gb news. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> it's 3 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news, broadcast live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk today there's the judge who didn't punish three women guilty of a terror offence at a pro—palestine protest. >> just a few weeks after he'd liked an anti—israel post on social media. today i'm asking the big question can we really trust our judiciary to be politically neutral .7 next, the politically neutral? next, the uk is officially in recession. chancellor jeremy uk is officially in recession. chancellorjeremy hunt says the chancellor jeremy hunt says the economy is turning a corner. but is it our economics and business editor liam halligan , will give editor liam halligan, will give his verdict and he says keep calm and carry on and you don't want to miss our exclusive report on crime gangs or using high street businesses such as barber shops to launder money

and employ illegal immigrants . and employ illegal immigrants. >> you've probably got one or even 3 or 4 on your local high street. what's truly behind them and donald trump's in court right now. the don is charged with falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star. two cases in one day that will surely shape american political destiny. that's all coming up in your next hour . so thanks for that's all coming up in your next hour. so thanks forjoining next hour. so thanks for joining me on the show. it's always a pleasure to have your company as usual, i want to hear from you. please get stuck in. email me gbviews@gbnews.com today . the gbviews@gbnews.com today. the big question is can we trust our judiciary system to be politically neutral ? a lot of politically neutral? a lot of people thought it wasn't during brexit and now this case of three women found guilty of a terror incident. yet spared jail by a judge who seems to have political leanings himself as

asking that question all over again. loads to get stuck into, plus some explosive stats that show there's been a massive boom in anti—semitic hate crimes. you've guessed it since october the 7th. loads to get stuck into. fantastic show ahead . but into. fantastic show ahead. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. your top stories from the gb newsroom this afternoon. the chancellor says despite the uk entering into a recession , the economy is into a recession, the economy is turning a corner. into a recession, the economy is turning a corner . official turning a corner. official figures show the economy shrank by 0.3% at the end of last year, following a period of decline in the previous three months. it's 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 . jeremy hunt insists lockdown. jeremy hunt insists there's light at the end of the tunnel. >> 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 . 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 are much higher. the right 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. >> however, shadow chancellor rachel reeves says the prime minister's economic pledge is in tatters . tatters. >> the confirmation of recession exposes a government and a prime minister committed ally pally out of touch with the realities on the ground , a government that on the ground, a government that for too long has looked on economic failure with complacency content to be the managers of decline . rishi sunak

managers of decline. rishi sunak claims that he has a plan , but claims that he has a plan, but the plan is not working . the plan is not working. >> british gas owner centrica has renewed calls for a social tariff to allow people to pay less for their gas and electricity . it comes as new electricity. it comes as new data reveals british gas benefited last year from being able to claw back money lost dunng able to claw back money lost during the energy crisis . this during the energy crisis. this comes as new figures released today show 3 million low income households in england struggle to pay their energy bills. last yean to pay their energy bills. last year, government figures found that 13% were in fuel poverty, largely unchanged from the year before the foreign secretary has repeated calls for the us to pass a bill including support for ukraine. a warning the following footage contains flashing images. his comments came as the number of visa holders arriving into the uk. have fled the war in ukraine, topping 200,000. the bill has passed through the senate but faces an uncertain future in the house of representatives , where house of representatives, where hardline republicans aligned

with presidential frontrunner donald trump opposed the legislation during a visit to poland, lord cameron said the congress vote was crucial to helping ukraine succeed in its war against russia . war against russia. >> we applaud what the eu has already done for ukraine, but because of their strength and power in the world, we really do want to see the congress pass that money to support ukraine economically. but crucially, militarily . economically. but crucially, militarily. in the months ahead, we saw yet again yesterday in the black sea the huge success that ukraine is having against putin's russia in the us. >> donald trump told reporters he hasn't committed a crime as he hasn't committed a crime as he arrived in court seeking to dismiss a hush hush money case. protesters and police gathered outside the new york court ahead of the hearing. the former president, seeking to have a 34 count indictment thrown out the case, alleges he falsified business records related to a payment made to adult film star

stormy daniels before the 2016 election. the judge decision will determine whether the first ever criminal trial of a former us president can go ahead next month . israeli special forces month. israeli special forces say they've raided the biggest functioning hospital in gaza, video shows chaos in al—nasser hospital and people gathering in corridors that are filled with dust and smoke. israeli forces said the search is based on credible information that hamas is hiding in the facility , and is hiding in the facility, and hostages are being kept there. israeli military spokesman rear admiral daniel hagari described the raid on nasa hospital as precise and limited . precise and limited. >> we conduct precise rescue operations missions as we have in the past , operations missions as we have in the past, where our intelligence indicates that the bodies of hostages may be held. we have credible intelligence from a number of sources, including from released hostages, indicating that hamas held hostages at the nasa hospital in khan yunis , and that

hospital in khan yunis, and that there may be bodies of our hostages in the nasa hospital facility , and voters are casting facility, and voters are casting their ballots in wellingborough and in kingswood. >> the public have until 10:00 this evening to choose their replacement mps. following the departure of chris skidmore and peter bone . for all the latest peter bone. for all 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 gb news. com slash alerts . go to gb news. com slash alerts. now back to . martin. now back to. martin. >> thank you. tatiana. right, let's get our teeth into today's show. and we start with a huge controversy surrounding the three convicted of three women convicted of a terror offence at a pro—palestine protest . and there pro—palestine protest. and there are big questions. huge questions today about whether the judge who heard that case was impartial. tanweer akram is understood to have liked a comment on linkedin. three weeks ago that called for a free palestine and referred to israel

terrorists . he found them all terrorists. he found them all guilty after they displayed images of a paragliderjust the images of a paraglider just the week after hamas's october 7 invasion of israel. but in his own words, the judge decided not to punish them and gave them instead a conditional discharge . instead a conditional discharge. a spokesman for the courts and tribunals judiciary said ikram had made a genuine mistake by liking the linkedin post, and he didn't know that done didn't know that he'd even done it well. lawyer and legal affairs commentator joshua rozenberg told us the judge is in the wrong and it doesn't matter whether you intended to favour one side or another in a pubuc favour one side or another in a public debate , simply taking public debate, simply taking part in it will risk issues of bias or prejudgement in future cgses. >> cases. >> as the guidance puts it. and judges are told they must always be circumspect before taking part in public debate . so part in public debate. so clearly, if judges are on social

media and some are often under pseudonyms , um, they certainly pseudonyms, um, they certainly shouldn't say anything on social media. and that includes liking other people's comments . other people's comments. >> and on top of that, earlier today it emerged that more than 4000 anti—semitic incidents were recorded in the uk by jewish charity last year. that figure is a new record, a 150% boom and two thirds of those were after , two thirds of those were after, you've guessed it, october the 7th. well, i'm joined now in our studio in westminster by gb news reporter ray addison . ray, reporter ray addison. ray, welcome to the studio , to the welcome to the studio, to the show. you covered this case. you were in court. in fact , you were in court. in fact, you broke the story. the incredible line in that one of the accused actually is an asylum seeker. and she'd said to the home office in her claim she was fleeing persecution from hamas and yet, ray, here she was at this march displaying her mass related imagery. >> well, yes, this was revealed by her barrister . >> well, yes, this was revealed

by her barrister. um, >> well, yes, this was revealed by her barrister . um, actually, by her barrister. um, actually, after the verdict had been handed down by judge ikram, he had announced that the all three women were guilty and barristers were obviously mentioning some some mitigation. uh, ahead of heanng some mitigation. uh, ahead of hearing the actual sentence. and it was revealed , yes, she had it was revealed, yes, she had uh, she was an asylum seeker, refugee from , uh, from gaza refugee from, uh, from gaza because as she had been critical of hamas , we were told and, and of hamas, we were told and, and she was concerned. now how this conviction under the terrorism act , which is conviction under the terrorism act, which is what conviction under the terrorism act , which is what she received , act, which is what she received, would, you know, affect her status as a refugee in the uk, which is an astonishing thing to hear on the one minute you're fleeing persecution from hamas , fleeing persecution from hamas, on the next minute you're on a march displaying imagery presumably supporting hamas. >> let's dig into, um, judge ikram now, the subsequent emergence of him liking these posts sparked a huge debate. ray, um, about his ability to be neutral . but there's more, isn't neutral. but there's more, isn't there? you have some more information for us about what

he's been up to in the past? well, yeah, we found out a little bit more about him. >> he's a british muslim. he was raised in slough. um, his mum worked a factory. his dad was worked in a factory. his dad was a postman, and he was actually a mobile phone salesman. while he worked to becoming worked his way to becoming a solicitor . um, worked his way to becoming a solicitor. um, and in 2017, he was appointed deputy senior district judge at westminster magistrates court, which is where that hearing of the three women was held. now in 2022, he received a cbe for his services to judicial diversity , and he's to judicial diversity, and he's actually spent around the last 20 years or so leading around 150 judges who are engaged in diversity work . diversity work. >> and as soon as we hear that word these days, ray diversity, we hear it all the time in the military , in academia, where military, in academia, where ever that goes, it seems to imply y that there is potentially an agenda for going on. now, we're not saying that that influenced the outcome of this case, but it does pose another question about

neutrality in the judiciary , neutrality in the judiciary, something we talked about a lot dunng something we talked about a lot during the brexit referendum. right. the time after and right. and the time after and now this conversation is carry on. in fact, downing street now getting involved. >> yeah. downing street , um, >> yeah. downing street, um, have referred this, they say to the attorney general campaign against anti—semitism . um, has against anti—semitism. um, has made complaints . the crown made complaints. the crown prosecution service and the judicial conduct investigations office as well. and former home secretary suella braverman described it as utterly shocking and said that the sentence must be reviewed. of course, it's important to stress that we have been stressing that judge ikram has said that he clicked like on this linkedin post by accident. he wasn't even aware that he'd done it, and he obviously has apologised for doing it. um, but yes, now it has brought up this whole debate about impartial in the judiciary. >> and ray, stick with us throughout the show. excellent line by the way. you were you were the reporter who first got

out about the about the asylum case, which i think really moved this conversation on. and let's take it further now, because take it on further now, because i'm joined by gary mond, who's the national the chairman of the national jewish assembly. gary, welcome to the show. um, another day yet? no problem , mate, another yet? no problem, mate, another day yet. more data showing this grotesque boom in anti—semitic hate crimes in the uk. uk 150% increase since um. gary year. on year 4103 incidents 2700 since october. the seventh, two thirds of them since then. clearly that says to me that the events of october the 7th have caused a huge spike in poison on british streets . yes, i think it's streets. yes, i think it's important to begin by understanding where it's all coming from. >> in the old days, anti semitism used to come from the far right , the sort of neo nazi far right, the sort of neo nazi types with no real anti—semitism

, um, very much coming from british institutions , asians. british institutions, asians. but then there's been two further types of anti—semitism that have developed over the last 20 or so years . the first last 20 or so years. the first is the far left anti—semitic ism. jeremy corbyn and the, uh, the labour party under his control . uh, and we started to control. uh, and we started to see, uh, the left get, uh , see, uh, the left get, uh, taking very virulent stands against israel and then these kinds of morphs into anti—semitism over time . and the anti—semitism over time. and the other type of anti—semitism has been fundamentalist islamic anti—semitism, which hasn't been spoken about very much , uh, spoken about very much, uh, until much more recently . and we until much more recently. and we are seeing it by no means and by no means saying that muslims are anti—semitic. i'm simply saying that there a strain within that there is a strain within islamism, which quite frankly, hates jews and wants to kill them. and it is that strain that is developing greater ascendancy over time . that's where it's all over time. that's where it's all coming from. and those are the challenges facing us.

>> and, gary, when you dive into the data even further, it's even more shocking. 3328 cases of abusive behaviour are 305 threats, 266 physical assaults, 182 examples of damage and desecration, and 22 examples of anti—semitic literature. gary, i put it to you. when we see a single incident against, say, for example , a muslim or a for example, a muslim or a mosque, this is headline news. why so much anti—semitism seemingly happening in the media is turning largely a blind eye. >> it is a complete tragedy , and >> it is a complete tragedy, and my greatest fear is the day is going to come when a jewish person is going to be assaulted, seriously assaulted . but seriously assaulted. but unfortunately for his or her assailant, that jewish person might happen to know a bit of self—defence and might lash out in self—defence and seriously injure or even kill his or her assailants. and that person will be turned into a martyr. all over the country, and matters

will get infinitely worse. we've got to get a grip . and this got to get a grip. and this comes down to the government and the police and gary, another really concerning thing is the prevalence of these attitudes among young people. >> there's been a 232% increase in anti—semitism in schools, and a 203% increase on university campuses. why is it, in particular, do you think that young , young particular, do you think that young, young people are seemingly being brainwashed into anti—semitism ? anti—semitism? >> because much more needs to be donein >> because much more needs to be done in the education system to teach young people, firstly about society in general, and that all religions, all races, need to get on with each other without any exception whatsoever. >> and secondly , there's not >> and secondly, there's not enough though lot is being done, but a lot more can be done with regard to holocaust education. and when we hear these ridiculous chants of genocide demonstrated by people who actually don't understand what the word means because they're not really familiar with what happenedin not really familiar with what happened in in holocaust, happened in in the holocaust, then we all have to face facts,

and the facts are that history is not being properly taught, as is not being properly taught, as is the need for everyone to get on with each other . on with each other. >> and gary, you mentioned the holocaust there. you mentioned the shadow of history. gary, i saw a heartbreaking comment this morning. i read of a jewish lady who'd left the uk, her grandparents , she said, walked grandparents, she said, walked barefoot across europe to get to the uk to seek shelter and to seek solace to escape persecution from the nazis , and persecution from the nazis, and has now of her own volition, left the uk because she feels so afraid of the current environment. the echoes of history once again returning gary. that's a tremendously upsetting thing to hear. how afraid are jewish people now increasingly fearful ? increasingly fearful? >> i think it's the right time to use in a few cases, they're even terrified, and there are growing numbers of people talking about whether we, the jewish community, has a future in the uk. i believe it does, but there are many others who don't necessarily share my views. my organisation, the

national jewish assembly, will be having debate this issue be having a debate on this issue next month. >> well , gary next month. >> well, gary eamonn, thank you very much for joining >> well, gary eamonn, thank you very much forjoining us. >> chairman of the national jewish and please let jewish assembly. and please let us that debate and jewish assembly. and please let us us that debate and jewish assembly. and please let us us howt debate and jewish assembly. and please let us us how weebate and jewish assembly. and please let us us how we can; and jewish assembly. and please let us us how we can get and let us know how we can get involved and help try and end involved and help to try and end this poison . thank very this poison. thank you very much. mond . always welcome much. gary mond. always welcome on the show. now we'll have lots more rise in more on the rise in anti—semitism and also questions over the judge and the pro—palestine case throughout the . and there's plenty of the show. and there's plenty of coverage on our website gbnews.com and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country . so thank you very much . country. so thank you very much. now it's time for the great british giveaway, and it's your chance to win £18,000 in cash. here's all the details that you'll need for a chance to make that wonga yours. >> still, time to turn 2024 into 2020. more with your chance to win £18,000 in cash to spend. however you like, you really could be the next big winner of our great british giveaway. phil

