>> morning 930 on monday the 22nd of january. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, andrew pierce and bev turner tackling bbc bias. >> the government has set out tougher scrutiny of the broadcaster to deal with perceived problems with impartiality. lucy frazer is the culture secretary >> what i'm interested in is what audio announces say and what audio announces say and what we know from statistics from ofcom is that audiences are feeling like the bbc is not performing that role in relation to impartiality , desantis drops out. >> the florida governor, ron desantis , dropped out of the desantis, dropped out of the 2024 republican presidential race. he's endorsed that man , race. he's endorsed that man, donald trump. >> winston churchill once remarked that success is not final. failure is not fatal. it is the courage to continue that counts while this campaign has ended, the mission continues and fergie's cancer shock the

duchess of york, sarah ferguson, has revealed that she has skin cancer. >> cancen >> this is just months after being treated for breast cancer. and the storms are battering britain. >> storm isha hit the uk overnight with winds of up to 99 miles an hour, leaving tens of thousands without power and mass disruption for commuters . our disruption for commuters. our reporter sophie reaper is in blackpool . well the effects of blackpool. well the effects of storm isha are still very much being felt here as high winds and even higher waves continue to batter the coastline . to batter the coastline. in. >> we're gonna be talking to an mp who is strand added, stranded. i say. mp who is strand added, stranded. i say . yeah, on the stranded. i say. yeah, on the isle of wight. he can't get here. but we're going to find out what it's like out there. >> i could think of worse places to be stranded. >> let us know if you've >> me too. let us know if you've been affected the weather been affected by the weather this morning. views at gb this morning. gb views at gb news i went sleep.

news .uk. i went to sleep. i thought roof was going to thought the roof was going to fall in last night. and then i woke up this morning. camden calm, actually maybe calm calm, actually warm, maybe calm before yeah i felt before the storm. yeah i felt like it might have blown away all air, though. what like it might have blown away allyou air, though. what like it might have blown away allyou think?|ir, though. what do you think? at home, gbviews@gbnews.com is the email address this morning to get in touch. there's an awful to touch. there's an awful lot to get well. but first get through as well. but first of all, here's your very latest news with tatiana sanchez . news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth. thank you. your top stories from the gb newsroom. commuters are facing travel disruption this morning after storm echr batters the uk with all scotrail trains suspended until after the morning rush hour. until after the morning rush hour . police until after the morning rush hour. police have urged people to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary. winds topped 90mph across the country last night. a met office yellow warning for strong wind remains in place until midday, with warnings of gusts up to 80mph in exposed coastal areas. network rail has also suspended its services . flights have been

services. flights have been disrupted, with some cancellations also being made . cancellations also being made. ofcom will gain more powers over bbc online services , including bbc online services, including its news website, as part of changes unveiled by the government. reforms aimed at improving impartiality at the broadcaster could allow the regulator to enforce action over articles it does not believe meet certain standards. currently, ofcom is only able to issue an opinion on the matter. however, government recommendations say it will be given increased oversight over the bbc's online public services, including its news site and its youtube channel. the house of lords will debate the prime minister's controversial rwanda bill and its safety for asylum seekers . its safety for asylum seekers. the legislation was approved last week, with only 11 mps voting against it. many peers have already expressed their concerns about the scheme to put some asylum seekers on a one way flight to the east african nation, but the prime minister has urged the upper house not to

block what he's called the will of the people . the duchess of of the people. the duchess of york says she's in shock, but in good spirits after being diagnosed with skin cancer. sarah ferguson says she's taking some time to herself after having several moles removed with one being identified as cancerous . it's just months cancerous. it's just months after undergoing treatment for breast cancer. she's thanked well—wishers and medical staff for the support she's been given , and donald trump has described republican rival ron desantis as a really terrific person. after he ended his presidential campaign and endorsed the former president, his surprise announcement comes ahead of this week's new hampshire republican primary, where he was polling in the single digits . trump also the single digits. trump also said he wanted to thank desantis and says he looks forward to working with him. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump's only significant rival. >> florida been a refuge. >> florida has been a refuge. >> florida has been a refuge. >> can get more on all of >> you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our

website, news dot com. now website, gb news dot com. now back to andrew and . bev 64. back to andrew and. bev 64. >> right? we're on the telly. the bbc is to get tougher scrutiny over concerns about bias within the organisation . bias within the organisation. >> it's about time ofcom, the broadcasting watchdog, was to give powers to the police to police the corporation's websites and social media. >> so lucy fraser is the culture secretary and she spoke to gb news this morning. >> look what i'm interested in is what audiences say and what we know from statistics from ofcom is that audiences are feeling like the bbc is not performing that role in relation to impartiality , and they are to impartiality, and they are getting less impartial role. so last year, 39% of complaints about the bbc were about impartiality 30 when the year before they were 19. so trust in the impartiality of the bbc,

unfortunately, is going down now i >> response to this about their impartial . >> response to this about their impartial. the bbc have said no other organisation takes its commitment to impartiality more seriously . we have seriously. we have well—established and detailed plans to sustain and further improve standards. we know this matters to audiences and the bbc continues to be the number one source for trusted news, with the highest scores for impartiality and accuracy . i impartiality and accuracy. i don't know necessarily share that opinion about their impartiality and their accuracy, particularly in the last four years. andrew, what about you? >> well, i don't watch it very often, so it's a bit difficult to tell. i've pretty much given up on it, but i think a classic example is their obstinacy over what's happening in gaza . they what's happening in gaza. they refused initially to have anything to do with calling hamas terrorists. eventually after huge pressure, they now say an organisation proscribed as terrorist by the government come on, everybody knows they're

terrorists . it's a flipping terrorists. it's a flipping disgrace that the state funded broadcaster won't get with it. >> we see they would say that is a classic example of their impartiality in that they aren't taking a stand on a very complex partiality . partiality. >> political. >> political. >> it's their partiality towards palestine. >> arguably it is. >> arguably it is. >> let us know what you think at home. vaiews@gbnews.com. well, joining us now is former bbc executive and presenter roger bolton. good morning roger. thank you very much for joining us again on this topic. so how will this change things at the bbc and for the staff there , if bbc and for the staff there, if they're going to be ofcom regulated. so just so people understand, up until now the bbc effectively their effectively have their own complaints department, whereas other like us, we are other channels like us, we are regulated by ofcom and that is how we get our broadcasting licence. what will this mean for the bbc? >> well, i think what we're going to is that the bbc is going to say is that the bbc is still the most impartial organisation. i'm paid by organisation. i'm not paid by the been very critical the bbc. i've been very critical of is what's

of it, but it is what's happening is this we're at a penod. happening is this we're at a period . would you the gaza period. would you say the gaza conflict, very, very conflict, when very, very, very strong and very different opinions this opinions are held in this country whole range of country about a whole range of things, hold the line things, trying to hold the line is impossible on the one is nearly impossible on the one hand, you're getting jewish chronicle phillips chronicle melanie phillips calling the bbc the hamas broadcasting corporation . on the broadcasting corporation. on the other you get massive other hand, you get massive demonstrations by people supporting palestinians who supporting the palestinians who are upset the are deeply upset by the government. you look at the country whole. we're a very country as a whole. we're a very unhappy after brexit. unhappy country. after brexit. it be astonishing it would be astonishing if everybody thought was . everybody thought the bbc was. so real problem ? i so is there a real problem? i think there's a major problem. i think there's a major problem. i think there's a problem with giving ofcom as far as ofcom is chaired by a conservative peer , chaired by a conservative peer, and there's also a worry about bbc directors non—executive directors having more control . directors having more control. another proposal is they're nominated by government . just nominated by government. just think, a year's time we probably probably will have a labour government . they put a labour government. they put a labour person into ofcom as the chair. they start to the bbc governance

is very, very careful about giving too much power to its appointed. it's chair, appointed by the government and is a government . government. >> it's a very good point actually, roger, because effectively what you're saying is this is about more government control of the state broadcaster . the government would say, well , this is in order to render the content impartial. but of course , as you say, the risk is that all it means is that it becomes more of the voice piece of propaganda for whichever government is in power at that time , there's always a danger. time, there's always a danger. >> it's not the state broadcaster that it's not the state, the national broadcaster. i think it's different. it's not funded directly by tax. it's funded directly by tax. it's funded by what many people , funded by what many people, protestant capitalists look , the protestant capitalists look, the bbc has always meant a bit. the other government is in power. it needs a licence to increase its product. but there are a lot of people passionately committed in the new and elsewhere in the

organisation to try and stop that and to push it back. so it's a perpetual, perpetual argument going on and leaks to the press. this very healthy. the press. this is very healthy. i say that, you know, i would say that, you know, organisations like your own and i you would welcome i welcome you would welcome others. i'm fine . you are others. i'm fine. you are partial to a degree. you're very clear about where you stand. you listen to people like me boring onto you. but you're very. that's fine. as long as somewhere as an organisation which and is which tries to be and is required impartial. but required to be impartial. but beware of governments extending power on broadcasters. so always dangerous, of course. >> roger, you know there is a problem. surely it was no less a figure than mark thompson, who was director general of the bbc, a very good director general of the bbc, who said that he conceded there was a problem with an institutional bias to the left and he said it was there when he arrived and it was there when he arrived and it was there when he left. and i would argue it's still there. >> well, hold on a second. i was his editor when he was a young researcher, and i presume i'm the wasn't the editor. he wasn't complaining me. we were

complaining about me. we were mates. is a lot of mates. what is true is a lot of young people go the bbc young people go to the bbc younger people tend to be socially they don't socially liberal. they don't have views, about have any views, usually about the economy like that. the economy and else like that. so it's absolutely true that younger tend more younger people tend to be more socially liberal. their editors and bosses are older and and their bosses are older and another jevon hirst and everything absolutely. everything else. absolutely. should continue dialogue, should this continue dialogue, i you know, i would say that the bbc's in the past has been bbc's bias in the past has been more metropolitan, and it's the greater danger is that it is out of touch with different parts of the country and what people feel . it's got to work at that. but it tries desperately hard to be impartial think largely is impartial and i think largely is politicians their politicians are. that's their job, not to be impartial, be metropolitan is an outrage because they shouldn't be metropolitan because of the people the licence fee. people who pay the licence fee. >> most of them aren't metropolitan. and look what happened brexit. roger happened during brexit. roger it was shameful. i'm just thinking what roger mosey, less what roger mosey, no less a former of yours, former colleague of yours, former colleague of yours, former of bbc former director of bbc television, he said during former director of bbc telebrexit he said during former director of bbc telebrexit debateie said during former director of bbc telebrexit debate brexit during former director of bbc telebrexit debate brexit voters the brexit debate brexit voters were portrayed by bbc as were portrayed by the bbc as bbc's people in fish and bbc's angry people in fish and chip shops in clapton. i was one

of those people in that fish and chip shop. roger. yes >> i've never been to clapton. i'm afraid i do like fish and chips. roger i i'm afraid i do like fish and chips. rogeri like him. he's a chips. roger i like him. he's a good guy. he writes very well. interestingly, that's wokeist. that's look what that's just daft. look at what went apart went wrong with brexit. apart from the bbc. i agree not being sufficiently what people thought is we didn't have the second part. the argument, is we didn't have the second part. the argument , the first part. the argument, the first argument is the first part of the argument is what's wrong with with with what's wrong with membership and membership of europe, europe and the second, is there anything better? i blame the broadcast in what? once we leave, what we're going to do . we didn't have that going to do. we didn't have that debate. the government didn't have that debate. the country is left in a situation where we don't know what doing. don't know what we're doing. i think was the fault of think that was the fault of broadcast not looking forward and say, okay, to leave. what do you do now ? that was actually a you do now? that was actually a failure of journalism . as roger failure of journalism. as roger notes, his line about it's a good line, but it's not very true. >> all right. >> all right. >> well, okay, he would say that though, of course, wouldn't he? thank roger bolton, who was thank you. roger bolton, who was

of senior bbc executive. >> i have not paid by the bbc. >> i have not paid by the bbc. >> you're not i know you're not. but think once a man, but i think once a bbc man, roger always bbc man. forgive roger always a bbc man. forgive me once a bbc, always a bbc man. rogen me once a bbc, always a bbc man. roger. thank you. he's shouting at he's shouting away me. at me. he's shouting away at me. still sarah dyke in studio still sarah dyke in the studio with i love roger. >> sara, i love roger. >> sara, i love roger. >> he's great. i know his voice just is. >> yeah. he's great. just is. >> it'sh. he's great. just is. >> it's so.ie's great. just is. >> it's so. andjreat. just is. >> it's so. and he's. just is. >> it's so. and he's an iconic voice. >> i used to listen to on radio four and he loved him. but i, i mean, i love the bbc's dramatic output. what they do, i like the iplayer. i don't want to listen to news patronising me and to bbc news patronising me and sneering me. sneering at me. >> the thing about the bbc is it's always had a sort of gentleman's agreement with the british public, which is that it has this sort of remit and has this huge sort of remit and power and it will of behave power and it will sort of behave itself, and it just feels like over the last few years it's slightly let that slip. and i think people like you, think people i think like you, andrew, still love andrew, most people still love the but just a bit the bbc, but they're just a bit annoyed with it because it does annoying like gary annoying things like gary lineker and stuff like said. and so i think that's it so i think i think that's it sort of needs to get its own

house thought what house in order. i thought what roger saying about roger bolton was saying about the of culture the the sort of culture inside the bbc the executives and the bbc of the executives and the people who there. done people who work there. i've done lots of shows on the bbc and there guardian there basically guardian readers. know, readers. not that, you know, that's are. that's that's who they are. that's their their political their those are their political leanings and that's, you know, that's but the there is that's fine. but the there is a very strong centre left bias throughout and it's not just in the output just within the just want to say on the guardian, it may sound like a trivial point, but it's true. >> every year it comes out which newspaper papers do the buy newspaper papers do the bbc buy or mass? most way. i mean, it's the guardian and observer and the guardian and observer and the mail are way down the bottom. >> i've never seen a copy of the daily mail. >> no, they hate us. >> no, they hate us. >> and it's. and it's and it's funny because, you know, if ever i do go on i don't very much. there's sort of slight there's always a sort of slight sense surprise i don't sense of surprise that i don't actually set of horns, actually have a set of horns, tail. and there's there is definitely that culture. and the metropolitan point very good metropolitan point is very good as it's interesting because >> but it's interesting because because what we're effectively talking people who

talking about are the people who are working there. so who is creating the output, who's writing we're writing the scripts, and we're talking about a sort of predominantly privately educated and a kind of champagne socialist , they socialist crowd, actually, they do very well. they get paid well . i mean, if you ever watched iai mean, it's a great satire. >> it is a brilliant satire, but it's actually, you know, it's but does that, does that, does this be ofcom being involved with bbc's output. >> will it change that . it change. >> it can't get involved with what on air. can't do what it puts on air. it can't do any that. but what it's going any of that. but what it's going to change the way the, the output that the bbc does, you have to change culture have to change the culture at the bbc. >> can't just them with >> you can't just beat them with a because it won't work. a stick because it won't work. it to be organic and it it needs to be organic and it needs to come from within. and so they just need to employ some people are maybe quite people who are maybe not quite so that category. so much in that category. there's that have some different views. >> programs are marking their own homework. so there's a complaint about this program somebody else has. it's fine then. yeah. you know it's got to be screw up on this be if we screw up on this program we are going to be we're going to ofcom are going to come

down on us. >> i think if they just had >> but i think if they just had some different voices within the organisation station, you know, slightly against organisation station, you know, sligh'because against organisation station, you know, sligh'because it's against organisation station, you know, sligh'because it's quite gainst organisation station, you know, sligh'because it's quite aiinst organisation station, you know, sligh'because it's quite a lazy that, because it's quite a lazy culture. you know, it's i mean, the reason why a is such a good parody is that it's so easy to parody is that it's so easy to parody because it's so obvious they, they're not as hungry, though, commercial though, as a commercial broadcaster which broadcaster like gb news, which is its life the is fighting for its life the whole time because they don't have it. have to worry about it. >> they don't. >> no they don't. >> no they don't. >> right, sarah, stay with us. >> right, sarah, stay with us. >> so yesterday, florida governor ron desantis dropped out presidential out of the 2024 presidential race party. race for the republican party. >> the trump campaign responded with a statement saying was with a statement saying it was time for republicans to rally behind him defeat biden. behind him to defeat joe biden. >> donald trump was filmed >> so donald trump was filmed giving reaction to the news. >> he just said, will i be using the name ron desanctimonious? i said that name is officially retired . retired. >> so if you couldn't hear what he said, then he said, i've been told so he used this nickname, ron desantis timonius for ron desantis . and he said that that

desantis. and he said that that nickname has been officially retired. sarah elliott is a spokeswoman for republican overseas. good morning sarah. great to see you. morning. great to see you write your reaction then to ron desantis pulling out what does this mean? well this means that nikki haley is the only candidate that might be able to dethrone the donald, but it's looking less and less likely. >> we are moving into new hampshire, where desantis saw he didn't have a path to victory. it's a more moderate voting bloc . trump still leads there with 54% of the vote. nikki haley comes in second with 37. uh, but she's got to do a lot better with conservatives if she's going to beat the donald. and everyone is guessing that trump will walk away with it with a harden , uh, tomorrow. and then harden, uh, tomorrow. and then really, what's the point of south carolina and all the other primaries ? there will be that primaries? there will be that kind of anticipation. everybody

will know that the donald is getting coronated and he is the republican nominee for president. >> and $150 million desantis has spent. >> so , ira, how did he get it so >> so, ira, how did he get it so badly wrong? because he was seen as the one person who could stop trump. >> well , you know, i trump. >> well, you know, i think it's kind of it's a trump factor. i don't know of anybody could actually take on trump and really , um, dethrone him and really, um, dethrone him and really, um, dethrone him and really get him out of the race. >> um, he's, uh, teflon don and, you know , i think desantis did you know, i think desantis did a lot of things right with iowa. he put all his efforts on the ground, visited all 99 counties. he's had all the right endorsements . he's had all the right endorsements. um, you he's had all the right endorsements . um, you know, you endorsements. um, you know, you could argue he should have started his race six months earlier. five months earlier , earlier. five months earlier, right after the midterms. and donald trump was seen as a real weight on the republican ticket, uh, really dragging us down.

