be issues. so there need to be a clause about you don't have the right re—appeal fail right to re—appeal if you fail at your first, there needs to be there needs to be sensible appeals. a magic wand appeals. it's not a magic wand solution. think labour solution. i don't think labour should clear isn't should make clear that it isn't because, as say, the problem because, as you say, the problem we at moment is the we have at the moment is the cynicism have with what's we have at the moment is the cynicizon, have with what's we have at the moment is the cynicizon, because ve with what's we have at the moment is the cynicizon, because the /ith what's we have at the moment is the cynicizon, because the toriesiat's going on, because the tories have literally in a week changed their minds by 50. i mean, it's just matthew, their minds by 50. i mean, it's just there matthew, their minds by 50. i mean, it's just there a matthew, their minds by 50. i mean, it's just there a dichotomy, if there there is a dichotomy, if you like, between labour's position of saying we need to cut down immigration. cut down on immigration. >> you cut down on immigration. >> they've you cut down on immigration. >> they've said you cut down on immigration. >> they've said that you know, they've said that historically, brown said historically, gordon brown said that for british that british jobs for british workers. said, yeah, that british jobs for british workabsolutely said, yeah, that british jobs for british workabsolutely i'veaid, yeah, that british jobs for british workabsolutely i've still'eah, that british jobs for british workabsolutely i've still got, he's absolutely i've still got the mug, you know. >> right. except except there is emblazoned there this, um, emblazoned on there is this, um, wedded notion nhs, to emblazoned on there is this, um, wed(workers, n nhs, to emblazoned on there is this, um, wed(workers, to, nhs, to emblazoned on there is this, um, wed(workers, to, to nhs, to emblazoned on there is this, um, wed(workers, to, to ni-workers i >> -- >> and there are a huge amount of the issue of legal migration ,

of the issue of legal migration, and so can starmer deliver on that or will he, will he make the right moves. yeah, i think the right moves. yeah, i think the right moves. yeah, i think the right noises. but actually just just nothing will change. >> i think he needs to be really careful. and there's been some talk from labour shadow talk from one labour shadow cabinet think sort of cabinet member i think sort of a bit of a freelance operation went on one of the sunday programmes and said, can went on one of the sunday progitimmes and said, can went on one of the sunday progit down; and said, can went on one of the sunday progit down to nd said, can went on one of the sunday progit down to hundreds can went on one of the sunday progit down to hundreds of can get it down to hundreds of thousands. you know, in short order. not easy to do. order. it's not easy to do. i think to careful think labour needs to be careful of setting target because as of setting a target because as we've remember, the tory we've seen, remember, the tory government power government came to power promising thousands. now promising tens of thousands. now they're promising half a million, know, 400,000, million, you know, 400,000, 500,000 sort of is 500,000 is their sort of is their so think labour their aim. so i think labour needs on numbers. needs to be careful on numbers. we as a country keep we cannot as a country keep relying on overseas labour for frankly, most sectors the frankly, for most sectors of the economy, for the economy, particularly for the nhs but it's economy, particularly for the nhsa but it's economy, particularly for the nhsa magic but it's economy, particularly for the nhsa magic wand. but it's economy, particularly for the nhsa magic wand. if,but it's economy, particularly for the nhsa magic wand. if, you t's economy, particularly for the nhsa magic wand. if, you know, not a magic wand. if, you know, if go to hospital or our if we all go to hospital or our elderly parents are in a are in a care home and there's nobody to look after them, then that's a problem. as much a big problem. equally, as much as so we need to as migration. so we need to train more people have train more people and have a proper work proper welfare to work programme, you talked

programme, which you talked about gordon about tony blair and gordon brown, was when welfare to brown, that was when welfare to work came in as a concept. the tories forgotten tories have sort of forgotten about a decade. they sort about it for a decade. they sort of pretending were of pretending they were remembering it needs remembering it now, but it needs to at the centre of labour's to be at the centre of labour's offer is training british workers to the jobs. at the workers to do the jobs. at the moment sounds moment that we're calling sounds great, your man tony great, but but your man tony blair the to the eu blair opened the door to the eu with with the. absolutely. with the with the. absolutely. but the we will disagree on but on the we will disagree on this on the eu. yeah on this because on the eu. yeah on the eu issue what we found with eu workers is a lot of eu workers stayed, they workers came, they stayed, they worked for a year or two and they not all but they went home. not all but a vast majority have gone vast the vast majority have gone home. at moment we're home. so at the moment we're a net exporter of people from the eu. back, back the eu. eu. back, back, back to the eu. so was one of the reasons. so that was one of the reasons. i wasn't very it wasn't i mean, it wasn't very it wasn't very of woke it very sort of woke to say it dunng very sort of woke to say it during the referendum campaign. but the, the that actually during the referendum campaign. blwould the that actually during the referendum campaign. blwould the it that actually during the referendum campaign. blwould the it would |ctually during the referendum campaign. blwould the it would |ctual it it would keep it would keep it would kept a, you know, a would have kept a, you know, a merry coming merry go round of people coming to a question. i feel to ask you a question. i feel the same reverse. the same in reverse. >> i to a question. >> i want to ask you a question. certainly. christmas. >> nicer. >> be nicer. >> be nicer. >> believe starmer >> people didn't believe starmer on brexit. he had more on brexit. um, he had more positions kamasutra. positions in the kamasutra. there's one. you can positions in the kamasutra. therepeople. one. you can positions in the kamasutra. therepeople. (they’ou can positions in the kamasutra. therepeople. (they believe

have people. do they believe starmer says wants starmer when he says he wants to cut immigration? a lot starmer when he says he wants to cu peopleiration? a lot starmer when he says he wants to cu peopleiration starmer a lot starmer when he says he wants to cu people iration starmer isa lot starmer when he says he wants to cu people iration starmer is a lot of people think starmer is a globalist. have the globalist. he likes to have the doors big doors open, cheap labour, big business that business and that that relationship in it. relationship is his heart in it. >> heart it >> i think his heart is in it because i think because because i think partly because he political he realises the political importance of it. and tell importance of it. and i can tell you of those you that the heart of all those politicians currently politicians who either currently represent wall used represent the red wall or used to represent seats, to represent red wall seats, will if he's got will make sure that if he's got metropolitan feet, they're held will make sure that if he's got m -- >> you 5mm >> you really could be the winner of the very first great british giveaway and receive nearly £12,000 worth of prizes from us. first, we've got a simply stunning £10,000 in tax free cash to give you cash that you can spend on anything you

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>> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> welcome back for 26. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. later this hour we'll reveal how king charles poked fun at himself before the coronation by saying he's got sausage fingers . before the coronation by saying he's got sausage fingers. he sure has. now, prime minister rishi sunak has been visiting an air ambulance crew in lincolnshire as he heads back to his constituency home in north yorkshire for christmas . he's yorkshire for christmas. he's also been grilled about the state of his five pledges at the end . at the end of 2023 nears end. at the end of 2023 nears here at the lincolnshire and nottinghamshire air ambulance. >> to say thank you to the incredible crew and staff that are here supporting the community, as are so many others around the country, particularly at this time of year. >> most of us with our >> most of us are with our family friends those family and friends that those in our emergency our armed forces emergency services working really hard to keep people safe throughout the holidays . and it was lovely to

holidays. and it was lovely to be to come here and thank be able to come here and thank them person. them in person. >> okay, so i'll go the >> okay, so i'll go on to the national economy is contracted >> so the economy is contracted in three is in the last three months and is flat over the year. >> what happened to pledge >> what happened to your pledge to and to grow the economy? and how concerned are you about a possible concerned are you about a poswell, compared to the >> well, compared to the predictions at the beginning of the has done the year, the economy has done better grown better and we've actually grown faster european faster than our european neighbours for neighbours like germany, for example . but of course we want example. but of course we want to growth . and that's to see more growth. and that's why in the autumn statement, a few chancellor few weeks ago, the chancellor cut businesses that few weeks ago, the chancellor cut investing businesses that few weeks ago, the chancellor cut investing to sinesses that few weeks ago, the chancellor cut investing to help ;es that few weeks ago, the chancellor cut investing to help drive at few weeks ago, the chancellor cut investing to help drive our are investing to help drive our future growth. and the independent experts have said that that will do exactly that. but because we've but also because we've done a good job halving inflation. we're taxes for we're able to now cut taxes for families and that tax cut is significant. it's a cut in the rate of national insurance from 12% to 10. and it's kicking in in just a couple of weeks in january. put january. and that will help put more pockets of more money in the pockets of families up and the country. >> a question about visas. >> okay. a question about visas. >> okay. a question about visas. >> you to those >> so what do you say to those on the right your who on the right of your party who believe regarding believe that regarding the salary lowering, believe that regarding the salary backtracking nering, believe that regarding the salary backtracking ner efforts believe that regarding the sa kerb )acktracking ner efforts believe that regarding the sa kerb nettracking ner efforts believe that regarding the sa kerb net record g ner efforts believe that regarding the sa kerb net record netrefforts believe that regarding the sa kerb net record net migration ? >> 7- >> the 7— >> the levels 7 >> the levels of migration are far too high and they've got to

come down. and that's why a little while ago, we announced measures to do exactly that, measures to do exactly that, measures reduce measures that will reduce the amount by 300,000, amount of migration by 300,000, more anyone's ever done more than anyone's ever done before. and biggest of those before. and the biggest of those measures are kicking in again in just a few in the new just a few weeks in the new yean just a few weeks in the new year. they'll start to make year. so they'll start to make a difference quickly. and regarding for regarding the salary for families, i think the principle here is absolutely if here is absolutely right that if people are bringing dependants into this country as part of their family, they must be able to that's why we their family, they must be able to a that's why we their family, they must be able to a threshold why we their family, they must be able to a threshold for/ we their family, they must be able to a threshold for that have a salary threshold for that now. increasing the salary now. we're increasing the salary threshold significantly and we're it exactly as we we're doing it exactly as we said we were doing it. we're just doing in two stages. so just doing it in two stages. so we'll up in a few months we'll go up in a few months time, then go up time, and then it will go up again. full amount in early again. the full amount in early 2025. so it's exactly what we said doing, which is said we're doing, which is phasing year or phasing it over the next year or so. terms of transport for >> in terms of transport for millions of rail, passengers will of almost will face a price hike of almost 5% next year after the year of disruption people suffered. disruption people have suffered. could more could you have done more to protect of rail travel? protect the cost of rail travel? >> well, the government has stepped cap the increase stepped in to cap the increase in fares at much than in rail fares at much less than

