by. >> a good morning 930 on thursday the 15th of february. this is britain's newsroom on gb news me andrew and news with me andrew pierce and pip tomson >> britain is in recession.

chancellor jeremy >> britain is in recession. chancellorjeremy hunt says low chancellor jeremy hunt says low economic growth is not a surprise , and the uk must stick surprise, and the uk must stick to the plan in an antisemitism hit an all time high last year after the hamas terror attacks on israel. >> it's being described as an explosion of hatred by a jewish charity . if you preach in here, charity. if you preach in here, it's also depends on what you say you might be committing criminal offences as well. >> if you make members of the pubuc >> if you make members of the public harassment, alarm, distress . yeah, it's a criminal distress. yeah, it's a criminal offence , but we're speaking to offence, but we're speaking to the christian gospel singer who was threatened with arrest over hate crime complaints in uxbndge hate crime complaints in uxbridge in london. >> he claims he was just preaching his religion and a royal rebrand . royal rebrand. >> in the latest update on the harry and meghan saga. apparently they've chosen to use the sussex title as the surname for their children archie and lilibet , rather than their lilibet, rather than their names. mountbatten and .

names. mountbatten and. windsor. but they can be accused of cashing in on that. they've already called the door to lilibet queen's affectionate nickname and now sussex very interested to know the mechanics of all that. >> so we will be delving into it. what do you want to delve into this morning with us here on britain's newsroom? do let us know gbviews@gbnews.com here's your headlines now is tatiana . pip. >> thank you very much and good morning. your top stories from the gb newsroom. the uk economy has officially entered into recession figures from the office for national statistics shows that the economy shrank by nought point 3% at the end of last year . it follows another last year. it follows another penod last year. it follows another period of decline of 0.1% in the previous three months. a recession is defined as two consecutive three month periods

where the economy contracts rather than grows. it's the first time the uk has entered recession since the first half of 2020, after the first covid lockdown . jeremy hunt, the lockdown. jeremy hunt, the chancellor, says inflation and high interest rates are behind the output fall . the output fall. >> we always expected growth to be weaker while we prioritise tackling inflation. that means higher interest rates and that's the right thing to do because you can't have a long terme. healthy growth with high inflation, but also for families when the when there's a cost of living crisis, when the cost of their weekly shop is going up, their weekly shop is going up, their energy bills much their energy bills are much higher. it's the right thing to do.the higher. it's the right thing to do. the underlying picture here is an economy that is more resilient than most people predicted. inflation is coming down. real wages have been going up now for six months and if we stick to our guns, independent forecasters say that by the early summer we could start to see interest rates falling . see interest rates falling. >> more than 4000 antisemitic

incidents were recorded in the uk last year , the figures more uk last year, the figures more than double the previous all time high in 2021 and marked the rise of 589% compared to 2022, and the soaring figures being put down to the sheer volume which took place following the hamas attacks of october 7th. the community security trust, a charity which provides protection for british jews against anti—semitic attacks , against anti—semitic attacks, said the explosion in hatred is an absolute disgrace . and the an absolute disgrace. and the number of overseas students applying for university spots in the uk has risen for a second year running. new university admissions data shows . over 100 admissions data shows. over 100 and 15,500 students from outside the country applied to start in september . that's up from almost september. that's up from almost 115,000 last year. it comes despite tougher government rules to help slash migration. however, the number of international applicants remains below the high of just over 116,000 before the covid pandemic . for the latest

pandemic. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or you can code on your screen or you can 90 code on your screen or you can go to gbnews.com slash alerts. now back to andrew and . pip. now back to andrew and. pip. >> a very good morning to you. welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and pip tomson >> well we're officially in a recession after gross domestic product fell 0.3% in the final quarter of last year. >> this is the first recession since the pandemic. well, joining us in the studio is political editor of the daily express, sam lister and barrister and columnist sam fowles. welcome to you both . fowles. welcome to you both. this morning there is some people saying that we need to be a little less dramatic about this. sam it is a technical recession , but the overall recession, but the overall picture is more of stagnation. yeah, the figures were slightly worse than people were predicting, but actually overall

for the whole of last year, it looks like the economy grew slightly by 0.1. >> so if you if you look at the whole year and take take it into account over the whole 12 months, we didn't actually kind of contract. i mean, these are very figures, 0.1, very marginal figures, 0.1, —o.3. it's . all very marginal figures, 0.1, —0.3. it's . all kind of dancing —0.3. it's. all kind of dancing on the head of a pin, isn't it? so i think actually stagnation is a better description. and technical recession was a kind of i think it technical recession was a kind of in i think it technical recession was a kind of in the i think it technical recession was a kind of in the 70s i think it technical recession was a kind of in the 70s or i think it technical recession was a kind of in the 70s or 80s. ink it technical recession was a kind of in the 70s or 80s. it( it technical recession was a kind of in the 70s or 80s. it was was in the 70s or 80s. it was just to try and make it easier for people understand when for people to understand when the really, um, the economy was really, um, failing. we're not failing. but actually we're not really that position. we're really in that position. we're just flatlining. really in that position. we're justi flatlining. really in that position. we're justi mean, flatlining. really in that position. we're justi mean, i'mlining. really in that position. we're justi mean, i'mlinirenough to >> i mean, i'm old enough to remember in the 70s remember a recession in the 70s and the real problem and 80s when the real problem then unemployment. then was mass unemployment. yeah soaring unemployment hit 3 million this million employment in this country good. country is pretty good. the employment yeah employment figures. yeah >> obviously yesterday we >> and obviously yesterday we saw inflation figures. they saw the inflation figures. they were slightly better than expected. was kind expected. but again it was kind of so i think the of marginal. so i think the problem yeah do problem is really yeah we do employ is not the problem. it was the 70s and 80s. it was in the 70s and 80s. it doesn't feel people like doesn't feel to people like we're actually in a recession. i think cost of living

think obviously cost of living is but it doesn't feel is an issue, but it doesn't feel like in the 70s or 80s like it did in the 70s or 80s where got those big where you've got those big queues at queues of people at the jobcentre that of thing . jobcentre or that kind of thing. yeah. actually, we're yeah. and actually, we're probably already out of this recession. so recession. that's the truth. so you it. we've been in and you know it. we've been in and out and nobody's noticed what do you think, sam? >> think i agree that we >> i think i agree that it's we need to a much longer time. need to take a much longer time. look this. you know , 1.0, need to take a much longer time. look this. you know ,1.0, 0.1 look at this. you know, 1.0, 0.1 here, 0.3 there. that's not the issue. but we do need to have a conversation about why for the past ten years, we've been in and out of these technical recessions, we've been stagnating when you look at the i think the more worrying things are like looking at the level of investment in the economy and oven investment in the economy and over, over the past ten years or so in britain has become less interesting for investors, less attractive productivity for britain compared to the united states and france and germany. we're behind all of those. we're not as good an economy as we need to be, and productivity has been an issue for years and

years. >> what's the problem? >> what's the problem? >> investment . the thing that's >> investment. the thing that's stopping productive city is we haven't invested in capital and we haven't invested in infrastructure . and although infrastructure. and although we've invested somewhat in skills, we haven't invested enough. so when people are thinking about are we going to invest in britain ? they're invest in britain? they're thinking, well, invest in britain? they're thinking, well , why would we at thinking, well, why would we at this point ? because you don't this point? because you don't have the stuff that you need to grow an economy , and that is the grow an economy, and that is the result of government policy over the past. what since 2011, when government policy has been to contract the economy to not invest in the economy and just hope that somehow magically , the hope that somehow magically, the private sector steps in even when you've created an economic context that discourages the private sector from stepping in. >> sam, we are hoping to hear from jeremy hunt this morning . from jeremy hunt this morning. he won't be drawn on the details of the spring budget next month, but he does keep talking about this. sticking to the plan , he

this. sticking to the plan, he trots this line out frequently there. >> the government's position is basically if we are getting there, it's been slow. it's been painful, but we're getting there and if you switch to labour, you know, you go back to square one. that's their pitch. i think actually if you i know some i think some slightly unfair there. when he said that the government to make government was trying to make the don't the economy contract, i don't think i think think that's fair. i think obviously when the conservative government there government came in, there was a global crisis which global financial crisis which took long time out of. took a long time to get out of. i you'll find with rishi i think you'll find with rishi sunakin i think you'll find with rishi sunak in his well, in the chancellor's autumn statement, they focussed . on business and they focussed. on business and they focussed. on business and they put an awful lot of tax breaks into for companies to invest in, in infrastructure and the companies basically now get 100% of their investment back . 100% of their investment back. so i think that will make a big difference with that. >> sam. i mean, we had the measures come into measures that don't come into april. yet the national april. and yet the national insurance cuts came in in january. why couldn't we all have come in in january to kick start straight away ? start investment straight away? i understand it. i just don't understand it. >> good point. and

>> it's a very good point. and actually ni coming in in actually the ni cut coming in in january, that was very much targeted employers targeted at allowing employers to bring in new employees. it was to create jobs to boost the economy. and so yeah, perhaps there was an argument for doing everything january . see, everything in january. see, i think they're going aim think what they're going to aim for march budget is to for in in the march budget is to obviously lower personal taxes. so people do feel a bit better. but obviously at this tricky time, you've got to kind of really measure how far want really measure how far you want to it's going to be a very to go. it's going to be a very fine balancing act for them, but sam, rowntree sam, the joseph rowntree foundation you know, foundation is saying, you know, yes, it's concerning we've yes, it's concerning that we've entered technical entered this technical recession, but that's at the recession, but that's not at the forefront of people's minds here. >> people up and down the country are looking at how much food fridge, food they've got in the fridge, how money is in their how much money is in their pocket the end of the month. pocket at the end of the month. >> absolutely. and comes >> absolutely. and that comes down to the fundamentals of the economy. people. we have a cost of living because of living crisis because ordinary people have been forced to of bringing to bear the costs of bringing down inflation. they have been forced bear costs of forced to bear the costs of the various of various different sort of economic that economic adventures that governments have been on over the years and haven't

the past ten years and haven't worked have and this worked out. we have and this doesn't have to be an argument about whether brexit was a good idea or a bad idea, but the type of brexit that we that we went through, have trade through, we have signed trade agreements less agreements that are less advantageous had before . advantageous than we had before. we the type of brexit that we went through, put up more barriers than it did before. so ordinary people that are wanting barriers than it did before. so ordtonry people that are wanting barriers than it did before. so ordto do people that are wanting barriers than it did before. so ordto do business,at are wanting barriers than it did before. so ordto do business, youe wanting barriers than it did before. so ordto do business, you know,ing to, to do business, you know, small businesses are facing more barriers. all of these make life more difficult for just your sort of small and medium sized enterprises. >> but you talk about a lack of government investment , for god's government investment, for god's sake. this country is in more debt. sake. this country is in more debt . the debt burden in sake. this country is in more debt. the debt burden in this this facing century, it's trillions. it's i watering it's the figures are almost monopoly board money and also the tax burden is at an all time high. so where is this money to come from, sam? to invest it. >> well, the mistake that we keep making is thinking that the national economy is like a household economy or a credit card, and it doesn't work like that back in, we mentioned back

in 2011, the government said we've got lots of debt, so we need to cut everything. and that's going to bring the debt down. we're here in 2024 and the debfs down. we're here in 2024 and the debt's only gone up. >> well, we did have we did have a pandemic and we had a lot. >> but even before the pandemic, everything even before the pandemic thing, the debt problem hadnt pandemic thing, the debt problem hadn't been been solved. and other countries which didn't make those mistakes , for make those mistakes, for example, states example, the united states hasn't got the same, doesn't have the same problems as us. so what in in order to grow an economy, you have to invest in things like infrastructure, which we have we've got we've just not properly invested in at all. and the only way to pay down the debt is to grow the economy relative to it . but if economy relative to it. but if you don't try and grow the economy first, you never pay down the debt. >> this sounds like the mantra from the labour party we're going the economy, which going to grow the economy, which is we debt we get is how we reduce debt and we get investment. do you that? >> well, the mantra from the left is always to spend more money, it? yeah. the

money, isn't it? yeah. and the question can we, question is never, how can we, um, things more productive um, make things more productive or more efficient? it is. let's chuck more money at this. and that's and that obviously puts up think already up taxes. and i think already when we've got such a high tax burden, i think that is a burden, i don't think that is a solution people are looking for. >> let's move to another >> no. let's move on to another big day about antisemitism. >> being at an all time high, the highest in over, well, at least 40 years surged by almost 150, with more than 4000 anti—semitic incidents recorded in the uk last year. this is just appalling and a rocket kid, as you you know, since october 7. >> yeah, 7.- >> yeah, i 7.— >> yeah, i mean, 7. >> yeah, i mean, it's shocking. i mean, this is a record high. this is their record is gone. this is their record is gone. this is the highest ever number of anti—semitic incidents . but i of anti—semitic incidents. but i don't think it will come as a surprise to many people because actually we see this now. we see this on our streets. we see, um, people now ending up in court and, um, you know, for antisemitic . we see

antisemitic behaviour. we see the protests that can sometimes obviously largely peaceful, but can sometimes veer into anti—semitism. i the taxi driver who brought me here this morning, he raised this as an issue.i morning, he raised this as an issue. i didn't prompt him. and he has a jewish wife. he said she can't even post messages now on social media because she's just abused. he feels very concerned his family. and concerned for his family. and this like a it's very real this is like a it's a very real problem for people. >> sam , this war in >> and until sam, this war in gaza ends , it's going to gaza ends, it's going to continue. is it not. >> yeah. and that's an absolute tragedy because it makes me really, really angry because actually, the first thing that i did and i'm sure everyone did when they on october the 7th was, was phoned their friends. right, you know, and say, how are you, are you all right? and you universally the answer from my friends was, no, i'm not all right . and that hasn't changed. right. and that hasn't changed. and the fact that we can't talk about a very serious international relations issue, which is israel's conduct in

gaza without making anti—jewish comments , is just blood boiling comments, is just blood boiling because first, firstly and most importantly, it's horrendous if you're if you're jewish and, you know, one of my friends said, look, i'm, i'm worried at the moment because there's a car i don't recognise parked outside my kids school. it turned out to be nothing. but that's the sort of atmosphere they're of that's the atmosphere they're living the same living in. um but at the same time, you have, you know, the, the international court of justice has said israel's actions very worrying. we actions are very worrying. we need to be worried. worried about this. we need to be able to critique israel . but the fact to critique israel. but the fact that people can't, some people, some people can't do it, can't distinguish means you can't have that really important debate as well. so it's terrible for everyone, but also if you say anything that is, um, in support of civilians in gaza , as in what of civilians in gaza, as in what they are going through, the children that have been orphaned, the injuries , you can

orphaned, the injuries, you can be of being anti—jewish . be accused of being anti—jewish. >> yeah, i've had it myself on social media. you cannot say wrong saying wrong for saying right. >> had same. yeah. >> and i've had the same. yeah. the same critique indeed the the same critique and indeed the certain i think israeli spokespeople will describe the, the international court of justice as being anti—israel . justice as being anti—israel. >> we shouldn't forget, though, that is not seeking that hamas is not seeking a ceasefire hamas is still ceasefire because hamas is still committed eradication of ceasefire because hamas is still constated eradication of ceasefire because hamas is still constate of eradication of ceasefire because hamas is still constate of israel. radication of the state of israel. >> oh yeah, hamas could stop this they could. they've >> and they could. and they've still lots of hostages. still got lots of hostages. >> spokespeople said >> the spokespeople have said over and again, we over and over again, we are committed. do this over over and over again, we are com overed. do this over over and over again, we are com over again do this over over and over again, we are com over again untildo this over over and over again, we are com over again until we his over over and over again, we are com over again until we another and over again until we another october the and another and october the 7th and another and another they another and another and they and we to remember hamas we have to remember that hamas planned you know, planned this. yes. you know, i think i've heard it was two years yeah, years in the planning. yeah, two years in the planning. yeah, two years knowing, years in the planning, knowing, knowing response would knowing what the response would be, all hamas be, knowing that all the hamas leaders to the leaders would flee to the friendly neighbouring nations , friendly neighbouring nations, knowing that everybody else would be in the tunnels . um, would be in the tunnels. um, yeah. and the innocent people would be the casualties. and the community and the charity. when they did this, the charity that's looked at these figures as the community trust says, it

takes to the hamas attack. takes it to the hamas attack. >> yeah . that's when yeah. >> yeah. that's when yeah. anti—semitic things are not israel's response. it started there. >> yeah, yeah. and incidents in schools are schools and universities are blown by over 200. blown up by over 200. >> and you remember actually on that day that the very day already on social media, people were um, making those kind of anti israel comments, anti—jewish comments , uh, on the anti—jewish comments, uh, on the day, not it was no, it didn't take long before the response . take long before the response. >> thank you both for now . uh, >> thank you both for now. uh, we are next going to be talking about the latest twist in the royal rebrand. now, this is harry and meghan adopting the sussex title as a surname for their children. what do you think of that ? think of that? >> a cashing in. >> a cashing in. >> what do you think? we know what andrew thinks. you always. britain's on