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>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> there's a special show on gb news tonight covering the results of the by elections in wellingborough and kingswood. votes 2024. the people decide will be presented by tom harwood from midnight onwards and have loads of top guests with him throughout the night, including, of course, nigel farage. two massive by elections and a huge gateway for the future of the next general election. live on gb news from midnight right now, the uk is officially in a recession. the economy contracted by 0.3% and the final three months of last year. but the chancellor, jeremy hunt, is insists there is light at the end of the tunnel and that the government's plan is working. >> it was 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 high healthy growth with high inflation. also for families inflation. but also for families when the when there's a cost of living crisis , that's when the living crisis, that's when the cost of their weekly shop is going energy bills are going up. their energy bills are much higher . going up. their energy bills are much higher. it's the right thing to do . the underlying 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 in dependent forecasters say that by the early summer we could start to see interest rates falling . and that will be a very falling. and that will be a very important relief for families with mortgages . with mortgages. >> as you'd expect , however, >> as you'd expect, however, labour refused to accept the chancellor's explanation. jeremy hunt , shadow chancellor's explanation. jeremy hunt, shadow counterpart rachel reeves said the economy is an example of how rishi sunak is not fit to be in charge of the country . country. >> 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 the managers of decline . rishi sunak claims that decline. rishi sunak claims that he has a plan , but the plan is he has a plan, but the plan is not working well. >> join me now in the studio is our economics and business editor liam halligan liam , editor liam halligan liam, welcome to studio. always a pleasure to have you here. you called it right yesterday a mistake, liam, but where's the truth this? jeremy hunt says truth in this? jeremy hunt says keep calm and carry on. everything's fine . rachel everything's fine. rachel reeves says going in says we're going to hell in a hancock. the truth? hancock. where's the truth? >> , this first uk >> well, this is the first uk recession outside of the pandemic, which of course was a recession because we shut the economy down. this is the first recession since 2009. the first non—covid recession, a recession , of course, is two successive quarters of economic contraction. so july, august, september, compared to the same penod september, compared to the same period in 2022, july, august, september last year we

contracted by 0.1. and october, november, december last year, compared to the same quarter in 2022. we contracted by 0.3. these are very tight renee contractions in gdp and the size of the economy. all the goods and services in the economy be. but they are still a recession. and the thing is , as you know, and the thing is, as you know, chancellor jeremy and the thing is, as you know, chancellorjeremy hunt is on to chancellor jeremy hunt is on to something when he says it's backward looking . and so far in backward looking. and so far in january and february, the survey data much better. and data has been much better. and know thinks that the know economists thinks that the economy contracting now economy is contracting now because are genuine signs because there are genuine signs of rachel reeves is of life. but rachel reeves is right take political right to take political advantage this because of advantage of this because of course, the tories have really hung their electoral hat on the idea of going long, um, trying to have a general election in the autumn after 2 or 3 tax cuts, 2 or 3 interest rate cuts from the bank of england as inflation comes down to and have, you know, a big headline, the britain went into recession last year is obviously not a good look . but you're attitude

good look. but you're attitude has always been very much, you know, if we can keep calm and carry on and in fact year on yean carry on and in fact year on year, there's slight growth. >> so there's been a little bit of a wiggle the last couple of quarters. but on the whole it's relatively flat. quarters. but on the whole it's relethely flat. quarters. but on the whole it's relethe uk.at. quarters. but on the whole it's relethe uk did grow year, >> the uk did grow last year, albeit by 0.1, and the uk's forecast to grow this year by more than most of the other advanced oecd countries. it's worth saying germany's been in and out of recession since late 2022. the norwegian economy has beenin 2022. the norwegian economy has been in recession, the irish economy has been in recession. you know , pretty much the only you know, pretty much the only standout economy in the world. the americans growing by 2 or 3% because they've got lots and lots of cheap energy. given their fracking revolution . ian, their fracking revolution. ian, i'd say this, martin, when i'd also say this, martin, when we do go into recession , as we we do go into recession, as we did at the back end of last yean did at the back end of last year, we now know even if it's just a tiny little statistical oil, you know, we were one side of a political statistical line rather than the other side. it could have gone either way, but it is significant because when

we're in recession, people like me say, i have to. we're in recession. you know, politicians like rachel reeves hastily convened press conferences to hammer the tories. convened press conferences to hammer the tories . and that's hammer the tories. and that's what she's there to do. you'd expect her to do that, but it does impact business and consumer confidence . yeah, consumer confidence. yeah, because we associate recessions with really, really tough times , with really, really tough times, like the global financial crisis, like , you know, the 70, crisis, like, you know, the 70, the recessions of the 70s and the recessions of the 70s and the early 80s that you and i grew up with totally changed our worldview , right? totally got us worldview, right? totally got us into politics and current affairs because could see affairs because we could see ordinary people suffering . and ordinary people suffering. and they deep recessions they were really deep recessions . um, the global . right. um, the global financial crisis was the deepest recession in over 100 years. this is a very shallow and a very short recession. but we're still using the dreaded r word. and i've used that r word, you know, half a dozen times just in this little exchange, because i'm trying to report what's going on. but the of that r going on. but the use of that r word it impact business word, it does impact business decisions . it does impact decisions. it does impact consumer people won't consumer decisions. people won't buy that they won't move

buy that car. they won't move house. they won't build that factory . won't that factory. they won't make that investment. they won't employ factory. they won't make that investextra. they won't employ factory. they won't make that investextra people von't employ factory. they won't make that investextra people t0|'t employ factory. they won't make that investextra people to expand oy those extra people to expand their business. so statistical labels have a real economic impact. >> and they and they certainly make the everyday member of the pubuc make the everyday member of the public tighten their belt. they're getting squeezed on interest rates. they're getting squeezed the bottom . they're squeezed at the bottom. they're getting squeezed their getting squeezed on their grocery . liam. grocery baskets. liam. confidence . they hear confidence plummets. they hear the their immediate the r word. their immediate reaction spend any reaction is not to spend any dough. reaction is not to spend any dough . round round we go. dough. round and round we go. well, that we can well, i'm hoping that we can power our way this. power our way out of this. >> uk economy, you know, is >> the uk economy, you know, is holding relatively . well. holding up relatively. well. there certainly hasn't been a sort of massive brexit disaster which many people claim that there would are pretty there would be. we are pretty much the pack for the much middle of the pack for the oecd and the g7 since 2016. since we to leave since since we voted to leave since late 2020, actually left late 2020, when we actually left it. um, and there are some good signs now. there are survey indices. they called the pmi surveys . martin, you indices. they called the pmi surveys. martin, you and i've talked about them in the past, purchasing manager index

surveys. are surveys surveys. these are surveys of business businesses , business leaders big businesses, small businesses where they think the economy is going. they're bellwethers. they're kind forecast . what the kind of they forecast. what the official numbers are going to say when the official numbers come out months later and the pmi the uk, pmi indices for the uk, particularly service sector, particularly the service sector, there know, 18 month there are, you know, 18 month highs moment , the highs at the moment, the manufacturing they're manufacturing sector, they're pmi surveys are certainly on the up better order books. up amidst better order books. it's not out it's certainly not rosy out there in the economic garden, but it's not all doom and gloom ehhen but it's not all doom and gloom either. so i'm hoping we can shake relatively short shake off this relatively short and very, very shallow recess . and very, very shallow recess. ian. notwithstanding the efforts of opposition politicians of course, to make as much political hay as they can. >> but but quickly, if we could. liam. jeremy hunt is blaming interest rates , because, of interest rates, because, of course, that's the one thing that makes people sort of think, oh my i'm losing so much oh my god, i'm losing so much money in my outward going payments. key to payments. is that the key to finally and finally unlocking this and getting on the right track? >> well, jeremy hunt doesn't want blame the want to ostensibly blame the bank all those bank of england and all those interest rises 14 a row.

interest rate rises 14 in a row. we're still at 5.25% on those interest rates, because if he did that, then he would be trying steer the bank of trying to steer the bank of england. that's political trying to steer the bank of engno. d. that's political trying to steer the bank of engno. d. bankat's political trying to steer the bank of engno. d. bankat'sengland:al no no. the bank of england is meant be independent. but, meant to be independent. but, you know, it for him. you know, let me do it for him. right. bank of england right. the bank of england should interest now. should cut interest rates now. yeah the of england still yeah the bank of england still has of monetary has members of the monetary policy committee who recently voting . what voting for rate increases. what planet are they on? literally what do they know about economics? we do need lower interest rates. i do think the inflation danger is largely over for now. we've already got 14 interest rate cuts in the tank. the lagged effect of those is still having an impact. let's get these interest rates lower. let's get confidence back. let's get this economy . moving. get this economy. moving. >> liam halligan i hope they're listening to you and you normally get things right. come on. listen liam. let's get on. listen to liam. let's get those rates cut so people can start with start relaxing, get on with their lives, spend some dosh. thank you very much. liam halligan always on the money. there's lots more still to come

between now and 4:00. and we've got an exclusive report on crime gangs who using street gangs who are using high street businesses barber shops businesses such as barber shops to money and employ to launder money and even employ illegal immigrant s. but first, it's for latest news it's time for your latest news headunes it's time for your latest news headlines tatiana sanchez . martin. >> thank you. your top stories from the newsroom chancellor jeremy hunt says despite the uk entering into recession, the economy is turning a corner. official figures show the economy shrank by nought point 3% at the end of last year , 3% at the end of last year, following a period of decline in the previous three months. it's 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 rachel reeves says the prime minister is completely out of touch with the realities on the ground . a 16 year old boy has ground. a 16 year old boy has died after being stabbed in a park in bristol. he was attacked in rawnsley park by two people wearing masks, who then fled the scene on bicycles . a murder scene on bicycles. a murder investigation has been launched. this, of course, comes weeks after deaths of teenagers.

after the deaths of teenagers. mason wrist and max dixon, who were stabbed in the knowle west area of the city. a judge is facing criticism after liking a pro—palestine . social media pro—palestine. social media post. judge tan ikram spared jail for three women who displayed images of paragliders at a protest just a week after hamas used paragliders to enter and attack israel in october, he was found to have light posts which said free palestine and that branded israel a terrorist . that branded israel a terrorist. but judge ikram told gb news that he didn't know that he'd like the post and that if he did, it was a genuine mistake . did, it was a genuine mistake. and the us has launched its first lunar lander to the moon , first lunar lander to the moon, 3221 ignition and lift—off , a 3221 ignition and lift—off, a spacex falcon nine rocket was used to launch the spacecraft , used to launch the spacecraft, nicknamed odysseus, with the hope that it will touch down near the south pole of the moon next week . if all goes well, it next week. if all goes well, it would be the first time a

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trump is back in court again today in his charged with falsifying business records to cover up hush money payment to a porn star. i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel

