>> good morning. it's 930 on tuesday, the 2nd of january. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, andrew pierce and bev turner. >> asylum seekers are back . lock >> asylum seekers are back. lock backlog slashed . is it.7 rishi backlog slashed. is it.7 rishi sunak has claimed to have cleared the backlog despite labour saying this is not entirely true. our reporter ray addison is in gatwick . addison is in gatwick. >> i'm live outside the brook house. immigration removal centre in gatwick as labour warns that the government's asylum figures simply do not add up . and tory rallying call the up. and tory rallying call the former brexit secretary david davis, has written an open letter to all conservative mps on why they can still win the next general election. >> he'll join us shortly and great british success. >> 16 year old luke littler stormed through to the pdc world darts champions semi—finals last night. he's back in action tonight. good luck luke .

tonight. good luck luke. >> and japan plane in flames. in some breaking news, the japan airlines plane was inflamed as it landed on a runway at tokyo's haneda airport. we'll bring you the latest . the latest. >> and is this metaverse madness 7 >> and is this metaverse madness .7 as the police are investigating an alleged rape in the metaverse.7 that's right . a the metaverse.7 that's right. a virtual reality world for the first time after a child was apparently attacked while playing a video game, is this a good use of the police's time . good use of the police's time. and yes, you did hear that last story correctly. 2024 has got off to quite an interesting start in terms of the digital world. i shouldn't laugh, but i'm sorry i can't take it particularly serious. it's two cartoon characters we're talking about. >> yeah, exactly. and can't you just turn the machine off.7

>> yes, you can let us know your thoughts this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com is the email address. first though, your very latest sanchez latest news with tatiana sanchez i >> -- >> beth, thank you very much. first to some breaking news. a plane has been seen on fire at tokyo's international airport . tokyo's international airport. local media reports show the aircraft travelling down the runway engulfed by fire. the extraordinary scenes are taking place at haneda airport, just outside tokyo, with witnesses saying the japan airlines plane exploded into flames. roughly 400 people on board have evacuated. this is a developing story. we'll bring you more as we get it . the prime story. we'll bring you more as we get it. the prime minister praised relentless action for clearing the asylum backlog, though critics say the government is fiddling the figures as the number of asylum decisions made last year was the highest since 2002. as the government insists its commitment to clear the number

of legacy claims has been delivered . but labour says the delivered. but labour says the claims are false . while reports claims are false. while reports suggest the reduced figure is in part due to some legacy cases being moved to another category , being moved to another category, the nhs will be stretched even further tomorrow as junior doctors walk out in the health service's longest strike ever, an unprecedented six days of industrial action. this is one of its busiest periods , as cases of its busiest periods, as cases of its busiest periods, as cases of flu and other winter illnesses are up as are staff absences due to . covid. bosses absences due to. covid. bosses say it could be one of the most difficult starts to the year the nhs has ever faced. the bma union wants junior doctors to receive a 35% pay rise, which would restore their real earnings to levels seen in 2008. the government says the demands are unaffordable . the number of are unaffordable. the number of people crossing the english channelin people crossing the english channel in small boats has fallen for the first time since 2015. new figures show. the total number of arrivals last year was down by 36, compared to

the year before. for the first time in five years, no channel crossings took place on christmas eve or christmas day or boxing day . however, the new or boxing day. however, the new figure is still the second highest on record and remains above level. seen in 2021. and those rescue efforts are continuing in japan after a powerful earthquake on new year's day, nearly 50 people were killed when the quake hit the noto peninsula in the sea of japan. residents in some areas were forced to flee as tsunami waves hit the west coast , waves hit the west coast, sweeping cars and houses into the water. around 3000 army officers, firefighters and police officers have been deployed to the affected area . deployed to the affected area. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website at gb news.com. now back to andrew and bev . andrew and bev. >> very good morning. happy new

year to you. if you're just tuning in for the first time, the christmas tree is gone. i nofice the christmas tree is gone. i notice it has has your christmas tree gone? >> yes . uh, no. tree gone? >> yes. uh, no. sort of. >> uh, yes. uh, no. sort of. i didn't put one up. >> mine's. >> mine's. >> oh, i didn't put one up, but, uh. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> that's unusual. why? >> that's unusual. why? >> it'sjust just >> that's unusual. why? >> it's just just because. and because there much. because i wasn't there much. and, uh, but the christmas baubles the baubles are still there. and the christmas cars . well, that's yet christmas cars. well, that's yet january the 6th feast of january the 6th is the feast of the epiphany that's. that's the epiphany. that's. that's the 12th christmas. it'll all 12th day of christmas. it'll all come down then. >> well, looking very >> well, mine is looking very sad. i've taken off the sad. i've taken off all the baubles, tree is just baubles, but the tree is just sort there because then sort of sat there because then i'll day when the when i'll miss the day when the when the cows come and pick the cows will come and pick him up, but anyway. so. right. up, etc. but anyway. so. right. >> story. and it's a big >> big story. uh, and it's a big story in a number ways story in a number of ways because the police. can you believe this? they're investigating first believe this? they're invesof ating first believe this? they're invesof ating rape first believe this? they're invesof ating rape in first believe this? they're invesof ating rape in the it case of alleged rape in the metaverse after a child was attacked . you've got it in attacked. you've got it in a virtual reality video game. that's right. >> the girl is apparently under the age of 16, and she said to have been left distraught after her avatar . so that's her her avatar. so that's her digital character. it could have

looked human, or it could have been you know, an octopus with 16 tentacles. whatever she was gang raped by, by a group of onune gang raped by, by a group of online strangers. >> so a spokesman for meta which runs the free online vr game horizon world, said the kind of behaviour described has no place in our platform, which is why for all users, we have an automatic protection called personal boundary, which keeps people you don't know a few feet away from you. >> a good use of police >> is this a good use of police time? i honestly, when you think what we have been what we might have been discussing on our first show back 2024, this back together in 2024, this would have been at the top would not have been at the top of it's absolutely insane. >> well, it's not a good use of police the number of police time when the number of convictions for rape in this country have an country have fallen to an historic all low, that's historic all time low, that's women genuinely been women who have genuinely been raped by a man. i know sometimes raped by a man. i know sometimes rape is against a man , against a rape is against a man, against a man. but rape it is. it is a shameful record we have in this country. and yet now we discover the police are poking their nose into the metaverse . into the metaverse. >> the at the moment, lawyers

are saying, well, there'll be no there'll be no case for any sort of conviction. you can't even call rape . there's no actual call it rape. there's no actual penetration . you where this penetration. you where this wasn't assaulted, was she? >> no. >> no. >> well, she well this is the thing. so you wear a headset if you don't know what we're talking you wear talking about, you wear a headset and it looks very realistic. some people, and hopefully the 16 year old girl is not one of those. or under 16 will have gloves that mean you feel sensations and you can touch people in the metaverse, feel sensations and you can toucyoueople in the metaverse, feel sensations and you can toucyou would] the metaverse, feel sensations and you can toucyou would maybe etaverse, feel sensations and you can toucyou would maybe feelerse, feel sensations and you can toucyou would maybe feel a;e, and you would maybe feel a vibration hands. but the vibration in your hands. but the idea that be idea that any of that can be compared to rape in real life is just madness. and we need to call it out for what it is. i my 12 year old, and i were discussing this. this morning and she said, mummy, just take off the headset and i thought, sometimes it takes a child . sometimes it takes a child. yeah, to make you realise, yeah . yeah, to make you realise, yeah. >> i mean it's almost like a bad dream, isn't it? i mean, i don't do any of this stuff, obviously i'm far too old and don't understand any of your parking app. but you app. no, but, um, but if you have what do you

have a bad dream, what do you do? you wake yourself up. yeah. get out of the dream. it ends. do? you wake yourself up. yeah. getthe of the dream. it ends. do? you wake yourself up. yeah. getthe question eam. it ends. do? you wake yourself up. yeah. getthe question ism. it ends. do? you wake yourself up. yeah. getthe question is as it ends. do? you wake yourself up. yeah. getthe question is as well,is. do? you wake yourself up. yeah. getthe question is as well, if >> the question is as well, if this child is genuinely claiming to how this child is genuinely claiming to time how this child is genuinely claiming to time was how this child is genuinely claiming to time was child how much time was that child spending altered spending in that altered parallel she'd parallel universe that she'd obviously lost the distinction between the real world and the virtual world. and that's that's poor parenting , isn't it? poor parenting, isn't it? >> well, i'd have said i mean, it goes back to the old issue, isn't it? how much time do you get allow your kids on these devices and do regulate devices and do you regulate them? you what they're them? do you know what they're doing and do you know who they're talking to and who they're talking to and who they're with? pardon the they're playing with? pardon the expression, think they're playing with? pardon the expressi point think they're playing with? pardon the expressi point is think they're playing with? pardon the expressi point is that think they're playing with? pardon the expressi point is that we think they're playing with? pardon the expressi point is that we have: the key point is that we have people are taking this seriously today. >> i mean, on today. >> i mean, it's on the front page newspaper . >> i mean, it's on the front page newspaper. yeah. page of your newspaper. yeah. and think that's important and i think that's important that , because if this has that it is, because if this has been taken to such level that been taken to such a level that the it is the police are involved, it is important that we shine a light the police are involved, it is imjthe ant that we shine a light the police are involved, it is imjthe ludicrously shine a light the police are involved, it is imjthe ludicrously ofine a light the police are involved, it is imjthe ludicrously of thea light the police are involved, it is imjthe ludicrously of the police on the ludicrously of the police being involved in this. >> but we've talked to professor peter sommer, who's, um, an expert witness in cases involving digital and cyber evidence, and he says he's given evidence, and he says he's given evidence in many cases. and from

hacking to cyber fraud, corruption, harassment, child sexual exploitation and murder, he says it can be very distressing for a child to have to give evidence in a sexual assault case. well, a child hasn't been sexually assaulted here, it is the cartoon here, so it is the cartoon character has been assaulted by a cartoon character . a cartoon character. >> my life, my mind is just blown. i'm sorry that that life is coming to this. i think it's absolutely ridiculous. let us know what you think . know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.com. as long as you don't use it to push through this idea that you can't have anonymity online. that's where i think this going. think this is going. >> know we're >> well, we do know now we're going to cross live now to tokyo because have heard in the because you have heard in the headunes because you have heard in the headlines plane on because you have heard in the hea on|es plane on because you have heard in the hea on the plane on because you have heard in the hea on the runway plane on because you have heard in the hea on the runway at)lane on because you have heard in the hea on the runway at an|e on because you have heard in the hea on the runway at an airport fire on the runway at an airport in tokyo. you can see it now if you're listening radio. you're listening on the radio. the stationary on the the plane is stationary on the runway. um lots of emergency service vehicles nearby. and there's palls of black smoke emerging from the plane. um it's

tokyo's haneda airport. uh, we don't we're trying to find out more about the plane where it had been. if it was a presumably a passenger plane . a passenger plane. >> there's some speculation at the that the plane the moment that that the plane may have collided with another aircraft landing at aircraft after landing at haneda. passengers haneda. there are passengers apparently still on board. yeah. um, that aeroplane is also reported that it taken off from hokkaido for. and the reported that it taken off from hokkaido for . and the footage hokkaido for. and the footage was on the broadcast nhk. i guess it's a local japanese station. it showed flames coming out of the windows of the aircraft and beneath it, and the runway itself has actually also been set alight. well we'll keep you up to date on that and hopefully the threat to life will be, will be limited. >> but the emergency services are there. that is a plane. but in a ball of flames as it landed on a runway at tokyo's haneda airport . um, on a runway at tokyo's haneda airport. um, and on a runway at tokyo's haneda airport . um, and that happened airport. um, and that happened earlier . now airport. um, and that happened earlier. now the former brexit secretary david davis, no stranger to this program , has stranger to this program, has called for unity in the tory party as the general election

approaches and he's done it in the form of a stirring letter to every single tory mp and minister. that's right. >> and sir david davis joins us now . good >> and sir david davis joins us now. good morning. uh good morning, david. here he is. he will be here in just a moment. he's in his yorkshire constituency , which is why we constituency, which is why we haven't got him in the studio with us. >> there he is. >> there he is. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> doesn't allow us to take you down until the 6th of january. so. >> quite right, quite right. >> quite right, quite right. >> happy new year to you david as well. >> happy new year and congratulations on on your knighthood that received knighthood that you received this this this year as well. um, this letter written, this letter that you've written, this open on andrew pearce's open letter on andrew pearce's pagein open letter on andrew pearce's page in the daily mail, of course, this morning. why did you feel the need to express these our these sentiments and tell our viewers said? viewers what you've said? >> to a head >> well, it came to a head really, during the latter part of rwanda debate, when just of rwanda debate, uh, when just about everybody in the, in the political sphere seemed to be assuming we were going to get slaughtered next year in next

year's election and year's general election and a number of a number of my younger colleagues were saying to me, what's this like? is this like 92 or 97 and so on. now look, i've fought, uh, ten parliamentary elections, nine. >> oh, i think we've lost david. have we lost david? he's frozen . have we lost david? he's frozen. i think we've lost him for a moment . we'll try and get him back. >> we'll go back to him. >> we'll go back to him. >> this this kind of tells you about our technological world, doesn't it? on one end, you've about our technological world, doe the it? on one end, you've about our technological world, doethe police one end, you've about our technological world, doe the police investigating�*ve about our technological world, doethe police investigating an got the police investigating an assault, sexual assault online. and 2024, and on the other end, in 2024, we get a wi—fi we can't always get a wi—fi signal that lasts . signal that lasts. >> and david saying he's on >> and david was saying he's on his 10th general and his 10th general election, and he was making the point in that letter, which i have, we got him back. >> no . >> no. >> no. >> and he was making the point that if you go back to 1986. mrs. thatcher was absolutely at death's door politically. there at the row over the western helicopter, a helicopter company chart. um, michael heseltine quit the cabinet. she allowed

the americans to bomb british bomb bases in libya. >> and it's and it's an election year and it all really matters. and we are going to be talking about it between now and midday. but we do want to catch up with this charlie has this story. charlie peters has joined studio. so joined us in the studio. so a japan airlines plane. charlie, what's on? it was it was what's going on? it was it was looking at the pictures here. it's what's it's absolutely ablaze. what's happened it's absolutely ablaze. what's hapwell,i plane is just two >> well, this plane is just two years an airbus a350 900, years old. an airbus a350 900, a very modern plane , and it landed very modern plane, and it landed within the last hour, 22 minutes late. and reports are coming out just in the last few minutes that it was possibly involved in a collision with a coastguard vehicle on the runway. now initially, we've heard that all 400 people have been evacuated from this aircraft , as you 400 people have been evacuated from this aircraft, as you can see on the screens now. and for those listening, it is totally engulfed in flames. the footage in the last five minutes, we did see the tail of the plane collapsing on the runway as flames moved throughout it, and the original footage of the explosion does appear to show

flames erupting at the front of the aircraft before taking over the aircraft before taking over the rest of the vehicle, and this flight only took off this morning. in the afternoon in japan , uh, about an hour and japan, uh, about an hour and a half away from its final destination. here there in tokyo. but it took off in hokkaido, the north island. it's a short flight, an internal flight with 400 people on board. this is a popularjourney. of course , into the airport. this course, into the airport. this is the biggest airport in japan, and facing a scene of and it's facing a scene of absolute crisis . absolute crisis. >> what do we know about the people on board yet, charlie? have they got anybody off? >> very little information so far, the slides on far, but all of the slides on the have visibly been the plane have visibly been deployed, suggest deployed, which does suggest that measures were that evacuation measures were taken. waiting for further taken. still waiting for further information, but we believe at 400 people were on board at the time and confirmation , of time and confirmation, of course, japan's not having a good 2024. >> their earthquake yesterday , >> their earthquake yesterday, they actually 48 people confirmed dead in that earthquake yesterday. at one point it looked like that death

toll from yesterday was going to be than that. be much higher than that. hopefully this is another instance where the loss of life has been significantly less than might have expected, based might have been expected, based on that we're on the pictures that we're seeing is which is extraordinary. >> that is absolutely >> that plane is absolutely ablaze from top to bottom and parts of the runway were also set alight from explosion, set alight from this explosion, which that , of which does suggest that, of course, is a key part of course, fuel is a key part of the causing of this. >> this inflammation of the entire aircraft. so as that spreads, now we're seeing footage now of people moving around the aircraft attempting to put out that flame, but it has totally captured the entirety of the aircraft . and as entirety of the aircraft. and as that fuel obviously moves onto the runway , we can expect more the runway, we can expect more of that tarmac to catch ablaze and more of those vehicles rushing to try and put out that fire. but people yet were involved in reports initially suggesting that the aircraft was involved in a collision when it landed 22 minutes late and possibly involved in a collision there, which could have set up a rupture inside. >> we've all been on planes at

that moment when you land and then taxi, and it's quite then you taxi, and it's quite remarkable that more collisions don't often thought don't happen. i've often thought that the plane that that being on the plane that that being on the plane that that do a very good job of that they do a very good job of making sure collisions making sure that collisions don't that of don't occur at that sort of time. just we're just time. um, we're just we're just looking at the live pictures here of this plane absolutely alight. >> and presumably full of fuel. charlie >> full of fuel, full of fuel, and hence why it's. >> well, it's an inferno. >> well, it's an inferno. >> yeah. and there are reports by nhk television. japanese television that all of the passengers and crew on the burning plane have been successfully evacuated. so that's just breaking now . all that's just breaking now. all nearly 380 passengers reportedly evacuated. but we're waiting for further information on that situation because clearly it is a scene of grave devastation. but yeah, all passengers appear to have survived this collision , to have survived this collision, this reported collision and then significant explosion on the aircraft in japan's biggest airport. >> and as you say, reuters are now reporting that the japan