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couple. perhaps not mine . harry. couple. perhaps not mine. harry. >> i do love them. yeah, of course they do. >> and of course they do. harry and meghan have made yet another attempt, i think, to cash on attempt, i think, to cash in on the royal pedigree. >> they've adopted sussex >> they've adopted the sussex title for their title as a surname for their children , as they apparently children, as they apparently attempt to what they say unify their family. >> their children are now known as archie sussex and lilibet sussex , rather than their sussex, rather than their married name, mountbatten—windsor. this is according to the times today, so is this embarrassing for the royal family? >> and what are the mechanics of it? well all still with us in the studio is political editor of the daily express, sam lister and barrister and columnist sir sam fouls. sam fouls. do you understand how you can adopt this? i mean, is it just was is it as easy as saying right, i want them to be this. well it doesn't work like that for the rest of us. no it doesn't. minions. >> the it is tradition. if

you're an aristocrat to use your location title as your as your surname . and i mean disraeli's surname. and i mean disraeli's wife famously, famously used to write to him just using her surname that she she'd got from the title that he, he gave her. so that's fairly standard, i think. i think amongst, amongst the aristocrats. but but my question is why isn't it normal for all of us? why can't i call myself sam falls? worcestershire, which is where i'm from. >> but why would you ? >> but why would you? >> but why would you? >> well, i mean, worcestershire is nicer than fouls. >> it . >> it. >> it. >> it. >> i mean, it's the timing is odd, isn't it? yeah and it's come out just as they say though. >> it's been sorry andrew. they were saying that it's been in place since the coronation. this has been really. >> but there's always a suspicion isn't there with harry and meghan that everything is done for a reason. and everything is done for maximum pubuchy everything is done for maximum publicity and maximum and maximum money. yeah. and andrew knows i've always been slightly sympathetic to harry, which is never necessarily made me that popular i do

popular on this panel. but i do think there is a cynicism here, and i do think it is, um, it is, it is cocking a snook as as royal correspondent have said to the royal family, these are the traditions. >> these are the latest pictures , us of them. uh on valentine's day yesterday in whistler in canada. this is it's a year before the invictus games . so before the invictus games. so there's events taking place as harry had a go at sit down skiing, i believe, and the timing of this. >> so this name change comes out just as they're on their first joint trip for months and months on valentine's day. on valentine's day. >> yeah. come on. yeah. >> so is i mean, >> it's so there is i mean, you know, mean, think to be fair know, i mean, i think to be fair to royals are very to all the royals are very acutely pr how to acutely aware of pr and how to stage on certain days to stage things on certain days to make a maximum and make a maximum impact. and they're not alone in this. but, um , i think it is if you if you um, i think it is if you if you make a thing about leaving make a big thing about leaving the country to go and live a private life as a private citizen and not be royal anymore and be royal, people are and not be royal, people are right say , you know, to right to say, you know, to question, why are you doing this ? it because sussex is

royal. >> it's because it was a title given, given to them by the queen on uh on on on at their wedding. sussex, duke of sussex . wedding. sussex, duke of sussex. so why, if you don't want to be royal anymore. sam, having slagged off the royal family for the years, do you the last three years, do you then call your sussex? then call your children sussex? having by the way, called your daughter with the daughter lilibet with the queen's nickname, daughter lilibet with the queenonly nickname, daughter lilibet with the queenonly handful> well, i mean, honestly >> well, i mean, i honestly don't know why they would do this because i don't know. >> are you cynical? >> are you cynical? >> you suspicious of your motives? >> i am cynical about this whole system that in the 21st century we have people running around doing stating which aristocratic title they're going to. they're going to call themselves. that's another going to call themselves. that's anothat's another a republican >> that's another a republican streak coming out of you here, sam. thank you both very much. >> a democrat, we are >> myself a democrat, we are going to have to leave it there, but we are back again after this i >> -- >>a >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

solar sponsors of weather on. gb views lo, very good morning to you, alex burkill here with your latest gb news, weather forecast for many it's going to be pretty cloudy and rather wet today. >> but in the southeast it's actually to stay largely actually likely to stay largely dry. and here should have dry. and here we should have some at times. a very some brightness at times. a very different for most other different story for most other places, though often quite cloudy . some persistent rain cloudy. some persistent rain already start across many already to start across many northern western areas , and northern and western areas, and that likely to turn that rain is likely to turn heavier parts the heavier across parts of the southwest later on. it is a mild day , though temperatures could day, though temperatures could be even higher than yesterday, with around 16 or 17 with highs of around 16 or 17 celsius, so exceptionally high for the time of year as we go through the evening, we're going to see more heavy rain affecting southern areas , and swathe southern areas, and that swathe of pushes its way of wet weather pushes its way a little bit further eastwards , little bit further eastwards, affecting parts of the southeast overnight otherwise will overnight. but otherwise we will see breaks see some clear breaks developing, but also a scattering of showery outbreaks of rain, particularly towards the sticking some the north. sticking with some milder air across the uk. so i'm

not expecting temperatures to drop a huge amount. some places staying in double figures through tomorrow, a decent amount sunshine, perhaps amount of sunshine, perhaps across parts. at first, across eastern parts. at first, but a bit more cloud feeding in as through the day. as we go through the day. elsewhere, sunny spells elsewhere, a few sunny spells perhaps, also a few perhaps, but also a few outbreaks of showery rain here and on the whole, a and there. but on the whole, a quieter, day than today for quieter, dry day than today for most. and with that, though, temperatures degrees temperatures a few degrees lower, quite as lower, not quite as exceptionally mild . and we exceptionally mild. and as we head towards weekend and we head towards the weekend and we are to see another are likely to see another weather heavy weather system bring some heavy rain through saturday. rain as we go through saturday. but through . and so but that clears through. and so sunday the moment like sunday at the moment looks like the driest day by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> so sponsors of weather on gb news as . news as. >> still to come, the london mayor, sadiq khan's been blasted for unveiling the new overground rail lines as the lioness mildmay. windrush weaver, suffragette and liberty lines, £63 suffragette and liberty lines, £6.3 million refit just make the trains work on time, mr mayor. that's what we want. priorities,

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gb news. >> good morning. it is 10 am. on thursday, february the 15th. you are with britain's newsroom great to have you with us. i'm pip tomson and this is andrew pierce . pierce. >> britain falls into recession . >> britain falls into recession. chancellor jeremy >> britain falls into recession. chancellorjeremy hunt says low chancellor jeremy hunt says low economic growth is not a surprise from the britain's got to to the plan. we're to stick to the plan. we're going hear him shortly . going to hear from him shortly. >> we preach here. it's also >> we preach in here. it's also depends on what you say. >> we preach in here. it's also depends on what you say . you depends on what you say. you might be committing criminal offences as well. if you make a members the public members of the public harassment, distress . harassment, alarm, distress. yeah, it's a criminal offence . yeah, it's a criminal offence. >> we're speaking to the christian gospel singer who was apparently threatened with arrest over a hate crime, complain saints in uxbridge in west london. he claims he was just preaching his religion

honestly, anti—semitism is at an all time high. >> last year, after the hamas terrorist attacks in israel , terrorist attacks in israel, it's been described by one jewish charity as an explosion of hatred . of hatred. >> putin backs biden, the russian president, vladimir putin, has said he would like to see joe biden win the next us presidential election , and gang presidential election, and gang crime crackdown, a gb news exclusive report reveals. >> those barber shops . you've >> those barber shops. you've seen a lot of them in your high streets. i'm sure are being exploited criminals to exploited by criminals to launder employ illegal launder money and employ illegal immigrants as broader organised crime. >> behind this. crime. >> behind this . these sort of >> behind this. these sort of premises do not pop up overnight without money behind them . without money behind them. >> i'm looking forward to that report on the barber shops because there are loads of them never arrive and i keep thinking you how do you sustain you live, how do you sustain all these? because they always appear to be empty. >> it's really, really

>> no, it's really, really interesting come. so do interesting piece to come. so do stay that. we're stay with us for that. we're getting plenty of views from you about meghan giving about harry and meghan giving their children the surname sussex. what do you think about it? gb views at gb news.com and anything else that occurs to you? do get in touch. let's get your headlines. here's tatiana . your headlines. here's tatiana. pippa, thank you and good morning. >> these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. the uk economy has officially entered recession . figures from the recession. figures from the office for national statistics shows that the economy shrank by nought point 3% at the end of last year . it follows another last year. it follows another penod last year. it follows another period of decline of 0.1% in the previous three months. a recession is defined as two consecutive three month periods where the economy contracts rather than grows. it's the first time the uk has entered recession since the first half of 2020. after the first covid lockdown . chancellor jeremy hunt lockdown. chancellor jeremy hunt says lockdown. chancellorjeremy hunt says despite the drop in gdp, the economy is turning a corner .

the economy is turning a corner. >> we always expected growth to be weaker while we prioritise tackling inflation. that means higher interest rates and that's the right thing to do because you can't have a long terme, healthy growth with high inflation, but also for family size when the when there's a cost of living crisis, when the cost of living crisis, when the cost of living crisis, when the cost of weekly shop is cost of their weekly shop is going energy bills are going up, their energy bills are much it's the right much higher. it's the right thing to do. the underlying picture here is an economy that is more resilient than most people predicted . inflation is people predicted. inflation is coming down real wages have been going up now for six months, and if we stick to our guns, independent forecasters say that by the early summer we could start to see interest rates falling . falling. >> meanwhile, more than 3 million households in england were classed as being in fuel poverty last year. as families continue struggling to heat their homes. the data from the department for energy security and net zero shows that 13% were in fuel poverty , largely in fuel poverty, largely unchanged from the year before . unchanged from the year before. the figures also revealed that

well over a third of english households were forced to spend well over a third of english housethan; were forced to spend well over a third of english housethan 10%'e forced to spend well over a third of english housethan 10% of orced to spend well over a third of english housethan 10% of their to spend well over a third of english housethan 10% of their incomeid more than 10% of their income after housing costs on their energy bills . more than 4000 energy bills. more than 4000 anti—semitic incidents were recorded in the uk last year. that's an all time high. the figures more than double the previous all time high in 2021 and marks the rise of 589% compared to 2022. the soaring figure is being put down to the sheer volume which took place following the hamas attacks of october seventh. the community security trust, a charity which provides protection for british jews against anti—semitic attacks, said the explosion in hatred is an absolute disgrace . hatred is an absolute disgrace. among its findings, the charity found a worrying proportion of children perpetrating anti—semitism . in meanwhile, anti—semitism. in meanwhile, activists are staging a blockade at a defence company shipyard in glasgow in solidarity with palestinians and to calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza . an immediate ceasefire in gaza. more than 100 demonstrators have been blocking entrances to the

bae system site in govan from early hours of this morning . early hours of this morning. they're taking the action in response to a call from palestinian trade unions for workers around the world to disrupt the flow of arms to israel . a search is underway for israel. a search is underway for two children who went missing from a house in the early hours of this morning in scotland, 12 year chan and 14 year year old haley chan and 14 year old sunny hogg were last seen in a property in the gorebridge area of midlothian . police said area of midlothian. police said they're extremely concerned for their welfare. they're urging anyone with information about their whereabouts to contact officers . the number of overseas officers. the number of overseas students applying for university spots in the uk has risen for a second year, running new data shows around 100 and 15,500 students from outside of the country applied to start in september . that's up from almost september. that's up from almost 115,000 last year. however, the number of international applicants remains below the high of just over 116,000.

before the covid pandemic . the before the covid pandemic. the data comes after universities uk announced it would review overseas students admissions processes following . allegations processes following. allegations of bad practice by agents recruiting them . the duke and recruiting them. the duke and duchess of sussex are on a three day visit to canada. prince harry and meghan have been visiting the winter training camp of the invictus games one year prior to the event . the year prior to the event. the pair spent time with athletes and tournament staff in vancouver , whistler village and vancouver, whistler village and at olympic station. the invictus winter games will take place in vancouver next february . and the vancouver next february. and the us has launched its first lunar lander to the moon. >> 321 ignition and lift—off of a spacex for falcon nine rocket was used to launch the spacecraft nickname named

odysseus, with the hope that it will touch down near the south pole of the moon next week. >> if all goes well, it would be the first a private firm the first time a private firm has successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon . for all spacecraft on the moon. for all the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. or you can go to gb news .com/ alerts . alerts. >> welcome back. welcome back. >> welcome back. welcome back. >> britain's newsroom. we're just looking at all the emails we're getting in this morning . we're getting in this morning. thank you so very much. let's read out some of them. what you've been saying at home a you've been saying at home uh, a lot getting in touch lot of you getting in touch about this technical recession in that we are in and also so harry and meghan , um, changing harry and meghan, um, changing the surnames of their children . the surnames of their children. what have we got? >> andrew. >> andrew. >> let's start with harry. meghan says only meghan caroline says the only reason changed name reason they've changed the name to they're to sussex is because they're worried they could lose the title. if given to the title. so if given to the children, less in children, it's less likely. in

other their other words, using their children james children again, james says they're entitled to they're perfectly entitled to titles. be removed unless titles. can't be removed unless by act of parliament or if the holder convicted of treason. holder is convicted of treason. coats alike . coats of arm alike. >> uh, margaret. good morning . >> uh, margaret. good morning. you say, why don't harry and meghan change their name to markle's? some have also markle's? some of you have also said that i that you've said that i think that you've said that i think that you've said meghan is such said if meghan is such a feminist, don't they? said if meghan is such a fenyeah, don't they? said if meghan is such a fenyeah, indeed.1't they? said if meghan is such a fenyeah, indeed. do :hey? said if meghan is such a fenyeah, indeed. do that. >> yeah, indeed. do that. >> yeah, indeed. do that. >> and anne they should >> and anne says they should have titles removed have their sussex titles removed as they live britain as they don't live in britain anymore. sure people anymore. and i'm sure the people of aren't they've of sussex aren't happy. they've got sussex name. got the sussex name. meghan won't set in england, got the sussex name. meghan won' may in england, got the sussex name. meghan won' may be in england, got the sussex name. meghan won' may be entitled and, got the sussex name. meghan won' may be entitled to d, got the sussex name. meghan won' may be entitled to sussex they may be entitled to sussex name, it? they're name, so why won't it? they're just the royals all the just hurting the royals all the time doesn't need time and the king doesn't need this right now. >> uh, we've also got jim though, does say, um, us though, who does say, um, to us to the of two to get off the backs of two people who want to their people who want to live their own we've decided own lives, and we've decided that they're an easy target for our biased opinions ? our biased opinions? >> well, i've got biased opinions, of course. have. well and jim is perfectly entitled to his. yeah, exactly. >> exactly. he says he's getting in from tolerant newcastle i >> -- >> very good. we like people

