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crime laws come into force. the prime minister backs j.k. rowling as she challenges police to arrest her. >> parents are set to save thousands in childcare costs as the government's new funding comes into force. we'll be speaking to education secretary gillian keegan just after seven shop price inflation has eased. >> it's at its lowest level
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since december 2021. but are you feeling any impact at the checkout as the prime minister faces a tory revolt over his plans to criminalise homelessness, will be debating whether it should be a crime to sleep rough and in the sport this morning. >> ipswich are top of the championship after a last second goal against southampton . five goal against southampton. five premier league games tonight and guess what.7 more flag problems for british sport shirts this time it's the olympics . time it's the olympics. >> hello. it's a mixed start to the day. will it improve as the day goes on.7 showers in the forecast but also some sunshine. find out all the weather details coming up . soon. coming up. soon. >> so good morning to you. a busy news morning. this morning. the prime minister has backed the authorj.k. rowling , as she the authorj.k. rowling, as she takes a stand against scotland's
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new hate crime and public order act, which comes into force today. >> yes. the harry potter author, who lives in scotland, posted on x previously twitter yesterday she invited the police to arrest her for her views on transgender people. >> okay. however rishi sunak has backed her, saying overnight people should not be criminalised for stating simple facts on biology . you should facts on biology. you should only be criminalised if you sleep rough. obviously, to according him it seems to be a bigger crime. so joining us now in the studio to talk about this deputy editor of spiked. we've got fraser myers on this so old jk she's very defiant on this. she seems very confident as well. >> yes. she has put out a sort of she's laid down a marker for the police because we don't know actually yet whether this will be a crime under the new law. the new law is entirely subjective. it talks about it. it makes it an offence to stir up hatred, which can land you with a potential seven years in prison if fall foul of that prison if you fall foul of that law. but we don't we don't yet
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have a clue how the police will interpret that. and what's very scary is that based on the guidance that the police have received, so far, that could include people at public performances, it could include comedians. it could very explicitly include writers, not. it's not just jk rowling, but nicola sturgeon's best mate, val mcdermid. the author has said she's worried that some of the characters in her novels could fall foul of this law and could attract police attention . attract police attention. >> well, what what the truth seems to be is that, scottish first minister, mr humza yousaf and whatever he seems a very angry man. he's always angry about something, but basically , about something, but basically, the police will want to implement this law because they've got enough to do. but it will be a selective law if you want to target someone, if you want to target someone, if you want to target someone, if you want to put them away for something, you have a reason not to do it. >> that's precisely the problem with that with such a subjective law that it expect it will it will be. you expect it will be people who are seen as, you know, not politically favourable to the regime, i guess, you
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know, which is quite worrying. and you're about humza and you're right about humza yousaf. it's actually his law. he it when he was he introduced it when he was justice minister, and now he's overseeing first minister. overseeing it as first minister. and of people and you know, lots of people have that he comes across have said that he comes across as someone of a bit as someone who's full of a bit of hate himself. >> he's certainly angry. i've never someone so and never seen someone 50 young and so never seen someone so young and so prominent who he's he's spitting every word out, you know, he's he's got he's got more than one chip on his shoulder. i would say. >> i think think that's true. >> i think i think that's true. i think there is also, you know, people started he's he's people have started he's he's warned people against making vexatious about this vexatious complaints about this law. it's very to know law. but it's very hard to know what a vexatious complaint what is a vexatious complaint because entirely subjective because it's entirely subjective and the police have said that, you know, they will record anything that people feel is hateful. yes. so even they are aware acknowledging that this is entirely a matter of perception. well i'll tell you what. >> we're going to record anything that you feel is hateful, anything that your views on this, whether you're for this and you think, yeah, this is absolutely needed or whether you're against this and
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you think we've got no time for this, there are more important things. j.k. rowling, she's saying that's her saying, arrest me. that's her defiance. dares police over defiance. she dares police over this new scottish hate crime law . but the police are only being told what to do by the politicians. so just let us know if you are scottish . it's, you if you are scottish. it's, you know, listening to our voices. it doesn't affect us. but but it does affect you. and let us know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.com. >> i mean, this has been really criticised by the uk government, hasn't it.7 a source saying that the scottish national party was taking scotland down a very dangerous path , potentially dangerous path, potentially chilling effects on free speech. what do you make of that? >> yes, i think this this absolutely will have chilling effects on free speech, precisely because people in scotland not what it scotland now do not know what it is illegal to say, you know, we do not know, at edinburgh do not know, at the edinburgh festival, instance, festival, for instance, that comes you be allowed to comes up, will you be allowed to make of islam? will you be make fun of islam? will you be allowed make jokes about allowed to make jokes about transgender issues is transgender issues that is yet
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to be tested ? to be tested? >> and that is what will not test an old firm game between celtic and rangers, and the sectarian abuse that comes from either end. are they going to go into that crowd of 60, 70,000 people and make arrests on that day?i people and make arrests on that day? i would doubt it. >> well, there was already attempts to criminalise this kind of sectarian chanting. there was the offensive behaviour at football act, which had to be repealed because it was seen as so authoritarian , an was seen as so authoritarian, an it basically that would have sent people to prison for five years for, you know, making sectarian chants , the snp just sectarian chants, the snp just has an appalling track record of coming up with these crazily authoritarian laws . thankfully, authoritarian laws. thankfully, authoritarian laws. thankfully, a lot of them end up in the bin, and we can hope that the same thing happens with this, with this hate crime act. i think what's ironic is that, you know, the snp talks about independence for it's, you for scotland. it says it's, you know, of scotland, but know, proud of scotland, but actually public enemy know, proud of scotland, but actually one public enemy know, proud of scotland, but actually one for)lic enemy know, proud of scotland, but actually one for the enemy know, proud of scotland, but actually one for the snpiy know, proud of scotland, but actually one for the snp is the number one for the snp is the scottish people because it thinks they're all hateful thinks that they're all hateful bigots, they need be,
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bigots, that they need to be, you just one you know, they're just one moment committing a moment away from committing a hate to be told hate crime. they need to be told what they can and can't say what they can't eat and drink they can and can't eat and drink as well, and things like that. how can raise their how they can raise their children. so it seems to me it's also a of classist also a kind of classist and elitist on public, as elitist attack on the public, as well being authoritarian. well as being authoritarian. >> tatchell, the >> ian peter tatchell, the human rights he's rights campaigner. he's criticised for criticised the legislation for various but the various things, but one of the things is third party reporting, because people aren't because if people aren't comfortable reporting it to the police, to other police, you can go to other sites. there's 400 of them where you register a complaint, you can register a complaint, including a mushroom including a sex shop, a mushroom farm caravan park . what's farm and a caravan park. what's that all about? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so this is this idea that, you know, if you are part of a marginalised group, you might not a good relationship not have a good relationship with the police. you know, with the police. but, you know, the is that you allow the trouble is that if you allow for anonymous reporting, anonymous snitching , then that anonymous snitching, then that surely just encourages vexatious complaints. and the complaints. further and the police have an obligation under this law, unlike other crimes. it's interesting. you know, the scottish police are talking about maybe they won't come to every burglary, maybe they won't
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come to every mugging, under come to every mugging, but under the provisions of the the under the provisions of the hate , they have to hate crime act, they have to investigate every report. investigate every single report. >> funny how they can make >> it's funny how they can make something obligatory if they want to. >> yes, exactly. well, it shows the priorities the snp. the priorities of the snp. >> your car stolen? well, we >> so your car stolen? well, we may or may not, you know, turn up may or may not, you know, turn up and investigate but are you saying something and saying something naughty and potentially as well. >> what's also shocking about this you could be this law is that you could be arrested for things you say in your home. so previous hate your own home. so previous hate speech in the uk had speech laws in the uk had a dwelling defence, you know, because obviously the idea that you up hatred in your you could stir up hatred in your own is ridiculous. but own home is ridiculous. but under act, could, under this new act, you could, you think about you know, think about conversations over the dinner table. >> children, children , children >> children, children, children reporting their parents. >> granny says something spicy over christmas. she's in trouble. >> yeah. what about jk rowling? will she get in trouble over this? how do you see her outburst, going going down. i think it's very brave of her, whether you agree with her or not, to actually put your head above the parapets and have an
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opinion on this. >> yeah, i think it's an incredibly brave move. i think it will i think if she is it will be. i think if she is arrested, i think that will expose the insanity and the derangement the law . i think, derangement of the law. i think, you know, then public opinion will turn against it completely , will turn against it completely, you know, the worrying thing is that scotland have that police scotland have actually held, events in the run up to this bill where they used someone, a fictionalised version of someone who was obviously jk rowling they were talking rowling and they were talking about, this person a hate about, is this person a hate criminal, someone who, you know, disagrees that biology sexist or, you know, who talks a lot about biological sex, who has a large following is called joanne, which happens to or joe, sorry, happens to joe's sorry, which happens to be joe's real name. you know, there real name. so you know, there are police officers who think are police officers who i think are police officers who i think are probably up to are probably gearing up to arrest which is quite, arrest her, which is quite, quite troubling. know that quite troubling. they know that that be pr disaster, of that would be a pr disaster, of course, but many snp politicians have said that she has fallen foul of the letter of the law. >> look, if you're watching us, listening to us in scotland this morning and we want to hear from
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you, get in touch, just, gb views or gb news. com and just tell them ehrman sent you. just say ehrman says, i've got to get on and we'll put you on the phone, or we'll put you on a zoom link or something. and over the next three hours, we'll we'll talk to lots of you who are out there at a time that suits you, that would be very goodif suits you, that would be very good if you do that, fraser, for the moment, thank you very much indeed. going to we're indeed. we're going to we're going reaction this going to gauge reaction to this throughout the morning. we'll have you back later on. have you back again later on. thank sir. thank you sir. >> thank now, as the cost >> thank you. now, as the cost of living crisis finally easing, well, shop prices well, inflation in shop prices has dropped to its lowest level since as shoppers since december 2021 as shoppers cut on spending. cut down on spending. >> well, joining us now, chief economist and advisor at cb are becky price. becky good morning to you . good morning. i mean to you. good morning. i mean this is all painted very good. all the all the troubles over we're all going to be fine and whatever it is, but we're still paying whatever it is, but we're still paying more than we ever did before. and what do you make of
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it all? >> well, it's absolutely true that things are still much more expensive than they used to be, because we're talking about inflation coming rather inflation coming down rather than pnces inflation coming down rather than prices falling. than necessarily prices falling. in some cases they have we have seen the odd month when even, clothing prices go down. sorry, isuppose clothing prices go down. sorry, i suppose you can hear me still . i suppose you can hear me still. yeah, you can, so, what we're seeing right now is that the food price inflation slowed down, which has taken place, which is quite significant, is very good news, of course, for the consumer. but we're talking about prices having, you know , about prices having, you know, increased by 1.3% year on year increased by 1.3% year on year in the last month, whereas a year ago they were rising by about 15. so that's a big, big change. the question is what happens next? i mean, some of the food prices that we have seen have come down, as i said, with there's been the odd, month when that has been the case and even this time we've seen chocolate down, chocolate prices coming down, despite that cocoa
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despite the fact that cocoa pnces despite the fact that cocoa prices have gone up very significantly the past few significantly over the past few months retailers are months because retailers are very, keen. and very, very keen. and supermarkets ensure that supermarkets to ensure that everyone buys or bought those , everyone buys or bought those, easter chocolates, of course, which are so important for this time of the year, but what surprises me is that, you know, good news in many ways, but if you look at international food prices, they have been coming for down almost two years now since about april 2022. before that, we saw a huge increase in prices, partly because of post covid. supply issues. and then of course because of the energy price increases that we've seen which affected everything. but but food prices have been coming down, down, actually, not just, in terms of inflation, but the actual price of most foods has been coming down internationally. but we haven't really seen that until just now being reflected in what we're paying being reflected in what we're paying at the shops. and that, of course, is because costs are still reasonably high for supermarkets. they had to pay a
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lot in terms of wages, lot more in terms of wages, still some transport costs and so on. but overall, i think we could have expected by now to see prices falling rather than just inflation falling. and that is something which i think we need to be looking at for the future as well. need to be looking at for the futland s well. need to be looking at for the futland vicky, what that delay >> and vicky, what is that delay about? is that that old, about? because is that that old, that age thing, isn't it, of that age old thing, isn't it, of pnces that age old thing, isn't it, of prices shooting up like a rocket and coming down like a feather , and coming down like a feather, and coming down like a feather, and that it could be in part down to transport and wages, as you but how much is food you say. but how much is food inflation baked in at this point? >> there was a concern that there has been a concern , there has been a concern, probably still is a concern about supermarkets have about whether supermarkets have been from this. and been profiteering from this. and we've also seen sort of shrink inflation the sense that inflation in the sense that we've the sizes of we've had the sizes of particular being reduced particular items being reduced in, in in an effort to ensure that prices don't perhaps rise as much when people are still able to buy the goods, although there is less of it in the packets or the boxes that they're paying, or in the wrapping that they're, getting from supermarkets . so. so there
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from supermarkets. so. so there was a bit of an issue about whether the fact that there is high inflation is also encouraged shops to just raise their prices arbitrarily, but if you look at the profit margins of supermarkets, they're not that great. so perhaps that argument isn't that, that that big, but i think wages do matter, you touched on that yourself. we are about to see minimum wage go up quite significantly. supermarkets and lots of other shops are going to have to bear that and transport is still expensive, we've seen, for example , in the last month for example, in the last month at the pumps that, petrol prices have gone up. so that adds quite considerably to just transporting things from one place to another, so logistics matters, we've now, of course, have shipments being affected because of what's going on in the red sea. so there are concerns also what's going to happen to energy prices in the future which is going to be future too, which is going to be an issue. so a number of, of, of things that are affecting it.
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but what we're also seeing though lot competition though is a lot more competition taking at taking place. if you look at other not other items, not just necessarily food you look at necessarily food and you look at retail overall, you've seen, you know, number come know, a number of items come down because everyone realises that aren't going to go that shoppers aren't going to go in, given that they have so many other expenses to bear right now, including loads of service costs up april is the costs going up april is the month when everything is increasing quite substantially for people. whether it is your council water bills , you council tax, water bills, you know, whether it is your road tax that you have to pay, whether it is stamps that are going up quite significantly . so going up quite significantly. so all goes up. so all that goes up. so supermarkets and other retailers are aware that is are quite aware that there is a danger that consumers are just not going to go into the shops. so be prepared to buy the things that they were buying before and will not be able to afford the higher that they higher prices that perhaps they would happen to meet would like to see happen to meet some those , particularly wage some of those, particularly wage costs they're have costs that they're going to have to with. so yeah, it's a to deal with. so yeah, it's a tncky to deal with. so yeah, it's a tricky time for them. and we've seen, fact, retail sales seen, in fact, retail sales stagnant over the last month. so, obviously everyone hoping
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so, obviously everyone is hoping that temporary and that that is only temporary and things improve . things might improve. >> price, thank you very >> vicky price, thank you very much vicky is a top much indeed. vicky is a top economist there. thank you for your views and your views on the scottish hate bill, which comes into force today, roger says hate is a human emotion. love and hate are part of our being. if the scottish government wants to remove this attribute from us all, then it's more likely to be achieved medical than achieved by medical means than legislation . tony, are we living legislation. tony, are we living in a dictator dictatorship? stupid idea. oppression on the masses, bonkers . scotland. masses, bonkers. scotland. >> but then on the other side of things, what john saying well done scotland introducing laws to protect the minorities in the country. the sooner it comes to the rest of the uk, the better. minorities will then be fully accepted and integrated . accepted and integrated. >> and of course, as regards sectarianism, there is an old firm game this week, celtic against rangers . it's the top of against rangers. it's the top of the table clash, archie says it's madness. we have this old firm game this weekend. it'll be
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interesting to see what happens there the sooner, the snp are voted out, the better. okay, keep the views coming in. and the main thing is they want to reflect what people who are scottish or who are living in scotland think about all of this. so gb views gb news. com tell us how we can get in touch with you. do a video link up with you. do a video link up with you. do a video link up with you at some stage throughout the programme this morning and hear what you have to say. just email your your contact details there and we'll get back to you. thank you very much. >> now it's 6:17. let's take a look at some other stories coming into the newsroom. and a british volunteer is believed to have been killed after an air strike in the gaza strip. the charity was the charity aid worker had been volunteering with the israeli defence force , with the israeli defence force, who was responsible for the attack, which is thought to have killed five people. nationals from poland and australia are also believed to have died, with israel's military confirming it is now reviewing the incident .
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is now reviewing the incident. >> the government's free child care plan for parents of two year olds has begun, but it's already facing pushback. labour called the policy a pledge without a plan, as nurseries face a funding and staff crisis. the prime minister has defended the addition of 15 hours of free weekly childcare, saying it would build a brighter future for british families. the education secretary gillian keegan, just after 7:00 this morning as she's speaking live to us. >> donald trump has been barred from criticising the daughter of the judge overseeing his criminal trial after labelling her a trump hater on his social media media platform, truth social. overnight, mr trump has also managed to pay up to £140 million as part of his civil fraud case in new york. the payment means trump's personal assets, such as trump tower, will remain his for now. for.
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>> now, it may seem a bit old school, but with 7 billion letters sent every year in the uk, it could be getting a bit more expensive to send a letter or a small parcel. >> yeah, that's true . guess how >> yeah, that's true. guess how much it costs me to send a dress the other day? just at one light dress? yeah, just. >> well, i'm not in the habit of sending dresses. so. >> a very light dress. >> a very light dress. >> no, to an address, maybe, i'll, i don't know, fiver. >> £8, £8. the dress was barely worth that. >> you're outraged by. >> you're outraged by. >> i am outraged by it. so i can relate to this. but from today , relate to this. but from today, stamp prices are going to increase even more by £0.10. pficed increase even more by £0.10. priced of first class stamps will now be £1.35 and second class stamps will be £0.85 well gb news reporter sophie reaper asks how these price hikes will affect you. >> it's getting out of hand though, because i do send an awful lot of cards and letters andifs awful lot of cards and letters and it's getting and i'm a
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pensioner, so i'm really feeling the pinch of all the stamps that i'm buying. and now it's going up again . i'm i'm buying. and now it's going up again. i'm going to have to cut back on the christmas cards and stuff like that. >> i stop using because i'm doing on whatsapp, sending the messages. but it's not fair to be expensive for the people who use the stamps. be expensive for the people who usei:he stamps. be expensive for the people who usei thinkamps. be expensive for the people who usei think the s. be expensive for the people who usei think the too expensive >> i think the too expensive when used to be really when they used to be really quite cheap, didn't they? but no, i don't think it's fair at all. >> obviously it's not just stamps that are going up, council tax, road tax, water, broadband, all these price increases. do you think it's fair it's all this , you fair that it's all this, you know, all these price hikes. >> not at all. it's >> no not at all. it's absolutely ridiculous. you know, you're working longer, and you literally afford to live literally can't afford to live each month. it's pathetic. >> i see it's not fair. be honest, especially if you live alone and pay your rent and that it's quite difficult . and if you it's quite difficult. and if you don't have a proper good job, you just have to. you just survive it. >> i think businesses have to survive. so i think it's probably fair that they do it, but i think it's down to people
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to shop around and get the best deal themselves because they deal for themselves because they can better. can do better. >> the same time, it's >> but at the same time, it's more difficult for particularly younger families . younger families. >> you see, everybody gets up in arms when you talk about the royal mail putting up prices and, you know, did you send yours? was yours by royal mail? yeah. redress. well i'll just say you had to sent it by a private courier company, dhl or fedex as well here, well a dhl parcel , this is what sends costs parcel, this is what sends costs to send a small parcel of 0.5kg from london to belfast . if you from london to belfast. if you send it with dhl, £16. oh, if you send it with fedex £53. no, £53, £33 and if you send it by royal mail, £8, three, £8, 35 oh well there you go. >> well there you go. you see, i felt bad moaning about the £8. >> well, you see, it's like
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everybody moaning about their bbc licence fee. it costs you £238 a year for your cheapest subscription to sky. but people will complain about £160 to the bbc, you know, so i just, i just be careful what you complain about because you'll miss it when it's gone. it has to be said. >> well actually when you put it like that, royal mail is quite good value for money. £53 fedex should be cheaper to get on a flight yourself. deliver it yourself. >> well, now on that subject. >> well, now on that subject. >> now i've got him going . >> oh, now i've got him going. >> oh, now i've got him going. >> telling you, you >> well, i'm telling you, you won't this. doing won't believe this. so i'm doing a single yeah, from a single journey. yeah, from scotland, glasgow to london next week. right. uh.huh single journey . it is on a sunday and journey. it is on a sunday and has to say how much ? has to say how much? >> £35. >> £35. >> £650 single. it's the only seat left on the plane. >> amen. >> amen. >> £650. >> £650. >> you could charter a private jet for that. surely £650. >> but you see, people do this in the airport and they talk
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about their holiday to miami and their holiday to mexico and all this sort of thing. it's cheaper to get to those places than it is to get from to london belfast, london to glasgow. absolutely incredible. and no one does a thing about it. absolutely incredible. and no one does a thing about it . and one does a thing about it. and these are people, you see, it's not just holiday you're talking about. it's a lot of these people are working. i mean they're commuting there. >> yeah. got no choice. >> they're going to work during the week and they're living in ireland scotland at weekends . ireland or scotland at weekends. and you've got £650. >> all right. you win that one. >> all right. you win that one. >> that's a shocker. >> that's a shocker. >> but you get you get a nice free salad, cold pearls. >> that's all right. >> that's all right. >> something i hope you get a bit more than that. well you don't you don't even a cup of tea. >> you're doing a great thing. and i do think honestly really good things with airlines. the carbon crew are superb, particularly on an airline like british airways. very, very well trained, well prepared, whatever. i don't know so much
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about other airlines, but certainly well done cabin crew and check in staff and whatever for british airways who do a very, very good job. it has to be said, wow, that's that's something. 623 i think i should have been cabin crew . have been cabin crew. >> you'd be very good because you've got the gift of the gab. and i think that's half of it, isn't it? >> chatting to people? yeah. >> chatting to people? yeah. >> i'd love to walk down to people and say i'm going to complain this. complain about this. >> there's no etiquette >> and, and there's no etiquette or on board. i say, or anything on board. i say, come here. could have a word come here. could i have a word with you? grab them the neck, with you? grab them by the neck, scruff of the neck, throw them up there, them off. up there, throw them off. >> you'd sort them out. >> you'd sort them out. >> soon sort them out. >> you'd soon sort them out. >> you'd soon sort them out. >> time i thought >> 624 is the time i thought at this stage day, it might this stage of the day, it might be a very good idea to get a weather update with mr greg dewhurst. greg, good morning. >> brighter outlook with boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather.
