gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. and a very happy easter monday. it's 3 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. >> broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. >> all across the uk. >> all across the uk. >> today, there's reaction to the shocking new poll that says the shocking new poll that says the conservatives could win just 80 seats at the next general election, as traditional voters turned to reform and rishi sunak and promised to stop the boats . and promised to stop the boats. but the number of small boat migrants crossing the channel illegally is increased by an astonishing 43. >> on the same period last year.

will they ever stop the boats and next? the protesters have come out in force against scotland's controversial new hate crime bill. they say it's the death of free speech. do you agree ? and as water companies agree? and as water companies keep pumping raw sewage into rivers and seas, our bills have gone up by a staggering 6. today. doesn't seem very fair, doesit today. doesn't seem very fair, does it ? well, anyway, that's does it? well, anyway, that's all coming up in your next hour. well, welcome to the show. hope you're having a great easter. i had so much lamb yesterday. the first thing i said today when i woke up was back on a serious note . hope you're having a great note. hope you're having a great time. it's all about the polls today. what do you make of the fact the reform party might fact that the reform party might not win any seats? >> but they're certainly, by the looks it, to stop the looks of it, going to stop the conservative party getting a lot of seats. >> a war of words has broken out between the parties. what do between the two parties. what do you are you going to

you think? how are you going to vote? is it splitting the vote, or is it just too late for all of that business? >> grant shapps gb views at gb news. and top of the news. com and at the top of the show, to say special show, i want to say a special thank behalf the thank you on behalf of the berkeley grammar school teacher who's message on to you who's passed a message on to you over the weekend. who's passed a message on to you ove yesterday (end. who's passed a message on to you oveyesterday was. who's passed a message on to you oveyesterday was the third >> yesterday was the third anniversary of the fundraiser for him, and we breached the £100,000 mark. >> that money going direct into the pocket of a teacher still too afraid and unable to work. >> thank you so, so much for helping to bring a bit of easter cheer at this time of year again to its usual ways. vaiews@gbnews.com. but first, let's kick off. it's your news headunes let's kick off. it's your news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> martin, thanks very much and good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it'sjust good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 3:00 and we start with news from scotland this afternoon, where campaigners gathered campaigners are now gathered

outside scottish parliament in protest of new hate crime laws, which they say are a threat to free speech. the laws bring together existing legislation, making it a crime to stir up hatred against people with protected characteristics that includes disability, age, sexual orientation or people who are transgender. but some police forces . are concerned that forces. are concerned that deaung forces. are concerned that dealing with complaints could become a distraction for officers. and the scottish conservatives say resources should towards front should be directed towards front line . plans to find line policing. plans to find rough sleepers are provoking outrage, with more than 40 conservative mps said to be preparing to rebel . the new preparing to rebel. the new criminal justice bill would allow police to fine or to move on so—called nuisance rough sleepers. it was intended to replace the vagrancy act from 1824, which currently criminalises rough sleeping criminalises both rough sleeping and begging. but reports suggest the new bill has been paused while ministers negotiate with mps who are concerned about the

consequences of issuing fines to homeless while homeless people. while those plans introduced originally plans were introduced originally by the home secretary, by the former home secretary, suella braverman, who had branded sleeping, as she branded rough sleeping, as she said, a lifestyle choice . the said, a lifestyle choice. the head of the nurses union has today accused the government of packing hospital corridors with patients, and has said that the quality of care . in hospitals is quality of care. in hospitals is not only undignified but fatally unsafe. it comes as new estimates suggest more than 250 patients a week in england may have died needlessly last year because of long waits for hospital bed, a report released today by the royal college of emergency medicine revealed more than 1.5 million patients waited in a&e departments for longer than 12 hours last year. the department for health, though, says it has added thousands of hospital beds and insists it is making progress on waiting times . in other news, the government's compensation scheme for victims of the windrush

scandal has been branded a failure five years after it was started . the scheme was started. the scheme was originally set up to compensate british citizens who were wrongly threatened with deportation , despite having the deportation, despite having the right to live in the uk. however campaigners are warning that the number of people dying before getting payouts is increasing. they're calling ministers they're now calling on ministers to overhaul the process and speed up payments with the home office replaced by an independent body . more than 5400 independent body. more than 5400 migrants have been intercepted illegally crossing the english channelin illegally crossing the english channel in small boats during the first three months of this yeah the first three months of this year. it's a record figure for that quarter, up 43% compared to the same time in 2023. official figures from the home office show that 442 people made that journey in nine small boats just yesterday. that's despite difficult weather conditions, with lifeboats scrambling to assist some of those arriving. today's strong winds, though, have now made that journey completely impassable . some

completely impassable. some households will feel the effects of a cash boost from today as new economic policies come into effect. the national living wage is increasing to £11.44, giving a pay is increasing to £11.44, giving a pay rise to around 3 million of britain's lowest paid workers. small businesses will also benefit from a raised vat threshold and fully funded apprenticeships. well business minister kevin hollinrake told gb news this morning that economy, the economy is getting better. >> we understand it's been difficult but things are improving. we see the economy turning a corner this year. we'll see interest rates dropping, taxes dropping. of course, £900 a year for the average person in terms of tax reductions with the national insurance cuts. so all those things are all good news to people. of course there's more to things really are to do, but things really are turning . turning a corner. >> energy bills are due to fall to their lowest rate in two years. that's after the regulator, price regulator, ofgem, cut its price cap by 12.3. it means the

average household bill for gas and electricity will fall by around £238 over the course of a yeah around £238 over the course of a year. that's around £20 a month. however, around 10 million households are still being urged to submit their metre readings to submit their metre readings to overpayment and a pink to avoid overpayment and a pink dress once worn by marilyn monroe has sold for a record setting price . the long sleeved setting price. the long sleeved silk jersey frock was owned and worn by the world's most famous film star, and it sold forjust under £300,000 by an auction house, julien's, in los angeles. well, there was also a smoking jacket and slippers worn by playboy founder hugh hefner, which went under the hammer for more than £10,000. and for the person who truly has everything, there was a chance to pick up a crypt near both of those iconic stars. the price? well, it was just under £155,000. that's the latest from the newsroom. tatiana sanchez will have your next update at 3:30. in the

meantime, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to gb news. carmelites . carmelites. >> thank you sam. now we've got so much to get stuck into today. let's get cracking. and we start with poll that says the with the poll that says the tories almost wiped out tories could be almost wiped out thanks uk at the next thanks to reform uk at the next general election. and it claims that splitting the votes between rishi sunak and richard tice parties the parties could lead the conservatives with just 80 seats, and this would be the tories worst ever general election result. well, i'm joined now by the political journalist john oxley. john welcome to the show and a very happy easter monday to you. the stuff of nightmares for rishi sunak. stuff of nightmares for rishi sunak . and i guess back in 29, sunak. and i guess back in 29, 2019, john, everybody from the conservative side said, you can't split the vote. you can't let labour in. does that wash anymore because the two parties

don't seem in the mood for any kind of pact in fact, they seem at throats . at each other's throats. >> yeah, and that's a huge problem for the conservatives and particularly they have to bearin and particularly they have to bear in mind that it, you know, they're losing votes on all sides . so they're losing votes on all sides. so it's they're losing votes on all sides . so it's not they're losing votes on all sides. so it's not as though a reconciliation with reform is necessary . necessary. >> the magic answer they're losing a lot of votes to labour. they're losing a lot votes in they're losing a lot of votes in those of blue wall seats to those sort of blue wall seats to the lib dems and reform are hitting them elsewhere. so it's quite hard for rishi sunak and the conservatives to necessarily do a deal with reform to stop the loss on the right without losing themselves. more votes in other seats that matter just as much. it's a really difficult position for sunak to be in now. >> john, one thing i've noticed that's very, very different this time around to 2019 is the mood amongst hardcore , traditional amongst hardcore, traditional conservative voters. >> back then they were saying to the brexit party, you have to stand aside, you have to get out

of way. cannot this. of the way. you cannot do this. but the seems to be but now the mood seems to be very, different . there's a very, very different. there's a lot of dyed in the wool tories saying the tory party almost deserves to get a kicking. what are hearing your of are you hearing in your land of spectator ? spectator? >> exactly that. that there's this concern among a lot of conservatives that, you know, the party has had 14 years in power and what has it really done? the party seems to be complaining about a lot of things, but not really taking responsibility, whether it's people about people who are concerned about crime and sentencing, or whether it's people who are concerned about immigration. these are mostly that happened mostly things that have happened under the conservatives for the last 14 years. so there running out of patience with a party that has been in charge and has seen a lot of things that very traditional, hard core conservative with conservative disagree with happening . happening. >> and john, the big picture, of course, is going to be who's left and who will be left in the conservative party after a wipe—out of this nature, if that's how it transpires to

pass, because the mail today saying 13 conservative ministers could lose their seats, rishi sunak, even penny mordaunt, jeremy hunt, suella braverman some of the big beasts of the conservative party could be wiped out. so what's going to be left ? left? >> and i mean, that is the big question in politics, depending on how bad the result is and what that means for the conservatives after the election. but, you know, you're looking at a lot of traditional conservative heartlands under threat , and conservative heartlands under threat, and those tend to be the sort of mps that become ministers . they have big ministers. they have big majorities, they feel secure, and real question over and there's a real question over who will be left. and, you know, the is when you look at the reality is when you look at the reality is when you look at the electoral map, it's maybe, you a smattering of some you know, a smattering of some of the mps in kent. it's some of the mps , in those real the mps, in those real traditional shires that are traditional tory shires that are going to be the only people left, you know, places like east anglia where there's some seats with majorities, but often, with huge majorities, but often, you know, a lot of big names are

going to lose their place. if you're looking at seats with 20 or 25,000 majorities or even 25,000 majorities flipping, you know, that is where the conservative party puts its talent a lot of the time. >> and john, in as far as the chances of any kind of pact, it now is looking increasingly remote by the day. over the weekend, the launched an weekend, the mail launched an attack reform party. some attack on the reform party. some of the candidates that got of the candidates that had got through vetting process through the vetting process picking discrepancies and, kind of faults with them. this has echoes, of course, of 2019. the mail printed the email addresses of every brexit party candidate who was standing an extraordinary onslaught . do you extraordinary onslaught. do you see this now getting uglier and uguer see this now getting uglier and uglier ? uglier? >> i think that's definitely the case.i >> i think that's definitely the case. i think when you look at reform, they see their opportunity . they they smell opportunity. they they smell blood in the water and they want to take the fight the to take the fight to the conservative that's conservative party. and that's the hearing the rhetoric we're hearing from

richard . and a lot of the richard tice. and a lot of the conservatives, particularly after they picked up the reform. so a of particularly so a lot of reform, particularly after anderson defected. after lee anderson defected. and i the conservatives, i think also the conservatives, are going to be very wary of losing votes and they're losing those votes and they're going to reform. going to want to kick reform. you political are you know, political parties are tribal . and so when you tribal things. and so when you have a new rival emerging, you're not thinking , how do we you're not thinking, how do we do a pact and how do we buy them out? you're thinking how do we kick them? and do do we kick them? and how do do we defeat and i think really, kick them? and how do do we defea'going and i think really, kick them? and how do do we defea'going to lnd i think really, kick them? and how do do we defea'going to be i think really, kick them? and how do do we defea'going to be seeing really, we're going to be seeing that on both the divide both sides of the divide between reform party. >> e“ y the labour party >> and, john, the labour party would normally be rubbing their hands watching hands on the sidelines watching reform take reform and the tories take clumps of fur out of each other. but of course, john, the omnipresent story of angela rayner won't seem to go rayner just won't seem to go away. sir keir starmer was on gb news last week, seemingly brushing this aside. do you think their tactic is just to kind of try and ignore this until it goes away and then they're in power and the story will get buried, or will it haunt them? >> that's definitely

>> i think that's definitely what sir keir what labour and what sir keir starmer for. but starmer is hoping for. but really, this is an unresolved question and i think it's a bruise that a lot of people in the media and in conservative politics are going to want to punch at for the coming weeks. and it's not properly resolved and clear what's been and we're not clear what's been going on there and what angela rayner has said to different authorities points. rayner has said to different autit)rities points. rayner has said to different autit really, points. rayner has said to different autit really, you points. rayner has said to different autit really, you know, points. rayner has said to different autit really, you know, we nts. rayner has said to different autit really, you know, we talk so it really, you know, we talk about labour party being in this position where they don't want anything to wrong, this anything to go wrong, and this is that could go is a big thing that could go wrong them. okay . wrong for them. okay. >> john oxley superb. not to show you have to have a cracking rest of your easter monday. thanks mate. we'll you again thanks mate. we'll see you again soon. you. we'll soon. you too. thank you. we'll have on that poll have lots more on that poll throughout course, have lots more on that poll thro there's course, have lots more on that poll thro there's plenty course, have lots more on that poll thro there's plenty of course, have lots more on that poll thro there's plenty of coverage and there's plenty of coverage on gbnews.com. and on our website, gbnews.com. and you've helped to the you've helped to make it the fastest growing news fastest growing national news website thank website in the country. so thank you the number of website in the country. so thank you boat the number of website in the country. so thank you boat migrants the number of website in the country. so thank you boat migrants crossing ber of website in the country. so thank you boat migrants crossing the of small boat migrants crossing the engush english channel illegally this year by a whopping year has increased by a whopping 43% same period last 43% on the same period last yean 43% on the same period last year, a total of 5435 migrants

have arrived since the beginning of the year, well in excess of the 3793 across the channel by small boats. at this point in 2023 and over the easter weekend , 791 channel migrants reached uk waters. well, i'm joined now by our home and security editor mark white. mark white, welcome to the show. an easter gift that rishi sunak will really be ill afforded to accept. this is the nightmare for the conservatives again, isn't it? >> yeah, it was a bumper easter weekend as far as those trying to manage the english channel in the form of border force and indeed the lifeboats from the rnli who were carried out were called multiple times during called out multiple times during the yesterday, in the course of yesterday, in particular as the criminal gangs were pushing these small boats out into the english channel in far from ideal conditions. there were 15 knot winds blowing,

churning up the waves mid—channel. it was very treacherous out there, but still these boats were pushed out and nine made it with those 442 people on board, almost 800 over the course of two days. and that took the figure in terms of those who have come across the engush those who have come across the english channel this year to, as you mentioned, there are more than 5400. now, when you do the figures and extrapolate out where we are on last year, it's 43% higher than last year. and that's important really, because last year the prime minister and other ministers, including the home secretary, was able to stand up at various points dunng stand up at various points during the year and say, look, we're managing to stop the boats . not completely, but it's a process. and as the year got on, the figure got higher until it ended the year at 36% down. and they looked upon that as really

quite a significant victory in terms of stopping the boat. it weren't stopping the boats. it went. they said , against the went. they said, against the trend in the european union elsewhere, where very significant numbers were coming into europe from north africa and through other routes. yet the number coming across the channel was down. they can't do that now because we're only three months into this new year and already it's been completely reversed and then to some be 43% higher compared to 36% down. and of course, the government might well martin turn round and say judge us on where we are at the end of the year. but having said that, they didn't do that. they were up at news conference after news conference throughout last yean news conference throughout last year, well they'd year, telling us how well they'd done. take the done. so they've got to take the medicine . when the medicine as well. when the situation is reversed and realised that they can no longer say that they are reducing the small boats. certainly so far this year and mark, the

government were very proud of the fact they were stemming the tide from albania. the fact they were stemming the tidetheyl albania. the fact they were stemming the tidethey had ania. the fact they were stemming the tidethey had arpact with albania >> they had a pact with albania and also the weather was a great asset . but do we have any asset. but do we have any inclination of the national make up of the new arrivals, the most recent arrivals, and indeed the circumstances? are they refugees fleeing war zones, or do we think there may something think there may be something else ? else? >> well, i mean, in terms of the albanians, again, they only tell a partial picture because, yes, indeed, the number of albanians being represented on the small boats is just tiny now, 1 or 2, if that. there are very few albanians coming on the small boats . and that's because he boats. and that's because he never wanted to be put into the asylum system in the first place. the vast majority of the albanians coming wanted albanians coming through wanted to the to go and work in the construction, trade , or go off construction, trade, or go off and work for criminal gangs in sort of cannabis factories or

wherever else for six months or a year, and then head back to albania. so they found other routes into the country. and we've been told by very reliable sources that most albanians now are coming in in the backs of lorries and are picked up in eastern europe and, and driven all the way through to the northern coast of france , and northern coast of france, and then come across on the ferry or go through the channel tunnel, but the other nations represented, you mentioned, well, iran and, and, syria and also afghanistan are well represented. they have been for a number of years, and that continues to be the case. but we see a shift in demographic demographics on the boats from other regions. so vietnamese nationals coming across now have risen quite significantly. and again, that was evident in video that was filmed by one of the migrants coming across the channel yesterday, showing quite a number vietnamese on the

a number of vietnamese on the boat that that person was filming on, also , chinese filming on, also, chinese nationals coming across indian nationals coming across indian nationals , who come across as nationals, who come across as well. and the thing that all of those people have in common is they are not fleeing war zones , they are not fleeing war zones, and then, you know, those who are very critical of what they see as the asylum system being abused will point to this and say that this is purely economic migration at work here. >> mark wyatt , a migration at work here. >> mark wyatt, a comprehensive and excellent summary as ever. thank you very much for joining us the show. our us on the show. now it's our biggest giveaway of the year so far. your chance to win a ten grand greek cruise for two. ten grand greek cruise for two. ten grand in cash and a whole host of luxury travel gifts on top. your 2025 holiday could be on us, and here's all the details you need to enter this superb competition. >> you could win our biggest prize so far. first, prize giveaway so far. first, there's an incredible £10,000 in tax free cash to spend however you like. plus, courtesy of