airlines flight may have crashed with a japanese coast guard plane that was also on the runway. >> so what we can see is the main plane. charlie, what about the coastguard plane? >> there are no information there. it's unclear if that collision took place at the there. it's unclear if that collisiwe're�*k place at the there. it's unclear if that collisi we're looking at the there. it's unclear if that collisiwe're looking at the there. it's unclear if that collisiwe're looking at now. scene we're looking at now. right. if it was a collision. right. or if it was a collision. and aircraft continued and then the aircraft continued to from scene to move away from the scene before this this explosion before this. this this explosion took place . of course, it's took place. of course, it's completely possible that the collision broke something internally which set off that explosion because the original footage of this flame starting appears to show an explosion from inside the aircraft at the front of the aircraft. it hasn't started , you know, towards the started, you know, towards the middle or the rear. so if there was a collision, we'll wait to see how that's affected. >> and only two, did you say only two years old. this plane, charlie, just two years delivered. >> two years ago to japan airlines. >> what an extraordinary success story of evacuation of the passengers , though, because if passengers, though, because if it was taxiing and they managed

to deploy the chutes, that that will get you off the plane. you know, when they always say remove your high heels, those chutes and they've managed to get all of those people off because it was clearly burning almost from the of almost from the moment of impact, appear um, impact, it would appear so. um, and they've obviously managed to get those passengers. get off all of those passengers. hopefully as hopefully all of the crew as well, think been well, we think has been confirmed. then japan's coastguard has just said that one of its aircraft may have collided with japan airlines collided with a japan airlines a350 aircraft. >> that's the aircraft that you're seeing on your screens now at tokyo's airport . and now at tokyo's airport. and there's further information coming out just now. unconfirmed that the aircraft which collided with the plane was a relatively large dash eight plane. so not a not a small craft for dealing with so issues there over air traffic control . traffic control. >> because how how do you have a collision . collision. >> well this is of course a country in crisis as you mentioned with with the mentioned with the with the earthquake place recently earthquake taking place recently , the coastguard invariably heavily involved with that situation. so this will be a

country on high alert. its emergency services, air, sea and land active for that process. and so some degree of confusion there relatively likely particularly in the largest airport in the country. particularly in the largest airport in the country . yeah. airport in the country. yeah. >> that's such a good point, charlie, because of course, as we say, there was the earthquake yesterday, significant earthquake japan yesterday earthquake in japan yesterday which have scrambled which has will have scrambled called the emergency services and this could end up, i suppose, being one of those incidents which happens in the aftermath of another catastrophe , um, because of the overstretched um, emergency services there on the scenes at the time, we think it's about 400 people. if you just tuning in, we're looking at the images here of a japanese airlines plane that is in flames at haneda airport , there were haneda airport, there were roughly 400 people on board, all of them, we believe, were evacuated . evacuated. >> dramatic images of them, in fact, seen fleeing the plane, according to the broadcaster nhk . but they all managed to escape, which is extraordinary . escape, which is extraordinary. see what i mean? you wouldn't have thought so. looking at that

plane which on fire from top plane which is on fire from top to from beginning to end, to toe, from beginning to end, um, got them um, they must have got them out very charlie um, very quickly. charlie um, fascinating. um, we'll continue to monitor what's happening there. i think we can go to simon calder, i think. can we? we can't go to simon calder, so we'll stay with charlie. >> i'm just thinking about the ramifications of this. now as well. course, world well. of course, the world is sort back into sort of coming back into business at the start of january. this is going to close this this airport. i would this this airport. yeah. i would imagine for several days, if not weeks . weeks. >> that's right. and if, if reports are confirmed true about this dash eight aircraft, this coastguard colliding on coastguard vehicle colliding on the with this airbus a350 the runway with this airbus a350 900, that will, of course be extremely surprising. and it's a it's a large aircraft. it's a propeller powered aircraft that's commonly used by both passengers and coast guards. and like even the dutch coastguard uses as well. over a thousand of this aircraft have been built. they've flown millions of hours without incident. and so if it is a collision on the runway, as

you said, andrew, it's likely to be error or some traffic be human error or some traffic control crisis there because collisions on runways are extremely rare . usually if extremely rare. usually if there's an explosion on an aircraft after landing, it's due to a it's due to collisions or issues with the landing process itself, not due to other aircraft on the runway . aircraft on the runway. >> the flames are so intense the plane has now snapped in half. yeah extraordinary. >> but the tail fell off on the rear of aircraft ten rear of the aircraft about ten minutes live shot we minutes ago was a live shot we saw before we air. so saw before we came on air. so totally destroying the structure of the aircraft and causing it to fall apart. but as we said, the explosion did start at the front. remarkable charlie, that everybody got off alive . yes. everybody got off alive. yes. well, know, 380, up to 400 well, you know, 380, up to 400 passengers successfully evacuated . but these are evacuated. but these are extremely modern aircraft as i said, delivered just two years ago. according to the flight tracker that i checked earlier. and have most modern and they do have the most modern evacua ation systems. those sudes evacua ation systems. those slides move quickly and you can imagine the mode for dealing with this sort of process is slow. it's smooth and smooth is

fast. you don't rush an evacuation zone, but you can imagine when that fire erupted at the front of the aircraft, everyone on board is pretty keen to get to those slides right away. but according to the reports , it has been successful , reports, it has been successful, which is a remarkable outcome . which is a remarkable outcome. >> um, yeah, we we're looking at the live footage here, obviously. um from japan, there are some pictures emerging onune are some pictures emerging online at the moment of impact, and it appears to almost burst into flames as soon as the two airlines collide . how on earth airlines collide. how on earth did they manage to get all of those people off in the middle of a raging inferno? as you say, they must have. guess this is they must have. i guess this is very reassuring in some ways, this story, because it does show that modern aircraft have excellent evacuation , excellent safety evacuation, even terrifying for the passengers in the process terrifying , especially if you terrifying, especially if you can, you know, look out the window, see flames erupting. >> some of the footage earlier saw flames not just engulfing the aircraft. spreading

the aircraft. actually spreading outside yeah it outside the aircraft. yeah it does an engine does suggest obviously an engine problem with the bulk of the fuel used and that fuel is being used and that spreading the runway , spreading onto the runway, bursting of the windows bursting out of the windows where were. where people were. >> the more reason when they >> all the more reason when they go through that evacuation procedure on that plane and we all look all read our books and look out the should him. the window, you should flip him. well, because would well, listen, because it would have today to have been essential today to save those 367 passengers that they knew exactly what they were doing because those flames pred doing because those flames ripped so ripped through that plane so quickly . quickly. >> flying the safest form of >> flying is the safest form of travel, but it goes wrong, travel, but when it goes wrong, it goes extremely and it goes extremely wrong. and this is very much a clear example of that. taking place. it's enormous relief , example of that. taking place. it's enormous relief, a it's an enormous relief, a tremendous relief. according to those initial reports, all those initial reports, that all people been evacuated people have been evacuated safely, they're doing so at people have been evacuated sitime they're doing so at people have been evacuated sitime of they're doing so at people have been evacuated sitime of enormousoing so at people have been evacuated sitime of enormous danger at people have been evacuated sitime of enormous danger .t people have been evacuated sitime of enormous danger. yeah, yeah. >> i imagine the japanese prime minister will be out making a statement quite soon, because we heard from yesterday over heard from him yesterday over the earthquake. um, it's, um , the earthquake. um, it's, um, all happening his watch. all happening on his watch. >> if you're just tuning >> yeah. if you're just tuning in, you're looking at in, um, and you're looking at these let's just these pictures here, let's just recap for you what has happened. this is a an airliner carrying

367 passengers. it exploded at an airport near tokyo. and of course, this comes just a day after that, that brutal 7.6, um, magnitude earthquake along japan's west coast of yesterday . japan's west coast of yesterday. um, the jet you can see there absolutely engulfed in this raging inferno, sat on the runway at haneda airport . raging inferno, sat on the runway at haneda airport. this is in ota city in in tokyo. uh absolutely. extra ordinary scene. as you can see, the impact there . i think it's the impact there. i think it's the first time we've seen that seeing it erupt in flames and the are instant and the flames are instant and intense . i would be genuinely intense. i would be genuinely fascinated to know how they managed to get all those passengers off there safely. i wonder if that initial, maybe the initial explosion we see there is on the stationary plane, the coast guard's plane, which perhaps didn't have any passengers on it, may have just been parked there, and they've obviously managed to, um, uh uh, drive, drive the drive the drive, ride, drive the drive the plane to taxi the plane down the

runway. >> and it's now like a raging inferno. there's no other way to describe it. um extraordinary. >> well, this this airport, haneda airport, is on the coast. you'd expect significant coastguard activity there. several planes likely to be involved. of course, in that recent earthquake reaction operation . so scrambled, no operation. so scrambled, no doubt, on high alert to deal with that problem . um, and no with that problem. um, and no doubt, of course, an extreme busy time for the airport. and also , let's not forget, they're also, let's not forget, they're landing at night. they're landing at night. they're landing after the sunset at all of these sorts of operations are more difficult, especially in the dark . the dark. >> during rokunin kc japanese. >> during rokunin kc japanese. >> and you might not not great, actually, that , i suspect, is a actually, that, i suspect, is a spokesman at the airport speaking. we could just hear a little of that. um but we haven't got him this is the i believe it's the life footage from the national broadcaster. >> yeah, in japan . just >> yeah, in japan. just extraordinary . uh, >> yeah, in japan. just extraordinary. uh, images. >> yeah, in japan. just extraordinary . uh, images. there

extraordinary. uh, images. there >> japan airlines have said in the last few moments we are currently assessing the extent of the damage . according to snk , of the damage. according to snk, the national broadcaster in japan. but this flight took off from the north island at 600 4 pm. local time, landing . at 540 pm. local time, landing. at 540 local time. so it took off at 7 am. uk time . so a very recent a.m. uk time. so a very recent explosion happening just in the last 40 minutes. it could already see some of the flames now turning into embers, but still raging on at this time. >> um, i'm just looking on twitter here because of course, in these days of, uh, everybody's a journalist, there is twitter, is some footage on twitter, there's a, a video that's been posted inside the aeroplane posted from inside the aeroplane of passengers , um, uh, of passengers, um, uh, surrounded by thick smoke . we surrounded by thick smoke. we will try and bring you that if we can. of course. we're just looking at the live pictures here the national here from the national broadcast. um, but from the pictures here, broadcast. um, but from the pictthei here, broadcast. um, but from the pictthe plane here, broadcast. um, but from the pictthe plane was here, broadcast. um, but from the pictthe plane was filled here, broadcast. um, but from the pictthe plane was filled with uh, the plane was filled with smoke. have their smoke. people have got their masks which is often normal

masks on, which is often normal anyway, japan. go on. charlie anyway, in japan. go on. charlie we have an update also now from hnk, nhk . hnk, the nhk. >> sorry, the national broadcaster in japan now saying that five crew members of the coastguard plane are unaccounted for the explosion at the for after the explosion at the tokyo airport . for after the explosion at the tokyo airport. but for after the explosion at the tokyo airport . but the captain tokyo airport. but the captain has survived . that's just a has survived. that's just a report at this stage from nhk . report at this stage from nhk. no word yet on the status of the crew, but five five unaccounted for. the captain reportedly did survive in that collision and then explosion. as you said, andrew, it's not yet clear at this time if that explosion was from the coastguard plane dash eight. over a thousand of eight. well over a thousand of these built or if it was the airbus a350, the 900 variants that you're seeing on your screens now. again, just two years old and by far a more modern plane , the plane that modern plane, the plane that we're seeing where some 400 people have reportedly been successfully evacuated , very successfully evacuated, very modern in routine global service

and as we said earlier, has all of the latest evacuation and safety features. those slides , safety features. those slides, all of them, we did see them deployed before before we came on air by contrast, the dash eight is an older aircraft. it is significantly smaller than the craft. it's reportedly collided in. it's powered by propeller on the engine, not the kind of the jet engine style that we saw kind of covered in flames so they are vastly flames now. so they are vastly different aircraft in terms of size, power and also modernity. this aircraft we're seeing on the screen, the passenger aircraft is a far more up to date and potentially safer variant , date and potentially safer variant, right? yeah. >> and, um, i no doubt with these days of mobile phones, there will be more footage emerging from it inside the aeroplane . but the image that aeroplane. but the image that i'm just able to look at here on my computer and i'm sorry, we will bring this you will try and bring this to you when we can, is from inside the aeroplane as it was taxiing and moving, still moving moving, and it's still moving significantly the moving, and it's still moving signifi is ntly the moving, and it's still moving signifi is full the moving, and it's still moving signifi is full of the moving, and it's still moving signifi is full of smoke the moving, and it's still moving signifi is full of smoke and e moving, and it's still moving signifi is full of smoke and the plane is full of smoke and the passengers. i don't want to turn

the on, obviously, but the the audio on, obviously, but the passengers looking passengers all looking relatively , it has to be relatively calm, it has to be said, and then jumped up and making their way over to the doors where they obviously were able to escape. it's an extraordinary success story, really. 400 passengers were saved, that it's saved, terrible that it's they've done it. >> it's textbook , isn't it, to >> it's textbook, isn't it, to have got rid of to get everybody out and the crew, although it does appear that the coastguard plane quite the same. plane wasn't quite the same. we're going to we're going to stay with this story because this plane is continuing to the blaze is raging on that plane. we're going to be joined by it now by the travel expert paul charles. um, who i think who i think has joined us. paul, good morning . morning. >> morning. happy new year. >> good morning. happy new year. >> good morning. happy new year. >> happy year to you, >> um, happy new year to you, paul >> um, happy new year to you, paul. last paul. i can't remember the last time anything quite time we've seen anything quite so dramatic in one our modern so dramatic in one of our modern airports . airports. >> no, this is remarkable. >> no, this is remarkable. >> what's most remarkable here is if it's true that 370 or so crew and passengers have been safely evacuated from that

aircraft . uh, when you look at aircraft. uh, when you look at the images that have been coming through, you wonder how anybody has been able to get out of this a350 . but obviously, a lot of a350. but obviously, a lot of the pictures that we've been seeing were were taken initially some minutes after the incident. and those critical minutes when the plane landed and seemingly crashed into another aircraft , crashed into another aircraft, were vital in terms of getting people down. those slides off the modern a350 and through to safety. so if that's true , uh, safety. so if that's true, uh, it will be a remarkable new year story. >> charles, i don't know. paul. sorry, i don't know how familiar you are with tokyo , but what is you are with tokyo, but what is this? what is this ? how busy is this? what is this? how busy is this? what is this? how busy is this airport? i would imagine significantly busier , significantly busier, particularly at a time when they're recovering from the earthquake yesterday. they will have lot to deal with have an awful lot to deal with today have an awful lot to deal with tod yes, there are two airports >> yes, there are two airports in, tokyo . two international in, uh, tokyo. two international airports. narita and haneda. um, hannah has been getting much busier taking some traffic away from narita in recent years, but

it is one of the busiest airports, obviously in japan, in the capital. and um, haneda was a focal point for some of the rescue efforts. so a lot of aircraft were coming into in the last 24 hours to help with the rescue efforts from the earthquake that japan sadly experienced 24 hours ago. um, and it remains to be seen, but if the a350 from japan airlines collided with this dash eight aircraft, um, from the japanese coastguard then it could be. and we don't know for sure that that coastguard aircraft , it was only coastguard aircraft, it was only there because of the earthquake and, uh, we remain remains to be seen. what information we get through about that collision. if it happened . it happened. >> um, i was just saying earlier that. >> um, i was just saying earlier that . paul, we've on the that. paul, we've all sat on the aeroplanes come down that. paul, we've all sat on the aerofannes come down that. paul, we've all sat on the aerofa flight come down that. paul, we've all sat on the aerofa flight and come down that. paul, we've all sat on the aerofa flight and you come down that. paul, we've all sat on the aerofa flight and you sorte down that. paul, we've all sat on the aerofa flight and you sort orown from a flight and you sort of breathe that sigh of relief that you've landed safely. and yet there is that moment when you're taxiing across the runway which can a bit tense at times.