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we've got rain across scotland through much of the day ahead. elsewhere, some bright spells, some heavy showers in places but it will feel warm, particularly in the south. so looking at the details we can see this weather front stuck across scotland through the day, giving outbreaks of rain, particularly across eastern parts elsewhere across eastern parts elsewhere across it's a mixture of across the uk. it's a mixture of some bright or sunny spells, a scattering of showers , some of scattering of showers, some of them heavy but not quite as widespread as recent days , and widespread as recent days, and some more persistent rain coming into southwest later . into the southwest later. temperatures getting into double figures 1516 celsius in the best of the sunshine, but still cold across scotland. here 7 or 8 degrees as we move through into this evening time, we see this area of rain slowly push its way northwards as the next area of low pressure starts to move in. dufing low pressure starts to move in. during the early hours, we continue to see some outbreaks of rain across scotland. for most by the end of the night, a mixed picture rain and cloud and temperatures generally 5 to 10 celsius from north to south. so it's a wet picture with low
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pressure moving in from the southwest through wednesday morning. this slowly pushes its way north eastwards, so everywhere seeing various amounts of cloud, some outbreaks of rain which could be heavy at times, but the cloud should break up behind it and we'll start to see some sunnier skies trying to move in from the south—west ahead of the next system, temperatures again system, and temperatures again cold in the north up to around 15 in the south. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> now it's our biggest giveaway of the year so far. your chance to win a £10,000 greek cruise for two plus plus £10,000 in cash and a whole host of luxury travel gifts. >> not just travel gifts. just one of these bags that gives you an an airline or whatever it is. this is luxury. >> luxury travel. yeah. >> luxury travel. yeah. >> ray—bans included, believe . >> ray—bans included, i believe. so your 2025 holiday could be on
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>> welcome back. it's 630 on the nose. loads of you getting in touch on scotland's new hate speech law . nicole says the new speech law. nicole says the new hate crime law is driving hate underground. people are suppressing it even more. and ending up hating even more. scott says this law is a load of rubbish. it will fail like anything else that the snp has tried to do. it's ill thought out and stupid. and neil says scotland is a beautiful part of the uk . but now i will not visit the uk. but now i will not visit again. my mother was born in scotland. this is a terrible law that goes against our human
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rights to say what want, rights to say what we want, especially in our own homes. well do keep those views coming in. gb views gb news. com but it's not the country. >> i mean it's, i agree scotland is just one of my favourite places on earth. it's just just the most amazing country with so many contrasts to but it's many contrasts to it. but it's the people who are governing you who have to come into question for all of this. if you don't like it, if you do like it, then you support them as a result. so listen , get in touch. right. listen, get in touch. right. we're getting back. a lot of people are getting in touch and we're trying to line you up visually on zoom or somewhere else. >> do you use we don't use zoom, but there's lots of different links they can use. >> like what? what you just say that, you say and don't that, you say that and i don't actually any of it together. actually put any of it together. >> skype good one. >> skype. skype is a good one. and there's another one. you guys tell me quick links. guys do tell me quick links. >> quick quick links. yeah. >> quick quick links. yeah. >> those things for you? >> any of those things for you? we'll tune you up. >> yeah. don't you worry. >> yeah. don't you worry. >> anyway going >> yes. anyway we're now going to paul coyte and to tune up mr paul coyte and he's the sport, my friend.
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he's got the sport, my friend. what you kicking off with today? >> well, i was just thinking what the old firm derby is going to be like glasgow. you to be like in glasgow. can you imagine well done imagine it being like. well done celtic. done rangers. celtic. well done rangers. that's it'll be. i have to that's what it'll be. i have to be like totally agree. be like that. totally agree. >> and nobody's going. they're not to six police not going to send in six police officers to say that guy over there just shouted sectarian officers to say that guy over there jthere. outed sectarian officers to say that guy over there jthere. which ;ectarian officers to say that guy over there jthere. which ;ectari('is all abuse there. which which is all part of the part and parcel of the day. >> well sectarian one thing, >> well sectarian is one thing, but having a go at anybody, they can't say anything. yeah, everything's have to can't say anything. yeah, evevery ng's have to can't say anything. yeah, evevery knife. have to can't say anything. yeah, evevery knife. my have to can't say anything. yeah, evevery knife. my goodness to can't say anything. yeah, evevery knife. my goodness me. be very knife. my goodness me. anyway, championship the championship. anyway, championship the chamrthe;hip. anyway, championship the chamrthe championship enough, about the championship enough, but championship always but the championship is always arguably the most exciting league well, very league there is and well, very tight it really is. tight as well. it really is. yeah. well, leicester, who went down year and they were down last year and they were flying in the championship. so they yesterday . they played norwich yesterday. they were absolutely flying. people oh leicester people are going oh leicester this to be greatest this is going to be the greatest points total ever. but then they've a wobble and things they've had a wobble and things are not working. they they are not working. but they they won they beat norwich won yesterday. they beat norwich three one. so they stopped the rot nailed on. rot there. they were nailed on. so so then leicester went to so now so then leicester went to the of the championship. the top of the championship. then played. now then ipswich played. now ipswich. do think. when
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ipswich. when do you think. when was time. do you think was the last time. do you think ipswich premier ipswich were in the premier league. years ago. league. how many years ago. >> premier league. >> the premier league. >> the premier league. >> how many years ago >> yeah. how many years ago bobby have been in bobby robson would have been in charge little charge probably a little bit soonen charge probably a little bit sooner. was a long sooner. that was quite a long time ago. sooner. that was quite a long timwe're looking after after >> we're looking after after bobby, after so who would bobby, after bobby. so who would have in charge of ipswich have been in charge of ipswich after robson ? after robson? >> blimey, we're gonna have to go through the whole lot. mccarthy. well, it's 22, 22 years because they've had a torrid time. ipswich so it's been a long time since they've been a long time since they've beenin been a long time since they've been in the premier league. >> i'm surprised it's only 22. >> i'm surprised it's only 22. >> you it was even >> oh you thought it was even longer. yeah yeah yeah. so who is i don't know is the manager i don't know why he me the spot with that he put me on the spot with that one. at that time roy keane's managed roy keane. you know what ipswich have had so many managers because the thing is it's just gone bad to worse. and now things have turned around. so they boys there's the tractor boys. yeah the tractor boys three, two. they beat southampton yesterday. southampton yesterday. southampton there as southampton are also up there as well and went down last year for the premier league. so it was two two. there were limbs.
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everybody crazy . it was the everybody went crazy. it was the virtually the last of the virtually the last kick of the game . ipswich scored the winner, game. ipswich scored the winner, jeremy sarmiento and ed sheeran was there as well because ed sheeran had a huge ipswich fan. they then go back top again so it's very, very tight. southampton, they look like play offs and then leeds played hull, who are also up there as well and they won. so it's pretty much as we were. so they beat hull three one. they had late goals as well. so ipswich are top leicester two points goals as well. so ipswich are top but eicester two points goals as well. so ipswich are top but they ter two points goals as well. so ipswich are top but they do two points goals as well. so ipswich are top but they do haveioints goals as well. so ipswich are top but they do have a nts goals as well. so ipswich are top but they do have a game behind but they do have a game in but it's always worth in hand. but it's always worth keeping an eye the keeping an eye on the championship. always very entertaining. >> look ahead to premier >> and you look ahead to premier league tonight tomorrow. >> plenty games >> there is plenty of games tonight tomorrow. tonight and tomorrow. forest playing newcastle, playing fulham, newcastle, everton, bournemouth, crystal palace, and west palace, burnley, wolves and west ham were playing spurs. ham united were playing spurs. clive for both clive allen, who played for both clubs, will be with us a little bit later. so we'll speak to clive. >> so your boys are playing west ham tonight . ham tonight. >> yeah. it's at the london stadium. yeah. but you know about kalvin phillips, right? no, i want to talk about kalvin
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phillips. >> i really feel sorry. i know this lad and you. and when he played for leeds and met him and met family. yeah. really met his family. yeah. really dedicated. thought was the dedicated. i thought he was the sort of player man united sort of player that man united should gone in for. he should have gone in for. but he went to man city instead and that's turned out a really that's turned out to be a really bad move. but then he's been sub loaned again west to loaned again to west ham, to west and played well. west ham and he's played well. >> played seven games >> no he's played seven games but really hasn't gone well. but it really hasn't gone well. i mean there's always going to be career. well be a point in your career. well i always, but where there's i say always, but where there's going wobble . you know going to be a wobble. you know we talk about leicester and it happens teams, happens happens with teams, happens with players. but at the moment it seems that city move seems that that man city move was worst thing because he was the worst thing because he was the worst thing because he was nailed in the england was nailed on in the england side. not going to be going side. he's not going to be going to the now. have a look at to the euros now. have a look at this. i mean this is this all we are. we're not going to be able to see. so anyway basically when he coach he when he got off the coach against is when against newcastle, this is when they at the weekend. they played at the weekend. he was getting dog's abuse from west ham so anyway he west ham fans. so anyway he gives well the two gives a well there's the two finger salute and there's the one finger salute. and he gives one finger salute. and he gives
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one those towards the fans, one of those towards the fans, which doesn't very well. which doesn't go down very well. this a guy that's really in this is a guy that's really in all sorts trouble. david all sorts of trouble. david moyes speaking yesterday at moyes is speaking yesterday at press conferences and david moyes it's you moyes is saying, look, it's you know you need to get behind him. he's a player. we need to get behind . but he's a player. we need to get behind. but it's just he's a player. we need to get behind . but it's just not behind. but it's just not working out for him. >> i think he's he's a great player, his family also committed to leeds. they didn't want go to man city, but want him to go to man city, but i mean was there. the big i mean he was there. the big clubs were calling. >> what do you when someone >> what do you do when someone calls like that? yeah. you don't turn down. turn them down. >> city have ruined his career. >> well we'll see. well at the moment going well but moment it's not going well but where from west where he goes from here. west ham loan. it was expected ham on loan. it was expected that if he goes west ham that if he goes to west ham he'll regular football. he'll play regular football. he'll get in the euros and it's actually going for him at actually going worse for him at the he's talking about. the moment he's talking about. >> hey talking euros the moment he's talking about. >> we're ey talking euros the moment he's talking about. >> we're talkingng euros the moment he's talking about. >> we're talkingng olympics and we're talking about olympics and we're talking about olympics and article and things. i saw an article today in paper and i could today in the paper and i could not believe so the is it the british flag or the english flag? what are we talking about? british. >> we're talking team gb right. >> we're talking team gb right. >> so team gb, the whole idea is that british that they're making the british
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flag. jack so flag. the union jack so unrecognisable. you know it's a union jack. >> yeah . absolutely. well that's >> yeah. absolutely. well that's the that's obviously the england saint george's cross on the on the england football shirt. but we do have the olympic kit as well. now as far as the olympics is concerned. hopefully we've got that we can show you. but as far as the olympics are concerned, it's not the first. it's not the first time, is that they things. in 2012, it they change things. in 2012, it was blue union flag. so there was a blue union flag. so there we are. there's the front page of the caption there. >> let's get rid of that caption. premier league tonight. get off the screen. right. okay, see that's what they do. but the thing is that's on the kit. now, the problem i don't have a problem with the kit changing, but it's the flags for example, the creators. this is from the sun.the the creators. this is from the sun. the creators on their sun. the creators wrote on their website. as with many sport brands, colour was point brands, colour was a point of contention. white brands, colour was a point of contblue n. white brands, colour was a point of contblue n. synonymous white brands, colour was a point of contblue n. synonymous withite and blue is synonymous with great britain, but it's far from unique with nations such as france and the usa also sporting the colours. oh well, we're the same colours. oh well, we're just change the flag. we'll just
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change flag. needed to change the flag. we needed to find a way of refreshing team gb's colour palette way gb's colour palette in a way thatis gb's colour palette in a way that is both flexible and ownable , rather than so who's ownable, rather than so who's behind this? >> is this nike again? >> is this nike again? >> no, no it's i don't even know who the actual group is actually i do it's they're called this way who are designers. but the thing is it's not only the kit. the worst thing about it is that they're going they've got flags. so you can buy flags, which are not union jack flags. they're flags of those colours . so if flags of those colours. so if you want to change the kit, that's one thing. but don't change people waving flags when they're supposed to be waving they're supposed to be waving the flags of their country is unbelievable. >> great britain, anything >> but, great britain, anything to do with great britain or england particularly? i'm not saying this applies to wales, scotland or northern ireland. yeah, but there's just an embarrassment about it. why is there an embarrassment? and i think this will really annoy people again . why don't you just people again. why don't you just do. what's there to do ? design
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do. what's there to do? design a union jack, make it as trendy as you want. but that ain't a union jack. >> wave the flag. >> wave the flag. >> surely if you're supporting your country at the olympics, wave the flag. but oh no, we don't want to wave flag. don't want to wave that flag. let's wave of like let's wave sort of like something just not quite something that's just not quite as it's like, what is as effective. it's like, what is going on? >> what's germany with >> what's germany doing with their shirts? got their shirts? you've got something about this honestly. >> have a at honestly. >> have a look at this. so germany, talked about germany, we've talked about shirts fact that pink shirts and the fact that a pink shirt. but there's a huge controversy. and i wonder if you can what controversy is. can see what the controversy is. what 44 look like? it what does that 44 look like? it looks like old ss sign from looks like the old ss sign from from nazis. yeah. and where from the nazis. yeah. and where obviously adidas saying, obviously adidas is saying, well, notice that, but well, we didn't notice that, but everybody else has noticed it. so they're oh, we're so they're now saying, oh, we're not to sell the we're not not going to sell the we're not going to sell the 44. i mean, if it wasn't so awful, you'd just laugh at it. it's unbelievable. you couldn't. you really couldn't. okay. >> much indeed >> thank you very much indeed for sports news, my for all that sports news, my friend. your views very welcome. vaiews@gbnews.uk tom and paul's back at 7:20. >> thank you very much . stay >> thank you very much. stay with us. still to come. we'll be going through the stories making
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next. welcome back. it is 641. let's take a look at some of the newspaper front pages, shall we? >> now have no time for that. no. >> nichi hodgson and alex armstrong are here. good morning to both of you. and one of the stories that are that are front page, is the prime minister nike, backing author's rights to free speech after this, teacher threw down a challenge with a series of posts labelling trans women as men. here we go again. >> oh, goodness. so we've been talking about this. this is the scottish hit. yes, this is the new hate crime, right, act, which is coming in in scotland, which is coming in in scotland, which is coming in in scotland, which is very controversial
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because it's not really going to tackle issue of people tackle the issue of people definitely abusing each other. tackle the issue of people defiilanguagesing each other. tackle the issue of people defiilanguage isg each other. tackle the issue of people defiilanguage is very:h other. tackle the issue of people defiilanguage is very woolly '. tackle the issue of people defiilanguage is very woolly and the language is very woolly and it doesn't cover anything to do with misogyny. so lots of people that were all pro, helping women out are offended by this bill, including rowling, is the including jk rowling, who is the person that's, who's got annoyed about the thing about about this. but the thing about jk rowling is, i get it. she is a gender critical feminist. she isn't a fan of a lot of trans activists, but she's kind of gone on twitter and named all these trans women as men. that's what she and i just kind what she said. and i just kind of don't feel i don't really understand why she needs to get so angry about it and kind of do something of something that is kind of bullying. i a bullying. i mean, i take a point. you can of course, you can have a gender critical view of the trans debate is very, very i'm very complicated. i'm a feminist. on the left. but feminist. i'm on the left. but there's aspects of it that i don't agree with. but to do that, very that, it just seems very pure and little bit and and a little bit silly. and she's kind saying, go on, she's kind of saying, go on, arrest me. yeah. and then, you know, testing the bill, know, she's testing the bill, she's the waters. she's testing the waters. >> trying to say, if >> she's trying to say, look, if you can arrest me over my
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opinion or based on a fact, a biological fact, which is that, you know, you can those you know, you can argue those those women are men you know, you can argue those thclogically, women are men you know, you can argue those thclogically, then women are men you know, you can argue those thclogically, then she|en are men you know, you can argue those thclogically, then she wantse men you know, you can argue those thclogically, then she wants toren by logically, then she wants to see if will will take her see if they will will take her down. and i think that would be a telling they a really telling thing if they did. and, frankly, i think did. and, quite frankly, i think this completely bonkers. this is completely bonkers. i don't know what's on up don't know what's going on up there. mean, it's so, so there. i mean, it's so, so against scottish. i mean, i lived in scotland for four years. against years. it's so against scottish culture. you know, scottish people chests , people speak from their chests, they say things as they are and now they're being asked to sort of it down or, you know, of tone it down or, you know, thought police were talking like orwellian nonsense. orwellian level nonsense. >> been described as >> well, it's been described as an nightmare. an orwellian nightmare. >> it's gonna be a >> yeah. i mean, it's gonna be a big problem for scotland's art scene. to a big scene. it's going to be a big problem edinburgh problem for edinburgh festival, for edinburgh fringe, for comedians. police comedians. you know, the police have been they have to go have been told they have to go after comedians kind of after comedians who are kind of putting out abusive jokes. that's that's just that's just that's just ridiculous. that. ridiculous. we can't do that. whatever you think about protecting protecting people's. >> but, you know, what this >> but, you know, what is this world get ? television has world we get? television has never been more boring . never been more boring. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> honestly, so boring as a i
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can sit as a professional. i can sit here and watch . i don't know sit here and watch. i don't know how you would describe them, but just people without opinions, without anything. >> everything's so afraid of causing offence. it's so anodyne. there's no. there's no real joke. there's no real kind of danger. remember tv in the 90s? the kind of stuff you used to have late night on channel 4? i mean, you'd never get that made. the i mean, you'd never get that ma(is. the i mean, you'd never get that ma(is. that's the the i mean, you'd never get that ma(is. that's the kind the i mean, you'd never get that ma(is. that's the kind of the i mean, you'd never get that ma(is. that's the kind of stuffe fun is. that's the kind of stuff that's being put on in theatres and, you know, halls. but and, you know, comedy halls. but if start to go after that if you start to go after that stuff, the other thing is that you've to kind of how on you've got to kind of how on earth can you know somebody's intent? just can't, intent? you just can't, especially a comedian maybe especially a comedian that maybe kind know, kind of sits between, you know, sits the, the line sits on the, on the, on the line of something and the whole point of something and the whole point of something and the whole point of some comedy to provoke is of some comedy is to provoke is to slightly offend. it's when you overreaction to you have that overreaction to something know, the something that, you know, the joke's the time. something that, you know, the jokels the time. something that, you know, the jokel mean, the time. something that, you know, the jokel mean, and the time. something that, you know, the jokel mean, and i the time. something that, you know, the jokel mean, and i just; time. something that, you know, the jokel mean, and i just think. something that, you know, the jokel mean, and i just think but so, i mean, and ijust think but this is the thing, i do think jk rowling, she's in danger of overshadowing her career with her trans her obsession with the trans debate. well, we debate. it's like, well, we don't about our books don't talk about our books anymore. don't talk about
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anymore. we don't talk about writing. is this she wants writing. is this what she wants to down in history to go down in history for? i just find that really weird. >> think she does actually, >> i think she does actually, doesn't think it's almost doesn't she? i think it's almost as she wants this to be as though she wants this to be her legacy. now >> yeah, mean, i can >> yeah, yeah, i mean, i can i think she's trying to take a principled isn't she? principled stand, isn't she? she's say, look, i'm she's trying to say, look, i'm going one if no one going to be the one if no one else going to step up and do else is going to step up and do this, i'm going to be the one to do it. i'm going to be the one to have this debate it to have this debate because it is. let's is. and she is a feminist. let's not forget rowling's famously not forget jk rowling's famously all and saying that, all about women and saying that, you know, it's demeaning to women with the women when you start with the nhs, like nhs, put out messages like people with ovaries, people with people with ovaries, for that just people with people with ovaries, for women that just people with people with ovaries, for women because at just people with people with ovaries, for women because that's just people with people with ovaries, for women because that's who say women because that's who have ovaries and that's the sort of fighting. of stuff she's fighting. >> i slightly disagree of stuff she's fighting. >>this, i slightly disagree of stuff she's fighting. >>this, but i slightly disagree of stuff she's fighting. >> this, but theightly disagree of stuff she's fighting. >> this, but theightly is sagree of stuff she's fighting. >> this, but theightly is that�*e on this, but the point is that i agree that the erasure of women is issue. is a massive issue. as a feminist, i agree with that. but there a space for trans there is a space for trans people to have dignity to people to have dignity and to have rights, course. and the have rights, of course. and the problem her is problem with with her tweets is that down that she it brings it down to this childish of this really childish kind of bullying calling. bullying and name calling. and it's silly. >> we're talking about name calling, you've gone to calling, if you've gone to houday calling, if you've gone to holiday tenerife holiday to holiday in tenerife recently and
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recently or plan to go soon, and there's story in the sun nick there's a story in the sun nick gibb, which says quality gibb, which says low quality brit cheap brit tourists who drink cheap beer lay the sun and eat beer lay in the sun and eat burgers and chips in tenerife are to home. burgers and chips in tenerife are i to home. burgers and chips in tenerife arei mean, home. burgers and chips in tenerife are i mean, i'm ome. burgers and chips in tenerife arei mean, i'm surprised burgers and chips in tenerife are i mean, i'm surprised it's >> i mean, i'm surprised it's taken so actually, taken them so long actually, because this been going on because this has been going on for 30 years? this for what, 20, 30 years? this downgrading the tourism downgrading of the tourism in the yeah, there's the canaries. but yeah, there's now this kind of now there's been this kind of anti—terrorist appear anti—terrorist graffiti appear apparently that apparently in and things that say your paradise, our misery. they've just absolutely had enough of , of they've just absolutely had enough of, of the they've just absolutely had enough of , of the degradation. enough of, of the degradation. and also it's to do with foreigners buying houses, which obviously locals obviously always gets locals backs up the prices go up backs up when the prices go up for, know, ordinary citizens for, you know, ordinary citizens , say, i just i'm , but like i say, ijust i'm just surprised taken just surprised it's taken so long. actually demanding long. they're actually demanding a well, which a tourist tax now as well, which i surprised they didn't have i was surprised they didn't have in i mean, canary islands, >> i mean, canary islands, islands , tenerife, the largest islands, tenerife, the largest of those islands. but what would they do without that tourism? >> well, this is the problem, but it's kind of it's a it's a love hate relationship, isn't it? >> they rely on them suddenly they don't want them to kind of take away from their lives as much doing much as they are doing well. >> describing >> they're describing uk holidaymakers on the island.