lost another election cycle . lost another election cycle. but, um, you know , maybe it's but, um, you know, maybe it's just not his time. >> okay. thank you. sarah i'm afraid it's brief this morning. we've got a very packed show. sarah, i know what the other sarah, i know what the other sarah thinks. >> trump. it's going to be trump versus trump, isn't it? >> it's extraordinary. >> yeah, it's extraordinary. i mean, fascinated by this mean, i'm fascinated by this because have because they're going to have their in november and their election in november and we're going to have our election. >> we will probably be the week after. >> so ours will probably be the week so america could week after. so america could elect kind of slightly swivel elect a kind of slightly swivel eyed man, only slightly, eyed orange man, only slightly, um, slightly. you um, only slightly. i know you love don't love him. love him. i don't love him. >> better biden. >> he's just better than biden. >> he's just better than biden. >> then we could end up with >> and then we could end up with starmer, which that would be quite interesting. yeah. uh for the you know, for the the atlantic, you know, for the special relationship. the atlantic, you know, for the special re of ionship. the atlantic, you know, for the special re of the hip. the atlantic, you know, for the special re of the tories think if >> some of the tories think if the election, the tory, the general election is a week after trump elected, people will be trump is elected, people will be so by the instability so panicked by the instability caused trump . people think, caused by trump. people think, stay devil you know stay with the devil you know which it could play in the conservative rishi sunak. >> yeah . >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> interesting. it's >> that's interesting. it's really fascinating . really fascinating.

>> for ron desantis >> the trouble for ron desantis is had all the same policies is he had all the same policies as trump. he just wasn't trump . as trump. he just wasn't trump. yeah. he is so much yeah. no, because he is so much bigger. and what he represents to the people who feel completely disenfranchised from the in america and they the elite in america and they feel they are feel that they are they are poorer , that life is not as kind poorer, that life is not as kind to them. we have the same here. we have the migrants pouring in every day on the mexican border borders that they see that trump will saviour. will be their saviour. >> well, think a lot of people >> well, i think a lot of people think that needs to finish think that he needs to finish the job. yes, that's that's the thing. they've they've a thing. they've they've seen a bit of him. >> they think he was >> they still think he was cheated time. they still cheated last time. they still think last time. think he still last time. >> should finish the job. >> that should finish the job. they that you know biden's they think that you know biden's been and all been a disaster and weak and all of kind of stuff. and they of this kind of stuff. and they and they and they and do you think that he'll run as his running mate? >> he was so rude about >> i think he was so rude about him wasn't he. him just there wasn't he. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i think he'll go i think he'll probably have woman. he'll probably have a woman. >> yes, going to i mean >> yes, he's going to i mean he's tom moore wants to run he's not tom moore wants to run for him. >> well, so you're going to grope her boobs. >> going to get very

>> it is going to get very interesting, isn't interesting, though, isn't it? i mean, i, you know, it's so in the realms of the mad what's happening america, sort happening in america, sort of almost happen. happening in america, sort of alnyou happen. happening in america, sort of alnyou never happen. happening in america, sort of alnyou never thought happen. happening in america, sort of alnyou never thought if appen. happening in america, sort of alnyou never thought if youzn. happening in america, sort of alnyou never thought if you were >> you never thought if you were writing a tv script about a crazy, know, president, you crazy, you know, president, you wouldn't think that this, that america 330 america with a population of 330 million, serve up million, is going to serve up those yeah, again, one those two. yeah, again, one who's 81 already and one who's 77. >> exactly. system is just completely flawed. >> is about money, right? >> we need to move on. thank you so much, sarah. so winds of so much, sarah. uh, so winds of up to 90 miles an hour have battered the uk as storm echr sweeps across britain, the met office has warned a danger to lives from flying debris, with thousands suffering from power cuts and flooding. >> why? >> why? >> ridiculous parts of scotland, the and northern the isle of man and northern ireland on tornado watch . i ireland are on tornado watch. i mean, you can watch out for a tornado doesn't necessarily mean that. >> you? much good. it's >> do you? much good. it's coming i you should put coming. i think you should put your helmet on. your tin helmet on. >> we're joined now by northern ireland beattie >> we're joined now by northern ire portstewart beattie >> we're joined now by northern ireportstewart our beattie >> we're joined now by northern ireportstewart our north ie in portstewart and our north west of england reporter, sophie reapen west of england reporter, sophie reaper, is in blackpool. reaper, who is in blackpool. dougie sign of dougie to you first. any sign of the tornado ? know that we're

the tornado? know that we're watching for. >> well, if there was going to be a tornado it would be here across the bay here at mcgilligan street in to portstewart and you can see behind me, actually the sun has broke out there. you can no longer see mcgilligan pointing behind us. but yeah, last night i was trying to do a live here and it was 80 mile an hour winds. it was quite hard i can assure you. i've got the better deal this morning than sophie, but there's over 50,000 homes, up to 50,000 homes without power in northern ireland nearly 235,000 premises in the republic of ireland with no power . 235,000 premises in the republic of ireland with no power. and there's over a thousand blockages on the roads here due mainly to fallen trees . and of mainly to fallen trees. and of course, we have the public sector strikes here in northern ireland, which means a lot of the lads that would be cutting those trees out of the forestry or won't be out and about. so that will delay things even further here. but these storms are pretty much rehearsed in

northern ireland over and over the years. we're well used to them, and the electricity service here will be fit to connect locals very , very connect locals very, very shortly. so northern ireland very much getting back to normal this morning and unfortunately for england that has crossed the irish sea and is now with yourself . yourself. >> okay. thank you so much dougie. talking of which, let's go to sophie reaper in the wonderful town of blackpool. sophie blackpool is no stranger to a windy day there on the front. i've been there many a times. how is it today? well it's absolutely very, very windy here today. >> you can see that the coastline, the flood defences are being absolutely battered by very , very high waves. are being absolutely battered by very , very high waves . we may very, very high waves. we may have been downgraded to a yellow wind warning, but it certainly doesn't feel like it here in blackpool today . the met office blackpool today. the met office still warning people , though, still warning people, though, that could be danger to that there could be danger to life, especially people in coastal towns and cities all over the uk like blackpool. they are being warned to take extreme

caution today and it seems that people are adhering to that because there really is no one around here on the front in blackpool this morning. all right , that's sophie and dougie. right, that's sophie and dougie. >> thanks. and sticking with the weather, here is your latest forecast. helmet time forecast. tin helmet time a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather. i'm ellie glaisyer storm isha brought some very wet and windy weather across the uk last night, but it will gradually be moving away. however, it will still leave a very windy day through monday. plenty of blustery showers pushing in from the these likely be the west. these likely to be heaviest across northern ireland and parts of scotland and and into parts of scotland and for even see for scotland. we could even see some showers across the some wintry showers across the high best of the high ground. the best of the sunshine across the and sunshine across the south and the through monday the east through monday afternoon, temperatures the east through monday afterrwel, temperatures the east through monday afterrwel, reacheratures the east through monday afterrwel, reach 10 ures the east through monday afterrwel, reach 10 ores the east through monday afterrwel, reach 10 or 11 here. we could reach 10 or 11 degrees, with some strong degrees, but with some strong northwesterly that will northwesterly winds that will take edge off the

take the edge off the temperatures of us temperatures for all of us through of monday , through the rest of monday, those continue to push those showers continue to push in from the west, turning particularly heavy across parts of northern ireland and scotland . but they gradually start . but they will gradually start to from the southwest, so to ease from the southwest, so turning drier here turning a little bit drier here through on monday and into through later on monday and into the of tuesday the early hours of tuesday morning. will be some morning. so there will be some clear and bit of clear spells and a bit of a dner clear spells and a bit of a drier start to tuesday itself a chillier night compared to sunday night temperatures widely dropping in the low to mid single figures, perhaps a little milder across the very far southwest, but we could even see a of frost across parts of a touch of frost across parts of scotland. those drier conditions to tuesday don't to start on tuesday don't last long system pushes long as this next system pushes in west through the day in from the west through the day on tuesday, some on tuesday, bringing some particularly to particularly heavy rain to northern ireland. western parts of northwest of scotland into northwest england as well, england and wales, as well, which lead to some further which could lead to some further flooding. we've already flooding. after we've already seen that rain from storm isha . seen that rain from storm isha. strong also accompany strong winds will also accompany this mild this as well as those mild temperatures, so temperatures generally remaining above average the time of year. average for the time of year. >> that feeling inside and >> that warm feeling inside and from boxt boilers sponsors of

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transgender pupils sleep in the boarding house of the gender they choose to be. >> what do you make of that? >> what do you make of that? >> and if you were paying a lot of money for your kid to go to that school, what would you make of that do let us know. >> i'll tell you what you would make you would feel you make of it. you would feel you couldn't complain because the kind of thing you're not allowed to say, am i right? >> what's happening to this country? >> gb views at news. is >> gb views at gb news. com is the email address. first, though, latest news though, the very latest news with sanchez . with tatiana sanchez. >> bev thank you. 10:02. your top stories from the gb newsroom at the most severe wind warnings have now passed after storm isha hit with gusts of up to 99mph, disrupting airlines and cutting power supplies . northern ireland power supplies. northern ireland electricity network said 40,000 customers are now without power for commuters across the country, have been facing travel disruption this morning, with all scotrail trains suspended until after the morning rush houn until after the morning rush hour. a met office yellow

warning for strong wind remains in place until midday, with warnings of gusts of up to 80mph in exposed coastal areas. police are urging people to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary . ofcom will gain more necessary. ofcom will gain more powers over bbc online services , powers over bbc online services, including its news website , as including its news website, as part of changes unveiled by the government. reforms aimed at improving impartiality, the broadcaster could allow the regulator to enforce action over articles it does not believe meet certain standards. current ofcom is only able to issue an opinion on the matter. however government recommendations say it will be given increased oversight over the bbc's online pubuc oversight over the bbc's online public services , including its public services, including its news site and its youtube channel. culture secretary lucy frazer told gb news is important new rules are respected and the impartiality of the bbc is really important and i think it's really important that those who work for the bbc and this is what the guidelines say, respect that impartiality and that they

don't undermine the reputation of the bbc. >> obviously it's for the bbc and not for me to determine whether those guidelines have been crossed by any particular presenter . been crossed by any particular presenter. and it's something that i know audiences and i are monitoring very carefully . monitoring very carefully. >> the duchess of york says she's in shock, but in good spirits after being diagnosed with skin cancer. sarah ferguson says she's taking some time to herself after having several moles removed, with one being identified as cancerous . it's identified as cancerous. it's just months after undergoing treatment for breast cancer. she's thanked well—wishers and medical staff for the support , medical staff for the support, but that she's been given . close but that she's been given. close to half a million households will be unable to afford to keep their homes warm this winter, following a price cap increase this month. ultra revealed the increase on january first led to a 12% rise in households affected by fuel poverty, compared to october last year.

the data firm says the cost of living crisis is still dominating households right across the country, according to the new research. the uk now has 4.29 million households experienced fuel poverty. that's up from 3.83 million in. the labour party is accusing the government of turning a blind to eye what it's calling corruption , after new data showed water bosses are pocketing millions of pounds despite overseeing illegal sewage spills, figures show water chiefs have received more than £10 million in bonuses and almost 15 million in incentives since the last general election in 2019. it's also received just over £621,000 in benefits. earlier today on gb news shadow environment secretary steve reed was asked what labour would do differently if it was in power. >> you meant to get a bonus when you're doing a good job, not when you're overseeing failure

and illegal behaviour. and yet this is what's going on. your question was how can we how can we with that problem? well, we deal with that problem? well, what is we would we what we would do is we would we would amend industry would amend the water industry act to the regulator for act to give the regulator for ofwat the power they need to ban water bosses paying themselves bonuses while they are responsible for severe and repeated levels of illegal sewage discharge into our waterways . waterways. >> millions of parents in england are being urged to book measles jabs for their children amid a growing risk of outbreaks across the country, officials say the decline in maintaining routine childhood vaccinations is concerning. it's after the uk health security agency declared a national incident, confirming . a national incident, confirming. 216 cases and 103 probable cases in the west midlands since october. a vaccine catch up scheme will target all parents of children aged 6 to 11, urging them to make an appointment for any missed mmr jabs. them to make an appointment for any missed mmr jabs . and donald any missed mmr jabs. and donald trump has described republican

rival ron desantis as a really terrific person as he ended his presidential campaign and endorsed the former president. his surprise announcement comes ahead of this week's new hampshire republican primary, where mr desantis was polling in the single digits . trump also the single digits. trump also said he wanted to thank mr desantis , and said he looks desantis, and said he looks forward to working with him. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump's only significant rival . those are your top rival. those are your top stories on gb news across the uk. on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now back to andrew and . bev now back to andrew and. bev >> very good morning. it's 1007. >> very good morning. it's1007. let's see what you've been saying at home. brian has said when labour lost the last election, the bbc went into mourning for a week. i couldn't believe it. their left wing bias is incredible. >> they didn't see that

landslide coming. they also did not see brexit coming, did they? because they hardly talked about it and as roger mosley said in that piece , people who supported that piece, people who supported brexit were derided we went brexit were derided as we went to fish and chip shop in to a fish and chip shop in clapham they did, or a kebab clapham and they did, or a kebab shop once questioned policy. >> em- policy. >> they didn't question. >> for me, they didn't question. it was so sided. that whole it was so one sided. that whole debate, um, gb news has always we've always strived to give you both sides of every story. yes, we have opinion as well and we know that you like to hear opinion because frankly, who wants to sit around a dinner table who don't have wants to sit around a dinner tatopinion who don't have wants to sit around a dinner tatopinion ? who don't have wants to sit around a dinner tatopinion ? boring ho don't have wants to sit around a dinner tatopinion ? boring and on't have wants to sit around a dinner tatopinion ? boring and bland, ve an opinion? boring and bland, bonng an opinion? boring and bland, boring and bland. >> you don't have agree with >> you don't have to agree with us. that's the point, isn't us. but that's the point, isn't it? michael says it? yeah, exactly. michael says the problem the bbc, i the problem with the bbc, i think, michael. they think, is spot on. michael. they think, is spot on. michael. they think the government. think, is spot on. michael. they thirtelmo the government. think, is spot on. michael. they thirtelmo has the government. think, is spot on. michael. they thirtelmo has saidgovernment. think, is spot on. michael. they thirtelmo has said bbc'nment. think, is spot on. michael. they thirtelmo has said bbc'nrout:. think, is spot on. michael. they thirtelmo has said bbc'nrout of >> telmo has said bbc is out of touch. it does not represent the general view of people. it is time to stop the tv licence and the ludicrous, unjustified high salaries. it's my money. i should a say where that should have a say where that money stop charging money goes or stop charging tv licence. it's important money goes or stop charging tv licdraw it's important money goes or stop charging tv lic draw a it's important money goes or stop charging tv lic draw a distinction nportant money goes or stop charging tv licdraw a distinction actually to draw a distinction actually between bbc news output and i have to say i always like their

local news, as bbc did very, very did i say i wouldn't very well. did i say i wouldn't watch it? really? now but they've done local news they've always done local news very they're broadcast very well, but they're broadcast output of their drama, very well, but they're broadcast outplfactual of their drama, very well, but they're broadcast outplfactual entertainmentima, very well, but they're broadcast outplfactual entertainment ,1a, very well, but they're broadcast outplfactual entertainment , the their factual entertainment, the best stuff in the world. the repair shop, antiques road show, all that lovely tv, lovely. but when it comes to news, they do, but also they do too much, too many channels. >> i mean, years ago they were going to get rid of bbc six. why are they still got bbc 346? they're the two. i mean they got rid of bbc three, the tv station and brought it back. >> yeah. alex says i'm a 90 year old widower and i pay the tv licence. i never watch bbc on television for years. why do i have to pay the licence? and why are 3500 people every month being for not paying being prosecuted for not paying their being prosecuted for not paying the that's an outrage. you're not >> that's an outrage. you're not a if you don't pay the a criminal if you don't pay the tv you are not tv licence, you are not a criminal and a bbc criminal and it's a bbc prosecution. of course, prosecution. because of course, a post office. they a bit like the post office. they can their own prosecutions. can do their own prosecutions. yeah. >> keep your emails coming in this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com. we love to hear so winds of up to