can feel a bit tense at times. you're in an enormous vehicle moving across the tarmac. in some ways, it's surprising that these sort of collisions don't happen more often. i guess it's normally organised down to to the the last second. >> well , let's face it, the a350 >> well, let's face it, the a350 , which we're looking at here, the airbus a350 is one of the safest aircraft flying. last year was the safest on record for the number of incidents which occurred where people passed away. so, you know, aviation is becoming safer if you look at the statistics and it's incredible when you look at these pictures that everybody seemingly got off, uh, safely and has survived this. and that is an indication of how well designed these modern aircraft are these days . when the airbus are these days. when the airbus a350 is, is pretty well the most modern aircraft flying there are , i think 15 of them in the japan airlines fleet. japan airlines has about 145 aircraft in total in its fleet. the

majority of which are boeing aircraft. but it has about 15 a350, which it's flying , and a350, which it's flying, and this was flying from sapporo to haneda. this was flying from sapporo to haneda . um, it was pretty well haneda. um, it was pretty well full with those 380 people on board. and it's an indication actually , of how safe and how actually, of how safe and how well trained the crew are and how impressive those aircraft are that everybody was able to be taken off. when you look at some of these earlier pictures, um, which are distressing of the aircraft coming down the runway having seemingly collided with a smaller plane, you my first reaction when i saw it was, how on earth will anybody have got out of this ? but to see that 380 out of this? but to see that 380 people or so seeming have been evacuated safely is quite remarkable . remarkable. >> paul. we were we were almost making light of it. but we often when we go on a plane , we all when we go on a plane, we all sleep through or talk through or

read a book. when the flight assistants take us through the, uh, safety procedures here. but when something like this happens, you realise how important it is that we're actually we know exactly what we need to do . need to do. >> yes. i mean, we do , uh, >> yes. i mean, we do, uh, ignore some of those, um , some ignore some of those, um, some of those, uh, training videos that we see on board or indeed the, the safety videos and the safety messages , and it just safety messages, and it just proves how vital they are that you follow them. you for those who fly regularly, they tend to ignore them, but you should follow them depending on which aircraft course . aircraft you're on. of course. but, having seen some of but, uh, having seen some of the, uh, social media footage of, uh, on board as this aircraft came into land and landed, it's , um, very, very landed, it's, um, very, very impressive to see how calm everybody was 380 or so people, including the crew , is a lot of including the crew, is a lot of people to get off an aircraft, which is burning and, um, initially, of course, it it

seems as though the left engine, certainly from the videos i've seen, the left engine caught fire first, and that would have given an around 90s to maybe 100 and 20s for everybody to have got off before the fire would have spread more widely throughout the aircraft , but throughout the aircraft, but especially, as you know, from the videos, you've seen the core of the aircraft, the hull of the aircraft , of the aircraft, the hull of the aircraft, seemingly , um, was on aircraft, seemingly, um, was on fire as it came down the runway, having collided with a smaller aircraft. so you can imagine what those 100 and 20s would have been like on board for those passengers involved. and the crew involved , and the panic the crew involved, and the panic that would have set in. and that's why it is extraordinary that's why it is extraordinary that everybody seems to have got off. >> it really is because some of this internal footage from the aeroplane, paul, that's appearing online slowly, as i guess people are coming off the plane and uploading their images onto in onto twitter. so that they're in the still moving the plane. it is still moving and flames are licking

and the flames are licking the outside the window of the outside of the window of the planes, and the smoke is coming past the windows , and certainly past the windows, and certainly quite a bit of smoke. also inside the cabin , um, as you inside the cabin, um, as you say, testing renee to the evacuation strategy to the crew on board, to the passengers. nobody appears to be panicking. this sounds like there's some some shouts of distress. understandably but to get all 367 people off in that short space of time when it clearly burst into flames at particularly at the front of the aeroplane, you would wonder how the pilots were able to get out of this, because the impact is at the front of the plane . at the front of the plane. >> yeah, well, i think this suggests that obviously this all happened very, very quickly . happened very, very quickly. there would have been no warning somehow. and this is what the investigators will will be looking at the a350 collided with a smaller plane as it touched down, or as it literally

cupped touched down, or as it literally clipped that smaller plane as it came into land. now, obviously we don't know the full condition of those who were on board the smaller plane, the coastguard plane . but sadly, i fear they plane. but sadly, i fear they may not have got out. but let's see. but obviously we're talking about the passengers on the a350, but on those who were on board the dash. 8th may it may be a different story. it was a much smaller plane, less modern. um, obviously it was a coastguard aircraft , and i would coastguard aircraft, and i would fear more for those on board that aircraft . but clearly this that aircraft. but clearly this happened at very high speed . happened at very high speed. there was no notice. it looks like the a350 clipped the dash eight smaller coastguard aircraft in some way. and that's why you then see the hull , the why you then see the hull, the core of the a350 going down the runway in flames. but the flames look worse than they are at that point because it's just the engine on fire. and that's why when the hull came to, a rest came to a standstill . the pilots

came to a standstill. the pilots were clearly still in control, able to release those slides and get the passengers off very quickly. indeed before the fire spread to the rest of the aircraft. okay >> thank you. paul. paul. charles. there. travel expert. and we are now joined by travel correspondent simon calder . correspondent simon calder. simon, always nice to talk to you. i want to wish you a happy new year. um, it is not a happy new year. um, it is not a happy new year. um, it is not a happy new year for japan. they obviously had this earthquake yesterday and now they are deaung yesterday and now they are dealing with this in inferno on on the runway here at haneda airport. are you familiar with, with this area and what will this mean for this airport now ? this mean for this airport now? >> okay. well you can imagine that operations will be coming to a complete standstill. this is tokyo's main airport. uh, one of the busiest airports in asia in the world. in fact , it very in the world. in fact, it very close to the, uh, capital of japan. and so therefore, there will be, uh, i imagine a lot of

smoke , a lot of, uh, uh, smoke, a lot of, uh, uh, horrifying scenes, but the main thing is that we appear to have 379 passengers and crew evacuated from this airbus a350 50. the plane was two two years old. it appears that the problem was , uh, collision with was, uh, collision with a coastguard aircraft , as we've coastguard aircraft, as we've been hearing, um, and very sadly, i'm hearing that , uh, sadly, i'm hearing that, uh, while one coastguard, uh , member while one coastguard, uh, member of crew escaped the smaller plane, the dash eight. um, it actually , uh, there's, uh, five actually, uh, there's, uh, five who are unaccounted for. now, the pictures look horrifying, but this was a safe evacuation, and i need to stress this comes the at the start of 2024, after 2023 was the safest year ever for aviation . uh, we had just for aviation. uh, we had just two fatal accidents. total tragically, of 86 fatalities, but no passengers forjet but no passengers for jet aircraft. they were propeller

planes that crashed and no international flights affected. so while this is horrifying for a lot of people , and it's going a lot of people, and it's going to make them feel anxious about flying, the fact that everybody got off the aircraft, off the passenger aircraft, um, should be actually a source of reassurance. um we were just saying, um, simon as well about how important it is. >> i guess that you do listen to those evacuation procedures because i'm sure you're the most beautifully behaved passenger on on any aeroplane . um, but it is on any aeroplane. um, but it is tempting to flick through your phone and not quite listen to what being told. so you what you're being told. so you might know where the exit might not know where the exit is, you not know what is, and you might not know what happens they have deploy happens if they have to deploy the slides. this is one of those examples where you realise you do take on board the do have to take on board the evacuation strategy of any particular area. >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> oh, very much so. and whatever else is going on, please , uh, make it your new please, uh, make it your new year's resolution next time you're on a flight. and every time you're on a flight, just when they say, okay, we're going to do the safety briefing, even though you have seen them dozens

of perhaps just of times before, perhaps just pay of times before, perhaps just pay attention. they are there to make you safe. and crucially , make you safe. and crucially, uh, most aircraft insist points like this one are, uh, survivable as long as you do the right thing. so leave your cabin baggage behind. having paid attention to where the nearest exit is, obey the cabin crews orders they are there not to serve you a nice cup of tea. they are there for your safety. yeah. it's aviation remains extraordinarily safe, but , um, extraordinarily safe, but, um, the passengers are responsible for their part in that. >> simon, don't go anywhere. i'm sorry to interrupt you. i think charlie peters has a little bit of an update for us. >> we have a breaking line from the japanese coastguard. they say that aircraft was say that its aircraft that was involved in this collision that dash aircrew. on dash eight aircrew. that was on its airport its way to the niigata airport base, on the other side of base, which on the other side of the southern island to deliver earthquake the area earthquake aid to the area that's been hit, which is in the noto peninsula region. so as we were briefing earlier today, this realistic possibility that the japanese coast guard has

been involved in that emergency response, that's now been confirmed by the coastguard just in the last few moments that it's aircraft that was clipped, it's aircraft that was clipped, it appears by this airbus a350 was on the way to deliver aid to the earthquake hit noto peninsula. >> terrible irony, isn't it, charlie? on its way to help its people who've lost their homes and may have been injured or even killed in the earthquake because the death toll now is up to 50? well, it's country. to 50? well, it's a country. >> country crisis. it >> it's a country in crisis. it is.— >> it's a country in crisis. it is. no other way of is. there's no other way of putting it. and so this aircraft, appears clipped aircraft, it appears clipped on the runway, potentially as moving was on moving out to travel. it was on its to leave this airport, its way to leave this airport, to leave tokyo, to fly to to leave tokyo, to fly over to this deliver this airport base, to deliver that aid. as we're hearing now , that aid. as we're hearing now, the captain survived. but five five of the six crew remain unaccounted for. five of the six crew remain unaccounted for . and the unaccounted for. and the original explosion that we've seen on the runway that appears to be actually the dash eight aircraft being caught up in that large explosion . whereas the large explosion. whereas the flame that we're seeing on the airbus a350 is that left jet

engine in flaming, potentially where it clipped this significantly smaller propeller led aircraft on that runway. now the airbus a350 , as we've seen the airbus a350, as we've seen on the footage, for those listening , it just continues listening, it just continues full pelt after that collision. obviously, you'd expect it to get away from the point of danger as soon as possible. >> shall we bring simon calder back in? simon, i hope you're still there. we're just seeing pictures that appear to be people inside the plane with the smoke. this is the footage that i was referencing. i don't know whether we have any audio on this, but you can see passengers standing up out if you're listening on the radio, passengers standing up out of their cabin filled their seat. the cabin is filled with smoke . actually, looking their seat. the cabin is filled with sm people :tually, looking their seat. the cabin is filled with sm people looking.ooking their seat. the cabin is filled with smpeople looking around to around, people looking around to work out what's happened. >> they're not panicking either. they're not panicking. they seem very calm . um. very calm. um. >> go on. simon. i mean, what do you know about the japanese people and culture and people and the culture and whether can cope? whether the country can cope? really like this? >> e- w— @ um, clearly we are >> well, um, clearly we are seeing signs of calm. the thing , seeing signs of calm. the thing, actually, which really concerns

me about that . me about that. >> i think we've lost simon calder. um we've still got charlie peters . yeah. i'm charlie peters. yeah. i'm saying, oh, mike, simon's back. >> i think we've got simon. you were going to say what? really concerns you about that footage is what? >> well, it's that somebody on board that flight thought it would actually, would be a good idea, actually, to, footage while to, um, get some footage while they to evacuate. they were waiting to evacuate. you've absolutely got to focus on getting off aircraft aft. on getting off the aircraft aft. um, i think it's impossible to know how people behave, but evidence is that generally, people are. we saw, for instance, about five years ago, a boeing 777 belonging to british airways, which burst into flames while taking off from las vegas international airport. passengers survived that. it was a difficult evacuation, but everybody made it. and all the more reason for just being absolutely aware that you can survive these things. you need to pay attention. you

need to focus . you need to obey need to focus. you need to obey the instructions. you need to get off the aircraft as quickly as you can. worth saying this is the serious event the first serious event involving an airbus a350 since the type was introduced nearly ten years ago. uh they are marvellous aircraft. and of course, like any otherjet course, like any other jet aircraft designed with safety 100% in mind and simon japan airlines take great pride in the fact they've had an excellent record in terms of safety. >> we well, yes, i mean, the safest airlines in the world. >> i'm very glad to say, are those whose main bases of operation are in the uk. that's ryanair safest in the world in terms of passengers flown without a fatal accident . and without a fatal accident. and easyjet, uh, they're second in line. um, japan has a reasonable aviation record . most western, aviation record. most western, uh , uh focussed countries do uh, uh focussed countries do too. um, but if people are looking at this and thinking, i'm not getting on a plane, please remember any other form

of transport is more dangerous than aviation then, um, very shockingly. and i don't want to kind of divert things away from these really serious scenes that we're seeing. but, um, every houn we're seeing. but, um, every hour, 148 people die on average on the roads around the world. that's the equivalent that every minute of a plane crash. so this is awful . and my thoughts go out is awful. and my thoughts go out to the, uh, loved ones. of those five people unaccounted for. but uh, but despite these awful scenes, please keep things in perspective . perspective. >> charlie peters, we've just heard from the british embassy in japan saying that they are aware of the fire on this flight and the fire at the airport in tokyo, and that they are in touch with the authorities. one of the lines of inquiry throughout this day, of course, is going to be who was on that flight? were there any british nationals, other foreign nationals, other foreign nationals ? you can nationals on this plane? you can imagine all of the foreign embassies tokyo now. embassies in tokyo right now. scramble to information from scramble to get information from the and the airport the airline and the airport about the status of any potential nationals belonging to their to, uh, international

dufies their to, uh, international duties , not only on this flight, duties, not only on this flight, but also at the airport more widely. i mean, we've just heard from simon that operations at this airport are now going be this airport are now going to be shut down the day while they shut for down the day while they deal crisis response. deal with this crisis response. that's going to have significant knock on effects, especially as it of the largest it is one of the largest airports in asia more than decade. >> yeah , well, with those flames >> yeah, well, with those flames , if the airport's been sorry, the runway's been damaged. >> yeah, that's going >> yeah, exactly. that's going to significant to have significant ramifications because it is the main route. 34 was the runway where this landed on, and that is the main runway for arrivals at this airport. so if that is damaged, you can't expect much incoming on that line in the coming days. >> simon. there will also, at the moment i imagine, be several aeroplanes circling that were about to land and have now been diverted elsewhere . simon diverted elsewhere. simon calder's still with us. i don't know whether the, uh. >> yeah. divert started, uh, very, very quickly . and, um, we

very, very quickly. and, um, we are seeing aircraft either returning to where they started . returning to where they started. so, for instance, there was an all nippon airways flight from osaka, which has returned there. others diverting to narita, others are diverting to narita, which is the um, uh, the main international airport in tokyo. um others mostly just returning. and then we've got dozens and dozens of flights just simply cancelled. >> and am i right in thinking that this is a domestic airport? it's not international flights arrive here. simon we would say predominantly domestic flights. >> exactly . predominantly >> exactly. predominantly domestic. um, it's actually only recently opened up to, um, uh, international flights from locations such as the uk, and it is by far the best airport for anybody who's travelling into, uh, into to tokyo because it's, um, pretty much almost, almost downtown town, um, and narita is a long way away. so, so this is, uh, you know, going to be causing mayhem today, but the main thing is that the

passengers and crew are safe . passengers and crew are safe. and of course, the investigation will be getting underway immediately. i fear, and i don't wish to speculate , but of wish to speculate, but of course, anything like this air traffic control is squarely there to keep aircraft apart from each other. so they will be wanting to find out what what the, uh, cause was, um, we've seen, unfortunately, collisions on at airports, um, before , um, on at airports, um, before, um, this is, uh , truly awful, this is, uh, truly awful, particularly if there are five people who have very sadly lost their lives. >> yeah. so just to clarify, if you are tuning in, despite these horrific pictures , all almost horrific pictures, all almost 400, about 367 people, reports say were taken off this airbus safely . the plane into which it safely. the plane into which it appears that this one collided was a coastguard aircraft, an a 350, the a350 is the main passenger plane, isn't it, charlie? um, but the coastguard plane had six crew members on

it, five of whom are unaccounted for. >> and the terrible irony being , >> and the terrible irony being, it was on its way to the earthquake zone to deliver humanitarian aid and probably was doing exactly that for the previous 24 hours. >> and i imagine all of that crew will have been probably up for at least 24 hours, dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake, the japanese prime minister, fumio kishida, said that was in a race that the country was in a race against time to deal with the response to that earthquake, where at the current stage, some 48 people have been confirmed dead. >> but scores of military aid suppues >> but scores of military aid supplies , food, water and supplies, food, water and emergency rescue are ongoing. as we speak over a thousand people currently engaged in trying to evacuate. evacuate people from under rubble and are conducting emergency search. this will almost certainly have an effect on that effort because as we've been hearing from simon, this is the main domestic airport for the main domestic airport for the country, one of the largest in asia. and at a time of earthquake crisis, when the

roads and rails are so viscerally disrupted, air travel is key, especially for people who are now seeking refuge , who are now seeking refuge, their areas unable to be lived in, moving them around the country, finding safe places for them to be is going to be vital. and capital, undoubtedly and the capital, undoubtedly a key part of that process. >> don't know. obviously >> and we don't know. obviously but they in just big but were they in just too big a rush to get there to do their job? humanitarian job? the humanitarian guys who've lives , it who've now lost their lives, it appears we have so little information coastguard, information from the coastguard, but the statement that but based on the statement that they've this they've offered that this aircraft, this eight aircraft, this dash eight aircraft, this dash eight aircraft in service since the 19805 aircraft in service since the 1980s was its way to 1980s was on its way to delivering airport to delivering care towards the west of the country. >> it does appear that it was leaving, heading off to depart on the runway, but this aircraft landing, clipping it appears the front of that dash. aircraft dash eight aircraft as it approached the main domestic terminal on runway 34. >> do we think that the dash coastguard coastguard aircraft was stationary , or was that also

was stationary, or was that also moving? well, do we know if its nose was facing towards the runway? >> it's highly likely that it was making a journey towards it in depart. this in to order depart. but this runway where there been a runway where there has been a collision just from what i've seen in last few minutes, seen in the last few minutes, this is the main arrivals runway . yeah, on this significant . so yeah, on this significant airport runways. airport has several runways. this is the one where most aircraft are arriving. so if the coastguard was coastguard aircraft was attempting to traverse it to go elsewhere, the dash eight is seeking tokyo to take seeking to leave tokyo to take those supplies across the country to earthquake hit country to the earthquake hit noto peninsula . then it's noto peninsula. then it's realistic that that collision happened there for that reason. >> how we take for granted the skill of air traffic control. because often when you look out a plane of a window, whether it's or or it's gatwick or london or birmingham, manchester, there appeared to be stacks of planes queuing off and up queuing up to take off and up above queues of them waiting to land a landing every two minutes. and these a split second. decisions by air traffic control aren't they? >> vital. and sort >> they're vital. and this sort of we said, it's a of scenario, as we said, it's a country crisis with so many country in crisis with so many people involved in this

emergency response trying to get that vital aid from from the centre of the country to the coastal earthquake hit peninsula in the west is going to be obviously the main effort for the country at the moment. this is going to make that possibility so much harder. >> yeah, we've still got paul charles with us. >> paul , are charles with us. >> paul, are you still charles with us. >> paul , are you still with us >> paul, are you still with us there? paul? charles aviation expert . expert. >> yes. >> yes. >> listening closely . um, paul, >> listening closely. um, paul, any more you've you've picked up from what's happened here and the terrible news we're coming to terms with the five men or five personnel. we should say on that, um, humanitarian plane appear to be missing, that, um, humanitarian plane appear to be missing , lost, and appear to be missing, lost, and possibly have lost their lives. >> yes. it's very sad. if that is the case, that we're hearing of some deaths from that dash eight, coast guard aircraft, it does seem from other pictures that i've seen that the airbus a350 belonging to japan airlines did actually clip the dash eight

on the nose of the jal aircraft . on the nose of the jal aircraft. um, there's a striking picture of the jal aircraft with the nose has completely gone on the front of the plane. so that would suggest that that the initial collision of these two aircraft involved the nose of the airbus a350 , which would go the airbus a350, which would go some way to explaining why. so many of the people on board managed to get out quickly, because the nose was affected first. um, this plane , this a350 first. um, this plane, this a350 is just over two years old. it first entered service. we now know . in september 2021, um, as know. in september 2021, um, as i said before, the a350 is one of the safest aircraft flying andifs of the safest aircraft flying and it's designed of course, that should there be a fire on board or from one of the engines , then you have around 120 t to 100 and 50s . so 2.5 minutes to 100 and 50s. so 2.5 minutes to get everybody off that is what airbus will have trained .