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gb news now later this hour, after harry and meghan rebranded their website , but it's now their website, but it's now emerged they've also rebranded their children . you couldn't their children. you couldn't make it up now, the home office has warned it intends to step up efforts to pursue crime gangs using high street businesses as fronts for their criminality. gb news been told of an news has been told of an explosion in the number of barber shops in particular, which are now being exploited by criminals to launder money and even employ illegal immigrants. we were given exclusive access to a raid in oxford, where the minister for illegal immigration, michael tomlinson , immigration, michael tomlinson, joined enforcement officers targeting . a barber's suspected targeting. a barber's suspected of employing foreign nationals illegally. our home security editor , mark white, has this editor, mark white, has this report heading into this suburb of oxford , these immigration of oxford, these immigration enforcement officers are en route to raid a local barber shop. >> it's suspected of employing illegal immigrants, part of a growing phenomenon where these

high street businesses are being increasingly exploited . as increasingly exploited. as fronts for criminality . these fronts for criminality. these officers are looking for an albanian asylum seeker who's abscond and believed to be working . here for a while. 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 well as employment laws, as well as officers continue to search this business. as the albanian owner arrived . and he now faces the arrived. and he now faces the prospect of a much higher fine with tougher penalties for businesses introduced this week of up to £45,000 for each immigrant caught working illegally , immigration 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 really sense it. >> you can sense the work they're doing and work is they're doing and that work is going continue across the country. >> the number of barber shops has exploded , almost 18,000 in has exploded, almost 18,000 in total, up 50% in just a few 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. >> there is broad organised crime behind this. these sort of premises do not pop up overnight without behind and without money behind them, and it's really important that we work agencies such as work with agencies such as national agency, such as national crime agency, such as policing such as hmrc and other government departments . to government departments. to ensure that the weight of all

the governments powers is brought to bear on those who seek to exploit vulnerable individuals. bars car individuals. neil bars and car washes have long been associated individuals. neil bars and car washcriminal.ong been associated individuals. neil bars and car washcriminal gangs,en associated with criminal gangs, often employing exploiting illegal employing and exploiting illegal immigrants . 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 they say they won't hesitate to go after those they suspect of breaking the law . suspect of breaking the law. mark white, gb news fantastic report , no doubt on your local report, no doubt on your local high street. >> there's now more barber shops and there are chicken shops or bookies. they're all over the shop and people don't even go into them for haircuts. half of them are sitting empty there in every town in britain. what's going on? mark white's getting to there to to the truth. there still to come. talk about donald come. i'll talk about donald trump's latest court case, and this time he's accused of falsifying business records to cover money payment a cover up hush money payment to a porn you do , but first

porn star, as you do, but first in a new gb news series, innovation britain. we're looking at the huge success of british manufacturing around the country . country. >> we've come to tunbridge wells and we're not just in any machine shop . machine shop. >> jota are very special. >> jota are very special. >> now who are jota? >> now who are jota? >> jota, we're a world >> so jota, we're a world endurance champion race team along with the motorsport heritage . heritage. >> you obviously need a lot of manufacturing background to support this industry and that's why we got this dedicated machine shop to support exactly that. >> and how important is the motorsport industry to the uk economy? >> oh, it's absolutely massive. >> oh, it's absolutely massive. >> know , seven out of ten f1 >> you know, seven out of ten f1 teams are based in the uk. i mean it's a it's £1 billion industry. um, we're a global leader in this economy, in this sector , um, employing thousands. sector, um, employing thousands. >> and how does small shops like

this contribute to that massive industry ? industry? >> i mean, like the background of us where we are doing a lot of us where we are doing a lot of r&d work . i of us where we are doing a lot of r&d work. i mean, the technologies, they're not even out there yet to the general public. um, we come in, we design the process and the parts and eventually you'll see these parts being manufactured in the millions by big oem. >> and what is it about having a small machine shop like this that lets you do such advanced engineering? >> i mean , the background of >> i mean, the background of that, it's about being quick to react where we work in the motorsport industry, you know, when a parts needed, it might land sort of 5:00 in land on our lap, sort of 5:00 in the evening. >> that's needed the >> that's needed for the next morning. that, we >> that's needed for the next morning. that , we develop morning. with that, we develop the we can and the processes, how we can go and develop things, get them out there industry quick. the there to industry quick. the technology we in technology here that we do in most thought that trickles down to automotive sectors and to the automotive sectors and it's things like you see in your family car, you know, you can thank people like us for why you're getting your mpg

radio show . radio show. welcome back. >> it's 348. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now harry and meghan got stick this week after rebranding their website at sussex.com, of course. and now they've gone one step further by rebranding their children . the rebranding their children. the couple have given archie and lilibet the surname sussex in place of their actual name mountbatten—windsor. well joining me now is gb news royal correspondent cameron walker. cameron . first they nicked cameron. first they nicked lilibet the sacred blessed nick name of the queen, late queen. now . now they've dropped the now. now they've dropped the surname. what are they playing at? >> well i'm quite i'm not quite sure why they decided to announce this this week. of course, as you said in your introduction, legal name course, as you said in your in'mountbatten—windsor.iame course, as you said in your in'mountbatten—windsor. bute course, as you said in your in'mountbatten—windsor. but they is mountbatten—windsor. but they have this name. have decided to adopt this name.

sussex their two children. sussex for their two children. and playing this and it's playing on this narrative. suppose that they narrative. i suppose that they have, they're carving out have, uh, they're carving out for themselves website , for themselves a new website, the royal crest. and now really capitalising all that's the accusation , capitalising on the accusation, capitalising on the sussex there is some sussex name. there is some precedent to this. if you remember, when george, charlotte and went school on and louis went to school on their bags, it george their school bags, it was george cambridge . course, duke cambridge. of course, the duke and cambridge were and duchess of cambridge were there was his parents at the time and william time and when harry and william were school and sandhurst, were at school and at sandhurst, they known as captain they were known as captain wales. there is some wales. so there is some precedence. however the timing is the problem here because it's just really feeding into that narrative that they are capitalising on the title of sussex . sussex. >> um, it feels like a ghastly branding exercise. yeah it's certainly a rebrand. >> i think there's no doubt about it. they did, um, promise the late queen, queen elizabeth iithey the late queen, queen elizabeth ii they would not capitalise on the royal. what they didn't the word royal. what they didn't agree on was the word sussex. and i think what we're seeing play and i think what we're seeing play out here is this rebrand really using that sussex, really using that word sussex, their to perhaps try and their title to perhaps try and make them a bit more money. but

we'll to wait and see. we'll have to wait and see. >> debacle rolls on and on. >> the debacle rolls on and on. cameron thank you for cameron walker, thank you for joining in the studio. always joining us in the studio. always a now another a pleasure. now then another day, for day, another court case for donald trump . and this time the donald trump. and this time the former us president is charged with falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to cover up a hush money payment to porn star, as you do. trump to a porn star, as you do. trump arrived at the courthouse in a motorcade a couple of hours ago. you can see on your screen there it meant trump didn't come into contact with a small but very loud group of protesters who gathered outside that courthouse. trump told reporters that the case against him was a sign of how far the usa has fallen since the last presidential election. >> the thing that i've heard and read , even from legal scholars , read, even from legal scholars, said there is absolutely no case law. >> it's not a crime . >> it's not a crime. >> this is not a crime. and when you look at what's going on outside on the streets where violent crime is at an all time high, i think it's a very, very it's a great double standard .

it's a great double standard. >> the other thing this case could have been brought three years there is case. years ago. there is no case. they decided not to bring it. they decided not to bring it. the district attorney bragged they didn't want to bring it. he said want to bring said he doesn't want to bring this it's not a crime. this case, but it's not a crime. we're here for something that is this case, but it's not a crime. we' a here for something that is this case, but it's not a crime. we' a here f(nobody's ng that is this case, but it's not a crime. we' a here f(nobody's ever1at is this case, but it's not a crime. we' a here f(nobody's ever seen not a crime. nobody's ever seen anything like it. what it is election interference. it's being run by joe biden's white house. his top person was placed here in order to make sure everything goes right . here in order to make sure everything goes right. this is a this is a terrible time for our country. this is a real dark penod. period. >> well, that's donald trump there sitting on the fence as ever and joining me now is the chairman of the republicans overseas uk, greg swenson. greg thanks for coming to the studio. always a pleasure. so there is no case. this is ridiculous . no case. this is ridiculous. that's what trump says. what's the reality ? two court cases in the reality? two court cases in one day. a lot of people saying today could influence political future in america. >> very well could >> i mean it very well could have some influence. >> i don't think it will move the that much. >> i don't think it will move the remembert much. >> i don't think it will move the remember , much. >> i don't think it will move the remember , ohcei. >> i don't think it will move the remember , once these >> remember, once these indictments trump's indictments started, trump's numbers went straight up.

>> ron desantis, >> i was behind ron desantis, as you and once back in march you know, and once back in march of 23, you know , he was of 23, you know, he was basically tied with with trump santos and trump were tied once the indictment started . trump, the indictment started. trump, trump numbers went straight up. they all came from desantis. it was a 15 point move up for trump. that's 30 points total. same same as the mar—a—lago raid in the summer of 22. 30 point move in one week from before and after the raid. so this stuff is actually helping him with the republicans . the question is, republicans. the question is, will it will it hurt him in the general election? there are a small, you know, 10% or less of small, you know, 10% or less of small amount of republicans that have said they won't vote for trump if he's convicted of one of these indictments with 91 indictments. this, you know , indictments. this, you know, this is possible. i mean , that this is possible. i mean, that one. now, this case in particular, where i think president trump and his comments is absolutely right. his comments might be a little clumsy sometime sometimes. but he's on the merits that he's right on the merits that this case should not have even been. really shouldn't be in

been. it really shouldn't be in the court. it's a misdemeanour at best. he's alvin bragg is at best. and he's alvin bragg is elevated it to a felony , which elevated it to a felony, which is pretty outrageous. consider thing he's lowering felony convictions , fines or convictions, fines or indictments. violent felonies to misdemeanours in new york. at the same time the place is a mess. i was just there this week and all of this would sink a lesser man, but it seems to sort of boost and boost and boost donald trump. >> and another extraordinary comment, greg, overnight from vladimir saying would vladimir putin saying he would prefer joe biden to be the president. is that because joe biden inactive and toothless biden is inactive and toothless against him, and he fears trump ? against him, and he fears trump? >> it doesn't surprise me. and you know, critics have been you know, the critics have been saying, well, trump is sympathetic to putin. it would be bad for america. and yes, trump does have a tendency to cosy up with with our adversaries. right. but he's actually been much more deliberate against putin than biden has been. and so if i were putin, i would want biden to be president as well. his his support of ukraine has been incrementalist at best. you

know, with basic needs know, starting with basic needs in the beginning of the war and then finally agreeing to tanks and then f—16s later. it's been really incremental in nature . really incremental in nature. and trump back in when he took office in 2017, immediately sent javelin missiles to ukraine, whereas obama and biden were sending only non lethal equipment, sending it to an airbase in poland, a us airbase in poland, and then trucking it in poland, and then trucking it in commercial trucks to kyiv. they were really afraid of annoying or and pushing putin in any way. and trump actually did the opposite. and very quickly, if we could . if we could. >> greg, do you think trump's got a good chance of becoming the next president of the usa? >> yes he does. as long as biden is his opponent, he will win. okay, some dramatic okay, barring some dramatic surprise, see births of greg swenson. >> thank you for coming in. always a pleasure. now, a judge who didn't punish three women guilty offence at a guilty of a terror offence at a pro—palestine recently pro—palestine protest recently liked an anti—israel post on

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gb news. >> good afternoon . it's 4 pm. >> good afternoon. it's 4 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. in today's show , there's the uk. in today's show, there's the judge who didn't punish three women guilty of a terror offence at a pro—palestine protest just at a pro—palestine protest just a few weeks after he'd liked an anti—israel post on social media. today i'm asking the big question can we truly trust our judiciary to be politically neutral? next, the uk is officially in recession . officially in recession. chancellor jeremy officially in recession. chancellorjeremy hunt says the chancellor jeremy hunt says the economy is turning a corner. but is it really ? our business and is it really? our business and economics and business editor, liam halligan will give us his

full verdict . but i've also got full verdict. but i've also got news of a huge rise in knife crime. a day after a teenager was stabbed to death again in bristol . and will this new bristol. and will this new policy help tackle violence on our streets? well, the government is providing funding that should see more bobbies on the beat in areas plagued by anti—social behaviour . who would anti—social behaviour. who would have thought it? more coppers on the street? a good idea to cut crime. and that's all coming up in your next hour. crime. and that's all coming up in your next hour . thank you for in your next hour. thank you for joining me on the show. it's always a pleasure to have your company. the big question i'm asking today is, do we have a politically neutral judiciary? a lot of big questions were asked in the brexit referendum . post in the brexit referendum. post brexit, the judiciary seem to be stacked against democracy in the sense of getting brexit through and again with the rwanda bill.

but recently, the three women convicted of this terror offence at the pro palestine march were spared jail and now it's emerged that the judge in question has his own political leanings . do his own political leanings. do you think our judiciary system is biased? let me know. the usual way is gbviews@gbnews.com but first it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin. thank you and good afternoon to you. well, the top story from the gb newsroom today is the chancellor says despite the uk entering into recession, the uk entering into recession, the economy is turning a corner . the economy is turning a corner. official figures show the economy shrank by 0.3% at the end of last year , following end of last year, following similar contractions in the previous three months. that's the first time the uk's gdp has also dropped since the first half of 2020. after the first covid lockdown .jeremy hunt covid lockdown. jeremy hunt insists though , that there is

insists though, that there is light at the end of the tunnel. >> 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, but also for families is when the when there's a cost of living crisis, when the cost of living crisis, when the cost of their weekly shop is going up, energy bills are much up, their energy bills are much higher. it's the right to 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, if dependent forecasters say that by the early summer we could start to see interest rates falling . see interest rates falling. >> chancellor jeremy hunt , well, >> chancellor jeremy hunt, well, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, disagrees. she says the prime minister's economic pledge is in tatters. the confirmation of recession exposes a government and a prime minister completely out of touch with the

realities on the ground , a realities on the ground, a government that for too long has looked on economic failure with complacency , content to be the complacency, content to be the manager of decline . manager of decline. >> rishi sunak claims that he has a plan , but the plan is not working. >> rachel reeves now the british gas owner, centrica, has renewed calls for a social tariff to allow people to pay less for their gas and electricity. that that comes as new data revealed british gas benefited last year from being able to reclaim money lost during the energy crisis , a lost during the energy crisis, a new figures released today show 3 million low income households in england struggled to pay their energy bills last year. government statistics found that 13% were in fuel poverty , mostly 13% were in fuel poverty, mostly unchanged from the year before . unchanged from the year before. a romanian people smuggler has been sentenced to three years behind bars for cramming seven migrants into a van and trying

to get into the uk . the to get into the uk. the overcrowded compartment was discovered by border force officials at harwich international port last december. two of the migrants claimed asylum, but five were deemed illegal and sent back to the netherlands. the minister for illegal migration, michael tomlinson , says that those tomlinson, says that those putting lives at risk will face the full weight of the law . the the full weight of the law. the foreign secretary has today repeated calls for the united states to pass a bill, including support for ukraine and a warning if you're going to watch on television the following footage contains some flashing imagery. his comments came as the number of visa holders arriving in the uk after fleeing the war in ukraine topped 200,000. the bill was passed through the senate but faces an uncertain future in the house of representatives , where the representatives, where the hardline republicans aligned with presidential frontrunner donald trump, who's opposed to the legislation. during a visit to poland, lord cameron said the congress vote was crucial in helping ukraine ukraine succeed