hear from you. so winds of up to nearly 100 an hour of nearly 100 miles an hour of batter. as asia batter. the uk as storm asia sweeps across britain. >> says there's >> the met office says there's still a danger to lives from flying debris. course, flying debris. and of course, many you know, are many people, as you know, are experienced power and flooding. >> so joining now is >> so joining us now is conservative the isle of conservative mp for the isle of wight, who was strand wight, bob seely, who was strand bob stranded. i mean it looks beautiful behind you now. you live places live in one of the best places in the entire world, in my opinion. you couldn't get opinion. but you couldn't get home yesterday. what was the weather what on home yesterday. what was the wea isle what on home yesterday. what was the weaisle wight at on home yesterday. what was the weaisle wight when on home yesterday. what was the weaisle wight when it's on home yesterday. what was the weaisle wight when it's like the isle of wight when it's like that? ferries, we that? with the ferries, we slightly batten the hatches i >> -- >> uh, the passenger ferries were cancelled through of were cancelled through most of yesterday really from about lunchtime so the lunchtime onwards. so the hovercraft, um, and the two passenger services, uh, and i think the, uh, even wightlink the car ferry services were shut down last night at the height of the storm. they're all back up now because as you can see, it's a beautiful, mild weather. now well, there's still a win a bit a bit of wind behind us. and i don't know if you can hear the roar of the sea. but it was roar of the sea. uh, but it was pretty tasty last night. >> um, massive difference. >> um, massive difference. >> all went >> wasn't it, when we all went

to last night, i thought the to bed last night, i thought the trees were going to fall in on the house middle of the the house in the middle of the night and woke up, and it is glorious. do you think sometimes, we're relying sometimes, bob, we're relying too much on forecast looking too much on the forecast looking forward. would forward. so the ferries would have cancelled, i imagine, have been cancelled, i imagine, for today, without to for today, without waiting to see weather be see what the weather would be like that must like in the morning, that must be frustrating when be particularly frustrating when you island. you live on an island. >> wasn't great. >> yeah, it wasn't great. i mean, to be honest, i think the ferries have run the ferries could have run the passenger probably could passenger ferries probably could have couple have run for another couple of services yesterday. but look, i don't blame them. they're they're the safety they're thinking of the safety of passengers. of their passengers. they're shutting service. shutting down the service. we know storm coming. what's know a storm is coming. what's actually worse the actually almost worse for the island, of island, because we sort of slightly the cancellations island, because we sort of sli storms the cancellations island, because we sort of sli storms and he cancellations island, because we sort of sli storms and badancellations island, because we sort of sli storms and bad weather)ns island, because we sort of sli storms and bad weather in; island, because we sort of sli storms and bad weather in our in storms and bad weather in our stride. what does affect people, in a way which is almost worse, is the landslips and the landslides. so back in december, we had of our worst we had one of our worst landslides for about 20 years. uh in ventnor and bonchurch, which is about eight miles over to my, to my right. um, and we had one road shut because of a landslip back in ten years ago

going into ventnor , the coast going into ventnor, the coast road, the undercliff road . and road, the undercliff road. and we've now got another road which is potentially long time affected as well. so ventnor used to have three a roads into the town . it's now only got one the town. it's now only got one and the railway was taken out in the 1960s as well. and we've got potentially military road potentially the military road behind running behind me. um, that's running very close to the sea now as well, because we've had coastal erosion since the military road was built back in the 1860s. and that's now creeping really close . so actually, the worst is not the not the storms, but the potential or the damage being done.long potential or the damage being done. long tum damage to our infrastructure don't we have to get better at planning for this stuff, bob? >> because with people this morning outages morning who've got power outages all across the uk and surely we recognise that in times of storms, power lines are going to get brought down. we just seem to be a bit rubbish at coping with anything that's out of the ordinary . ordinary. >> you're absolutely right, we're not great at doing either heat or cold. um, we are getting better. so on the island since

the 90s, since the 1990s, our coastline has been more closely monitored , especially around monitored, especially around ventnor, because the undercliff is the most unstable inhabited part of europe, because of all the rocks trying to the pressure on the earth and the different types of soft clays and soft rocks, etc. so it is one of the it's one of the places where there are the most landslips anywhere in europe . so we're anywhere in europe. so we're getting better at monitoring . getting better at monitoring. but what we're not necessarily doing , but what we're not necessarily doing, getting but what we're not necessarily doing , getting better at that doing, getting better at that very long time planning, although again, the environment agency, to give them their credit , are agency, to give them their credit, are spending of credit, are spending tens of millions in trying to solidify that coastline. so we get fewer landslips further up the hill. >> all right. can i ask you about another big story today, bob, on the front of the telegraph, in all the broadsheets, the government say that, um, ofcom are going to have have more power over the have to have more power over the bbc complaints, issues of bbc over complaints, issues of impartiality and bias. do you welcome that ? welcome that? >> do, and i slightly >> yeah, i do, and i slightly despair at the bbc. i think

look, for me, i remember when i was a junior foreign reporter back in the 90s and the soviet union, you used to see whenever i saw a bbc satellite dish at some story i was in, in some godforsaken part of the soviet union, i was really happy to see it because it meant that the times would want copy from times would want more copy from me, because when was me, because when i was a reporter and but also be because you really that the you were really proud that the bbc was british. um, and i think for me that the bbc has really lost its way. it hasn't become it's stopping being a, if you like, a service that is curious about the world, especially its news, what bev was talking about andifs news, what bev was talking about and it's become of lecture and it's become sort of lecture thing it's important that it thing and it's important that it makes diversity makes this point and diversity and point and diversity and and that point and diversity and you just wonder if maybe they spent less time lecturing us on black lives matters and maybe doing more time investigating the post office scandal. if real stories could actually be picked up and real scandals could have been investigated rather better than have been, think for than they have been, i think for me, bbc lectures us in its me, the bbc lectures us in its comedy. lectures us in its

comedy. it lectures us in its drama, and it lectures us in its news. and that's not the purpose of the so it's really got of the bbc. so it's really got to because to change its ways, because i think lost its way, i'm afraid. >> and just briefly, the papers are reporting also day 3500 people prosecuted people are being prosecuted covid sometimes every week, every month for not paying their tv licence. you're not a criminal, bob. in my view, if you criminal, bob. in my view, if you pay criminal, bob. in my view, if you pay your tv licence, you don't pay your tv licence, there's got to be another way . there's got to be another way. >> i mean, look, this is a difficult one. i would love to support the tv licence . at the support the tv licence. at the moment i'm not sure i could ever bnng moment i'm not sure i could ever bring for the bring myself to vote for the extension of the tv licence, because the has to speak for because the bbc has to speak for everybody speaks for everybody or it speaks for nobody. the problem is, nobody. and the problem is, everyone conservative everyone who's conservative thinks is failing and thinks the bbc is failing and everyone on the left british everyone on the left of british politics thinks bbc is politics thinks the bbc is great. and that, for me, indicates that the bbc is on one side the political argument side of the political argument and not on the other um and not on the other side. um i don't know the answer. i i hear, andrew, what you say about about private prosecutions because we've disgrace of the we've seen the disgrace of the of the post office prosecuting people. it was mainly under new

labour and then unfortunately, ed davey did his completely useless as post office useless role as post office minister in pretty much covering all that so we've seen what all that up. so we've seen what happens when you have private entities prosecute people and the injustice that accompanies it. so maybe we need to look again that. but right now , i again at that. but right now, i wouldn't voting. sadly for wouldn't be voting. sadly for the licence fee because the the bbc licence fee because the bbc prove that it's for bbc has to prove that it's for everybody and not just one segment with one voice. and it really does speak for urban elites. and i agree with a lot of what your viewers are saying. >> all right. that's bob seely , >> all right. that's bob seely, bob, we've lost him anyway. so he's ferry to catch. he's got a ferry to catch. probably storm. bob probably the storm. that's bob studio the studio of course, is the conservative mp for the isle of wight. >> i was thinking about the bbc as well. it's fact that also they write a lot of people they write off a lot of people as so the canadian as far. right. so the canadian truckers far right, the truckers were far right, the german tractors far right. the bbc just bandy that phrase around with they, around and they mean with they, they say left. do they often say far left. do they know . moving on. florida know right. moving on. florida governor ron desantis has dropped out of the 24 presidential race for the republican party. and he released video on x and ask

released this video on x and ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources . resources. >> if we don't have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspend my campaign . today suspend my campaign. >> ron desantis , that was >> ron desantis, that was a surprise. i mean, i knew he wasn't going to win, but to have pulled out so soon. we've got radison with us in the studio. ray, you're i know you're an american presidential election policy wonk, wonk, . did you see policy wonk, wonk,. did you see this coming? so soon? >> well, about a week ago, he started his superpac. don't back down. um, started relieving staff. and, um, that was a big sign, you know, essentially started backing down. and obviously it's now it's now closed. so that was a big hint. he started cancelling, uh, tv interviews. um, we so ahead of his resignation last night, he'd actually cancelled his interviews for this weekend. right. and i think he just went home, maybe went to florida. had had a good look in the mirror. he thought, look, 200 he thought, look, i spent 200 million on iowa. >> it's expensive.

>> it's expensive. >> it's expensive. >> i mean, that's a lot of money. >> 30 points behind trump. okay. he second, but he was still he came second, but he was still 30 points behind trump. you only do only one. do one, only do one. >> iowa that was 200 million. >> he was polling at something like 6% in new hampshire. um, way behind both of the other two candidates. and it just, you know, how much longer can you keep spending money. the keep spending money. so the question asking this question people were asking this morning, ray, is will he run with trump? morning, ray, is will he run with think)? morning, ray, is will he run with think it's very unlikely. >> i think it's very unlikely. >> i think it's very unlikely. >> firstly, he's got some major problems is the reason why problems that is the reason why he's out. you know, he's had to drop out. you know, you've got to remember in you've got to remember back in january he was only january of 2023, he was only about points behind about ten points behind president was as president trump. he was seen as you know, maybe the safe pair of hands the future of hands to take over the future of maga. he's got troubles with maga. but he's got troubles with his presentation style. he doesn't he's not able to engage with people . with people. >> um. oh, i don't know. i disagree. my heart's a little broken this morning. >> okay, well, you know something for everybody, i was. >> a big well, of >> i'm a big fan. well, of course i be a fan because course i would be a fan because he ran florida. he didn't lock down. they had lower excess mortality states. mortality than other states.

that's is that's where the clear water is between him and trump. he even said speech, he, said in his speech, didn't he, yesterday was announcing yesterday when he was announcing that wasn't standing that he wasn't standing anymore. the between me and the difference between me and trump still locked trump is that trump still locked down of people in down even millions of people in a way that i wouldn't have done. >> think certainly when >> yeah, i think certainly when it comes to some issues like, like like maybe like like covid, maybe like abortion, a abortion, where he's taken a particular stance, there will be people very supportive people that were very supportive of he's of that. but in general, he's just sort of connect just ability to sort of connect with people. he wouldn't take advice know, his wife advice from. you know, his wife was a tv news anchor in was a is a tv news anchor in florida. know , he would take florida. you know, he would take her advice ignore all the her advice but ignore all the people. was paying lots of people. he was paying lots of money so, you know, it money to. and so, you know, it was was kind of destined to was it was kind of destined to happen. if he wasn't going to follow people's. sort follow people's. you know, sort of advice. so can he run of expert advice. so can he run with trump? it's unlikely donald trump's pick trump's probably going to pick a woman. i think, um, he hinted woman. so i think, um, he hinted a couple of days ago that, you know, nikki haley wasn't out of the it kind of the question. and it kind of makes if think, you makes sense if you think, you know, politicians obviously go at when they're at each other when they're campaigning against each other, but very quickly but then they can very quickly become again. become friends again. >> and she is clever. she's very clever, the president

clever, like the vice president who everybody now knows is just a dunce. >> well, obviously >> well, i mean, obviously kamala harris, trump kamala harris, donald trump made, uh, nikki haley, um, us ambassador united nations made, uh, nikki haley, um, us amttheador united nations made, uh, nikki haley, um, us amtthe un united nations made, uh, nikki haley, um, us amtthe un in united nations made, uh, nikki haley, um, us amtthe un in 2017.jnited nations made, uh, nikki haley, um, us amtthe un in 2017. so ed nations made, uh, nikki haley, um, us amtthe un in 2017. so he'sations , to the un in 2017. so he's obviously , you know, he says obviously, you know, he says she's very clever and she's obviously getting fairly good numbers. she's, you know, it's now horse race. she's seen now a two horse race. she's seen off. she said yesterday, you know, off like 14 men know, i've seen off like 14 men to get to this point. and so he might think that, you might sit and think that, you know, could take her her know, i could take her her following, combine it with mine. it's going to sort of it's going to be sort of unbeatable. um, also, if you look how she's polling, if look at how she's polling, if you look versus haley, you look at biden versus haley, if she were to become the presidential republican presidential republican presidential nomination, she's about points ahead of about three points ahead of biden . trump's only about two biden. trump's only about two points ahead in most states. so if you combine those figures together, it could be it could be a sensible thing to do. but there are there are other options. of course. i don't know if you guys, um, saw the, uh, congressional hearing about anti—semitism in universities . anti—semitism in universities. >> ramaswamy. >> ramaswamy. >> no, this is elise stefanik, republican . right. and she was

republican. right. and she was leading heading up those questioning of three. um, you university presidents and she people saying that was her audition to maybe become the maybe . maybe. >> yeah, maybe. okay. thank you. ray now, the duchess of york, sarah ferguson , has been sarah ferguson, has been diagnosed with skin cancer just months for months after being treated for breast diagnosis. breast cancer diagnosis. >> it comes after she had several cancerous moles removed. so going now to so we're going to talk now to the historian and the royal historian and commentator heydel—mankoo commentator rafe heydel—mankoo ralph. blimey , it's ralph. this is um, blimey, it's like a weight for a london bus. you wait for one and then three. come along in one go. we've had kate. we've had the princess of wales, the king. now, i know sarah ferguson isn't technically a the royal family, a member of the royal family, but come. news comes but this is come. bad news comes in threes. >> yes, absolutely. and for the duchess bad comes duchess of york, bad news comes in two. >> because in twos. in two. >> because in twos . because six >> because in twos. because six months ago, she was diagnosed with and underwent with breast cancer and underwent a single mastectomy and breast reconstruction. and it was actually when she had additional reconstructive surgery just before christmas that several moles were removed. one of which

was found to be a malignant melanoma, which is an aggressive form of skin cancer . basically, form of skin cancer. basically, there are two types of skin cancer melanoma and non—melanoma , which is less aggressive and easier to treat. but the duchess has been treated and is also undergoing tests to make sure that the cancer was at the early stages and hasn't spread to other parts . um, it was quite other parts. um, it was quite distressing, obviously, to receive this news because it's worth noting that speaking in november on television , she november on television, she admitted that she still sometimes woke in a panic during the night , sometimes woke in a panic during the night, wondering if she might develop cancer somewhere else. and that was just a month before diagnosis. but she said to be in good spirits and has no intention of letting this down. just. she's been recuperating in austria and she's now back in in the uk under the care of the king of the seven hospital and the royal marsden hospital. and i should just, you know, salute the marsden, particularly the royal marsden, particularly because, looked after because, uh, they looked after my for five years when my mother for five years when she until she died she had cancer until she died in 2022. and they really are world

class. >> okay . we've got to keep it >> okay. we've got to keep it short, i'm afraid. ralph rafe heydel—mankoo there reflecting on the health news of sarah ferguson now still to come. have you ever had a nightmare, boss, or that a positive or one that had a positive impact on your life? well, it seems snowflakes one. seems the snowflakes have one. there's anymore for there's no room anymore for tough bosses in the workplace. this is britain's newsroom on