they up . last year, and they went up. last year, and we've been able to do that because of our general management of economy, which because of our general mar meant nt of economy, which because of our general mar meant nt ofwe've:onomy, which because of our general mar meant nt ofwe've halved, which has meant that we've halved inflation this year and the increase we're seeing now, increase that we're seeing now, i the right i think strikes the right balance the balance between raising the money railway money that the railway ultimately to ultimately needs to run, particularly in a post—covid environment, but also minimising the burden on hard working rail passengers and longer time. >> the best thing we can do is reform outdated working practices on the railroad so we can make them more financially sustainable, and committed sustainable, and we're committed to doing that too. >> there we go. >> okay, so there we go. >> okay, so there we go. >> sunak avoided the sack in parliament. he'll get the sack from santa. will he be our prime minister next christmas? that is the big question . he will need the big question. he will need his rest because for sure there are going to be some more tory revolts in the new on revolts in the new year. on rwanda on boilers , on net zero. rwanda on boilers, on net zero. and course, some elections and of course, some by elections coming up now. there's lots more still between and still to come between now and 5:00. about a new 5:00. i'll talk about a new documentary that's expected to reveal the late reveal details about the late queen's final few days, but first, your latest news headunes first, your latest news headlines with sam francis .

headlines with sam francis. >> martin. thank you. it's 4.30 exactly. millions of train passengers are facing nearly a 5% hike in fares. passengers are facing nearly a 5% hike in fares . the department 5% hike in fares. the department of transport has confirmed that regulated rail fares in england will rise from the 3rd of march. the increase is based on inflation, but it's being capped at 4.9. well the news comes as rail passengers are facing yet more travel disruption as they try to get away for christmas. trains are running out of london, but there have been cancellations, paddington cancellations, with paddington station closing for four days from sunday. it means no mainline trains will go to heathrow during that period . the heathrow during that period. the airports also said to be exceptionally busy, expecting more a quarter of a million more than a quarter of a million passengers over christmas passengers over the christmas period. and motorists also period. and motorists are also being affected by the delays . being affected by the delays. the port of dover says it's taking about 90 minutes to process cars with pre—booked tickets . a criminal

tickets. a criminal investigation has been launched into the alleged abduction of alex batty. the teenager , who'd alex batty. the teenager, who'd been missing for six years, returned to the uk last week after being found alone in france. he disappeared when he was 11 years old. his mother , was 11 years old. his mother, who wasn't his legal guardian, had taken him on a pre—arranged trip to spain in greater manchester police is pursuing the case after interviewing the 17 year old and the uk economy is at risk of falling into a recession. that's after revised figures showed it performed worse than expected in the third quarter of this year. rather than flatlining the economy contracted by 0.1. if the economy shrinks for a second consecutive quarter , it will consecutive quarter, it will enter what's known as a technical recession . and as technical recession. and as even technical recession. and as ever, you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com .

website, gbnews.com. >> thank you sam. now the big christmas getaway has begun , but christmas getaway has begun, but drivers hoping to make their journeys home are being told to wait until after 6 pm. to travel. meanwhile on the railways, passengers are battling with high winds from storm pier crowds and the aftermath of cancelled eurostar trains . as the uk's airports are trains. as the uk's airports are also brace for a flurry of activity across the festive penod. activity across the festive period . i'm joined now by sally period. i'm joined now by sally gethin, who's a travel and aviation expert. sally, welcome to the show and merry christmas. and of course , christmas and of course, christmas wouldn't be christmas without the same old annual bedlam . we the same old annual bedlam. we never seem to be able to get it quite right, do we? no i think there's a grinch that comes out especially for this at this time of year. >> and of course , last year we >> and of course, last year we were still recovering from the pandemic and there were a lot of issues with travel. >> then, but now, right . >> then, but now, right. >> then, but now, right. >> you know, they shouldn't really be any reason for all this trouble and strife at the moment. so really, the problems

are a little bit beyond the uk's control at the moment. there were all those problems with with french trains being cancelled yesterday going on the eurostar, the eurotunnel , which eurostar, the eurotunnel, which has led to huge backlogs and also, um , excuse me, a bit of also, um, excuse me, a bit of christmas flu there and also, um, we have the aftermath of the storm, which um, has also still caused a lot of disruption on rail services and a little bit on the roads as well . on the roads as well. >> and sally, we're always aided and abetted by the french , of and abetted by the french, of course, 90 minute queues currently at dover and in the new year looks to get worse with are bringing in fingerprints and photo recognition technology . photo recognition technology. um, at the eu borders. so it's going to be grim. looking ahead . going to be grim. looking ahead. well well yeah. >> so yeah , what it is there's >> so yeah, what it is there's more layers of bureaucracy that are being introduced into the border checks between the uk and

the rest of europe . i mean, in the rest of europe. i mean, in some ways this could be good because it leads to, uh, touchless travel as it's known, uh, digital travel. but at the same time , that all has to be same time, that all has to be bedded down. and it just means that the uk in particular is being processed in this way. but having said that, i've been to, um, mainland europe twice recently , in the last few weeks, recently, in the last few weeks, and actually i found it an advantage to be in the uk lanes rather than joining the huge , rather than joining the huge, um, flow of people into the mainstream e europe lanes. so but, you know, we have to see how the these new rules actually settle down. >> well, there we go. despite brexit you're getting through quicker. meanwhile back in blighty, um, 90 minute queues at doven blighty, um, 90 minute queues at dover. total gridlock. we're heanng dover. total gridlock. we're hearing about around stonehenge. of course a lot of people going there for the shortest day of there for the shortest day of the year. but where else at the moment, sally is particularly grim . yeah well, as you grim. yeah well, as you mentioned, dover has been a real

bottleneck. >> and that was also caused by those trains being cancelled across the channel. people wanting to switch to roads, but also in general on the roads. the main motorways are likely to be extremely busy. um including tomorrow and the met office has issued yellow weather warnings for rain , wind and snow and ice. for rain, wind and snow and ice. um, particularly impacting wales and scotland tomorrow. but also in other parts of england , um in other parts of england, um and the uk in the following days. and uh , yeah, um, over 60, days. and uh, yeah, um, over 60, over 16 million cars are anticipated each day by the aa today and tomorrow . um, it will today and tomorrow. um, it will start to ease up. but of course there are trouble with the trains. the the uk based trains now are also. and many stations are closing for christmas and some of the major ones in london are closing altogether, like london paddington . london paddington. >> okay, sally gethin, thanks

for joining us, giving us that forjoining us, giving us that update. i'm due to leave london in about 2.5 hours saint in about 2.5 hours from saint pancras, going nottingham . pancras, going to nottingham. uh, this never uh, my advice is this never trust a buffet carriage at christmas. always make sure you go loaded up, as it were, and let's move on. i want to hear from you. if your christmas plans have been turned upside down by travel chaos, get in touch. if you're stuck now and we'll try and cheer you up now check. police have confirmed that including the that 15 people, including the gunman , were killed mass gunman, were killed in a mass shooting in prague yesterday. they've released body cam footage showing officers arriving at charles university as they searched for the attacker . police say the 24 year attacker. police say the 24 year old suspect killed his father before targeting students. 27 people were taken to six hospitals in total and 12 remain in a serious condition and at least one is critical. well, joining us now in our studio is our reporter, charlie peters . our reporter, charlie peters. charlie, just over 24 hours ago, this happened an astonishing moment that stunned all of the

world and, um, and not expected in a country like the czech republic. what's the latest there? >> well, they said that they have been training for a mass shooting event in prague in particular, but across the czech repubucin particular, but across the czech republic in general, since the 2011 shootings in norway, of course , that terror attack by course, that terror attack by anders breivik there, they said after that, a kurd, the national security services in the czech repubuc security services in the czech republic realised that this kind of event can happen anywhere , of event can happen anywhere, especially in a country where over 300,000 people legally own firearms. they can have permits to acquire ammunition and weaponry in the central european country . but today, more country. but today, more questions are being asked about how the killer was able to achieve his morbid ambitions , achieve his morbid ambitions, and also whether or not the police could have intervened earlier. there is a two hour intelligence gap between them being informed at around 1240 that he had killed his father in the west of the city, and also they received a tip off from a

friend of the 24 year old shooter that he was heading into the city, reportedly to commit suicide. but despite that information, you know, with the dead father and knowing that he was heading into town, they chose to evacuate only the lecture hall. they anticipate that he would go to, which was his 2 pm. lecture. as a master's student. they did not evacuate, but the wider campus and of course, as we know, tragically, he went to a different square, a different department to carry out his slaughter for warned is forearmed. of course , in this forearmed. of course, in this sort of policing operation . and sort of policing operation. and the question is being asked that the question is being asked that the police are defending themselves. this morning, and themselves. this morning, and the minister saying the interior minister saying that they did everything right. the police acted professionally and there's no point in the timeline. the interior minister said , where thinks police said, where he thinks the police could improved their could have improved their response. there also reporting could have improved their resporthe there also reporting could have improved their resporthe numberso reporting could have improved their resporthe number of reporting could have improved their resporthe number of weapons he about the number of weapons he had on him. he killed himself with they said after with a shotgun, they said after the police, the armed police approached the roof where he was based on that balcony for 21

