netanyahu has london and netanyahu has returned to the negotiation table.7 is a ceasefire within reach and no fault u—turn.7 conservative mps are revolting after the no fault eviction bill may now include several concessions on behalf of landlords. is this the housing market doomed to deadlock .7 now, market doomed to deadlock? now, of course, this show is absolutely nothing without you and your views. let me know your thoughts on all of the stories we'll be discussing today. email me on gbviews@gbnews.com. i've got it open right here or message us on socials we're at at gb news. first of all though, here's the news with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, darren. good afternoon. it's 12:01. i'm sophia afternoon. it's12:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. a league table showing

the nationalities of migrants with the highest crime rates has been proposed by a group of tory mps. wants to see the statistics published annually for every offender convicted in england and . they say the rules and wales. they say the rules will help the home office impose stricter visa and deportation policies for certain countries. former immigration minister robert jenrick is behind the plan, speaking exclusively to gb news, he said the public wants to know how arrivals to the uk are impacting the country . are impacting the country. >> i want the most honest and transparent debate about immigration, legal or illegal, that we can possibly have and it is wrong that the government or other agencies is hide statistics. i have laid an amendment to the upcoming criminal justice bill which tackles one of these issues, and it says that the government must pubush it says that the government must publish statistics on crimes and sentences by country of origin and by visa and asylum status. i think that the public want to know who's coming into our

country and what the economic, the fiscal and the societal impact of immigration is. >> the police service of northern ireland is warning against speculation on social media about charges against sir jeffrey donaldson. the former dup leader has been accused of historical sex offences. the psni says victims must be safeguarded and the publication of any information which is likely to lead to their identification is a criminal offence. it's understood sir jeffrey has told party officers that he will strenuously contest the allegations against him . the allegations against him. counter—terrorism police are investigating the stabbing of an exiled iranian journalist in southwest london, pouria zarati, who was targeted outside his home in westminster, is said to be in a stable condition after suffering an injury to his leg. london based tv channel iran international says the attack follows tehran's plot to kill two of its presenters in 2022. police say they're keeping an

open mind regarding a motive . in open mind regarding a motive. in other news, a hostage situation at a nightclub in the netherlands has ended peacefully. police say they arrested a man who was wearing a balaclava after he walked out of the venue . witnesses say he had the venue. witnesses say he had his hands in the air. several people had been held at the cafe petticoat near the town of ede. authorities confirmed. they've all been released. the motive has not been made clear. two security sources have accused israel of striking a car carrying un observers in southern lebanon . the un southern lebanon. the un peacekeeping mission says four people were injured in what it says was an unacceptable attack. the israeli military has denied any involvement, saying contrary to the reports , the idf did not to the reports, the idf did not strike the vehicle . households strike the vehicle. households should brace for a host of essential bill increases from the 1st of april, but not all costs are going up . cuts to costs are going up. cuts to national insurance and increases in the amount people receive in benefits take effect in early april, but regular bills like

council tax, broadband and water are going up. so experts say family budgets need careful attention. the average annual council tax bill will rise by £106 this year, whilst the average annual water bill will rise by 6% in england and wales. some good news, though the annual energy bill for a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will fall to £1,690, which is the lowest for two years, and travel disruption is expected to continue in large parts of the uk today as the easter holiday gets underway. there were reports of long queues at dover last night as vehicles faced an hours last night as vehicles faced an hour's long wait to be processed. rough weather from storm nelson remains , with flood storm nelson remains, with flood warnings and alerts in place across england. network rail is urging train passengers to check their journey details before travelling, due to some major routes being closed and travel journalist simon calder warns about the unforeseen travel issues. >> the real serious issue , >> the real serious issue,

though, is actually for the things we weren't expecting and that includes you mentioned storm nelson , huge amounts of storm nelson, huge amounts of disruption right across the great western region. we had on thursday, friday, for instance, big problems on the lines to south wales from london paddington to and bristol. now it looks like the main line from london to devon and cornwall is blocked. there are workarounds, but again everything going very, very slow . very slow. >> and for the latest stories sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts . gbnews.com/alerts. >> thanks very much, sophia. let's get stuck into today's topics, shall we? now, ministers are planning to create a league table to show migrant nationalities with the highest crime rates. the proposal is backed by senior tory mps , and backed by senior tory mps, and

would require the statistics in england and wales to be published annually. other countries do this already. if implemented, these new rules would allow the home office to have stricter visa and deportation policies . robert deportation policies. robert jenrick, a former immigration minister, has put forward the plan. here's what he had to say yesterday on gb news. >> i want the most honest and transparent debate about immigration on legal or illegal that we can possibly have, and it is wrong that the government or other agencies uses hide statistics. i have laid an amendment to the upcoming criminal justice bill, which tackles one of these issues, and it says that the government must pubush it says that the government must publish statistics on crimes and sentences by country of origin , sentences by country of origin, and by visa and asylum status. i think that the public want to know who's coming into our country and what the economic, the fiscal and the societal impact of immigration is now

publishing a yearly league table of the worst offender nationalities. >> many of you are saying brilliant and it would let the pubuc brilliant and it would let the public see exactly where potential problems are coming from. no more pussyfooting around with the woke nonsense about diversity and inclusion. so could cold, hard data bring about genuine insight ? well, about genuine insight? well, joining me now to discuss this is the political commentator stephen carlton woods. stephen, thank much for your thank you very much for your time , what's your thoughts on time, what's your thoughts on this and why do you think actually , we've been loath to do actually, we've been loath to do this until now . this until now. >> well, it's quite interesting, really. this story has come out now because for the last couple of years, all eyes have been looking at the boats coming into the uk. it's something the uk. and it's something i raised to two years ago. really? why are not looking at legal why are we not looking at legal immigration, the government did try something last year try and do something last year when they closed the loophole with students coming over here and stopping their families, joining them afterwards, but there's so much it needs to be

done. there's so much it needs to be done . and with all the other done. and with all the other problems that's been going on in the uk, it takes a lot of appetite to get a particular job appetite to get a particularjob done. appetite to get a particularjob done . and i think this has been done. and i think this has been kicked down the road for a long time. now, the well, certain time. and now, the well, certain parts government are parts of the government are addressing this, but robert jenrick i'm quite you know, concerned about his time this , concerned about his time this, because it's not something he brought to the forefront when he was in that position. >> well, what he does say on that , though, stephen, is that that, though, stephen, is that actually tried speak about actually he tried to speak about this issue, especially legal migration with the prime minister, rishi sunak. and every time he did try alongside his colleague, former colleague suella braverman, that actually he was dismissed, that rishi sunak refused to countenance a conversation on legal migration . conversation on legal migration. >> so now he's saying this, but there was no there's no record of it anywhere else that this was ever on an agenda or discussed in any other, format. so i'm not so sure to what detail or what depth they

actually went in discussion with that, but it's something that should have been dealt with, a couple of years ago. and now now it's into the forefront . so i'm it's into the forefront. so i'm not sure really what's going on behind scenes. not sure really what's going on bet now scenes. not sure really what's going on bet now . scenes. not sure really what's going on bet now . theznes. not sure really what's going on bet now . the likes of denmark, >> now. the likes of denmark, the likes of united states the likes of the united states of they already of america, they already compiled these, these kinds of lists of data . how lists with this set of data. how useful do you think this data would actually be to the nation? whilst, as you say, we have a migration crisis ongoing. >> well, i mean, there's other forces at play here. you've got the civil service that want to do things their way as well. so i don't know readily i don't know how readily available this information will, but a lot of but there's going to be a lot of objection to this, these people that are bent letting that are hell bent on, letting people into the country no matter what, at whatever cost , matter what, at whatever cost, so it'll be interesting, really. it's something that desperately needs to be done, and the sooner the better . so, you know, i the better. so, you know, i think there'd be a big appetite for the country to get behind this. and people have the right to know who's living amongst us.

>> and people have the right to know as well if they're those that are coming here. are statistically more likely to be getting up no good, surely . getting up to no good, surely. >> oh, absolutely. well, we've seen of the church seen the, fiasco of the church of england doing conversions and stuff like that , and it's stuff like that, and it's completely, fictitious, really . completely, fictitious, really. and they've been caught out with this. so i think you've got all besides the civil service, you've got organises the you've got organises like the church england as well of, church of england as well of, more or less cancelled easter as well. haven't they? we've been talking about that morning. talking about that all morning. so. the we've got to bring so. yeah the we've got to bring everyone into line really and stop them from, upsetting what we're trying to achieve. just finally, stephen, i mean, do you put this down to you mentioned there that actually you wish the likes robert jenrick had likes of robert jenrick had spoken about this earlier. >> do you put this to >> do you put this down to potential leadership ambitions? >> no, i don't no , i think that >> no, i don't no, i think that people in certain positions are are sort of quietened down and they're not allowed to make

certain noises. so they very much have to toe a line to a point. i mean, that's what the whip system is all about in political parties. but you think someone in that position running a department would have a bit more ? more influence? >> yeah, absolutely. and if i had my way, i think actually immigration should be an entirely separate department. right? | entirely separate department. right? i think it it's clearly become such a bureaucratic beast that it needs taming darren. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well , i'm >> yeah. >> well, i'm full of them. stephen, what can i say? thank you very much for your time. that's stephen carlton—woods there have a good easter, mate. right. we'll have loads more on that story throughout the show, and there's plenty of coverage on website , gbnews.com. you on our website, gbnews.com. you all at home have helped make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. thank you very much for that. now onto well, here we go again. i feel like it's a you know, deja vu. the palestine solidarity campaign is holding a general march in london today to call for a permanent ceasefire

in the middle east. activists are marching from russell square to trafalgar square. we're going to trafalgar square. we're going to get the latest now with gb news political correspondent, katherine forster. catherine, thank you very much for your time. oh, it sounds very loud. there is it is it packed out, yes. many hundreds of people here. good afternoon . darren, here. good afternoon. darren, there's a helicopter in the sky as well . i hope you can hear me. as well. i hope you can hear me. okay. i've been covering these marches since they first began, which was from the first saturday following those atrocities committed by hamas back on october the 7th. of course, since then, we've seen the desperate situation in gaza. according to the latest figures, nearly 33,000 people killed. now, these marches have been happening in london for many saturdays up and down the country and indeed right across the world. and it's already cost the world. and it's already cost the police and the united

kingdom over £32 million. now we're here in russell square. they're going to move off in the next half hour or so , progressed next half hour or so, progressed down to aldwych, take a right and end up in trafalgar square at about 2:00 this afternoon . at about 2:00 this afternoon. now it tends to be very good humour. there's a real mix of people here, if there is any trouble, it's likely to be later. i have to say the march i was at three weeks ago, which ended at the american embassy, seemed to pass off pretty much without out incident. but trafalgar square, of course, is a is a main meeting point in london and one of the things i've noticed here too is there's a real industry sprung up around these protests . there's all these protests. there's all sorts of merchandise at stop the war, free palestine caps, badges , flags, banners, etc. multi—buy on sweatshirts. also people campaigning saying give us money

to fund the protest. cash or contact us. so we've all moved with the times, but we will be covering the march from different points along the route all afternoon for you here. >> download gb news. >> download gb news. >> now, i've noticed there you haven't got your, your gb news microphone with the logo on there. do you get are you quite nervous at those marches covering those marches ? covering those marches? >> we are here. we don't advertise who we're here for because a couple of months ago , because a couple of months ago, myself and a cameraman and the bat watcher had a lot of abuse . bat watcher had a lot of abuse. we were basically forced into a corner with a guy shouting on a tannoy that we were fascist and evil. the police are still deaung evil. the police are still dealing with that. so we will, of course, you know when we of course, let you know when we have an update, but we keep a fairly low profile because not everybody likes us here. that's something of an understatement. >> indeed. yes. so i think, you know, it's all well and good saying they're peaceful and good natured of it, natured and all the rest of it, but hear reports like

but when we hear reports like that the calls for intifada that and the calls for intifada and things on our streets, i mean, you can see why people at home, katherine, get a bit nervous about these scenes . nervous about these scenes. >> you can. and of course, suella braverman labelled these hate marches, didn't she? that's one of the things that she said, which ultimately cost her her job as the home secretary. and certainly there'll be plenty of people up and down the country thinking that, this is not a good use of police resources and also very uncomfortable about some of the calls that you do hear at these marches, like from the river to the sea. palestine will be free now , there's lots will be free now, there's lots of people here who just want the war to stop. and quite often when you dig a little bit deeper about why they are here, there's not that much sympathy for , the not that much sympathy for, the hostages that were taken by hamas on october the 7th or indeed for israel . but of indeed for israel. but of course, these pictures of the atrocities in gaza are going all

around the world. the united nafions around the world. the united nations are worried about famine. britain and other countries are dropping aid. and really, until there is a lasting ceasefire , it's difficult to see ceasefire, it's difficult to see that these marches are going to end. now. israel has said they will go back to talks , next will go back to talks, next week, potentially in qatar. >> and in egypt. >> and in egypt. >> so we have to hope that something will come of this. >> all right. catherine? well, i think you're an absolute light to journalism. and the best thing to happen to gb news since you came on board. so stay safe there . katherine forster there. there. katherine forster there. brilliant. now you're with me, darren grimes on gb news saturday. we've got loads more coming up on today's show as tory mps rebel over the government's fault eviction government's no fault eviction bill. is this country run for and by landlords, or are we actually pushing the marginal landlord out altogether? all of that and more to come. you with gb news, britain's news channel .

