the cast review into gender cast the cast review into gender transition has been released this morning. >> hugely important report. >> hugely important report. >> very concerned about is the lack of an evidence base. our system reviews from the university of york show that the evidence was really disappointing . disappointing. >> and it means the nhs will review all trans treatment. following that bombshell report by doctor hilary cass. >> 32 recommendations as doctor cass urges extreme caution over child hormones and recommends nhs launch a detransitioning service . service. >> and enough is enough . that is >> and enough is enough. that is the message from rishi sunak as he makes assaulting shop workers a specific criminal offence . a specific criminal offence. >> and there's been a predictable tory backlash over the european court of human rights, which has ruled the swiss government violated women's human rights by what they climate change they describe as climate change inaction and mobile phone ban .

inaction and mobile phone ban. >> ministers are considering stopping the sale of mobiles to children under 16. i'll believe it when i see it. would you support it .7 support it.7 >> and it's a four day week working from home. racist. the welsh government says that the working pattern discriminates against front line public sector workers . of course it does workers. of course it does. >> let us know your thoughts this morning. >> let us know your thoughts this morning . gbnews.com forward this morning. gbnews.com forward slash. your say is the way to give us live comments into the studio, and we will respond to them as much as we can. first though, very latest news with sofia. >> bev. thank you. good morning. it's 932. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines children are being let down by remarkably weak evidence and toxic debate around gender. the

cass review is calling for gender services for young people to match the standards of other nhs care. it says the toxicity of the debate around gender meant professionals were afraid to openly discuss their views. the author of the report, doctor hilary cass, spoke about the risk to children's safety. >> these are all unregulated drugs you know, they're all unlicensed. whether it's puberty blockers or cross—sex hormones. they're unlicensed. drugs use experimentally for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria or gender distress, and so if you're offering these drugs with no diagnosis and no assessment, even, and no follow up, no monitoring, no blood tests , then you're, you know, tests, then you're, you know, the risk of, you know, patient safety is huge . safety is huge. >> energy secretary clare pochettino has led a conservative backlash against the european court of human rights following their landmark swiss ruling. the echr, based in

strasbourg, has ruled that switzerland is violating the human rights of their citizens over their lack of inaction on climate change. the row comes after a poll in the telegraph newspaper revealed that nearly 50% of conservative voters approve of leaving the echr and assaulting a shop worker will be made a separate criminal offence in a government u—turn in response to a surge of retail crime. it's after a report found violent and abusive incidents against shop workers rose by 50% in 2022 to 2023. the government previously said it did not think a law change was required, but today rishi sunak has announced the government would be amending its criminal justice bill to bnngin its criminal justice bill to bring in new offence . and bring in the new offence. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts now it's back to andrew and . bev.

it's back to andrew and. bev. >> very good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well, it's a long awaited taken four years. the cass review, published today by doctor hilary cass, has found a remarkably weak evidence and toxic debate around gender ideology is badly let down. children. ideology is badly let down. chiithat's right. she says that >> that's right. she says that the toxicity of the debate around gender meant that professionals were afraid to openly discuss their views. >> and she also says there's no good evidence to support the global clinical practice of prescribing hormones to under 18 seconds to halt puberty or transition to the opposite sex. >> well, here to discuss the findings are joanne lockwood, the founder of see change happen, and lucy marsh from the family education trust . lucy, if family education trust. lucy, if we can start with you , what do we can start with you, what do you take from this report and is it about time that we heard some of these things .7 of these things? >> yes. overall, we largely welcome the report and it's

really good to see the out there. the fact that there isn't there. the fact that there isn't the evidence base to support the transition of children and that puberty blockers and cross—sex hormones are harmful. it's also really good. to see that there's this the acknowledgement of this pipeline from social transitioning school through to the fact that these children go on to puberty blockers and the fact that they're harmful, however, we would say that we don't think that any child should transitioned. should be socially transitioned. >> that again. so you >> just say that again. so you don't any child should be don't think any child should be socially transitioned? >> think any child >> no, i don't think any child should be socially transitioned because because as as is evidenced in cash review , evidenced in the cash review, the this transition in the this social transition in general to children going general leads to children going down the medical pathway. and there any that there isn't any evidence that it's beneficial that it's beneficial and that however, evidence that however, there is evidence that it's harmful . the report does it's harmful. the report does say that. >> sorry, just to be clear. so when say socially when you say socially transitioned, mean everybody transitioned, you mean everybody around , teachers, around that child, teachers, parents or the children considering them to be of the opposite gender to which they were born? yes

>> well, it basically it's lying to children because nobody can change sex. it isn't possible. >> okay, lucy, if you would just respond please . oh, respond to that, please. oh, sorry. joanne. sorry, joanne. yeah >> yes. good morning. good morning. good morning. everybody else , yeah. i welcome the cass else, yeah. i welcome the cass report as well. there's a number of things in there that i take. not pleasure in, but yeah, solace in that. cass report has identified that the services provided to young people , provided to young people, children via the nhs, by the gender services is woefully inadequate. and i completely agree. the support for transgender people, at whatever age, has been woefully inadequate for many, many years now. so looking at what some of the key things that come out of this is, doctor cass is recommending a broad, holistic assessment by a multi—professional team. i welcome that we need to have better analysis. there's still questions about puberty blockers, and i've read lots of reports. i've read the medical analysis just this morning and

it's incorrect in many cases because there's such little evidence , yes, there's evidence evidence, yes, there's evidence of bone density , but there's of bone density, but there's also evidence of improved mental health outcomes . so i also evidence of improved mental health outcomes. so i think it's really, really important we don't just pick and choose the negatives. we look at the holistic way of we can support children holistically, timely and centrally to that individual child and their family to make sure they get the support they need. >> she's she's quite explicit. cass isn't she, when she says the basis on which these drugs were given to children under the age of 18 was very shaky at best. and she makes the point also that the adolescent brain is maturing until 25. >> yeah . i'm horrified that, the >> yeah. i'm horrified that, the profession that we trust, the medical professionals, have been woefully , prescribing or woefully, prescribing or treating children in a way that isn't proven. and i support cass by saying that what we need to do is get the evidence. this is