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news who's. >> 1026 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> now an interesting piece yesterday in the telegraph as a great chef. michel roux junior closed his doors on his london restaurant and declared an end to the bullying chef's culture. here. >> i think he's talking about gordon ramsay, isn't he? and the other marco pierre white. other one, marco pierre white. but are the bosses bullies but are the big bosses bullies or the woke generation too or are the woke generation too soft ? we're going talk to the soft? we're going to talk to the telegraph columnist wrote telegraph columnist who wrote that clever william that very clever piece, william sitwell, masterchef sitwell, who's also a masterchef judge. he's he's judge. am i right? he's he's talking mr who? mr ramsay talking about mr who? mr ramsay and, uh, marco pierre white as bullies . bullies. >> well, he hasn't actually mentioned them by name, but we all know that marco and gordon came out of gavroche . um, and came out of gavroche. um, and are the most famous, um, tough characters in the kitchen in british culinary history. well, certainly the last sort of 20 or 30 years. so um, you know, he's talking about those people. raymond blanc has been similarly vociferous on this issue , vociferous on this issue, basically saying that kitchens

should places calmness. should be places of calmness. and roux, as he shuts the and michel roux, as he shuts the door on the wonderful gavroche, i suppose, wants to usher in an era people actually want era where people actually want to in kitchens. but levels to work in kitchens. but levels already, um, you would think william , that part of the part william, that part of the part of the thrill of the kitchen and the fire and the heat and the adrenaline and people need their dinner and they need it to not be cold, and we're going to get it out there quick. >> that's part of the energy of those brilliant kitchens, isn't it ? it? >> traditionally, that's always been the case, you only have been the case, and you only have to marco white's to look at marco pierre white's brilliant , to look at marco pierre white's brilliant, um, autobiography, which slave over. it's which i often slave over. it's fantastic where he , uh, fantastic where he, uh, describes in great detail william . no, funnily enough, a william. no, funnily enough, a wonderful guy called, uh, james steen, who you probably know, he goes throughout that book and had great pleasure in retelling the stories of marco when presented with a cheese board that wasn't 100% perfect, slung it against the wall. um, there was a young chef in his restaurant who complained it was

too hot. so marco created his own sort of ventilation, which was to slash the back of his apron and his trousers to give him some air. um, you know, we know these stories and marco says that he learned says himself that he learned about the sort of, uh, the modus operandi of being intimidated and at gavroche from albert roux, who was notoriously tough. and he said that his chefs were adrenaline junkies , as this is adrenaline junkies, as this is martin talking who sort of got high on this. and i have to tell you, and i read about this at the weekend, there isn't a famous chef today who worked under marco, who doesn't relish in telling the stories about how they were brutalised, how they were hung up on a rack on their apron , how they were screamed apron, how they were screamed at, shouted at, and even customers. you know, used to go to marco pierre white's restaurant in south london and try and misbehave. so he would come and them . so it's come out and abuse them. so it's part the great story. and the part of the great story. and the problem is , you know, and i'm problem is, you know, and i'm not suggesting for a moment that

, you know, bosses should be bullying and unpleasant. far from it. but i pity the poor publishers in the future who are going to write the stories of today's, as you call it, snowflake generation. and having such a lovely time and, you know, where are the anecdotes? where is the story? you know, conflict and more conflict. that's we want in that's what we want in non—fiction. well fiction. non—fiction. as well as fiction. it's isn't it? it's a bit dull, isn't it? >> william also , i mean, >> and william also, i mean, i've had really tough bosses in newspapers years. newspapers over the years. you do forget lessons you do not forget the lessons you learnt their feet as they learnt at their feet as they humiliate you in front of everybody. lessons well learnt and it consensus isn't always the best way to get things out of people. in my view, when i worked at, for example, the sunday express, i had a fairly tough , um and well known female boss. >> i had very tough male bosses . >> i had very tough male bosses. i don't think any of them did it in a sort of personal, uh, way. i think it was basically they wanted to get the product out. they wanted to get a paper out. they wanted to get a paper out. they needed their journalists to

perform . and i remember perform. and i remember complaining to one particular feature writer that you know, i didn't think a story was stacked up.and didn't think a story was stacked up. and he just told me he screamed at me, swearing just to make it work. so you know, make it work. so well, you know, you work. and you were you made it work. and you were sent out stories and you and you made them work. and i think when i was editing a magazine called waitrose food illustrated, where i was at for about 20 years, i felt that there was a sort of sleepy hollow compared to the brutal times i had on newspapers, and i remember those times those times with, you know, those brutal times great brutal times with great affection. it builds you up. um, and i think you learn about how to deal with pressure. you can also learn that that's not the way to behave. and it's great, you know, if you choose not to. but these are the stories that we that we sit around the fire and we have a glass of whisky. i mean, these stories that mean, these are the stories that we and we tell and we're we share and we tell and we're still standing. >> exactly. certainly are looking william looking very well. william sitwell. good sitwell. they're very good. good to william. um, we've to see you, william. um, we've had a whole generation kids, had a whole generation of kids, though, ever put though, who've not been ever put

out comfort zone in out of their comfort zone in school. they lose no competition, need to be humiliated, every and humiliated, just every now and now, still to come. >> a cracking story. >> this is a cracking story. >> this is a cracking story. >> sure the humiliation >> i'm sure the humiliation i don't think it did me any harm. >> is great story. you >> this is a great story. you want to stay tuned for this? a taxi driver in shropshire has won appeal to the won his appeal to display the union flag on the bonnet of his cab. you don't want to miss the report much more. cab. you don't want to miss the rep�*after much more. cab. you don't want to miss the rep�*after youchh more. cab. you don't want to miss the rep�*after your morning's news >> after your morning's news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth. thank you. 1032 your top stories from the gb news room. the most severe wind warnings have now passed after storm echr hit with gusts of up to 99mph, disrupting airlines and cutting power supplies. northern ireland electricity network said 40,000 customers are now without power. commuters across the country have been facing travel disruption this morning, with all scotrail trains suspended until after the morning rush hour. a met office yellow warning for strong wind remains in place until midday , remains in place until midday, with warnings of gusts of up to

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that i knew had dewbs& co weeknight from six. >> 1038 you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> now we are joined by former labour adviser matthew laza and author broadcaster emma author and broadcaster emma wolf. you both. wolf. good morning to you both. but i want to watch this but first i want to watch this story attack. so looking forward to in shropshire has won to this in shropshire has won his the union his appeal to display the union flag the bonnet of his taxi . flag on the bonnet of his taxi. >> basil brockhurst, who served in northern in the british army in northern ireland, been told ireland, in iraq, have been told by shropshire council of course he to remove stating it he had to remove it, stating it was the council's was against the council's licensing our reporter licensing policy. our reporter jack more for jack carson tells us more for ex—servicemen basil brockhurst, the union flag means more than it might do for most. >> it flies high on the roof of this proud shropshire man's home, but his decision to put an image of the flag on his taxi caused a controversy he couldn't understand. on the 17th of understand. and on the 17th of october, they sent me an email

stating that i was in breach of advertising standards and i had to remove the cross of saint george and the union jack from my vehicle. >> well, obviously i was not happy. >> well, obviously i was not happy- i >> well, obviously i was not happy. i was quite perturbed. 30 years service queen country, northern ireland, iraq and then suddenly i'm told that i cannot display the cross of saint george or the union jack. >> the ban on flags was stated in the hackney carriage and private hire vehicles licensing policy , agreed to by shropshire policy, agreed to by shropshire council and april 2023, stating there cannot be an advertisement which depicts any political, racial, cultural , sexual which depicts any political, racial, cultural, sexual or potentially offensive language. symbols, flags or emblems. now, after help from his local mp helen morgan and the deputy leader at shropshire council , leader at shropshire council, ian nellins, a vote to revise the regulations to allow one union flag per vehicle no bigger than an a4 piece of paper, passed the strategic licensing committee this month, but not without opposition from green

party councillor mike isherwood. >> it's needlessly divisive to introduce um flags to um taxis, especially . if it's only especially. if it's only privileging one nation's flag. so i find it unfair to discriminatory and i'm surprised it would even be legal to do this. we should have a neutral policy. uh, on this. and that's best achieved with the current policy. >> basil, who served in the light infantry from 1975 to 1993, has wasted no time in making the most of the changed rules. >> and this is the outcome of what i'm allowed now , because what i'm allowed now, because the council have wrote , have the council have wrote, have overturned the ruling and obviously it's no bigger than a4 piece of paper. but they didn't say what i could do to make it stand out. and as far as i know, i'm just advertising buses, taxis. now. i feel as though i'm still being penalised and i'm

being told what i can and what i can't have on a private vehicle . can't have on a private vehicle. >> he's aiming to go one step further and display a poppy with his regimental cap badge, but shropshire council say he needs to provide permissions from the poppy to provide permissions from the poppy appeal and the ministry of defence before they can be displayed on his car. the first battle for this proud brit has been won, but basil's fight to include his remembrance display on taxi continues . jack on his taxi continues. jack carson gb news market drayton thing, isn't it? >> that makes my blood boil and that green councillor hang your headin that green councillor hang your head in shame, mr >> about a flag. it's britain . >> about a flag. it's britain. it's a it's a flag of the great britain. it's the union flag. blimey what's wrong and what's wrong? if he wants to put the flag of saint george up, he's english. >> this an army veteran. >> this is an army veteran. >> this is an army veteran. >> he's served in the king's shropshire light infantry for 20 years. >> he served three tours of northern ireland. he in northern ireland. he served in the he served northern ireland. he served in th

want to get in his taxi because it has a union jack or a cross of saint george, or it has his regimental badge, or it has a red poppy, they don't need to get in. >> they've rejected. would they have if it was the have objected if it was the scottish or the welsh flag? scottish flag or the welsh flag? i say, they're i mean, as you say, they're quite from that green councillor. >> as green councillor replied. well would privileging well that would be privileging one country, one nation one one, one country, one nation against another. >> did when he served us. >> us. >> yeah, it was just slightly weird because obviously we do privilege country live privilege the country we live in. country we live in. in. it's the country we live in. and as emma's rightly and as emma's quite rightly says, it's one that he served. >> so bravely. >> so bravely. >> remember your mate emily thornberry? >> so was to say that >> so i was about to say that she's not my not exactly. she's not my she's not exactly. emily not particularly emily and i are not particularly close. in fact, was my close. and in fact, it was on my very that ed miliband very desk that ed miliband sacked her for her inappropriate. emily inappropriate. yeah. so emily thornberry, now thornberry, who was who's now the general the shadow attorney general and more senior, she more junior and a senior, she did senior shadow cabinet did a more senior shadow cabinet role. a picture in role. she took a picture in doing a by—election of, a doing a by—election of, uh, of a guy van outside guy with a white van outside his house a union flag flying on house and a union flag flying on a flagpole, and it was seen as sneering, would it sneering, she would say it wasn't, but it seen as wasn't, but it was seen as sneering that old sneering enough that my old boss, ed miliband, sacked her

within at within half an hour. sitting at my desk, of course he my desk, he was of course he did. i've never seen i never saw him as as was it him as angry as he was posted it looking her this looking down her nose. this person, everybody bar person, absolutely everybody bar emily sneering. emily thought it was sneering. >> wasn't it the day of >> and wasn't it the day of a big football match or something? >> like that. >> i think something like that. so now if so we've got now on your if you're a labour party member, you're a labour party member, you the flag or the you now have the flag or the union jack flag on your membership not membership card. very good. not just behind you at every press conference, but it's in your membership card. and because. >> think you >> do you know why i think you know, live we live a know, we live we live in a country with enormous country with with enormous diversity single diversity with with every single nafion diversity with with every single nation the now lives nation under the sun now lives here. great. in order to here. fine great. in order to not constantly, not be divided constantly, we need something. yeah. >> e remember in the 80s, >> do you remember in the 80s, there was phrase. there was that phrase. >> that about uniting >> is that not about uniting under british having under being british and having the living this the privilege of living in this country have? totally. >> we're in the 80s. there was that phrase debate no in that phrase debate no black in the i think we'd the union jack. and i think we'd got we actually got over that, that we actually saw divisive symbol, saw it as not a divisive symbol, but a symbol of unity. and but as a symbol of unity. and we're not like the americans. we're don't want to we're subtle. we don't want to have everywhere. have it. absolutely everywhere. we to feel you have we don't want to feel you have to it your badge. to wear it on your lapel badge. wear it, you wear it if you wear it, if you want, fly it if you. why?

>> he now going >> why is he now going to have a big fight have the poppy on big fight to have the poppy on the grille of his cab? the poppy' the grille of his cab? the poppy, about poppy, which is all about honounng honouring the fallen generations and fields. >> you p" f“- f. the >> but you do see that on the front of london or black london >> but you do see that on the front all london or black london >> but you do see that on the front all the ion or black london >> but you do see that on the front all the time. black london >> but you do see that on the front all the time. so, ck london cabs all the time. so, shropshire, stop being daft. yeah we checked. shropshire, stop being daft. yeait's we checked. shropshire, stop being daft. yeait's because zcked. shropshire, stop being daft. yeait's because zcthought, >> it's because i thought, which political party is running this insane it's insane council? it's an it's called administration group. called the administration group. it's lot. called the administration group. it's you lot. called the administration group. it's you can't lot. called the administration group. it's you can't lcan't blame. >> you can't blame. can't blame. they're know, >> you can't blame. can't blame. the'you know, >> you can't blame. can't blame. the'you can't. know, >> you can't blame. can't blame. the'you can't. get know, but you can't. i'll get my membership wave it membership card out and wave it at you now. but actually, this next thematically along next story thematically is along the lines, isn't the similar lines, isn't it? >> the >> this is about this is the cellist performed the cellist who performed at the wedding the and duchess wedding of the duke and duchess of was of sussex, and he was interviewed think it a interviewed on, i think it was a radio program. um am i radio four program. um am i right, you might know. and right, emma? you might know. and sheku kanneh—mason and he said that he is uncomfortable hearing rule britannia played at the proms. did he elaborate on why? so he performed at the at the proms and he left before rule britannia was sung. >> he has to be fair, because i immediately had the same reaction . this is outrageous. if reaction. this is outrageous. if he want to take he if he doesn't want to take part wonderful part in such a wonderful british tradition, british tradition, a rousing british tradition, a rousing british tradition as the last night of the proms , don't take part.

the proms, don't take part. don't get involved . he does talk don't get involved. he does talk about there lots other about there are lots of other british folk music. there's lots of british folk of other great british folk music could play, music that we could play, he says. of rule says. the last night of rule britannia feel britannia makes him feel uncomfortable, but you do start to. it's a tradition and the proms are a great british tradition. yes. and you do wonder on earth we with wonder where on earth we go with this not allowed to this if we're not allowed to play this if we're not allowed to play yeah, you play rule britannia. yeah, you know, just rid of the know, let's just get rid of the proms altogether. >> a fantastic atmosphere in there night and nobody's there that night and nobody's being rude. don't have take being rude. don't have to take everything being rude. don't have to take eve it's ing being rude. don't have to take eve it's just we're not saying >> it's just we're not saying we. we. >> we. >> i went to the world. exactly. i the last night as i went to the last night as a guest of the bbc. um, 20 odd years ago. um, and i can see where he's coming from in that. it's not that it shouldn't be played. i believe played. i don't believe it should playing is it should stop me playing it. is it is sort of it is a very is quite a sort of it is a very traditional atmosphere and people but people play it. but that's but let you and let people, you know. and that moment know, the moment the last you know, the medley two lines of medley of songs, no two lines of it britannia rules. it rule britannia rules. >> that's all. >> that's all. >> i can see how it may. it might to might not have been his vibe to use that the kids use use the phrase that the kids use . but i don't know why . uh, but but i don't know why you'd you walk out you'd why you would walk out once agreed to play,

once you've been agreed to play, why stay the once you've been agreed to play, why it stay the once you've been agreed to play, why it just stay the once you've been agreed to play, why it just seems stay the once you've been agreed to play, why it just seems stay if the end. it just seems that if you're agree to play you're going to agree to play and have honour, that you and have that honour, that you would it. would just accept it. >> where do you go next with the tuc come after tuc next they'll come after pantomimes because their pantomimes because of their politically incorrect and some of stereotypes of the stereotypes that use it. i mean, where we with all i mean, where do we go with all of matthew? of this, matthew? >> absolutely. mean, >> well, absolutely. i mean, cave in this. it ends with, >> well, absolutely. i mean, caveknow, this. it ends with, >> well, absolutely. i mean, caveknow, the ;. it ends with, >> well, absolutely. i mean, caveknow, the not ends with, >> well, absolutely. i mean, caveknow, the not beingvith, to you know, the not being able to show the dambusters film because of inappropriate of show the dambusters film because of dog. inappropriate of show the dambusters film because of dog. exactly. ropriate of show the dambusters film because of but. exactly. ropriate of show the dambusters film because of but. exactlemma,ite of show the dambusters film because of but. exactlemma, for of show the dambusters film because of but. exactlemma, for me, of >> but i think emma, for me, it's idea that the, >> but i think emma, for me, it's lines idea that the, >> but i think emma, for me, it's lines of idea that the, >> but i think emma, for me, it's lines of thatea that the, >> but i think emma, for me, it's lines of that song,: the, >> but i think emma, for me, it's lines of that song, you , the lines of that song, you know, never, never, know, britain never, never, never shall be slaves rule, britannia. britannia rules the waves. it's a it's a powerful song about this country. >> it is powerful and what really depresses me is that we have to take everything so literally just literally that we can't just say, this is a song say, actually, this is a song that written a very that was written at a very different time, celebrating a very different era. we not very different era. we are not saying that we want to go and make the rest of the world slaves, that we want to subjugate our heels. subjugate them under our heels. it's fact that we lose it's the fact that we lose losing all subtlety, losing all nuance, all subtlety, all of tradition, all all sense of tradition, all pride that britain's bravery. >> we don't have a navy any more than it's been saying.

