is advising people company gwr is advising people not to travel at all after its tracks were flooded and routes were made impassable . well, were made impassable. well, let's just bring you some detail on that breaking news we brought you about an hour ago about a boatin you about an hour ago about a boat in london that's gone down because of rainfall. the thames coastguard everyone coastguard is saying everyone is accounted for after a party boat sunkin accounted for after a party boat sunk in the river thames after rain. the floating bar restaurant . and nightclub moored restaurant. and nightclub moored up at temple pier went down after the deck flooded . first of after the deck flooded. first of all. local officials, however, said everyone was safe but the port of london authorities advised vessels tonight to pass temple pier with great caution . temple pier with great caution. now unsealed court documents in the united states have revealed more allegations against prince andrew. shining a spotlight on his connections to the paedophile jeffrey epstein, including details of an alleged orgy with underage girls. bill clinton and the late professor stephen hawking, are also among

over 150 names mentioned as having connections to the now dead sex offender. many of those named are not accused of any wrongdoing . the unsealed files wrongdoing. the unsealed files were released as part of a civil lawsuit against ghislaine maxwell , who is serving lawsuit against ghislaine maxwell, who is serving a 20 year prison sentence herself for recruiting underage girls for epstein. more documents are expected to be unsealed and unredacted in the coming days. in lebanon, thousands gathered for the funeral of hamas's military leader , widely thought military leader, widely thought to have been responsible for the october 7th attacks on israel . october 7th attacks on israel. saleh al—arouri was killed in a suspected israeli drone strike in beirut two days ago . a in beirut two days ago. a special adviser to the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, in israel didn't confirm israel's involvement, but commented it had been a surgical strike against the hamas leadership . in against the hamas leadership. in and lastly, teenager luke littler has vowed to come back

stronger after losing in the world darts championship final . world darts championship final. the 16 year old was beaten by luke humphries, who claimed the title as well as half £1 million in prize money. he's pledged to donate part of that to prostate cancer uk , a charity he says is cancer uk, a charity he says is close to his heart. the winner told gb news he's proud to be the new champion. >> he feels incredible . um, you >> he feels incredible. um, you know, it's something i've obviously dreamed of for many, many years and, uh, you know, to go out and do it last night in such emphatic fashion, you know, it's so, so pleasing for me, um, you know, worked incredibly hard for moment and, you know, for this moment and, you know, to win in my first to go on and win in my first world final is, you know, amazing . an amazing feat. amazing. an amazing feat. >> news across the uk >> this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel .

britain's news channel. >> hello and welcome to headunes. headlines. >> i'm stephen allen and joining me tonight is a man who may contain nuts. >> it's paul cox and a man who has a lot in common with james bond.he has a lot in common with james bond. he also needs a trigger warning. >> it's nick dixon. >> it's nick dixon. >> let's, uh, are you doing >> uh, let's, uh, are you doing both.7 both opted both.7 well, you've both opted for something from the grey palette, i see, i yeah. palette, i see, i have, yeah. >> did. >> did. >> i eating nuts when we >> i was eating nuts when we met. met evening. met. when we met this evening. i've i have to make sure i've got a i have to make sure i'm doing something special every time we meet. >> now the. >> now the. >> might erma-- >> now the. >> the might have >> now the. >> the type might have >> now the. >> the type that it have >> now the. >> the type that i have >> now the. >> the type that i was have been the type that i was thinking of, but no, that's fine. >> if you think have i gone very literal joke? literal with your joke? fair enough. literal with your joke? fair eno nick, are you doing all >> nick, are you doing all right? well it's funny you compare to because last compare me to bond, because last time i was time i wore this outfit, i was compared on ex to george clooney. just saying. i'm happy with either. i'll take either. both. with either. i'll take either. botyou've compared to >> you've been compared to a batman. not the best. batman. how you? how dare you? >> what? >> what? >> how dare you? >> how dare you? >> were thinking of the >> you were thinking of the nespresso adverts, i think. oh his best work. the plastic nipples be giveaway, suppose. >> anyway , let's move and >> anyway, let's move on and take friday's front pages.

>> the daily says way >> the daily mail says no way back. >> the daily mail says no way back . the front page of the back. the front page of the telegraph says navy has so few sailors. ships must be scrapped. the financial times goes with sunak signals election will be held in second half of this year . the i says no tax cuts for two years under labour, hints starmer . the guardian says starmer. the guardian says labour will fight fire with fire. starmer warns tories and the daily star operation oompa loompa. those are your front pages. right? loompa. those are your front pages . right? what have the i pages. right? what have the i gone with paul? >> no tax cuts for two years under labour hints starmer. >> starmer, steve. so uh, labour uh suggest a labour the leader suggests. sorry a labour government may not be in a position to cut income tax without substantial economic growth . um, in the future, which growth. um, in the future, which sounds very much to me like a tory policy or very it sounds

very tory to me. it sounds like the sort of thing that they've been saying for a year or two now. and of course, he's absolutely right. um the thing that fascinates me more than anything is that all we're really getting keir starmer anything is that all we're re aly getting keir starmer anything is that all we're re aly gettinof keir starmer anything is that all we're re aly gettinof personneltarmer anything is that all we're re aly gettinof personnel ,irmer anything is that all we're re aly gettinof personnel, which is a change of personnel, which we desperately need, but i don't think we get a change of anything else really. it's going to be heading up party that to be heading up a party that would a more change, would love a lot more change, but i don't think keir starmer himself deliver it himself is going to deliver it because the country because he can't. the country is just a position with its just not in a position with its economic position deliver the economic position to deliver the sort of tax cuts and public spending they want. i think , spending they want. i think, nick, it's interesting that he's talking about growth . talking about growth. >> if everyone's talking >> i mean, if everyone's talking about growth, liz truss sits there this? there saying, you see this? i mentioned growth early doors. no one about one else is talking about borrowing achieve it. but borrowing to achieve it. but still like calls it still it feels like she calls it a win. >> yeah, but you actually know his i do want his policy. he says i do want lower the first lever lower taxes. but the first lever we look for is growth. >> to look for >> so he's going to look for a lever. is that what he's promising? >> grasping in the dark? mean >> grasping in the dark? i mean does is does anyone know what starmer is actually going to do. he did this today. it was

this speech today. it was boring. was start boring. nothing was in it. start at then people think at sunak. then some people think to speech to distract from that speech made sudden announcement to distract from that speech mad he's sudden announcement to distract from that speech mad he's going en announcement to distract from that speech mad he's going en have uncement to distract from that speech mad he's going en have this ment that he's going to have this election that that he's going to have this elwill»n that that he's going to have this elwill be that that he's going to have this elwill be in that that he's going to have this elwill be in the that that he's going to have this elwill be in the second that that he's going to have this elwill be in the second half that that he's going to have this elwill be in the second half of at it will be in the second half of the you'd never said the year, which you'd never said before. so that was that was sort bigger news, which sort sort of bigger news, which sort of starmer's non speech. of trumped starmer's non speech. and know what he's and i just don't know what he's actually going he's still and i just don't know what he's actualthe oing he's still and i just don't know what he's actualthe oing vase he's still and i just don't know what he's actualthe oing vase thing.;till and i just don't know what he's actualthe oing vase thing. isn't doing the ming vase thing. isn't he. trying drop the ming he. trying to not drop the ming vase. have no clear policies. and we're about to and yeah i mean we're about to do the headline he says and yeah i mean we're about to do the going ne he says and yeah i mean we're about to do the going ne fighthe says and yeah i mean we're about to do the going ne fight fire ays and yeah i mean we're about to do the going ne fight fire with they're going to fight fire with fire. believe that fire. do you really believe that starmer sunak. isn't it starmer versus sunak. isn't it more dousing other more like dousing each other with lukewarm water, some sort of slash flannel? yeah. >> type incident . >> type incident. >> type incident. >> i don't see it. >> uh, no. me either. he has accused sunak of squatting in number 10, which is probably a fair accusation . um, because fair accusation. um, because obviously sunak has now come out and categorically said that there won't be a general election in the first half of this year. the, the, the i say it will be in autumn. he doesn't actually say that. he says it'll be the second half the be in the second half of the yeah be in the second half of the year. we all know it can't be any later than the january of 2025. what's really interesting