minutes between the first shot and his life being taken by his own weapon. and they said they found enormous of found enormous amounts of ammunition in the corridors and indeed on the area where he was on that balcony. we do know also that the police returned fire and engaged with those, uh , and engaged with those, uh, those armed officers inside the department, heading up the stairs to try and reach the upper levels. and we also saw some body cam footage today of them first and them applying first aid and carrying out emergency medical evacuations in a so—called hot zone, where of course, the threat is still going on. the threat is still going on. the threat is still there. there are also questions about why students were evacuated with their hands up . the police said their hands up. the police said this morning that this was because they feared there could have those have been an accomplice. those intelligence gaps at the time to reduce risk. people reduce the security risk. people leaving the building asked to leave their hands raised so leave with their hands raised so they not engage in any they could not engage in any potential violence . but prague potential violence. but prague today is a city in mourning. potential violence. but prague today is a city in mourning . 24 today is a city in mourning. 24 hours on, we have seen vigils carried the centre of the carried out in the centre of the city. the prime minister

attending ambassador to attending the us ambassador to the attending well . the country attending as well. many tearful tributes to those 14 who lost their lives yesterday, 13 died at the scene. another died in hospital. we do understand that all of the 25 plus who were rushed to hospital yesterday with varying injuries, have of now been released a stable condition. those who needed surgery have had it, but the country very much in mourning and tomorrow will be will be a day of national mourning . mourning. >> okay. thank you charlie peters. it's also emerged >> okay. thank you charlie peters. suspected. 1erged >> okay. thank you charlie peters. suspected. whati that he was suspected. what confirmed killing and confirmed of killing a man and his baby daughter last week. and also links other murders or also links to other murders or being investigated . so lots of being investigated. so lots of facts emerge from that. facts still to emerge from that. thank charlie now a new thank you. charlie now a new documentary is expected to reveal late queen's thoughts reveal the late queen's thoughts in her final days and go behind the scenes ahead of king charles's coronation. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

sunday mornings from 930 on. >> welcome back. 444. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news now at 5:00. i'll get the full story. after the extraordinary scenes in east london yesterday, when the primary school closed following protests from a pro—palestine mob, i'll speak to a mum who lives directly opposite . now the lives directly opposite. now the late queen's thoughts in her final days are expected to be revealed as part of a bbc documentary called charles the third the coronation year, which will air on boxing day. princess

anne also shares the difficulty her late mother felt about dying at balmoral , and her being at balmoral, and her being convinced to step back from the decision making process. well, i'm joined now by gb news royal correspondent cameron walker, and you've seen the documentary cameron. i have thing i'm hoping it's going to be a wonderful boxing day warm . present to unwrap. >> yeah, it certainly will be. it's a really wholesome document , mary, and it's nice because it shows behind the scenes of the royal family, behind the scenes of balmoral castle, actually, which we rarely see inside. and buckingham palace, there's a shot of the king and the queen, newly crowned , walking down the newly crowned, walking down the long corridor, turning into that room where the famous balcony is. so we're seeing it from their point of view. found their point of view. so i found that really fascinating . but that really fascinating. but perhaps is the perhaps more poignant is the start of a documentary where princess interviewed , princess anne is interviewed, talking days of talking about the final days of her mother, queen elizabeth ii, and the fact that it was queen elizabeth's thoughts. wasn't really with herself at that time. it was about other people

and her duty, it suggesting that she felt that she would be a burden or it would be an inconvenience. dying at balmoral castle rather than in london, because of course, her coffin would had to have been would have had to have been transported and was transported would have had to have been trans balmoralj was transported would have had to have been trans balmoral castle ransported would have had to have been trans balmoral castle t0|sported would have had to have been trans balmoral castle to london. from balmoral castle to london. so it was really, really touching documentary. but princess was that princess anne was saying that they're all trying persuade they're all trying to persuade her, okay to die her, but it's okay to die in your favourite place , balmoral your favourite place, balmoral castle. played castle. and of course it played out smoothly there's out very smoothly and there's some fun in there as well. >> we're hearing about prince charles his sausage fingers. >> yes, this is during the final, one of the final rehearsals in westminster abbey with the king and the prince of wales, and the prince of wales has to fasten this cape or cloak , or i can't remember what it's called, the king. and , or i can't remember what it's callai, the king. and , or i can't remember what it's calla really the king. and , or i can't remember what it's calla really fiddly king. and , or i can't remember what it's calla really fiddly fastenind , or i can't remember what it's calla really fiddly fasten or it's a really fiddly fasten or whatever the word is. fastener. yeah. um, and king charles was joking about his sausage fingers saying that he wouldn't be able to do it because his hands are so fat, least prince so fat, so at least it's prince william do it. um, of william has to do it. um, of course there's been speculation in press as to exactly why in the press as to exactly why king quite

king charles has quite, quite such a big hand. um, buckingham palace never go into details about medical details about the king. but i think if charles is joking about it, i suppose we can as well. >> and it seemed, um, reports that warm that william that very warm that william helps him with it and they seem to come across. you've seen documentary. yeah. having a very warm and and convivial warm and hands on and convivial relationship . relationship. >> it is. you think of the royal family think they're all family and you think they're all stiff hands on and stiff and are not hands on and are not very feely are not very touchy feely or indeed emotional. think what indeed emotional. i think what we've seen this new we've seen with this new generation being generation of charles being king and being the future and william being the future king is that there is clearly a very warm father son bond. there and in that rehearsal, when okay, they knew cameras were there, but perhaps not filming them directly. you can just see little moments of the prince william kissing king charles on the cheek, the wrong cheek and having to do it again on his left cheek. and it's moments like that which i think you really relationship to really see their relationship to strengthening and has strengthened the year, strengthened over the last year, and incredibly and a bit and incredibly poignant too, because a great

many of us still miss her many of us still really miss her majesty . majesty. >> um, gets us quite emotional . >> um, gets us quite emotional. and so see her like this at and so to see her like this at christmas, when we desperately want to see her, the queen's message no longer possible, of course , is poignant too. very course, is poignant too. very poignant. yeah, absolutely. >> and i think it's the start of the king's reign. it's called the king's reign. it's called the coronation year for a reason. and i think it's showing that honeymoon period of the king and queen and the work that they've year they've done over the last year and course, preparing one they've done over the last year anthe course, preparing one they've done over the last year anthe biggest preparing one they've done over the last year anthe biggest daysaring one they've done over the last year anthe biggest days of1g one they've done over the last year anthe biggest days of their one of the biggest days of their life , coronation and all of life, the coronation and all of this is, of course, going to air the day after the king's speech which scheduled christmas which is scheduled for christmas day . we don't have details yet day. we don't have details yet as exactly what's in but as to exactly what's in it, but of course another royal of course that's another royal eventin of course that's another royal event in the christmas calendar that we've got to look forward to. and the princess waleses carol christmas eve, carol concert on christmas eve, with a theme of early childhood , with a theme of early childhood, filmed at westminster abbey a few whole few weeks ago. so it's a whole royal festivities that we've got to look forward to. >> supersaf cameron walker, thank much. it's been a thank you very much. it's been a right great you right royal great year for you

too. well done. great stuff. okay, privacy campaigners up okay, now privacy campaigners up in arms over a controversial new law that could affect 50 million brits. and that's because the police are set to be given access to the photos of every single person who has a driving license. well i'm joined now by retired metropolitan police officer norman brennan . norman, officer norman brennan. norman, welcome to the show and merry christmas . always a pleasure. my christmas. always a pleasure. my friend. so on the one hand, this is sensible policing. it would allow the national crime agency to take cctv footage , even to take cctv footage, even social media pictures , and cross social media pictures, and cross examine them with every driving license picture in britain, therefore making up a potential criminal. good idea . or a gross criminal. good idea. or a gross invasion of privacy ? i don't invasion of privacy? i don't think it targets people . think it targets people. >> that makes everybody a potential criminal. the only people that are winching and whining about this are the same people that whinge and whine day in and day out about anything

and everything that they don't like transversely , we look at like transversely, we look at the country, the criminal justice system is in absolute chaos. we don't see police officers on the street, shopkeepers we don't see them. the victims of crime rarely see police officers . so most people police officers. so most people live in their homes or walk the streets now and if they get home at the end of the day or live in their homes at the end of the day and haven't been a victim of crime, they feel lucky. what this facial recognition is all about, and it's open to the national crime agency and the police service across britain, is that it traces or tries to identify terror lists, potential terrorists , murderers, those terrorists, murderers, those that carry guns , those that that carry guns, those that carry knives, commit burglaries, steal cars , rob people. now if steal cars, rob people. now if that's what it's aimed to do . that's what it's aimed to do. and we don't see police officers , surely that is a good thing if we can actually help police that are not there to identify those who offend against us. and not

only that, it sends out the right message that wherever you are, if you're intent on committing crime, attacking the public, putting their safety at risk , there's a very good chance risk, there's a very good chance you will be seen identified , you will be seen identified, arrested by the police and hopefully put be put before the courts and sent to prison where appropriate. what's wrong with that? >> now, norman, as you will know far better than i criminals always try and stay one step ahead of new technology . and of ahead of new technology. and of course, this brings onto a conversation about facial coverings , balaclavas, full face coverings, balaclavas, full face coverings, balaclavas, full face coverings . we see oftentimes now coverings. we see oftentimes now at protests and certainly during crimes . full face masks being crimes. full face masks being worn. would this technology , do worn. would this technology, do you think, force a conversation about that and try and outlaw the wearing of full face coverings in public? >> well , apart coverings in public? >> well, apart from when it's very cold and people are concerned about catching a cold or having cold faces , why do or having cold faces, why do people need to cover their faces? there are shopping centres now that forbid people

that cover their faces , entering that cover their faces, entering their premises. that cover their faces, entering their premises . they have a their premises. they have a right to do that because it's private premises and they can set such parameters. my local petrol station, he says to me , petrol station, he says to me, norman, i tell people i don't want anybody coming in my shop with a crash helmet on. so i think we should really say that alongside this, do not wear face coverings at demonstrations. if you do, you'll be told to leave or you'll be arrested. the thing is, martin, the criminal justice system in britain is broken. the police are broken. the probation service broken, the courts of probation are broken. the prisons are broken. and here we are trying to do something positive. and why is it every time we do something positive to keep society safe and arrest those that offend and put society's safety at risk? there are always the same wingers and that's what they are. they're