airbus will have trained. everybody flying this aircraft to understand you have about two to understand you have about two to 2.5 minutes to get all nearly 400 people off that aircraft . 400 people off that aircraft. and in this particular case, they did it. they got 379 crew and passengers off that plane, which is a remarkable story. >> um, and paul, um, this is the airport will be closed today, probably tomorrow . will this probably tomorrow. will this have a big knock on effect internationally for flights ? internationally for flights? >> yes . we're already seeing >> yes. we're already seeing some airlines, uh, divert their aircraft into the other major airport in tokyo, which is narita airport. um, which is the largest international airport in tokyo. haneda is known for more domestic flights , although more domestic flights, although more recently into national carriers have been moving their flights from narita to haneda because it is easier to get into the centre of tokyo from haneda , we don't of tokyo from haneda, we don't know the full extent of the

damage to the runway at haneda, but you can assume from this that it's going to take at least 24 to 48 hours for them to make good the runway in order for flights to start up again. so haneda airport will be, uh, unusable for the next 24 hours, potentially in the next 48 hours. that, of course , will hours. that, of course, will hamper the rescue efforts from the earthquake just over 24 hours ago. and aircraft, um, domestically , are already being domestically, are already being diverted into narita . so narita diverted into narita. so narita will be picking up a lot more of the air traffic that's needed, both domestically for helping with the earthquake relief , but with the earthquake relief, but also for international flights coming in. uh, but international carriers will will have to cancel some of their flights into tokyo . into tokyo. >> you know, paul, i'm just thinking about how some of the newspapers will report this. you just word miracle is just sense the word miracle is going into some of the going to come into some of the headlines, because it does seem extraordinary those extraordinary that all those passengers from extraordinary that all those passplane; from extraordinary that all those passplane , from extraordinary that all those passplane , which from extraordinary that all those passplane , which is from

extraordinary that all those passplane , which is still from that plane, which is still a raging inferno . raging inferno. >> the pilots are heroes, there's no doubt about it. in this particular case, the pilots of the japan airlines, a 350 are heroes for getting everybody off along with their crew. uh safely. and there have been some injuries we're not aware of, but certainly everybody seems to have survived from that. a 350. uh obviously it's sadder. have survived from that. a 350. uh obviously it's sadder . news uh obviously it's sadder. news for the crew or the bulk of the crew on the japan coast. for the crew or the bulk of the crew on the japan coast . still, crew on the japan coast. still, um, coastguard dash eight, where it looks like five people have sadly passed away. but yes, the pilots would have been going through a very calm. well trained, managed routine . don't trained, managed routine. don't forget, they would have been highly trained for an incident where, uh, an engine catches fire. they would have been fire. uh, they would have been trained , uh, many, many times trained, uh, many, many times over for this sort of scenario. and and it would appear they've

carried out what they were trained. they've carried it out to the letter. uh, so without doubt, they're heroes . and so doubt, they're heroes. and so were all of the crew , the 12 or were all of the crew, the 12 or so crew who were on board that that modern a350 . that modern a350. >> we want to we want to just show poorly. if you don't mind the pictures from inside the plane with the audio so we can hear the weather. you know how calm actually people were inside the have the aircraft. let's have a listen . up. listen. up. >> hey . >> hey. >> hey. >> are relatively calm. well, i think very calm. i think very calm. given the situation. go on. >> and also, we're seeing many people the aircraft wearing people on the aircraft wearing masks which more common masks, which is much more common in of the world. yeah. in that part of the world. yeah. especially know, the especially as, you know, the shedding masks has been shedding of masks has been common international travel common on international travel in europe, northern in much of europe, northern europe, uk, where that europe, in the uk, where that airline was flooded with smoke, all those people wearing masks undoubtedly would have been a useful effect for preventing immediate injury, maybe allowing them get towards those lines them to get towards those lines because the effect of smoke

inhalation can be very catastrophic very quickly. it can burn and cause serious scarring to your lungs, and indeed your throat. so the ability to actually block off some of that damage so quickly could have been a key factor in ensuring those safe evacuations. yeah >> simon calder, we're going to give the last word to you before we go to the news. just your reflections on this, i think probably the take out for us is that, as andrew said, it is it is a miracle that not more people were hurt from the main airbus aircraft , but . airbus aircraft, but. >> is and i can absolutely understand it. um, my, my view is that actually the level of aviation safety is almost miraculous, but it is there because there are amazing professional women and men who every single day are doing the utmost. they can to keep passengers safe . it is terrible passengers safe. it is terrible news. if there are five people on the coastguard aircraft who

have lost their lives . but have lost their lives. but please take away from this terrible event the fact that aviation remains way, way safer than other forms of transport and if you are getting onto an aircraft, just one thing to remember. be comfortable , settle remember. be comfortable, settle into your seat, watch that evacuation drill and then you can be safe to . can be safe to. >> okay. thank you, simon calder i >> central advice, isn't it? >> central advice, isn't it? >> yeah. thank you paul. >> yeah. thank you paul. >> charles, how often do you listen to the charlie peters? >> well , i listen to the charlie peters? >> well, i will from listen to the charlie peters? >> well , i will from now listen to the charlie peters? >> well, i will from now on. >> well, i will be from now on. i we think we know it. don't you think you've been on an aeroplane once. you know it. lots more to come. this morning on britain's newsroom between now and midday. let's get the very latest news, though, with tatiana . tatiana sanchez. >> beth, thank you. and as we've been hearing a japan airlines plane is engulfed by fire on the runway at tokyo's international airport . amazingly, all airport. amazingly, all passengers on board were safely evacuated as the fire engulfed

the aircraft. the extraordinary scenes taking place now at haneda airport just outside tokyo , with witnesses saying the tokyo, with witnesses saying the plane exploded into flames. it's understood the plane collided with another aircraft , which was with another aircraft, which was on its way to deliver aid to areas affected by a powerful earthquake that struck on new year's day . five coastguard crew year's day. five coastguard crew who were on board that plane have been found, though their condition remains unknown at present. we will of course , present. we will of course, bnng present. we will of course, bring you all the latest as we get it . meanwhile, rescue get it. meanwhile, rescue efforts are continuing after that earthquake which hit japan's noto peninsula yesterday . nearly 50 people were killed, with residents in some areas forced to flee as tsunami waves hit the west coast, sweeping cars and houses into the water. around 3000 army officers, firefighters and police officers have been deployed to the affected area . the home affected area. the home secretary insists the government has cleared a backlog of asylum cases as critics accuse the

government of fiddling the figures as the number of asylum decisions made last year was the highest since 2002. as the government insists its commitment to clear the number of legacy claims has been delivered. labour says the claims are false, while reports suggest the reduced figure is in part due to some legacy cases being moved to another category. but but the home secretary, james cleverly, says the number is coming down. >> we have processed every single one of those applications in the vast majority. final in the vast majority. a final decision has been made and in a small number there are complications, but the point is we have now got a much , much we have now got a much, much faster process , which is why 50 faster process, which is why 50 hotels that were being used for housing asylum seekers are now being given back to the commercial world so they can be put back into use as hotels. we're reducing the need to accommodate asylum seekers and will be processing much more quickly going through . 2024, and

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>> am and we are looking at those live pictures of the of the latest on the plane in japan that burst into flames in tokyo airport . airport. >> um, miraculously, all passengers and crew escaped . passengers and crew escaped. quite, quite extraordinary. however it appears to have collided with or tipped a smaller coastguard plane which was on its way to assist with earthquake humanity , korean aid earthquake humanity, korean aid and five people are thought to have lost their lives on that plane. we'll keep you up to date on that. >> that's right. and 38 people confirmed died in the confirmed to have died in the earthquake in yesterday . earthquake in japan yesterday. terrible the year for terrible start of the year for japan. yeah. now, talking of, uh, the year, it's that uh, starting the year, it's that time of year, it, when we time of year, isn't it, when we all think, you what, i'm all think, you know what, i'm going more exercise. going to do a bit more exercise. i'm to a fit out. i'm going to get a bit fit out. i'm going to get a bit fit out. i'm going to maybe have dry january. i don't know about you. dry dragging bit january. i don't know about you. dry me. dragging bit january. i don't know about you. dryme. um, dragging bit january. i don't know about you. dryme. um, soiragging bit january. i don't know about you. dryme. um, so i'mging bit january. i don't know about you. dryme. um, so i'm doing bit january. i don't know about you. dryme. um, so i'm doing drybit for me. um, so i'm doing dry january and i'm somebody here thinks i'm doing the right thing . right. so bradley . that's right. so bradley simons is simons joins us, who is a celebrity personal trainer and founder it done bradley. founder of get it done bradley.

happy new year. good morning to you . um, why happy new year. good morning to you. um, why is it, do you think january that we all start with the best of ambitions and often by kind of february it's all kind of gone a bit awry because everyone's enjoyed themselves. >> lots of the new year >> there's lots of the new year and everyone's like, do i need to reset myself and look six months the line? summer. months down the line? summer. so they bodies they always say summer bodies are winter, right? are made in the winter, right? but for me, it's just getting to good where good intentions. where do you usually next usually save this time next year? do want to better the year? do you want to better the year? do you want to better the year before? um, and we have to focus on bettering ourselves through nutrition in training regularly . regularly and sleep. >> what's most important at >> what's the most important at those three? >> uh, most important for me >> uh, the most important for me is, they're important is, well, they're all important for come hand, for me. they they all come hand, hand. if you can get your hand. but if you can get your sleep spot that's going to sleep spot on, that's going to give energy to want to give you the energy to want to eat healthy food. and when eat healthy food. and then when you eat healthy food, that's going give you the energy to going to give you the energy to going to give you the energy to go train. and when you go and train. and then when you train, it's train, you sleep better. so it's like a triangle. >> is the worst time of the >> it is the worst time of the yean >> it is the worst time of the year, though, isn't it? want to exercise and not drink booze because it's cold and wet and cold there's cold and wet. there's nothing else do than sit in and watch

else to do than sit in and watch gb news with the remainder of the street you've the quality street that you've got kilos of got left over two kilos of cheese, you haven't managed to get of wine . get through 45 bottles of wine. >> but then you've got to prioritise your health. if you want to be happy human being, want to be a happy human being, you've to prioritise your you've got to prioritise your health what health and you've got to do what the percentage of people the small percentage of people are that are doing. those that are fulfilled those fulfilled in life, those who are, it with are, um, smashing it with their goals , those who are succeeding goals, those who are succeeding in they're ones in life, they're the ones putting invest in putting the work in, invest in their prioritising their putting the work in, invest in their and prioritising their putting the work in, invest in their and they're sing their putting the work in, invest in their and they're singones. health. and they're the ones. >> it, brad, >> how important is it, brad, that do our 10,000 that we don't just do our 10,000 steps day, which some us steps a day, which some of us think, oh, well, i do my steps. >> you gotta do way more 10,000. >> got to a 10,000. >> got to 10,000. » got to 10,000. >> got to a lot more than >> you got to do a lot more than that. yeah. so what else do you have look, you can train that. yeah. so what else do you have home. look, you can train from home. >> i've got loads of my clients training from home. it be 30 training from home. it can be 30 minutes get some minutes a day. get some dumbbells, um, dumbbells, resistance bands. um, you ball and you you can get a swiss ball and you can exercises. i always can do some exercises. i always say people that struggle, say to people that struggle, don't have knowledge, invest don't have the knowledge, invest ehhen either. investment online coach, a there's of a fitness app. there's loads of great fitness apps out there, including done. um, including mine. get it done. um, can be £20 a month or have you got a bit money? can go got a bit more money? you can go 150 for a personalised

150 to £200 for a personalised coach who will guide you in the right coach who will guide you in the rigijohn, tell the kind of >> john, tell us the kind of people train or have people that you train or have trained, what trained, bradley and what do they to you for? they come to you for? >> um, so i've trained primarily footballers the likes of john terry. playing, terry. when he was playing, uh, declan rice obviously declan rice and obviously training maya gemma's training presenters maya gemma's um , and the likes of louise um, and the likes of louise redknapp. it's a whole mix and for me it's accountability . they for me it's accountability. they need. a lot of people know what they need to be doing, but it's they need to be doing, but it's the accountability where they fall so having fall short. so true. so having that someone saying, no, you need it helps to need to do this. it helps to stay motivated , which is tough, stay motivated, which is tough, especially when weather's like this. to stay this. now it's hard to stay motivated, to motivated, but you have to remind are you doing remind them, why are you doing this? you want to be in this? where do you want to be in six months because we're six months time? because we're all be in the south of all going to be in the south of france. or we might ibiza, france. or we might be in ibiza, but now and people but it starts now and people more to to it more likely now to want to do it onune more likely now to want to do it online because perhaps online because they perhaps don't into a smelly don't want to go into a smelly gym post—covid and a lot of people intimidated the go gym post—covid and a lot of pethee intimidated the go gym post—covid and a lot of pethe gym. ntimidated the go to the gym. >> yeah, and that's fine. >> yeah, and that's fine. >> intimidate me all these great big saying, come big bruiser blades saying, come on, of on, you puny nine stone. of course, 100% of the hundred course, 100% out of the hundred percent. men getting percent. the real men getting in, think my money too.

in, i think i pay my money too. yeah, course, find yeah, of course, but i'd find myself sheepishly myself rather sheepishly wandering too quickly wandering off a bit too quickly and look. >> why it'd be good >> and that's why it'd be good for in some for you to invest in some dumbbells. train dumbbells. yeah. train from home, confidence, home, build your confidence, build . use 100. build your strength. use 100. that's a good start. that's great. it's a good start. uh, build your confidence , build uh, build your confidence, build your strength levels, your fitness and then you can fitness levels, and then you can have the confidence, the self esteem into the and have the confidence, the self esteokay, into the and have the confidence, the self esteokay, i'm into the and have the confidence, the self esteokay, i'm going he and have the confidence, the self esteokay, i'm going to and have the confidence, the self esteokay, i'm going to it1d go, okay, i'm going to take it to the next level because the gym best place get gym is the best place to get stronger. of course, it is the very fashionable thing in terms of the moment is the of health at the moment is the idea fasting for idea of fasting going for a certain with certain amount of time with no food at all? >> you a fan that? >> are you a fan of that? >> are you a fan of that? >> look, for some people it works. for some people it works for them, it doesn't work for others. there's definitely others. um, there's definitely scientific evidence that it can work, it work, um, for people that do it for the end for weight loss. look at the end day, just be day, you just need to be in a calorie deficit. it's very cliche. you just need to reduce your intake. sure cliche. you just need to reduce yourconsume1take. sure cliche. you just need to reduce yomconsume�*ntak�*right sure cliche. you just need to reduce yomconsume 1tak�* right amount of you consume the right amount of food. high protein is the most important when important macronutrient when you're your you're trying to transform your physique, your body composition. >> are you? physique, your body composition. >> i'm are you? physique, your body composition. >> i'm not are you? physique, your body composition. >> i'm not a are you? physique, your body composition. >> i'm not a vegan. are you? physique, your body composition. >> i'm not a vegan. i are you? physique, your body composition. >> i'm not a vegan. i doe you? physique, your body composition. >> i'm not a vegan. i do have? >> i'm not a vegan. i do have clientele. i would rather my clients at least pescatarian clients be at least pescatarian because get from

because the quality you get from your um, eggs as well. your fish, um, eggs as well. so nutritious. vegan, nutritious. but if you're vegan, that's fine. if you're ethical reasons vegans a lot weaker reasons for vegans a lot weaker than carnivores you know, than the carnivores in you know, those that get their protein in and it properly. yes, but and do it properly. yes, but those that aren't get it from. >> if you're a vegan, where do you protein? you get your protein? >> from you can get >> get it from tofu. you can get it tempeh. can it it from tempeh. you can get it from edamame, but not like a steak. it's not a steak. it's not the same look. the most nutritious. this protein is from likes animal likes of steak and fish, animal protein, course, is animal protein, of course, is animal fat. is. so what fat. of course it is. so what will you today? this will you eat today? uh, so this morning eggs. i think it's so morning of eggs. i think it's so important yourself, uh, important you feel yourself, uh, for eggs. for eggs? yeah. you've got the protein in fats. got to get the protein in fats. so morning, on so in the morning, focus on protein and fats. yeah, a little so in the morning, focus on pro ofn and fats. yeah, a little so in the morning, focus on pro of carbs. fats. yeah, a little so in the morning, focus on pro of carbs. fats. y< lot a little bit of carbs. but a lot of people today's world, people in today's world, especially the new people drinking oat latte, your glucose spikes gonna be the high spikes are gonna be the high protein porridge . it's not a bad protein porridge. it's not a bad shout, but just the porridge. not for me. you've got to try and go protein and fats because that's fuel you, that's going to fuel you, because want these because you don't want these glucose and down. because you don't want these glu then and down. because you don't want these glu then what and down. because you don't want these glu then what an have vn. because you don't want these glu then what an have for >> then what do you have for your lunch for lunch, i'll have a nice piece of chicken, maybe a