to can't remember 2025. what's really interesting to the can't remember 2025. what's really interesting to the precedentt remember 2025. what's really interesting to the precedent , remember 2025. what's really interesting to the precedent , rem reason what the precedent, the reason this came is, but they this came around is, but they don't like to don't like they don't like to have two new administrations in place. one in the us and one in the at the same time , because the uk at the same time, because for obvious reasons, i guess there's and there's chaos and disorganisation. if we were disorganisation. but if we were to have a general election in, say, october and they and, uh , say, october and they and, uh, the almighty great trump got back in, in, uh, in, in november, that would be quite something wouldn't it. >> whose day is it? the new world order, i think they don't want who's running world order, i think they don't wan uk who's running world order, i think they don't wan uk and i/ho's running world order, i think they don't wanuk and thes running world order, i think they don't wanuk and the us. running world order, i think they don't wanuk and the us. i running world order, i think they don't wanuk and the us. i wasnning world order, i think they don't wanuk and the us. i was talking the uk and the us. i was talking to lewis earlier and he said, uh oh, surely part of the they oh, but surely part of the they is journalists because you want to you want ring the pips out to you want to ring the pips out of this kind news. of this kind of news. >> what don't want is two >> what you don't want is two big going off all big elections going off all at once. yeah >> benefit for >> and it's a it's a benefit for sunak course it gives sunak because of course it gives him bit more to do more him a bit more time to do more things with the economy and get some of people are some of the people who are sitting home thinking, some of the people who are sittin�*vote 1ome thinking, some of the people who are sittin�*vote1onstarmer,|g, some of the people who are sittin�*vote 1onstarmer, maybe some of the people who are sittitheme�*nonstarmer, maybe some of the people who are sittithem out'starmer, maybe some of the people who are sittithem out to armer, maybe some of the people who are sittithem out to voter, maybe some of the people who are sittithem out to vote for|aybe some of the people who are sittithem out to vote for tories, get them out to vote for tories, there won't be enough. we all pretty know. but it is pretty much know. but it is weird he that says

weird that he that starmer says that he's squatting in downing street don't labour like squatters. that squatters. surely or was that more corbyn's labour? don't you think? see siding think? don't you see them siding with the squatter over the landlord policy landlord as a general policy on fair comment? >> squatting, he's >> he's not squatting, he's stood just that short. stood up. he's just that short. um let's take a look the um let's take a look at the guardian. gone with? nick? m- with? nick? so they have >> nick? yeah. so they have this labour will fight fire with fire. warns tories, fire. starmer warns tories, which we've basically covered there. they've got there. but then they've got another story. mortgage costs to rise end. rise by 19 billion as deals end. so observer let's so the casual observer who let's say rents might have thought oh this over. this kind of this is over. this kind of interest rate mortgage issue. of course 1.5 course it isn't. because 1.5 million are expected million households are expected to of cheaper to reach the end of cheaper deals which will cost deals in 2024, which will cost an average of £1,800 a year for the typical family, according to the typical family, according to the resolution foundation think tank. bank of tank. because the bank of england to cut england is expected to cut interest by interest rates below 4% by the end the year from 5.25. but end of the year from 5.25. but the problem is , if it runs out the problem is, if it runs out now, you're still in the 5.25. so calling this a so they're calling this a ticking time bomb. but it is the guardians. that's the kind of thing about thing they would say about the tories. thing they would say about the tori of it's thing they would say about the toriof it's also in >> of course, it's also in entirely opposite to what the right press said yesterday, right wing press said yesterday, which that rates which was that mortgage rates are going there's

are now going to drop. there's going to be sort of war going to be a sort of war between the lenders on who can offer rates over the offer the lowest rates over the next because next six months, because inflation has dropped. i mean, it's not where want be, it's not where we want it to be, but it dropped and it's and but it has dropped and it's and it kind of for me, it makes a mockery everything that mockery of everything that happened the markets in 2023. happened in the markets in 2023. you be you know, it seemed to be artificially blown up after truss . that's how it felt to me truss. that's how it felt to me as a reaction to truss artificially blown up . and now artificially blown up. and now it's coming back down gently and settling roughly to where it was just perhaps a little bit above where it to be. and where it needed to be. and i don't think we're going to get either thing. i don't think we're going to get a super duper rates on mortgages. and don't rates on mortgages. and i don't think get this think we're going to get this impending doom the guardian are talking about just to be mr boring. talking about just to be mr boringanswer the question about >> to answer the question about how this like opposite of how is this like the opposite of yesterday's not yesterday's story? they're not actually about the actually so this is about the fact you're on fixed fact that if you're on a fixed tum and are living in the tum and you are living in the past, you've got the great rates from that, you'll from before all of that, you'll bump a new rate, which bump up to a new rate, which yesterday the yesterday we heard that the mortgage competing mortgage providers are competing against. so whichever one they compete down to, it's still going to be a massive increase

from you've got. you've from what you've got. if you've fixed yeah, fixed like i certainly yeah, certainly if you've over borrowed means no borrowed and it also means no one's to over borrowed one's going to over borrowed steve overreached again. steve i've overreached again. but also means you're not but it also means you're not going deal going to find another fixed deal because this threat of because we've got this threat of the rate coming down the interest rate coming down at some point. one's going to some point. so no one's going to agree now agree with fixed terms. now so they're going the they're just going to pay. the more variable one for more painful variable one for a while. i don't know, it's a bad time to be or me is what i'm thinking about. >> yeah. it's not great. >> yeah. it's not great. >> yeah. it's not great. >> yeah. thanks. next up the >> yeah. thanks. next up is the telegraph poll. what do they got? >> navy has so few sailors >> a navy has so few sailors ships must scrapped. this is ships must be scrapped. this is an astonishing story. really. the navy has so few the royal navy has so few sailors it has to sailors that it has to decommission two warships to staff its new class of frigates . staff its new class of frigates. this is according to the telegraph . so hms winchester , telegraph. so hms winchester, sorry, westminster, which was recently refurbished at a huge , recently refurbished at a huge, uh, cost to the taxpayer. of course, and hms argyll are going to be decommissioned later this year. to be decommissioned later this year . so the to be decommissioned later this year. so the decommissioning, these ships that they've spent a lot of money doing up in order to man and woman and they the,

the, the, the, the new frigates don't worry about saying man in that sense as well in case you get into an online argument. >> it comes from the french meaning to use your hands, man the decks. >> does, it? >> it does, does it? >> it does, does it? >> anyone tells >> yeah. okay. if anyone tells you off about and woman making note yeah. you note for trolls. yeah. there you go the french. it's no surprise >> the french. it's no surprise though really a surprise though. is it really a surprise that wants to join the navy? >> yeah, that's what i was thinking. because, i mean, one thing. our navy obviously used to be the in world. to be the best in the world. now it's sort of. it's sort of token, it? you token, isn't it? you don't really think of our navy as doing all. and to doing much at all. and to i don't know if this is a direct cause, it's something cause, but it's something i've noficed cause, but it's something i've noticed if people who noticed is just if people who are patriotic are so attacked in the the the culture and frowned upon the idea nationalism is thought idea of nationalism is thought to be almost dirty you to be almost a dirty word. you know, we're all supposed to be globalist citizens of globalist and citizens of europe. well, who's going globalist and citizens of eufeel. well, who's going globalist and citizens of eufeel like, l, who's going globalist and citizens of eufeel like, you who's going globalist and citizens of eufeel like, you know,»'s going globalist and citizens of eufeel like, you know, i; going globalist and citizens of eufeel like, you know, i wantg to feel like, you know, i want to feel like, you know, i want to join the royal navy? to do is join the royal navy? who's it? well, the. who's going to do it? well, the. is that you meant? who's going to do it? well, the. is tno. you meant? who's going to do it? well, the. is tno. well you meant? who's going to do it? well, the. is tno. well no, meant? who's going to do it? well, the. is tno. well no, it|eant? who's going to do it? well, the. is tno. well no, it was:? who's going to do it? well, the. is tno. well no, it was it was >> no. well no, it was it was no. that was absolutely that was that marvellous and that was a marvellous point. and i because we do have i agree because we do have a generation now that have generation of kids now that have kind told that the great