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>> i think it's a bit unfair. >> i think it's a bit unfair. >> i think it's a bit unfair. >> i went to tenerife a couple of years ago and i thought i was very well behaved added to of years ago and i thought i was verylocal behaved added to of years ago and i thought i was verylocal economy. added to of years ago and i thought i was verylocal economy. looked,1 to the local economy. i looked, you know, i thought it was a great place to go and it's a shame when you see that because you know, don't want to put know, you don't want to put brits going most brits off going because most brits off going because most brits brits want to brits go, but most brits want to talk benidorm. you talk about benidorm. but, you know, seen some scenes know, i've seen some scenes from benidorm, just benidorm, you know, i'm just saying. most brits who go saying. but most brits who go are behaved and sensible. are well behaved and sensible. >> the are going to >> well, the others are going to get of you. yeah get the sack of you. yeah there's a big in eco there's been a big rise in eco tourism. i there's tourism. i mean, there's a massive like massive interest in things like holistic holidays and adventure holidays islands. holidays in the islands. so i'm sort surprised that is sort of surprised that this is coming now. obviously coming out now. but obviously you they've just been you know, they've just been pushed far, the, the post pushed too far, the, the post office scandal, so the post office scandal, so the post office has decided that they should hand out a bonus and spread up a bonus as a thank you to subpostmasters for helping to build the brand after the horizon. it scandal. but one postmaster has condemned his
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bonus of £79 as what well , he bonus of £79 as what well, he just well basically said yes , he just well basically said yes, he said that. >> well you know, you've spent millions covering your backsides in legal fees and now you're scraping the bottom the scraping the bottom of the barrel to give us a really random number of £79. it's a bit bizarre, but, you know, look , bizarre, but, you know, look, when you read through, i mean, i get it, there are some post offices perform better than others , and there's little bit others, and there's a little bit difference between what your post how much you post office is and how much you get. there a one get. and there has been a one third time cut, you third real time cut, in, you know, post office funding know, actual post office funding over the years, over the last ten years. so there's quite i mean, i can see why people are getting miffed sometimes i think with bonuses, like it's going with bonuses, like if it's going to that small, why bother to be that small, why bother doing all? to be that small, why bother doiiit's all? to be that small, why bother doiiit's more.l? to be that small, why bother doiiit's more insulting, isn't >> it's more insulting, isn't it? >> it insulting. why don't >> it is insulting. why don't you something different, >> it is insulting. why don't you knowmething different, >> it is insulting. why don't you know the hing different, >> it is insulting. why don't you know the goodiifferent, >> it is insulting. why don't you know the good news nt, the you know the good news on the side this, just to tell side of this, just to tell everyone a good the good everyone there's a good the good news are going to news is that they are going to give a 6% boost. so it's 178 extra pounds to post extra pounds per month to post offices. so there's a bit of a positive story going on here as well for subpostmasters. so look
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i bit of give i think there's a bit of give and take. but yes it is a bit of and take. but yes it is a bit of a slap. you're right. >> been off >> they'd have been better off buying or a buying them an easter egg or a chocolate sort of chocolate or some sort of gift slap on the face of all slap on the face instead of all of salt in the wound. of that salt in the wound. >> isn't it? >> isn't it? >> certainly of them, nicky, this one caught my this this one caught my eye this morning, this is shakira talking about she about the barbie film. she wasn't a fan, was she? because she doesn't if it's sending she doesn't know if it's sending a message to her sons. she a good message to her sons. she thinks it might be a masculine, emasculating . emasculating. >> yeah. she she's talked >> yeah. she says she's talked about and i don't if about it, and i don't know if she's watched with her sons, she's watched it with her sons, but watched it and she's but they've watched it and she's talked them. talked about it with them. and she quite she says they feel quite offended the way kind offended by it the way it kind offended by it the way it kind of portrays you know, of portrays men as, you know, secondary surplus to the required surplus to requirements, and, and, required surplus to r
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interesting that as a parent, she's worrying about the impact on , nick? on her boys, nick? >> nicki, just pardon me for interrupting you, but we'd like to go, a viewer. gb news. viewer, we've lined up here on zoom, and that is john o'brien . zoom, and that is john o'brien. we say good morning to you, john. john, where are we speaking to you from? this is about the scottish hate crime bill. you this bill. where are you this morning, friend? bill. where are you this morning, helensburgh, just >> i'm in helensburgh, just about 25 miles north of glasgow. eamonn. >> good man . and what are you >> good man. and what are you making of all this? you see, i said we can all sit and talk about about the hate crime and the effects of it. whatever it is. none us affected is. but none of us are affected by you know, we none of by it or, you know, we none of us are scottish. but you are scottish, my friend. what have you say about this? you got to say about this? >> i think it's absolutely dreadful . >> i think it's absolutely dreadful. eamonn, i can see this coming years the last coming for, for years the last few years. i'm 76 now, and it's utterly dreadful. there are several major factors. the first one is the fear. the fear factor is enormous . you're frightened is enormous. you're frightened of people, were scared to say
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things, it's going to drive a further wedge, as if we needed a further wedge, as if we needed a further wedge, as if we needed a further wedge between the public at large and the police. the police have severe difficulties recently for many, many reasons which which we're not going into . however, if you if you're frightened of the police, if you're sitting on a bus or a train or walking along the street and you see a police uniform, i tell my grandchildren, or i have told them in the past that these are them in the past that these are the guys that are there to help us. we don't want to be frightened of what the here is saying. and i'm not saying that we to make extreme comments we want to make extreme comments or or whatever , or use bad language or whatever, but, if you have that fear factor, it's absolutely dreadful, let me ask you something . this is an snp something. this is an snp policy, and it's driven very much by the snp, and you have a first minister there or a prime minister. and he he he disturbs me because he's always angry.
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he's always he's got this voice where it's quite threatening and everything is very, very serious. and, what does he get his knickers in a twist. so much about all of this? well i said, he's in way above his head , to he's in way above his head, to be perfectly honest with you, eamonn, he said, we have always said the guy's the guy's in the wrong place. >> was personally, i felt >> but i was personally, i felt personally offended when he came out that list of people out with that list of people that were, why a white judge and a white list and a white one. i don't, i don't understand it. i think that's driving a wedge between people. i don't think we had a race problem, in scotland before, but i think these things, create race problems, i really do. and another thing that i feel is that this law will be misused, there is no doubt about it, because people will band together. let's all make a complaint about so—and—so, whoever it is, whether it's jk rowling or brendan rodgers as celtic manager or the french guy that's
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the that's the ranger, whatever. but you know, they can do it. and they can do it for political reasons too. and that's very, very frightening. and the police are going to make a record which is going to indicate to them areas of the country or areas of our life which are going to be in their eyes, prone to problems. they will be looking at false statistics . murdo at false statistics. murdo fraser, the tory mp who didn't even know that he'd been the subject of this complaints . the subject of this complaints. the complaint against him appears on a list and whilst they may say his name isn't there against that complaint, if sufficient people make a complaint about him , there will be this, day to him, there will be this, day to base that the police will have that that will indicate that he's some kind of problem and thatis he's some kind of problem and that is wrong . that to me, that is wrong. that to me, that's definitely wrong. the fear factor is wrong . and, you fear factor is wrong. and, you
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know, humza yousaf was was partly wedged in there by, by sturgeon. and she came out with a lot of that stuff. i mean, she came out with the i hate everything or i despise everything or i despise everything that all tories stand for. she was talking about a million and a half people in scotland at that time when she said that. so i think we're putting division into the community, and i think that's very wrong. >> maybe, john, i should head you off at the pass before you get yourself in trouble on day one of this new legislature or whatever. >> you're absolutely right. you're absolutely right . and you're absolutely right. and that's that's a classic example that, you know, a few weeks ago , that, you know, a few weeks ago, you would come on and you're i'm going to talk eamonn holmes going to talk to eamonn holmes and two. really, i'm 76. and bbc two. really, i'm 76. they what they like. to they can do what they like. to me. i don't really care. i'm going very good. going to look very good. >> not going very >> it's not going to look very good. a 76 year guy with. >> well, john, thanks for dragging yourself home with us this really appreciate dragging yourself home with us thi to really appreciate dragging yourself home with us thito hear really appreciate dragging yourself home with us thi to hear an really appreciate dragging yourself home with us thito hear an authentic)reciate dragging yourself home with us thi to hear an authentic voice e it. to hear an authentic voice and see an authentic face. thank you very much indeed. >> you.
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>> thank you. >> thank you. >> to speak to you. >> it's lovely to speak to you. and thank you much. and thank you very much. >> lovely speak to you as >> lovely to speak to you as well. we go. well, that well. there we go. well, that was sorry interrupt you was it. sorry to interrupt you there, but john became available, great to available, and it's great to hear voice. hear that, that voice. >> fascinating. >> oh, it's fascinating. fascinating guys. >> thank you much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. >> very much. >> emm- emm— >> a weather update coming your way. greg dewhurst way. now we go to greg dewhurst for then we'll be for that. and then we'll be back.top for that. and then we'll be back. top of the hour. please be with us. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather. we've got rain across scotland through much of the day ahead. elsewhere, some bright spells , elsewhere, some bright spells, some heavy showers in places but it will feel warm , particularly it will feel warm, particularly in the south. so looking at the details we can see this weather front stuck across scotland through the day, giving outbreaks rain, particularly outbreaks of rain, particularly across parts. elsewhere across eastern parts. elsewhere across eastern parts. elsewhere across . it's a mixture of across the uk. it's a mixture of some bright or sunny spells, a scattering of showers , some of scattering of showers, some of them heavy but not quite as widespread as recent days, and
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some more persistent rain coming into the southwest later . into the southwest later. temperatures getting into double figures 1516 celsius and the best of the sunshine, but still cold across scotland. here 7 or 8 degrees. as we move through into this evening time, we see this area of rain slowly push its way northwards as the next area of low pressure starts to move in. during the early hours we continue to see some outbreaks of rain across scotland and for most by the end of the night. a mixed picture rain and cloud and temperatures generally 5 to 10 celsius from north to south. so it's a wet picture with low pressure moving in from the southwest through wednesday morning. this slowly pushes its way north eastwards, so everywhere seeing various amounts cloud , some outbreaks amounts of cloud, some outbreaks of rain which be heavy at of rain which could be heavy at times, cloud should times, but the cloud should break it and we'll break up behind it and we'll start see some skies. start to see some sunnier skies. trying to move in from the south—west of the next south—west ahead of the next system, temperatures again south—west ahead of the next systein. temperatures again south—west ahead of the next systein the temperatures again south—west ahead of the next systein the north )eratures again south—west ahead of the next systein the north upitures again south—west ahead of the next systein the north up to res again south—west ahead of the next systein the north up to around n cold in the north up to around 15 south.
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the day. will it improve as the day goes on? showers in the forecast but also some sunshine. find out all the weather details coming up . soon. coming up. soon. >> getting such big reaction this morning to this story about the prime minister backing jk rowling as she takes a stand against scotland's new hate crime and public order act. and your reaction very welcome gb views and gb news. com leave your phone number now. >> jk rowling is the harry potter author, of course, who lives in scotland and she posted on x or formerly twitter yesterday inviting the police to arrest her for views on arrest her for her views on transgender people all over. >> rishi sunak has backed her, saying overnight people should not be criminalised for stating simple on biology. i mean simple facts on biology. i mean this is actually making me smile coming from him . i mean, a man coming from him. i mean, a man who's nice seems to be prepared to lock up the homeless, but,
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you he's saying you know, he's he's saying people right to do this. people have a right to do this. you haven't be you haven't a right to be homeless, but you have a right to you want about to say what you want about anything want. because he anything you want. because he believes free speech in this believes in free speech in this country. but imagine if we were, well, we were being broadcast well, if we were being broadcast in scotland, and they like in scotland, and they don't like what they could what we're saying. they could enforce law against us, enforce that law against us, couldn't enforce that law against us, couthey could it if we >> they could enforce it if we were saying something in our own homes like. homes they didn't like. yeah. according to new law. well, according to this new law. well, joining is deputy editor joining us now is deputy editor of fraser myers, good to of spiked fraser myers, good to see morning. good see you this morning. good morning. you make of it morning. what do you make of it all. turning into all. it's turning into an almighty isn't it. almighty row isn't it. >> it's huge the >> yeah. it's huge about the government backing rowling. government backing jk rowling. i mean, disingenuous mean, it's slightly disingenuous for rishi to say the for rishi sunak to say the conservative believes in conservative party believes in free have many hate free speech. we have many hate speech of border speech laws south of the border as well , i speech laws south of the border as well, i think it's around 3300 people are arrested every single year. that's about nine people a day in england and wales for stating offensive things online. now, that is not to say that the hate crime act isn't even more authoritarian because it creates this new offence called stirring up
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hatred , and the penalty for that hatred, and the penalty for that can be up to seven years in prison, which is, you know , prison, which is, you know, clearly far longer than you'd get for many violent crimes. you could sexually assault someone and possibly not even jail and possibly not even see jail time in this country. whereas for using words that some people find offensive could get you locked up years, locked up for seven years, that's absolutely extraordinary . that's absolutely extraordinary. i think problem that this i think the problem that this underlines that hate underlines is that all hate speech laws are, you know, necessarily subjective . they necessarily subjective. they give far too much power to the police, to the authorities generally to decide what we can and can't say. and jk rowling is highlighting this by the fact that she is simply stating biological facts. she says that, you know, trans women are male . you know, trans women are male. thatis you know, trans women are male. that is a fact. lots of people find that offensive, but it's nonetheless a fact. many women who have tried to highlight the problem, the conflict between, calls for trans rights and single—sex spaces have been called transphobic. similarly, if you object to some of the
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things that have been happening to children at the tavistock clinic , again, you'll be called clinic, again, you'll be called transphobic. you know, these are legitimate public policy debates, but many people unfortunate , you know, many unfortunate, you know, many people who have the ear of the scottish government, consider those , just discussion of that those, just discussion of that to hatred. so that's the to be hatred. so that's the worrying thing that, you know, simply having a political debate could land you in prison. >> we're also going to see a rise, surely, in vaccine vexatious being made rise, surely, in vaccine ve the)us being made rise, surely, in vaccine ve the police. being made rise, surely, in vaccine ve the police. you being made rise, surely, in vaccine ve the police. you knowing made rise, surely, in vaccine ve the police. you know ,1g made rise, surely, in vaccine ve the police. you know , fornade to the police. you know, for people who've had long had it in, example, people are in, for example, people who are anti for example, anti jk rowling, for example, absolutely making absolutely will be making complaints police. complaints to the police. >> a police officer or >> if i was a police officer or a sergeant at the and the a sergeant at the desk and the local station, you're a sergeant at the desk and the locto station, you're a sergeant at the desk and the locto your station, you're a sergeant at the desk and the locto your eyes ion, you're a sergeant at the desk and the locto your eyes and you're a sergeant at the desk and the locto your eyes and ears/ou're a sergeant at the desk and the locto your eyes and ears inr're up to your eyes and ears in burglaries and all sorts of civil disturbances, whatever, and you'd be just going, oh, god, here's another one. here's another one coming. well, someone said this about me and i just i took offence at it and it was absolutely awful. whatever it is really, is that the single most important thing a police officer has to deal with that
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day? >>i day? >> i seriously doubt that that is why, you know, someone decided to become a police officer to go after playground insults or whatever it might be, hurt feelings when there are, as you say , serious violent crimes you say, serious violent crimes happening that are not being deau happening that are not being dealt with. you know, that's surely what people go into the force to , to deal with, to force to, to deal with, to protect people from physical, actual harm rather than from hurt feelings. but the problem with this law is that the police are obliged to follow up on every report. and, you know, that means that unlike burglary, for instance, they have to investigate everything. that's going to be impossible because people are already making vexatious complaints. people are boasting on twitter that they've been dobbing in jk rowling and various other figures who are gender critical. other people on the other side have been boasting about that boasting about the fact that they've been joke they've been making joke complaints to the police, hoping to overwhelm the system. yeah so that it can't function. so, you know, well, hopefully it just
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collapses on its own contradictions. but it is a very scary prospect that people are good to hear from you. >> please stay with us. we want to talk to the education secretary and then we'll to talk to the education secretback and then we'll to talk to the education secretback to and then we'll to talk to the education secretback to youi then we'll to talk to the education secretback to you and n we'll to talk to the education secretback to you and continue come back to you and continue this. and we're talking to the education because education secretary, because working to get working parents are about to get to save thousands in childcare costs because of new government funding. and there is gillian keegan, the education secretary, to tell us more. secretary of state, good morning to you . state, good morning to you. >> good morning eamonn. yes, sir. that's right. as of yesterday , in fact, 1st of yesterday, in fact, 1st of april, 15 hours. more free childcare for two year olds. so this is the next start, the next step of our reforms to make sure that we are from when children are nine months old, up until when they start school . and that when they start school. and that will save most families around about £6,900 a year. >> i mean, that's massive . >> i mean, that's massive. that's a massive amount of money to save. but could could i ask you a question? could i play devil's advocate with you? why
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am i going to work and paying tax for people and genuinely just explain this to me for people to have babies, why is that important? why is that? for the benefit of the country? to people who would say, well, i don't have any kids, why does you know, why am i paying for this? >> to families. but oh, see, our economy that we have children as well. so it's important to all of us that we have a supported offer. but if you look at the cost of childcare, it has got very expensive for families and sometimes is actually putting people off starting a family . people off starting a family. and we don't want them to have to make a choice between their career so career and their family. so >> i'm afraid we are having technical issues there with gillian keegan. we will try and re—establish that connection . re—establish that connection. >> why did you establish there was a technical problem? >> well, we did give it a chance, didn't we? we gave it a
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good sorry, gillian good chance. sorry, gillian keegan, and keegan, we we'll try and reconnect her because reconnect with her because there's lots to talk her there's lots to talk to her about she's of my favourites. >> so i don't like her being disrupted. oh, she's one your favourite. >> she you as well. well >> she likes you as well. well i'm a big smile there. i'm just a big smile there. >> have a conversation with >> have a good conversation with her. anyway, fraser her. but, but anyway, fraser myers, wrong here from myers, what's wrong here from spike ? we'll try and spike magazine? we'll try and get the secretary state back. get the secretary of state back. but fear a conversation may but i fear a conversation may well gone, but , a lot of well have gone, but, a lot of people will say, why am i paying for this? it's a massive saving for this? it's a massive saving for parents. >> for working parents, i think. >> for working parents, i think. >> yeah . you know, in principle, >> yeah. you know, in principle, this really good idea this is a really good idea because are paying because people are paying through for childcare. through the nose for childcare. sometimes can be as sometimes it can be as much as you know, going back to work. you know, people are you say, you know, people are wonder they are going back wonder why they are going back to at a lot of the to work at all a lot of the time, and, you know, it's the offer as well in offer expands as well in september , i think under september to, i think under people above 18 so people above 18 months. so i think this is good in principle. i guess the practicalities are the concern really, because as there's a lot of concern that there's a lot of concern that there aren't actually enough places for to apply to places for people to apply to now offer has come in.
