show on gb news daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk, the man who stabbed three people to death in nottingham last year has finally been sentenced . sentenced. >> but the mother of one of his, the victims has slammed the police and the crown prosecution service do justice has not been served. >> today we as a devastated family have been let down by multiple agency failings and ineffectiveness and on the same day the tories and labour have both said how they'll crack down on knife crime. >> but what difference will their policies really make? and we'll the latest on rishi we'll get the latest on rishi sunak. some critics claim he's got just six weeks to turn things around and the trial has started with the couple, who are accused of the manslaughter by gross negligence of their baby daughter . daughter. >> that's all coming in your next hour . thanks for

>> that's all coming in your next hour. thanks forjoining me on the show . all to hear from on the show. all to hear from you today. please email me your views gbviews@gbnews.com. and please tell me do you agree with the mother of one of those victims ? victims? >> does true justice has not been served today? >> it was called a trial by doctors and nottinghamshire police have blood on their hands. what's your take on today's sentence ? but first it's today's sentence? but first it's time for your latest news headunes time for your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top story from the gb newsroom. a man who stabbed three people to death in nottingham city centre last year has been sentenced to a hospital order. 332 year old osvaldo carl heneghan killed two students. barnaby webber and grace o'malley kumar, and school caretaker ian coates. he pleaded not guilty to murder due to mental illness, but admitted manslaughter and will be detained in a high security

hospital indefinitely. the judge says probably for the rest of his life . the judge told his life. the judge told kalakani that his actions had sentenced and sentenced many relatives and friends of the victims to a life of grief and pain. >> your sickening crimes both shocked the nation and wrecked the lives of your surviving victims and the families of them all. none of the evidence relating to your mental state detracts from the horror of your actions . actions. >> speaking after the sentencing , emma webber, the mother of barnaby, says justice has not been served . been served. >> at no point during the previous five and a half months will be given any indication that this could conclude in anything other than murder . we anything other than murder. we trusted in our system . trusted in our system. foolishly, as it turns out , we foolishly, as it turns out, we do not dispute that the murderer is mentally unwell and has been for a number of years. however the premeditated planning, the collection of lethal weapons , collection of lethal weapons, hiding in the shadows and the brutality of the attacks are of an individual who knew exactly

what he was doing. he knew entirely that it was wrong , but entirely that it was wrong, but he did it anyway . he did it anyway. >> in other news, the government's defending its record on tackling knife crime amid a third crackdown in just eight years. the home secretary says the new restrictions are aimed at closing what he called aimed at closing what he called a loophole that allowed some types zombie style knives to types of zombie style knives to be kept and sold . but shadow be kept and sold. but shadow home yvette cooper home secretary yvette cooper says the fresh legislation still doesn't go far enough . doesn't go far enough. >> it'sjust doesn't go far enough. >> it's just too little , too >> it's just too little, too late. it doesn't include ninja swords, it doesn't include a whole series of dangerous weapons . weapons. >> and the penalties also aren't strong enough. they've been promising this ban on zombie knives for a long time, and it's still not going to come in until the autumn shot lifting offences in england and wales are at the highest level in 20 years. >> the office for national statistics says more than 400,000 offences were recorded in the year to september. that's up in the year to september. that's ”p by in the year to september. that's up by nearly a third. downing

street says ministers are looking into how to tackle the rising problem . criminal gangs rising problem. criminal gangs who tried to sneak items into prisons using drones will face new penalties from today . new new penalties from today. new 400 metre no fly zones are now in force around prisons. it means anyone caught trying to fly items such as phones, drugs or weapons into prisons using drones will pay a 2500 pounds fine. there will also be a ten year maximum prison sentence for criminals who breach the restrictions . news to us. in the restrictions. news to us. in the last hour, the parents of a baby girl who died after allegedly being carried on a manhunt in a supermarket bag have been described as cruel and arrogant. constance marten and mark gordon sparked a national police chase after they went missing last yearin after they went missing last year in an alleged attempt to avoid having their baby taken into care . they were charged into care. they were charged with manslaughter after their baby died, as they tried to evade authorities by living in a tent . a court heard that the tent. a court heard that the

infant would still be alive if it weren't for the reckless, selfish and callous conduct of the parents as well. the pair deny the charges . the child is deny the charges. the child is expected to run until march nicola sturgeon used an expletive to describe boris johnson in pandemic era whatsapp messages. the covid inquiry heard the former scottish first minister sent messages to her chief advisers strongly criticising the then prime minister for as he announced another national lockdown in october 2020. in the messages, ms sturgeon described his address to the nation as excruciating and said the uk government's communications were awful . anyone under the age of awful. anyone under the age of 18 will no longer be able to receive online messages from people they don't know, as part of an update by social media company meta, the owner of facebook and instagram is changing its default setting , changing its default setting, meaning under—eighteens will only be able to receive messages from people they choose to follow . parents will also be follow. parents will also be alerted if their child attempts

to change their privacy settings. it comes as the government faces calls to ban smartphone phones for children under the age of 16, amid concerns for child safety . those concerns for child safety. those are your top stories on gb news across the uk . on tv, in your across the uk. on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now back to . martin >> thank you tatiana. now there's only one place to start today. the mother of a man stabbed to death in nottingham last year has said true justice has not been served. barnaby webber's mum emma was speaking after valdo carl heneghan was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and attempted murder . responsibility and attempted murder. grace omani kumar and ian coates were also killed by kalakani. our reporter, will hollis is outside nottingham crown court . will a case that's

crown court. will a case that's horrified the nation and the pair aunts of the deceased certainly don't feel that justice has been served . what's justice has been served. what's the latest ? the latest? >> yes. well, waldo kalakani, who also goes by the name adam mendez , has been sentenced to a mendez, has been sentenced to a hospital order, meaning that he will now be sent back to ashworth secure hospital in liverpool , where he's been liverpool, where he's been spending much of the time since those attacks in june the 13th. he will never see the inside of a prison cell, but instead will be treated in a secure hospital that's under the mental health act. and justice turner today said when he was sentencing waldo kalakani that it's quite probably going to be the rest of his life that he will spend it there. but today we've been remembering what happened on june the 13th as the police release new cctv footage of what

happenedin release new cctv footage of what happened in those deadly nottingham attacks . this waldo nottingham attacks. this waldo kalakani branded a monster by his victims families. kalakani branded a monster by his victims families . he set out his victims families. he set out on june 13th last year with a clear plan to kill on cctv . on june 13th last year with a clear plan to kill on cctv. he is seen returning to nottingham from london after boarding a tram. he began roaming the city's streets wearing all black with him. a bag of weapons , with him. a bag of weapons, including a double edged fighting dagger. his first victims, 19 year old university of nottingham students grace o'malley kumar and barnaby webber, returning from a night out at around 4 am, he stabbed them both repeatedly on ilkeston road before calmly walking away. his attack had been uncompromisingly brutal. >> oh no . >> oh no. >> oh no. >> police emergency here. what's

the emergency? >> yes, there's been a stabbing on christian road. there's somebody lying in the street. i think they're dead. oh, that was awful . awful. >> kalakani then tried climbing into a hostel ceiling house through a window, but was pushed back by 5 am. he'd killed again. his next victim, school caretaker ian coates, on magdala road before stealing his van and driving into wayne birkett , who driving into wayne birkett, who was walking in milton street . was walking in milton street. and soon after, sharon miller and marcin gawronski , who were and marcin gawronski, who were extremely fortunate to survive. police arrested kalakani in radford , tasering him taser. radford, tasering him taser. taser on me. >> stay where you are. stay where? >> the 32 year old, who also goes by the name adam mendez, is a dual national from guinea—bissau and portugal, having arrived in the uk in two thousand and seven. diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia , he with paranoid schizophrenia, he had been sectioned multiple

times under the mental health act and been in trouble with police for criminal damage and assault , but police for criminal damage and assault, but his pleas of manslaughter were accepted on the grounds of diminished responsibility. a defence of mental illness . the attacks mental illness. the attacks shocked not just this city but the nation . while hollis gb news the nation. while hollis gb news in nottingham .yes, the nation. while hollis gb news in nottingham . yes, well, all in nottingham. yes, well, all the families are not at all happy with the way that this one has gone . a sentencing to a has gone. a sentencing to a scale that we've not seen in nottingham for such a long time . nottingham for such a long time. and when they were outside of the crown court here with all of the crown court here with all of the city and country's media before them, they took the opportunity to target the crown prosecution service. nottinghamshire police as well as local mental health services for what they described as failings they believe that more should have been done before these attacks to keep caloocan

under control, and they do not think that this is the right result . they were hoping for result. they were hoping for a murder trial , not a sentencing murder trial, not a sentencing for manslaughter. we've been heanng for manslaughter. we've been hearing from one of the strongest voices , emma webber, strongest voices, emma webber, barney's mother , 19 year old barney's mother, 19 year old barney's mother, 19 year old barney the universe city student that was stabbed alongside gruesome ali kumar and barney's mother has been telling us a little bit about how she thinks that nottinghamshire county council , how that nottinghamshire county council, how nottinghamshire police has a has blood on his hands alongside. we've also heard from grace's father sanjay, who has paid tribute to his darling daughter. we will never come to terms with the loss of our beloved daughter grace , and how she lost her grace, and how she lost her life, her heroic actions . she life, her heroic actions. she was a gift to us and she was a gift to the country. we'd like to thank our wonderful family from london and ireland and all

of our friends for their continued love and support . continued love and support. whilst we have never questioned this man's diagnosis , the lack this man's diagnosis, the lack of toxicology , any of toxicology, any contemporaneous mental health assessment as well as missed opportunities to divert his lethal path will forever play on our minds . lethal path will forever play on our minds. faldo kalakani also killed 65 year old school caretaker ian coates and his sons have been in court the entire time and on the steps they said that faldo kalakani has gotten away with murder to the failures from the police. the cps , the health service have the cps, the health service have resulted in the murder of my father and these two innocent students. the nhs mental health trust have to be held accountable for their failures, along with the police . all we along with the police. all we can do is hope that in due

course, some sort of justice will be served. this man has made a mockery of the system and he has got away with murder . he has got away with murder. yes, well, this is the end of this sentencing hearing. there wasn't a trial like the family and much of the country would have expected, but faldo kalakani pled guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility because of his mental illness, because of his mental illness, because of his mental illness, because of schizophrenia . and because of schizophrenia. and thatis because of schizophrenia. and that is something that all of the psychiatrists said was entirely true. and they all agreed unanimously that he would not have committed these acts without his illness . and that's without his illness. and that's something that was accepted by justice turner in sentencing him to a hospital order, meaning faldo kalakani will never see the inside of a prison, but will spend most of the rest of his life in a secure hospital . life in a secure hospital. >> thank you. will hollis live from nottingham? ian coates son

james. he has got away with murder . the james. he has got away with murder. the case of faldo. calacanis has cast a dark shadow over my home city of nottingham , over my home city of nottingham, magdala road, where ian coates was killed, was the road behind where i grew up and the video of khalife connor's arrest was taken by a friend of mine, kane. um, this is the beginning of the life sentence for the family, and they feel deeply aggrieved by what's happened. they're calling it a trial by doctors. they feel that this was a fait accompli , and it's a case which accompli, and it's a case which asks deep, deep questions of our entire criminal justice system of the nhs , of the police and of the nhs, of the police and the missed opportunities as as sanjoy grace's father said, they're so many missed opportunities to pick this killer up before this happened. we'll be discussing this throughout the show in lots more detail . okay, later this hour, detail. okay, later this hour, i'll tell you about the

conservatives and labour both announcing plans on the same day to crack down on knife crime of all days. today and there's plenty of coverage on our website gb news. com you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country, thank you very the country, so thank you very much. tory mps are rallying much. now, tory mps are rallying around rishi sunak. of course they are, as faces criticism they are, as he faces criticism over his leadership, the prime minister is in yorkshire today. we're expecting to hear him we're expecting to hear from him shortly. is shortly. christopher hope is up there him. i'm martin there with him. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's

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marked as key tests of rishi's leadership. and this comes after labour leader sir keir starmer claimed is being bullied claimed sunak is being bullied by his own mps. claimed sunak is being bullied by his own mps . well, to discuss by his own mps. well, to discuss this now i'm joined in the studio by our political correspondent olivia utley and also conservative peer and also the conservative peer and pollster lord roberts hayward. good afternoon of you, good afternoon to both of you, olivia. let's start with yourself. this huge mood yourself. there's this huge mood in the air that there's a there's a plot against rishi, andifs there's a plot against rishi, and it's been driven by these polls, these polls that show the party is doomed if sunak's at the helm. it can only be saved by. by who? this anonymous character. we don't even know who it is . who's behind these who it is. who's behind these polls? do we know we really don't know who's behind these polls. >> it was a fascinating poll. the really bizarre one question in it, which, as you say, was people were asked if they could choose between keir starmer and a conservative leader who would be prepared to cut down the number of small boats to cut taxes and basically do lots and lots of nice things. then which would you vote for? and

surprisingly enough, the answer came out with imaginary conservative, wonderful messiah leader, mythical figure. >> that doesn't seem to exist exactly . exactly. >> um, whether there is some sort of concerted plot to oust rishi sunak, to be honest, from where i'm sitting looks a bit doubtful. we saw simon clarke, right? that blissed attack on rishi sunak, who was , of course, rishi sunak, who was, of course, his former boss. he was simon clarke was chief secretary to the treasury when rishi sunak was chancellor and simon clarke wrote this blistering attack on rishi sunak in the telegraph, where said that although where he said that although sunak wasn't solely responsible for the country, for the problems of the country, finds itself facing , he felt finds itself facing, he felt that sunak was an obstacle to the conservatives recover . now the conservatives recover. now thatis the conservatives recover. now that is a stark analysis of the prime minister's time in number 10. but we were all sort of expecting a number of mps are sort of rowing behind simon clarke, and for this to be the beginning of a rebellion didn't happen. well, that didn't happen at all. in fact, if anything, i think looking stronger think sunak is looking stronger now looked

now than he's looked for quite a long i was at pmqs long time. i was at pmqs on wednesday conservative were wednesday and conservative were were cheering him to the rafters when he walked in to the house of commons, and not a single one asked him a sort of tricksy question. there was a frisson of excitement theresa excitement when theresa may stood actually stood up, but she was actually talking important talking about her very important new on type one diabetes. new report on type one diabetes. nothing sunak nothing difficult for sunak at all. so the prime minister is actually looking, in a way strong , actually looking, in a way strong, bigger than actually looking, in a way strong , bigger than ever. as strong, bigger than ever. as a result of this failed rebellion that said, the clock is sort of ticking because as we're hearing today, obviously there are these two by elections on the 15th of february in wellingborough and king's wood. the conservatives have 18,000 majority in wellingborough, 9000 and in kingswood . i think i've got that kingswood. i think i've got that the right way round. um, um, and obviously if they lose either of those seats, then conservatives backbenchers will start to be questioning sunaks judgement again . so in the sort of medium again. so in the sort of medium terme , sunak is looking pretty terme, sunak is looking pretty safe. but i don't think we can

guarantee even now that he will be the leader leading us into the next general election . the next general election. >> a great point to bring you in, lord robert hayward. normally in football, when you get the full support of the board and they give round of board and they give a round of applause to you, you get the chop the next day. that chop the next day. yes. is that the of trouble? let's the direction of trouble? let's talk you know talk about this point. you know a two about polling. a thing or two about polling. um, they be um, these polls, they seem to be nefariously ephemerally just emerging to prove a point of this mythical successor who hasn't been named in fact, who who on earth could it be? but nevertheless, it is a rhodes rishi's credibility as leader continually and it's an interesting point that actually, that much publicised poll produced, if you looked in the fine print below , which very few fine print below, which very few people did , the narrowest labour people did, the narrowest labour lead of any poll for months, and the significant thing is that that mrp poll asked questions in detail. >> yes. and therefore the

suggestion would be that that's more accurate. four days later, the same polling company on a standard polling technique produced a labour lead of 27 as against 13.5. so you've got one company doing the same polling by different methods. >> it's all about how you ask the question, of course, and it was a very leading question. here's a red meat leader that doesn't seem to exist. if he was there, would you vote for him? the is, it the interesting thing is, it seems that's what reform seems to be that's what reform are is this basically are offering. is this basically saying if you act like reform . saying if you act like reform. and brings us to these two and that brings us to these two by elections, you have by elections, you might have a better by elections, you might have a bet no, think it says is >> no, i think what it says is that there's a strong element of concern, question about that, concern, no question about that, particularly because the tory polling figures, whether they're yougovs at a certain level or yougov nrhp at different level yougov nrhp at a different level , um, that there is a concern that the tories seem to be flatlining . flatlining. >> the significant thing is that there is no loyalty to any political party at the moment. so um, difficult for everybody . so um, difficult for everybody. excuse me? no, sir. certainty