kind of been told that the great britain is bad. who's going britain is bad. so who's going to bad? um, it's to fight for the bad? um, it's not and you need not true. and you need to defend. need to defend defend. we need to defend ourselves. to do ourselves. and we're going to do that with less ships. apparently >> i at some point? >> but obe, i at some point? yeah. >> and when labour get in, there won't be any problems. there'll be no war and no anger. >> i can't tell if the whole country is collapsing or if it's just that i started doing this job about ago, so job about two years ago, so i follow all the news and have to look the awful news all look at all the awful news all the time. >> p— e you might have >> do you think you might have caused the collapse? that's the another option possible as well. >> it's both. >> i actually think it's both. i think collapsing and i'm think it is collapsing and i'm noticing it more because my noticing it more because of my job. oh dear. >> well, that's pages >> well, that's the front pages is the way next. is all sorted on the way next. saving lives golden gate saving lives on the golden gate bridge. costing lives bridge. but may be costing lives with

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that outfit. sorry. let's go to the daily mail. nick and the list of celebrities in the epstein files been epstein files have been released, you can sing them released, and you can sing them to billy joel's we didn't start the you can, but i won't. that's >> you can, but i won't. that's that's the bonus footage they have to pay for. um, yeah. the a—list stars, politicians and leading the leading figures named in the jeffrey epstein files prince andrew, bill clinton, naomi campbell dicaprio campbell and leonardo dicaprio are faces in are among the famous faces in bombshell document bombshell thousand page document . although we should stress that poor was just mentioned . although we should stress that po it, was just mentioned . although we should stress that po it, he was just mentioned . although we should stress that po it, he hasn'tas just mentioned . although we should stress that po it, he hasn't actuallyientioned . although we should stress that po it, he hasn't actually donened in it, he hasn't actually done anything, naomi, of the anything, and naomi, some of the others more questionable. others a bit more questionable. but, yeah, i know but, um, yeah, so i don't know to where start. there's so much prince to have prince andrew is alleged to have made or been involved in an orgy , and this is following. there was already the claim that he he felt someone's breast through a puppet. right. that was the joanna he was copying the actions of a puppet joe berg. >> yeah , he had the then he have >> yeah, he had the then he have the puppet from spitting image. yeah, but someone else had the puppet put the puppets hands on maxwell's bosoms. right. and then the, the, the allegation is that prince andrew then copied

the, the. i mean, it's difficult i steve, could you say bosoms again. >> bosoms. thank you sir. it is i mean it's so much easier. >> i don't know where to start. i mean, stephen hawking is in there the only the stephen there now. the only the stephen hawking appears with epstein saying, someone can saying, can you to someone can you stephen hawking you clarify that stephen hawking wasn't an orgy? so wasn't involved in an orgy? so we from that if he we don't know from that if he was or not. just know that was or not. we just know that epstein is saying, can people was or not. we just know that epstyouis saying, can people was or not. we just know that epstyouis sa peoplein people was or not. we just know that epstyouis sa peoplein pwasn't? can you tell people he wasn't? there thing going there was also this thing going around the internet about stephen hawking that it was a transcript. did jeffrey ever talk you about stephen talk to you about stephen hawking's proclivities? and the answer liked watching answer is yes. he liked watching undressed midgets solve complex equafions undressed midgets solve complex equations a high equations on a two high up chalkboard. but i want to clarify that was fake. and i want to apologise the terms want to apologise if the terms midgets offensive, that want to apologise if the terms mid�*going offensive, that want to apologise if the terms mid�*going around ve, that want to apologise if the terms mid�*going aroundve, internet was going around the internet today. fake just today. but that's fake. just to clarify, probably need clarify, probably didn't need to read it. but point is, read it. but the point is, there's document there's a lot in the document just steve. just to scare steve. >> going to read out some >> i'm going to read out some fake saw on the internet fake stuff i saw on the internet as well. fake stuff i saw on the internet as 'how do i have to apologise? >> well, lot of it's in the >> well, a lot of it's in the document there's thing document and there's a thing about bill clinton, which is that jeffrey epstein that which is jeffrey epstein claiming clinton, quote, claiming bill clinton, quote, liked anna liked them. young joe anna joburg lawyers. again,

joburg told lawyers. but again, this just epstein saying this is just epstein saying things about people. so, you know, don't don't come and get me whoever's, uh , you know, bill me whoever's, uh, you know, bill clinton's lawyers . i'm just clinton's lawyers. i'm just reading from the papers if anything you anything happens to you now, we'll anything happens to you now, we'yes , yes, yeah. >> yes, yes, yeah. >> did you know, i mean, hillary clinton epstein client clinton refers to epstein client list list. did list as the terminal list. did you that? i'm just joking. you know that? i'm just joking. it's satire . i'm it's a joke. it's satire. i'm quite scared. now, don't. don't kill me, paul. >> what's your take this? >> what's your take on this? >> what's your take on this? >> we haven't learned a lot from this. think today not this. i don't think today or not as as we'd probably like as much as we'd probably like to. it's. it's list of to. it's. it's not a list of people. of people people. it's a list of people that were mentioned in the conversation potential conversation about a potential list people . and this article list of people. and this article itself. mean , you know, not itself. i mean, you know, not one to stick up for, for trump, usually, but he gets a mention here um, prince here alongside, um, prince andrew bill clinton. but but andrew and bill clinton. but but both of those people were kind of implicated more so, although not to any great degree. but donald trump, the only reason he's in this particular conversation is the question was asked was, did he go to the island? answer no. island? and the answer was no. and he's now he's now he's and now he's now he's now he's next prince andrew seems to

next to prince andrew seems to play next to prince andrew seems to play some sex spitting image game. >> yeah . and just to be clear >> yeah. and just to be clear what this is, it's the eighth release from the 2015 jeffrey defamation case. so they just keep releasing more and more. so it's going to run and run. it's a whole netflix series at least very series . very long series. >> at least clinton and >> at least bill clinton and trump were friends him trump both were friends with him before. or an acquaintance and then stopped being after his first conviction. whereas other people being friends people carried on being friends with know, he was with him after, you know, he was found guilty he was found guilty of what he was found guilty of what he was found guilty of what he was found guilty of. found guilty of what he was fou so guilty of. found guilty of what he was fou so which of. found guilty of what he was fou so which people say , well, >> so which people say, well, i'm not saying i'm terrified right now because you never know i >> -- >> all lyman >> all right, let's move on before it all goes wrong. to the times. paul and the post office scandal boss has been told to return her cbe, but she'll probably put the wrong postage on it. >> yeah, probably it wouldn't get there anyway. uh, return your . ministers urge , uh, your cbe. ministers urge, uh, post office scandal boss. the former boss of the post office should do the right thing and hand back her cbe for her role in the horizon accounting scandal , a in the horizon accounting scandal, a minister says. so of

course we're talking about paula vennells here, who was in charge of the post office during this. absolutely horrendous it program scandal in which , um, perfectly scandal in which, um, perfectly innocent postmasters were accused of stealing money, some sent to jail, most losing their livelihoods. some have died without being exonerated publicly . um, and we're just publicly. um, and we're just starting because of this. itv uh, drama that's come out this week. we're just starting to see a little bit of the story, and people are kind of up in arms and rightly so. i'm, i, i'm not sure that anyone should be judged by one moment, but this cbe was given to paula vennells on on the back of her doing this great job for the post office . great job for the post office. and actually she oversaw one of the catastrophes of the greatest catastrophes of modern industry, particular in the uk, in which innocent people were accused of all sorts of dastardly things. and nobody, nobody , especially paula nobody, especially paula vennells, came to their aid .