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now that this offer has come in. so, you know, i noticed that it came in on april fool's. so, you know, i noticed that it came in on april fool's . a lot came in on april fool's. a lot of people who might be excited to sign up for scheme might to sign up for this scheme might find out that they can't actually a place all. actually get a place at all. >> now, labour describing it >> now, labour are describing it as without a plan, as a pledge without a plan, saying just going be saying there's just going to be really waiting that really long waiting lists that nurseries afford it nurseries simply can't afford it or have the staff. or they don't have the staff. yeah, exactly. >> it's a, it's >> and it's, it's a, it's a sector that been ignored. sector that has been ignored. and clearly, you and you know well clearly, you know, is only coming know, this policy is only coming in the of end of the in at the sort of fag end of the conservative government. you think, try and think, why didn't they try and address this issue sooner, it address this issue sooner, is it because it's election year because it's an election year that suddenly that they're that we're suddenly that they're suddenly in giving that we're suddenly that they're sud(offer in giving that we're suddenly that they're sud(offer to in giving that we're suddenly that they're sud(offer to working n giving that we're suddenly that they're sud(offer to working parents? this offer to working parents? perhaps that's some thought that's going into it, but but really , yeah, it's going to take really, yeah, it's going to take a long time to fix childcare in this country. >> brazier, thank you very much indeed your views those indeed for your views on those various subjects and the hate speech scotland as well. speech bill in scotland as well. keep your views coming in, put your phone number, it's gbviews@gbnews.com. put your phone number on that. and if you're willing to go on zoom or
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some other visual contraption, skype with skype we can get you on and we'll have a good conversation, as we have done with mrjohn o'brien so far this morning as well, who was brilliant, actually, and loads of comments coming through on email as well, so keep them coming in as well. >> bill says the first person to be jailed committing a hate be jailed for committing a hate crime mr useless crime should be mr useless himself. i think he means humza yousaf, scotland being yousaf, scotland is being destroyed snp rule. destroyed destroyed by snp rule. it's time to dismantle. and kerr says i'm sorry, but i can't comment on a news feature about the hate crime bill as i might just be arrested. do you keep those views coming in? >> okay. >> okay. >> 11 minutes and i passed the are some other stories that we've got for you on this tuesday morning. a british volunteer is believed to have been airstrike been killed after an airstrike on that's on the gaza strip. that's according to a hamas run government office. the charity worker had been volunteering with world central kitchen nationals from poland and
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australia were also believed to have died, with israel's military confirmed . there is military confirmed. there is a review into the incident . review into the incident. >> the government's free childcare plan for parents of two year olds has begun, but it's already facing pushback. the labour party has called the policy a pledge without a plan, as nurseries face a funding and staff crisis . rishi sunak has staff crisis. rishi sunak has defended the addition of 15 hours of free weekly childcare, saying it would build a brighter future for british families. and we're trying to speak to gillian keegan after seven. we're going to keep trying to reconnect with her. >> donald trump's been barred from criticising the daughter of the judge overseeing his criminal trial after labelling her a trump hater, and overnight , mr trump has also managed to pay up , mr trump has also managed to pay up £140 million as part of his civil fraud case in new york. the payment means he will now keep his personal assets, including trump tower and his florida estate.
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>> eamonn was telling us about his very expensive flight back from scotland , which was how from scotland, which was how much? >> £650. >> £650. >> a shocker , a single single >> a shocker, a single single flight, a single single seat. >> well, patrick's been doing some shopping around for you, and says you now get and he says you can now get a business flight on sunday for 350 for one way. so they've actually come down as well. >> that's still i mean, i know that's not good either, but no, it's not good. >> all. it's >> it's not good at all. it's better >> it's not good at all. it's bet but, but is that? >> but, but who is that? >> but, but who is that? >> you got fleeced. who's that patrick saying. well, patrick, it's friend, it's not my friend, because that's flight available it's not my friend, because thatof flight available it's not my friend, because thatof glasgowflight available it's not my friend, because thatof glasgow on ht available it's not my friend, because thatof glasgow on sunday.ible it's not my friend, because thatof glasgow on sunday. and out of glasgow on sunday. and maybe you weren't looking at glasgow and it's £650 one way. >> let's get time for your >> okay, let's get time for your your weather. greg dewhurst. with that and let's see if it's a nice day for flying . a nice day for flying. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb
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news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather. we've got rain across scotland through much of the day ahead. elsewhere, some bright spells , elsewhere, some bright spells, some heavy showers in places, but it will feel warm , but it will feel warm, particularly in the south. so looking at the details we can see this weather front stuck across scotland through the day, giving rain, giving outbreaks of rain, particularly across eastern parts. elsewhere uk . parts. elsewhere across the uk. it's a mixture of some bright or sunny spells, a scattering of showers , some of them heavy but showers, some of them heavy but not quite as widespread as recent days , and some more recent days, and some more persistent rain coming into the southwest. temperatures southwest. later. temperatures getting into double figures 1516 celsius in the best of the sunshine, but still cold across scotland. here 7 or 8 degrees as we move through into this evening time, we see this area of rain slowly push its way northwards as the next area of low pressure starts to move in. dufing low pressure starts to move in. during the early hours we continue to see some outbreaks of rain across scotland. for
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most by the end of the night, a mixed picture rain and cloud and temperatures generally 5 to 10 celsius from north to south. so it's a wet picture with low pressure moving in from the southwest through wednesday morning. this slowly pushes its way north eastwards, so everywhere seeing various amounts of cloud, some outbreaks of rain which could be heavy at times, but the cloud should break up behind it and we'll start to see some sunnier skies trying to move in from the south—west of the next south—west ahead of the next system, and temperatures again cold to around cold in the north up to around 15 the south. 15 in the south. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> booked any holidays this year? >> yeah. i'm going to wedding in italy. oh yeah. so that's it so far. what about you? so >> so this is another. >> so this is another. >> this is people who decide to get married abroad and everybody
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next. >> we're going to get into a debate now about rough sleeping. rough sleepers could be fined thousands of pounds or even jailed under new plans to criminalise hotel homelessness. >> yes, the prime minister is facing widespread backlash over the proposal, including from his own backbenchers . own backbenchers. >> so is criminalising homelessness a step too far? is it a new low or a necessary step to protect us and our streets? joining us now, the founder of do something for nothing , joshua do something for nothing, joshua coombes and youtuber and social commentator pearl davis. pearl, you're worried about this, aren't you? >> yeah. you know, i've seen some of the effects of homelessness in the uk and what you have now is you have you have children playing on a playground and next to them, or homeless people that are
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addicted to drugs. so i think that something has to be done to combat this problem. you know , combat this problem. you know, and i think there's different ways that they could go about it. but i could see why this would be a good first step. >> well , i'd would be a good first step. >> well, i'd tell you what might be a better first step to fund a camp or to fund fund housing, temporary housing or accommodation or something to actually help these people instead of penalising them. >> pearl, what would you say? yeah >> well, i think the problem you're going to get is the more you're going to get is the more you reward, know, the more you reward, you know, the more the more you incentivise people to be homeless, the more you're going that happen. you going to see that happen. you know, happen know, i've seen that happen in cities los where, cities like los angeles where, you know, we we're getting to the point where people are moving to angeles to be moving to los angeles to be homeless. and you know, it completely ruins the cities. >> joshua, let's bring you in at this point. is it a choice to be homeless? is it something you can criminalise ? can criminalise? >> no. i think, you know, obviously i understand the topic of this debate. very happy to be here and speak about it. from my
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perspective. think, know, perspective. i think, you know, perhaps better would be perhaps a better topic would be should be, you know, held should it be, you know, held accountable, the 1300 people who died living on the street in the uk in 2022 alone? i've been to los angeles a lot myself. i do a lot of work in different countries and different cities . countries and different cities. i think only a compassionate approach is going to help people. when you're talking about addiction. pearl, i hear your course. we don't want to be stepping out on to needles and people using in this way. but obviously someone would obviously when someone would have prefer oblivion to reality in somebody in that much of a desperate place tells you they're not in a in a good place in their life, what we need there is not more shame piled on criminalising somebody. it's just to further isolate just going to further isolate them. it's going to further isolate who already feel isolate people who already feel a great deal of shame. obviously, some people can feel really downtrodden and very lonely isolated already lonely and very isolated already . if you criminalise this issue, it's only going to further other these people, remove them further from what they need ,
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further from what they need, which is more connection and more care in their life. >> that sounds like a good argument. why would not argument. why would you not agree with him? >> i guess you know, >> well, i guess you know, what incentive would they have to stop keep incentivising stop if we keep incentivising the behaviour, incentivising is a really interesting word. >> like i personally, i don't see the incentive why anybody would or would want to choose to live, especially. >> oh, they'll tell you on camera, there's clips on camera of people in los angeles going viral of literally moving their to be homeless because of the incentive structures there . incentive structures there. >> i think there's always going to be people in different places . i'm not saying for one second there might be a few people, but it's certainly is not. the majority have doing this majority have been doing this work many , many years. i work for many, many years. i speak people are just speak to people who are just like i just like all like you, and i just like all four speaking this four of us speaking on this program you to program now. and, you know, to every person watching this, waking having breakfast waking up, having your breakfast in i'd love to think in the uk now, i'd love to think about all you who know about all of you who know somebody might have lost, somebody who might have lost, somebody who might have lost, somebody somebody who somebody knows somebody who might know might be somewhere, know somebody who not everybody's
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like i'd just like like you, joshua, i'd just like to tell people about the work that the work that you do . so that the work that you do. so thank you. and you get up close and personal, with these guys. tell tell me how one of the ways in which you help the homeless . in which you help the homeless. >> yeah. so, i mean, i go out and i give haircuts. it's a small thing. it's not going to completely fix somebody's problems life, but it's problems in their life, but it's a to go out and show up a vehicle to go out and show up for somebody. and i see amazing people doing similar things. i work grassroots work with grassroots organisations in different cities across world are cities across the world who are using their skills. that time i founded a movement called do something nothing . it's something for nothing. it's about being able to in the ways that as an individual, that you can as an individual, go and recognise that go out and recognise that there's human being front there's a human being in front of there's lot of of you. yes, there's a lot of things that precede that from the i'm not saying the outside. i'm not saying for one it's scary drugs one minute it's not scary drugs or some of the or alcohol. some of the behaviours the things that behaviours and the things that you you really the you know, you really see on the outside, they be outside, of course, they can be difficult sometimes difficult to deal with sometimes , underneath there's , but underneath there's somebody's , but underneath there's somebo
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have those conversations, which i do on a regular basis, a lot of people who are hurting, a lot of people who are hurting, a lot of who haven't had of people who haven't had a chance heal of the chance to heal some of the wounds that they might have experienced. know, any experienced. and, you know, any way i just want way you vote, i just want to say, anybody this, we say, anybody watching this, we all like to all know what it's like to struggle need other people. struggle and need other people. and isn't just fluffy, and this isn't just some fluffy, compassionate and this isn't just some fluffy, compereallylte and this isn't just some fluffy, compereally recognising the about really recognising the humans . we are much more than humans. we are much more than just our status, which political motives and the way we vote. i really believe that our community isn't just our nuclear family and our home. it's about reaching out to people who, yeah, you might be seeing outside of that train station on the way work, who might be in the way to work, who might be in a position. you might a difficult position. you might not able do everything for not be able to do everything for that i'm telling that person, but i'm telling you what, and what, when you build trust and you know that person you get to know that person by name , maybe you can smile name, maybe you can only smile and a few quid here and give them a few quid here and give them a few quid here and that might be and there, but that might be that of hope in that little bit of hope in somebody's the somebody's life. that's the difference you difference between them, you know, to be here know, not wanting to be here anymore. really is like that. anymore. it really is like that. it's death for it's life or death for some people. criminalising further people. so criminalising further dehumanising people really
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dehumanising people that really can push people over the edge, it's not a good way to go. it feels like we're progressing, you know. >> so instead criminalising >> so instead of criminalising it, you how would you it, how would you how would you suggest we begin solve the suggest we begin to solve the issue homelessness ? you talk issue of homelessness? you talk about compassionate approach, about a compassionate approach, but that but but how do you think that could actually done practically? >> course it takes >> well, of course it takes purse strings opening more for this from budgets , you know, i this from budgets, you know, i mean, it's promise. like it's a really amazing thing . there's 2 really amazing thing. there's 2 billion now kind of dedicated to solve this. there's ten times that spent on on defence and arms for this country. if we really care about our society . really care about our society. yeah. it has to start with much more. will financial with resources to provide shelter for people. but to be honest, i've seen sometimes what shelter looks like . and yes, it's looks like. and yes, it's amazing to have these options, but we have to think about it. the care that goes with that, because you can give somebody the keys to an apartment in an ideal which, let's be ideal world, which, let's be honest, middle of cost honest, in the middle of a cost of living crisis isn't the case. but an imaginary but imagine in an imaginary
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world, could give somebody world, you could give somebody the apartment. it's not. >> even if you give, even if you give to rehab, most give them keys to rehab, most people to finish that, finish people to finish that, to finish that you give them that up. even if you give them keys rehab, most people don't keys to rehab, most people don't overcome like that's just overcome it. like that's just it's statistically they don't. and what i've had family members like go, go to rehab. but most people do not overcome addiction. >> why do you think that is ? >> why do you think that is? >> why do you think that is? >> but just out of interest? >> but just out of interest? >> well, because addiction, it's a tough problem to solve, like you said. but just i think you said. but i just i think that you have to protect the people in society, you know , people in a society, you know, andifs people in a society, you know, and it's not fair to taxpaying citizens that we go out and you see, you know, crackheads sleeping on a bench outside an apartment where kids well, we were asking joshua for his solution. >> do you have a solution to this or is it unsolvable , i, this or is it unsolvable, i, i think you need to start by stop incentivising the behaviour so you got to limit, you know, because if you pay people to make poor decisions, they're
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just going to keep making poor decisions and define what places like in places like la. decisions and define what places like in places like la . you like in places like la. you know, i've seen the result of you know, them paying people to do the wrong thing. you're going to see them doing it more. >> okay. yeah, i think that be honest. if we're looking at actually trying to tackle certain look at the certain issues, to look at the most vulnerable people, yes, this difficult i'm this is a difficult issue. i'm not saying for one minute it's not saying for one minute it's not very complex. but you know what? enough resources. what? there's enough resources. and if we can together as a society get creative solutions. my society get creative solutions. my solution for sure would be, yeah, we have to start from scratch again and say, right now , this is not working. what can we do to provide people with more than they're getting right now? some things done, >> yes, that's some things done, folks. you both very folks. thank you both very, very much joshua pearl, much indeed. joshua and pearl, if you've got a view gb news love each other. thank thank you very much. love each other. chibi. what are what are we gb views gb views at gb news. >> com com. >>- >> com com. >> get in touch. thank you both very coyte. very much indeed. paul coyte. next .
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>> welcome back. it's 732. it's time to go through all the latest sports news now with paul coyte. who's with us? >> hello. good morning. >> hello. good morning. >> are you going to ask me what we managed to. >> ipswich? >> ipswich? >> yeah. yeah, right. >> yeah. yeah, right. >> so what's bobby ? >> e:- >> no, no. >> no, no. >> was after that, >> it was well after that, i don't know , it was either. don't know, it was either. i think it was won the league title. well no, no we're going. no, we're going back to when they were relegated or they were relegated were relegated when they were relegated when they were relegated to then the first division, which then became the championship. it was joe championship. i think it was joe royle there was joe royle because there was joe royle because there was joe royle there george royle and then there was george burley, used play for burley, who used to play for them. think it was, i think them. so i think it was, i think it joe that took them down. >> and joe royle managed man city as well.
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>> he did. yeah and played for man and played for everton man city and played for everton and man city and played for everton anc managed >> managed everton. >> managed everton. >> yeah. one the >> managed everton. >> names yeah. one the >> managed everton. >> names of yeah. one the >> managed everton. >> names of footballne the >> managed everton. >> names of football i; the >> managed everton. >> names of football i should old names of football i should we, should we do a bit of the championship. >> just a bit. >> yeah. just a bit. >> yeah. just a bit. >> i'll do a little bit about the championship. >> important to the championship. >> about. important to the championship. >> about. iireallyint to the championship. >> about. iireallyint usain» talk about. we really have usain bolt yes bolt and a greyhound. yes >> that's that's the >> that's right. that's the thing, the championship thing, in the championship yesterday leicester beat norwich three one. so they've stopped the top but then the rot. they went top but then ipswich. this is the reason we talk ipswich . then beat talk about ipswich. then beat southampton three two a southampton three two with a goal at the last minute. goal right at the last minute. so things everybody went crazy at portman road . so ipswich are at portman road. so ipswich are top. leeds managed beat hull top. leeds managed to beat hull three one and they were two late goals. so they're second to ipswich atop leeds a second. so that's how the automatic very tight though isn't it. it's extremely tight. always is in the championship. always very tight in the championship tonight in the premier league. forest, newcastle forest, fulham, newcastle against everton. bournemouth are playing crystal palace, burnley against ham will against wolves, west ham will play against wolves, west ham will play spurs. allen will play spurs. clive allen will speak. you ellie glass speak. bless you ellie glass from west ham will play spurs. clive allen will join us a
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little bit later because he played for both clubs. and i'll tell what, he was involved tell you what, he was involved in the famous gate back in the famous lasagne gate back in the famous lasagne gate back in old toxic, well, in 2006. the old toxic, well, everybody sick because they everybody was sick because they had dodgy lasagne. the spurs team, beat west team, who needed to beat west ham get into the champions ham to get into the champions league, had dodgy lasagne league, they'd had dodgy lasagne the night before, which i still think something spicy. think is something spicy. >> so who was clive allen playing for? >> clive was the coach. >> clive allen was the coach. was with martin jol at was actually with martin jol at the at at spurs, the time at spurs. at spurs, yeah, so we can find yeah, yeah. so, so we can find out maybe what happened with it. yeah >> maybe you'll have a recipe for us. >> knows, t knows, knows. i t knows. i don't >> who knows, who knows. i don't know he actually had the know whether he actually had the lasagne we'll lasagne or he didn't. but we'll ask him. lasagne or he didn't. but we'll askwe'll find out. >> we'll find out. >> we'll find out. >> question number one. forget >> we'll find out. >> game on number one. forget >> we'll find out. >> game tonightber one. forget >> we'll find out. >> game tonight .er one. forget >> we'll find out. >> game tonight . did1e. forget >> we'll find out. >> game tonight . did you orget >> we'll find out. >> game tonight . did you have the game tonight. did you have the game tonight. did you have the lasagne? right. the dodgy lasagne? right. >> sir. usain bolt or a >> no. yes, sir. usain bolt or a greyhound, which is faster. >> you tell me what do you >> well, you tell me what do you think? because i say the greyhound. yeah, i go by how well world record that usain well the world record that usain bolt's for the 100m is 9.58 bolt's set for the 100m is 9.58 seconds. unbelievable. so a greyhound , the fastest dog, of greyhound, the fastest dog, of course. how quick do you think a
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greyhound would do? >> seven seconds. yeah. eight. >> seven seconds. yeah. eight. >> 7 or 8 seconds. yeah. you think just by a nose that the greyhound would take it. >> yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. >> he'll company called motion athlete. they recreate races based on times from history. they've usain bolt against they've done usain bolt against jesse owens, the legendary runner from the 1936 olympics. they've done usain bolt against kylian mbappe. but i thought you'd interested in you'd be more interested in usain versus a greyhound on usain bolt versus a greyhound on starter's orders recreated. let's have a look. here we go . let's have a look. here we go. oh, look at that greyhound go! oh, look at that greyhound go! oh, look at that greyhound go! oh, look . oh, look. >> amazing. >> amazing. >> that is that's it. >> that is that's it. >> must be three seconds. look at that. >> look at that. usain bolt absolutely murdered there by the greyhound. there we are . fine. i greyhound. there we are. fine. i think it's five seconds. the greyhound took usain bolt could not get anywhere near him. >> so usain bolt was almost double the time. >> so usain bolt was almost d0l exactly. time. >> exactly. >> wow. >> wow. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and i wouldn't have i wouldn't realised that. so wouldn't have realised that. so that's . that's fantastic. >> eamonn his prime, the
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>> eamonn and his prime, the middle against middle distance against sebastian coe. we're going to go i'm going to try and recreate all these and ellie against a horse. we'll try that one as well. >> that's that's something very good that was good to know. >> that's not bad is it, yeah. >> that's not bad is it, yeah. >> there's a man. city documents one of these fly in the walls on netflix. >> yeah, it's a new which >> yeah, it's a new one which has them being has come out about them being the winners and it's the treble winners and it's they've calling it together treble winners. but the thing they do these netflix documentaries and there was some on amazon the all or nothing. and people think, oh they're a bit, you know, very it's just all a bit nice. there's nothing but but this is by the but but this is made by the actual in—house media team at manchester city. well, it's of course it's going to be. so there's not going to be anything going to be anything. there's not going to anything not going to be anything controversial that whatsoever controversial in that whatsoever apart all the apart from you'll see all the players, see everybody players, you'll see everybody will happy. will look very happy. >> on sunday the city >> i saw on sunday the city arsenal clash and guardiola comes on at the end. jack grealish was a late substitute .
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grealish was a late substitute. he came on. did you see this. >> well yeah it gives it a bit of a yell. >> yeah yeah he conducted a bit too much in public. i thought guardiola grealish. guardiola against jack grealish. jack well. jack grealish did well. i thought hold his temper well. thought to hold his temper well. >> i wonder whether he's >> i just wonder whether he's done that on purpose. he knows the cameras there. do you want have a look the have a little look at the documentary, have a little look there. just have little there. we'll just have a little look this, it's as cold look at this, it's as cold together treble winners. okay it's coming up in just a second. there we go. documentary is there we go. the documentary is erling haaland. come on. >> get it out . >> you got to get it out. >> you got to get it out. >> there are jack grealish. >> there we are jack grealish. it's it's all nice . it's all it's all very nice. it's all it's all very nice. it's all it's all very nice. it's all very behind the scenes. everybody's a lovely time everybody's having a lovely time . yeah. they said you do see pep tearing a strip off them every now you're not now and again. but you're not going see why zhao cancello going to see why zhao cancello is gone. you're not going to see anything kalvin phillips. is gone. you're not going to see anytcertainly kalvin phillips. is gone. you're not going to see anytcertainly won't/in phillips. is gone. you're not going to see anytcertainly won't see ’hillips. is gone. you're not going to see anytcertainly won't see any ps. is gone. you're not going to see anytcertainly won't see any of is gone. you're not going to see any problemswon't see any of is gone. you're not going to see any problems won'tthat. any of is gone. you're not going to see any problemswon'tthat. theyf is gone. you're not going to see any problems won'tthat. they may the problems with that. they may be any points deduction be fighting any points deduction coming up in the future and any charges against them. but if you're man city fan, you'll you're a man city fan, you'll like much. very nice. like it very much. very nice. okay >> i'll watching that. >> i'll not be watching that. >> i'll not be watching that. >> yeah. me neither.