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has become law today, on april the 1st. is this the end of free speech? north of the border? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. your time is 325. i'm martin daubney , and this is gb martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, later in the show, we'll talk about the london council that's making a whopping £1 million a month from a single low traffic neighbourhood. printing money, milking the motorist dry. now, scotland's controversial new hate crime law has come into effect today. on april 1st, campaigners had held a protest outside the scottish parliament at lunchtime and they held up a coffin, saying that the new law amounts to the death of free speech. well, gb news scotland reporter tony mcguire is live in edinburgh. tony, welcome to the show . so a lot of

welcome to the show. so a lot of people, a lot of people saying , people, a lot of people saying, tony, this is the death of free speech. and scotland has now the most draconian free speech laws on the planet . what's the mood most draconian free speech laws on the ground. what's the mood most draconian free speech laws on the ground ?alhat's the mood on the ground? >> yeah, certainly this is a real like far flung step from the usual progressive snp policies, which we've come to know over the last two decades. but indeed , the death of free but indeed, the death of free speech is what was being marked today. this new hate crime and pubuc today. this new hate crime and public order act, which for many people believe is going to limit what they can say, not just down the pub, not just in the workplace, but around the kitchen table . now behind me, kitchen table. now behind me, you can actually see coffin, you can actually see a coffin, which was brought a bit of a prop, let's face it. but you know, it hits the right note because people are actually now talking, you know, the boisterous people that animated people and they're actually a little bit scared about seeing the wrong thing and the wrong time. now they very clearly hands on it till rishi sunak in karachi. it's been over a month.

all right , karachi. it's been over a month. all right, all right. so big, big fan of rishi sunak here just now. but indeed, this new hate crime act , now. but indeed, this new hate crime act, has brought a lot of people out today being a bank holiday, it was about 400 people here today, give or take, and indeed they all shared their views from there's representatives from the alba party , the family party, and party, the family party, and indeed lots of groups , indeed lots of groups, including, various pastors today who shared some very significant messages about how this new law, this draconian law, as they call it, is actually going to impact everything from the church to the gender critical feminist movement and so on and so forth. so not the best day in terms of the weather for a protest. but that did not stop hundreds of people turning up here at holyrood to have their voices heard . heard. >> great stuff. thank you very much for joining >> great stuff. thank you very much forjoining us there . tony much for joining us there. tony mcguire. some of the most draconian free speech laws on the planet. and joining me now to discuss them is ross

thompson, who's the former conservative mp for aberdeen thompson, who's the former conserwelcome for aberdeen thompson, who's the former conserwelcome tor aberdeen thompson, who's the former conserwelcome to the erdeen thompson, who's the former conserwelcome to the show, south. welcome to the show, ross. so ross, looking at those scenes there live in edinburgh, hundreds of people saying we hate the hate speech laws. why on earth is scotland persevering with this? i mean, aren't there greater things to be worrying about? i dunno, the state of the nhs, education, drug addiction? why so obsessed with free speech laws like this ? laws like this? >> i completely agree, martin. >> i completely agree, martin. >> there has never been a greater gulf between the elected represents and the people, and it is deeply troubling that this law is now enforced, it's deeply insidious and it's flawed, and it's going to have a chilling effect on free speech, and this at a time when, as you say, there's other issues to be addressed, particularly real crime . crime. >> for example, my area here in aberdeen is no longer safe to get on a bus. >> the city centre is in some ways unworkable. >> the police are not visible

and instead of being there on the streets dealing with real concerns and real crime, they're going to be in offices policing people's thoughts and views that they post online. >> and indeed, ross, there are lots of high profile opponents of this, such as jk rowling. of course, the harry potter author who is specifically and deliberately today setting out to breach these laws and say they will do so repeatedly. and indeed, comedians who work for gb news such as andrew doyle josh howie planning an event up there where they're almost trying to get arrested , there's trying to get arrested, there's going to be anarchy, ross, because how are the police going to arrest everybody who specifically sets out to break these to these laws? they're going to need jail . need a big jail. >> absolutely. martin. what we see is woke totalitarianism now in scotland. >> can you imagine if someone like jk rowling, who has contributed so much to the world of literature, to culture, who is an icon, who is a hero in

scotland, and the creator of harry robert harry potter and robert galbraith coming to galbraith coming home to scotland, the home of the enlightenment, and being arrested, potentially on arrival and if for a sheriff court could experience 12 months in prison, or if they go to the high court even seven years. >> okay, i think we lost ross there. not not a problem. thanks for joining us. ross thompson is forjoining us. ross thompson is the former conservative mp for aberdeen south. it's going to be one heck a story to watch one heck of a story to watch this people like jake this because if people like jake rowling setting rowling are specifically setting out breaking out to get arrested by breaking hate speech laws around trans issues, around misgendering issues, around misgendering issues, elon musk, of course, has said he'll do the same. he owns the biggest social media platform in terms of free speech. x on the planet. what are they going to do? just arrest everybody? comedians who perform at the edinburgh fringe festival. makes you festival. it just makes you wonder, know, what is the wonder, you know, what is the priority any priority of governments? any more? protecting her feelings, protecting or protecting minority groups or just the job done? let just getting the job done? let me know what you think.

vaiews@gbnews.com. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, and i'll get reaction to the news that water bills are going to go up by 6% at the same time as companies keep pumping sewage into bathing areas, we're paying sewage into bathing areas, we're paying for their mistakes and how they're going to get away with this. will it wash with you? but first, it's time for your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories this hour. campaigners are gathered outside the scottish parliament in protest of new hate crime laws, which they say are a threat to free speech. the laws bring together existing legislation, making it a crime to stir up hatred against people with protected characteristics. that includes disability , age, sexual disability, age, sexual orientation or people who are transgender. but some police forces are concerned that

deaung forces are concerned that dealing with complaints could become a distraction for officers . the scottish officers. the scottish conservatives say resources should be directed towards frontline policing . plans to frontline policing. plans to find rough sleepers are provoking outrage , with more provoking outrage, with more than 40 tory mps said to be preparing to rebel, the new criminal justice bill would allow police to fine or move on. so—called nuisance, rough sleepers. it was intended to replace the vagrancy act from 1824, which currently criminalises both rough sleeping and begging. but reports suggest the new bill has been paused while ministers negotiate with mps who are concerned about the consequences of issuing fines to homeless people . more than 250 homeless people. more than 250 patients a week in england may have died needlessly last year because of long waits for a hospital bed, a report by the royal college of emergency medicine revealed. more than 1.5 million patients waited in emergency departments for longer than 12 hours last year. the

department for health says it added thousands of hospital beds and insists it's making progress on waiting times . and energy on waiting times. and energy bills are due to fall to their lowest rate in two years after the regulator, ofgem, cut its price cap by 12.3. it means the average household bill for gas and electricity will fall by around £238 over the course of a yean around £238 over the course of a year, or about £20 a month . for year, or about £20 a month. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to news.com.au alerts. >> for stunning gold and silver coins, you'll always value, the rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . the gb news financial report. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2578 and ,1.1700. the

price of gold is £1,777.02 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7952 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> thank you very much, tatiana. now the gender gap is very, very real. but it's not women who are missing out now. no. if you're a boy and especially if you're a white working class boy, you're increasingly likely to struggle at school and at work. the forgotten demographic . we'll forgotten demographic. we'll discuss that next. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

>> earlier on breakfast. >> earlier on breakfast. >> spring has sprung. the grass is green. i wonder where king charles has been. well he was.

>> i got all watery eyed because i'm so keen on royal family i'm so keen on the royal family and i thought it was such a shame he was so ill. >> we see the economy turning a corner this year. we'll see interest dropping, taxes interest rates dropping, taxes dropping. those dropping. of course, all those things news for things are all good news for people . of course there's more people. of course there's more to really are to do, but things really are turning corner. to do, but things really are tun if|g corner. to do, but things really are tun if|g corisr. to do, but things really are tunif|g coris privileged >> if labour is privileged enough government, we enough to form a government, we will stand by these entitlements. we will not take these entitlements away or reduce them. but what we will do is put forward an actual way of accessing them. >> more land. i live in all, yes, but . i >> more land. i live in all, yes, but. i just come into my head. >> i was a mole and i live in a hole from six. >> it's breakfast on gb news. >> it's breakfast on gb news. >> welcome back 338 on your easter monday is your time. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. wasn't it great to see the king out and about again

yesterday? well, later in the show, i'll be joined by a royal expert to celebrate king charles on the mend. it seems now there's good news. and there's bad news. today as some bills fall while others continue to go up, the average household energy bill is dropping to its lowest point in two years. however, water bills are rising by 6, and this is, of course , at a time this is, of course, at a time when water companies keep pumping gallons and gallons of sewage into our waterways. well, let's cross now to north devon and speak to our south—west of england reporter, jeff moody. geoff, welcome to the show and a very happy easter monday to you. so we're hearing today a 47% boom in sewage spills , yet a 6% boom in sewage spills, yet a 6% boom in sewage spills, yet a 6% boom in sewage spills, yet a 6% boom in our water bills. geoff that to me sounds like a lose lose scenario . lose scenario. >> sounds like an april fool , >> sounds like an april fool, really, doesn't it? sadly it's not though, it's . you're not though, it's. you're

absolutely right. it's not good news all around. i mean, so many people have been out this bank houday people have been out this bank holiday weekend, haven't they? trying enjoy sunshine trying to enjoy the sunshine that had a few that we've had. we've had a few bursts it in places, but bursts of it in places, but these, those weather warnings, those sewage warnings are in place over much of the country. i mean, just here in devon, there are 29 beaches that this weekend have been deemed unsafe because of the amount of raw sewage that has been discharged into those waters this weekend alone. and the reason for that is the rain. we've had lots of very heavy rain and the victorian sewers just really can't cope with that in the sort of the sort of the number, the deluges that we've been having in recent weeks and because of that, the water companies face a very simple choice. they either let the sewage roam onto the streets or they throw the water, charge it out to the sea. they choose the latter, but the bad news about that is they're now raising the prices. 6% in order

to cover the cost of improving the drainage system. well, we've been out and about this weekend to speak to people and find out what they think, and people aren't very happy. >> just feels like all the bills are going up at the minute. but like, i just didn't expect the water bill to increase quite so much as mine's almost doubled . much as mine's almost doubled. add monthly what i pay now they're in it for profit, and if they're in it for profit, and if they need the to raise bills to do the job that they're supposed to be doing in the first place, what have they been spending the money up till now? money on up till now? >> the levels of sewage >> i think the levels of sewage are absolutely outrageous, and the water the lack of investment by water companies . companies is disgraceful. >> complete lack business >> complete lack of business business planning. >> lancashire , we >> we live in lancashire, we have the river hodder and we do a lot of wild swimming. i have the river hodder and we do a lot of wild swimming . i can't a lot of wild swimming. i can't wild swim because of the amount of in the canals. what's of sewage in the canals. what's that about? >> i think it should be back in government control, public ownership. private ownership. i think private sector is just sucking the money out of it.

>> well, the water companies say that if you're having financial difficulties , you can always you difficulties, you can always you can always get in touch with them and they will help you with your bills. but that's certainly cold comfort for most people right now. >> jeff moody, a font >> thank you. jeff moody, a font of as ever . now >> thank you. jeff moody, a font of as ever. now moving of knowledge as ever. now moving on. if you're a boy, then you're more likely to struggle at school or at work. britain has a serious boy problem, but does anybody care? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 345. i'm martin daubney , and this is i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now. at 4:00, i'll get more reaction to the poll that says the tories might just win 80 seats at the next general election. their worst ever performance. now the gender gap is very, very real. but it's not

women who are this time missing out because if you're a boy, you're increasingly likely to struggle at school and at work, and more so if you're white and even more so if you're white and even more so if you're white and working class. well, why is this? and what can be done about it? well, i'm joined now by the conservative mp for don valley, nick who's something conservative mp for don valley, nick champion who's something conservative mp for don valley, nick champion for»'s something conservative mp for don valley, nick champion for men mething conservative mp for don valley, nick champion for men and|ing conservative mp for don valley, nick champion for men and boys. of a champion for men and boys. nick, welcome to the show and i hope you're having a very happy easter monday. nick, hear easter monday. nick, we hear a lot the myth of white male lot about the myth of white male privilege, but the facts paint a very different picture. boys starts behind at age three. they never catch up. white working class lads are the least likely to go to university of any demographic ,14.6% to go to university of any demographic , 14.6% the lowest of demographic, 14.6% the lowest of any group . a third of white any group. a third of white boys, 18 to 24, are now economically inactive , and economically inactive, and that's doubled since the 1990s. 2 million on the scrapheap. nobody cares about them . why not? >> well, i don't think it's true that nobody cares. there's people do care, but i do ,

people do care, but i do, believe that, we're definitely taking our eye off this ball . taking our eye off this ball. >> i think, since the 1990s, there's an awful lot of effort gone into pushing girls, getting them , getting them into them forward, getting them into higher education, further education. and i think that's been the right thing to do. but i think while we've been doing that, we've definitely not been looking to , looking at what's happening, to, to the, to the young boys. and, i it's, i think it's, it's i think it's, i think it's, it's people like me as a member of parliament. it's my duty to shine a light this see shine a light on this and see what can actually do about what we can actually do about it, because we definitely need to something now , i know, to do something now, i know, nick, you've been mocked for the fact, i think a very idea fact, i think a very good idea of putting forward notion of putting forward the notion for for men . and boys for a minister for men. and boys to get these issues on the table. >> and if you look at the data, then that would be self—serving. it would be obvious that that needs to be done. and yet, nick, whenever put whenever you've tried to put that you're that motion forward, you're ridiculed for it. does that underline this notion, this prevailing be prevailing mindset that to be born born white, is born male, to be born white, is

