contacts. >> this creepy man is telling people to go. no contact with their parents and speak to him instead. is this what your children are looking at online.7 should adults be telling kids that they are trans.7 and the bbc is feeding the nation a diet of woke bias.7 apparently constant bilge about slavery, colonialism, misgendering , not a colonialism, misgendering, not a lot about grooming gangs though, is there? is the beeb intentional trying to indoctrinate the nation elsewhere? a tornado ripped through manchester. we talked to a man whose family just about cheated death when extreme weather blew their house down around them, and talking of extreme weather, how would you have coped being on this plane coming in to land? oh . 000000000 coming in to land? oh. 000000000 stop it , stop coming in to land? oh. 000000000 stop it, stop it. coming in to land? oh. 000000000 stop it , stop it. okay coming in to land? oh. 000000000 stop it, stop it. okay more of those extreme clips still to come. plus, police have been told that they need to get to the scene of burglaries within an hour. there are calls to do away with prisons altogether .

away with prisons altogether. and western civilisation, the best the world is under best in the world is under threat . all of with threat. all of that with ex—cabinet minister ann widdecombe on my panel tonight, gb star nana akua lord gb news star nana akua lord shaun bailey and the wonderful amy nicole turner. this is patrick christys tonight . let's patrick christys tonight. let's get stuck . get stuck. in. email me now. is the bbc intentionally trying to indoctrinate the nation with woke guff? gb views our gb news rt.com an action packed two hours to come, but now it's time for your headlines with polly middlehurst. >> patrick. thank you. good evening . our top story tonight, evening. our top story tonight, a good samaritan trying to help a good samaritan trying to help a stranger who died after a car hit a crowd in sheffield yesterday has been named by south yorkshire police. police say 46 year old christian

marriott saw a woman lying unconscious in the road after an altercation , leaving his wife altercation, leaving his wife and two young sons, and tried to give her first aid before the car hit him . the woman and car hit him. the woman and a number of others two men, have been arrested in relation to that incident . well, the great that incident. well, the great cleanup began today in greater manchester after trees were brought down. roofs were ripped from houses and residents forced to leave their homes. it's thought around 100 properties were damaged after a localised tornado ripped through stalybridge on tameside . no stalybridge on tameside. no injuries were reported but gareth moodie, one resident, said his children had had a very lucky escape . lucky escape. >> the youngest son in the front bedroom , he was sat under his bedroom, he was sat under his cabin bed when the ceiling came through. so the bed has saved his life and my, uh, my other son at the back, he was on a computer at the chimney stack from neighbour's house has from the neighbour's house has come bathroom come through our bathroom decimated in the scottish decimated that in the scottish

highlands. >> 3000 homes are still without power 1500 are expected to be cut off over night after strong winds and heavy snow damaged the electricity network there yesterday . ssn say welfare vans yesterday. ssn say welfare vans have been set up in local communities to provide hot food and drinks to customers who don't have power. travel networks were also disrupted, with rail services suspended or cancelled and roads closed, all because of the weather and three men who were inside a 4x4 vehicle that plunged into a river in north yorkshire have died after river levels rose following storm. garrett, firefighter was pulled the vehicle from the river esk near glaisdale on the north yorkshire moors this afternoon . another moors this afternoon. another man who attempted to help the victims was pulled to safety from the river and has been receiving medical treatment now in lancashire today. reports of a fire at the top of blackpool tower turned out to be a false alarm. what was presumed to be flames was in fact orange

construction site netting . just construction site netting. just blowing in the wind . videos on blowing in the wind. videos on social media appear to show flames licking the top of the iconic landmark. far fighters immediately deployed six fire engines to the scene , but engines to the scene, but lancashire police flew up in their helicopter over the tower and confirmed there was in fact no fire. one man has been arrested on suspicion of breach of the peace and over the counter . of the peace and over the counter. cash of the peace and over the counter . cash withdrawals from counter. cash withdrawals from the post office hit an all time high on the friday before christmas. more than £62 million was withdrawn on the 22nd of december, beating the previous record by more than £10 million. and the last friday before christmas was also the busiest day of the year for atm withdrawals , with around £460 withdrawals, with around £460 million taken out. who knows ? by million taken out. who knows? by very generous grandparents , no very generous grandparents, no doubt this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is

britain's news channel . before britain's news channel. before we get cracking tonight, i would just like to draw your attention to a story that you were hearing about. >> just there. the man who died after a ploughed into a after a car ploughed into a group of people in sheffield yesterday, now been named yesterday, has now been named as a good samaritan was a heroic good samaritan who was walking street with walking along the street with his and two young sons and his wife and two young sons and saw a woman lying unconscious in the road, he selflessly the road, and he selflessly left his family, who were out on a post—christmas and over post—christmas walk and ran over to help before being hit by a car and killed. his name is christian marriott and this is his picture, a tragic story about heroic family man with his whole life ahead of him, whose selfless actions meant that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. i think that we're going to hear a lot more about this story in the coming days. another person an another person injured was an off midwife wife and one off duty midwife wife and one other woman who is in a life other woman who is now in a life threatening condition in hospital . several other people hospital. several other people

suffered more minor injuries. police have said that there are people in the local community who have not yet given statements, and they should come forward quickly, do not protect the who may done the people who may have done this. you have information, this. if you have information, please call and the please call 101 and quote the incident number 459 of december 27th. okay . i just wanted to say 27th. okay. i just wanted to say that at the top of the show, we have got a heck of a lot to get through now, so we will crack on with the show as planned. so the bbc is forcing the nation to suckle at the horrendously biased woke teat every week it publishes articles on britain's slave they even slave trade links. they even worked it into school based soap opera waterloo road . they opera waterloo road. they described sir francis drake, the iconic english explorer best known for his circumnavigation of the world, in a single expedition as a 16th century slave trader . they released a slave trader. they released a weird, factually incorrect video that essentially lied to children about the amount of black people during roman times, as well . please lend me your

as well. please lend me your east for this news. >> i shall impart. may not have been told we have been here from the start. >> he was accused of woke censorship by cutting lgbtq+ references from a court report on a convicted paedophile. its initial online coverage, referred to the individual as an ex drag queen and pride event organiser . ex drag queen and pride event organiser. both facts were mysteriously edited out within 24 hours. hospital show . 24 hours. hospital show. casualty was accused of glorifying top surgery where a woman has a mastectomy in a bid to undergo transition into manhood. it will come as no surprise to anyone to see that in 2019, the beeb published their most used panellists on question time and they were all remainers, their doctor who might be gay now. and even if he is gay, he is still getting a ticking off for misgendering an auen ticking off for misgendering an alien meme . alien meme. >> yes, the meep. >> yes, the meep. >> i promise i can help him get home and then you'll never see me again. >> you're assuming he as a pronoun. >> true. yes sorry. good point.

are you he or she? or they might choose an pronoun? >> is the definite article . i am >> is the definite article. i am always the meep. oh i do that . always the meep. oh i do that. >> the new agatha christie adaptation has added a african inspired scenes about colonialism and empire. obviously and on christmas day, eastenders decided to essentially call all men rapists and stalkers before battering one of them, killing another and hiding his body, then blaming it all on a man. and this is before we've got to the actual news. the bbc is conducting an inquiry into how it handled the israel—hamas war amid allegations extreme that allegations of extreme bias that , of course, didn't stop them giving comedian guz khan the chance to host have i got news for you, despite reportedly calling israel genocidal, you can literally find reams of this stuff. it is everywhere . it's stuff. it is everywhere. it's non—stop. the common sense society has compiled a load of research , and they reveal that research, and they reveal that it's right across the board. drama's storyline lines. news, iplayer, children's resources,

even sport. of course , with gary even sport. of course, with gary flipping lineker it is the less on the nose stuff that's most sinister though for me, the bits they just slip into dramas and kids shows. maybe it's time the nafion kids shows. maybe it's time the nation just accepts that the bbc is full of absolute wokers, but let's get the thoughts of my panel now. i've got gb news presenter nana akua conservative peer lord shaun bailey , an peer lord shaun bailey, an author and broadcaster amy nicholl turner nana. do you think that the bbc is guilty of indoctrinating the nation? do you think i just i just don't know where to start with it. >> there's so much to unpick. i mean, it's almost like a subliminal advertising . so it's subliminal advertising. so it's below the line. you won't notice it , but below the line. you won't notice it, but gradually trying to normalise things like top surgery for a woman who wants to transition to a man. 55 references in one month of slavery , as though we need to slavery, as though we need to keep thinking about slavery and yet these are the same people who'll be on their ipads and all

the things that are currently unked the things that are currently linked to day slavery. linked to modern day slavery. now, all the gadgets and gizmos that we're all using, the clothes wearing, we clothes that we're wearing, we know about modern slavery. so i think the bbc needs to be very careful. they're trying to claim to be impartial whilst trying to indoctrinate gently by putting messages within all their different programmes, and they're woke messages. they're all very woke messages. yet, as you said, question time, there that thing they did on there was that thing they did on newsnight they were newsnight where they were talking news yeah, talking about gb news yeah, but there literally nobody in there was literally nobody in defence us there. it was, defence for us there. it was, you know, almost as though they couldn't see it. >> and they, they immediately then they then apologise for that. think, i think that. but i think, i think reading between the lines that they probably that they probably just wrote that off thought, well, we'll do off and thought, well, we'll do this apologise because this and then apologise because of they're beginning to of ofcom, they're beginning to behave where of ofcom, they're beginning to behisay where of ofcom, they're beginning to behisay what where of ofcom, they're beginning to behisay what you where of ofcom, they're beginning to behisay what you want where of ofcom, they're beginning to behisay what you want to where of ofcom, they're beginning to behisay what you want to say'here of ofcom, they're beginning to behisay what you want to say and you say what you want to say and if have to issue apology, it if you have to issue apology, it doesn't matter because facts are the things people hear nowadays. >> and that's what they know. but you're seeing the but what you're seeing with the bbc firstly, it's bbc is two things. firstly, it's dominated south eastern dominated by a south eastern metropolitan liberal elite. so

in minds they're probably in their minds they're probably not being biased. think not being biased. they think these they these things are normal. they think balanced. think they're being balanced. and it's a and i think where it's a national broadcast, the two things need happen. someone things need to happen. someone needs to impose the to needs to impose upon the bbc to have a much broader political and social set of leadership. that's the only thing that will make a difference. and the bbc needs to be careful because they're producing that they're producing material that attacks people are most attacks the people who are most likely support them. is likely to support them. it is middle support the middle england that support the bbc, they're not reflecting bbc, but they're not reflecting anything england anything that middle england believes. and the important thing if their thing about bbc, if their national broadcaster they must thing about bbc, if their natio diversity caster they must thing about bbc, if their natio diversity in ster they must thing about bbc, if their natio diversity in what1ey must thing about bbc, if their natio diversity in what they1ust have diversity in what they produce and now they produce and right now they simply in the simply don't. well in the interest balance, amy, i interest of balance, amy, i think have radically think you have a radically different view, don't you? >> it's incorrect to >> well, it's just incorrect to say they don't offer say that they don't offer a diversity of opinion that a diversity of opinion that a diversity of opinion that a diversity of topics, it's literally in their mandated charter they offer a huge charter that they offer a huge diversity of opinions and documentaries. >> about my home >> you talked about my home chart. i never they've never covered things the grooming covered things like the grooming gangs. they gangs. they had a they had a docudrama called three girls on the grooming gangs. they extensively other extensively covered it in other documentaries. you go on the

documentaries. if you go on the bbc go to the a to z on bbc and you go to the a to z on all topics, there isn't. i don't think subject that think there's a subject that they think there's a subject that the my point that it's not >> my point is that it's not given anywhere near enough prominence, and the telford grooming is given prominence. >> the bbc covers hours and hours if hours and hours of output. if you want to cherry pick certain things, you can. things, of course you can. but to that glorifies things to say that it glorifies things like top surgery, it's simply offers a minority viewpoint on pretty most things. pretty much most things. >> deeper, the deeper >> but the deeper, the deeper thing country thing really is this country is under attack. it's under a cultural attack. it's a stated aim of russia and china and to destroy realise and others to destroy realise this culture. and if you this country culture. and if you look at tiktok, the difference between and look at tiktok, the difference betw