not to prevent children transitioning. this is not to prevent children accessing hormones or puberty blockers where it's relevant, where it's timely where necessary . this timely and where necessary. this is putting the evidence is about putting the evidence base the processes place base and the processes in place to that our young people, to ensure that our young people, our get the best our children, get the best relevant care that they do, that they need that is safe and proven. so i support that. thanks, joanne. >> lucy, how do you explain the concept of transgenderism? if you like ? how how do you see it you like? how how do you see it in an individual, particularly children? i think adults is a very different, proposition. but in children, how do you explain it? what is it a reaction to? is it? what is it a reaction to? is it natural? >> no, it's not natural. it's as as is expressed in the cash report. and as we've seen, over, oven report. and as we've seen, over, over, over the last few years has been a massive social contagion and a huge rise, especially in adolescent girls who are identifying as as the opposite sex and hilary cass pointed out that a lot of this

is down to contagion on social media. obviously, a lot of children have been exposed to porn, which has affected the way that they see themselves, and especially young girls who don't want to be women because they see they that the awful things that happen in porn and they think that that's something that's expected of them. but there's also a lot of activism, there's also a lot of activism, there's lot of, parents who there's a lot of, parents who actually their own issues actually have their own issues and are transitioning children. and there and unfortunately, there are a lot teachers and. lot of activist teachers and. external groups who are going in and teaching a relationship , in and teaching a relationship, in sex education, in school, and introducing this idea that you can be born in the wrong body, nobody's born in the wrong body, and we need to stop this concept from being in school, from being taught in school, because creating because this is creating a pathway into into gender dysphoria, which is unnecessary and and it is and it isn't safe, and it is never necessary for children to transition never necessary for children to trarwell, joanne, can you answer >> well, joanne, can you answer that? that's quite a specific rebuttal saying that people are not into the wrong body. not born into the wrong body. can you answer what is your response that question? bev

response to that question? bev asked. specifically what asked. and specifically me, what lucy there , i'm not lucy said just there, i'm not going to get into a debate about born in the wrong body, not born in the wrong body for me, my brain sees me, myself, my identity as female, whether i'm born in the wrong body, whether my brain is neurodiverse in some way, i can't explain it. all i know is it kind of resonates with me. and i think the key challenge here is that transgender people are seen as broken. we're seen as fetish, transgender people are seen as brokknow,z're seen as fetish, transgender people are seen as brokknow,z're slooking fetish, transgender people are seen as brokknow,z're slooking atztish, transgender people are seen as brokknow,z're slooking at the , you know, just looking at the twitter i'll get them twitter comments, i'll get them after this interview. we'll see that are accusing me of that people are accusing me of being paedophile, harmful to being a paedophile, harmful to children. josef mengele, i think, quoted yesterday. so think, was quoted yesterday. so this is the narrative that trans people are facing. and so what we're doing is we're really imprinting that onto children . imprinting that onto children. we look at the world of sport. the most sporting bodies you the most sporting bodies say you cannot their sport cannot take part in their sport if through male or female if you go through male or female puberty, male puberty, puberty, mostly male puberty, therefore children, therefore denying children, young people the option to hold puberty to allow them to get into sport in their adult life.

we're failing people, so yeah, i think there is an issue here where we're demonising trans people. it's wrong. the same narrative we are applying to people who are gay, people who are black. going back, many, many years. we're creating this, us and them. >> but cassie's report, cassie's concern is that children who are too young are being lured into this world. i'm concerned that young children aren't getting the support they need with their families to make balanced decisions for their lives. >> there are many, many children who are successfully and continue to successfully live their lives with a trans identity that have not had regret. yes i accept there are some people who it's not right for them and i think every every step and care should be taken to ensure that it is the right step for whatever age you are , to for whatever age you are, to make sure you understand the full implications of the choices you're making. not to start with, not to start with an

opinion that you're wrong. to start with this, start with let's talk. let's discuss this and let's let's balance out what is right for you as an individual. >> lucy, how do you respond to the, speculation that we will look back on this debate as we now look back on the gay debate and well, obviously, it was and say, well, obviously, it was wrong time. of course, wrong at the time. of course, people born that there people are born gay, that there might time we look back and might be a time we look back and say, well, course some people might be a time we look back and say,born , course some people might be a time we look back and say,born to course some people might be a time we look back and say,born to a:ourse some people might be a time we look back and say,born to a differentme people might be a time we look back and say,born to a different gender3le are born to a different gender to which their physiology to that which their physiology would suggest. they are not. >> i just think that that's wrong. people are not born in the wrong body. and i unfortunately that the way that this has gone over the last few years, activists have have basically trapped on to this and are encouraging children whatever , whatever their whatever, whatever their motivation is behind that, you know that that is up for debate, certainly i think that big pharma have got, an interest in this because if you get a child onto puberty blockers and they're not cross—sex hormones, you've for you've got a medical patient for life. so they're going be life. so they're going to be making pounds out of making millions of pounds out of this industry, of telling

children that born in children that they're born in the body. and other people the wrong body. and other people may more, unfortunate, may have more, unfortunate, motivations for wanting to, to get children trapped into this, into this lifestyle, but that's, that's , that's a, that's another that's, that's a, that's another story. but it basically i think that we will look back on this as a medical scandal. we have that we have failed children because we're lying to children . because we're lying to children. okay, activists and teachers are lying to children saying that it's possible to change sex and it's possible to change sex and it isn't. >> go on, joanne. so just respond to the accusation that pharma individual humans on pharma gets individual humans on a subscription model of drugs for rest their lives . for the rest of their lives. >> really? really. i mean, the nhs subscribe to that. nhs doesn't subscribe to that. you know, we're not getting money out of out of people to fund drug companies. this is more than that. i think. i think it's very disingenuous to say that this is big pharma trying to take over the world. in america, it's huge. >> in america. it is the growing. in america. it is the biggest area of medicine now. it's growing bigger than any other america other race in terms of america