vennells, came to their aid. >> and we knew about this before the drama . >> and we knew about this before the drama. um, and she didn't give it back then. so, nick, surely there's no chance now? >> well, it's very unlikely , but >> well, it's very unlikely, but the question is sort of whether she should. i think she morally should. and i think there case for that . i there is a case for that. i first heard about this when andrew bridgen raised it all, and it. and it is shocking, isn't it. more staff were accused more than 700 staff were accused of fraud. someone killed themselves it. tragically, themselves over it. tragically, martin was martin griffiths, because he was hounded £100,000, he hounded over £100,000, which he didn't it's really didn't. oh, it's really disgusting. and ed davey comes out very, very badly. seems to have refused a meeting with alan bates . have refused a meeting with alan bates. there's have refused a meeting with alan bates . there's screenshot i've bates. there's a screenshot i've seen is looks seen which i think is looks appears real on x, which appears to be real on x, which is from may 2010 where is a letter from may 2010 where he declines the meeting . now he declines the meeting. now he's saying he got bad advice. okay so doesn't come out okay so he doesn't come out well. one no one comes out well. no one no one comes out well. no one no one comes out well of and i think well out of it. and i think normally kind thing normally this kind of thing is silly when you hear about people giving cds or giving back their cds or whatever. this case, whatever. but in this case, i sort think maybe, maybe you should. >> well, should be taking a substantial pension well. substantial pension as well. i mean, add the mean, i wanted to add the context not judging someone context of not judging someone on but you look on one thing, but when you look at the big picture of what happened this horizon

happened as part of this horizon scandal , happened as part of this horizon scandal, it's very happened as part of this horizon scandal , it's very difficult to scandal, it's very difficult to find way to defend paula find any way to defend paula vennells very difficult because the person at the top has paid a lot of money because they have a lot of money because they have a lot of money because they have a lot of responsibility and a huge amount of accountability, of which to have taken which she appears to have taken none. >> and those people who were found guilty or served a bit of time were judged for just one thing. so i think you may be being you're being kind. yeah. and that's what say about and that's what people say about you, yes . >> uh, yes. >> uh, yes. >> uh, yes. >> uh, yeah. not other people say other things, but also the kind of thing telegraph for balance to the telegraph, nick. and due to the doctor's strike, relatives being asked to relatives are being asked to help out. i mean, i'm not trained, scalpel trained, but give me a scalpel and i'll crack . and i'll have a crack. >> always said that about >> i've always said that about you, hero. you, steve. have a go, hero. yeah. let's your relatives yeah. let's take your relatives out of hospital. counterintuitive as counterintuitive nhs says as junior strikes hit. so junior doctors strikes hit. so shocking headline . i'll be a bit shocking headline. i'll be a bit of a steve and alan here and say the story is not quite what you think, actually think, because it's actually they collect relatives as they should collect relatives as soon as could safely soon as they could be safely discharged in order to free up beds, surely case

beds, which is surely the case anyway. the hospital says they don't need to be here anymore. can pick them up? you don't can you pick them up? you don't generally, now. generally, hopefully. go now. come weeks. i'm come in a couple of weeks. i'm in hopefully you do pick in my bay. hopefully you do pick them up. so it's not really any different. different is different. the different part is perhaps and e's telling perhaps the a and e's telling people use the service people to only use the service if it's life threatening. that's kind the beds kind of worrying, but the beds thing, it might be a non—story a little bit . little bit. >> yes, it probably is. i mean , >> yes, it probably is. i mean, a lot of our, a lot of our a lot of type of stories, which of these type of stories, which we just a small we hook on to are just a small amount of a granular truth within the great big picture of things . and of course, that's things. and of course, that's how we make living. so long how we make our living. so long may um, but it's may it continue. um, but it's not, uh, let's say it was true. it wouldn't be a solution, would it? it wouldn't be a solution at all. the solution is to stop the strike. and let's let's not let's not misguide ourselves here. the this type of coverage is exactly what the bma want. they want a&e to be struggling. they want a&e to be struggling. they want a&e to be struggling. they want hospitals to be going on to red alert. they want stories in the paper to say this is this is disastrous because they're trying to bolster their

case. and reason we're case. and the reason we're seeing stories seeing more and more stories like they're not like this is because they're not making progress whatsoever. like this is because they're not ma they're progress whatsoever. like this is because they're not ma they're prthey're nhatsoever. like this is because they're not mathey're prthey're really ever. all they're all they're really appearing to do is alienate junior doctors from both the nhs and patients , which is quite the and patients, which is quite the feat to achieve in this time, you know, on the back of covid, when we were all clapping and dancing for the nhs, we go three years booing years later and now we're booing them . them. >> f another i wasn't >> well there's another i wasn't i wasn't dancing. >> clarify or clapping. >> just to clarify or clapping. >> just to clarify or clapping. >> clap . >> clap. >> clap. >> that's once. yeah, i felt bad for my neighbours but that was it. >> but. so you got the clapping thing in history. but more recently got the surveys thing in history. but more rece year got the surveys thing in history. but more rece year of got the surveys thing in history. but more rece year of people the surveys thing in history. but more rece year of people supporting; last year of people supporting the strikes and, and that public goodwill has been chipped away at. about it on at. and we've talked about it on this show saying there are all at. and we've talked about it on this need saying there are all at. and we've talked about it on this need is|ying there are all at. and we've talked about it on this need is a ng there are all at. and we've talked about it on this need is a headline.|re all at. and we've talked about it on this need is a headline. youll you need is a headline. you don't need to endanger lives. you to be in the you just need to be in the papers. a big deal about papers. do make a big deal about doing that doing a strike in a way that won't endanger everyone. won't endanger anyone. everyone. we'd talk about it. we'd sit here and talk about it. >> i think if they took photographs junior photographs of knackered junior doctors end doctors slumped over at the end of would have much of a shift, that would have much more an impact than dead more of an impact than dead patients that were laying in

beds , because there was no beds, because there was no doctors shift. so i just don't see ethically how they can win this argument now. i mean, even if they got 35% out of it, i don't think it would be good money to keep . money to keep. >> okay, onto the guardian , >> okay, onto the guardian, paul >> okay, onto the guardian, paul. and there's now a mesh net on the golden gate bridge. so if anyone jumps off, they won't die, but they might strain themselves. >> yeah, i mean exactly. suicide prevention net beneath the golden gate bridge. complete tweeted say officials. so i mean this is a this is a this is a good story. they had a deadline of 2024. it was opened on the 1st of january. so they met their deadline. and this is the long awaited suicide prevention barrier at the golden gate bridge. and it's it sits 20ft, six metres below the deck and it's made of steel . so it's a it's made of steel. so it's a deterrent. i mean, if you hit it, if you fall six feet onto a steel net, you're going to hurt yourself. you're not going to kill yourself. but i guess they just made it more of a sort of obstacle course now. so if you

if if you if sorry, i'm if you if you if sorry, i'm laughing . if you laughing at myself. if you manage to survive the first thing, climb to the end thing, you just climb to the end of and jump off, don't you? of that and jump off, don't you? >> to turn a big >> i then have to turn a big wheel yeah and win wheel upside down. yeah and win money. yeah, nick the money. but yeah, nick isn't the isn't another take on which this article doesn't talk about at all. deter people all. yet it will deter people from off that bridge. from jumping off that bridge. but does that necessarily mean you'll of you'll reduce the number of suicides? other ways, suicides? there are other ways, i . i suppose. >> i'm saying, i don't know. i think because think it's worth a try because people often they're in the people so often they're in the moment and they try and do something. and if it didn't work or if they saw there was a net on or something, upon reflection, they might be stopped from doing it the following time you can't do this on bridge, but i'm in on every bridge, but i'm in favour at least trying it . so favour of at least trying it. so my someone in my family did my some someone in my family did commit suicide via this method , commit suicide via this method, which is why i'm sort of struggling talk about it. but struggling to talk about it. but so think anything so i just think try anything it's worth worth worth try. it's worth worth worth a try. >> just wish i'd >> can i just say i wish i'd said what nick had said? rather than over net? than the climbing over the net? but a very good but i mean, it's a very good point. no, we're going raise point. no, we're going to raise the they decided