stirquick easy make for 10 >> quick and easy to make for 10 to you can meal prep to 15 minutes. you can meal prep it the morning well, and it in the morning as well, and then i'll have a nice bit then even i'll have a nice bit of steak, salmon, chicken again then even i'll have a nice bit of ste uh, salmon, chicken again then even i'll have a nice bit of ste uh, salmoipotato;en again then even i'll have a nice bit of ste uh, salmoipotato and gain with, uh, sweet potato and vegetables. hard. vegetables. it's not hard. >> the problem is, bradley, isn't it, when we're eating isn't it, that when we're eating on can't go really on the go, you can't go really into sandwich and eat? into a sandwich shop and eat? there's almost nothing. the garage . you sometimes i'm garage. you know, sometimes i'm running around and don't have running around and i don't have time, and i might pick up the kids school. and i think kids from school. and i think i've not eaten all yeah and i've not eaten all day. yeah and then i go and i think don't then i go and i think i don't want sandwich full of rubbish, want a sandwich full of rubbish, but it kind of have to have that and a bag of crisps. and know. >> but the only problem with that, there's no nutrients in that, there's no nutrients in that that you that food and that brings you down the energy levels down, then want to go and then you want to go and work out. so i always to my out. so i always say to my clients, tough, the clients, it's tough, but in the first prep, first two weeks, try meal prep, just do it. give it your just try and do it. give it your best shot. after two weeks you 90, best shot. after two weeks you go, wow, i'm feeling good about myself. now? myself. yeah, joe. what now? this of routine and this is part of my routine and then becomes a non—negotiable. yeah, of yeah, you know, i'm a big fan of in winter now. >> i'm big of my slow >> i'm a big fan of my slow cooken >> i'm a big fan of my slow cooker. yeah yeah. slow cooker. sometimes come

sometimes before i even come here the morning here and before in the morning i'm up at 5:00 chicken i'm up at 5:00 making chicken and kids. so and casserole for the kids. so we've got something the end we've got something at the end of so if people to of the day. so if people want to follow bradley, how do they follow you, bradley, how do they find you? >> you find >> so you can find me on instagram. just bradley instagram. it's just bradley simmons um, and then simmons right. um, and then if you in touch with you want to get in touch with about my app, which very good about my app, which is very good and online i do so and the online coaching i do so say online coaching as well, say and online coaching as well, if you want that tailored personalised program for your nutrition, your workout program, something can home something you can do at home because there's people because there's a lot of people that intentions, that got the good intentions, they what. they they just don't know what. they don't what right? they just don't know what. they don�*sometimest right? they just don't know what. they don�*sometimes you right? they just don't know what. they don�*sometimes you need ght? they just don't know what. they don�*sometimes you need tot? they just don't know what. they don�*sometimes you need to invest but sometimes you need to invest and yeah, okay. >> and have you ever been overweight? >> um, no. always been in >> um, no. i've always been in my was a footballer my sport. i was a footballer when i was younger. um, when i was younger. right. um, but at qpr had to be below but at qpr we had to be below 10% there was times 10% body fat. so there was times if above that, you were put if you above that, you were put into the club. it's called. into the fat club. it's called. >> right. what do you think into the fat club. it's called. >> rigthose hat do you think into the fat club. it's called. >> rigthose scales you think into the fat club. it's called. >> rigthose scales you “you: about those scales that you can stand about those scales that you can sta|we've at home. >> we've got some at home. i inherited them with the boyfriend. he came along with this scales. many a time. this set of scales. many a time. i've worth being this set of scales. many a time. i've him worth being this set of scales. many a time. i've him to worth being this set of scales. many a time. i've him to have| being this set of scales. many a time. i've him to have the ng with him just to have the scales. hold a thing. scales. and you hold a thing. >> well, they're not 100% >> yeah, well, they're not 100% accurate. you good accurate. they give you good guidance, and you hold this

thing electric thing and it puts an electric current through body current through your body and tells visceral fat tells you what your visceral fat is, fat and your is, your body fat and your weight. is, your body fat and your wei right. muscles. >> right. it's your muscles. >> right. it's your muscles. >> it's not 100% accurate, but it's a good there's it's a good guidance. there's better. there's the bod bod, which accurate. for which is very accurate. for example, um, the dexter which is very accurate. for exam they're , the dexter which is very accurate. for exam they're , twoa dexter which is very accurate. for exam they're , two really, r scan, they're the two really, really, really, um, accurate. so if you to test it out, if you want to test it out, because there's people because there's a lot of people who quite slim, they've who are quite slim, but they've got fat for got quite high physical fat for their yeah, right. and their diet. yeah, right. and they're not exactly healthy. right. thing can right. and that whole thing can overweight healthy? overweight people be healthy? they metabolically they can be metabolically healthy but they they can be metabolically hea|definitely but they they can be metabolically hea|definitely get but they they can be metabolically hea|definitely get healthierey they can be metabolically hea|definitely get healthier if can definitely get healthier if they weight, sure. they lose weight, for sure. i definitely seems to have some correlation. >> 5 correlation. >> i thought it was a bit ridiculous. >> right. >> yeah, right. >> yeah, right. >> bradley simmons thank so >> bradley simmons thank you so much for joining us. >> year. luck viewers. >> let's just, um, find out what you've been saying at home. oh look just look my glasses have just snapped. that's snapped. well that's the christmas you christmas have to bring you a new pair. pair of the year, i think and it's only. think so far. and it's only. well, do if you do buy well, if you do if you do buy cheap though. they were a pound. i'm joking. they were i'm not even joking. they were a pound shop. uh, pound from the pound shop. uh, douglas in touch douglas has got in touch this morning there? morning and he said, is there? um rob says brilliant. if um uh, rob says brilliant. if all passengers crew all the passengers and crew got off that safely, then my off that plane safely, then my

heart to all of those heart goes out to all of those poor people . paul and nikki poor people. paul and nikki says, i watched tv programme says, i watched a tv programme with trained person with an sas trained person giving on boarding a giving advice on boarding a plane always to the plane. always listen to the evacuation . yeah, exactly. the evacuation. yeah, exactly. the number of seats is a good one. count the number of seats to both your nearest exits in case you need to climb over the seats to get to the emergency exit, and check your seat. has the life raft under it? that is good because it can be dark, as we saw in those pictures just earlier airbus in earlier from the airbus in japan. it was actually quite dark in. >> people talk the whole dark in. >> through�*ple talk the whole dark in. >> through it,e talk the whole dark in. >> through it, and( the whole dark in. >> through it, and yous whole dark in. >> through it, and you canole dark in. >> through it, and you can see way through it, and you can see the look flight the bored look of the flight attendant. nobody's attendant. they know nobody's listening yeah. very listening. yeah. and i very pointedly teach pet , take it pointedly teach us pet, take it all in. >> well, good. so we should, um, our guests are with us. i'm delighted to say we're joined in the studio by senior political commentator nigel nelson and political commentator and author tanya . good morning. both tanya buxton. good morning. both happy new year, happy new year. when do we start that? we when do we start saying that? we don't this week . don't stop saying it this week. do it's this week? don't stop saying it this week. do yes, it's this week? don't stop saying it this week. do yes, yes it's this week? don't stop saying it this week. do yes, yes week 1is week? don't stop saying it this week. do yes, yes week 1i thinkk? don't stop saying it this week. do yes, yes week 1i think so, yeah. >> um, right ,

yeah. >> um, right, right. what are we going to how cooking. going to how was cooking. >> how was cooking christmas for the very briefly thought >> how was cooking christmas for the out' briefly thought >> how was cooking christmas for the out of �*iefly thought >> how was cooking christmas for the out of itfly thought >> how was cooking christmas for the out of it becauserght >> how was cooking christmas for the out of it because i ht in got out of it because i was in athens. i remember parents announced they coming, announced they were coming, so i cooked christmas lunch for 20 on saturday. >> oh, you are amazing. how >> oh, you are amazing. and how was nigel? was your christmas, nigel? >> from getting the >> fine. apart from getting the virus that's been going around. >> fine. apart from getting the virus thoth been going around. >> fine. apart from getting the virus thoth ofen going around. >> fine. apart from getting the virus thoth ofen goingitiround. >> fine. apart from getting the virus thoth ofen goingit had|d. >> fine. apart from getting the virus thoth ofen goingit had it oh, so both of us had it had it over christmas. was over christmas. so it was christmas. >> miserable. >> miserable. >> yeah. so it's lots of >> so. yeah. so it's lots of turkey and nightnurse. >> let's nightnurse pearl >> right. let's nightnurse pearl is than the lotion. is much better than the lotion. >> does. >> it does. >> it does. >> great dreams you get from it. >> it does. >> yourt dreams you get from it. >> it does. >> you do.'eams you get from it. >> you do. >> you do. >> shall have a look at some >> shall we have a look at some of the big news stories of the day? obviously, if we hadn't of the big news stories of the day? lookingly, if we hadn't of the big news stories of the day? lookingly, those,iadn't been looking at those, uh, aeroplanes, in aeroplanes, the inferno in japan, would have been japan, we would have been discussing this immigration backlog, which rishi sunak is telling cleared. nigel telling us is cleared. nigel nelson, how did he do that? >> well, he didn't , and that's nelson, how did he do that? >> point he didn't , and that's nelson, how did he do that? >> point thatidn't , and that's nelson, how did he do that? >> point that there and that's nelson, how did he do that? >> point that there is|d that's nelson, how did he do that? >> point that there is that at's the point that there is that these are very suspect figures that he's come outwith. so yes he's. yes. 92,000 people have been cleared. there they go back to june 22nd. >> that's a lot. >> so it is a lot of people. but

bearin >> so it is a lot of people. but bear in mind an awful lot more have arrived since then who are now still in hotels. there's still about 50 50,000 in still about 50 50,000 people in hotels , 50,000 too many, i might hotels, 50,000 too many, i might add . well, well, i mean, that add. well, well, i mean, that was part of the backlog. that should and also should be clear. and also amongst those figures are 17,000 people who've just disappeared. and there are people the home office they office don't know where they are. simply close the cases are. they simply close the cases because it was convenient to do so , because these people so, because these people suddenly , suddenly weren't going suddenly, suddenly weren't going ahead with their asylum application . they could be anywhere. >> and do you remember when the two most permanent, two, most senior officials at the home office, were quizzed by the home affairs select committee, sir matthew rycroft and whoever the affairs select committee, sir matth bloke croft and whoever the affairs select committee, sir matth bloke croft ithat's oever the affairs select committee, sir matthbloke croft ithat's right. the other bloke was? that's right. didn't know, didn't have any figures really and figures, didn't really care and didn't care . which didn't seem to care. no. which shows home office that really shows a home office that really doesn't care about this . they're doesn't care about this. they're quite that that doesn't quite relieved that that doesn't care either. care about rwanda either. >> but that puts the figures down. then on of down. yes. then on top of that, you've which you've got 4500 cases, which still haven't been solved. that are included in these figures because they're a bit

complicated. it's things like, um, establishing people's ages, criminal convictions, but also but they've pressed the home secretary on the radio, on the television this morning here, isabel and eamonn, about that. >> the people who've had their claims rejected. how many of them have gone well , that's them have gone well, that's that's the we didn't get an answer . answer. >> no. >> no. >> i mean, are they still here flipping well, appealing and even no doubt. even on legal aid, no doubt. >> and when it comes down >> and even when it comes down to who we have to the albanians, who we have returned agreement with, it looks like only about 5% of those. those seem to have actually disappeared , which actually disappeared, which makes a mockery of it. it does. i the whole system. the i mean, the whole system. the whole does make whole system. yes, it does make a mockery they're a mockery to say they're out. >> out, out. >> out, out. >> well, obviously there is an appeals process for people appeals process for that people can use. so and that's what should stop is i'd scrap it. >> should you >> that's what should stop. you know, should know, they should not be entitled an appeals process . entitled to an appeals process. they've country they've come into this country illegally. decided they're illegally. we've decided they're not be here not they shouldn't be here legally should be gone legally. so they should be gone out straight away. i'm you, out straight away. i'm with you, you know. know, the whole you know. you know, the whole thing this it's just thing about this is it's just big business. when was

big business. well, when i was youngen big business. well, when i was younger, used to hear younger, when i used to hear someone rights someone was a human rights lawyer, think what lawyer, i used to think what a fabulous person must be to lawyer, i used to think what a faba.ous person must be to lawyer, i used to think what a faba human'son must be to lawyer, i used to think what a faba human rights must be to lawyer, i used to think what a faba human rights lawyer. be to lawyer, i used to think what a faba human rights lawyer. and) be a human rights lawyer. and now i just realise that you're just a cash cow and just milking a cash cow and you realise was cherie realise one of them was cherie blair you changed your mind. blair and you changed your mind. oh, well, i always knew she was travelling happened. um, you whatever happened. but, um, you know, the whole thing and know, the whole thing here. and what worries are these what really worries me are these 17,000 that have disappeared. and know nothing and because we know nothing about them, we're we're a about them, we're we're in a state of high because state now of high alert because of in the middle of what's going on in the middle east. where are these east. and where are these 17,000, 17,000 people, mainly men. what are they doing? where are they? and just to say, oh, well, sorry , you know, we've well, sorry, you know, we've processed them because we don't know where they they've know where they are. they've gone. completely unaccept to me. >> i agree, i agree is unacceptable. >> i mean, the other thing that they've been doing is that seven out of those asylum out of ten of those asylum claims have been now it claims have been granted. now it does feel a bit like, let's take them off quickly. yeah. then we've actually we're able to close the case. so i think that the real problem here is the kind of figures that rishi sunak

is using . kind of figures that rishi sunak is using. he's kind of figures that rishi sunak is using . he's not he's not very is using. he's not he's not very good with figures, but he should be. >> he's a chance. he was the chancellor for three indeed. >> but when actually spouts >> but when he actually spouts figures have to look at figures out you have to look at them very to make sure figures out you have to look at thenthey're to make sure figures out you have to look at thenthey're right. to make sure figures out you have to look at thenthey're right. he make sure figures out you have to look at thenthey're right. he said; sure figures out you have to look at thenthey're right. he said that; that they're right. he said that debt falling. wasn't debt was falling. debt wasn't falling. to be brought falling. he had to be brought up by statistics authority , by the uk statistics authority, who said, no, it's up 24 billion. >> you can't believe a word that comes out of his mouth. as we said, nigel in january 2023, he said, nigel in january 2023, he said he was going to stop the boats last year. he boats this time last year. he stood podium stood up on that podium and said, stop the said, i'm going to stop the boats. he has done nothing. boats. and he has done nothing. the weather might stopped the weather might have stopped the that's it. the weather might have stopped the and that's it. the weather might have stopped the and although it. the weather might have stopped the and although although it's >> and although although it's a sharp drop from last year, it is still 29,000 people came in via the boats in the last 12 months. that's a small town. >> and also it's got nothing to do with him. it's nothing to do with his actions. >> i don't want to go on to our next story yet. i've not quite got buti next story yet. i've not quite got but i want a got the time, but i want a prediction from you. when are we going to have a general election? nigel nelson? >> uh, groundwork laid >> uh, groundwork being laid for may >> uh, groundwork being laid for majthat's my view. >> that's my view. >> elm- >> do you believe he's still going early as may?

going to be as early as may? >> will provided you can >> it will be provided you can get a flight off to rwanda. no chance. get chance. well, if we can get a flight off to rwanda, um, if there are tax cuts in the march budget, it will be. and people will insurance will have the national insurance cuts pay packets for cuts in their pay packets for three yeah. softening cuts in their pay packets for three up yeah. softening cuts in their pay packets for three up thatah. softening cuts in their pay packets for three up thatah. softe date. them up for that election date. >> be interest >> and there'll be an interest rate cut. >> need to move on, but we >> we need to move on, but we will find out you. will find that out from you. tanya think the tanya when you think the election going to in our election is going to be in our next but still to come next section, but still to come this david davis mp sir this morning, david davis mp sir david davis going join david davis is going to join us to rally and to discuss his rally and a brighter outlook solar brighter outlook with boxt solar , whether on . gb news. >> hello there. very good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. today is set to be a widely wet one across the uk, all to low pressure that is all due to low pressure that is very much in charge of our weather. weather fronts weather. several weather fronts streaming their way and that streaming their way in and that will . plenty will be riding. plenty of outbreaks rain . this first outbreaks of rain. this first one across parts of scotland , one across parts of scotland, falling as snow over higher ground eventually stalling ground areas eventually stalling across orkney and across parts of orkney and the