is one territory in the is only one territory in the world. is only one territory in the worthere are many other >> there are many other territories, you know, australia, new zealand, all across the rest of the across europe. the rest of the world have a different pharma model still trans model and there are still trans people. were still young people. there were still young young identifying as young people identifying as non—binary transgender. non—binary or transgender. i certainly don't see pharma influencing anybody. this is not something an addiction. this is not a drug validating a child is not. it's not indoctrinating them . there are equal pressures. them. there are equal pressures. you know, the report quite clearly said that this toxic debate on both sides, there is a toxic debate on both sides. and what we need to do is have a more centrist conversation with evidence. >> can i just jump? can i just jump >> can i just jump? can i just jump in there and say, do you think, by saying that people aren't born into the wrong body, that the toxicity around that adds to the toxicity around the debate? >> well, many of the people, young people today identify as non—binary. and the fundamental identity of our non—binary is about it's not about about gender. it's not about body, about physique. body, it's not about physique. it's about their identity of who body, it's not about physique. it's eare.t their identity of who body, it's not about physique. it's eare. so eir identity of who body, it's not about physique. it's eare. so eir identhisof who body, it's not about physique. it's eare. so eir identhis was1o they are. so maybe this was a very 1970s, 1980s model of being

trans. was it was your body that was a fault. i think we have more contemporary now. we understand it's actually more about development, how about brain development, how we see , the role of see ourselves, the role of genden see ourselves, the role of gender, the social construct of genden gender, the social construct of gender. if you like our role in society is not just about what we've got between our legs or on our chest anymore. people are far discerning about far more, discerning about avoiding transsexual because avoiding the transsexual because that sexual element that bring the sexual element into certainly don't into it. and i certainly don't feel sex is an issue or my body is an issue. it's about who i am and how i'm treated and how i interact with society. go on. >> lucy, just just have the final word on that , because i final word on that, because i think we can distinguish between individuals who always be individuals who should always be treated with kindness and compassion consideration, compassion and consideration, and what we might describe as the trans activists ideology. part of which inspires this very toxic debate. >> yeah. well, of course, all individual children we're talking about children here need to be treated with care and compassion and with kindness. however, it's kind to lie to

however, it's not kind to lie to children. if a child comes out and says that they're questioning their, their their gender identity , they need to be gender identity, they need to be told the truth. they need to be told the truth. they need to be told that it isn't possible to change sex. and in terms of gendenif change sex. and in terms of gender, if we're talking about gender, if we're talking about gender stereotyping, the transgender ideology is profoundly regressive because girl identify as girl have to identify as non—binary in order to do what she wants to do. a girl can have short hair, a girl can dress how she likes, a girl can play football. it doesn't mean that she's non—binary. it doesn't mean she's a boy . equally, mean that she's a boy. equally, for if they're more for boys, if they're more feminine. and it doesn't mean that they're girls just because they're particularly they're not particularly masculine. presenting. we need to these to get away from these stereotypes because is stereotypes because this is regressive is putting regressive and this is putting children boxes to say, if children into boxes to say, if you're a girl, you have to be like this. you have to like pink . you have to be you're looking at porn aspect of it that at the porn aspect of it that cass talked about, that they have look porn stars have to look like porn stars with heavy makeup and, false eyelashes. lot of girls don't eyelashes. a lot of girls don't want that, but just

want to look like that, but just because want to look because they don't want to look like it doesn't mean like that, it doesn't mean they're i we they're non—binary. i think we need stop to children. need to stop lying to children. we to get back to reality. we need to get back to reality. and kind thing would be to and the kind thing would be to say, you're if a girl say, no, you're not. if a girl says, i'm a boy, say , no, you're says, i'm a boy, say, no, you're not. you are a girl. but you can be. you can have infinite number of personalities. think we've of personalities. i think we've forgotten about personality and making about and making it all about gender and identity we should identity politics. and we should not having identity politics not be having identity politics when it's around children. we need to be looking at safeguarding and bringing it back to safeguarding. >> okay, well, listen, thank you both. really interesting debate, really interesting and hopefully both. really interesting debate, realtoxic.3resting and hopefully both. really interesting debate, realtoxic. and ng and hopefully both. really interesting debate, realtoxic. and we and hopefully both. really interesting debate, realtoxic. and we appreciateilly not toxic. and we appreciate your this morning. that your input this morning. that was the founder was joanne lockwood, the founder of see change happen. and lucy marsh family education trust. >> up next is the european court of human rights caused outrage after ruling the swiss government violated women's human by not doing enough human rights by not doing enough on

gb news? so the european court of human rights has intervened in. in switzerland by effectively saying the swiss government has let people by its failure let down people by its failure to act more swiftly on climate change. climate change laws are a human right. let's talk about this because , of course, a lot this because, of course, a lot of people in the tory party are very, very unhappy. our favourite meteorologist, jim very, very unhappy. our favou1is3 meteorologist, jim very, very unhappy. our favou1is here. aorologist, jim very, very unhappy. our favou1is here. what's st, jim very, very unhappy. our favou1is here. what's it, jim very, very unhappy. our favou1is here. what's it got| very, very unhappy. our favou1is here. what's it got to dale, is here. what's it got to do with a meddling court, jim? when governments all around the world, particularly here, are doing climate change, doing lots on climate change, it's come of age. >> that's what's happening. we're at a point where we're arriving at a point where people's human rights are being, let's just say blindfolded by what's going around the what's going on, around the world. and if governments don't act this, this court is a court, isn't it? the echr. yeah. they're ruled in favour, and it's probably the first one. and i think it's the first one of many. and why is that the case? because climate change is starting to affect people's rights. people's people's

existence, even their safety, their health. and that's why this is this is this is moving in that direction. so this is victory. >> you trust unelected, unaccountable judges more than you trust elected. >> i trust the fact that the climate is moving in a direction that will affect people going forward, and therefore this has to be taken in. it's the new baby on the block, if you like. it's it's late. it's late because now there are there are throughout the world. are throughout the world. there are there many, many countries there are many, many countries that are being affected by climate in a desperate climate change in a desperate kind of way. so look at zimbabwe, for example, immense drought that's going on then. yes. it's not. well, it doesn't matter whether whether there is a court telling the zimbabwean state do something, state to do something, it wouldn't because it's wouldn't do it because it's hopeless and been. but it's hopeless and has been. but it's a a wedge. it's something a it's a wedge. it's something there make governments there to, to make governments act that will protect act in a way that will protect their people. what their people. that's what this is about. all about is about. echr is all about protection of human rights, of human dignity, of human safety. and that's why it's there. and for tory mps to stand up there and say, you know, we've got to

