to £500 to help with immediate costs , and there's also an offer costs, and there's also an offer of up to £5,000 in grants for some homes and businesses. rs 210 flood warnings remain in place across england, with exceptionally high and in some cases record river levels. great western railway is urging passengers to check for cancellations as several lines are closed due to flooding . are closed due to flooding. newly released court documents suggest. prince andrew had daily massages during weeks that he spent at jeffrey epstein's home in florida. testimony from epstein's housekeeper says that both the prince and his then wife, sarah, duchess of york, were friends with the convicted paedophile and ghislaine maxwell. the unsealed files were part of a civil lawsuit against maxwell, who is serving a 20 year prison sentence for recruiting underage girls for epstein. prince andrew strongly denies any wrongdoing . here in denies any wrongdoing. here in the uk, it's being reported that rishi sunak's new pensions minister is being investigated for breaching expenses rules, according to the times, paul

maynard used more than £100,000 of taxpayers money to promote the conservative party and his own re—election. the amount appears to have been spent on printing, stationery and even rent . the allegations come to rent. the allegations come to light, came to light after a local conservative activist raised concerns. the mp for blackpool north has denied any wrongdoing . meanwhile, rishi wrongdoing. meanwhile, rishi sunakis wrongdoing. meanwhile, rishi sunak is facing a growing battle over his rwanda plans as his former immigration minister is threatening to vote it down unless changes are made. the bill has passed its second reading in the commons, but robert jenrick abstained from that vote and claimed it wouldn't succeed in its current form . it follows reports that form. it follows reports that the prime minister also had doubts that the scheme would send rwanda, send migrants to rwanda, or would the crossings would stop the channel crossings when he was chancellor, mr sunak has also proposed a smaller initial volume, with 500 flown initial volume, with 500 flown in the first year instead of the initially . proposed 101,500, and initially. proposed 101,500, and the chancellor says he's not sure if the government can

afford to offer voters any more tax cuts before the next election . a 2% reduction in election. a 2% reduction in national insurance has already come into force today , which come into force today, which jeremy hunt claims will benefit 27 million people and save a family with two earners. nearly £1,000. this year, however, the government has frozen the income tax threshold , pushing many into tax threshold, pushing many into higher brackets , which offsets higher brackets, which offsets the benefit of that . national the benefit of that. national insurance cut. the chancellor admits further cuts are unlikely i >> -- >> this right to support families through covid and through the cost of living crisis . and yes, taxes had to go crisis. and yes, taxes had to go up in that period. and, um, but we are a conservative government that wants to bring down taxes because we recognise that families are finding life really tough. it's the start of a process . as chancellor, if i can process. as chancellor, if i can afford to go further, i will. i don't yet know if i can, um, but we want to do this because it helps families and it also helps to the economy . to grow the economy. >> the british library is facing

a multi—million pound bill to recover from a cyber attack. according to reports. it could be forced to spend 6 to £7 million, around 40% of its reserves, to rebuild its digital services. criminals knocked out the national library's website in october and accessed passports and other employee data. the technology outage is still affecting the library's onune still affecting the library's online systems and services, but it's physical sites are open . it's physical sites are open. well, we've learned today that russia has used north korean ballistic missiles in ukraine for the first time. that's according to an independent weapons expert . the united weapons expert. the united states has described it as a significant and concerning escalation in cooperation between the two nations. dutch research houston clemens, who was among the first to examine the debris, says russia is violating international law. >> russia should be adhering to the sanctions on north korea for, uh, even more so when it's in the case of, uh, highly significant type of weapon system like, uh, this, uh, short range ballistic missile systems

that we're now seeing . so that's that we're now seeing. so that's a really a very gross violation. uh it's just that there's no , uh it's just that there's no, uh, physical mechanism in place to, uh, prevent russia from importing , to, uh, prevent russia from importing, uh, to, uh, prevent russia from importing , uh, clandestinely, importing, uh, clandestinely, even, even very obviously, clandestinely importing, uh, weapons systems if they choose to do so . to do so. >> and america's aviation agency has grounded more than 170 boeing 737 max nine aircraft. that's after a window and part of the fuselage blew out of a plane mid—air. of the fuselage blew out of a plane mid—air . the alaska plane mid—air. the alaska airlines aircraft was forced to an emergency landing shortly after taking off from the us state of oregon . social media state of oregon. social media footage here shows a large hole in the plane where the emergency exit had previously been. 177 people were on board. luckily, no one was hurt, and investigation has now been launched. investigation has now been launched . this is gb news. we're launched. this is gb news. we're across the uk on tv, on digital radio and on our website gbnews.com. now it's back to .

leo. >> thank you sam and welcome to the saturday night showdown . the saturday night showdown. there was a happy ending to a shocking story this week as lloyds bank were ordered to pay half £1 million in compensation to a white man who'd been fired for asking a question in racial awareness training. it's the latest example of diversity, eqtu latest example of diversity, equity and inclusion in discriminating against middle aged white men. an inquiry found that the raf illegally discriminated against white male recruits in a bid to boost diversity , and the military diversity, and the military wondered whether having trouble filling roles, why would any white want risk his life white man want to risk his life fighting to fight for a regime that discriminated against them? glasgow council put out an advert excluding white people from applying for a job. bear in mind that scotland is 96% white. how is excluding almost every candidate going to help them find the best candidate? glasgow city council apologised, saying that the advert wasn't meant to

be made public. as if keeping racism secret makes it okay and the dea zealots are proud of their bigotry. the ceo of insurance giant aviva bragged about discriminating against white men in the hiring process, making them jump through extra hoops that day . verse people hoops that day. verse people don't have to . if the races were don't have to. if the races were reversed , she'd be jailed for reversed, she'd be jailed for hate crime . but these are just hate crime. but these are just the tip of the iceberg. according to analysis by bloomberg in the year following george floyd's death, 94% of new corporate jobs in america went to people of colour. if you were white and wanted a job, sorry, but the trendy new racism says that whiteness must be abolished. this isn't just a slogan used by radical cambridge academics, it's at the heart of diversity, equity and inclusion. theidea diversity, equity and inclusion. the idea behind dei is that any overrepresentation of white people is evidence of systemic racism, and equity must be

achieved by redressing this imbalance, no matter how it's done. it's not enough to not be racist. you have to be actively anti—racist. if there are fewer black women in the world of sheep farming, then that's clear evidence of systemic racism in the world of sheep farming , the world of sheep farming, which must be redressed by preventing white men from becoming sheep farmers and only advertising sheep farming jobs to black women and make sense to them. dei practitioners insist that this will result in better sheep farming. i'm not so sure . sheep farming. i'm not so sure. perhaps meritocracy, just not only results in uneven representation with equal opportunities , we might still opportunities, we might still get more female nursery workers and more male oil rig workers, more white players in darts, and more white players in darts, and more black players in basketball or would diversity, equity and inclusion advocates insist on a fair representation of white people in basketball? and why stop at race? perhaps, perhaps basketball teams could be forced to include short people, obese people and people with no arms,