the barriers. but they decided against that because it would ruin the view. um, which i guess is where there's is a point. but where there's a will, way . will, there's a way. >> mhm. okay. well you've made it halfway impressive . in the it halfway impressive. in the next section, your hormones are making you right wing which is odd because hitler surely had half the amount of testosterone and the end of handwriting. find out more

on with and that's what i'm focusing on doing, delivering for the british people. earlier on gb news radio . on gb news radio. >> welcome back to headliners to the times. nick apparently a hard right voters are hormonal and the eu is worried that your cycles are going to synchronise at the next elections. >> yeah , this is absurd. i mean, >> yeah, this is absurd. i mean, hormonal voters could hand hard, right? victory eu chief fears, which is ironic because he's talking about fear in the peace. so josep borrell, the eu's foreign policy chief, did this little speech in the italian alps, as one does. and he came out with this idea that the people are voting on fear. so in europe, apparently, we'll enter a mode based on fear, a survival mode based on fear,

and promote ascent and that may promote the ascent or of extreme or strengthening of the extreme right . and that's why right. and that's why the hormonal headline. so it's an absurd attempt to categorise very valid concerns as fear, hormonal . it's ridiculous hormonal. it's ridiculous really, because it's quite a rational concern to be concerned about mass immigration and gaslighting, isn't it? of course it's gaslighting . it's it's gaslighting. it's ridiculous. i mean , what we need ridiculous. i mean, what we need from leaders in europe is to from our leaders in europe is to take the issues of immigration and of fertility very , very and of fertility very, very seriously. but instead what we and of fertility very, very seri is sly. but instead what we and of fertility very, very seri is nonsense stead what we and of fertility very, very seri is nonsense .tead what we and of fertility very, very seri is nonsense . like what we and of fertility very, very seri is nonsense . like this. we get is nonsense. like this. i just give you a little stat because i was talking to paul mallen about this a mallen about this is a demographics expert. if britain continues current birth continues at its current birth rate 2080, will have 38% rate by 2080, it will have 38% foreign born people, which is not first generation immigrants or anything . it's people or anything. it's people literally born in a different country. and you just say, okay, is that necessarily good for a cohesive society? if and if we continue to decline and hit south korean type of birth rates, which is currently 0.8, we would have 50, 54% foreign born people in the country by 2083. so it just gives you an

idea. so all of europe is looking at stats like that and this discussion and this kind of discussion and they're saying, is this for good do we want that our in all do we want that in our in all the social problems therein. right there's other right and there's lots of other problems. population problems. the ageing population and there are very and so on. so there are very serious concerns across europe. and so on. so there are very sericthe:oncerns across europe. and so on. so there are very sericthe idearns across europe. and so on. so there are very sericthe idea of; across europe. and so on. so there are very sericthe idea of saying. europe. and so on. so there are very sericthe idea of saying that>pe. and so on. so there are very sericthe idea of saying that it's and the idea of saying that it's a fear response based on hormones is just absurd. yeah >> to call it irrational as well makes highly irrational, makes out that as if a fear response is never is never rational, which you can't tell. it's just instead of arguing the point, which you know, i'm a big fan of, argue the point. not all the other things on that argumentative of argumentative pyramid of techniques, and it's one of the techniques he's finding a different attacking different way of attacking instead issue. different way of attacking instwell, issue. different way of attacking instwell, exactly issue. different way of attacking instwell, exactly what ue. >> well, that's exactly what he's he makes it sound he's doing. he makes it sound like my dad talking my mum like my dad talking to my mum after she's slightly done something during the something wrong during the menopause, but she'd gone right wing. she no, no, she hasn't gone right wing. she's just gone doolally. we might not want doolally. um we might not want this , but he does. i mean, this this, but he does. i mean, this guy is a spanish socialist. he's very much in line with the eu values. and the open borders,

all that sort of stuff. the statistics were talking statistics you were talking about a wet dream stuff for guys like this. this is what they would love to see. they would love europe to be one place love just europe to be one place where no real where everyone lives. no real identity, no real patriotism, just land . and we all live just land. and we all live together and everyone gets on well, um, with the occasional terrorist attack, i'd imagine. but it's never going to happen. it's never , ever going to it's never, ever going to happen. it feels like you desperately want to say sorry. >> no, no, no , no. my brain is >> no, no, no, no. my brain is just going. those just literally going. those stats gave we keep our stats i gave are if we keep our current ratio, i'm current dependency ratio, i'm worried about some nerd worried about some weird nerd on x, worried about some weird nerd on x, i5, worried about some weird nerd on x, is, we've x, because the point is, we've got problem with, know, got this problem with, you know, looking elderly people and looking after elderly people and all of things and all these kind of things and keeping our economies going. that's talking about that's why i was talking about it. immigration as it. and immigration replaced as birth why birth rates. so that's why people be worried people are right to be worried about but to interrupt. >> the thing that was >> and just the thing that i was obsessing head is obsessing about in my head is your point still would your entire point still would have if you just said have made sense if you just said dream. um, yeah. for some reason. >> what did say? reason. >> what did i say? no. you make him apologise. i'm not going to repeat. >> oh, right, i did. i, i didn't even know i said that dream

even know i said that a dream doesn't matter what of dream. >> f- e dreams are. >> yeah, most dreams are. >> yeah, most dreams are. >> i one more, very >> can i make one more, very better than i've made? better point than i've made? unless you want to say something, don't say something, paul, don't say anything. because this is key. this that far this idea that it's the far right is actually right as well is. is actually quite because there quite ridiculous, because there was there was an argument that there irrational, there was a kind of irrational, neurotic purity instinct amongst the know, hitler the far right. you know, hitler famously and famously worried about germs and things, that can things, and then that can escalate extreme a escalate in extreme cases to a kind you genocide kind of to where you genocide entire this entire peoples because of this extreme talk you extreme purity. talk about, you know, moral know, jonathan heights, moral foundations theory that the right associated the right is associated with the purity instinct. right. but the irony the so—called irony now is that the so—called far defending far right is defending jewish people from anti—semitism, from people from anti—semitism, from people who've come in, who hate israel. so i don't think i don't think, you know, his fears about the are kind of the far right are also kind of obsolete, me. obsolete, if you ask me. >> , i agree, right? >> i agree, i agree, right? >> i agree, i agree, right? >> let's crack to on the guardian, paul. and there's a push to remove forever push to remove these forever chemicals from our water. does that mean they're leaving the poopsin that mean they're leaving the poops in there? >> no, think quite >> uh, no, i think they're quite happy there. happy for poops to stay there. actually it's stuff within actually it's the stuff within the poops . the race destroy the poops. the race to destroy the poops. the race to destroy the toxic forever chemicals polluting our world. so forever

chemicals which to me sounds like some sort of collectable fluffy our drinking fluffy toy are in our drinking water sources. seafoam and spray, rain and groundwater , spray, rain and groundwater, water, sea ice, you name it is in there. essentially they're microplastic . yes. um, forgive microplastic. yes. um, forgive me if i if i pronounce this correctly incorrectly . uh, poly correctly incorrectly. uh, poly fluoro alkyl. >> nice . yeah. >> nice. yeah. >> nice. yeah. >> and, uh, essentially just microscopic plastics which make which are make up an increasingly large amount of what washes up on our shores is found in drinking water. and it's known to be a carcinogenic . it's known to be a carcinogenic. it's known to cause cancer. but then everything is, isn't it? yeah >> they're bigger, bigger molecules. and our bodies used to. so they just kind of build up and they're there forever. have you seen is the film called dark waters? the all about, uh, getting fluoride chemicals dark waters? the all about, uh, gett all fluoride chemicals dark waters? the all about, uh, gett all the fluoride chemicals dark waters? the all about, uh, gett all the water ride chemicals dark waters? the all about, uh, gett all the water companies:als dark waters? the all about, uh, gett all the water companies have and all the water companies have basically buried and buried basically just buried and buried their heads in the sand. and it's now. i know it's a bit late now. i know they've come up some they've come up with some ways of getting rid of them, if of getting rid of them, but if they're it's going they're in your body, it's going to stay in there.