being tolerant in newcastle. i expect there's some intolerant people there too. and on the recession, andy says may well people there too. and on the recel sion, andy says may well people there too. and on the recel may andy says may well people there too. and on the recel may be dy says may well people there too. and on the recel may be wrong, may well people there too. and on the recel may be wrong, butiay well people there too. and on the recel may be wrong, but iy well people there too. and on the recel may be wrong, but i would. be. i may be wrong, but i would. class and fuel payments class furlough and fuel payments made by government made by this government as investment in britain. this is a reference sam fowle saying reference to sam fowle saying there wasn't enough investment at how firms would have at how many firms would have gone without it. and gone under without it. and paul says more to the says the uk exports more to the eu than 2016, which is true eu now than 2016, which is true investment what's he on investment is up. what's he on about ? about? >> sally. good morning. the >> uh, sally. good morning. the man on your panel, that's sam vowles the uk to vowles comparing the uk to america. how much furloughing did the americans do for their general public then we've got paul saying, hang on, the us keeps increasing the debt ceiling. so how can your guest refer to the us implying they don't have a problem ? um, don't have a debt problem? um, and del from motherwell. hello. uh, you say the recession is caused because we have no industry manufacturing or trade. and if there's nothing made, you cannot sell products . cannot sell products. >> well, yeah. so that's the technical . and we are we are . technical. and we are we are. >> so we are going to bring you very shortly uh, the uh an

interview with the chancellor, jeremy hunt. but where are we going to next in is liam halligan because he is our business and economics editor. he is right across this news this morning that we are in a technical recession . ian. good technical recession. ian. good morning liam , explain to us what morning liam, explain to us what a technical recession is and how much does it actually matter to us when so many people are just worried about how much pocket money they've got in their pocket at the end of the month ? pocket at the end of the month? >> this is a big day in terms of economic news. pip because this is the first time the uk has gone into a recession outside of lockdown since 2009. since that global financial crisis. and what a recession means, it means that gdp, gross domestic product , that's the whole size of the economy and all the transactions in an economy in one year. it means that gdp has contracted for two successive quarters, got

smaller for two successive quarters, a quarter is a three month period. and what we had this morning from the office for national statistics at 7 am, i was in the studio, bright eyed and bushy tailed, reporting on it. the office for it. we had the office for national statistics confirming, um, between october and um, that between october and december year, gdp was 0.3% december last year, gdp was 0.3% smaller than the same period in 2022. and that's following a 0.1% shrinkage of gdp in the previous three month period , previous three month period, july, august and september. so thatis july, august and september. so that is the technical definition of a recession. labour will make huge hay out of this. they'll say the conservatives have lost their grip on the economy and so on. how does it affect ordinary people? well, when there is a recession, when you have people like me on the telly saying things like, i've just said that we're in recession business leaders, invest less, leaders, they invest less, they're less likely to take on staff, they're less likely to be, if you like, on trial, because they're worried that the

recession will kind of cast a cloud over the whole economy and over business sentiment and consumer sentiment and so on. there is some good news here, though, i must say, pip and andrew, these gdp numbers, they are by definition backward looking. they describe what has been the uk was in recession in the last half of last year, quarter three and quarter four, but it was a very short recession because no one is saying that in the current quarter, january, february and march, economy is march, the economy is contracting. it doesn't feel that at all. so this is a that way at all. so this is a short recession in two successive quarters. and it's quite a shallow recession because point 1% contraction in q3 , 0.3% contraction in q4, q3, 0.3% contraction in q4, these are very, very small amount of economic shrinkage , amount of economic shrinkage, which could easily be revised away when the numbers are revised in three and six months time . as basically, the treasury time. as basically, the treasury and the office for national statistics find evidence of more commercial activity when people

do tax returns and all the rest of it, and actually , so far this of it, and actually, so far this yean of it, and actually, so far this year, january and into february, what we call the pmi numbers, the purchasing manager index numbers, surveys of business leaders, opinions about how they feel the economy is actually going. these pm, these pmi numbers are actually showing business sentiment and consumer sentiment is looking up. and a big reason for that, a big reason for that is because it now looks . pretty sure that the now looks. pretty sure that the bank of england will soon start cutting interest rates from 5.25, where they've been since august. they had 14 successive interest rate rises to squeeze out inflation. it does seem now that pretty soon fingers and toes crossed. if you've got a loan or a mortgage, the bank of england will start to lower those interest rates. but look, i put all this to chancellor jeremy hunt earlier this morning when i talked to him soon after those gdp figures were released . those gdp figures were released. and here's my interview .

and here's my interview. chancellor, thanks a lot for talking to us today. the day it became clear that britain went into its first non—covid recession . in 15 years, is your recession. in 15 years, is your strategy working? >> well? we have always expected that we would have weaker growth while we were tackling inflation at over 11. it's not possible for an economy to grow healthily or sustainably when you have that inflation, and the only way you can really tackle that is with higher interest rates and that was the right thing to do, because families up and down the country really suffer with high . country really suffer with high. inflation it pushes up the cost of living, the cost of filling up a tank of petrol, all the energy bills go up. and so we were right to do that. um and you know, of course, this data is very challenging. but the underlying picture is that that battle against inflation is succeeding faster than many people thought . people thought people thought. people thought that we weren't going to get back down to 2% for another yean back down to 2% for another year, as it now looks like we'll

do that in the next few months. and when that happens, if we stick to guns, stick to this stick to our guns, stick to this difficult but correct course, what we will see is that the bank of england is then able to reduce interest rates, reduce the pressure on the economy. we can start growing more healthily i >> -- >> your exam >> your press release responding to this recession news very much focussed on the bank of england and the bank of england. it's almost unanimously agreed now was very late to recognise inflationary dangers are they now late in terms of recognising the impact of their high interest rates on the economy? isn't it time the bank of england cut rates and soon? >> well, i think our system depends on, and rightly depends on the bank of england operating independently from politicians. so i don't comment on their decisions . because i don't so i don't comment on their decisions. because i don't think you or gb news listeners would want a system where there could be any kind of political involvement in those interest rate decisions. what i will say

is that they increases in interest rates that we've had have succeeded in bringing down inflation from 11% to 4. and we are now seeing if you look at the debate inside the monetary policy committee, increasing numbers, there , thinking that numbers, there, thinking that the time may come sooner to bnng the time may come sooner to bring down interest rates, we must leave them to make that decision . but for people at home decision. but for people at home saying how long is this going to go for ? on um, what the go for? on um, what the independent forecasts in the market say is that within a matter of months, we could see interest rates starting to fall . interest rates starting to fall. and i think that will give some encouragement . encouragement. >> now, many gb news viewers and listeners are self—employed, run small businesses and all businesses, as you know well , businesses, as you know well, pay businesses, as you know well, pay corporation tax . when you pay corporation tax. when you stood to be tory leader, you wanted a 15% rate of corporation tax. i remember you telling me you wanted a 12.5% rate of corporation tax, asking me about how they did it in ireland, a country i know well. and yet

you've put corporation tax up to 25. wasn't that a mistake? >> well, we had a situation in which we had to balance the books otherwise the markets wouldn't have confidence in the uk economy. our debt interest would have soared up and we'd have had even higher taxes. would have soared up and we'd have had even higher taxes . but have had even higher taxes. but i do agree with you 100. i've not changed my position that our future as a country is to have the most competitive business taxes in the world, and that's why in the autumn statement, we cut corporation tax. we didn't cut corporation tax. we didn't cut the headline rate, but we did it through this thing called capital allowances . capital allowances. >> businesses can't take >> small businesses can't take advantage free expensing. advantage of free expensing. they balance they haven't got the balance sheet finance to sheet to raise the finance to take account of. >> well, let me tell you what i did for people who are self—employed. i abolished an entire national entire class of national insurance. national insurance. i reduced national insurance for people who are self—employed by by 1. that's an average reduction of £350 a year for someone who's self employed. so they are the lifeblood of the economy. we're doing everything

we small businesses that own we can small businesses that own pubs or high street shops, they saw their business rates reduced by 75% for another year. so we're doing everything we can to support businesses and yes, we do want to bring down taxes because we want to encourage investment in the economy. >> the headline rate of national insurance down. you insurance did come down. but you know confirmed that know, and the obr confirmed that actually the tax burden went up because of stealth taxes , because of stealth taxes, because of stealth taxes, because of stealth taxes, because of fiscal drag, people being dragged into higher tax brackets , middle ranking brackets, middle ranking teachers and public sector officials now paying the higher rate of income tax. that's not very conservative. a 70 year high in the tax burden isn't very conservative, is it? >> well, i think it was right to support businesses up and down the country during the pandemic with the furlough scheme and other support, and it was right to support families in the cost of living crisis , where we paid of living crisis, where we paid on average, about half people's energy bills. those cost hundreds of billions of pounds.

and because we took those difficult decisions, we have seen unemployment remain at historically low levels . but it historically low levels. but it does have to be paid for and i've never hidden from the fact that i had to increase taxes in my first autumn statement, as chancellor, but nor have i ever said anything other than i think that the most successful economies in the long run have lighter taxes. and as soon as the chance arose, i would start to bring down the tax burden . to bring down the tax burden. and that's what i started to do in the autumn statement last yeah >> and final question if i may, the 6th of march is your budget statement. do you feel under pressure? pretty much make pressure? it's pretty much make or break for the prime minister's isn't it, minister's leadership, isn't it, for party ability to for your party ability to properly contest at the next election? well what the prime minister, i both think is that the most important thing for families up and down the country is that they can see that there is that they can see that there is a party that has a plan that's sticking to that plan,

and by the way, that is a very big contrast to the labour party that doesn't have an economic plan. >> they just junked the key central plank of their economic policy. and independent forecasters say if we stick to that plan, we'll get inflation right down. interest rates could start to fall in a matter of months. and that is the thing that most to families that matters most to families when they're making a choice for the future of this country. they want to know that they have people who will do the right thing, even if it's not always the easy thing. >> chancellor. thanks a lot for talking us. thank you. talking to us. thank you. >> that's the chancellor, jeremy hunt, talking to our business and economics editor , liam and economics editor, liam halligan, little earlier. let halligan, a little earlier. let us what think that us know what you think of that interview . you. some good news, interview. you. some good news, though . though. >> he is a walking, talking definition of steady, steady as you go. but maybe maybe that is what you need. >> andrew. >> andrew. >> he's a bit and >> and he's a bit dull and boring. but again, perhaps that's with that's what you want with somebody with his hand on the financial tiller. >> something positive was, >> but something positive was, was interest >> but something positive was, was could interest >> but something positive was, was could cut interest >> but something positive was, was could cut soonerast >> but something positive was, was could cut sooner than rates could be cut sooner than expected matter of

expected within a matter of months. it's not up to him. months. but it's not up to him. >> it's up to the no. >>— >> it's up to the no. >> and they're >> in england, and they're hinting that could be the hinting that that could be the case. >> yeah, well, hope so, >> yeah, well, let's hope so, because too high, aren't they? >> they are. they are. >> they are. they are. >> particularly if if >> particularly if you're if you're struggling with a mortgage. come stay mortgage. so still to come stay with us president putin has with us as president putin has told specific who he'd told us a specific who he'd prefer to be president in the white house. >> yeah, we were on the phone to him earlier. yeah, exactly. >> was that bloke from >> what was that bloke from america did interview? america who did the interview? we better interview we get a much better interview with anyway, .the with putin. but anyway, .the answer surprise answer from putin may surprise you. this is britain's newsroom

radio. just to hope it's um, that was carol maloney, sister to me, as she always does. >> 1020 for you with britain's newsroom on dup news with andrew pierce and pip tomson and carole malone of course, who's been wittering away in my ear and lovely nichi hodgson here to good to see you both . good to see you both. >> what were you two wittering on about? because he's left his

phone at home, hasn't he? >> telling me >> so he's been telling me catastrophe. how he's trying >> so he's been telling me ca'get'ophe. how he's trying >> so he's been telling me ca'get it.he. how he's trying to get it. >> catastrophe . >> catastrophe. >> catastrophe. >> if you don't have your phone. >> if you don't have your phone. >> it's terrible, isn't it? >> it's terrible, isn't it? >> it's terrible, isn't it? >> it's terrible. how did we manage the tyranny of. manage before the tyranny of. >> we feel like we don't >> i know we feel like we don't have a part of our brain with us. >> us. >> also, though, our lives are attached phone, our lives attached to our phone, our lives are through phones. are lived through our phones. but i go home first? do >> oh, do i go home first? do i go and get it later? but you can't actually use all the facilities that your phone has. >> actually do is >> all you can actually do is make call. yeah, because make a phone call. yeah, because your tasks texts are illegible. >> written in >> i had, um, they're written in a language. >> i had, um, they're written in a i language. >> i had, um, they're written in a i or language. >> i had, um, they're written in a i or i'd language. >> i had, um, they're written in a i or i'd gotjuage. >> i had, um, they're written in a i or i'd got myself a new >> i or i'd got myself a new rail and it was saved my pensioners. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> gravy. 60s it was. i had to get someone to help me find it cuz was lost in the phone somewhere. >> oh my goodness. >> oh my goodness. >> really good >> everything's a really good story papers about story in the papers about emojis. use emojis. older people can't use emojis. older people can't use emojis use. i bet emojis. yeah, i don't use. i bet you've never sent one in your life emoji. because life emoji. no, because you don't do hey right don't know how to do hey right or what some older people do is they just get excited about they just get so excited about using emojis. >> get , yeah, five, six