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january the second. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, andrew pierce and bev turner. very good morning. >> now a japanese plane in flames, a japan airlines plane burst into flames this morning as it landed on a runway in tokyo's haneda airport. the airline says that all 379 people on board passengers and crew have miraculously been evacuated i >> extraordinary. and the asylum backlog has it been slashed. rishi sunak says . so, he says, rishi sunak says. so, he says, the backlog has been cleared, despite labour saying this is false. our reporter ray addison, is at an immigration removal centre in gatwick . tom moore centre in gatwick. tom moore live at five brookside immigration removal centre in gatwick as labour warns that the government's claims simply don't add up . add up. >> and is the nhs. add up. >> and is the nhs . on life >> and is the nhs. on life support? britain experiences a record number of excess deaths and junior doctors are preparing to strike for six days. medical leaders warn that this will be

the most difficult start to a yearin the most difficult start to a year in nhs history. is it time to restructure our health service metaphor. madness? service and metaphor. madness? >> can you believe this? the police are investigating an alleged rape in the metaverse, a virtual reality world, for the first time after a child was attacked while playing a video game released, her avatar was attacked . is this a good use of attacked. is this a good use of the police's time . the police's time. >> and littler goes large 16 year old 16. jean luc littler stormed through to the pdc world dans stormed through to the pdc world darts championship semi finals last night. he's back in action tonight. we're going to be previewing that . and banks on previewing that. and banks on the brink. >> 200 more branches set to close. what will this mean for you. are you happy with only having online banking? >> i bet you're not happy with

onune >> i bet you're not happy with online banking, are you? >> i don't do it and i won't do it. and shin bet i still keep my chequebooks and i'm call me old fashioned, want to fashioned, but i don't want to do and i think fashioned, but i don't want to do banks and i think fashioned, but i don't want to do banks are and i think fashioned, but i don't want to do banks are an and i think fashioned, but i don't want to do banks are an outrage.:hink the banks are an outrage. they've a social they've got a social responsibility. they're part of the need to the community. and you need to have one the the high street. >> i have to say, i do like my onune >> i have to say, i do like my online banking app. do manage online banking app. i do manage to quite easy to use. to find it quite easy to use. i've parents the same i've got my parents on the same bank ican i've got my parents on the same bank i can talk them bank so that i can talk them through can it, but through how they can do it, but some don't have that, some people don't have that, don't of support don't have that sort of support to help them do it. and i completely agree with you. there will why will be all sorts of reasons why a bank you can go and sit a bank where you can go and sit to somebody talk across to somebody to talk to, across a counter, about your counter, talk about your financial about financial problems, talk about making money work for you making your money work for you is really important . let us know is really important. let us know your thoughts. views. at your thoughts. gb views. at gbnews.com email address gbnews.com is the email address as always. first though, your very tatiana very latest news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth, thank you very much and good morning. 11:02. this is the latest, as we've been hearing, a

japan airlines plane is engulfed by fire the runway at tokyo's by fire on the runway at tokyo's international airport. amazingly all passengers on board were safely evacuated as the fire engulfed the aircraft. the extraordinary scenes are still unfolding at haneda airport, just outside tokyo , with just outside tokyo, with witnesses saying the plane exploded into flames. it's understood the plane collided with another aircraft , which was with another aircraft, which was on its way to deliver aid to areas affected by a powerful earthquake that struck on new year's day. five coastguard crew who were on board that plane have been found , though their have been found, though their condition remains unknown . in condition remains unknown. in meanwhile, rescue efforts are continuing after that earthquake , which hit japan's noto peninsula yesterday. nearly 50 people were killed with residents in some areas forced to flee as tsunami waves hit the west coast, sweeping cars and houses into the water for around 3000. army officers, firefighters and police officers have been deployed to the affected area . the home affected area. the home secretary insists the government

has cleared a backlog of asylum cases, as critics accuse the government of fiddling the figures . the government of fiddling the figures. the number of asylum decisions made last year was the highest since 2002, as the government insists its commitment to clear the number of legacy claims has been delivered. labour says the claims are false, while reports suggest the reduced figure is in part due to some legacy cases being moved to another category. but james cleverly says the number is coming down. we have processed every single one of those applications in the vast majority. >> a final decision has been made and in a small number there are complications, but the point is we have now got a much , much is we have now got a much, much faster process , which is why 50 faster process, which is why 50 hotels that were being used for housing asylum seekers are now being given back to the commercial world so they can be put back into use as hotels as we reducing the need to accommodate asylum seekers and will be processing much more quickly, going . through 2024,

quickly, going. through 2024, the nhs will be stretched even further tomorrow as junior doctors prepare to walk out in the health service's longest strike ever, an unprecedented six days of industrial action comes as the nhs faces one of its busiest periods , as cases of its busiest periods, as cases of flu and other winter illnesses are up as a staff absences due to covid. >> bosses say it could be one of the most difficult starts to the year the nhs faced . the year the nhs has ever faced. the bma wants junior doctors bma union wants junior doctors to receive a 35% pay rise, which would restore their real earnings to levels seen in 2008. the government says those demands are unaffordable , while . demands are unaffordable, while. britain experienced a record number of excess deaths last year amid repeated nhs strikes and the continuing cost of the covid pandemic, an ipsis by the telegraph shows nearly 53,000 more people died in 2023, compared to previous years. it's the highest figure recorded in a non—pandemic year since the

second world war. meanwhile, new figures show that nearly 6 million patients registered with gp clinics in england may not actually exist. there were around 63 million people registered with gp practices in england last year. registered with gp practices in england last year . that's england last year. that's despite the population sitting at just over 57 million. surge fees are paid according to the number of people on their lists , number of people on their lists, meaning some practices could be receiving millions in extra funding for people who simply don't exist at. south korea's opposition leader has been stabbed in the neck during a visit to the city of busan in front of a crowd of people lee jae myung was addressing reporters when a man in his 60s appeared to ask him for an autograph. he then lunged at the politician with a knife. that violent attack, which happened dunng violent attack, which happened during the day in front of a crowd of journalists, has stunned the nation. several people were seen restraining the attacker, while others tried to help mr lee as he collapsed to the ground. he was taken to a local hospital. his injuries are

not believed to be life threatening . and the number of threatening. and the number of people purchasing a home for the first time is believed to have been at its lowest point in a decade. last year, according to data from yorkshire building society, the number of first time buyers across the uk shrank by fifth. it comes after by a fifth. it comes after a string of interest rate rises pushed up borrowing costs. the building society says cost of living pressures and high house pnces living pressures and high house prices have led to a decline across all types of borrowing, as customers struggle to meet affordability requirements . this affordability requirements. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car , on digital radio in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now back to andrew and . bev. andrew and. bev. >> very good morning. >> very good morning. >> it's 11.07. >> very good morning. >> it's11.07. happy new year to us. if you're just joining us for the first time today, it feels like today everyone's kind of just going back to their real world. it? roads are a bit world. isn't it? roads are a bit bufien

>> are. >> they are. >> they are. >> they are. >> they tubes back at >> they are tubes busy back at work, busy and work, shops, shops, busy and emails. lots of emails in. >> you for in. you for that, george >> thank you for that, george says as crew of 38 says as an x crew member of 38 years, something like this years, maybe something like this will make people realise it's relating japanese relating to the japanese plane catching flames. relating to the japanese plane cat amazing. >> into flame. well, it >> burst into flame. well, it turned into a fireball . turned into a fireball. >> and started >> absolutely. and we started the this morning this the show this morning with this story that's on the front page of the mail today about a police investigation into an online sexual assault of a person's a child avatar. that's their character in the metaverse , character in the metaverse, where you wear a headset, virtual reality headset, and ian george is ian has said, i'd like to think that any deviant sexual behaviour, especially towards an underage child, should be investigated by the police. yes the child should could have taken headset off but you taken the headset off but you could see the you could could see the same. you could say about flash's

say the same about flash's indecent exposure where you could look away. this of could look away. this type of behaviour is disturbing and could lead to more serious offences i offences in the future. i totally utterly disagree and totally and utterly disagree and let me tell you why that character wouldn't necessarily have . that have been a child. that character could have been a five headed dinosaur. character could have been a five headed dinosaur . and so if we're headed dinosaur. and so if we're seriously considering taking police action against an online character for against an online character for against an online character , we've truly lost our character, we've truly lost our minds . minds. >> i'd much rather see the police investigate rapes and sexual assaults against women. when the prosecution . rates are when the prosecution. rates are at an historic all time low. i'd also like to see them investigate when people's homes are burgled because the police may not think it matters. having been burgled. it flippin does. it's horrible. >> think it's horrible. >> well, if you think about it, that character, the characters that character, the characters that the sexual that committed the sexual assault in inverted commas against cartoon character against that cartoon character on the screen, could have on the screen, there could have been different country. we been in a different country. we could be thousands could genuinely be thousands of miles it doesn't bear any miles, but it doesn't bear any resemblance a flasher resemblance to having a flasher in park. in the park.

>> moving on, the prime >> now moving on, the prime minister to minister claims to have delivered his pledge and delivered on his pledge and cleared the 91,000 outstanding backlog of asylum claims. backlog of legacy asylum claims. >> however, officials have admitted that 4500 cases still await a decision, claiming they are impossible to do so within the timescale . the timescale. >> well, the home secretary, james cleverly, spoke to gb news breakfast is what breakfast earlier this is what he had to say. >> so clearing that backlog, uh, processing those applications is incredibly important . we have incredibly important. we have processed every single one of those applications in the vast majority. a final decision has been made and in a small number there are complications. but the point is we have now got a much, much faster process , which is much faster process, which is why 50 hotels that were being used for housing asylum seekers are now being given back to the commercial world so they can be put back into use as hotels as we reducing the need to accommodate asylum seekers and will be processing much more quickly going through 2020. >> okay, well joining us now

from our westminster studio is political editor christopher hope. reporter ray hope. and our reporter ray addison, who's at brook house immigration centre immigration removal centre in gatwick. chris hope, let's gatwick. and chris hope, let's come to you. first. is rishi sunak cooking the books a sunak cooking the books here a little with election little bit with the election looming . in little bit with the election looming. in 24. >> a bit unfair way of saying cooking the books, but it's worth noting that 51,000 of those, um, uh , these, uh, the those, um, uh, these, uh, the backlog there were granted, uh , backlog there were granted, uh, they were able to stay in the uk and that's the point. so we're heanng and that's the point. so we're hearing figures published this, this, this morning showing that, in fact, there's quite a lot of people allowed to stay here, even processed even though they have processed the getting the number they're getting through numbers. they they promised to despite 4500 complicated cases. but a lot of them are allowed to stay now, mr sunak has said today on twitter so far that that the rate of those being granted is down, but it's still 51,000. and in fact, the numbers are because the numbers being topped up by constant new arrivals , the constant new arrivals, the numbers until, um, numbers going back until, um, to, uh, since september are down

to, uh, since september are down to 98,000, down from 100, 125,000. still, they're in a backlog . so the numbers are backlog. so the numbers are still there. it shows an attempt at try and addressing the legacy issue. before he became prime minister but there is still a more coming through. and of course, with the small boats arrivals this is not arrivals, this number is not going until that that going to stop until that that number until the boats going to stop until that that nunfinally until the boats going to stop until that that nunfinally stopping.the boats are finally stopping. and we hear cleverly today, hear from james cleverly today, thatis hear from james cleverly today, that is the that's the government's hope that will government's hope that they will stop boats year. we'll stop the boats this year. we'll wait on that . wait and see on that. >> all right. well thanks chris. that's chris hope who's in westminster for us. let's go briefly to ray addison who's at brookhouse immigration removal centre . um, ray, centre at gatwick. um, ray, morning . much activity there ? morning. much activity there? >> no. well, i'm on a very quiet country lane. in fact, the only visitors i've had today have been the police officer police force to see what i'm doing here. but this is the immigration removal centre behind me. you might just be able to see over my shoulder . in able to see over my shoulder. in fact, if put the brolly down fact, if i put the brolly down because to stop because the rain started to stop here bit, you might here a little bit, you might just be able to the high

just be able to see the high fences there and the razor wire that lies atop it that lies atop it. it accommodates around about 500, um, people here now. they've all been ruled to have failed in their asylum bids. and be their asylum bids. and will be removed the country. might removed from the country. might just be able to see as well. there's a satellite dish on the side of this building. somebody needs to tell them you don't needs to tell them you don't need satellite to gb need satellite to pick up gb news. just freeview to. news. you just need freeview to. but yes, course, we hope this but yes, of course, we hope this story is about the story is all about the government's hope that they can start 2024 with a bit of a good news story here. however, it might be slightly misleading. of course did have those, um, course we did have those, um, that backlog, that asylum backlog of those cases. however, of course we're in saying that they've cleared those cases. what they've only really done is provided an initial decision for all of them. and so, of course , all of them. and so, of course, that doesn't mean there's a final decision and they are open to appeal . to appeal. >> and ray, can i just ask you about the comment you made then about the comment you made then about police coming have about the comment you made then aichat police coming have about the comment you made then aichat witholice coming have about the comment you made then aichat with you? coming have about the comment you made then aichat with you? they're have about the comment you made then aichat with you? they're outside a chat with you? they're outside the centre. the immigration removal centre. is normal ?

is that normal? >> yes. quite normal . and i >> yes. quite normal. and i think because i'm in quite a protected , uh, area here as protected, uh, area here as well. obviously i'm right by the airport. so the, the, the 500 or so people that are in the accommodation here at the removal centre, if they look out of their windows, they possibly could the plane that's about could see the plane that's about to home because you've to take them home because you've got the runway right behind me. you might be able to hear that and see some of the planes taking well. but no, taking off, um, as well. but no, it's regular to it's fairly, fairly regular to have police come and just have the police come and just check doing when check what you're doing when you're near a secure such you're near a secure site such as this. >> how lovely the >> how lovely that the immigration centre the immigration centre has the police them when many police protecting them when many people, as you were just saying earlier have house burgled earlier, have your house burgled and nobody bothers to come and see how you're doing. christopher hope we'll be talking to you as well. talking to you later as well. happy to you and happy new year to you both. and ray addison. now sunak ray addison. now rishi sunak is facing battle to facing an uphill battle to make the election real the general election a real contest, a poll reveals contest, as a new poll reveals that is the that sir keir starmer is the most leader in 390 most popular leader in 390 seats, is voter's seats, while sunak is voter's first choice in just four.

>> not very good, is it for the tories? we joined in the studio by a former adviser to michael gove, you're glad you're not gove, but you're glad you're not adviser now that's charlie adviser there now that's charlie rowley and the political commentator matthew stadlen to discuss we know you're discuss it. look, we know you're going to say, charlie, the only poll matters the on poll that matters is the poll on polling it polling day. i've heard it all before , but this is an enormous before, but this is an enormous hill to climb for the tories. >> well, you're absolutely right. >> i mean, that is the only poll that matters. you're absolutely right and expect me to say right and would expect me to say that. remember in 2017, that. but i remember in 2017, when theresa may was 20 points ahead and it didn't ahead in the polls and it didn't quite work how she wanted quite work out how she wanted another have lost another week she'd have lost altogether. well, and david davis, rightly writing in the daily mail today, talking about margaret being margaret thatcher in 1987, being 28 i think, or 28 points, i think, or relatively behind polls, relatively behind in the polls, went that general went on to win that general election. why? went on to win that general eleywhat why? went on to win that general eleywhat was? difference? what >> what was the difference? what changed? rishi sunak changed? what can rishi sunak do? there's do? well, i think there's a number things. number of things. >> delivering on >> it's actually delivering on the he said he's the things that he said he's going to deliver. inflation going to deliver. so inflation has helped has come down. that's helped with living. it is with the cost of living. it is stopping small boats. it's stopping the small boats. it's getting backlog, getting on top of that backlog, which government is rightly which the government is rightly putting today.