>> i know it bothers me that the one just need one thing we just really need water get right. you water we can't get right. you know, it bothers me a little bit. even the bit. you can't even get the water clean you have water clean and you have all these endocrine, endocrine disruptor years i've heard about on the internet making everyone effeminate on the internet making everyone effefluoride heard about got fluoride i've heard about from other nutters the from other nutters on the internet, things internet, but these things do have and have some basis, i think. and then apparently there's even human don't human blood in the water. don't tell louis schaefer he'll start drinking. tap water again. that's actually, that's all i've got actually, on that, nick that, uh, the daily mail, nick and rescuers say that and mountain rescuers say that they're busy because people want to whatever they see on to go out whatever they see on instagram, which is why i only follow models . yes. good idea. follow models. yes. good idea. so instagram tourists are blamed for number call outs for record number of call outs by teams as by mountain rescue teams as unprepared climbers flock to dangerous beauty spots for selfies . funny a funny phrase selfies. funny a funny phrase dangerous beauty spot. and i guess i'm from one because one they're talking about is the latest of the latest trick. and of course the other snowdonia so other ones like snowdonia and so on, people need to stay on, but that people need to stay out the lakes if don't out of the lakes if you don't know what you're doing. basically the message basically that is the message from because you've from my people, because you've got langdale, ambleside, mountain ambleside they're school in ambleside and they're finding are finding that people are basically thinking, oh, we'll

get on the fell and get a selfie up on the fell and they're idiots. go up they're idiots. and they go up there they hurt themselves there and they hurt themselves or stuck and they don't or they get stuck and they don't know doing. it know what they're doing. it reminds jasper know what they're doing. it remind sketch. jasper know what they're doing. it remind sketch. you jasper know what they're doing. it remind sketch. you didn't per know what they're doing. it remind sketch. you didn't have carrott sketch. you didn't have your bloody kendal mint cake. all right. you're up there. yeah. don't what yeah. you don't know what you're doing. out doing. you're calling out the mountain rescue. they don't have the so basically, the resources. so basically, if you're idiot you go you're an idiot and you you go on instagram and you want a selfie at top mountain, selfie at the top of a mountain, just if just stay out of the lakes. if you could, that'd be nice. these things are called fell. >> we're giving them the hint about happened. yeah, dies and this is just >> yeah, dies and this is just another people another a group of people who would likes. another a group of people who wotisn't likes. another a group of people who wotisn't it? likes. another a group of people who wotisn't it? and likes. another a group of people who wotisn't it? and a likes. another a group of people who wotisn't it? and a shame. i >> isn't it? and it's a shame. i can understand. i can understand their passion if it was a passion for climbing and wanting their passion if it was a pa seen for climbing and wanting their passion if it was a pa see n for cwonderful d wanting their passion if it was a pa see n for cwonderful sites, ting their passion if it was a pa sthey or cwonderful sites, ting their passion if it was a pa sthey don'tonderful sites, ting their passion if it was a pa sthey don't really ul sites, ting their passion if it was a pa sthey don't really do. ites, ting their passion if it was a pa sthey don't really do. theying but they don't really do. they want there, take want to get up there, take a photograph of themselves which no see, take no one wants to see, take a photograph of the view. i understand that, but themselves in view for likes. so it's in the view for likes. so it's all about them . so occasionally all about them. so occasionally we're a couple of we're going to lose a couple of them , and i really see them, and i don't really see the problem that really. problem with that really. >> the telegraph , paul >> well, to the telegraph, paul and exams will no longer be and some exams will no longer be handwritten, which saves you copying out whatever chat gpt is

written for it. >> yes , gcse english will no >> yes, gcse english will no longer handwritten . an under longer be handwritten. an under exam plans as from 2025, exam board plans as from 2025, pupils taking the subject with uh edexcel, which is the which is the board will be allowed to type their answers. so the move, which experts have warned must not signify the beginning of the end of handwriting for children , end of handwriting for children, aims to make it easier for pupils to edit their answers and simpler for papers to be marked . simpler for papers to be marked. um, i think it will be the beginning of the end for handwriting. i don't think there's i think there's a very strong argument that typing is probably a better way of , uh, probably a better way of, uh, doing an english exam and not wanting to sound massively old, but handwriting was a key part of the english exam . i'm pretty of the english exam. i'm pretty sure it was when i was doing engush sure it was when i was doing english language english lit at gcse level, that the quality of your handwriting, particularly gcse level, that the quality of your certain iting, particularly gcse level, that the quality of your certain certain articularly gcse level, that the quality of your certain certain modules, with certain certain modules, did make a difference and the other thing they never did in my time was make it easier for the pupils . i time was make it easier for the pupils. i mean this making it

easier pupils business. easier for the pupils business. when come into fruition ? >> but 7 >> but well, that's not true. >> but well, that's not true. >> you used to get a little bit of extra time if you were dyslexic, didn't you? i was always against it. >> you know what? in my >> do you know what? in my school just gave school they did. they just gave them yellow glasses. them these yellow glasses. really? you don't them these yellow glasses. realljextra you don't them these yellow glasses. realljextra time. you don't them these yellow glasses. realljextra time. you'ou don't them these yellow glasses. realljextra time. you just on't them these yellow glasses. realljextra time. you just need need extra time. you just need some glasses. need extra time. you just need sonthis glasses. need extra time. you just need sonthis workasses. off yellow >> this work reading off yellow papen >> this work reading off yellow paper, easier , you >> this work reading off yellow paper,for. easier , you know, for. >> i agree , but there was none >> i agree, but there was none of this business going and of this business going on and probably the, know , to probably for the, you know, to the to people the detriment, though, to people with . with good handwriting. >> results. >> got better gcse results. >> got better gcse results. >> girls , girls got it. >> girls, girls got it. >> girls, girls got it. >> and actually if you look at the stats, girls do get better gcse so have found gcse results. so have you found the here? the issue here? >> another misandrist conspiracy 7 >> another misandrist conspiracy ? yeah yeah yeah is a bit of ? yeah yeah yeah it is a bit of a problem because if i did an exam for some reason exam now, for some weird reason i would fail on pure legibility because can't write by hand because i can't write by hand anymore. we spent years in school learning lovely school learning this lovely joined completely school learning this lovely joineit completely school learning this lovely joineit now. completely school learning this lovely joineit now. like completely school learning this lovely joineit now. like so completely school learning this lovely joineit now. like so many)letely school learning this lovely joineit now. like so many things lost it now. like so many things at paul, i'm starting at school, paul, i'm starting to think, it again? think, will i ever use it again? those equations, handwriting those equations, the handwriting is gone. pointless algebra . is gone. pointless algebra. >> climb a rope? much? >> do you climb a rope? much? i don't, i never could at the time though, either.