welcome back to gb news saturday with me. darren grimes. on your telly, online and on digital radio. conservative mps have criticised series of promised criticised a series of promised reforms for renters, raising concerns that a bill would breed uncertainty and drive property investors out of the market altogether. the practice of forcing tenants out of their home for no stated reason was to be abolished in what the government described as a once in a generation overhaul of housing laws . in a generation overhaul of housing laws. but a leaked letter from communities minister jacob young suggests the bill may now include several concessions on behalf of landlords. the renters reform coalition say that weakening the bill breaks the government's promise and leaving most renters still at risk of no fault evictions. well, joining me now

is a man in the know property expert russell quirk. russell thank you very much for your company. i've just had the 2019 conservative manifesto up here and it says we will bring in a deal and it says we will bring in a deal, a better deal for renters, including abolishing no fault evictions and only requiring one lifetime deposit, which moves with now why would with the tenant. now why would landlords and property investors fear that? what is what is it that they would be potentially losing ? losing? >> well, isn't it incredible? first of all, darren, that you've just cited when this policy, when this approach was first mooted by this government five years ago, it's taken the government five years to get to a position where there's still uncertainty , hence the uncertainty, hence the conversation that you and i are having now. so this is all about the push and pull, the ying, the yang really between tenants and landlords. i'd have to landlords. and i'd have to say that a political that from a political perspective, it plays very well to tenancy crowd. so the to the tenancy crowd. so the millions of renters that there are in britain that the government, whether it's this

one or the next one, should be seen to be doing something to protect renters and protect them from what, you might ask? well, to protect them from the fact that perhaps they don't have the security of tenure , that security of tenure, that otherwise they like. otherwise they might like. because many years, because for many, many years, decades, really, the mechanism by which a tenant is in a property that's owned by a landlord is one via what's called an assured shorthold tenancy agreement. now, the problem with those is that they're very short, so they for last 12 months. hs2 are typically 12 months. so what we've up with over the we've ended up with over the last years is this last five years is this huge debate protecting tenants. debate about protecting tenants. so they can't be kicked out by debate about protecting tenants. so tiofr can't be kicked out by debate about protecting tenants. so tiof whatt be kicked out by debate about protecting tenants. so tiof what what icked out by debate about protecting tenants. so tiof what what are d out by debate about protecting tenants. so tiof what what are being by way of what what are being called no fault evictions , but called no fault evictions, but also to somehow find a balance whereby, as you said in your introduction, we don't scare off landlords because the problem with giving tenants ultimate protection in terms of letting the tail wag the dog, you might say, tenants being able to do what they want, stay for as long as they want, and pay what they

want, that response from want, is that the response from landlords, course, will be, landlords, of course, will be, well, to invest in well, we don't want to invest in property. then if we don't have certainty terms of covering certainty in terms of covering our and making a our overheads and making a margin, call yield , margin, what they call a yield, well then of course landlords are going to go and start investing in asset investing in other asset classes. that's the problem. classes. so that's the problem. but a solution, darren. but there is a solution, darren. and is government and again this is a government that and again not that we've had. and again not just this one, but for, more than probably all of us can remember , governments don't talk than probably all of us can rerthelber , governments don't talk than probably all of us can rerthe industry/ernments don't talk than probably all of us can rerthe industry over1ents don't talk than probably all of us can rerthe industry over which ion't talk than probably all of us can rerthe industry over which they talk to the industry over which they are imposing policy diktat. and so on. all they have to do is put in place longer the assured shorthold tenancy agreements. so, in other words, allow the tenant and the landlord to come to a grown up mutual agreement by way of contract, where that can be like it is in germany , can be like it is in germany, for instance, a tenancy agreement three years, five agreement of three years, five years, ten years with inbuilt rent increase agreements that both sides agree, whereby then you don't have this catastrophic situation we've got here where you've got landlords and tenants

at each other's throats. >> yeah. russell what i would say to that, though, is surely if we look at the data, you know, germany, rent controls and all the rest of it. berlin especially what that's done is actually mean that the marginal landlord can't landlord says, look, i can't afford in this business afford to be in this business anymore. and then that exacerbates the housing crisis. i mean, scotland have proposed similar measures actually similar measures where actually they would a 0% rent cap. >> darren, please don't confuse me with someone that favours rent controls. on the opposite side of that argument, i rent control. >> you see what i mean? we're heading in that direction , heading in that direction, aren't we? it's a sort of anti—landlord push. >> , no, we are indeed. and >> no, no, we are indeed. and look, what we should have is a free market, which what i'm free market, which is what i'm trying where trying to describe, where a landlord rent his landlord decides to rent his property ten to mr property out for ten years to mr and smith, if he wants to. and mrs. smith, if he wants to. mr and mrs. freely mr and mrs. smith freely say yes. like to rent it for yes. we'd like to rent it for ten years, please. maybe with a break clause every year at mutual agreement than mutual agreement rather than this government big state intervention, where the government are going dictate government are going to dictate to landlords and tenants where

they live and how they live , and they live and how they live, and rent controls. by the way, look, in germany, 90% of people rent one city. berlin, tried rent controls a few years back and it was an unmitigated disaster because all landlords, most landlords, bleed the sector. they just didn't want to be in property anymore. so scotland are going through the same disastrous, blinkered approach where we've already seen in the run up to the rent control , rent run up to the rent control, rent cap type scenario, rents increasing in scotland over the last few months, more than anywhere else in britain because they realise these landlords that they're about to be told that they're about to be told that they're about to be told that they increase their that they can't increase their rents. free market must rents. a free market must prevail, than prevail, surely, rather than government intervention? >> yes. so even in ireland, actually ireland tried the same thing. and actually it's just exacerbated the housing crisis. and russell, you'll i'm sure you'll agree with me on this, that if we're not building more houses. that if we're not building more houses . right, if we're not houses. right, if we're not increasing supply, then we can't hamper the actual people who are

there in the marketplace saying, look, i want to rent out my home. please just let me do it without making it impossible for me to stay in this industry. >> yes, absolutely. and for someone that makes the living in in property , i'm increasingly in property, i'm increasingly frustrated again , successive frustrated by again, successive governments and the revolving door of housing ministers that we've had over the last, what, 4 or 5 years? i think we've had about 47 or something. might about 47 or something. i might be slightly, but be exaggerating slightly, but not by much. as a consequence, we end with not just no we end up with not just no policy in terms of policy that actually gets enacted , but we actually gets enacted, but we get politicians using the property industry and housing supply as a means of grabbing a headline. and none of them actually fulfil the headline or the ambition or the policy that they put in place. and you're absolutely right. the fundamental answer here to stable house prices and the social media, the social housing shortage, and indeed the problem of tenancy, rent prices being unsustainable is simply to add

in more supply and most of us in the property sector have been calling for this for decades. the government simply don't listen incapable of doing listen or are incapable of doing what needs to be done to build the houses that britain needs . the houses that britain needs. >> and where are you at, russell? on to buy. there russell? on right to buy. there have some suggestions have been some suggestions there. you know, seen to there. you know, i've seen to actually purchase your social housing, a house that you live in. where are you at on that? do you think that that is a negative for the property market, or do you think actually giving people that stability and security thing to security is a good thing to continue doing well? >> anything that works for angela rayner works for me. right. so, you know, well, she didn't names. didn't mention names. >> mention names. >> i didn't mention names. >> i didn't mention names. >> she she certainly done okay out of she a nice out of it. she made a nice profit notwithstanding tax profit notwithstanding the tax thing. rayner is thing. but angela rayner is a great someone that great example of someone that kind you know, came from kind of, you know, came from a an impoverished background. kind of, you know, came from a an iiin»overished background. kind of, you know, came from a an iili'i alerished background. kind of, you know, came from a an iili'i a council background. kind of, you know, came from a an iili'i a council house round. kind of, you know, came from a an iili'i a council house or nd. was in a council house or council flat. able then council flat. she was able then thanks to margaret thatcher, who ironically, of ironically, is probably one of her nemesis , she was to buy her nemesis, she was able to buy that live it. maybe that property, live in it. maybe full time, maybe not. that's,

out for debate, i guess, as we speak, but then to sell it and actually that money to actually to use that money to better her life. so i think right to buy is fantastic. it was one of the many things, in my opinion, that mrs. thatcher did helped the did that helped underpin the success and the success of britain and the problem with that model, though, and that policy, of course, though darren, was the fact that they didn't provide that for every house sold through right to buy, one would then be created as a new build to replace it. and that's what they should have done. and should be doing now. but in it's doing now. but in in all, it's a fantastic policy, and one i think that, you know, as back to the free market capitalism thing that i've been talking about for the last five minutes. it's a wonderful thing to able to wonderful thing to be able to buy home and use the buy your own home and use the wealth within it, not to wealth within it, not just to create better life, to create a better life, but to start a business to buy stuff start a business or to buy stuff that i mean , it's, that you want. i mean, it's, it's britain has basically it's what britain has basically been, has been formed upon, think. >> i mean, dare i say though, russell, you know, the country's changed a little bit since maggie day and migration. maggie t's day and migration. mass migration is adding a hell

of a lot of demand to alongside that, an overgrown, an ever growing population . growing population. >> well, darren, can you imagine if mrs. thatcher was still alive now and still prime minister? we wouldn't small boats as wouldn't have small boats as a crisis . we wouldn't have the crisis. we wouldn't have the catastrophic lack of control over immigration that this government and previous governments have overseen, we wouldn't have the crime that we have on our streets. we'd have better discipline in schools . we better discipline in schools. we wouldn't see 300 feral kids running through milton keynes shopping centres, getting away with it because there's no discipline at home or in schools, so, yes, look, bring back thatcher, or at least somebody that looks and feels a bit like her. don't you think? >> well, i couldn't possibly comment, thank you comment, russell, but thank you very your time this very much for your time this weekend. folks, you sir, weekend. now folks, you sir, with me, darren grimes on gb news saturday. we've got loads more coming up on today's show, including the latest on the easter travel disruption, bringing the country to a

standstill. are you caught up in it? let me know. first of all though, here's the news with sophia. >> thanks, darren. it's 1230. >> thanks, darren. it's1230. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb news room. your headlines. a league table showing the nationalities of migrants with the highest crime rates has been proposed . a group of tory mps proposed. a group of tory mps wants to see the statistics published annually . for every published annually. for every offender convicted in england and wales. they say the rules will help the home office impose stricter visa and deportation policies for certain countries. former immigration minister robert jenrick is behind the plan. speaking exclusively to gb news, he said the public wants to know how the arrivals to the uk are impacting the country. >> it is wrong that the government or other agencies hide statistics. i have laid an amendment to the upcoming criminal justice bill, which tackles one of these issues, and it says that the government must

pubush it says that the government must publish statistics on crimes and sentences by country of origin and by visa and asylum status. >> the police service of northern ireland is warning against speculation on social media on the charges against former dup leader sir jeffrey donaldson. he's been accused of historical sex offences. the psni says victims must be safeguarded and the publication of any information which is likely to lead to their identification is a criminal offence. it's understood sir jeffrey has told party officers he will strenuously contest the allegations against him . allegations against him. counter—terrorism police are investigating the stabbing of an exiled iranian journalist in south—west london. pariah zarati, who was targeted outside his home in wimbledon , is said his home in wimbledon, is said to be in a stable condition after suffering an injury to his leg. police say they're keeping an open mind regarding a motive. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning

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don't know about you, but the trains just drive me to the depths of despair at the minute they're either on strike on this engineering works. >> good afternoon darren. yes, i think many passengers here in wakefield feel the same as you. i don't know if you can see behind me. there's several bus replacements that have been put on because the line between leeds and sheffield is completely closed due to that ongoing engineering work that national rail are doing across the easter period. they say that they've chosen this time to do it because people travel, so it'll have less disruption on passengers . and this is what passengers. and this is what people here in wakefield have told me . told me. >> well, i didn't actually realise that there was there were no trains running until i got here. so yeah, i think more the inconvenience is that i didn't know where to get the bus, so i've just been informed

now to come out here, speak to someone and sort of figure it out as i go along. >> well, wasn't told about it. >> well, wasn't told about it. >> firstly, yes. >> firstly, yes. >> and secondly, i wouldn't have travelled this travelled today if i knew this was organised, travelled today if i knew this wa information organised, travelled today if i knew this wa information . organised, no information. >> so mixture of views. there are people remain in fairly calm, but not everybody knowing about it. people turning up at the train station and then just realising on the day that the trains are cancelled and like you mentioned as well, trains are cancelled and like you mentioned as well , the you mentioned as well, the strike despite this strike action. so despite this just for the easter just being for the easter period, when we hit the 5th of april, fifth, sixth and 8th of april, fifth, sixth and 8th of april, there'll be more strike action as left the train drivers union are going on strike across 14 different train companies, affecting thousands of journeys across the network. so yeah, over easter, check before you travel and then when it gets to april, the fifth, check before you travel for those hours left for strikes as well. >> all right. anna riley there.