according to the logic of dei , according to the logic of dei, it will improve basketball . of it will improve basketball. of course, the push for diversity only ever goes in one direction, but it's not just bad for white people. it's bad for diversity hires too, as it places a question mark over their true ability. do you want to get on a plane flown by a pilot who got the job because he's the best pilot, or a pilot who got the job because other candidates were excluded ? and they're not were excluded? and they're not just anti white, but anti—christian as well, because christian, of course, is seen as the straight white man of religions. my friend works for a major software company and their hr department strenuously recognises every possible non nafive recognises every possible non native religious festival. sending out emails and arranging events for ramadan , eid and events for ramadan, eid and diwali. but for christmas , they diwali. but for christmas, they sent one email out wishing everyone a happy end of calendar yeah everyone a happy end of calendar year. hr departments used to be one middle aged woman called linda with a drink problem, whose only responsibilities were to process payroll , organise the

to process payroll, organise the christmas party and cop off with at least one colleague at that party. now they've become armies of jumped up little hitlers, a bureaucratic drag on the smooth running of businesses gumming up the gears and getting in the way. when someone wants to hire the best person for a job and wasting everyone's time with pointless, endless diversity training, it's high time hr departments were slashed back. make sure we get paid, tick off our holidays and stop trying to play our holidays and stop trying to play god. linda . and i am joined play god. linda. and i am joined tonight by the brilliant comedians diane spencer and frances foster, and the lawyer and top quality broadcaster andrew eborn . andrew eborn. >> hey, yayi i love the accolade. well done. i love linda. linda sends her very best. and if only you had an opinion . elianne. yeah, that's opinion. elianne. yeah, that's so shiny. i want a campaign, by the way, for lloyds bank. i want them to have a little white pony

just on principle. i think you could. wouldn't that be great? of course you should. they have could. wouldn't that be great? otheyrse you should. they have could. wouldn't that be great? otheyrse yoa should. they have could. wouldn't that be great? otheyrse yoa black. i. they have could. wouldn't that be great? otheyrse yoa black. theyy have could. wouldn't that be great? otheyrse yoa black. they do. ve a they have a black. they do. they the horse which they have the black horse which is the white pony is glorious. but the white pony that our campaign. that should be our new campaign. right. | that should be our new campaign. right. i think we should start it a saturday night. it here on a saturday night. >> the human >> transcends the human world. >> transcends the human world. >> i think right, doesn't >> transcends the human world. >> it's|ink right, doesn't >> transcends the human world. >> it's|ink discrimination. 't it? it's a clear discrimination. no he's made a very good point, because are weren't because there are also, weren't there sports teams in america? >> frances , you're know more >> frances, you're know more about this because i know you know a lot about american stuff. weren't there sports team in america who change their america who had to change their names logos because it names and their logos because it was different groups? >> gm e was a >> yeah. so there was a washington uh, who had washington redskins, uh, who had to change their name. i think it was. that favourite was was. and that my favourite was actually zealand all actually the new zealand all whites yes uh, whites football team. yes uh, they got criticised because they said to call a team all white is a symbol of white supremacy , a symbol of white supremacy, discounting the that new discounting the fact that new zealand rubbish football . zealand is rubbish at football. so how can you be supreme if every game you lose four nil? that doesn't explain it. and obviously they've got the all blacks as well who actually argue. >> yeah.

>> yeah. >> cheek's good. so they actually showing actually what he's showing is that better than white. yeah. >> i mean do you think the diversity equity and inclusion bubble starting burst? bubble is starting to burst? frances >> well look i think eventually capitalism always wins. you can't keep doing this stuff. and having bus after bus off the bus eventually people are going to go look it doesn't work like you said yourself, when it when results matter, like in professional sports, no one's going . you know what? why don't going. you know what? why don't we get the person of indiscriminate gender who's never done a day's exercise in their life with a septum piercing? why not put them at the front of the chicago bulls? it's going to happen . you it's not going to happen. you know what mean? know what i mean? >> yeah. i find shocking. >> yeah. what i find shocking. the free speech did the alumni for free speech did a survey and they worked out about 200 as much money as spent 200 times as much money as spent on equity and diversity as there is on freedom of speech within universities. so you look at that as a real thing. i put it into perspective, however , of into perspective, however, of course be balanced. we course it should be balanced. we should blind to race, colour, should be blind to race, colour, creed, everything else. it

should meritocracy. what should be a meritocracy. what they trying to they all say they're trying to redress balance. and i get redress the balance. and i get that. this gone way too that. but this has gone way too far. particular case, far. and this particular case, i was bit puzzled by this report was a bit puzzled by this report that a million because was a bit puzzled by this report that say, a million because was a bit puzzled by this report that say, anda million because was a bit puzzled by this report that say, and i million because was a bit puzzled by this report that say, and i thought3ecause was a bit puzzled by this report that say, and i thoughtoewase they say, and i thought it was tourette's that made you spit they say, and i thought it was tou words. that made you spit they say, and i thought it was tou words. you're ade you spit they say, and i thought it was tou words. you're not you spit they say, and i thought it was tou words. you're not supposed out words. you're not supposed to the appropriate to spit out the appropriate moment. said was do moment. they said it was to do with dyslexia. well, yeah. so this was in i think it this this man was in i think it was online training was was online training and it was around racial awareness. >> a he asked >> and he asked a he asked a pretty question. this pretty relevant question. this is after being told that it was a space. yes. and there a safe space. yes. and there were no were no wrong questions. no >> you could say whatever you want. >> yes. >> yes. >> and he asked a question about, you know, what if, uh, you know, somebody who wasn't, uh, white, used, uh, you know, a racial . racial pejorative. >> they said the n—word, but he didn't say the n—word . he said didn't say the n—word. he said the n—word. so did he the n—word. so did that. he blurted word. blurted out the actual word. >> know, by by accident. but >> you know, by by accident. but given you know, the given that's the, you know, the subject the training, subject of the training, it's kind of it's kind of understandable was given understandable. and he was given no of, understandable. and he was given no of, uh, no opportunity to sort of, uh, atone or apologise . and atone for it or apologise. and the said that she was so the trainer said that she was so offended she had to take a week offended she had to take a week off a week, which i've had

extraordinary . extraordinary. >> the shock that was the most shocking this use shocking bit of this story. use one off for one word and she's off for a week . week. >> e!- el!— f people in the >> no other people in the training uh, said that, training session, uh, said that, you know, she really vehemently attacked and they you know, she really vehemently attac really and they you know, she really vehemently attac really shocked and they you know, she really vehemently attac really shocked at|d they you know, she really vehemently attac really shocked at how ay were really shocked at how viciously was attacked after viciously he was attacked after being told that it was a safe space. >> now we. sorry. oh, go it, diane. >> no, i was just going to say just for the people who are watching. i don't think we quite sort underline that this sort of, um, underline that this is case of carl borg neil, is the case of carl borg neil, who been awarded who has recently been awarded 500 , which is also 500 k in damages, which is also the same you can get if the same amount you can get if you win the darts. that you win the darts. isn't that nice? because he nice? yeah. um, but because he was unfairly dismissed for exactly the thing we're talking about, it was an anti about, it was during an anti racism training, there's 100. so you've imagine there's you've got to imagine there's 100 of your colleagues on this zoom and you quite zoom call and you ask quite a relevant question on. now when you do say the n word there is going to be some reaction amongst your other colleagues because it's a word that makes people feel like naturally , people feel like naturally, deeply uncomfortable. but he sort of asked it because he said, what customer said, well, what if a customer comes they use a word to