pull out of this. i correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't this instigated by, britain in, in at the end of the second world war? yeah. well, there you go. so as a tory at the time and it was there for good reason, but since that point, it's expanded for different reasons to protect humans, as you know. and and humans, as you know. and and humans against, against poor government decisions. so you always should have something that can look at what governments are doing, because we know there are bad governments throughout the world and climate has become a political animal. we know that now for all the right reasons. so me , this is this is not so for me, this is this is not too little, too late , but at too little, too late, but at least it started. at least the firing gun has been shot. and you can count on more of this. to be honest with you, not less of it. as as climate ramps as we get into situations where where people and governments are not doing the right thing, then then yes, i think, i think courts such as this will will start to act more rather than less . act more rather than less. >> it's so bizarre, jim, if you

think about this court case, because what they've basically decided the judges have decided and this case was brought by a group of older women, which i think all in their 70s. yeah. with greta thunberg obviously shouting them on, moaning that they are a higher risk of dying from the weather being warm from heatwaves. yeah, we've run out of time. oh oh i'm sorry jim dale. >> that's okay. we'll be back because the weather will be back. >> yes, yes, exactly , talking of >> yes, yes, exactly, talking of weather, here is aidan mcgivern . weather, here is aidan mcgivern. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on . solar. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you . welcome to the latest you. welcome to the latest forecast from the met office. it's a bright start for many of us, but it will turn increasingly cloudy this morning with more rain to come, especially across western and northwestern parts. that's where the rain is already arriving through the morning . we keep the

through the morning. we keep the sunshine the at least sunshine in the east at least until lunchtime time, but well, it does get squeezed out by thickening cloud and a freshening breeze. along with those outbreaks of rain, the rain will be on and off and mostly light in the south towards the northwest. it will be heavy and persistent, particularly for western scotland . where there is a rain scotland. where there is a rain warning because of the saturated ground we currently have here. temperatures up to 15 celsius. not feeling very pleasant though with cloud those with the cloud and those outbreaks however, outbreaks of rain. however, once the move through, it the rain does move through, it does drier for a time. in does turn drier for a time. in the south and southeast, albeit with some with a lot of low cloud. some hill fog. and then we've got further rain across further outbreaks of rain across many country , many parts of the country, again, most persistent towards the scotland. overnight the west of scotland. overnight night, but a mild night because of wind and of the southwesterly wind and the extensive cloud cover. some places no lower than 12 or 13 celsius. now thursday morning starts off with those grey leaden skies staying damp and gloomy in the south, as well as the far northeast. in between.

the cloud does break up for a time, so some sunshine coming through scotland , for through for scotland, for northeast england, for example, and feeling considerable warmer temperatures up to 18 or 19 celsius in the east before further rain comes along later. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good morning. it's 10 am. on wednesday, the 10th of april. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> the cast review finally has been published into gender transition. it's a big, big statement. >> very concerned about is the lack of an evidence base. our systematic reviews from the university of york showed that the evidence was really disappointing . disappointing. >> so the nhs will review all

trans treatment following the bombshell report by hilary cass , bombshell report by hilary cass, a shocking 32 recommendations as doctor cass urges the nhs to use extreme caution over child hormones and advises them to launch a detransition service . launch a detransition service. >> and enough is enough. that's the message from rishi sunak as he makes assaulting shop workers a specific criminal offence for the first time, and tory backlash over the echr, the european court of human rights has ruled that the swiss government violated this group of women's human rights by their inaction over climate change. and who is the uk's most popular, or who do you think has come out in top spot on yougovs poll? we're going to give you a clue. it's not prince .

clue. it's not prince. harry. >> i would think that princess anne might be at the top of that poll. >> she'd be very high on my list. i think she's terrific. >> i think she's brilliant, tough, indomitable, takes no nonsense people us. yeah. >> although news the paper >> although news in the paper that son peter is splitting that her son peter is splitting up girlfriend at the up with his girlfriend at the moment. page of paper. moment. front page of the paper. not sure he was that bothered. >> they really? do we care? >> are they really? do we care? >> are they really? do we care? >> not really. gbnews.com >> no. not really. gbnews.com forward your essay forward slash. your essay is your to get involved your way to get involved in the show but first, show this morning, but first, though, say something. >> i was at a very, very special evening on saturday. it was the 25th anniversary of mamma miai the stage show. mamma the the stage show. mamma miai the stage of our longest stage show, one of our longest running musicals . giving birth, running musicals. giving birth, of course, to those fabulous of course, to those two fabulous films. miai mamma miai films. mamma miai mamma miai here again. i think here we go again. i think she's trying audition the part, trying an audition for the part, because the girls in abba wore those sort of trouser suits. >> they've been taking the mickey out of my outfit this morning. >> i love don't sing any abba suits. please don't sing any abba. >> i won't sing any abba. first,

though, your very latest news with wenzler . with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, bev. good morning. it's 10:02. i'm sophia >> thanks, bev. good morning. it's10:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your top story this hour. children are being let down by remarkably weak evidence and toxic debate around gender. the cass review calls for gender services for young people to match the standards of other nhs care. it says the toxicity of the debate around gender meant professionals were afraid to openly discuss their views. the review also found no evidence that the use of blockers, which delay puberty in children, to led better mental health outcomes. the author of the report, doctor hilary cass, spoke about the concerns for children's safety . children's safety. >> being very concerned about is the lack of an evidence base . the lack of an evidence base. our systematic reviews from the university of york show that the evidence was really disappointing, and that's meant that we have to be really quite