thank you very much as ever. right. easter weekend is, of course, upon us. and most of us have polished off an easter egg or two already. i think there's a bit damage that's been a fair bit of damage that's been done here, chocolate eggs done here, but chocolate eggs have sale in shops for have been on sale in shops for weeks now. of course, i think easter starts in february. these days, but customers in gosport in hampshire been buying in hampshire have been buying their eggs from their local fish and dipped in butter and chip shop, dipped in butter and chip shop, dipped in butter and deep fried to perfection. so we sent our south west of england reporterjeff moody we sent our south west of england reporter jeff moody to try one. >> customers at scott's place in gosport are queuing out of the doom gosport are queuing out of the door, but it's not a battered sausage that's bringing them out on easter weekend. it's a creme e99 on easter weekend. it's a creme egg rubbed in flour, dipped in batter and deep fried in oil. sounds disgusting . sounds disgusting. >> wow, you say that. but they do come out quite nice. they are a peculiar taste, but it's very tasty. what's nice about it? it makes the chocolate go gooey in,

like, brownie like. and then it makes the filling nice and hot. >> yes, scott turner sells deep fried mars bars too, and he just can't fry them fast enough. he sold 48 deep fried, battered creme eggs on day one, and that number has been rising by the day. >> absolutely amazing. people love them. people are trying them that don't like the idea of it, but saying, oh my god, how amazing they are. i mean, it's something either something that you're either going hate , but going to love or hate, but mostly it. mostly people love it. absolutely it . yeah. absolutely loving it. yeah. >> the idea of combining batter and chocolate isn't really for the faint hearted. there are two flavours that many would say don't go together particularly well . time to don't go together particularly well. time to try it don't go together particularly well . time to try it. well. time to try it. >> they go together really, really well . it's delicious

really well. it's delicious. >> but don't take my word for it. what do the good people of gosport think? >> it sounds very strange . >> it sounds very strange. personally, i wouldn't go for it normally , but i'm willing to normally, but i'm willing to have a try . have a try. >> it's quite good. oh dear. that's good. >> that's actually got sort of a brownie texture type to it . that brownie texture type to it. that that couldn't be good for the waistline . waistline. >> smells good. >> smells good. >> looking good. you could do it in the end . i heard it. in the end. i heard it. >> oh , god. >> oh, god. >> oh, god. >> that's good. that's really good. >> i don't know how to describe it, but it's just really, really good. >> it's actually really good. it's oh, my god, it's actually

really, really good. this is not good though, because it's so unhealthy . unhealthy. >> so if you're bored with ordinary easter eggs, you know what you can do? batter them, stick them in the chip pan confection. perfection. jeff moody gb news. >> oh well, i don't know about that one. >> i'd probably give it a go, though. you're with me, darren grimes on gb news saturday. we've coming up, we've got loads more coming up, including deadline including the run in deadline for millions your for millions to submit your metre before being hit metre readings before being hit with shock costs. all of that and more to come. you're with gb

welcome back to gb news. saturday with me, darren grimes. on your tv, online and on digital radio. now, millions of people are being urged to send metre readings to their energy suppuer metre readings to their energy supplier to ensure they don't overpay . the average household overpay. the average household energy bill is to fall to its

lowest point in two years from next month. that's after ofgem , next month. that's after ofgem, the regulator, lowered its price cap. it will drop 12.3 percentage points from next monday, lower and average yearly bills from £1,900 to under 1700. joining me now is simon francis, a campaigner for the end fuel poverty coalition. simon, thank you very much for your time. why is it pivotal then that people do it before easter monday, get their energy metre readings sent in now? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so what happens on monday is those unit costs that you pay for every unit of energy that you use will come down. >> so that means that if you submit a metre reading now you'll obviously close off. if you'll obviously close off. if you like the account at the higher level, which you're paying higher level, which you're paying at the moment. higher level, which you're paying at the moment . and from paying at the moment. and from that point on, you will then move a unit cost. so move on to a lower unit cost. so thatis move on to a lower unit cost. so that is obviously good news for consumers. if they do that. the downside, however, is that whilst these unit costs are

coming down, the standing charges and this is the bit of the bill that you pay every single day just to be connected to the network, they are going up. so in the case of electricity, they're going up 13% and in the case of gas they're going up 6. for some they're going up 6. so for some people who use very low levels of energy because they've cut back, they're being energy efficient or they're even failing to keep themselves warm, failing to keep themselves warm, failing , be able to put hot failing to, be able to put hot food on the table for those people got very low uses, people who've got very low uses, actually, see their actually, they'll see their bills up from the 1st of bills go up from the 1st of april because these standing charges , are increasing. charges, are increasing. >> simon, explain >> so, simon, can you explain then to viewers at home why the standing charge is going up? you know, a lot of people will be saying, well, hang on a minute. if i've got, you know, if i'm on houday if i've got, you know, if i'm on holiday couple of weeks, holiday for a couple of weeks, why that every single why is it that every single day i'm these standing i'm still paying these standing charges and you know, even charges and it's, you know, even worse for people who might have to be in hospital for a long penod to be in hospital for a long period of time. >> they still be paying >> they will still be paying these standing charges. people >> they will still be paying theprepayment charges. people >> they will still be paying theprepayment metres. people >> they will still be paying theprepayment metres who�*ple >> they will still be paying theprepayment metres who have on prepayment metres who have perhaps using

perhaps not using any electricity gas at all, will electricity or gas at all, will still pay their standing charges. so, you know, really problematic way of paying for what these things. so what goes into these things. so in the standing charges, what you see are predominantly two main things. the first is network costs. so this goes to the firms that operate the networks to the wires and the pipes that take the gas and electricity from where it's produced into your local area. and those costs have been going up in recent years. and in fact, in the case of the gas networks, they've gone up 38% in recent years. so, you know, huge increases on electricity. there's 14 different charges that make up that portion of the bill, all going to different firms that are involved in the energy networks . the other big energy networks. the other big part of the bill, especially when it comes to electricity , is when it comes to electricity, is the issues around debt. so i think one of the things that people have been talking about recently is the fact that from the 1st of april, a new charge is being added to people's bills

to help energy firms bad to help energy firms recover bad debt. to help energy firms recover bad debt . now, you to help energy firms recover bad debt. now, you might think, well, you know, if people have racked up huge amounts of debt because energy crisis, because of the energy crisis, because of the energy crisis, because that because of the profits that these energy firms have made, you know that the you know, then you know that the energy should perhaps be energy firms should perhaps be paying energy firms should perhaps be paying money paying back some of that money to to the these customers who are in debt. but that's not what happensin are in debt. but that's not what happens in 100% of the case. a lot of the money that is being put onto our bills is actually to basically help energy firms chase up bad debt, higher debt collectors, after consumers. >> why is it, then, simon, that we're living in an era? it seems to have been. it's a lot worse than it used to be. where actually in your campaign has, i would argue, never been more prevalent , which would argue, never been more prevalent, which is, you would argue, never been more prevalent , which is, you know, prevalent, which is, you know, people are in fuel poverty and you mentioned there just earlier that there are certain people who have said, i'm going to forego the heating altogether dunng forego the heating altogether during winter. now that i think from a modern, advanced economy, i think that that's a disgusting

way to treat your people . way to treat your people. >> yeah, absolutely. and, you know, we want to see not only reform to our energy bills. and to be fair, ofgem have now started reviews into pretty much every part of energy bill every part of our energy bill makeup so that we can actually get to the bottom of why are these costs so high? should they be on standing charges, or should be on unit costs? should they be on unit costs? you know, really, you know, should firms be paying should energy firms be paying to sponsor football sponsor premier league football clubs know, still making clubs and you know, still making money off these bills? but we also need to see much more investment from the government investment from the government in terms of helping people make their homes more energy efficient, if you can do that, then you can bring down bills. obviously, the cheapest unit of energy is the one that you don't use. and also need to look at use. and also we need to look at where we're getting our energy from. we to make sure from. so we need to make sure that getting more that we are getting more renewables grown renewables and home grown energy. we're energy. that means that we're not reliant so much on imports, but even in that case, we need reform of the market because

essentially a lot of our bills are driven by the cost of energy on a wholesale international market. so even if we pumped every single drop of gas out of the north sea, we'd still be reliant on the costs that are set by an international market. and again, that's another area that really needs reform. >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, >> yeah, absolutely. but i mean, if increase domestic if we did increase domestic supply, you know, at least there if we did increase domestic supplybe>u know, at least there if we did increase domestic supplybe more»w, at least there if we did increase domestic supplybe more ,/, at least there if we did increase domestic supply be more , fuelleast there if we did increase domestic supply be more , fuel gast there if we did increase domestic supplybe more , fuel gas getting would be more, fuel gas getting onto the market that would hopefully, you would hope, help to lower prices somewhat. >> sadly, it wouldn't, it absolutely would not in this case, unfortunately, because the way that the system is set up, the cost of energy is set by essentially global wholesale markets and some of the energy firms and the market traders that are involved in this have also been making significant amounts from these amounts of profit from these transactions. so really, what we need do is, is as well is need to do is, is as well is make sure we're boosting that renewable capacity. we're looking at kind of ways of getting off the wholesale

markets so that we can look at community generation. so i know there's a load of great projects that are being done so people can actually, solar panels can actually, put solar panels on the roof of tower blocks, those sort of things. anything that energy that we can do to get energy created close and get us created close to home and get us off the wholesale markets is going to be helpful . going to be helpful. >> all right. >> all right. >> but i mean, we do accept surely that we're going to be reliant, dependent upon gas for decades to come. surely >> well, we need to get off it as fast as we can. really? because that's the thing. >> that's really how do we heat our homes? how do we do that? >> so this where the >> well, so this is where the kind of heat pumps start kind of the heat pumps start coming play. and if coming into, into play. and if we that and so your face we can do that and so your face i mean they do. but there's lots of stories of people who've actually had a really good experience pumps . experience of heat pumps. clearly there some teething clearly there are some teething issues you know, issues for others. and you know, we need to make sure that those that are ironed out. but what we also need to look at is energy efficiency. kind efficiency. so that kind of thing . even you are on on

thing. so even if you are on on gas you're on heat pump, gas or you're on a heat pump, you're actually less you're actually using less energy but energy in the first place. but of back to what we of course, going back to what we were talking if these were talking about, if these standing still keep on standing charges still keep on going then even if cut going up, then even if you cut back energy use, then back on your energy use, then clearly the standing charges are still going kick in. so still going to kick in. so that's the current that's why the current consultation and discussions that are underway on standing charges are so important . and charges are so important. and people really need to understand what's going on there. >> right, simon glen's >> all right, simon glen's written in and glen says my opinion is the energy suppliers are ripping off standing are ripping us off with standing charges lot charges because they know a lot of people have now stopped putting heating on putting their central heating on until putting their central heating on untand basically we're being >> and basically we're being pred >> and basically we're being ripped off, rip off britain a lot of people of that view. but, simon francis there, thank you very much for your thoughts. we've got loads more coming up on today's show. we're going to delve the campaign delve deeper into the campaign to crime by to release migrant crime data by nationality. you think it nationality. do you think it ought to happen? all of that and more to come . you're with gb more to come. you're with gb news, britain's news channel .

news, britain's news channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. news. news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news, weather forecast from the met office. as we go through the rest of this easter weekend , will some weekend, we will see some further there is further sunshine, but there is still rain in the forecast, still some rain in the forecast, all courtesy of areas of low pressure which are going to hang around across british isles pressure which are going to hang arcwei across british isles pressure which are going to hang arcwe go :ross british isles pressure which are going to hang arcwe go through british isles pressure which are going to hang arcwe go through the ish isles pressure which are going to hang arcwe go through the coming; as we go through the coming days. so as we end saturday, for many actually , we will see many actually, we will see clearing skies, but there will be heavy showers still down be some heavy showers still down towards the south—west of england will spread england and they will spread their towards southwest their way towards southwest wales into wales and eventually into northern end northern ireland towards the end of the night. and at the same time, some misty low cloud will just to in the just begin to spill in from the nonh just begin to spill in from the north sea. where we do see north sea. but where we do see the the skies, we the clearest of the skies, we will a of frost as we will see a touch of frost as we start day . but we will start easter day. but we will see sunshine first start easter day. but we will see across sunshine first start easter day. but we will

see across many hine first start easter day. but we will see across many centralst start easter day. but we will see across many central parts. thing across many central parts. but this misty low cloud will spill its way further westwards as we go through the course of the so come the afternoon, the day. so come the afternoon, many of england and wales many parts of england and wales will see plenty of cloud, a few spits and spots of rain. so the best of the brightness will be across and northern across scotland and northern ireland. here will continue ireland. but here will continue the of few showers the risk of a few showers temperature in the temperature wise in the sunshine, reaching around 14 or 15 degrees, and then looking ahead to easter monday. a rather wet picture for many parts of england and wales. some heavy rain in places scotland and northern ireland. dry with some brightness here, but certainly under that rain. not feeling too great. and unfortunately the unsettled conditions do look like they will continue as we head towards the middle of the week . week. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boiler boilers sponsors of weather on gb news as

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thousands once again, here we go. take to the streets of london and benjamin netanyahu it returning to the negotiation table is a ceasefire and an end to war. in reach. we'll discuss a royal easter and as the royal family gather for their easter first easter service since the king and princess of wales cancer diagnosis, we'll have the latest on the royals . latest on the royals. >> now, never mind the royals. >> now, never mind the royals. >> this show would be absolutely nothing without you and your views. let me know your thoughts. i've got some of them here on all of the stories we'll be discussing today. you can email me on gbviews@gbnews.com, or message me on our socials . or message me on our socials. we're at gb news. but first of all, it's your news with sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> darren. thank you. good

afternoon . it's 1:01. >> darren. thank you. good afternoon . it's1:01. i'm sophia afternoon. it's1:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your top story this hour. the nationalities of migrants who commit crimes could be posted on a league table , with ministers a league table, with ministers saying it would give the government more power to tighten immigration laws. a group of tory to see statistics tory mps wants to see statistics on every offender convicted in england and wales published annually. they say the rules will help the home office impose stricter visa and deportation policies for certain countries. former immigration minister robert jenrick is behind the plan. speaking exclusively to gb news, he said the public wants to know how arrivals to the uk are impacting the country. >> i want the most honest and transparent debate about immigration, legal or illegal, that we can possibly have, and it is wrong that the government or other agencies hide statistics. i have laid an amendment to the upcoming criminal justice bill, which tackles one of these issues, and

it says that the government must pubush it says that the government must publish statistics on crimes and sentences by country of origin and by visa and asylum status. i think that the public want to know who's coming into our country and what the economic, the fiscal and the societal impact of immigration is. >> now the police service of northern ireland is warning against speculation on social media about charges against sir jeffrey donaldson, the former dup leader has been accused of historical sex offences. the psni says victims must be safeguarded and the publication of any information which is likely to lead to their identification is a criminal offence. it's understood sir jeffrey has told party officers he will strenuously contest the allegations against him . allegations against him. counter—terrorism police are investigating the stabbing of an exiled iranian journalist in southwest london. paris zarati, who was targeted outside his home in wimbledon , is said to be

home in wimbledon, is said to be in a stable condition after suffering an injury to his leg. london based tv channel iran international says the attack follows tehran's plot to kill two of its presenters in 2022. it's calling for stronger action against the regime. police say they're keeping an open mind regarding a motive . in other regarding a motive. in other news, two security sources have accused israel of striking a car carrying un observers in southern lebanon . the un southern lebanon. the un peacekeeping mission says four people were injured in what it says was an unacceptable attack. the israeli military has denied any involvement, saying contrary to the reports , the idf did not to the reports, the idf did not strike the vehicle . in the strike the vehicle. in the netherlands, a hostage situation at a nightclub has ended peacefully. police arrested a man who was wearing a balaclava after he walked out of the venue. witnesses say he came out with his hands in the air. several people had been held in the club near the town of ede. authorities confirmed they've all been released. households should brace for a host of essential bill increases from