>> it's struggle. it's ironic. exactly. two pages further on in the page and the paper , it's the page and the paper, it's penny mordaunt saying the navy hasn't ships, we haven't hasn't got any ships, we haven't got put them. got any sailors to put on them. >> this a time when we're >> and this is a time when we're watching the war watching yesterday, the old war to people the to recruit more people into the armed a war film yesterday. >> and apparently one, um, one, um, convoy to be sent to malta in the war had more ships in it than we now have in the entire royal navy. >> that's right. and that we can't even was give them can't even that was to give them food because the george can't even that was to give them foo can'tause the george can't even that was to give them foo can't even the george can't even that was to give them foo can't even george; george we can't even get george cross from wight on on a from the isle of wight on on a wavy day. >> boarding allowing. >> oh my goodness. right. >> oh my goodness. right. >> at boiling point before. >> explain to viewers what >> explain to our viewers what your was at school. your child was at school. >> no. if your child was at this school exactly i would be removing my child instantly . removing my child instantly. >> yeah. go good lord. so? >> yeah. go on. good lord. so? so have heard of so you may have heard of a couple boarding there couple of boarding schools there in bedales and in hampshire, bedales and taunton around taunton. they charge around £14,000 a tum. >> that's £42,000 a year. >> that's £42,000 a year. >> a year? that's just for, you know, boarding and education. don't worry about the rest of it. that's before we it. um, that's before we basically allowing basically they are allowing their basically they are allowing the it's not funny. you're

>> it's not funny. you're putting batus. >> let them finish? putting batus. >> they let them finish? putting batus. >> they are et them finish? putting batus. >> they are allowinginish? putting batus. >> they are allowing their’ putting batus. >> they are allowing their trans pupils to stay in the dormitories their preferred dormitories of their preferred genden dormitories of their preferred gender, their chosen gender gender, of their chosen gender for this. to me, this sounds like an absolute recipe for mayhem and what age are they allowing this to start from? this is boarding. >> they're from >> they're probably from 13. >> they're probably from 13. >> i think it's11, >> they're probably from 13. >> i think it's 11, 11, 12. >> i think it's11, 11, 12. i think it's a teenage years. look, adolescence is adolescence is a time of sort of emotional turbulence and torrent and all sorts of identities and feelings and emotions. the idea that children have to kind of assign themselves to a different gender and then get to stay in the in the other dormitory, i don't think that's safe. i don't think that's fair on other pupils . if that's fair on other pupils. if i parent there, i would be immediately. >> but now beth thinks the >> but now beth thinks if the parent complain, the parents will complain . will be too scared to complain. >> government guidance >> well, the government guidance is, you know, is going through the motions at the moment. we had talk this had a lot of talk about this recently. had a lot of talk about this rec

living in an era, matthew, where the adults no longer impose borders or rules or borders or boundanes borders or rules or borders or boundaries , boundaries sorry on boundaries, boundaries sorry on children and therefore the children and therefore the children are feeling all at sick, all at sea, all the metaphors this today, haven't we? and the idea that they would be just indulged so that when children come with fanciful children come up with a fanciful idea that maybe they a lot of the time it's because they're gay and actually rather than just saying, yeah, well, you're gay, say, oh, gay, no big deal, they say, oh, well, the well, maybe you're not in the right body or bev, that it's fashionable. >> i think that's the key point. i thing about this is, i think the thing about this is, is groupthink, is groupthink. it's groupthink, but exploited but also it can be exploited because if you because if all you is say if you you have to do is say if you identify why this is the self—identification issue which we've in scotland is such a we've seen in scotland is such a you wider context is we've seen in scotland is such a y(bigger wider context is we've seen in scotland is such a y(bigger issue wider context is we've seen in scotland is such a y(bigger issue w ifar context is we've seen in scotland is such a y(bigger issue wifar cojustt is a bigger issue is if you just want to say , today i'm feeling want to say, today i'm feeling i'm different gender, then i'm in a different gender, then that's the way you can get into the which, the girls dormitory, which, you know, the lads have been trying to years boarding to do for years in boarding schools as it schools where, you know, as it were, but at least they've schools where, you know, as it w protections.east they've schools where, you know, as it w protections in st they've schools where, you know, as it wprotections in place. 've schools where, you know, as it wprotections in place. 'v mean, a protections in place. i mean, i think i slightly i actually think i slightly disagree. think this will disagree. i think this will actually back against actually be pushed back against this i think it's a this because i think it's a

legal minefield because it legal minefield, because a it seems against seems to go against the government . and also government guidance. and also the anything happens. the first time anything happens. >> a point. >> but matthew, there's a point. you said government guidance. it's not government rules. >> that >> and i'm not sure that the government government government the government guidance to private government the government guidanc because to private government the government guidanc because it's to private government the government guidanc because it's not) private schools because it's not particularly. yeah, because it's schools because it's not p.directive 1. yeah, because it's schools because it's not p.directive 1. yea the ecause it's schools because it's not p.directive 1. yea the department a directive from the department of was my slight problem. no, does clash with >> no, this does now clash with government guidance, which states that that pupils states that that that pupils must sleep in dorms segregated by . and please, by their biological. and please, can we just be serious about protecting single—sex spaces? >> why is the government only made it guidance? because they didn't want to legislate, because would because they knew it would get bogged in house bogged down in the house of lords. labour would lords. the labour party would probably tear asunder. lords. the labour party would pro no,y tear asunder. lords. the labour party would pro no, because asunder. lords. the labour party would pro no, because asurthe labour >> no, because we, the labour party, is against self—identification. are you. >> yes. well, you were a bit you wobbled a bit. >> keir made bit >> i know that keir made a bit of bit fool of himself. of a bit of a fool of himself. well, the scottish party is, is independent own independent and does its own and keir starmer doesn't keir starmer still doesn't keir starmer one in every starmer one woman in every thousand has a penis in one sentence. right? sentence. what a woman is right? >> it take him so to >> why did it take him so to long look? >> think a >> i think that was a communications that communications disaster that he he think he did. and frankly, i think it was embarrassed, sort was slightly embarrassed, sort of straight man of embarrassed straight man doing streeting. who's doing it. wes streeting. who's gay? he's the shadow health secretary. he was able to define

what a woman was instantly because a straight man. because he was a straight man. >> wasn't. you should have >> he wasn't. you should have more, more experience. >> worried >> but i think he was worried about offending the lgbt. plus. >> but also, i think , look, i >> but also, i think, look, i think this is really doing children disservice we children a disservice because we are as you say we are. are exactly as you say we are. we're bringing up in we're bringing them up in a really atmosphere really confusing atmosphere when everything but everything is questioned, but also say , okay, also we're failing to say, okay, these are feelings. let's these are your feelings. let's talk you talk about this. are you you know, gay, maybe know, maybe they're gay, maybe they're going they're maybe they're just going through through as through what we go through as teenagers. think the teenagers. i still think the idea introducing boys idea of introducing teenage boys into or the into a girls dormitory or the other way around is a recipe. >> i mean, people push back >> i mean, some people push back very obviously very unsafe. you've obviously you've got you've got you've got gay kids. both both boys and girls in those dormitories, and they don't have sex with the people i mean, people in there. but i mean, that's i'm just pushing. that's just i'm just pushing. >> it shouldn't be having sex that's just i'm just pushing. >> the houldn't be having sex that's just i'm just pushing. >> the hotanyway. having sex for the 16 anyway. >> absolutely illegal. for the 16 anyway. >> his)lutely illegal. for the 16 anyway. >> his sex, ly illegal. for the 16 anyway. >> his sex, not legal. for the 16 anyway. >> his sex, not hisal. for the 16 anyway. >> his sex, not his sex >> and his sex, not his sex not. is permitted boarding is it permitted in boarding schools? i'm not i'm schools? no no, no i'm not i'm not sure . not sure. >> when it's legal, i don't >> even when it's legal, i don't know. i'm not enough to know. i'm not posh enough to have to no. have gone to a no. >> a teenage girl, you >> but as a teenage girl, you don't want boys your in your don't want boys in your in your single—sex of course you do. >> but you that >> but but i can tell you that generation, they are, unless generation, if they are, unless they up be

they have been brought up to be very will go very strong minded, they will go with they , as you very strong minded, they will go with this they , as you very strong minded, they will go withthis idea they , as you very strong minded, they will go withthis idea of they , as you very strong minded, they will go with this idea of offended,s you very strong minded, they will go with this idea of offended, it's u say, this idea of offended, it's the group. >> like the pupils won't. >> it's like the pupils won't. it's like this ludicrous school who's provide who's saying they can't provide cat who are cat litter for pupils who are identifying as cats? >> what you . >> yeah. what you. >> yeah. what you. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> it's not funny as it is it? no, that's the problem . it's not funny. >> it does trip into the realms of comedy because it is absolutely ludicrous. >> keep saying you >> you just keep saying you couldn't make this yet couldn't make this up. and yet this future. we are this is the future. we are wandering a boarding school. >> me on the phone saying , >> me on the phone saying, you're not doing this to my kids, yeah. and kids, are you? yeah. and interestingly, the interestingly, one of the schools which schools in the article, which quoted that had a policy of quoted that it's had a policy of doing that's doing this says that that that's out actually out of date and it actually doesn't do it now, which is not not the ones i mentioned, but it's christ's hospital in sussex, to sussex, so they seem to have common seems prevailed there. >> right. >> right. >> come. >> still to come. florida governor ron desantis, he's dropped 2024 dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, seven months after and he's after a rocky start and he's endorsed guessed donald trump. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb a brighter outlook with gb news a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsor of weather on

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channel >> morning 11 am. on monday, the 22nd of january. this is britain's newsroom on news britain's newsroom on gb news with pierce and bev turner. >> so tackling bbc bias, the government has set out tougher scrutiny of the broadcaster to deal perceived problems deal with perceived problems with impartiality. lucy frazer is the culture secretary. she said this this morning what i'm interested in is what audiences say and what we know from the statistics from ofcom is that audience is are feeling like the bbc is not performing that role in relation to impartiality and a boost for donald trump. >> the florida governor, ron desantis , has dropped out of the desantis, has dropped out of the presidential race and he's endorsed trump . endorsed trump. >> winston churchill once remarked that success is not final. failure is not fatal. it

is the courage to continue that counts. while this campaign has ended, the mission continues and fergie's cancer shock the duchess of york, sarah ferguson reveals that she's got skin cancer. >> canceh >> just months after being treated for breast cancer. >> and today marks 100 years since the first ever labour government was elected . it looks government was elected. it looks like sir keir starmer is now a leader in waiting this morning. by the way, because he's accused the tories of waging war on charities civic society. charities and civic society. let's waging let's take a listen. waging a war on the proud spirit of service in this country is not leadership, it's despot kit. >> it's divisive , it's damaging >> it's divisive, it's damaging and it comes to something when the tories are at war with the national trust. >> you'd think, wouldn't you? the 100th anniversary of the first ever labour government .

first ever labour government. ramsay macdonald, the keir starmer. we'll be talking about tax or or equality or yes, distributing wealth. he's talking about the national trust, a very middle class charity. yeah. it's extraordinary isn't it? its priorities are hopeless. >> we'll look a little bit more at what he's been saying this morning. let know your morning. let us know your thoughts morning. thoughts this morning. vaiews@gbnews.uk though, thoughts this morning. vai

in place until midday, with warnings of up with gusts of up to 80mph in exposed coastal areas . police to 80mph in exposed coastal areas. police are urging people to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary . ofcom will absolutely necessary. ofcom will gain more powers over bbc online services, including its news website , as parts of changes website, as parts of changes unveiled by the government. reforms aimed at improving impartiality. the broadcaster could allow the regulator to enforce action over articles it doesn't believe meet certain standards . currently, ofcom is standards. currently, ofcom is only able to issue an opinion on the matter. however other government recommendations say it will be given increased oversight over the bbc's online pubuc oversight over the bbc's online public services , including its public services, including its news site and youtube channel. the prime minister says bbc news is not immune to scrutiny impartially is an important tenet of our media industry and that's why i think all elements of the media industry have to be subject to the same impartiality rules. >> i think it's what people would expect, and that's what makes our media institutions so great. we have a free and fair press and impartiality is at the

heart what the heart of what makes the bbc a strong institution . the duchess strong institution. the duchess of york says she's in shock, but in good spirits after being diagnosed with skin cancer. >> sarah ferguson says she's taking some time to herself after having several moles removed , with one being removed, with one being identified as cancerous . it's identified as cancerous. it's just months after undergoing treatment for breast cancer. she's thanked well—wishers and medical staff for the support that she's been given . labour is that she's been given. labour is accusing the government of turning a blind eye to what it's calling corruption. after new data shows water bosses are pocketing millions of pounds despite overseeing illegal sewage spills . figures show sewage spills. figures show water chiefs have received more than £10 million in bonuses and almost 15 million in incentives since the last general election. it's also received . just over it's also received. just over 621,000 in benefits. earlier on gb news, the shadow environment secretary, steve reed, was asked what labour would do if it was in power .

in power. >> you meant to get a bonus when you're doing a good job, not when you're overseeing failure and behaviour. when you're overseeing failure and behaviour . and yet and illegal behaviour. and yet this is what's going on. your question was how can we how can we deal with that problem? well, what do we would we what we would do is we would we would water industry would amend the water industry act to give regulator, ofwat act to give the regulator, ofwat , the power they need to ban water bosses paying themselves bonuses while they are responsible for severe and repeated levels of illegal sewage discharge into our waterways . waterways. >> british farmers are calling on mps to support tougher regulations to protect them from what they're calling unfair treatment by the so—called big six supermarket s a dozen scarecrows have been placed outside of parliament as mps will debate reforms to the grocery supply chain. it's after 110,000 people signed a petition urging the government to overhaul the grocery suppliers. code of practice riverford organic, who started that petition? say the scarecrows represent farmers who claim they could go out of business in the

next 12 months, blaming supermarket buying practices . supermarket buying practices. millions of parents in england are being urged to book measles jabs for their children amid a growing risk of outbreaks across the country . officials say the the country. officials say the decline in maintaining routine childhood vaccinations is concern thing. it's after the uk health security agency declared a national incident, confirming 216 cases and 103 probable cases in the west midlands since october. a vaccine catch up scheme will target all parents of children aged 6 to 11, urging them to make an appointment for any missed mmr jabs. them to make an appointment for any missed mmr jabs . and donald any missed mmr jabs. and donald trump has described republican rival ron desantis as a really terrific person after he ended his presidential campaign and endorsed the former prime minister his surprise announcement comes ahead of this week's new hampshire republican primary, where mr desantis was polling in the single digits . polling in the single digits. trump also said he wanted to

thank desantis and said he looks forward to working with him. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump's only significant rival . those are your top rival. those are your top stories on gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital, radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now back to andrew and . bev to andrew and. bev >> very good morning. thank you for joining us. 11:07. what's forjoining us. 11:07. what's the weather like where you are? it's actually rather lovely in london now. blue skies, no wind , london now. blue skies, no wind, quite warm. um, shall we see what you've been saying at home? um, uh, keir starmer's been talking this morning, by the way. we are going to come to that just moment. way. we are going to come to tha evenrst moment. way. we are going to come to tha even more noment. way. we are going to come to tha even more thrilling than his >> even more thrilling than his usual speeches. let tell you. usual speeches. let me tell you. you'd he's you'd be amazed what he's talking about. you'd be amazed what he's taliwe'veyout. you'd be amazed what he's taliwe've been talking the >> we've been talking about the fact going to fact that the bbc are going to be more scrutiny. be under a little more scrutiny. how more remains seen how much more remains to be seen by ofcom? so apparently be more impartial. we heard lucy frazer saying this morning saying on gb news this morning that the audience is

that the audience complaints is that the audience complaints is that sufficiently that the bbc is not sufficiently and also going to get more involved in complaints because the moment the perception is at the moment they they with they complain, they deal with their complaints . their own complaints. >> they do. how impartial is how objective is that ? objective is that? >> i complain to the bbc last year , you know, never heard year, you know, never heard anything know it anything. do you know what it was? was the was? i was watching the breakfast daughter breakfast show with my daughter and some and they were showing some footage somebody that was hit footage of somebody that was hit by were talking by a car and they were talking over this story about, you know, blah , blah, blah, and this blah, blah, blah, and this pedestrian was hit by a car and they showed the person walking and they actually showed and then they actually showed the of the moment of impact of this really appalling. >> 11 year old >> i'm surprised my 11 year old at time, she visibly at the time, she, she visibly flinched and it was really distressing . to watch. distressing. to watch. >> they didn't say anything. >> they didn't say anything. >> no warning was coming, nothing. >> and for her sake i then complained via the bbc's website to say that was not okay. to show that person being the only person have complained, it person to have complained, it was it was was really disturbing. it was quite 7:00 in the morning quite early, 7:00 in the morning or so never heard or so. so um, never heard anything. of course, we will refer this to our complaints department, but now hopefully