putting out there today. it's about making sure that there's the unity, as david davis the party unity, as david davis again i thought again in his, which i thought was a brilliant letter in the daily today talking daily mail today talking about making the party making sure that the whole party comes together, because that's the a team, the only way that as a team, you're to go on and take you're going to go on and take the fight your opposition and the fight to your opposition and win general. win that general. >> margaret thatcher >> why did margaret thatcher win it and was her it back? andrew? and who was her opposition point? was it opposition at that point? was it that they liked her or they didn't like the alternative? >> well, was up against neil >> well, she was up against neil kinnock, ghastly. >> well, she was up against neil kinnockbut ghastly. >> well, she was up against neil kinnockbut ghaving said >> uh, but but but having said that, 1986, spent most of that, in 1986, she spent most of 1986, 12 points behind . 1986, ten, 12 points behind. currently labour are 20 points ahead of tories. uh, but she ahead of the tories. uh, but she turned it around . but they were turned it around. but they were unhed turned it around. but they were united and they were united with a neil kinnock. a common enemy, neil kinnock. >> you can't win elections when you're mean, were you're divided. i mean, you were doing over them. doing a wonderful job over them. my doing a wonderful job over them. my great friend, channelling your michael gove, your inner michael gove, pretending that black is white. there are caveats, obviously. look to you talked about a hill to climb. labour has to overturn an 80 seat majority . but yeah an 80 seat majority. but yeah it's not down to about 56 now. >> eight seats anymore. >> eight seats anymore. >> yeah but but electorally

that's a big, big shift. i think they're going to have to well they're going to have to do well in scotland because forget in scotland because don't forget the new labour years were partly underpinned assumption underpinned by an assumption that labour would win in scotland, that was no scotland, that that was no longer was longer the case. was it for a while. so they've to while. so they've got to capitalise on potential weaknesses are weaknesses in the snp. they are being helped by richard tice presenter gb news who presenter here at gb news who could rob significant numbers through the reform uk through reform uk of rob, rob, the reform uk of rob, rob, rob, the tories have significant numbers but going to be but it is going to be a challenge. we've got to take polls with a pinch of salt. i saw the front page of the saw on the front page of the mirror although mirror today, although they were selling meaning selling it as as meaning a landslide. the lead is 14 points at where it's been at the moment, where it's been roughly or so. roughly 2022 or so. >> sharply lower. >> so sharply lower . >> so that's sharply lower. we'll see if that trend continues. we all remember in we'll see if that trend contliues. we all remember in we'll see if that trend conti don'tne all remember in we'll see if that trend conti don't know remember in we'll see if that trend conti don't know why ember in we'll see if that trend conti don't know why i'mier in two i don't know why i'm spinning this tory line, but spinning this pro tory line, but look we just have to be we have to that things might to be aware that things might not as we expect them not turn out as we expect them to do you remember the to in 2015. do you remember the exit dimbleby said exit poll when dimbleby said that cameron's tories going that cameron's tories were going to an outright to actually win an outright majority? was a collective majority? there was a collective gasp surprise around the gasp of surprise around the nation. saw. very few

nation. no one saw. very few people brexit coming. so people saw brexit coming. so those are some caveats . that those are some caveats. that said, sunak is a hopeless said, rishi sunak is a hopeless politician. so doesn't so. >> so sir keir starmer though. >> so sir keir starmer though. >> well, one thing that starmer has got very , very right is has got very, very right is strengthening the labour party internally, ridding it of a lot of the toxicity of the corbyn years. that meant that someone like me couldn't vote for laboun like me couldn't vote for labour. he has got a grip of his party. he has an iron grip of the candidates who are going to be standing and whereas the tories are divided, labour seem much more united. yeah, there's the far left and they're sort of spitting but that is spitting feathers, but that is good starmer. yeah but in good for starmer. yeah but in the that just the way the way that it's just the way that was spiky and that neil kinnock was spiky and divisive it was easy to divisive and it was easy to dislike divisive and it was easy to disistarmer is kind of difficult >> starmer is kind of difficult to dislike. leaves you to dislike. he just leaves you feeling bit ambivalent, isn't he? >> well, i think i think matthew's right in terms of the labour party management of the organisations that keir starmer has job to make it has done a great job to make it more disciplined. but you're right, generally right, the public are generally and i think, and this is why i think, as matthew was rightly saying, those are to those polls are always to be

taken pinch of salt taken with a pinch of salt because the public are so switched off politics, switched off by politics, because there isn't that margaret thatcher or that that great or out great political orator or out there anymore to sort of, you know, really galvanise the country. and there was poll country. and there was a poll last that basically last week saying that basically voters thought plague both voters thought a plague on both their didn't want any of them. >> they didn't want any of them. >> they didn't want any of them. >> is i think >> exactly. which is why i think it is. know the general it is. i know the general elections, it's always a numbers game, but got then game, but you've got to then focus particular of focus on particular parts of the country to win country that are going to win you. that general election. so the have and the tories have to. and the reason people why are reason why people ask, why are we about rwanda? we always talking about rwanda? why such a big why is immigration such a big issue? those red issue? it matters to those red wall it matters to people wall seats. it matters to people that voted brexit because they don't want go into the don't want to go back into the eu, they fear the labour eu, which they fear the labour party might eu, which they fear the labour partythem might eu, which they fear the labour partythem back might eu, which they fear the labour partythem back into. might eu, which they fear the labour partythem back into. the ight take them back into. so the tories be very, very tories have got to be very, very rigorous thoughtful about tories have got to be very, very rigoconstituenciesjhtful about tories have got to be very, very rigoconstituencies thatl about tories have got to be very, very rigo constituencies that they're the constituencies that they're targeting. if they're going to hold all hold on to say this, we all remember or we should anyway. >> david cameron >> in 2015, when david cameron said choice said that there was a choice between with and between stability with him and the chaos with ed the tories and chaos with ed miliband, has miliband, look at what has unravelled politically since then. many prime ministers then. how many prime ministers have we had? david cameron of course we had theresa may even

since the last election, we've had three boris johnson, liz truss, rishi sunak, now the tories even considering replacing rishi sunak. they won't do that. well, of course they won't. but they were talking about it before christmas. they christmas. yeah, but they weren't. a mess. yeah. weren't. that is a mess. yeah. and you might the and you might argue that the country crying for some country is crying out for some genuine and yes, genuine stability and yes, perhaps dullness . does perhaps a bit of dullness. does keir does keir keir starmer excite? does keir starmer excite any of us? no probably what we need probably not. but what we need is responsible grown up politics. >> yeah, but but does anybody know what he stands for. >> no i don't think people do. and think that's the problem. and i think that's the problem. and i think that's the problem. and people and i think that's why people are to politics in are turned off to politics in general. build general. but the to build on that sort of very clear choice at election, the next at the next election, the next prime will either be prime minister will either be sir keir starmer or rishi sunak. prime minister will either be si youir starmer or rishi sunak. prime minister will either be si youir staforzr or rishi sunak. prime minister will either be si youir stafor any rishi sunak. prime minister will either be si youir stafor any other sunak. if you vote for any other political if you're in political party. so if you're in the south you about the south west, you think about voting dems. if have voting lib dems. if you have this conversation about this constant conversation about reform might votes reform that might take votes away from the tories as it currently stands, or might take votes away labour well. currently stands, or might take votyl; away labour well. currently stands, or might take votyi think labour well. currently stands, or might take votyi think notabour well. currently stands, or might take votyi think not impossible. l. >> i think it's not impossible. i haven't turned on doddie weir. >> impossible. i think >> it isn't impossible. i think it's what it's less likely what what i think could win it starmer

think could win it for starmer is people is that i think people on the left will work really, really hard to vote tactically. yes and i'm not sure that's the case on the right because if you talk to richard tice and you say to him, you knighted in the you might be knighted in the next new honours next new year's honours for services to the labour party. his they're all the his answer is they're all the same to hold the same and we need to hold the tories account. they to tories to account. they need to be punished. he is determined to harm conservatives and nigel harm the conservatives and nigel farage remember farage last time, remember he withdrew did . that withdrew a lot. he did. that might a key difference right ? might be a key difference right? >> matt stadler >> charlie rowley, matt stadler never you both. never long enough with you both. we've we've got rest we've still we've got the rest of year maybe to keep of the year maybe to keep talking about this. so and we are shortly to david are talking shortly to david davis he with us davis because he was on with us very davis because he was on with us venthe davis because he was on with us verthe brexit secretary. but the >> the brexit secretary. but the news came about the news came through about the japan, in japan japan, the plane in japan blazing. we're to blazing. so we're going to talk to him about his letter saying why should get why tory mps should get together. because they do, together. because if they do, they can still win the next general election. with britain's newsroom on gb

monday to thursdays from six till 930. >> good morning. it's 1125. >> good morning. it's1125. happy new year and we're joined now by for the second time by the former brexit secretary david davis, who's written a fascinating letter to every single tory mp and minister, which received yesterday in which they received yesterday in their . their inbox. >> it's a stirring message to the faith for god's the tory faith saying for god's sake, unite! unite behind the prime unite behind prime minister, unite behind some the tories some key policies and the tories can still general can still win the general election . david joins us now. election. david joins us now. david, in your article, in your letter, which we've done in the mail today, you invoke the spirit the great margaret spirit of the great margaret thatcher she spent all thatcher in 1986, she spent all of that way behind the of that year way behind the labour party in the opinion

polls . and by may or june of polls. and by may or june of 1987, she won with a landslide of 100. yeah >> and remember, there were so devastating things that happened in that year. i mean , we had the in that year. i mean, we had the attorney general threatening to send the police into downing street. i mean, we, you know, even even under the recent, uh, shenanigans we haven't had that, you know, we had michael heseltine resigned. i mean, it puts of the current, uh, puts all of the current, uh, going comings and goings into the shade. he was a huge, huge , the shade. he was a huge, huge, huge big beast of the jungle, as it were in those days. and one other thing. i mean, i've been listening to you just at the end with your with your colleagues talking enthusiasm or talking about the enthusiasm or not for labour party and not for the labour party and what the polls say about that. the the recent by elections have all been very low turnout . all been very low turnout. they've been 30, 40% turnout. you compare that with what john major faced when we lost ribble valley, 70. that was an explicit rejection of the tory government

today. it wasn't a sort of a plague on all your houses. we don't want you, you know. so we've been here before. in fact, we've been here before. in fact, we've been here before. in fact, we've been in worse places before, the and what before, before and the and what a lot of the younger mps and indeed young young journalists have to say . i indeed young young journalists have to say. i mean, indeed young young journalists have to say . i mean, people like have to say. i mean, people like you, uh, you know, you, andrew, uh, you know, young journalists me is, you journalists say to me is, you know, is this 92 or 97? and i say to them, you know, it actually it's actually up to you. in 92, we, we joined together and treated the opposition as our main enemy . opposition as our main enemy. uh, in 97, we treated each other as our main enemy. and that's the big difference. >> and david, at the moment you've got tory mps knocking spots off each other in public in a most unedifying way, particularly over the rwanda deal particularly over the rwanda deal, where we saw 38 tory mps abstain last month , abstain last month, unprecedented to do so on the first stage of legislation on some of those, of course, are standing down at the next election. i think 8 or 9 of them and of them have and some of them are have majorities of over 30,000. so they're about tory they're not bothered about tory

turmoil they're not bothered about tory turryeah. well, there is a bit of >> yeah. well, there is a bit of that, i'm afraid. i mean , you that, i'm afraid. i mean, you know, you every single one of us, every single tory mp was elected by their party. i mean, you know, i didn't you know, i'm, i'm not elected in, in charleton price now because i'm david davis . charleton price now because i'm david davis. i'm elected charleton price now because i'm david davis . i'm elected because david davis. i'm elected because i'm the conservative representative here. that's, that's the driving force. and because of that, we owe each other a duty. you know, we owe the public a duty. do we really want to behave in such a way that we actually deliver a victory to keir starmer and deliver 5 or 10 years of labour government , you know, or are we government, you know, or are we conservatives? do we really want to deliver a conservative government and if the answer is the latter, we ought to deliver a conservative government then we've behave properly we've got to behave properly to do you know, it's and it's do it. you know, it's and it's been interesting , i do it. you know, it's and it's been interesting, i mean, do it. you know, it's and it's been interesting , i mean, since been interesting, i mean, since i the that email yesterday, i sent the that email yesterday, i've of responses i've had dozens of responses from my colleagues saying , thank from my colleagues saying, thank god said it. you know. god you've said it. you know. so, uh, you know, at last, somebody this, we have to

somebody saying this, we have to learn to behave. and what learn to behave. and that's what we do. learn to behave. and that's what we the thing is, david, you can >> the thing is, david, you can you a party together. >> the thing is, david, you can you lot a party together. >> the thing is, david, you can you lot of a party together. >> the thing is, david, you can you lot of people ty together. >> the thing is, david, you can you lot of people willgether. >> the thing is, david, you can you lot of people will juster. but a lot of people will just decide, do we like that man as prime minister or do we not? do we want to give the other guy a go for a while and do you think rishi sunak is sufficiently popular with the electorate as an individual to get people to put across in that for him? put across in that box for him? well there are two aspects of that. >> one is that's part of the reason the examples i picked when and i think andrew referred to it , uh, when, when and i think andrew referred to it, uh, when, uh, in 99, 86, all those things were going wrong. everybody blamed margaret thatcher for it. literally everybody blamed her for it. um, and, uh, she came back from that with a hundred majority within a year , you know, having lost year, you know, having lost massively in some by elections and so on. um, so that's one half of it, you know , prime half of it, you know, prime ministers are very often unpopular in the latter part of their, of their terms , the their, of their terms, the second aspect. and then they recover from it. the second

aspect is, you know , can you aspect is, you know, can you imagine how it will come back? well, look, think you've well, look, just think you've been rwanda. let's been talking about rwanda. let's imagine for second tory imagine for a second the tory party actually decides to deliver rwanda. and we start getting sent there. getting people sent there. you know happen know what's going to happen next? denmark , next? you know, denmark, germany, other european countries are going to copy it and suddenly going go and it's suddenly going to go from liability a from being a liability of a policy an advantage. well, policy to an advantage. well, we've we've got a budget we've got we've got a budget coming up which for the first coming up in which for the first time the covid crisis, time since the covid crisis, we're going to have a lot of money structurally , we're going money structurally, we're going to have a lot of money. we're going to have probably at least 30 overhead. we can 30 billion overhead. we can actually taxes. we can actually cut taxes. we can behave like conservative behave like a conservative government we've we've got government we've got we've got a mayoralty election, which we there's a decent chance of us winning all those things will change the nature of , of the of change the nature of, of the of the battle. we're looking at. but it won't those none of those things will happen if my party, my colleagues behave as though they're all going to lose and start to run away. i make the analogy in in the letter of a

medieval battle . you know, medieval battle. you know, people started to die a people started to die in a medieval battle they medieval battle when they got the point, when one side gave up sophie reaper , they started sophie reaper, they started to run. that happened 1997. and run. that happened in 1997. and guess what? all the people who turned and ran long past their seats by bigger majorities than those who stood and fought, we should all stand and fight. we owe it to the country. we owe it to our supporters. you know. do we really think that, you know, you say you don't like sunak. do you say you don't like sunak. do you stand for you really think this stand for nothing labour party is going to do a betterjob? i certainly don't okay. >> fascinating . brilliant, sir >> fascinating. brilliant, sir david davis, and congratulations , david, on your knighthood. he is now sir david davis and richly deserved. say . richly deserved. i would say. uh, good to talk to you. happy new earlier a new year. now, earlier today, a japan airlines plane burst into flames as it landed on the runway at tokyo's haneda airport. extraordinarily all 379 people on board, passengers and crew were successfully evacuated i >> -- >> so travel editor of the sun , >> so travel editor of the sun, uh, lisa mino joins us now. good morning. lisa. the pictures were

just shocking , weren't they? you just shocking, weren't they? you know, when a plane bursts into flames, it bursts into flames. i mean, the speed with which it caught it caught ablaze was extraordinary . um, do we know extraordinary. um, do we know any more about this situation at this point of what caused this? and what the implications might be for that airport? right. well at the moment it is still speculation, but there's a strong possibility that obviously something has happened in terms of the us, the japanese coastguard plane that was impacted in this collision. >> um, fortunately, it seems that all of those have died on board, apart from the pilot who is critically injured and has somehow been on the runway at the same time as the other plane came in to land. now, we don't know , and we can only speculate know, and we can only speculate as to what exactly has happened as to what exactly has happened as how taken place. as to how that has taken place. has there been an issue with air traffic control? has there been an of the planes an issue on one of the planes themselves? as you say, themselves? but as you say, extremely dramatic footage, extremely dramatic footage, extremely situation . this extremely rare situation. this is not the kind of thing you

would normally obviously would see normally and obviously comes country is comes just as the country is trying you know, recover trying to, um, you know, recover from these devastating earthquakes . earthquakes. >> okay. thank you, lisa. thanks for . quick update. lisa for that. quick update. lisa mino the sun newspaper. mino there at the sun newspaper. um lots more to come this morning. we've only got half an hour left to go. it's nice to be back with you. the day back with you. the first day back of 2020 for sure. >> she won't be saying that tomorrow. >> exactly. it's only day >> no, exactly. it's only day one. give us us while. >> no, exactly. it's only day one first, us us while. >> no, exactly. it's only day one first, though, us while. >> no, exactly. it's only day one first, though, here's while. >> no, exactly. it's only day one first, though, here's theile. uh, first, though, here's the very latest news with tatiana sanchez. >> bev, thank you very much. good morning. it's 1133. >> bev, thank you very much. good morning. it's1133. this is the latest five of the six crew on board a japanese coast guard plane that collided with a japan air land airlines flight have died there . deaths were reported died there. deaths were reported by japan's nhk news moments ago. emergency crews remain at the scene after a fire engulfed the passenger plane on the runway at tokyo's international airport . tokyo's international airport. but amazingly, all 379 passengers on board that

aircraft were safely evacuated. the extraordinary scenes unfolded moments ago at haneda airport, just outside tokyo , airport, just outside tokyo, with witnesses saying the plane exploded into flames. it's understood it collided with that coastguard plane and we have just found out five of the crew on board have now died. that happen. on board have now died. that happen . as the plane was on its happen. as the plane was on its way to deliver aid to areas affected by a powerful earthquake that struck on new year's day . meanwhile, rescue year's day. meanwhile, rescue efforts are continuing after that earthquake , which hit that earthquake, which hit japan's noto peninsula yesterday . nearly 50 people were killed, with residents in some areas forced to flee as tsunami waves hit the west coast, sweeping cars and houses into the water. around 3000 army officers, firefighters and police officers have been deployed to the area . have been deployed to the area. the home secretary insists the government has cleared a backlog of asylum cases as critics accuse the government of

fiddling the figures. the number of asylum decisions made last year was the highest since 2002, as the government insists its commitment to clear the number of legacy claims has been delivered. labour says the claims are false, while reports suggest the reduced figure is in part due to some legacy cases being moved to another category. but james cleverly says the number is coming down. we have processed every single one of those applications in the vast majority , a final decision has majority, a final decision has been made and in a small number there are complications . there are complications. >> but the point is we have now got a much, much faster process, which is why the 50 hotels that were being used for housing asylum seekers are now being given back to the commercial world so they can be put back into use as hotels. we're reducing the need to accommodate asylum seekers and will be processing much more quickly going through . 2024. going through. 2024. >> for more on all of those stories, you can visit our