>> you get, yeah, five, six lines of them. >> he gets excited about sending text because they don't make any sense at all. because because he's got big fingers he's got big old fingers and they mistakes. they just make mistakes. >> my glasses on. >> i've got my glasses on. >> i've got my glasses on. >> so the then? >> so what's the story then? >> so what's the story then? >> people getting >> carol? people are getting older. people a story that is all they don't they don't >> they don't know. they don't send they're send them because they're a little worried about them, little bit worried about them, so don't send them. and i so they don't send them. and i mean, i, send emojis, i send mean, i, i send emojis, i send quite but i've quite a lot of them, but i've only learned to do that only just learned to do that thing, and what it thing, pip. and you know what it is for you can send it. and is when for you can send it. and it's balloons and it's all like balloons and they're floating. gif they're all floating. oh, a gif is what is what it is that. what is that what it thinks? i've just learned not to do that. >> p- e yeah yeah, yeah. >> yeah, right. yeah yeah, yeah. it's because i love it's interesting because i love using different ways. using emojis in different ways. so i've given different meanings using emojis in different ways. so i've gthem,ifferent meanings using emojis in different ways. so i've gthem,ifferemyneanings using emojis in different ways. so i've gthem,ifferemy friends|s to all of them, and my friends can if send can interpret them if i send them stranger, they're them to a stranger, they're like, because like, what is going on? because it's good to use one. it's really good to use one. like for example, there's um, there's a boar it looks there's a wild boar and it looks like a monocle, and like a pig with a monocle, and it's just so funny. and it's really send, if you it's just so funny. and it's reall'quizzical send, if you it's just so funny. and it's reall'quizzical about if you it's just so funny. and it's reall'quizzical about something. like, quizzical about something. so that's love to do. >> so what you send it, if you're asking a question and you don't. >> yeah. or. yeah. or i send it if i'm like, i need to examine

this further because looks this further because it looks like through monocle. seriously >> it's like talking >> so it's like you're talking baffling. emojis. andrew when you >> i use emojis. andrew when you when have a phone never sent one. >> g he's fl- g he's like, you're my >> and he's like, you're my life. >> see, $�*i >> see, you put kisses on messages older. do put messages older. do you put kisses yeah ah kisses on messages? yeah ah that's i do small that's nice i do too small x yes. small small x. yes. >> you just do one. i >> one. you just do one. i always think little bit always think it's a little bit stingy. i think stingy. but anyway, i think it's not older though. not just older people though. >> people. there's >> younger people. there's all this and you this talk about emojis and you shouldn't use. at one time it was you shouldn't laughing was you shouldn't use a laughing emoji. that's why. was you shouldn't use a laughing em�*no that's why. was you shouldn't use a laughing em�*no it:hat's why. was you shouldn't use a laughing emf no it the s why. was you shouldn't use a laughing em�*no it the diagonal, >> no very with it the diagonal, the laughing face gives the diagonal laughing face gives you i'm you away. obviously i'm a millennial. the millennial. i use it all the time for everything. it gives you away. what gives age you away. what gives your age away? people away? because younger people use different. it's like every age group emojis differently, group uses emojis differently, right? tell right? and so you can tell someone's what emojis someone's age by what emojis they someone's age by what emojis the oh pierce i just you've got >> oh pierce i just you've got i'm 40. >> i don't care. it's fine. well that must make me a 90. >> mean, use lots of >> well i mean, i use lots of party ones. >> i like the crackers and the. do harry and meghan >> i like the crackers and the. do emojis? harry and meghan >> i like the crackers and the. do emojis? welly and meghan >> i like the crackers and the. do emojis? well well, meghan >> i like the crackers and the. do emojis? well well, what1an >> i like the crackers and the. do emojis? well well, what do use emojis? well well, what do you about. you think about. >> want talk about that yet? >> do we? yes let's talk about that. yeah i think it's think that. yeah i think it's i think it's shocking they're, you

it's shocking that they're, you know, is a couple know, this is this is a couple who, know, are really who, you know, are you really shocked their behaviour? who, you know, are you really shocani their behaviour? who, you know, are you really shocan anything behaviour? who, you know, are you really shocan anything behavitheir >> can anything about their behaviour really? i'm behaviour shock you? really? i'm not shocked. >> you know, they're talking about and about unifying the family. and i was out what that was trying to work out what that meant. and thought, i know meant. and i thought, oh, i know what means. it means they're what it means. it means they're getting all getting they're calling them all sussex. monetise the sussex. so they can monetise the kids get certain kids when they get to a certain age. kids can be given, age. so the kids can be given, well, well, we know well, exactly. well, we know they truth they didn't tell the whole truth about you know, about that either. but you know, this was a promise that they made the queen they made to the queen that they would titles. and would not use their titles. and they not weaponize they would not weaponize or monetise word royal, monetise using the word royal, but sussexes. >> it's brand open to interpretation. >> nothing . >> nothing. >> nothing. >> it's nothing. sussex is royal and is a brand. and and sussex is a brand. and everybody that everybody knows what that means by don't need the by inference. you don't need the word royal front it. for word royal in front of it. for people understand. people to understand. and i think know, generally i'm think i you know, generally i'm quite positive about harry and meghan, this just meghan, but this is just so stupid. got stupid. well, ish ish, i've got some sympathy for them, but for not meghan. for harry, definitely. >> why do you this stupid? >> because. because why don't you just give their actual you just give them their actual birth which is birth note, which is mountbatten—windsor, presumably, or give meghan's give or give them meghan's or give them surname wales. them meghan's surname or wales.

there's of actual feminist. there's lots of actual feminist. >> why not markle? >> why not markle? >> that's what. well, in my family i'm ahmed. by my family i'm hodgson ahmed. by my actual , you know, day day work family i'm hodgson ahmed. by my actual, you know, day day work . actual, you know, day day work. not in my job because both me and my husband and my daughter all have the same name. he took my hodgson ahmed as well. we all have because wanted have the same because we wanted unity. me. unity. that's unity to me. >> is a bit of >> and windsor is a bit of a mouthful, but it's very. >> it is. to be honest, i've >> but it is. to be honest, i've got to tell you that to got to tell you that sounds to me royal sussex me more royal than sussex because very grand name because it's a very grand name and but you know, this is and it's. but you know, this is and it's. but you know, this is a who they , i think a couple who they, they, i think their fading on, you their star is fading on, you know, on, on the other side of the is. yeah. okay. so the ocean. it is. yeah. okay. so there's star is fading and there's their star is fading and they need to just give it a bit of again. and that's i of a jiggle again. and that's i you i i'm a cynic, but you know i know i'm a cynic, but i think that's one of the major reasons he made it. 26 hour visit to last to visit to britain last week to fly bedside . and fly to his father's bedside. and he his bedside. he was he wasn't at his bedside. he was with him for half an hour and then flew back. >> are cynic. but because. >> because i, because i, i completely think that they have to remind people in america who they are, where they came from

and their royal. and this will do not seen do exactly that. i've not seen any reports of how he's used that but i'm sure he will that yet, but i'm sure he will have if hasn't been on have if he hasn't been on reusable that have reusable containers that have come whistler canada come out of whistler in canada overnight, they've done an appearance to promote the invictus games. >> yeah, which is on valentine's day. now you say no one's interested in them, but no, i didn't say that. >> no, i didn't say that. >> no, i didn't say that. >> they're not very popular. >> they're not very popular. >> no, no, what i said was people very interested, but people are very interested, but they've sussed now. so they've sussed them out now. so they've sussed them out now. so they they them now. they they mock them now. >> being followed. we >> they're being followed. we understand, by a film crew in canada yeah, course they are. >> it'll be it'll be coming out . >> it'll be it'll be coming out. >> it'll be it'll be coming out. >> it'll be nice. >> it'll be nice. >> it's totally self—serving . >> it's totally self—serving. you know, found these. i found you know, i found these. i found any pictures kind of any pictures of them kind of pose actually you pose sickening. actually you know, it was really know, i think it was really fake. they did yesterday fake. what they did yesterday also, to promote also, you're going to promote the invictus games when you're on skiing on a very expensive skiing holiday. totally holiday. again, that's totally tone that doesn't holiday. again, that's totally tone any that doesn't holiday. again, that's totally tone any sense. that doesn't holiday. again, that's totally tone any sense. yeah,doesn't holiday. again, that's totally tone any sense. yeah, yeah.t holiday. again, that's totally ton and1y sense. yeah, yeah.t holiday. again, that's totally ton and theense. yeah, yeah.t holiday. again, that's totally ton and the invictus|h, yeah.t holiday. again, that's totally ton and the invictus gamesi.t >> and the invictus games are not for another year either. >> course. but it was >> of course. but it was valentine's in the with valentine's day in the new with they holding and they appeared holding hands and her you her looking stunning. it's you know, the we

know, we work in the media. we know, we work in the media. we know pictures are know what those pictures are worth. and we know that papers are to use them because in advance. >> absolutely. advance. >> again jtely. advance. >> again .ely. advance. >> again . again. >> again. again. >> again. again. >> so and as we were told that harry was going to come to london from canada, from america to see his father. yeah, he could have just gone to sandringham quietly , quietly. sandringham quietly, quietly. >> a week. yeah >> i spent a week. yeah >> i spent a week. yeah >> spent a whole week there. >> spent a whole week there. >> would have known. yes. >> nobody would have known. yes. and have probably >> nobody would have known. yes. and out have probably >> nobody would have known. yes. and out afterwards. probably >> nobody would have known. yes. ancthatt afterwards. probably >> nobody would have known. yes. ancthat would nards. probably >> nobody would have known. yes. ancthat would have. probably >> nobody would have known. yes. ancthat would have been ably >> nobody would have known. yes. ancthat would have been ifyly >> nobody would have known. yes. ancthat would have been if he >> that would have been if he really spend. really wanted to spend. >> have been genuine. yeah. >> and why did a press release the fact that he's arriving? >> didn't he stay for >> but why didn't he stay for more hours? if your more than 26 hours? if your dad's you at big dad's ill and you be at that big event with some rugby players or, well, footballers, oh, well. big deal. exactly. so yes, but this someone else. big deal. exactly. so yes, but thisactually,)ne else. big deal. exactly. so yes, but thisactually, thiselse. big deal. exactly. so yes, but thisactually, this is e. big deal. exactly. so yes, but thisactually, this is bob >> actually, this is bob carroll. funnily enough, says, um, his prerogative um, it's his prerogative and isn't. than isn't. isn't it simpler than saying mountbatten ? windsor is saying mountbatten? windsor is a mouthful for the kids to say, and less recognisable later on if they wanted to be that royal, they would keep the mountbatten name. surely it's not a good move. >> it's not his prerogative. carroll it's not his prerogative because he made a promise to the

queen that he would not weaponize or monetise the sussex name. so not his name. and so it's not his prerogative . he said he wouldn't prerogative. he said he wouldn't do that was part the deal >> keeping the gift from on >> keeping the gift from her on his marriage completely. >> is sacred to these >> so nothing is sacred to these two. >> after he named his daughter, they the daughter, you they named the daughter, you know, queen's precious know, the queen's precious nickname and didn't get permission, so permission, which is so vile. it's a horrible to do. it's a horrible thing to do. >> they said they did. >> they said they did. >> yes. and it was just rubbish. >> recollections may vary. she might say. >> you em.- em.— >> yeah. and you know how kind was to say that? mean, was she to say that? i mean, that just was the nice was she to say that? i mean, that of just was the nice was she to say that? i mean, that of putting was the nice was she to say that? i mean, that of putting it. was the nice was she to say that? i mean, that of putting it. okay:he nice way of putting it. okay >> we need to move on. okay. we will come back to you. still to come with appearing be come with crime appearing to be increasingly come with crime appearing to be incre.are gly come with crime appearing to be incre.are the police doing about it? >> threatening to arrest christians. preaching in the street. go anywhere. street. don't go anywhere. speaking from tv for the first time, we'll joined man speaking from tv for the first time saysll joined man speaking from tv for the first time says he joined man speaking from tv for the first time says he was ned man speaking from tv for the first time says he was threatened man who says he was threatened by the police. but first, the headunes the police. but first, the headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> andrew, thank you and good morning. your top stories from the gb newsroom . the uk economy

the gb newsroom. the uk economy has officially entered recession. figures from the ons shows that the economy shrank by 0.3% at the end of last year. it follows another period of decline of 0.1% in the previous three months. a recession is defined as two consecutive three month periods where the economy contracts rather than grows. it's the first time the uk has entered recession since the first half of 2020. after the first half of 2020. after the first covid lockdown . chancellor first covid lockdown. chancellor jeremy hunt says despite the drop in gdp, the economy is turning a corner. drop in gdp, the economy is turning a corner . more than 4000 turning a corner. more than 4000 anti—semitic incidents have been recorded in the uk by a jewish charity. last year . the figures, charity. last year. the figures, more than double the previous all time high in 2021 and marks the rise of 589% compared to 2022. the soaring figure is being put down to the sheer volume which took place following the hamas attacks of october 7th. the number of overseas students applying for university spots in the uk has

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country. >> over the years, the engineering and manufacturing environments have often been perceived to have been dirty and polluted, but so much has changed in recent years. james, why is that ? why is that? >> i think there was generally an acceptance that that was the atmosphere that people were having in. there was having to work in. there was nothing could do about it. nothing they could do about it. people would work and people would come into work and just that's that's my people would come into work and jus'in that's that's my people would come into work and jus'in life. that's that's my people would come into work and jus'in life. however,. that's my people would come into work and jus'in life. however, if1at's my people would come into work and jus'in life. however, if you my lot in life. however, if you think about it, this is this is not really acceptable. and certainly in today's environment, you environment, taking office, you wouldn't be expecting to work in an office full of mist an office full of smoke, mist and dust . people would be and dust. people would be walking people are walking out and people are thinking, hold on. well, thinking, well, hold on. well, i shouldn't to do the same in shouldn't have to do the same in a in a manufacturing environment. and people want a cleaner place to work. >> how managing to >> and how are you managing to do this? >> well, filter mist manufacture do this? >.range., filter mist manufacture do this? >.range., fiproducts manufacture do this? >.range ., fiproducts that ufacture do this? >.range., fiproducts that extracte a range of products that extract oil , mist, a range of products that extract oil, mist, dust fume at oil, mist, dust and fume at source from industrial settings around world. and we make around the world. and we make them right here the midlands. them right here in the midlands. >> you've had record >> and you've had your record year?

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listening to gb news radio. >> what's the time? it's 1040 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and pip tomson >> now the metropolitan police has been filmed threatening to arrest yet another christian preacher over so—called hate crime complaints . crime complaints. >> let's take a look. now. this unfolded in west london last weekend .

weekend. >> if you preach in here, it's also depends on what you say. you might be committing criminal offences as well. if you make a members of the public harassment alarm , distress. yeah, it's alarm, distress. yeah, it's a criminal offence. >> i'm aware of that. yeah yeah. so that's what we're not. we're doing that. what we're doing is about preaching our religion. >> you just tell >> okay. could you just tell me what you were saying? >> we're jesus is the >> so we're saying jesus is the only recall this. we're only way. recall this. we're saying asked me what i've saying he asked me what i've been preaching. so we'll be preaching about gospel of preaching about the gospel of jesus says in jesus christ. the bible says in the john chapter three, the book of john chapter three, verse 16, for god so loved verse 16, that for god so loved the world that he gave his one and only begotten that and only begotten son, that whosoever is any person whosoever that is any person doesn't matter. if they're black, white, homosexual, drunken , liar, thief , drunken, liar, thief, prostitute, whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life for god did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but he sent his son into the world, that all can be saved . and that is the can be saved. and that is the message of the gospel. that's

what we've been preaching out by pastor dwayne lopez, who was involved. >> how many police officers were there? >> there was about five different police officers. >> unbelievable . >> unbelievable. >> unbelievable. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> you're going about you're a preacher. you've got an established church in uxbridge in west london. you're preaching from five police from the gospel. five police officers, five police officers to intimidate me and and to intimidate me and try and stop me. >> and what had get my >> and what had i'll get my words out in a how did words out in a second. how did they been called by somebody ? they been called by somebody? were they walking past? >> so allegedly , they said that >> so allegedly, they said that a member of the public called them, saying that i've been saying some homophobic behaviour which is absolutely not the case. and when i questioned case. and then when i questioned the officer about this , the police officer about this, he was saying that he's not met the but he's heard that the victim, but he's heard that they said this. so wanted to, they said this. so he wanted to, um, details demand um, demand my details and demand information from me. when i begin to question him politely, it begins to get more aggressive and threatened to arrest me and you. >> and you actually threatened with that with arrest and threatened that they you in a police with arrest and threatened that theyovernight, you in a police with arrest and threatened that they overnight, threatened yolice with arrest and threatened that theyovernight, threatened with cell overnight, threatened with arrest, threatened arrest, and threatened to keep me cell overnight ? me in a police cell overnight? >> yes. correct.