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>> i'll not be watching that. >> yeah. me neither . well, >> yeah, yeah. me neither. well, i looked at it. you know, i did have a look at it, but, you know. yeah but it very hard know. yeah but it is very hard to a team that's not your own. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and doing so well winning everything. do you to everything. do you want to do some finish some birthdays before we finish these of these birthdays a couple of birthdays. very birthdays. okay. you're very good this, know you good at this, ellie. i know you first actually. first one together, actually. well, okay. well, let's see. last was one eight she last time it was one eight she played. yeah, have look played. yeah, right. have a look at one. then who is at these. first one. then who is this, first who this, please. first one. who could birthday today. >> sheringham. >> teddy sheringham. >> teddy sheringham. >> look for as a favour to >> teddy look for as a favour to you. i could have him in you. i could have had him in spurs. there in spurs. kit. there he is in manchester spurs. kit. there he is in manchestthe 1999 kit. there, >> kit in the 1999 kit. there, there we are. >> teddy teddy teddy teddy >> oh, teddy teddy teddy teddy teddy sheringham . how old teddy teddy sheringham. how old is today? well, always looks good. >> that's an interesting one. yeah. this is going to yeah. and this is going to really sober me up sort of thing. it's, you see he in that picture? yeah. was probably about 38. >> oh, it's tricky, but he still looks the same teddy. >> yeah, but he, he, he did keep playing. i think he played into his 40s. >> you did. it's correct. he did play >> you did. it's correct. he did play into his 40s. yeah. oh. >> so if you're going back 20
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years ago, he couldn't be 60. >> he couldn't you tell me 54? >> he couldn't you tell me 54? >> i'm 54. >> i'm 54. >> you're going to go with ellie. he's older than that. he's older than 54. >> let's go . that was 1999 >> let's go. that was 1999 there. let's go 58. >> 58, please feel free to play at home. correct answer . right. at home. correct answer. right. he is 58 today. teddy sheringham , you're fancy double or nothing mister. you want to spin the wheel? yeah let's go for it. another sporting legend. who and earth is this? and how old is he? my. i see, i see that barcelona, 1992, linford christie. it's linford linford christie. it's linford linford christie how. and i've got to tell you guys that he had a union jack there. well, i was surprised you were actually looking at the union jack usually with linford christie. >> that so much for this yeah >> those were days. remember >> those were the days. remember when red, white and blue. when it was red, white and blue. so there's linford i've got so there's linford now i've got to i wonder if it to tell you, i wonder if it helps any way. i undercooked helps in any way. i undercooked this one. undercooked it so this one. i undercooked it so how do you think linford
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how well do you think linford is. >> was 32 is. 32 am >> so that was 32 years ago. >> so that was 32 years ago. >> years when he won that gold. >> met him at barcelona. 28 in that picture. >> right . >> right. >> right. >> so let's do the maths. >> so let's do the maths. >> you're doing the math, which is 6060. >> i put him at 58 again, same as terry. >> you did the same as i did. undercooked it. do you want to go again a little bit more. 6262. >> so . >> so. >> so. >> oh, that is so. >>— >> oh, that is so. >> so you're saying he goes higher? >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i feel like sue barker right now 6464 is the right answer. eamonn the man's on fire. the man is on fire. very good. >> so he's good with people's ages generally. >> is that just. well, he's the same age as me. all right. >> 64. much younger. >> 64. much younger. >> but that's. >> but that's. >> you do? yeah. yeah. and you know, and linford christie is 64. >> but you 64. » butyou 64. >> but you the scary thing >> but you know the scary thing about this, mate, these about all this, mate, all these things are yesterday and things are like yesterday and they're you go alec they're not. there you go alec guinness would have been 110 today he. today would he. >> yeah. have taken >> yeah. yeah. could have taken a time that one. yeah. a bit more time that one. yeah. you he played you know he played for scunthorpe before he was
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scunthorpe i think before he was an actor. well i'm just guessing. >> but there we are bridging the river was excellent in river kwai. he was excellent in that the river. absolutely. >> see you again >> good man. see you again £20 and cuve >> good man. see you again £20 and clive allen is and clive allen clive allen is going in the boat. going to be in the boat. >> got a guest. be >> we've got a guest. be respectful. absolutely. okay. >> we've got a guest. be res|excellent, solutely. okay. >> we've got a guest. be res|excellent, excellent. kay. >> we've got a guest. be res|excellent, excellent. we'll >> excellent, excellent. we'll look stories making look at the stories making the news this. do go news after this. please do go away.
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>> welcome back to breakfast at 745 this morning. we've been talking about scotland's new hate crime bill. and we want to hear from you. >> and we have been doing that. people getting in touch right, left and centre. this is neil di marion, and he's from the scottish family party's edinburgh chairman. >> yes . good edinburgh chairman. >> yes. good morning to you neil. what do you make of this good morning. >> yeah, all i can say is that it is really crazy, we have
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parties in parliament here in scotland that are making decisions for us, the people, and we didn't even vote them in. we didn't even vote these, these leaders in. so you got humza making decisions. you got the greens making decisions . and greens making decisions. and it's not giving us the option of the people to actually have the chance to speak up and it just feels like it's all just coming against us for the people . so against us for the people. so it's a free it's a freedom attack. >> well, come the next election with the people vote mr humza out . out. >> well, i do believe so. after yesterday's demonstration , after yesterday's demonstration, after holly, at holyrood, just to see all the, the many hundreds that came together and just to hear so many different opinions, it does feel that there is a change in scotland and it feels it is going to be a difference in the next elections. so we are hoping for that. >> what does this mean for free speech in scotland ? speech in scotland? >> it's an attack. it's literally is there free speech anymore. so for me, standing for
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educate and standing for the scottish family party . so if i scottish family party. so if i say that, marriage is between a man or woman or if i say that, take the, trans ideology out of the schools, will i now be investigated? will i actually get arrested for saying that , so get arrested for saying that, so it is just taking away our freedoms. so we don't even feel that we have the freedom to express our views anymore, they'll just professional, legal , you know, people on us now. >> jk rowling, is she a help or a hindrance in all of this? >> i think she's a help, we were hoping that she was going to attend yesterday, but she did not, but i think she will help us because she is speaking out. she is not afraid, and again, as your the previous, viewer that your the previous, viewer that you had that spoke about fear, i just think there's a lot of fear out there, and we need to get rid of that. and the people, that are supporting, parties
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like these are deceived. and i think deception is the one that's causing these issues as well, because the deceive don't know that they deceive. >> thanks for having your say. >> thanks for having your say. >> we're beaten by time, but thank you very much indeed. good to get you to what to get you on. good to hear what you about all of you have to say about all of this, scottish voice , speaking this, a scottish voice, speaking from thank you very from scotland. thank you very much , so we now have, much indeed, so we now have, neil hodgson and we've got . neil hodgson and we've got. nichi hodgson. sorry. and we've got alex armstrong here. alex, what did you make of what you heard from that fellow? >> yeah. i mean, it's common sense to not, to not have to hide the truth. hide the facts. and i think people in scotland are, as i saw the protest yesterday, i saw the family party there who are sort of leading the charge. you know, that's something that neil represents. are are trying to bnng represents. are are trying to bring some common sense back into i do feel into scotland. and i do feel like these laws, no one sort of asked them . you know, humza asked for them. you know, humza yousaf himself hasn't actually had electability, hasn't had any electability, hasn't been elected by anybody yet as far as i know , other than the
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far as i know, other than the snp party, his own party. and it's very hard for people like humza yousaf to point finger humza yousaf to point the finger at rishi and blame, westminster when himself been elected when he has himself been elected into any positions. and obviously he's putting forward quite controversial policies, i'd say, put it to the people have an early election, humza, get it over and done with and tell us what the scottish people think after that, because i don't think they're very happy about it. >> thing is, he must think >> the thing is, he must think that speaks of the that this speaks to some of the electorate in scotland. he must think group people think there's a group of people that want this. >> well, he says it's very proud of doesn't he? of it, doesn't he? >> he does, and i would be >> yes he does, and i would be really intrigued. mean, he really intrigued. i mean, he presumably he's thinking, i presume thinking under 35, presume he's thinking under 35, that kind group that that's the kind of group i imagine targeting. he's imagine he's targeting. but he's made fundamental error by made a fundamental error by not including of including misogyny as part of this mean, you this hate. i mean, that, you know, we're about more know, we're talking about more than the population of than half the population of people with on people that deal with abuse on a daily basis. most what people that deal with abuse on a daily llike. most what people that deal with abuse on a daily llike to iost what people that deal with abuse on a daily llike to see what people that deal with abuse on a daily llike to see somethingat people that deal with abuse on a daily llike to see something like would like to see something like that. know why that. and i don't know why that's excluded . they say that's been excluded. they say it's they're going to that's been excluded. they say it's a they're going to that's been excluded. they say it's a separate're going to that's been excluded. they say it's a separate bill|oing to that's been excluded. they say it's a separate bill forg to that's been excluded. they say it's a separate bill for it,o that's been excluded. they say it's a separate bill for it, but make a separate bill for it, but that's seen. make a separate bill for it, but tha it's seen. make a separate bill for it, but tha it's pointless;een. make a separate bill for it, but tha it's pointless to n. make a separate bill for it, but tha it's pointless to have >> it's pointless to have a second for it, though,
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second bill for it, though, isn't it? >> don't understand why >> i don't understand why they've it. think they've divided it. i think that's foolish. >> make sense. >> it doesn't make sense. >> it doesn't make sense. >> okay, nikki, let's let's talk about, scientist about, this american scientist who are who says british teenagers are spending much time online spending so much time online that are losing the ability that they are losing the ability to conversations . ions, and to hold conversations. ions, and there's not a lot of people, i think would disagree. >> no. >> no. >> and i mean, i think this is kind of common sense if you're a parent, it? lots of people parent, isn't it? lots of people comment the that social comment on the fact that social media and communicating by text and the of it is and dm and all the rest of it is atrophying the art of conversation. think it's conversation. but i think it's interesting that this is particularly about the uk, about british teenagers that, you know, i think, are we worse? i think, well, we're not worse, but we're really but we're we're really struggling and i think, you know, long for time know, long for a long time people have thought, well, this is phenomenon is an american phenomenon because where this because this is where this technology but technology originates. but that's and, you know, that's not true. and, you know, if old if you've got an 18 year old that conduct that can't conduct a conversation in, you know, face to face, that's going to affect every aspect of their life, their career choices, meeting a partner and all the rest of it. it is depressing that it's just easier send somebody message. >> it it's life skills,
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>> well, it is it's life skills, isn't it? you'll meet young people who to people now who don't want to pick up the phone and actually talk people, because talk to people, because everything they do is on instant messenger. everything they do is on instant messethan actually pick a rather than actually pick up a phone someone to face face. >> yeah, it's the sort of dumbing down, isn't it? it's this barrier now put in this barrier that's now put in the of what good social the way of what good social skills would be. in the skills would be. and in the business, the workplace, you business, in the workplace, you need those social skills to thrive. people underestimate, you a good you know, having a good education is one thing, but being able to speak people being able to speak to people and communicate , build rapport. being able to speak to people awasommunicate , build rapport. being able to speak to people awas nevernicate , build rapport. being able to speak to people awas never the te , build rapport. being able to speak to people awas never the bestiuild rapport. being able to speak to people awas never the best studentport. being able to speak to people awas never the best student byt. i was never the best student by by a million miles. i was pretty average across the board, to be quite with you. but quite honest with you. but i think my social skills with people made for that a lot of people made up for that a lot of the that's exactly right, the time. that's exactly right, eamonn.could sell a car? >> how could you sell a car? >> how could you sell a car? >> how could you sell a car? >> how could you sell a house? exactly. possess these these sort skills. exactly. possess these these sort important thing to note >> the important thing to note just that quickly is just on that really quickly is that a lot of the technical stuff going away with so stuff is going away with al. so these skills going to these social skills are going to be more important in the visible. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> were about >> but we were talking about intelligence but alex, to intelligence there. but alex, to call someone a birdbrain could be you'd be arrested in be wrong. you'd be arrested in scotland. i would say, and but
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birds, birds, feathered birds are developing bigger. >> what bigger brains supposedly . so they're getting bigger brains, but smaller bodies. so scientists have looked, looked at birds and studied birds since, you know, as far back as they can and said their brains are getting bigger, so they're getting more intelligent. and i think that's absolutely accurate because are are the because seagulls are are the rats sky. they i had them rats of the sky. they i had them eat my chips, stole sandwiches off me in scotland. i mean, they're huge. they're like the size of dinosaurs and chips are side the wall over 100. side on the wall is over 100. >> seaside towns 100% by terrorists. >> i think it's the fast food. they're eating. you know, i think they're starting to get a bit of human intelligence. >> that's oh, there's so >> that's crazy. oh, there's so many here we could talk many things here we could talk about. let's go. >> nikki to, dog. she's a dog. brains. we go from bird brains to dog brains . to dog brains. >> yes. so some scientists have said that, you know, we always talk about car teacher, old dog, new tricks. you should, new tricks. well, you should, because expand their because it helps expand their hippocampus, is the hippocampus, which is the cognition the brain. cognition region of the brain.
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and that they of and it means that they kind of stay happier for as they stay happier for longer as they get . get older. >> oh, but also on the >> oh, but then also on the subject what we eat, alex, subject of what we eat, alex, the nhs has launched the world's first mass rollout of artificial pancreas, and this is for diabetes . netflix. diabetes. netflix. >> yeah, diabetes type one. so type one is it's designed to replace the insulin shot. it's incredible technology. there's actually not a lot of information about what the technology is, but they're saying it'll be about the size of an iphone. that you'll be able sort plug able to basically sort of plug in get get your needs in and get your get your needs from it, which is quite, quite incredible. mean , the rapid incredible. i mean, the rapid rate that technology might solve and people , or at least and cure people, or at least make their lives a little bit eafieh make their lives a little bit easier, amazing . so one easier, is amazing. so one person said that it will help them the mornings when them in the mornings when they're up for they're trying to get up for work and they haven't got a worry. is my insulin big, worry. is my insulin low big, big changes? worry. is my insulin low big, big i hanges? worry. is my insulin low big, big i thinkes? worry. is my insulin low big, big i think of the money that >> i think of the money that that the health >> i think of the money that that as the health >> i think of the money that that as well. the health service as well. >> incredible well with >> incredible time as well with doctors, all those things. >> incredible time as well with docwell, all those things. >> incredible time as well with docwell, talkingthose things. >> incredible time as well with docwell, talking aboutthings. >> incredible time as well with docwell, talking about saving >> well, talking about saving money the health money for the health service, junk addicts apparently
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junk food addicts apparently costing millions. costing the government millions. >> 10 million, 10 million junk food addicts costing britain millions. so i mean, look, i was doing the maths on this earlier on. i was having a look at like, what's the salad at tesco's right . fortune. it is a fortune. right. fortune. it is a fortune. the average £1.25 and ice cream, which is one of the things they're telling people to cut down on £0.85. >> that's half the problem isn't it. >> right. so you can't it's like you people who are you can't tell people who are struggling to feed their families as it is, or you need to eat healthier, by the way goes. you could buy a whole goes. but you could buy a whole pack you ice creams for pack of you know, ice creams for £0.85 in fiji. maybe that might be a for some families, but be a meal for some families, but a salad is £1.25 and that's going to feed maybe half a person. just doesn't make person. it just doesn't make sense. we've to be sense. so we've got to be sensible when talking sensible when we're talking about crisis. food about tackling this crisis. food inflation problem. inflation is a massive problem. it's still going up despite what the government tell you. it's still . still going up. >> good food is so expensive. >> yeah, but the thing is >> yeah, but the other thing is the emotional aspect of eating. and talk about in and we never talk about that in the we talk about and we never talk about that in the do we talk about and we never talk about that in the do you'e talk about and we never talk about that in the do you deal talk about
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and we never talk about that in the do you deal tapeople's how do you deal with people's emotional relationship with food, which causes them to overeat, is so much more complicated. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> guys give you break to have >> guys give you a break to have something eat. well, we could something to eat. well, we could still in here. they still deal with it in here. they don't you food. there's no don't serve you food. there's no food available around. food available for miles around. but thank very much but anyway, thank you very much indeed, and alex, time indeed, nikki. and alex, time for an update on your weather. we dewhurst for that . we go to greg dewhurst for that. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning . welcome >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather. we've got rain across scotland through much of the day ahead. elsewhere some bright spells, some heavy showers in places but it will feel warm, particularly in the south. so looking at the details we can see this weather front stuck across scotland through the day, giving outbreaks particularly outbreaks of rain, particularly across elsewhere across eastern parts. elsewhere across eastern parts. elsewhere across the uk. it's a mixture of some bright or sunny spells, a scattering of showers, some of them heavy but not quite as
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widespread as recent days, and some more persistent rain coming into south—west later. into the south—west later. temperatures getting into double figures 1516 celsius and the best of the sunshine, but still cold across scotland. here 7 or 8 degrees. as we move through into this evening time, we see this area of rain slowly push its way northwards as the next area of low pressure starts to move in. during the early hours we continue to see some outbreaks of rain across scotland and for most by the end of the night. a mixed picture rain and cloud and temperatures generally 5 to 10 celsius from north to south. so it's a wet picture with low pressure moving in from the southwest through wednesday morning. this slowly pushes its way north eastwards, so everywhere seeing various amounts of cloud , some outbreaks amounts of cloud, some outbreaks of rain which could be heavy at times, but the cloud should break up behind it and we'll start to see some sunnier skies. trying to move from the trying to move in from the south—west ahead of the next system, temperatures system, and temperatures again cold north to around cold in the north up to around 15 south.
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controversial hate crime laws come into force. the prime minister backs jk rowling as she challenges the police to arrest her parents, set to say if thousands in childcare costs as the government's new funding comes into force today. >> we'll be talking very shortly to labour's pat mcfadden. here's what the education secretary , what the education secretary, gillian keegan, had to say in hours , more free childcare for
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hours, more free childcare for two year olds. so this is the next start, the next step of our reforms to make sure that we are from when children are nine months old, up until when they start school , months old, up until when they start school, and that will months old, up until when they start school , and that will save start school, and that will save most families around about £6,900 a year . £6,900 a year. >> a new surge in migrants crossing the channel over the weekend , 442 people crossed on weekend, 442 people crossed on easter sunday alone and in the sport. >> ipswich beat southampton to stay top of the championship, whilst leeds and leicester both win to make up the top three. more controversy as team gb have changed a union jack on their kit for the olympics and as west ham play spurs tonight, a man that played for both record breaking goal scorer clive allen joins us. >> hello. it's a mixed start to the day. will it improve as the day goes on? showers in the forecast but also some sunshine . forecast but also some sunshine. find out all the weather details coming up .