cautious about how we manage medical interventions. these young people have quite complex presentations. they've got a range of other issues that it's really important that we address. and i think one of the problems that's arisen is that people have stopped looking at them in a holistic way. >> meanwhile, parliamentary under—secretary for justice laura pharis says it's a problem countries across the world have been grappling with. >> there has been a 20 fold, something like a 15 or 20 fold increase in number of increase in the number of children being referred to this service the last 10 or 15 service in the last 10 or 15 years, and that's happened in many countries, many other countries. it's a problem everybody's been grappling with. we're government that asked we're the government that asked hilary cass to conduct that review . this hilary cass to conduct that review. this is hilary cass to conduct that review . this is a detailed, review. this is a detailed, empirical scientific review that should inform the way that policy is developed, and it shouldn't be a matter of trends or feelings or social cachet on

how this very sensitive issue is developed . developed. >> in other news, assaulting a shop worker will be made a separate criminal offence in a government u—turn in response to a surge of retail crime. it's after a report found violent and abusive incidents against shop workers rose by 50% in 2022 to 2023. the government previously said it did not think a law change was required. but today rishi sunak has announced the government would be amending its criminal justice bill to bring in the new offence . campaigner in the new offence. campaigner and former subpostmaster alan bates has hit out at his former bosses as thugs in suits. bates has hit out at his former bosses as thugs in suits . as the bosses as thugs in suits. as the post office inquiry reveals, the full extent of the scandal. the inquiry has been probing into the circumstances that led the post office to wrongly prosecute more than 900 subpostmasters, all caused by errors in the honzon all caused by errors in the horizon it software system. the inquiry into the post office scandal continues today. one victim of the horizon scandal,

janet skinner, says the system needs reform. >> i think alan just said it as it was yesterday and how and what he's been saying for years and what we've all been saying for years, to be fair, i think a lot of us are singing from the same issues in relation to the establishment itself, the way that it's broken down, i think |, that it's broken down, i think i, i do think it needs reforming , but you also have to take into account the, the people who are still running the, general post offices now, now, energy secretary clare pochettino has led a conservative backlash against the european court of human rights following their landmark swiss ruling. >> the echr , based in >> the echr, based in strasbourg, has ruled that switzerland is violating the human rights of their citizens over their lack of inaction on climate change. the row comes after a poll in the telegraph newspaper revealed that nearly 50% of conservative voters approve of leaving the echr. but

shadow home secretary yvette cooper says it's just a distraction method by the tories i >> -- >> thing about the echr is that it's part of the good friday agreement, and we need to maintain the good friday agreement and the peace settlement that was reached many years ago, and that needs to be maintained . and it's just about maintained. and it's just about having proper international standards. we expect all countries to meet. but i think very often this is used as a distraction from the real problems, which is, you know, look, let's get our economy going, growing properly again . going, growing properly again. let's tackle the cost of living crisis. let's tackle the crisis in our nhs, all things that labour wants to do that frankly, the tories are failing to do time in and some 7.4 million uk adults are still struggling to pay adults are still struggling to pay bills due to the high cost of living, according to a survey by the financial conduct authority. >> 1 in 9 adults had missed a bill or credit payment in the six months to january 2024,1

bill or credit payment in the six months to january 2024, 1 in 9 people also had no disposable income. the fca said. numbers have fallen from last year, but many households still feel heavily burdened . and for the heavily burdened. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to andrew and . bev. back to andrew and. bev. >> you've been getting in touch on gbnews.com forward slash your say. you are very funny , one of say. you are very funny, one of you has messaged afterjim dale was here talking about the fact that obviously these women supporting that wretched european court. thank you. >> on climate change, peter said, i'm going to buy jim dale's book. >> i'm going to put it on my log burner. >> well, if you live in scotland, of course, new look and a new build log burn is banned. that's the way it's going. how very rude, but how very funny, right. moving on. it's 1008 now. the cass review, published today by doctor hilary

cass, has the remarkably cass, has found the remarkably weak evidence and toxic debate around gender is letting children down. >> this report was taken four years. that is nearly 400 pages. let's hear what she had to say . let's hear what she had to say. >> been very concerned about is the lack of an evidence base . the lack of an evidence base. our systematic reviews from the university of york show that the evidence was really disappointing, and that's meant that we have to be really quite cautious about how we manage medical interventions. these young people have quite complex presentations. they've got a range of other issues that it's really important that we address. and i think one of the problems that's arisen is that people have stopped looking at them in a holistic way. so they've really only focused on their gender concerns . may be their gender concerns. may be neurodiverse, they may have mental health problems . mental health problems. >> well, joining in our joining

>> well, joining in ourjoining us in the studio is ray addison. to look at this. ray was there a good take up and involvement in this report for the last four years? >> well, one of the worrying things is that doctor cass has revealed six out of seven of the aduu revealed six out of seven of the adult gender clinics simply refused to take part in this report. now, doctor cass wanted to track around 9000 young people receiving these services as they went into adulthood . and as they went into adulthood. and these six clinics refused, declined to do that. now, some of the reasons for that, they said ethical considerations , said ethical considerations, concerns about funder motivation and political interference, and also fears that the high profile national report could be misinterpreted or misrepresented. so this is really she feels a missed opportunity here. yeah. and this is really why why the report was issued in the first place and commissioned in the first place to track these young people and find out is this helping them and where do end up in and where do they end up in adulthood? these wretched adulthood? and these wretched clinics that didn't take part?