>>— >> yes. correct. >> how feel about that? >> how do you feel about that? >> how do you feel about that? >> yeah, i just feel that we as christians are given a mandate from lord and saviourjesus christians are given a mandate from to lord and saviourjesus christians are given a mandate from to god and saviourjesus christians are given a mandate from to go out1d saviourjesus christians are given a mandate from to go out into iviourjesus christians are given a mandate from to go out into iviotworlds christians are given a mandate fronto to go out into iviotworlds christians are given a mandate fronto preacth into iviotworlds christians are given a mandate fronto preacth ingospel./orlds christians are given a mandate fronto preacth ingospel. thiss and to preach the gospel. this is christian we're is a christian country. we're well rights. well within our rights. you know, when the king got ordained. and, um, what happened is that they used the bible and this is the same bible that i'm using present a message using to present a message of love. gospel to every love. the gospel to every person. therefore, feel person. and therefore, i feel that reminded that that we need to be reminded that this a christian country and this is a christian country and we with we should be treated with dignity and respect. >> and i assume, dwayne, you've been street, been preaching in the street, taking message the taking your message beyond the church. a long time. church. yes. for a long time. >> a very long time. have >> for a very long time. have you ever had a this happened before your have had it before your i have had it happened not this happened before, but not this aggressive believe aggressive because i believe that wanted prove that they wanted to prove a statement which to shut us down basically from preaching the gospel. officers gospel. so five police officers came and they were very it's completely shocking actually. >> you're going to tell me next? they in a police van. they turned up in a police van. >> yep . they in the >> yep. they turned in the police van. >> didn't said that as joke. >> $- e- joke. >> of them. and then you >> five of them. and then you can to us. and can see them walking to us. and i thinking, okay, this i was thinking, okay, well, this is about they begin to

is about and then they begin to ask questions and then ask different questions and then they get very they begin to get very aggressive. when standing aggressive. when we're standing our thought our ground, because they thought that silent. >> and how you were >> and how many of you were there from the church, your church. >> so there was, um, three of us from church there. right. from the church there. right. and we're all preaching and yeah, we're all preaching from the bible. and yeah, we're all preaching froryoue bible. and yeah, we're all preaching froryou don'te. the violent and yeah, we're all preaching frory(no,on'te. the violent and yeah, we're all preaching frory(no, definitely he violent type. no, definitely not. >> the public. >> um, in fact, from the public. everyone was saying, what are you we want them to you doing? we want them to preach, and they're celebrating you doing? we want them to pre applaudingey're celebrating you doing? we want them to pre applaudingey'rybecause ting us, applauding us because we've got reputation with got a good, um, reputation with the many people, the community and many people, even comments are coming to the community and many people, eve support.nments are coming to the community and many people, eve support. and its are coming to the community and many people, eve support. and you re coming to the community and many people, eve support. and you canoming to the community and many people, eve support. and you can see|g to the community and many people, eve support. and you can see my) our support. and you can see my demeanour. i very polite, demeanour. i was very polite, very they tried to very respectful. they tried to trigger to trigger me. they tried to threaten i'm going to put threaten me. i'm going to put you van. they tried you in a police van. they tried to, know, bully into to, you know, bully us into submission but i just submission to them. but i just made it clear that i just want to know, why are you requesting these details give my these details before i give my details and weren't details? and they weren't having none of that. >> where does this you >> so where does this leave you now, of . in terms of now, in terms of. in terms of preaching? >> yes. so our mission is the great commission, and still great commission, and i'm still going proclaim of going to proclaim the gospel of jesus and i just jesus christ. and i just want everyone aware that we are everyone to be aware that we are not going to be silent. we're well within our section well within our rights. section

nine. section of nine. section ten freedom of expression. of religion. expression. freedom of religion. and to protect us from and these are to protect us from proclaiming the message of the gospel. proclaiming the message of the gospel . and want the police to gospel. and i want the police to be of this. be reminded of this. >> i just struggle to think >> and i just struggle to think how something from a how reading something from a bible can be interpreted as a hate crime. you've got the bible. >> there. yes, with with the exact passage in it? yes. can you just read us? it's not too long, is it? no. just read us one passage again. >> one verse. the book of john, chapter 16. the chapter three, verse 16. the bible god so loved the bible says, for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life . i but have everlasting life. i don't see that as a hate crime. no, i see it as a message of love to whoever believes will not perish. but have ever lost in life. it's a beautiful message. >> do you feel as a christian pastor, increasingly, that people are trying to marginalise pastor, increasingly, that pe even are trying to marginalise pastor, increasingly, that pe even persecute to marginalise pastor, increasingly, that peeven persecute ? marginalise or even persecute? >> i feel there's a two tier system, when it comes to system, so when it comes to christians, you said , christians, like you said, they're marginalise, they're trying to marginalise, they're trying to marginalise, they're us. they're trying to silence us. but it comes to other but when it comes to other groups, to groups, they're allowed to

express loud and express their religion loud and clear. but when a christian comes on the street begins comes on the street and begins to% the gospel, there's a problem. i say the football fans are not ashamed up their are not ashamed to lift up their football teams. the homosexuals are not ashamed marches are not ashamed to go on marches . different groups are not ashamed march on london ashamed to march on london bridge shout scream . but bridge and shout and scream. but when the christian comes the when the christian comes on the street present the gospel, street and present the gospel, then come like then the police come in like a flood. of them, and try to flood. five of them, and try to silence us like did. silence us like they did. >> we just a couple of weeks >> we saw just a couple of weeks ago. woman who was ago. yes, the woman who was singing london, singing hymns exactly in london, in street. in oxford street. >> yeah, was harmony. >> yeah, that was harmony. london who was singing outside john yeah. when she was john lewis. yeah. when she was approached a volunteer police approached by a volunteer police officer who said couldn't officer who said she couldn't sing songs outside of church grounds , although scotland yard grounds, although scotland yard has since apologised for that. so how how did this end? yes >> so it ended basically wanted us just to move on. so they just remained there and they said they're not going to stop until we just moved on. but it was coming to our end anyway. so we decided to move on. but decided to just move on. but they adamant that we

they were adamant that we weren't here. and if you don't move on. so i had to give my details. first of all, after giving details, they were giving my details, they were adamant move on adamant that we had to move on from preaching religion and from preaching our religion and just what church just remind us what your church is . so my church is is called. so my church is called church called the potter's house church in potter's house in uxbridge, potter's house church uxbridge. i'm church in uxbridge. yeah, i'm a part the my name is part of the church. my name is pastor lopez. um, yuba part of the church. my name is pastis, lopez. um, yuba part of the church. my name is pastis, um, lopez. um, yuba part of the church. my name is pastis, um, and opez. um, yuba part of the church. my name is pastis, um, and we z. um, yuba part of the church. my name is pastis, um, and we startl, yuba part of the church. my name is pastis, um, and we start having one is, um, and we start having our service at 1 pm. on sundays and on wednesdays, 7:30 pm. in uxbridge. and i welcome all to come and support maybe those police officers should come. >> they should come see >> they should come and see what? see what? what in what? see what? what goes on in your church. deterred your church. it hasn't deterred your church. it hasn't deterred youit has not deterred me. in >> it has not deterred me. in fact, a fire in me to fact, it's put a fire in me to present a message other present a message to other street that, you know, present a message to other street are that, you know, present a message to other street are behind at, you know, present a message to other street are behind us you know, present a message to other street are behind us because n, present a message to other street are behind us because the the uk are behind us because the comments giving us so much comments are giving us so much support. well, we're working us up. we've had dozens and dozens of messages you of messages supporting you here, and before came on. >> police have released >> now the police have released this statement it that this statement and it says that officers were responding to a report a member of the report from a member of the pubuc report from a member of the public people report from a member of the publimaking people report from a member of the publimaking racist people report from a member of the publimaking racist andyeople were making racist and homophobic comments. >> the met does not tolerate

hate crime, and officers responded to investigate this. we have watched the body worn video of the full exchange. there were no arrests . there were no arrests. >> they should be apologising. frankly, they definitely be apologising and there was absolutely crime . absolutely no hate crime. >> there was no racist behaviour. >> when were you last accused of being never ever. >> el. e is shocking. eveh >> is shocking. and yeah e is shocking. and yeah , >> that is shocking. and yeah, i'm i'm not i'm upset about that i >> -- >> yeah. if you get an apology, let us know. >> thanks for coming in telling what happened to you and pastor dwayne lopez. what happened to you and pastor dw.bye lopez. what happened to you and pastor dw.by allypez. what happened to you and pastor dw.by all the. what happened to you and pastor dw.by all the support that >> by all the support that you're much. thank you're getting so much. thank you. dwayne >> yeah. next, we're >> yeah. up next, we're discussing , which >> yeah. up next, we're disc afraid , which >> yeah. up next, we're disc afraid has , which >> yeah. up next, we're disc afraid has reached , which >> yeah. up next, we're discafraid has reached an , which >> yeah. up next, we're discafraid has reached an allhich i'm afraid has reached an all time go anywhere. time high. don't go anywhere. you're

radio. welcome back to britain's newsroom on gb news. >> a report by a jewish charity has found that more than 4000 anti—semitic incidents were recorded in the uk last year, and the majority took place after the october the 7th hamas attacks .

attacks. >> well, joining us now is the author of lily's promise. dov forman , a morning to you. um forman, a morning to you. um these figures dove and very good to have you on the program again are shocking. can i just read you something cohen has you something danny cohen has written telegraph today written in the telegraph today about in about anti semitism. he says in hertfordshire , the head teacher hertfordshire, the head teacher of a jewish school received this racist threat. jihad is racist threat. beware jihad is being fought and you're going to have slit the have your throat slit by us. the threat referred to threat also referred to beheadings. how common is this? is this sort of talk , as you is this sort of talk, as you say, this year we've seen the largest rise in anti—semitism on records. >> uh, 147% increase on the previous year. and two thirds of those anti—semitic incidences came after the october 7th massacre by hamas terrorists in israel on october 7th. and that's incredibly worrying. the fact that we jewish people knew on the day of the october seventh when we were hearing about these atrocities unfolding, that perhaps even that day or in the days following anti—semitism would rise there was a rise before there was even a response from israel. and, you

know, people disguised their anti—semitism under the guise that they're just protesting against israel or for a free palestine. the palestine. but that's not the case. there was a story case. people there was a story only last week a jewish only last week of a jewish school student , um, from only last week of a jewish school student, um, from one of the high schools going home, and he pinned against wall, he was pinned against the wall, punched in the face and told to say and think say free palestine. and i think actually social actually it's because of social media that seeing so many media that we're seeing so many young in young children say things in schools to other students, to their which are their teachers, which are plainly anti—semitic and extremist . and they're not only extremist. and they're not only anti—semitic, but they're also anti—west. incredibly anti—west. and it's incredibly dangerous. and i think so much more needs to be done this more needs to be done in this report just a light report just sheds a light on the warriors jewish warriors that all jewish people knew true the increase knew to be true of the increase in anti—semitism since october 7th, in this year alone , 7th, but in this year alone, dov, make it clear, in dov, we should make it clear, in case not everybody knows, that your great grandmother is lily ebert. >> an auschwitz survivor. a hundred years old. now, what? what does she make of this ? what what does she make of this? what is what on earth is her reaction to it ? to it? >> her the holocaust survivors like my great grandmother? it's so difficult to see this

anti—semitism. my great grandmother hoped that the bow would never again would be upheld. unfortunately, it hasn't . jewish people once again feel unsafe on our streets, and we're not in the 1930s in germany, but we're here in the united kingdom. and the great litmus test of post—holocaust emancipation meant to be emancipation was meant to be whether like whether jewish students like myself could wear a kippah and go onto university campus and learn in freedom in safety learn in freedom and in safety like everyone else. and unfortunately, at the moment in the kingdom, we're the united kingdom, we're failing in that test. i'm the great grandson, as you say, of a holocaust survivor, and i don't feel my own feel safe sometimes on my own university campus here in london, are saturday london, there are saturday night, friends called night, some of my friends called me they said that they were me and they said that they were walking to synagogue wearing kippah university kippah on leeds university campus. they're walking towards the hillel house and someone screamed out of their window , screamed out of their window, are you jewish? to which they replied, to are you jewish? to which they replithem. to are you jewish? to which they replithem. and to are you jewish? to which they replithem. and that's to are you jewish? to which they replithem. and that's the to are you jewish? to which they replithem. and that's the story ram them. and that's the story in the telegraph. and that's what feels like. and that's what it feels like. and that's the reality of jewish the reality of being a jewish student in student today on campus, in schools, just being schools, but also just being jewish streets .

jewish on our streets. >> dov, i'm so i'm so sorry. >>— >> dov, i'm so i'm so sorry. >> it's terrible . >> it's terrible. >> it's terrible. >> and so we've got to leave you as well, because we're out of time. but we are going to return on to this story in the program because these figures are shocking are talking the shocking and we are talking the latest of harry latest shameless stunt of harry and . and meghan. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> like very good morning to you alex burkill here with your latest gb news, weather forecast . for many it's going to be pretty cloudy and rather wet today. but in the southeast it's actually likely to stay largely dry. and here we should have some brightness at times a very different story for most other places, though often quite cloudy, persistent rain cloudy, some persistent rain already start across many already to start across many northern and western areas, and that is likely to turn that rain is likely to turn heavier across parts the heavier across parts of the southwest on. it is a mild southwest later on. it is a mild day, though temperatures could be than yesterday , be even higher than yesterday, with highs of around 16 or 17

celsius, so exceptionally high for the time of year as we go through the evening, we're going to see more heavy rain affecting southern areas, that swathe to see more heavy rain affecting so wet rn areas, that swathe to see more heavy rain affecting so wet weather that swathe to see more heavy rain affecting so wet weather pushesat swathe to see more heavy rain affecting so wet weather pushes its wathe to see more heavy rain affecting so wet weather pushes its way e of wet weather pushes its way a little bit further eastwards , little bit further eastwards, affecting the southeast affecting parts of the southeast overnight . but otherwise we will overnight. but otherwise we will see breaks see some clear breaks developing, but also a scattering of showery outbreaks of particularly towards of rain, particularly towards the north. sticking some the north. sticking with some milder air across the uk. so i'm not expecting temperatures to drop huge amount. places drop a huge amount. some places staying double figures staying in double figures through tomorrow, a decent amount of sunshine, perhaps across parts. at first, across eastern parts. at first, but a bit more cloud feeding in as through day. as we go through the day. elsewhere, a few sunny spells perhaps, few perhaps, but also a few outbreaks showery rain here outbreaks of showery rain here and on the whole, a and there. but on the whole, a quieter day today quieter, drier day than today for most and with that, though, temperatures a degrees temperatures a few degrees lower, as lower, not quite as exceptionally mild as we head towards the weekend and we are likely see another weather likely to see another weather system heavy as system bring some heavy rain as we through saturday, that we go through saturday, but that clears . and so sunday at clears through. and so sunday at the moment like the driest the moment looks like the driest day by that warm feeling inside