the black hole of calcutta. exactly. now hopefully people will be held to account for those editorial will be held to account for those decisions.yrial will be held to account for those decisions. adrian editorial decisions. adrian has said , many of friends and said, many of my friends and i are pensioners. fortunate are pensioners. we're fortunate enough bein are pensioners. we're fortunate enough be in receipt enough to be in receipt of a work pension, but the work related pension, but the puts us in the invidious position hit by position of being hit by a stealth our tax stealth tax, whereby our tax free is decreased . free allowance is decreased. we've paid national insurance contributions . options via contributions. options via pensioners with a private pension. the only people who lose statutory tax free lose their statutory tax free allowance. of getting allowance. a lot of you getting in fee. in touch about the licence fee. >> forget as well >> well, don't forget as well the free licence for people over 75 was abolished the deal 75 was abolished and the deal was that it was a deal done with george osborne. slippery george when he was chancellor, that the bbc would make reforms and, and cut back and cut spending . cut back and cut spending. didn't do anything sort. no. >> and this idea that labour as i said, we're going to tell you in just a moment what keir starmer this starmer has been saying. this morning. patricia says labour against schools we're against private schools we're talking said talking about it's never said starmer. labour starmer. and most of labour mps went and sent their children went to and sent their children to , even boarding to private, even boarding schools. attempt to say schools. they attempt to say they toolmaker they are humble toolmaker beginnings. attended beginnings. while they attended

themselves. they're just hypocrites . and the idea hypocrites. and also on the idea that boarding schools are allowing. are allowing allowing. some are allowing transgender to sleep in transgender children to sleep in the dorm of the gender of which they identify by and on. >> starmer . just, just just just >> starmer. just, just just just in context . he >> starmer. just, just just just in context. he was at a >> starmer. just, just just just in context . he was at a state in context. he was at a state school that became a private school. and the he stayed in the private in private system. oh, is that right ? so he benefited is that right? so he benefited from a private education. did not. and this is a man who's now going to put 20% tax on every private school in the country . private school in the country. that won't affect, in my view, people who send their kids to eton. and it will not millfield and the big and some of the really big cheltenham ladies college will affect won't mean affect them, but it won't mean they've out, they've got to take them out, because can afford to pay because if you can afford to pay £60,000 a year, it will affect the smaller private schools. people their people who aspire to send their kids local private. kids to the local private. that's those that's right. some of those are going talk that it going to close talk that it could 40 50,000 kids will be could be 40 50,000 kids will be taken out of private sector. taken out of the private sector. they're going to go in the state sector. who's going for sector. who's going to pay for that, keir? that, sir keir? >> , keir >> well, sir keir starmer gave a speech morning. >> well, sir keir starmer gave a spe he morning. >> well, sir keir starmer gave a spe he said morning. >> well, sir keir starmer gave a spe he said morilabour is the >> he said that labour is on the side national and side of the national trust and

the national the royal national lifeboat institution accuses the institution as he accuses the tories of waging war on charities and civic society . charities and civic society. have a listen. >> waging a war on the proud spirit of service in this country is not leadership . it's country is not leadership. it's desperate , it's divisive, it's desperate, it's divisive, it's damaging and it comes to something when the tories are at war with the national trust . war with the national trust. that's what happens when the politics of self preservation prevail over commitment to service . service. >> now, phil, we should clarify what it means about the tories being at war with the national trust, an institution that we all hold dear. i have my membership. yeah talking membership. yeah he's talking about some about the fact that some exhibits the national trust exhibits at the national trust were, um, very , um, how do we were, um, very, um, how do we phrase it ? were, um, very, um, how do we phrase it? some were, um, very, um, how do we phrase it ? some people would use phrase it? some people would use the word woke. well and what they've done, if you go into a lot of national trust accounts, they've great history they've got a great big history about of the about the colonial past of the owner of house. owner of the house. >> some of exhibits are >> some of these exhibits are a result of colonial trade .

result of colonial trade. ridiculous frankly ridiculous. and it's provoked big problems in the in the national trust. there's people trying to get on the board to challenge all this. it is wokery and the national trust would say, we want to put that into some sort of historical context, and we want to explain how in 2024, make any money out of slavery might be frowned upon. and do you remember there was a row about the national trust volunteers being to the being required to wear the rainbow flags on on some pride badges , a pride badges? and they badges, a pride badges? and they said, we don't want to and they shouldn't have to. why should they? wokery that the they? that's the wokery that the tories been attacking. but tories have been attacking. but keir it's fine. keir starmer thinks it's fine. >> joining us now from >> well, joining us now from westminster is political westminster is our political correspondent forster. westminster is our political corresmorning forster. westminster is our political corresmorning catherine.forsteh westminster is our political corresmorning catherine. what r. good morning catherine. what else keir starmer have else did sir keir starmer have to morning . yes yes. to say this morning. yes yes. >> good morning andrew and bev. to be fair to >> good morning andrew and bev. to be fairto keir >> good morning andrew and bev. to be fair to keir starmer, although obviously those comments are going to get a lot of pick up. and that was only a very small section of a speech that went on for some 10 to 15

minutes. he was speaking to faith leaders , community leaders faith leaders, community leaders and charities in london. um, giving thing a couple of messages. really one paying tribute to people who volunteer for, who give their time to the community, saying what a huge role they play and how essential that work is. and the work of charities and church groups and so on. and pointing out, like the trussell trust, trussell trust , for instance, excuse me trust, for instance, excuse me while i put my teeth back in, um, giving a million in food parcels this winter . um, and parcels this winter. um, and also saying that labour wants to encourage called it a society of service, trying to paint a hopeful picture going forwards and saying that it's part of labour's plans for getting britain's future back. that's their slogan. you're going to hearit their slogan. you're going to hear it again and again and again. the other thing that was going on, of course , is it's not going on, of course, is it's not far till the election. he was taking a pop at the conservatives over and over

again, saying they had a leader that said there was no such thing as society. then they had david cameron talking about the big society, but then austerity came along and he said, we ended up with a poor society saying basically that the conservatives have been all about the individual, that we've had chaos over the last 14 years and saying that labour can offer something different. so certainly it will have gone down well in the hall for its intended audience . um, lots of intended audience. um, lots of well meaning . sounds fabulous, well meaning. sounds fabulous, of course, putting it into practice a little bit different, but broad brush strokes. um, from sir keir starmer this morning. okay >> thank you catherine. he's being a little ingenuous on that margaret thatcher is outraged. >> i'm just thinking out because it's again and again and again with thatcher, what she with mrs. thatcher, what she actually society. she actually said about society. she says she says gone through says she says we've gone through a too many children says she says we've gone through a people too many children says she says we've gone through a people haveyo many children says she says we've gone through a people have been ny children says she says we've gone through a people have been givenldren and people have been given to understand, they understand, oh my god, they think a problem. think it. now i have a problem. it's government's jobs to it's the government's jobs to

cope or i have cope with it or i have a problem. i'll go a grant problem. i'll go and get a grant to cope with it. i'm homeless. the government must house and the government must house me and so their so they are casting their problems society . who is problems on society. who is society? there's no such thing. problems on society. who is societ'are here's no such thing. problems on society. who is societ'are individual;uch thing. problems on society. who is societ'are individual menthing. problems on society. who is societ'are individual men andi. there are individual men and women. families and women. there are families and no government everything . government can do everything. yeah, got look after yeah, that's got to look after themselves. and she's right. >> woman's own magazine >> i think woman's own magazine or she and or something. she and she's always on that. always misrepresented on that. it drives me nuts when she says , it drives me nuts when she says, yeah, because she's saying effectively, say it's effectively, when you say it's no as society, she no such thing as society, she meant payers. your meant it's tax payers. it's your money that pay for things, not this, this nebulous idea of get off your backside and get sort some problems out yourself. >> it's not the job government's job everything. wish >> it's not the job government's job would ything. wish >> it's not the job government's job would follow wish >> it's not the job government's job would follow thatsh >> it's not the job government's job would follow that advice people would follow that advice today because too do. today because too many do. because pandemic because ever since pandemic hand out much are you because ever since pandemic hand out me? much are you giving me? >> right? governor ron >> right? florida governor ron desantis has dropped out of the 24 presidential for the 24 presidential race for the republican . republican party. >> it's good news for donald trump. course, our trump. of course, and ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources. >> if we don't have a clear path to victory . accordingly, i am to victory. accordingly, i am today suspend my campaign .

today suspend my campaign. >> so joining us now is professor of us politics for the university college of dublin, scott lucas. hello scott. if you are there with us. uh, very good morning. good to see you again. good to see you again . um, was good to see you again. um, was this a surprise that that ron desantis has pulled out at this point? he didn't even see it through to the next, um, debate in hampshire. >> no. uh the writing was on the wall for a few days . if you were wall for a few days. if you were looking closely enough. uh, desantis was polling only between 6 and 7% in new hampshire . that not only was hampshire. that not only was behind donald trump and nikki haley, it was behind a guy named chris christie who dropped out of weeks ago. uh the of the race weeks ago. uh the next primary in south next primary is in south carolina, and desantis doesn't have much chance there either . have much chance there either. so he pulled out to cut his losses and to try plan to run losses and to try to plan to run for president in 2028. >> does this mean , um, scott, >> does this mean, um, scott, that it's a slam dunk to use

that it's a slam dunk to use that terrible american expression ? it's a slam dunk. expression? it's a slam dunk. now for trump. he's got the nomination tied up . nomination tied up. >> no i mean the us media have been led by the nose by trump for months sucking all the oxygen out of the campaign. >> and almost anointing him. but the reality is that, uh, nikki haley , who in november was only haley, who in november was only polling at about 14% in new hampshire , was closing in on 40. hampshire, was closing in on 40. ron desantis left the race. if haley can top 40% next tuesday, she'll still be second to trump, but it'll be a strong second. and that takes the race forward into her home state of south carolina in late february. and then those 14 primaries where one third of the delegates are chosen on march the 5th, what we call super tuesday. um, what would you say is the difference between donald trump and nikki haley ? yeah. you actually paid haley? yeah. you actually paid attention to issues rather than the white noise and the attacks ,

the white noise and the attacks, the white noise and the attacks, the mudslinging. i think you could see that there's a clear difference. for example, in the question of women's rights and abortions, is very abortions, uh, trump is very unclear on what he would do . unclear on what he would do. haley says it should be up to the states. they should be allowed determine when allowed to determine when abortions would place on abortions would take place on immigration, rather than simply declaring border invasion , which declaring border invasion, which is what ron desantis has done . is what ron desantis has done. nikki haley has said, we have to be tough on the border, but we need a working system. we need a working system of courts to hear immigration cases . we need to immigration cases. we need to have a working border enforcement policy rather than just trump's wall with mexico. and on the economy. what she says is , is that trump really is says is, is that trump really is very fuzzy. he's very unclear on what he would do economically and that at this critical time in america, actually need in america, you actually need a very thought out approach to maintain steady growth amidst conflict in ukraine and in the middle east. >> so he didn't have many votes to gift to trump, but he's backing trump now. desantis is that going to make much

difference to trump's numbers next new hampshire ? next week in new hampshire? >> again , because he was only at >> again, because he was only at 6 to 7. you know , that's not 6 to 7. you know, that's not that huge an amount . um, i 6 to 7. you know, that's not that huge an amount. um, i think what we're looking at here is really just a question of who turns out , really just a question of who turns out, uh, it comes really just a question of who turns out , uh, it comes down to turns out, uh, it comes down to that i think trump does retain support amidst this base. the very strong supporters of his who like that message, the spectacle all but haley has gotten a lot of support from those who don't like trump. and importantly , independents, importantly, independents, because non—aligned voters can vote in the republican primary next tuesday . next tuesday. >> the key the key will be before we let you go, scott, who is most likely to beat biden, will republicans next week in new hampshire? will they go with their gut instinct? they just love trump or will they think who is most likely to beat biden love trump or will they think who haley?t likely to beat biden love trump or will they think who haley? ilikely to beat biden love trump or will they think who haley? i gather) beat biden love trump or will they think who haley? i gather , beat biden love trump or will they think who haley? i gather , currentlyen and haley? i gather, currently is ahead of trump in that respect ? respect? >> personally, i hope they would go with competence and

responsibility . but you're responsibility. but you're absolutely right, andrew. uh, whereas a race between trump and biden is a toss up, nikki haley is five 6% ahead of biden poll after poll . there was a meeting after poll. there was a meeting between the two of them . between the two of them. >> how's robert kennedy junior doing now ? doing now? >> there is no democratic primary in new hampshire next week, so we really won't get a there. he's probably around at about 10, 7 to 10% in the polls. uh, for those who like a lot of the white noise and possibly the kennedy name, he gets some votes. but his problem is , is votes. but his problem is, is he's too embedded in conspiracy theories. a lot of conspiracy theories. a lot of conspiracy theories , for example, over theories, for example, over coronavirus vaccines . she likes coronavirus vaccines. she likes to get credibility. scott >> she likes them. she likes them . she likes those. them. she likes those. >> i don't see as conspiracy >> i don't see it as conspiracy theory. that he's done a theory. i see that he's done a big deep dive into. give me an example. what do you mean by conspiracy i'm conspiracy theory? i'm interested in that, scott. what do mean ? do you mean? >> actually says >> robert kennedy actually says that the vaccine a globalist conspiracy involving all the big

companies in the world economic forum to dictate how we behave at the vaccine actually work . at the vaccine actually work. >> i think you're slightly misquoting him. there but we probably don't have time to go into scott into it. but thank you, scott lucas , always good talk to lucas, always good to talk to you . uh, professor of us you. uh, professor of us politics, university college of dublin. there, scott lucas , what dublin. there, scott lucas, what do you think a conspiracy theory is? >> well, you know, you know, most of them . most of them. >> there we go. right. still to come . the duchess of york has come. the duchess of york has revealed she battling an revealed that she is battling an aggressive cancer. aggressive form of skin cancer. just months after being diagnosed cancer. diagnosed with breast cancer. >> us britain's on

news britain's election . channel 1124. >> he was britain's news tom moore gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so sarah ferguson has been diagnosed just diagnosed with skin cancer just months treated months after being treated for breast after she >> diagnosis comes after she found several had several cancerous moles removed. a spokesperson for the duchess said she's undergoing further investigations to ensure it's been caught in the early stages. investigations to ensure it's been cjoining�*n the early stages. investigations to ensure it's been cjoining us1e early stages. investigations to ensure it's been cjoining us now rly stages. investigations to ensure it's been cjoining us now is stages. investigations to ensure it's been cjoining us now is ourges. >> so joining us now is our royal commentator, cameron walker. good morning cameron. it feels time in feels like every time you're in here we've got here at the moment, we've got some story to some rather sad medical story to discuss. do we know about discuss. what do we know about this situation? >> these things clearly >> yeah, these things clearly come in three. it looks like , come in three. it looks like, according to the duchess this morning on instagram , it's been morning on instagram, it's been caught early enough. perhaps to be so as we know, she be treated. so as we know, she was treated for breast cancer around six months ago. is part of that treatment . her of that treatment. her dermatologist decided to check a few of her moles, and one of

those moles just after christmas came back that was indeed came back that it was indeed skin cancer. so she got that diagnosis. and what the duchess has confirmed this morning, which reported the which was reported in the telegraph that spent telegraph, was that she spent a number weeks at the mayo life number of weeks at the mayo life clinic , which is a very clinic, which is a very prestigious , uh, medical clinic prestigious, uh, medical clinic in austria, so she can rest and recuperate. she says it's clearly been a shock that i've had a second diagnosis in the space of a year , but i'm in good space of a year, but i'm in good spirits. she's now back home in windsor, resting with her family. but of course it's the second royal or someone close to the royal family, even if she isn't a working member of isn't indeed a working member of the who's decided the royal family who's decided to private medical to disclose very private medical details his majesty the details after his majesty the king less than a week ago. >> and it's really important, cam, because i was looking at this, skin cancer is one of this, uh, skin cancer is one of the growing cancers in the fastest growing cancers in this country. it's doubling the number of people getting it every year. and it's because we're exposed to sun, and we're exposed to more sun, and people don't take proper protection . protection. >> according to the >> yeah, and according to the nhs, , those with

nhs, of course, those with redheads and yeah, fair skin. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> can on it can increase the chances of getting this particular type. and we know she used to bake on the beach didn't she. >> yeah she really did. >> yeah she really did. >> she really did. >> she really did. >> certainly did. which >> she certainly did. which is why regularly. why she gets checked regularly. and has done in this and clearly she has done in this case. she actually this case. and she says actually this morning my experience morning it under my experience underlies underlines the importance of checking the size, shape, colour and texture and the emergence of any new moulds because it can be a sign of melanoma. >> and if someone has got a lump and you should go to and it changes, you should go to your gp. that's the advice. if it becomes itchy weeps or it becomes itchy or weeps or becomes more red, absolutely . becomes more red, absolutely. >> it's seeking medical advice and getting these things there early. early, because it's early. early, because if it's caught far more caught early, it's far more treatable . and what the treatable. and that's what the duchess been talking duchess has really been talking about with the about this morning. as with the king last week, saying that king did last week, saying that check your symptoms out if indeed you have symptoms of enlarged and everybody enlarged prostate and everybody is on these websites is now on these websites checking about prostate cancer, which a great benefit of what which is a great benefit of what he's done. yeah, absolutely. 11 times viewed it the times more people viewed it the day after diagnosis. and the