with the bbc is that it then reports investigate own reports investigate its own complaints, decides complaints, and then decides whether to refer whether it's going to refer itself now, see, itself to ofcom. now, you see, if wasn't to do that if it wasn't allowed to do that and it became the same as gb news and all the other broadcasters, then they would have to think twice. but of course they can do that and then say, ah, well, yeah, it's bad. course they can do that and then say, like well, yeah, it's bad. course they can do that and then say, like the ., yeah, it's bad. course they can do that and then say, like the thing], it's bad. course they can do that and then say, like the thing with bad. course they can do that and then say, like the thing with gb d. course they can do that and then say, like the thing with gb news, but like the thing with gb news, they didn't need, they apologised, weren't. apologised, they weren't. eventually they apologised, but they and they they wouldn't have done and they didn't referred ofcom didn't get referred to ofcom because didn't refer because they didn't refer themselves. because they didn't refer themselv surely that because they didn't refer themselvsurely that sense >> then surely in that sense they're accountable they're constantly accountable and about and constantly transparent about the mistakes that they do make. they mark tufnell their own homework they mark tufnell their own homeworbe clear, they mark >> let's be clear, they mark their own homework. it's like with my wife, if my wife with me and my wife, if my wife asks i'm out of order, the asks me if i'm out of order, the answer is always no, right? she might it slightly might see it slightly differently. you can't any any anybody judge anybody who gets to judge themselves and impose the rules upon i would ask. upon themselves, i would ask. >> i would ask why there's a need things on certain need for things on certain children's shows or children's news site news aspects of the bbc site nana engage with things like nana to engage with things like critical have critical race theory, or to have people on like kehinde people on there like kehinde andrews, for example, who is very divisive when it comes to

quote unquote, black studies, etc. does etc. you know, why do why does that to be given prominence that need to be given prominence to children? that need to be given prominence to childrei ? that need to be given prominence to childrei don't understand why. >> well, i don't understand why. and i also don't understand why, if they are going do that, if they are going to do that, they then show the other they don't. then show the other side it. someone like me side of it. so someone like me wouldn't very popular there wouldn't be very popular there because would well, i because i would say, well, i would critical race would question critical race theory. we're seeing is theory. so what we're seeing is one pushed one narrative being pushed because like climate because it's a bit like climate change. there it was a sort change. there is it was a sort of unquestioned thing. it was settled science. can ask settled science. nobody can ask questions or do anything. and that it. questions or do anything. and that that's it. questions or do anything. and that that's that's it. questions or do anything. and that that's that's the it. questions or do anything. and that that's that's the main it. and that's that's the main point. i mean, the easy way to solve this, it not be solve this, amy, would it not be is just to actually say to everyone who works at the bbc, right. >> just tell us how you voted in the last two general elections. now you voted for brexit, and then will just prove it then that will just prove it once and for all. >> hasn't. the chairman of >> no it hasn't. the chairman of the bbc been a tory quite a few times. that who's the times. isn't that who's the current chair. >> he doesn't, but he doesn't run show. the bbc, run the show. look, the bbc, he's point though. he's a good point though. >> people the right say >> many people on the right say it's left wing, as many it's very left wing, as many people say it's very people on the left say it's very right wing, which think shows

right wing, which i think shows it's much in the middle. it's pretty much in the middle. >> doesn't. do amy, >> it doesn't. i do accept, amy, there is some truth that people on will they attack on the left will say they attack the about the the bbc, but it's about the content. about the content. it's about the leadership. is leadership. the leadership is almost exclusively of that metropolitan mindset. want to metropolitan mindset. i want to see a couple northerners see a couple of northerners in rural positions of power. i want to couple to see a couple of traditionalists of traditionalists in positions of power. they need balance from the need balance where power. they need balance from the could need balance where power. they need balance from the could neemade, nce where change could be made, not where you so you've got you can signify. so you've got this. person who's this. this one person who's a toilet tory. hasn't toilet was tory. it hasn't changed outcomes. changed any outcomes. >> there a need for certain >> is there a need for certain things like, know, gender things like, you know, gender virtue signalling in doctor who, for example? amy. >> just not. and as a >> but it's just not. and as a pubuc >> but it's just not. and as a public service provider, they have responsibility to explore have a responsibility to explore minority represent minority issues and represent a diversity they they? >> but do they do they? >> but do they do they? >> what you mean. the >> i get what you mean. the transgender get what >> i get what you mean. the tran mean. r get what you mean. >> you mean. >> but by that metric, do >> but by by that metric, do they do they represent you know, people who say, gb news people who are, say, gb news viewers? represent your viewers? do they represent your kind individuals kind of traditional individuals out kind of out there who may be kind of i'll working out there who may be kind of i'll etc. working out there who may be kind of i'll etc. there's working out there who may be kind of i'll etc. there's wcwayg class, etc. there's no way a working person anywhere working class person anywhere in this watches doctor who this country watches doctor who and that feels and thinks, yeah, that feels like if you watch, even if you >> if you watch, even if you watch eastenders and you're like, well, hold on a minute, we're talking that we're not talking about that

down and down the pub, it's not. and until somebody sanction the until somebody can sanction the bbc be the same. bbc ever will it be the same. >> all right, well look lively, start to the show there. bbc start to the show there. a bbc spokesperson has said cherry picking of examples picking a handful of examples or highlighting in highlighting genuine mistakes in thousands of hours of output, does not constitute analysis and is not a true representation of bbc content. we are proud that our output seeks to represent all and a range of all audiences and a range of stories and perspectives across the services. the entirety of our services. there will, of course, be occasions when people disagree with want to challenge what with or want to challenge what they have watched or heard, and we have well publicised routes for them to do that. it's the bbc. they're coming up a weather phenomenon called a supercell . a phenomenon called a supercell. a thunderstorm caused a localised tornado in greater manchester, wreaking absolute havoc, tearing roofs from people's houses. i will be joined by gareth moody, who will tell us about his terrifying ordeal. a brush with death for him and his family when it came to the greater manchester tornado. but first, as dozens of under—fives are referred to that controversial nhs gender clinic , is it wrong

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every weekend at 3 pm. on gb news, the people's channel, britain's news channel . welcome back. >> it's time now for our head to head. >> it's time now for our head to head . so as it's emerged that head. so as it's emerged that children as young as three years old have been referred to the nhs, controversial gender clinic in recent years, there's been a huge uptick in people being seen from 136 in 20 10 to 11 to more

than 3500 in 2021 to 22. and is it any wonder, given that so—called trans influencers like this guy geoffrey marsh on the social media app tiktok, could be speaking to your kid ? be speaking to your kid? >> i want to talk to the kids parents, watch the video and then hand the phone over to the young kids . then hand the phone over to the young kids. sometimes human beings are more than boy or girl . sometimes we're something else, sometimes we're both your parents screwed up . it's okay to parents screwed up. it's okay to say so . i thank you if you have say so. i thank you if you have no family , you can be in my no family, you can be in my family. if you needed to go. no contact or limited contact . i contact or limited contact. i love you very much. you're not alone . alone. >> i just think it's absolutely disgusting. tonight i'm asking, is it wrong for adults to tell kids that they might be trans nana, akua and eamonn nicole

turner are still with me to debate this. nana i'll start with you. do you think it's wrong for adults to tell kids that they might be trans ? i that they might be trans? i suppose making reference to what we've there from that we've just seen there from that particular chap, we've just seen there from that particular chap , geoffrey marsh. particular chap, geoffrey marsh. >> well, he's a freak, isn't he? he's 15 year old 50 year he's like a 15 year old 50 year old that way. old man talking in that way. it's freaky. think it it's just freaky. but i think it is. um, do actually think it's is. um, i do actually think it's quite wrong, especially with regard to how the children regard to how old the children are. so these kids were are. so these were kids who were like can't like three and five. you can't tell children that age that they might be trans. they don't even know female . they know what male or female. they haven't to terms with haven't even come to terms with what what genitalia they have or what what genitalia they have or what what genitalia they have or what what is what a girl or a boy is or they have not identified any of those so that language, trans and all that language, trans and all that language about whether you're a boy or a girl, this is projection. it's projected language from parent to language from a parent to a child. say that if child. and i'd say that if, if parents saying that to parents are saying that to children young five, then children as young as five, then i don't know, it feels almost like some sort of weird child abuse type behaviour because children don't know about what

the genders are stereotypically meant to be doing. and that is what this is. a gender stereotype. >> go on. amy you're right. >> go on. amy you're right. >> um, children of that age, they do struggle know what's they do struggle to know what's quite on their heads. quite going on in their heads. um, but it's also true that between ages of 2 or 3, you between the ages of 2 or 3, you start to get an awareness of your sorry. did start to get an awareness of yomsay sorry. did start to get an awareness of yomsay 2 sorry. did start to get an awareness of yomsay 2 or sorry. did start to get an awareness of yomsay 2 or 3? sorry. did start to get an awareness of yomsay 2 or 3? you sorry. did start to get an awareness of yomsay 2 or 3? you starty. did start to get an awareness of yomsay 2 or 3? you start to did start to get an awareness of yomsay 2 or 3? you start to get you say 2 or 3? you start to get an awareness of your gender identity i've identity? yes, i have, and i've also into so i've looked also looked into so i've looked into these cases that were referred to the tavistock. and i've the gender i've looked into the gender dysphoria how it manifests dysphoria and how it manifests and it first manifests is and how it first manifests is through distress and confusion. so the children aren't saying what they are, they're just they're just manifesting distress and confusion about who they are. and so if you had a child and the child is in a state of distress, of course you're going to take them to the doctors and say, could you help us? cases, not us? and in many cases, well, not many in about 12 cases many cases. in about 12 cases over the space of ten years, i think it was um, they were diagnosed with gender dysphoria very, very young . but those very, very young. but those children rarity, children were rarity, vanishingly small number of

children that we've just completely. >> but that's not what's happening now, is it? we're not talking about a vanishingly small number of children. we're talking about ridiculous sort talking about a ridiculous sort of exponential or exponential rise of cases of gender dysphoria from children who are very, very young. and this language of gender is a projection from the adult to the child. let tell you, child. because let me tell you, ihave child. because let me tell you, i have children and i know my six year old does know six year old does not know anything what a boy or anything about what a boy or a girl is supposedly meant to do. >> they do. >> they do. >> no, no no no, they don't. they know as they they don't know it as they haven't categorised so for haven't categorised it. so for example, like this example, he's got like this purple and pink scooter. it was me suddenly thought, oh, me who suddenly thought, oh, that's in my head. and that's a bit in my head. and i thought, i'm going say thought, i'm not going to say anything, because that would be me colour a boy anything, because that would be m

things like that. i'm talking about gender identity and it's a little bit difficult. and little bit more difficult. and so you say, here's a fundamental point of disagreement, which is which is clearly nana. >> don't think that at the >> you don't think that at the age of two, three, four, five, whatever you have any idea of identity? amy, you do think that at that age they have an idea of identity, of gender identity based on the medical evidence provided by experts in this area i >> -- >> have you got children, amy, my yeah, my son's nine, but he , my yeah, my son's nine, but he, uh, he's boy. uh, he's a boy. >> he's he's a boy. he's never he's never expressed anything in terms of gender dysphoria, which sounds awful . and if you had sounds awful. and if you had a child and they had gender dysphoria, the options are do you them or do you ignore you help them or do you ignore them? yeah, think you help them? yeah, i think you help them. that's these them. and that's how these 12 children of ten children over the space of ten years ended up being referred to the can just years ended up being referred to the though, ian just years ended up being referred to the though, that just years ended up being referred to the though, that this wasn't stress, though, that this wasn't for this wasn't for for hormones? this wasn't for surgery. for surgery. it was just for counselling and guidance. >> not yet, but it's a start though, isn't and the though, isn't it? and the tavistock. the tavistock is essentially activist group. essentially an activist group. right. who are are really, i

would argue , looking to push would argue, looking to push children. they would deny this looking to push children in a certain direction. >> they would deny that. yeah. and for rightly so. >> because not necessarily rightly >> because not necessarily rigithere's been massive, massive >> there's been massive, massive controversy it. controversy about it. >> i think a of >> i think there's a lot of people trapped all of people who get trapped in all of this ideology, especially this gender ideology, especially children who just confused this gender ideology, especially ch going who just confused this gender ideology, especially ch going through just confused this gender ideology, especially ch going through pubertyfused this gender ideology, especially ch going through puberty ored or going through puberty or something like that. and in the end, being end, they end up being medicalized in this procedure, some that just some of those clips that we just saw online. some of those clips that we just saviokay, online. some of those clips that we just saviokay, or he's some of those clips that we just saviokay, orhe's probably some of those clips that we just saviokay, or he's probably the >> okay, so he's probably the most infamous tiktok trans influencer . influencer. >> i'd never heard of him, to be honest. >> well, i think i think i think most, most people had. and how would you feel about the idea that children , young children on that children, young children on tiktok or on social media could be coming across? clips are saying to go, no contact with parents. >> i think it's dangerous. it's really dangerous because these children , as they're growing up, children, as they're growing up, they're very vulnerable, especially are especially those who are neurodiverse . they are, you neurodiverse. they are, you know, they more confusion . know, they have more confusion. i know is quite i know my son is quite neurodiverse well . so the neurodiverse as well. so the power suggestion, if you put power of suggestion, if you put a to him, then he