to born as one life's to be born as one of life's lottery winners? how do we overcome that mindset the overcome that mindset when the facts a very different picture? >> well, we need to just continue shouting up, like i'm doing. like i know yourself doing. like i know yourself doing . and there's many other doing. and there's many other colleagues in the house that have have that too, have that have done that too, because that's the only way that have that have done that too, becget, that's the only way that have that have done that too, becget, the t's the only way that have that have done that too, becget, the people )nly way that have that have done that too, becget, the people who way that have that have done that too, becget, the people who can that we get, the people who can actually make the decisions to, to look at this and there's like you said, i mean, the outcomes for are quite a quite poor for men are quite a quite poor at the moment, to say the least. i mean, 13 men a day think the only way out is to actually take their own life. 88 men are dying due to , heart disease, 66 men due to, heart disease, 66 men are dying due to alcoholism . all are dying due to alcoholism. all these different figures that are adding up and these are all outcomes of taking our eye off the ball and not valuing men. and i think we need to value men. i also think we need to value women , too. and right value women, too. and it's right that a minister for that we've got a minister for women. it's right that we've got a cabinet minister women . a cabinet minister for women. it's right that we've got a women's health but women's health strategy, but we've got all these problems that are there plain sight

that are there in plain sight for people to see. and yet we have men's health strategy , have no men's health strategy, we have no minister for men, and we have no minister for men, and we have no minister for men, and we have no minister for men in cabinet level. now, the health department have worked really hard with with me and colleagues over past 12 months, and over this past 12 months, and we're definitely making progress there . but a we're definitely making progress there. but a men's we're definitely making progress there . but a men's health there. but a men's health ambassador that's actually been shortlisted at the moment got money towards prostate cancer screening. we've got the first task and finish group with regards to men's health, which is now we just need the is great. now we just need the education department to do exactly the same thing. take on board what good people are, good colleagues saying, and let's colleagues are saying, and let's see can about this colleagues are saying, and let's see attainment about this colleagues are saying, and let's see attainment gap. tut this gender attainment gap. >> salute you on >> well, nick, i salute you on all of that. i'm one of those lads. when i was at school in the 70s, i was the first lad in my in my community to make it to university. i'm a coal miner, son, as you know. i don't know if i'd make it now. i just wonder if there's too much stacked against people me. stacked against people like me. the they incur

the debts mount and they incur for going to university, and also an academic situation that seems to teach the mantra that white toxic. they're white men are toxic. they're a problem . and if you complain problem. and if you complain about it, you're fragile. there's crisis in masculinity. there's a crisis in masculinity. nick. give young nick. we need to give young people a purpose. if you give a man a purpose , he he will have man a purpose, he he will have a productive life. it isn't part of the problem. we've taken away those manufacturing jobs. we haven't . we haven't replaced the pits. we haven't replaced the pits. we haven't the steel yards. haven't replace the steel yards. we to give young men hope. >> definitely. and. but i don't think we should give men excuses to fail either. i don't believe in that. so i think we should do everything that we can to encourage our boys to get into all kinds of different industries , just like we've done industries, just like we've done with girls. i know there was a huge of this girl huge campaign of this girl cam when sport girl when it came to sport this girl cam when it came to them engaging in the stem subjects , engaging in the stem subjects, and they've had huge successes with we've not seen with that, but we've not seen the for boys with regards the same for boys with regards to the health, with regards to education, with regards to administration jobs, why aren't education, with regards to adrputting:ion jobs, why aren't education, with regards to adrputting those bs, why aren't education, with regards to adrputting those sortst aren't education, with regards to adrputting those sorts ofaren't we putting those sorts of

campaigns that this boy we putting those sorts of camtoo?1s that this boy we putting those sorts of camtoo? i'm that this boy we putting those sorts of camtoo? i'm a that this boy we putting those sorts of camtoo? i'm a fatherat this boy we putting those sorts of camtoo? i'm a father ofthis boy we putting those sorts of camtoo? i'm a father of ais boy we putting those sorts of camtoo? i'm a father of a boy>y can too? i'm a father of a boy and a girl. i want them both to do equally as well. i think society owes them that. the opportunity should be there for all. there should be encouraged to take those opportunities, and we shouldn't give them excuses to . i don't believe in to fail. i don't believe in excuses.i to fail. i don't believe in excuses. i believe in working hard, trying hard , and breaking hard, trying hard, and breaking down any barriers that are in front of us. that's what you've got to do. that's what i've done as a as a businessman over the over the years, whenever there's been a problem, i've gone i've done i break done everything i can to break down barriers have down the barriers that have stopped and stopped me moving forward. and i think we need do stopped me moving forward. and i thi|our we need do stopped me moving forward. and i thi|our young we need do stopped me moving forward. and i thi|our young boyse need do stopped me moving forward. and i thi|our young boys and ed do stopped me moving forward. and i thi|our young boys and our do stopped me moving forward. and i thi|our young boys and our young for our young boys and our young girls, too. >> fletcher, you're >> nick fletcher, you're bringing my bringing a warm glow to my heart. for work bringing a warm glow to my hea|do. for work bringing a warm glow to my hea|do. much for work bringing a warm glow to my hea|do. much appreciatedvork bringing a warm glow to my hea|do. much appreciated tok bringing a warm glow to my hea|do. much appreciated to have you do. much appreciated to have you do. much appreciated to have you show and please keep you do. much appreciated to have you we show and please keep you do. much appreciated to have you we needv and please keep you do. much appreciated to have you we need people .ease keep you do. much appreciated to have you we need people likee keep going. we need people like you speaking sense. thanks, speaking common sense. thanks, mate. easter bank mate. now it's the easter bank houday mate. now it's the easter bank holiday and people have been visiting local markets to celebrate the arrival of spring. well, it doesn't really feel like it? well, just like spring, does it? well, just before weekend, east before the long weekend, east yorkshire first ever

before the long weekend, east yorksh traders first ever before the long weekend, east yorkshtraders market ever before the long weekend, east yorksh traders market to fer young traders market to encourage people under 30 to get started in markets and trade in their local towns. our reporter, anna riley, was at the event and has this for us. went has this story for us. went bananas pick—your—own. >> markets are the heartbeat of many british towns. >> veg ? >> are you fresh veg? >> are you fresh veg? >> chill puddings for £3. strawberry seedless grapes and apple. >> but they must attract young people if they are to survive. that's why the national market traders federation are supporting the next generation of market stallholders through their young trader of the year competition. >> the average age of market traders is about 55, which is an industry we need more young people and they're coming in. this is the 12th year we're doing this campaign. >> it is working, we've got >> it is working, but we've got to this. to keep doing this. >> to keep fresh blood >> we've got to keep fresh blood coming traders coming in. young traders bring young just young shoppers and it's just great industry great for the industry all around little investment can around for little investment can be their own boss. i have something of and they something to proud of and they

can loads of can expand. there's loads of businesses out there that started market trading, started off as market trading, even tesco's, so it even the likes of tesco's, so it it's little steps. we start at the bottom, work your way up and you know you could be the next alan sugar. >> the young traders alan sugar. >> the has young traders alan sugar. >> the has been|g traders alan sugar. >> the has been held ders alan sugar. >> the has been held inrs alan sugar. >> the has been held in east market has been held in east yorkshire for yorkshire to boost business for entrepreneurs aged 16 yorkshire to boost business for entr30.�*neurs aged 16 yorkshire to boost business for entr30. these aged 16 yorkshire to boost business for entr30. these stallholders 16 yorkshire to boost business for entr30. these stallholders in6 and 30. these stallholders in beverley appreciate the platform that the event has given them. >> can market seem a little bit , >> can market seem a little bit, old fashioned, yes, but now we've got younger people coming down. we can really develop them and make the high street that little bit more interesting for the youth. >> it's a lot better . if you >> it's a lot better. if you have to grind out the hours, work in markets like these in the rain and the wind and the snow. >> and i think it gives you more of a love for it. >> i think that's what's really good young traders and good about young traders and doing markets. it's very supportive. mean it supportive. it's not i mean it is a competition, but people don't feel like i don't really feel like that. i think nice to boost each other. >> most market places run >> most market places are run by councils their councils who have been their

pubuc councils who have been their public times, obviously victorian times, but obviously important, victorian times, but obviously impo areas , to create rural areas, to create employment and employment opportunities and obviously self—employment and starting . your own business is a starting. your own business is a great way to do that, so any way that we can help as a council through our economic development and business support services, to people to encourage younger people to do their do that and to start their business here the east riding business here in the east riding is something encourage. >> without customers , >> and without the customers, traders, old, just traders, young or old, just wouldn't . wouldn't exist. >> farmer fruit like to buy my plants from independent people i want to see alive. want to see want to see alive. i want to see people beverley and people come to beverley and okay, online has its place. but if we keep doing online, we shant if we keep doing online, we shan't have any independent traders. we have and traders. we shan't have this and that'll be a such a sad thing. >> the winner of the national young market competition young traders market competition will august . will be announced in august. anna . gb news great stuff anna riley. gb news great stuff on your bike. >> spirits alive and kicking there in yorkshire, and i've got a bunch of emails go through, a bunch of emails to go through, stuart says this the conservative party only have themselves for themselves to blame for a potential at the next potential wipe—out at the next election , they stabbed their election, they stabbed their elected boris, the

elected leader, boris, in the back effort to save their back in an effort to save their own skins. analysts massively blown up in their faces. and what have they actually done in 14 years of power? well, that's exactly what we'll be talking about next, because a poll says exactly what we'll be talking abo conservatives|se a poll says exactly what we'll be talking abo conservatives couldioll says exactly what we'll be talking abo conservatives could win says exactly what we'll be talking abo conservatives could win just the conservatives could win just 80 seats at the next election. thanks to so many voters dumping the tories and backing reform. i'm martin daubney on gb news, but first time for your weather with greg dewhurst. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello there! welcome to your latest gb news weather. it's a mixed picture out there and over the next few days it remains very similar. unsettled. further spells of rain. but there will be warm sunshine be some warm sunshine at times. looking the pressure pattern. looking at the pressure pattern. low pressure systems moving in from atlantic bringing from the atlantic bringing spells of rain, some stronger winds, particularly later on in the week. but there will be some

sunny spells in between, which is what we've seen across parts of wales today. of england and wales today. these slowly these showers should slowly fade away, however, we will see further across further spells of rain across parts of scotland into northern england, particularly in the east, some of this heavy at times in between there will be some clear spells and this will allow temperatures dip down allow temperatures to dip down into so into low single figures. so perhaps of light frost perhaps a touch of light frost in the countryside for! or 2 of in the countryside for 1 or 2 of us. but for most it's a cloudy start to tuesday. further showers in places this rain across eastern scotland remains here for much of the day. little brighter across the far north. some sunny spells developing across much of the uk as we move through into the afternoon, but a scattering of showers towards the southwest. this band of cloud and rain will push in and temperatures overall reaching the mid—teens in the south. still chilly across scotland. 7 or 8 degrees. taking a look at wednesday, the next area of low pressure moves showery pressure moves in showery outbreaks pushing north outbreaks of rain pushing north and eastwards across the country. some of this heavy at times the times blustery around the coasts, sunshine and coasts, followed by sunshine and

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gb news. >> good afternoon to you. and a very happy easter monday. it's 4 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on news. daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of across the of westminster. all across the uk. on today's show, there's reaction to the shocking new poll that says the conservatives could just seats at the could win just 80 seats at the general there worst general election. there worst ever performance traditional ever performance as traditional tory turned to the reform tory voters turned to the reform party and angela rayner is under mounting pressure over whether she broke the law when she sold that council house. now the that council house. and now the

former head of the standards watchdog has said labour's deputy leader should face a full police inquiry and rishi sunak promised to stop the boats. one of his five core pledges. but the number of small boat migrants crossing the channel illegally has increased by a staggering 43% on the same penod staggering 43% on the same period last year , and protesters period last year, and protesters have come out in force against scotland's controversial new hate crime bill. they say it's the death of free speech and it was introduced on april the 1st. you couldn't make it up. that's all coming up in your next hour. welcome to the show. hope you're having a restful and peaceful easter. keep your feet up because it all starts again tomorrow. now politics never sleeps though . what do you make sleeps though. what do you make of the conservative party and the reform party taking clumps out of each other over the

weekend? it looks like a pact is off the table, so they seem to be at each other's throats. hundreds of you have in hundreds of you have been in touch so about how you touch so far about how you intend to vote next time round, because course, there could because of course, there could because of course, there could be an historic wipe—out of the tories to just 80 seats. tories reduced to just 80 seats. would you still vote conservative or is the party over? let me know. email the usual way gb views at gb news. com but before we kick off into our next hour, time for your news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories this houn afternoon. the top stories this hour. campaigners in edinburgh have delivered a coffin outside the scottish parliament, symbolising what they say is death of free speech. it's after the introduction of a new hate crime law, which makes it a crime law, which makes it a crime to stir up hatred against people protected people with protected characteristics. that includes disability , age, sexual disability, age, sexual orientation or people who . are

orientation or people who. are transgender. gender critical author jk rowling said it risks authorjk rowling said it risks outlawing genuine debates over biological sex. while some police raised police forces have raised concerns that complaints could be for political reasons, be lodged for political reasons, the scottish conservatives say resources should be directed towards front line policing . towards front line policing. plans to find rough sleepers are provoking outrage, with more than 40 conservative mps said to be preparing to rebel, the new criminal justice bill would allow police to fine or move on. so—called nuisance rough sleepers. it was intended to replace the vagrancy act from 1824, which currently criminalises both rough sleeping and begging. but reports suggest the new bill has been paused while ministers negotiate with mps who are concerned about the consequences of issuing fines to homeless people. the plans were introduced by the former home secretary, suella braverman, who branded rough sleeping a lifestyle . the head of lifestyle choice. the head of

the nurses union has accused the government of packing hospital corridors with patients, and says the quality of care is not only undignified died but fatally unsafe. it comes as new estimates suggest more than 250 patients a week in england may have died needlessly last year because of long waits for a hospital bed, a report by the royal college of emergency medicine revealed. more than 1.5 million patients waited in emergency . departments for emergency. departments for longer than 12 hours last year. the department for health says. it added thousands of hospital beds insist making beds and insist it's making progress times . the progress on waiting times. the government's compensation scheme for victims of the windrush scandal has been branded a failure. five years after it started, it was set up to compensate british citizens who were wrongly threatened with deportation, despite having the right in the uk. right to live in the uk. however, campaigners are warning the people dying the number of people dying before getting payouts is increasing. they're . calling on

increasing. they're. calling on ministers to overhaul the process and speed up payments, with the home office replaced by an independent body . more than an independent body. more than 5400 migrants have been intercepted . crossing the intercepted. crossing the engush intercepted. crossing the english channel in small boats dunng english channel in small boats during the first three months of this year. it's a record figure for quarter, up 43% for that quarter, up 43% compared the same in compared to the same time in 2023, official the 2023, official figures from the home show 442 people made home office show 442 people made the crossing in nine boats the crossing in nine small boats yesterday . that's despite yesterday. that's despite difficult weather conditions, with lifeboats scrambling to assist some of the arrivals. today's strong winds have now made the journey completely impassable . now, some households impassable. now, some households will feel the effects of a cash boost from today as new economic policies come into effect. the national living wage is increasing to £11.44, giving a pay increasing to £11.44, giving a pay rise to around 3 million of britain's lowest paid workers. small businesses will also