comes in and they use a word to describe their friend, but i can't use that word . but how do can't use that word. but how do i react if they're using that word a lot? you know , because i word a lot? you know, because i expect question was sort of expect the question was sort of around, you politely say, i'm around, do you politely say, i'm terribly sorry, sir, could you not call your friend that while you're in the bank? >> and this is exactly that point. but what he also says he doesn't want the half a million. all he wants his job back and all he wants is his job back and not be called a racist. now, not to be called a racist. now, abraham always like not to be called a racist. now, abquote. always like not to be called a racist. now, abquote. so always like not to be called a racist. now, abquote. so topical. ys like to quote. it's so topical. abraham lincoln used to say, if you count tail a dog as you count the tail of a dog as a leg, many legs does a dog have? >> it's still got four legs because you can't count the tail as a leg and you work on that sort of basis. >> love quote. come on, >> i love the quote. come on, abraham lincoln with that , abraham lincoln with that, right? don't give me maths. this is the point. just because you call somebody racist doesn't call somebody a racist doesn't make which is the make them a racist, which is the point. it's going back to point. and it's going back to lady marmaduke hussey's lady hussey, marmaduke hussey's lovely lady, and she didn't mean any by it. when she any offence by it. when she said, you no, said, where are you from? no, where from? she where you really from? she wasn't on that sort of wasn't racist on that sort of basis. and i go even further

than you ask than that. even if you ask somebody potential of somebody the potential colour of somebody's skin when they're about born, i don't think about to be born, i don't think that's racist either. yeah. >> look it, when you >> when you look at it, when you think about it, basically that man half £1 million to man got paid half £1 million to say n—word. yeah, i, he say the n—word. yeah yeah, i, he said that he aukus francis, please don't get any ideas. yeah >> we don't have that kind of money here. yeah >> i've seen the state of your chairs, mate. you don't have half £1 million. i know i'd even get 100 if i see. i mean, it's had a happy ending for him. >> he's got half £1 million. but he was. he he's had his reputation dragged through the mud. know, he mud. he found it, you know, he punched a depression punched him into a depression and losing his house and he risked losing his house in bringing the case to court. so you know, i really think lloyd's of and the whole diversity, equity and inclusion mafia have behaved appallingly. >> can i just not a happy ending because yeah, i was going to say that actually what this actually shows , aside from all the jokes, shows, aside from all the jokes, aside from everything else, is that we have just lost any

semblance of common sense. we have. we have no idea to how to behave anymore with. and we've just actually early thinking with common sense. it's ridiculous . yeah. at what point ridiculous. yeah. at what point would someone step in and go, can we just accept that what has happened has happened? this is not a big deal. the woman's gone off work for a week, so she's basically her work weeks basically had her work weeks paid to get it. can paid leave to get over it. can we just move on? but nobody we all just move on? but nobody at any point in this process actually stepped in. and as a result, it's ended up in court and cost the half £1 and cost the bank half £1 million. yeah. >> and plus it's closer to a million because they said >> and plus it's closer to a million legalee they said >> and plus it's closer to a million legal feeshey said >> and plus it's closer to a million legal fees on said >> and plus it's closer to a million legal fees on topd >> and plus it's closer to a millionlegal fees on top and there's legal fees on top and there's legal fees on top and the good lawyers to the good old lawyers need to benefit the reality is this is that times that we a that more times that we sign a bit on this, the bit of spotlight on this, the less to happen. less it's going to happen. so actually was on the side actually the law was on the side of that sort of stuff. the employment said employment tribunal said you were of him. it were wrong to get rid of him. it should have been a fair process. he it. so that is he didn't intend it. so that is a not just for him but a victory, not just for him but for 101“ common sense. >> for common sense. >> well, it's starting >> well, no, that it's starting to perhaps the

to cost people. perhaps the diversity, inclusion diversity, equity and inclusion stuff will get back stuff will get rolled back next on programme. it's cursed or on the programme. it's cursed or blessed. we're blessed. what a trio we're assessing this joy assessing this week is joy barton, and humza barton, luke littler and humza yousaf. take to barton, luke littler and humza you courts take to barton, luke littler and humza you courts and take to barton, luke littler and humza you courts and show> i appreciate that, but i think it's time that he gets a taste of something else because i just can't with that history

horror at the 28 billion that they want to borrow for this net zero nonsense. this. >> on mark dolan tonight in my big opinion, ex—footballer joey barton says there's no place for female commentators in the men's game. i'll be sharing my first on air views of a row which has gnpped on air views of a row which has gripped the beautiful game in my take a ten. it's game over for the playboy prince . it's time the playboy prince. it's time for king charles to give andrew his marching orders. plus a world mind reader. world renowned mind reader. tomorrow's and the green tomorrow's papers and the green goddess herself. tv legend diana moran. we're live from nine.

>> welcome back to the saturday night showdown with me, leo. curse. now let's see what happenedin curse. now let's see what happened in that courtroom to do probation successfully . probation successfully. >> he was given this opportunity i >>i >> i appreciate that, but i think it's time that he gets a taste of something else. because i just can't with that history, in accordance with laws of in accordance with the laws of st bart's hey, whoa whoa st bart's court. hey, whoa whoa whoa . hey hey hey hey. whoa. hey hey hey hey. >> so , a bit of rough, rough >> so, a bit of rough, rough justice there . justice there. >> incredible wolverine style dive , though. i mean, do you dive, though. i mean, do you think he'll have a career in the ufc when he gets out? >> i thought was amazing. i >> i thought it was amazing. i had idea that was going to had no idea that was going to happen. was happen. i thought she was defenestrating . and that happen. i thought she was defethetrating . and that happen. i thought she was defethe moment.nd that happen. i thought she was defethe moment.nd tihere he was the moment. and then here he leapt was leapt through. that was a phenomenal yeah. so good phenomenal leap. yeah. so good heavens, was he? what was he heavens, who was he? what was he up not. up for? i'm not. >> i'm not entirely sure he was. he being on he was being judged on probation. i believe. uh, which i think got. yeah