for anybody. but not too difficult by—election as i was the mp for kingswood for a decade. so i know the territory well , um, of i decade. so i know the territory well, um, of i was the mp for what was called kingswood then because of two successive boundary changes in the time only 30% of the people who go to vote on the 15th are actually people who could have voted for me back in 1992, but didn't. so fast forward, fast forward to february the 15th in kingswood. >> now what are they looking for? and are the tories? the answer? >> i think the real difficulty for the tories, and it's been the case in mid beds and selby and everywhere else you look, it's not people converting to another party, it's the fact that the tories can't get their own vote out apathy. if you look at mid—bedfordshire , for at mid—bedfordshire, for example, the labour party wanted with the second lowest vote they'd ever got in that

constituency . constituency. >> it's been happening quite a lot. tory stayers seem to just gift it. >> yeah, they tamworth . there >> yeah, they tamworth. there was a by—election in 1996, in a constituency called southeast shapps, which is the same as tamworth. almost two anout 62. there was a commitment to blair at that stage . tamworth at that stage. tamworth by—election just a few weeks ago, turn out 36. there is no commitment and i think all politicians have to be aware that actually we, the population at large, is alienated. don't know where it'll go. yeah. olivia bringing you back in so the dangle of tax breaks has to happen. >> surely it's tax cuts or die with these elections. so close to the march 6th announcement, do you think there's sufficient leeway to be able to dangle the carrot of that to affect the outcome of those by elections, or is it just too little , too late? >> well, i mean , it's a really >> well, i mean, it's a really interesting question. i think probably it is too little, too

late . those sort of majorities late. those sort of majorities that the conservatives have in wellingborough and kingswood , i wellingborough and kingswood, i mean, they're nothing like the kind of majorities that would have been overturned last year. and selby , a 26 000 majority, and selby, a 26 000 majority, was was overturned. uh, only seven months ago. and actually, if the conservatives if anything, the conservatives are polling worse now than they if anything, the conservatives are pthen. worse now than they if anything, the conservatives are pthen. vthink now than they if anything, the conservatives are pthen. vthink what han they if anything, the conservatives are pthen. vthink what willthey if anything, the conservatives are pthen. vthink what will bey were then. i think what will be quite what quite interesting is what happens those by happens after those by elections. what how the result of those by elections affects the budget. because if . the the budget. because if. the conservatives lose, which lots of people are predicting that they will, they'll be a lot of pressure on jeremy hunt to cut taxes big time in order to appeal to conservative mps who by that time presumably be by that time will presumably be feeling indeed. feeling very restless indeed. they cut . they want to see taxes cut. they're putting pressure on, uh, jeremy hunt. last time he did cut insurance by toopi cut national insurance by toopi more expected. this more than was expected. but this time going to have time he's really going to have to pull the out the to pull the rabbit out of the hat to get those disgruntled conservative side. now conservative mps on side. now what can he do to achieve that ?

what can he do to achieve that? will he change the income tax thresholds? that's one thing which lots and lots of conservative backbenchers are calling for. they say that whatever other tax cuts you do essentially end up being tinkering around edges . if tinkering around the edges. if the thresholds at which people pay the thresholds at which people pay frozen . pay income tax are still frozen. basically what's been happening is the threshold was . set sort is the threshold was. set sort of ten, 15 years ago, being a backdrop of rising inflation. and the salaries, which once upon a time would have neatly fit into the higher tax bracket no should should apply fit into the higher tax bracket no so should should apply fit into the higher tax bracket no so .;hould should apply fit into the higher tax bracket no so . that's should apply fit into the higher tax bracket no so . that's fiscali apply fit into the higher tax bracket no so . that's fiscal drag.y there. so. that's fiscal drag. >> but the big question is, lord roberts, will a little tax break here or there be enough? it feels like a trajectory towards doom at the moment. i'm not being pessimistic. it just everyone thinking that within being pessimistic. it just eve parte thinking that within being pessimistic. it just eve parte themselves at within being pessimistic. it just eve parte themselves willithin being pessimistic. it just eve parte themselves will a|in the part of themselves will a by—election defeat have such leeway between the by—election and the budget? like, okay, okay, we've heard you. here's a massive tax cut. will that have any hope of turning this around? i think the by—election message has been received and you've

cited selby , you've had cited selby, you've had mid—bedfordshire, you've had tamworth. >> that message has been well received, well understood. the by elections happen to have come . at this point. my guess is knowing the way the treasury work that actually the preparation for the budget has been in process beforehand been well in process beforehand and the conservatives and the labour party for that matter , labour party for that matter, but the conservatives in particular, have to be able to get a message, not that they can actually cut lots of taxes because there's an election imminent, because i don't think it has an effect that much of an effect either. they have to convey a message of competence and producing and the dissidents producing noises off or noises on are actually making it very difficult for rishi and jeremy . difficult for rishi and jeremy. hunt to actually convey a message of competence. >> and there's also a question of control. the last time you were in it was before the rwanda vote in the lords, and sort of vote in the lords, and i sort of cheekily well, they're cheekily said, well, they're going gang together and going to all gang together and sink that happen. so

sink sunak that did happen. so my came and my conspiracy came to pass. and with is the with that in mind, this is the key, key policy stopping the boats. rwanda, the only way of sort of getting some fresh air, some some light onto some some, some some light onto that that's being stymied, that's being delayed. this all seems converging , moving seems to be converging, moving at the wrong time for rishi. >> it has. and does appear that. but i'd make an observation about the vote . the vote we've about the vote. the vote we've already had actually the government's vote, although defeated, was much larger than i expected. we have second reading on monday. the lib dems have got a motion down. now, the interesting thing here and it will be advantageous for the government, is, is what are the labour party going to do? they could vote with the lib dems and vote it down because the conservatives don't have a majority in the lords. but if the labour party think that they're going to be in power in a few months , s the last thing a few months, s the last thing they want to do is say, oh yeah, parties and the lords can gang up and vote down legislation. so

the . labour party have an the. labour party have an interesting quandary about the vote on monday, given that there's only going to be a general election in october, november, the chances are that labour don't labour will say, oh, we don't want a precedent here want to set a precedent here because tories and the lib because the tories and the lib dems and the crossbenchers might vote our proposals down. okay, interesting conundrum. vote our proposals down. okay, inteon ting conundrum. vote our proposals down. okay, inteon ting conu lord 11. vote our proposals down. okay, inteon ting conu lord robert >> on monday, lord robert hayward olivia thank you hayward, olivia utley, thank you very think they'll very much. i still think they'll gang sink because gang up and sink it because that's what they like. that's just anyway, lots just me. anyway, there's lots more still to come between now and i'll and 4:00. in a few minutes i'll cross thrive to the old bailey, where the trial of the couple accused of the manslaughter by gross negligence of their baby daughter, . today. daughter, has started. today. but first, here's your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories from the gb newsroom. a man who stabbed three people to death in nottingham city . last death in nottingham city. last centre has been sentenced to .

centre has been sentenced to. a hospital order. 32 year old valdo kalakani killed two students at barnaby webber and grace o'malley. cooma and school caretaker ian coates. he pleaded not guilty murder due not guilty to murder due to mental admitted mental illness, but admitted manslaughter. and we will be detained high security detained in a high security hospital indefinitely, the judge told kalakani his action had sentenced . relatives and sentenced many. relatives and friends of the victims to a life of grief and pain . in other of grief and pain. in other news, the government's defending its tackling knife its record on tackling knife crime amid third crackdown in crime amid a third crackdown in just eight years. the home secretary says the new restrictions are aimed at closing what he called a loophole that allowed some types of zombie style knives to be kept and sold. but labour says the fresh legislation still doesn't go far enough . nicola doesn't go far enough. nicola sturgeon used an expletive to describe boris johnson in pandemic era whatsapp messages . pandemic era whatsapp messages. the covid inquiry heard the former scottish first minister sent messages to her chief adviser, strongly criticised the then prime minister as he announced another national lockdown in 2020. the lockdown in 2020. in the messages , miss sturgeon messages, miss sturgeon described his address to the

nafion described his address to the nation as excruciating and she said the uk's government's communications were awful . and communications were awful. and anyone under the age of 18 will no longer be able to receive onune no longer be able to receive online messages from people they don't know . as part of an update don't know. as part of an update by social media company meta, the owner of facebook and instagram is changing its default setting, meaning under—eighteens will only be able to receive messages from people they choose to follow. parents will also be alerted if their child attempts to change their child attempts to change their settings. it comes their privacy settings. it comes as the government faces calls to ban smartphones children ban smartphones for children under the age of 16, amid concerns for child safety . for concerns for child safety. for more on all of those stories, you can visit our website gbnews.com . gbnews.com. >> for stunning gold and silver coins, you'll always . value coins, you'll always. value rosalind gold proudly sponsors

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mark white. mark, a. case again that's horrified the nation. what's the latest? >> yeah, deeply disturbing case. there's no doubt about that . at there's no doubt about that. at the prosecutor, tom little , kc the prosecutor, tom little, kc said it was a case about the entirely avoidable death of a young baby. a baby girl. entirely avoidable death of a young baby. a baby girl . who young baby. a baby girl. who would still be alive today if it wasn't for the reckless, utterly selfish, callous, cruel, arrogant and ultimately grossly negligent conduct of the two defendants. those defendants , as defendants. those defendants, as you mentioned in your introduction, 36 year old colin custance, martin and her partner mark gordon, who is 49 now this . mark gordon, who is 49 now this. whole incident grabbed the headunes whole incident grabbed the headlines at this time last yeah headlines at this time last year. it was the 5th of january when a vehicle that was driven by the couple was found abandoned and on fire on the hard shoulder of the m60 , a1 hard shoulder of the m60, a1 motorway in greater manchester. now, when the police searched this burnt out vehicle later, they found a number of mobile

phones. barner pay as you go phones, a passport belonging to one of the defendants . and they one of the defendants. and they also made the grim discovery in the back seat of the car wrapped in a towel. uh, a placenta, the placenta linked to the birth of this baby. now that , of course, this baby. now that, of course, brought about a very urgent man . brought about a very urgent man. hunt to try to find this couple because of the real concerns that they had, that here was a newborn baby that had not been given any kind of medical attention as far as they knew. and mother who would need and a mother who would need medical as well. medical attention as well. despite that , though, according despite that, though, according to the prosecution, this couple went off the grid, they disappeared . and they disappeared. and they disappeared. and they disappeared until they were later arrested in brighton on the 27th of february. and during that time frame, this young girl named as victoria had died . and named as victoria had died. and the prosecutor said only the couple will know for sure when this child die . died. constance

this child die. died. constance marten and a police interview. she gave multiple police interviews , but in one of the interviews, but in one of the interviews, but in one of the interviews, she suggested that the child had died actually quite early on, about the 11th of january, however, the prosecutor believed that was wrong , that there was a couple, wrong, that there was a couple, uh, a sighting on the 19th of february, uh, where the child was, um, so cited and the prosecution believed that what constance marten was trying to do is really to try to minimise the significance of that manslaughter by gross negligence charge against her, because obviously she being in charge of a child for that period of time and not seeking the help and medical care that that child requires, is going to be a more significant effect . a number of significant effect. a number of different charges that this couple are facing, not just that manslaughter charge , but also manslaughter charge, but also perverting the course of

justice, failing to disclose the birth of a child . um, and as far birth of a child. um, and as far as the prosecution is concerned, the couple all having gone on the couple all having gone on the run, they believe had done so because there was four other children that this couple had between them since they got together in 2016 over a seven year period. but all four of those children were taken into care and according to the prosecutors, they believed that a motivating factor in their disappearance was their belief that that fifth child would also have been taken into care . and have been taken into care. and as such, they went off the grid and disappeared . constance and disappeared. constance marten was not in court for the first day of this trial. mark gordon was in the dock. the couple, though, deny the charges against him. this trial, martin is due to last until march .

is due to last until march. >> okay. mark white live at the old bailey. thank you for that update . now i've already talked update. now i've already talked about waldo cocaine, the man who stabbed three people to death in nottingham last year on the same day he's been sentenced to conservatives and the labour party have both claimed that they've got the answer for cracking down on knife crime. we'll have at that soon. we'll have a look at that soon. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's channel .

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into action. adam cherry has this report . this report. >> while bakewell might look like a peaceful market town , in like a peaceful market town, in recent weeks, the local communities fury has attracted national attention. >> behind me is the very last natwest branch and indeed the last bank in the entirety of the peak district. >> and in just under a month, that branch is closing its doors for good, allegedly because they were only serving six regular customers on a weekly basis. >> local mp sarah dines, however, says that's completely wrong. my postbox is full of letters , hard copies and emails letters, hard copies and emails from elderly people, business people who are heartbroken that this bank is going to close. >> it is a de—banking scandal and what's worse is the freedom of the individual. we feel that individuals, elderly people in particular, are being forced onune particular, are being forced online and with the horizon scandal, it's just not good enough for our vulnerable people over a quarter of the derbyshire

dales population is aged 65 or above, and for many locals , cash above, and for many locals, cash is still king. >> since the cost of living crisis, people have been using more cash because they just draw so much out and they know exactly what they've spent on the day. >> it's going to affect my business quite a bit and not just mine, but other businesses around me. >> we it every, day >> we need it every, every day for putting money in for change and putting money in in the bank. and it's just going to affect everything day to day, have a massive impact on the community, on the shops . community, on the shops. >> people don't just come to the bank, they come to meet friends. >> they'll go into coffee shops for coffee. they'll come and do the shops. it's not the weekly shops. so it's not just a massive impact just the bank. a massive impact on the on the town itself. no we're just going to the post office because they can't ask answer specific questions to answer the specific questions to do their bank account. answer the specific questions to do we their bank account. answer the specific questions to do we still r bank account. answer the specific questions to do we still handleaccount. answer the specific questions to do we still handle quite tl. answer the specific questions to do we still handle quite a >> we still handle quite a number of cheques. >> um, farmers pay us with cheques and many farmers still like to receive a cheque for the

livestock that they've sold. >> this isn't just a bakewell problem. >> since 2015, 5764 bank branches have closed their doors and natwest has closed more than any other . and natwest has closed more than any other. sarah dines says other mps are now joining her campaign. >> well, i've got a national campaign now and i've got 22 mps, mainly in rural communities who have the same issues and we're working together. i am spearheading it because bakewell can't be left out. i'm afraid it's just not good enough to have a consultation after the event. that's not a consultation in my book. it's not fair. >> shared banking hubs are intended to plug the gaps, but with just 24 of the planned 76 currently operational , with just 24 of the planned 76 currently operational, all branches are closing far quicker than the hubs can keep up. adam cherry, gb news bakewell thank you, adam cherry and there's no wonder that residents of bakewell , no pun intended, are bakewell, no pun intended, are a bit tart about this because it

seems to be happening all over the place. >> and as we heard there, elderly people, the local community, the traders, they trade in cash, they trade in cheques and it's all fine and well to say, uh , i'll just go well to say, uh, i'll just go online, lads. but people don't want to do that, particularly elderly people. we hear it time and time again. it doesn't seem to stop these big banking conglomerates cutting down, i believe, costs well. believe, on their costs as well. it's saving money, saving hassle . it's saving cash and check handung . it's saving cash and check handling duties. that's what banks are there for, isn't it? anyway we spoke to natwest and a spokesperson for the bank said this as with many industries, most of our customers are shifting to mobile and online banking because it's faster and easier for people to manage their financial lives. we understand and recognise that digital solutions aren't right for everyone or every situation, and that when we close branches, we have to make sure that no one is left behind . well, that's all is left behind. well, that's all fair and well, but that doesn't

work at street level. when people have to drive miles or to a completely different town, simply to put a check in or to put cash in or to the usual things people like doing in banks , they can't do that . let's banks, they can't do that. let's move on now. lloyds banking group has announced it will cut about 6500 jobs across its branch network on the same lines here as part of an ongoing shift towards online banking. it's the same story again that i'm joined now by our economics and business editor, liam halligan. liam, we've just been talking about natwest closing down its final branch in the peak district, and now lloyds following what's driving following suit. what's driving this? well it may be that seeing the about natwest, lloyds the news about natwest, lloyds thought good day to get thought it was a good day to get their out well . their bad news out as well. >> so they didn't hold the, you know, harness the blame alone . know, harness the blame alone. eamonn um, lloyds banking group has literally just announced it's cut 1600 jobs, it's going to cut 1600 jobs, 1600 jobs across the country , 1600 jobs across the country, three as its branch networks diminishes and as it moves