benefit from a raised vat threshold and fully funded apprenticeships for young people. business minister kevin hollinrake told gb news. the economy is getting better. >> we understand it's been difficult but things are improving. the economy improving. we see the economy turning year. turning a corner this year. we'll see interest rates dropping, taxes dropping. of course, £900 a year for the average person in terms of tax reductions with the national insurance cuts. so all those things are all good news for people. of course, there's more to but things are to do, but things really are turning corner . turning a corner. >> well, that is energy bills are due to fall to their lowest rate in two years after the regulator, cut its price regulator, ofgem, cut its price cap it means the cap by 12.3. it means the average household bill for gas and electricity will fall by around £238 over the course of a yean around £238 over the course of a year, or about £20 a month. however, around 10 million households are still being urged to submit their metre readings to submit their metre readings to overpayment . and the to avoid overpayment. and the people of county meath in

ireland are raising a glass to a 1000 year old oak tree that's about to get a second life. the huge tree, which measured . huge tree, which measured. a girth of ten metres, stood for centuries on the grounds of swainston farm. but it's the thousand year lifespan came to an end when storm hit last an end when storm ellen hit last yeah an end when storm ellen hit last year. now, thanks to the revival an end when storm ellen hit last ye theiow, thanks to the revival an end when storm ellen hit last ye the prestons ks to the revival an end when storm ellen hit last ye the prestons whisky|e revival an end when storm ellen hit last ye the prestons whisky label, lal of the prestons whisky label, which has been off shelves for 60 years, the old tree will be transformed into whisky barrels . transformed into whisky barrels. experts say it's rare for irish oak used to make barrels , oak to be used to make barrels, and rarer still for whisky lovers to get a taste of ancient ireland . for the latest stories, ireland. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. carmelites. now back to . martin. >> thank you tatiana. wow. irish whisky in barrels made from a thousand year old oak tree. where do i sign up now we start

with the poll that says the tories could be almost wiped out thanks to reform uk at the next general election. and he claims that splitting the votes between rishi sunak and richard tice parties lead the parties could lead the conservative seats, conservative with just 80 seats, and the tories and that would be the tories worst ever result in the party's history . well, i'm joined now by history. well, i'm joined now by jim pickard, who's the deputy political editor of the financial times. jim, welcome to the show. i hope you're having a peaceful easter. this is grim reading for rishi sunak, and there seems to be no sign of any pact insight. in fact, rishi sunak and richard tice party, jim, seem to be taking lumps out of each other over the weekend. >> yeah, absolutely. there's a whole slew of allegations in the mail on sunday about reform candidates and some of the more curious, slightly unsavoury things that some some of them had done. and there's clearly a bit of a war of words as well, with richard tice suggesting bit of a war of words as well, with the 1ard tice suggesting bit of a war of words as well, with the 1ard vice suggesting bit of a war of words as well, with the 1ard vice chairesting bit of a war of words as well, with the 1ard vice chairesti the that the new vice chair of the conservative jonathan

conservative party, jonathan gullis, he richard tice gullis, that he richard tice might know some unsavoury things about him. so not very fraternal exchanges going over exchanges going on over the weekend and of course, the conservative very conservative party is very worried fact that worried about the fact that reform risen in reform has risen and risen in the started out a year the polls. it started out a year or two ago at a negligible figure . and i think as people figure. and i think as people have become more familiar with it, they've realised that it is nigel farage's party. it has gone the polls . it's still gone up in the polls. it's still not not a huge showing, but . at not not a huge showing, but. at about 15 points when the conservative party is in the low 20s, it's very much snapping at the heels of rishi sunaks party and is, of course, providing pressure on sunak to move further to the right. but that gives dilemma gives him a bit of a dilemma because, as we've discussed before, conservative party's before, the conservative party's election coalition in 2019 consisted of , you know, consisted of, you know, relatively centrist voters in southern england and culturally more right wing brexit favouring voters in the north, which was a coalition that boris johnson managed to hold together for.

rishi sunak is struggling to do so . so. >> you know, jim, i'm sensing a real difference of mood, though, between this election and in 2019 and 2019, you will well recall covered that recall you covered that election. this feeling recall you covered that el

general election the voting pubuc general election the voting public coalesce around the two relatively left and relatively right . so rishi right alternatives. so rishi sunak strategist will be hoping that some of this reform showing in the polls is basically it's disgruntlement with the conservatives. but when it finally comes to voting in a general election, a lot of that 15% wedge of votes currently people saying that they'll back reform could split in favour of the consent gives when it finally comes to the crunch. and we know in 2019 that in the end, the brexit party only stood in a minority of seats. at the moment, the reform party is saying it will stand in all seats, but i'm is quite interested . when i went up to interested. when i went up to grimsby only a month ago and i asked to speak to the reform candidate, and they told that candidate, and they told me that there makes me there wasn't one, which makes me wonder as fully wonder whether they are as fully prepared for this general election as they're making out. it doesn't. i don't get the impression they have an awful lot either, lot of funding either, especially the especially when compared to the two no doubt two main parties. but no doubt about it at all. it's a headache

for rishi sunak and it's making his conservative mps pretty nervous they down nervous because if they go down from 350 to as little as 100 from 350 mps to as little as 100 or 150, or what the recent polls are suggesting , it would be the are suggesting, it would be the worst wipe—out for the party for a very long time now, jim. >> ordinarily, the labour party will be rubbing their hands and enjoying the car crash of the reform party and the tories kicking other. but kicking off with each other. but at course, at the moment, of course, they're own bad news stories simply won't go and of simply won't go away. and of course, is angela rayner course, that is angela rayner and this now impending potential police investigation over that council house. jim do you think this story will be sufficient to put a dent into to the labour party, or will they just try and ride this out until the election and it goes away ? and hope it goes away? >> so you the phrase >> so you use the phrase impending investigation. impending police investigation. just what actually happened was a week or two ago, the police said that they weren't going to investigate. and then after they were by a conservative were prodded by a conservative mp, daly, said, oh, mp, james daly, they said, oh, actually , we'll have another

actually, we'll have another look at it and we will reinvestigate whether we should investigate. moment investigate. so at the moment they're a holding they're in a bit of a holding pattern where could still pattern where they could still say not looking at say that they're not looking at it all. ithink say that they're not looking at it all. i think if the it at all. i think if the greater manchester police, however, that . they are however, do say that. they are going to investigate this fully, then this is a story that could run is quite run and run and is quite uncomfortable for keir starmer heading towards the election. but much but bear in mind how much pressure there was on keir starmer. years ago starmer. a couple of years ago over curry and beers over him having curry and beers towards the end of covid at a work event, and there were all these headlines day in, day out, suggesting that the police were going to investigate that. and in the end, they didn't. so i think bit of a and think it's a bit of a wait and see moment one for now. see moment on that one for now. >> that the point, >> and is that the point, though, lot people though, jim, a lot of people have consistently the have consistently found that the labour party are always saying heads must roll if there's an indiscretion conservative indiscretion on the conservative side ribbon, as it were. side of the ribbon, as it were. but always feeling, but there's always a feeling, oh, really oh, there's nothing really to see let's all move on. see here. let's all move on. even sir starmer himself even sir keir starmer himself said hope , gb said to christopher hope, gb news editor, last week said to christopher hope, gb ne wasn't editor, last week said to christopher hope, gb ne wasn't really ditor, last week said to christopher hope, gb ne wasn't really interested week he wasn't really interested in seeing the evidence. it's a matter police . is it a

matter for the police. is it a feeling of double standards? jim >> so i think a lot of labour voters or labour mps would take the view that we're talking about relatively small beer here with angela rayner. you know, a tax expert called dan needle has suggested that it's conceivable that there was maybe £1,500 that she should have paid, but maybe didn't pay. and even then, if she'd done renovations on this particular council house, and if her and her former husband had registered it as their primary residence, then they wouldn't have been eligible to pay anything. people anything. and labour people would . with the would compare that. with the sums we saw with nadhim zahawi. when he ended up coughing up nearly £5 million to h.m. nearly £5 million to hm. revenue and customs, and when, when people in the labour party criticised rishi sunaks wife for being we're talking being a non—dom, we're talking about are worth being a non—dom, we're talking aboutmillion. are worth being a non—dom, we're talking aboutmillion. so are worth being a non—dom, we're talking aboutmillion. so non—dom �*th being a non—dom, we're talking aboutmillion. so non—dom status £700 million. so non—dom status in circumstances in those circumstances help you to potentially tens in those circumstances help you to hundreds potentially tens in those circumstances help you to hundreds of potentially tens in those circumstances help you to hundreds of millionsly tens in those circumstances help you to hundreds of millions of:ens or hundreds of millions of pounds. they say the pounds. so they would say the angela might be angela rayner case might be different it's small

different because it's small beeh voters, beer. i think for some voters, however . there is a principle however. there is a principle here which is that we are all meant to pay our tax. and when the people who make our rules are potentially to have are found potentially to have broken it broken those rules, and it doesn't it's doesn't matter whether it's a small or a large sum, small sum or a large sum, i'm sure would take sure lots of people would take that view. let's that point of view. but let's not the moment. not forget that at the moment. as we know, police as far as we know, the police haven't said going haven't yet said they're going to and think to investigate. and i think there of waiting there is a little bit of waiting here out what they're here to work out what they're going to do first. >> jim pickard hit >> superjim pickard hit the nail the there nail on the head. there fantastic deputy nail on the head. there fantasticeditor deputy nail on the head. there fantasticeditor dethei nail on the head. there fantasticeditor dethe ft. political editor of the ft. thanks for joining political editor of the ft. thanks forjoining us this thanks for joining us on this easter have thanks for joining us on this east more have thanks for joining us on this east more on have thanks for joining us on this east more on that have thanks for joining us on this east more on that story, have thanks for joining us on this east more on that story, of we lots more on that story, of course, throughout the show. and at 5:00 i'll get the views of a former labour party mp. they must be absolutely loving this. and coverage and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com. and you've it the you've helped to make it the fastest national news fastest growing national news website thank website in the country. thank you very much. now, the number of boats migrants crossing of small boats migrants crossing the english channel illegally this increased by a this year has increased by a staggering 43. on the same

penod staggering 43. on the same period last year, a total of 5435 migrants have arrived since the beginning of the year, well in excess of the 3793 who crossed the channel by small boats at the same point in 2023. now, over the easter weekend, another 791 channel migrants reached uk waters and i'm joined now by our home and security edhoh now by our home and security editor, mark white. mark one of the five key pledges rishi sunak made all that time ago was to stop the boats . he can't do it, stop the boats. he can't do it, can he ? can he? >> i think that's a very pertinent point that you make there. just as well. following on from your previous conversation, he has asked to be judged on his ability to stop the boats as one of those key pledges that he should be judged by. and last year, up until the end of last year, they did see a reduction and a significant

reduction and a significant reduction of 36% in small boats crossing. now many. reduction of 36% in small boats crossing. now many . people who crossing. now many. people who had, you know, knowledge of the engush had, you know, knowledge of the english channel and the weather conditions believed that it was more to do with weather than government policy, but still the government policy, but still the government was only too willing to come up at multiple points dunng to come up at multiple points during the year see how well during the year to see how well they in reducing the they were doing in reducing the number of small boats going across. can't do that. so far across. he can't do that. so far this year, it's completely reversed now and then some 43% rise compared with last year. and it's 36% drop. and of course, the government might turn round and say, well, judge us on the totality of this year, but we may get to the end of this year, and it could be even worse than 43. and indeed, there were some border force internal predictions at the beginning of the year, suggesting that this year was likely to be busier than last year. and it seems thatis than last year. and it seems that is indeed what is being

borne out, with another nine boats coming across yesterday following the seven boats on saturday, one of those boats, a migrant, filmed on board. we've obtained that footage that show, interestingly, the makeup of some of those on board and you can see quite clearly a number vietnamese and illustration of vietnamese and illustration of vietnamese and illustration of the fact that vietnamese, chinese, indian nationals are all subgroups that are growing within the sort of demographic, demographics of the makeup of that boat . that boat. >> and mark, of course, that completely puts the task the nofion completely puts the task the notion that these people are fleeing war zones in fear of persecution and safety. none of those countries are currently at war. and mark, does that wah and mark, does that reemphasize the notion that perhaps the vast majority of these, those arriving are economic migrants ? economic migrants? >> well, certainly those that are very concerned that the asylum system is being gamed by what has become an industry of

those who come across, not necessarily from war torn countries, who then have a back story, a back story that, according to the critics, is aided and abetted by the charities and the human rights groups , to the immigration groups, to the immigration lawyers, to even the church of england and other christian denominations , when they get to denominations, when they get to the uk, they see the likes of vietnam, not a war torn country. china not a war torn country for the most part, india. not a war torn country. you know, they they see people coming across from these areas and they say, this is clearly, demonstrated, demonstrate badly, economic migration , in play here and not migration, in play here and not people trying to gain asylum by fleeing for their lives from a war zone. so it's difficult, as i say, for the government, because even though that might

because even though that might be their suspicion, they still have to go through the system. they put a claim in it needs they put a claim in and it needs to tested. and that as we to be tested. and that as we know, can be a very long and costly affair . with the backlogs costly affair. with the backlogs in asylum seeking, costly affair. with the backlogs in asylum seeking , applications in asylum seeking, applications that we've seen over the years . that we've seen over the years. >> excellent stuff, as ever, comprehensive to the point home security has a mark. white, thanks for joining us security has a mark. white, thanks forjoining us on the thanks for joining us on the show . now, you may have show. now, you may have a houday show. now, you may have a holiday booked for this year , holiday booked for this year, but what about next year? well, you a bespoke greek you could win a bespoke greek cruise for two in our brand new giveaway . not only that, but ten giveaway. not only that, but ten grand in cash and a luxury travel gift package too. it's our biggest giveaway so far, and here's how you could be in it to win it with thanks to variety cruises, a family company sailing since 1942, you have the chance to win a £10,000 seven night small boat cruise for two with flights, meals , excursions with flights, meals, excursions and drinks included. >> you'll be able to choose from any one of their 2025 greek