in the war against russia. >> we applaud what the eu has already done for ukraine, but because of their strength and power in the world, we really do want to see the congress pass that money to support ukraine economically, but crucially, militarily . militarily. >> in the months ahead . we saw >> in the months ahead. we saw yet again yesterday in the black sea the huge success that ukraine is having against putin's russia . putin's russia. >> lord cameron now in the us, donald trump has told reporters he hasn't committed a crime as he hasn't committed a crime as he arrived at court seeking to dismiss a so—called hush money case. protesters and police gathered outside the new york court ahead of the hearing. the former president, seeking to have 34 count indictments thrown out. the case alleges he falsified business records related to a payment made to an aduh related to a payment made to an adult film star before the 2016 election. the judge's decision

will determine whether or not the first ever criminal trial of a former us president can go ahead next month . here at home, ahead next month. here at home, voters are casting their ballots in by elections taking place in wellingborough in northamptonshire and kingswood in south gloucestershire . the in south gloucestershire. the pubuc in south gloucestershire. the public has until 11:00 this evening to choose their replacement mps following the departures of chris skidmore and peter bone. full details on those by elections right here gb news throughout the evening and if you'd like to sign up for free news alerts, do scan the qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news. common alerts . go to gb news. common alerts. >> thank you paul . we've got a >> thank you paul. we've got a huge hour ahead and we start with the huge controversy surrounding the three women convicts of a terror offence at a pro—palestine protest test. and there are big, big questions today about whether the judge who heard that case was actually

impartial. tam akram is understood to have liked a comment on linkedin three weeks ago, but called for a free palestine and also referred to israel as terrorists. you found them all guilty after they displayed images of a paraglider just a week after hamas . october just a week after hamas. october the 7th terrorists invade vision of israel , but the 7th terrorists invade vision of israel, but in his own words, the judge decided not to punish them and instead gave them a conditional discharge. a spokesman for the courts and tribunals judiciary said ikram had made a genuine mistake by liking the linkedin post, and he didn't even know that he'd done it well . lawyer and legal it well. lawyer and legal affairs commentator joshua rosenberg told us the judge was in the wrong. >> it doesn't matter whether you intended to favour one side or another in a public debate , another in a public debate, simply taking part in it will risk issues of bias or prejudgement in future cases, as

the guidance puts it, and judges are told they must always be circumspect before taking part in public debate. so clearly , if in public debate. so clearly, if judges are on social media and some are often under pseudonyms, um, they certainly shouldn't say anything on social media. and that includes liking other people's comments. >> well, on top of that, early today it also emerged that more than 4000 anti semitic incidents were recorded in the uk by a jewish charity last year alone , jewish charity last year alone, and that figure is a new record 150% increase year on year. and i'm joined in the studio now by gb news reporter ray addison. rae, you covered the case. you were in westminster magistrates court during it. the the calling itself , the jury's verdict, not itself, the jury's verdict, not the verdict, raised eyebrows , the verdict, raised eyebrows, but now shading in the blanks about neutral ity of tan ikram .

about neutral ity of tan ikram. what's the latest? >> well, yes, the campaign against anti—semitism discovered what's being called an anti israel post on linkedin. it was posted by a barrister and to paraphrase it, it basically said justice will be coming to the israeli terrorist and it had been liked by judge ikram . he been liked by judge ikram. he has been very, um, keen ever since that, that it was a genuine mistake. he didn't realise that, he says that he'd liked it . um, realise that, he says that he'd liked it. um, but obviously he's he's apologised for accidentally liking it. but the campaign against anti—semitism is now making complaints . they've made making complaints. they've made complaints to the crown prosecution service . they say prosecution service. they say this is the caa saying that there might be grounds now to set aside this ruling. ruling made by judge ikram. they also complaining to the judicial conduct investigations office, which obviously has its own sanctions procedures and deals directly with judges .

directly with judges. >> and now downing street waded in. yeah, absolutely. >> downing street has referred this, they say, to the attorney general, they've described the sentencing according to reports, as deeply troubling . and we've as deeply troubling. and we've also heard from other senior politicians such as suella braverman, as well . she said it braverman, as well. she said it was utterly shocking and that the sentence needed to be reviewed. >> and you've had a little look back into tan ikram past, as it were . and it seems there's a bit were. and it seems there's a bit more to him than meets the eye. >> yeah, he's had a long career. he's a he's a british muslim. he was in slough. his mum's was raised in slough. his mum's a factory worker . was raised in slough. his mum's a factory worker. his dad's a postman. >> i'm afraid we have to interrupt you, ray, and let's cross now york city, cross now to new york city, where donald back where donald trump's back in court charged with court today. he's charged with falsifying business records to cover hush money payment cover up the hush money payment to star. to a porn star. >> of thousands of >> hundreds of thousands of people pouring . in. people pouring. in. >> okay, so there's trump. the feed is momentarily frozen. he's

in new york, of course, facing one of two charges. one one also in atlanta today . in atlanta today. >> nato before, all i can say is this nato countries have to pay up. they have to pay their bills. the united states is for in $200 billion, and they're in for $25 billion. the economy , as for $25 billion. the economy, as you know, their their economy , you know, their their economy, when you add them up, they add up the countries that make up nato. it's about the same size as our economy . so we're in for as our economy. so we're in for 200 billion. they're in for 25 billion. and it's much more important to them because we have an ocean in between . it's have an ocean in between. it's a much more, much different thing. so the nato countries have to pay up - so the nato countries have to pay up . they're not paying up. pay up. they're not paying up. they're not paying what they should. and they laugh at the stupidity of the united states of america, where we have a guy that gives $60 billion every time somebody comes and asks for it, we shouldn't be doing that. they're laughing at us. they think we're the stupid country because leadership . but because of our leadership. but as this is concerned , as far as this is concerned, it's election interference by

biden because it's the only way he can think to get elected. because he's accomplished nothing . but i'm honoured to sit nothing. but i'm honoured to sit here. i'm honoured to sit here. day after day after day on something that everybody says the greatest legal scholars say it's not even a crime . thank you it's not even a crime. thank you very much. how do you plan on campaigning while you're in court, sir? >> i'll do it in the evening. >> i'll do it in the evening. >> you coming back tomorrow >> are you coming back tomorrow for verdict ? i'll go on. for the verdict? i'll go on. >> now , that was donald trump >> now, that was donald trump there in typically rambunctious form in new york. >> i'm using his trial to have a have a blast at nato saying . the have a blast at nato saying. the nato countries need to pay up . nato countries need to pay up. usa puts in $200 million nato . usa puts in $200 million nato. other nato countries only pay $25 million. he's already electioneering isn't he? for the next presidential race. he's positioning positioning himself as the president in waiting, already dictating foreign policy. and don't forget, overnight, vladimir putin suggested that he would rather

joe biden be the president. i wonder why that may be. a lot of people think that he'll be easier to manipulate than donald trump. but look back to our previous story now, and that is about the new reality or not in the judiciary. and on back the judiciary. and on the back of that, also had a shock of that, we also had a shock poll out today showing the huge boom in anti—semitism in the uk. and i'm joined now by mark gardiner, who's the chief executive of the community security trust. and that's the charity that released today's figures on anti—semitic incidents. welcome to the show, mark. an astonishing report, one that really made you take your breath away . over 4000, 4103 breath away. over 4000, 4103 anti—semitic incidents in the past year alone. a huge increase of 150% and two thirds of them mark since october the 7th. yeah october the 7th triggered all of this . this. >> the most shocking thing for us is not that when israel is at

war, that there's anti—semitism we've seen that again and again . we've seen that again and again. but on this occasion, when we stepped back and looked at the figures, the worst week , the figures, the worst week, the worst single week of all was actually the first week. >> it was immediately after the hamas terrorist attacks upon israel . so there's, uh, you israel. so there's, uh, you know, there's a narrative out there that basically somehow or other, oh, well, you know, people are really uptight about what israel does now . the thing what israel does now. the thing that excited them most anti—jewish attacks was , of anti—jewish attacks was, of course, the mass murder of jews on the 7th of october and mark some of the detail is simply staggering . staggering. >> um, 3328 incidents of abuse of behaviour, 305 direct threats , 266. assault 182. examples of damage and desecration, and 22 desecration of anti—semitic literature. mark i put it to you. if a single incident had

happened this way towards the muslim community, there'd be a massive, massive outcry. why is the media and the public so quiet about such rampant anti—semitism ? i don't think anti—semitism? i don't think it's necessary, really, or correct to say if one incident happens against the muslim community, that everybody would have gone wild, but there is certainly truth in the fact that those sectors of society that normally rightly express concern about racism when it comes to anti—jewish racism , um, there's anti—jewish racism, um, there's anti—jewish racism, um, there's a very, very stony silence indeed. >> uh, the government and the police tried really hard to combat this anti—semitism . the combat this anti—semitism. the opposition has also been largely very strong on it as well . but very strong on it as well. but there's very much a feeling within the jewish community that those people who are very quick to condemn racism and other circumstance as well , they take circumstance as well, they take a somewhat different attitude when it comes to anti—jewish hatred . hatred. >> and mark, there's no sign of

these pro—palestine protests going away. there have been two this week alone in london, another one scheduled for saturday. do you think part of the problem, mark, is that the police seem to be so standoffish they let them get away with crying jihad. let them crying for jihad. they let them get with blatant get away with blatant anti—semitism. we've seen anti—semitism. and we've seen this case this week where three women hamas women displaying hamas paragliders were spared jail . paragliders were spared jail. well it was actually quite extraordinary that the police arrested those three women because normally you would never get arrested for something that was as , as, uh, potentially tenuous. >> now we knew what these paragliders represented . and the paragliders represented. and the police also knew what they represented . and the police represented. and the police actually went to a lot of trouble with witness appeals to ensure that these ended up ensure that these women ended up being arrested and in the dock. i think that overall, the criticisms of the police , some criticisms of the police, some of them are fair, but an awful lot them are really wild and lot of them are really wild and over top. not the over the top. it's not the police's fault that the legislature arrests

legislature only permits arrests in certain circumstances, and you see in these demonstrations now , if somebody comes on the now, if somebody comes on the demo with a swastika on a placard , they'll be arrested. placard, they'll be arrested. and that's simply wasn't the case when all this began on the 7th of october. we also see the quite strong dispersal of crowds and things like that . there's and things like that. there's been a real tightening up of the policing on the demos, and that's not forget that ten, 20 years ago when these demonstrations were happening at the time of the iraq war in 2003, there were well over a million people on the streets on a dawn attack. iraq report mark steyn joint ticket, where people dressed up as suicide bombers. we had open , open support for we had open, open support for hamas and hezbollah terrorism, basically , what happens is every basically, what happens is every time you have a round of these demonstrations, the law makers, i.e. the politicians , catch up i.e. the politicians, catch up with what needs done, they tighten the restrictions and then the next time it comes around, because it always comes around, because it always comes around again , people go right up around again, people go right up to the limit of the law. we

complain people like yourself also rightly complain and then gradually the legislation gets tightened and then the policing changes. so it's a it's a bit oversimplistic just to blame the place. okay >> so thank you very much for joining us today. mark gardner, chief of the community chief executive of the community security trust. he that security trust. he put that report about a huge boom in report out about a huge boom in anti—semitism since october the 7th on british streets . now, 7th on british streets. now, a criminal barrister. 7th on british streets. now, a criminal barrister . will join me criminal barrister. will join me at 5:00 to give his take on judge stanwick, a cram liking an anti—israel social media post. and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much. now it's time for the great british giveaway, and you really be next you really could be our next winner with £18,000 in cold hard cash , courtesy of us. you fancy cash, courtesy of us. you fancy a chance of getting your hands on that? well, here's all the details that you need to enter , details that you need to enter, and still time to become and there's still time to become the winner of our great british

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says the economy is now turning a corner. but as you'd expect, shadow chancellor rachel reeves say today's figures prove rishi sunakis say today's figures prove rishi sunak is completely out of touch. where's the truth? we'll have liam halligan to dissect it all after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

listening to gb news radio show. >> there's a special show on gb news tonight covering the results of the by—election in wellingborough and kingswood votes 2024. the people decide and will be presented by tom harwood from midnight tonight. he'll have lots of top guests with him, including nigel farage. that'll be all through the night until the results are called. and those two crucial by elections ahead of the forthcoming general . now the elections ahead of the forthcoming general. now the uk is officially in a recession. the economy contract by 0.3, and the final three months of last

yean the final three months of last year, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, insisted there is light at the end of the tunnel that the government's plan is working . government's plan is working. >> 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, but also for families when the when there's a cost of living crisis , nhs's, when the living crisis, nhs's, when the cost of their weekly shop is going up, their energy bills are much . it's right much higher. it's the right thing do. underlying 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 , if we stick to our guns, independent forecasters say that by the early summer we could start to see interest rates falling and that will be a very important relief for families with mortgages . with mortgages. >> and as you'd imagine , labour, >> and as you'd imagine, labour, however, refused to accept the chancellor's explanation. his shadow counterpart , rachel shadow counterpart, rachel reeves, said the economy is an

example of how rishi sunak is not fit to be in charge of the country. >> confirmation of recession exposes a government and a prime minister committed ally pally out of touch with the realities on the ground , a government that on the ground, a government that for too long has looked on economic failure with complacency content to be the managers of decline . rishi sunak managers of decline. rishi sunak claimed that he has a plan , but claimed that he has a plan, but the plan is not working well. >> join me now in our studio is our business and economics editor liam halligan liam. always a pleasure to have you here. of course . chancellor of here. of course. chancellor of the exchequer jeremy hunt says, the exchequerjeremy hunt says, don't worry, everything is fine. rachel reeves, of course, saying we're going to hell in a handcart. where's the truth? >> well, recession varne. what >> well, a recession varne. what does that mean? it means that you have two consecutive quarters or three month periods of economic contraction. so what we call gdp gross domestic product is the sum total of all