monday, but not all costs are going up. cuts to national insurance and increases in the amount of people receiving benefits take effect in april. but regular bills like council tax , broadband and water are tax, broadband and water are going up. so experts say family budgets need careful attention. the average annual council tax bill is increasing by £106 this yean bill is increasing by £106 this year, whilst the average annual water bill will rise by 6% in england and wales. some good news, though the annual energy bill for households using a typical amount of gas and electricity will fall to £1,690, which is the lowest for two years, and travel disruption is expected to continue in large parts of the uk today as the easter holiday gets underway. there were reports of long queues at dover last night as vehicles faced hour's wait to vehicles faced an hour's wait to be . rough weather from be processed. rough weather from storm nelson remains, flood storm nelson remains, with flood warnings and alerts in place across england. network rail is urging train passengers to check their journeys before travelling and travel journalist simon

calder warns about unforeseen travel issues. >> the real serious issue, though, is actually for the things we weren't expecting and that includes you mentioned storm nelson, huge amounts of disruption right across the great western region . we had on great western region. we had on thursday, friday, for instance, big problems on the lines to south wales from london paddington and to bristol. now it looks like the main line from london to devon and cornwall is blocked. there are workarounds, but again everything going very, very slow . very slow. >> latest stories sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to gb news. saturday >> thank you very much, sophia. we're going to get stuck in to today's topics. ministers are

planning create league planning to create a league table to show migrant nationalities with the highest crime rates. now, the proposal is backed by senior tory mps and would require statistics in england and wales to be published annually if implemented , these new rules implemented, these new rules would allow the home office to have stricter visa and deportation policies. robert jenrick has put forward the plan. here's what he had to say yesterday on gb news. >> i want the most honest and transparent debate about immigration, legal or illegal, that we can possibly have. and it is wrong that the government or other agencies hide statistics . s i have laid an statistics. s i have laid an amendment to the upcoming criminal justice bill, which tackles one of these issues, and it says that the government must pubush it says that the government must publish statistics on crimes and sentences by country of origin and by visa and asylum status. i think that the public want to

know who's coming into our country and what the economic, the fiscal and the societal impact of immigration is. >> now, joining me to discuss this is the political commentator peter spencer. peter, thank you very much for your time. now, peter, a lot of the inbox here are saying, why are we not doing this already ? are we not doing this already? >> well, the short answer is that we are doing it, provided the people in question have actually been banged up, they've been sent to prison. it's for the lesser offences where they're not actually sent to prison. no, that's what that's what jenrick is on about. he wants see them included in wants to see them included in the list. all that said, this does very much feed into the wider tory dare i use the word psychodrama between those on the reform minded right of the party and the more, more moderate minded blue wall conservatives who are a little bit more relaxed about migration ? and it

relaxed about migration? and it is worth remembering that jenrick himself, of course, resigned from government because he felt the rwanda bill wasn't tough enough. and also, i would make the point that as while we have as is as is a statistical fact, we have a birth rate of just under one and a half children per mother in the united kingdom, which means that we are not sort of keeping up. we have an ageing population . we have an ageing population. and the lancet produced a report suggesting, look , it's us and suggesting, look, it's us and many other countries that if we don't actually address that, that the only answer to this is a great deal more migration for us and many other countries in the west for the rest of the century. >> i mean, yes, i was just reading matthew parris in the times, actually, today, peter and i there's one suggestion there that actually maybe the elderly should be going away to dignitas or whatever form it would take in this country as a

one way of alleviating the burden on the nhs. >> and now we're being told we need mass migration into the country as because we're country as well, because we're not children. not having enough children. people at home are going spare over this 65, to according over this year 65, to according yougov of people think immigration over the past ten yougov of people think immighason over the past ten yougov of people think immighas beenar the past ten yougov of people think immighas been farhe past ten yougov of people think immighas been far too»ast ten yougov of people think immighas been far too high.en years has been far too high. >> yes, indeed. so. and that's a point that's very much which is being picked up by the reform party . and it is worth party. and it is worth remembering that among male white working class voters in the north of england , they are the north of england, they are outstripping the conservatives. and so there is a very real problem for the tories, which they do need to be addressing if they're not going to be completely annihilated . the completely annihilated. the local elections and indeed the general . but of course, general election. but of course, i had this idea, this just postulate this for richard tice and the reform party. maybe he could include in his manifesto the idea of banning contraception in anywhere north of birmingham, reopening the coal mines and the cotton and

the cotton mills. thus creating new generations of millions of lovely little white working class children who could perhaps be renamed high priced tykes. what do you reckon to that? >> oh come on, peter, come on, come on, come on. >> let's not be silly. you >> let's not be silly. i you know, i think people have got a legitimate concern over this, right? know , my, my right? you know, my, my brothers, for example, are in factory . factory work factory work now. factory work that people who come over here, mass migration, they can work for cheaper wages because they're higher than the wages they're higher than the wages they get at home. i don't think it's any kind of parochial north mentality that's unique to that part of the world. i think there are people in the south as well who are in the same predicament. >> yes, indeed. but i do come back to it that if we don't if, i mean, i, i, i mean, i read matthew's piece in the times as well, but i think that's perhaps being a little bit silly to

suggest maybe answer is suggest that maybe the answer is massive euthanasia old massive mass euthanasia for old people . people. >> i thought it was horrible, to be honest with you, peter. i thought it was a really grotesque piece. >> well, yes. i mean, i've got a lot of respect for matthew, but every now and then he does push things bit far. but, but i things a bit far. but, but i mean , but there is that problem mean, but there is that problem that unless we have, unless we keep the birth rate, then we keep up the birth rate, then we don't sustain the economy and we don't sustain the economy and we don't have enough to look don't have enough people to look after old people who, of course, as they get older, so their needs become greater. so there is an imbalance now. i mean, i understand reservations . understand the reservations. that many people have about migration on a large scale, and i also understand the pressures it place on local it can place on local communities. at the same communities. but at the same time, actually see an time, i don't actually see an obvious solution to this problem. and if someone else can come up with something, well, i'd be very interested to hear it . yeah. it. yeah. >> and peter, just before i let you go, just briefly, if you would please. andy has written

in and andy denmark have in and andy says denmark have released their own crime table and surprised and the results have surprised no could be why we've no one. could that be why we've been to do one ourselves? >> i wouldn't have thought so. i think this is simply something that they haven't thought of, to be honest. but i do be perfectly honest. but i do come the home office be perfectly honest. but i do corissue the home office be perfectly honest. but i do corissue these the home office be perfectly honest. but i do corissue these figures)me office be perfectly honest. but i do corissue these figures anyway. :e do issue these figures anyway. it comes when it comes to people who have actually been sent to prison. in other words, those who have committed the more serious government serious offences the government have will have said, okay, we will consider from consider this amendment from robert that among robert jenrick among that among many, others, and it'll many, many others, and it'll work its way through parliament in the normal way. but even if it happens, i think the difference it makes will only be marginal. >> all right, that's a pretty in pink peter spencer there. thank you very much for your time. now we've got lots more on that story throughout the show. but there's plenty of coverage on our website gbnews.com. you at home, you brilliant lot. you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. now here with the

palestine solidarity campaign is holding a general march in london today. i feel like it's honestly it's groundhog day every day to call for a permanent ceasefire in the middle east. activists are marching from russell square to trafalgar square. well, giving us the latest on this is gb news brilliant political correspondent, katherine forster. oh, catherine, that's very loud . very loud. >> it is a bit. yes. hello, darren. we've moved down a bit. the marchers on their way to trafalgar square. a lot of chanting that israel is a terror state and you can see, can't you, why some jewish people simply feel that, as robin simcox , the government's counter simcox, the government's counter terrorism tsar, said that central london is becoming something of a no go , no go zone something of a no go, no go zone for jews on the days of these marches. this is the 11th national march for a ceasefire in gaza since those atrocities

committed by hamas on october 7. i think it's worth saying i have just in the last couple of minutes before we came to you, i'm seeing a couple of, banners from jewish people , one saying from jewish people, one saying these progressive jews call for a ceasefire and the release of hostages. and of course , the hostages. and of course, the release of hostages. that is a major sticking point, isn't it? still, about 100 israelis being kept hostage by hamas, israel saying that for any ceasefire , saying that for any ceasefire, they have got to be released. no immediate sign of that happening, though benjamin netanyahu has agreed to more talks next week in qatar and eqypt talks next week in qatar and egypt. talks next week in qatar and egypt . so let's see what egypt. so let's see what happens. but this has already cost the police £32 million in policing these protests, since they began in october. this weekend, of course, a very busy weekend, of course, a very busy weekend for the police. we've got the boat race further along

the thames, lots of football matches , easter sunday tomorrow matches, easter sunday tomorrow and this march. the police drafted in from all over the place in different parts of the country to come down for this march. one more thing i think just worth noting . it's march just worth noting. it's march the 30th. it's called land day . the 30th. it's called land day. it's an important date for the palestinians. it's some commemorates a date in 1976 where six palestinians were killed by israeli forces. they were protesting against israel basically taking their land . i'm basically taking their land. i'm not sure if you were to ask 100 people here what they thought of land day, how many of them would actually know what it was? >> yes . i actually know what it was? >> yes. i mean, actually know what it was? >> yes . i mean, catherine, do >> yes. i mean, catherine, do you think that there's any chance of this ending any time soon?i chance of this ending any time soon? i mean, by this, i mean the scenes going on around you there, because as you've just mentioned, it's having really mentioned, it's having a really large on police budgets large impact on police budgets and the police bodies. you know,

just getting the sheer numbers of people required to police such a protest at scale. is it time to call it a day? some viewers are asking , well, i viewers are asking, well, i think lots of people might think that. >> i honestly see no prospect of that happening , the numbers that happening, the numbers here, it's difficult because i'm not in the helicopter. we'll get the numbers later, but there's an awful lot of people, and i do get the feeling this has become an event, that it's what people do on a saturday. there's all sorts of merchandise available . sorts of merchandise available. you can pay by contactless. it's all very well organised now. and of course, it's not just about palestine because these groups , palestine because these groups, the socialist worker, they're calling for socialism , the calling for socialism, the overthrow of capitalism, anti—imperialism , all the rest anti—imperialism, all the rest of it. socialist worker have got all these banners ready printed. you can help yourself and a lot

of them do have that from the river to the sea. palestine will be free, which of course is seen as deeply anti—semitic , by many as deeply anti—semitic, by many people. so, frankly , yes, it people. so, frankly, yes, it does feel like groundhog day, i can't see these stopping until there is a ceasefire . and let's there is a ceasefire. and let's hope that happens sooner rather than later. >> yeah, i think you're right. i think there are a lot of, movements here acting for other causes, and not just the one that they purport to be representing there, but. katherine forster. we'll leave it there. thank you very much for your time as ever now, folks. thanks to you as well. you're with darren grimes on you're with me, darren grimes on gb saturday. we've got gb news saturday. we've got loads more up today's loads more coming up on today's show. tusk , remember him? show. donald tusk, remember him? he involved and he was involved in that eu and he says that europe is in a pre—war era is a clash with russia inevitable? surely not all of that and more to come. you're with gb news, britain's news channel .

welcome back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes. on your tv, online and on digital radio. thank you, as even on digital radio. thank you, as ever, for company. now, the ever, for your company. now, the poush ever, for your company. now, the polish prime minister, donald tusk, who, of course, be tusk, who, of course, used to be very highly involved with the european union, has warned european union, has warned europe is in a pre—war era and that ukraine must not be defeated by russia for the good of the whole continent. now this comes after moscow launched an attack on ukraine's energy system on thursday. russian president vladimir putin remarked moscow had no aggressive intentions , a funny aggressive intentions, a funny way of showing it towards nato countries . now, i think that countries. now, i think that probably sounds plausible though, right? why on earth would he want to invade a nato country when he can't even manage to win a war with ukraine? but tusk countered by

saying that war was no longer a concept from the past, and that we all need to wake up, basically, and smell the coffee. well, joining me now is the defence analyst and british army officer, stuart crawford. hi stuart. stuart, do you think i'm being terribly naive or do you think actually that it is viable that president putin would attack a nato ally? >> well, i mean , far be it from >> well, i mean, far be it from me to call you naive, but any opinion that you might hold. but i think you're actually right here. i, whilst tusk is probably correct, is that the risk of war has gone up a couple of notches since russia invaded ukraine, the likelihood of a pan european war with russia against other european countries and nato is still low, in my opinion . and still low, in my opinion. and the reason for that is very simple is that nato is a vastly more powerful organisation , more powerful organisation, militarily and economically than is russia . and if putin did

is russia. and if putin did invade poland , for example, or invade poland, for example, or one of the baltic states or finland , and article five was finland, and article five was invoked, which basically says that an attack against one as an attack against all, then russia would lose and lose badly. and i've been saying that for some time now . time now. >> yes. i mean, the threat of war in general, >> yes. i mean, the threat of war in general , though it does war in general, though it does it does appear, stuart , does it it does appear, stuart, does it not, that actually the world has never looked more unstable, insecure than for a long time, probably since the cold war ended than it does today. you know, china, iran , of course, know, china, iran, of course, we've just mentioned russia. we do need to make sure that we're resilient, robust, ready . and in resilient, robust, ready. and in many ways, actually, it looks like the british army has put itself in a pretty perilous position . or rather, ministers position. or rather, ministers have put it in a pretty perilous position , that is correct, the position, that is correct, the risk of war is , there's no doubt

risk of war is, there's no doubt about it, is higher now than it has been, certainly since the fall of the warsaw pact and the destruction of the berlin wall back in 1989, 1991. and you're also right that over the past two decades, the british army in particular of all three of our armed services, has diminished in size and stature. and i'm afraid to say, in reputation. now, going to war is, if you like, a bit of a come as you are party. you go with what you've got, not with what you would like to have. and at the moment the british army is too weak, too poorly equipped and to under recruited, for any of that sort of risk that we might face. >> yeah. now, one problem, stuart, is that actually we've been discussing today about the army potentially relaxing the rules around having a beard, having facial hair. where do you

stand on that , well, yes. that's stand on that, well, yes. that's been the only, story in town militarily recently, since, king charles, okayed the relaxation of regulations over the growing of regulations over the growing of beards in the army. and, as you know, the navy and the air force have already relaxed that regulation. in fact, the navy has long tradition having has a long tradition of having beards , so i'm pretty relaxed beards, so i'm pretty relaxed about it , to be perfectly about it, to be perfectly honest, there is a suggestion that, the regulation against growing beards had a detrimental effect on recruiting . i'm not so effect on recruiting. i'm not so sure just how big a detrimental effect it had, but i think it may have dissuaded some people , may have dissuaded some people, from from joining up. although the perilous state of our recruiting process is probably the real culprit here, the one argument that was deployed dunng argument that was deployed during the cold war and when i served was that we expected the war to involve chemical weapons ,

war to involve chemical weapons, and we were issued with a respirator or a gas mask. if you prefer to keep us safe from inhaung prefer to keep us safe from inhaling various gases and substances and with a beard , the substances and with a beard, the seal around the side of the respirator on your on your cheeks might not be quite as secure as it should be. so, so that was probably a pretty good reason. but i dare say that the risk is now assessed as being lower. and if we did go into that sort of war again, where where chemical weapons were a threat, everybody would threat, i'm sure everybody would be, very quickly, shaving their beards off before they went to the theatre of operations . the theatre of operations. >> now, i wonder if you've any thoughts then, as i mentioned at the start there, that donald tusk , poland is actually a big tusk, poland is actually a big europhile , formerly, pretty europhile, formerly, pretty prominent within the european union itself. do you think? could this all be part of a ploy to rally people around the idea of a europe wide army? i wonder ?