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>> gb news is the home of free speech. >> we were created to champion it, and we deliver it day in, day out. >> free speech allows us all to explore and debate openly the issues most important to us, our families, and of course, the british people having challenging conversations to enlighten each other. >> why we hear all >> which is why we hear all sides of the argument. >> we are the people's channel. >> we are the people's channel. >> we are the people's channel. >> we will always stand by the freedom to express yourself on tv, radio and online. >> this is gb news, britain's news channel . news channel. >> welcome back. it's 425. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. now. later this hour , i'll news. now. later this hour, i'll speak to the woman whose article about how she felt unsafe in nottingham. my home city got such a huge reaction from people who said the same thing. some really touching stories to come out of that. but before that, scotland's controversial new

hate crime law has come into effect. today, campaigners held a protest outside the scottish parliament at lunchtime and they brought a coffin, saying that the new law amounts to the death of free speech. well gb news scotland reporter tony mcguire is in edinburgh. welcome to the show, tony. so today is april fools day, meant to be a time for much hilarity. is anybody laughing on the ground there in edinburgh ? edinburgh? >> i think a lot of people , >> i think a lot of people, martin, were laughing at the very idea of this act, of this new law, which came into force at midnight , you know, and while at midnight, you know, and while april fools gave us a good laugh , a good one i heard today was sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will end you in the slammer . and that very much the slammer. and that very much that spirit of tackling this kind of, this moment head on is very much in the spirit. and. but enough from me. i've been on the airwaves all day. i'm joined

by susan smith, who is the director of for women scotland , director of for women scotland, and susan m, for better or worse , here we are again a year on, we spoke about the grr this time last year and not much has changed in the public discourse, has it ? has it? >> no, not really. but the problem is that now with this new act coming in, there are going to be some people who are not allowed to say what they think. and that even extends to what people might normally think of their own of as the safety of their own home, because there's no dwelling so the dwelling defence. so the implications for free speech are really frightening, especially as we know that the scottish police have said that the training they're getting on this is not fit for purpose and that it's going to cause all sorts of problems the now problems down the line. now obviously the grr was a huge story for all of his last year, in a way, humza yousaf came in after nicola sturgeon picked up the pieces. but this this hate crime and public order, this is very much , pushed through by him

very much, pushed through by him dunng very much, pushed through by him during his time as a justice secretary. what do you think this tells us people in scotland here about about his his methodology to governance . methodology to governance. >> well, having set it committee dunng >> well, having set it committee during the committee stages of this and having been involved in a lot of the conversations around this three years ago, it really fills me with deep foreboding because humza yousaf, who , as you rightly say was who, as you rightly say was justice secretary at the time, promised that he was going to engage going forward with people like myself and ensure that our concerns did not come to fruition after the act passed through parliament, he made no effort to talk to critics of the act at all. and in fact, a lot of what he says about this shows that he has a rather half baked understanding himself. he also withdrew at the 11th hour amendments which would have protected free speech. so it seems like he is weak. he is cowardly, and he is not able to engage with his critics .

engage with his critics. >> now one of the most verbal critics, vocal critics , we're critics, vocal critics, we're talking about just a moment ago, jk rowling now, she was asked a few days ago, would she withdraw tweets during a twitter spat where she misgendered somebody? now she basically said that that if she withdrew those tweets, that would be the greatest april fool of them all. so how does this the gender this act affect the gender critical feminist movement? and, you know, organisations like for women scotland? >> well, it's really scary because women as we know, are not protected by this act . the not protected by this act. the scottish government made a very deliberate decision to leave out women. and so when women have been attacked at rallies in the past, when they've been subject to horrific and in some to horrific abuse and in some cases in the face, cases even punched in the face, that doesn't count as a hate crime. so we're very unprotected . and our belief that there are only two sexes and that people can't change sex is also not protected . police scotland seem protected. police scotland seem to think religion and belief are

protected . they've said that on protected. they've said that on their website. they're actually wrong . and i am really, really wrong. and i am really, really worried that women are going to be targeted maliciously by some of the activists on the other side, and that we're going to have no comeback and no protection in the law on an equivalent basis. >> and of . course, you did >> and of. course, you did mention the police scotland there as well . you know, they there as well. you know, they have almost turned out to be one of the most vocal critics to this act, but certainly this is just day one, lots of days to follow and lots of response. and reaction over this week well. follow and lots of response. and reathank)ver this week well. follow and lots of response. and reathank)verthi�*much: well. follow and lots of response. and reathank)verthi�*much: joining me. >> thank you very much. tony mcguire smith for mcguire and susan smith off for women scotland live in edinburgh. quick email to read out here on this topic from crystal. does this mean that celtic v rangers football matches held in complete matches will be held in complete silence then, or will the police have to arrest entire crowd? have to arrest the entire crowd? fair point. and a quick one from

martin saying this one. hearing this, i can't help but think of the tom cruise film , the the tom cruise film, the minority report, where people are being arrested for crimes they haven't actually committed yet, but they will in the future . i fear we are getting closer and closer to this frightening future in scotland. there's lots more still to come. between now and 5:00. i'll get reaction to the news that the bbc licence fee has gone up by more than 6% today. happy easter, but first, here's your latest news headunes here's your latest news headlines tatiana sanchez headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin thank you. the top stories this hour. campaigners in edinburgh have delivered a coffin outside the scottish parliament, symbolising what they is the death of free they say is the death of free speech. it's after the introduction a new hate crime introduction of a new hate crime law, which it a crime to law, which makes it a crime to stir up hatred against people with protected characteristics that includes disability, age, sexual orientation or people who

are transgender. gender critical author jk rowling said it risks authorjk rowling said it risks outlawing genuine debate over biological sex. while some police forces have raised concerns that complaints could be lodged for political reasons, the scottish conservatives say resources should directed resources should be directed towards line policing . a towards front line policing. a plan to find rough sleepers is . plan to find rough sleepers is. provoking outrage, with more than 40 tory mps said to be preparing to rebel, it was intended to replace the vagrancy act 1824, which currently act from 1824, which currently criminalises rough sleeping criminalises both rough sleeping and reports suggest and begging. but reports suggest the new bill has been paused while negotiate with while ministers negotiate with mps who are concerned about the consequences of issuing fines to homeless people . more than 250 homeless people. more than 250 patients a week in england may have died needlessly last year because of long waits for a hospital bed, a report by the royal of emergency

royal college of emergency medicine revealed. more than 1.5 million patients waited in emergency departments for longer than hours last year. the than 12 hours last year. the department it department for health says it added hospital added thousands of hospital beds and insists it's making progress on . and energy on waiting times. and energy bills are due to fall to their lowest rate in two years after the regulator, ofgem, cut its price cap by 12.3. it means the average household bill for gas and electricity will fall by around £238 over the course of a yeah around £238 over the course of a year, or £20 month . for the year, or £20 a month. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. >> thank you tatiana, now a journalist, wrote an article about how nottingham doesn't feel safe to . her anymore, and feel safe to. her anymore, and she received a deluge of messages from people who said

the same thing a moving interview coming next. i'm martin daubney

welcome back 436 is your time. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news now. later in the show, we'll talk about the london council. that's making a staggering £1 million every single month from one low traffic neighbourhood. now the descent of our town centres into lawlessness is nothing new. but in nottingham it seems criminals are becoming even more brazen. in this footage here, a number of young men, all with their hoods up and three of them carrying machetes in broad daylight, can be seen wielding their weapons before a passer—by appears to calm the situation , appears to calm the situation, and some of the gang run down the steps. next to an art gallery. a street i know well, and it seems it's not just the

one off. however, as natalie fahey found out when she wrote an article about how unsafe nottingham city centre has become . what happen next is that become. what happen next is that readers wrote in to say it's not just in the city, and whilst the perpetrators are treated like victims and the victims not protected, it will never end. natalie, i agree the wife and i do not go out into the town centre now . we like to go to centre now. we like to go to shopping in town to m&s for new clothes, but we're now scared to go on the bus into town. well, i'm delighted to say that natalie fahey , who's the editor natalie fahey, who's the editor of nottingham live, joins me now. natalie welcome to the show. i read your article over the weekend with a mixture of, you know, well , first of all, you know, well, first of all, thank you for your bravery in speaking out. and secondly , a speaking out. and secondly, a sense of profound sadness that this my home city, the place this is my home city, the place i was born. i, too, share your sentiment. nottingham feels very, very different. now, natalie , can i ask you what

natalie, can i ask you what prompted you to write this article and explain to me if you can, volume response you can, the volume of response you received ? received? >> well, what prompted me to write the article was a mixture of personal experiences. of my own personal experiences. i know nottingham like do. i know nottingham like you do. i've worked there for 12, nearly 13 to the city 13 years, going to the city every day. my partner is nottingham, born and bred, so we know the city very well. but this footage you're showing here was what prompted it really. >> and you know, i think we've got an important role as local news journalists out on news journalists to speak out on issues affecting people issues that are affecting people every in our cities , every single day in our cities, and this is something that regional newspapers are doing. >> sort >> you won't get this sort of story bbc, but we're >> you won't get this sort of story it. bbc, but we're >> you won't get this sort of story it. so bbc, but we're >> you won't get this sort of story it. so what but we're >> you won't get this sort of story it. so what prompted it? doing it. so what prompted it? well, it was this footage, my own experiences, but i think it's just a feeling of general decline in nottingham city centre. >> and there's a number of reasons for that . you know, they reasons for that. you know, they used to call nottingham the queen of the midlands, as you know, it was a thriving shopping place. of independent place. loads of independent shops , restaurants, people were shops, restaurants, people were out times of out and about at all times of the night . but out and about at all times of

the night. but this the day and night. but this incident we're watching here happened in broad daylight, lunchtime on a wednesday is a busy area. it's in near the lace market, so it's a nice part of the city. >> supposedly , but i just find >> supposedly, but i just find when i'm walking around , you when i'm walking around, you know, there are people like this, who are sort of there, all dressed in black. >> they've got face coverings on, they've got the hoods up. you can't see who they are. and they'll either be sort of loitering nearby, watching or cycling past you at great speed. so i've had it on a few occasions when i've walked to the train station after finishing my shift at work, so we're daylight when that we're in daylight now when that happens. often you happens. and quite often you will feel the breeze from someone cycling past you so closely that, you know, it's almost like your bag be almost like your bag could be stolen or your phone could be stolen. and i'm sure there's a lot people this show stolen. and i'm sure there's a lot have ple this show stolen. and i'm sure there's a lot have actually this show stolen. and i'm sure there's a lot have actually experiencedyw who have actually experienced robbery but robbery in nottingham. so. but as , there's a number of as i said, there's a number of factors at play here, you will know that nottingham city council declared itself effectively end effectively bankrupt at the end of last year. so they've got no money to sort anything out. so

we've got a of decline in we've got a lot of decline in the centre. and that's the city centre. and that's producing this kind downward producing this kind of downward spiral people want spiral whereby people don't want to don't want to to invest. they don't want to come new businesses, don't come in new businesses, don't want open up. and lister want to open up. and lister gate, which used to be one of the main shopping, drags down to the main shopping, drags down to the broadmarsh shopping centre. obviously broadmarsh shopping centre flattens building site. now lister gate is full of derelict shops and you've got this kind of funnel going through to the train station where a lot this stuff is where a lot of this stuff is happening, but there are happening, i find. but there are some too. some other factors too. >> these are, these >> yeah, and these are, these are i grew the are streets i grew up on the streets and areas i know very, very well . nancy, tell us about very well. nancy, tell us about what happened next, because you wrote this piece from the heart. you put it out there and i've read some of the email response you got. they're incredibly emotional. i find it's almost like people are grieving . like people are grieving. they're grieving for a city that they feel is being lost. tell us about some of the kind of things people were saying . people were saying. >> well, i think people don't get a chance to express their voices very often, and we try to

do that all the time. nottinghamshire and nottinghamshire live and nottinghamshire live and nottingham quite nottingham post. so i quite often an editor's often send out an editor's newsletter with something i'm writing about, and the response newsletter with something i'm wrvary about, and the response newsletter with something i'm wrvary ,about, and the response newsletter with something i'm wrvary , yout, and the response newsletter with something i'm wrvary , you know, the response newsletter with something i'm wrvary , you know, asa response newsletter with something i'm wrvary , you know, as theyyonse newsletter with something i'm wrvary , you know, as they would is vary, you know, as they would do. but the responses i got to this were staggering and my inbox was beeping off quite a lot. and you'll know, as a journalist, people are always shouting on facebook and twitter , but people to actually , but for people to actually take to write an take the effort to write an email and these well email to you and these are well written it's the next written emails, it's the next step, you know, so people must feel really strongly about this. and i was staggered by the response and i'm used to getting some flak for some of the things i write. but people were really in agreement with me, and i actually felt very sad reading this, especially that one where the we blocked the names the man we blocked out the names , but the man said, we don't go to and spencer's anymore. to marks and spencer's anymore. and that's and i just thought, that's so sad, this you sad, and you find this when you go out in the city, it just feels kind lawless . people feels kind of lawless. people aren't out like they used to be. maybe it's cost of living , i maybe it's cost of living, i don't know, but these gangs of people are allowed to sort of

roam, just feels like people are allowed to sort of roam,isn't just feels like people are allowed to sort of roam,isn't anythingzls like people are allowed to sort of roam,isn't anything to like people are allowed to sort of roam,isn't anything to stop there isn't anything to stop them. there's not enough of a volume kind of people volume of other kind of people to block them out, if you see what i mean. >> yeah. natalie, there's one email really of got me email that really kind of got me choked from a gentleman choked from, from a gentleman who born chilwell who said he was born in chilwell in 1943, might be classic, i guess as an old dinosaur , you guess as an old dinosaur, you might say. now, as a teenager, being disabled , i knew i could being disabled, i knew i could walk from one end of nottingham to the other, but 0 at night, without i used as without fear, i used to work as a taxi driver, but now i'd never go out into town at night. a taxi driver, but now i'd never go out into town at night . you go out into town at night. you know, natalie, this is upsetting to hear. and it's. it's not just nottingham where this is happening, is it? it seems to be a general, a general decline. but the vast majority of people a general, a general decline. butwatching majority of people a general, a general decline. butwatching thisyrity of people a general, a general decline. butwatching this and of people a general, a general decline. butwatching this and they ople a general, a general decline. butwatching this and they feel are watching this and they feel they have an investment in their city, they want to city, and they want something to change. journalist city, and they want something to changygiven journalist city, and they want something to changygiven voice nalist city, and they want something to changygiven voice nalwell who's given them a voice so well done. >> yeah. i mean, it's like a breakdown society, a breakdown of society, a breakdown of society, a breakdown community, isn't breakdown of society, a breikdown community, isn't breakdown of society, a brei mean, community, isn't breakdown of society, a brei mean, it'sommunity, isn't breakdown of society, a brei mean, it's so munity, isn't breakdown of society, a brei mean, it's so munthat sn't it? i mean, it's so sad that a veteran, you know , someone who's veteran, you know, someone who's given service to our country given the service to our country feels can't out and feels like they can't go out and enjoy own enjoy themselves in their own

city. in my mid 40s. city. i mean, i'm in my mid 40s. |, city. i mean, i'm in my mid 40s. i, you know, i'm not disabled. i went out in nottingham on saturday night and, i had my two children with me and they said they felt scared. so it happened again saturday. but we should again on saturday. but we should be people into the be welcoming people into the city centre. and i don't know how city council and maybe the police are going to sort of get out of this spiral and get people back in to the city and get it thriving again. but when we've closing we've got businesses closing down people don't want to down and people don't want to invest and there's no police on the streets , you know, the streets, you know, nottinghamshire in nottinghamshire police is in special moment, special measures at the moment, although just to give them due credit, they did arrest those people . so it's people on that video. so it's just of breakdown just a kind of breakdown of everything same time everything all at the same time i think. >> yeah. and it's worth pointing out, you are correct say that out, you are correct to say that one is now banged up for one of them is now banged up for 18 previously 18 months. he previously been carrying weapons the other carrying weapons and the other kid got , 16 months, aged 19 and kid got, 16 months, aged 19 and 18. so at least the police did step in and get a resolution there. but natalie faith, thank you for writing this article. it's sad that we meet in these

circumstances, but people need a voice it to them. voice and you gave it to them. natalie fay is the editor of nottingham live . thank you for nottingham live. thank you for joining me on show. joining me on the show. >> you . >> thank you. >> thank you. >> very emotional. now today's been branded national price hike day and that's not an april fool . council tax water bills and all. and the bbc licence fee have all gone up. happy easter i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. the time is 448. i'm martin daubney. it's easter monday, and this is gb news now. at 5:00, i'll get more reaction to the poll that says the tories might just win 80 seats at the next general election. their worst ever performance. but before that, the bbc licence fee has gone up today. happy easter by an inflation busting 6.6. if you recall, it was frozen for

two years, but it's increased from £159 . to £169.50. and gb from £159. to £169.50. and gb news has been out and about in loughborough asking what this means for you . means for you. >> absolutely disgusting. i don't think we should be paying licence fees. >> i think that if people wanted to watch the bbc, they should have the option to opt in rather than having to be in forced to do so . do so. >> i think it's wrong that sort of older people were getting it free and now they've started charging you. and i think to put it up that much, the quality of the programmes are just not good enough. >> paravantes of the >> after paravantes law of the land, isn't it? >> just in case you switch on bbc, listen to the news? other than that , it's not nice. than that, it's not nice. they're putting prices up well , they're putting prices up well, basically it's just getting a bit too expensive for the quality and the i think the spend too much on certain individuals that always seem to be on tv and they're very

expensive. >> surely there would be better off having well say lower grade, but people that are not so well known who can probably do the job just as well. >> but sometimes it's all right. like when you have, when you have, sport on or if you have like, a darts match or something like, a darts match or something like that or snooker worry like, that's all right. >> but apart from that, no , i >> but apart from that, no, i don't think it should be that much money really . much money really. >> fantastic stuff. well, joining me now is the former bbc royal correspondent, the legendary michael cole. michael, welcome to the show. i hope you're having a wonderful easter . let's play devil's advocate. everything up in everything else is going up in price . 6.6% is in line with price. 6.6% is in line with inflation over the past few years. surely this is just recompense . the bbc licence fee recompense. the bbc licence fee should go up . should go up. >> good afternoon martin, the licence fee is an iniquitous

poll tax that nobody ever voted for, and fewer and fewer people actually pay for. >> young people don't look at the bbc and older people like me are the most despised demographic for the bbc and even the programmes we like, like antiques roadshow and countryfile are now infected by political propaganda and wokeism so that they are unwatchable. >> what the bbc is, i'm afraid, is a self—perpetuating voting oligarchy of like minded liberal people who think that they know best and they're going to force upon us what they want, and we're going to pay for it. this poll tax is unique in the world because that corporation, we're seeing new broadcasting house, there is the only one in the world ever set up not to make money, but to spend it. and that is iniquitous and it's dreadful.