i don't think he got. yeah imagine imagine if he actually did not restrict . did not restrict. >> imagine if he actually did get it and that's how he celebrated . yes, yes. you made a celebrated. yes, yes. you made a mistake this time. yes. could he argue that was a high five gone wrong? exactly >> see, now you're a lawyer, andrew. >> i wish i didn't think that would happen. what a joy. i thought that was . wasn't that thought that was. wasn't that fun? where was it? >> ever had a somewhere >> have you ever had a somewhere in america? have you ever had a client? try and sort client? uh, try and try and sort of throttle me? >> yeah. no i've never >> probably. yeah. no i've never lost but i love the lost a case, but i love the idea. i've never a i've idea. i've never lost a i've never case. ever. really? never lost a case. ever. really? wow. really. absolutely. never lost a case. ever. really? wov but really. absolutely. never lost a case. ever. really? wov but i really. absolutely. never lost a case. ever. really? wov but i would lly. absolutely. never lost a case. ever. really? wov but i would lose ibsolutely. never lost a case. ever. really? wov but i would lose it;olutely. never lost a case. ever. really? wovbut i would lose it justely. never lost a case. ever. really? wovbut i would lose it just to. but but i would lose it just to have celebration. i thought have that celebration. i thought that was the moment thought that was the moment i thought i was. but how they they're quite high up court things as high up those court things as well that talk about well. so that guy talk about i forget equality, diversity and whatever he's got the job on meritocracy. i think he was fantastic. anyway it's time now for or blessed , me and my for cursed or blessed, me and my brilliant panel. >> we'll look at three big stories the stories and decide who are the week's losers . let's week's winners and losers. let's start with ex—footballer joey

barton, who's carving out a new career as a media commentator. a lot of footballers are unpopular dunng lot of footballers are unpopular during their careers. before becoming well liked pundits, barnes decided to go in a slightly different direction. the former england international is now reviled by the chattering classes after describing two female pundits . as the fred and female pundits. as the fred and rose west of football. commentary for some reason, comparing two women to serial killers has not gone down very well. but somewhere in all the ranting does barton have a point about football commentary? no no, i am sorry, but this man has i >> -- >> he's most well known for punching his team—mates like when you sort of look into his history. yes, he is a footballer, but he's an incredibly violent footballer . incredibly violent footballer. he's literally his entire career is just littered with him thumping people, stubbing cigarettes out in their eyes. cigars, cigars , cigars. sorry cigars, cigars, cigars. sorry about the technicality . about the technicality. >> classes, chattering classes ,

>> classes, chattering classes, using a cigarette, kicking his wife allegedly in the head. >> but then it's awful. he's also had a history of addictions . i mean, i'll put it this way. i don't think walkers are going to sponsor him with their crisps any time soon. >> but i mean, andrew, people have also said some bad things about i p.t. barnum , great showman. >> i bring it more up to date slowly. p.t. barnum said if you want to draw a crowd, start a fight . so all of this language fight. so all of this language is all about the guy's an idiot. what a stupid to say. we what a stupid thing to say. we can be clear on that. but that's what he wants to he wants to what he wants to do. he wants to get talking, including on get people talking, including on this show. he'll this brilliant show. he'll get him better audience. him a better audience. that's what's result. what's happening as a result. but what stupid thing say. but what a stupid thing to say. but, mean, the hub of but, francis, i mean, the hub of it, kernel of it. it, the kernel of it. >> mean, have lot >> i mean, we have seen a lot of, uh, women, uh, commentating on sports who might not have the same experience and depth of knowledge . no offence to ann. knowledge. no offence to ann. you can stop listening for this 10s. but, uh , we don't have the, 10s. but, uh, we don't have the, you know, the same experience as the commentators of all. >> so the point that joey barton

is making is that there's a lot of , uh, women is making is that there's a lot of, uh, women pundits, not commentators , because it's commentators, because it's different. a pundit somebody different. a pundit is somebody who gives professional who gives their professional opinion . joey opinion on the game. joey barton's point is actually this, that these women have not played the men's game. they have never played the men's game, they've never men's game never played the men's game at the so they the highest level. so they cannot expert opinion on cannot give expert opinion on this particular sport because only the people who have played at the very, very highest level are able to do the kind of commentary or assessment or punditry needed for those particular types of matches. wow. >> check mate dan . >> check mate dan. >> check mate dan. >> no, not check mate at all. because had he explained himself in such a way, he would have had possibly had a tiny amount of an argument there, which i still disagree with, because you have got up and down the got people up and down the country watching football. and one good things about one of the good things about football that you can sit football is that you can sit there and watch these people with talent go, with all their talent and go, he's that's the whole he's an idiot. that's the whole point that's point about football. and that's what commentary is what football commentary is entitled what football commentary is ent and what football commentary is entan opinion and everybody, it >> an opinion and everybody, it doesn't matter whether they can

have or can have doesn't matter whether they can hav wrong. or can have the wrong. >> completely disagree, >> i completely disagree, i completely because you completely disagree because you say everyone's to their say everyone's entitled to their opinion. and no, first of all, they're have heard them? they're not have you heard them? number two. right. some people are entitled to an opinion. i'm sorry . right. are entitled to an opinion. i'm sorry. right. number are entitled to an opinion. i'm sorry . right. number two, i will sorry. right. number two, i will say this right. in order to give an expert opinion on sport , you an expert opinion on sport, you need to have played the sport at a very highest level. you can have an opinion. it doesn't mean that your opinion is valid. for instance, if you're looking at an and he an elite level striker and he makes a particular run , the makes a particular run, the chances are only someone who has played at that level will go this is why he made the run. this is why he curved here. so this ball came over this is why the ball came over here. bang. because that happens on training places on a training pitch at places like manchester or like manchester united or liverpool. do you think it's liverpool. so do you think it's fair then, that he compared them to killers? to serial killers? >> i thought was hilarious. >> i thought it was hilarious. shock. he said. he was shock. what he said. he was unapologetic. he will say, and the here. vowed unapologetic. he will say, and the to here. vowed unapologetic. he will say, and the to continue vowed unapologetic. he will say, and the to continue likeningi vowed to continue likening female football broadcasters to serial killers . that's a foul

serial killers. that's a foul because you've been a naughty boy. i promise i'll do it again. >> no, no, because what you're doing is you've taken what is clearly a hyperbolic joke . clearly a hyperbolic joke. >> that is a joke because what you do is you take a statement and then you exaggerate. >> aslef francis, don't you think unfair because think it's unfair because i mean, west rose west. mean, fred west rose west. >> they were they were good at their job, >> they were they were good at theirjob, never >> they were they were good at their job, never ruined. >> they never ruined. match of the exactly. the day. yeah, exactly. >> they didn't. >> exactly. they didn't. they just what were just stuck to what they were good a minute . good at. but wait a minute. >> was when i have >> there was when i have watched, like , for watched, uh, sports like, for example, suzi perry , um, was the example, suzi perry, um, was the best formula one commentator i have ever experienced in my life. i absolutely loved her. i was gutted when channel 4 got rid of her and she made formula one exciting for me, and i absolutely loved it. and it was just her enthusiasm. she could talk about it. now you have punst talk about it. now you have pundits talking about formula one, pundits. sorry one, not pundits. sorry commentators talking about formula one, and they have never dnven formula one, and they have never driven a formula one car because you would need to get a super licence. walker mean , yeah. >> commentator murray walker