a suggestion to him, then he might that direction. so might go in that direction. so he strong guidance might go in that direction. so he he strong guidance might go in that direction. so he he needs strong guidance might go in that direction. so he he needs to ;trong guidance might go in that direction. so he he needs to know guidance might go in that direction. so he he needs to know the dance and he needs to know the parameters. this sort of thing allows. it preys on vulnerable children and it allows them to fall into a path of things that could potentially lead to forever . forever. >> and that is dangerous. that is dangerous . is very dangerous. >> the recent schools >> with the recent schools guidance, said, you guidance, which has said, you know, entertain the know, do not entertain the pronouns, know, do not entertain the pronottransitioning. well that social transitioning. well that that in turn going to push that is in turn going to push children things like children towards things like that. they're getting the that. if they're not getting the support from parents, teachers , support from parents, teachers, people they can trust, if they feel isolated, then they're going to go towards sources such as that guy. >> no, i don't really no, no, no is a dangerous precedent to set. >> i think the problem with affirming somebody who is maybe just confused about their genden just confused about their gender, which is fine, because we go through puberty. the we all go through puberty. the problem and problem with the affirmation and going with this and going along with this and enabung going along with this and enabling young girls to be in a boys changing room and things like that, this is about safety and this is about safeguarding of goes beyond , of children. so it goes beyond, oh well, think i might be a oh well, i think i might be a boy and think it's very

boy and i think it's very sensible schools to say, sensible for schools to say, look, you stay on look, you're male, you stay on the male side of things, you're female, stay the female the male side of things, you're femeof stay the female the male side of things, you're femeof stand the female the male side of things, you're femeof stand the withale side of things and work with biology rather than ideology, which confused about. which a child is confused about. and has very loose and it actually has a very loose parameter as what the parameter as to what the stereotype of this stereotype is. all of this gender is based on stereotypes. >> do think from what i gather >> i do think from what i gather though, amy, you are you're not personally comfortable with the idea the no contact parents idea of the no contact parents thing. you? thing. are you? >> of course not, not not not in the sense of a random person on the sense of a random person on the internet suggesting children do children to be do it. i want children to be able to express who they are and get help and guidance that get the help and guidance that they dignity they deserve with the dignity that equally deserve, that they all equally deserve, and be told, oh no, be and not be told, oh no, be quiet. because quiet. it's a phase because that's to push it into that's going to push it into internalised, into a direction. >> listen, i a tomboy when >> listen, i was a tomboy when i was somebody could was younger, but somebody could have was younger, but somebody could havsomebody could have >> somebody could have suggested. irrelevant. suggested. so irrelevant. >> it. >> i haven't made it. >> i haven't made it. >> made it. tomboy >> i haven't made it. tomboy made argument. made the argument. >> haven't the argument >> i haven't made the argument yet. so i was a tomboy. i wanted to be a boy. i used to try and stand up and to toilet stand up and go to toilet because because i had an because my because i had an older and thought, older brother and i thought, oh,

that's how i, you know, i literally be a boy. literally wanted to be a boy. now sorry. right. i now listen, sorry. right. i wanted boy. now, if wanted to be a boy. now, if somebody had affirmed my whole concept gender offered concept of gender and offered me these opportunities to potentially about potentially start thinking about transitioning surgery potentially start thinking about tran all>ning surgery potentially start thinking about tran all>ning i surgery potentially start thinking about tran all>ning i might surgery potentially start thinking about tran all>ning i might haveery potentially start thinking about tran all>ning i might have taken and all that, i might have taken that no, i might have. >> i have to say that that is thatis >> i have to say that that is that is that is not. >> you cannot equate being a tomboy with gender dysphoria, gender dysphoria is you can misdiagnosing it is distressing. it manifest in anxiety, depression by the sounds of things . you had happy things. you had a happy childhood a tomboy. childhood and you were a tomboy. yeah, but if somebody completely different, know yeah, but if somebody completely di somebody know yeah, but if somebody completely di somebody suggested know yeah, but if somebody completely di somebody suggested youv if somebody had suggested you don't talking about don't need to be talking about the a tomboy. don't need to be talking about the i'm a tomboy. don't need to be talking about the i'm talking a tomboy. don't need to be talking about the i'm talking about boy. don't need to be talking about the i'm talking about the >> i'm talking about the suggestion of my vulnerability. if somebody suggested to me at that if somebody suggested to me at théa boy and maybe we can help be a boy and maybe we can help you , i might have taken you do that, i might have taken that. saying. that. that's what i'm saying. i'm talking about the vulnerability i massive hypothetical. >> whereas think >> whereas we have i think that's happened. that's how it happened. >> children >> evidence where children have been told ignore their been told to ignore their identity , which is led to draw a identity, which is led to draw a line exacerbating . line under exacerbating. >> we'll draw a line >> we'll draw we'll draw a line under thank you very, under it there. thank you very, very an epic head to very much for an epic head to head. there's a of

head. and there's a lot of reaction in the inbox to those clips that played you there clips that i played you there of geoffrey people geoffrey marsh. a lot of people seeing those clips for the first time it time and really taken aback. it is absolutely insane. patrick, time and really taken aback. it is absbelieve insane. patrick, time and really taken aback. it is absbelieve that1e. patrick, time and really taken aback. it is absbelieve that children k, time and really taken aback. it is absbelieve that children are can't believe that children are looking that's from looking at this. that's from paul looking at this. that's from paul. believe what i've paul. i cannot believe what i've just seen, says geoffrey. what's going on? sounds like going on? it sounds like grooming . um, if i had young grooming. um, if i had young children, would not them children, i would not let them watch like that. there watch anything like that. there should concern out there that should be concern out there that children and grandchild children are watching that kind of stuff thatis are watching that kind of stuff that is readily available online. and if you feel as though that's being compounded by a certain clinics that are opening up, what's being taught in schools as well, it forms part of a basket, i think, of stuff that could be very, very concerning, but a range of views, coming up as views, they're coming up as a house lords committee says house of lords committee says that to that allowing more criminals to serve out of jail serve sentences out of jail would help cut crime. should we just dissolve prisons, be done with the whole thing, or make more effort to keep crooks locked prisons locked up? former prisons minister explains minister ann widdecombe explains why would bad news for why that would be bad news for an already lawless britain. plus did you see this ? there we go,

did you see this? there we go, big jet tv has made a big return as storm garrett wreaks absolute havoc. as storm garrett wreaks absolute havoc . oh 0000000000. stop it , havoc. oh 0000000000. stop it, stop it i any miraculous plane stop it! any miraculous plane landings aside, there's a very serious side to all of this, because storm garrett has had some absolutely devastating effects people . after effects for some people. after an intense t5 tornado hit greater manchester last night, next, i am joined by local resident gareth moody, who says that his young family cheated death in terrifying experience death in a terrifying experience as the roof of their house was torn clean off. he is live with us. don't move

eamonn and isabel monday to thursdays from six till 930. >> former prisons minister ann widdecombe hits out at plans to keep cons out of the slammer. but first ten, tens of thousands of homes in wales have their power knocked out by storm garrett and it comes after houses in manchester saw roofs blown off as a localised tornado pred blown off as a localised tornado ripped through the stalybridge

community. well, i'm joined now by one of the people who fell victim to the storm. it's gareth moody. gareth, look, thank you very , very much for joining me. very, very much for joining me. i really appreciate you making the time for us. i hope you and your all right. i your family are all right. i believe you, frankly, are believe that you, frankly, are quite be alive. is that quite lucky to be alive. is that right? yeah >> uh, we were my son's primary , >> uh, we were my son's primary, but, uh, my, uh, my daughter and her husband were in the house at the time along with myself and my wife, and about past 11 my wife, and about half past 11 last night , my wife, and about half past 11 last night, uh, storms intensified . we've, uh, we've intensified. we've, uh, we've heard hail storm, and i've gone to the back door and i'm looking out to see, uh, what garden furniture was, was obviously going across the garden not too long after that , uh, the wind long after that, uh, the wind has intensified. we've uh, then, uh , heard a crash. i've heard uh, heard a crash. i've heard a crash downstairs. >> the lights have gone off in the house, and then there's been a second crash, uh, shouting and screaming upstairs. uh, and, uh, then just chaos, uh, screaming and shouting, uh, then just chaos, uh, screaming and shouting , uh, getting and shouting, uh, getting everybody out of the house. uh,

and, you know , luckily we got we and, you know, luckily we got we did get everybody out without injury . injury. >> i mean, it's absolute unbelievable to think that we can have weather like that in this country. so just say again then who was actually in the house at the time? whereabouts in the house were you as this roof came crashing in around you? >>i you? >> i was , uh, downstairs at the >> i was, uh, downstairs at the back door. my wife was in bed in the at the front of the house. my the at the front of the house. my youngest son was in the next bedroom at the front. my daughter and her husband were in the cellar, and my other son, uh, was in the bedroom, uh, who was in the back bedroom, uh, who was in the back bedroom, uh, at and, uh, like i said there, everything came crashing down. and my youngest son in the front bedroom, uh, it seemed his bed saved his life. and my son in the, uh, the back bedroom, the chimney stack from the neighbour's house had actually come cascading through the roof . come cascading through the roof. uh, through my bathroom. uh through the stud wall, and actually back in actually pushed my son back in his he was on the his wheelchair as he was on the computer. uh, and he was very

lucky not to be seriously injured or worse. so >> so your children , really, >> so your children, really, their lives were saved by a combination of . combination of. >> it sounds like a well positioned bed and quite a lot of good luck . of good luck. >> yeah, absolutely . yeah, yeah. >> yeah, absolutely. yeah, yeah. we how we we've managed to get out of the house uh, unscathed. uh, is , is a modern day miracle. uh, is, is a modern day miracle. >> unbelievable. so what's happening now then? i mean, where are you guys based now ? where are you guys based now? >> uh, i'm staying with, uh, my wife's husband's family , uh, wife's husband's family, uh, along with my wife. my two other sons are staying with my eldest sons are staying with my eldest son and his wife . uh, and we son and his wife. uh, and we were at the house kind of all day to day, you know, see what we could, uh, attempt to do. uh, but obviously with the kind of concentration of news crews , uh, concentration of news crews, uh, it was very difficult to kind of get stuff done. >> apologies for that. >> well, apologies for that. yes. um , no can can i ask? yes. but, um, no can can i ask?

>>— yes. but, um, no can can i ask? >> look, silly question. is are you insured against a tornado ? you insured against a tornado? >> uh, we were speaking with the insurer, the mortgage company at this moment in time. but obviously with the christmas holiday, we've got to wait for them to come back us, uh, to them to come back to us, uh, to see look doing. see what we can look at doing. >> oh, mate, this an absolute >> oh, mate, this is an absolute shock. i mean, it's something you obviously never expect to happen. i imagine, though, that at you are just at the moment you are just all sitting counting your sitting around counting your blessings. really. and frankly , blessings. really. and frankly, thinking it could thinking about how it could have been , couldn't been very different, couldn't it? yes >> uh, we at the house today, we we've we've kind of, you know, taken in, in the daylight and realised just how lucky, uh, everybody was, uh, and for a 32nd, uh , i can say it was 32nd, uh, i can say it was a 32nd, uh, i can say it was a 32nd storm when it happened that quick. and then there was there was a certain amount of peace in the house. and then descended into because the roof and into chaos because the roof and the ceilings had come through. so when you it come so when you heard it come through you, were you just running around , checking for running around, checking for everyone, making sure everyone

was okay? >> how did it work? yeah, yeah , >> how did it work? yeah, yeah, i run. >> i basically ran back upstairs for the hole in the landing. uh my son or the debris on the floor that had piled. so i was getting my wife out. the two dogs had powered, uh, one in our bedroom. so she had to be, you know, pretty quickly. know, got out pretty quickly. uh, uh, we got uh, she was cowering. uh, we got everybody out, thankfully, and into the street in terms of some safety, were obviously safety, there were obviously other on the other residents out on the street because, uh , obviously street because, uh, obviously they seen what had gone they they'd seen what had gone on. arrived , on. uh, the police arrived, obviously. so cordoned off everything the fire service came. and after about an hour, we were kind of ushered away . if we were kind of ushered away. if we were kind of ushered away. if we had a place of safety to go to. >> well, and are the kids especially all right? are they very shaken? are they? they come to terms with it. they're right . to terms with it. they're right. >> yeah. no, they're the youngest has been a bit worked up, but understandable. up, but that's understandable. he's as well. uh, but he's a teenager as well. uh, but my, my, my other , my son in law my, my, my other, my son in law and my daughter are okay. uh, and my daughter are okay. uh, and my, my other son. yeah, he's