wingers . does it really hurt to wingers. does it really hurt to us be photographed or seen on the streets or travelling on transport? surely that will reassure the law abiding public, knowing that even if the police are not about their will, be an eye in the sky. what's wrong with that? it's the same wingers that whinge day in and day out, andifs that whinge day in and day out, and it's about time to tell them. stand at one side. the safety of the people of britain is paramount. over and above their whingeing and whining and criticising everything the government or the police tried to do to keep society safe . to do to keep society safe. >> well, i think we can see which side of the debate you're on, norman brennan, superb as ever , mate, but a lot of people ever, mate, but a lot of people out there, just as the counter balance might say, there's a potential for wrongful identification . these cameras identification. these cameras don't always get everything right and people don't right. and also people don't like the idea of being snooped upon they go about their upon as they go about their daily business. but few norman could disagree . um, if you're a could disagree. um, if you're a criminal with something to hide, then this is technology that you won't mate. thank won't like. okay, mate. thank

you much, brennan. you very much, norman brennan. always pleasure . now, primary always a pleasure. now, primary school forced school in east london was forced to shut after what it described as escalating threats against staff . we'll be covering that. staff. we'll be covering that. speak to a mum from the school. i'm martin daubney on news, i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's channel britain's news channel >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good afternoon, i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news tomorrow. well for most of us, more of the same. it's going wet one same. it's going to be a wet one in northern scotland in parts of northern scotland and met office and there are met office warnings place . there's a warnings in place. there's a warnings in place. there's a warning actually warning today actually for the snow continuing snow showers continuing across shetland. in many shetland. elsewhere in many places dry and cloudy, but the rain is going to pep up over southern scotland and then western the western scotland, and in the north—east scotland could north—east of scotland could turn snow for time. turn to snow for a time. overnight heavy overnight could be pretty heavy as that, with as well. and that, combined with ice , make conditions pretty ice, make conditions pretty tncky ice, make conditions pretty tricky for tomorrow morning. further south, well temperatures

holding up 8 or 9 degrees with a lot of cloud and a fairly stiff wind. the rain will persist across western scotland tomorrow. that also could cause some issues. the rain really building up through the day. quite a soggy day for scotland. not a great day travelling not a great day for travelling here, bar the odd here, but elsewhere bar the odd bit patchy over bit of patchy rain over northwest england, northern ireland many just ireland later. many places just dry and cloudy. some brightness in the could see in the east could see temperatures easily get into the teens. mostly we're looking at 11 to celsius. pretty mild 11 to 12 celsius. pretty mild for the time of year, although not feeling with all wet not feeling it with all the wet and weather in western and windy weather in western scotland, done with and windy weather in western scotlan(and done with and windy weather in western scotlan(and windy done with and windy weather in western scotlan(and windy weather th the wet and windy weather ehhen the wet and windy weather either. eve looks very either. christmas eve looks very windy england. rain windy in northeast england. rain to saturday night and to come on saturday night and christmas eve morning across wales , staying damp across the wales, staying damp across the south getting windy south and getting very windy later across northern scotland on eve. so a few on christmas eve. so a few things to watch out for on christmas and it's going to christmas eve and it's going to be very mild again if it does brighten up temperatures once more the teens. most places more in the teens. most places staying but more rain to staying mild but more rain to come over christmas. >> warm feeling inside from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler oilers. sponsors of

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gb news. good afternoon . good afternoon. >> it's 5:00. merry christmas. welcome to the show i'm martin dalby. this of course is gb news got a final cracking hour coming up. top story a school was forced to close in east london

yesterday with chilling echoes of the batley grammar school after a child displaying a palestinian flag while sent home a mob turned up outside demanding the headteacher be sacked. an absolute disgrace very shortly we're going to be speaking to a mum who lives on the street for a full inside story and we've got video of the police doing absolutely nothing about it. you won't want to miss that one. next story . it's that one. next story. it's christmas and of course that means bedlam on the trains, planes, automobiles and the ferries. we'll have all the latest information of to where avoid if you can. i'm off in about an hour and a half. back to nottingham, hopefully. saint pancras isn't part of it. if you'll get getting stuck in the traffic, us a line. we'll traffic, drop us a line. we'll try and keep you company. vaiews@gbnews.com and finally, keir starmer is copping a load of flak for wearing a flak jacket in estonia while visiting a military base. now there

should politicians play at being soldiers and dress like this? is it just part of the job or is it in poor taste? we'll discuss all of that in the next hour . of that in the next hour. astonishing scenes in east london yesterday . um, can we london yesterday. um, can we live in a country where parents are allowed to close schools down over their their beliefs , down over their their beliefs, their their country of origin, demanding headteachers are sacked publicly? i think it's an outrage. the school is currently closed. we're going to speak to a mother who lives in the area, who will tell us what she thinks, and she's not happy about what as extreme about what she sees as extreme intolerance on british streets . intolerance on british streets. that's all coming in the next houn that's all coming in the next hour. but first, your latest news headlines with sam francis . news headlines with sam francis. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon . it's just gone 5:02.

afternoon. it's just gone 5:02. i'm sam francis in the gb newsroom . first millions of newsroom. first millions of train passengers are facing a hike in fares of nearly 5. the department of transport has confirmed that regular rail fares in england will rise from the 3rd of march. the increase is based on inflation, but it's being capped at 4.9. passengers say it's just more financial pressure already. >> the trains are striking in that we pay enough and we don't get the service that they should be delivering . be delivering. >> i mean, it makes sense because everything's going up, but, not good news. >> i think they've got to get their together first before their act together first before they start thinking about putting yet again . putting prices up yet again. >> not looking forward to it because use public because we do use public transport quite a lot and trains . going to be bit . so it's going to be a bit rough account. but rough on the bank account. but you , i guess we'll just you know, i guess we'll just have live with it. how have to live with it. it's how things nowadays . things are going nowadays. >> well, the prime minister says that hike would have been that the hike would have been higher government not intervened. >> the increase that we're seeing now, i think, strikes the right balance between raising

the that the railway the money that the railway ultimately needs to run, particularly in a post—covid environment. but also minimising the burden on hardworking rail passengers and longer time. the best thing we can do is reform outdated working practices on the railroads so we can make them more financially sustainable, and we're committed to that to that news comes to doing that to that news comes as rail passengers are facing more travel disruption as they try to get away for christmas. >> trains are running out of london, but there have been cancelled ones. with paddington station closing for four days from christmas eve. that's on sunday. heathrow's also set to be exceptionally busy with the airport, expecting more than a quarter of a million passengers over the coming days , and over the coming days, and motorists by motorists are being affected by the delays as well, with the port dover saying it's taking port of dover saying it's taking about 90 minutes process cars about 90 minutes to process cars with pre—booked tickets. travel editor lisa minot told gb news that travellers just need to be patient . patient. >> it today is predicted to be the busiest day and that's because you've got normal commuters, truck drivers commuters, normal truck drivers

on the roads . at the same time, on the roads. at the same time, you've got all those people you've got all of those people that head away that are starting to head away for christmas. today is going for christmas. so today is going to be the big point. they're also talking lunch also talking about a lunch crunch. it's going to be the point where actually lunchtime is going to be the easiest day on all of the next three days. so between 12 and 2, that's really don't want to find yourself on any of the roads in the uk network. >> meanwhile , a criminal >> meanwhile, a criminal investigation has been launched into the alleged abduction of alex batty, the teenager , who'd alex batty, the teenager, who'd been missing for six years, returned to the uk last week after being found in france. he disappeared when he was just 11 years old. his mother, who wasn't his legal guardian, had taken him on a pre—arranged trip to spain. greater manchester police is investigating the case after interviewed the 17 after they interviewed the 17 year old, a british student who built a drone for the so—called islamic state terror group has been jailed for life with a minimum terms of 20 years, 27 year old mohammed al barid used a 3d printer at his home in

coventry to make the device that was designed to carry a bomb or chemical weapon. on sentencing , chemical weapon. on sentencing, the judge described him as a manipulative individual and a committed extremist who had built the drone to cause horror and destruction . a woman has and destruction. a woman has appeared in court charged with murdering her four year old son in east london. kezia macharia is accused of stabbing kobi, who was found with knife injuries, at his home in hackney . was found with knife injuries, at his home in hackney. he was taken to hospital but died on wednesday. a post—mortem post—mortem will take place next thursday , the same day his thursday, the same day his mother is due to appear at the old bailey . and czech police old bailey. and czech police have released new bodycam footage showing officers responding to that mass shooting in prague yesterday . well, in prague yesterday. well, police say the 24 year old suspect killed his father before targeting students and leaving 14 people dead. 27 others were

taken to six different hospitals and 12 remain in a serious condition . one is still in a condition. one is still in a critical condition. the czech prime minister has been joining students at the university to pay students at the university to pay tribute to the victims. police say the attacker, who had . a gun license but no criminal record and later took his own life and here in the uk, the economy is at risk of falling into a recession . that's after into a recession. that's after revised figures showed it performed worse than expected in the third quarter of last year. of this year, rather than flatlining , the economy flatlining, the economy contracted by 0.1. if the economy shrinks for a second consecutive quarter , it will consecutive quarter, it will enter what's known as a technical recession. shadow financial secretary to the treasury james murray blamed the government. this is yet more evidence of failure from rishi sunak. >> he's already failed to cut waiting lists, he's failed to stop the boats and now it's been confirmed that he's failed to grow the economy too. and actually this is just the latest in of economic failure

in 13 years of economic failure from which from the conservatives, which has britain has left people across britain worse very worried worse off. i'm very worried about forecasts about the economic forecasts for this you look this country. if you look at the growth issued by the growth forecasts issued by the office of budget responsibility earlier in the autumn, they've cut forecast for the cut the growth forecast for the next three years. >> is gb news. we're across >> this is gb news. we're across the uk on tv , in your car, the uk on tv, in your car, digital radio and on your smart speaken digital radio and on your smart speaker. now though. more from . martin. >> thank . you sam. now we start >> thank. you sam. now we start with the fallout from the remarkable story that we broke at of yesterday's show. at the top of yesterday's show. a primary school in east london shut after what it described as escalating . threats against escalating. threats against staff . it comes after parents staff. it comes after parents were warned about their children wearing palestinian flags at the school . the drama played out at school. the drama played out at berkeley primary school in leyton , east london. protesters leyton, east london. protesters gathered outside the school claiming that an innocent student of palestinian heritage had been, quote, discriminated .