>> be fair, it's so tweeted >> to be fair, it's so tweeted me the other day because, you know, like a little bit know, i like a little bit of science someone science and maths and someone a little bit someone was giving it since ever since school, has anyone ever used theorem? used the pythagoras theorem? >> whoever built your >> well, whoever built your house, you hope they did otherwise your roof's going to be a bit a death trap, but be a bit of a death trap, but never mine. >> nice. nice comeback. love it. yeah >> were they complaining? >> were they complaining? >> uh, the daily >> pythagoras. uh, the daily mail uh, and if you mail next. uh, nick. and if you want get on the housing want to get on the housing market, have is market, all you have to do is be over to make some over 55 and willing to make some lifestyle choices. >> yes. diplomatic . lifestyle choices. >> yes. diplomatic. put >> yes. very diplomatic. put there. steve. yeah. uk get >> yes. very diplomatic. put thefirst teve. yeah. uk get >> yes. very diplomatic. put thefirst ever yeah. uk get >> yes. very diplomatic. put thefirst ever lgbtq+< get >> yes. very diplomatic. put thefirst ever lgbtq+ onlyjet its first ever lgbtq+ only housing for over 55. if new scheme in manchester is approved . and this comes from the great places housing group and i've checked them out, they seem to be a private group that doesn't have any government owned ukip, and relevant have any government owned ukip, an me relevant have any government owned ukip, an me is relevant have any government owned ukip, an me is you're relevant have any government owned ukip, an me is you're re this1t to me is if you're doing this via the government, i have a bit of a problem with it, but if you're doing it privately, let's say can have a mind, say we can have a mind, then it's freedom of association, right? so maybe this should be okay know, just okay to have like you know, just a gay only block as long you

a gay only block as long as you can a straight only can then have a straight only block. i feel like that block. but i feel like that wouldn't in the wouldn't go down. so well in the media, then it's freedom media, because then it's freedom of association. >> another meaning >> another well meaning these progressive >> another well meaning these progressiv�*are. don't think >> another well meaning these prog|realise'e. don't think >> another well meaning these prog|realise quite on't think >> another well meaning these prog|realise quite on't 1close they realise quite how close they realise quite how close they right wing ideas . they are to right wing ideas. sometimes, though, wing sometimes, though, right wing ideas of the middle 20th century, you know , if we if you century, you know, if we if you replaced it with any other group of people , there would be some of people, there would be some questions to ask. the other idea of segregation is exactly what it ends segregation . and it ends up as segregation. and have asked the people , have they asked the people, well, i mean, that is a massive community of people , lgbtq+ community of people, lgbtq+ plus. i mean, that's virtually everybody except us three. well and over 55 and over 55. so i mean , i don't know, perhaps it's mean, i don't know, perhaps it's a good thing . it just feels a a good thing. it just feels a little bit it just feels iffy to me. they don't even say space though. >> just it's a smaller group because it's both over 55 and a member of the community. not not an and not an or otherwise. that would be awkward for some people. well over 55 suddenly going seem a bit going my neighbours seem a bit

interesting . um, that's all interesting. um, that's all right. that's it for the for this section. make it this section. you can make it into the next bit where we'll be talking cheaters going to talking about cheaters going to the i that's starting the gym. i guess that's starting counting push—ups at 99 and claims that doctor is claims that doctor who is realistic. why he gone on realistic. why has he gone on strike? find out more

next. welcome back to headliners the independent poll. the bbc says doctor who is reflecting the real world we live in. apart from the aliens, the time travel and the sonic screwdrivers . and the sonic screwdrivers. >> yeah, you can get them though i >> -- >> it isa >> it is a bit of a reach. this bbc expertly shuts down viewer complaints about doctor who's doctor hugh hugh, doctor who's trans character. we'll always continue to proudly reflect the world we live in. the corporation said. um i don't think i need to give context to the story. there's essentially that in one episode, or maybe it was in the same episode. i've not watched there was some

not watched it. there was some misgendering. there was also no, um, deadnaming because um, some deadnaming because they'd previous name they'd used the previous name held by the person who had transitioned to another name. now i don't think it does necessarily reflect the world we all live in. it might reflect the world the bbc would like us to live in, but if you look at it in terms of percentages, it is the there are no trans aliens. that's a really small percentage of all the people this is science fiction. so up until now i've been just this doesn't bother me . i'll be doesn't bother me. i'll be honest with you personally on a personal level, this doesn't bother me because it's science fiction. let them do what they like. i'm not into doctor who. >> are you really are you? >> are you really not? are you? >> are you really not? are you? >> twice. >> i'm not. not that twice. yeah, trying to do yeah, yeah. i'm trying to do that deliberately then, but it just like i'd got it just looked like i'd got it wrong twice. um, i'm not really into you know what? into it. and you know what? there's license to be played with. like there was with. it feels like there was crowbarring. everything in it feels like they've taken everything feels like they've taken evematter how it and no matter how old it is. and crowbarred in, um , modern issue crowbarred in, um, modern issue after progressive issue after

ridiculous issue. nick surely you like the fact that after that episode when we get, um, david tennant back, the next episode , they clearly don't do episode, they clearly don't do diversity because only two characters in the whole thing, and they play four of the people. >> oh, good. >> oh, good. >> well, i mean, yeah, i'm against both white. oh, perfect. yeah i'm happy again. i yeah i'm happy again. well, i have point have to destroy paul's point sadly, is the idea that sadly, which is the idea that science fiction. so doesn't science fiction. so it doesn't matter. it doesn't really stack up have like up because you have things like tolkien's the rings tolkien's lord of the rings and it's mythology. it's whole mythology. he's built. say, well , built. and people say, well, therefore, can't you change therefore, why can't you change therefore, why can't you change the the character? well, the race of the character? well, it's because it destroys the whole then whole point. and why not then have driving through whole point. and why not then hav middle driving through whole point. and why not then hav middle of driving through whole point. and why not then hav middle of the ing through whole point. and why not then hav middle of the orcs?irough whole point. and why not then hav middle of the orcs? youih the middle of the orcs? you know, you to. it know, because you have to. it has to a coherent or has to have in a coherent or it's all pointless. but i think people are just sick of the shoehorning. people are just sick of the shoeh(like g. hateful old gammon, sound like a hateful old gammon, but had uh. well, but we just had the, uh. well, it clip, actually, it was an old clip, actually, but the director of the new star wars she wanted to make wars saying she wanted to make men uncomfortable, which is men feel uncomfortable, which is bizarre star is bizarre because star wars is sort male franchise. sort of a very male franchise. so using things so why are they using things like star you like two and star wars to you know, stuff in know, shoehorn woke stuff in basically star, basically to the daily star, nick are going the nick and people are going to the gym affair, which is

gym to have an affair, which is a good move because you go a good move because when you go home covered in sweat, home panting, covered in sweat, no it's funny. no one thinks it's funny. are they so the headline is they though? so the headline is cheating. brits are having cheeky flings in notorious hotbed this month. but you look at it, and the claim is that because testosterone spikes for an like that, because testosterone spikes for an will like that, because testosterone spikes for an will suddenly like that, because testosterone spikes for an will suddenly have that, because testosterone spikes for an will suddenly have a1at, because testosterone spikes for an will suddenly have a fling, you will suddenly have a fling, but doesn't seem to be any data behind it. there's data that people the gym more in people go to the gym more in january, but not they have january, but not that they have an at least not in an affair more at least not in this piece, though it is the star. was expecting data. star. so i was expecting data. have gym have you been to the gym recently, paul? >> happened? >> and what happened? >> and what happened? >> you hesitate during >> how dare you hesitate during that question? i was late arriving tonight because i went to no haven't been. to the gym. no i haven't been. and who flirt whilst and anyone who can flirt whilst at the uh has got my full at the gym. uh has got my full support. i mean, there , i can't, support. i mean, there, i can't, i breathe or talk . um, i'm i can't breathe or talk. um, i'm sort of like a slug at the end of the whatever machine i've tried to use. no one's coming up. yeah, the vending machine? yeah. why not? why won't my boost out? boost come out? >> apparently, fighting is a thing is dating the. thing now. which is dating the. where's the come from? i'm not where's the f come from? i'm not sure, at the sure, but it's dating at the gym, it's called gym, basically. and it's called fitness have fitness fighting. probably have you done? have you been