fine. i don't think he actually realises how close he came to kind of , you know, it realises how close he came to kind of, you know, it being a very, very serious incident for him. >> absolutely . well, look, >> absolutely. well, look, gareth, i really appreciate you coming on. what is an incredibly difficult time . and it's difficult time. and it's not very often get to talk to a very often i get to talk to a man and look him in the eye, albeit virtually, who has literally cheated death. so literally just cheated death. so i maybe you buy i suggest maybe you buy a lottery ticket today . you know, lottery ticket today. you know, you never know. you might you might get the numbers. i think you due a big win. all right. but, uh, love to you in the family. take care and i'd. i hope that everything gets sorted, especially regarding the insurance a new or insurance and a new build or whatever happens there. but i'll speak to you soon, mate. take care. gareth moody there. thank you very, very much. grief. well, coming up, veterans well, coming up, as veterans minister hits back minister johnny mercer hits back at vorderman at arch nemesis carol vorderman for having a lonely life . is she for having a lonely life. is she right that no one really cares about valda's views? i give my view on their long running feud and the rise of the leftie lovey

keyboard warrior. shortly but next, as a house of lords committee says, allowing more criminals to serve sentences out of jail would help cut crime. should we dissolve prisons? well, former prisons minister ann whittaker has her say on that and calls for jeremy ann whittaker has her say on that and calls forjeremy hunt that and calls for jeremy hunt to halve inheritance tax. and whether or not we are witnessing the end of western civilisation. see you

tick well, look. loads still to come. of course. tomorrow's newspaper front pages and the liveliest newspaper review anywhere on the telly. but it is time now for political firebrand former prisons minister ann widdecombe and are we about to see a transformation to law and order as . we know it? law and as. we know it? law and disorder? more like, because a house of lords committee has judged that allowing more criminals to serve sentences outside of jail will help cut crime , with at breaking crime, with prisons at breaking point, running at 99% capacity, the calling for the committee is calling for community sentences such as

removing graffiti or a rehabilitate program instead of short jail sentences, but . rehabilitate program instead of short jail sentences, but. um, does this just let criminals get away with it? do you think ? well away with it? do you think? well yes, of course it does. >> i mean, what you've got to remember is that by the time somebody is being sent to jail, they've almost certainly already gone , uh, all the other gone through, uh, all the other opfions gone through, uh, all the other options that are available. they they've done probation , they've they've done probation, they've done community service, they've done community service, they've done whatever it and done whatever it is. and finally, judge says, you finally, a judge says, look, you know, you've got to go to jail. and as far as i'm concerned, there is a complete division of responsibility . it is for the responsibility. it is for the courts to decide who does and who does not go to jail. and it is for the government to provide the places to fulfil the court's decisions. they're two completely separate responsibilities , liz, and you responsibilities, liz, and you sentence people as is appropriate to the crime to and their circumstances, not

according to how much room you've got in the prison estate. >> we're not just going backwards as a society where you know the solution to everything just appears to be, oh, let's just appears to be, oh, let's just of that. that's the just do less of that. that's the way we get that waiting list down. let's just let's just do less more less of that. let's have more people about the people out and about in the community cleaning bit of community cleaning a bit of graffiti know, that community cleaning a bit of graffitwho's know, that community cleaning a bit of graffitwho's just now, that community cleaning a bit of graffitwho's just stabbedt community cleaning a bit of graffitwho's just stabbed someone bloke who's just stabbed someone or dealt drugs for ten years? yeah. cleaning paint yeah. cleaning a bit of paint off that sort him. off a wall that will sort him. >> yeah, as i say, you know, >> yeah, it, as i say, you know, the justice system only works if you sentences are you have sentences that are appropriate crime and to appropriate to the crime and to the circumstances of the person who's committed the crime . and who's committed the crime. and thatis who's committed the crime. and that is the only thing that should be the determining factor as to whether somebody does or does not go to jail. now, i have this problem. when i was prisons minister, you know, we a minister, you know, we had a sudden surge in prison sudden surge in the prison population didn't just population and i didn't just say, don't let the poor say, well, don't let the poor little darlings come to prison. i ship from i brought in a prison ship from the states. i took the united states. i took norwegian oil rigs and took some of their cabins and put them down in the grounds of lower security prisons. we just

created more spaces. we undid some of the mothballed facilities. we just created the space that was necessary to do what the courts were asking . what the courts were asking. >> we were able to erect nightingale hospitals in no time dunng nightingale hospitals in no time during the coronavirus pandemic, weren't we? what what giant white elephants they turned out to be, by the way. i mean, maybe we could have nightingale prisons out, but let give you prisons out, but let me give you another example. >> we were actually >> you know, if we were actually at war at the moment and were having to house prisoners of war, have the facilities up war, we'd have the facilities up in flat. we'd jolly in five minutes flat. we'd jolly well to. well have to. >> yeah. it leads me to think that we do not feel as a nation that we do not feel as a nation that we do not feel as a nation that we are at war with crime. but elsewhere the treasury but elsewhere an the treasury have announced that spring have announced that the spring budget held on the 6th budget will be held on the 6th of march. it's very last of march. so it's the very last opportunity the tories to opportunity for the tories to dangle that carrot in front of our noses before the next election, and jeremy election, isn't it? and jeremy hunt reportedly to hunt is reportedly looking to enfice by hunt is reportedly looking to entice by slashing entice voters by slashing inheritance tax, potentially by half now. and the tories have

been flirting with this idea for all 13 years. are they going to do it? yeah, well, no longer. yeah. >> come on, i may make a they may make a modest reduction. they're not going to scrap it, which is what they should do. they a modest reduction they may make a modest reduction in only 4% of people actually pay in only 4% of people actually pay this tax anyway. you know, they could easily afford to scrap it , but they're not going scrap it, but they're not going to. and i think, you know, when he talks about halving it, that's probably exactly what he intends to do. so we'll still have the wretched it'll have the wretched thing. it'll still it'll just be still be there. it'll just be at a high rate. but it is a less high rate. but it is a wretched thing, isn't it? >> because would argue that >> because i would argue that saying only of people saying saying only 4% of people or it is, pay now is or whatever it is, pay it now is an incredibly shortsighted or whatever it is, pay it now is anlookingily shortsighted or whatever it is, pay it now is anlooking at shortsighted or whatever it is, pay it now is anlooking at thingsghted or whatever it is, pay it now is anlooking at things people want of looking at things people want to aspiration in their to have aspiration in their lives, to be lives, right? they want to be able leave something for able to leave something for their future generations. they want they've want to feel as though they've got to have got an opportunity to have enough potential enough earning potential in their to accumulate their lives to accumulate enough assets that they could one assets so that they could one day pass that down without the cold, hand of the cold, asphyxiating hand of the state ripping it off them once they've died. state ripping it off them once the yeah,ied. what this all comes

>> yeah, but what this all comes down to is something that isn't talked enough, which is talked about enough, which is the same bit of money being taxed again and again and again. so you earn the money and you pay so you earn the money and you pay income tax , which is quite pay income tax, which is quite right. so you then right. so you should so you then save money and you save that money and then you have on the interest . have to pay tax on the interest. and then leave that money to and then you leave that money to your family and you pay tax again when you're dead out of your estate. um, it is multiple taxation of the same sum of money. and that is something which i, for a long time have felt is just unfair. >> i mean, i don't mind saying this, about pay tax on this, i, i'm about to pay tax on an amount of money that one of my grandparents left me before i was born , which is, like was born, which is, like remarkable , really. i think it's remarkable, really. i think it's ludicrous, really. i just find that absolutely insane. you know, i'm very fortunate that there was a situation there where i could have that. it wasn't amount of money, wasn't a huge amount of money, but but then you but it was nice. but then you get clobbered with it and you just see the you see the bill coming think, just see the you see the bill comin hang think, just see the you see the bill comin hang a think, just see the you see the bill cominhang a minute. k, sorry, hang on a minute. i wasn't born when this was wasn't even born when this was wasn't even born when this was was side, but and

was put to one side, but and a radical a radical move to other forms slashing . some of forms of tax slashing. some of the are saying, look, why the tories are saying, look, why don't different don't we slash tax in different areas ? not inheritance areas? so not just inheritance tax, which would be seen as a tax, which would be seen as a tax on the rich. well, would you be in favour of that as well . be in favour of that as well. >> well, i'm in favour of >> well, what i'm in favour of essentially is a reduction in direct taxation, in income taxes , and that is best achieved by raising the threshold, because thatis raising the threshold, because that is a stealth tax. you know, if you keep the threshold, the same people are paying more tax how. >> now. >> and what a radical, uh, shift in the way that we view certain things like what jordan peterson has said, he said now that, you know, cancel culture mob, they love to hate jordan peterson, don't they? he's come out in defence of western civilisation . defence of western civilisation. and so these psychologists wrote on x, formerly twitter, i happen to be a big fan of western civilisation. i think it beats the hell out of tyranny and starvation is western civilisation under threat? do you think an. >> oh, i think it has been under

threat for some time. not in a big dramatic, cataclysmic form . big dramatic, cataclysmic form. uh, but it is gradually being eroded. values are gradually being eroded. i mean, essentially thing about essentially the big thing about western civilisation is, i mean, going back to ancient rome is democracy freedom for the democracy and freedom for the individual. those are what underpin everything that's ever been done. uh, and they are seriously under threat. the cancel culture is threatening freedom of expression in, uh, and i would say our politicians are threatening democracy because they're so completely useless . useless. >> do you think that cultural shifts in our society is damaging it as well, potentially i >> -- >> oh, yes -_ >> oh, yes . -_ >> oh, yes. i >> oh, yes . i don't think >> oh, yes. i don't think there's any doubt about that at all. and i think the woke culture is doing a huge amount of harm, and it is actually direct, only threatening western civilisation, because the first thing you need is to respect your own civilisation. and if you're being told it's wicked andifs you're being told it's wicked and it's been colonialist and it's been purely exploitative andifs it's been purely exploitative and it's never done any good,

then that undermines the very thing which should be the basis of our self—respect as a nation . of our self—respect as a nation. >> and thank you very , very >> and thank you very, very much. it's been great to chat to you this evening. i've absolutely, thoroughly enjoyed it. sam widdicombe there, the legend coming up legend herself. now coming up after a left wing onslaught over the coronation portrait . is the the coronation portrait. is the royal family really all nonsense or do we need to for stand up our country's great traditions? do we think that it still has a place in modern britain? actress and republican jenny barnett takes on editor in chief of majesty magazine ingrid seward. in our second head to head of the night. that's coming in the next hour, but next this will be spicy veterans minister johnny mercer has reignited his feud with lovey carol vorderman, who's undergone quite a transformation , actually, for transformation, actually, for having a lonely life. so does anyone really care about carol vorderman's views? i clearly do, otherwise we wouldn't be talking about it. i give the former countdown presenter a few choice

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>> very good evening. it's 10 pm. and this is patrick christys tonight . mhm. well christys tonight. mhm. well james cleverly takes credit for stopping migrant boats over christmas . stopping migrant boats over christmas. but his western civilisation under threat from that kind of mass illegal immigration. meanwhile labour party mouthpiece carol vorderman has gone full tonto . she's teed has gone full tonto. she's teed off on veterans minister johnny mercer. he hit back and says that she's got a lonely life. everyone thinks she's mad and

nobody really listens to what she has to say. i am asking, are you team mercer or team vorderman ? and this picture of vorderman? and this picture of king charles, william and george sparked outrage. yes, the usual miserable . republican wokerati miserable. republican wokerati think the royal family is nonsense. do they still have a place in modern britain ? place in modern britain? blackpool tower survived a scare today. this video emerged, appearing to show the tower ablaze . six fire engines and ablaze. six fire engines and a police helicopter later. and it turned out it was just some orange netting. blackpool ballroom dancers will be pleased it's not cha cha cha art. sorry everybody. very sorry about all of that . i've got all of of that. i've got all of tomorrow's front pages for you tonight and on the panel it is gb news star nana akua lord shaun bailey and the wonderful amy nicole turner. this is patrick christys tonight. let's do this.

email me now. do you care about what carol vorderman has to say? gb views are gb news. com see you after the bulletins . you after the bulletins. >> patrick. thank you and good evening to you. well, a good samaritan trying to help a stranger who died after a car hit a crowd in sheffield yesterday has been named by south yorkshire police tonight . south yorkshire police tonight. they say 46 year old christian marriott saw a woman lying unconscious on the street after an altercation between a group of people in burngreave , leaving of people in burngreave, leaving his wife and two young sons. he attempted to give first aid to the woman before a car, then hit him . the woman and a number of him. the woman and a number of others two men were arrested yesterday in relation to that incident . well the great clean incident. well the great clean up began today in greater manchester after trees were brought down, roofs were ripped from houses and residents were forced to leave their homes.