towards online banking, lloyds is at pains to say that while it's cutting 1600 jobs, it's also creating around 800 jobs. but of course, those jobs will be tech jobs. those jobs will be related to the internet rather than jobs in local communities. at banks , branches. look, at banks, branches. look, martin, this is part of a much bigger trend . back in 2012, we bigger trend. back in 2012, we had around 14,000 bank and building society branches across the uk . we've now got nearer the uk. we've now got nearer 8000. we've seen a reduction of 40 odd percent in the number of bank branches . this is part of bank branches. this is part of the trend. the hollowing out of our high streets that we see not just in towns across the uk , but just in towns across the uk, but also in major cities. and of course , this is why gb news part course, this is why gb news part of the reason why we launched our much celebrated though in some quarters complained about don't kill cash campaign because so many local communities , the so many local communities, the fact that they can't get access

to banking services is a major, major problem for the coherence of those communities, and particularly for older people who find it harder to travel. >> okay, liam halligan, thank you very much. lloyds i bank with them. they've closed three branches near me. if i to branches near me. if i want to pay a branches near me. if i want to pay a check pay cash in pay a check in or pay cash in now, to take a bus. now, i've got to take a bus. takes me 15 minutes to go and do the basics of banking. thank you very liam halligan always the basics of banking. thank you vepleasure. liam halligan always the basics of banking. thank you vepleasure. always alligan always the basics of banking. thank you vepleasure. always onjan always the basics of banking. thank you vepleasure. always on the always the basics of banking. thank you vepleasure. always on the money a pleasure. always on the money now, day that valdo now, on the same day that valdo kalakani was sentenced for stabbing three people to death last both government last year, both the government and the opposition today and the opposition have today announced what they'll do to solve the country's knife crime epidemic . solve the country's knife crime epidemic. home solve the country's knife crime epidemic . home secretary james epidemic. home secretary james cleverly says fresh legislation will be introduced next thursday to ban zombie style knives, and meanwhile , labour's plan meanwhile, labour's plan includes £100 million youth programme aim to tackle knife crime. well, i'm joined now by ken haynes , who's a knife crime ken haynes, who's a knife crime campaigner and the chair of the hanngey campaigner and the chair of the

haringey independent stop and search monitoring group, and ed, an expert on this topic. ken, here we go . both parties on the here we go. both parties on the same day , offering two same day, offering two solutions. can i first look at the proposal that simply banning the proposal that simply banning the sale of zombie knives and machetes that would make knife crime go away? can you tell me or politicians correct. or being completely naive from my from my perspective, i'm on the streets at the moment with street fathers in walthamstow . fathers in walthamstow. >> in this hotspot areas reduce singh confrontation, turning to violence and what i can tell you quite clearly, this is the government's third attempt to try to do something about banning these zombie knives. >> and it's not going to work. it's the simple fact is, is that if we don't deal with the underlying issues which the majority of young people are telling us is that they feel unsafe on the street . unsafe on the street. >> what they're telling me quite

clearly , they will do whatever clearly, they will do whatever it takes to ensure that they feel safe in wherever they're going, and that if that means getting hold of a knife of a weapon, they're going to do so. >> so my thing is it doesn't matter what legislation and let's remember this was this started in 2016 far as the started in 2016 as far as the government attempted and then went to 2019. now we're in 2020 for the third attempt. it's not going to work. for the third attempt. it's not going to work . we need to have going to work. we need to have other measures in place that make the young people know that they've got others . they've got others. >> other elders like ourselves , >> other elders like ourselves, fathers who stepping in in the hotspot areas to make them safe . hotspot areas to make them safe. >> okay, ken, um, there's obviously been a mass killing . obviously been a mass killing. um, vowed okolicany got sent down today and one of the victim's mothers , um, grace's victim's mothers, um, grace's mother, she said a mandatory sentence in jail for anybody caught carrying a knife. that's the solution. would that work ? i the solution. would that work? i was of the same, um, same

mindset . mindset. >> but the thinking that's what needed. but what i've listened to young people, what they've said is that that's like a badge of honour to do a bit of bird. >> okay? >> okay? >> because they will come back with street cred. >> my thing is , or they even >> my thing is, or they even come out worse. >> so my thing is simply this we've got. >> don't get me wrong, we need some sort of punishment, but it depends on the severity of why that young person has got that weapon. now again, as i said, no one, uh , um, idris, um, idris one, uh, um, idris, um, idris elba said the same thing , and i elba said the same thing, and i agree with him the same that we just can't take one measure for everybody because it's not going to work. >> but what we do is import >> but what we can do is import that there are punish for carrying a knife and they are spent some time outside of our community. >> so that means if it means like a boot camp sort of style thing, that they've got to put

in place, um, but to, to wrap their knuckles and send them off to the youth offending team , um, to the youth offending team, um, to, um, to sit down and write apologies . to, um, to sit down and write apologies. that's to, um, to sit down and write apologies . that's not to, um, to sit down and write apologies. that's not going to work either. so i'm saying, sir, thank you very much. >> we have to leave it there. ken hines, knife crime campaigner and chair of the hanngey campaigner and chair of the haringey independent stop and search . well, search monitoring group. well, the of one of alicia the family of one of alicia kearns victims are said true justice has been served. he justice has not been served. he hasn't to prison . he's got hasn't gone to prison. he's got a order. i'm martin a hospital order. i'm martin daubney on gb news a brighter outlook with box . outlook with box. >> the sponsors of whether on . >> the sponsors of whether on. gb news afternoon. >> i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update for gb news. a brighter day tomorrow. many of us having a pretty dull thursday, but some sunshine around for many, although there will still be some blustery showers across the northwest , showers across the northwest, but cloud out west but the thickest cloud out west at the moment. some outbreaks of rain again evening over

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i >> -- >> good afternoon. it's 4 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news, broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk, the man who stabbed three people to death in nottingham last year has been sentenced but the mother of one of the victims has slammed the police crown slammed the police and the crown prosecution service too. >> justice has not been served today we as a devastated family have been let down by multiple agency failings and ineffectiveness . and on the same ineffectiveness. and on the same day kalakani was sent down. >> the tories and labour have both said how they'll crack down on knife crime. but what difference will their policies really make ? and we'll get the really make? and we'll get the latest on rishi sunak , as some latest on rishi sunak, as some critics claim he's got just six weeks to turn things around and joe biden doesn't seem to want to stop migrants crossing the border with mexico. so the governor of one state in texas has taken the matter into his own hands. fantastic images. has taken the matter into his own hands. fantastic images . and own hands. fantastic images. and that's all coming up in your

next hour . so i want to hear next hour. so i want to hear from you email, email, please. your views gb views at gb news. com particularly on that trial , com particularly on that trial, the sentencing of valdo cocaine just this has not been served today was the verdict of one of the victims mothers , the son of the victims mothers, the son of ian coates said vowed okolicany has got away with murder and also nottingham nottinghamshire constabulary has blood on its hands. let me what? let me let me know if you think justice has been served today. but first it's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . with polly middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you . well, as afternoon to you. well, as you've been hearing, a man who stabbed three people to death in nottingham city centre last year

has been sentenced to a hospital order. 32 year old valdo carl heneghan killed two students. barnaby webber and grace o'malley kumar and school caretaker ian coates. he pleaded not guilty to murder due to his mental illness, but admitted manslaughter and will be detained in a high security hospital indefinitely. the judge told kalakani that his actions had sentenced many relatives and friends of the victims to a life of grief and pain. emma webber, the mother of barnaby, says justice has not been served . justice has not been served. >> at no point during the previous five and a half months will be given any indication that this could conclude in anything other than murder. we trusted in our system. foolish as it turns out, we do not dispute that the murderer is mentally unwell and has been for a number of years. however the premeditated planning, the collection of lethal weapons hides in the shadows, and that brutality of the attacks are of

an individual who knew exactly what he was doing when he knew entirely that it was wrong. but he did it anyway . he did it anyway. >> may the mother of barnaby webber, who was stabbed in nottingham last year. now the government is defending its record on tackling knife crime amid a third crackdown in just eight years. the home secretary saying the new restrictions are aimed at closing what he called aimed at closing what he called a loophole that allows some types of so—called zombie knives to be kept and sold. but labour says the fresh legislation still doesn't go far enough and that there need to be tougher penalties . lloyd banking there need to be tougher penalties. lloyd banking group is to set to cut 1600 jobs across its branches as it moves towards more online banking. in another sign of banks disappearing from the high street, the bank says it's going to overhaul its services as more customers switch to digital. but it says it will create around 830 new roles as part of its strategy . criminal gangs who try

strategy. criminal gangs who try to sneak items into prisons using drones will face new penalties from today. the new 400 metre no fly zone are now in force around britain's prisons. it means anyone caught trying to fly items like phones, drugs or weapons into prisons using drones will pay a 2500 pounds fine. they'll also be a ten year maximum prison sentence for criminals who breach those restrictions . now let's take you restrictions. now let's take you to the united states for news about a convicted killer who's due to be put to death today in what's being described as a cruel and untested method of execution. the state of alabama has a 30 hour window to carry out the first known execution of a prisoner , using asphyxiation a prisoner, using asphyxiation with nitrogen gas, 58 year old kenneth smith, who was convicted of murder in 1988, has already avoided one execution after an aborted lethal injection . the aborted lethal injection. the state hopes the new method will be a simpler alternative , with

be a simpler alternative, with the authorities describing it as the authorities describing it as the most painless and humane method known to man . a man in method known to man. a man in northern ireland has been jailed for the murder of his former partner in the first conviction of its kind under new domestic abuse laws . 68 year of its kind under new domestic abuse laws. 68 year old william findlay was sentenced to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to the murder of alison nelson. it comes following the domestic abuse and civil proceedings act, which became law in february 2022, and the parents of a baby girl who died after allegedly being carried on after allegedly being carried on a manhunt in a supermarket bag, have been described as cruel and arrogant . constance marten and arrogant. constance marten and mark gordon sparked a national police chase after they went missing last year in an alleged attempt to avoid having their baby taken into care. they were charged with manslaughter after their baby died. as they tried to evade the authorities by living in a tent in the winter

cold. a court heard that the infant would still be alive if it weren't for the reckless, selfish and callous conduct of her parents. the pair deny the charges as the trial is expected to run until march . crime news to run until march. crime news and shoplifting offences in england and wales at the highest level for 20 years, the office for national statistics says more than 400,000 offences were recorded in the year up to september. that's up by nearly a third. downing street says ministers are looking into how to tackle the rising problem . to tackle the rising problem. nicola sturgeon used an expletive, apparently to describe boris johnson in pandemic era whatsapp messages. we're told the covid inquiry heard the former scottish first minister sent messages to her chief adviser, strongly criticised the then prime minister as he announced another national lockdown in 2020. in the messages, ms sturgeon described his address to the nafion described his address to the nation as excruciating and said

the uk government's communications were awful . communications were awful. that's the news on gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker. this is britain's news channel . thank britain's news channel. thank you polly. >> now there's only one place to start today , the mother of a man start today, the mother of a man stabbed to death in nottingham last year. a sad , true justice last year. a sad, true justice has not been served. barnaby webers mum emma was speaking after voodoo kalakani was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and attempted murder. grey o'malley kumar and ian coates were also killed by callum carney. well, i'll be continuing with our coverage of that story with analysis and reactions throughout the show, including hearing from the victims families . but for now, victims families. but for now, let's turn to the pressure which

is piling onto the prime minister tory critics have warned that sunak has just warned that rishi sunak has just six weeks left to turn the party's electoral fortunes around, before even more tory mps publicise their discontent. well joining me now to discuss this is bob seely. well joining me now to discuss this is bob seely . he's this is bob seely. he's a conservative mp for the isle of wight. bob, thank you for joining us. always a pleasure to have you on the show. so six weeks till doomsday . if you weeks till doomsday. if you believe the papers today . believe the papers today. >> no i don't it's absolute rubbish . rubbish. >> okay. well elaborate on why you think it's rubbish. two by elections and a budget. the telegraph, the telegraph is trying to fan discontent . trying to fan discontent. >> um, i don't know why. trying to fan discontent. >> um, i don't know why . they've >> um, i don't know why. they've obviously got an agenda. um, one mp came out in opposition to rishi. this week. simon clarke and if i want to find an mp comes out in opposition to keir starmer, i could probably quite find quite a few. starmer, i could probably quite find quite a few . uh, uh, simon find quite a few. uh, uh, simon came out this week, said he wasn't happy and actually the one thing to simon's credit that he has done, i think it was an

incredibly stupid thing for him to a foolish thing to do and a very foolish thing for him do, because basically for him to do, because basically nobody him. and the nobody is gone with him. and the one it has happened one thing that it has happened is, of the is, is remind all of us of the importance of unity . and i'm importance of unity. and i'm very much hoping that what you're going to see and look, i was out in cowes last week in my constituency. people aren't unity. people say, get your act together. we want a unified conservative party and i think increasingly going increasingly what you're going to find is a unified conservative and will be conservative party. and will be pushing putting the pushing will be putting the labour under pressure. and labour party under pressure. and let's you united the let's see how you united the labour party is because, right now don't have much of now they they don't have much of a plan for anything. so actually i really regret simon's actions. i really regret simon's actions. i incredibly i think they're incredibly stupid. notice not stupid. but you'll notice not a single person came out with him. and the opposite. about and quite the opposite. about 350 of said, put a sock in 350 of us said, put a sock in it, mate. >> interesting. bob um, how >> it's interesting. bob um, how these attacks seem to be coming from the daily telegraph. always been blue bible. and been the true blue bible. and there was that polling earlier this week . and what are they this week. and what are they trying to do they're trying to do there? they're basically saying there are less sunak goes is heading basically saying there are less surelectoral is heading basically saying there are less surelectoral oblivion is heading basically saying there are less surelectoral oblivion andieading for electoral oblivion and a mythical, more conservative

leader is required to turn things around, although they don't name who that is. do you think the telegraph is turning on the tories? >> well, maybe martin, but actually i think you've summed it well there and congratulations. >> it is mythical, the idea that you can change leaders every so often and people are going to say, on. just say, yeah, crack on. it's just fantasy. it's magical thinking and good way. so so and not in a good way. so so what to do, look, some what we need to do, look, some people aren't happy with rishi. i didn't support rishi. actually. penny and actually. i supported penny and then actually rishi has then liz. but actually rishi has done cracking and we owe done a cracking job and we owe him support . yeah, we're him our support. yeah, we're getting down. we're getting inflation down. we're growing economy, especially growing the economy, especially compared the the compared to the rest of the europe. we've figures out europe. we've had figures out from the treasury yesterday that shows economy has more shows the economy has grown more faster . it's shows the economy has grown more faster. it's 23, shows the economy has grown more faster . it's 23, 24% since faster. it's up 23, 24% since 2010. better than most other major economies in the european union. so actually we're doing really well, martin. we've got a great record on the environment, on on carbon emissions, on schooling when it comes to the phonics system, when it comes to free schools, when it comes to academies, we've got a great

record. we've got to keep reminding people good reminding people of what a good record have , and actually we record we have, and actually we don't throw that away. don't want to throw that away. so keir starmer's so under keir starmer's leadership , back to square leadership, going back to square one with that doesn't, one with a party that doesn't, after 14 years in opposition, still doesn't seem to understand or know what it stands for. now bob, of course, an acid test of people's appetite is by elections , and you've got two of elections, and you've got two of those fellas coming up on february the 15th. >> a poll out today , >> a poll out today, interestingly, putting reform on 31. the tories now on 20, the reform party are standing in both of those by elections are you expecting them to cause any damage to the tories? look i think there's a very simple message . message. >> and again, by elections tend to be places where there are protest votes. i personally think case against, um, think that the case against, um, peter bone was pretty unjust , peter bone was pretty unjust, actually, 86% of his constituents didn't vote for to get rid of him, and only 14% did so i'm not quite sure in what way that counts as democracy. i thought he was a good mp. i

think these allegations against him were extremely old. okay, i haven't read the report. um, but when 14% of people want to get rid you, that's 86% who rid of you, that's 86% who don't. i would just say this. there's very simple message there's a very simple message for anyone wants to vote for anyone who wants to vote reform . if you vote reform, reform. if you vote reform, you're certainly not you're almost certainly not going to elect a reformer. um a member of parliament. but what you will do is make it much, much likely we'll end much more likely that we'll end up a labour member of up with a labour member of parliament a liberal member parliament or a liberal member of parliament. wherever of parliament. for wherever it is live. and if that happens is you live. and if that happens across the uk, even 5 or 10% vote for reform. um, and yeah , vote for reform. um, and yeah, don't get me wrong, i like richard tice advice, but he ain't prime ain't going to be prime minister. he probably never going be member going to be a member of parliament doing parliament all you're doing is letting for longer. letting labour in for longer. now people are voting now most people are voting reform. reform because reform. voting reform because they love their country. they're fed up with they want to fed up with woke. they want to get done legal and get stuff done on legal and illegal immigration. and we need to improve legal immigration. and we're doing our best to deal with illegal immigration. so we get the fact that why people want to support reform . but if

want to support reform. but if you're going to support reform , you're going to support reform, you're going to support reform, you're going to support reform, you're going end up with you're going to end up with labour the dems. labour or the lib dems. and they're as as each they're both as bad as each other. people have got to other. so people have got to think as the year think about that as the year goes we get nearer goes on and we get nearer a general election, vote general election, a vote for reform is a vote for the left wing parties and the unpatriotic left parties that reform left wing parties that reform voters. above all, despise. okay >> bob sadiq khan sir davey mp for the isle of wight, thank you for the isle of wight, thank you for joining us on the show. always a pleasure for your forthright opinions. now let's return top story today. return to our top story today. now. and that's the sentencing , now. and that's the sentencing, of triple killer of course, of triple killer valdo falcone, who's been detained indefinitely in high security hospital. our reporter will hollis is outside nottingham crown court. will. hello to you again. um, very, very clear. the victim statements read outside the court today say the grace's mother , barnaby's mother saying, mother, barnaby's mother saying, beg your pardon . true justice beg your pardon. true justice was not served today . by ian was not served today. by ian coates's son, saying this man has made a mockery of the system and has got away with murder .