fighting? none of this? >> none of this? mean, used >> none of this? i mean, i used to the gym. it used to be to go to the gym. it used to be quite sportsman. um, back in to go to the gym. it used to be quitprevious>rtsman. um, back in to go to the gym. it used to be quitprevious century. um, back in to go to the gym. it used to be quitprevious century. uh, back in to go to the gym. it used to be quitprevious century. uh, but:k in to go to the gym. it used to be quitprevious century. uh, but, in the previous century. uh, but, uh, darts player. yeah . uh, darts player. yeah. >> never got a national hero, is what you mean? yeah. >> yeah. um, to the times, paul and a 62 year old widow is to harvest her dead husband's spum . harvest her dead husband's spum. and i can't even get my missus. well, anyway, let's , uh, widow, well, anyway, let's, uh, widow, 62, allowed to harvest her husband's spum and that's all we have time for tonight? >> no, no, that's not right. so an australian court has given a 62 year old woman permission to have sperme removed from her dead husband in case that in a case that has raised troubling questions around the ethics of fertilisation , often involving fertilisation, often involving older people, now she is 62. her husband was 61 when he died. what are her plans for the sperme? i don't understand unless it's a substitute for blu—tack . i really don't get blu—tack. i really don't get what she's going to use it. i

mean, fortunately, the woman is required to go back to court if she wants to use it because you can't posthumously just randomly use a dead man's sperme you wanted birth rates to increase, surely this is good news. >> yeah it is. well i mean, i also feel bad not to bring it down again, but the couple's daughter drowned on a fishing trip killed in trip and their son was killed in a it's horrible. a car accident. it's horrible. so sympathise with so i did sympathise a lot with this and think, yeah, this story and think, yeah, i understand. >> did not for >> did you not think for a second that might need investigating? >> there as well. >> well, there is that as well. but i also thought why not? you know, them but the know, allow them this. but the only the precedent, only problem is the precedent, isn't it? if women think they can and grab can just kill off men and grab their sperme, the feminists will just time. i'm worried. >> that's i've been trying >> that's what i've been trying to do for a time. to do for a long time. >> less than a minute >> i've got less than a minute to this paul the to do this one. paul in the metro nasa has managed to lose an asteroid come guys, an asteroid come on, guys, it's not rocket science. an asteroid come on, guys, it's not yeah,t science. an asteroid come on, guys, it's not yeah,t sc asteroid the size an asteroid come on, guys, it's notyeah,t scasteroid the size of >> yeah, an asteroid the size of the love it when they the shard. i love it when they make a comparison something make a comparison with something ridiculous. make a comparison with something ridicwass. make a comparison with something ridicwas predicted our. that was predicted to hit our. our no longer our planet is no longer predicted to do so. this this asteroid something. asteroid was called something. somethingft3, because it was and seven ft3, because it was seen very, briefly two seen very, very briefly in two

thousand for about thousand and seven for about a few minutes and disappeared. and then they did all the calculations and thought, it's going in going to hit the earth in october year. turns october this year. turns out it's good night. it's not going to. good night. >> surely this is worrying, >> surely this is more worrying, nick, because there's nick, because it means there's a chance be trying chance it might be trying to sneak on us from behind, sneak up on us from behind, which is the worst kind of asteroid. >> yeah, think of that. >> yeah, i didn't think of that. although apparently only although apparently it's only a 1 point 5 million chance, 1 in 11 point 5 million chance, and we get these asteroids and we do get these asteroids that to earth, that come close to the earth, but close considered within but close is considered within 30 miles. going 30 million miles. so i'm going to a lot neurotic to i have a lot of neurotic fears, might add this fears, but i might not add this one the list. just for now. one to the list. just for now. >> fair enough. i came close to dating pamela anderson then. yeah is yeah yeah, well, the show is nearly another quick look >> let's take another quick look at friday's front pages. the daily no way back. the daily mail says no way back. the telegraph goes with navy has so few sailors . telegraph goes with navy has so few sailors. ships must be scrapped . the financial times scrapped. the financial times says sunak signals election will be held in the second half of this year . be held in the second half of this year. the i no tax cuts for two years under labour, hints starmer. the guardian goes with labour will fight fire with fire, starmer warns tories and

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>> very good evening. this is patrick christie tonight the big believer in 16 year olds being able to express their views . able to express their views. kids voting britain back in the eu tax tax tax a lib—lab coalition of chaos looms. plus i say . bertie, not my day for say. bertie, not my day for fridays . anti—monarchist at fridays. anti—monarchist at repubuc fridays. anti—monarchist at republic report prince andrew to police over the epstein files and prepare to be triggered . and prepare to be triggered. >> meet felix leiter. hello felix . say hello to dink, dink, felix. say hello to dink, dink, dink . say goodbye to felix felix. say hello to dink, dink, dink. say goodbye to felix. uh, man, talk . dink. say goodbye to felix. uh, man, talk. hey, dink. say goodbye to felix. uh, man, talk . hey, they come back. man, talk. hey, they come back. >> james bond now has trigger

warnings for snowflake ice. >> a former bond girl wades in on that. meanwhile, why? why are you here? >> same on you. shame on you. shame on you. >> the met police can investigate israel for war crimes, but they can't stop anti—semitic lunatics on our own streets. and whitaker backs bons streets. and whitaker backs boris johnson, calling the met out on this and lord bailey on one hand. she's got all that stuff you know, she's serious stuff you know, she's a serious political commentator. stuff you know, she's a serious poland. commentator. stuff you know, she's a serious poland then mentator. stuff you know, she's a serious poland then ifantator. stuff you know, she's a serious poland then if youtor. stuff you know, she's a serious poland then if you look at her >> and then if you look at her instagram, it's all pictures of her bums and her boobs. yeah there we go. >> hear from sean very, >> we'll hear from sean very, very shortly. get ready britain. here go. here we go. and i want to hear from you, too, about what stories you think we should be covering in your local area. if there's something happening near you that you feel needs out that you feel needs to be out there, then email us on stories for patrick@gbillionews.com. i do there are some do monitor that there are some gems in there that we are working on. we look into working on. we will look into it. because got your working on. we will look into it. we because got your working on. we will look into

it. we areause got your working on. we will look into it. we are back got your working on. we will look into it. we are back after got your working on. we will look into it. we are back after the your working on. we will look into it. we are back after the .our back. we are back after the. news. patrick thank you and good evening to you. >> the top story tonight, the prime minister has confirmed he is towards a general is working towards a general election in the second half of this year . election in the second half of this year. both labour and the liberal democrats have been pushing for a spring election in the prime minister declining to rule that out, saying instead he wants to on the economy, wants to focus on the economy, cutting taxes and tackling illegal migration. meanwhile the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says he's ready to go to the polls and he's criticised rishi sunak for delaying the vote . sir sunak for delaying the vote. sir keir starmer has vowed to stand up for working people and said the character of politics will change if labour wins power. well, heavy rain is battering britain tonight with weather warnings in place from cornwall all the way east to norfolk . all the way east to norfolk. nottinghamshire county council today declared a major incident

along the river trent because of flooding and rising river levels. the met office is warning of possible power cuts and fears homes and businesses could be flooded. train operators are also warning services could be cancelled and to check before travelling . to check before travelling. detectives investigating the murder of a teenager stabbed on new year's eve in london are appealing now for the public's help . they've released images of help. they've released images of two people they want to identify and talk to after they were pictured in north london on sunday night. 16 year old harry pitman died during what's been described as an altercation in as crowds gathered on primrose hill in london to watch the new year's eve fireworks . prince year's eve fireworks. prince andrew has been reported to the police by the campaign group repubuc police by the campaign group republic , after more sexual republic, after more sexual allegations were revealed in epstein court documents in the united states, including an orgy with underage girls. bill clinton and the late professor stephen hawking are also among names mentioned among 150 others