i worked for the bbc for more than a fifth of its existence , than a fifth of its existence, more than 20 years. when i joined in 1968, the brigadier, who was running the induction course, said there were 28,000 staff members, but only 10% of them, 2800 were actually to do with programmes. and that included the people taking round the scripts, the messengers and that at that time, 28,000. today it's 22,000. the difference is in the intervening years, the bbc no longer makes most of its programmes. they're all bought in. why do you need 22,000 people? because it's a self—perpetuating thing. bureaucracy and bureaucracy is no one thing only, and that is to grow . and there has never to grow. and there has never been an empire builder like the bbc. not since , the roman bbc. not since, the roman empire, at its greatest extent in ad 117, under the emperor

trajan, the everywhere the bbc goes, it wants to seek and dominate and in the regions where i live, it's trying to dominate the news agenda and putting out of business the very, very valuable local newspapers upon whom we rely. and what do the bbc do? they actually steal most of their stories to put in their morning bupa, news bulletins on the local radio stations . so after local radio stations. so after 101 years, 101 years not out, it's 101 years, 101 years not out, wsfime 101 years, 101 years not out, it's time for the umpire to raise his finger and point towards the pavilion and say, thank you very much, bbc. you've had a jolly good innings. goodbye. >> well , goodbye. >> well, michael, you certainly bowled a googly there. but what should be done then? what? put this back to the market? or is there a way of streamlining it? or you the game is or are you saying the game is up? put this to the market. should subscription only. should be subscription only. >> this book here, how do we pay

for the bbc after 2027 2027? >> the date for the renewal of the royal charter? that's its license to continue broadcasting. i've written a chapter in it and i've said the bbc must be destroyed in order to be saved. and you can break up the bbc put the news, current affairs, radio for all of that out into a channel like american pbs public broadcasting system. put all the culture, entertainment, if you will, into a subscription service, put all the radio stations which, after all, run adverts already, but they're promotions for other programmes, make them into fully commercial stations because that's what the bbc is even introducing itself already as for sport, once it was the jewel in the crown of the bbc. it cannot afford apart from wimbledon, and it struggles to pay wimbledon, and it struggles to pay for that. it cannot afford the sports rights. now leave it

to the people who can. and michael, i'm afraid simply because of the time we have to leave it there. >> but bang on the money as eveh >> but bang on the money as ever. cole, you ever. michael cole, thank you very us. a poll very much forjoining us. a poll says the conservatives will win just at the next just 80 seats at the next election . but first of all, it's election. but first of all, it's the time weather with the time for your weather with greg jewhurst . greg jewhurst. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news. whether it's a mixed picture out there and over the next few days, it remains very similar. unsettled. further spells of rain. but there will be some warm sunshine times. be some warm sunshine at times. looking pressure pattern. looking at the pressure pattern. low pressure systems moving in from the atlantic bringing spells of rain, some stronger winds, particularly later on in the week. but there will be some sunny spells in between, which was what seen parts was what we've seen across parts of today. of england and wales today. these should slowly fade these showers should slowly fade away, we will see

away, however, we will see further rain across further spells of rain across parts of scotland into northern england, the england, particularly in the east, some of this heavy at times in between there will be some spells and this will some clear spells and this will allow temperatures to dip down into single figures. so into low single figures. so perhaps a touch of light frost in countryside for! or 2 of in the countryside for 1 or 2 of us. but for most it's a cloudy start tuesday . further start to tuesday. further showers in places this rain across eastern scotland remains here for much of the day. little brighter across the far north, some sunny spells developing brighter across the far north, some much spells developing brighter across the far north, some much ofells developing brighter across the far north, some much of the developing brighter across the far north, some much of the uk eloping brighter across the far north, some much of the uk as ping brighter across the far north, some much of the uk as weg brighter across the far north, some much of the uk as we move across much of the uk as we move through into the afternoon, but a scattering of showers towards the southwest. this band of cloud will push in and cloud and rain will push in and temperatures overall reaching the the south. the mid—teens in the south. still chilly across scotland, 7 or 8 degrees. taking a look at wednesday, the next area of low pressure moves in showery outbreaks of rain pushing north and eastwards across the country. some of this heavy, at times blustery around the coasts followed by sunshine and showers, remains showers, and it remains unsettled through the rest of the week. further rain at times, but any sunshine, but in any sunshine, temperatures lifting looks like

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gb news. >> good afternoon. a very, very happy easter monday to you. it's 5 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. today, there's reaction to the shocking new poll that says the shocking new poll that says the conservatives could win just 80 seats now the next general election, their lowest ever tally as traditional tory voters turn increasingly to the reform party . after that, protesters party. after that, protesters have come out in force against scotland's controversial new hate crime bill. they say it's the death of free speech, and it was announced on april fools day , and a certain london council

could be raking in a whopping £1 million every single month from a single low traffic neighbourhood enforcement area. is this fair on the beleaguered motorists, or are they simply being milked dry? and that's all coming up in your next hour. welcome to the show. i hope your easter is fruitful and peaceful and restful. i want to get in touch with you, please, all the usual ways . vaiews@gbnews.com. usual ways. vaiews@gbnews.com. we've had so many we've had hundreds of emails today. you're really listening. you're really picking up on the detail. an amazing response. thank you so, so . i want read out so much. i want to read out a couple of ones now. i did couple of quick ones now. i did an with a journalist an interview with a journalist from nottingham, the of from nottingham, the editor of nottingham natalie nottingham live called natalie fahy, wrote article, fahy, who wrote an article, a very article about how very emotional article about how she felt the streets of nottingham were being lost to

lawlessness and hundreds of people responded saying they agree with her. i found it very emotional. is my home emotional. nottingham is my home city. ann says. this i've just tuned in and i've heard you say martin, it's like the people of nottingham are in mourning for their town being lost. well, i think the majority of people in this country are in mourning for our once great country. steve says this the perpetrators all wear the same uniform. puffer jackets, their hoods up, face masks, etc. covering their identity. surely the police should be out in force targeting youths dressed like that. it's simple, common sense. instead, they seem to take the side of they seem to take the side of the perpetrators. please keep those emails coming in gb views at gbs.com all the usual ways. but first, let's get stuck into your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez.

>> martin. thank you. the top stories this hour. campaigners in edinburgh have delivered a coffin outside the scottish parliament, symbolising what they say is the death of free speech. it's after the introduction of a new hate crime law, which makes it a crime to stir up hatred against people with protected characteristics. that includes disability , age, that includes disability, age, sexual orientation or people who are transgender. gender critical author jk rowling said it risks authorjk rowling said it risks outlawing genuine debate over biological sex. while some police forces have raised concerns that complaints could be lodged for political reasons, the scottish conservatives say resources should be directed towards front line policing . towards front line policing. plans to find rough sleepers are provoking outrage, with more than 40 conservative mps said to be preparing to rebel. the new criminal justice bill would allow police to fine or move on so—called nuisance rough sleepers. it was intended to replace the vagrancy act from

1824, which currently criminalises both rough sleeping and begging. but reports suggest the new bill has been paused while ministers negotiate with mps who are concerned about the consequences of issuing fines for homeless people. the plans were by former were introduced by the former home secretary, suella braverman, who branded rough sleeping a lifestyle choice . the sleeping a lifestyle choice. the head of the nurses union has accused the government of packing hospital corridors with patients, and says the quality of care is not only undignified but fatally unsafe . it comes as but fatally unsafe. it comes as new estimates suggest more than 250 patients a week in england may have died needlessly last year because of long waits for a hospital bed, a report by the royal college of emergency medicine revealed. more than 1.5 million patients waited in emergency departments for longer than 12 hours last year. the department for health says it added thousands of hospital beds and insists it's making progress on waiting times . the

on waiting times. the government's compensation scheme for victims of the windrush scandal has been branded a failure. five years after it started, it was set up to compensate british citizens who were wrongly threatened with deportation, despite having the right to live in the uk. however, campaigners are warning the number of people dying before getting payouts is increasing. they're calling on ministers to overhaul the process and speed up payments , process and speed up payments, with the home office replaced by an independent body . that is , an independent body. that is, more than 5400 migrants have been intercepted crossing the engush been intercepted crossing the english channel in small boats dunng english channel in small boats during the first three months of this year . during the first three months of this year. it's a record figure for that quarter, up 43% compared to the same time in 2023. official figures from the home office show 442 people made the crossing in nine small boats yesterday. that's despite difficult weather conditions, with lifeboats scrambling to assist some of the arrivals. today's strong winds have now made the journey completely

impassable . some households will impassable. some households will feel the effects of a cash boost from today, as new economic policies come into effect. the national living wage is increasing to £11.44, giving a pay increasing to £11.44, giving a pay rise to around 3 million of britain's lowest paid workers . britain's lowest paid workers. small businesses will also benefit from a raised vat threshold and fully funded apprenticeships for young people . energy bills are due to fall to their lowest rate in two years after the regulator, ofgem, cut its price cap by 12.3. it means the average household bill for gas and electricity will fall by around £238 over the course of a year, or around £20 a month. however, around 10 million households are still being urged to submit metre readings to avoid overpayment and the people of county meath in ireland are raising a glass to a 1000 year old oak tree that's about to get

a second life. the huge tree, which measured a girth of ten metres, stood for centuries on the grounds of swainston farm. but thousand year lifespan but its thousand year lifespan came to an end when storm ellen hit last year. now thanks to the revival of the prestons whisky label, which has been off shelves for 60 years, the old tree will be transformed into whisky barrels. experts say it's rare for irish oak to be used to make barrels , and rarer still make barrels, and rarer still for whisky lovers to get a taste of ancient ireland . for the of ancient ireland. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. or you can go to gb news .com/ alerts. now back to . alerts. now back to. martin. >> thank you tatiana. now we start with the poll that says the tories could be wiped out thanks to reform uk at the next general election, and it claims it's splitting the vote between

rishi sunak and richard tice parties could leave the conservative with just 80 seats. and that will be the tories worst ever general election result. well, i'm joined now by former labour minister bill rammell. bill, welcome to the show. always a pleasure. hope you're having a fantastic easter bill. you must be just you must be loving this. just watching the tories and the reform take clumps each other. you clumps of each other. all you got sit back and wait got to do is sit back and wait for power right . for power right. >> well, anything that demonstrates an demonstrates that we've had an appalling tory government for 14 years they fundamentally years and they are fundamentally split is good news for the labour party and good news for the country. and this certainly fits that bill. but i think anyone who wants to be certain of ridding themselves of the of the tories needs to vote labour at the next general election, you know, reform already . you know, reform already. attraction, but i think it does demonstrate as well that the tories are terrified of losing votes to reform in addition to

those they're losing to the labour party. i also think by obsessing and focusing around the extreme agenda around reform, they're pointed in the wrong direction because i firmly believe you can only ultimately win general elections from the centre ground. and in a sense, by focusing on extreme, the tories demonstrates even more so that they're unelectable. >> bill, how do you what's extreme about wanting to control your borders and wanting to make sure there's a fair working wage for british people, wanting to make sure that net zero doesn't run rife and people are taxed into oblivion. what's extreme about that? i don't understand into oblivion. what's extreme aboutyou t? i don't understand what you mean. >> i'll you some >> okay, i'll give you some examples. because i'm in favour of reducing immigration the of reducing immigration from the current levels. current unsustainable levels. but about , net zero but reform. talk about, net zero in terms of immigration. tell that to the families of people in long term residential care homes who couldn't survive without immigrants. they also talk about zero waiting lists in

the national health service, and they would achieve that , they they would achieve that, they say, by allowing nhs staff to go tax free for three years. not the first clue about how that's going to be paid for. and it's an impossible agenda that ultimately would deeply disillusion people. and that's why i say they've got an extreme, platform . and by extreme, platform. and by pandenng extreme, platform. and by pandering to that, and you can see that in the rhetoric and the hardening of policies by the tory party, they are further the tories are further abandoning, abandoning the centre ground and making themselves more unelectable . unelectable. >> but bill, net zero immigration would still mean 300,000. it's not saying absolute zero. and as for net zero, isn't . the point is that zero, isn't. the point is that people would like to have a say on it. now people are understanding the huge cost of what it actually in their what it means actually in their pockets and their purses and their wallets. £18.4 billion was their wallets. £18.4 billion was the price that the labour party put then suddenly you

put on it. and then suddenly you realise you couldn't afford it. >> look in terms of >> well, look in terms of immigration, you know, we've got net migration almost 800,000. >> that's three times the figure it was when labour was in power. and we just have posturing and gimmicks from the tory party to try and bring that figure down. but you do need some immigration, you know, within the health service, within the care sector, those services would not function without , some would not function without, some form of immigration, and bringing people into the country to plug those jobs. and they do excellent work. and i think it's that that reform , are not, that that reform, are not, addressing. but, you know, ultimately come the general election. and this is where i do agree with the tory party. it's going to be a choice between labour and the conservatives and i'm still one of those people who goes out on the doorstep every weekend in my own constituency. find huge constituency. and i do find huge numbers of people coming, to the labour party occasionally. and