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gb news. >> at 11 am. on thursday the 15th of february, this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pip tomson >> britain is in recession and chancellor jeremy >> britain is in recession and chancellorjeremy hunt says low chancellor jeremy hunt says low economic growth is not a surprise, and the uk must stick to the plan. we'll hear from the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, next. >> an antisemitism has hit an all time high after the hamas terror attacks on israel. it's being described as an explosion of hatred by one british jewish charity. >> putin backs biden the russian president , >> putin backs biden the russian president, vladimir putin, has said he would like to see joe biden win the next us presidential election and gang crime crackdown , a gb news

crime crackdown, a gb news exclusive report reveals barbershops . barbershops. >> you'll have noticed how many more there are in your high street are being exploited by criminals to launder money and employ illegal immigrants , as employ illegal immigrants, as well as broader organised crime behind this. >> these sort of premises not >> these sort of premises do not p0p >> these sort of premises do not pop overnight money pop up overnight without money behind them. >> do get in touch with us this morning . vaiews@gbnews.com. we morning. vaiews@gbnews.com. we did a really interesting interview a little earlier with gospel preacher. yeah. who who was threatened with arrest by police. >> five of them. five police officers arriving in a van preaching from the gospel . and preaching from the gospel. and he read out the passage that caused offence, didn't offend me. >> yeah. and he was accused of homophobia. >> i'm gay. nothing homophobic about what he said in that passage. >> yeah, well, it's enraged quite . a lot of you this

quite. a lot of you this morning. do keep your shirts coming in. we will be reading some of them out very shortly. first, let's get the latest news headunes first, let's get the latest news headlines with tatiana. >> ukip. thank you. your top stories from the gb newsroom. the uk economy has officially entered recession. figures from the office national entered recession. figures from the of'shows tional entered recession. figures from the of'shows that|l uk statistics shows that the uk economy shrank by nought point 3% at the end of last year. it follows another period of decline of 0.1% in the previous three months. a recession is defined as two consecutive three month periods where the economy contracts rather than grows. it's the first time the uk has entered recession since the first half of 2020. after the first half of 2020. after the first covid lockdown, charles taylor jeremy first covid lockdown, charles taylorjeremy hunt says despite taylor jeremy hunt says despite the drop in gdp, the economy is turning a corner. >> we always expected growth to be weaker while we prioritise tackling inflation. that means higher interest rates and that's the right thing to do because you can't have long terme healthy growth with high inflation, also families

inflation, but also for families when the when there's a cost of living crisis, when the cost of their weekly shop is going up, their weekly shop is going up, their energy bills are much higher. it's the thing to higher. it's the right thing to do. underlying picture here do. the underlying picture here is an economy that is more resilient than most people predicted. inflation is coming down. real wages have been going up now for six months and if we stick to our guns , independent stick to our guns, independent forecasters say that by the early summer we could start to see interest rates falling . see interest rates falling. >> meanwhile , more than 3 >> meanwhile, more than 3 million low income households in england struggled to pay their energy bills last year. government figures found that 13% in fuel poverty , 13% were in fuel poverty, largely unchanged from the year before . it's also revealed before. it's also been revealed that well over a third of engush that well over a third of english households were forced to spend more of their to spend more than 10% of their income after housing costs on the bills . breaking news the energy bills. breaking news this hour , a 16 year old boy has this hour, a 16 year old boy has died after being stabbed in the saint philips area of bristol yesterday morning. he was attacked in rawnsley park by two

people wearing a mask, who then fled the scene on bicycles. a murder investigation has been launched this , of course coming launched this, of course coming weeks after the deaths of teenagers. mason wrist and matt dixon, who was stabbed in the knowle west area of the city. more on this story as we get it, more than 4000 anti—semitic incidents were recorded in the uk last year. that's an all time high. the figures more than double the previous all time high in 2021, and marks arrive at 589% compared to 2022. the soaring figures being put down to the sheer volume which took place following the hamas attacks of 7th of october. let's . take you now to the shadow chancellor's reaction to the uk economy going into recession. >> absolutely clear that britain remains trapped in a spiral of economic . this isn't economic decline. this isn't a question of lines on a graph . question of lines on a graph. it's about the health of our high streets, about growing

businesses secure, well—paid jobs and money in the pockets of working people . the british working people. the british people did not need to see these figures today to tell them that the economy is not working, that we are in the midst of a cost of living crisis, and that they are worse off. but these numbers shine a spotlight on the scale of that failure for the confirmation of recession exposes a government and a prime minister completely out of touch with the realities on the ground . a government that for too long has looked on economic failure with complacency , content to be with complacency, content to be the manager . with complacency, content to be the manager. hours of decline rishi sunak claims that he has a plan , but the plan is not plan, but the plan is not working. he claims that the economy has turned a corner, but the economy is shrinking . he

the economy is shrinking. he claims he doesn't want to take us back to square one, but we are going backwards . the prime are going backwards. the prime minister's claim lies are in tatters . the cornerstone of his tatters. the cornerstone of his leadership ship has been shattered , and the promise to shattered, and the promise to grow the economy has been broken . our economy is now smaller than when rishi sunak entered 10 downing street in 2022, having spent years in the slow lane , spent years in the slow lane, rishi sunak has now put our economy into reverse course. this is rishi's recession and it is the british people who will pay is the british people who will pay the price . this is simply pay the price. this is simply the latest chapter in a long story of economic failure and stagnation , a story that reaches stagnation, a story that reaches back more than a decade felt in stagnant household incomes , in stagnant household incomes, in the decay of our high streets

and in creeping insecurity . i and in creeping insecurity. i often think of a young family i met in worthing almost two years ago now , a mum and a dad working ago now, a mum and a dad working five jobs between them , five jobs between them, struggling to make ends meet, constantly juggling work and childcare as a family they only get half a day a week together. they felt that any hope of buying a home of their own had evaporated . good people work evaporated. good people work hard and do you know what the mum said to me? she said. you just wonder if you're doing something wrong. well, something has gone profoundly wrong because an economy that isn't working for working people isn't working for working people isn't working at all. it is time that the conservative party took some responsibility . the origins of responsibility. the origins of many of the crisis that we are faced are global pandemic war, energy crisis , but their

energy crisis, but their consequences have been exacerbated by the choices of conservative governments . each conservative governments. each time crisis has hit britain has been acutely exposed . first, been acutely exposed. first, ofsted city that choked off investment next. years of political instability, which has fuelled economic instability. brexit hit without a plan. the conservative mini—budget send in mortgages and interest rates soaring . five prime ministers soaring. five prime ministers said seven chancellors, 11 plans for growth , each yielding less for growth, each yielding less than the last. if the uk economy had grown at the average rate of other oecd economies over the past decade, it would now be £140 billion larger equivalent to £5,000 per household every year.

to £5,000 per household every year . that would also to £5,000 per household every year. that would also mean an additional £50 billion in tax revenues to invest in our crumbling public services . crumbling public services. today, the average . british today, the average. british family is 20% worse off than their german counterparts . 1 in their german counterparts. 1 in 3 working age families have less than £1,000 in savings and the typical family renewing their mortgage this year will find themselves paying an additional £240 every month . £240 every month. >> that was shadow chancellor rachel reeves, with what you would probably expect was a pretty withering assessment of the government and the economy , the government and the economy, and she was reacting to britain being in a technical recession. well, let's get some reaction to this. >> yeah, we're going to talk to the chief economic adviser at the chief economic adviser at the economic the centre for economic and business pryce. business research, vicky pryce. vicky expect the vicky morning. we expect the labour make political labour party to make political capital where they can. of course, that's their job. how serious is this? is it ? and we serious is this? is it? and we keep hearing the expression

technical recession. what does that mean ? that mean? >> it means that we had two quarters of negative growth. and one of the reasons for that, of course, that quite a lot of course, is that quite a lot of revisions were made to the data. we october was it we knew that october was bad. it now was even worse now seems that it was even worse than anticipated than we had anticipated originally. very bad originally. member very bad weather that month. people didn't out shopping for didn't go out shopping for clothes that. clothes or anything like that. then november. clothes or anything like that. then november . with black then we got november. with black friday, things improved. we then we got november. with black frid december, mproved. we then we got november. with black frid december, uh,'oved. we then we got november. with black frid december, uh, which we then we got november. with black frid december, uh, which wasn't; got december, uh, which wasn't very good. um, itself, but november itself, which was okay, is now looked at as having done even worse than we thought originally . even worse than we thought originally. so the even worse than we thought originally . so the growth was originally. so the growth was less than we thought . so there less than we thought. so there have been revisions on the data which up with losing which ended up with us losing 0.1% gdp as a result of that 0.1% of gdp as a result of that in the last quarter. so two quarters of recession means a technical . and overall technical recession. and overall for we group up 0.1, not for 2023, we group up 0.1, not very much. >> it's it seems as much about staggering stagnation , vicky, staggering stagnation, vicky, as, um, as anything else . as, um, as anything else. >> yes. but of course, it's interesting when you look at

2024, because i was just listening to rachel reeves talk about what's happening to people's pockets . um, uh, what people's pockets. um, uh, what we've seen so far is that there are some indications of things improving services sector is doing a lot better. so the last data from businesses is that , data from businesses is that, you know, services output is expanding , you know, services output is expanding, has expanded. in fact, the last few months manufacturing not dropping as manufacturing is not dropping as fast it done before. even fast as it had done before. even construction showing some signs of recovery . and also, of of recovery. and also, of course, people have a little bit more their pockets more money in their pockets because of the cut in the national contributions national insurance contributions . seeing inflation . they're seeing inflation come down. real wages are rising down. so real wages are rising and they are now being promised sweeteners in the budget to come on march. the sixth, maybe more, when there is another budget supposedly in september, if the election is indeed in october or november . november. >> rachel. sorry vicky rachel reeves there was talking about, uh , rishi's recession . she was uh, rishi's recession. she was indulging a little in a little bit of nice alliteration. is that completely fair, though? calling it rishi's recession ?

calling it rishi's recession? well, what is interesting to see is the extent to which interest rates have gone up. >> perhaps more than they needed to because we had to have done, because we had slightly higher inflation while considerably in slightly higher inflation while con ukerably in slightly higher inflation while con uk .ably in slightly higher inflation while con uk . you in slightly higher inflation while con uk . you may in slightly higher inflation while con uk . you may argue in slightly higher inflation while con uk . you may argue that in slightly higher inflation while con uk . you may argue that this the uk. you may argue that this is because government had is because the government had not early enough to, not intervened early enough to, uh, inflation uh, affect inflation expectations. so everyone thought that prices were going to be rising in very significantly. so we had strikes , we had wage demands. so in a way, what has been going for on businesses wages have businesses is that wages have been increasing quite significantly more than has been the case elsewhere in nominal terms. and that has brought many people tax , people into paying more tax, even though their real incomes were going down. so we've had thatissue were going down. so we've had that issue really that a lot has been drained out of the economy by this government. so she's right in a way, to say that this has contributed to the fact that people have not gone out to spend that, that inflation has been than it would been higher than it would otherwise have been, and that their been their interest rates have been higher otherwise higher than they would otherwise have you could argue have been. and you could argue higher other countries. higher than in other countries.

so that's perhaps a so that's that's perhaps a justified thing say. but justified thing to say. but everyone's been suffering the everyone's been suffering on the cross. japan now in cross. we've seen japan now in recession europe in real recession in europe in real trouble, except the us , of trouble, except the us, of course, which is still sort of doing rather well by comparison to the rest of us. >> and just finally, vicky, someone we're someone was saying we're technically although we're in a technically although we're in a technical recession, we're technically also out of recession. you what recession. can you explain what that means ? that means? >> well, it means that we're likely be in next likely to be growing in the next quarter . in likely to be growing in the next quarter. in this quarter, we're in. it's probably going to be a positive one. as i said , positive one. as i said, indicators are moving in that direction. and of course, in an interesting way, if you start from a of relatively low from a sort of relatively low base, you're likely to be doing quite in in future, quite well in in the future, even little of even with a little bit of growth. but whether that means anything serious in terms of, you know, getting economic growth to where we to growth back to where we used to be, unlikely. be, that's very, very unlikely. so 2024, we'll only do well in terms of people's ability to spend. and also businesses in a way, if taxes come down and there are many more giveaways that that will perhaps if you

like, redress some of the trends we've seen until the end of last year. yeah >> vicky pryce, chief economic adviser, centre for economic and business research thanks so much for your analysis this morning . for your analysis this morning. >> very interesting, isn't it? very interesting now? very serious story. a 16 year old boy has died after being stabbed in bristol , avon has died after being stabbed in bristol, avon and has died after being stabbed in bristol , avon and somerset bristol, avon and somerset police say the incident happened in the saint phillips area last night. his death comes as the latest knife sentencing figures are released, showing a 17% rise in the number of knife offences over the last decade . over the last decade. >> joining us now in the studio is our reporter, charlie peters. charlie what more do we know about this? >> so this 16 year old boy killed last night in bristol was stabbed in a park and ran to a road nearby, was picked up by a driver and even in somerset, police said he collapsed nearby and died at the scene. >> they also said that the attackers, two attackers escaped on bicycles and were wearing

masks. >> now this comes just two weeks after two teenagers were also killed in another knife attack in bristol and concurrently this morning, the chief constable of avon and somerset police, sarah crew, announced that her force was launching . a new high was launching. a new high profile and proactive campaign to tackle knife crime. >> i imagine that those plans and that announcement was some days in the works. and so for the announcement of another killing by knives at the same time is, of course, really drawing extends attention to the situation . now. sarah crew did situation. now. sarah crew did also say that knife crime is as much a community and public health problem as it is a criminal justice problem, and her comments come at the same time as this morning. the latest knife and offensive weapon statistics were released by the ons, showing across the decade up to the month of september 2023. a 17% increase in the

number of offences related to possession or threat. using either a blade, a pointed weapon or an offensive weapon over the last decade, a 17% rise. however, the statistics also revealed that the immediate average custodial sentence for these offences has risen to 7.8 months, which is a rise across the same period from 7.27.8 months. that's correct for possession or use in threat eight months, as in not quite eight months, as in not quite eight months, as in not quite eight months, not quite eight months, not very serious, is it? >> i mean, what happened to what happened to zero tolerance? >> i mean, what happened to what hapwell,i to zero tolerance? >> i mean, what happened to what hapwell, the zero tolerance? >> i mean, what happened to what hapwell, the mandatoryice? >> i mean, what happened to what hapwell, the mandatory maximum >> well, the mandatory maximum sentence a sentence for possession of a blade england and wales is, blade in england and wales is, i believe, four years. yeah. yes. since yesterday a man since yesterday we saw a man sentenced to eight months for possession of a blade . possession of a blade. remarkable footage elephant remarkable footage in elephant and as off duty police and castle as off duty police officers swarmed this man as he was threatening . and beating was threatening. and beating a man with a dog and a weapon. he's sentenced yesterday to eight months and also four months for affray. but he'll serve those concurrently. so interesting statistics 17% rise

serve those concurrently. so inteithatlg statistics 17% rise serve those concurrently. so inteithat average ics 17% rise serve those concurrently. so inteithat average sentence ;e serve those concurrently. so inteithat average sentence rising and that average sentence rising just a 7.8 alex norris. >> there's no room in the prisons to them in for any longer. >> well, they they overcrowded aren't they. and by hundreds, hundreds of very worrying. but the breaking news this the breaking news is that this 16 old has died after 16 year old boy has died after being stabbed in the saint philips of last philips area of bristol last night, that has come from night, and that has come from avon and somerset police. thanks very much, charlie. and we will stay across that developing news. >> still to come, barbershops , >> still to come, barbershops, the new front to employ illegal migrants and to launder money. well, we were given exclusive access to a raid in oxford . you access to a raid in oxford. you don't want to miss it. >> you're

radio. >> it's 1120. was radio. >> it's1120. was britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and pip tomson. we're also joined by author and broadcaster nichi hodgson and broadcaster nichi hodgson and broadcaster journalist carol broadcaster and journalist carol maloney studio. maloney in the studio. >> morning to you both. >> good morning to you both. morning. want to talk first morning. we want to talk first about gb news being told of an

explosion in the number of barber shops in particular, which are now being exploited by criminals launder and criminals to launder money and employ illegal migrants. our homeland security editor mark white, reports this . white, reports this. >> heading into this suburb of oxford, these immigration enforcers officers are en route to raid a local barber shop . to raid a local barber shop. it's suspected of employing illegal immigrants , part of a illegal immigrants, part of a growing phenomena where these high street businesses are being increasingly exploited as fronts for criminality . these officers for criminality. these officers are looking for an albania , an are looking for an albania, an asylum seeker who's abscond , asylum seeker who's abscond, added, and believed to be working here for a while. there's no trace of him. they have detained this colombian man , another asylum seeker working here in breach of employment laws, as officers continue to

search this business, the albanian owner arrived . albanian owner arrived. >> he now faces the prospect of a much higher fine with tougher penalties for businesses interested boost this week of up to £45,000 for each immigrant caught working illegally . caught working illegally. >> immigration enforcement raids are up by nearly 70% last year. that's a huge increase, and talking to the illegal enforcement team here, they've been ramping up in the west midlands as well. you can really sense it. you can sense the work they're doing, and that work is going continue across the country. >> the number of barber shops has exploded, almost 18,000 in total, up 50% in just a few years . while most are perfectly years. while most are perfectly legitimate and a valuable addition to the high street, sources have told us that increasing numbers of barber shops are fronts for criminality . billions of pounds from the proceeds of crime are laundered

through these businesses, which don't just employ illegal immigrants but are often involved in modern slavery, coercing and threatening victims of human trafficking to work for little to nothing . little to nothing. >> there is broader organised crime behind this. these sort of premises do not pop up overnight without money behind them, and it's really important that we work with agencies such as national crime agency, such as policing hmrc and other policing such as hmrc and other government departments. ensure that of all the that the weight of all the governments powers brought governments powers is brought to bear those to bear on those who seek to exploit vulnerable individuals as bars and car washes have as nail bars and car washes have long associated with long been associated with criminal gangs, often employing and exploiting illegal immigrants. >> but sources say barber shops are rapidly overtaking them as a front for criminality . the front for criminality. the authorities are keen to reiterate that the majority of barbers are legitimate and law abiding , but barbers are legitimate and law abiding, but they say barbers are legitimate and law abiding , but they say they won't abiding, but they say they won't hesitate to go after those they suspect of breaking the law . suspect of breaking the law. >> takes it for me.