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coming up. soon. >> now thousands of parents were able to access 15 free hours of childcare for their two year olds from yesterday, the first step in the government's childcare expansion . childcare expansion. >> however, childcare providers have warned that the government's plans to provide parents with access to this are insufficiently funded. well joining us now is shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster . lancaster. >> pat mcfadden. very good to see you this morning, pat. first and foremost, for lots of people on principle , while this is a on principle, while this is a really good thing for families, it sounds great for them. can the labour party guarantee that those entitlements will stay for those entitlements will stay for those families under a labour government ? government? >> well, i don't think the government can guarantee that the entitlements will be there. we are pleased that childcare is higher on the agenda, a high quality nursery place is a really good start in life for a
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young child. it helps prepare them for school. they can do a lot of learning before they even get to a primary school, and it's really good if they can get the place. it's also good for parents who can go back to work and contribute to the economy and contribute to the economy and childcare. at the moment is really, really expensive. so we've campaigned for better childcare for a long time, but we have a concern that the entitlements that the government's putting in place are not matched by the availability of places, and that's a concern shared with a lot of childcare providers. so what we want to make sure is that entitlements are matched by availability of places. i don't think the government can guarantee that at the moment, and that's why we've asked sir david bell, the former chief inspector of ofsted, to review this, to make sure that the places are available. >> i wanted to ask you about scotland's hate crime and public order act, which has come into force. you may have seen jk
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rowling, the harry potter author. she has challenged scottish police to arrest her over her views on transgender issues. now number 10 have come out and backed jk rowling , out and backed jk rowling, saying it's important for free speech. what do you make of this new law? and is jk rowling right to tweet in the way that she does ? does? >> well, i don't think she should be arrested, i that's that's pretty clear. and, you know, we are not planning to create new crimes laws in this area. we want proper enforcement of the anti hate crime laws that are there and make sure that the right penalties are in place to protect people. we're not planning to legislate for new crimes in this area, and i don't think jk rowling should be arrested. >> do you worry about what this means for free speech in scotland ? scotland? >> well, it's you know, it's a it's a law passed by the, by the
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scottish parliament. i thought it was slightly strange that they didn't include women in the, in the law. they've included a number of other categories , but i haven't categories, but i haven't followed all the details of it. but at first glance, that seems like something that should be addressed . addressed. >> i wanted to ask you about the 20 lancashire councillors who've resigned their labour memberships in protest over the party's leadership. these are councillors who sit on pendle borough council, nelson town council or brierfield town council. they all claim that sir keir starmer's leadership no longer reflects their views. they say they will now serve as independents . now this mass independents. now this mass resignation is believed to be the largest defection under sir keir's leadership, so far. you've got a real problem on your hands here, haven't you? in an election year ? an election year? >> no, i think we're doing quite well, i mean, i'm certainly not complacent, but my focus is on the 2000 plus labour candidates that will be standing in the
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local elections in a few weeks time, and all our labour mayoral candidates that are standing around the country and every vote cast for them, is a vote that brings us a bit closer to getting rid of the tories. when that general election comes, as well as getting good labour councillors elected on the 2nd of may. so look, i always regret if someone leaves, but the truth is we've made enormous progress under keir starmer's leadership where we are today compared to where we are today compared to where we are today compared to where we were four years ago when we had a really bad election defeat and we were at a very low ebb. now, as i say, we've still got work to do , we've still got work to do, we've still got work to do, we've got a big mountain to climb at the general election , climb at the general election, but we are back on the pitch in a competitive way that a lot of people wouldn't have predicted. when keir starmer took over four years ago, pat got to leave it there . there. >> pat mcfadden is labour's national campaign coordinator. thank you for your time this morning and the time now is 8:06. and joining us now are gb
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news political correspondent katherine forster. catherine so where do you want to begin with what pat mcfadden and other people this morning have been talking about a lot of people getting in touch with this scottish crime bill, scottish hate crime bill, which comes into operation or came into operation yesterday, didn't it? it did. it? yes it did. >> and i think a huge amount of concern because cause if you're going to start policing what people say, even potentially in your own home, and if somebody says something is hateful, that is a very, very subjective thing. how do you measure that? and of course , we've seen jk and of course, we've seen jk rowling come out with this long twitter thread talking about all these convicted sex offenders that she talks of as women . then that she talks of as women. then at the end, she said, of course they're all men. every single one of them arrested at me. now would they really would they really go there? >> could they could they could. >> could they could they could. >> but i think what pat mcfadden
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said, which is what struck me as well today, is that all these protected characteristics that they are mentioning, rafe , they are mentioning, rafe, religion, gender identity, women being female is not covered. not covered meaning. so if you're a trans woman , you're covered by trans woman, you're covered by this legislation. if you are a woman who says something because they feel that women's rights are being eroded, they've got concerns over single—sex spaces etc, you are not protected. so there's a bit of an imbalance there. some would say now the scottish government are say they'll be bringing in separate legislation around misogyny at a later date . but, you know, do we later date. but, you know, do we have free speech in this country or don't we. it is a slippery slope. >> can we just break off and go to tony mcguire, our reporter in scotland, for us today to get reaction from him as to what the initial feedback is on this?
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tony, we're getting a lot of people getting in touch with us today. they're very much highlighting what catherine is saying, and they're they're not in favour of this legislation in. >> indeed. well, it certainly does seem to be divisive. we saw that with the hundreds of people who turned out at the scottish parliament yesterday to protest, andifs parliament yesterday to protest, and it's certainly not all of them were protesting in light of what this new law means for the gender critical feminist movement and those that you know, deem a man who is born a man remains a man, but the vast majority of them were there to protest free speech, free speech seems to be at the heart of this. for the greatest number of people up here in scotland. and certainly, as you mentioned there, j.k. rowling , you know, there, j.k. rowling, you know, she has been at essentially at the tip of the spear of the movement that is kind of
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condemning, kind of trans people from kind of claiming another gender and her her protest really on all of this is that, as you said, as well, women have not been covered in this bill. however, the scottish government, of course , they've government, of course, they've said that they're going to move forward. other legislation which is going to tackle misogyny. but at the minute i think that there's a little bit of a sour taste left in the mouth up and down the country. now, it is worth mentioning that the equality network will they've posted actually what constitutes a hate crime. so forjk rowling's tweets, for example, misgendering someone , having misgendering someone, having holding opinions which go against i guess if you like the spirit of this law will then themselves are not hate crimes. and i'm sure jk rowling to some extent knows this. however, what she has been able to do is to really keep this conversation going into , i guess, magnetise going into, i guess, magnetise a lot of the tension and a lot of
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the, anti feeling towards this bill around herself and in very many ways, because use her position and use her status to take the brunt of the ire , while take the brunt of the ire, while keeping the conversation going . keeping the conversation going. so the equality network, they've actually come out and said , you actually come out and said, you know, to be a hate crime, that the behaviour must be serious enough to constitute the crime. the crime part of that actually means something. so therefore, holding prejudices, misgendering somebody, these are not actually fully considered hate crimes. however jk rowling, of course, you know, even 11 years after the last film was was finished, rowling certainly, you know, her books , harry potter series books, harry potter series bnngs books, harry potter series brings a lot of money into the scottish economy, and humza yousaf and the snp will need to tread lightly here. >> and tony, you're outside
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holyrood. yesterday. we saw protests there yesterday afternoon . you're now in afternoon. you're now in glasgow, i believe. what is the sense on the ground? are people really angry about this? are we going to see more protests? what's >> i reckon overtime, what's >> i reckon over time, yes, we will see more organised protests. there's a lot of, you know, highly influential community and politically active figures here in glasgow as well. but, you know, just to roll back a little bit, yes, there was angeh a little bit, yes, there was anger, but i think there is still a real sense of confusion. what is and what isn't included in this bill? what can or can't you say in public and why can't you say in public and why can't you say in public and why can't you say whatever you like in your own home around the dinner table? i think these are the questions that people are keen to clear up before they know which direction to point their angeh >> all right, tony mcguire there for us in a very wet and rainy glasgow. >> thank you very much indeed, sue catherine there you're seeing describing the seeing he's describing the action and the fact may action and the fact that may continue . continue. >> indeed. rishi sunak has >> indeed. and rishi sunak has come quite clearly and said come out quite clearly and said
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it can't be wrong to say something which is obviously a fact terms of j.k. rowling fact in terms of j.k. rowling saying that these, these sex offenders that she's listed are by illogical men. but yes, i think this is a row that's going to continue. and the snp, a party that stands for scottish nationalism, have really veered off, haven't they, into this very progressive liberal, bent. and you do wonder, don't you , and you do wonder, don't you, what the majority do. the majority of scottish people feel it's okay that effectively you can be policed for what you say in your own home and that somebody at your dinner table could report you. >> let us know your views. gb views and gb news. com leave us your phone number when you're leaving that message and leaving us that message and we'll try get back to you we'll try and get back to you via or skype or something via zoom or skype or something like after 9:00 this like that after 9:00 this morning. you very much morning. thank you very much indeed. catherine. morning. thank you very much indeed. 8:13, catherine. morning. thank you very much indeed. 8:13, let'stherine. morning. thank you very much indeed. 8:13, let's take1e. morning. thank you very much indeed. 8:13, let's take a. morning. thank you very much indeed. 8:13, let's take a look >> now, 8:13, let's take a look at some stories coming at some other stories coming into newsroom. and british into the newsroom. and a british volunteer believed to have volunteer is believed to have been killed after an airstrike in gaza. that's according to a
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hamas run government office. the charity worker had been volunteering with world central kitchen . nationals from poland kitchen. nationals from poland and australia are also believed to have died, with israel's military confirming it is now reviewing the incident. >> free childcare for parents of two year olds has begun, but it's already facing pushback. labour called the policy a pledge without a plan, as nurseries face a funding and staff crisis. the prime minister has the addition of 15 has defended the addition of 15 hours of free weekly childcare , hours of free weekly childcare, saying it would build a brighter future for british families . future for british families. >> donald trump has been barred from criticising the daughter of the judge overseeing his criminal trial, after labelling her a trump hater on his social media platform, truth social. overnight mr trump has also managed to pay up to £140 million as part of his civil fraud case in new york. the payment means trump will keep his personal assets, including trump tower and his florida estate. mar a lago .
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estate. mar a lago. >> so what sort of day is it going to be today? let's get out in the bite. and here's your weather update. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather. we've got rain across scotland through much of the day ahead. elsewhere, some bright spells, some heavy showers in places, but it will feel warm, particularly in the south. so looking at the details, we can see this weather front stuck across scotland through the day, giving outbreaks of rain, particularly eastern particularly across eastern parts. across uk. parts. elsewhere across the uk. it's a mixture of some bright or sunny scattering of sunny spells, a scattering of showers, them heavy but showers, some of them heavy but not as widespread as not quite as widespread as recent and more recent days, and some more persistent rain coming into the southwest later. temperatures getting into double figures 1516
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nationals are caught up in this understandably it grabs world attention. and this incident is doing just that because, as you said, eamonn, not just a british aid worker that is believed to have died , but an australian have died, but an australian national, polish national dual nationals from the us and canada, the australian government has already responded to this, with the australian prime minister saying that they are going to speak to the israeli ambassador in australia to try to find out exactly what has happened here. the israeli government has said, for its part , it's conducting a review part, it's conducting a review at the highest level into what it describes as a tragic incident . but, it's believed to incident. but, it's believed to have happened when this , convoy have happened when this, convoy from the world, sent kitchen had gone to a warehouse in central gaza, picked up 100 tonnes of aid that had been landed by ship
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from cyprus , and was heading from cyprus, and was heading out, clearly to distribute that aid, when it was the convoy was struck. we have seen some pretty gruesome images coming out from one of the central hospitals in gaza showing what appears to be the bodies of aid workers , still the bodies of aid workers, still in their aid uniforms, wearing body armour and alike and showing foreign passports. now the british government is saying at this stage that it is aware of reports that a british national has been killed in an air strike, and is trying to get more information on that. the education secretary, gillian keegan, said this morning that these reports are extremely worrying. and like the foreign office are trying to get more in the way of information on this. it is clearly very difficult for these, aid groups to work in gaza.
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these, aid groups to work in gaza . we're told that this gaza. we're told that this particular convoy was working in what they call a de—conflicted zone, which should allow some kind of passage, when there is coordination with the israeli military, this charity, world central kitchen said that it did coordinate with the idf, and that will form part of the investigation going forward , investigation going forward, given that there was this apparent coordination that the vehicles, at least two of the three vehicles were branded with the w.k. logos on the vehicles, then why was it targeted, even though we should say it is a de—conflicted zone, there is nothing really, truly de—conflicted in gaza. the whole of that territory does still remain a war zone . remain a war zone. >> okay. thank you, mark white. >> okay. thank you, mark white. >> appreciate it. >> appreciate it. >> thank you , right. with that, >> thank you, right. with that, we're going to take a break. we're back with clive allen. the former spurs and ham former spurs and west ham striker, and paul coyte who
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>> so did you get your one game for. >> was it peterborough? >> was it peterborough? >> one game? 20 minutes, peterborough united. yeah. >> no it was. it went past me by as i was. >> yeah. i don't know where you were when that happened . were when that happened. >> yeah i was talking about clive allen. the footballer's great record. and, and i said you play it as well, but it came back to me. >> well, i like that that you actually put me in the sentence, though. yeah, that made me feel good. >> get good. >> let's get the man in himself, clive because got clive allen, because we've got spurs playing west ham tonight and clive, you have had the privilege playing privilege of, of playing for both them. course. in your time. >> yes. good morning raymond. good morning yes i have good morning paul. yes i have obviously during the mid obviously spurs during the mid 80s and then at the end of my career at the beginning of the 90s and actually played in the premier league with, west ham
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united . united. >> and how did that go down, clive, when you. because there's no love between west ham no love lost between west ham and is there. it's more and spurs is there. it's more probably one way than the other way. when move did way. but when you move there did they or they welcome you very nicely or was it a little uncomfortable at first, fortunately enough, they did. welcome me. obviously a lot of my a lot of my family, west ham supporters, i my home is nearest to west ham than any other club . and, yeah, it other london club. and, yeah, it was, it was warm welcome . we was, it was a warm welcome. we had a fabulous season in getting promoted to the premier league . promoted to the premier league. so i've very, very fond memories of my time at west ham . of my time at west ham. >> not all fond memories. it has to be said, because paul was was recounting this story to me, which i do remember. and what do you call it, paul? what's the chicken gate or. >> yes, keep going. keep going through the dishes. think of the italian dishes. lasagne, gate, lasagne gate. sandy gate, two thousand and seven. so you were you were coaching there, weren't you? >> remind me. >> remind me. >> i'm so sorry. this time of the morning. our stomachs are
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feeling all right. but it was just. it's an amazing story, though, isn't it, clive ? though, isn't it, clive? >> it certainly is. yes, obviously it was a west ham , obviously it was a west ham, spurs derby that was approaching. and, the lads had, let's just say some unsavoury de lasagne which caused a number of, tommy problems, we were we, we lost a number of players the night before, and obviously ended up getting beat and not qualifying for europe. so at that time , west ham, supporters that time, west ham, supporters enjoyed it. but unfortunately for the for the spurs lads, it was, it was one to forget. it really was. >> well, there was so much more to it though, wasn't there? because there was, we say lasagne. there was rumours that maybe there was poisoning involved and also the fact that i know i think it was foul play, a little foul play, and also the fact that you couldn't get the game replayed because it was the last season, wasn't it? >> that's right. yes, the results stood. there was all sorts of conspiracy theories,
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but obviously nothing was proved . and, unfortunately west ham, west ham eventually , were given west ham eventually, were given all the points. >> no. and were you all right, by the way, did you have the lasagne? >> no , i didn't, thankfully didn't. >> so i, i survived . >> so i, i survived. >>— >> so i, i survived. >> excellent. and you survived playing for both teams of course, and i want to bring in to you making a lot of the back pages, tonight or today. kalvin phillips, the fellow who came from , from leeds to manchester from, from leeds to manchester city. it didn't work out well. and now the lad was, was it a permanent transfer to west ham? >> no, it's on loan. >>— >> no, it's on loan. >> it's a loan to west ham. right. so he's still he's still a tottenham player. >> still still a manchester city player. >> still a man city player, this lad i think, is very good, clive. i really do think he's very good. he gave his heart and soul family supported leeds soul as family supported leeds right core. then he took right to the core. then he took the big move to manchester city and didn't work out well. and
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and it didn't work out well. and it's continuing not to work out well at west ham. >> yeah i have to say i do feel for him because obviously he took the loan move to west ham to, i would say try to reignite his career. obviously a lack of game time at manchester city, an incredible manchester city squad as we know, but let's just say it's gone poorly for him in terms of his appearances at west ham, what's happened when he's actually come into games, it's been very, very costly, obviously the situation at the weekend against newcastle three one up and, he was involved in a number of the goals that, gave newcastle the chance to get back into the game and then go on and win it. so, he, he's been blamed for a lot of the, the, the, the poor results certainly on saturday and a couple of performances before that . but, performances before that. but, he's a really talented player. he needs a run of games. he needs that confidence. but he has the ability he needs to plan the euros. >> and you know, the thing that i really feel sorry about, paul,
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is not going to make it's is he's not going to make it's not going happen. not going to happen. >> and i think >> is it. clever. and i think you the nail on the head, you hit the nail on the head, didn't it's confidence. and didn't you. it's confidence. and you know, you're talking about a young all the riches and young lad has all the riches and sometimes everything it's going to how you to turn, but it's how you actually to that. do actually react to that. so do you think chance that you think there's a chance that it come back? and what's it will come back? and what's the best thing for him to do? is david moyes just going to say, look, we'll give you a run, whatever. but then he's got fans on his which going on his back which is not going to help. on his back which is not going to iyeah, i think that's what he >> yeah, i think that's what he needs. obviously he's, you know, i that david is as i think that david moyes is as experienced any manager in experienced as any manager in the league. will know the premier league. he will know how the situation, but the premier league. he will know hcis the situation, but the premier league. he will know hcis a the situation, but the premier league. he will know hcis a difficult the situation, but the premier league. he will know hcis a difficult one situation, but the premier league. he will know hcis a difficult one because. but the premier league. he will know hcis a difficult one because he |t it is a difficult one because he has a player lacking confidence. he's wants play, he's a player wants to play, he's struggled his with his he's struggled with his with his form he's come into games, form when he's come into games, he wants be at the top of his he wants to be at the top of his game euros arriving. game with the euros arriving. i think that going to miss think that he's going to miss out that now. he was hoping out on that now. he was hoping to move to west ham, going to move to west ham, was going to move to west ham, was going to reignite that, give him the opportunity stake strong to reignite that, give him the opponforty stake strong to reignite that, give him the opponforty forake strong to reignite that, give him the opponforty forake england claim for the for the england squad. that won't squad. that probably won't happen now. so he's in
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happen for him now. so he's in a very difficult position. you see that he's going to certainly i think feel he end up the think feel he will end up at the end the returning to end of the season, returning to manchester city and their play, will play, why he want to will he play, why did he want to return there for you know but but it's the big money thing i tell you. but it's the big money thing i tellthat lad needs to return to >> that lad needs to return to leeds ms3 leeds and leeds by >> that lad needs to return to leed�*willy3 leeds and leeds by >> that lad needs to return to leed�*will be eeds and leeds by >> that lad needs to return to leed�*will be injs and leeds by >> that lad needs to return to leed�*will be in the nd leeds by >> that lad needs to return to leed�*will be in the premier. by then will be in the premier league especially. and if somebody does deal with them, somebody does a deal with them, get back where wants somebody does a deal with them, ge be, back where wants somebody does a deal with them, ge be, where; where wants somebody does a deal with them, ge be, where he where wants somebody does a deal with them, ge be, where he should wants somebody does a deal with them, ge be, where he should be, vants somebody does a deal with them, ge be, where he should be, his:s to be, where he should be, his grandma, supporter, you grandma, massive supporter, you know, say i met the family, lovely, and i hope lovely, lovely people and i hope he to leeds. and i he gets back to leeds. and i hope that because that's where he belongs. >> and i think would be >> and i think that would be obviously would be a, that obviously that would be a, that would scenario would be a fantastic scenario for go back to leeds with for him to go back to leeds with leeds getting themselves into the premier league. >> fight they have >> yeah, what a fight they have on moment and on their hands at the moment and the championship is quite incredible. but, i know myself, the championship is quite incr
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come on and talk through your goals. one day. >> all those goals i'd love to. >> all those goals i'd love to. >> one against, one against the few against west ham. i'll save that boxing that for you. boxing day, i remember that, don't eat remember that, clive. don't eat the whatever you do the lasagne. whatever you do tonight, keep away from tonight, though, keep away from the food. the italian food. >> talking >> yeah. keep talking to you, clive. >> $- >> forget the italian. >> forget the italian. >> thank very much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. thank you. good talking to you. nice he 49 in one season. >> still a record. >> still a record. >> how old is he now compared to teddy sheringham? if teddy sheringham like 78 today or sheringham is like 78 today or whatever clive is, i think around 64. >> i that's the same age >> i think that's the same age as linford christie. >> yes. yeah. yes. and he's in the same sort of fitness clive area . absolutely. yes, yes. got area. absolutely. yes, yes. got it all. >> there are excellent, excellent excellent excellent. 62 is 62. he's never going to talk to me again. that's the worst thing you could have asked me . me and clive i've known him me. me and clive i've known him for years now. that's it. he's never going to talk to me again. thanks for that, eamonn. i really appreciate it. >> we're going
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i'm looking through the newspapers here today. and, in the health section of the daily mail. a mask that forces you to smile . and this helps treat smile. and this helps treat depression . so we've got nike depression. so we've got nike megxit alex here. and, give us your view on this one. alex. >> super interesting story. so you guys must know the feedback of having a lovely summer look at ellie's beautiful smile this morning, see ellie morning, right when i see ellie smiling , i morning, right when i see ellie smiling, i feel like morning, right when i see ellie smiling , i feel like i morning, right when i see ellie smiling, i feel like i want to smile. so it's to do with the psychology of you smiling as a person. so if you smile, you're less to depressed. less likely to feel depressed. so mask that's being so there's a mask that's being trialled in this study in trialled out in this study in canada stimulates the canada that stimulates the muscles your mouth muscles around your mouth basically, and helps you to smile more . so it's an at home smile more. so it's an at home mask and it's saying it can really help cure depression only you only have to use it for 20s, each lasting 45 minutes.