and has got away with murder. families satisfied families not remotely satisfied with today's outcome . with today's outcome. >> yes, well, it's a cold, wet, wintry day today here in nottingham. a far cry from that summer night when students barnaby and grace were walking home from the delights that nottingham city attracts so many students towards its nightlife, its sport , its culture and that its sport, its culture and that was where valdo carl heneghan targeted them. now the sentencing from judge turner was not necessarily expected. sentenced to a hospital order spending most, if not all, of the rest of his life at a secure hospital . right now, that's hospital. right now, that's ashworth secure hospital in liverpool . while it wasn't liverpool. while it wasn't unexpected for the family, it was certainly unwanted. they were not happy with the way that this has gone, and that's exactly what we saw on the steps

of nottingham crown court. but before we look back at what happened today, let's take our minds back to june the 13th and see what happened that awful night in newly released footage by nottinghamshire police , waldo by nottinghamshire police, waldo calican branded a monster by his victims families , he set out on victims families, he set out on june 13th last year with a clear plan to kill on cctv. he is seen returning to nottingham from london after boarding a tram. he began roaming the city's streets wearing all black with him . a wearing all black with him. a bag of weapons including a double edged fighting dagger for his first victims. 919 year old university of nottingham students grace o'malley kumar and barnaby webber returning from a night out at around 4 am, he stabbed them both a.m, he stabbed them both repeatedly on ilkeston road

before calmly walking away. his attack had been uncompromisingly brutal. >> all oh no . emergency! >> all oh no. emergency! >> all oh no. emergency! >> what's the emergency? >> what's the emergency? >> yes, there's been a stabbing on kingston road. there's somebody lying in the street. i think they're dead . oh, that was think they're dead. oh, that was awful . awful. >> kulekhani then tried climbing into a hostel ceiling house through a window, but was pushed back. through a window, but was pushed back . by 5 through a window, but was pushed back. by 5 am. he'd killed again. his next victim, school caretaker ian coates, on magdala road before stealing his van and driving into wayne birkett, who was walking in milton street . was walking in milton street. and soon after, sharon miller and marcin gawronski , who were and marcin gawronski, who were extremely fortunate to survive. police arrested kalakani in radford, tasering him taser. taser do not move. >> stay where you are. stay where? >> the 32 year old, who also goes by the name adam mendez, is

a dual national from guinea—bissau and portugal, having arrived in the uk in two thousand and seven. diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia , he with paranoid schizophrenia, he had been sectioned multiple times under the mental health act and being in trouble with police for criminal damage and assault . his police for criminal damage and assault. his pleas of manslaughter were accepted on the grounds of diminished responsibility. a defence of mental illness . the attacks mental illness. the attacks shocked not just this city but the nation . when will hollis gb the nation. when will hollis gb news in nottingham ? yes, well, news in nottingham? yes, well, that sentencing for a hospital order in the place of a murder trial is not what the families of barney grace and ian coates wanted to see. we've been heanng wanted to see. we've been hearing from each of the family members here on the steps of nottingham crown court only a few hours ago . so, firstly, from few hours ago. so, firstly, from emma webber . she explained how emma webber. she explained how she felt about it, saying that

nottinghamshire police had blood on their hands. but also today from ian coates son jake , who from ian coates son jake, who said that valdo khalife has gotten away with murder . the gotten away with murder. the failures from the police, the cps , the health service have cps, the health service have resorted in the murder of my father and these two innocent students. the nhs mental health trust have to be held accountable for their failures, along with the police . all we along with the police. all we can do is hope that in due course, some of justice course, some sort of justice will be served. this man has made a mockery of the system and he has got away with murder . he has got away with murder. well, making their feelings known for how they think this should have gone and how they think they have been failed. but of course, there are three people dead, three people that are no longer available to go to. those family occasions that we all so much enjoy in our social lives. and that's what sanjay reflected on grace's father. we will never come to

terms with the loss of our beloved daughter, grace , and how beloved daughter, grace, and how she lost her life, her heroic actions . she was a gift to us actions. she was a gift to us and she was a gift to the country . we'd like to thank our country. we'd like to thank our wonderful family. we >> from london and ireland and all of our friends for their continued love and support that whilst we have never questioned this man's diagnosis , the lack this man's diagnosis, the lack of toxic ology, contemporaneous mental health assessment as well as missed opportunities to divert his lethal path will forever play on our minds. >> yes, well, it will play forever in their minds. what happened? could something else have been done to prevent these

awful crimes from happening ? but awful crimes from happening? but the certainty now is that valdo carl heneghan, who also goes by the name of adam mendez , is 32 the name of adam mendez, is 32 years old, a dual national from guinea—bissau and from, uh, from portugal , living here guinea—bissau and from, uh, from portugal, living here in nottingham since he was two thousand and seven, since he was 16, he will spend most probably the rest of his life in a secure hospital. he will never see the inside of a prison cell again. >> will hollis live from nottingham crown court and will okolicany cast a deep shadow over my home city of nottingham? in fact , the third murder there in fact, the third murder there of ian coats happened literally on the road behind where i grew up. i know the area really well, long been a dumping ground for mental health facilities . an mental health facilities. an area that doesn't really want them a fragmented community. this felt like disaster this felt like a disaster waiting happen. so many waiting to happen. so many missed opportunities to pick this up previous this guy up for previous violence. was on warrant for

violence. he was on warrant for nine months time and time again was missed, leading the to parents say nottingham constabulary has blood on its hands. constabulary has blood on its hands . we'll have lots more on hands. we'll have lots more on this story at 5:00 and this harrowing story at 5:00 and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com. you've helped to make it the fastest growing national website in growing national news website in the . now the government the country. now the government is to ban the sale of zombie knives and machetes a bid to knives and machetes in a bid to tackle knife crime. but is it enough ? are we speaking to a mum enough? are we speaking to a mum who lost her son to knife violence? i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel .

sunday mornings from 930 on gb news news . news news. >> it's time to burst the westminster bubble. come and join me in scunthorpe in a people's forum on the 1st of february to discuss how decisions make here affect your lives. is the green ideology destroying jobs tickets? they're going like hot cross buns book now gb news. britain's news channel. >> welcome back . it's 425. >> welcome back. it's 425. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news now later this hour i'll tell you how texas is ignoring joe biden by using razor wire to strengthen its own border with mexico. on collision course with the president now , on the same the president now, on the same day that vowed okolicany was sentenced for stabbing three people to death last year , both people to death last year, both the and the the government and the opposition have announced what they'll solve the they'll do to solve the country's knife epidemic .

country's knife crime epidemic. home secretary james cleverly says fresh legislation will be introduced next thursday to ban zombie style knives. meanwhile, labour's plan includes a £100 million youth programme to help tackle knife crime well , i'm tackle knife crime well, i'm joined now in the studio by our political correspondent olivia utley . olivia, perhaps no utley. olivia, perhaps no coincidence, it's on the same day as calican is sentenced in the big question is, will just simply limiting the supply of knives have any impact at all? >> this the big >> well, this is the big question. both the major parties are their efforts are concentrating their efforts on the supply. on limiting the supply. the government's announced government's measures announced today will basically close a few loopholes in the legislation that they've already created to ban knives, labour say ban zombie knives, labour say that it doesn't go far enough . that it doesn't go far enough. they would want to extend the ban different ban to cover more different types the types of blades. the government's is quite government's ban is quite specific on the zombie knives and machetes, and labour say that would also go step that it would also go a step further and it more further and make it more difficult to buy difficult for people to buy knives the moment, knives online. at the moment, security is often very lax on these websites. you just have to tick and that you're tick a box and say that you're over 18 and a knife will be

delivered to house. of delivered to your house. of course, question for course, the big question for both surely what will both parties is surely what will happen then? even if you do manage to complete shortly, stamp out these particular kinds of knives. there are other kinds of knives. there are other kinds of knife and banning the sale of knives generally is obviously impossible. there are legitimate reasons why people own kitchen knives , for example. so it's knives, for example. so it's a real uphill battle for both major parties . and i think that major parties. and i think that labour will probably fall into many of the same traps as the conservatives if they get into government later this year. okay olivia thank you for that olivia utley, thank you for that summary there. >> now speak with >> i can now speak with anti—knife crime campaigner alison cope, whose son joshua was murdered in 2013 after being stabbed . welcome to the show , stabbed. welcome to the show, alison. thanks for joining stabbed. welcome to the show, alison. thanks forjoining us. hello um, firstly, the case today of okolicany . maybe seen today of okolicany. maybe seen footage of relatives outside the court sharing their very, very obvious pain . and in many obvious pain. and in many senses, they their life sentence is beginning. how did this

impact your life . impact your life. >> um, it impacted every single part of my life. losing a child, um, is hard enough. but if it's through someone else's choice, it's a very difficult thing to move forward from. um, most people can't, um , it traumatises people can't, um, it traumatises you and it breaks your heart forever. so you just have to try and take one step at a time. um and take one step at a time. um and when you hear the government today , both parties on the same today, both parties on the same day saying, oh, the way to end this is simply to restrict the supply of knives. >> what do you say to that ? >> what do you say to that? >> what do you say to that? >> it's just incredibly frustrating for people like myself and many other people around the country because just like your colleague said, if you make all knives disappear or zombie knives, machetes , if zombie knives, machetes, if young people have a mindset to hurt, which some do, they will make their own weapons. they will find something else and you cannot stop young people stabbing other people until you really address the reason. the

tragic case today is mental health. so not gangs, not drugs, failings in the mental health um system . and that's what we will system. and that's what we will see in mental health services, youth services , family services, youth services, family services, labouri youth services, family services, labour i think are going in the right direction. but as your colleague said, they're probably going to come up against some very big hurdles. they've already invested way more than £100 million into community service , and yet we've had many service, and yet we've had many young people murdered since that investment . so i don't think investment. so i don't think it's going to be enough , and i it's going to be enough, and i don't think it's going to be a consistent approach that we're going see a huge difference . going to see a huge difference. >> and alison, the mother of grace o'malley kumar , who was grace o'malley kumar, who was stabbed to death in nottingham , stabbed to death in nottingham, said that she would like to see mandatory jail terms for carrying knives. do you think that work ? that may work? >> they're already there . >> they're already there. they're not used. they're not. they're not used. they're not. they're not used. they're not. they're not consistently used. so you know, it's a life sentence for murder. and if you are caught with a knife, it

should be potentially up to four years in prison. but we don't have enough probation officers , have enough probation officers, prison spaces, police to actually implement that which , actually implement that which, you know. but on the flip side, we really want a 14 year old to be sent to prison, um, for carrying a knife. if it was just a one off, we need to make sure there's an intervention to make sure that they don't do sure that they don't ever do that again. which is what that again. again which is what labour to bring in labour are trying to bring in and make sure that it's implemented. that implemented. implemented that there are strong consequences to carrying a knife. but we must again focus on why, if we find out why a young person is carrying a weapon, we have the solution . solution. >> okay. alison cope, whose son joshua was sadly murdered in 2013 after being stabbed, now an anti—knife crime campaigner. thank you so much for joining anti—knife crime campaigner. thank you so much forjoining us and sharing your thoughts on what must be a harrowing day. looking back over this crime must bring back painful memories. thank you so much for sharing with us. okay, there's still lots more to between still lots more to come between now and 4:00 in a minutes

now and 4:00 in a few minutes across , live to the old bailey, across, live to the old bailey, where the trial of the couple accused of manslaughter accused of the manslaughter by gross baby gross negligence of their baby has started today. gross negligence of their baby has started today . but first, has started today. but first, your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour a man who stabbed three people to death in nottingham city centre last year has been sentenced to a hospital order. 32 year old osvaldo kalakani killed two students. barnaby webber and grace o'malley kumar, and school caretaker ian coates. he pleaded not guilty to murder due to his mental illness , but admitted mental illness, but admitted manslaughter and will be detained in a high security hospital indefinitely. the judge told kalakani that his actions had sentenced many relatives to a life of grief and pain . the a life of grief and pain. the government is defending its record, meanwhile, on tackling knife crime amid a third crackdown in eight years, the home secretary says the new restrictions are aimed at

closing what he called a loophole that allows some types of zombie style knives to be kept and sold . labour says the kept and sold. labour says the fresh legislation still doesn't go far enough, and that there need to be tougher penalties . need to be tougher penalties. and lloyds banking group is to set to cut 1600 jobs across its branches as it moves towards more online banking. in another sign of banks disappearing from the high street , the bank says the high street, the bank says it's going to overhaul its services as more customers switch to digital. but it will also create around 830 new roles as part of the strategy . me and as part of the strategy. me and japan's moon lander achieved an unusually precise touchdown, landing on its nose today. the moon sniper touching down within 100m of its target, drawing huge praise from the japan space agency. japan becoming the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, hoping this mission will revitalise their international standing in space exploration . those are the top

exploration. those are the top stories. more background to all of them on our website gbnews.com . thank gbnews.com. thank gb news.com. thank you gbnews.com. thank you polly. >> now the trial of an aristocrat and her partner accused of over the death of their baby daughter has started today. constance marten and mark gordon are charged with the manslaughter by gross negligence after baby victoria was found dead on an allotment in brighton last march. and let's cross now live to the old bailey and speak to our home and security editor mark white. mark, welcome to the show. a very harrowing case that captivated the nation. what's the latest that . the latest that. >> yeah, no doubt about that. a deeply disturbing case that the crown says centres on the absolutely and entirely avoidable death of a young baby. a baby girl that would still be

alive today if it wasn't for the selfish, arrogant actions of her parents, constance marten and mark gordon. it was, as you mentioned there, a case that grabbed national attention on the 5th of january last year when a vehicle that the couple had been driving was found on fire on the hard shoulder of the m61 in greater manchester. now when the police later searched that burnt out vehicle, they made a grim discovery on the back seat of the car, wrapped in a towel was the placenta linked to that young child ? and that, to that young child? and that, of course , raised immediate of course, raised immediate alarm bells as the police launched a nationwide wide appeal for help in trying to trace this couple because clearly they felt this was a young child who needs medical attention and a mother who would be in need of a medical attention. but despite weeks of occasional sightings in

different parts of the country, this couple managed to elude authorities . they even went to authorities. they even went to an argos store in london to buy what was described as a flimsy blue tent that they then travelled to. brighton pitched up in that tent . that was, up in that tent. that was, according to the prosecutors , according to the prosecutors, completely unacceptable in terms of its ability to offer any kind of its ability to offer any kind of comfort and shelter from a very cold january period. it is the prosecution's assertion that the prosecution's assertion that the couple had gone on the run because they had four other children. they had got together as a couple in 2016 over that seven year period, had four children, all four of those children, all four of those children were taken into care. the prosecution believes that a motivating factor behind them disappearing off the grid was their determination to ensure that that fifth child was not taken into care, but in doing

that, they say that that child suffered covid in terms of not being able to receive proper medical attention and everything else. a young child requires, and certainly not to be out in the cold in january in the likes of a flimsy tent down in brighton, where the couple were eventually arrested on the 27th of february, the child's body was discovered a few days later dunng was discovered a few days later during the search of an allotment in brighton and, according to the prosecutor again , they don't know exactly again, they don't know exactly when this child died, but the child's body, its remains , were child's body, its remains, were placed into a shopping bag covered in litter , regarded or covered in litter, regarded or just treated like refuse. according to the prosecutor . and according to the prosecutor. and later, as i say, discovered by the police . the police. >> okay, mark white, thank you for that update. live from the old bailey .