>> takes it for me. >> mark white, gb news. i've always had suspicions about some of those barber shops. >> there's so many of them. >> there's so many of them. >> yeah, well, well, one viewer has written in saying he's got around eight barber shops in approximately 300 yards. yeah where he lives. >> yeah, it's i've always been . >> yeah, it's i've always been. but that was a great report by mike. now nikki is still with us and carol maloney. we want to talk about explosion talk about this explosion in anti—semitism. it's really shocking ben anti—semitism. it's really shocki is ben anti—semitism. it's really shocki is danny ben anti—semitism. it's really shocki is danny cohen's ben anti—semitism. it's really shocki is danny cohen's written cohen is danny cohen's written a really interesting piece in the telegraph about it, saying saturday morning, a visibly jewish is walking home from jewish man is walking home from a sabbath morning when a a sabbath morning service when a group of people attending a pro—palestinian group of people attending a pro-shout;tinian group of people attending a pro-shout ,inian group of people attending a pro-shout , we're to rape me shout, we're going to rape your mother, dirty and me shout, we're going to rape your theyier, dirty and me shout, we're going to rape your they assaulted ty and me shout, we're going to rape your they assaulted him and me shout, we're going to rape your they assaulted him . and then they assaulted him. >> and, you know, it's kind of anti—semitism is normalised now . anti—semitism is normalised now. it's become normalised. i think, you the report that's out you know, the report that's out today from the jewish security community trust is saying that there 4000 incidents there were 4000 incidents against jewish people recorded last year, which is which i think 1662. the year before. think was 1662. the year before. so that's what's happened since

the attack. um, yeah . on israel the attack. um, yeah. on israel on october the 7th. so so it is. they are suffering an explosion of hate. and i think i, i think the problem is, you know, it hasn't been helped by the way , hasn't been helped by the way, the labour party, i'm not even sure we can discuss this coming out the way the labour party have handled what's happened in the and let's the last week and, and let's talk about what's happened to historically labour historically with the labour party in, um, in january this yeah party in, um, in january this year. kate osamor mp had to be suspended for making anti—semitic comments by saying that gaza should be made a genocide. um last year, diane abbott was suspended from the party for saying that the jewish people suffered no more racism or criticism of people with ginger hair. the year before that, it was corbyn, the year before that, it was chris williamson. it is. it is now. you know, starmer keeps telling us that he's dealt with this problem. he clearly hasn't dealt with problem , and he with this problem, and he certainly deal with the certainly didn't deal with the problem week enough problem last week quickly enough . he waited whole day after

. he waited a whole day after after the comments that were made , and only the clamour made, and only when the clamour of disgust got so loud did he act. he he wanted to make it so that that ali stayed in position to fight the by—election we can't talk there. i'm going to stop about it there. so. >> so what about anti—semitism? i mean, why is anti—semitism ? i i mean, why is anti—semitism? i mean, this has been tracked back to october the 7th, not israel's response to the hamas attack that started on october seventh, on the day that hamas launched that bloody assault on israel, the worst assault on israel for 50 years. >> yeah, i mean, the worst assault on the jewish people since the holocaust. i mean, if you've been to housewhich and i have, you never get have, you know, you never get over the most over it. it is the most devastate eating it devastate eating place. and it really how much really hammers home how much jews struggled. i mean, as jews have struggled. i mean, as a child , i up in yorkshire. a child, i grew up in yorkshire. we to clifford's we used to go to clifford's tower york , where, um, tower in york, where, um, hundreds of jews were massacred in about, uh, i think it was about 1140. and we learned that

as story at school about that as a story at school about that was, you know, that was trying to us that anti—semitism was, you know, that was trying to a us that anti—semitism was, you know, that was trying to a long hat anti—semitism was, you know, that was trying to a long history —semitism was, you know, that was trying to a long history ,-semitism was, you know, that was trying to a long history , and itism was, you know, that was trying to a long history , and we've has a long history, and we've got to pay attention to make sure those don't happen sure those things don't happen again. are happening again. but they are happening again. but they are happening again other again globally. and the other thing think we thing i think is we had a warning about this from what happened france germany warning about this from what happe ten, france germany warning about this from what happe ten, iyears germany warning about this from what happeten, iyears ago. germany warning about this from what happeten, iyears ago. geryomy about ten, 15 years ago. do you remember swastikas remember all the swastikas painted graves all that painted on graves and all that kind that happened? kind of stuff that happened? it's building and it's been building up and building some building up people all for some reason, think that actually you can't be anti semitic anymore and that it's kind of just passed. there these tropes passed. there are these tropes about that are about jewish people that are just taken as given and uh, it's just taken as given and uh, it's just appalling. i just read out a had from jules. a message we've had from jules. >> morning on this. and >> good morning on this. and you, jules, i'm the child of you, jules, say i'm the child of irish who never irish immigrants who never experienced hate from anybody in london, during the heinous london, even during the heinous ira bombings , nobody marched ira bombings, nobody marched spouting rhetoric and spouting anti—irish rhetoric and threatened us either. >> yeah , i think that's a really >> yeah, i think that's a really good point. i'm from irish stock as yeah, think that's as well. so yeah, i think that's that's a very, very valid point. >> it's normalised in the sense we clear instances. we saw two very clear instances. we three women who went to we the three women who went to court wearing

court for wearing their paraglider the back . paraglider things on the back. they i mean, yeah, they were they i mean, yeah, they , they have a conviction, they, they have a conviction, but it's not they were but it's not what they were taken it was taken to court for. it was almost they hadn't they almost that they hadn't they almost that they hadn't they almost with saying almost got away with by saying they nothing they had done nothing wrong. also comedian called also there was a comedian called was paul curry was it curry? paul curry and curry. curry, who who was curry. paul curry, who who was performing in a london theatre this week . and he he brought this week. and he he brought a palestinian flag onto the stage and which made everybody chant. and the people who didn't stand up to chant, he said , why aren't up to chant, he said, why aren't you chanting? they said , because you chanting? they said, because we're jewish. and then he got the audience to turn up. yeah, well, gentleman was well, the gentleman who was hounded came with us hounded out came in with us yesterday, here yesterday, sitting here yesterday, sitting here yesterday and told what yesterday and told us what happened. >> and first story you >> and that first story you talked about the talked about, this is about the judge, ikram judge, isn't it? tanweer ikram who, um, where the sentencing of these women because they walked free. yes they displayed parachute images on their backs. march. yes. there is going to be a review of their sentencing. there has to be a judge apparently liked a post on pro—palestinian tweet, which he said, which he said he posted by mistake.

>> please you can't do he repost of rubbish judge a load of rubbish if that's what a judge does. >> he's not capable of being a judge. i'm sorry because we expect judges be of the expect judges to be of the highest intellect. >> order symbol were >> order the symbol they were wearing, their wearing, those men on their back was. was the mechanism by was. this was the mechanism by which this terrorists which by which this terrorists got paraglided completely. >> i do need to interrupt only because we heard from the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, a little earlier there's press little earlier. there's a press conference happening , little earlier. there's a press conference happening, and our business editor , business and economics editor, liam halligan, was there and asked question now i have asked this question. now i have never seen anything like it with a chancellor giving a running commentary. >> it is dangerous and it is very misguided . and i would urge very misguided. and i would urge him to stop this because it creates the uncertainty that is that we really don't need. we haven't got the numbers that the chancellor has got to inform the budget process. i think that he gets his final numbers from the obr yesterday or today . on the obr yesterday or today. on the outlook for the economy and for pubuc outlook for the economy and for

public finances. i made no secret of the fact that i want taxes on working people to be lower, but i've also been really clear, including in the speech today, that i will never make a promise where i can't say where the money is going to come from, so i can't make those promises. one thing that i would do, though, this is a plan that though, and this is a plan that we've already set out, is to get going for growth, going with our plan for growth, to grow the economy, to create those jobs and those investments with fund and with a national wealth fund and gb energy those planning gb energy and those planning reforms , because in end, the reforms, because in the end, the biggest challenge that the uk economy faces is, is that lack of growth and investment. and we can't turn anything around in our economy unless we can get that uplifting growth. and that would my number one priority that uplifting growth. and that w> now, you can't have a man

passing sentence on three women the previous day and then liking a pro—palestinian two, because that clear . a pro—palestinian two, because that clear. it's a pro—palestinian two, because that clear . it's not that is clear. it's not anti—semitic, but it's he's taken aside. i'm not sure it wasn't the other around, wasn't the other way around, carol, he liked the social carol, that he liked the social media post. >> yes. and then i think he was historical. >> well, whatever it was, you can't you can't have can't either way. you can't have someone to be someone who was supposed to be neutral, impartial, impartial. and isn't and he's clearly isn't impartial. and i know there is. there was worry now, i think the express done today express has done the story today . about that . there is worry about that sentence because they're saying he wasn't impartial, but it is astonishing now how we don't we're not as disgusted and outraged as we should be when we hear this stuff, when we heard it this week, when you know, the party that that could win the election this year. um, it is incredible that in this day and age, you know, while there are still holocaust survivors still alive, that we're experiencing this horror, this most . this horror, this most. >> and we talked we talked to a guy earlier in the program whose great grandmother is a holocaust

survivor, lily. >> he messages 100 years old and she's had messages from people saying, hitler miss you ? saying, how did hitler miss you? >> you're viral survivor. >> you're my viral survivor. >> you're my viral survivor. >> aren't we acting on that? >> carol, hold that thought. because we do to go to your because we do need to go to your latest headlines. we will because we do need to go to your lat back headlines. we will because we do need to go to your lat back veryieadlines. we will because we do need to go to your lat back very shortly. ;. we will because we do need to go to your lat back very shortly. ;. wefirst, be back very shortly. but first, here's tatiana . here's tatiana. >> pippa. thank you. your top story is from the gb newsroom this morning. story is from the gb newsroom this morning . chancellor jeremy this morning. chancellor jeremy hunt says despite the uk entering recession , the economy entering recession, the economy is turning a corner. entering recession, the economy is turning a corner . the is turning a corner. the official figures show the economy shrank by 0.3% at the end of last year, following a penod end of last year, following a period of decline in the previous three months. it's the first time the uk's gdp has dropped since the first half of 2020, after the first covid lockdown . shadow chancellor lockdown. shadow chancellor rachel reeves says the prime minister is completely out of touch with the realities on the ground, adding his economic pledge is in tatters . meanwhile pledge is in tatters. meanwhile

more than 3 million low income households in england struggled to pay their energy bills last yeah to pay their energy bills last year. government figures found that 13% were in fuel poverty , that 13% were in fuel poverty, largely unchanged from the year before . it's also been revealed before. it's also been revealed that well over a third of engush that well over a third of english households were forced to spend than 10% of their to spend more than 10% of their income their bills . income on their energy bills. more than 4000 anti—semitic incidents were recorded in the uk last year , an all time high. uk last year, an all time high. the figures more than double the previous all time high in 2021, and marks a rise of 589% compared to 2022. the soaring figures being put down to the sheer volume which took place following the hamas attacks of october 7th. the community security trust, a charity which provides protection for british jews against anti—semitic attacks, said the explosion in hatred is an absolute disgrace . hatred is an absolute disgrace. and the duke and duchess of sussex are on a three day visit in canada . prince harry and in canada. prince harry and meghan have been visiting the winter training camp of the

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sponsors the gb news financial report . for sponsors the gb news financial report. forjune. report. for june. >> they're report. forjune. >> they're here. good afternoon britain with tom and emily. well, hello . well, hello. >> we've got a lot coming up on the show. uh, this judge tan ikram . ikram. >> extraordinary coming up, talking him . talking about him. >> well, you were just talking about well, i'm interested about him. well, i'm interested to know you think, because to know what you think, because suella out suella braverman has come out saying that the sentence or lack suella braverman has come out sa' sentence the sentence or lack suella braverman has come out sa' sentence should tence or lack suella braverman has come out sa' sentence should be ce or lack suella braverman has come out sa' sentence should be reviewed. of sentence should be reviewed. yeah. does this mean for yeah. what does this mean for the judge liking a post that clearly him on the clearly puts him on the pro—palestine, anti—israel calling, liking a post that called israel a terrorist that he can't possibly say he's impartial. >> no. and of course , we were >> no. and of course, we were surprised at the sentence. convicted but they walked free. >> and i think the maximum sentence could have been six months in prison. >> yeah, yeah, yeah , yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> and you, you'd have expected at bit of at least a very, a bit of custodial time or even even a touch community service. touch of community service. yeah, yeah. no. touch of community service. yeaandeah. no. touch of community service. yeaand the no. touch of community service. yeaand the judge». touch of community service. yeaand the judge says he did it >> and the judge says he did it by retweeted it or repost by by retweeted it or repost it by mistake. really i think we mistake. yeah. really i think we believe that seeing as has

believe that seeing as he has reported, he deleted his reported, he now deleted his linkedin altogether, linkedin account altogether, which would suggest there might be would suggest that he wanted to make sure that there wasn't anything else there that might be against him. be used against him. >> but we're going to be speaking great legal speaking to some great legal minds this. good. of minds on this. good. lots of people perhaps people think that perhaps this judge wasn't right for this particular case. >> but also, here's a list of countries something in countries that have something in common . yeah, ireland, common today. yeah, ireland, denmark, the netherlands, austria, finland, sweden and norway. we've all joined the recession club. yes, exactly. and so this is a really interesting point because the uk and let's face it, all of europe has been oscillating really between very , very marginally between very, very marginally above the line and very marginally below the line for well, ever since covid really , well, ever since covid really, well, ever since covid really, we now have had two successive quarters, very marginally below the line. now, in all likelihood , the next quarter will be very marginally above the line. yeah. what's big story here? not what's the big story here? not a 2008 style recession. not a big depression, but flat lining growth. it's not a good story ,

growth. it's not a good story, but my goodness, this has, uh, has that word become a big media, the sort of linchpin . media, the sort of linchpin. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and sadiq khan's revamped oh, stop the overground of the overground goodness me, i have a lot to say about story of the day. and i have to say, oh, £6 million down. >> they just make the trains work on time. >> mr mayor wants us to be talking his work revamp of talking about his work revamp of the overground. that's costing us reporter oddly, us £6.3 million. reporter oddly, um, just made a rather, um, but he's just made a rather, well, a huge gaffe. >> really screwed . >> really screwed. >> really screwed. >> so we'll be playing that out for you . for you. >> okay. looking forward to that. it's honestly you. you will. you're your jaw will drop when you hear the words that came out of sadiq khan's mouth about minutes ago. okay tom, about 15 minutes ago. okay tom, looking forward that. looking forward to that. >> nothing to do with >> it's got nothing to do with the overground. >> it's got nothing to do with the oveneed nd. >> it's got nothing to do with the oveneed to. >> it's got nothing to do with the oveneed to go. uh, we'll talk >> we need to go. uh, we'll talk to you very again for now, to you very soon. again for now, though, are with britain's though, you are with britain's newsroom on .