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while playing a video game. is this a good use of the police's time? and yes, you have understood that story correctly. don't go anywhere . we're going don't go anywhere. we're going to be looking. >> and the answer is it is not a good use

perspectives that i, and people that i knew had dewbs& co weeknights from six. >> now this is a pretty extraordinary story. we discover the police are investigating the first case of rape in the metaverse after a child was attacked in a virtual reality

video game . video game. >> hampshire police and crime commissioner donna jones and founder of breck foundation, a charity who specialise in keeping children safe online. lorin lafave. join us now . now. lorin lafave. join us now. now. good morning ladies. thank you so much forjoining us. um, i want i think to come to you first, lauren, which is in all your years of dealing with children and safety online, did you ever think you would be talking about a story like this where the police are involved in a case of sexual assault, of a cartoon character on another cartoon character on another cartoon character on another cartoon character ? cartoon character? >> but to be honest, i'm not surprised at all because i've heard stories of children having similar activities on other gaming platforms that weren't all immersive and virtual reality, but was still , um, reality, but was still, um, really inappropriate , violent, really inappropriate, violent, horrible activity that is not age appropriate for them. so no, i'm not surprised . i'm not surprised. >> but the child can just take off the headset. surely that's what my 12 year old said when i

explained to her in the most delicate terms possible what had happened, she just shrugged and went, take off your headset. why can't they do that? >> would hope that all >> we would hope that all children take their children would take off their headset any something headset. any sign of something seeming inappropriate. but sometimes there may be reasons why children would stay either. it seems interesting at the beginning and then get into beginning and then they get into deep, could be some deep, or there could be some sort of blackmailing or, you know, coercion or , you know, sort of coercion or, you know, sort of coercion or, you know, manipulation and control . know, manipulation and control. so trust that every so we can't trust that every child can make that sort of decision for themselves, because the grooming element, which i understand, think you've understand, i think you've described that described there, lauren, that children vulnerable online children are vulnerable online to being influenced. to maybe being influenced. >> be something like >> it might be something like sending to somebody inappropriately to somebody they'd that they'd never met online. that kind thing is very different, kind of thing is very different, though, this being considered though, to this being considered a sexual physical a case of sexual physical assault , because it clearly assault, because it clearly isn't . isn't. >> i think when you think of young people, they're curious and they're constantly risk taking and they're trying to learn about their worlds. and unfortunately , the real world is

unfortunately, the real world is coming into their bedrooms through this virtual reality. so i feel that a lot of children wouldn't be able to make a good decision for themselves when they're first approached in this decision for themselves when they'unless approached in this decision for themselves when they'unless they )ached in this decision for themselves when they'unless they were d in this decision for themselves when they'unless they were educated way, unless they were educated on what to do i.e. take off your headphones, go tell your parents well , let's headphones, go tell your parents well, let's bring in the hampshire police and crime commissioner, donna jones. >> donna, is really any place commissioner, donna jones. >> donpolice really any place commissioner, donna jones. >> donpolice to eally any place commissioner, donna jones. >> donpolice to eallpokingylace for the police to be poking their around to a battle their nose around to a battle between two cartoon characters? their nose around to a battle bet well two cartoon characters? their nose around to a battle bet well ,wo cartoon characters? their nose around to a battle bet well , obviously] characters? their nose around to a battle bet well , obviously there acters? their nose around to a battle bet well , obviously there is ers? their nose around to a battle bet well , obviously there is the�* >> well, obviously there is the very specific , um, case that very specific, um, case that you've referenced here, and this is an incident that i, uh, raised with a number of journalists, um, at a national policing a couple of policing summit a couple of months , and was really months ago, and it was really around context of risks around the context of the risks of i, um, and also of what goes on online for young people and this was just one example. so what i've been trying to do as the chair of the association of police and crime commissioners and as the police commissioner in in the isle in hampshire, in the isle of wight, whilst wight, is explain that whilst the safety has the new online safety bill has brought, um, protection for brought, um, some protection for everyone , particularly children, everyone, particularly children, um, is still more that

um, there is still more that needs to be done. parents need to aware of the to become very aware of the risks and threats online of risks and the threats online of grooming, as we've just heard, but in terms of this specific case, yes, you would hope that a child would take off their headset or more importantly , headset or more importantly, they wouldn't be in an adult space such as where it's space such as that where it's possible rape someone, albeit possible to rape someone, albeit virtually, cartoon virtually, as a cartoon character or as an avatar. um, you'd hope that they would not be in an age inappropriate space in place. and parents in the first place. and parents really do need to be aware of the online gaming. the threats online from gaming. but also from talking across social networks. >> donna, am i right in thinking you like there to no you would like there to be no anonymity online? >> well, i think that would certainly give greater protection for children. yes, but i do also respect freedom of speech and people's ability to operate online. and as you would do in the public, if you're walking down the road and you chose to protest about something, you don't have to publicise name, your publicise your name, your address, live, address, where you live, what your address is. but your email address is. um, but what seeing now with, for what we are seeing now with, for example , paedophiles

example, um, paedophiles operating online and creating indecent images of children , indecent images of children, videos and decent videos of children . but actually there's children. but actually there's no victim behind any of it because are generated because they are a! generated images. so online space is images. so the online space is progressing. criminals are committing crimes online at a rate of knots, and actually law enforcers and agencies, particularly police forces , are particularly police forces, are struggling to keep up with the volume and the complexity of how crimes are committed. and when you've got companies such as meta now bringing in their new encryption, it makes even encryption, it makes it even harder for enforcement harder for law enforcement agencies to be protecting vulnerable particularly vulnerable people, particularly children, online. >> donna, people who've been burgled, is a miserable burgled, which is a miserable experience for many people, had their or god forgive, their car stolen or god forgive, were a woman who's been raped , were a woman who's been raped, uh, and had very little police interest to learn that the police are investigating this. >> they'll just think, frankly, the world's gone slightly mad . the world's gone slightly mad. >> well, okay. i mean, you can take this case at as a very, very specific. and there is a wider context behind this as

well, which i'm not, uh, privy to go into. and i don't actually know a lot of the detail anyway . know a lot of the detail anyway. but i do understand that you're making victims of actual crime the burglary of physical sexual assault. of course, they should get a first class service from the police. and that's what police and crime commissioners are ensure happens. police and crime commissioners are lauren, ensure happens. police and crime commissioners are lauren, whene happens. police and crime commissioners are lauren, when the ppens. police and crime commissioners are lauren, when the police are >> lauren, when the police are approached with complaint like approached with a complaint like this, say this, shouldn't they just say nothing to do us? it's not nothing to do with us? it's not our domain . our domain. >> leave it to the family. >> leave it to the family. >> if a child is being approached online and being their well—being is diminished and they are being traumatised, i think there is a discussion to be had. we can't just turn a blind eye and i can't compare a burgling of a car to a children's well—being. as as much as i hate cars being burgled. so i think it's really important that we do take these issues seriously because those predators who are behaving this way possibly will then this behaviour will become normalised and the sexual assaults will become that want become something that they want to take into the real world. so i think turn

i don't think we can turn a blind i don't think we can turn a blirno, i don't agree at all. i >> no, i don't agree at all. i don't agree at all. i don't think there's any there's no evidence suggest you're evidence to suggest if you're a cartoon character sexually cartoon character is sexually assaulted. another cartoon character, the character, that you might be the kind of person that would go and do that outside school gates do that outside the school gates and that thought police. do that outside the school gates and that's thought police. do that outside the school gates and that's tworries police. do that outside the school gates and that's tworries me ce. do that outside the school gates and that's tworries me here, and that's what worries me here, is that this becomes extrapolated. is is that this becomes extconfused. is is that this becomes extconfused about is is that this becomes extconfused about the is is that this becomes extconfused about the real is is that this becomes extconfused about the real world so confused about the real world and the virtual world, they need to spend less time on their screen and less time looking down a virtual headset. surely lauren, that has got to be the message. we repeat time and time and time again. look at the parents. yes. >> if you can make that >> i mean, if you can make that happen, amazing. happen, that'd be amazing. one of want to make that of the ways i want to make that happen through and happen is through education and also including in also including leaflets in devices to devices that are given to children and explain children that tell and explain to parents and their children exactly could occur online exactly what could occur online with the use of these devices. because as much as parents might love their child, they might not be as aware as you or i or the police about what is actually happening online. so we do need to that education. to enable that education. >> . thank you ladies. >> okay. thank you ladies. really interesting. lauren

lefebvre there from the breck foundation, a charity that specialises in keeping children safe online, and crime commissioner from commissioner donna jones from hampshire . our let us tell you hampshire. our let us tell you what met us say meta used to be facebook. of course they run the free horizon free online vr game horizon worlds they've said this worlds and they've said this kind behaviour that is kind of behaviour that is described place on our described has no place on our platform, which is why all our users have an automatic protection called personal boundary, keep, boundary, which helps keep, which you don't which keeps people you don't know feet from you. know a few feet away from you. let's bring in nigel nelson for once. >> i'm i agree with meta because normally i'm raging about them. but , you can make your but i mean, you can make your own decisions here. >> right tanya, you've >> that's right tanya, you've got . um, what's got teenagers. um, what's your take story? take on this story? >> the parents have to parent their children. you know what? i'm seeing more and more. especially because my youngest is 16, so i don't know, he wasn't around when a lot of this wasn't around when a lot of this was going on. he's now getting into it. you have to parent your children everywhere you go . now children everywhere you go. now you see kids on devices and the parents oh, here you go. parents go, oh, here you go. just take just shut up here. i'll take that lockdown really kind of

made that go crazy as well, because people were locked in. so parents were didn't have the time to be observing what their children . absolutely. children were doing. absolutely. it's about the parents. it really . i don't agree with really is. i don't agree with this whole digital id thing that everything should known . but everything should be known. but i one thing that does i tell you one thing that does worry is that i know that worry me is that i know that when, for example, boys are playing these violent games on, on, on a screen doing it, on, on, on a screen doing it, they their, their hormones are raging through anger , through raging through anger, through fear, through the adrenaline . fear, through the adrenaline. and it does have physical effects on the person playing the game . so that's the one bit the game. so that's the one bit that worries me. but it's down to the parents to protect their children. yeah, it's down to them. not the police and the police. >> what is the point of the police getting involved here? >> well, where are they going to police getting involved here? >> involved?re are they going to police getting involved here? >> involved?re ar> involved?re ar> involved?re ar

at too much the at screens too much in the holidays. year old is holidays. my 14 year old is currently complete screen currently on a complete screen ban nelson because she ban nigel nelson because she pushed the limits too much this holiday, easy just to holiday, and it is easy just to let play on their screens. let them play on their screens. it does often we're it does feel often like we're parenting technocrats parenting with these technocrats in our life, but somehow we have to try and win this battle . how to try and win this battle. how do we do it? >> well, i mean, first of all, you're absolutely right about the parenting you the parenting thing. if you can do that, that's the that's your sort of first of defence. sort of first line of defence. if do think it's if you like. i do think it's right the police get right for the police to get involved this . involved in a case like this. i'm not sure what the charge would if they were able to would be if they were able to find the perpetrators . i presume find the perpetrators. i presume it would be something the basis of who would be the guilty person. >> his harassment character? >> his harassment character? >> well, it would be the person behind the cartoon. >> and you can't know who that is. well, well, the >> well, well, that's why the police are investigating to find out but out if they can know. yeah, but i mean, the kind of charge you would think would would think about would be harassment alarm harassment or causing alarm or or however or distress. yes. however because the virtual world is now moving so quickly, we may well have to think of a criminal

charge that works specifically early in a case like this. charge that works specifically early in a case like this . if early in a case like this. if you put on a vr headset, you really do feel like you're actually in that other world. >> have you ever done? >> have you ever done? >> yes, i have, yes, i've played with it on these vr headsets. right. and you can actually you do feel you're in a different world between and world difference between me and i probably , um, this, this i think probably, um, this, this unfortunate young girl is anything like this. that made me frightened. i take the headset off. of course you would. >> so would i. >> so would i. >> know >> um, so i'd know how to get out of the out of she. >> no. why wouldn't she know how to do that? >> get terribly >> because kids get terribly involved . and can involved in it. and i can understand then that the that involved in it. and i can undywasind then that the that involved in it. and i can undywas genuinelyiat the that involved in it. and i can undywas genuinely me.1e that involved in it. and i can undywas genuinely me. but|at involved in it. and i can undywas genuinely me. but that she was genuinely me. but that is where the ad by the event. >> that is when the adult steps in and says to this child that isn't real, you're right. you need someone to you that need someone to say to you that isn't real. >> w- w“ w“ >> absolutely right. but what if you're um, that you're not there? um, that you've got the child you've got you've got the child playing bedroom. playing in their bedroom. you don't know exactly they're don't know exactly what they're doing parent in the doing. if you can parent in the sense actually there, sense of actually being there, watching them doing it all,

that's fine . but what happens that's fine. but what happens when close the bedroom door when they close the bedroom door and enter that that virtual world? >> i still, i think every single aduu >> i still, i think every single adult talking about this story needs to make it really clear to children that there is a real world and there is a virtual. yeah, they are very yeah, yeah, they are very different the blending different because the blending of that reality is dangerous. >> like what lauren said. >> but i like what lauren said. >> but i like what lauren said. >> should with >> they should come with pamphlets. should pamphlets. maybe parents should be buying be forced when they're buying something sign say something to sign off to say that they've read. they understand because, you know, understand it because, you know, the problem that today's understand it because, you know, the prollem that today's understand it because, you know, the proli understandit today's understand it because, you know, the proli understand it's day's understand it because, you know, the proli understand it's really parents i understand it's really hard i'm a parent hard. you know, i'm a parent myself, you have to take the myself, but you have to take the time see what time to parent and to see what your looking and your children are looking at and what seeing. because if what they're seeing. because if you're your child you're wondering why your child is strangely or all is acting strangely or or all these lot these things that happen, a lot of it happens. >> do you put a screen limit on your children or did you? i never did, but the reason is, is that have really that we have really good communications with children. communications with my children. >> really, good >> really, really good communication. >> really, really good com know, ation. lot of you know, we took a lot of effort and a lot of time. and, you they talk to me now. you know, they talk to me now. they're like they're older like my like i said, 18 old son, he said, my 18 year old son, he says that he remembers me says to me that he remembers me saying to him with porn, you'll

see you'll never be see things that you'll never be able will damage able to unsee that will damage your said that he your brain. and he said that he remembers that from a young age and yeah. and was careful. yeah. >> interesting. it is very difficult. didn't even difficult. we didn't even get to talk today's most talk about today's the most popular day to get divorced after christmas. nigel nelson i'm we're all happily i'm sure we're all happily betrothed, but i'm not planning to get divorced now. betrothed, but i'm not planning to (meaning ed now. betrothed, but i'm not planning to (meaning whyow. betrothed, but i'm not planning to (meaning why is. betrothed, but i'm not planning to (meaning why is today the day >> meaning why is today the day that we most commonly get divorced, do you think? >> uh, think at the moment, >> uh, i think at the moment, cost living crisis is being cost of living crisis is being together christmas. together over christmas. together christmas? together over christmas? um, families. use the stress families. yeah use the stress that that causes. >> can i just add that it's for christmas? that it's insane. same marriages. it's 63% same sex marriages. it's 63% other women are the other women that are the petitioners for divorce on on today. yes. so the divorce rates that are going through today for same sex marriages , it's more same sex marriages, it's more women. it's more women. >> how interesting. >> how interesting. >> that says it all about had enough cooking and cleaning. enough of cooking and cleaning. yes, yes. yes, yes yes. >> it from britain's >> that is it from britain's newsroom for today. uh, up next, good afternoon, britain with tom and we will you and emily. we will see you tomorrow morning see you tomorrow morning at 930. see you then. we learn that five

then. as we learn that five people have lost their lives in the air traffic catastrophe in tokyo, we asked the questions and try and find out some answers in terms of how this has happened. >> and are our airports safe? >> and are our airports safe? >> and are our airports safe? >> and it's revealed over 50,000 people were granted asylum last yeah >> we'll dig into the numbers after the weather. look like things are heating up . boxt things are heating up. boxt boilers spot of weather on gb news is . news is. >> hello, it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast . the gb news forecast. >> storm henk has been named by the met office for tuesday because of the risk of some very windy weather in the south. >> be for many >> it will also be wet for many as this frontal system moves up across southern and central parts uk. parts of the uk. >> tightly packed >> but it's the tightly packed isobars the southern flank of isobars on the southern flank of this low pressure, where this area of low pressure, where we'll see strongest winds we'll see the strongest winds initially and initially across the south and southwest 60 mile per hour wind gusts inland and 70 or 80 around coastal parts of southern england south wales.

england and south wales. >> strong winds move >> those strong winds move across central and then southeastern parts of the uk through the rest of the day. heavy rain pushing up through the midlands, parts of wales and northern rain northern england. further rain with across shetland with some snow across shetland and we're going to see those outbreaks rain. the strong winds as well, moving through during the evening, eventually easing overnight but staying blustery across the uk . across the uk. >> spells of rain and showers for many , the most persistent for many, the most persistent rain the far north and rain affecting the far north and northeast of scotland, with again for shetland and again some snow for shetland and heavy showers elsewhere, especially and especially across west and southwest and parts of the uk . southwest and parts of the uk. the wind stays lively and as a result it's not going to be a particularly chilly night for most of us. >> temperatures staying in the mid high single but mid to high single figures, but it a blustery day on it is a blustery day on wednesday. >> quite as windy as >> it's not quite as windy as tuesday, but we're going see tuesday, but we're going to see further showers coming in quite quickly and those quickly from the west and those longer spells of rain will remain across the north of scotland and times west of scotland and at times west of scotland. brighter scotland. some brighter interludes of interludes and signs of something later this week .

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oh >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on tuesday, the 2nd of january. the plane in flames. >> a large japan airlines

passenger plane erupts in a firestorm after colliding with a smaller coastguard plane as it came in to land . the 379 came in to land. the 379 passengers fled the inferno . passengers fled the inferno. however, the six crew aboard the coastguard flight have sadly died. that's according to public broadcaster nhk . they say haven broadcaster nhk. they say haven britain, the home office granted over 50,000 people asylum last year. yeah >> while the acceptance rate is down on last year, this is the highest number since records began. this comes as the prime minister celebrates clearing the asylum backlog in a reduction in small boat crossings . small boat crossings. >> nhs stand off junior doctors are set to walk out tomorrow in the longest strike in nhs history. the head of nhs england says that the six day walkout will have a significant impact on routine care.

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