the transactions in the economy. in a year that gdp falls two quarters in a row. and between july and august. september quarters in a row. and between july and august . september 2023, july and august. september 2023, compared to the previous period, uh, in 2022, the economy contracted by 0.1, just a tiny weeny contraction. and then in the final quarter of last year, october to december 23rd, compared to october, december 22nd, we contracted. we learnt this morning by 0.3. so less than a third of 1. so these are tiny contractions, but you know fair play to rachel reeves. it's herjob fair play to rachel reeves. it's her job to fair play to rachel reeves. it's herjob to poke holes in the her job to poke holes in the government . that's what the government. that's what the opposition is there to do. and she's right. the uk is in recession. this is the first recession. this is the first recession outside of the pandemic because of course, that was an almighty recession. it's the first recession in since the 2009 financial crisis . so 15 2009 financial crisis. so 15 years. this is pretty serious stuff. i would say though , it's stuff. i would say though, it's a very short recession. no one is credibly saying that the economy is contracting now in

the current quarter that we're in january to march, the survey indicators are actually quite strong . the economy is coming strong. the economy is coming back because there is the prospect of interest rate cuts on the horizon, because inflation is falling, because the kind of geopolitical situation seems to be getting a little bit better. more stuff's getting through the red sea. ukraine russia's sort of calmed down a little bit. the middle east seems to be, you know, not calm but not escalating in terms of violence. so there is growth now. but the trouble is, martin, when an economy is in recession , when an economy is in recession, everyone goes, oh my god, we're in recession . and people like me in recession. and people like me p0p up in recession. and people like me pop up on the telly saying, we're in recession. and newspaper reporters put in their stories. we're in recession. and so leaders and so business leaders and consumers think, i going to consumers think, am i going to buy that washing machine or car ? buy that washing machine or car? am i going to move house? am i going to build that factory ? the going to build that factory? the bankers, they say, are we going to extend that massive loan to that business leader who's got this of what they want to this dream of what they want to do in a certain part of the

country? it just puts kibosh do in a certain part of the cotwhat it just puts kibosh do in a certain part of the cotwhat itjcall3uts kibosh do in a certain part of the cotwhat itjcall the kibosh do in a certain part of the cotwhat it jcall the animalosh on what we call the animal spirits entrepreneurial ism. spirits of entrepreneurial ism. this is a short recession. it's a shallow recession, and a very shallow recession, and it's over , but it's probably already over, but it's probably already over, but it will still have an impact just by just because we're reporting it. >> and actually annually there's been 0.1% growth over the whole period. so it all balances out in the net scheme of things . but in the net scheme of things. but surely we want some merciful relief. and that should come in the form of interest rate cuts. liam, you're right. >> the figures out from the ons today, the office of national statistics complete the numbers for 2023. the gdp numbers , for 2023. the gdp numbers, though they are subject to revision and on current estimates , the uk actually grew estimates, the uk actually grew by. wait for it. drumroll 0.1% across the year as a whole, compared to 2022 as a whole. flatlining basically, but not going down. unlike a lot of economies. you know, germany has beenin economies. you know, germany has been in and out of recession for well over a year now. brexit um, oh, germany were in the eu last time i checked. um but but anyway. but the chancellor, when

ispoke anyway. but the chancellor, when i spoke to him earlier and we played a clip of that interview , played a clip of that interview, um, just before we started speaking, he was at pains not to blame the bank of england for all these interest rate rises that have squeezed out inflation. he was at pains not to bank of england to say bank of england monetary policy nine policy committee. the nine economists of economists at the bank of england, lower interest england, please lower interest rates. meet rates. now they're going to meet on they're not on march the 21st. they're not going interest on going to low interest rates on march why because march 21st. why because inflation isn't falling . inflation isn't falling. inflation is flat at 4. we talked about that yesterday didn't we. so i don't think we'll get rate cut in we'll get get a rate cut in march. however the march. however much the chancellor wants one i think we could rate cut in april or could get a rate cut in april or may after the federal reserve, the bank of the america central bank has cut rates. but look, there's a general trend that inflation is coming down quite sharply. it was up at 11% less than 18 months ago. it's now 4, as i said, interest rate cuts are in the pipeline. so already mortgage rates and personal loan rates are falling in anticipation of those interest rate cuts. and it will be lower

interest rates and a sense that we've properly knocked inflation on the head as a technical firm, knocking inflation on the head. we finally tamed inflation. that's what will really revitalise this economy . that's revitalise this economy. that's what will end the cost of living crisis. that's what will get entrepreneurs there . animal entrepreneurs there. animal spirits, as we say back up and running and investing and expanding and trying to fulfil these economic dreams that we have. that's how human nature works. >> superb liam halligan as ever, superb. always on the money thank you very much. now there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00, and i'll talk about a big rise in knife crime . about a big rise in knife crime. the figures have come out today after year old boy was after a 16 year old boy was stabbed to death in bristol . after a 16 year old boy was stabbed to death in bristol. but first, here's your latest news headunes first, here's your latest news headlines polly middlehurst i >> -- >> the top stories this hour. chancellor jeremy >> the top stories this hour. chancellorjeremy hunt says chancellor jeremy hunt says despite the uk entering recession , the economy is

recession, the economy is turning a corner. recession, the economy is turning a corner . official turning a corner. official figures show the economy shrank by 0.3% at the end of last year, following a period of similar contraction in the previous three months. it's the first time the uk's gdp has dropped since the first half of 2020, after covid shadow chancellor rachel reeves said the prime minister is completely out of touch with realities on the ground and a romanian people smuggler has been sentenced to three years behind bars for cramming seven migrants into a van and attempting to enter the uk. the overcrowded compartment was discovered by border force officials at harwich international port in december. two of the migrants claimed asylum , five were deemed illegal asylum, five were deemed illegal and sent back to the netherlands , and a judge is facing criticism after liking a probe . criticism after liking a probe. palestine social media post judge tan ikram spared jail for three women who displayed images of paraglider at a protest just weeks after hamas used paragliders to enter and attack

israel . he paragliders to enter and attack israel. he was found to like posts which said free palestine and that branded israel a terrorist. judge ikram told gb news that he didn't know he'd liked the post and that if he did, it had been a genuine mistake and donald trump will become the first ever former us president to stand trial on criminal charges next month. a new york judge has just denied his request to throw out a so—called hush money case, setting a trial date for march the 25th. the case alleges he falsified business records related to a payment made to an aduh related to a payment made to an adult film star before the 2016 us election . mr trump says he us election. mr trump says he hasn't committed a crime for the very latest news stories, do sign up for gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news .com/ alerts . alerts. >> now there's more evidence

today of a knife crime epidemic that's sweeping across the uk. it's been revealed there's been a 17% increase in offences over the past decade . we'll have more the past decade. we'll have more detail on that after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

were able to call her? >> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back . it's 437. >> welcome back. it's 437. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. in a few minutes, i'll be joined by a woman who lost her daughter to cancer. woman who lost her daughter to cancer . she's got news of a new cancer. she's got news of a new task force has been set up in a bid to fight the terrible disease. it's a magnificent story. you won't want to miss that. that, a 16 year that. but before that, a 16 year old boy has died. after being stabbed death in bristol, stabbed to death in bristol, avon and somerset police said the incident happened in the saint area the city saint philip's area of the city yesterday evening . his death yesterday evening. his death comes as the latest knife sentencing statistics are released , showing a 17% increase

released, showing a 17% increase in the number of knife offences over the last decade . we're over the last decade. we're joining me now to go through this data is gb news reporter charlie peters. charlie shocking and sobering data . what's the latest? >> so last night we heard this incident about a 16 year old being stabbed to death in bristol. that's the third major stabbing in bristol in the last three weeks. two teenage boys also murdered there two weeks ago. and another boy was put into critical condition on last thursday . and so this morning we thursday. and so this morning we heard from the chief constable of avon and somerset police, who said they had launched a high profile and proactive campaign to tackle knife crime and that announcement comes on the back of the latest knife crime data . of the latest knife crime data. as you say, martin, that's 17% increase in the total number of offences going through the criminal justice system over the

last decade. now of all of those offences that sentencing for possession of a knife or an offensive weapon in particular. and they also said the ons that 31% of offenders receive an immediate custodial sentence. but what sort of prison time are they getting? well, they also found that there has been a rise in the average custodial sentence . it's up from 7.5 sentence. it's up from 7.5 months in the year to september 20th 22 to 7.8 months in the data to this just gone september of 2023. now, as you'll know, the maximum prison sentence for possession of a knife is four years and this this rise does suggest that more prison sentences are being handed out. yesterday we saw a sentencing of eight months for a man who who was swarmed by off duty police officers in elephant and castle after he attacked a man on the

ground with a dog and a weapon . ground with a dog and a weapon. he was concurrently sent out to also four months for affray, so also four months for affray, so a total of eight months for that hate crime, but also statistics revealed this morning by the ons also found that the proportion of first time offenders has actually dropped by six percentage points to 69, so an increase in repeat offenders . increase in repeat offenders. >> thank you, charlie peters and i suspect this is just the tip of the iceberg. there's been a huge decline in the amount of stop and searches over the past decade mean detection must be down and don't forget barnaby webber's mother, emma . of course webber's mother, emma. of course barnaby was stabbed to death by valdo calocane in nottingham, my home city, calling for an immediate custodial sentence for anybody caught carrying a knife. and i think a lot of people may agree with that . and on that agree with that. and on that note, the government's coughing up £66 million to fund more bobbies on the beat in a bid to

fight anti—social behaviour. what took them so long? i martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

alone in this, but, um, i think it is if you if you make a big thing about leaving the country to go and live . a. to go and live. a. >> welcome back. it's 444. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now, last september i covered the terribly sad story of sophie farrell, a ten year old who died of an aggressive form of childhood cancer. sophie is murmrr charlotte and a local tory mp. dame caroline dinenage have worked together tirelessly over the last few months and dame caroline will now chair magnificently. the children and young people cancer task force, its aim will be to improve how we detect , treat and care for we detect, treat and care for children with terminal cancer and i'm delighted to say i'm joined in the studio by dame caroline and charlotte farrell, who's the founder of sophie's

legacy charity. thank you so much. both of you, for coming in. let's start with you, charlotte . um, the last time charlotte. um, the last time i spoke to you, i got quite upset and choked myself. it's incredibly moving story. tell us about your wonderful daughter, sophie. yeah she was an amazing . sophie. yeah she was an amazing. >> obviously, when she was diagnosed, she was an amazing nine year old. she was very healthy, happy, hadn't spent a night know, night in hospital and, you know, loved going to school, loved, loved going to school, loved, loved life. >> she was a social butterfly , >> she was a social butterfly, loved being around people. and yeah , we never thought for yeah, we never thought for a second this was going to second that this was going to happen us. happen to us. >> how did things change? >> and how did things change? >> and how did things change? >> started to become >> so she started to become unwell the summer of 2020. unwell in the summer of 2020. >> and she sort of was feeling sick. >> she was having stomach pains. >> she was having stomach pains. >> she was really just complaining of this , this complaining of this, this constant pain in her stomach . constant pain in her stomach. >> and she and obviously we'd gone to the gp, they obviously put it down to other things . put it down to other things. >> but when she started bleeding at the end of august , at the

at the end of august, at the beginning of september, that's when i knew something was definitely more serious. but i got told it was her first period, though she'd just period, even though she'd just turned insisting turned nine and i was insisting that this was not. >> i that something was was wrong. >> it was just a mother's instinct. >> that's the only thing i can describe. >> and i ended up in a&e with her after a battle with the gp and out—of—hours service . and out—of—hours service. >> but i went to the a&e and that's when they said how long she had this lump for, and they discovered a 12 centimetre tumour in her abdomen . tumour in her abdomen. >> and by that time, presumably it was late. it was it was too late. >> well, go through >> well, she did go through treatment so obviously the tumour cover the whole of tumour did cover the whole of her, you know, huge amount of her, you know, huge amount of her abdomen. but she did go through nine rounds of extremely aggressive chemotherapy, seven weeks radiotherapy . weeks of radiotherapy. >> we thought we were on the homeward straight, on homeward straight, starting on maintenance, . she maintenance, chemotherapy. she but within eight but she relapsed within eight weeks. and at that point her body was absolutely battered from all of the treatment . and

from all of the treatment. and they just couldn't withstand the relapse treatment . and obviously relapse treatment. and obviously they said any options we got now is around palliative care rather than ever finding a cure. >> and then she sadly passed away. you decide . did you know away. you decide. did you know every parents you know god, every parents you know god, every parent's worst nightmare is this. but when that happened to you, you decided to do something about it to use that legacy to turn the corner and make something wonderful happen . make something wonderful happen. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, this is sophie's wish. >> she knew she was dying and she was only ten years old when she was only ten years old when she died. had just turned she was ten in the august. it was her last birthday. we knew it was her last birthday . and i was her last birthday. and i could tell you i would never want any to have to want any parent to have to celebrate child's birthday. celebrate a child's birthday. knowing to give knowing you want to give everything to them, but knowing you're any you're never going to get any more. and she wrote this bucket list of things that she wanted changed in her memory. she wanted all of what we are now achieving. you know, parents to be fed better, play facilities ,

be fed better, play facilities, improvements to children's cancer. improvements to children's cancer . she wanted this as her cancer. she wanted this as her lasting legacy and made me promise her that i would achieve this in her memory. and when i've said to my girls, if i promise you anything, i'll do it. stuck by my word it. and i've stuck by my word ever since. >> it's astonishing >> it's just an astonishing thing. turning to you now, thing. and turning to you now, dame caroline, obviously, um, you know, charlotte's one of your constituents and you came upon this and you decided to turn this into real action. yeah. and the last time we spoke, you were planning the children and young people's cancer task force. and now it's been realised . been realised. >> yeah, well, we've worked in lockstep every, every step of this , charlotte. and i've worked this, charlotte. and i've worked on this together, and we first of all set about finding out to what extent sophie's story was unusual, this unusual, to what extent this kind diagnosis. um you kind of late diagnosis. um you know, parents understanding the science and symptoms, the late diagnosis, the treatment that sophie through and all the sophie went through and all the rest her experiences. to what rest of her experiences. to what extent normal , to extent that was the normal, to what extent that was unusual. extent that was the normal, to wha'begant that was unusual. extent that was the normal, to wha'began t01at was unusual. extent that was the normal, to wha'began to find/as unusual. extent that was the normal, to wha'began to find/as un andil. extent that was the normal, to wha'began to find/as un and more and began to find more and more that it was is very much the