of a europe wide army? i wonder? >> well, i think that there's a subtext there. the big unknown, of course, is what, donald trump's attitude to, nato and european defence will be when he returns to the white house, as it seems he will almost inevitably will if he is going to carry out some of his recent threats to withdraw, elements of the us , or perhaps a complete the us, or perhaps a complete us, from nato , then there is a us, from nato, then there is a very real requirement to organise europe in some sort of defence structure , that doesn't defence structure, that doesn't mean a standing army, of course, in europe, but it does mean a headquarters which is ready to pick up the task and also formations and units from all nafions formations and units from all nations which are familiar with training with their, colleagues and allies. >> and would you want britain involved in such an enterprise ? involved in such an enterprise? >> well, yes. personally, i think it would. it would be, unwise not to at least have some

involvement in that. but, as i have indicated, it, probably the headquarters of any such european defence organisation is the most important part . and we the most important part. and we can allocate, for nations and troops in the event of something dramatic happening. and as long as they are fairly familiar with them operating alongside european colleagues, then i don't see that there's any great problem with that. as long as it doesn't undermine nato, which, of course, is the most successful military alliance the world has ever seen. >> absolutely. and which is kept, you know, war at bay since its its creation in any meaningful sort of world war ii like scenario at least, but anyway, peter, thank you very much, for stewart even. sorry, my former guest was peter stewart. thank you very much. the defence analyst and former british army officer. >> great pleasure. thank you . >> great pleasure. thank you. >> great pleasure. thank you. >> thank now you're with darren grimes on gb news saturday. loads more coming up on today's

show, including hearing from a royal expert on the king's easter he's going to sit easter plans. he's going to sit away from the family. we'll discuss. but first, here's the news with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, darren. it's 130. news with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, darren. it's130. i'm sophia wenzler and the gb news room. your headlines. a league table showing the national ities of migrants with the highest crime rates has been proposed by a group of tory mps. wants to see the statistics published annually for every offender convicted in england and wales. they say the rules will help the home office impose stricter visa and deportation policies for certain former certain countries. former immigration minister robert jenrick is behind the plan. speaking exclusively to gb news, he said the public wants to know how arrivals to the uk are impacting the country. it is wrong that the government or other agencies is hide statistics. >> i have laid an amendment to the upcoming criminal justice

bill which tackles one of these issues, and it says that the government must publish statistics on crimes and sentences by country of origin and by visa and asylum status . and by visa and asylum status. >> the police service of northern ireland is warning against speculation on social media on the charges against former dup leader sir jeffrey donaldson. he's been accused of historical sex offences. the psni says victims must be safeguarded and the publication of any information which is likely to lead to their identification is a criminal offence . it's understood sir offence. it's understood sir jeffrey has told party officers he will strenuously contest the allegations against him , and allegations against him, and classic magnum ice creams are being recalled over fears they may contain metal. five batches of the magnum classic three pack have been recalled after safety checks revealed they may contain small fragments of metal, which makes it unsafe to eat. magnum, which is owned by unilever, has

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before sitting down to a family lunch. before sitting down to a family lunch . well, joining me now is lunch. well, joining me now is the former royal correspondent at the sun charles rae charles. always a pleasure. my friend charles. good afternoon, his royal highness the king will be setting away from the family at a service today . setting away from the family at a service today. is that correct? tomorrow even. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> his his majesty the king will be sitting away from the royal family with the queen, this is a special measure that's been brought in, obviously, because he's fighting the cancer , there he's fighting the cancer, there will not be as many people, inside saint george's chapel as there normally is. >> it's another precaution, the king we know , it's been king we know, it's been announced he's going to attend. we believe he's going to walk down, with the queen, weather permitting. and will enter through the galilee porch, which will give a few of the well—wishers who usually stand outside the chance to see the king and give a wave and everything else. but importantly, he will leave the service from the galilee porch

and watch walk back up to the main apartments at the castle. but there's not going to be any post reception , he will not post reception, he will not attend any post reception . there attend any post reception. there will be a post reception, but he won't attend, and he will not be hosting any family lunch. i mean, obviously are extra mean, obviously these are extra precautions that are being taken into account because of his health battle. >> yes. and so is it the assumption then, that this isolation or, you know, it's a sort of mini isolation ? i'm sort sort of mini isolation? i'm sort of triggered by that word, charles, actually, because it goes back , harks back to the goes back, harks back to the pandemic, of course, this is pandemic, of course, but this is actually to safeguard his majesty's health. yes, doctors have advised him that he should not, as, as as often as he has donein not, as, as as often as he has done in the past, be in contact with various people. now, he has beenin with various people. now, he has been in contact with, you know, some the public. and some members of the public. and he's at receptions, private receptions palace . there receptions at the palace. there have been a few people, but these been a handful of

these have been a handful of people. what they don't want people. so what they don't want him be in the midst of him to do is be in the midst of a big of people, for a great big crowd of people, for fear that infection. he. i mean, he'll be more vulnerable to infection , now than he was infection, now than he was beforehand. so that is an important issue for the for the king as it is as well. but the princess of wales, of course. >> yeah. the princess of wales, of course not. been there. i mean, how much of a blow do you think it has been for the royal family, charles? because you as you well know, as you've well documented many, many times, it's always been an aspiration for the king to slim down the monarchy. right? to have a slimmer set of working royals. actually. has that proven to be quite negligent at this really quite negligent at this really quite rough time, especially given prince william, you know, he's it must be very difficult to have your dad going through the same thing as your wife , you know. >> yeah, it is very, very difficult. but he is determined to have the monarchy slimmed down. and it's a slimmed down

now, as it can possibly be, you know, the fact it's like a football team if you get three. three members injured or two members injured you've got members injured and you've got no reserves to call on, then you're going to have to bring in a couple of other people. and that got people that is why you've got people like, disrespect to them, like, no disrespect to them, edward and sophie, who have stepped plate to stepped up more to the plate to do the princess do extra work, the princess royal do extra work, the princess royal, princess anne. well, she's a workhorse anyway, and she's a workhorse anyway, and she's stepping up as well . she's stepping up as well. camilla is doing a lot more. so there's who are doing there's people who are doing things and are taking on role. william, as you just mentioned. i mean, he's got the burdens of the world on his shoulders at the world on his shoulders at the moment father and the moment with his father and his he still, you his wife. but he still, you know, there , you know, know, out there, you know, pressing flesh pressing the royal flesh and everything doing everything else and doing the charity work that he should be doing. but all we can do is doing. but you all we can do is hope that eventually both will come this far come through all this far better, far fitter, and we'll be back in you know, normal duties as soon as is physically possible . yes. possible. yes. >> i mean, queen camilla, the other day on a walkabout , said

other day on a walkabout, said that the princess of wales would be delighted with children's messages that were handed to her, saying send our love to kate, which is very touching. now queen camilla, you know, i are you getting the sense, charles? and i don't know, perhaps you've seen data polling to suggest this is true, but pubuc to suggest this is true, but public perception of the queen has changed. in my view . you has changed. in my view. you know, i think perhaps people that viewed the wedding between his majesty and camilla as controversial now see her as an asset to the royal family. could that be true? she has come a very, very long way, darren, from the allegation that bread rolls were once thrown at her in a sainsbury's or a supermarket. >> car parks, i mean, she's got very , very hard, you know, all very, very hard, you know, all the polls that were done even after the prince, the late princess of wales, died , showed princess of wales, died, showed that camilla was not a popular person and nobody wanted it as well. the vast majority of

people did not want her as queen. that is completely turned on its head now . and you know, on its head now. and you know, camilla is now extremely camilla is now an extremely valuable asset for the royal family. i mean, she's loved and adored and i mean, i've met her adored and i mean, i've met her a couple of times and she she's very, very charming. she's she's a really nice lady. good fun, got a great sense of humour, and all that comes shining through . all that comes shining through. and when you see a royal visits. yeah. you know, her personality , yeah. you know, her personality, she, her real personality comes about. and of course, let's not forget that she herself was very, worried about very, very worried about stepping into these huge shoes that she's had to step into. but she's done remarkably well , that she's had to step into. but she's done remarkably well, and she's done remarkably well, and she's been a tower of strength not for just the king, but for the rest of the royal family as well. >> now, charles, before i let you go, i mean, you've if it can be impertinent for a minute, you've been around the block a little while in the press, i mean, and i'm wondering, do you think they're going to back off

the princess of wales now? >> do you think the will >> do you think the press will be respectful and be respectful of privacy? and now course , she's been now that, of course, she's been very clear about that, do you very clear about that, or do you think it'll be the think actually it'll be the vultures continue that and think actually it'll be the vtakeas continue that and think actually it'll be the vtake issue continue that and think actually it'll be the vtake issue withtinue that and think actually it'll be the vtake issue with awe that and think actually it'll be the vtake issue with a little at and think actually it'll be the vtake issue with a little bitind i take issue with a little bit of that because it's not not the press. >> the press has been has been going out of its way to support the princess of wales. in the main, let's not forget about various female columnists on the, on various national newspapers who are known as the wednesday witches, you know, for very good reasons, you know, their idea is to criticise most things. 2 or 3 of them have already , you know, apologised already, you know, apologised for what they said, what they've done, and as have some celebrities as well for saying it. but the problem we've still got, we've still got is social media. it's a wild west down there is not that doesn't appear to be anybody who's, you know, a law above it that can say, you can't say this sort of thing. you've got. i mean, well, i'm like you, i'm all for free speech, but you, you with free speech, but you, you with free speech responsibility speech, but you, you with free speechu responsibility speech, but you, you with free speechu know,3sponsibility speech, but you, you with free speechu know, you 1sibility speech, but you, you with free

speechu know, you haveity speech, but you, you with free speechu know, you have to you well. you know, you have to you have take it, you know, take have to take it, you know, take it as comes and not just it as it comes and not just criticise people for the sake of criticising them. this ridiculous thing about suggesting that the prince of wales was murdered and she'd been replaced by a, you know, a stand in or it really was grotesque. we were never yeah, but we're now going into the land of there's life on mars. you know, i mean, it's just ridiculous. ridiculous. let's hope they just leave it alone. >> it wasn't really. it wasn't really kate at the farm shop. it was a standing. it was a stand. it's all just so silly. but anyway, listen, charles, we're sorry. no, we could go on all day, but do you know what? we got through a royal interview without talking about meghan and harry? so i think meghan punters at home will be delighted . at home will be delighted. charles rae there. thank you very much as ever. see you soon. now you're with me. darren grimes on gb news saturday. lourdes moore coming up on today's show, including looking forward to that all important kick off this afternoon as

oxford face cambridge on the thames. all of that and more. you're with gb news, britain's news channel .

welcome back to gb news. saturday with me, darren grimes. on your tv, online and on digital radio. now, the boat race. it's one of the most british of traditions where oxford and cambridge university battle it out on the river thames. more than 250,000 spectators will line the banks of the river for the event that's been running for 185 years, with the two sides once again facing off this afternoon . again facing off this afternoon. well, joining us now is a gb news reporter, will hollis will always a pleasure. it actually looks very nice out there.