murray walker , you're missing murray walker, you're missing the point, frank. >> you're you're missing the point. barton is vile. you're missing the point. >> you're talking about commentary . >> you're talking about commentary. i'm >> you're talking about commentary . i'm talking about commentary. i'm talking about punditry. they're two different things. >> no, that we can all agree that i'm right. right uh, next on the blast, the guy who you may have heard about this week, luke littler. hopefully, hopefully is going to be a bit less controversial. he's only 16. man who is winning 16. this is a man who is winning at life, playing in the world dans at life, playing in the world darts for first darts championship for the first time went on time ever. he went on a memorable run to the final. that's metaphorical i that's a metaphorical run. i don't he does don't think he does much running, but more running, but even more impressively , he's dating a 21 impressively, he's dating a 21 year old. the only cloud on luke's from those luke's horizon came from those cheers chaps at revenue and customs , who reminded him the customs, who reminded him the low tax tories will be taking £83,000 of his £200,000 darts earnings . andrew, you're used to earnings. andrew, you're used to a high tax bill. do you empathise? >> that's like a daily rate for me. i'm and that's on a bad day. you're right. this is such a non—story. anybody who owns 200,

it is anybody who earns 200 grand pays tax . whether you're grand pays tax. whether you're a sports person, a deaths person, a white pony. adele, adele . a white pony. adele, adele. >> yeah. remember when adele got all her money? she suddenly she made a public statement saying, i can't believe i've got to give half of this away. she was absolutely gutted. and now she lives absolutely gutted. and now she live but he could have done >> but he could have done everybody gives know, everybody gives their, you know, pays this much tax. >> mean lineker gary. >> i mean gary lineker gary. >> i mean gary lineker gary. >> gary lineker has >> no but gary lineker has these, these schemes and hmrc actually to take him to actually took him to take him to court. but what i love, what i love about him, he's got a fantastic diet. he makes sure that a sportsman you can eat that as a sportsman you can eat your ham omelette, your cheese and ham omelette, your cheese and ham omelette, your pizza kebab if your pizza and your kebab and if i ate that or stopped eating that, would littler that, i would be littler as well. the is that i well. but the reality is that i think reality is this is think the reality is this is that that's what have to do. think the reality is this is thatyout's what have to do. think the reality is this is thatyou can'hat have to do. think the reality is this is thatyou can tax have to do. think the reality is this is thatyou can tax plan, ave to do. think the reality is this is thatyou can tax plan, he�* to do. think the reality is this is thatyou can tax plan, he cando. but you can tax plan, he can have a little company set up. i'm are financial i'm sure there are financial advisers world advisers all over the world who'll to him. who'll be delighted to help him. and that if he's and he should do that if he's properly after and properly looked after and managed. people, properly looked after and marinjed. people, properly looked after and marin touch people, properly looked after and marin touch and people, properly looked after and marin touch and we people, properly looked after and marin touch and we caneople, properly looked after and marin touch and we can make get in touch and we can make sure make sure he doesn't sure we can make sure he doesn't have to pay that amount of tax

because there are legitimate ways of structuring his career. that's got to do that's what you've got to do otherwise non—story and otherwise it's a non—story and we'd to do it. you we'd all have to do it. are you talking jemmy it? talking about jemmy carr in it? >> talking about about >> are you talking about about him get him suggesting i get it? >> jemmy, and stuff it under the mat? do 50 back. no, no, no, there are legitimate ways of doing sports doing things. and as a sports person, you person, that's what you do. you need somebody who will wisely manage creditor whilst manage to all creditor whilst he looks he only 16. looks 35 and he is only 16. there should people around there should be people around him nurture him, just him who nurture him, not just his financial side, actually his financial side, but actually the what he's the mental pressure of what he's doing. it's remarkable. doing. i think it's remarkable. i'll seeing it was i'll i love seeing it was brought to my eye. 18 brought a tear to my eye. 18 months old, with first months old, with his first little set, he got from a little set, which he got from a poundland shop in warrington . poundland shop in warrington. there in his nappies, there he was in his nappies, doing brilliant. doing that. brilliant. absolutely there will absolutely brilliant. there will be darts set sold as a be more darts set sold as a result of him doing that. he should do the sponsorship deals. we that sort stuff. i we can do that sort of stuff. i can help get in touch will help you your lawyers, you spend your money on lawyers, not that'll be not on tax people. that'll be good. got a 21 year old good. and he's got a 21 year old girlfriend. go. third girlfriend. there you go. third of his age. >> so how come it's bad when leonardo dicaprio does it, but >> so how come it's bad when leo fine) dicaprio does it, but >> so how come it's bad when leo fine when prio does it, but >> so how come it's bad when leo fine when lukeioes it, but >> so how come it's bad when leo fine when luke littler but >> so how come it's bad when leo fine when luke littler does it's fine when luke littler does it's fine when luke littler does

it luke littler is it because luke littler is clearly 47. >> he gets called, tell me he's 16 years old. >> that just proves my dad is from near warrington . luke, from near warrington. luke, literally littler is about 47. in northern years , a tough paper in northern years, a tough paper round is what they said. >> if you combine northern years with darts player years, man, that's . yeah, exactly. that's. yeah, exactly. >> he's got about five years left in him. and then that's it mate. >> next on cursed or blessed a particular favourite of mine, scotland's minister scotland's first minister humza yousaf . the new year brought yousaf. the new year brought very sad news from scotland as it was revealed that almost 1400 babies been born dependent babies have been born dependent on drugs in the last few years. snp leader yousaf has not yet set up a task force to tackle this massive crisis. instead, he seems to spend most of the day tweeting about gaza. shockingly the life expectancy for men in gazais the life expectancy for men in gaza is actually higher than it is in glasgow. you live a longer, healthier life under hamas and idf bombs than you will under humza snp. i mean, francis , humza is doing

francis, humza is doing a terrible job of running scotland. do you think he should focus on the job? he's supposed to doing of gaza? to be doing instead of gaza? well, look , this isn't just well, look, this isn't just humza yousaf . humza yousaf. >> this is over a decade of the scottish national party . when scottish national party. when they took over scotland was in a much better state than it is now. they have succeeded in driving scotland into the ground. the education system in scotland is on its knees . they scotland is on its knees. they handled covid terror shaun bailey and you're just looking at this party and all. they seem to do is every election year they go freedom. and then they try and get some votes by doing that. that is it. they are entirely bankrupt and they need to be voted out. and it's appalling what they've done to scotland. >> well, what they've actually done they've cut million done is they've cut £80 million worth funding from the drugs worth of funding from the drugs rehabilitation programme. so you've got a lot more people kind of not being able to access the help that they need. and what's interesting about humza yousaf also he has said that, yousaf is also he has said that, oh no, we don't need to include