for that update. live from the old bailey. now there's bad news on the jobs front today. i'm afraid lloyds banking group has said it's cutting around 1600 jobs across its branch network as part of an ongoing shift towards online banking . i'm towards online banking. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

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on gb news can now see footage of the texas national guard using razor wire to protect the state from the ever growing influx of illegal immigrants just to find those actions, governor greg abbott said he had to act due to the president's quote , lawless border policies . quote, lawless border policies. well, to discuss this further, i'm joined now by the chair of republicans overseas , greg republicans overseas, greg swenson. greg, welcome to the show. it's always a pleasure . show. it's always a pleasure. the dramatic action has been taken here by governor greg abbott. and that's precisely because he felt the president was doing nothing whatsoever about it . about it. >> i think he's right, martin, and this is quite dramatic. you have a president in president biden who's not enforcing the law that was passed by congress. president obama criticised him or not, actually enforced the law and was deporting people that had crossed illegally . of

that had crossed illegally. of course, president trump enforced the law and improved the law to make sure that and worked with mexico to have the remain in mexico to have the remain in mexico policy. biden has abandoned federal policy. in fact , he's deliberately trying fact, he's deliberately trying to let in as many immigrants as possible . more for the democrats possible. more for the democrats , more is better and less is racist . racist. >> it just astonishes. racist. >> it just astonishes . and the >> it just astonishes. and the statements that , um, greg abbott statements that, um, greg abbott put out is really feisty stuff. he said the federal government has broken the contract between the united states and the state of texas, and the islanders, greg, are simply eye—watering. 6 million illegal immigrants have crossed our southern border in just three years. governor abbott says that's more than the population of 33 states. that's right. in the united states, astonishing numbers . astonishing numbers. >> and martin, that's just texas . if you add arizona and other border states, you know, it's pushing 10 million. by the end

of biden's time, it'll be 11 million. a study by yale university, a few weeks ago, three very liberal professors that did the study estimate there's 22 million illegal auens. there's 22 million illegal aliens . so there's 22 million illegal aliens. so this there's 22 million illegal aliens . so this is a crisis that aliens. so this is a crisis that was created by the by biden . was created by the by biden. it's what he wants. they want un unfettered access to the border . unfettered access to the border. they're letting them in. it's a real hardship on the on the working people of texas and other border states . and now other border states. and now it's a real hardship on cities that the federal government as well as the governors of texas and other states are sending some of the migrants to those so—called sanctuary cities . so—called sanctuary cities. >> mhm. yeah. indeed. we've seen busloads of migrants being sent to places like martha's, martha's vineyard , where the martha's vineyard, where the liberals suddenly are are awake to the idea of immigrants living in their neighbourhoods. what's going to happen next? because technically texas is on a collision course with the president, the national guard in texas, who controls them? could joe biden pull them out .

joe biden pull them out. >> well, here's the challenge . >> well, here's the challenge. president biden went to the or at least his lawyers went to the supreme try stop supreme court to try to stop this. put this. and the supreme court put a stay on the ability of the texas national guard to actually enforce border law and, and sided with the federal government. and they are and this is where i think it goes south for biden by aiden. and his administration will send federal people , border federal people, border enforcement agents to texas and cut the fence down. and that's where this lawsuit started. greg abbott did not want the feds to come in and cut the cut the wire, cut the razor fencing and this will happen or it has started to happen. so there's you could see pictures on the screen. and i think i think this is a tragedy. i think it will be an electoral disaster for president biden when there's when you start to see footage of federal agents cutting the fencing to let more illegal migrants in, it's the number one. now, the number one issue

for american voters , as it was for american voters, as it was the number one issue in new hampshire on tuesday. and mr a president biden is polling at 18 on the issue one eight and presumably greg this is fanning out very nicely for build the wall donald trump. >> this is precisely the sort of thing he would have done years ago if he'd have won. he'll be tough and if biden tough on this. and if biden sends agents in and cuts this wall would be wall down, that would be electoral gold for donald trump. >> it really will be. now, the one concern i have, and perhaps the democrats and the reason the democrats and biden doing this if biden are doing this is if there's pictures of greg there's any pictures of greg abbott or the texas national guard, get doing any kind of conflict with the federal agents, then they'll start arguing it's a civil war. it's, you know, jan six all over again. i think that the i think the governor has to be really careful to obey the decision of the supreme court. we might we might not like it. and it's not a permanent decision, by the way. it's just a temporary stay.

so when they consider the case in depth and rule on it, perhaps in depth and rule on it, perhaps in june they might side with texas. right now they've just said, don't do anything. this is a federal issue . we have to let a federal issue. we have to let the federal government handle it. and by the way, there is a point there. the federal government is in charge of border control. but the reason, greg abbott has gone ahead with this is because they're not doing it. they have completely abandoned. and if anything, they've encouraged illegal migrants to cross the border. so greg abbott has to act in the interests of his people, of his state, of his citizens. and, you know, article article nine, section four says says the government, the state government has a responsibility to protect their borders. >> and greg, in the uk, no doubt a lot of people were watching this show thinking, this is fantastic. in fact, it'd be great to see something similar on coasts. on the beaches of our coasts. how has this played out with the electorate texas ? electorate in texas? >> i mean, the electorate in texas surely this.

texas is surely behind this. it's a it's a red state. it used to be a very red state. it's changing slightly. but but i think as you see and by the way, it's one of most popular it's one of the most popular states for immigration from within the united states. so it led the country in new resonance last year . there's a speaking of last year. there's a speaking of migration. there's a mass migration. there's a mass migration out of blue states into red states , like texas, into red states, like texas, like florida, ten. see, so you're seeing a movement of people, obviously , it's all people, obviously, it's all legal and illegal migration within the borders . but it's within the borders. but it's a really interesting time to look at texas . the citizens are at texas. the citizens are behind it . i at texas. the citizens are behind it. i think ultimately, governor abbott will win the case. but i think it has to go through some channels and i hope he doesn't escalate it at this point. i'd rather see him , at point. i'd rather see him, at least for now. listen to the supreme court and it's just going to demonstrate that president biden is really losing on this this issue . on this this issue. >> and, greg, just for a bit of balance, i mean, what is biden's take on this? is he a de facto

open border president, or is he so embarrassed by this? he's keeping quiet. what's his thinking? >> there has to be a certain amount embarrassed moment for amount of embarrassed moment for this up to the this case, going up to the supreme for what supreme court and for what governor abbott is doing, because it's obviously governor abbott rather have the abbott would rather have the federal government it. federal government do it. i mean, their mean, that's their responsibility, costing responsibility, and it's costing texans more for money them to have to enforce the border. so this should be a federal government responsibility under fortunately, biden's not doing it. it's pretty clear now that biden wants this illegal migrants they become uh, they end up being welfare recipients for sure. it's proven that first generation migrants , especially generation migrants, especially illegal migrants , will always illegal migrants, will always vote democrat as soon as they get their their ability to vote , get their their ability to vote, whether it's through citizenship or other other means. so it's an electoral win. if he can wave in 22 million illegal migrants , 22 million illegal migrants, that's that's higher than the biggest election spread of all time, which is 1984, when ronald

reagan won re—election by 17 million votes, 22 million dwarfs that. it's an electoral disaster for republicans. if biden continues to get away with this . continues to get away with this. >> okay, okay. greg swenson , >> okay, okay. greg swenson, chair of republicans, overseas fans , back to you. astonishing fans, back to you. astonishing scenes on the texan border. there now, lloyds banking group has announced it will cut about 1600 jobs across its branch network as part of an ongoing shift towards online banking and this is something we talked about earlier in the show in bakewell. it was natwest that shut its last branch in the peak district. citizens of bakewell, very upset about this, particularly the market traders , particularly the market traders, the elderly people there, of course, are simply unable to use their local bank branch any more. now it seems lloyds are going nationwide with a similar plan , and i'm joined now to plan, and i'm joined now to discuss this by our economics and business editor , liam and business editor, liam halligan . further evidence halligan liam. further evidence of the death of the high street banking branch .

banking branch. >> indeed, this is one of the stories of our time. really isn't it? martin banks shutting down in towns and indeed cities across the country, high streets being hollowed out. a lot of us small businesses , particularly small businesses, particularly older people, finding it difficult to get access to banking services, basic banking services , us banking services services, us banking services that banks , by the way, are that banks, by the way, are legally compel to provide, gives on their banking licenses. by law , as we have to travel law, as we have to travel further and further to visit a physical branch. you were just talking that there about natwest. it's iconic that the bankin natwest. it's iconic that the bank in bakewell is being closed down and part on cue. if you like. lloyds have weighed in, maybe under the cover of natwest, maybe they could share the day of banking bannau pain and pain with their rival. lloyds are now saying they've announced just an hour or so ago that they are losing 1600 jobs, 1600 jobs from their branch network as a result of bank

closures. you know , just ten closures. you know, just ten years ago, martin, we had around 14,000 local bank and building society branches across the uk. we now have little more than 8000. that's a 40% drop in just ten years. and i suspect there's a long way to go as we move away from using cash . of course, we from using cash. of course, we had that gb news don't kill cash campaign a petition signed by over a quarter of a million of our viewers and listeners, a petition that we delivered to downing street and lloyds are saying that even though they're laying off 1600 people as a result of bank branch closures, they're creating 800 more jobs because of internet banking. but, you know, those jobs are likely to be for younger people . likely to be for younger people. well, they're likely to be more technical jobs. they're less likely to be in local communities. they're less likely to be the kind of part time jobs in that so many people in banking that so many people will find useful. buying the little extras for family little extras for their family and keeping their head above

water. this is a sad day , i water. this is a sad day, i would say, not just with news from natwest, but now under the cover of natwest, perhaps from lloyds as well . lloyds as well. >> okay, liam, this is the kick in the teeth, particularly for elderly and the most vulnerable customers . customers. >> it is indeed, you know , for a >> it is indeed, you know, for a lot of older people going to their bank branch, going to do a little bit of shopping, talking to somebody on the checkout. that's the highlight of their day. but now the bank branch is closed go to the local closed and they go to the local supermarket and they're just met with that goes beep with a machine that goes beep and there's some and tells them that there's some kind foreign object the kind of foreign object in the banking bagging area. banking bag bagging area. i don't about you, martin. i don't know about you, martin. i like to think of myself as pretty tech savvy , but every pretty tech savvy, but every time go to the supermarket time i go to the supermarket these , seem have a row these days, i seem to have a row with one of those, um, you know , with one of those, um, you know, those those things that aren't checkout people that we used to have. crikey the have. crikey so now the supermarket charging us for supermarket is charging us for our time to do their checking out so can make more out so they can make more profits. the way profits. it seems to be the way of doesn't i'm of the world, doesn't it? i'm sounding curmudgeonly, but i'm really not curmudgeonly

really not being curmudgeonly here for a lot of here because for a lot of people, again, particularly older people, but not just older people, they just want to put, you know, a coin in a parking metre so they can park. they don't want to download endless apps. don't want all this apps. they don't want all this technology . a lot of people are technology. a lot of people are still concerned about internet banking. risks and banking. the security risks and so on. when is this huge trend of our time, the move away from customer service, the move towards ever more reliance on tech and ordinary punters having to get their head around all these tech issues, when is that going to stop? when is that going to stop? when is that going to stop? when is that going to touch bottom? when are we going rediscover good old we going to rediscover good old fashioned ? not fashioned customer service? not just for the well—heeled, not for just the 1, just for the for just the 1, not just for the wealthy , but ordinary wealthy, but for ordinary hard working men and women across the uk . uk. >> okay, liam halligan, i totally agree with everything you're saying. there now, the prime minister has been in yorkshire where was yorkshire today where he was asked range of topics, asked about a range of topics, including crime , illegal including on crime, illegal migration and the sentencing of

the triple killer. valdo calcagni. and here's what he had to say . to say. >> thoughts are all the >> thoughts are with all the families affected by what happened. >> it was an absolutely awful case. >> and you know, as a parent, you think when you send your kids out into the world or to university that they'll be safe. and i can't imagine the pain that at that they are going through at the now, is the moment. now, this is obviously dangerous obviously a very dangerous individual and it's right that, as the judge said, he will spend very probably the rest of his life in jail. and also think very probably the rest of his liiisin jail. and also think very probably the rest of his liiis importanti also think very probably the rest of his liiis important thatso think very probably the rest of his liiis important that all hink very probably the rest of his liiis important that all the; it is important that all the relevant agencies look back to ensure that all reasonable steps that could have been taken were taken, and there are any taken, and if there are any lessons to be learned that we do so link to that on knife so and link to that on knife crime up 3% this crime is up 3% this year. >> show it's time >> new figures show it's time for jail terms for for mandatory jail terms for those knives, and those carrying knives, and charities more charities say that more investment is required in community services . and they say community services. and they say the money is being cut by the government . how can how can you government. how can how can you be trusted on tackling knife crime? >> well, look, our record shows that the plan we've got in place is working. >> overall, serious violence is down quarter over the past

down by a quarter over the past few have 20,000 new few years. we have 20,000 new police officers the street police officers on the street near record numbers, and we've confiscated over 100,000 knives. and we've actually announced new measures ban zombie style measures to ban zombie style knives to take them off our streets and give the police more powers. >> whether that's stop and search. >> but the ability to seize knives when they see them so that they can take them out of dangerous people's hands, and those are new powers that will make a difference, as well as investing in youth services, making sure that young people have opportunities to spend time in environments. so the in safe environments. so the plan working. we stick in safe environments. so the plan it,working. we stick in safe environments. so the plan it, we king. we stick in safe environments. so the plan it, we can. we stick in safe environments. so the plan it, we can makes stick in safe environments. so the plan it, we can make sure< in safe environments. so the plan it, we can make sure that with it, we can make sure that everyone in a place everyone grows up in a place that safe and that point, that is safe and at that point, a jail. a mandatory jail. >> . >> terms. >> terms. >> we've actually passed laws to ensure those carrying ensure that those carrying knives and knives face tough sentences and that you've seen the penalties and sentences for people carrying knives have gone up over time under the conservatives. >> this is a serious crime. it deserves tough sentencing. and that's put in place. that's what we've put in place. >> thank you. on your on your rwanda bill. >> now lords the you >> now the lords will the you defy european court of human defy the european court of human rights presence is said rights if whose presence is said

today you'll breaking today that you'll be breaking european rights if you european human rights law if you ignore the rule 39 orders stopping flights rwanda . stopping flights to rwanda. >> all, stopping the >> first of all, stopping the boats is a priority for me, but it's understand it's important to understand why because matter of because it's a basic matter of fairness and compassion . fairness and compassion. >> it's right that people >> it's not right that people can illegally . it's can come here illegally. it's also not compassion thing to also not the compassion thing to do because many of them are exploited and their lives exploited and losing their lives when to cross the when they attempt to cross the channel. that's why it's so important break this important that we break this cycle, and we are making progress. working progress. the plan is working last year, the numbers of people coming were down coming here illegally were down by over a third. first that by over a third. first time that that's happened shows that we're on the right track, but we have more scheme more to do. the rwanda scheme will a deterrent. will ensure we have a deterrent. that you come here that means if you come here illegally, to illegally, you won't be able to stay and be removed. stay and you will be removed. that's so critical. and that's why it's so critical. and i've been very clear. i won't let a foreign stop us from let a foreign court stop us from getting flights up and running and establishing that deterrent. the we've just passed the bill that we've just passed through the house of commons has a specific power in it that says ministers to make those ministers will get to make those decisions would put decisions. i would not have put that in there if i wasn't that power in there if i wasn't prepared it. good on the

prepared to use it. good on the on your leadership. >> reform uk 13 points on your leadership. >>the reform uk 13 points on your leadership. >>the polls, reform uk 13 points on your leadership. >>the polls, onem uk 13 points on your leadership. >>the polls, one ofuk 13 points on your leadership. >>the polls, one of your! points on your leadership. >>the polls, one of your aides s in the polls, one of your aides now left once you replaced sir simon clarke , thinks your party simon clarke, thinks your party will massacred the next election. >> what's your message to them and same and others who feel the same way? knew when i took this way? i knew when i took on this job wasn't going to be easy. >> i did it because i care passionately about our country, and believe that make and i believe that i could make and i believe that i could make a difference and i really do think are making think that we are now making progress. take the economy for example. more than example. we've now more than halved inflation from 11% to 4. because of that careful management of the economy. we're now able to cut people's taxes . now able to cut people's taxes. earlier this year, cut worth earlier this year, tax cut worth £450 for someone who earns £35,000, the average . and if we £35,000, the average. and if we stick with this plan , then we stick with this plan, then we can ensure that everyone has peace of mind that there's a brighter future ahead and a renewed sense of pride in our country. >> and that's what i'm focussed on just very finally, the on and just very finally, the images filmed by news images filmed by itv news cameraman sunak cameraman was rishi sunak earlier in yorkshire our earlier in yorkshire with our political editor christopher hope. lots digest there. we'll >> lots to digest there. we'll have next but have that in the next hour. but first, your weather. first, here's your weather. >> brighter outlook with boxt

>> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb solar sponsors of weather on. gb news afternoon. >> i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update for gb news. a brighter day tomorrow. many of us having a pretty dull thursday but some sunshine around for many, although there will still be some blustery showers the northwest . showers across the northwest. the thickest cloud out west at the . some outbreaks the moment. some outbreaks of rain evening over rain again this evening over northern and wales , and northern england and wales, and then a of rain which could then a line of rain which could be quite heavy for an hour so be quite heavy for an hour or so . swings scotland and . swings across scotland and northern ireland. the winds will pick up as this weather front moves england wales moves across england and wales as well, a gusty spell as well, so a gusty spell through the night all through the night as it all clears. it'll turn cold. could be ice across parts of be some ice across parts of scotland but a snow likely showers, but a snow likely across the far north. mostly over the hills. a brighter day then to come. tomorrow could start a bit grey and damp early on across the far southeast, but that scoots away and that rain soon scoots away and then sunny spells just some then it's sunny spells just some more showers coming into western parts here parts of scotland. even here though, they'll become

though, i think they'll become confined highlands and confined to the highlands and the western isles by the end of confined to the highlands and the day. :ern isles by the end of confined to the highlands and the day. quite les by the end of confined to the highlands and the day. quite blusterye end of confined to the highlands and the day. quite blustery here! of the day. quite blustery here again. elsewhere, bright and breezy. quite light, breezy. the winds quite light, actually, south we actually, across the south we could reach figures, could reach double figures, temperatures close to temperatures generally close to average for the time of year, but cooler than today but feeling cooler than today because today is really quite mild. similar mild. saturday is a similar story, perhaps a bit more cloud around and a colder start in the south. there'll be outbreaks of rain northern parts of rain across northern parts of scotland, many saturday scotland, but for many saturday will again be dry and bright. and although breezy in places, particularly later in the northwest , many places the particularly later in the northwest, many places the winds a lot lighter than have been for most of this week. temperatures 9 celsius that warm 9 or 10 celsius that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news . sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good afternoon. it's 5 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the

westminster and all across the uk. today the man who stabbed three people to death in nottingham last year has been sentenced, the mother of one sentenced, but the mother of one of the victims slammed the of the victims has slammed the police the crown prosecution police and the crown prosecution service . we've got that full service. we've got that full story coming up and i want to hear from you. email me gb views at com. but first it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . martin thank polly middlehurst. martin thank you and good evening to you . you and good evening to you. >> well, our top story from the gp newsroom today . the son gp newsroom today. the son of murdered ian coates murdered caretaker ian coates says nhs , mental trusts and says the nhs, mental trusts and police must be held accountable after his father's killer was given a hospital order rather than prison. 32 year old waldo kalakani was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia when he killed ian coates and two nottingham university students, barnaby webber and grace o'malley kumar, in june last year. o'malley kumar, in june last year . he o'malley kumar, in june last year. he pleaded not guilty to

murder due to his mental condition , but did admit condition, but did admit manslaughter. he'll be detained in a high security hospital indefinitely. speaking outside the court, the victim's family said the triple killer had made a mockery of the system and got away with murder at no point dunng away with murder at no point during the previous five and a half months will be given any indication that this could conclude in anything other than murder. >> we trusted in our system foolishly , as it turns out, we foolishly, as it turns out, we do not dispute that the murderer is mentally unwell and has been for a number of years. however the premeditated planning, the collection of lethal weapons , collection of lethal weapons, hiding in the shadows and the brutality of the attacks are of an individual who knew exactly what he was doing. he knew entirely that it was wrong , but entirely that it was wrong, but he did it anyway . he did it anyway. >> that was the mother of barnaby webber, emma webber, speaking outside the court earlier on today. meanwhile the government has been defending its record on tackling knife crime in a third crackdown in

eight years. the home secretary says the new restrictions are aimed at closing what he calls a loophole, which allows some types of so—called zombie knives to be kept and sold. james cleverly says the government is taking the right action. i became home secretary. >> i made the immediate decision to go further to put forward this secondary legislation to support what we've already done to make the possession of zombie knives illegal and to close the loophole so i'm very pleased with taking action now . we have with taking action now. we have seen a reduction in crime . we seen a reduction in crime. we have a plan to drive it down further. that plan is working. we're determined to take these knives off the streets . knives off the streets. >> james cleverly , but the >> james cleverly, but the shadow home secretary , yvette shadow home secretary, yvette coopeh shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, says the fresh legislation still doesn't go far enough. >> it's just too little, too late . late. >> it doesn't include ninja swords. >> it doesn't include a whole series of dangerous weapons. and the penalties also aren't strong enough. they've been promising

this ban on zombie knives for a long time , and it's still not long time, and it's still not going to come in until the autumn . autumn. >> cooper now lloyds banking group is to is set to cut 1600 jobs across its branches as it moves towards more online banking in another sign of banks disappearing from the high street, the bank says it will overhaul its services as more customers switch to digital. the bank says the change will create around 830 new roles as part of its strategy . but there's its strategy. but there's concern the banks could lose touch with their customers as criminal gangs who try to smuggle items into prisons using drones will face new penalties from today. the new 400 metre no fly zones are now in force around british prisons that means anyone caught trying to fly items like phones , drugs or fly items like phones, drugs or weapons into prisons using drones will pay a 2500 pounds fine. they'll also be a ten year maximum prison sentence for

anyone breaching the new restrictions . the parents of restrictions. the parents of a baby girl who died after allegedly being carried on a manhunt in a carrier bag, have been described as cruel and arrogant . constance marten and arrogant. constance marten and mark gordon sparked a national police chase after they went missing last year in an alleged attempt to avoid having their baby taken into care . they were baby taken into care. they were charged with manslaughter after their baby died, as they tried to evade the authorities by living in a tent in freezing winter conditions. a court heard that the infant would still be alive if it hadn't been for their reckless, selfish and callous conduct. the pair deny all the charges. the trial is expected to run until march . expected to run until march. shoplifting offences in england and wales are at the highest level in 20 years. the for office national statistics says more than 400,000 offences were recorded in the year to september. that's up by nearly a third. downing street says

ministers are looking into how to tackle the rising problem . to tackle the rising problem. and lastly, anyone under the age of 18 will no longer be able to receive online messages from people they don't know. that's part of an update by social media company meta, the owner of facebook and instagram is changing its default settings, meaning that under 18 will only be able to receive messages from people they follow. parents will also be alerted if their child attempts to change privacy settings . it comes attempts to change privacy settings. it comes as the government faces calls to introduce an outright ban on smartphone for children under 16, because of concerns for child safety and what they can view unrestricted online. that's the news on gb news across the uk, on tv, in your car , on uk, on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speakeh digital radio and on your smart speaker. this is britain's news channel. >> thank you. pauline there's only one place to start this

hour. only one place to start this hour . the only one place to start this hour. the mother of a man stabbed to death in nottingham last year has said true justice has not been served. barnaby webber's mum emma was speaking after vowed okolicany was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order earlier today. he pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and attempts of murder. grace o'malley kumar and ian coats were also killed by kolokani . nottinghamshire police kolokani. nottinghamshire police has released harrowing footage which pieces together the events which pieces together the events which shook the nation. our east midlands reporter will hollis has this report . has this report. >> waldo kalakani branded a monster by his victims families , monster by his victims families, he set out on june 13th last year with a clear plan to kill on cctv . he is year with a clear plan to kill on cctv. he is seen returning to nottingham from london after boarding a tram. he began roaming the city's streets wearing all black with him. a bag of weapons , including a

bag of weapons, including a double edged fighting dagger. his first victims, 19 year old university of nottingham students grayson malli kumar and barnaby webber, returning from a night out at around 4 am, he stabbed them both repeatedly on ilkeston road before calmly walking away . his attack had walking away. his attack had been uncovered . brutal been uncovered. brutal >> oh no . >> oh no. >> oh no. >> emergency. >> emergency. >> what's the emergency ? >> what's the emergency? >> what's the emergency? >> yes, there's been a stabbing on fryston road. there's somebody lying in the street. i think they're dead. oh, that was awful. khalife carney then tried climbing into a hostel. >> ceely house, through a window, but was pushed back by 5 am. he'd killed again. his next a.m. he'd killed again. his next victim , a school caretaker, ian victim, a school caretaker, ian coates , on magdala road before coates, on magdala road before stealing his van and driving into wayne birkett, who was walking in milton street and

soon after, sharon millar and marcin gawronski, who were extremely fortunate to survive. police arrested kalakani in radford , tasering him taser. radford, tasering him taser. taser you stay where you are. >> stay where? on the 32 year old who also goes by the name adam mendez, is a dual national from guinea—bissau and portugal, having arrived in the uk in two thousand and seven. >> diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia , he had been schizophrenia, he had been sectioned multiple times under the mental health act and being in trouble with police for criminal damage and assault, but his pleas of manslaughter were accepted on the grounds of diminished responsibility . a diminished responsibility. a defence of mental illness . the defence of mental illness. the attacks shocked not just this city, but the nation . will city, but the nation. will hollis gb news in nottingham from . from. >> the victims families spoke to the media after kalakani was sentenced. the son of ian coates

was heavily critical of the police. the cps and the nhs mental health trust. >> the failures from the police, the cps, the health service have resulted in the murder of my father and these two innocent students . the nhs mental health students. the nhs mental health trust have to be held accountable for their failures along with the police . all we along with the police. all we can do is hope that in due course, some sort of justice will be served. this man has made a mockery of the system and he has got away with murder . he has got away with murder. >> and the father of grace o'malley kumar, also spoke . o'malley kumar, also spoke. after the sentencing. he paid tribute to his beautiful daughter . daughter. >> we will never come to terms with the loss of our beloved daughter, grace , and how she daughter, grace, and how she lost her life , her heroic lost her life, her heroic actions . she was a gift to us actions. she was a gift to us and she was a gift to the country. we'd like to thank our wonderful family . from london

wonderful family. from london and ireland and all of our friends for their continued love and support at. whilst we have never questioned this man's diagnosis , the lack of diagnosis, the lack of toxicology erg contemporaneous mental health assessment as well as missed opportunities to divert his lethal path will forever play on our minds. >> i came former london police officer and director of law and order foundation norman brennan joins me now. norman welcome to the show. and a harrowing circumstances. the relatives of the deceased could not be clearer. um barnaby's mum, true justice was not served today . by justice was not served today. by ian coates's son. this man has made a mockery of the system and he has got away with murder and again, barnaby's mum emma webber

saying of nottinghamshire constabulary you have blood on your hands . your hands. >> very emotive words , very >> very emotive words, very understandably as well . understandably as well. >> um, martin, over the last 35 years i've met upwards of 1000 families bereaved by homicide for each and every single one of those families. >> time stops and life changes forever. and for each and every one of those, they will serve the true life sentence of pain bereft ness . bereft ness. >> and there will never be an anniversary christmas . um, that anniversary christmas. um, that will be the same again for them. >> so i understand completely where they're all coming from. >> the issue we've got here and homicide is one of my pet subjects, along with gun and knife crime, is that unless you can prove an intent that the actual perpetrator intended to carry out the actual crime, he then goes on to commit, then you haven't got murder , as dreadful haven't got murder, as dreadful as it seems.

>> and i've seen people commenting all afternoon on social media. >> if somebody is suffering from schizophrenia or a mental health diagnosis and some 4 or 5 psychiatrists, eminent eminent psychiatrists, eminent eminent psychiatrist stated that there was really no way the crown prosecution service could have put forward murder for the simple reason is a judge knowing the law himself inside out. >> plus stated cases would have directed the jury to find him not guilty of murder, but to consider manslaughter. and if it went the furthest way where he actually was convicted of a murder, the appeal courts would have overturned it. that is the difference between murder and manslaughter. >> if you know what you're doing, you're competent , you doing, you're competent, you know what you're doing. >> and mens rea, which means guilty knowledge . then you guilty knowledge. then you commit those crimes. it will be murder. >> if you're suffering a mental illness. >> they're saying in law you cannot have the capacity to make that decision of intent. >> that is the difference there,

martin. >> yeah, but barnaby is. mum is saying this has been a trial by doctors as it was handed to them as a fait accompli. she cannot get her head around the fact that there was clear intent. he knew what he was doing . he left knew what he was doing. he left home with multiple weapons . knew what he was doing. he left home with multiple weapons. he was about to commit evil. he knew it was wrong, and yet he still did many people are still did it. many people are grasping at straws here for some kind of sense here. norman because they feel that once again, the criminal justice system has gone on the side of the perpetrator and completely thrown the victims to the wolves . the criminal justice system, without a doubt , is . the criminal justice system, without a doubt, is in crisis. >> um , there are few people, >> um, there are few people, martin, that care more passionately about victims of homicide, gun and knife crime than myself. >> i personally was stabbed. as you will know yourself . you will know yourself. >> uh, arresting an armed burglar nearly took my life. >> it changed my life. i do know the devastation . however, the devastation. however, martin, having been a police officer for 31 years, and this is my expert subject. i would

love to say i agree with the family and on most of their issues, i probably do. but when it comes to the law, the law is the law and you can't charge somebody with an offence if there's not evidence , there's not evidence, substantive evidence to prove it i >> -- >> and that is the reason why i have every sympathy with these families. >> and i hope to see them in the months to come, because, like them, i'm sick and tired of criminals on the streets and knife and gun crime, which devastated not only victims lives , but communities who live lives, but communities who live in fear of it. >> norman, let's turn next to grace's father , sanjoy, talking grace's father, sanjoy, talking about the missed opportunities to catch this guy before he went on to kill and a key point of the judge summing up was saying there was no evidence of violence prior to mental health conditions. that's not true. it's there was an incident where he was arrested for attacking a emergency services worker. so badly. in fact, he was tasered .