>> yes it's a beautiful day fairly calm condition for nearly 200 years. competitors from oxford and cambridge universities have been meeting here on this stretch of the river thames, and it is one of the most fiercely fought competitions, not just here in britain but across the world. there are plenty of people down here today that are visitors from america, from canada and other such countries who've come here to see the boat race. but it isn't just a boat race that's making headlines at the moment. it is, of course, as well the levels of sewage that have been described as alarmingly high recorded in the last month by the river action group, as well as the fulham reach boat club. and it was more than ten times the safe levels of e.coli that have been found actually in a just a stretch a little bit further down the four and a half mile course. and so there is a warning, particularly to the athletes, not to go into the water. they're being warned if they are going to be going into

they are going to be going into the water to make sure that they're wearing waterproof wellington as well as, wellington boots, as well as, plasters all sorts of plasters for all sorts of blisters to take care, because there is a real health concern . there is a real health concern. and here on the banks, we've also been asking the spectators what they think of the dangerous levels of pollution in this river as well as across england. >> i hope they still have a >> i just hope they still have a good race and no one goes in the water and gets sick. >> disgusting, absolutely disgusting and last night when i was walking along the road where my daughter lives, there was lots of midges in the air. well, obviously we're not very happy as it's on our doorstep and, you know, we don't actually we never have let the dog go down there anyway. >> and he's ashamed that in this day and age, we control day and age, we can't control the pollution of our rivers. >> really? >> really? >> come from italy every year. >> i come from italy every year. >> i come from italy every year. >> come here to see this race. >> it's a very, very nice to have a this traditional in england , you know, in london. england, you know, in london. >> i know because my daughter

who's somewhere here rowed in the thames. >> so the levels of pollution of e.coli twice the safe level. e.coli are twice the safe level. >> think . but i e.coli are twice the safe level. >> think. but i think about >> i think. but i think about it, it's not great if you're going in the, in the water. >> yeah. the fastest time that this race has been completed in is around 16 minutes. that was cambridge in 1998. that's the record that the competitors will be looking to beat. but the record that everybody is paying attention to right now is the record levels of sewage that are being pumped into england's rivers and waterways. 3.6 million hours in the last year. >> i will. what's your prediction then? come on. are you a betting man ? you a betting man? >> oh, i wouldn't dream of getting how this one is going to go. it's fairly evenly between oxford and cambridge. cambridge are the champions from year are the champions from last year for both the men and the women, but i believe the odds are looking favourably on oxford thisyeah. right. and the

>> yeah. all right. and the concerns that, you know, the tradition of getting into the water afterwards , have we heard water afterwards, have we heard if that's going to happen or not. i assume not very . not. i assume not very. >> yes. well, the instruction is not to celebrate the win by jumping into the river thames. what might happen? we don't know. you can only imagine the adrenaline that these competitors will feel. not after just going four and a quarter miles down this stretch of the river thames, but actually winning. when all of your friends and family and university mates are here as well, celebrating , it's what the well, celebrating, it's what the tradition is. maybe they will jump tradition is. maybe they will jump in, or maybe they'll consider their health the most important because the kalai, which is a bacteria found in all the guts of healthy humans, well, that can cause sepsis, which know many people die which we know many people die from every year. a form of blood poisoning . poisoning. >> all right, will hollis, they're a fabulous gb news reporter. thank you. as ever. we'll see you on later on. now, david carman has written in what? i'll get to your emails now. and david says, as a cancer

sufferer, i'm very sorry, david. he says, i know chemotherapy reduces your immunity considerably, which is probably what has been described as preventative treatment that his majesty undergoing , thing majesty is undergoing, thing i've no doubt a similar situation may occur with the princess of wales. god bless her. yeah, a horrible times for our royal family. paul has called for the royal family to be given even more powers. i don't know about that one. on the train and rail disruption , the train and rail disruption, michael wrote in and michael said, you know , well, steve said, you know, well, steve said, you know, well, steve said, let's close the rail network at one of the busiest times of the year. if they ran a cafe , they'd close for lunch. i cafe, they'd close for lunch. i think he's got a point, to be honest, i'm someone that uses the rail network every weekend, and honestly, it's come and go as to whether or not they'll be operating , on the criminal operating, on the criminal league tables. a lot of you very interested in this story and whether or not we should publish this called for by former this data called for by former immigration robert immigration minister robert jenrick, set a data jenrick, published set a data which would tell us where people

are coming from that are committing the highest number of crimes and ron says how will the government be able to publish crime by country of origin when the illegals get rid of all of that information while on boats and let's not forget, ron, a fair few of them as well are claiming to be children, which he clearly, evidently isn't . he clearly, evidently isn't. true. a lot of you are very angry as well at peter spencer, who i had on show earlier who i had on the show earlier for comments on migration for his comments on migration and north of and fertility in the north of england. i did think that was a bit suspect, but i'll leave that to you to decide. and a lot of you are very angry about the protests as well. still going on? how long do we nation on? how long do we as a nation have to expect this to happen on our capital city? how much more taxpayer cash must we stump up? how in the of how much more in the way of police resources must we have to allocate policing these allocate to policing these marches? how long is it going to go on for folks? a lot of you are saying it's time to call it

are saying it's time to call it a day. you've had your say. are saying it's time to call it a day. you've had your say . we a day. you've had your say. we know you think by now. move a day. you've had your say. we knoi you think by now. move a day. you've had your say. we knoi see you think by now. move a day. you've had your say. we knoi see jessica hink by now. move a day. you've had your say. we knoi see jessica corbyn now. move a day. you've had your say. we knoi see jessica corbyn is m. move a day. you've had your say. we knoi see jessica corbyn is out move on. i see jessica corbyn is out with them today as well. now so thank you very much for your views as ever. please do get in touch with more of them. we've got loads more coming up on today's show as we analyse those proposals release crime proposals to release those crime statistics by nationality. does that support ? that scheme have your support? all of that and more to come. you're with gb news, britain's news channel . news channel. >> with a brighter outlook. with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. as we go through the rest of this easter weekend, we will see some further sunshine, but there is still some rain in the forecast, all courtesy of areas of low pressure which are going to hang

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gb news. way. >> hello and welcome to gb news saturday, i'm darren grimes, and for this next hour , i'll be for this next hour, i'll be keeping you company on tv, onune keeping you company on tv, online and on digital radio. we'll keep you up to date on the stories that really matter to you our migrant league you in this. our migrant league tables as robert jenrick pushes for annual figures to be published showing crime rate by nationality. can the government actually deliver on the illegal migrant crackdown on pro—palestine protests? here we

go . as thousands once again take go. as thousands once again take to the streets of london and netanyahu returns to the negotiation table , is negotiation table, is a ceasefire within reach? now the eurovision boycott fallout is the latest as ally pally alexander, who is our candidate, participant in eurovision, faces a backlash from queers for palestine , also known as palestine, also known as turkeys, voting for christmas for not boycotting this year's eurovision contest . now, this eurovision contest. now, this show is nothing without you and your views. you've been a lively lot in this inbox. let me know your thoughts on all of the stories. we'll be discussing today. the email that you need is gb views gbnews.com or message us on our socials we're at at gb news. first of all though, it's the lovely severe .

though, it's the lovely severe. >> thanks, darren. good afternoon. it's 2:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . the wenzler in the gb newsroom. the nationalities of migrants who commit crimes could be posted on a league table, with ministers saying it would give the government more power to tighten immigration laws. a group of tory mps wants to see statistics on offender convicted in on every offender convicted in england and wales published annually. they say the rules will help the home office impose stricter visa and deportation policies for certain countries. former immigration minister robert jenrick is behind the plan. speaking exclusively to gb news, he said the public wants to know how arrivals to the uk are impacting the country. >> i want the most honest and transparent about transparent debate about immigration, or illegal, immigration, legal or illegal, that we can possibly have, and it is wrong that the government or other agencies hide statistics. i have laid an amendment to the upcoming criminal justice bill, which tackles one of these issues, and it says that the government must pubush it says that the government must

publish statistics on crimes and sentences by country of origin and by visa and asylum status. i think that the public want to know who's coming into our country and what the economic, the fiscal and the societal impact of immigration is. >> the police service of northern ireland is warning against speculation on social media about charges against sir jeffrey donaldson, the former dup leader has been accused of historical sex offences . the historical sex offences. the psni says victims must be safeguarded and the publication of any information which is likely to lead to their identification is a criminal offence. understood sir offence. it's understood sir jeffrey has told party officers he will strenuously contest the allegations against him . allegations against him. counter—terrorism police are investigating the stabbing of an exiled iranian journalist in south—west london. pariah zarati , who was targeted outside his home in wimbledon, is said to be in a stable condition after suffering an injury to his leg.

london based tv channel iran international says the attack follows tehran's plot to kill two of its presenters in 2022. it's calling for stronger action against the regime. police say they're keeping an open mind regarding a motive . two regarding to a motive. two security sources have accused israel of striking a car carrying un observers in southern lebanon. the un peacekeeping mission says four people were injured in what it says was an unacceptable attack. the israeli military has denied any involvement, saying contrary to the reports, the idf did not strike the vehicle . and in the strike the vehicle. and in the netherlands, a hostage situation at a nightclub has ended peacefully. police arrested a man who was wearing a balaclava after he walked out of the venue. witnesses say he came out with his hands in the air. several people had been held in the club near the town of ede. authorities confirmed they've all been released. household budgets are about to be hit by bigger bills. a range of services and products including

broadband, mobiles, the tv licence and stamps are going up from monday. the average annual council tax bill is also increasing by £106, and water sewerage charges in england and wales are rising by £27 a year. it's not all bad news, though. national insurance is going down along with energy bills falling to their lowest level in two years and classic magnum ice creams are being recalled over fears they may contain metal manufacturer unilever says the precautionary measure follows internal safety checks products sold in the packs of three are being recalled, with the warning unked being recalled, with the warning linked to five batches, with a best before date of november the 25th. the company has apologised and says no other magnum products are affected . and for products are affected. and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts now it's back to gb news. saturday

>> thanks as ever, sophia. let's get stuck into today's topics. ministers are planning to create a league table to show migrant nationalities with the highest crime rates. the proposal is backed by senior tory mps , backed by senior tory mps, former immigration ministers and would require the statistics in england and wales to be published annually if implemented, these new rules would allow the home office to have stricter visa and deportation policies. robert hur jenrick as i say, former immigration minister has put forward this plan. here's what he had to say yesterday on gb news. >> i want the most honest and transparent debate about immigration, legal or illegal, that we can possibly have. and it is wrong that the government or other agencies hide statistics . s i have laid an statistics. s i have laid an amendment to the upcoming criminal justice bill, which tackles one of these issues, and it says that the government must pubush it says that the government must publish statistics on crimes and

sentences by country of origin and by visa and asylum status . i and by visa and asylum status. i think that the public want to know who's coming into our country and what the economic, the fiscal and the societal impact of immigration is. >> well, joining me now to discuss this is one of my favourites, political commentator suzanne evans . commentator suzanne evans. suzanne, thank you very much for your company, tony has written in and tony says, darren, the home office should already be recording migrant crime figures to show who should not be granted asylum. do you actually think , suzanne, that this would think, suzanne, that this would give us a better measure of which countries to be vigilant about, for example? yeah absolutely. >> we do. i mean, we need to know that the uk is not importing crime. and at the moment, nobody in this country has the assurance that that is not the now, not the case. now, interestingly, darren, i'm very pleased to hear robert jenrick saying but me saying what he's saying. but me and my former council, some of my colleagues in and my former council, some of my london colleagues in and my former council, some of my london borough)lleagues in and my former council, some of my london borough ofzagues in and my former council, some of my london borough of merton n the london borough of merton

were this question were asking this question ten years want to know what crime >> we want to know what crime stats look like in our borough. in fact, remember my then ukip in fact, i remember my then ukip council colleague richard hilton, asking questions of the borough commander on this he borough commander on this and he said, sorry , said, look, i'm sorry, councillor, we don't record these don't have these this data. i don't have this data. shockingly, the cabinet member, the labour cabinet member, the labour cabinet at the time for cabinet member at the time for community safety, suggested that it racist to ask the it was even racist to ask the question. it's not about racist, it's realism . it's about it's realism. it's about national security. so i'm very glad that this is now being discussed. finally, albeit ten years later. interestingly, i also at the time asked the same question about the housing waiting list because this is another pressing issue. i think for many people in this country, there's an immense strain on and there's an immense strain on and the shortage housing. the shortage of housing. who is getting housing? massive waiting lists. again, i was told that data wasn't available. so this allegation that migrants are jumping the queue, which i think is a very real fear that people have no way of knowing whether that's true or not. so that's actually true or not. so i suggest that actually the data

could into other could be expanded into other areas where there is pressure on the system. so i fully the british system. so i fully support robert jenrick what he's saying. to know saying. we do need to know whether there are migrants coming from particular countries who are engaging in particular crimes, because we crimes, because then we can devise a strategy to deal with it. robert jenrick himself gave the example, didn't he, of albanians, people coming in from albania, unknown to be a very involved in the drug trade in the country. so you can learn to deal with it and develop a strategy. if you don't know who's doing what. and let's be honest, there might very well turn out to be some nationalities coming in who are much more law abiding than your average white person average white british person who's lived in this country for decades. but as i say, until we have the data, we don't know how to crime and react to to deal with crime and react to it and respond to it and cut it and you also have these fears going around as well that might be justified, might not be. there's no way to know at the moment . moment. >> yeah. suzanne, another viewer

gerry's written in and gerry says actually he thinks robert jenrick not jenrick is a hypocrite. he's not holding back. he says why wasn't he doing his job when he was immigration minister? now, to be fair robert susanna, fair to robert jenrick susanna, i suggestion i think the suggestion being made rishi sunak made here is that rishi sunak just countenance just refused to countenance a discussion on, especially on legal migration . and i'm afraid legal migration. and i'm afraid to say, you know, many viewers are of the view that actually he hasn't taken strong enough action to counter counter the illegal migration out of ten. what would you give this government's record on migration across the piece? >> well, it's got to be a big fat zero, hasn't it, for a country a party that came into government in 2010 saying that they were going to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands, and now it's up to 700,000 every year. >> and just to put that into context , that is a city the size context, that is a city the size of birmingham. every other year being imported into this country. i mean, that that is absolutely got to be a big fat zero, a total failure. and of

course, it's interesting because robert jenrick is repeating exactly almost word for word , exactly almost word for word, what suella braverman said when she resigned , saying that rishi she resigned, saying that rishi sunak didn't take immigration properly , legal or illegal. the properly, legal or illegal. the conservative party doesn't take it properly. as i say, they made so many promises they have never once delivered on this in all their time in office since 2010, and the interesting thing there as well is that robert jenrick was a very, very close political ally of rishi sunak. >> he backed him for the leadership and that was quite a pivotal moment where parts of the two parts of the political party were saying , look, we need party were saying, look, we need this guy for the leadership . but this guy for the leadership. but he said, robert jenrick has said we're not being listened to on this particular issue. i've had to speak out. are you more cynical, suzanne, about this being about leadership ambitions, or do you think actually this is about principle and robert jenrick has been pretty laudable here?