had been, quote, discriminated. against barclays. barclays. shame on you barclays. >> barclays , shame on you . yo >> barclays, shame on you. yo yo�*yo yo, >> barclays, shame on you. yo yo—yo yo, don't you cry , don't yo—yo yo, don't you cry, don't you cry. we will never let them lie . lie. >> now what does that look like to you? now? what is that guy need to wear a mask like that ? need to wear a mask like that? well, the school said a letter was sent to eight families out of school of 1325 students, of a school of 1325 students, warning that inappropriate comments made at school, including extremist or divisive comments, would result in formal meetings with senior figures at the school . seems fair now . the school. seems fair now. video filmed on wednesday night and that's before this demonstration shows masked protesters tying palestinian flags to lampposts outside the school. and you can see it's here. they've got full face masks on. they're carrying ladders around streets. and look, there's the police doing absolutely nothing while these lads wearing masks or shimmying

up ladders undercover of night, tying palestinian flags on a residential street . two residential street. two lampposts . direct opposite lampposts. direct opposite a primary school. the police simply watch on and do nothing . simply watch on and do nothing. we've seen this many, many times , haven't we? haven't we including on the war memorials including on the war memorials in london for nichi hodgson is a parent who lives near the school, and she joins me now . school, and she joins me now. nikki, thanks for joining school, and she joins me now. nikki, thanks forjoining us on nikki, thanks for joining us on the show. and you posted a video of this early yesterday morning. you were early on the scene. can you describe to us what you first initially saw and why it concerned you? >> yes. well, i actually woke up to a text of a good neighbour of mine saying that the street had been, um, covered in palestinian flags tied to the lamppost, which was very bizarre for a start . start. >> uh, we haven't had any campaigning around here. there's never been any protests . it's never been any protests. it's a very quiet street. everybody gets on very well. uh, so i headed to the school to see what

was happening. it's literally just over the road from my house, and there was a large group of parents there, some with megaphones , lots with with megaphones, lots with placards, screaming at placards, basically screaming at the teachers, and they were also other children being led away by their parents because the school had to close for two days, because of was going on. because of what was going on. and nikki, can you give us an indication of the makeup of the area? >> of course, london is >> of course, east london is a very multicultural area . some of very multicultural area. some of the outside the the protesters outside the school claiming as many as 70 to 80% of the pupils going to the school are muslim. that school are muslim. is that correct . correct. >> that's statistic. the reason being because , um, i have a baby being because, um, i have a baby daughter who i plan to send to that school. it's an excellent school. it's ofsted rated, excellent. um, and i don't i don't believe it's that high. the school is very mixed. the area is very mixed. people of all all faiths, all backgrounds, all faiths, all, all diversities live on this street and in this area. and, um, so i'm not quite sure about that statistic. it doesn't seem right seem to be quite right to me, but nevertheless, the school is a secular school. not a secular school. it's not a religious school . there is no

religious school. there is no religion taught there . everybody religion taught there. everybody of faith is welcome . of every faith is welcome. >> and nikki, just for some context . so a pupil went into context. so a pupil went into the school. it was children in need day, right. and there was a flag placed on a pudsey bear. can you talk us through how things move from yeah so things move from there? yeah so what we know and there are different accounts of the stories coming from parents and teachers. >> what we know is that it was a non—uniform day . uh, a little non—uniform day. uh, a little boy had a palestinian flag on his jacket. boy had a palestinian flag on hisjacket. he boy had a palestinian flag on his jacket. he went into the school and, you know, as in many primary schools, signs and symbols are not allowed. and that's for reasons of diversity and protection for the children. uh, now , now, now, this is where uh, now, now, now, this is where the story gets more complicated. and his mother said that he was bullied, accosted and that he was sent home denied an was sent home and denied an education. the school denies most of allegations . and, most of those allegations. and, uh , apparently the department uh, apparently the department education are on their side about that. as well. so that was you know, two days before and then before we knew it, this

protest was planned. we found , protest was planned. we found, uh, messages going around the internet saying that they were organising this boycott of the school. the flags were put up the night before the protest at, uh, you know, we woke up to the flags neighbourhood. so flags in the neighbourhood. so a little bit of me can't help wondering if whether the little boy sent in was also boy being sent in was also planned. know , i don't know planned. you know, i don't know if that was idea . it's very if that was his idea. it's very difficult know what happened , difficult to know what happened, but we found on but this video that we found on tiktok these protesters tiktok of these protesters putting up flags really riles me because for a start, i've got one of these flags right outside this office window right now. it's massive. it blocks the light. actually frightens light. it actually frightens my daughter so daughter because it makes so much the night. and, much noise in the night. and, uh, not believe it's not uh, i do not believe it's not about not supporting a cause. it's nothing to do with that. it's nothing to do with that. it's right outside my house. i don't why i should be don't see why i should be augned don't see why i should be aligned with any political movement to. movement unless i so choose to. if was in my garden, that's if that was in my garden, that's fine. and it a fine. and if it was in a neighbour's garden that they supported neighbour's garden that they supp butd completely fine. but it's completely inappropriate. also inappropriate. and we have also heard from other neighbours that the are too afraid to the council are too afraid to take flags and that's

take the flags down. and that's why they won't do it. >> nikki, we can on >> and nikki, we can see on screen tied screen now that flag tied to a lamppost, that's the view from your window as you just described. that's very, very close. by making a lot of noise in night. this this comment, in the night. this this comment, you just made that council you just made that the council are afraid to take the flags are too afraid to take the flags down. i find people find that appalling and astonishing . if appalling and astonishing. if it's just the flag, why can it not be removed ? well, absolutely. >> and also , you're not allowed >> and also, you're not allowed to tie anything to lampposts . to tie anything to lampposts. you're not allowed. it's just, you know, there's a common council rule. so any somebody said to me on the internet when they with they they were arguing with me, they said, make a difference said, would it make a difference if ukraine if it was a ukraine flag? because known supporter because i'm a known supporter of ukraine. no, because ukraine. and i said no, because it an it would still be an obstruction. and fair obstruction. and it's not fair on the population of the street. you what anyone you don't know what anyone believes. reason i believe believes. the reason i believe we harmony this we live in harmony on this street, multiculturally, is because people do not push their ideas onto other people . ideas onto other people. >> and nikki, the protest outside the school as well as featuring people with masks quite while they were wearing

palestinian masks in broad daylight, i would find harassing and distressing, particularly if i had young children that would appal call me. but the demands , appal call me. but the demands, nikki, the demands by the parents of the boy who was sent for home the teacher who they named publicly, which i think in itself is appalling . they're itself is appalling. they're demanding that the headmaster is removed for what they call islamophobia . nikki, this feels islamophobia. nikki, this feels like a campaign of bullying . like a campaign of bullying. >> i mean, it also feels like it's been a long time coming . it's been a long time coming. this doesn't seem like it's actually the reaction to the badge. it seems like it's something know, i something else. you know, like i say, school an excellent say, the school is an excellent reputation the area. the reputation in the area. the children educated. children are so well educated. it's safe, warm, it's very, very safe, warm, calming environment. i visited the school because i intend to send my baby daughter to the nursery three old. nursery at three years old. that's connected and that's connected to it and i just can't really believe this is happening. it's really is happening. and it's really saddened an area which saddened me that an area which is pretty much 50, 50 white and ethnic minority is starting to have these tensions. it's very,

very sad . very sad. >> and what we're seeing here, as we're seeing across lots of the uk , is the conflicts in the the uk, is the conflicts in the middle east coming to the streets of the uk and affecting ordinary people in previously harmonious areas , such as where harmonious areas, such as where you live in leyton , which never you live in leyton, which never seen any of this sort trouble before. how does that make you feel as a parent? >> mean, it worries me. >> yeah, i mean, it worries me. and for context, i'm married to a bangladeshi burmese man. my in—laws are muslims. uh, i was brought up in wakefield, west yorkshire, which has a high population of pakistanis. this is this is nothing to do with race or colour . you know, i've race or colour. you know, i've lived people of other lived alongside people of other ethnicities whole life and do ethnicities my whole life and do so my home. but the fact so in my own home. but the fact that people are now pushing their views onto other people in their views onto other people in the area , i know will be the area, i know there will be jewish this area that jewish people in this area that will afraid now will be feeling afraid right now . you know, know there will be . you know, i know there will be older are feeling older people that are feeling intimidated. i just it just really makes me despair that this where we're at right now. >> and in terms of the council, um, feeling impotent or even

afraid as you mentioned, to do anything about it. and that video on tiktok of the police simply watching as masked men under the cover of darkness shimmy up ladders and tie flags to lampposts opposite a primary school. do you think that the authorities in your area have given up on this ? they've given up on this? they've surrendered. they've raised their own flag, nikki. and it's their own flag, nikki. and it's the white flag of cowardice . yes. >> i don't know what they've done. it's interesting because i published a photo of this flag outside my house yesterday on twitter . i think you saw it, twitter. i think you saw it, martin. it had maybe 4000. no, like. yeah 400,000 views. i had crazy amounts of views and likes . there was a lot of commentary. some of it was very negative, some of it was very positive. people were really, really some of it was very positive. people one really, really some of it was very positive. people on the ally, really some of it was very positive. people on the issue.eally some of it was very positive. people on the issue. but also divided on the issue. but i also sent, this message to sent, you know, this message to the who have not the council who have not bothered to reply. and again, my other neighbours on the street have been ringing them. they won't won't won't get, they won't do anything nobody is anything about it. nobody is trying us and nikki, in