badly. in fact, he was tasered. and there's a second allegation, um, from a flatmate of kalakani's who had lived with him as a student. where he attacked somebody in that flat . attacked somebody in that flat. it was reported to the university , and for some reason, university, and for some reason, this guy wasn't kicked off of his went on to evade , his course and went on to evade, um, persecution. he was at large with a known mental health condition, and that led barnaby's mother , emma weber, barnaby's mother, emma weber, today to conclude , nottingham today to conclude, nottingham constabulary has blood on their hands. how did they miss this guy? before he went on to kill martin again ? martin again? >> there are so many different cases where we call it missed opportunities , as the police in opportunities, as the police in nottinghamshire . nottinghamshire. >> i'm sure the same in london and elsewhere where they are run ragged . ragged. >> uh, i must admit that if somebody assaults an emergency worker and this particular case, a police officer , um, i would a police officer, um, i would have ensured that my shift and my nick were out along with the whole of my division. if we believe that person lived in the

area to ensure that he was arrested relation other arrested in relation to other incidents understand , incidents where i understand, and he assaulted two, um, shop workers where he was employed within eight days of being so employed and was sacked. if they didn't make a complaint to the police and a statement, the police and a statement, the police may not have even known about it. so we've really got to let everything settled down. and just like the post office and all these other tragedies or travesties where victims and society are being failed, we've got to really get to the root of what went wrong. but how many things are going wrong in this country far the criminal country as far as the criminal justice concerned, justice system is concerned, where hearing the same where we keep hearing the same line , we must learn lessons . and line, we must learn lessons. and can we talk a bit about knife crime, which is such an important issue and involves this particular case as well ? this particular case as well? martin. um, well, yeah, we'd have to do that another time. >> then we have to move on. i'm afraid we could. we could talk to you all this matter to you all day on this matter and let's that again. and please, let's do that again. we'll over case. we'll be picking over this case. i'm brennan, over we'll be picking over this case. i'm days brennan, over we'll be picking over this case. i'm days and brennan, over we'll be picking over this case. i'm days and weeksannan, over we'll be picking over this case. i'm days and weeks toran, over we'll be picking over this case. i'm days and weeks to come,er

we'll be picking over this case. i'm days and weeks to come, for the days and weeks to come, for those and those missed opportunities and the can draw from it, the lessons we can draw from it, but cut it short but we have to cut it short simply because of time there. norman brennan, director of the law foundation, thank law and order foundation, thank you joining us on you very much for joining us on the and the prime minister the show. and the prime minister has the has been talking about the sentencing okolicany. sentencing of okolicany. it comes pressure has grown on comes as pressure has grown on rishi sunak with critics saying he should stand down. the prime minister has also been talking about tackling knife crime and illegal migration. well, let's now speak to gb political now speak to gb news political editor christopher hope. chris, what did richard sunak say today about kalakani and his victims ? about kalakani and his victims? >> that's right. the pm talks to in very emotional language. >> really in a clip with journalists earlier here in yorkshire saying that as a parent, you send your children out into the world, you know, to see what happened two see what happened to those two students caretaker is students and that caretaker is appalling, appalling, and he's appalled it . appalling, appalling, and he's appalled it. um, in his role appalled by it. um, in his role as prime minister he made very clear that he would he would want to ensure that all the various bodies where failings may happened. back at may have happened. look back at what and check that all

what happened and check that all reasonable were taken, he said. >> and ensure lessons are >> and ensure that lessons are learned. um he was asked also about crime . he said that about knife crime. he said that we are trying do and break about knife crime. he said that we cycle ling do and break about knife crime. he said that we cycle of; do and break about knife crime. he said that we cycle of violencend break about knife crime. he said that we cycle of violence amongstak the cycle of violence amongst youth gangs and trying to ensure that there's tough sentencing . that there's tough sentencing. he said that if you're caught carrying knife , then do carrying a knife, then you do face tough sentencing, he said not jail terms, though i know that's called for by some that's been called for by some of in these of the relatives in these dreadful tragedy in nottingham. um, talked that he said that um, he talked that he said that there been a fall there had been a fall in seizures, there had been seizures, but there had been 100,000 knives seized. so he does understand the pain you've been describing on so been describing there on air so vividly. >> martin. >> martin. >> okay. and can we talk about the echr? i believe you spoke about that because there's a lot of talk about the fact that britain should be leaving it . britain should be leaving it. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> the president of the of the european court of human rights is said today these these is said today that these these so—called pyjama injunctions, which the says he will which the pm says that he will ignore . ignore. >> and, and this new rwanda bill allows him or ministers to

ignore it. >> and he measures from that court. >> he says, well, um , he was >> he says, well, um, he was told today by the courts president that's not allowed . he president that's not allowed. he made very clear that will happen . i've been very clear, he said, that i will a foreign that i will not allow a foreign court to stop us sending migrants to arrive here legally to it does set up what to rwanda. it does set up what could be a major clash whenever these flights start to take off. >> and we have bet with >> and we have a big bet with him, we, martin, that him, don't we, martin, that nothing take off the summer. >> but they do take off in >> but if they do take off in may, he there could be may, as he hopes there could be a there with the a big battle there with the european don't european court, which i don't think the think will damage the pm's standing supporters . standing amongst his supporters. if he can be seen as taking on the court in an the strasbourg court in an election year. well, that's a good him to . good look for him to. >> yeah, of people will be >> yeah, a lot of people will be hoping that that does happen. chris thank you for chris hope, thank you for joining on the show. always joining us on the show. always a pleasure. rishi sunak is pleasure. so rishi sunak is under pressure . i'm going to under pressure. i'm going to talk speak to a labour mp about that precise topic , the prime that precise topic, the prime minister after this, i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's

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britain's election on. channel. >> welcome back. it's 5:25. you're watching on the thing to martin daubney on gb news. now later this hour, i'll tell you why tony now wants to why. sir tony blair now wants to get hands on your medical get his hands on your medical records so he can sell them. you can't see that ending badly at all, can you? but first, let's get more on the future of rishi sunak. he says he's making progress and urged tory mps to stick with his plan. what he would do, wouldn't he ? well, would do, wouldn't he? well, joining me now to discuss this is russell—moyle, who's is lloyd russell—moyle, who's the labour mp for brighton kemptown. for joining the labour mp for brighton kemptown. forjoining us kemptown. thanks forjoining us in the studio . rishi kemptown. thanks forjoining us in the studio. rishi is convinced he's doing well . convinced he's doing well. what's your take on that? well i think that rishi is the best leader for us in the labour party for going into the next election with. >> i just don't think he has the buy in with the people. >> he doesn't have that touch of understanding ordinary understanding of what ordinary people want and need, but the problem is that i don't see

there's any way that the conservatives get rid of conservatives can get rid of him. they tried to get rid of him. if they tried to get rid of him, that he would him, i think that he would almost call almost immediately call a general election. and so rishi is definitely the prime minister going into the next election, and even his own side now are saying he's not the right person. and bizarrely, he keeps using this, um, labour will turn back the clock. i think lots of people in this country would quite like the clock turned back a maybe few a few years, maybe even a few decades, things have decades, because things have gone wrong. and we're gone awfully wrong. and if we're going start and rebuild going to start again and rebuild this sounds like a this country, that sounds like a campaign for the labour campaign slogan for the labour party, against it . party, not against it. >> he just a fascinating >> he just made a fascinating point . rishi >> he just made a fascinating point. rishi sunak is prime point. rishi sunak is the prime minister that the labour party wants to fight against. that's because think you because presumably you think you can him on that can annihilate him on that basis. who's the person you would fear most? i think someone like doesn't have to be this person, but someone like penny mordaunt is actually quite a difficult opponent for us. >> bearing in mind. and labour party got this, uh, got into this difficulty as well. the leader that is the most popular

in your party is often not the leader that is the best for winning your election. >> mrjeremy corbyn. >> mr jeremy corbyn. >> mr jeremy corbyn. >> yeah, exactly. the problem that we've got with rishi is he's not popular in his party, and he's not the compromise popular candidate in the country as well . and so he loses on both as well. and so he loses on both fronts . he doesn't rile up the fronts. he doesn't rile up the base , but he also doesn't rile base, but he also doesn't rile up the swing voter who would go, well , up the swing voter who would go, well, sometimes i vote labour, sometimes vote conservative. sometimes i vote conservative. i'll give you the benefit the i'll give you the benefit of the doubt. just a loser. loser. doubt. it's just a loser. loser. >> you might may find >> so, lloyd, you might may find yourself rare, yourself in the very rare, perhaps unique position of agreeing the readers the agreeing with the readers of the daily telegraph because the telegraph are screaming telegraph readers are screaming out rishi to go, and for out for rishi to go, and for this phantom figure they haven't named this figure, this true conservative, who will stop the boats, who will be a true conservative to come in and change the electoral map in the next election. >> the true conservative for them is their equivalent of jeremy corbyn. for us in the sense that that doesn't help

them either . what they need is them either. what they need is a moderate figure that has some values that can push them forward, but doesn't actually get caught up in some of these , get caught up in some of these, these, uh, these culture war things. when you look at swing voters , what they care about is voters, what they care about is the cost of their mortgage. what they care about is the doctor's surgery, the school that their kids are going to, the potholes on their road. yeah yes. they are a little bit worried about immigration, ian, but it does not appear in their top ten. and the problem with parm sandhu in the problem with parm sandhu in the wall isn't lot of the red wall isn't a lot of seats. the problem with pandenng seats. the problem with pandering to just that is that doesn't provide the majority. >> okay , but people do care >> okay, but people do care about immigration. they care deeply about immigration. >> care labour's >> some people care labour's plan because hear plan on that because we hear about the gangs. about stopping the gangs. >> been tried for years >> that's been tried for years and years. you talk about turning back. the clock that's been going on for donkey's years, at the years, hasn't worked well at the moment years, hasn't worked well at the mo there proper routes >> there are no proper routes over the number of people coming over the number of people coming over to the uk through all different means , as has been

different means, as has been going down for the last two decades. we actually we peaked in the early 2000, in terms of number of people claiming asylum in this country. what has changed is the way that that reducing number has come over as we've shut down other routes. remember a few years ago people were hiding under under lorries. they're going back and then and then and then they were hiding in the eurostar , you know, kind in the eurostar, you know, kind of the fences. then it of jumping the fences. then it was small boats. the problem was the small boats. the problem is just shift people is you just shift people from one unless you deal one to another. unless you deal with of the root causes of one to another. unless you deal witiproblem. the root causes of one to another. unless you deal witiproblem. that'sot causes of one to another. unless you deal witiproblem. that'sot ca myself the problem. that's why myself and other group of and a lot of other group of labour are going to go to labour mps are going to go to france, meeting french , german, france, meeting french, german, italian and spanish members of parliament. so we can discuss how we coordinate together for about, uh, about they'll send you to brussels. >> why would they do why would they why would they do a country by country? because this is the uk. they'll send you straight to brussels. >> because immigration, brussels. >>terms because immigration, brussels. >>terms of because immigration, brussels. >>terms of asylum;e immigration, brussels. >>terms of asylum is immigration, brussels. >>terms of asylum is armigration, brussels. >>terms of asylum is a country)n, in terms of asylum is a country by country approach. and that's

how we to that's how we how we need to that's how we need to approach it. and we know that brussels doesn't have a unified approach. hungary has a very different approach than france and italy has france and spain and italy has a very different approach to the nordic countries. what need nordic countries. what we need to find a proper system of to do is find a proper system of routes . if you look the routes. if you look at the australian model, the australia legal route is what you're talking yes, australia talking about. yes, australia probably best example of probably is the best example of a that got down boat a country that has got down boat crossings to almost close their borders, and no boats to land. no, wrong, you're wrong. no, you're wrong, you're wrong. what is they opened up what happened is they opened up safe and legal routes and they capped number and a low thousands capped. >> and your number. >> and your number. >> and your number. >> and they closed the boat crossings where they moved them to an island . crossings where they moved them to an island. but crossings where they moved them to an island . but they still to an island. but they still process people. they didn't move them to rwanda or a third country. they moved to country. they moved them to an island where they did where they're within weeks. yes. plan stopped boats . well, not stopped the boats. well, not within i was australia within weeks. i was in australia at did take a few at the time. it did take a few years, no numbers. just no years, but no numbers. just no way. no they now. but. way. no yes, they have now. but. but because they both use but that's because they both use carrot and stick. they said to

people you will not prosper if you come in this route. but there is a route via un, via which is fixed numbers. so that means you like the australian model operation sovereign borders. >> so where's our papua new guinea? where would the where would the these people problem. >> the problem is that have >> the problem is that we have to do the first bit first, which is about safe and legal routes. you can't do just the stick because if you don't provide the alternative routes, people just then dig down into the, into the, into the dangerous route. so provide the legal route, the safe and legal route for afghans, for syrians , all of afghans, for syrians, all of which don't have safe and legal routes to come to the uk anymore. and also, i think you can start to provide people into that picture. you could quite easily have the easily, like we have with the ukrainians, say people, put ukrainians, say to people, put your if you want host your if you want to host someone, put your room up for bids and then we see how many rooms for every rooms are up for bids every yeah rooms are up for bids every year. number we take year. that's the number we take in women and children. in that many women and children. >> they're not military age men. we would would >> that would be that would be quite fair. no, actually the ukrainians over. ukrainians had men coming over.

old , old men, of old men, old men, men of military had to stay in the military age had to stay in the fight. no, but old older men. and had and you had young, and you had and you had young, young boys and things like this. so mixed. wasn't just so it was mixed. it wasn't just women yeah. women and girls. yeah. >> just military. it >> it wasn't just military. it wasn't men wasn't any military age men because by. because they had to stand by. listen, russell—moyle, listen, lloyd russell—moyle, please we've please come back. i think we've had very fruitful had a very fruitful conversation. i'd love to do round thank you. excellent round two. thank you. excellent stuff. there's lots stuff. okay, so there's lots more between and more to come between now and 6:00, french farmers 6:00, including french farmers are protesting. and guess what? the climate the government's climate policies behind it. but policies are behind it. but first of all, let's have your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> the headlines this hour. the son of a caretaker who was murdered in nottingham last yeah murdered in nottingham last year, says nhs mental trust mental health trusts and police must be held accountable after the killer was given a hospital order rather than a prison sentence . waldo kalakani was sentence. waldo kalakani was said to be suffering from paranoid schizophrenia when he stabbed ian coates and two

university students, barnaby weber and grace o'malley kumar. he pleaded not guilty due to his mental condition, but admitted man slaughter and will be detained in a high security hospital indefinitely and the government's been defending its record on tackling knife crime, while on its third crackdown in eight years. the home secretary says the new restrictions are aimed at closing what he calls a loophole, which allows so—called zombie knives to be kept and sold. labour says the fresh legislation doesn't go far enough and there must be tougher penalties . lloyds banking enough and there must be tougher penalties. lloyds banking group is set to cut 1600 jobs across its branches as it moves towards more online banking. it's another sign of banks disappearing from the high street . the bank, though, says street. the bank, though, says its overhaul is as more customers switch to digital services. it's going to create around 830 new roles as part of the new strategy . but there are the new strategy. but there are concerns banks may lose touch with their customers and some breaking news. this hour. nhs

consultants in england have voted against a new pay offer from the government. the british medical association says its members narrowly rejected the offer by 51.1. consultants have staged four rounds of strike action, including an unprecedented joint walkout with junior doctors. that news just into us, we'll bring you more in our next full bulletin at 6:00 and more, of course, on all those stories by heading to our website, gbnews.com . website, gbnews.com. >> for a valuable legacy your family can own . gold coins will family can own. gold coins will always shine bright. rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , a news financial report, a snapshot of today's markets and the pound. >> buying you $1.2693 and ,1.1713. the price of gold is. £1,587.82 an ounce, and the ftse

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triggered even more fat children in this country . and we are in this country. and we are topping the global leaderboard. for how long children spend on tiktok . those two issues are, of tiktok. those two issues are, of course , uh, are not unrelated . course, uh, are not unrelated. and does it feel like we're just neglecting a whole generation of children? it feels like all adults, whether it's parents, teachers , politicians, we never teachers, politicians, we never put children dup front and centre decision making. it centre of decision making. it seems care workers. would you like to see care workers have a minimum for their minimum requirement for their engush minimum requirement for their english language? if your mum or dad, your grandma, your grandad was in a care home and you're trying to communicate with the people? difficult people? is it really difficult when don't have a basic when they don't have a basic command english? and also, command of english? and also, you for the elderly you know, for the elderly person themselves, difficult . i themselves, very difficult. i think is at the think communication is at the heart of any sort of social care like that. and we're also going to talking the fact to be talking about the fact that wants to sell that tony blair wants to sell your data so that we can your nhs data so that we can lead the ai revolution, the biotech revolution , and we can biotech revolution, and we can have more a! doctors . are you on have more a! doctors. are you on board with that? i don't think our viewers will be particularly superb. >> that sounds like a meaty,

action packed menu . superb stuff action packed menu. superb stuff that's bev turner standing in for michelle dewberry on dewbs& co six till seven, right after me. now, earlier this month i brought the news that german farmers were fighting back after their government cut fuel subsidies as part of its drive onward ever towards net zero. but now farmers in france are also taking to the streets . also taking to the streets. they're protesting against a cut in fuel subsidies of the green policies and attempts to force down food prices . the french are down food prices. the french are revolting once again, with spirits of the gelasian coming through. i'm joined by charles—henri galois , who's the charles—henri galois, who's the leader of france's generation frexit group, and a great friend of mine. thanks forjoining us on the show, charles—henri . so on the show, charles—henri. so the scenes coming out of paris in particular are astonishing . in particular are astonishing. we're seeing tractors literally spraying effluent all over government buildings. what's getting the french so hot under the collar this time ?

the collar this time? >> hello, martin. >> hello, martin. >> thank you. uh, basically, you summed up the situation . summed up the situation. >> let's say that the farmers are fed up with all come from brussels. i mean, what are the main revendication from the farmers? >> it's. they are dying from the high standards that brussels require. and in the same time they are imposing free trade agreements with the whole world, with the food products that does not respect any, uh, any same standards. >> so they say it's enough if they say the prices that we sell are too low , they say we cannot are too low, they say we cannot leave anymore from what we are doing, and we face, uh, we face, uh unloyal. >> competition from outside imposed by brussels. >> so there is a big, uh, angry about it . about it. >> if you look at the polls, you have almost like during the gelasian time, 90% of french people that are in favour of

this manifest option. if you look at it, you are third quarter of the french that are aware that the eu is the main problem for the farmers . so the problem for the farmers. so the situation is moving and it's very interesting to look at what will happen because if it's going to be serious , maybe the going to be serious, maybe the farmer will go to brussels to ask you know, uh, why is going like this? and, you know, in the same time you have this protest, the eu has, uh , said they will the eu has, uh, said they will go on to sign the mercosur trade deal and they will do as well a deal and they will do as well a deal with chile. and you know that with these countries it will be many, many , uh, meat and will be many, many, uh, meat and so on that will come to, uh, to the eu and to france. so it's uh, it's very, very , uh, it's uh, it's very, very, uh, it's very huge movement and it's backed by french people , which backed by french people, which is a more important thing and shows on really some astonishing detail that basically the european union is placing so much red tape on french farmers . much red tape on french farmers.