>> how do they >> what are they? how do they what they think people are what do they think people are going that? going to conclude from that? what have got to hide? what have they got to hide? >> they've obviously given >> well, they've obviously given given doing given their reasons for doing it. been concerns in it. there have been concerns in the past concerns raised by the past and concerns raised by doctor that there is an doctor cass that there is an ideological around ideological standpoint around this, than a clinical this, rather than a clinical approach. she's very keen to approach. and she's very keen to stress this needs to be a clinical approach . we have to clinical approach. we have to put the children first, and we have to give them the same kind treatment that any other of treatment that any other child coming to the nhs with emotional distress of some description about, you know, physical condition or mental condition would receive . right. condition would receive. right. >> doesn't she also say in that report, forgive me, you've probably read every word of it. i've just read a precis of it that many of the children who talk about wanting to change their gender have suffered their their gender have suffered trauma childhood, been trauma in childhood, been victims of neglect. there's been an with parenting. an issue with parenting. >> around three quarters >> yeah. around three quarters of those who to these clinics of those who go to these clinics who went to the tavistock clinic were young women , a large were young women, a large percentage of them were same sex

attracted , and they there wasn't attracted, and they there wasn't really a push at the clinic for them to consider, other options . them to consider, other options. maybe, maybe, maybe they're just gay, you know, but they were they wanted to transition, and it wasn't a sort of a watchful waiting approach, as they call it. let's let's give some time here. let's have some counselling. let's see where we end . it was, a confirmation end up. it was, a confirmation approach . you say that you're in approach. you say that you're in the born in the wrong body. okay, this is what we're going to do. and within four sessions, sometimes these young people were then receiving puberty blockers, course is blockers, which of course is taken for long enough, have a huge impact. and their parents have to be told. so yes, the parents parents would be there, but of report, this but part of this report, this final that's come out final report that's come out from kash, he's saying from doctor kash, he's saying these parents now should receive clinical . they weren't clinical advice. they weren't receiving enough clinical advice , also, the young people need to receive advice about their fertility, fertility sort of movement implications , long term

movement implications, long term implications. and really, i think that the general we've got 32 recommendations in this. there's a there's a lot of things for here nhs england to consider, but just in general, not enough consideration was being taken on these young being taken on for these young people . are they old enough. are people. are they old enough. are they aware enough to make these kind decisions ? do their kind of decisions? do their parents enough information? parents have enough information? is ideological is there too much ideological pressure to sort of go along with this rather than raise flags and concerns? and where are they going to end up when they're adults and, you know, we obviously we're seeing legal cases. like, cases. keira bell and the like, you who've through you know, who've gone through these are now these processes and are now saying, should have been told saying, i should have been told no or i should have had some time to think. >> and the tavistock clinic is closing or is gone already. yeah, but regional are yeah, but regional centres are taking over. yes. what this taking over. yes. what does this cas bind them to follow cas report bind them to follow these recommendations or not? >> no. and this is really interesting isn't it. so i've just nhs england, issued a statement where they said we're going to set out a full implementation plan following careful consideration of this

final report and its recommendations. now, i think that's a bit vague. so i've contacted their press office, i was surprised that they was a bit surprised that they couldn't tell me straight over the they're getting back the phone. they're getting back to that mean they're to me. does that mean they're implementing? they've accepted them, implementing implementing? they've accepted th labour have said they accept the report. yes. >> course, we're now >> and of course, we're now seeing pressure on the government regulate private government to regulate private gender clinics because we're seeing, you know, obviously we had 15,000 people waiting to use tavistock, 15,000 young people. yes. on the waiting list just to get their first appointment. and so, you know, where there's a gap. we've we've now seen these private clinics being set up. so there's a concern that, you know, obviously where the nhs is hopefully now getting its house in order. we could see issues with some potential private clinics. >> i saw him, one of the papers today. they're charging hundreds of pounds, these private clinics to these kids, i'm sure. to see these kids, i'm sure. >> yes. >> yes. >> on the rest. >> on the rest. >> yeah. that's just for an initial consultation. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> of emb-

>> one of the initial whistleblowers who a staff whistleblowers who was a staff member tavistock, blew whistleblowers who was a staff merwhistle tavistock, blew whistleblowers who was a staff merwhistle in vistock, blew whistleblowers who was a staff merwhistle in 2005. ., blew whistleblowers who was a staff merwhistle in 2005. she'sblew whistleblowers who was a staff merwhistle in 2005. she's aew the whistle in 2005. she's a therapist, sue evans. she was saying to me, she's anecdotally so salt. but she she's so pinch of salt. but she she's been told by somebody who's used one private clinics one of these private clinics that the child that they, the child was prescribed ad blockers within a nine phone call. so so nine minute phone call. so so that's just that's just one thing. it's anecdotal. it's not first hand evidence, child abuse. this would be something that , you know, the government that, you know, the government need need to potentially look need to need to potentially look at and regulate area. at and, and regulate this area. >> a parent. >> you'd be a parent. >> you'd be a parent. >> and the numbers around this are fascinating. actually, i was just reminded me of some of them in america. nought point five 2% of adults, and 1.43% or 300,000 american news identify as trans. it's a tiny, tiny number of people. yeah, but in the last ten years, there have been 30 new gender reassignment hospitals built because the money to be made by the what is termed the trans industrial complex is just so huge now. and in fact, the person that we

spoke to earlier , joanne and our spoke to earlier, joanne and our interview, who has transitioned to being female , she was very to being female, she was very clear she didn't like that idea that that vulnerable people are manipulated by this very profitable system. >> well, and it will get worse in britain, won't it, with the private clinics. if nhs england follows the guidance of cas and i think it will, because if labour will be in power very soon, sell to it and i'm soon, they sell to it and i'm sure the tories will, then the private clinics will flourish. >> must be rubbing their >> it must be rubbing their hands this report. hands together with this report. >> well, surely there's an argument private clinics argument that private clinics shouldn't be able to do anything that isn't allowed to do. >> argue that, wouldn't you? >> argue that, wouldn't you? >> terms of their >> you know, in terms of their guidelines, cass, very guidelines, hilary cass, very clear that people need to clear that young people need to be for conditions such be assessed for conditions such as and also have just as autism and also to have just as autism and also to have just a mental health a general mental health assessment part of, you know, assessment as part of, you know, basically, they basically, first step when they turn their first turn up for their first appointment, you know, this is what need to look down. what we need to look down. >> of these kids have >> a lot of these kids have have mental issues. mental health issues. >> suffered abuse? >> have they suffered abuse? >> have they suffered abuse? >> do they maybe have eating disorders? they have disorders? do they have depression? you know, all of

these because need to these things because you need to you to look at if you need to look at that. if you're going to then make life changing medical interventions holistically, saw her talking on. >> when we saw her talking on. that's right. looking the that's right. looking at the whole thank you. whole person. right. thank you. ray next, children ray madison. up next, children under be from under 16 could be banned from buying mobile i doubt it. buying mobile phones i doubt it. ministers are discussing it. let's they're and let's hope they're right. and we'll too. this is we'll be doing that too. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> and then use that. >> and then use that. >> andrew pierce. stop talking. right it's 1019 with britain's newsroom on gb news. and we're joined now by broadcaster mike perry, who you could hear nattering away. i don't know what you were gossiping. >> you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> of the elections and mp, >> one of the elections and mp, former mp, labour stephen pound is with right. this this felt is with us right. this this felt a bit stressful last night fellas. i was driving around and we're not. you don't want to talk about that. i always put a line through it. we were going to talk about the terror attack threat at the champions league.