day after his diagnosis. and the day after his diagnosis. and the day before. >> just remind us, um, sarah ferguson lives with prince ferguson still lives with prince andrew, doesn't she? >> does indeed. and royal andrew, doesn't she? >> inioes indeed. and royal andrew, doesn't she? >> in windsor,ad. and royal andrew, doesn't she? >> in windsor, theynd royal andrew, doesn't she? >> in windsor, they are toyal lodge in windsor, they are divorced, but they do live in the same building, a great mate room building. it is it is a great place . of course, it's not great place. of course, it's not part of the guarded windsor estate. and estate. separate police and security have to be paid for because it's not in that perimeter castle perimeter where windsor castle is. cottage, where is. adelaide cottage, where william and catherine live. um and we've all and of course, as we've all heard, have been talk that heard, there have been talk that perhaps the king, or at least the crown estate, in the crown estate, who's in charge is charge of that property, is trying i don't know trying to move. and i don't know how smaller in the garden. >> do they do that? got >> how do they do that? he's got the which been the lease, which he's been paying the lease, which he's been paying and paid for the refurbishments. >> was also a rumour >> but there was also a rumour that were going to that they were going to get remarried that remarried and i wondered if that was property reasons. was for property reasons. >> well, i've seen a lot of rumours, good mates, but they're not, they don't want. >> that's not going to, they're not romantically. >> that's not going to, they're not no. iantically. >> no. >> em- e the slightest. >> not in the slightest. >> not in the slightest. >> slightest. but >> not in slightest. no. but i think that king think it shows that the king genuinely is fond of fergie because he invited her to take part in the sandringham christmas day walk, which would

not have happened when prince philip . philip was alive. >> that way. yeah, yeah, >> put it that way. yeah, yeah, first in 30 years. first time in 30 years. >> i've met her a few times. she she's very , she's she's she can be very, very engaging. >> course beatrice and >> and of course beatrice and eugenie friends , eugenie are good friends, genuine friends with william and catherine, aren't they as well. so that generation are all close? yeah, absolutely. >> william is first cousins with beatrice and eugenie as is prince understand that prince harry. we understand that princess beatrice in particular has eugenie even has a has a no. eugenie even has a close relationship with prince. >> stay with him, hasn't she? >> stay with him, hasn't she? >> she and in >> yeah she has. and even in that netflix documentary with harry they disclosed harry and meghan, they disclosed private of each other at private selfies of each other at a halloween party. i think it was before the relationship. >> can you can we be clear now? how did harry and meghan send a message to the to his to the king and catherine wishing them well. >> well that was an exclusive in the mirror. it's been dubbed as an olive branch. have not been an olive branch. i have not been able that claim. it able to verify that claim. it wouldn't surprise me behind wouldn't surprise me if behind the scenes they indeed do the scenes they did indeed do that. they really need to that. but do they really need to send release every send out a press release every time? do it from a pr

>> no, they do it from a pr point of view. >> these medical issues are a little for royal little complicated for the royal family as well, because of course , there are people course, there are those people who, on social who, particularly on social media, well, i've media, are saying, well, i've been list. yeah, been on a waiting list. yeah, that's right, for a year. and the it's the nhs and there's a sense it's not that they get to go to not fair that they get to go to some hospital in austria and recuperate. tricky to manage. >> it is tricky to manage . but >> it is tricky to manage. but of course they're not the only family in the world who can go to there are to a private hospital. there are many can afford many thousands who can afford it, private it, or indeed have private medical be to it, or indeed have private meso.al be to do so. >> and there's always that argument for people to use private medicine. argument for people to use pri\|te medicine. argument for people to use pri\|te me(upne. argument for people to use pri\|te me(up space on the nhs. >> it frees up space on the nhs. >> it frees up space on the nhs. >> yeah. thank you. >> yeah. okay. thank you. cameron still come cameron right. still to come today marks 100 years since the labour party was formed. are you celebrating that? it's since the first labour government. >> actually, labour government? >> actually, labour government? >> think we want a good, >> no, i think we want a good, proper , viable opposition. proper, viable opposition. >> it'sjust proper, viable opposition. >> it's just a proper, viable opposition. >> it'sjust a shame proper, viable opposition. >> it's just a shame got >> it's just a shame we've got keir starmer. >> it's just a shame we've got keiiwell,neh >> it's just a shame we've got keiiwell, that and much more. >> well, that and much more. after your morning's news with tatiana sanchez . beth

tatiana sanchez. beth thank you very much. >> your top stories from the gb news room. we start with some breaking news. and an 84 year old died after the car. old man has died after the car. he was a passenger in crashed into a fallen tree in fife in scotland. he was declared dead at the scene. the other occupants in the car were uninjured and storm isha has brought gusts of up to 107mph, disrupting airlines and cutting power supplies . rishi sunak says power supplies. rishi sunak says the government is working hard to restore power to homes remaining without it. a met office yellow warning for strong wind remains in place until midday, with warnings of gusts of up to 80mph in exposed coastal areas . ofcom will gain coastal areas. ofcom will gain more powers over bbc online services, including its news website, as part of changes unveiled by the government. rishi norms are aimed at improving impartiality at the broadcaster and they could allow the regulator to enforce action over articles it doesn't believe. meet certain standards. currently ofcom's only able to issue an opinion on the matter,

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ben with us. >> well, it is the morning . >> well, it is the morning. >> well, it is the morning. >> fantastic. >> fantastic. >> it is still morning. you're right. but they be here for right. but they will be here for the about right. right. but they will be here for the have about right. right. but they will be here for the have got about right. right. but they will be here for the have got about riyup. what have you got coming up on the guys? what have you got coming up on the well, guys? what have you got coming up on the well, the guys? what have you got coming up on the well, the bigjuys? what have you got coming up on the well, the big]uys?of course , >> well, the big one, of course, bbc bias. yes good review the bbc bias. yes good review by the government into the bbc. it's been accused of. well it's been urged that the bbc must adapt or risk losing trust. some may argue that it's beyond that point by now. >> i mean, how many times have we heard that from the government and various ministers 7 government and various ministers ? risk losing ? it must adapt or risk losing trust? well, already trust? well, we already know that lost a lot of trust. that it's lost a lot of trust. so what are they going to do about it? it seems like they're going to beef up ofcom when it comes and social comes to the website and social media. is that enough? >> when nadine dorries >> yeah. and when nadine dorries was culture secretary for not long view, was long enough, in my view, she was talking very actively about the licence fee. but what's interesting, threat to that interesting, no threat to that now course, have come and >> of course, have come out and said the tories is said this is all the tories is just, you know, wanting to make said this is all the tories is juculture know, wanting to make said this is all the tories is juculture warw, wanting to make said this is all the tories is juculture war out 'anting to make said this is all the tories is juculture war out ofting to make said this is all the tories is juculture war out of thisto make said this is all the tories is juculture war out of this and,3ke a culture war out of this and, you know, this total you know, this is total distraction from things distraction from the real things that happening in this country. >> and they make good point. >> and they make a good point. there perhaps it is perhaps the conservatives us to focus conservatives like us to focus

on rather than other m atters. matters. >> but say that. but i've >> but you say that. but i've been research this been doing some research this morning bbc morning in examples of bbc bias, which culture secretary which the culture secretary struggled with this morning, some , should some for some reason, should have might have done some for some reason, should hav homework might have done some for some reason, should hav homework mione have done some for some reason, should hav homework mione example,e her homework as as one example, there infamous foi there was that infamous foi freedom information request freedom of information request a few years ago about which newspaper the bbc bought and stocked its buildings with guardian. was number one guardian. what was number one guardian. what was number one guardian yeah . what does guardian i know, yeah. what does that i've been involved that say? i've been involved with foi actually since with that foi actually since then though they've been ordering mail. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you know if they want to >> so you know if they want to get, they better program get, they want a better program out. the megxit better out. but by the megxit better ideas than the. >> stories. they're >> yeah. better stories. they're much than the guardian. >> yeah. better stories. they're mchuardian han the guardian. >> yeah. better stories. they're mchuardian han a|e guardian. >> yeah. better stories. they're muc guardian han a very ardian. >> yeah. better stories. they're mchuardian han a very small. the guardian has a very small readership it? the guardian has a very small reaysoship it? the guardian has a very small reayso you it? the guardian has a very small reayso you and it? the guardian has a very small reayso you and you've? the guardian has a very small reayso you and you've been >> so you and you've been looking starmer looking at what keir starmer said detail . we said in a bit more detail. we managed to touch upon it this morning, in morning, but what else was in his speech? 100 years to his amazing speech? 100 years to the first the day since we had a the first labour he's labour government, and he's banging on the rspca. banging on about the rspca. >> think he could have >> do you think he could have talked achievements talked about the achievements of labour what he as labour and what he would do as prime he's going prime minister, but he's going on it's pathetic. >> well, we're not going to get anything concrete from keir starmer stage . he's starmer at this stage. he's going leave it as long as

going to leave it as long as possible that there isn't possible so that there isn't time all of us scrutinise time for all of us to scrutinise his plans. >> it's working, isn't it, emily? how far they emily? because how far are they heading? poll? 27 heading? the latest poll? 27 points i always say he points ahead. i always say he just a joe and just needs to do a joe biden and hide away in his basement for election day. hide away in his basement for eleyjust day. hide away in his basement for eleyjust don't say anything >> just don't say anything stupid. to the stupid. if you want to win the election. yeah, and that's what he's talking of biden. we >> we're talking of biden. we will, of course, reflecting will, of course, be reflecting on desantis leaving race will, of course, be reflecting onyour desantis leaving race will, of course, be reflecting onyour desarbroke. ving race of your heart broke. >> but you're >> i'm gutted, but you're probably a little gutted, are you, ben? >> was a massive fan >> do you? i was a massive fan of desantis around a year ago when was boy. could when he was golden boy. he could do all do no wrong. he was saying all the things . uh, i do no wrong. he was saying all the things. uh, i think he the right things. uh, i think he had a pretty shoddy campaign and wasn't trump. yeah, exactly. i don't think he should have run at all. he should have waited until trump would until 2028, when trump would have.if until 2028, when trump would have. if he wins this year, trump would have handed the reins to potentially reins over to him, potentially all that 150. all that money 150. >> well , all that money 150. >> well, hundred million >> well, the hundred million dollars . dollars right. >> all that more. emily. yet >> all that and more. emily. yet again, we've matched dresses again, we've matched our dresses accidentally . this was not accidentally. this was not planned, right. a lot more this afternoon. watching afternoon. you are watching britain's newsroom on .

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step of this journey . >> we'll be with you for every step of this journey. in >> we'll be with you for every step of this journey . in 2024 gb step of this journey. in 2024 gb news is britain's election . channel >> what is the time? very good morning. >> 1140 so we are joined now by the former labour adviser, matthew laza and author and broadcaster anna wolf. emma wolf in the studio . can we first in the studio. can we first talk? we. on we've got, we talk? are we. on we've got, we have so many great stories to talk to you about. i'm like a bursting, bursting . bursting, bursting. >> this is an historic moment. 100 today, we had our 100 years ago today, we had our first government formed first labour government formed by we're going by ramsay macdonald. we're going to utley , our to talk now to olivia utley, our political correspondent . political correspondent. >> oh, she's she is she's here. >> she is now, i appeal you >> she is now, i appeal to you to give your ring this to give us your ring this transition time , a government transition time, a government that will be a union of all parties . parties. >> it's been 100 years since the country heeded ramsay macdonald's plea. and elected the first ever labour government . the party was founded in 1900,

having of the trade having grown out of the trade union and socialist union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. but it until 24 years later it wasn't until 24 years later that they garnered public approval and gained power and spells, and the cold soon became commonplace for labour. after macdonald's government fell in 1935, labour was out on its ear until winston churchill formed the wartime coalition, making clement attlee the first deputy prime minister much to the surprise of churchill and his allies. attlee then won a landslide in 1945 on a manifesto that sounds very like something we might hear from a labour politician today . politician today. >> the crucial question at this election how much every elector must make up his or her mind is this. must make up his or her mind is this . what kind of society do this. what kind of society do you want? attlee's legacy lives on in the form of the national health service, which he managed to create despite world war ii, leaving britain virtually bankrupt after two short spells in government in the 1960s and 70 under james callaghan and

70 underjames callaghan and harold wilson, labour came back with a bang in 1997, with the first blair landslide . first blair landslide. >> tony blair brought the party closer to the political centre and abolished its commitment to mass nationalisation of industry. blair also reversed his party's policy on unilateral nuclear disarmament, and the events of black wednesday allowed labour to promise better economic management under the chancellorship of gordon brown . chancellorship of gordon brown. after three consecutive election wins and then a stint of falling popularity, made way for popularity, blair made way for gordon brown, who governed for just years losing just three years before losing to conservatives in the 2010 to the conservatives in the 2010 election. labour has been out in the wilderness ever since, and endured a spell of bitter division under jeremy corbyn's leadership between 2015 and 2019. but the number of mps leaving the party for. good. five years on from corbyn's departure and the party is almost unrecognisable now keir starmer hopes to make history by overturning the conservatives 54 seat majority and securing a landslide labour victory .

landslide labour victory. >> we are ready for a general election. i've had my whole team on a general election footing for some time now . for some time now. >> could 2024 like 1924, be labour's lucky year ? olivia labour's lucky year? olivia utley gb news well , we're utley gb news well, we're watching that gripped, aren't we? >> harrumphing i was harrumphing the whole way through it. >> it is fascinating. thank you. olivia we've got olivia utley we've got emma woolf matthew laza woolf and matthew laza still here us. we gripped by here with us. we was gripped by that. it's more that. well, i think it's more you me it's you know, for me it's a celebration of our history and a lesson from history that, lesson from our history that, you long of you know, we spent too long of it in the last it in opposition in the last hundred there hundred years, and there might be why haven't they ? why today >> why haven't they? why today of days didn't keir starmer of all days didn't keir starmer have a blockbusting speech trailed in all the sunday papers , talking about what labour has achieved, the creation of the welfare state, all the things they've what they're they've done and what they're going carping going to do instead are carping silly speech going the silly speech going on about the tories the irish pcr. it's, tories and the irish pcr. it's, it's low rents. yeah. >> i'm a little bit surprised because so this is the hundredth anniversary of the first labour government. anniversary of the first labour gov hundredth anniversary of the the hundredth anniversary of the party's formation. yeah by keir

hardie, keir hardie . and hardie, by keir hardie. and they're um, uh, then they're sort of um, uh, then tony did massive event tony blair did a massive event at vic theatre. at the old vic theatre. celebrities it was all celebrities were out. it was all kind of we even had a there was a logo went on a centenary logo that went on the membership card. this the party membership card. this seems low it seems a bit a bit low key. it may because ramsay macdonald may be because ramsay macdonald then betray the then went on to betray the party, a bit. party, so it might be a bit. >> this like someone >> this feels like as someone who in news, feels who works in news, this feels like missed like a massive missed opportunity. know like a massive missed opportthisy. know like a massive missed oppor1this until know like a massive missed oppor1this until i know like a massive missed oppor1this until i was know like a massive missed oppor1this until i was readingrv about this until i was reading the papers this morning, and it's low it's not it's sort of low down. it's not front poor. this front page, very poor. this look, labour a roll. look, labour are on a roll. lots of me, kind of of us, even me, are kind of resigning ourselves to the fact that going that they're probably going to get this year. this get in later on this year. this could have been a moment to really kind of put really kind of kind of put themselves there and make themselves out there and make some people make people feel that they're ready for government , that they really government, that they really and we images of the we saw we saw images of the young blair there. young tony blair there. >> an excitement in >> there was an excitement in that man. >> w- e well, there's >> absolutely. well, there's a picture of me with one day we'll see. had hair standing see. when i had hair standing next to him, he was elected leader of the party. and you can't recognise me can't barely recognise me because i had a 97. in 94, he was party. was elected leader of the party. i an early adopter. i was an early adopter. >> i was outside his house. ah