>> they're spending 20% of their working week filling out paperwork . there are minimum paperwork. there are minimum rules on things like the width of cages, the width of dishes. they don't know which dishes they're meant to dredge, which ones they're allowed to ones they're not allowed to dredge, a consequence, dredge, and as a consequence, prime sources are going through the france cannot the roof in france cannot compete with far cheaper imports. vegetables from morocco, chickens from brazil and thailand, or cheaper french farmers unable to make a living and they are simply sick to the back teeth of it. and we have elections coming up, charles henry in in may and june for the eu. we're expecting to see major gains for the parties that stand against the european union . against the european union. >> for sure, if you look at the polls, jordan khalife from the rassemblement national is amounting to 31, which is which is huge. and if you let's say, uh, some other parties that are against brussels policies, you are more than 50, then you still

have this split between the left and the right. but if you add all the eurosceptic parties , all the eurosceptic parties, it's huge. it's more than 50. i think it will be a big signal that will be sent to brussels . that will be sent to brussels. and if you look at the different polls across europe, it's not only france. you can look at germany , you can look at spain, germany, you can look at spain, portugal and many countries. so and of course netherlands. so you will see that it's moving and this form of protest, you had germany, you had france, but you had as well the netherlands before that . so it can be before that. so it can be a global european farmer revolt. so it will be very , very so it will be very, very interesting because it's the bafis interesting because it's the basis of sovereignty. if you don't have your food sovereignty, you cannot do anything. so it's a it's of a paramount importance for france and for french people. and you know how much we like gastronomy and cuisine. so it's a tough, tough topic . tough topic. >> superb stuff shows andre galois, leader of france's

generation frexit . um, thank you generation frexit. um, thank you very much for joining generation frexit. um, thank you very much forjoining us. those pictures on screen there, they just say it all. farmers dumping their dung outside of government buildings . their dung outside of government buildings. marvellous their dung outside of government buildings . marvellous stuff. now buildings. marvellous stuff. now so tony blair wants our medical records to be sold to help improve artificial intelligence. well, that old chestnut. or is it about making a load of money? i'm daubney on gb news, i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

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biotechnology and ai revolution. blair and hague also stressed that the patient data would be anonymous. well, for more on this, let's speak to futurist lawyer, broadcaster, ai guru and good pal of mine, andrew eborn . good pal of mine, andrew eborn. it's a delight to join you yet again and it's a great story. i'll tell you why. it's a great story because it's something i've predicted for a long time. as know, about al. as you know, i talk about al. i talk the future. back to talk about the future. back to the futurist and what it is information power . the futurist and what it is information power. and what information is power. and what they've worked out is i these wonderful machines are solving all sorts of problems. they're working out treatments for diseases haven't happened diseases that haven't happened for long uh, all that for a long time. uh, all that sort of stuff. also, they've worked out that chatting to chatgpt better than chatting chatgpt is better than chatting to gp because it's more to your gp because it's more empathetic. it gives better answers and so on and so forth. so this is really, really powerful. to balance powerful. you have to balance that obviously with confidentiality and the big scare. this is the headline . it scare. this is the headline. it says blair and hague backed selling nhs data to boost ai selling nhs data to boost a! treatment . it all sounds treatment. it all sounds terribly negative . and it's all terribly negative. and it's all about spin isn't it? you're turning to turning around if you want to give bad story. what you do is

give a bad story. what you do is you people and you think you scare people and you think it was, um, the father of, uh, of bernays . he said, of pr edward bernays. he said, if you want to sell something, it's through fear. well, you can spin a story on any sort of basis. you can look, it's basis. you can say, look, it's terrible. they're going to sell your you can turn around terrible. they're going to sell yoursay, you can turn around terrible. they're going to sell yoursay, it's you can turn around terrible. they're going to sell yoursay, it's you cetoturn around terrible. they're going to sell yoursay, it's you ceto be] around and say, it's going to be really, powerful because really, really powerful because information i'll give really, really powerful because info anition i'll give really, really powerful because info an example. i'll give really, really powerful because info an example. i'm i'll give really, really powerful because info an example. i'm working with you an example. i'm working with a one you an example. i'm working with a which one you an example. i'm working with a which called one you an example. i'm working with a which called science one you an example. i'm working with a which called science with of which is called science with soul, which all about soul, which is all about empowering around soul, which is all about em|world ng around soul, which is all about em|world to around soul, which is all about em|world to share around soul, which is all about em|world to share information the world to share information so that they can treat the person in front of them. um, there's a chap ellis rich there's a chap called ellis rich who his daughter to the who lost his daughter to the brca gene , had a brca gene which brca gene, had a brca gene which led cancer . they brca gene, had a brca gene which led cancer. they didn't know brca gene, had a brca gene which led itancer . they didn't know brca gene, had a brca gene which led it because 1ey didn't know brca gene, had a brca gene which led it because the didn't know brca gene, had a brca gene which led it because the family;now brca gene, had a brca gene which led it because the family kept about it because the family kept it secret. and they disclosed that information earlier. she could have had earlier treatment . and treatment better than . and treatment is better than cure. great product plug. cure. okay great product plug. let's to blair. yes. so let's get back to blair. yes. so why is he trying to get his paws on the data now? look, he's been at time. first it at this a long time. first it was first call, was voter id, um, first a call, then digital, then it was covid passport. then there's all this, um, rumours that he wanted to

plug um, rumours that he wanted to plug it into big pharma as a way of vaccines to the of selling vaccines to the population , to control the way population, to control the way we move now . now it's this. you we move now. now it's this. you can understand why people are a little sort of suspicious little bit sort of suspicious that this this just that this not this isn't just about greater good of about for the greater good of society, the greater society, but about the greater good bank balance. well good of his bank balance. well it's an interesting angle, and i think it's absolutely right that you should that you should address that question. everything question motives and so on and so forth. but britain , we but britain, great britain, we should at the centre of should put a! at the centre of britain because what happens is we way above our weight we punch way above our weight on that side . but that sort of side. but information is and information is power. and i think he says, say in think as he says, they say in the article here, the best hope for this country for the future of this country is capitalise on what they is to capitalise on what they describe and most describe as the fastest and most far reaching technological revolution the history of revolution in the history of human civilisation . where's the human civilisation. where's the goodin human civilisation. where's the good in that? for the punter ? i good in that? for the punter? i mean, the moment people can't mean, at the moment people can't get how get a gp appointment. how is giving data away? um, albeit giving out data away? um, albeit anonymously, having any benefit for the public? i tell you, if i simply is going to ensure that you get treatment much quicker. the ai you get treatment much quicker. the a! not just about finding the ai is not just about finding cures to all sorts of diseases,

it's about efficiencies and you can make things superbly efficient on that sort of basis. cut through waiting time . and i cut through waiting time. and i work with, as you know, with lots of doctors various lots of doctors and various other people looking at how you can advantages of can harness the advantages of ai. give an example with a ai. i'll give an example with a fork, raided your canteen . for fork, i raided your canteen. for a fork, you can do two things. uh, eat your spaghetti uh, you can eat your spaghetti very or can stab very useful. or you can stab somebody right. somebody in the back. right. good or bad. the reality , the good or bad. the reality, the thank you, the reality is you don't ban production of forks to don't ban production of forks to do that. what you do is you control the use of it. so data is really, really powerful. it needs to be kept confidential. but just because people will use it way doesn't mean you it in a bad way doesn't mean you should all the great should stop all the great things. that's a things. superb well, that's a great way of putting it. i hadnt great way of putting it. i hadn't terms of hadn't thought of it in terms of forks. go. fork on forks. oh, there we go. fork on or off? i know to be or off? i know it's got to be good, andrew. a lot of people, andrew think is andrew will will think this is tony of control . they do tendrils of control. they do think in it not just for think he's in it not just for the greater good, but for the money. but look, it's a great talking for talking point. thanks for shedding on it. what do shedding light on it. what do you think out there? are you

convinced? blair, the convinced? is this blair, the humanitarian , or is this blair humanitarian, or is this blair the guy wants the guy who wants to be a flipping great billionaire anyway , now we're going to end anyway, now we're going to end the show an initiative that the show with an initiative that does restore your faith. absolutely. the wonder of absolutely. in the wonder of human nature , because people on human nature, because people on a facebook group called wetherspoons the game are ordering drinks bevvies for strangers all over the land, and the group now has more than half a million members. fantastic something i'll drink to. and joining me now is the founder of the facebook group, chris hillman . chris, welcome to the hillman. chris, welcome to the show. i've been trying to get you for the last couple of days . you for the last couple of days. mercifully, we finally got you on the show. what a wonderful thing. us how it works . thing. tell us how it works. >> okay, so, um, you go into wetherspoons, uh, you upload a picture yourself and everyone picture of yourself and everyone you your name, your you with your pub name, your table number. you with your pub name, your table mean,eh you with your pub name, your tablemean, anyone can >> i mean, anyone can send anything to table. anything to your table. >> a wetherspoon >> use a wetherspoon app. >> use a wetherspoon app. >> and then you basically >> yeah, and then you basically put your picture out there and you're not begging for a drink, but you're basically saying, i'm in pub, here's why i would

in this pub, here's why i would like a drink. there's some great examples on your facebook group of and grandpas going of like nanas and grandpas going out and suddenly strangers from all over the land stop bombing their tables with drinks. are they getting bit drunk? their tables with drinks. are the uh, tting bit drunk? their tables with drinks. are the uh, some bit drunk? their tables with drinks. are the uh, some dot drunk? their tables with drinks. are the uh, some do , drunk? their tables with drinks. are the uh, some do , um, k? their tables with drinks. are the uh, some do , um, we do keep >> uh, some do, um, we do keep a level of control over it. so if, uh, people are getting too many drinks, we do try and end the game as possible. game as quickly as possible. >> having game as quickly as possible. >> and, having game as quickly as possible. >> and, uh, having game as quickly as possible. >> and, uh, keeping having game as quickly as possible. >> and, uh, keeping it|aving fun and, uh, keeping it sensible. >> really. and the great thing about this is it restores faith in nature. in human nature. >> it also people to >> and it also allows people to kind buy a drink for kind of buy a drink for a stranger and a random act of human kindness, something chris, which is so sorely missing from modern society. >> yeah . um, modern society. >> yeah. um, it modern society. >> yeah . um, it gives people a >> yeah. um, it gives people a great feeling to know they're helping someone on their night out. and also the homeless aspect , when we go and feed the aspect, when we go and feed the homeless with a group as well, people like be people just love it and like be encouragement and the encouragement to help. and the simplicity them being to simplicity of them being able to help the sofa at home. help from like the sofa at home. it great, uh, great thing. >> so chris, tell us about that homeless aspect. so what, you take over a wetherspoons and you

get homeless people in and get local homeless people in and people all around the people from all around the country allowed to buy food country are allowed to buy food for them. is that it works? yes. >> so how it works is i, um, nominate city in in the nominate a city in the in the uk. go there, i live uk. uh, i go there, i live stream from a pub and ask people to send, specific meal like to send, uh, specific meal like in birmingham on the 29th. so next monday we're asking for burgers and chips. uh, that will get bought out to me a get bought out to me in a takeaway boxes. we've then got volunteers that take out to homeless and homeless homeless shelters and homeless charities, distribute homeless shelters and homeless charitus. distribute it for us. >> superb . and what's been >> superb. and what's been people's response? i mean, for example, when you're when you're just putting some grub in the hand of a homeless fella lady hand of a homeless fella or lady and come and they find out that it's come from stranger via from a complete stranger via your facebook group, what's their reaction ? their reaction? >> i don't think they're too worried about where the food's coming from. they're just grateful food, really. you know? >> but it's a growing group and it's got huge army. how can people get involved ? people get involved? >> uh, just go to spoons. game.co.uk. it takes you directly to group or search for

wetherspoons. a game with an exclamation mark on facebook and join the group. uh, you'll be able to see all the posts on there we go live for the there when we go live for the homeless on. on homeless feeds and so on. all on the group. homeless feeds and so on. all on the superb stuff. chris ellman, >> superb stuff. chris ellman, founder of that facebook group wetherspoons app. thank you wetherspoons the app. thank you very wonderful to very much. a wonderful way to end show and i'll drink to end the show and i'll drink to that i've been martin that now. i've been martin daubney today the break. daubney today after the break. bev turner in for dewbs& co six till seven, but i'll be back tomorrow. same time, same place 3 pm. martin daubney live from westminster . westminster. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news afternoon. on. gb news afternoon. >> i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update for gb news. a brighter day tomorrow. many of us having a pretty dull thursday but some sunshine around for many, although there will still blustery will still be some blustery showers across the northwest. the thickest cloud out west at the moment some outbreaks the moment. some outbreaks of rain evening over rain again this evening over northern wales , and northern england and wales, and then of rain which could then a line of rain which could be quite heavy for an hour or

so, swings scotland and so, swings across scotland and northern ireland. the winds will pick this weather front pick up as this weather front moves across england and wales as well, so a gusty spell through the night as it all clears. turn cold. could clears. it'll turn cold. could be across parts be some ice across parts of scotland some wintry scotland and some wintry showers, but a snow likely across far mostly across the far north. mostly over the hills. a brighter day then to come. tomorrow could start bit grey and damp start a bit grey and damp early on the far southeast, but on across the far southeast, but that scoots away and that rain soon scoots away and then it's sunny spells just some more showers coming into western parts scotland. here parts of scotland. even here though, they'll become though, i think they'll become confined highlands and confined to the highlands and the by the end of the western isles by the end of the western isles by the end of the quite blustery here the day. quite blustery here again. elsewhere bright and breezy, light, breezy, the winds quite light, actually. the south we actually. across the south we could figures. could reach double figures. temperatures close to temperatures generally close to average the time of year, average for the time of year, but today but feeling cooler than today because is really quite because today is really quite mild. saturday is a similar story, perhaps a bit more cloud around and a colder start. in the south. there'll be outbreaks of across northern parts of of rain across northern parts of scotland, many saturday scotland, but for many saturday will dry and bright. will again be dry and bright. and although breezy in places, particularly later in the

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new research proves the obvious that lockdowns triggered an even fatter generation of british kids and they're now topping the world leaderboard on time spent on the mind numbing app. tiktok does this sometimes feel like all adults have simply given up on the next generation? also, are you happy with the nhs setting up a private to business sell your medical data in order to fund a revolution in biotech and ai? doctors sir tony blair is desperate to make this happen. i wonder why and if your loved one was in a care home, would you expect a minimum level of english from the people looking after them? the

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