>> well, there wasn't one. fortunately, that's that's the that's whole point. fortunately, that's that's the tha the whole point. fortunately, that's that's the tha the program point. fortunately, that's that's the tha the program we're. fortunately, that's that's the tha the program we're going to >> the program we're going to talk how can a four day talk about. how can a four day week racist? week be racist? >> do that stupid welsh >> let's do that stupid welsh labour government, unbelievable rubbish. >> i to say, the number of >> i have to say, the number of times i've said never have i seen anything. moon howlingly seen anything. so moon howlingly barking every now barking bonkers. but every now and then somebody somewhere manages to exceed even the insanity in which we seem to be drenching ourselves at the present time. apparently, comrades, apparently a four day a week is racist because working class people who may be of colour tend to work. you know, the four day week so well, it's true, but it's not even sorry. >> it's not even racist against people of colour. >> it's racist against what we used to call the working classes. yeah, because the working if they're working classes, if they're plumbers they have a van, plumbers and they have a van, they have out five days they have to go out five days a week. but these white collar people but two observations here. one, it could only happen people but two observations hewalesz, it could only happen people but two observations hewales. it could only happen people but two observations hewales. it could only happen people but two observations hewales. i thought nly happen people but two observations hewales. i thought wales)pen people but two observations hewales. i thought wales had in wales. i thought wales had become most bizarrely badly become the most bizarrely badly wrong but wrong country in the world, but they doing. it's a they still keep doing. it's a fairly competition. yeah,

fairly stiff competition. yeah, to make it worse, but the to make it worse, ron. but the other is i always ask this other thing is i always ask this question these authorities, question of these authorities, if can get by on a four day if you can get by on a four day week without asking people to do anything more, then shouldn't you sack 20% of your workforce because they haven't got anything to do? >> well, that's that's not going to happen. i mean, in 1890, oscar wilde wrote a book called the soul of man under socialism. >> you were probably around. >> you were probably around. >> i probably i was at >> oh, no, i probably i was at the launch, which oscar was >> oh, no, i probably i was at the livery], which oscar was >> oh, no, i probably i was at the livery friendly. )scar was >> oh, no, i probably i was at the livery friendly. anyway,; very, very friendly. anyway, the, the point about the book is that what he said was he was actually talking about mechanisation. he said he said in people will only in the future, people will only work or days a week because work 1 or 2 days a week because there will be because there will be no because machines will take over the rest. unfortunately, that isn't machines will take over the restcase.yrtunately, that isn't machines will take over the restcase. and ately, that isn't machines will take over the restcase. and atelyproblem1't the case. and the problem is when in, when you start bringing in, imbuing it. >> unfortunately, yeah . >> unfortunately, yeah. >> unfortunately, yeah. >> i mean, it would be >> well, no, i mean, it would be very if we did only work very nice if we did only work 1 or 2 days a week. it wouldn't stephen. it would if we could devote ourselves playing devote ourselves to playing football, awful, football, it would be awful, because to get because having a reason to get out in the morning and out of bed in the morning and the self of earning your

the self esteem of earning your own money and the sense of purpose is what we should be purpose is what we should all be reminding ourselves is very important. reminding ourselves is very imfyeah,t. reminding ourselves is very imfyeah, but also we know this >> yeah, but also we know this country going wrack and country is going to wrack and ruin i mean, the united ruin and i mean, the united kingdom because of of productivity. >> yeah. that's right. if people work 20% in a week, their work 20% less in a week, their productivity is going to be 20% less. it's outrageous. >> about >> you're always talking about mental aren't we? of mental health, aren't we? of course so many people course we are. so many people stuck in doors facing a wall. >> of course we are. i totally agree with one interact agree with no one to interact with. getting to with. and also, getting back to stephen's there, this idea stephen's point there, this idea of, the luddite of, you know, the luddite theory, if you introduce theory, oh, if you introduce machines, out of machines, you put people out of work. somebody's got to build the somebody's to the machines, somebody's got to service the machines, somebody's got laboratories to got to work in laboratories to improve all this ai stuff. and that's where the new work force will be. >> let's get a key point. what beverley said there. yeah. the idea, you know, we don't live to work. you know, we actually work to and whichever way round to live. and whichever way round it don't want to. it is, i don't want to. >> well , do it is, i don't want to. >> well, do you prefer to work to live or live to work. >> no, no i prefer to work. >> no, no i prefer to work. >> to live. no, i don't know the living is a no. the

living to work is a no. the reality is there's 100 to say that if it wasn't for work, you would to get out of bed in would want to get out of bed in the morning. there's 101 things that you could be doing. you, in fact, of us at this table. fact, all of us at this table. no, don't agree. no, don't be doing don't agree. >> sorry. no, >> it's got sorry. no, no, stephen getting of bed in stephen getting out of bed in the morning and doing something. it's something of it's got to be something of worth. saying. i'll worth. yeah. not saying. i'll tell i'll in bed tell you what. i'll stay in bed till to 11 because my pub till 10 to 11 because my pub opens at 11:00. that's a worthless existence. >> around my way out. bit >> around my way out. a bit earlier that. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> well. >> well. >> 11:00. >> 11:00. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> this just this story. >> because i do find it really interesting, the idea that a four day week is racist. the point being that people of colour more likely to do the colour are more likely to do the low paid but don't we low paid jobs. but don't we often racism with often confuse racism with actually talking actually what we're talking about social and when about is social class. and when we're about, well, it's we're talking about, well, it's not because people not fair because people of colour do the colour are less likely to do the jobs have the luxury class. >> but do you remember that newspaper headline years ago >> but do you remember that newspaboutieadline years ago >> but do you remember that newspabout socioeconomicago about about socioeconomic status, in your status, not melanin in your skin? no, they were actually talking police horses talking about police horses being racist at one stage. i mean, come up with this mean, you can come up with this nonsense. you're