it's thought around 100 properties were damaged after a localised tornado ripped through stalybridge on tameside. no injuries were reported but one resident, gareth moody, said his children had a very lucky escape. >> my youngest son in the front bedroom, he was sat under his cabin bed when the ceiling came through, so the bed has saved his life and my, uh , my other his life and my, uh, my other son at the back, he was on . son at the back, he was on. a computer at the chimney stack from the neighbour's house has come through our bathroom decimated that. >> the scottish >> and in the scottish highlands, winds brought highlands, strong winds brought down cables, down trees across cables, damaging electricity damaging the electricity network. 3000 homes are still without power tonight. 1500 expected to be without power throughout the night. so ian, the local provider, saying welfare vans have been set up in communities providing hot food and drinks . travel networks have and drinks. travel networks have also been disrupted throughout today, rail services suspended or cancelled and roads also closed off because of the

weather. and three men who were inside a 4x4 vehicle that plunged into a river in north yorkshire have died after the river levels rose so much during storm garrett. firefighters pulled the vehicle from the river esk on the north yorkshire moors this afternoon . another moors this afternoon. another man who attempted to help the victims was pulled to safety from the river. has been receiving medical treatment . receiving medical treatment. there are calls today to reduce jail sentences to help ease pressure on britain's prisons. a house of lords committee says overcrowding has reached crisis point. a ministers are now being urged to make better use of community sentencing . peers say community sentencing. peers say short prison terms are providing an effective university education in crime , and there education in crime, and there could soon be collections of unwanted small electrical goods from outside homes. the proposal is part of the government's plan to boost recycling, and would be paid for by the manufacturers of the small electrical items .

the small electrical items. retailers would also be obliged to pick up white goods when delivering replacements . 155,000 delivering replacements. 155,000 tonnes of small electrical goods are thrown away annually. the new scheme could be introduced by 2026. that's the news on gb news across the uk , on tv, in 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. >> well, carol vorderman appears to have gone full tonto again. this time she's waded into the debate about veterans homelessness and it must have been really hard for carol to hide her extreme left wing views when she was cosying up to david cameron after he made her the tory government's maths tsar. she must have met with boris johnson through gritted teeth at a saint david's day ceremony, and put on the acting display of her life when she was cackling away with him there and chowing down. certainly hid her down. she certainly hid her views well when she was

views really well when she was pictured joking pictured laughing and joking with matt hancock at the races . with matt hancock at the races. it's almost like carol is extremely vocal on twitter , and extremely vocal on twitter, and then in real life, she's a completely different person. anyway, she's previously had serious beef with the wife of our veterans minister johnny mercer. she revealed a snobby face. i think underneath her mask when she tweeted not a degree in sight. in spite of expensive private education. so who'd employ them? that was about mercer and his wife , about mercer and his wife, felicity. some people say carol vorderman was been by the bbc for her rabid social media outlets. carol, of course, says she left of her own accord because she wouldn't be silenced . now she's gone. afterjohnny . now she's gone. after johnny mercer's record on veterans homelessness piling in on top of the labour candidate for plymouth, who said that he'd missed targets to house missed his targets to house homeless veterans. now mercer immediately back . okay, he immediately hit back. okay, he said, you are both deliberately misleading people for clicks because that makes your lonely. life feel better . no one because that makes your lonely. life feel better. no one normal really cares about your view. they think you're mad. i'm

changing veterans lives. what i came into politics to do. keep going . now i actually do want to going. now i actually do want to make this very clear. i don't think that johnny mercer was well advised to tweet that . well advised to tweet that. okay, i really do not think he was well advised to tweet that. and again, what it's worth, and again, for what it's worth, i don't really have any i actually don't really have any personal with carol personal problem with carol vorderman. just find her vorderman. i just find her political genuinely political shift genuinely fascinating. but look, anyone who johnny mercer knows who knows johnny mercer knows that done the best that he that he's done the best that he can with veterans homelessness. he does genuinely care. would he does genuinely care. i would be intrigued to know what carol's views are about the historic prosecutions of veterans who fought in the troubles . the eu loving left troubles. the eu loving left seems to be broadly in favour of that kind of thing. is she ? that kind of thing. is she? because if she is , i dare say because if she is, i dare say that undermines her outrage about veterans in this case, a scroll through carol vorderman's twitter feed reads like a non—stop anti—tory barrage. you just wonder , don't you? when just wonder, don't you? when cameron was riding high, she was

all over it. now it looks like labour are going to get in and she's all over them . could it she's all over them. could it perhaps be that she wants to be close to power more ? maybe she close to power more? maybe she was promised a place in the house of lords and didn't get it. that's just speculation, of course. but is johnny mercer right? should people care about carol vorderman's views to respond now i am joined by gb news presenter nana akua conservative peer lord shaun bailey and author and broadcaster amy nicole turner. nana. should we care about. carol >> well, i don't care what carol has to say. the only the only beefi has to say. the only the only beef i had with carol was when she worked for the bbc that she shouldn't be being political, and she was very political. she told just now. told boris to just go now. i think him. was think she called him. she was disgusted by the minister. disgusted by the prime minister. she kept tweeting out all this vile bilge towards the members of the tory party, and i just think that was unacceptable. working for the bbc. but now she's left. she can say whatever she's left. she can say whatever she likes. i think it's a bit

it's a bit rich that she should be complaining that she's getting because i think getting backlash because i think it actually her started it was actually her that started the stuff with johnny the whole stuff with johnny mercer. she's mercer. anyway and then she's complaining his wife is complaining that his wife is sending . or sending her messages. or something and tweeting stuff to her or whatever. it's just like if you step into that area and start criticising people in that way , then don't surprised if way, then don't be surprised if it back at you. sean was it comes back at you. sean was johnny mercer, writer. it comes back at you. sean was joh hit mercer, writer. it comes back at you. sean was joh hit backer, writer. it comes back at you. sean was joh hit backer, writway that >> hit back in the way that i mean, he absolutely went to town. so she has a well, rubbish life that she's mad and life and that she's mad and things like that. >> you've to the >> you've got to look at the history she basically >> you've got to look at the historin she basically >> you've got to look at the historin on she basically >> you've got to look at the historin on johnny,asically >> you've got to look at the historin on johnny, organised, piled in on johnny, organised, piled in on johnny, organised, piled in on and his wife. so piled in on him and his wife. so he's a human at some he's a human being. at some point said, what point he said, you know what i've enough and i've had enough of this. and also factually also she was factually incorrect. and you look at incorrect. and if you look at her you'd have to her twitter feed, you'd have to you'd have to she you'd have to see she she probably was and just probably knew she was and just wanted start a fight and wanted to start a fight and point again. and the point at johnny again. and the one about johnny one thing i know about johnny mercer, thing i know mercer, the one thing i know about deeply cares about johnny, he deeply cares about johnny, he deeply cares about doing . he about what he is doing. he actually believes it. you can actually believes in it. you can be politics be cynical about politics and ministers and the like, but he believes in this. and i think

you saw a man who thought, believes in this. and i think you having man who thought, believes in this. and i think you having that who thought, believes in this. and i think you having that because jght, believes in this. and i think you having that because i've, i'm not having that because i've come to help come to politics to help homeless veterans, and i'm trying my best. >> before to i >> just before i go to amy, i think it's important to have a bit of context on this. so johnny has been talking johnny mercer has been talking about ending rough sleeping amongst community, about ending rough sleeping amonglt community, about ending rough sleeping amongl know community, about ending rough sleeping amongl know is community, about ending rough sleeping amongl know is an community, about ending rough sleeping amongl know is an issue �*nmunity, about ending rough sleeping amongl know is an issue that,|ity, which i know is an issue that, frankly, everyone in the frankly, i think everyone in the country about country should really care about veterans. for veterans. people who fought for this should be this country should not be sleeping the streets. sleeping rough on the streets. there technicality, isn't there is a technicality, isn't there, someone there, between giving someone a permanent house and taking them off the street and putting them into some kind of sheltered accommodation, that's kind accommodation, and that's kind of where the controversy was lying in this. sean wasn't it? that's right. >> i when w“ >> and look, i when he's labour opposition, replied, all opposition, um replied, all you've to remember is you've got to remember is there's a political bias. there's, there's a political need, you know, and that person is responding their is responding through their political lens because if they were concerned , if they were really concerned, if they really rishi get really thought rishi should get rid where they? rid of him, where were they? when don't know, dawn butler when i don't know, dawn butler did what she did or or or i don't know any labour, but where were they when that happened? if they're really outraged about they're really outraged about the interplay between the public

and be outraged and mps, they should be outraged for when it's for everyone, not just when it's conservative. your views for everyone, not just when it's corthis ative. your views for everyone, not just when it's corthis does your views for everyone, not just when it's corthis does carolyur views for everyone, not just when it's corthis does carol have aws on this does does carol have a place political discourse? >> do you think? >> do you think? >> i think if there poll >> i think if there was a poll right now of johnny mercer versus carol vorderman, carol vorderman would absolutely trounce she's trounce him because she's incredibly popular at the moment. i that's moment. and i think that's because she just knows when something stinks like she's bringing the tories to receive followers on twitter. >> twitter because she's our national broadcaster, supported her for the reason, the reason i think i respect her at the moment is because you've got those pictures of her with with david cameron and she's very open. >> she used to vote conservative, she was a tory and she of what the party she is sick of what the party has become, which is has become, which i think is a position a lot of position that a lot of conservative voters can relate to. >> i would emm- emm— >> i would relate to it, but we won't speaking in way, won't go speaking in that way, just way would have. just the way i would have. >> i would have some sympathy for conducted >> i would have some sympathy for like conducted >> i would have some sympathy for like grown cted >> i would have some sympathy for like grown ctec she herself like a grown up, she doesn't. pilings. doesn't. she organises pilings. two of us on his sofa, have two of us sit on his sofa, have been in on her, piled in been piled in on her, piled in by her and look, on one hand, she's all that stuff, you she's got all that stuff, you know, she's a serious political commentator. know, she's a serious political comr at ntator.

know, she's a serious political comrat heror. know, she's a serious political comrat her instagram, it's all look at her instagram, it's all pictures of her bums and her boobs. is what boobs. so what is it? what is it here? she can't be both. but at the end of the day, you're the end of the day, if you're going she did right, going to do what she did right, make it factually. make sure you do it factually. and i will say i'm with nana one. not working for the one. she was not working for the bbc think the did the bbc and i think the bbc did the right thing by asking her finally to consider her position right. she wants. >> tell you what though, i think without wouldn't have without her we wouldn't have seen michelle mone the seen michelle mone in the position she now. it was her. position she is now. it was her. she she exposed those vip loans. >> done. has >> she she has done. she has done much in bringing things done so much in bringing things into arena that we into the public arena that we really about. really care about. >> example, the fact that >> for example, the fact that johnny mercer's suddenly johnny mercer's wife is suddenly earning on earning three times as much on her which as his her salary, which is as his personal secretary, she's earned three times more in the last three times more in the last three times. >> tax money. that's >> that's tax money. that's our money. she is first and >> but she is first and foremost, she does the work. let's be very clear. she does. she works secondly, what's she works and secondly, what's three times much? she works and secondly, what's threwhat es much? she works and secondly, what's threwhat in much? she works and secondly, what's threwhat in one nuch? she works and secondly, what's threwhat in one year? she works and secondly, what's threwhat in one year a three >> what in one year a three times you had times pay raise. have you had a three times pay raise one year? i haven't i don't think many >> i haven't i don't think many people have. i don't know if you go part time to full time, go from part time to full time,

who that is the type of thing >> but that is the type of thing thatis >> but that is the type of thing that is the public that is within the public interest. is our business. interest. that is our business. >> no, no, it our business. >> no, no, it is our business. i don't listen, that's the don't think listen, that's the type thing is it can be type of thing is it can be displayed in a disingenuous way. >> wants to these >> if she wants to do these things, fine. i think john is right. nobody normal cares what she they but you have to >> oh, they do, but you have to do got an interesting an >> i've got an interesting an interesting email here. just quickly. emails really quickly. the emails are really kicking off this views gb kicking off on this gb views gb news. patrick, johnny news. com dear patrick, johnny mercer i am not a mercer is my mp. i am not a tory. done his utmost for tory. he has done his utmost for homeless veterans. he cares deeply about plight. deeply about their plight. exactly. him exactly. um, the pm let him down was that's was boris johnson. that's from clive so that clive in plymouth. so that guy's got some hand experience got some first hand experience there so do you think there of it. and so do you think that what carol vorderman that maybe what carol vorderman has on has done here is pile in on a topic? keeps doing it. i mean, >> she keeps doing it. i mean, she even tried she tried it on on when did the on lee anderson when he did the interview braverman. on lee anderson when he did the intetheny braverman. on lee anderson when he did the intethen she braverman. on lee anderson when he did the intethen she then braverman. on lee anderson when he did the intethen she then piled'averman. on lee anderson when he did the intethen she then piled inerman. on lee anderson when he did the intethen she then piled in andin. he then she then piled in and said, uh, you know, contact ofcom. a tory person interviewing another tory and before the interview had even gone out before it. even ofcom actually responded and said, look, deal with things actually responded and said, look, they deal with things actually responded and said, look, they go deal with things actually responded and said, look, they go onal with things actually responded and said, look, they go on air. ith things actually responded and said, look, they go on air. so things actually responded and said, look, they go on air. so that's before they go on air. so that's the thing. that's her form.