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>> and is it really as simple as that? >> it's really as simple as that. >> fake it till you make it. >> fake it till you make it. >> quite literally make it. yeah literally. >> i don't buy this story at all. but it's a real thing. all. no, but it's a real thing. complicated. i mean, we know there's a feedback loop, obviously. know, everything obviously. you know, everything to do with your body language and certain muscles, and activating certain muscles, activating certain feelings. i'm like forth, but like works back and forth, but it be that simple you it can't be that simple that you just people to smile and just get people to smile and then they stop worrying about cost crisis and cost of living crisis and childcare parents childcare and their parents getting all this getting dementia and all this could forget, it could could help you forget, it could give well, whisky could give you, well, a whisky could help forget as well. but help you forget as well. but i mean, a smile with a drink on the side might but yeah, the side might work, but yeah, it give you an r in it could give you an r in another place and release nice endorphins, whatever. another place and release nice encbut,ins, whatever. another place and release nice encbut,ins, ianlteveh another place and release nice encbut,ins, ran interesting one. >> but, just an interesting one. i i do think laughter is i mean, i do think laughter is a beautiful form of medicine. and laughter. >> definitely. laughter. definitely. do definitely. but that's to do with connection another with the connection with another person joke. isn't it? person and a joke. isn't it? more than just smile passed more than just a smile passed back forth. back and forth. >> maybe smiles part of it. >> maybe the smiles part of it. >> maybe the smiles part of it. >> it is forced smile. yeah >> talking about smiles, alex, if don't have a very if you if you don't have a very nice smile, trying really hard here segue, and you're
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here with the segue, and you're struggling see an nhs struggling to see an nhs dentist, for example, might dentist, for example, you might be at this story be quite annoyed at this story that getting botox that people are getting botox and whilst you're and lip fillers, whilst you're struggling teeth down. >> yeah, it's pretty nuts, really, isn't it? i mean, so basically, i mean, look, dentists are struggling across the and are the country and they are disappearing the disappearing off the high streets rate. so streets at a rapid rate. so dentists are getting this backlash botox and backlash for selling botox and lip they are lip fillers before they are selling usual dentistry selling their usual dentistry services. and obviously this is ridiculous when you think about it. but it's playing up to what people obviously want on the high street now, and it's possibly keeping some of these, surgeries alive. but, quite shocking to think that some of these funded, you know, these taxpayer funded, you know, dentists are actually, you know, profiting quite a lot from these, you know, off the shelf botox and lip fillers. but there we go. what the people want, what the people get, i guess. >> alex, are they are they tax funded ? because when you look at funded? because when you look at it, apparently it is very difficult for a dentist practitioner to make their surgery pay for itself under nhs
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fees. >> that's very true. they do always need some private funding in there. so some people who go on private, which is possibly part of the problem because people just can't afford to go private anymore, which is again leading massive crisis private anymore, which is again leadiwith massive crisis private anymore, which is again leadiwith teeth massive crisis private anymore, which is again leadiwith teeth acrosse crisis private anymore, which is again leadiwith teeth across britain with with teeth across britain again, so it's sort a again, so it's sort of a self—perpetuating issue. it seems to me that, you know, you you need to have people going in, you need private services. they're trying to fill it up with and fillers, i don't with botox and fillers, i don't know what to make of it all, really. we're all going to be walking around with big lips, terrible afraid to terrible teeth, i'm afraid to say anything. >> i haven't had any lip fillers. >> i know i haven't had lip, philip. >> i've had botox, full disclosure, and i've written about absolutely very about it. i'm absolutely very honest because honest about this because alex said me, you're 40. said to me, you're not 40. i like botox, darling. the other day, actually, if you've day, but, actually, if you've never had botox before, the best place dentist, place to go is a dentist, because they're and, because they're so accurate and, you medically trained. you know, medically trained. then when you know your own face, you can go to someone cheapeh face, you can go to someone cheaper, is what i do now, cheaper, which is what i do now, who's fabulous. but, where did you get it done? >> i don't
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dentist. >> at the dentist? >> at the dentist? >> where where in your face do you get it done all around here? >> well it's creepy, >> i've got. well it's creepy, you my. thank you. my you know, my. thank you. my husband is asian, so he has no wrinkles at all. and he's nearly 50. he's gorgeous. so it's like, if kind creepy and if you're kind of creepy and white, got to do white, you've got to do something it. something about it. >> for dentists that are >> but for dentists that are struggling to make money, you can go into can see why they'd go into a state because there's money in it. >> and it's and if you're if you're medically trained, you can with your eyes can kind of do it with your eyes closed. it's a very closed. you know, it's a very easy i mean, let's closed. you know, it's a very easjforget i mean, let's closed. you know, it's a very easjforget that i mean, let's closed. you know, it's a very easjforget that botoxan, let's closed. you know, it's a very easjforget that botox also et's closed. you know, it's a very easjforget that botox also has not forget that botox also has a medical as well. if you've medical use as well. if you've got terrible migraines or, you know, it's grind your teeth. yes, irony with all this is >> the irony with all of this is the importance this the importance of all of this should wonderful the importance of all of this should or wonderful the importance of all of this should or isn't. wonderful botox is or isn't. >> having a rotten tooth in your head know, head that is, you know, absolutely with pain absolutely killing you with pain or that obviously has or whatever, that obviously has not the highest not been given the highest priority compared and not been given the highest prshould)mpared and not been given the highest prshould be. ared and it should be. >> this is massive rise in kids and young people get and young people going to get turkey to turkey and young people going to get turkishaving to turkey and young people going to get turkishaving all to turkey and young people going to get turkishaving all the to turkey and young people going to get turkishaving all the teeth> and in the next time they come up with these come back to end up with these
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little of apocalyptic pigs, little kind of apocalyptic pigs, they're and they're going to come back and they're going to come back and they're going to the they're going to go to the dentist get their lip filler done. >> going to be a really >> it's going to be a really hysterical population hysterical looking population in 20 mean, joking. it's not >> i mean, i'm joking. it's not good. course it's not a good good. of course it's not a good situation. the fact that you can't dentist appointment can't get a dentist appointment for months and on is for months and months on end is pretty mean, if i >> but you see, i, i mean, if i was number of careers put in was a number of careers put in front me and said what you front of me and said what you can this, this, this, this or can be this, this, this, this or a dentist, i just could not see me it. me doing it. >> i couldn't look down people's mouths. >> dentists. >> dentists. >> dentists. >> dentists have the highest >> dentists. >> [ofitists have the highest >> dentists. >> [of suicide./e the highest >> dentists. >> [of suicide./e the highe of rate of suicide. don't they? of any really? any medical, do they really? yeah. just so depressing, yeah. it's just so depressing, apparently. >> but smiling you would >> but the smiling you would have would you have thought that would be, you know, if you're, if you want, >> well, if you're, if you want, if you're a healer, kind if you're a healer, you're kind of want to fix people. >> maybe not. the state >> maybe not. well, the state of nhs i there nhs dentistry, i mean there really be something done. really has to be something done. and put it and i again, i put it politicians choices and politicians have choices and they the wrong choices. they make the wrong choices. they're do they're not putting their we do too for many too many things for too many people , most of which is not people, most of which is not needed or noticed or appreciated, but something like nhs dentistry is very, very important and somebody needs to get their finger out somewhere
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and either , sponsor dentists and either, sponsor dentists through university and say to them, you'll work with us for five years afterwards as a result or pay them, the right amount of money. and incidentally , as we talk about incidentally, as we talk about dentists, let's not forget dental nurses , male and female dental nurses, male and female in all of this. and that is an area that that dentists that i know tell me is really hard to recruit. yeah. to get people to do that job. >> absolutely . and we have this, >> absolutely. and we have this, you know, this child tooth crisis as well. children ending up a&e with, with, know, up in a&e with, with, you know, rotting , you know, under rotting teeth, you know, under the age of ten when i was, when i was young, every friday my father would get each a bag father would get us each a bag of sweets. >> i mean, anything fruit, pastels, cola cubes , whatever. pastels, cola cubes, whatever. they'd all be in there. we've got our comics as well. we went to bed and with our torch to read our comics and eat all these . how i have any teeth? >> that sounds fun left. >> that sounds fun left. >> it does sound fun. it was fun. >> but the thing is, any time i'm in turkey, any time. recently, heyman was new.
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>> there was nobody sitting saying, this what you've got saying, this is what you've got to know? to do, you know? >> then your mother was >> but then your mother was probably standing probably very good at standing at sink next morning and at the sink the next morning and making you brush, making at the sink the next morning and makiyou you brush, making at the sink the next morning and makiyou brush u brush, making at the sink the next morning and makiyou brush yourish, making at the sink the next morning and makiyou brush your teeth.3king sure you brush your teeth. >> had rhyme which was >> she had this rhyme which was up up and down till up and down, up and down till they're sparkling. they're cleaned and sparkling. >> had to do. >> oh, what you had to do. >> oh, what you had to do. >> she'd brush my teeth >> and then she'd brush my teeth after to. good, good, good. after that to. good, good, good. now, rishi here. now, rishi, rishi sunak here. this me , he's this this man amazes me, he's trying to make homelessness a crime, which i don't think comes across as very caring, but yet he backs authors and their right to free speech. after he throws down a challenge with the series of posts labelling trans women as men. and this all ties into the scottish hate crimes bill. >> yeah, i mean , it's i don't >> yeah, i mean, it's i don't i mean, look, me and nikki were having this conversation in the room. we just don't know what's going on with the government at the moment. i don't know, whatever it is he seems to. rishi seems to stand for. no one seems to know. i mean, he seems to take sides with people after they've it's like,
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they've made a stand. it's like, well, the prime minister well, you're the prime minister of you take the of the country. you take the stand. don't wait for don't, don't hide behind jk rowling as a shield. you be the man to say, actually, is the united actually, this is the united kingdom. prime minister kingdom. i'm the prime minister of i'm telling kingdom. i'm the prime minister of this i'm telling kingdom. i'm the prime minister of this wrong..ing kingdom. i'm the prime minister of this wrong. and the you, this law is wrong. and the government, the have government, by the way, have the opportunity block opportunity and they can block laws. so the fact rishi's gone, i agree, is pointless. >> have they missed the >> so have they missed the chance this or is chance to block this law or is that still, believe that still, i believe the best time block would be to do time to block it would be to do it during the of it being it during the phase of it being read and written. >> they could still rewrite the law, but it would now have to go through legislation and parliament very messy. parliament get very messy. labour might labour and the snp might gang up. there's a lot of a lot of difficulty, but he could still do something about it if he wants. it's been motion since wants. it's been in motion since 2021, hasn't it? >> yousaf has said >> and humza yousaf has said he's proud of it. >> and humza yousaf has said he"yeah, proud of it. >> and humza yousaf has said he"yeah, mean of it. >> and humza yousaf has said he"yeah, mean something >> yeah, i mean something that's been country in been floated in this country in the i think there's the past, i think there's another here actually, another motive here actually, from tories and rishi sunak, from the tories and rishi sunak, is want to be is that they want this to be implemented they want it implemented because they want it to because they to go wrong, because they want to go wrong, because they want to examples of why to have loads of examples of why scotland rule scotland can't really rule itself count against itself and count against devolution. i think
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itself and count against deactually. i think itself and count against deactually happening i think itself and count against de actually happening there. nk is actually happening there. >> be so could >> yeah, it could be so could be. what's happening? be. so what's happening? >> see >> have you tried to see a doctor. is that eight out of ten of the nhs will not see of you on the nhs will not see a doctor for more than a month. thatis doctor for more than a month. that is really frightening. >> is just shocking now >> it is just so shocking now that difficulty with which that the difficulty with which you get a gp appointment or don't, and the issue is, the number of gp's, we just don't have enough . and this isn't have enough. and this isn't actually training up actually about training them up because retention. because it's about retention. so it we train up it doesn't matter if we train up a new swathe of we a whole new swathe of them, we can't them there because can't keep them there because they stressful. they say it's too stressful. they've too they've got way too many patients you know, patients to see. you know, there's incentive practices there's incentive for practices taking patients . but taking on more patients. but that kind of conducive to that isn't kind of conducive to good and i just i that isn't kind of conducive to good and ijust i don't good work. and i just i don't know what the solution is. i mean, you know, when keir starmer goes on about his plan for the nhs and it's really to kind of doctors work kind of get doctors to work overtime doctors overtime in hospitals, doctors and overtime to and nurses to work overtime to get waiting list. get through the waiting list. what's because what's his gp plan? because i don't see what the answer is to this, apart from buying in more doctors from overseas. and that doesn't viable either. doesn't seem very viable either. >> i mean, they're trying >> yeah, i mean, they're trying to it. seen a lot of
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to use it. i've seen a lot of these apps now where they're getting doctors on for these ten minute with you, minute phone calls with you, which problematic in which we know is problematic in itself. it seems to me like itself. but it seems to me like the only way they're trying to deal with is go down deal with this is to go down this app route. and this private app route. and maybe even taking up maybe that's even taking up doctors as well. doctors time as well. >> nhs buying nhs >> frankly, nhs buying off nhs doctors to the private sector. >> so quite, quite a scary prospect future the prospect for the future of the country, considering we are still population still a growing population and we on top of this we can't get on top of this issue. so you'd think there'd be some common here say some common sense here to say we should a should have been training a whole doctors, making whole raft of doctors, making this attractive this a really attractive industry. ten years ago. this a really attractive ind how. ten years ago. this a really attractive ind how do ten years ago. this a really attractive ind how do youten years ago. this a really attractive ind how do you make ars ago. this a really attractive ind how do you make it; ago. this a really attractive ind how do you make it more >> how do you make it more attractive, though? how do you fix problem? fix this, this problem? >> , there's a lot of >> well, look, there's a lot of money being chucked the nhs. money being chucked at the nhs. it's a lie to that the it's not a lie to say that the nhs has been at its most funded than ever has been. it's than it ever has been. it's where is money actually where is that money actually going? question a lot where is that money actually go us ? question a lot where is that money actually go us have. question a lot where is that money actually go us have. i question a lot where is that money actually go us have. i don'tjuestion a lot where is that money actually go us have. i don't known a lot where is that money actually go us have. i don't know wheret of us have. i don't know where it's going. think a lot of it's going. i think a lot of viewers news viewers will be viewers gb news viewers will be asked , wondering it's asked, wondering where it's going, think going, because i don't think it's going local hospitals it's going into local hospitals or there's really or services, but there's really got as got to be a concerted effort as you with the you said, with the with the dentists pay for their
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dentists fund pay for their tuition pay for doctors tuition fee, pay for doctors and nurses through education nurses to go through education in this country. these are simple solutions, but no one seems to be putting them on the table. >> but the thing that gets me, alex, is i then scratch my head and wonder how when i was a child, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, whatever that you picked up the phone and the doctor asked, and how is him? >> and i'll call up and see him at 4:00. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and the doctor called to our house. it's like having a private service. it was like. but the way it was done. but that's the way it was done. yeah. so how were they able to do it in the 1960s? and they can't it now? can't do it now? >> well, mean, the tories >> well, i mean, the tories would say it's because we have too many people. we've got too many the nhs . i many immigrants using the nhs. i mean, necessarily ironic mean, i don't necessarily ironic considering it. considering they've overseen it. it's with mismanagement, considering they've overseen it. it's it's with mismanagement, considering they've overseen it. it's it's also th mismanagement, considering they've overseen it. it's it's also th ido management, considering they've overseen it. it's it's also th idomanetheient, but it's also to do with the fact that used to be very fact that it used to be very honourable, desirable to honourable, very desirable to be a local gp, to be known in your community somebody you community as somebody that, you know, sorted everybody out and there just isn't that relationship with patients anymore. see anymore. i mean, do you ever see
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the twice? because the same doctor twice? because i definitely the same doctor twice? because i def i iitely the same doctor twice? because i defi don't i even know who >> i don't think i even know who my doctor is. yeah. my local surgery. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> don't don't criticise >> i don't i don't criticise them that. i agree. you just them for that. i agree. you just nicky the head there nicky hit it on the head there when i mean imagine saying that you someone was a gp. you knew someone who was a gp. you have an uncle who's you know, i have an uncle who's a gp or the neighbour, four houses as a gp. that was houses down as a gp. that was really something in that community. >> honourable. yeah. and >> very honourable. yeah. and that, that, that esteem maybe we held gps in has gone. and so therefore why would you be a doctor. because there's so many things you can do with your medical knowledge in the same esteem. >> yeah, absolutely. again, they have completely. have been devalued completely. well, yeah. >> completely. >> completely. >> what has happened to the world? us know your thoughts world? let us know your thoughts on as what you think, on that as to what you think, digital be digital phone lines could be delayed two years, and delayed by up to two years, and i'm sure i understand this, i'm not sure i understand this, but so does that mean but landline. so does that mean they rip landlines out or are landlines already digital? i don't really know about that. >> yeah . so it's a combination. >> yeah. so it's a combination. so lots of landlines are already digital . as in they need an
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digital. as in they need an internet connection to connect. but the problem is that that really is reliant on service and whether you can pick up a signal. and we know there are so many places in in britain where you just get a good enough you just can't get a good enough signal this is saying signal. so what this is saying is actually lots of older is that actually lots of older people and vulnerable people rely traditional landlines , rely on traditional landlines, for medical help in an emergency. they often, if they need to make a medical call, they have these alarm systems that work irrespective of the internet. the rollout , the internet. so the rollout, the switch being switch to everything being digital feasible yet. digital just isn't feasible yet. so, i mean, what it's saying is that the old copper systems are still really efficient. if you've got an emergency through a if you have a home phone. >> no, no, no, i haven't had one for 5 or 6 years at least. >> no, we have a home phone, >> no, no, we have a home phone, but can tell like but we can tell there's like only two, people. there's only two, two people. there's like, that come to like, cold calls that come to you them on certain relations you on them on certain relations of phone, but they're of ruth will phone, but they're the people . who will the only people. yeah. who will who landline when you who will use a landline when you sign up to these services like virgin media now they just offer
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you a wi—fi option instead of you it a wi—fi option instead of having which you having the landline, which you used as a package used to come as a package from what i remember. >> now, i mean, i wouldn't >> but now, i mean, i wouldn't bother personally . everyone bother personally. everyone calls my mobile. bother personally. everyone caliyeah, my mobile. bother personally. everyone caliyeah, butny mobile. bother personally. everyone caliyeah, but butnobile. bother personally. everyone caliyeah, but but it's le. bother personally. everyone caliyeah, but but it's dependent >> yeah, but but it's dependent on you in of on signal. if you live in one of those kind black spots in the those kind of black spots in the uk, can't rely on that. and uk, you can't rely on that. and there are lots of them. very true and you're true actually, and you're reliant your landline. true actually, and you're reli and your landline. true actually, and you're reli and nikki,’ landline. true actually, and you're reli and nikki, you'vene. one >> and nikki, you've got one minute. wanted to minute. i know you wanted to talk childcare rollout. >> yes i did. so obviously the government that government is very excited that they've to get, 150,000 they've managed to get, 150,000 people to take up the free childcare under twos, but childcare for under twos, but there's of problems there's lots of problems with it. on earth is it. one is, what on earth is going happen if labour in going to happen if labour get in because they haven't promised that they'll continue it the next election. so what have we got? of children that got? a bunch of children that are be in care for are going to be in care for maybe about a year, and then they're going to get out, they're going to get taken out, childcare notoriously childcare is notoriously undervalued shortage of nursing we've got a shortage of nursing staff. staff, staff. if nursing care staff, we've of places, we've got a shortage of places, even the nursery places that people want to go after are not promised 150,000 sounds promised 150,000 as well. sounds quite me. i mean, how quite low to me. i mean, how many under two year olds actually are there? how many
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people are behind? and of people are left behind? and of course, issue is course, the fundamental issue is that help women with that we don't help women with their needs. their childcare needs. >> you very much indeed, >> thank you very much indeed, nikki. alex, thank you. and we'll again soon we'll see you again soon sometime. thank indeed. sometime. thank you indeed. >> let's get update on >> right. let's get an update on your weather now with greg dewhurst. let's hope it's a nice sunny day because it certainly wasn't yesterday, was it, greg? >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news is . weather on gb news is. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather. we've got rain across scotland through much of the day ahead. elsewhere, some bright spells, some heavy showers in places. but it will feel warm, particularly in the south. so looking at the details we can see this weather front stuck across scotland through the day, giving rain, giving outbreaks of rain, particularly across eastern parts across uk. parts elsewhere across the uk. it's mixture of some bright or it's a mixture of some bright or sunny spells, a scattering of showers, some of them heavy but
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not quite as widespread as recent days, and some more persistent rain coming into the southwest later. temperatures getting into double figures 1516 celsius and the best the celsius and the best of the sunshine, but cold across sunshine, but still cold across scotland. or 8 degrees as scotland. here 7 or 8 degrees as we move through into this evening time, we see this area of slowly push its way of rain slowly push its way northwards next area of northwards as the next area of low pressure starts to move in. dufing low pressure starts to move in. during the early hours we continue to see some outbreaks of rain across scotland. for most by the end of the night, a mixed picture rain and cloud and temperatures generally 10 temperatures generally 5 to 10 celsius from to south. so celsius from north to south. so it's a wet picture with low pressure moving in from the southwest through wednesday morning. this slowly pushes its way so way north eastwards, so everywhere various everywhere seeing various amounts of cloud, some outbreaks of which could be heavy of rain which could be heavy at times , but the cloud should times, but the cloud should break behind and we'll break up behind it and we'll start some sunny skies start to see some sunny skies trying to move in from the southwest of the next southwest ahead of the next system, temperatures again southwest ahead of the next systein. temperatures again southwest ahead of the next systein the temperatures again southwest ahead of the next systein the north )eratures again southwest ahead of the next systein the north upitures again southwest ahead of the next systein the north up to res again southwest ahead of the next systein the north up to around n cold in the north up to around 15 the south.