trying to help us and nikki, in absence of the council doing anything about it, what do you think would happen to an individual ? individual? >> well, a citizen who decided as these guys did, they put it up . if somebody else came along up. if somebody else came along and put a ladder up and took it down, what do you think would happen them? down, what do you think would hapwell, them? down, what do you think would hapwell, i'd|em? down, what do you think would hapwell, i'd actually be quite >> well, i'd actually be quite worried about doing that. i mean, i've thought about doing it myself. be totally it myself. i'll be totally honest, i want honest, because i don't want this my . house this flag in front of my. house there are far, you know, i might raise a peace flag instead. that would be much more appropriate for bisexual . would be much more appropriate for bisexual. i'd would be much more appropriate for bisexual . i'd rather for me. i'm bisexual. i'd rather have flag there. that for me. i'm bisexual. i'd rather have be flag there. that for me. i'm bisexual. i'd rather have be a flag there. that for me. i'm bisexual. i'd rather have be a terrible1ere. that for me. i'm bisexual. i'd rather have be a terrible thing'hat for me. i'm bisexual. i'd rather have be a terrible thing tot for me. i'm bisexual. i'd rather have be a terrible thing to do. would be a terrible thing to do. probably. would very would be a terrible thing to do. probainf, would very would be a terrible thing to do. probainf, woulydo very would be a terrible thing to do. probainf, woulydo know that unsafe if, uh, we do know that one the flags has disappeared one of the flags has disappeared off somebody has off this road, so somebody has obviously but i would obviously done it, but i would rather see the rather see what the repercussions are first before i try one. i'll be try and remove this one. i'll be honest. >> how e how in ake f.— e make you feel >> and how does it make you feel about demand about the direct demand that a head a very well—liked head teacher, a very well—liked and a very respected head and a very well respected head teacher, understand it, in teacher, as i understand it, in the nikki, you've been to the area. nikki, you've been to that . you're obviously that school. you're obviously impressed by that school. you want your child want to take your young child to be a pupil at that school. how doesit be a pupil at that school. how does it you feel that a mob does it make you feel that a mob

is demanding somebody is ostensibly demanding somebody be removed because they don't like their politics? >> yeah, i mean, that's just ridiculous. if you don't like their politics, then take your children out of that school. it's it's an it's that simple. it's an excellent school. it's been an excellent school. it's been an excellent many years. excellent school for many years. they've hard to have they've worked so hard to have that school. excellent. it's part of something called the lion academy. a couple more schools, also superb. schools, which are also superb. and you come and i, you know, i come from a family teachers really, family of teachers and i really, really feel for the teacher because certainly like because it certainly sounds like that mercy of that teacher is at the mercy of the the minute. yeah the parents at the minute. yeah >> course we must talk >> and of course we must talk about the batley school about the batley grammar school situation . and there's a teacher situation. and there's a teacher that almost the thick end of two and a half years on nikki is still in hiding, still in fear of his life. have you heard any talk locally about how the teachers be feeling about teachers must be feeling about what's going on? >> no. and that's actually even more worrying because people are not talking about it because they're afraid to talk about it. the only way we're finding things out is through tiktok, the only way we're finding thingthrough through tiktok, the only way we're finding thingthrough anonymous tok, the only way we're finding thingthrough anonymous twitter um, through anonymous twitter accounts on and on the internet. >> you feel that this >> and do you feel that this issue has divided and harmed

your community since it happened ? >> 7- >> yeah. ? >> yeah. well 7_ >> yeah. well i ? >> yeah. well i mean, i've 7 >> yeah. well i mean, i've had a few people say that i'm naive and that there's always been problems around here, and maybe that's true . i mean, i've only that's true. i mean, i've only lived here three years, lived here about three years, but think i'm pretty but i also think i'm pretty streetwise. like i i've streetwise. like i say, i've always mixed always lived in mixed communities, you know? um, i've never trouble with never had any trouble with anybody and uh, yeah, anybody myself. and uh, yeah, i'm reluctant to say that, but it's made me feel stressed and tense in this area. and when i was at the protest , uh, was at the protest, uh, yesterday morning, it was a very, very stressful environment . um, and that just makes me so sad. it doesn't need to be like this. and nikki, finally, would it make you think about not sending your child to the school? >> or do you live in hope that this can brushed over and this can be brushed over and things heal ? things can heal? >> i really want it to be fixed because i mean one, i'm lazy and it's convenient for me. it's very convenient for me. i don't get out of bed very early in the morning, i just want in the morning, so i just want to my across road in the morning, so i just want t

and, personally, and, you know, personally, i'd rather with rather just become involved with the i could on the school. maybe i could sit on the school. maybe i could sit on the something the school. maybe i could sit on the that. something the school. maybe i could sit on the that. because1ething the school. maybe i could sit on the that. because i'ming like that. uh, because i'm used to having multi—faith dialogues, as i do with my own family. you know so it's very know? so i think it's very important that we work through these . these issues. >> okay. nichi hodgson, thank you having the courage to you for having the courage to speak thank speak out. and thank you for coming thanks coming on the show, and thanks for your experiences for sharing your experiences with means a lot. thank with us. it means a lot. thank you much and merry you very much and merry christmas you. oh you christmas to you. oh well, you can lots on story can get lots more on that story on thanks to on our website. and thanks to you, gbnews.com is the fastest growing national news website in the . it's got breaking the country. it's got breaking news all brilliant news and all the brilliant analysis that you've to analysis that you've come to expect us here at gb news. expect from us here at gb news. so you much for that. so thank you very much for that. now you can start your new year with £10,000 in cash, a £500 shopping spree and a brand new iphone. shopping spree and a brand new iphone . sounds sweet right? iphone. sounds sweet right? well, here's how you could make all of those prizes yours. >> this is your chance to win cash treats and tech in our very first great british giveaway . first great british giveaway. these are totally tax free, £10, £0 cash up for grabs. cash which

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storm pier and of course, our friends in france who went on strike because of eurostar for, well, i'm joined now by motoring journalist danny kelly, who joins me now. danny, always a pleasure to you. and merry, merry christmas to you. so christmas comes, but once a year we know it's coming. we know the date. yet we always, always have the same bedlam . why i can tell the same bedlam. why i can tell you your doomsday clock at 6:00. >> martin, forget that there are millions already stuck in traffic jams. >> it's like an apocalypse movie out there at the moment. and it's not just the motorway , martin. >> it's small provincial towns as well that are feeling the effect of everybody leaving it till the last 24, 48 hours to go and do their, their festive shopping, etc. millions . shopping, etc. millions. >> the rac reckoned that there are 13.6 million leisure trips over the next couple of days. now leisure trips obviously means people travelling from one part of the country to the other for christmas, and that excludes all of the commercial and the

business cars that are on the motorways . it is. it's just motorways. it is. it'sjust bumper to bumper, all you can see. there you go . that's see. there you go. that's a great illustration that we've got for the tv and for the radio listeners . it's just a chock listeners. it's just a chock a block motorway that is just crawling that's what crawling along. and that's what it's been like all day. martin and as you mentioned in your introduction that you've introduction to me, that you've got to hand it to the french , got to hand it to the french, the far left french union leaders who make mickey lynch, the rmt's, mickey lynch look like santa's little helper . they like santa's little helper. they have caused chaos both in france and of course , in the uk and the and of course, in the uk and the eurostar's wildcats strike. they don't have to give the government any notice, so they just down tools and they get what they want. and of course then the eurostar passengers, then the eurostar passengers, then have to try and find alternative ways to get to france and vice versa . and then france and vice versa. and then that pressure on. that puts massive pressure on. on the port town of dover in kent, which has just been gridlocked. don't know why i'm gridlocked. i don't know why i'm laughing, martin. tell you laughing, martin. i can tell you why laughing i'm not why i'm laughing because i'm not affected by it. but that's the only every year it's

only reason. but every year it's the we never seem to learn the same. we never seem to learn andifs the same. we never seem to learn and it's just been compounded by wild weather and wild cat strikes . it's a recipe for strikes. it's a recipe for disaster. make >> yeah, i think you're laughing because you either laugh or you cry or like you. you sit in pretty. i'm going to saint pancras in about an hour and a half's time. danny and all i'm saying get that saying is i can't get on that train without a bevvies train without a few bevvies inside me. expecting to inside me. i'm expecting it to be bedlam . the train has sold be bedlam. the train has sold out. they never lay extra carriages on. we know it's going to the busiest of year. to be the busiest time of year. yeah, in like yeah, they cram us in like sardines. to add insult sardines. and. and to add insult to injury , dan, they're whacking to injury, dan, they're whacking on a 5% premium year by on a 5% premium next year by hiking up rail fares. >> yeah, i heard that martin. well, listen, i know you're a nottingham, lads. i've got a few pals who are nottingham lads. i'm surprised hit i'm surprised you haven't hit the never mind. the ale already. never mind. waiting journey waiting for the train journey home. i know what you east midland boys are like. so my advice would be to hit witherspoon's, few tanks witherspoon's, get a few tanks down your martin. that makes it a bit easier for you, but a little bit easier for you, but it only. it will be standing room only. it will be sardines. and of

course, martin. it's like covid central at the moment . the last central at the moment. the last place be. that's why place i'd want to be. that's why you few bevvies down your you need a few bevvies down your daubs last place want daubs. the last place i'd want to on a packed train. uh, to be is on a packed train. uh, standing next to a load of covid central coffers. that's what i. it's a recipe, mates. good luck for the christmas weekend. you'll be in bed ill. i feel sorry yeah. sorry for you. yeah. >> you. danny carey . >> thank you. danny carey. you're really making me look forward journey. forward to this journey. i'm really now, but really relishing it now, but i will take your advice and we'll have couple of brews. never have a couple of brews. never dnnk have a couple of brews. never drink television, drink while on live television, though. danny even at christmas, not i would do that. merry not even i would do that. merry christmas you. mate christmas to you. thanks, mate for contributions this for all your contributions this yean for all your contributions this year. always a pleasure. have a good now lots more year. always a pleasure. have a goocto now lots more year. always a pleasure. have a goocto nobetween lots more year. always a pleasure. have a goocto no between lots and'e still to come between now and 6:00, including starmer 6:00, including sir keir starmer has criticised wearing has been criticised for wearing military fatigues on visit to military fatigues on a visit to a nato base. but is that fair? after all, he's not the first senior politician to dress up as a soldier . senior politician to dress up as a soldier. but first is your latest news headlines with sam francis .