that's how she behaves. >> if we take that's unacceptable. >> care what she says. >> i don't care what she says. when left the bbc, but at when she's left the bbc, but at that she actually that time she was actually working the working for the bbc. >> she's organising a rabble, she's organising, she's organising a rabble. she's organising, she's org then g a rabble. she's organising, she's org then g a rabbl then if we put the spotlight back mercer , for back on johnny mercer, for him to sad woman or to call her a sad old woman or whatever was, that is whatever it was, that is absolutely inexcusable. >> the right honourable >> well, the right honourable johnny mercer, i'm sorry. >> language like that, >> using language like that, that's the other side, you know, let's have that because that is the other side to it. >> right? that you have got a mp there minister who has there and a minister who has gone twitter that gone on twitter and said that someone's an life. they're someone's got an life. they're mad. really and that no one listens to her. so that is quite unbecoming. >> i misogynist you're seeing you're seeing the modern problem for politicians. >> now . so they're only people. >> now. so they're only people. they're up there to be thrown out, lied about, talked about, and then the minute they push back in the way that they're being attacked, they're out of order. and you could talk order. and yes, you could talk about a position of power, i understand she about a position of power, i unazrstand she about a position of power, i una position she about a position of power, i una position of she about a position of power, i una position of power. shee in a position of power. and she knows that. that's why she's knows that. and that's why she's organised pylons. she

organised pylons. yeah. she should be to to should be able to have to respond way respond in the same grown up way he grown up. he does. he grown up. >> hang on a minute. what the hell is up about? hell is grown up about? >> grown up. >> he wasn't grown up. >> he wasn't grown up. >> wasn't. he wasn't. he sank >> he wasn't. he wasn't. he sank to level. yeah, and that's to her level. yeah, and that's not but is where she to her level. yeah, and that's nocome. but is where she is. come. >> she's his level is a whole new level. >> it's just another >> and it's just another example. >> misogyny the >> misogyny within the conservative have any brain >> they don't have any brain cells. >> they don't have any brain celilet me just let me just just >> let me just let me just just read you out a tweet quickly that mercer a that johnny mercer put out a couple of ago. okay. and couple of hours ago. okay. and the tweet is from i won't name this he has named this lad okay. but he has named him it's a direct message him and it's a direct message he's received. you are a piece of an any harm you come to in the near future is entirely deserved. your kid doesn't deserved. your kid doesn't deserve the harm he will receive thanks to your actions. don't be with him in public for his sake. johnny mercer tweeted. seriously, question mark and then applause. carol vorderman do you think, amy, that potential the carol vorderman whipping up is whipping up this stuff? >> is she is she hatred? i think that that type of thing is directed at mps every day.

>> it shouldn't be. it's disgusting. but i don't think you can blame for. carol i'm sorry. >> i've had i've had personal experience of that. she tweets things online. she tweets things that people names. so that call people names. so they're scum because they're tories. that's what happens. and she's that. and if she's well aware of that. and if she's well aware of that. and if she that, she she isn't aware of that, she should right. isn't the should be right. that isn't the first it's happened to first time it's happened to johnny wife. she johnny and his wife. she i expect vorderman got expect carol vorderman has got sent some. sent that and then some. >> also , she has entered >> also, she has entered the arena a public figure. it arena being a public figure. it shouldn't be. >> people shouldn't talk . >> people shouldn't talk. >> people shouldn't talk. >> tone. let's be >> lowered the tone. let's be clear. vorderman, lower clear. carol vorderman, lower because she started she started . because she started she started. >> she did it. >> she did it. >> she did it. >> she does it to everybody. all right, all right. >> we've we've we've had that out i think we've that out. out i think we've had that out. we obviously uh go on now we could obviously uh go on now i genuinely want emphasise we could obviously uh go on now i well1uinely want emphasise we could obviously uh go on now i welliureallynant emphasise we could obviously uh go on now i welliu really d01t emphasise we could obviously uh go on now i welliureally do findemphasise as well i really do find the carol situation just carol vorderman situation just quite fascinating what quite fascinating to watch. what seems political seems to be a political transformation, someone going on like on twitter and the like that on twitter and the ding she has with ding dongs that she has with various tory, uh, mps and ministers getting your views gb views or gb news. com coming up, we bring you the very first front page as we the

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fun. every weekend at 3 pm. on gb news the people's channel, britain's news channel. >> now the left continue their anti—monarchy crusade by asking onune anti—monarchy crusade by asking online when the country will end the nonsense of the royal family, alongside sharing a picture of the king's coronation at marina purkiss, who is an outspoken left wing commentator, tweeted a picture of the king and his two heirs as she said we're almost in 2024 ffs. we all know what that means. when are we going to end all this nonsense? well regular anti—monarchy basher doctor shola also tweeted uninspiring and insipid that did lead a couple of people to make jokes about whether or not that was the description in her tinder profile. but of course it is not. joining now to discuss not. joining me now to discuss whether royals are absolute whether the royals are absolute nonsense , and they've a nonsense, and they've got a place the modern britain that place in the modern britain that we have today is author and

presenter jenny barnett and royal ingrid seward . royal commentator ingrid seward. thank you very much, both of you. to great on the you. to great have you on the show. ingrid, i will start show. and ingrid, i will start with then. you think that with you then. do you think that the royal family is nonsense and they're in 2024 or soon? >> no, obviously i don't , >> no, obviously i don't, patrick, but i think i don't quite know why this this picture has sort of created such offence. um, it's a historic picture. we're not going to see another coronation uh, you know, this is the first time for 70 years we've seen all this regalia. we're not going to see another one immediately. i don't think , because i do very much think, because i do very much feel that prince william won't be doing things the same way as his father . um, but as for his father. um, but as for whether we need the monarchy, of course we need a monarchy. otherwise we're stuck with all these dreadful politicians who argue about anything. just for the sake of getting their name up there and arguing about the monarchy and saying it's irrelevant is a really popular

subject. and i cannot tell you how many times i've talked about it. and we've never, ever come to a better conclusion than than having a monarchy which has no power whatsoever. the only power it has is by its influence and then some people like it. some people don't. but i think it has a very strong place in the modern world. i mean, not a great job in the modern world, in the era of the internet, when everything you do and say is watched. but they don't choose it. prince charles used to say, it's not a it's a, it's a hereditary thing. >> all right . hereditary thing. >> all right. i'll come back to you. ingrid. jenny, we're going to bring that picture up again in just a second. now, what's to bring that picture up again in ju problem nd. now, what's to bring that picture up again in ju problem nd. nitv, what's to bring that picture up again in ju problem nd. nit? what's to bring that picture up again in ju problem nd. nit? well's to bring that picture up again in ju problem nd. nit? well if your problem with it? well if you're at the doctors or if you're at the doctors or if you're you're at the chiropody , you're you're at the chiropody, the hello! magazine is perfect because it's got pictures of the royal family all over it. >> and they're lovely . >> and they're lovely. >> and they're lovely. >> they're lovely to look at. i think charles the third is

great. >> i like prince william, but in a time when people are being polarised, um , it's an institute polarised, um, it's an institute that perpetuate its elitism and inequality within the british society , and it has come to society, and it has come to a point now that i only see dollar signs and pound signs, they are worth £21.3 billion. >> we give them £467 billion as we why do we need to be supporting them? i think what the left is saying is that with the left is saying is that with the nhs and schools and housing and things going to rack and ruin, that they should put their money where the mouth is. they are an elitist organisation and you're, i just say if you're standing in line waving a flag and the princess of wales, i love her. don't get me wrong, it's wearing a £5,000 coat. what do you think you're feeling if

you haven't got buses loving patriotism, a national share tradition, all of those things i feel very sorry for people who don't have that. >> their lives must be completely, utterly hollow. ingrid, you're with me. >> it's like rishi sunak. i've got nothing in common with them . got nothing in common with them. >> well, it's all right, then. don't vote for him. do you know what i mean? but you don't. you. no one's forcing you to go out on and wave flag on the street and wave a flag or watch coronation. watch the coronation. uh, ingrid, i'm getting ingrid, i'm sorry. i'm getting involved this now. involved in this debate now. apologies what do apologies ingrid. what what do you do you what do you make? what do you what do you make? what do you what do you of of that? then go on. >> well, i understand the point. um, but i don't think the princess of wales does swan around the streets in a £5,000 coat, and we don't . it might say coat, and we don't. it might say the trouble is now, of course, everything is picked to pieces. and they say, oh, she's wearing a know, alexander a coat by you know, alexander mcqueen. £5,000. but mcqueen. that cost £5,000. but it obviously hasn't cost her that. but that's irrelevant . but that. but that's irrelevant. but i the good they do is far i think the good they do is far outweighed by the potential expense. outweighed by the potential expense . and i really feel that

expense. and i really feel that it's pretty. what do they do thatis it's pretty. what do they do that is so good that that we should be giving them £500 million a year? why can't they just what they do is they bring attention to things that nobody else can bring attention to. and certainly our politicians can't. and i don't think you can blame the royal family for the total failure of the nhs. it's absolutely nothing to do with them. um, and also remember, remember, they're custodians of what they own. they don't actually owe everybody people. i don't actually, don't think you actually, because you're because i think you're an intelligent woman. but i think a lot of people think they lot of people think that they actually the things that actually own the things that they have, but they mere they have, but they are mere custodians. the crown jewels, the palaces, the, the, the acreage. it is they are custodians of it. >> jenny, answer me honestly. jenny. jenny, answer me honestly. right when you saw that of them there and that picture of them there and you and you look at the kind of lifestyle they eat, is it jealousy feel? lifestyle they eat, is it jeaino;y feel? lifestyle they eat, is it jeaino , feel? lifestyle they eat, is it jeaino , i feel? lifestyle they eat, is it jeaino , i do feel? lifestyle they eat, is it jeaino , i do not? lifestyle they eat, is it jeaino , i do not feel jealousy.

>> no, i do not feel jealousy. i think as ingrid saying, if you're born into that huge responsibility , huge loneliness , responsibility, huge loneliness, huge confusion , i've got no huge confusion, i've got no interest in wanting to be part of that. and let me say that i think that the king is wonderful . i think his speech on on christmas day was great. he's on the side of humanity , but i the side of humanity, but i think at a time the country is being stripped and they themselves are worth £21.3 billion. i don't think we should be funding them . they did be funding them. they did a survey, the national centre for social research. they found that 55% of the british public consider the monarchy to be important, but they think the retention is not important and there was only just 29% of us that agreed with it. it's the lowest proportion on record . lowest proportion on record. >> if you if you had a vote, i get what you're saying with that. but i think it is that kind of thing that when people go into a polling booth and

actually vote on whether not actually vote on whether or not they future of the they want the future of the monarchy, win monarchy, i think they would win a but ladies, a landslide. but ladies, thank you of you. you very much, both of you. spirited debate, which is what you very much, both of you. spi love.debate, which is what you very much, both of you. spi love. that:e, which is what you very much, both of you. spi love. that is which is what you very much, both of you. spi love. that is authoris what you very much, both of you. spi love. that is author and1at we love. that is author and presenter jenny barnett, royal commentator ingrid seward. and in the inbox. it is as you would expect, a rather one sided affair. i'm just gonna very quickly delve into it. uh, patrick, the monarchy is under attack from all angles . uh, we attack from all angles. uh, we need to stand up to it. i think it's great that the head of the state says peter. uh is, um, is , state says peter. uh is, um, is, uh, there and is doing rather well. and is looking good in all of their regalia. i mean, that tends to be the overwhelming sense i have in the inbox at the moment is that genuinely is that people have no problem whatsoever with the fact that our family are quite our royal family are quite wealthy and but there wealthy and show it. but there wealthy and show it. but there we go. coming up, we reveal all about what really happened when about what really happened when a fire falsely reported at a fire was falsely reported at blackpool tower as i tackled tomorrow's stories tonight with my press pack, can i just. i'll give you an insight as to what