the xl bully laws that you have in england . we're not going to in england. we're not going to do those in scotland. and i had a theory that's because they've got the drug dealers and xl got all the drug dealers and xl bullies are a favourite dog of drug dealers. so if you ban that dog, you're going to annoy a lot of because the only of drug dealers because the only people working in scotland at the moment , scotland, people working in scotland at the moment, scotland, needs that revenue. >> it does. >> it does. >> he's recently been courting , >> he's recently been courting, um, the guy brian souter, who is the, um, tycoon who sold stagecoach. the coach guy. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> and he donated a lot to the snp before nicola sturgeon took over and bought her luxury motorhome home. and now, um , motorhome home. and now, um, humza is courting this guy again because he needs a big cash injection. but this guy is a fundamentalist christian, like the people you were talking aboutin the people you were talking about in your opening speech. but he definitely opposes gay marriage, and he was a big fan of keeping section 28, which was all about, um, prohibited ing

the discussion of sexuality in schools. so humza yousaf is in quite an interesting state because he's dragging scotland down with him . down with him. >> the snp are super far left progressive party should not be having dinner with this if he's going to be taking money, you know, huge sums of money from, uh, from a fundamentalist christian that's surely going to have influence. christian that's surely going to havyou're influence. christian that's surely going to havyou're absolutelyluence. christian that's surely going to havyou're absolutely right.3. christian that's surely going to havyou're absolutely right. but >> you're absolutely right. but going to the big problem going back to the big problem and says babies were going back to the big problem and with s babies were going back to the big problem and with neonatalbies were going back to the big problem and with neonatal abstinence born with neonatal abstinence syndrome. as a result of that sort stuff, understand most sort of stuff, i understand most people the people say, oh, blame the politicians what politicians straight away. what you look at. is there a you need to look at. is there a correlation between what they did financing, that did with the financing, that sort of stuff? it's a major problem. joking aside, they sort of stuff? it's a major probl�*to. joking aside, they sort of stuff? it's a major probl�*to look joking aside, they sort of stuff? it's a major probl�*to look joking sorte, they sort of stuff? it's a major probl�*to look joking sort ofthey need to look at that sort of issue. what there's been this issue. what if there's been this massive funding and a massive cut in funding and as a result of it, there are more drug dealers and so on so drug dealers and so on and so forth. be forth. that needs to be addressed. it'd be fair to forth. that needs to be addressed. it'd be fairto him forth. that needs to be adturn;ed. it'd be fairto him forth. that needs to be adturn roundd be fair to him forth. that needs to be adturn round and fair to him forth. that needs to be adturn round and say, to him forth. that needs to be adturn round and say, look,n to turn round and say, look, what going do about what are you going to do about it? statistics it? these statistics are appalling something to it? these statistics are ap|done.] something to be done. >> yeah, it's something >> yeah, it's not something you'd see in a modern you'd expect to see in a modern country. anyway. next tonight in culture corner new itv show culture corner is a new itv show bnngs culture corner is a new itv show brings office scandal

brings the post office scandal to will ask to a wider audience. we will ask why who presided over why the woman who presided over it was rewarded with cbe. it all was rewarded with a cbe. plus we'll show you what happened next as french police attempted crack a tricky .

let's put an end to this. it's frightening how many kids carry knives . knives. >> welcome back to the saturday night showdown with me leo kearse. now let's see what happened when the french police thought they'd made a major breakthrough . breakthrough. >> look . okay si vous d'accord . >> look. okay si vous d'accord. okay it's . a. okay it's. a. >> i mean you know you get a fake id that could happen. >> this is all part of a new policy. >> this is the equality, diversity or whatever. everybody's entitled to be a suspect. and i think it's outrageous try and it outrageous to try and limit it to it's got to be good.

to that. so it's got to be good. >> anyway, it's no time for culture corner. and a lot of people have spent new year people have spent their new year watching itv drama about watching an itv drama about one of biggest miscarriage of of the biggest miscarriage of justice in british history , mr justice in british history, mr bates, versus the post office details how hundreds of postmasters were wrongly prosecuted for financial discrepancies caused by a dodgy it system . former post office it system. former post office boss paula vennells was punished for presiding over the scandal. in typical british fashion, by being awarded a cbe. the police have now announced an investigation into the post office over potential fraud, but the damage has been done with countless lives ruined through unnecessary prosecutions. andrew, have you been following this scandal? oh, absolutely. >> and i follow this before the drama. brilliant four part series, is one of the series, and it is one of the biggest scandals. there were four suicides, a number of people lost their livelihood and it appalling. what it is absolutely appalling. what this drama has done is to personally . is it? yeah. the this drama has done is to personally. is it? yeah. the big criticism i have two big criticisms of it. partly they blur between what's blur the line between what's a documentary and they say some

bits of this are fictionalised in same way as they do in in the same way as they do in the crown, which, which in the same way as they do in the crc detracts which, which in the same way as they do in the crc detracts a which, which in the same way as they do in the crc detracts a little h, which in the same way as they do in the crc detracts a little bit.hich sort of detracts a little bit. >> also got why do they >> they've also got why do they bother doing that? >> anyway >> it's so powerful. anyway yeah, no. nadim zahawi yeah, yeah. um, no. nadim zahawi is it being more manly and is in it being more manly and forceful. i've never seen him in he he played himself he plays, he played himself playing. he played himself. i know people said were know people said actors were complaining. i could have played that role, they said. but he was basically a basically playing himself with a cross—examination if cross—examination, which if you haven't clip, a haven't seen the clip, have a look it because it's him look at it because it's him being tough answer being very tough on answer my question. answer question question. answer my question is yes. several times. and the other is puzzling other thing, which is puzzling for adam crozier, who was for me is adam crozier, who was the ceo royal mail from 2003 the ceo of royal mail from 2003 to 2010. >> so certainly shares some sort of responsibility. >> he would have some sort of voice in this he's not voice in this thing. he's not there at all. right. he went on from being ceo of royal mail to go to itv. so i don't know. >> so drama is broadcast on itv . >> so drama is broadcast on itv. >> so drama is broadcast on itv. >> i'm not saying anything other than um, diana's face probably reacts stephen and anne do you think do you think he went down

to the script writers room and said, oh, do you mind? >> i've got this eraser. >> i've got this eraser. >> you damn right he did. he went down, he went right. so we're put we're going to put a fictionalised in. i'm fictionalised bit in. i'm just going name, going to cross out my name, cross out name and yeah, cross out my name and yeah, vennells all right. bye. vennells did it. all right. bye. like that's plainly what happened. appalling. like that's plainly what hmean ed. appalling. like that's plainly what hmean ,d. appalling. like that's plainly what hmean , like appalling. like that's plainly what hmean , like you appalling. like that's plainly what hmean , like you said, appalling. like that's plainly what hmean , like you said, thisalling. i mean, like you said, this whole scandal is absolutely incredible. 700 people, over 700 people were affected. and what is interesting is that at no point at no point when you've got 700 people being convicted of crimes, did they say , do you of crimes, did they say, do you think it could be the computer ? think it could be the computer? >> yeah. do you think they could? >> all those people who previously had unblemished records possibly records could possibly be telling yeah, like telling the truth. yeah, like maybe shonky it system that maybe this shonky it system that was part of some, like, you know, state procurement process. so obviously be so it was obviously going to be about use as an hs2 do about as much use as an hs2 do you think that could actually be the thing that's gone wrong? and also what's what brings also what's what really brings home sad it is on top of the home how sad it is on top of the suicides, of the lives suicides, on top of the lives ruined, prosecutions. ruined, the prosecutions. and by the the prosecutions the way, the prosecutions happened knew that