francis. >> martin. thank you. it'sjust >> martin. thank you. it's just gone 531 i'm sam francis in the gb newsroom . well, as we've been gb newsroom. well, as we've been hearing, millions of train passengers are facing a nearly 5% hike in fares. passengers are facing a nearly 5% hike in fares . that's as the 5% hike in fares. that's as the department for transport confirmed regulated rail fares in england will rise from the 3rd of march. the increase is based on inflation, but they say it's being capped at 4.9. the news comes as rail passengers are facing yet more travel disruptions as they try to get away for christmas. trains are running out of london, but there have been cancellations, with paddington closing for paddington station closing for four from sunday. it means four days from sunday. it means no mainline mainline trains will go to heathrow during the christmas period. the airports , christmas period. the airports, also set to be exceptionally busy , expecting a quarter of busy, expecting a quarter of a million passengers over the coming days , and motorists are coming days, and motorists are also being affected by the delays, with the port of dover saying it's taking about 90 minutes to process cars with pre—booked tickets . well, after pre—booked tickets. well, after

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the gb news financial report. >> thank you sam. now in my time in the . european parliament, i in the. european parliament, i cross swords with former european commission president donald tusk. he always struck me as an embittered europhile with as an embittered europhile with a on his shoulder and a chip on his shoulder and displayed for displayed an open contempt for anyone who dared to criticise the eu empire. anyone who dared to criticise the eu empire . so it came as the eu empire. so it came as absolutely no surprise to me that a mere ten days after being elected as polish prime minister, tusk shut down the state broadcaster after he accused it of right wing bias. so so are the actions of tusk. little more than state controlled? send ship? well, i'm joined now by yadviga demidovich, who's the former deputy prime minister of poland. thank you very much for joining us on on the show this afternoon . a lot of people were raising their eyebrows about this. he's elected as prime minister. and then just ten days later closes down sacks people from the state

media channel because they're critical of his politics. they support a conservative viewpoint , and they're critical of the european union. what's your take on this ? on this? >> well, i'm really shocked and surprised as every single person in poland right now, not only the opposition leaders, but also a lot of those who support actually to the government, to government. they are also a bit surprised on the way, on the path that he decided to undertake to change this bias in the public media, because what has been done, it has been done without any committee, without any constitutional approval, without any legal action. it has been done by decree, actually , been done by decree, actually, what is really very badly understood in poland, because we all are aware about the martial law from the beginning of 80s, which has been introduced by decree . and this decree story is decree. and this decree story is repeating right now, just to overtake the public media. it is really, absolutely shocking

because there was . a. because there was. a. >> she's frozen. okay. she could come back in a minute. i want to ask a particularly what type of views it was that donald tusk didn't like on this is a state broadcaster for now. this wasn't like an outlaw liar or some, some, some, some kind of right wing bunch of you know, extremists in there shared this is the national broadcaster in poland, donald tusk was elected. he used to be, as i said, the european commissioner. um, he is a complete top brass from brussels. gets elected democratically fair enough. in poland. and yet he kicks people out from the state media channel because they were very critical of the eu . they believe in of the eu. they believe in strong borders. they had strong views on islam . they had many views on islam. they had many views on islam. they had many views which he finds unfashionable and likeable and he's basically shut up shop. and i wanted to ask yadviga, is this the thin end of state endorsed

censorship, a healthy democracy , censorship, a healthy democracy, any democracy is about having a healthy, balanced media and a media that questions those in power. speaking truth to power is the media's job. that's why gb news existed , because nobody gb news existed, because nobody was asking the kinds of questions that we ask to those in power on the mainstream media, on the bbc, on sky news, on itv, on channel 4. it took a new start—up, a newcomer to have the guts to do that . and i just the guts to do that. and i just think if politicians are elected and they're closing down media channels they don't like because they ask questions they find uncomfortable , we're staring at uncomfortable, we're staring at something which is deeply unsavoury . now, it something which is deeply unsavoury. now, it is something which is deeply unsavoury . now, it is true to unsavoury. now, it is true to say that the media channel had been. say that the media channel had been . as tusk would say, been. as tusk would say, infiltrated by those from the conservative right . but at the conservative right. but at the time, the governing party, the p i s the law and justice party, we had those political viewpoints democratically elected by the polish public.

the media reflected the government in power at the time, and that wasn't closed down by its opponents . it was allowed to its opponents. it was allowed to thrive and prosper. and i just think that if we're in a position where if we shut down media, politicians get elected and close down media channels, they don't like that to me is state controlled censorship. i'm i'm sad that yadviga and milovic couldn't join us to finish that conversation off, but i think i speak for the democratically elected people of europe, of the eu who don't want to see the eu taking over their media channels. i think it sucks anyway , sir keir starmer went to anyway, sir keir starmer went to estonia yesterday day and he took gb news with him. our camera operator filmed him meeting british troops at a nato base less than 100 miles from the russian border. but it wasn't what the labour leader said that has attracted criticism. it's what he wore because his decision to dress in military fatigues has been

widely condemned, and particularly by those armed forces . veterans out there . i'm forces. veterans out there. i'm joined now by major general chip chapman, who's the former head of counter—terrorism at the mod. thanks for joining of counter—terrorism at the mod. thanks forjoining us on the thanks for joining us on the show , chip. always a pleasure show, chip. always a pleasure and merry christmas to you. so it's fair to say, chip, that that flak jacket has attracted a lot of flak. is that fair? it's . lot of flak. is that fair? it's. probably not. >> um, firstly, if you look back to the second world war, churchill of course, always wore some of military uniform some sort of military uniform terrain conference or casablanca conference. >> it went out of vogue and fashion quite rightly in the post—war period and indeed in the major interventions that the brits did in 1982, in the falklands, in the first gulf war, in 91 and the second gulf war, in 91 and the second gulf war in zero three, you'll see tony blair and a white shirt or a blue shirt, not in combat fatigues . fatigues. >> you would never see john major in anything other than a fawn shirt. and the reason for

thatis fawn shirt. and the reason for that is if you're in a very large audience, you want to stand the crowd. you stand out from the crowd. you need to different the same need to be different in the same way. example, field way. for example, that field marshal montgomery to marshal montgomery used to have peccadillos in his kit. so you really need to ask the question about this change come about why is this change come about why is this change come about now, i would argue that in 2010, cameron pointed 2010, david cameron pointed a military adviser , which enables military adviser, which enables people to go on visits along with the mod, and it's really become a sort of modern trend. so we generally say that two is a pattern, three is a trend. and so we've had boris johnson in royal navy fatigues on hms queen elizabeth. we had liz truss in body armour on a tank in the way that, you know, margaret thatcher, for example, would go in a tank but look lovely in a white ensemble. so you've really had that. now the key thing here is, of course, keir starmer is on a hiding to nothing . there's on a hiding to nothing. there's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing and estonia is pretty cold. so you dress for the climate and therefore issue him with a piece

of kit. if he wasn't issued with a piece of kit by the army , we'd a piece of kit by the army, we'd have a headline of storm wears a £500 down jacket to meet troops on £2 a day allowance for being in country x. um, so on a value for money basis , i guess it's, for money basis, i guess it's, uh, it's okay if i, i bet if he was wearing a £500 down jacket, there would be a freedom of information, uh, request asking how much his jacket cost . how much his jacket cost. >> it's interesting you mentioned maggie thatcher there. she specifically and deliberately refused to wear, um, uniform in west um, soldiers uniform in west germany when she posed in that tank, as you said, because she said, i'm the prime minister. i'm not a squaddie. i'm not trying to pretend that i am doing their work. but you are right to say , chip, of course, right to say, chip, of course, that things have changed in the modern era. boris with his bazooka, with his bazooka, rishi sunak with his helicopter hat and i guess zelenskyy has set this trend of everyone cosplaying as a military expert, but specifically about keir starmer

is the issue. not necessarily him, but the fact the guy who he backed previously and of course i'm talking about jeremy corbyn because let's not forget, starmer backed corbyn to be prime minister and in 2019, and i won't need to point out to you, chip, that that, um, jeremy corbyn is about as popular as a at a funeral with armed forces veterans. he's very, very unpopular. here's a guy that wore the white poppy. he refused to sing the god save the queen at a d—day memorial, and he even was pressing for the persecution of armed services veterans in northern ireland. is the legacy of corbyn. the issue here? >> well, that's , uh, we'll have >> well, that's, uh, we'll have to wait and see. now, of course , to wait and see. now, of course, we dodged a bullet with corbyn in terms of national security . i in terms of national security. i mean, what starmer is trying to do is obviously position himself as someone who's not only a future leader or a leader of the labour party, but someone who's deau labour party, but someone who's dealt the radical left of dealt with the radical left of the labour party . i don't think the labour party. i don't think that's necessarily true. we see

that's necessarily true. we see that in the, uh, the schisms happening palestine , but happening around palestine, but position himself for the inevitable election that comes inevitable election that comes in 2024. uh, like most both the conservative party and the labour party at the moment are broad churches. they're both difficult to govern at the moment, in a polarised, increasingly polarised society. >> . major general chip >> okay. major general chip chapman, thank you for joining us. always a pleasure. very diplomatically put, should be a politician. your self now the man responsible for one of the greatest christmas of all greatest christmas songs of all time , gave gb news viewers and time, gave gb news viewers and listeners a special festive treat last night. we've got that coming up. i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel .