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watchdog shames 22, of 43 forces as inadequate or requiring improvement . new year revellers improvement. new year revellers told travel today or miss your party. so new year revellers are being encouraged to travel as early as possible as the rail chaos grips the country and an early general election is the worst kept secret . we go to the worst kept secret. we go to the i now get on with it, johnson hits out at sunak over nuclear power delays. former prime minister boris johnson has urged rishi sunak to speed up the uk's transition to nuclear power in a rare public attack on his leadership . there we go. we go leadership. there we go. we go to the daily express family lucky to be alive after tornado strike. we actually spoke to this family a little bit earlier on in the show. if you missed that, go to youtube. it was at 9:30 o'clock, so go and check that out. if you missed it. and one more from the daily star. why not 73% of dogs need diet after xmas blow outs. who wolfed all the pies ? you ain't nothing

all the pies? you ain't nothing around but around dog. they go for on the daily star. also, that story at the top of the star blackpool tower fire that fooled the world. we will talk more very, very more about that very, very shortly. look i'm going to go in, uh, here on a couple of interesting stories . i in, uh, here on a couple of interesting stories. i think really, there's the police. one, isn't there? um, half of police not probing crime properly. short notice, isn't she? very, very close to your heart, isn't it? as a former mayoral candidate now in the house of lords, what do you make of that? >> there's two i'd say. >> there's two things i'd say. firstly need support firstly we need to support the police their job. and police to do their job. and a lot is actually looking lot of that is actually looking at what is crime. where do the police time? are police spend their time? are they, tracing people they, you know, tracing people around crimes that not around hate crimes that are not real be chasing real when they should be chasing people the road, guards real when they should be chasing people people e road, guards real when they should be chasing people people down i, guards real when they should be chasing people people down theiards real when they should be chasing people people down the internet chasing people down the internet as road. as as opposed to down the road. as my neighbour likes to say. but as opposed to down the road. as my otherbour likes to say. but as opposed to down the road. as my other pieceikes to say. but as opposed to down the road. as my other pieceikezwellay. but as opposed to down the road. as my other pieceikezwell is. but as opposed to down the road. as my other pieceikezwell is what the other piece as well is what do we do with the judicial system? just system? it's not just the police. police are trapped police. the police are trapped between place. between a rock and a hard place. they're if they do, they're damned if they do, they're if they don't. we they're damned if they don't. we need mechanisms need to speed up the mechanisms around that's around them. and firstly, that's the judicial system. and secondly, with

secondly, what do we do with people right. nana so the number >> all right. nana so the number of inquiries closed by officers without identifying suspect without identifying a suspect has of a has hit nearly quarter of a million. so the forces gave up on investigations into 2.3 million reported crimes in the year to june . i suppose it sends year to june. i suppose it sends the message out, coupled with another topic that we did earlier on in the show about people not going to prison, that you can just commit crime and get away with it. well, i think that's sense most that's the sense that most people have now. >> also if report >> and also that if you report crime, will i crime, nothing will happen. i think a lot of us have become disillusioned by the police. think a lot of us have become disi notioned by the police. think a lot of us have become disi not ined by the police. think a lot of us have become disi not ined bjblame olice. it's not i don't blame them fully , i there's a lot fully, but i think there's a lot of that's been taken of funding that's been taken from they haven't got from them. they haven't got anywhere the anywhere to go. a lot of the police have gone, which police stations have gone, which i think is madness, and there doesn't seem to be that urgency to actual crime. to deal with actual crime. in fact, on fact, there's a focus on non—crime non—crime hate non—crime like non—crime hate incidents. i mean, what is that? why giving yourself why are you giving yourself more? not essence to deal with when should be policing when you should be policing actual crime? >> lighten up >> can i just lighten it up before next before we move on to the next topic here? amy, don't know if topic here? amy, i don't know if you an animal lover. you are an animal lover. >> you do , i do. >> yes, you do, i do.

>>— >> yes, you do, i do. >> no do i? cat? you've got four cats. >> and my husband, he always tells to. >> and my husband, he always telland to. >> and my husband, he always telland our husbands are mad and >> and our husbands are mad and a child as well. >> a child, right? >> a child, right? >> 73% of dogs need to go on a diet after christmas. blow—outs i mean, can you relate to that? i mean, can you relate to that? isuppose i mean, can you relate to that? i suppose cats are. >> can i relate to 75% of dogs? no no, the cat, the pets. >> i don't you drag me down that route. amy. you what meant. >> yes, i, i can. i think we all feel , um, a >> yes, i, i can. i think we all feel, um, a hard relate to the 75% of dogs who need to go on a diet after christmas. um, i feel i feel same, just the too much love going around for our pets. >> i think there'll be a lot of people watching and listening to this down at their this now, looking down at their dogs feed the dog their dogs as they feed the dog their sausage feed to sausage as they feed air to the sausage as they feed air to the sausage as they feed air to the sausage a dog. sausage to have a dog. >> and he was so he's so hadid. he to eat raw chicken. he he used to eat raw chicken. he could wow. could eat raw chicken. wow. belgian police dog. belgian shepherd police dog. seamless belgian shepherd police dog. seam side. other side. >> oh, we right now >> oh, there we go. right now i just wanted to get this because this going be on the this is going to be on the inside of a couple of the papers tomorrow. and new to the as tomorrow. and new to the role as home secretary, james cleverly

wanted share some good news wanted to share some good news with wrote with the public. he wrote there were arrivals over were no small boat arrivals over christmas the first time christmas for the first time since they started in 2018. last night, officers since they started in 2018. last night, french officers since they started in 2018. last night, french partnerszficers since they started in 2018. last night, french partners worked and their french partners worked together a boat together to stop a boat launching beaches. together to stop a boat launchirplayed beaches. together to stop a boat launchirplayed a beaches. together to stop a boat launchirplayed a crucial s. together to stop a boat launchirplayed a crucial role in they've played a crucial role in cutting crossings by 35. so there we go. that's about the police, isn't it? that's about the border force. that's about the border force. that's about the french authorities . the work the french authorities. the work we're doing in the channel let's cross to an image of cross live now to an image of the channel . james the channel. james >> well well done, well done. james. that well, i'll tell you what it's going border force absolutely knocking it out of the , mate. the park, mate. >> that james could fix >> great that james could fix the weather. well james. the weather. well done james. yeah. do well? good boy. yeah. >> because look, they obviously weren't shots, but hey, we weren't live shots, but hey, we get the picture. >> not convinced . i'm not >> i'm not convinced. i'm not convinced, that james convinced, amy, that james cleverly can take all the credit. >> he needs to stop talking. james, go have a nice holiday break. like you've done enough damage over christmas damage over the christmas period. for now. period. just shut up for now. >> proof the will >> the proof of the pudding will be. numbers

be. can they keep the numbers down? thing. down? that will be the thing. >> then, if it is true, we >> and then, if it is true, we can ditch rwanda. >> woohoo! even the labour party are going something are going to do something similar that's going to >> amy. that's not going to happen. uke happen. yeah, something like offshore processing. >> yeah, of offshore >> but yeah, of course offshore processing is nonsense. >> different. >> very different. >> very different. >> got few >> well it's got a bad few weeks. he's had a terrible few. >> what christmas. >> what christmas. >> should say >> it's funny you should say that going >> it's funny you should say th.take going >> it's funny you should say th.take a going >> it's funny you should say th.take a little going >> it's funny you should say th.take a little bit going >> it's funny you should say th.take a little bit of going >> it's funny you should say th.take a little bit of footage oing to take a little bit of footage now what's literally now from what's literally happening america. right. happening in america. right. vans after caravans after caravans of people , thousands, caravans of people, thousands, then tens of thousands of people just marching to the border and entering america illegally. right. and suella braverman warned about this. she said that people are all heading our way. we've spoken about the threats of western civilisation station. i mean, sure, when you when you look things that , i mean, sure, when you when you look things that, you look at things like that, you think, there does have to think, well, there does have to be serious taken. be really serious action taken. now, from the very now, i've said from the very beginning, to beginning, the response to migration around the world has to international. to be international. >> and that's why i was little >> and that's why i was a little bit with francis response.

bit upset with francis response. and been very and actually i've been very upset papers have upset about how the papers have covered because they've covered it here because they've spoken about as if we're the only who under only people who are under pressure in immigration. france and and and certainly germany. and you've in america well. you've seen in america as well. but to make clear but we have to make clear distinctions between immigration and people seeking asylum. and what need to do is not keep what we need to do is not keep stealing people's best people. so fall so that their countries fall oven so that their countries fall over. we proudly say we have all, you know, the nhs wouldn't work for our immigrants, but those countries don't work because have all the because we have all the immigrants. there to immigrants. there needs to be a much grown conversation much more grown up conversation around people, around the world about people, movement and building nations and also rid some of and also getting rid of some of the leaders in the the poorest leaders in the world. now, know your views when you see scenes that america. >> yeah, mean, this is >> yeah, well, i mean, this is the thing we need to start allowing talk about allowing people to talk about this suddenly this openly instead of suddenly looking and name looking at people and name calling them. you know, the gary lineker's of this world calling out home secretaries who dare to, identify what's to, you know, identify what's going need to be able to going on. we need to be able to openly explain is openly speak and explain what is happening. i mean, we saw what happened when about happened in lampedusa when about 11,000 people sort landed on 11,000 people sort of landed on their than the their greater than the population people within

their greater than the poprlace people within their greater than the poprlace . people within their greater than the poprlace . um, people within their greater than the poprlace . um, andyple within their greater than the poprlace . um, and when ithin their greater than the poprlace . um, and when ihin their greater than the poprlace . um, and when i see that place. um, and when i see that, i think, well, when we're allowing people to come in so easily when they want easily and then when they want to go home for christmas, they can on plane, go back can get on a plane, go back to the being the place they're being persecuted and come persecuted from, and then come back again. >> amy, when you look the >> amy, when you look at the american border there, it's a lot doctors and engineers, lot of doctors and engineers, isn't it? >> i don't know, you don't know anything. a single anything. i don't know a single thing about any of those people, but i know at the but i do know that at the moment, illegal migration makes up migration in this up 5% of all migration in this country. and it's quite a small number, really. i think it was 113 per constituency. if you divided it up, that's not good enough. so not carried enough. so let's not get carried away. good enough. >> and also if you ignore the 5% then it'll become ten and 20. >> and you see people >> and as you see you see people now 11,000 people coming now you saw 11,000 people coming to thousands of to lampedusa, thousands of people through. people marching through. >> is the >> remember, this is the same, this is same who this is the same people who support who complain that support this, who complain that local don't have local authorities don't have enough money. the enough money. if you're the local authority, people are local authority, 113 people are big it's a very big big stress. it's a very big stress. and later on do those people then ask for their families? london local authorities spending 60 authorities are spending 60 million month on temporary

million a month on temporary accommodation . it is a crisis, accommodation. it is a crisis, at least in london, 60 million. >> well, there we go. um, coming up, uh, as a car ploughs into a crowd of people in sheffield, the victim is revealed as a family man and good samaritan who was acting as some kind of peacemaker. certainly giving , peacemaker. certainly giving, uh, first aid to a victim that he saw. he was out walking with his two children and his wife on a christmas walk when tragedy struck . i will you even struck. i will give you even more as we pay tribute more details as we pay tribute to a true hero in our greatest britain. union jack but britain. union jack has. but next closer look at next we take a closer look at more of tomorrow's front pages. hot off the press as i reveal what really happened when fire what really happened when a fire was falsely reported the was falsely reported at the historic tower earlier historic blackpool tower earlier today. historic blackpool tower earlier today . scenes in the newsroom, today. scenes in the newsroom, let me tell you. see the

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for you. now, you lucky individuals. here we go. so the times , the times civil service times, the times civil service beats wage freeze by overpromote eating. obviously whitehall staff moved into senior jobs staff moved into seniorjobs before they are ready. ministers told interesting story on the side of the times here. blair looked at sending migrants to the isle of mull. rishi sunak's attempts to deter illegal migrants with the threat of sending them to rwanda has been characterised as an extreme policy, typical of the tory right. but national archives now reveal that blair was at something similar as well . he something similar as well. he also, i think, initially floated also, i think, initially floated a rwanda scheme as well. >> tanzania offshore processing blunkett in 2000, but not deportation is very different. >> okay, all right, all right. we've got more to get through here. the mirror, the mirror. twister terror. family flee. yeah. that same family that we had on earlier in our show. had on earlier on in our show. go and watch it. 9:30. the go back and watch it. 9:30. the guardian now. doctors raise alarm over moral distress from nhs overstretched . um. they also nhs overstretched. um. they also

have the blair story. blair looked at plans for offshore asylum. interesting though, isn't it? with a lot of these doctors they are morally distressed by nhs overstretch. they morally distressed they are less morally distressed by walking out on patients around the christmas period. um, interesting turn of events there, i think. um yes. okay. all right. there's a couple of bits and bobs to go. i mean, look, i'll be honest with you, the blair one jumps out at me. um nana your your take on this. well of course it was in 2004. >> blunkett was the one >> david blunkett was the one who up with tanzania as a who came up with a tanzania as a place offshore processing. place for offshore processing. so been done has so this has been done or has been in, consideration. been in, in consideration. and it's actually blunkett. he was advising with advising keir starmer. now with regard to what he should do with the asylum seekers who are coming to this country. so for keir starmer to sort of poo poo it and call it names like he called it, you know, and calling , um, the policies extortionate and things like that. these are things that he had actually considered. i think for quite some time. >> i've been saying that actually, if a, a, a labour