happened after they knew that the system was faulty, you the system was faulty, is, you know, horrific. the know, it's horrific. the government actually put aside £700 to pay compensation £700 million to pay compensation , and they've only had to pay around £240 million out dragging on because people are too. it's got such horrible memories for them. they don't want to stick their head above the pulp, you know, and this as well. >> are people who many of >> these are people who many of them came from rural communities where the post office is the literal heart of that community. yeah. and they were then smeared as people, as fraudsters, as people who were stealing from the post office. their reputation were trashed and ruined in these tiny communities. yeah and when you think about everything that is happened to them even 700 million, you're looking at that something you think for those people , no amount of money, no people, no amount of money, no amount of money will ever be able to actually wipe away their the horrors of that experience wants blood. >> exactly. also in culture corner tonight we are going to take a look at dear england,

which is a play about the revival of national football team under manager gareth southgate. some people have complained that the dialogue is a unrealistic, no a little unrealistic, but no idea where they're getting that from . from. >> oh, sorry, marcus, i didn't hear you. you're gonna to hear you. you're gonna have to speak more confidence , speak up, have more confidence, bro. who scored bro. uh, excuse me, who scored more goals hmm hmm. more goals this year? hmm hmm. let me think. ha ha ha . oh. let me think. ha ha ha. oh. knocked out hendo as if. look, i say this with proper modesty, but , uh, who got say this with proper modesty, but, uh, who got named say this with proper modesty, but , uh, who got named player of but, uh, who got named player of the month this month? >> hmm. let me think. let me think . think. >> then they really captured the authentic cringiness of posh actors pretending to be working class there. are you going to rush down to the west end to see this? tickets are available for only believe . only £250, i believe. >> you better be kidding on that one. i mean, serious , you are one. i mean, serious, you are not. no, i think yeah , £250 is not. no, i think yeah, £250 is some sort of champagne package? >> no, but you also get some real pain though the one time when you want the roof of a

theatre to fall in. >> i mean , that looks absolutely >> i mean, that looks absolutely appalling. i'm so sorry, but i that the cringe is folding me in half . half. >> like the dialogue was horrendously stilted. we did talk about we did . now look, we talk about we did. now look, we had a chat about the acting and in fairness to the actors that we saw there, we've ever seen them, is what you said. >> no, i didn't say that. >> no, i didn't say that. >> i didn't say it like they are to me. they're doing theatre acting, but they're filmed acting, but they're being filmed . are two very . and those are two very different of acting. different types of acting. so it looks bad anyway , but they looks bad anyway, but they should have sort of alerted the theatre actors to the fact that this is being filmed. you really need to tone it down guys. you don't need, but the dialogue. i'm sorry. it's like when channel tries do a radio channel 4 tries to do a radio four, or when they try to do something gritty. >> to do that mate >> khan tried to do that mate campaign oh oh, i've got so much cringe. >> sure, we'll discuss the latest revelations from the jeffrey epstein documents . jeffrey epstein documents. >> plus, christmas may be over for another year, but that does not mean we can't show you what

happenedin not mean we can't show you what happened in this festive video

welcome back to the saturday night show down with me leo kearse. now let's see what happened with that christmas tree was sent tumbling towards the ground . the ground. >> yeah that's that's actually how they plant them you know that. >> anyway we're going to finish with the question that has left the nation in a state of shock. how did respected physicists stephen hawking turn up in the jeffrey epstein documents and i don't mean that i didn't see any wheelchair ramps in the photos. a cache of court documents were released this week, and as well as common or garden ne'er do wells such as bill clinton and prince andrew, the author of a brief, brief history of time was mentioned dispatches . mentioned in the dispatches. francis, i remember when the

epstein island thing was a was a far left was a far right conspiracy theory. now it's come true. >> look, i don't understand what the problem is. look, jeffrey epstein invited stephen hawking, so he clearly believes in diversity, equity and inclusion. so that's it. like he invited him over and, you know, they probably installed some ramps as well. he's made a wheelchair accessible . accessible. >> wow. >> wow. >> i mean, that's going to get him some points. >> exactly. >> yeah exactly. >> yeah exactly. >> believed in exact >> he believed in the exact opposite of diversity. >> and i because um, the reason why jeffrey epstein kept inviting scientists over because heianed inviting scientists over because he invited a lot of scientists over. >> oven >> he also the uncomfortable truth invited gore over truth envoy invited al gore over like taylor swift . i was in like taylor swift. i was in shock when i saw the picture . shock when i saw the picture. >> do you think any left wing politicians didn't go to epstein's island ? epstein's island? >> uh, yeah . >> uh, yeah. >> uh, yeah. >> i'm sure a lot of left wing politicians didn't. >> bernie sanders didn't come. the point is, is he wanted to prove create. >> he he was looking basically into eugenics. jeffrey epstein seems to think that it was his

genetic that needed to survive. and he was to talking all these high level scientists about how he populate all these he should populate all these women. >> think it's also >> and i think it's also important to say the important to say in the interests balance, i interests of balance, which i always like to try and do, is that everybody went that not everybody who went to the was that. i was the island was doing that. i was working stephen hawking the island was doing that. i was woritime. stephen hawking the island was doing that. i was woritime. i stephen hawking the island was doing that. i was woritime. i did:ephen hawking the island was doing that. i was woritime. i did a)hen hawking the island was doing that. i was woritime. i did a big| hawking the island was doing that. i was woritime. i did a big campaign. this time. i did a big campaign. >> this was going to >> i thought this was going to be i thought was going to be i thought this was going to be i thought this was going to be not on the be a confession, not on the island, but actually and without being crass about it. >> yeah. physical capabilities. when you're saying you're engaging in orgies, it's one of the suggestions clearly the suggestions is clearly nonsense the taylor swift nonsense that the taylor swift one. it's interesting how one. and it's interesting how many were played around. many names were played around. and when we looked at the photograph, went photograph, because that went around social media, was around the social media, it was actually a photograph. i checked around the social media, it was actlthis a photograph. i checked around the social media, it was actlthis out.|otograph. i checked around the social media, it was actlthis out. itograph. i checked around the social media, it was actlthis out. i do raph. i checked around the social media, it was actlthis out. i do something:ked out this out. i do something called fake or faked. andrew fact. guy called monte fact. it was a guy called monte lipman, who's ceo of republic records looks bit like records and who looks a bit like jeffrey epstein. the revelations . so what's happening? there's a lot of rubbish which is spoken. there were more revelations before actually came out than before it actually came out than actually there. so always question everything . yeah. question everything. yeah. >> so i did see something about stephen hawking and a