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gb news. >> a very good morning to you. it's very close now to 9:00 on tuesday, the 2nd of april. >> very nice to have you on board. breakfast and gb news. eamonn holmes and ellie costello at your service . at your service. >> as scotland's controversial hate crime laws come into force , hate crime laws come into force, the prime minister backs j.k. rowling as she challenges scottish police to arrest her. >> indeed, yes, one day after the hate crime and public order act came into force in scotland, people are still asking what can and cant i say? and why can't i control what i say in my own home? >> parents set to save thousands in childcare costs as the
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government's new funding comes into force today. yes a huge expansion in free childcare . expansion in free childcare. >> but will you be able to get the place that you're entitled to for your two year old? if you want one? >> as the prime minister faces a tory revolt over his plans to criminalise homelessness , we criminalise homelessness, we will be debating whether it should be a crime to sleep rough i >> hmm'hmm don't think mr bond will agree with that. whatever. but film fans are keen to know when we will get confirmation of who will be the next james bond. we are reporting that after 9:15 this morning. >> hello. it's a mixed start to the day. will it improve as the day goes on? showers in the forecast but also some sunshine . forecast but also some sunshine. find out the weather details find out all the weather details coming . coming up. soon. >> so our top story this
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morning. prime minister backing j.k. rowling as she takes a stand against scotland's new hate crime and public order act. >> yes, the harry potter author , >> yes, the harry potter author, who lives in scotland, posted on x previously twitter yesterday , x previously twitter yesterday, she invited the scottish police to arrest her for her views on transgender people. >> so rishi sunak then backed her, saying people should not be criminalised for stating simple facts on biology. we believe in free speech in this country, he said. >> well, let's head up to scotland now with our reporter tony mcguire, who's in glasgow for us. and tony, you were explaining to us that, yes, there's a lot of anger. we saw protests yesterday. also there's a lot of anger. we saw pi lot sts yesterday. also there's a lot of anger. we saw pilot of yesterday. also there's a lot of anger. we saw pilot of confusion. also there's a lot of anger. we saw pilot of confusion over also there's a lot of anger. we saw pilot of confusion over this also there's a lot of anger. we saw pilot of confusion over this new a lot of confusion over this new law . law. >> indeed, that's true and good morning to you both. certainly people i think, are still very much asking the question of, you know, what is it safe to say and what is it not safe to say now to to, aid the scottish public in that certainly the equality network have come out with a bit of a nifty guide as to kind of,
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i guess, allay some fears and to stop some, furore over what exactly, you know, could land somebody in hot water with police scotland . now, what police scotland. now, what constitutes a hate crime? that crime part of that is extremely important because, the, the direction of the, the profanity or, you know, the accusations from people. well it has to make somebody feel really unsettled . somebody feel really unsettled. and the equality network have said it's important to know that many forms of prejudice and offensive are hate offensive behaviour are not hate crimes for example, misgendering someone social now that someone in social media now that is exactly something that jk rowling has been in the headunes rowling has been in the headlines for in the last. well, we'll say a year really , ever we'll say a year really, ever since the escalation of the debate around gender reform here in scotland a year ago and one year later, will that debate hasn't subsided any. and yesterday, on the day that the hate crime and public order act came into force in scotland, she posted a mammoth 11 part tweet.
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i guess we used to call it post on the platform x, where she outlined her views on quite a lot of transgender scots who have transitioned from men to women. some of them indeed are in now the penal system in jail. some of them are in sports. she's been quite vocal about men who have transitioned to women playing in female sports , and playing in female sports, and various other high profile trans gender women in scotland. she, as you said, there , she issued as you said, there, she issued a, i guess, a come on to police, or as people in scotland would say morning, and you know, to say, you know, she's out of the country just now, but she ianes country just now, but she invites the police to arrest her when she makes her return. now, certainly she has been at the tip of the spear of those who have been critical of this. but as we discussed yesterday, so much of this debate is actually around free speech and the
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infringements on people, not just in public, but in their own homes isn't ruining their tony, is it ? it is. yes, it's glasgow. is it? it is. yes, it's glasgow. so there's a there's a good bit in that. >> good bet in that. yeah. it looks, it looks pretty dunk de. thank you very much indeed. let's now talk about, the child care plan that the government has been unveiling. and rishi sunak behind all of this. all. okay, we've got in the studio right now. we have got catherine jenkins, katherine forster. sorry on this one. catherine. >> yes. well, first of all, i think it's worth saying that this is a really, really big deal this is a really, really big deal. what the government is saying that they're going to fundin saying that they're going to fund in that from today, working parents of two year olds can get 15 hours of free childcare a week. that is going to then increase to bring in children from nine months from september. by from nine months from september. by september of next year, all
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working parents will be able to get funding for babies from nine months onwards till they start school 30 hours. so it's a huge deal. deal >> it isa deal >> it is a huge deal, but there's lots of people who could would want some sort of deal and aren't getting it. why is it so important to give help to parents on this? >> well, fundamentally, the economy is losing a lot of people who could be working and are not working because the cost of childcare in the uk is through the roof. it's one of the highest in the developed world. so a lot of parents, mums especially, find that they simply it's not worth their while to work while the children are very small. then by the time they go back to work, they've got a gap on their cv, so they're being lost to the economy . so the government has economy. so the government has finally that it's worth finally realised that it's worth putting money in and putting a lot of money in and it's lot money, £4 billion. it's a lot of money, £4 billion. it will ultimately save parents 6900 potentially. but but
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there's going to be a lot of problems. it sounds with the rollout because childcare providers , the numbers are providers, the numbers are actually going down. you're going to need a lot more places, a lot more staff, childcare providers saying, hang on a minute, you're not funding this properly . we're operating at properly. we're operating at a loss already and we can't get the staff. so it sounds wonderful in theory, but the reality is you can get a code now from the government. they're hoping that 150,000 people will, which entitles you to these hours. but whether you can actually get these hours, that's another matter entirely . another matter entirely. >> and that's what the labour party have attacked, the conservatives over saying this is a pledge without a plan. and also pat mcfadden also talking to pat mcfadden earlier, he was saying, well, the can't guarantee this the tories can't guarantee this as a plan. so we can't yet ehheh as a plan. so we can't yet either. and that's a real problem, isn't it, for families who are looking for this care , who are looking for this care, looking to put their two year
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old a nursery and old into a nursery and potentially in a year's time, they'd to them back they'd have to take them back out because they couldn't out again because they couldn't afford it. >> w- afford it. >> the government >> it is. and the government announced months ago. so announced this months ago. so you think that all the you would think that all the planning everything would be planning and everything would be in know, there's in place. and, you know, there's the the increase now, the there's the increase now, another increase in september, another increase in september, another increase in september, another increase next year. so it's difficult to see without more funding where these places are , are going to come from are, are going to come from because the childcare sector has been , in crisis. there's1 because the childcare sector has been , in crisis. there's 1 in been, in crisis. there's 1 in 4 childcare providers say they're thinking they might shut this yeah thinking they might shut this year. so a wonderful idea for working parents in theory . year. so a wonderful idea for working parents in theory. in practice we just don't know. and as you say, labour not guaranteeing bearing in mind they might be in government at they might be in government at the end of the year, parents trying to plan forward . and it's trying to plan forward. and it's making it very difficult. >> catherine, we've got to leave it there. katherine forster there, political there, our political correspondent. , you correspondent. thank you, you may have had a holiday booked for year, but thing is,
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thinking, yes, you've pushed them into pink and purple, which is not the flag. ridiculous is not the flag. it's ridiculous . no it feels . it's no nothing it feels really matters it comes to really matters when it comes to british that's kind of british identity. that's kind of what feels little. what that story feels a little. >> other countries what that story feels a little. >> in other countries what that story feels a little. >> in this?yther countries what that story feels a little. >> in this? you countries what that story feels a little. >> in this? you know, ries dabble in this? you know, in change? the spanish change change? do the spanish change their flag? do the french change theirs? whatever i mean, you know, you know, ireland we're know, you know, in ireland we're very proud . north or south of, very proud. north or south of, you know, what represents us. why is it such an embarrassment, particularly , i would say particularly, i would say britain, but i'd say england more than anywhere . i think the more than anywhere. i think the scots are very proud of what they have to represent them, as are the welsh. but what is it with england? >> england seems be only >> england seems to be the only country world where country in the world where taking pride in national taking pride in your national flag you sort of flag makes you some sort of bigot or a racist. there is the argument. it's been hijacked by the far right. but, you know, surely we're beyond that. >> we're sort of very polite, aren't we? and i can imagine all those athletes will put on their those athletes will put on their t and feel, you know, t shirts and feel, you know, like shouldn't really say like they shouldn't really say anything particular. only the two issues tie in with the, the,
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the, bill this week about the, the bill this week about the, the bill this week about the that you like you the fact that you feel like you can't things anymore. so can't say things anymore. so people politely go people just nod politely and go along with it. and also hugh edward's salary, of course, newsreader huw edwards, it's been revealed he's still been revealed that he's still drawing his £450,000 a year salary, even though obviously. yeah. >> so he's he's suspended still, but he can't engage in any investigation because he's pleading mental illness and stress from what happened. so the bbc, they're between a rock and a hard place. they can't sack him because he's mentally ill. he's dealing with some problems, yet they can't conclude their investigation because health because he's dealing with health problems. they do . problems. so what do they do. >> how long has he been out from work . work now. >> a year isn't it. >>— >> a year isn't it. >> yes it is coming on three yeah >> yes it is coming on three year, coming on to a year. and i think he signed a contract in 2023 for three years. so we're going to be talking about that. and really, you know, it's our money that is paying. the question i suppose, is whether he have been on that he should have been on that salary first place, given
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channel. >> welcome back. well, this morning we've been talking about scotland's new hate crime bill, and you've been getting in touch in your droves. earlier in the morning, we spoke with john o'brien and neil nairn , o'brien and neil nairn, personally offended he came personally offended when he came out of people out with that list of people that were white, a white judge and a white list and a white one, i don't i don't understand it. >> i think that's driving a wedge between people. i don't think we had a race problem. >> we have parties in parliament here scotland that making here in scotland that are making decisions for us, the people, and we didn't even vote them in, nicole says this new hate crime law is driving hate crime underground. people are suppressing their head and ending up hating even more. scott says this law's a load of rubbish. it will fail. like everything else that snp everything else that the snp have tried to ill thought have tried to do. ill thought out stupid are . out and stupid are. >> kevin says. whatever happened to a once proud nation that brought world so much, it brought the world so much, it can arrest you for having an
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can now arrest you for having an opinion. says, has opinion. and paul says, has yusef rangers yusef ever been to a rangers versus celtic match? what joke. >> dee dee dee dee dee dee dee. the bond theme right after weeks of rumours that somebody i've never heard of called aaron taylor johnson, never heard of called aaron taylorjohnson, but i never heard of watson. >> oh, you'd know, you'd know his face. >> i didn't both say yes. >> i didn't both say yes. >> i've looked at his face. >> i've looked at his face. >> no. oh, you didn't wanna see him? >> no. here's his face, never seen it, but he just looks like a lot of other people. you know , a lot of other people. you know, don't don't know him at all. i'm sure he's very good. daniel radcliffe, what's his name? bond. who was the previous bond? daniel craig. craig. daniel craig him either , craig didn't know him either, but turned out to be superb. but he turned out to be superb. >> absolutely yeah >> absolutely brilliant. yeah he was very good. yeah. >> very very but anyway, >> very very good. but anyway, who to be the next who is going to be the next bond? hayley palmer might be able us some of the able to give us some of the answers she's an answers on that. she's an entertainment reporter. very good you. entertainment reporter. very goo lovely you. entertainment reporter. very goo lovely to you. entertainment reporter. very goo lovely to see you too. >> lovely to see you too. >> so you knew guy. >> so you knew this guy. you knew this guy, you? knew off this guy, did you? >> him. i was like, >> i knew of him. i was like, you earlier. i'd seen his face
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before, he's been in, kick—ass and avengers. if you're into the kind of, superhero films, but i mean, for me, like you say about daniel craig, when he first came onto the scene, we all kind of went, oh , who is he? the right went, oh, who is he? the right person for the job. but actually, everyone now loves him. so it is time just to him. so maybe it is time just to give a chance. but, i give someone a chance. but, i mean, film been mean, this film has been put back because the hollywood back because of the hollywood strikes, of course, but apparently scripts are now, apparently the scripts are now, in, ready go . and is the film in, ready to go. and is the film is going to be taking place at pinewood studios. but i've looked at the odds and apparently, aaron taylor—johnson's 15 to 8, tom hardy's 1 and henry cavill hardy's 9 to 1 and henry cavill 7 2. so if you're a betting 7 to 2. so if you're a betting person, i'd put your bets on aaron. >> so what do you think? when do you think they will make any sort of announcement on this? because it's a wild coming. yeah that's a good question because i looked this up and from what looked all this up and from what i could see, they've actually offered it allegedly to aaron,
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but i don't know if he's actually signed the contract yet. so that's what the press was saying over the last couple of days. >> but here's the other thing. i mean, let's not forget that that james bond died in the last. that's what i was thinking because we weren't sure what was going to happen from there. so how are we going to reinvent this? it'll be interesting to see if there'll if 07 will see if there'll be a if 07 will become overweight or, know, become overweight or, you know, if resurrection if they the resurrection reassigned else. if they the resurrection rea�*minister. else. if they the resurrection rea�*yeah. teh else. if they the resurrection rea�*yeah. did else. if they the resurrection rea�*yeah. did you else. if they the resurrection rea�*yeah. did you ethe last >> yeah. did you see the last one eamonn. of course . one eamonn. yes of course. >> yeah, yeah, it was very good. >> yeah, yeah, it was very good. >> yeah. me too. but like you say, it end like that. and say, it did end like that. and we all kind of went, what's going from here, i did going to happen from here, i did see an interview daniel see an interview with daniel craig, that he craig, and he said that he thought idris elba would be craig, and he said that he trgoodt idris elba would be craig, and he said that he trgood personiris elba would be craig, and he said that he trgood person for elba would be craig, and he said that he trgood person for thea would be craig, and he said that he trgood person for the job.uld be craig, and he said that he trgood person for the job. also,e a good person for the job. also, henry cavill, you know, his name has been floating around as well , i guess you can't please , so i guess you can't please everyone, you? there's everyone, can you? there's always going to be someone that says, always says, well, elba's always going to because i think to be difficult because i think he's his 50s. he's in his 50s. >> he's 52. >> i think he's 52. >> i think he's 52.
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>> yeah, because aaron's 33. so he's kind of in the right. >> elba would be a very good choice. >> yeah, he would , but he's too >> yeah, he would, but he's too old because he can't he can't do more than films made more than the films are made 3 or apart. so he then or 4 years apart. so he then suddenly only be 61, right. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean he's got to be exciting. he's got be exciting. he's got to be charming. he's to charming. he's got to have charisma. as as he ticks charisma. so as long as he ticks all those boxes, i it's all those boxes, i think it's great. hayley. all those boxes, i think it's gre honestly,. all those boxes, i think it's gre honestly, . view, there >> honestly, in my view, there hasn't here's hasn't been a bad bond, here's your favourite bond. >> well. >> well. >> oh, well, that's it would have rogeh >> oh, well, that's it would have roger. my have to be roger. roger was my bond, i but listen, sean connery. >> yeah. pierce brosnan. superb. >> yeah. pierce brosnan. superb. >> look at you >> you know, you look at you look at these folk. but the thing why it was roger with me. roger became a personal friend. wow. the most amazing thing that a who seen, you know, as a man who i'd seen, you know, as ivanhoe , as the protectors, you ivanhoe, as the protectors, you know, these different tv know, and all these different tv series and as james bond. and then he became a personal friend and, you know, a lovely divine , and, you know, a lovely divine, gorgeous man and, you know, and i was at his funeral and there were 100 people there, and, it
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was just a privilege to be there. there he is there. and a matter of fact, i have a i have a doll at home, you know, like an action man type doll. i have an action man type doll. i have a doll off of, roger moore in that very outfit there, which is from and let die. from live and let die. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> wow. you have to bring that in. yeah, but i don't think you're like. you say you can ever beat classics. your ever beat the classics. your roger moore's sean connery, pierce know, they pierce brosnan, you know, they are me, those absolute are for me, those absolute legends. >> all of them even, even >> but all of them even, even the one, i can't think of the one who did the one off. the one and only, george lazenby , he was and only, george lazenby, he was very, very good because george lazenby wasn't an actor. he was a model. and when you look at the film, diana rigg is in it as well. telly savalas is in on her majesty's secret service and he does a superb job. so honestly, i would not look at one of them does a superb job. so honestly, i wo say not look at one of them does a superb job. so honestly, i wo say , ot look at one of them does a superb job. so honestly, i wo say , there's at one of them does a superb job. so honestly, i wo say , there's a bade of them does a superb job. so honestly, i wosay , there's a bad one.hem and say, there's a bad one. >> yeah, that's right. that's why it's been so successful over the years. i mean, people are saying, should be someone saying, oh, it should be someone more should you more diverse or should it, you know, the role. but
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know, woman take the role. but for personally , i think it's for me personally, i think it's got to here. got to be here. >> she can have own secret >> she can have her own secret hero if she. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> you've got to have a strong bond and you've to have bond and then you've got to have a bond girl. that's a gorgeous bond girl. that's what to personally. what i like to see personally. >> but obviously, in your >> but obviously, you're in your acting you ever acting career. were you ever offered bond girl? offered a bond girl? >> i haven't eamonn, but i'm definitely available and ellie is is. you know, we're >> but it is. you know, we're talking about these names talking about these big names here. it is. big shoes to fill, isn't it? to be next bond isn't it? to be the next bond and people have a big opinion on it. people care because it is part, i think, of being british or country . james or being in this country. james bond synonymous with being bond is synonymous with being being british. >> because i was chatting to the taxi driver on way here, he taxi driver on the way here, he was defensive about who was a very defensive about who was a very defensive about who was the next bond. was going to be the next bond. like say, it's a big thing like you say, it's a big thing and it means a lot to us. so i think they have got to. >> who he rooting for? >> who is he rooting for? >> who is he rooting for? >> he don't know who >> oh, he said, i don't know who this taylor—johnson this aaron taylor—johnson is. he was you eamonn. i was like, you eamonn. yeah. so i was like, you eamonn. yeah. so i was like, you eamonn. yeah. so i was like, but you've got was like, yeah, but you've got to sometimes someone chance. >> oh, he's a funny choice for me because i remember him from this unlike one.
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this film, unlike this one. eamonn called what eamonn from a film called what was angus thongs and perfect was it? angus thongs and perfect snogging was like a teenage chick about what it must chick flick about what it must have and have been 15 years ago now, and he the as the he was in that as the as the main boy. >> snogger well, the main snogger exactly. >> just like that. so i don't know if i him with the know if i see him with the swagger the class of james swagger and the class of james bond, him, bond, because i still see him, that teenage boy. >> think it's >> i mean, i think it's interesting choice. i mean, he's a year old male. he's white, a 33 year old male. he's white, he's british, he's married, he's from buckinghamshire. he's got two children. >> married to a older >> he's married to a much older woman. like years older woman. yes, like 20 years older than think. yeah. than him, i think. yeah. >> there we go. that's the >> so there we go. that's the scoop on him. oh, there she is. she's very beautiful, so let's see. i it is going to go see. i think it is going to go to him, but you never know at the last minute so. oh look. see he does he does look quite bondish there doesn't he. yeah >> yeah. yeah. you know argument. yeah. give the argument. yeah. give him the right and the right music right lines and the right music and it'll all be good. >> that's. yeah. >> yeah. that's. yeah. >> yeah. that's. yeah. >> thank you very >> thank you. thank you very much my absolute pleasure. the curtains up on all of that. >> we're out time. we'll say >> we're out of time. we'll say goodbye thanks for goodbye to you. thanks for coming in. >> appreciate it.
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>> appreciate it. >> you very indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. >> indeed. >> indeed. >> yeah wednesday. >> indeed. >> yeah is. wednesday. >> indeed. >> yeah is. we'reinesday. >> indeed. >> yeah is. we'reinesda'to be >> yeah it is. we're going to be back, we? back, aren't we? >> 6 am. in morning to do >> 6 am. we're in morning to do it all again from through to it all again from six through to 9:30, just to tell you that up next, you've got britain's newsroom bev. newsroom with andrew and bev. have good day . have yourselves a good day. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello. good morning . welcome >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather. we've got rain across scotland through much of the day ahead. elsewhere, some bright spells, some heavy showers in places . some heavy showers in places. but it will feel warm, particularly in the south. so looking at the details, we can see this weather stuck see this weather front stuck across through day, across scotland through the day, giving outbreaks of rain, particularly across eastern parts. across uk. parts. elsewhere across the uk. it's of bright or it's a mixture of some bright or sunny a scattering of sunny spells, a scattering of showers, some of them heavy but not quite widespread as not quite as widespread as recent some more recent days, and some more persistent into the persistent rain coming into the southwest. later temperatures getting double figures 1516
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getting into double figures 1516 celsius and the best of the sunshine , but still cold across sunshine, but still cold across scotland. here 7 or 8 degrees as we move through into this evening time, we see this area of rain slowly push its way northwards as the next area of low pressure starts to move in. dufing low pressure starts to move in. during hours, we during the early hours, we continue some outbreaks continue to see some outbreaks of across scotland . for of rain across scotland. for most by the end of the night, a mixed picture rain and cloud and temperatures generally 5 to 10 celsius from north to south. so it's a wet picture with low pressure moving in from the southwest through wednesday morning. this slowly pushes its way north eastwards, so everywhere seeing various amounts cloud , some outbreaks amounts of cloud, some outbreaks of rain which could be heavy at times, but the cloud should break up behind it and we'll start to see some sunnier skies trying the trying to move in from the southwest the next southwest ahead of the next system, again system, and temperatures again cold north around cold in the north up to around 15 in the south. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather
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on . gb news. on. gb news. >> good morning. hope you had a lovely bank holiday weekend. so if you're waking up in scotland this morning, i'm ever so sorry. you've just born into you've just been born into a sort totalitarian regime sort of totalitarian regime there your there where actually your opinion can get you arrested. >> and sue edwards still getting paid 430 k of licence fee cash for the
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well. very good morning to you. it's half past nine on tuesday, april the 2nd. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. with me. ben leo in for andrew pierce and the return of bev turner. >> good morning. thank you very much for joining >> good morning. thank you very much forjoining us. so rishi sunak throws his support behind jk rowling in her battle against scotland's new hate crime law. she's gone as far as to challenge the police to arrest her. good for her.
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