government can get away with things that a tory government just because they do they just can't because they do they they opportunist politics and they do opportunist politics and they're quick call people. >> right wing. and the left wing press better at press are much better at personal attacks because let's be , the un send young be clear, the un send young girls to rwanda. so why is it all right for the un to do it? but yet the same un criticise britain for even considering it? >> i think the reason that that's rwanda is that's being rwanda is criticised in a different way is because that's permanent deportation whereas deportation of people, whereas this their this would be processing their claims and then if they are successful , well then they are successful, well then they are rehomed in the uk, so they end up in the uk. >> i've got a quote from blair in this article. so blair, um, so jonathan powell , in this article. so blair, um, so jonathan powell, blair's chief of staff, uh, was quoted in piece alongside tony blair. in a piece alongside tony blair. um, do sorry. do we need an asylum system at all? an island people , people who come here who people, people who come here who have , by definition, already have, by definition, already passed through a safe country, and they can apply at airports, etc. so the labour party was seriously, genuinely for a penod seriously, genuinely for a period of time considering whether or not we even needed to

take any asylum seekers. amy um, this is the first i've heard of that, obviously. >> yeah. um, i don't i don't i understand the tanzania argument . i mean, but again, it made a lot of people incredibly unhappy and it was wide criticism. >> well, crucially, they didn't do it as well. >> yeah. and people were calling it human trafficking. it it human trafficking. it was it was accepted at the time but was not accepted at the time but starmer what i'm starmer now. so but what i'm saying oh when saying is you're saying, oh when the government it's the labour government it's, it's taking differently by the public. well wasn't it was public. well it wasn't it was widely criticised . widely criticised. >> and the eu i'm referring to the eu who do send people to rwanda, young girls to rwanda and it just strikes me as hypocrisy to then tell britain and it just strikes me as hnyorisy to then tell britain and it just strikes me as hnyor doingthen tell britain and it just strikes me as hnyor doing it. n tell britain off for doing it. >> all right. well, look, we just we've time for one just we've just got time for one of the more bizarre stories of the really was the day, and this really was a bonkers story. >> so reports of a fire the >> so reports of a fire at the top blackpool earlier top of blackpool tower earlier today thankfully, to today turned out, thankfully, to be alarm. what was be a false alarm. what was thought flames in thought to be flames was, in fact, orange construction site netting blowing in the wind. so videos on social media, we can see it there now that now you

know fire. you know know it's not a fire. you know now you know it's not a fire. questions to emerge, don't questions start to emerge, don't they? where's the smoke. questions start to emerge, don't they? but where's the smoke. questions start to emerge, don't they? but butare's the smoke. questions start to emerge, don't they? but but no s the smoke. questions start to emerge, don't they? but but no one; smoke. questions start to emerge, don't they? but but no one and oke. questions start to emerge, don't they? but but no one and i(e. questions start to emerge, don't they? but but no one and i mean right. but but no one and i mean nobody thought about that right . nobody thought about that right. right. immediately at the time. not in this newsroom, not in the other newsrooms that were completely transfixed this . completely transfixed by this. and after this was widely and so after this was widely reported as absolute fact and coming from some official sources as well, right, people certainly in this office did not jump certainly in this office did not jump to conclusions here. the line on this was the blackpool tower is on fire. okay. six fire engines and a police helicopter. later it turns out it's some orange netting . one bloke's been orange netting. one bloke's been arrested for breach of the peace . we've got no idea. what the heckis . we've got no idea. what the heck is that for? i but christina rhiannon from strictly come dancing on this show for 10:20 to come on and talk about the disaster that is the ballroom burning to the ground, etc. we had to cancel her blazer. she was on a holiday in spain. she was all going to come on.she spain. she was all going to come on. she was gutted and i hope

someone's actually told her to be but um, but there be fair. but um, but there we go . just thought that was . i just thought that was absolutely fantastic. idea absolutely fantastic. the idea that while that just shows that for a while that just shows you, doesn't how you, though, doesn't it, how rumours and people see rumours go around and people see the established. the facts are established. >> i tell people all the >> i tell people that all the time. it's one of the greatest tactics newspapers tactics that the newspapers use. they real facts are the ones they the real facts are the ones that are established first. reality with that are established first. reandy with that are established first. reand if with that are established first. reand if they with that are established first. reand if they have with that are established first. reand if they have to with it and if they have to apologise, they will do. but it's funny because i it's really funny because when i saw footage, mean, saw the shaky footage, i mean, for yeah it's only for all fire. yeah it's only when said, where's when you said, where's the smoke? oh, good smoke? i thought, oh, good point that a good point. that is a good point. >> it's it's true. but um, >> it's true, it's true. but um, no, a while i did think we no, for a while i did think we were to have one of our were about to have one of our great cultural landmarks burnt to but, to the ground there, but, uh. but always remember day. >> we were always. >> we were always. >> where were when the >> where were you when the blackpool wasn't on fire? blackpool tower wasn't on fire? you know, there we go. right now , with exactly 86 points , um, with exactly 86 points needed to win her family's ultra competitive boxing day dance championship, 85 year old maureen showed everyone how it's done. maureen showed everyone how it's done . take a look. done. take a look. >> six. >> six. >> whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa

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greatest britain? please >> well, my greatest britain is , >> well, my greatest britain is, um, christian marion. now he's the 46 year old man who went to try and help. he's the good samaritan that went try and samaritan that went to try and help woman who was lying help the woman who was lying unconscious. and course, got help the woman who was lying uncyover.»us. and course, got help the woman who was lying uncyover. and and course, got help the woman who was lying uncyover. and that's course, got help the woman who was lying uncyover. and that's it's rse, got help the woman who was lying uncyover. and that's it's so , got run over. and that's it's so sad. you know, it goes to sad. but, you know, it goes to show that one moment can change everything . but he was just everything. but he was just trying to help , which is so sad. trying to help, which is so sad. yeah. >> he was this is going be i >> he was this is going to be i think i'm actually quite surprised it's not on the front of a lot of these newspapers, because it did break in time for it to be on the front. i think there's a heck of a lot more to run this story. he was out run with this story. he was out on with his family , two on a walk with his family, two young kids supposedly . it's young kids supposedly. it's according to the police, sees a woman lying unconscious on the floor and a bit of an altercation goes over, leaves his kids wife there, his kids and his wife there, goes and then gets hit by a goes over and then gets hit by a car . the police are goes over and then gets hit by a car. the police are urging people are in that local people who are in that local community there in sheffield to come police are come forward. the police are quite people do quite adamant that people do know about what went

know things about what what went on are um, not on there and are not, um, not coming forward. there also coming forward. there was also an who was an off duty midwife who was involved in this. she's not got serious injuries, but a few other people were caught up in it as well. so look desperately sad, of course. and sean, who's your greatest britain? >> greatest britain is carry >> my greatest britain is carry on actor butterworth, who on actor peter butterworth, who helped escape helped organise a great escape from i from stalag luft three. i believe that right. from stalag luft three. i belalso that right. from stalag luft three. i belalso sent that right. from stalag luft three. i belalso sent messages right. from stalag luft three. i belalso sent messages back. from stalag luft three. i belalso sent messages back to he also sent messages back to the services with the british secret services with his letters a bold, brave his letters is a bold, brave britain he's greatest britain. >> i'll tell you what, there's two cracking choices there already. . and amy, two cracking choices there alreadyour . and amy, two cracking choices there alreadyour greatest and amy, two cracking choices there alreadyour greatest britain?y, who's your greatest britain? well guy had well it's a guy that's had a hell a week. hell of a week. >> it's not james cleverly. no um, he's pulled off another bunden um, he's pulled off another blinder. it's santa . blinder. it's santa. >> santa van—tam . okay. oh my >> santa van—tam. okay. oh my god, he's done every single year . i like the way we've put honorary greatest britain. uh, for santa . go on. so. so santa for santa. go on. so. so santa smashed it out of the park, isn't he? >> it never fails to please . >> it never fails to please. >> it never fails to please. >> it never fails to please. >> i was doing christmas day breakfast with emily and the santa tracker was phenomenal .

santa tracker was phenomenal. and he got. he got to a point where santa was on his way back to the north pole, and it was like, well, in santa's job. done, mate. good stuff. okay, well, um, today's greatest well, look, um, today's greatest brits , man is indeed. well, look, um, today's greatest brits , man is indeed . um, brits, man is indeed. um, christopher marriott, who sadly has has passed away after an incident in sheffield. i kind of couldn't really . i incident in sheffield. i kind of couldn't really. i didn't incident in sheffield. i kind of couldn't really . i didn't really couldn't really. i didn't really want to. not give it to him today. i think, like i said, i think we should keep our eyes and ears peeled for a few more developments in that story there. but wish family there. but we wish his family all union jacks all the best. um, union jacks time nana. all the best. um, union jacks time it'slana. all the best. um, union jacks time it's good to be james >> uh, it's good to be james cleverly fact that he cleverly for the fact that he said migrant said there's no migrant crossings, and almost attributed it to his brilliance. uh, it to his own brilliance. uh, but saw but yet, obviously we saw the weather. pretty bad. weather. it's pretty bad. and also he said also that nonsense that he said about rohypnol, just about rohypnol, which just was so out of out of touch, he shouldn't have done that because he'd literally moments earlier been saying, um, how he how he's going really step up on you going to really step up on you know, how he's going to punish people this sort of people for doing this sort of thing in people's drinks. >> mine says carol >> sure. mine says carol vorderman relentless, vorderman for a relentless,

childish, just crazy childish, untrue, just crazy attacks on tories . attacks on tories. >> look, if you want to be in a pubuc >> look, if you want to be in a public arena, behave properly because you can lead to mps and people in public being people in public life being attacked pylons attacked and organising pylons like it's part of it's where it starts. >> amy. >> amy. >> um, it's i've gone for the business and trade minister. um, because he's gone out and said that. because he's gone out and said that . yes, another brexit that. yes, another brexit success, that we can have pints of wine now, i just think if that's what you are crediting, if that's all worth it, brexit's all worth . all worth. >> i have been known to enjoy a pint of oil in my time, but there we go. right. today's winner of the union jack is carol vorderman. yes there we go. okay, so well done, carol. thank you very much. and now i would just also like to thank my wonderful panel. we've the wonderful panel. we've had the cracking shaun bailey as wonderful panel. we've had the crackiand shaun bailey as wonderful panel. we've had the crackiand amyshaun bailey as wonderful panel. we've had the crackiand amy nicole3ailey as wonderful panel. we've had the crackiand amy nicole turneras wonderful panel. we've had the crackiand amy nicole turner much well. and amy nicole turner much appreciated you all coming on and giving up your evenings for us. back again us. and i will be back again tomorrow p.m. up next is tomorrow at 9 pm. up next is headliners much more headliners for a much more detailed , in—depth paper review. detailed, in—depth paper review. i'll you tomorrow at nine. i'll see you tomorrow at nine. >> brighter outlook with boxt

>> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good evening, i'm annie shuttleworth and this is your latest gb news weather update . latest gb news weather update. there'll be some sunshine on friday, but it will be still quite breezy, but a little bit calmer it has been calmer than it has been recently. low pressure , still in recently. low pressure, still in charge though, and that will be pushing through weather pushing through this weather front evening. front throughout the evening. that will bring a more persistent heavier rain persistent spell of heavier rain to southern areas. that should clear through the second part of the night, but it's further north where we the most north where we see the most persistent some persistent rain. still some heavy, gusty, showers heavy, gusty, blustery showers to come through throughout much of night . we've also got of the night. we've also got a northerly wind bringing in colder air to far north of colder air to the far north of scotland, we'll see some snow colder air to the far north of scotlthe, we'll see some snow colder air to the far north of scotlthe, vyat.l see some snow colder air to the far north of scotlthe, vyat first, some snow colder air to the far north of scotlthe, vyat first, but1e snow colder air to the far north of scotlthe , vyat first, but to snow over the hills at first, but to lower levels across the north—east by tomorrow morning . north—east by tomorrow morning. further south, though, it will stay and dry, but the stay clear and dry, but the breeze will hold temperatures up. start up. so another mild start tomorrow. we could see some sunshine, central sunshine, mainly across central and throughout the and eastern areas throughout the morning on friday, so not a bad day to be getting out and about

through the morning, but cloud will the afternoon as will thicken by the afternoon as well heavy showers well as some heavy showers developing the that developing from the west. that could quite persistent across could be quite persistent across coastal as coastal areas as well as northern areas of england and the north of scotland. the far north of scotland. staying very cold. a cold feel tomorrow, particularly in the wind. think a cold wind. i think it'll be a cold start saturday as well, start to saturday as well, but cloud will through cloud will thicken through the day spell of wet and day as the next spell of wet and windy weather arrives from the west. and that wet and windy windy weather arrives from the west. arpushesat wet and windy windy weather arrives from the west. arpushes upvet and windy windy weather arrives from the west. arpushes up into nd windy windy weather arrives from the west. arpushes up into northern weather pushes up into northern scotland some scotland, it will bring some hill snow, sleety snow for hill snow, some sleety snow for a on saturday. so some more a time on saturday. so some more unsettled weather to come on saturday. blustery day on new saturday. a blustery day on new year's eve. but new year's day looks drier but looks a little bit drier but colder. you later. that warm colder. see you later. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsor of weather on .

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