>> only on gb news, the people's channel >> only on gb news, the people's channel, britain's news channel . channel, britain's news channel. >> welcome back. it's 547. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now it's exactly 50 years since wizzard released one of the greatest christmas songs of all time. of course, that is i wish it could be christmas every day. singer roy wood was a special guest on a farage in birmingham episode last night, and he made sure the show ended in style. check this out . check this out. for the song and brazier song where the church clocks i know , where the church clocks i know, but it made me smile .

but it made me smile. >> i'm surviving by me. but it made me smile. >> i'm surviving by me . to see >> i'm surviving by me. to see your bed . wake me neither of your bed. wake me neither of your bed. wake me neither of your hand. but you lie tonight . your hand. but you lie tonight. in all the dreams i love the way the weather was . it could be the weather was. it could be christmas every day . oh, when christmas every day. oh, when the kids started singing about begins to bad . and i was wishing begins to bad. and i was wishing could be christmas every day . could be christmas every day. the bells are ringing out for love. love . for christmas and love. love. for christmas and flying in. >> we got patrick christys and michelle jewellery dancing away. now back in 1973, that song was at number four in the charts on

christmas day. the christmas number one that day was, of course, merry christmas, everybody by slade and the man who won that chart battle with roy wood and wizzard will be on breakfast tomorrow morning . breakfast tomorrow morning. >> hello there. i'm susan holder , author, journalist, and i'm going to be on gb news headline makers tomorrow morning. and hello , hello. can i help you? hello, hello. can i help you? >> i'm her glamorous assistant. >> i'm her glamorous assistant. >> noddy holder and i will be accompanying her on gb news tomorrow morning . between 6:00 tomorrow morning. between 6:00 and 9:00. be there or be very, very square. >> merry christmas , merry >> merry christmas, merry christmas . christmas. >> if he doesn't go, it's christmas . yes. i think christmas. yes. i think everyone's going to be quite disappointed . superb stuff. now disappointed. superb stuff. now then. i am very pleased to bring you unofficial poll and i you our unofficial poll and i hasten to add, unofficial gb news calendar , which contains news calendar, which contains the past, present and future. 72 gb news presenters report as

guests and newsreader. but why don't we take a closer look at some of the daytime legends? firstly, we have someone who was on your screens a little earlier and that is of course , emily carr. >> oh, i love patrick's laughing because that's his mrs. absolutely beautiful. what is this? >> is this being drawn? is this i what is it? >> it looks like it's just gone. been passed through. i here's another one. another person who was on your screens a little earlier is ben leo. that's not bad. that's quite not bad. >> a nice slender neck. >> a nice slender neck. >> it's gonna have complex about those ears, though, isn't he? yeah, a little bit. >> and a little bit. the old andy is going on there. andy burnham is going on there. yeah bad, join me yeah that's not bad, but join me in or to other people in the studio or to other people of chosen evening of course, have chosen evening michelle pictures? >> where's our pictures? >> where's our pictures? >> , let's have a look. wow. >> well, let's have a look. wow. so also we've got patrick on patrick christys tonight, 9 to 11. before we go ahead, why don't we take look at their don't we take a look at their pictures from that calendar? first of all, michelle dewberry , first of all, michelle dewberry, let's have a look.

>> let's see jude butchers as well. oh the suspense is killing me . i'm going to do a well. oh the suspense is killing me. i'm going to do a good well. oh the suspense is killing me . i'm going to do a good lord. me. i'm going to do a good lord. >> that's not bad. that's all right. >> i don't want to be egotist or anything, but i think i look better real life. better in real life. >> yeah, we do, you do. look better real life. >> yeah, we do, you do. look bet the real life. >> yeah, we do, you do. look bet the kindl life. >> yeah, we do, you do. look bet the kind of. e. >> yeah, we do, you do. look bet the kind of. what's word? >> the kind of. what's the word? what's when um. what's the word when you're, um. well, doppelganger ? well, what's the doppelganger? no, um. oh there's a word no, the, um. oh there's a word i can't think. >> i mean, this is all going swimmingly, i must say, but i think i think you look all right there. >> that's it. look, the chin to forehead there. there's forehead ratio on there. there's a bit off. forehead ratio on there. there's a right.t off. forehead ratio on there. there's a right. let's have a look at >> right. let's have a look at pat. we've we've got the pat. we've got we've got the virtual pat. let's have a look right. >> i'm actually swimming over this. >> that's not bad. >> that's not bad. >> i'm excuse me a little bit i'm going to take them to court over you look that's over that. you look that's horrendous. it horrendous. it looks like it looks melted a looks like someone's melted a waxwork . i look like waxwork of me. i look like michael portillo's lovechild. i was about to say. michael portillo's lovechild. i wasyou about to say. michael portillo's lovechild. i wasyou aboilike say. michael portillo's lovechild. i wasyou aboilike michael michael portillo's lovechild. i wasyou .son.ike michael michael portillo's lovechild. i wasyou .son. yeahichael michael portillo's lovechild. i wasyou .son. yeah is|ael michael portillo's lovechild. i wasyou .son. yeah is there portillo's son. yeah is there something that you need to tell us? >> i don't think so. involving michael blokey to go out. >> lady di, is it. oh michael blokey to go out. >> lady di, is it. on james hewitt yeah it's a bit james hewitt. >> oh sorry. that horrendous.

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>> oh, gosh. yeah, i want to talk work ? i talk about do prisons work? i want look at that. i want want to look at that. i want to also what people want to look at that. i want to als(calling what people want to look at that. i want to als(calling stab what people want to look at that. i want to als(calling stab cupboards. )eople want to look at that. i want to als(calling stab cupboards. yes. .e are calling stab cupboards. yes. on that street corners. now, are we just giving up and just accept stabbing is accept it now that stabbing is just of what goes on in our just kind of what goes on in our society now. are we doing enough to and stop that? also to try and stop that? i also want talk the birthrate want to talk about the birthrate of about that of people concerned about that or christmassy or not, and some christmassy stuff going on. >> pat, where you >> great stuff. pat, where you got 9/11? >> great stuff. pat, where you got well, i've got exclusive >> well, i've got an exclusive for you that, you know, yesterday the government rowed back old salary for back on the old salary cap for spouses. well, looks as spouses. well, it looks as though they're rowing though they're also rowing back on list. on changing the shortage list. so the people we so updating the people that we actually this country. actually want in this country. and graduate visas and also on the graduate visas as well, we've got a hold of a bit info that. also, bit of info on that. also, earlier i out to oxford earlier on i went out to oxford street talk harassed men street to talk to harassed men who struggling the who were struggling with the last christmas shop, last minute christmas shop, including from blokes including some gold from blokes coming of, uh, lingerie coming out of, uh, lingerie stores as well. so i've been harassing men on the street. >> so you've been around >> so you've been hanging around lingerie what lingerie shops, um, asking what men buying. why they're men are buying. why they're buying whoever. buying knickers for whoever. >> present or >> is this a present for you or her, you know, only the her, sir? you know, only the best journalism on. yeah, it's gold dewbs & co. gold dewbs& co. >> the break, 6 or

>> after the break, 6 or 7 patrick christys tonight, 9 to 11. i'm clocking off now i'm 11. i'm clocking off now. i'm back on 27th. i'm about to back on the 27th. i'm about to try and struggle through the try and struggle through on the train nottingham to go and try and struggle through on the trai|tankedttingham to go and try and struggle through on the trai|tanked up gham to go and try and struggle through on the trai|tanked up with] to go and try and struggle through on the trai|tanked up with my go and try and struggle through on the trai|tanked up with my dad|nd try and struggle through on the trai|tanked up with my dad and get tanked up with my dad and sister. see you on the sister. and i'll see you on the 27th. merry christmas . 27th. merry christmas. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of whether on . gb news. >> good afternoon, i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb tomorrow. office for gb news tomorrow. well for most of us, more of the same, but it's going to be a wet one in parts of northern scotland and there are met office . office warnings in place. there's today actually there's a warning today actually for the snow showers continue across elsewhere for across shetland. elsewhere for many places dry and cloudy, but the pep over the rain is going to pep up over southern scotland , then western southern scotland, then western scotland north—east scotland and in the north—east of scotland could to snow of scotland could turn to snow for overnight be for a time. overnight could be pretty well and that, pretty heavy as well and that, combined with ice , make combined with ice, make conditions tricky for conditions pretty tricky for tomorrow morning . further south, tomorrow morning. further south, well temperatures holding up 8 or 9 degrees with a lot of cloud

and a fairly stiff wind. the rain will persist across western scotland tomorrow. that also could some issues. the could cause some issues. the rain really building up through the day quite a soggy day for scotland. great for scotland. not a great day for travelling elsewhere . travelling here, but elsewhere. bar the bit of patchy rain bar the odd bit of patchy rain over england. northern over northwest england. northern ireland . many places just ireland later. many places just dry and cloudy. some brightness in east could in the east could see temperatures get the temperatures easily get into the teens, mostly we're looking at 11 to 12 celsius. pretty mild for the time of year, although not with wet not feeling it with all the wet and windy weather western and windy weather in western scotland, we're not done with the windy weather scotland, we're not done with the christmast weather scotland, we're not done with the christmas evezather scotland, we're not done with the christmas eve looks very either. christmas eve looks very windy northeast england. rain windy in northeast england. rain to on saturday night and to come on saturday night and christmas eve morning across wales. damp across the wales. staying damp across the south getting very windy south and getting very windy later scotland later across northern scotland on christmas eve. so a few things to watch out for on christmas eve and it's going to be very mild again if it does brighten up temperatures once more most places more in the teens. most places staying mild but more to staying mild but more rain to come christmas that a warm come over christmas that a warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news .

you tell me. also, bleeding control cabinets, acas stab cupboards have been added to the streets of britain . is this good streets of britain. is this good decent common sense or are we basically accepting defeat when it comes to the war against knife crime? and also it's been announced today that train fares in england will rise next year by just shy of 5. in scotland , by just shy of 5. in scotland, it's almost 9. what do you make to that? i wouldn't mind if you could even get a seat every time you get on a train. have you managed to, on your last few train journeys? you tell me. and of course, the home office have now u—turned on salary now u—turned on their salary thresholds migrants be thresholds for migrants to be able bring their loved ones. able to bring their loved ones. do not think policies do they not think these policies through they issue them through before they issue them in place? also, here in the first place? also, here in the first place? also, here in uk, got a declining in the uk, we've got a declining birth rate. does that bother you andifs birth rate. does that bother you and it's nearly christmas. yes are you going to be charging your relatives for their christmas dinner round at yours.