predilection for, uh, for small little people doing equations on a blackboard that turned out to be shockingly fake. i couldn't believe they were fake . but believe they were fake. but surely, i mean, stephen hawking, you know, if he's on an island with underage girls, i mean, he's the ability to bend he's got the ability to bend time. so would that a legal time. so would that be a legal defence? know, defence? he could, you know, create would create a wormhole that would suddenly transport them to being legal. >> right. legal. >> thatt. legal. >> that is a pilot of a show thatis >> that is a pilot of a show that is never going to be seen, mate . that absolutely hideous. >> do you think do you think it's going to hurt the us election? >> the democrats chance and the us election? >> i don't think it is because at the point now with biden and biden is so compromised when it comes to you see him speak, comes to when you see him speak, when you deliver when you see you see him deliver his words every body, whether it's right, looks at it's left or right, looks at biden and goes, he's not fit for purpose be president. and it purpose to be president. and it doesn't what they say doesn't matter what they say about trump, trump about trump, because trump supporters be supporters will always just be thinking, well, you're only supporters will always just be thinki that /ell , you're only supporters will always just be thinki that inl , you're only supporters will always just be thinki that in orderr're only supporters will always just be thinki that in order to only supporters will always just be thinki that in order to discredit using that in order to discredit him and stop him trying to run. >> i mean, in complete agreeance

. yes, you can turn up to a place where many crimes have been committed commit been committed and not commit a crime yourself. you can do that. however, what i would be quite is that an invitation where we 90, is that an invitation where we go, let's go to hatton garden. story um. however, i think that what i would be interested in is not just the list of names i would be interested in who went with other people because , you with other people because, you know, conspiracies, in order for them to work, you need to have these people meet up and be in these people meet up and be in the same place do their the same place and do their evil plotting together. >> right . can plotting together. >> right. can make plotting together. >> other right.can make plotting together. >> other pointiht . can make plotting together. >> other point as. can make plotting together. >> other point as well? make plotting together. >> other point as well? weake one other point as well? we always talk about young girls. they that. some of they talk about that. some of the who are their the people who are listed, their preferences probably preferences were probably for young opposite sex, young boys of the opposite sex, and mentioned. and that's never been mentioned. >> well, up >> right. okay. well, right up next mark dolan tonight. what next is mark dolan tonight. what have you got us tonight, have you got for us tonight, mark? leo job this evening. >> we could pick baton at >> we could pick up the baton at 9:00. to say it's 9:00. i'm afraid to say it's game over for the playboy prince. it's time that king charles took his brother in hand . it's a busy show. we're live from nine. i've got some sympathy for prince andrew. >> when he paid all that money

to make it go away. and it didn't go away. what's money for? if you can't do things like that? anyway, thanks to my brilliant panel tonight, diane spencen spencer, andrew eborn and frances hope i'll see you frances foster hope i'll see you again next and don't again next week. and don't forget well. forget headliners as well. tonight's comedians tonight's three top comedians going through the newspapers. that's tonight. that's at 11 pm. tonight. goodbye >> it looks like things are heating up. boxt boiler is sponsors of weather on gb news . sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello there . i'm greg >> hello there. i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news, weather. looking at the next 24 hours or so it's going to remain cold, frost and ice tonight. some fog patches again as well and then fairly dry and bright through sunday. it's itself . and that's because it's itself. and that's because high pressure is going to dominate into next week. it starts to draw in colder air from the east. and we'll all nofice from the east. and we'll all notice that. but for this evening and overnight it generally still a westie split across the country. clear skies across the country. clear skies across scotland , northern across scotland, northern ireland, of wales and the ireland, parts of wales and the south frost , fog and

south west. some frost, fog and ice forming here. icy stretches elsewhere as well. temps is hovering close to freezing, falling well below freezing in the glens scotland , down to the glens of scotland, down to around —7 or 8, possibly a little lower in 1 or 2 spots, but it means a sunny start here. any fog patches will be slow to clear the north—west of clear across the north—west of the but they will eventually the uk, but they will eventually lift and break to allow sunny spells and elsewhere generally dry spells . scattered dry with sunny spells. scattered showers on a brisk showers though on a brisk northeasterly breeze across southeast and some southeast england and some feeding in off the north sea for northern england too, and temperatures on cold side , temperatures on the cold side, generally celsius, add on generally 3 to 5 celsius, add on the that wind. it the strength of that wind. it will feel colder than the numbers suggest near freezing and another icy start monday morning. of dry weather, morning. plenty of dry weather, a brisk easterly wind developing across england and wales in particular. it could blow in a few wintry showers, but most places dry and bright and it stays largely dry through tuesday and into wednesday as well . and staying on the cold well. and staying on the cold side . side. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> hello . good evening. you're >> hello. good evening. you're with gb news. i'm sam francis. the headlines at 11 are flooding across parts of england has been described as an absolute nightmare. that's as 190 flood warnings and more than 200 flood alerts still remain in place. the government has announced thousands of pounds for communities that are affected. people in eligible areas can apply for up to £500 to help with the immediate costs , and with the immediate costs, and there's also an offer of up to £5,000 in grants for some homes and businesses. it comes as more flooding is expected to hit parts of the midlands, lincolnshire and the river thames with exceptionally high and in some cases record river levels . in the us. newly levels. in the us. newly released court documents suggest that prince andrew, who had daily massages at jeffrey

epstein's home in florida , epstein's home in florida, testimony from epstein's housekeeper , says the prince housekeeper, says the prince spent weeks at the convicted pedophile's palm beach property. prince andrew strongly denies any wrongdoing. meanwhile it's being reported that he's facing a multi—million pound bill here in the uk for security costs. if he wants to remain at his home on the windsor estate . labour is on the windsor estate. labour is calling on the prime minister to release documents that could reveal his doubts about the rwanda scheme, reports have suggested that rishi sunak wasn't convinced that the migration plan would work. that was he was chancellor . was when he was chancellor. opposition mps he should opposition mps say he should come clean. it comes as the conservative leader faces a growing battle over his flagship plan, with the former immigration minister threatening to vote it down unless changes are made. the bill has passed its second reading in the commons, but robert jenrick abstained from that vote, claiming it wouldn't succeed in its current form . it's being its current form. it's being reported that rishi sunak's new

pensions minister is being investigated for breaching expenses rules , according to the expenses rules, according to the times, paul maynard used more than £100,000 of taxpayers to money promote the conservative party and his own re—election. the amount appears to have been spent on printing stationery and rent , among spent on printing stationery and rent, among other things. the allegations came to light after allegations came to light after a local conservative member raised concerns . the mp for raised concerns. the mp for blackpool north has denied any wrongdoing . the chancellor says wrongdoing. the chancellor says that he's not sure if the government can afford to offer voters any more tax cuts before the next election. a 2% reduction in national insurance came into force today , which came into force today, which jeremy hunt claims will benefit 27 million people and save the average family. with two earners nearly £1,000 this year. however the government has frozen the income tax threshold, which has pushed many into higher brackets. that's offset the benefit of the national insurance cut. the chancellor admits that further cuts are unlikely . unlikely. >> was right to support families