common experience that children's cancers are, are identified in a&e rather than in gp's. much more than adult cancers, by which time often they're too far advanced. a whole range of things. so we set up having got all our information, we started creating our own mission, our own wish list that needed list of things that needed to change about detect change about the way we detect it, the way we treat it, and the way the children way we care for the children with cancer and we were we were doggedin with cancer and we were we were dogged in our determination. so, you know, i've raised it in prime minister's questions with all different prime all the different prime ministers the last couple ministers over the last couple of we've met every single of years. we've met every single health of years. we've met every single heahh and of years. we've met every single health and even we had health secretary and even we had a debate on the floor of the house of commons, which was the first time ever childhood cancer has been main on the has been a main debate on the floor the house of commons, floor of the house of commons, all trying to push for this, um, this cancer task this childhood cancer task force. and then, uh, a couple of weeks ago, it was announced that it's to be delivered and it's going to be delivered and i'm going to share it. charlotte's going to there charlotte's going to be there alongside going to alongside me, and we're going to get to really get the opportunity to really try and deliver what we've

try and deliver on what we've been battling for. >> a triumph . now, >> and what a triumph. now, throughout that tragedy . and, throughout that tragedy. and, you know, i'm going to try my best to compose myself here when i when i say to you, you i just when i say to you, you know what do you think sophie would to you if you could would say to you if you could see what you've achieved? >> just so >> yeah. i mean, ijust i'm so pleased that i've managed to. we've managed to get it this far. and i just know that , you far. and i just know that, you know, she would be super, super proud. i just don't want any other parent to be in this position . varne than what we position. varne than what we were. to sit and watch your child die is literally the most horrific thing that you can go through. and for her to through. and also for her to have lost her life, she had the most years left to lose , as you most years left to lose, as you know, compared to like adults, cancen know, compared to like adults, cancer. and i can't understand why we're not prioritising children much more. i mean , they children much more. i mean, they do not get a voice in the decisions on how any of the money is funded and how what is prioritised for they don't get a voice. well, they have got a voice. well, they have got a voice and you gave it them.

yeah. and we have to be our adults have to start prioritising these children because i do believe had because i just do believe had these things happen, had this potentially this taskforce happened ten, 20 years ago. i think that she could have survived and could have been here. and i don't want that to happen. i don't want to be in another 20 years time of the same time and same position happening time and time we've just got to time again. we've just got to start changing it. >> i it's truly inspiring >> i think it's truly inspiring what you've done, you know, to be able embrace something so, be able to embrace something so, so and to try and turn so terrible and to try and turn into this so positive for other people . i think you're a star. people. i think you're a star. thank you very much. and to you, thank you and thank you to gb news for covering the story. >> you were the first interview that we ever did together for, uh, a couple of years ago, and you've been really supportive in our campaign, it's, you our campaign, and it's, you know, helps the know, it all helps the politicians so much stick. know, it all helps the polbutans so much stick. know, it all helps the polbut to so much stick. know, it all helps the polbut to actuallynuch stick. know, it all helps the pol but to actually listentick. know, it all helps the pol but to actually listen to > but to actually listen to a constituent and to turn something into to something like this into to genuine throughput and to genuine throughput and to genuine action that can change lives and save lives, isn't that what public service is about?

>> yeah, well, it's a force of nature. we, you know, we've done it the it together every step of the way . way. >> e has been >> but caroline has been amazing. been a good duo to amazing. it's been a good duo to have to, um, you know , you don't have to, um, you know, you don't get many mps that would back, you know, their convictions . you know, their convictions. it's like, we like caroline's done.i it's like, we like caroline's done. i can feel a bit of a group hug coming on. >> so much for joining >> thank you so much forjoining us, both of you. it's just a tremendous pleasure to have you in . charlotte farrell in the studio. charlotte farrell and caroline danish, thank and dame caroline danish, thank you very much for joining us. now finally going to get now we're finally going to get more bobbies on the beat. now we're finally going to get more bobbies on the beat . well, more bobbies on the beat. well, a new £66 million fund aims to deploy more police patrols at long last totalling up to 20,000 extra hours annually, particularly in areas plagued by drug related violence. i'm joined now by former detective peter bleksley peter. welcome to the show . what took them so the show. what took them so long, mate? well that's a really appas quite brilliant and to the point question, because anti—social behaviour orders were first enacted in 1989, so ,

were first enacted in 1989, so, so a very long time ago. >> so and it's rather astonishing that it's taken this long for the home office for and senior police to realise that they're surrendering of the streets has in so many regards got us into this dreadful situation where the criminals , situation where the criminals, the lawbreakers, the anti—social people are in charge and this very much cuts across as your earlier story about knife crime, the streets have been surrendered. they need to be reclaimed, but when they are reclaimed, but when they are reclaimed, they need to hold that ground and never abandon them again . them again. >> and the trouble is, peter, it's okay. let's get an extra thousand bobbies. but where are they going to come from? most of them seem to be pencilled next from universities . from universities. >> there is a huge lack of >> yes, there is a huge lack of experience in policing and

you've only got to go onto social media to see many, many examples of inexperienced police officers incorrectly trying to apply officers incorrectly trying to apply the law and consequently making fools of themselves. this again, is the legacy of the senior officer's generation of the last 20 years or so . of the last 20 years or so. of course, they will argue that austerity was a factor, but that's 14 years ago now and they need to get over that. there are more officers, there is some funding coming. but with regards to this, funding talk's cheap and policing is expensive and this won't really cover anywhere near the amount of police time that will be needed to have a continued presence on the streets of neighbourhood community beat cops . call them community beat cops. call them what you will. who are engaging with people who know people, who people can contact, know where to find them, trust them, respect them, and we'll give them the information that they need. okay

>> peter bleksley always mainlining common sense. thank you very much for joining us. now, after this, can we really trust the judiciary to be neutral? that's the big question. we'll be asking. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel . britain's news channel. a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of whether on gb news i >> -- >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> welcome to your latest gb news weather update with me annie from the met office. there are some rain warnings in force for some areas through the evening, will be evening, but tonight will be another night and another very mild night and friday much drier and friday is looking much drier and brighter. the rain from thursday has been brought along by this weather front that's pushing slowly eastwards and northwards through rest of the so through the rest of the day, so there's still some rain to there's still some heavy rain to come of south wales come for parts of south wales and southwestern england. also parts midlands , through and southwestern england. also part evening midlands , through and southwestern england. also part evening midlwe s , through and southwestern england. also part evening midlwe couldough and southwestern england. also part evening midlwe could see] this evening and we could see some impacts from the rainfall, some impacts from the rainfall, some water on the roads and traffic delays . however, that

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gb news. >> good afternoon . it's 5 pm. >> good afternoon. it's 5 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. on today's show, there's a judge who didn't punish three women guilty of a terror offence at a pro—palestine protest just at a pro—palestine protest just a few weeks after he'd liked an anti—israel post on social media. today i'm asking the big question can we truly trust our judiciary to be politically neutral? also harry and meghan first rebranded their website . first rebranded their website. now they've rebranded their children. i'll explain all. you couldn't make it up more nonsense from the sussexes , and nonsense from the sussexes, and you don't want to miss our

exclusive report on crime gangs who are using high street businesses such as barber shops, to launder money and employ illegal immigrants. we'll have the full inside story on that and more lunacy in london, a city, khan has announced a woke rebrand of overground train lines in london, costing an astonishing more than £6 million. instead of giving us the windrush line and the suffragette line, how about making the trains run on time or giving us a few more coppers? that's all coming up in your next hour . welcome to the show. next hour. welcome to the show. it's always a pleasure to have your company. we've got loads to talk about in the next hour. get in touch the usual ways. gb in touch all the usual ways. gb views at gb news. com we've had a of emails about a huge amount of emails about this topic today. is our this big topic today. is our judiciary. politically balanced or is it actually biased? is it

biased in favour of people on pro—palestine marches, as many thought it was during the days of brexit? get in touch gbviews@gbnews.com. but first it's gbviews@gbnews.com. but first wsfime gbviews@gbnews.com. but first it's time for your latest news headunes it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin. thank you and good evening to you all. we start this bulletin with the news that detectives say they're keeping an mind about whether the an open mind about whether the stabbing of a 16 year old in bristol last night is linked to other recent attacks in the city. teenage victim died city. the teenage victim died after being stabbed in rawnsley park by two attackers wearing masks , who then fled the scene masks, who then fled the scene on bicycles. it comes just weeks after the deaths of teenagers mason rest and max dixon, who were stabbed in the knowle west area of the city. police have now been given enhanced stop and search powers across bristol as their investigations continue . their investigations continue. as far as the economy is concerned, the chancellor says

there is light at the end of the tunnel. if the government sticks to its economic plan . that's to its economic plan. that's despite the uk entering into recession. official figures show the economy shrank by 0.3% at the economy shrank by 0.3% at the end of 2023, after similar contractions 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, labour says the government's completely out of touch with people's reality . the gas owner, people's reality. the gas owner, british gas owner centrica , has british gas owner centrica, has renewed calls for a social tariff to allow people to pay less for their gas and electricity. it comes as new data reveals british gas benefited last year from being able to claw back money lost dunng able to claw back money lost during the energy crisis. it comes as new figures released today show 3 million low income households in england struggled to pay their energy bills last year. to pay their energy bills last year . government figures to pay their energy bills last year. government figures found that 13% were in so—called fuel poverty. that's largely unchanged from the year before .

unchanged from the year before. a romanian people smuggler has been jailed for trying to hide seven migrants in the overhead compartment of a motorhome and then trying to get them into the uk . the group were discovered by uk. the group were discovered by border force officials at harwich international port in essex last december . two of the essex last december. two of the migrants claimed asylum , but migrants claimed asylum, but five were deemed illegal and sent back to the netherlands. minister for illegal migration michael tomlinson , says that michael tomlinson, says that those putting lives at risk will face the full weight of the law . face the full weight of the law. now a judge is facing some criticism after liking a pro palestine social media post. judge tan ikram spared jail for three women who displayed images of paragliders at a protest just a week after hamas used paragliders to enter an attack . paragliders to enter an attack. israel. he was found to like posts which said free palestine and also posed that branded israel a terrorist. the crown

prosecution service say they're carefully considering any future actions in relation to his case. clusters of measles cases are emerging across the uk way outside the original outbreak in the west midlands, the uk's health agency has reported cases in london, the north west, yorkshire and the humber and east midlands. it's warning hundreds of thousands of children in england are unvaccinated against the disease and remain there for at risk of serious complications or even lifelong disabilities , figures lifelong disabilities, figures show. the total number of cases since october has now risen to more than 500, and in the united states, donald trump will become the first ever us president to stand trial on criminal charges. next month, a new york judge denied his request to throw out a so—called hush money case, setting a trial date for the 25th of march. the case alleges he falsified business records

related to a payment made to an aduh related to a payment made to an adult film star before the 2016 us election . mr trump says he us election. mr trump says he hasn't committed a crime . israel hasn't committed a crime. israel special forces say they've raided the biggest functioning hospital in gaza. video shows chaotic scenes inside the al—nasser hospital and people gathering in corridors filled with dust and smoke . israeli with dust and smoke. israeli forces said the search is based on credible information that hamas is hiding in the complex, and hostages are also being kept there. israeli military spokesman rear admiral daniel hagan spokesman rear admiral daniel hagari described the raid on nasa hospital as precise but limited . here in the uk, voters limited. here in the uk, voters are casting their final ballots in the final hours of two by elections taking place in wellingborough in northamptonshire and in kingswood in south gloucestershire. the kingswood vote was triggered after conservative chris skidmore quit in protest over the government's green policy, and in

wellingborough , polls open after wellingborough, polls open after peter bone was accused of bullying and sexual misconduct, though he denied the allegations . voting closes at 10:00 tonight and gb news will be broadcasting throughout the night tonight, with expert analysis and those all important results from both wellingborough and kingswood . wellingborough and kingswood. and that's live here on gb news from midnight tonight. right through till breakfast tomorrow morning . now, the first ever morning. now, the first ever commercial us lunar lander mission is heading for the moon. take a listen. >> three. two. >> three. two. >> one one. >> one one. >> ignition and lift—off . >> ignition and lift—off. >> ignition and lift—off. >> there she goes. the spacecraft leaving the launch pad on florida's atlantic coast earlier and blasting into the night sky with a trail of smoke. it's hoped that the lander , it's hoped that the lander, nicknamed odysseus, will touch down near the moon's south pole next week . for the latest next week. for the latest stories, sign up for gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your

screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you polly. now we start with the huge controversy surrounding the three women convicted of a terror offence at a pro—palestine protest, and there are big, big questions today about whether the judge who heard the case was politically impartial to where a crime is understood to have liked a comment on linkedin. three weeks ago that called for a free palestine and referred to israeli terrorists as well. he found them all guilty after displayed images of a paraglider just a week after hamas terrorist invasion of israel on october the 7th. but in his own words, the judge decided not to punish them and instead gave them a conditional discharge . a them a conditional discharge. a spokesman for the courts and tribunals judiciary said ikram had made a genuine mistake by