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>> it's 1140 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and pip tomson >> now, a report by a jewish charity has found that more than 4000 anti—semitic incidents were recorded in the uk last year. >> the community security trust says the total was double the previous record in 2021. >> it also revealed that the majority took place after the october the 7th hamas attacks. >> so joining us now is the head of digital for the jewish chronicle, josh kaplan. josh good, good morning to these good, good morning to you. these figures horrifying. good, good morning to you. these figures um,rifying. good, good morning to you. these figures um, can1g. good, good morning to you. these figures um, can i]. good, good morning to you. these figures um, can i ask, have shocking. um, can i ask, have you had any personal experience of anti—semitism since october the 7th? yeah >> i mean, look, i think it's pretty hard to find a jewish person in this country that hasn't. >> i mean, for me, luckily, it was sort of on the more minor side, you know, i was getting a haircut the other day, and i heard of the barbers, who heard one of the barbers, who was cutting someone heard one of the barbers, who was hair, cutting someone heard one of the barbers, who was hair, (about someone heard one of the barbers, who was hair, (about the1eone heard one of the barbers, who was hair, (about the jews�* else's hair, talk about the jews and were in and what they were doing in israel i thought that for israel. and i thought that for a second, know, do i bother

second, you know, do i bother saying or, know, saying anything? or, you know, i didn't it go in the end. didn't i let it go in the end. but it's just of but it's just sort of symptomatic of this stuff symptomatic of all this stuff that's happening. you know, that's been happening. you know, there's been violence, there's been screamed been people getting screamed at in the streets. there have been people made to unsafe in people made to feel unsafe in their own homes. luckily, i haven't experienced any of that personally, it very personally, but it it's a very real thing. >> and . when do you think it >> and. when do you think it will ever decline? is it when this war ends ? well you can't this war ends? well you can't can't keep going through this, can't keep going through this, can you, for years to come ? can you, for years to come? >> yeah. i mean, look, if you look at the sort of way these things usually go, they spike within israel conflict and then they back down. you they come back down. but, you know, has know, sadly, anti—semitism has been of life in west. been part of life in the west. and in the world all over for hundreds and hundreds of years. i think, you know, this rate at this rate is absolutely shocking. >> josh, and even in schools and universities . it's surging by universities. it's surging by 100 odd percent. yeah >> and that's what i think is really depressing because i think, you know, there's this

discourse that we always have, which is that the young generation are supposed be generation are supposed to be more enlightened. they're supposed accepting. supposed to be more accepting. they're supposed more they're supposed to be more tolerant you know, it tolerant and it you know, it shows this report at least, shows from this report at least, that be the that that doesn't seem to be the case. know, the cst said case. you know, the cst said that was worrying rise case. you know, the cst said th.children nas worrying rise case. you know, the cst said th.children committingng rise case. you know, the cst said th.children committing actsse in children committing acts of hate people. and hate against jewish people. and isn't depressing, isn't that the most depressing, you is that you know, thing of all is that we're educating a next generation to carry on this sort we're educating a next ge historic to carry on this sort we're educating a next ge historic hate. rry on this sort we're educating a next ge historic hate. hown this sort we're educating a next ge historic hate. how much sort we're educating a next ge historic hate. how much dot of historic hate. how much do you think some of these major marches with people marches we've seen with people marching , marches we've seen with people marching, um, marches we've seen with people marching , um, for palestine . marching, um, for palestine. >> how much do you think that has contributed to the rise, josh, in anti—semitism, because we know there have been reports josh, in anti—semitism, because we people :here have been reports josh, in anti—semitism, because wepeople making/e been reports josh, in anti—semitism, because wepeople making anti—semitic:s of people making anti—semitic comments at some of these marches. and indeed, we've seen the row currently over the three women convicted of, um, women who were convicted of, um, uh anti—semitic offences. at one of those demonstrations . of those demonstrations. >> yeah. look, i wouldn't want to label every single person that goes onto the streets, uh, as an anti—semite, but i think what it does do is it is it increases the tension in this debate, heat in debate, increases the heat in

this you know, when this debate. and you know, when people afraid to call it out people are afraid to call it out for what which is, you for what it is, which is, you know, oftentimes overspilling into it makes into anti—semitism, it makes people okay. and, you people think it's okay. and, you know, the know, i've seen some of the footage these marches, you footage of these marches, you know, where people have put swastikas the on swastikas on the, uh, on the on the flag people the israeli flag and people that have invoked imagery . and i have invoked nazi imagery. and i think, you know, these, these marches week in, week have marches week in, week out, have this you know, effect that that raises temperature to such raises the temperature to such a point it spills and point that it spills over and ends synagogues being ends with synagogues being targeted, being targeted, jewish schools being targeted, jewish schools being targeted , which simply unacceptable. >> josh, is it possible to criticise . the israeli criticise. the israeli government without about being accused of anti—semitism ? they accused of anti—semitism? they are two separate things. aren't they? >> they are. they are very much two separate things. and i think if you look at, you know, i'm i'm not a massive fan of the netanyahu government. i feel absolutely no, no problem with criticising . but i think criticising israel. but i think if you at way that if you look at the way that people criticise it, when they apply people criticise it, when they apply standards, because apply higher standards, because we're when they we're a jewish state, when they do disproportionate, you do have a disproportionate, you know, of focus on it, know, amount of focus on it,

because world's because we are the world's only jewish that's when it jewish state. that's when it becomes and you becomes anti—semitic. and if you look a lot of the, the, the look at a lot of the, the, the people you know, take the, people that, you know, take the, the glider women were the glider women that were convicted yesterday, they convicted yesterday, um, they weren't engaging in a sensible, rational argument about the policy aims of the israeli government. they were they were celebrating terrorists that killed innocent people. and i think when think that, you know, when you're celebrating people that are people for being are killing people for being jewish, that's that's, you know, when cross really, when you cross the pale, really, and worrying. >> it's worrying, isn't it, josh, to hear about this is rearing its ugly head in schools. do you think there should taught in schools should be more taught in schools about the history of the jewish people anti—semitism about the history of the jewish pe general anti—semitism about the history of the jewish pe general ? anti—semitism about the history of the jewish pe general ? yeah, anti—semitism about the history of the jewish pe general ? yeah, absolutely. sm in general? yeah, absolutely. >> know , when i was >> i mean, you know, when i was in school, we module on in school, we did a module on the holocaust . and that's the holocaust. and while that's great and important and historically necessary, think historically necessary, i think far, less is about far, far less is done about modern anti—semitism and about how conflate israel with how people conflate israel with jews, because i think that's the increase that we're seeing. i think, you know, most rational, sensible people understand the gravity holocaust, and sensible people understand the gravi know holocaust, and sensible people understand the gravi know thatiolocaust, and sensible people understand the gravi know thatiolocaustitand

they know that the way it happened. but people don't get that. the anti—semitism is still a very real risk. you know, there was this, know, there was this, you know, shootings in america, shootings there was this, you know, sh france in america, shootings there was this, you know, sh france , n america, shootings there was this, you know, sh france , synagogueshootings there was this, you know, sh france , synagogues inotings there was this, you know, sh france , synagogues in jewish in france, synagogues in jewish supermarkets that you just don't heah supermarkets that you just don't hear, talked about . supermarkets that you just don't hear, talked about. um, you know, they pop up the news know, they pop up in the news and then gone . and it and then they're gone. and it seems not learning seems like we're not learning the these incidents. seems like we're not learning the all these incidents. seems like we're not learning the all right, these incidents. seems like we're not learning the all right, that's; incidents. seems like we're not learning the all right, that's josh dents. seems like we're not learning the all right, that's josh caplan >> all right, that's josh caplan from chronicle. from the jewish chronicle. thanks for joining from the jewish chronicle. thanks forjoining us. and, from the jewish chronicle. thanitake'joining us. and, from the jewish chronicle. thanitake'joinof| us. and, from the jewish chronicle. thanitake' join of yourself, josh, take care of yourself, won't for on. won't you? thanks for coming on. still come, the sussexes are still to come, the sussexes are in harry is going still to come, the sussexes are in give harry is going still to come, the sussexes are in give a harry is going still to come, the sussexes are in give a speech harry is going still to come, the sussexes are in give a speech about is going still to come, the sussexes are in give a speech about the |oing to give a speech about the invictus games. >> the world's >> but with the world's television cameras vancouver, television cameras in vancouver, will it ? you're with will that be it? you're with britain's newsroom on

radio. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom. thank you for all your thoughts and comments this morning. we have had a lot on the interview that we did with dwayne lopez, the gospel preacher who was threatened with arrest by met police officers. five of them accused of being

homophobic. he was . in uxbridge homophobic. he was. in uxbridge in west london. he was reading a passage out of the bible and, uh, yeah, he five officers turned up in a police van. so what have we got, andrew? we've had people, uh, david. good morning. it would be very interesting to know the religious persuasion of the person who made the complaint . person who made the complaint. >> we don't know who it was. no and nor did the pastor. >> said the >> uh, robin said the metropolitan is metropolitan police force is going change their name to going to change their name to the metropolitan police fast force. >> very good. >> very good. >> uh, june . good morning. >> uh, june. good morning. christianity is the . british christianity is the. british first religion. what is happening ? why are our police happening? why are our police force so against christianity and steven arresting gospel preachers , anti—semitism, the preachers, anti—semitism, the police out of control. is police out of control. what is going police out of control. what is goiiquite right. i agree. now >> quite right. i agree. now moving on. everyone's favourite couple. yes it's them again. harry meghan. made harry and meghan. they've made what as another what i would regard as another shameless attempt to cash in on what i would regard as another sha royal;s attempt to cash in on what i would regard as another

sha royal pedigree. to cash in on the royal pedigree. >> they've adopted the sussex title their title as a surname for their children. now is emerged children. now this is emerged overnight and it's apparently an attempt to unify their family. what does that mean? >> joining us now is our very own royal correspondent, cameron walker, and former bbc royal correspondent michael cole. michael let's go to you first. michael, what on earth do they mean, unifying their family? it's just commercialising the kids , isn't it? kids, isn't it? >> , more verbiage from the >> uh, more verbiage from the camelot in california. i fear. >> let's get down to brass tacks . the royal family's name was saxon coburg—gotha. >> that was changed by king george v to windsor in 1917. >> in the late duke of edinburgh lobbied for years to have it changed to mount windsor because, he said, i'm the only man in britain who can't give his own name to his children. eventually, queen relented. now if you looked at the passport of, shall we say, the princess royal of, shall we say, the princess royal, it would say anne mountbatten , windsor occupation

mountbatten, windsor occupation princess of the uk . i know that princess of the uk. i know that because i've seen it . and if you because i've seen it. and if you looked at harry's it would say henry , albert and windsor, henry, albert and windsor, prince of the united kingdom . prince of the united kingdom. now, if they want to change their name to sussex or anything else, or about £200, a decent solicitor in this country by dipole change your name, perhaps they'd like to call themselves harry and meghan . please look at harry and meghan. please look at us. we don't know how they could do that if they wanted to, but it's to say that their it's nonsense to say that their surname is sussex because it's not. that is a royal title . and not. that is a royal title. and the way royal titles can be used legally is very restricted. and the way names of royal palaces can be used. that's why pip and andrew and cameron , we don't see andrew and cameron, we don't see king charles kohler or buckingham palace beef burgers because the names are strictly

controlled under companies act, under the laws which cover copyright and passing off. so thatis copyright and passing off. so that is the situation in everything else that comes out of their pr machine . everything else that comes out of their pr machine. reminds me of their pr machine. reminds me of what winston churchill said of what winston churchill said of one of his opponents. he said he was inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity. and if you read these press releases, you have to think same hands do not work. >> okay, michael, i just want to bnng >> okay, michael, i just want to bring in, uh, royal correspondent cameron walker on this. cameron, are we expecting any reaction from buckingham palace or do you think they'll remain schtum ? remain schtum? >> well, i think it's a question of motives and legality, isn't it? as michael points out, the legal surname is mountbatten in windsor, but buckingham palace , windsor, but buckingham palace, on their own website says that that's there's no precedent or legal reason as to why. perhaps they can't change, uh, the name informally, which is why perhaps we see george cambridge,

charlottes cambridge, louis cambridge. uh written on their school bags when they started school bags when they started school in battersea, a few years ago. of course, harry and william, when they were younger, adopted the name informally. wales when they were both at sandhurst and at school as well. so this has happened before, but i think it's the timing that's significant here, because of course, it's been announced that they have adopted the sussex name for their children at the same time that they've rebranded the website , at the same time the website, at the same time that they've used meghan's royal crest on the website . and the crest on the website. and the allegation they're using allegation is that they're using it capitalise on their royal it to capitalise on their royal status because it is, at the end of the day, a royal title. >> come and walk up. michael cole, thank you so much. that's it from britain's newsroom um, see you soon. see you sooi'i. >> see you soon. >> recession a word that is seared onto all of our retinas. but is it all as it seems, or is there more to this big red bad media word we'll dig into the details. >> and one judge has come under

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southwest england and into the midlands later. so there is some rainfall warnings in force here. we could see some spray on the roads and travel disruption from that parts of that heavy rain across parts of scotland, where it has been quite a wet start to the day. it will dry up through this afternoon and into the evening, and dry weather spread and that dry weather will spread eastwards there is a spell of tonight. but there is a spell of quite heavy rain to come across the through this the southeast through this evening, but by and large it will be a drier night tonight. plenty skies developing plenty of clear skies developing as will be as well, so it will be a slightly cooler night, but still fairly mild for time of year fairly mild for the time of year . there will be early . and there will be some early sunshine particularly sunshine on friday, particularly across england and across parts of england and wales sunshine could wales where the sunshine could last a lot of the day. however, there will slightly thicker there will be slightly thicker cloud further north and west, and cloud be thick and that cloud could be thick enough few showers, enough for a few showers, particularly parts of the particularly over parts of the pennines hills. in pennines and the hills. but in any do it will any sunshine you do see, it will feel quite pleasant once again. temperatures above temperatures still above average. see highs average. we could see highs around 16 degrees on friday. see you later . that warm around 16 degrees on friday. see you later. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers

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gb news way. >> good afternoon britain . it's >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on thursday the 15th of february is justice blind. >> one judge faces escalating accusations of bias as he let three protesters brandishing hamas paraglider images walk free despite their terror charges . judge ikram had charges. judge ikram had recently liked a social media post branding israel a terrorist. there are calls now for a retrial . for a retrial. >> britain in recession the uk has joined the ranks of ireland, denmark, the netherlands , denmark, the netherlands, austria, sweden and norway as one of the many european countries to have entered a technical recession this morning. but with growth so close to zero either side of the line, has anything really changed? >> and sadiq khan has announced

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