i'll acknowledge this. you will find a former labour voter attracted to reform, but for every one of those, there's 5 or 6 former tories who are moving to reform. well bill, i fought in the 2019 election. >> i fought in the general and the european union. there were a huge number of labour party voters who voted for the brexit party the tory vote party at party or the tory vote party at the time, because they felt that the time, because they felt that the labour party had abandoned the labour party had abandoned the working classes on things like immigration, on things like a fair day's pay for a british worker , rather than continually worker, rather than continually relying upon ever increasing immigration, which drives wages down. those kind of policies used to be the preserve of the political left. it seems they've abandoned that now. >> i think to some extent, martin, that was a fair critique of labour under corbyn, who ran , of labour under corbyn, who ran, in my view, an extremist agenda, abandoned the centre ground, abandoning traditional working class communities. that is most certainly not the case under

keir starmer, where we're being straight, we're being, steadfast and reasonable and honest with people. we're making it clear we do want to bring, immigration down. and we'll do that through, you know, clearing the backlog through returns agreements with other countries. but we'll do it properly, properly, and we'll do it sustainably. and i think given the carnage that people have seen in those working class communities in the red wall, if you like, over the last 14 years under the tories, people are increasingly looking to the labour party to kick the tories out and return some sanity and security to our politics. okay bill, it won't be plain sailing on one front. >> and that is the continuing headache the labour party seems to have over angela rayner and this council house issue. the police , toying with the idea of police, toying with the idea of reopening an investigation is that something that's going to affect voters, or are you going to try and just ride this out until the general election and

hopeit until the general election and hope it away ? hope it goes away? >> i do not believe angela has done anything wrong . she's taken done anything wrong. she's taken legal advice, on her tax affairs, yes. when you get a clamour, and it's coming from the tory party for an issue to be investigated, that is happening , be investigated, that is happening, i'm be investigated, that is happening , i'm absolutely happening, i'm absolutely confident at the end of that process , there will be nothing process, there will be nothing to find and nothing to fear. angela is a straight, decent woman. came up from humble, working class roots, and i don't believe that she's done anything wrong. and i think that time will prove that to be the case. >> thanks very much for >> okay. thanks very much for joining the former joining us on the show. former labour rammell labour minister bill rammell always a pleasure to have you on the show. thank you. now let's get more on the situation regarding angela rayner. as we touched there , i'm now touched upon there, i'm now joined barrister rebecca joined by the barrister rebecca butler. to the butler. rebecca, welcome to the show. i hope you're having a splendid easter. so bill rammell seems confident. nothing much to seems confident. nothing much to see will all blow see here. this will all blow oveh she's an honest,

upstanding member of society. but from a legal point of view. rebecca, what happens next? >> well, it's an evidential point of view, really not not a legal point of view. because once the evidence has been, investigated by the police, you know what the neighbours have to say, then . then, then a decision say, then. then, then a decision will be made on whether she, falsified documents or not. i mean, the law is that in to , mean, the law is that in to, order get the cgt relief on a house, you sell, in order to get that cgt relief , it has to be that cgt relief, it has to be your primary residence. now, you know, people get distracted over the legal advice. we don't know what the legal advice was based on. if she said , well, if i said on. if she said, well, if i said i was living with my husband and am i liable for capital gains tax? and they'd say , yes, if i'm tax? and they'd say, yes, if i'm living with my brother, am i liable for capital capital gains tax? no. so the question is

where was she living and which was her primary residence? ultimately, that would be a matter for the court to find, and, you know, to , to come to and, you know, to, to come to a judgement on. but it won't go that far . judgement on. but it won't go that far. keir starmer has thrown her under a bus already. that's fairly obvious. he's not looking at the legal advice. he's saying i trust her. if it turns out that, you know, the police take the view that the neighbours were telling the truth. she was living with her husband rather than her brother. it's a bit of a stretch to think that , she wasn't living with her that, she wasn't living with her husband and children , you know, husband and children, you know, then she's going to have to say, well , i'm then she's going to have to say, well, i'm going to have to resign, and then there'll be a deputy leadership , competition deputy leadership, competition over the summer months, which is probably the last thing starmer wants. but he's already thrown her under the bus by saying he hasn't read the legal advice. >> and, rebecca, do you think it's an issue that people on the labour party side are saying,

well, it was only a small sum of money. it'sjust well, it was only a small sum of money. it's just a couple of thousand pounds inconsequential when you compare to the net worth of the prime minister or previous allegations, like nadhim zahawi . or is it the nadhim zahawi. or is it the principle? i mean, does the amount of money matter or is it the legal principle and the price is immaterial. >> it's integrity that matters. you know, the number is irrelevant . you know, we can't irrelevant. you know, we can't keep on, with this envy narrative around rishi sunak because as far as i'm aware, he's never misled, the officials over his , you know, over his over his, you know, over his taxes. taxes, nadhim zahawi different situation he was undeh different situation he was under, hmrc investigation. and then the conclusion was that he did owe that tax, which he paid. i think if she was smart politically, and what i would have told her to do is just say i was a carer. i didn't really

know what i was doing, you know, i'm i'm not, not particularly well educated, can i pay you the money now ? so story would money now? so the story would have about three have gone away in about three daysif have gone away in about three days if she'd done that. and that. that would have demonstrated integrity. but while calling while she persists in calling people liars when they say she wasn't living there, she's calling those people liars. this, this story isn't going to go away. and of course, as i say , keir starmer is just standing back saying, well, i'm not looking legal advice looking at that legal advice because the legal advice is based on what you told the tax advisers or the lawyers. what you've told parliament, what you've told parliament, what you've told parliament, what you've told the press and the minute that turns out not to be the truth, he's going to tell the truth, he's going to tell the press that he's extremely disappointed . it's a very sad disappointed. it's a very sad day for labour. and she's going to say, well, i can't i can't be the story anymore. you and i know how the stories pan out. you and i know how they end up resigning. and, you know, if

she's misled people, she's going to have to go. but until the evidence is tested, we won't really know . it's her hypocrisy really know. it's her hypocrisy that's a problem, martin, because she calls everybody tory scum. and what is rather notable is that the tory party is that none in the tory party have been, abusive and rude to her over this. they've just said, sort it out. >> okay? we have to leave it there. fascinating forthright forensics of. thank you very much. rebecca butler, barrister on rayner. on the case of angela rayner. now it's our biggest giveaway of the year so far. brace yourself . the year so far. brace yourself. for your chance to win a ten grand greek cruise for 210 grand in cash and a whole host of luxury travel gifts. your 2025 houday luxury travel gifts. your 2025 holiday could be on us here at gb news. and here's all the details that need to enter. details that you need to enter. >> could win our biggest >> you could win our biggest prize giveaway so far. first, there's incredible £10,000 there's an incredible £10,000 in tax spend however tax free cash to spend however you like. plus, courtesy of variety cruises , a bespoke seven

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welcome back. it's 523. i'm martin daubney. this is easter monday , daubney. this is easter monday, and this is gb news. now, later this hour, we'll talk about the london council. that's making a staggering £1 million every single month from one low traffic neighbourhood. but before that, scotland's controversial new hate crime law has come into effect. today, campaigners held a protest outside the scottish parliament at lunchtime and they even brought a coffin, saying that the new law amounts to the death of free speech. well, the new law is aimed to tackle hatred and prejudice towards characteristics such as age, disability, religion, sexual orientation and, of course, transgender identity . well, i'm transgender identity. well, i'm joined now by helen joyce, who's a director of advocacy at sex

matters. helen, welcome to the show. hope you're having a splendid easter. well, i'm assuming because of its position, this new hate crime bill on women's issues. do you think this is the least funny april fool's joke in history? >> yeah. although scottish >> yeah. although the scottish government and the scottish police do seem to be trying to make a bit of a joke of it when, you know, their campaign hate hufis you know, their campaign hate hurts fronted by a hate hurts is fronted by a hate monster of cuddly, monster who's a sort of cuddly, bright muppet style thing. bright red, muppet style thing. >> some of the things that >> and some of the things that humza about it were humza yousaf said about it were from soft play centre over from a soft play centre over the weekend, but yeah, it's really not a joke. >> and what things in >> and so what things in particular concern you? we've seen rowling saying seen already jk rowling saying that she's prepared to be arrested. in fact, she's using the arrest me on social the hashtag arrest me on social media saying she won't change a single thing about her position on trans issues of the crown . at on trans issues of the crown. at this rate, then they're going to need a bigger jail. on the helen. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so the problem, i mean, there are problems with the law the way that it's written. i don't want to say that there aren't, but the thing that's really

irritating about a of irritating me about a lot of the, know, reasonable the, you know, reasonable commentary that they're commentary on it is that they're ignonng commentary on it is that they're ignoring actually ignoring that it's not actually clever lawyers who the clever lawyers who know the wording enforce wording of the law, who enforce the law. it's the police. and the law. it's the police. and the police have basically not been trained on this at all. >> there's a two hour online training they're meant >> there's a two hour online tra have they're meant >> there's a two hour online tra have and ey're meant >> there's a two hour online trahave and lotse meant >> there's a two hour online tra have and lots ofieant >> there's a two hour online tra have and lots of them to have done, and lots of them haven't done it. haven't already done it. >> know from way that >> and we know from the way that the been talking the police have been talking about wildly about it that they're wildly overstretching what might overstretching what it might actually be to be, in particular, , which is particular, abusive, which is one of the words in the new law, and specifically on the issue of transgender identity, because that's the one that really concerns me. >> the issue here is that there are lobby groups like stonewall >> the issue here is that there are [have groups like stonewall >> the issue here is that there are [have spents like stonewall >> the issue here is that there are [have spent years stonewall >> the issue here is that there are [have spent years ston years that have spent years and years saying that of a man identifies as saying he's a man is as a woman, saying he's a man is abusive. and it seems to me like the police in scotland, and probably over the rest of the uk, have bought that silly idea, whereas it's not just not abusive , it's actually essential abusive, it's actually essential if you want to protect women's rights because there's no other way to keep men out of women's spaces than but to say that they can't they're

can't come in because they're men. nutshell, is men. so that, in a nutshell, is my it. i think it's my issue with it. i think it's going badly going to be badly policed. there'll of , really there'll be lots of, really malicious reporting of women like police may like me. the police may investigate those. and as criminologists say, the process is the punishment. >> why do you think they're persevering with this? helen? when we saw how the introduction of double rapists s male biological men into women's jails went down so badly, it almost brought down the snp. and yet they seem to just persevere here. >> i wish you could ask them that, because i would love to know the answer that too. know the answer to that too. i mean, seems to me so insane mean, it seems to me so insane to that just noticing the to claim that just noticing the fact that there are two sexes and sex can't change and that sex can't change is meant hateful that, you and that sex can't change is meanteven hateful that, you and that sex can't change is meanteven afterzful that, you and that sex can't change is meanteven after years:hat, you and that sex can't change is meanteven after years:ha'trying know, even after years of trying to can't understand to study it, i can't understand why people belief, but why people hold this belief, but it's parcel of a it's part and parcel of a pattern of legal measures that the government has the scottish government has either introduced or has sought to introduce. so it tried to introduce gender self id, but that was overruled by westminster because it was out of the power of the devolved —*-— *—-—

government. it's still attempting to bring in a conversion law, which conversion therapy law, which sounds nice but isn't it sounds nice but isn't nice. it actually criminalises proper ethical treatment of gender confused youngsters . they're confused youngsters. they're trying to say that men who have certificates saying that they're women, count as women for a particular measure to do with pubuc . particular measure to do with public . and then this public boards. and then this hate crime law, which tries to make really difficult for make it really difficult for someone in factual, someone to talk in a factual, reality , clear, reality based, clear, understandable way about all these measures . it all adds up these measures. it all adds up to a sort of an authoritarian attempt to deny the fact that human beings are mammals and come sexes and that come into sexes and that recognising that matters for women's especially . women's rights, especially. >> excellent, sih thank you very much. helen joyce, who's the director advocacy at sex the director of advocacy at sex matters. thanks for joining the director of advocacy at sex matters. thanks forjoining us on show. now before we move on the show. now before we move on the show. now before we move on to our next guest, i have to read of the emails read out some of the emails you've many amazing you've sent. so many amazing emails today something emails in today and something that's you that's particularly touched you is nottingham is the city of nottingham a journalist? to natalie journalist? i spoke to natalie fahey saying that many people there feel their city is being lost to street hoodlums and petty crime. brian says this .

petty crime. brian says this. dear martin, thanks for discussing with natalie the unsafe areas of nottingham. my wife and also unsafe if wife and i also feel unsafe if i'm always checking who's around us and also looking to shop windows to see if anyone is behaving suspiciously. electric scooters . cyclists near the old scooters. cyclists near the old broadmarsh centre behaved dangerously , zooming dangerously dangerously, zooming dangerously close to us all the time. we are both nottingham born but have travelled widely and it's so sad to see how our city has for changed the worse. and hillary as this we're already a lawless society and many crimes not solved , not punished. so another solved, not punished. so another kick in the teeth for the law abiding citizens of the uk. it's absolutely disgraceful. thank you for speaking out for us. the silent majority. robert adds this we have no law and order now, thanks to our cowardly woke police, the batley grammar school teacher had no police protection. the victims of the grooming gangs had no police

protection. the victims are the ones who were arrested and were seeing the same on the streets of nottingham . ian adds this of nottingham. ian adds this these machete attacks, they are all drug related. the drug problem in this country is out of control and the police are having little effect. thank you very much for all of that . now very much for all of that. now there's good news and bad news today as some bills fall while others rocket upwards and the average household energy bill is dropping to its lowest point in two years. however, water bills are rising 6. happy easter! are rising by 6. happy easter! and is, of course , at and this is, of course, at a time when water companies keep pumping of sewage into pumping gallons of sewage into our waterways. and i'm joined now celine saxby, who's the now by celine saxby, who's the conservative mp for north devon . conservative mp for north devon. welcome to the show. thanks for joining us. there's an increasing amount of sewage in our waterways. saloni and the liberal democrats, they're blaming you and it's celine. >> and there isn't an increasing amount of sewage in our

waterways. and i think that is it's the factual inaccuracies, really need addressing. and the reporting around this entire story. what's increased is the amount of monitoring of the overflows, which was 7% at the end the labour end of the last labour administration. now administration. and now we monitor every single overflow going and the going into the, seas. and the rivers, which means, yes, we have more data, but no, we don't actually have more sewage. we don't clean as don't have beaches as clean as those in my constituency of nonh those in my constituency of north because they're north devon, because they're constantly full of sewage. >> and we had >> yeah. and in fact, we had a reporter, jeff moody, in north devon earlier and said devon earlier and he said the problem cleah devon earlier and he said the problem clear. that problem is very clear. and that is rains, too much water is when it rains, too much water overflows, the sewage into overflows, takes the sewage into the sea, into waterways , people the sea, into waterways, people where place where people bathe and swim . what's the solution? and swim. what's the solution? do we have to, like put more fines onto the companies? what should be done about it? >> well, i that the >> well, i think that the government already plan government already has a plan which of which is showing many signs of working parts of the working in many parts of the company and country. it's important recognise different important to recognise different water companies are behaving in different ways, certainly up