liking the linkedin post, and that he didn't know that he'd done it. when the last few matter whether you intended to favour one side or another in a pubuc favour one side or another in a public debate , simply taking public debate, simply taking part in it will risk issues of bias or prejudge it in future cases. cgses. >> cases. >> as a guidance puts it. and judges are told they must always be circum spect before taking part in public debate . so part in public debate. so clearly, if judges are on social media and some are often under pseudonyms, um, they certainly shouldn't say anything on social media. and that includes liking other people's comments . other people's comments. >> well, that was joshua rosenberg commenting earlier. and also in the last few minutes, a spokesman for the crown prosecution service said it was carefully considering any future actions in relation to this case. now earlier today, it emerged that more than 4000 anti—semitic incidents were

recorded in the uk by a jewish charity last year and that figure is a new record. in fact , figure is a new record. in fact, it's a 150% boom, and two thirds of them were. since that october 7 invasion of israel . the 7 invasion of israel. the research was conducted by the community security trust as chief executive is mark gardner . chief executive is mark gardner. >> october the 7th triggered all of this. the most shocking thing for us is not that when israel is at war, that there's anti—semitism we've seen that again again . anti—semitism we've seen that again again. but on this again and again. but on this occasion, when we stepped back and looked at the figures , the and looked at the figures, the worst week , the worst single worst week, the worst single week of all was actually the first week. it was immediately after the hamas terrorist attacks upon israel. so there is, uh, you know, there's a narrative out there that basically somehow or other, oh, well, you know, people are really uptight about what israel does now. the thing that excited them most anti—jewish attacks was, of course , the mass murder

was, of course, the mass murder of jews on the 7th of october. >> now , astonishing revelations >> now, astonishing revelations there, a huge spike in anti—semitism since october the 7th and really worrying when you drill into that data in particular, there's been a 232% increase in school calls and a 203 increase in in universities. clearly, young people are being poisoned by anti—semitism. and the huge question we've been asking throughout the whole show thus far is do we have a reliably politically neutral judiciary , or are they tainted judiciary, or are they tainted and biased? and i ask you for your opinions . and by jove, your opinions. and by jove, you've been sending them in. hundreds of you , hundreds of hundreds of you, hundreds of emailed in and absolutely furious about this . i'm going to furious about this. i'm going to read out just a few of those now . so let's start with this. andy says this, i think that judges who who don't do their job without prejudice should be disbarred , barred to the point disbarred, barred to the point there and don't forget, downing

street have now ordered an inquiry into this. it's being referred on because they think we need more answers. jim says this , and of course they are this, and of course they are biased. the entire legal system in this country needs dismantle and replacing with one that is fit for purpose . they are fit for purpose. they are a complete disgrace . um, on this complete disgrace. um, on this topic we mention ed earlier on that tan ikram in his past is also a champion of diversity in the legal industry . his job for the legal industry. his job for a while was to get more people from ethnic minority backgrounds into the legal system. nothing at all wrong with that. a laudable process, of course, but the question is, are when we when we hear the d word , when we when we hear the d word, when we hear what does it hear diversity, what does it make you think? well, diana says this. diana says our country is going down the pan , and every going down the pan, and every single instance of the decline seems to be caused by diversity . seems to be caused by diversity. diana, a lot of people saying

the same thing about the armed forces as our woke army, our woke navy, climate change lessons, using the right pronouns , diverse, hiring . it's pronouns, diverse, hiring. it's all going to rot. ashley she adds this it does appear that we now have a two tier judiciary as well as a two tiered police force . so—called far right force. so—called far right protests who, as far as i'm concerned, are just concerned citizens are treated far more harshly than these pro—hamas terrorist supporters . fair terrorist supporters. fair point. a lot of people are saying that we do appear to have a two tiered policing system . a two tiered policing system. and when i put it earlier to on mark gardner , um, about this in mark gardner, um, about this in terms of the lack of a clampdown on anti—semitism, on the streets at the protests, is that filtering through into schools, into universities, into the workplaces? he certainly believes that that was the case. if you act soft on this at street level, it filters on

down. another quick comment on this. um, deb , he says, this. um, deb, he says, unfortunately, i have been the victim of an anti—semitic telephone attack, a telephone attack to her home. the caller was utterly vile. i reported it to the police and also to my local crown prosecution service. ihave local crown prosecution service. i have heard absolutely nothing back. i'm a very proud jewish woman and for the first time in my life, i am scared for myself and my children to live in this country . so these are country. so these are astonishing things to hear. they're treacherous things to heat they're treacherous things to hear. we seem to be approaching some kind of new system where jewish people are afraid. they're afraid to go out on the streets. we report all the time on gb news jewish children often are too afraid to wear their insignia on their blazers to school schools themselves being attacked, jewish people having their hats knocked off, being assaulted, jewish businesses

having their windows put through a huge boom in these crimes. a school in leyton, the barclays school, still closed after a child went in with a palestinian badge and a and a teacher sent them home. a mob turned up outside bomb threats , death outside bomb threats, death threats, palestinian flags on lampposts, people watching the streets at night, locals living in fear katharine birbalsingh sing britain's strictest head band, muslim prayer , in her band, muslim prayer, in her school. that's in her. that's in her right to do so. the terms and conditions of her school, the michaela academy state, clearly no prayers in school yet she's had death threats. there have been smashed windows at that school . and lest we forget that school. and lest we forget more than two years on the batley grammar school teacher still living in fear, death threats to him and his family and his children and his wife too afraid to return to work, abandoned by his union, abandoned by his union, abandoned by his union, abandoned by politicians, abandoned by politicians, abandoned by politicians, abandoned by the system. and now

we have this happening. people asking huge , huge questions. who asking huge, huge questions. who do people support in this country ? who are the police for? country? who are the police for? who are the judiciary for? what do you think you've been getting in touch and your absolute droves and you're absolutely clear. you think something's wrong and you think this needs fixing now you get lots more on that story on our website . and that story on our website. and thanks to you, gbnews.com it's the fastest growing national news website in the country. it's got breaking news and all of the brilliant analysis you've come to expect from gb news. so thank you very much for that. now moving on, the home office has warned it intends to step up efforts to pursue crime gangs using high street businesses as fronts for their criminality . gb fronts for their criminality. gb news has been told of an explosive in the number of barber shops, in particular, which are now being exploited by criminal gangs to launder money and even employ illegal immigrants. well, we were given exclusive access to a raid in

oxford , where the minister for oxford, where the minister for illegal immigration, michael tomlinson, joined enforcement officers targeting a barber's suspected of employing foreign nationals illegally . our homes nationals illegally. our homes and security editor mark white has this report . has this report. >> heading into this suburb of oxford, these immigration enforcement officers are en route to raid a local barber shop. it's suspected of employing illegal immigrants, part of a growing phenomenon where these high street businesses are being increasingly exploited as fronts for criminality . these officers for criminality. these officers are looking for an albanian asylum seeker who's absconded and believed to be working here. >> my wife is pregnant. >> my wife is pregnant. >> while there's no trace of him, they have detained this colombian man. another asylum seeker working here in breach of employment laws , as well as

employment laws, as well as officers continue to search this business. the albanian owner arrived . you know , faces the arrived. you know, faces the prospect of a much higher fine with tougher penalties for businesses introduced this week of up to £45,000 for each immigrant caught working illegally , immigration illegally, immigration enforcement raids are up by nearly 70% last year. >> that's a huge increase. >> 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 to continue across the country. >> the number of barber shops has exploded, almost 18,000 in total, up . 50% in just a few 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 we it's really important that we work agents sinner such as work with agents sinner such as national crime agency, such as policing and other policing such as hmrc and other government departments ensure government departments to ensure that the weight of all the governments powers brought to governments powers is brought to bear who seek to bear on those who seek to exploit individuals . exploit vulnerable individuals. >> bars and car washes have >> nail bars and car washes have long associated with long been associated with criminal gangs, often employing and exploiting illegal immigrants , but sources say immigrants, but sources say barber shops are rapidly overtaking them as a front for criminality . the authorities are criminality. the authorities are keen to reiterate that the majority of barbers are legitimate and law abiding, but they say they won't hesitate to go after those they suspect of breaking the law . mark white gb

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call that the couple have given archie and lilibet the surname sussex in place of their actual name mountbatten—windsor. sussex in place of their actual name mountbatten—windsor . well, name mountbatten—windsor. well, joining us now for this latest royal farce is former royal correspondent for the sun, charles rae charles, always a pleasure to have you on the show . are you there, charles? i'm >> hello there. hello. >> hello there. hello. >> how are you so. very well. charles. look the thing about this, apart from the fact that it's obsolete, it's absolutely narcissist, self—indulgent, navel gazing . let's be obvious. navel gazing. let's be obvious. is first of all, they stole lilibet . that sacred, personal lilibet. that sacred, personal name. the secret name of the late queen. and now they've ditched the surname. what on earth are they playing at? >> well, well, i'm not. i'm not so upset about them ditching the surname because you have to remember that when the king was the prince of wales, his sons were, when they were in the army and in their jobs, so forth. >> they were harry wales and

william wales. >> so it's only natural that, uh, harry sussex, as he now is, because he's a duke of sussex. >> uh, his children will be archie sussex and lilibet sussex. >> so it's not that for me is not a big drama. >> uh, what is a drama is the fact that they've gone back on a promise that they made the late queen about the sussex .com website . website. >> now, if you remember, they had a sussex royal website. they wanted to take it with them when they decided to resign from the royal family , and that was royal family, and that was clamped down on and we now have them rebranding their archewell . them rebranding their archewell. to um sussex.com with a coat of arms. meghan's coat of arms . arms. meghan's coat of arms. >> very important. it's meghan's coat of arms, not harry's coat of arms. >> now meghan got a coat of arms like catherine did on her marriage to a royal prince. >> uh, now that usually then gets incorporated into her

husband's coat of arms. >> but she's been very clever and just use her coat of arms. >> you see, these two who are desperate to keep on having the links with the royal family. >> otherwise they're nothing. >> otherwise they're nothing. >> they haven't got anything to offer anybody apart from the fact that they've got links with the british royal family. >> and that's what helps make them their money. and as i've said to you before, martin, i've got no problems with them making money. >> but if you keep, you know, slagging off the people that you were a family with and, and don't want to have anything to don't want to have anything to do with them, then why do you continually want to have that name to you? name linked to you? >> there's only one reason to make money. it's that simple . make money. it's that simple. >> yeah, precisely. and it's all sort of feel a bit tawdry and plastic, isn't it? it's almost like you buy a coat of arms off the internet, and you, you carry on calling your children princes and princesses, just to kind of almost hoodwink the almost what to, to hoodwink the american market who don't know any better.

>> underlines another >> well, this underlines another lie, remember , uh, meghan lie, if you remember, uh, meghan came out in oprah winfrey and said, oh, they've denying my children , uh, their correct children, uh, their correct royal titles. >> prince and princess. >> prince and princess. >> and we all knew at that time that you can only have that royal title as the grandchildren of a ruling monarch . of a ruling monarch. >> now, as soon as charles became the ruling monarch, they became the ruling monarch, they became prince and princess archie and princess lilibet, which was correct again, you know, it was meghan using , uh, a know, it was meghan using, uh, a technicality for her own ends because she wanted to brand and harry backed her up. >> the royal family as racist because you can't have a partially black prince in the british royal family, which is absolutely ridiculous . absolutely ridiculous. >> so we've got another lie from meghan there. >> they've got it. >> they've got it. >> and it's interesting that now they're now in whistler, where they're now in whistler, where they are, um, getting ready for they are, um, getting ready for the invictus games. >> i think it's next. next next yeah >> but they're sort of getting

the proprietor work. and it's interesting that arrive at various sports. >> there were a lot of cheers, but there was lot of boos as but there was a lot of boos as well for the couple. >> and , you know, harry goes on >> and, you know, harry goes on about wants protect >> and, you know, harry goes on abofamily. wants protect >> and, you know, harry goes on abofamily.well,|nts protect >> and, you know, harry goes on abofamily. well, well protect >> and, you know, harry goes on abofamily. well, well , protect >> and, you know, harry goes on abofamily. well, well , the tect his family. well, well, the royal couple with a car turned up and meghan's window up and meghan's got the window open. up and meghan's got the window open . now where's the security open. now where's the security there. their own security. why are telling her are they telling telling her that it's okay for her to have the window down and everything else i mean, it's else and waving. i mean, it's patently . patently ridiculous. >> yeah, well, charles, they had the down. of course. so the window down. of course. so the window down. of course. so the paparazzi best view the paparazzi get the best view because can't out because they can't stay out of the press if they if they actually look, that's what it's about, charles. you know how to play about, charles. you know how to play the game . you've covered play the game. you've covered the royal family forever and a day . she wants to be all over day. she wants to be all over the press. despite their their claims privacy . charles. we claims for privacy. charles. we see what is . and she see it for what it is. and she called a feminist this called herself a feminist this week. she married week. charles. she married a prince. if she's a feminist, i'm a vegan. charles rae. thank you very much. always a pleasure to have you on the show. excellent stuff. great fun. there's lots

more still to come between now and 6:00, and i'll have news of and 6:00, and i'll have news of a woke rebranding . another one, a woke rebranding. another one, but this time of london's rail network. that's cost more than £6 million. lunacy in london. sadiq khan, of course , is to sadiq khan, of course, is to blame. but first, here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. the chancellor says there is light at the end of the tunnel. if the government sticks to its economic plan, despite light, the uk entering into recession, a fiscal fissures . official a fiscal fissures. official figures show the economy shrank by 0.3% at the end of 2023, after similar contractions in the previous three months. it's 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, labour says the government's completely out of touch with people's reality . touch with people's reality. detectives are saying they're keeping an open mind about

whether the stabbing of a 16 year old in bristol last night is linked to other similar attacks. the teenage victim died after being stabbed in rawnsley park by two attackers wearing masks , who then fled on bikes. masks, who then fled on bikes. it comes just weeks after the deaths of teenagers mason rist and max dixon, who were stabbed in the knowle west area of the city. police have now been given enhanced stop and search powers across the city as their investigations continue . a investigations continue. a romanian people smuggler has been jailed for attempting to hide seven migrants in the overhead compartment of a motorhome and then trying to get them into the uk. the group were discovered by border force officials at harwich international in essex last december . two of the migrants december. two of the migrants claimed asylum, but five were deemed illegal and sent back to the netherlands. minister for illegal migration michael tomlinson, says that those putting lives at risk will face the full weight of the law , and the full weight of the law, and voters are casting their ballots

in the final hours of two by elections taking place in wellingborough in northamptonshire and kingswood in south gloucestershire . the in south gloucestershire. the kingswood vote was triggered after conservative chris skidmore quit in protest over the government's green policy in wellingborough . polls are open wellingborough. polls are open after peter bowen was accused of bullying and sexual misconduct . bullying and sexual misconduct. he denied the allegations . he denied the allegations. voting closes at 10:00 tonight and gb news will be broadcasting throughout the night with expert analysis and all important results from midnight tonight, right through to breakfast. right now . the crystal palace right now. the crystal palace manager, roy hodgson , is in a manager, roy hodgson, is in a stable condition. we're told, after falling . ill during the after falling. ill during the team's training session today. the 76 year old was due to speak at a scheduled press conference from monday's game against everton that has now had to be cancelled . and this news coming cancelled. and this news coming to us in the last half hour is now that the premier league have confirmed that he is undergoing