>> as someone who's a former member of the conservative party, one of the things i think thatis party, one of the things i think that is drummed into conservative party politicians is loyalty to the party. and it is loyalty to the party. and it is almost, i felt, and ultimately why i left. it's a case of party before country, and i think there is enormous pressure put on conservative politicians to toe the party line. and we've all seen we've got umpteen examples of how people who don't toe that party line are treated in a sense, robert jenrick has now set himself apart from that . now, himself apart from that. now, maybe he's speaking his mind about things that have been there for years and years, i'm sorry he's left it this late , sorry he's left it this late, but, you know, unfortunately, the very nature of our party political system is that if you're not in it, you don't get anywhere in politics and you don't get hurt. you're you're written off as some kind of wacko to be, to be blunt , who's wacko to be, to be blunt, who's not worth taking seriously and i have seen the party machine move

against people in a very nasty way. and it's not just the conservative party, it's every political party. they do shut down to protect their own and expel those people who don't toe that party line. so but then, of course, you're right. it might well be about leadership, ambition , too, i think calls are ambition, too, i think calls are growing for daily the conservatives to do something, anything to get up themselves in these disastrous polls that we're seeing . they're, you know, we're seeing. they're, you know, helter skelter towards losing the next election. as things stand at the moment. the next election. as things stand at the moment . and i stand at the moment. and i certainly wouldn't rule out a leadership challenge , i think leadership challenge, i think it's a slim chance that there will be one, but i certainly wouldn't rule it out between now and the next election . rishi and the next election. rishi sunak, whether you like him or loathe has been an loathe him, has been an unmitigated failure, a complete disaster when it comes to actually restoring the conservative party fortunes. in fact, he's made them worse. if this is a grown ups in charge, i hate to see what the children would be doing. well i mean, you know, the they would argue the

alternative worse . alternative is far worse. >> do you you buy that >> do you do you buy that argument? you think labour >> do you do you buy that argu do nt? you think labour >> do you do you buy that argudo anything u think labour >> do you do you buy that argudo anything aboutk labour immigration? >> varne i don't think they will. not forget, of will. and let's not forget, of course, that it was really tony blair that kicked the whole blair that kicked off the whole mass pretty uncontrolled mass, pretty much uncontrolled immigration came to immigration when he came to power in 1997. and i don't see personally that the labour party have changed, really, in their attitudes . we still see, as attitudes. we still see, as i did ten years ago in that council meeting when richard and i were shouted down for being racist , for just asking what we racist, for just asking what we felt was a reasonable question. i think the labour party is still very, very in that still very, very much in that mindset . still very, very much in that mindset. nothing has changed. so i don't think the labour party is really going to do much about immigration, despite, of course , immigration, despite, of course, the fact that if they're ever going get the working classes going to get the working classes back on board with them, those red wall it's something red wall seats, it's something that they really need to talk about. think earlier about. i think you said earlier yourself programme, yourself in this programme, darren, polling darren, that the latest polling shows, know, 65% shows, you know, that 65% of people minimum absolutely feeling desperate about the uncontrolled levels of

immigration we're seeing. immigration that we're seeing. i think the problem we have now is we're almost i'm old enough to remember 1997, when the conservatives had dug themselves into such a hole and were being so unpopular and complete failure to have any kind of sympathy . i think, with what sympathy. i think, with what ordinary people are going through, i think we're very much in that same situation now. when people vote labour people are going to vote labour just because they want to see the of conservatives, the back of the conservatives, it's much whether it's not so much about whether labour election, but labour can win the election, but it's just about how badly the conservatives can lose it all right, we shall see. >> suzanne evans, thank you very much. as ever now, folks will have lots more that story have lots more on that story throughout show , but there's throughout the show, but there's plenty coverage on our plenty of coverage on our website, is the link website, gbnews.com is the link you need, and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. now here we go. the palestine solidarity campaign is holding a general march in london today. i know another one to call for a permanent ceasefire in the middle east. activists are marching from

russell square to trafalgar square. we can get the latest now with gb news political correspondent katherine forster. catherine, what's the latest? it's very loud . shame on you, gb it's very loud. shame on you, gb views. >> shame on you, gb news. shame on you. gb news. shame on you. gb news. >> yeah. all right. we can't actually hear catherine because someone is a shouting her down, which i think is a disgusting way to behave, frankly. and catherine is a valued and formidable colleague , and i formidable colleague, and i think that's a disgusting way to behave when someone is trying to work. she's there as an impartial journalist. she's not there to offer a side, give an opinion either way, and i genuinely think that's a really despicable way to treat somebody . but that's what we're dealing with now, folks, with me . with now, folks, you're with me. darren grimes on gb news saturday. lords, coming up saturday. lords, more coming up on show as we discuss on today's show as we discuss the vote christmas , the turkeys vote for christmas, the turkeys vote for christmas, the queers for palestine campaign to boycott eurovision. all of that and more to come.

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welcome back, folks, to gb news saturday with me , darren grimes on your with me, darren grimes on your tv, online and on digital radio. now, olly alexander. he was in a band called. yes and years, and he's our eurovision participant this year. and he's rejected calls to withdraw from the eurovision song contest, issuing a joint statement signed by eight other contestants. more than 450 artists and organisations are among a group calling themselves queers for palestine. they signed an open letter demanding that the years and years singer pull out of the competition in protest over the inclusion of israel now. in response, olly alexander said that while he supports a full ceasefire in gaza, boycotting the contest would not help

achieve that goal . the achieve that goal. the collective reply was signed by artists representing eight participating countries. they include ireland , norway, include ireland, norway, portugal and finland. well joining me now is a woman in the know, the entertainment reporter . stephanie takyi stephanie. always a pleasure. stephanie just how much pressure would have been applied to olly alexander? because if you remember before the contest, he came out with a statement, didn't he? this was before he was selected to be our candidate. and now after, of course, there's course, subsequently, there's been a lot of pressure applied to to withdraw . to him to withdraw. >> i do feel sorry for olly alexander darren, because he's found himself in between a rock and a hard place. >> you know, he's been quite vocal before he was selected as our candidate for the eurovision in terms of calling for a ceasefire between israel and gaza , but unfortunately, it's gaza, but unfortunately, it's out of our hands, you know, out of his hands also. you know, what can the eurovision really do when it comes to trying to

call for a ceasefire between israel and gaza? very little. and the fact is, the eurovision pndes and the fact is, the eurovision prides itself on being a political neutral competition. we all love the eurovision because it's all about the celebration. it's about a competition in, to be honest, it's about representing cheesy music, bringing the politics into eurovision, just downcast. it big time. so for olly alexander, he said, rightly , you alexander, he said, rightly, you know, by him actually staying in the competition, he does the thing what the eurovision does best, which is to unify music and to unify, unify different artists around the world. >> yeah, i mean, steph , they >> yeah, i mean, steph, they made israel change the makeup of the of the song that they will perform . what was the perform. what was the controversy around that? >> well, israel as well has not had an easy ride. darren on the way to the eurovision. so this year their act is going to be represented by a woman called

eden golan. and initially she had a song which was called october rain and some of the lyrics were, you know, it's debateable were related to the horrific attacks which took place on october 7th, where she had some lyrics saying that the children were good children, and with the song as that . and the with the song as that. and the european broadcasting union said they will not allow that song to go through. so eden has had to gone back to the drawing board and she's had to change the lyrics. now they've even changed the the song, it's the title of the song, so it's now hurricane . and this now called hurricane. and this was the ebc, the ebu, the european broadcast union, really putting their foot down and said, you know what? we are politically neutral, so we cannot song as it is. cannot have the song as it is. >> yeah. what are the betting markets telling us then? are they saying that we're on for a winner because was it a couple of years ago now when sam ride was it sam ryder? yes, he did very well. he came second and i dare i say, had it not been for the ukraine war, i think we would have won it. >> i totally agree darren. sam

ryder definitely flew the flag for us, but this year i think olly alexander has got a lot of stiff competition and what's happened once you start getting the involved with all the artists involved with all these political, you know, you know, on controversy, it know, going on controversy, it takes away from the song. so i hope olly does well on the night, but with us brits it's either we do really well or really bad. like last year we finished second to last, which wasn't really good, who knows ? >> 7- >> yeah, i ? >> yeah, i mean, 7 >> yeah, i mean, politics aside, i think olly is a very talented performer and i think he'll he'll give it his all and that perhaps we should just leave people alone and let them get on with their job. steph, a novel with theirjob. steph, a novel idea i agree darren, i think take the politics out of the music. >> you know people we already bombarded all the time with what's going with war and what's going on with the war and the eurovision is the politics and eurovision is one of those nights where people across country, this country across the country, this country alone, they do eurovision parties. stick to parties. so let's just stick to the music for one night at least

i >> -- >> all lyman >> all right. now, what about what about. we've had beyonce's album released, have we not? now she's gone in a different direction with this. a it's a country vibe. is that is it going down? well what do you think explains the move in direction? is this the first time she's done a country record? >> yes it is. well this is her eighth studio album and in my eyes, beyonce can do no wrong. and she's very much a music chameleon. you know, when beyonce started out, it was all about . but for her over the about r&b. but for her over the past few years, she's really transcended and push the music bar of what she can do. her last album , it was all about house, album, it was all about house, but this time now she's doing country , as you can imagine, country, as you can imagine, when she did come out, a lot of people were kind of odds with people were kind of at odds with this they're this this because they're like, this is beyonce , and she's is not beyonce, and she's making a out country music. a mockery out of country music. but one thing we love about beyonce is she is a professional . so if she's going to put her mind to something, put an album out there, she's do it out there, she's going to do it pretty she's up

pretty well. she's teamed up with parton . so hello, with dolly parton. so hello, that such a country that is such a big country collab. and miley cyrus. collab. there and miley cyrus. so it's an album. i think it's got about at least 23 tracks on there. so she's really pushed there. so she's really pushed the bar and i think with beyonce, she's always going to try do something different just to keep her relevant. >> think there's a link, >> and i think there's a link, a connection between miley cyrus >> and i think there's a link, a conrdolly1 between miley cyrus >> and i think there's a link, a conrdolly parton,an miley cyrus >> and i think there's a link, a conrdolly parton, isn't ley cyrus >> and i think there's a link, a conrdolly parton, isn't ley cyris and dolly parton, isn't there? i think dolly parton is god think it's dolly parton is god godmother, is that right? yeah. >> dolly is miley's godmother. i would love for dolly to be my godmother because she's fab. i interviewed her a few months ago. darren and she's so lovely. so i think for to get so i think for beyonce to get that co—sign from dolly and miley , it says a lot. it says miley, it says a lot. it says that people actually do trust beyonce to do well with country music. >> all right. stephanie takyi , >> all right. stephanie takyi, they're a fantastic entertainment reporter. thank you as ever for your time. we'll see what happens on eurovision of course. i just want to thank you all very much. take a moment to thank you all for emailing in. there are a lot of people very concerned about katherine forster now . she's all right.

forster now. she's all right. don't worry, she's okay. but i think, i think a lot of you are as disturbed as i am by the fact that an impartial broadcaster , that an impartial broadcaster, after reporting the news, what was going on in real time, has been shouted down in such a way to prevent her from having the freedom of speech, to be able to do a job in such a way that i think was really quite menacing and intimidate me. and i don't think that that's acceptable at all. i don't care what you're arguing for, i don't care what you're standing for. i think to treat a who trying to treat a woman who is trying to do her job like that, and she's do herjob like that, and she's a bloody good reporter as well. sorry. i probably can't say that at this time of day, but i it angered as much as it has angered me as much as it has angered me as much as it has angered all of you. but i want to you from the bottom of to thank you from the bottom of my so kind about my heart for being so kind about catherine, she is catherine, because she is phenomenal. hopefully catherine, because she is phenor update hopefully catherine, because she is phenor update her hopefully catherine, because she is phenor update her later. ully get an update from her later. now we're . going to go to jeff

now we're. going to go to jeff moody, i believe, and see some creme eggs that are done with a twist. let's find out more . twist. let's find out more. customers at scott's place in gosport are queuing out of the doom gosport are queuing out of the door, but it's not a battered sausage that's bringing them out on easter weekend. >> it's a creme egg rubbed in flour, dipped in batter and deep fried in oil . sounds disgusting. fried in oil. sounds disgusting. >> wow, you say that, but they do come out quite nice. they are peculiar . taste, but it's very peculiar. taste, but it's very tasty. what's nice about it? >> it makes the chocolate go gooey and like, brownie like. >> makes the filling >> and then it makes the filling nice hot. >> and then it makes the filling nic> yes, scott turner sells deep fried bars too, just fried mars bars too, and he just can't fry them fast enough. he sold 48 deep fried battered creme eggs on day one, and that number has been rising by the day. >> absolutely amazing. people love him. people are trying them that don't like the idea of it,

but oh my god, how but saying, oh my god, how amazing mean, it's amazing they are. i mean, it's something going something that you are going to love people love or hate, but mostly people love or hate, but mostly people love it. absolutely loving it. yeah >> the idea of combining batter and chocolate isn't really for the faint hearted. there are two flavours that many would say don't go together particularly well. to try it . they go well. time to try it. they go together really, really well . together really, really well. it's delicious . together really, really well. it's delicious. but don't together really, really well. it's delicious . but don't take it's delicious. but don't take my word for it. what do the good people of gosport think? it sounds very strange. >> personally, i wouldn't go for it normally, but i'm willing to have a try. >> it's quite good. oh dear.

that's good. >> that's actually got sort of a brownie texture type to it that that couldn't be good for the waistline . waistline. >> smells good. thank you so much . much. >> you good. you could do it again . again. >> oh, dear. oh, god. >> good. that's really . good. >> good. that's really. good. >> good. that's really. good. >> i don't know how to describe it, but it's just really, really good. >> it's actually really good. it's oh god, it's actually it's oh my god, it's actually really, this not really, really good. this is not good though. so unhealthy . good though. it's so unhealthy. >> so if you're bored with ordinary easter eggs , you know ordinary easter eggs, you know what you can do? batter them. stick them in the chip pan confection. perfection. jeff moody . gb news. moody. gb news. >> well well well, are you sold? is that one for you? alan's just written alan says that written in. alan says that people down your people shouting down your gb

news seem news reporter don't seem to realise is a of realise that that is a trait of some pretty dark movements throughout history, shutting down opinions of people you don't agree with. she didn't even have opinion. she even have an opinion. she was reporting but anyway, even have an opinion. she was reportgoing but anyway, even have an opinion. she was reportgoing to but anyway, even have an opinion. she was reportgoing to the but anyway, even have an opinion. she was reportgoing to the newsanyway, we're going to the news now. you're with grimes on gb you're with darren grimes on gb news more news saturday. lords, more coming to be coming up. we're going to be talking crucial kick talking about that crucial kick off on the river, just outside off on the river, just outside of there, oxford versus of putney. there, oxford versus cambridge. here's cambridge. but first, here's sophia . sophia. >> thanks, darren. it's 230. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your headlines. a newsroom. your headlines. a league table showing the nationalities of migrants with the highest crime rates has been proposed . a group of tory mps proposed. a group of tory mps wants to see the statistics published annually for every offender convicted in england and . they say the rules and wales. they say the rules will help the home office impose stricter visa and deportation policies certain countries. policies for certain countries. former immigration minister robert jenrick is behind the plan, speaking exclusively to gb news, he said the public wants to know how arrivals to the uk

are impacting the country . are impacting the country. >> it is wrong that the government or other agencies is hide statistics. i have laid an amendment to the upcoming criminal justice bill which tackles one of these issues, and it says that the government must pubush it says that the government must publish statistics on crimes and sentences by country of origin and by visa and asylum status . and by visa and asylum status. >> following the resignation of sir jeffrey donaldson, the interim dup leader, gavin robinson has told colleagues the party is not about any one individual and says it exists to build a better and stronger northern ireland. sirjeffrey has been charged with historical sex offences. the psni has since warned against speculation on social media, which may lead to the identification of victims . the identification of victims. it's understood sir jeffrey has told his party officers he will strenuously contest the allegations against him , and allegations against him, and classic magnum ice creams are being recalled over fears they

may contain metal manufacturer unilever says the precautionary measure follows internal safety checks. measure follows internal safety checks . the products sold in checks. the products sold in packs of three are being recalled , with the warning recalled, with the warning unked recalled, with the warning linked to five batches were the best before date. on the 25th of november. the company has apologised and says no other magnum products are affected . magnum products are affected. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts. now it's back to gb news. saturday >> thanks as ever, sophia. now remember you can get in touch about all of the topics we've been discussing today by emailing me on gbviews@gbnews.uk. com i've got them right here or message them open right here or message me on our socials. we're at gb news and a heartfelt thanks to everybody that's emailing in to ask if katherine forster, our gb news reporter, is okay. we're a family, you and i, the viewers and us here at the channel.