different ways, and certainly up here a huge amount of investment has gone into has already gone into north devon . so when it rains devon. and so yes, when it rains a overflows run . but a lot, the overflows run. but what's in that overflow is at least 95. so that's not sewage. sewage isn't that colour . and it sewage isn't that colour. and it comes out of an overflow when it comes out of an overflow when it comes out of an overflow when it comes out of an overflow. it is very that's run off from very clear that's run off from a field, almost certainly the issue we have at this time of year water isn't tested . year is that water isn't tested. but we do know from the water companies comes of our companies what comes out of our overflow at overflow pipes. up here is at least 95% rainwater. therefore it's not raw sewage . and up here it's not raw sewage. and up here we're on the edge of the atlantic ocean and it is going out into the atlantic ocean below line. and the below the tide line. and the testing that has already been done up here ahead of the new bathing water season is showing that our beaches have retained bathing water season is showing that yexcellentes have retained bathing water season is showing that yexcellent bathing retained bathing water season is showing that yexcellent bathing watered their excellent bathing water status, despite the fact that it has rained so if we want the overflows stop running overflows to stop running here, yes, we'd like to make sure that what comes out is 100% clean. but we also need to be realistic. it rains a lot in the south—west england. it's south—west of england. it's rained incredible amount this rained an incredible amount this winter the

winter and therefore the overflows have more the overflows have run more than the previous year. >> superb. so thanks very >> okay, superb. so thanks very much for joining >> okay, superb. so thanks very much forjoining us on the show. much for joining us on the show. selaine saxby, apologies for the mispronunciation, mispronunciation, mispronunciation of your name at the . the conservative the start. the conservative mp, of devon have of course, for north devon have a splendid rest of your bank holiday, easter monday . there's holiday, easter monday. there's lots more still to come between now and 6 pm, and i'll speak to a royal expert after the king went on a meet and greet yesterday. charles seems to be on the made marvellous stuff. but latest but first, here's your latest news tatiana sanchez . news headlines. tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you very much. the top stories this hour. campaigners in edinburgh have delivered a coffin outside the scottish parliament, symbolising what they say is the death of free speech. it's after the introduction of a new hate crime law, which makes it a crime to stir up hatred against people with protected characteristics that includes disability, age, sexual orientation or people who

are transgender. gender critical author jk rowling said it risks authorjk rowling said it risks outlawing genuine debate over biological sex. while some police forces have raised concerns that complaints could be lodged for political reasons, the scottish conservatives say resources should be directed towards frontline policing . a towards frontline policing. a plan to find rough sleepers is provoking outrage, with more than 40 tory mps said to be preparing to rebel. it was intended to replace the vagrancy act from 1824, which currently criminalises both rough sleeping and begging. but reports suggest the new bill has been paused while ministers negotiate with mps who are concerned about the consequences of issuing fines to homeless people. more than 250 patients a week in england may have died needlessly last year because of long waits for a hospital bed, a report by the royal college of emergency medicine revealed. more than 1.5 million patients waited in emergency departments for longer

than 12 hours last year, the department for health says it added thousands of hospital beds and insists it's making progress on times . energy bills on waiting times. energy bills are due to fall to their lowest rate in two years after the regulator, ofgem , cut its price regulator, ofgem, cut its price cap by 12.3. it means the average household bill for gas and electricity will fall by around £238 over the course of a year , or about £20 a month . for year, or about £20 a month. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. or go to gb news. com slash alerts . go to gb news. com slash alerts. >> for a valuable legacy your family can own, gold coins will always shine bright . always shine bright. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will

buy you $1.2544 and ,1.1687. the price of gold is £1,786, and £0.20 per ounce, and the ftse 100 closed at 7952 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> thank you tatiana. now joining me now is dawn neesom, who's standing in for michelle dewberry on dewbs& co this evening. dawn, what's on your menu , darling? menu, darling? >> good afternoon martin, we've got a cracking show coming up. we're investigating why a swastika painted on a police station in north london is a race hate crime, but one being waved at a palestinian peace demonstration isn't why ricky gervais is going to get nicked if he ever goes to scotland again. and second, martin, why scones have now gone so woke you're going to choke. plus plus plus plus some bank holiday fun

with an april fool's day quiz. >> superb stuff. sounds like a superb menu. even the scones. or is it scones ? now? a certain is it scones? now? a certain london council could be raking in a staggering £1 million a month from a single low traffic neighbourhood area. i'm asking the big question all the motorists just being milked dry. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

>> earlier on breakfast. spring has sprung. the grass is green. i wonder where king charles has been. well, he was at. >> got all watery eyed >> i've got all watery eyed because i'm so keen on the royal family and i thought it was such a shame he was so ill. >> we see the economy turning a corner this year. we'll see interest dropping, taxes interest rates dropping, taxes dropping. of course, all those things good news for things are all good news for people. there's more people. of course there's more to do, but things really are turning corneh to do, but things really are tun if|g corneh to do, but things really are tun if labourner. to do, but things really are tun if labour is h

to do, but things really are tun if labour is privileged >> if labour is privileged enough to form a government, we will by these will stand by these entitlements. we will not take these away or these entitlements away or reduce them. but what we will do is put forward an actual way of accessing them. >> more land. i live in a hole. yeah but . i >> more land. i live in a hole. yeah but. i said i'd just come into my head. i was a mole and i live in a hole from six. it's breakfast on gb news. >> welcome back. it's 541. we're on the final furlong. let's get galloping . i'm martin daubney on galloping. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. low traffic neighbourhoods in london are still having a major impact on motorists. previously unseen figures suggest hammersmith and fulham council issued more than 340,000 penalty charges in less than a year, raking in up to £1 million per month from motorists

. but the council says this since the trials began, fines have tumbled by almost 80, while pollution from congestion has become a thing of the past in residential streets, which are now quieter, cleaner and safer for. well, joining us now to discuss this is the director of the climate media coalition, danica mccarthy. welcome to the show, danica . hope you're having show, danica. hope you're having a splendid easter. so they're saying the fines are down. but the facts of the matter is there's still a staggering amount of dosh , since 2012, amount of dosh, since 2012, london ltn has raked in £91 million from ltns. this is just another way, isn't it, of milking the motorist dry ? milking the motorist dry? >> well, i think the what the actual council says and what the government's recent report into ltn says is there are roaring success. >> i mean, you're if you are in supportive of less children being injured on our roads, then this is a good way to go. >> the reports state that around

70, up to 70% reduction in the number of crashes taking place in these family neighbourhoods , in these family neighbourhoods, i think that's a really good thing that we should be celebrating. and i think your point well. point made as well. >> in hammersmith did >> the fines in hammersmith did start off at 1.3 million a month, but they're now gone down to 230,000, a drop of over 80. >> as drivers learn that that that they drive through those barriers, they get fined . barriers, they get fined. >> but it's obvious they're going to be less injuries and or cars on the road moniker. there's no flaming cars on the road. you can't get down these roads. that's the it's roads. that's the point. it's all say that there's all fair to say that there's less pollution and less accidents there. well, there would no vehicles. would be. there are no vehicles. however. look the main roads however. look on the main roads where is moved to a bit where this is moved to a bit like neighbourhood watch. you don't the you move it. >> well, actually, the government sunak launched government rishi sunak launched a survey into ltns with the intention of trashing them in response to the war that the son waged on them . and he hoped that waged on them. and he hoped that

the report would give him the evidence to destroy them. in fact, it did the opposite. it found that actually traffic went down radically in the neighbourhoods, it didn't neighbourhoods, and it didn't impact the surrounding areas in most of the ltns. few of them most of the ltns. a few of them have been problematic, and those have been problematic, and those have changed. and i think have been changed. and i think that's the right thing to do. >> in my neighbourhood >> the ones in my neighbourhood have simply meant gridlock on the main roads, right past my kids school playground, hasten kids school playground, i hasten to i mean, there are to add. so i mean, there are also lots of other reports out donica showing that emergency vehicle response times have been greatly increased because of course, all the traffic is funnelled onto the main roads. >> well, i'm afraid i don't know what where you've been reading those because the actual those reports because the actual government report looked into that found that the that and it found that the emergency vehicle timings weren't impacted and if you are concerned, as you are rightly are concerned, martin, about emergency vehicles as i am, if there 70% less crashes in there are 70% less crashes in residential areas and no increase crashes outside increase in crashes outside them, then that means we have less emergencies for the vehicles to go to. that's a win

win, isn't it? >> you're not seriously claiming that ltns have had a 70% deduction in road access. how can that possibly be the case? you might say that on the streets where there's no roads, but what about the overall amount? it just moves it. i just repeat my point, doniger. >> no, i'm i'm talking about >> no, no, i'm i'm talking about evidence within low traffic neighbourhoods . university neighbourhoods. university studies government studies neighbourhoods. university studiyshown government studies neighbourhoods. university studiyshown crashes1ent studies neighbourhoods. university studiyshown crashes are studies neighbourhoods. university studiyshown crashes are down as neighbourhoods. university studiyshown crashes are down by have shown crashes are down by up to 70% with no increase in the crashes in boundary roads. one thing that happens on boundary roads, which is interesting because there is less junctions that people are allowed in out of . allowed to drive in and out of. that means the number of junctions on the boundary roads is reduced, and that actually makes them safer. martin. >> okay, i think people might be appreciative or supportive in general. donica if they could see where the money went. £91 million in ltns alone . forget million in ltns alone. forget about ulez forget about everything else. £91 million since 2012. where's the money gone? there's been no

appreciable improvement in pubuc appreciable improvement in public transport. in fact, the fares go up year by year by yeah fares go up year by year by year. the feeling we get screwed on that anyway, where's the dosh go ? go? >> well, i think your point about actual the impact on, pubuc about actual the impact on, public transport is important because people keep saying you you introduce the article saying motorway are being hammered over the last 14 years, motorists have had a cut in fuel duty every single year, which is £90 billion. i'm not talking about 90 million. 90 million is buckets. it's a drop in the ocean to the cut that drivers have had over the last 14 years. £90 billion in cuts. and you're right, during that time, the costs for public transport, which is most of londoners, use pubuc which is most of londoners, use public transport, not cars, to go to work . if we have been go to work. if we have been hammered by government increases every year above inflation, i'm on your side. i want public transport costs reduced. >> okay, superb as ever. donal maccarthy, thanks for joining us on the show. the director of the climate media coalition. always

great joining great sport. thanks for joining us on the show now. donald trump has hinted that he could deport prince harry if he becomes president for allegedly lying on his visa application about his drug use. of course, that was in his memoir, spare my martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

welcome back. bang on 550. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, i'm delighted to say that i've got some very good for news you on easter monday. and it's this the fundraiser for the battle of grammar school teacher, who, of course, into hiding course, was forced into hiding three years ago, has now gone past the £100,000 mark. now we've publicised the fundraiser a week or so ago, when a friend of the teacher, paul halloran, appeared on my show. and the

teacher, of course, has been in hiding now for more than three years. after showing a caricature of the prophet muhammad in an archery lesson. so delighted to announce that we've now reached the £100,000 mark, and that money goes directly to the teacher. and trust me, every penny is very, very gratefully received. now, i want to do a few of your emails as well. you've been sending in so many emails today on the bbc on on scottish hate on migrants, on scottish hate law, tory v reform. but one thing that's really, really touched you obviously, is an item earlier about item i did earlier about a journalist in nottingham who said that people in the city no longer feel safe, a sense of grieving for a city that has been lost. emma wrote in with this i've lived in nottingham all my life and i'm saddened by how the city has degenerated. i recently started working in the city again and i've seen homeless people defaecating in the street, young men sizing up each other, lifting their tops to make sure they're not

carrying knives. and i've even been asked if i want to buy, stolen perfume and had a mentally ill man follow me dunng mentally ill man follow me during my lunch break. the city is dirty, shops are shutting down and they are not reopening. it simply doesn't feel safe for me anymore. carol adds this it's the same situation in practically every town in britain. i live in newport. it's exactly the same . absolutely exactly the same. absolutely appalling what's happening to our country. where's the respect? where are the police ? respect? where are the police? russell adds this we need to ban hoodies and unmasked face items of clothing for security reasons. and if so, the police must enforce the law. frank adds this the state of our cities and towns today with marauding youngsters is due to the do gooders stopping parental discipline and what we see is now the result . now the king discipline and what we see is now the result. now the king has returned to public duties for the first time since his cancer diagnosis. pictured outside

windsor castle. doctors cleared the monarch for a walkabout on easter sunday, where he carried out a huge 56 handshakes. did you see those pictures? i thought it was absolutely superb because we were told all the time when the king had to be very, very careful because of the state of his immune system for any potential treatment that he was undergoing. and we learned this was a very, very important moment for him. the traditional walkabout at windsor castle. look at the king. there shaking hands openly with members of the public. and this is the king doing what he wanted to do, and the king doing what he wants to do best. and queen camilla looking on, proud as punch. you can see it in her eyes. it'sjust punch. you can see it in her eyes. it's just a joyful sight to behold . and an unexpected to behold. and an unexpected bonus that we got at easter. it wasn't really on the agenda, wasn't really on the agenda, wasn't announced smaller crowd than usual. and in other royal news, before we move on, donald trump could prince harry

trump could deport prince harry if he became president. recall, after the duke of sussex appeared to lie on his visa application about his drug use. and what's fascinating about this is that the daily mail ran a survey, a poll of its us readers, and 44% of them said that, yes, they would like to see harry deported. and the top comment was fascinating . 8000 comment was fascinating. 8000 views from an american viewer said at the bottom of your visa application, it clearly states , application, it clearly states, i swear under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. so they are saying, if he willingly told a porkie on that application, he might well be in trouble and especially so if a certain president trump becomes the president, because of course, we know how much he loved the queen. could this be a revenge dish served up cold? now that's it from me on this easter monday. of course, dewbs& co is up next with dawn neesom, but

don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow. it's breakfast a.m. tomorrow. it's breakfast with stephen and ellie followed by britain's newsroom at 930 with andrew and bev and then, of course, tom and emily with good afternoon britain. from midday. i'll be back at three. i'm martin daubney. i'll be back at three. i'm martin daubney . this is gb news. martin daubney. this is gb news. see you at three tomorrow. but first time for your weather forecast with greg dewhurst . forecast with greg dewhurst. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on . solar. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather. it's a mixed picture out there and over the next few days it remains very similar. unsettled further speu very similar. unsettled further spelt of rain, but there will be some warm sunshine at times looking at the pressure pattern. low pressure systems moving in from the atlantic bringing spells of rain, some stronger winds, particularly later on in the week. but there will be some sunny spells between , which sunny spells in between, which was what we've seen across parts of and wales today.

of england and wales today. these should fade these showers should slowly fade away, however, we will see further spells of rain across parts of scotland into northern england, in the england, particularly in the east, some of this heavy at times in between there will be some clear and this will some clear spells and this will allow dip down allow temperatures to dip down into low single figures. so perhaps of light frost perhaps a touch of light frost in the countryside for! or 2 of in the countryside for 1 or 2 of us. but for most it's a cloudy start tuesday. further start to tuesday. further showers this rain showers in places this rain across eastern scotland remains here for much of the day. little brighter across the far north. some sunny spells developing across much of the uk as we move through into the afternoon, but a scattering of showers towards the southwest. of the southwest. this band of cloud rain will push in and cloud and rain will push in and temperatures overall reaching cloud and rain will push in and temmid—teensverall reaching cloud and rain will push in and temmid—teens in'all reaching cloud and rain will push in and temmid—teens in the �*eaching cloud and rain will push in and temmid—teens in the south.g the mid—teens in the south. still chilly across scotland, 7 or 8 degrees. taking a look at wednesday, the next area of low pressure moves in showery outbreaks of rain pushing north and eastwards across the country, some of this heavy at times blustery around the coasts followed by sunshine and showers, and remains showers, and it remains unsettled through the rest of the week. further rain at times,

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we used to them. we've seen them before. there were four arrests. one of which was for suspicion of a terrorism related offence. is it time we ban these so—called peace marches altogether, though? and scotland's new hate crime laws have come into force today. we've seen scenes of protest in edinburgh and the likes of jk

rowling has dared police to arrest