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these businesses. the, um, national hair and beauty federation said there are now over 17,700 barber shops operating across the country. a 50% increase since 2018. over . 50% increase since 2018. over. 900 in the last year alone . and 900 in the last year alone. and leroy, a lot of people have been saying for a long time, a lot of these places are sitting empty. they don't seem be cutting they don't seem to be cutting any hair. course then any hair. and of course then people they're literally people saying they're literally fronts for criminality. what what can you us about the what can you tell us about the reality ? reality? >> well , reality? >> well, organised gangs have always , um, use legitimate always, um, use legitimate businesses as a front for a lot of their criminality. um it's been going on for decades , as been going on for decades, as you know, that a lot of restaurants, unfortunately , are restaurants, unfortunately, are subject to that as well as take out, um , also some, um, gambling out, um, also some, um, gambling areas are known as a way of um,

you know, getting rid of, uh, ill gotten gains through criminality. so yeah, it's a form of , um, getting criminality. so yeah, it's a form of, um, getting rid of money, um, through the system . money, um, through the system. and of course, um , not getting and of course, um, not getting detected . um, but it's good that detected. um, but it's good that the, um, authorities are getting wise to this and taking on, um, actions . i mean, the key thing actions. i mean, the key thing is it's got to be intelligence based. it's got to be clear evidence and a, um, don't discount other , um, types of discount other, um, types of organisations because shop fronts have various shapes and sizes and, um, cut across various cultures as well . various cultures as well. >> and leroy, um , the rinsing >> and leroy, um, the rinsing dodgy money through ill gotten gains, drugs, prostitution , gains, drugs, prostitution, whatever it may be through a front, through business that's one method of criminality . but one method of criminality. but what the gb news investigate in the sting has been is we've seen

illegal workers on the black market coming into the country illegally, or those who've jumped asylum from hotels. we did a car wash in aldershot and now this barber shop in oxford. that's another thing now, isn't it? the people coming into the country who want to work, but legally aren't allow to now dropping into the black market and working behind the back doors also is on the doors that also is on the increase. leroy money laundering, as you say, is , um, laundering, as you say, is, um, a very, very , um, extensive , um, a very, very, um, extensive, um, tool in the toolkit of criminals i >> -- >> and of course, they, they, they are, um, linking up with, um, modern slavery and people who are good at bringing in people illegally to carry out, um, all sorts of activities, some prospect of a much higher fine . fine. >> so carry on. >> yeah, yeah, yeah . so >> yeah, yeah, yeah. so basically, um , we realised that

basically, um, we realised that these criminals, organised criminals , um, mr and miss big criminals, um, mr and miss big are there to try and find different ways of , of, um, different ways of, of, um, legitimising what they do through money laundering and, um, minimise their outlets by getting slave labour. and because it's a form of keeping people in fear that if they don't do what they're told, they can, um, end up being sent back to where they came from, all these sort of things, or even getting a custodial sentence. so they live on fear, they live on intimidation often. and of course, they they want to know that , that they have that, that they have a sustainable will, um, sort of criminal entity that , you know, criminal entity that, you know, they invest in these things because that's how they, they , because that's how they, they, they, um, get the lifestyle they want. but . leroy, a lot of want. but. leroy, a lot of people have been in touch with gb news. >> they're just astonished that this is happening in every town

across people across britain. people are saying every day, this is saying to us every day, this is in plain sight. or 5, six, in plain sight. 4 or 5, six, seven barber shops on a small high street where you only really need one, one, no customers. this is so obvious. and yet the law enforcers aren't. isn't there to back it up? i mean , what more needs to up? i mean, what more needs to be done before the old bill just start putting boots through doors getting sorted doors and getting this sorted out ? out? >> well, i think it's, um, the plea for so many things that police are supposed to do a lot better. they're not getting the basics right, much less getting on with organised crime. i mean, the national crime agency is supposed to be looking at organised crime, cross—border crime, even international um links . um, so crime, even international um links. um, so and crime, even international um links . um, so and they're links. um, so and they're supposed to work with interpol around these things. so you, you would think that the nca are not just, um, different constabularies around the country are really getting the gnps country are really getting the grips of this. so there's definitely some, um, greater coordination that's required. um, it's also has to get the

right evidence before you can start, um, get applying for warrants and, and, um , getting warrants and, and, um, getting people you know, you know, bank to rights. so it has sometimes, you know, these things might think, oh, it's easy. it's easily done. i've had to do , um, easily done. i've had to do, um, a lot of, um , coordinated police a lot of, um, coordinated police activity to tie down your drug dealers, your , um, criminals of dealers, your, um, criminals of one form or another. and it takes time because you don't want to lose the case in court . want to lose the case in court. so you've got to get , you know, so you've got to get, you know, you got to get end to end very tight to ensure it gets through the cps and some smart lawyer is not going to try and get them off on a technicality. and it's sometimes those small details that take the time to ensure you secure a conviction . secure a conviction. >> superb as ever, retired superintendent leroy logan, thank you so much for joining superintendent leroy logan, thank you so much forjoining us again and sharing your huge knowledge base. excellent now, sadiq khan has given london's

pubuc sadiq khan has given london's public transport a brand new look, but is it a total waste of taxpayers . money i'm martin taxpayers. money i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

radio. >> welcome back . it's 548. >> welcome back. it's 548. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now. three years have passed since the law in england changed to prevent under eighteens undergoing lip filler and botox treatments, but a lack of regulation in scotland, wales and northern ireland is drawing cosmetic tourists to bypass the law. elsewhere. now scotland reporter tony mcguire has this reporter tony mcguire has this report on a warning. tones reports contains images of cosmetic procedures that some may find disturbing . may find disturbing. >> millions of brits say they've had a non—surgical aesthetic treatment done in 2023, with gen z a driving force in the

cosmetic injectables boom. >> but now it's the youth that's obsessed with ageing and britain stands undecided on how to react . in 2021, it was english lawmakers who made the first move when conservative mp laura trott joined forces with save face, a uk government approved aesthetic treatment registry to push through legislation banning lip fillers and botox injections for the under 18 seconds. but no such laws exist in scotland, wales or northern ireland. save face director ashton collins says that a unified approach is crucial to deter cosmetic tourism because of things like social media and reality tv. >> they are trivialised to the point where people don't appreciate that there's a risk involved or a significant risk medically. um, so i think it's really important that they have a joined up approach because as we've seen with the under 18 bill, unless we are unified in an approach , we've seen people an approach, we've seen people crossing borders into wales and scotland seeking these treatments while they're under 18. healthcare improvement

scotland enforces strict regulations and inspections on medical professionals, but it doesn't place limitations on unregulated practitioners whatsoever. >> the result has been a concerning rise in aesthetic complications and glasgow city centre's other clinic now treats more complication. patients than those seeking original treatment. the clinic's medical director, doctor cormac convery, says that the number of cosmetic tourists to scotland will only increase as regulation tightens increase as regulation tightens in england , we will see more in england, we will see more health tourism as you know, patients will cross the border and they will seek out help and these procedures have risks and it's often the vulnerable and the poorly informed that end up succumbing to problems . succumbing to problems. >> and they can feel neglected . >> and they can feel neglected. and worst case scenario, they can be permanently disfigured across the uk, the law states that botox must be prescribed by health care professionals. >> awash with >> but instagram is awash with accounts they're accounts advertising they're willingness to skirt law . at

willingness to skirt the law. at a reduced cost. so when the nhs is reluctant to treat the unknown effects caused by unknown effects caused by unknown injectables at the risk of worsening the patient's predicament, of worsening the patient's predicament , those cheap predicament, those cheap treatments will inevitably cause buyers significant more in the long run . medics continue to long run. medics continue to lobby demands for tougher regulation from health care improvement scotland, but an industry steered solely by patient safety and well—being still feels a long way off. tony mcguire, gb news glasgow now sadiq khan has continued his woke crusade to make tfl more politically correct, spending millions of pounds rebrand , millions of pounds rebrand, adding london's overground line. >> of course, the new services don't improve journey times . don't improve journey times. well, why have they bothered with that? but don't worry because have lovely new because they do have lovely new names such as the windrush line and the suffragette line. well, joining me now to look at this controversial aspects of this rebrand is the brand consultant

james burt. james welcome to the show. always a pleasure. a lot of people will be saying £6.3 million. james is a lot of wonga to spend on a rebadging exercise . but before we get into the kind of common sense of this, um, that that's a lot of money, is it a complete and utter waste of dosh ? of dosh? >> well, this could be the shortest segment of all time because yes, it categorically is i >> -- >> if you traditionally look at what a rebrand is designed to do. and actually i googled this earlier, it is to mark it or reposition it is to change direction or vision, or is to refresh or modernise. given the fact that the overground only opened, uh, in two thousand and seven, the fact we need to modernise the branding around it seems ridiculous. quite frankly , seems ridiculous. quite frankly, if you know straight away online, i much, much like every other londoner, was like, well, this stinks of virtue signalling. and i just yeah, i can't see us a good spend of, of money, especially given that next tuesday there's next monday and tuesday there's a strike to conditions of

a strike due to conditions of the overground workers. so it seems crazy me. the overground workers. so it seeyeah.azy me. the overground workers. so it seeyeah. and me. the overground workers. so it seeyeah. and thee. the overground workers. so it seeyeah. and the overground line >> yeah. and the overground line itake >> yeah. and the overground line i take every day, literally i take it every day, literally nobody has ever complained about the fact it's just called the overground. you take overground. you just take a different it . but i'll different branch of it. but i'll put this to you . here's put it this to you. here's a question for you, james. a bit of pub trivia £6.3 million that could spent on police could have been spent on police officers. how many police officers. guess how many police officers. guess how many police officers that would buy you? £6.3 million. >> uh , i'm going to go, uh, 15,000. >> no , it's 175. >> no, it's 175. >> don't forget that the starting salary is 36,000 775 for a copper in london, 175 coppers or calling your your train line the suffragettes , by train line the suffragettes, by the way, they set off 3 to 400 bombs in london between 1913 and 14 and were recognised as a terrorist movement . do you think terrorist movement. do you think sadiq khan cares about any of this, james? or is actually the true value for him about power. 100. >> the only brand that sadiq

khan cares about is his own brand, and ironically, he's actually going to do it a massive disservice. i think it's no surprise that it's an election year and he's making all these sort of bold moves, but he will be looked back on, i think, as the guy who wasted £6.5 million on rebadging, something that frankly wasn't that and you know, at that confusing. and you know, at a time when there's recession or cost of living crisis, he's brought in ulez, which is, you know, absolutely flattened companies. it's ridiculous. and ironically, you say , he's ironically, like you say, he's i think only brand he cares think the only brand he cares about his own brand. and he's about is his own brand. and he's going tarnishing that going to end up tarnishing that in tum , i think. in the long tum, i think. and making london of making london a bit of a laughing stock, to be honest. the of the world does. the rest of the world does. i was reading street was reading the wall street journal and the time the new york we sound york times today, like, we sound like because one man's like a joke because of one man's megalomania. from what i can work out. >> yeah , but, think >> yeah, but, james, i think you've hit nail on the head. you've hit the nail on the head. here we are once again, talking about khan. branko sultan, about sadiq khan. branko sultan, james very much james burt, thank you very much for us. £6.3 million. forjoining us. £6.3 million. what a total waste of money. had

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the roads and traffic delays. however, that rain will push off into the north sea through the night and it will turn night and behind it it will turn much drier and clearer, there much drier and clearer, so there will spells will be some clear spells tonight. however, we've still got mild so going got very mild air so it's going to be mild start to the to be another mild start to the day on friday morning and there will be some sunshine first thing, particularly across eastern areas. central areas of england and the south coast too. but some thicker cloud first thing the far east as thing across the far east as well as northwestern areas well as some northwestern areas of and wales. some of england and wales. some drizzly rain here, as well as possible through the day . but by possible through the day. but by and large it's going to be a dry and large it's going to be a dry and for areas . and bright day for many areas. it feel fairly pleasant in it will feel fairly pleasant in the . highs of 14 or 15 the sunshine. highs of 14 or 15 degrees for some of us on friday. cloud will thicken again on saturday from the west. we could some further drizzly on saturday from the west. we coulthrough me further drizzly on saturday from the west. we coulthrough the further drizzly on saturday from the west. we coulthrough the morning. izzly on saturday from the west. we coulthrough the morning. across rain through the morning. across western areas. and then there's some come some heavier rain to come through saturday evening and saturday night in particular. but sunday things look to improve once again , but it will improve once again, but it will stay mild all weekend. see you later . later. >> that warm feeling inside from

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