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into part of the river into this part of the river thames. earlier the month, thames. earlier in the month, the river action group, as well as fulham reach club, as fulham reach boat club, assessed a small stretch of the river a little bit further along at hammersmith bridge and found that e—coli is present in ten times a higher volume than is safe from the environment agency's standards, so there have been warnings and instructions, particularly regarding the health of the athletes. so when they are getting into their boats, they've got to wear wellington boots and they've got make boots and they've got to make sure wearing sure that they're wearing plasters well cover any plasters as well to cover any cuts bruises . now, we've been cuts or bruises. now, we've been speaking to the people on land here about what they think of the state of the rivers here, the state of the rivers here, the river thames, but also across england as well. >> i hope still have a >> i just hope they still have a good race and no one goes in the water and gets sick. >> disgusting, absolutely disgusting. and last night when i was walking along the road where my daughter lives, there was lots of midges in the air. well, obviously we're not very happy as it's on our doorstep

and you know, we don't actually we never have let the dog go down there anyway. >> and he's ashamed that in this day age, we can't control day and age, we can't control the pollution of our rivers. >> really? >> really? >> i come from italy every year. come to see this race. it's come here to see this race. it's a very, very nice to have a this traditional in england, you know, in london. >> i know because my daughter, who's somewhere here rowed in the thames, the levels of pollution of e.coli are twice the safe level. i think. but i think about it, it's great think about it, it's not great if in the, in the water. >> well, the environment agency says the high levels of sewage that we're seeing in the river thames and other parts of the country is because there are record levels, 3.6 million hours of sewage discharged into britain's england's waterways and rivers. that's twice as much as was recorded in 2022. so the real worry is the health of the

athletes here. taking part in the boat race . the boat race. >> well, are you going to be taking a dip yourself after one too many pimm's ? too many pimm's? >> oh, i wouldn't dream of it. i'm not wearing my wellington boots. i'm not wearing my waders. so i think i'll stay here on dry land with the public. >> all right . will harness their >> all right. will harness their brilliant tv news reporter. thank you very much for your time now, folks. we're going i'm going to quickly do some emails. i just want to say a heartfelt thank you again, because so many of are incensed by what of you are incensed by what happened gb news happened there with our gb news reporter, forster. and reporter, katherine forster. and i've been very touched by an email that lee has written in. lee says, i'm sorry to email again, but i'm so angry. lee says, i'm sorry to email again, but i'm so angry . so my again, but i'm so angry. so my with the way that that young lady katherine forster was treated, i've been considering being of gb news being a contributor of gb news for some time, but due to financial constraints, i've kept away. but seeing what you guys risk to report the truth, i'm signing up lee. this is why we do what we do , and i think do what we do, and i think

katherine is an absolutely phenomenal journalist, she got into journalism a bit later than perhaps most people who take it as a career path did as a mother . and she's fantastically talented, done a phenomenal job for this channel. and i think to shout someone down for doing their job. shout someone down for doing theirjob. she's not an elected their job. she's not an elected official . she's not a official. she's not a politician. she was just there to do her job and report on to do herjob and report on these protests. and for doing so, she was screamed down in a very intimidatory way. and i think it's a damn disgrace. actually, that is no way to behave. but she is okay and i thank you again from the bottom of my heart for all of your concern and, emails of praise for her work. you're with me, darren grimes, on gb news saturday. we've got loads more coming up on today's show. stay tuned as trying some tuned as i'll be trying some easter eggs live in the studio. got quite here all of that got quite a few here all of that and more to come. you're with the gb news britain's news

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welcome back to gb news saturday with me. darren grimes. on your tv, online and on digital radio. so, from chocolate eggs, hot cross buns and bunnies , i've got a little and bunnies, i've got a little bunny here. look, all conjured easter to mind, don't they? and the coming of spring. but is the real meaning of easter the real message of easter that the king will be speaking about tomorrow ? will be speaking about tomorrow? is that being lost in recent years and more importantly, what does easter mean to you ? well, does easter mean to you? well, joining me to discuss what easter means to her is the political commentator emma webb. emma, i'm so sorry to disrupt your beautiful easter with your family, but i know easter is a houday family, but i know easter is a holiday that is a festival that's very close to your heart.

why is it so important to you? >> easter is my favourite time of year, even more so than, christmas. >> it's the most holy, time in the christian calendar. and . for the christian calendar. and. for souls over a thousand years here in england, it was for everyone, culturally, the most important time of year as well, because it's, it's marking christ's death, crucifixion. and then tomorrow , resurrection. and so tomorrow, resurrection. and so this is not just, you know, the most important week for christians. this is, to the christians. this is, to the christian mind , the most christian mind, the most important three days. yes. humanity and being in church. >> emma, for those for those three days, it's you go through the, the from day to day , the the, the from day to day, the different scenarios that took place in the end of the life of christ and then the resurrection of christ . but it's actually it of christ. but it's actually it takes it out of you, you know ,

takes it out of you, you know, that journey through those three days, if you're in church throughout the three, you feel you really feel it. it's quite overwhelming, actually. >> well, i came to the, well, to the to the anglican church , to the to the anglican church, to the to the anglican church, to the traditional anglo—catholic tradition that i'm now part of . tradition that i'm now part of. and, quite late in life, i was at life and i was, i was actually only confirmed, a couple of years ago. so just, i think it would have been just after, the first lockdown. and for me , every single year when for me, every single year when i experienced the easter liturgy, it's almost like i'm experiencing it anew because and i really would encourage anybody who can get to church over this penod who can get to church over this period to go experience the liturgy, because it really is the most beautiful thing that i've ever experienced. and last night i was at my own church, or dunng night i was at my own church, or during the day actually , we in during the day actually, we in the afternoon, we had, the, the liturgy of good friday, and it

is so profoundly moving . and one is so profoundly moving. and one of the things that has really stuck in my mind over this easter holiday is something that bishop barron said, who's a very well known catholic bishop and anybody, i would say anybody who's interested in this kind of thing should go and listen to his word on fire . and his podcast, word on fire. and he said that the cross is and you can see it there. it is the ultimate , torturous death , the ultimate, torturous death, the worst way imaginable that a person could die . and in that, person could die. and in that, christ took upon himself the sins of the world. and in doing so experienced agony. and the mortification of his flesh. and what christians have done with that symbol, that for us. and i think this is the case with easter in general. it's very, very easy for us to forget the true meaning of christmas, of, of, of christian holidays like christmas or easter, because we're so accustomed to it, because it is, the sort of

underlying of what now is a very secular culture. but we've become very unfamiliar with the roots of our own culture. and when we see the cross, which is a very common symbol for people to see, what bishop barron says is that it's actually taunting because we take this, this , because we take this, this, this, vision of suffering and of torture . and christians have torture. and christians have transformed that by putting gold on it or, jewels on it, as a, as a way of taunting to say that god is more powerful than even death. god is more powerful than sin, and he's more powerful than human suffering. and it's such a profound and powerful message. and i think as a society, we've forgotten that. and if we were to rediscover the true meaning of easter, i think we would also rediscover the roots and the foundations of our own society and culture that is starting to wane away. wa ne away. >> wane away. >> and emma, when you see hot cross buns replaced the cross, replaced on hot cross buns to

become what i describe as diversity check boxes, because they quite literally have a tick in them. when you see easter eggs such as these, other brands are available where they're referred to as gesture eggs. when you see central london, of which you're very familiar , which you're very familiar, being decked with, decorations for other faiths. i mean, do you do you worry, as a christian in this country , i, i'm extremely this country, i, i'm extremely worried about the waning of christianity in britain, and this is, this is just, you know, this is, this is just, you know, this is, this is just, you know, this is just a symptom of that. and i think, like, i say, you know, we need to we need to go to church, rediscover what easter is really about so that we remember , you know, why we can remember, you know, why we can remember, you know, why we did those things in the first place. they are not just your eggs, they're easter eggs, and i think it's really it's interesting to see just how many people were so offended to see those ramadan happy ramadan lights up in central london.

people who don't necessarily even, wouldn't necessarily call themselves christian. perhaps they're atheists, but they're culturally christian who still feel deeply offended by that because still have , in because they still have, in perhaps their subconscious, the fact this really is the fact that this really is the most important time of year, and that there is something offensive about facing the christian, roots of our society because we are, in the deepest sense , a christian society. sense, a christian society. everything about the way that our institutions, our parliamentary democracy, everything thing, our law has been shaped by christianity . and been shaped by christianity. and if you take away that foundation, you destroy the edifice that has been built around it. and we see silly things like this with gesture eggs, which i thought was quite, quite strange of all the things that they could called that they could have called them, occasion eggs them, called them occasion eggs or something, they were a or something, but they were a gesture reason. but gesture for some reason. but i think of that is think part of that is, it is i think part of that is, it is i think people are trying to make a mockery of what easter is

really about. they're trying to undermine christianity, to inqu undermine christianity, to insult christianity, because that's become quite commonplace. and the thing that people can really do to push back against thatis really do to push back against that is to go to church this easter, even if you're an atheist, even if you just call yourself culturally christian, go and try to immerse yourself in in the profound meaning of easter, because, and this is a very, very important i think, that makes christianity different from other religions is christianity is not some abstract political philosophy , abstract political philosophy, it is witness. the gospels are witnessing an event that took place in history, and by going to church over easter , you can to church over easter, you can take part in in witnessing those events . and you, as the liturgy events. and you, as the liturgy takes you through the three days from christ's crucifixion on friday, holy saturday today, which in the catholic tradition is devoted to mary and mary's

vigil, and suffering over the crucifixion of her son. and then tomorrow with the resurrection, which is when everybody should eat their eggs. >> yes. well, bob has just written in, emma. and bob says, well done, emma , you are amazing well done, emma, you are amazing explaining easter absolutely spot on. thank you very much. happy easter and i concur with that. i couldn't agree more, emma, just very briefly , would emma, just very briefly, would you even recommend that those who would describe themselves as atheists to go to church and experience it? >> yeah, i think, even many christians have been alienated from the theology that underpins much of our culture, and so i think it's really important for everyone to go to church, even if you do think of yourself as an atheist or, you're, perhaps quite sceptical or agnostic about religion because there is there are such riches in our christian history and in theology, and i would really

encourage everybody to go to church. >> emma, thank you very much . >> emma, thank you very much. happy easter. now, folks. you have been with darren grimes on gb news saturday. thank you very much for doing so. i've had a blast. don't go anywhere though. nanais blast. don't go anywhere though. nana is up first of all, nana is up next. first of all, we're a look we're going to have a look at the with craig snell . the weather with craig snell. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar. >> sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there! welcome to your latest gb news, weather forecast from the met office. as we go through the rest of this easter weekend , we will see some weekend, we will see some further sunshine, but there is still forecast, still some rain in the forecast, all courtesy areas of low all courtesy of areas of low pressure going to hang pressure which are going to hang around across the british isles as we go through the coming days. so as we end saturday, for many actually, we will see clearing skies, but there will be some heavy showers still down

towards south—west towards the south—west of england will spread towards the south—west of engliway will spread towards the south—west of engliway towards will spread towards the south—west of engliway towards south—west their way towards south—west wales eventually wales and eventually into northern ireland towards the end of the night and at the same time, misty cloud will time, some misty low cloud will just in from the just begin to spill in from the nonh just begin to spill in from the north but do see north sea. but where we do see the clearest skies, we the clearest of the skies, we will touch of frost as we will see a touch of frost as we start easter we will start easter day. but we will see plenty of sunshine first thing across many central parts. but low cloud will but this misty low cloud will spill its way further westwards as we through the course of as we go through the course of the day. so come the afternoon, many parts of england and wales will of a few will see plenty of cloud, a few spits and spots of rain, so the best of the brightness will be across scotland and northern ireland. here continue across scotland and northern irelirisk here continue across scotland and northern irelirisk of here continue across scotland and northern irelirisk of a here continue across scotland and northern irelirisk of a few continue across scotland and northern irelirisk of a few showers tinue the risk of a few showers temperature wise in the sunshine, reaching around 14 or 15 degrees and then looking ahead to easter monday. a rather wet picture for many parts of england and wales. some heavy rain in places scotland and northern ireland. dry with some brightness here, but certainly under that rain. not feeling too great. and unfortunately the unsettled conditions do look like as we like they will continue as we head middle of the head towards the middle of the

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