but what they should have been doing is big thing to make it, to britain the to make labour and britain the story together, out story together, to make out that, to make out that that, you know, to make out that labour that, you know, to make out that labo the last century. over the last century. >> that's i would >> so that's what i would have been if been in the been advising if i'd been in the commons but of course commons chair. but of course they because they just they daren't because they just think keep our head down. think we'll keep our head down. >> won't say anything >> we won't say anything controversial. we will. i'm not sure because this speech is done today is quite controversial. sure because this speech is done tod controversial, 1troversial. sure because this speech is done tod controversial, but 'ersial. sure because this speech is done tod controversial, but why|l. sure because this speech is done tod controversial, but why is it >> controversial, but why is it controversial at all? just to say 100 years of labour? yeah, because it is. >> why is it controversial? because i would want to see because what i would want to see as voter is, okay, as a potential voter is, okay, that's for 100 that's what you've done for 100 years. me now what the years. so tell me now what the next 100 years under labour? i think not. do. think they dare not. do. >> that's subtle . i >> i think that's too subtle. i think that's too subtle. i think i think 100 years labour, i think 100 years of labour, lots speech , a big lots of big, a big speech, a big gala, crucially, lots of big, a big speech, a big galfeel crucially, lots of big, a big speech, a big galfeel starmer crucially, lots of big, a big speech, a big galfeel starmer is jcially, lots of big, a big speech, a big galfeel starmer is on|lly, lots of big, a big speech, a big galfeel starmer is on and we feel that starmer is on and up, that it's all positive and that they're ready for government. and simple government. and he could, simple as could tell us who >> he could tell us who his favourite labour leader is. you would always going would assume it's always going to a celebration to be attlee, just a celebration of labour. >> but you know it's >> yeah. but you know it's attlee has to be the attlee then blair has to be the older other older person. but the other thing be doing the

thing is you should be doing the speech with labour members because membership because the poor old membership feel neglected feel a little bit neglected occasionally. bank. feel a little bit neglected occ.the1ally. bank. feel a little bit neglected occ.the lloyds bank. feel a little bit neglected occ.the lloyds foundation feel a little bit neglected occ.tiso.loyds foundation feel a little bit neglected occ.tiso i'mis foundation feel a little bit neglected occ.tiso i'm a foundation feel a little bit neglected occ.tiso i'm a little foundation feel a little bit neglected occ.tiso i'm a little perplexed] feel a little bit neglected occ.ti�*.the�*m a little perplexed] feel a little bit neglected occ.ti�*.the choice.tle perplexed] feel a little bit neglected occ.ti�*.the choice.tle perplexis ] about the choice. the team is normally today they normally spot on, but today they i think they might have got a bit future labour. bit off future with labour. exactly i would have, i would have, i would have been, you know, i would have been outside london members. london with members. >> like fresh from >> people don't like fresh from davos. talk. can we >> can we just talk. can we please, my own sake, please, just for my own sake, can about catherine bourbois? >> otherwise going >> otherwise you're going to explode therapy explode my daily therapy because i am going to explode. >> you might been with us >> you might have been with us last talking about last week. we're talking about this the this story. she runs the michaela community school in london. the best london. they have the best results children arrive results for children that arrive at the in year seven. so at the school in year seven. so age and then leave. they are age 11 and then leave. they are top leaderboard for the top of the leaderboard for the academic improvement of those children and she's in court this week. emma now, if you did see this is because she's banned muslim prayer. she's banned any prayer prayer to bring together this incredibly multicultural school to keep order and to school and to keep order and to maintain stability to and stop this horrible divisiveness , the this horrible divisiveness, the threats that the pupil that is bringing this case against her

funded by lawyers, very aggressive lawyers . aggressive lawyers. >> um, this actually funded by you and me , the taxpayer, the you and me, the taxpayer, the taxpayer got wretched legal aid, legal aid. this student was actually banned, uh, suspended for five days last year for threatening another pupil with stabbing. what it and what katharine birbalsingh tries. what she's actually saying is, do you know what? have do you know what? we don't have space separate prayer areas. space for separate prayer areas. she it's not safe for she said it's not safe for pupils to be wandering around the school unsupervised to go off and do and have prayer sessions. i agree with her. i think that schools should be a neutral free neutral space. politics, free religion free. they should get on of schools, on with the job of schools, which educating children . i which is educating children. i mean, that's what she's doing. >> facing death threats. >> she's facing death threats. she's who've she's had staff who've had bncks windows. i mean, in france, course, >> i mean, in france, of course, it exact reverse it would be the exact reverse because secularism because the secularism in france, would sued if she france, she would be sued if she had out. had let them out. >> don't even want >> prayer i don't even want young face young girls wearing face coverings, i don't think. >> seen >> and obviously we've seen we've horrific we've seen some horrific examples we saw examples in france where we saw the a teacher, um, the beheading of a teacher, um, who'd got involved in controversy for showing the charlie hebdo cartoons of the

prophet. so, mean, look, i, i prophet. so, i mean, look, i, i think we should keep religion out of schools unless it's a specifically school . specifically religious school. i'm not in favour of banning religious if it's a religious schools. but if it's a state to be secular, state school to be secular, i mean, when i was at my mean, frankly, when i was at my secondary the secondary school, the daily prayer a prayer. prayer amounted to a prayer. daily of christian worship daily act of christian worship was stuck on the was a prayer stuck on the noticeboard. everybody ignored. was a prayer stuck on the noti you admitted that? >> yeah. we just onward. >> yeah. we just went onward. soldiers war, soldiers marching to war, katharine birbalsingh. soldiers marching to war, katand|e birbalsingh. soldiers marching to war, katand|e birb.she's h. remarkable soldiers marching to war, katishe e birb.she's h. remarkable soldiers marching to war, katishee birlherself, remarkable soldiers marching to war, katishee birlherself, shenarkable soldiers marching to war, katishee birlherself, she says,ble and she calls herself, she says, i a small conservative. i am a small c conservative. she's she's done she's a pain. she's done a brilliant with media brilliant interview with a media outlet unherd, i outlet called unherd, and i would you to sit down and would urge you to sit down and listen to with a guy called listen to it with a guy called freddie she talks freddie sayers, and she talks about that across the about the fact that across the school have many school they have so many different , and it is different faiths, and it is therefore i have to bring people together. and she said, if you don't that proactively, she don't do that proactively, she said school, the said, in my school, the canbbean said, in my school, the caribbean boys would be separate to indian would be to the indian boys would be separate to the muslim boys and the the hindu the sikh girls, and the hindu girls. little girls. they were in their little ghettos, girls. they were in their little gheand then different and >> and then different and different, know, different,

different, you know, different, different traditions within those schools those religion. and what schools about becoming chaotic . about it is becoming chaotic. >> it is becoming impossible to manage, it is becoming manage, and it is becoming impossible them their impossible for them to do their jobs, educating the children. >> and she said, you don't >> and she said, if you don't proactive , make effort to proactive, make an effort to bnng proactive, make an effort to bring together and bring those people together and you sacrifices , then bring those people together and you cohesion sacrifices , then bring those people together and you cohesion sacrinots , then bring those people together and you cohesion sacri not work. n bring those people together and you cohesion sacri not work. and the cohesion does not work. and where is there lesson for life where is there a lesson for life in that? and how successful has that school been in getting its. >> and they are way oversubscribed . oversubscribed. >> i'm very anti discrimination. but nobody's allowed pray but if nobody's allowed to pray then me. yeah, then that works for me. yeah, exactly . then that works for me. yeah, eaneah. she's exactly she's >> yeah. she's not exactly she's not. crucial distinction. >> parents are responding >> and parents are responding with wants go to this everybody wants to go to this school and i'm sorry the school and i'm sorry if the muslim families this muslim families felt this strongly couldn't muslim families felt this stron have couldn't muslim families felt this stron have crowdfunded:ouldn't muslim families felt this stron have crowdfunded this?|'t muslim families felt this strcwhy'e crowdfunded this?|'t muslim families felt this strcwhy'e croythernded this?|'t muslim families felt this strcwhy'e croythe taxpayer;?|'t muslim families felt this strcwhy'e croythe taxpayer got to >> why have the taxpayer got to pay >> why have the taxpayer got to pay this? pay for this? >> absolutely. you actually find, for example, that lot find, for example, that a lot of church schools church of england schools have relatively church of england schools have relativefrom other faiths because people from other faiths because parents faiths who people from other faiths because par< religious, faiths who people from other faiths because par

catholic school, uh, junior school, few weeks and school, a few weeks ago, and half were catholic. half the kids were not catholic. and it's school. and and it's a great school. and there's you you're there's a and, you know, you're getting, queue for getting, you know, queue for people to parents. people to and parents. >> says on the >> it does what it says on the tin doesn't it. and that's the key what you're key thing. you know what you're getting story broke the >> this story broke over the weekend to talk weekend and i was dying to talk about hope we've got time about it. i hope we've got time before and ben appear on before emily and ben appear on our screens. this about our screens. but this is about channel been channel migrants who have been quietly work i >>i >> i mean, say, what have i been saying? >> saying this should happen. well, already was happening. >> well, i'm going to >> okay, well, i'm going to disagree for disagree with all of you for once, actually think once, because i actually think i would that the would prefer, given that the government would prefer, given that the governmydeter people failed to deter people from crossing illegally and that crossing over illegally and that they process they failed to process their claims actually prefer claims. i actually would prefer migrants to be working here in some sectors. i agree with inc. care. >> i'm with you. >> i'm with you. >> yeah. no, i this one here, the only one doesn't agree. >> yeah. no, i this one here, the i'my one doesn't agree. >> yeah. no, i this one here, the i'my one for doesn't agree. >> yeah. no, i this one here, the i'my one for them]'t agree. >> yeah. no, i this one here, the i'my one for them to agree. >> yeah. no, i this one here, the i'my one for them to work. >> yeah. no, i this one here, the i'my one for them to work in >> i'm happy for them to work in agriculture construction. agriculture and construction. i don't want them in the care sector. sure that's sector. i'm not sure that's safe. sector. i'm not sure that's saf> get the turnips out of the field. yes absolutely. >> don't sit on >> do some work. don't sit on benefits. don't commit crimes. let's work. let's get them to work. >> the government's it >> the government's made it worse by keeping it secret. i think that's the problem. it think that's the problem. is it only free only came out of getting free

border knowledge in these camps and hotels. and these hotels. >> return, they do some >> they. in return, they do some bafic basic work. >> so if they work in of >> so if they work in one of these sectors, these shortage sectors, they have they don't get the have to they don't get the subsistence allowance stops because and because they're being paid and they contribute towards they have to contribute towards their lodging, their board and lodging, but they on top. they don't get wages on top. >> get that subsistence >> they get that subsistence already. they already. and they should they get the wage. get 80% of the going wage. >> should going it. get 80% of the going wage. >> the should going it. get 80% of the going wage. >> the keyyuld going it. get 80% of the going wage. >> the key politically ng it. get 80% of the going wage. >> the key politically so it. get 80% of the going wage. >> the key politically so today but the key politically so today the development is, is that james cleverly, the home secretary, has been warned by former david former cabinet ministers david davis and robert jenrick davis and i think robert jenrick as this scheme. as well, to ditch this scheme. so it may not last long if there's pressure builds in the tory party, i think it'd be quite probably, probably tory party, i think it'd be quite prolprobablybably tory party, i think it'd be quite prolprobably didn't even know. but we're doing people >> but we're doing the people trafficking >> but we're doing the people traffickirthen you this because then they you think this is a pull factor? guess what because then they you think this is a p|not3ctor? guess what because then they you think this is a p|not only? guess what because then they you think this is a p|not only? glyou what because then they you think this is a p|not only? glyou get|t because then they you think this is a p|not only? glyou get to go guys? not only do you get to go to england, we you in to england, we put you in a hotel. they're to give hotel. they're going to give you a well. a job as well. >> i think it's far more of >> no, i think it's far more of a factor. look, come a pull factor. look, guys, come over on over here and you'll sit on benefits have everything benefits and have everything provided rather than provided for you. rather than rather veg. i don't rather than picking veg. i don't think is a pull factor if think it is a pull factor if people to they do. people want to work, they do. i think gives good well, think this gives good well, i think this gives good well, i think people a chance. think it gives people a chance. lots will get back on lots of people will get back on

their feet, they will start to contribute country. contribute to this country. we cannot have people over here just benefits. just sitting on benefits. totally only after year, >> it's only after a year, but that when should that is when you should be processing ideally processing them. yes ideally they given that we they should. but given that we are are under labour are where we are under labour government failed then government have failed, then yes, thousand yes, let them work a thousand and a thousand people to and a thousand new people to process and get process the applications and get people here. people who shouldn't be here. >> interest. why do you >> home of interest. why do you not should in >> home of interest. why do you not care should in >> home of interest. why do you not care homes?]ould in >> home of interest. why do you noti are homes?]ould in >> home of interest. why do you noti well,)mes?]ould in >> home of interest. why do you noti well, that's|ould in >> home of interest. why do you noti well, that's justi in >> home of interest. why do you noti well, that's justi safety >> i well, that's just a safety thing. i would want thing. i'm not sure i would want someone is an asylum seeker someone who is an asylum seeker who hasn't been who is whose claim hasn't been processed . i know that's processed. i know that's sort of. i'm just not sure whether thatis of. i'm just not sure whether that is safe. whereas the key thing it hasn't thing is it hasn't been processed, thing is it hasn't been process> yeah, exactly. yeah so has older with, with almost older people with, with almost agreement though. >> three days i it's >> almost three days i it's normally it's against normally me it's three against one think. one i think. >> i think we've convinced >> no i think we've convinced bev bev is for turning. bev i think bev is for turning. >> no i don't think because >> no i don't think so because i don't another don't want to give us another reason for people to fail to sell idea of. sell the idea of. >> won't. it's more of sell the idea of. >.sell won't. it's more of sell the idea of. >.sell to won't. it's more of sell the idea of. >.sell to come)n't. it's more of sell the idea of. >.sell to come over it's more of sell the idea of. >.sell to come over it's nand of a sell to come over here and live for free. >> them all? let's

>> want them here at all? let's be any of them. be clear any of them. >> and on that bombshell crossing the right. crossing the channel right. that's it from britain's newsroom thank you that's it from britain's newsrothank thank you that's it from britain's newsrothank you thank you that's it from britain's newsrothank you matthew. |nk you that's it from britain's newsrothank you matthew. as you emma. thank you matthew. as always. we be back tomorrow always. we will be back tomorrow morning but up next it's morning at 930. but up next it's good afternoon , britain, with good afternoon, britain, with ben emily. ben and emily. >> see you tomorrow. yes. well, we have the wonderful ben leo with us today on the show. and i think i'm bev on that think i'm team bev on that last debate. me going. debate. that one gets me going. but coming the show, big but coming up on the show, big stories come. stories to come. >> course, the midterms >> of course, the bbc midterms review is bias. the review is the bbc bias. the culture secretary struggled to give this morning. give examples this morning. we'll by michael we'll be joined by mark michael crick veteran broadcaster, crick, veteran broadcaster, and i'll list of examples i'll put a long list of examples to him to respond to. >> yes , that's going to be >> yes, that's going to be a spicy one. and storm isha have youwinds and gusts of up to >> winds and gusts of up to 100mph. windows were shaking 100mph. my windows were shaking and that was in london. >> let us know gb views at gb news. but first your weather news. com but first your weather looks like things are heating up boxt boilers spot of weather on gb news is . gb news is. >> alex deakin here with your

latest weather update from the met office for gb news. storm isha has cleared away, but it's still very windy out there. a mixture sunshine , rain and mixture of sunshine, rain and blustery the storm blustery showers. the storm system has said. clearing away to the there is another to the north, there is another low out in the atlantic that will bring wet and windy will bring more wet and windy weather and weather through tomorrow, and there further met office there are further met office warnings place for that. for warnings in place for that. for the rest today. remains the rest of today. it remains very the coming in very gusty, the winds coming in from plenty of from the west bringing plenty of showers western scotland, showers across western scotland, northern northern northern ireland, northern england and west wales. odd england and west wales. the odd rumble thunder possible. england and west wales. the odd rumtoo thunder possible. england and west wales. the odd rumtoo many nder possible. england and west wales. the odd rumtoo many ofer possible. england and west wales. the odd rumtoo many of those ossible. england and west wales. the odd rumtoo many of those showers not too many of those showers getting to the midlands. eastern england parts northeast england parts of northeast scotland bright scotland staying dry and bright with spells. and even with some sunny spells. and even where the showers, where we've got the showers, they tend through they do tend to zip through because windy. because it is still windy. that wind bringing cooler wind bringing a cooler feel certainly well . temperatures certainly as well. temperatures for high single for most in the high single digits through this evening and overnight showers will continue to pack in across scotland for much of the evening as we go through the night, they may start to fade. many other areas will have a dry with clear will have a dry night with clear spells, to see spells, but we'll start to see that weather system that next weather system bringing rain towards northern ireland cooler night,

ireland by dawn. a cooler night, some possible some pockets of frost possible in of scotland, but for in parts of scotland, but for most of too much wind to most of too us much of a wind to see temperatures get down see those temperatures get down to freezing. a cooler start though, and then though, nonetheless. and then it turns weather turns wet. that next weather system outbreaks of system bringing outbreaks of heavy cause some heavy rain that could cause some problems . and winds problems. and the winds then start strengthen further, start to strengthen further, particularly we go through particularly as we go through tuesday and into the particularly as we go through tuesdtime and into the particularly as we go through tuesdtime period and into the particularly as we go through tuesdtime period across]to the night time period across scotland and northern ireland. so met office warnings so there are met office warnings in place, mild day but feeling in place, a mild day but feeling cooler with the wind and the rain . rain. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsor of weather on .

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