nonsense. look, you know, you're absolutely right. point absolutely right. the point being, conditions of being, it's the conditions of the people. it's not the the working people. it's not the race. to say, class race. i have to say, class trumps race every single time we talk about nothing but race and we never i know some of the richest people in this country are brown or black skin. >> yeah, i agree, the richest people. and by the way, in wales in particular, the national in particular, half the national health service is full of people of colour and, know, look of colour and, you know, look around is the first black around now is the first black leader. >> is , he is. >> he is, he is. >> and in parts of wales. and i know this because i was born on the borders. there aren't any coloured people. i mean literally aren't you go, you go into mid wales, you go to aberystwyth, to north aberystwyth, you go to north wales something that. wales or something like that. seriously, white seriously, it's mostly white community. this racism community. so this word racism is bandied around all over the place just to give do gooders the opportunity to sound good about themselves. >> the other objection that i have this debate, when we have to this debate, when we talk the fact talk about racism, is the fact that to that challenges to afro—caribbean let's say, afro—caribbean boys. let's say, are very different to challenges to born or pakistani born to indian born or pakistani born young people. and i feel

desperately sorry, actually, for people of ethnic minorities, when everyone gets lumped together and in one big this is incredibly educational . incredibly educational. >> attainment for the caribbean boysis >> attainment for the caribbean boys is much lower than the indian indian boys. that's right. >> but course, and >> but of course, and particularly, you know, chinese, japanese look who comes japanese and but look who comes bottom the pile time. bottom of the pile every time. white white working class boys. >> yeah yeah, yeah . >> well said. yeah yeah, yeah. >> well said. yeah yeah, yeah. >> and it's absolutely true. >> and it's absolutely true. >> they're forgotten in all of this. >> absolutely true. >> absolutely true. >> where is >> is it about where is this what it's going be like in what it's going to be like in britain we have a labour government? >> oh, don't you know, 20 years? i was just waiting for that shoe to drop. >> years shower, to drop. >>vears >> years of this shower, a 20 mile hour speed limit across mile an hour speed limit across the principality. what the entire principality. what is this? yeah, yeah. managing >> it's not doing >> well, it's not it's not doing it particularly well, is it particularly well, though, is it? your lot. yeah. yeah. it? it's your lot. yeah. yeah. may say i'm guilty of many, may i say i'm guilty of many, many things my life. i'm not many things in my life. i'm not entirely guilty labour entirely guilty for the labour party policies of. >> but should have >> no, but you should have spoken about it, stephen. you spoken up about it, stephen. you are inside the labour are a voice inside the labour movement. about voice are a voice inside the labour moventhe . about voice are a voice inside the labour moventhelabouriout voice are a voice inside the labour moventhe labour movement.e are a voice inside the labour moventhe labour movement. and inside the labour movement. and you've go to rack you've just let it go to rack and ruin. >> bonkers. yeah, yeah.

>> bonkers. yeah, yeah. >> very good. yeah. >> very good. yeah. >> that's going to be in the tory election manifesto. >> are addicted our >> we are all addicted to our mobile sure would all agree >> i'm sure we would all agree you're probably a less you're probably a little less addicted are stephen? addicted are you, stephen? >> i a rather elegant >> so i have a rather elegant nokia that's. >> does it have the internet on. >> does it have the internet on. >> have an old fashioned. it works. you don't have internet >> you don't have the internet on your phone? >> good god, no. >> right. >> right. >> i don't even know where the internet is. >> that's why you're so cheerful. you see, left the cheerful. you see, i left the door and the internet escaped. >> i don't know where it's gone. logical >> i have to say, when i read this story, the background tour, i realise that at the i didn't realise that at the moment. a child can go moment. a child of ten can go into and buy mobile into a shop and buy a mobile phone. of course they can. i had into a shop and buy a mobile ph> has to >> exactly. the contract has to be by somebody over be authorised by somebody over the of 18. that's apparently the age of 18. that's apparently no, but i totally agree. you

know, a streetwise know, the idea that a streetwise kid 12 can into a shop, kid of 12 can walk into a shop, buy somebody else kid of 12 can walk into a shop, bufire somebody else kid of 12 can walk into a shop, bufire up somebody else kid of 12 can walk into a shop, bufire up them.iebody else kid of 12 can walk into a shop, bufire up them. thist else kid of 12 can walk into a shop, bufire up them. this lawse to fire it up for them. this law should have been introduced to fire it up for them. this law shoul ago.ye been introduced to fire it up for them. this law shoul ago. i been introduced to fire it up for them. this law shoul ago. i hadn introduced to fire it up for them. this law shoul ago. i had no 1troduced to fire it up for them. this law shoul ago. i had no ideajced to fire it up for them. this law shoul ago. i had no idea ited to fire it up for them. this law shoul ago. i had no idea it was years ago. i had no idea it was so accessible. >> is it going to work doing that though? >> no children going and >> no children are going and buying phone. yeah, buying a mobile phone. yeah, well, because they've well, i know because they've not got iphone. well, i know because they've not got let iphone. well, i know because they've not got let tell iphone. well, i know because they've not got let tell you |one. well, i know because they've not got let tell you something. >> let me tell you something. >> let me tell you something. >> buy a second hand >> £30. you buy a second hand phone, you see the adverts all over the place all the time. >> schools i was >> one of the last schools i was a we decided to a governor at, we decided to actually phones actually ban mobile phones in the school. good idea was uproar. virtually every parent said i need to know for the child's these were child's safety. and these were people haven't got people in many cases haven't got two pennies to together. and two pennies to rub together. and they buying mobile they insisted on buying mobile phones kids. phones for their kids. >> ones, i bet. >> expensive ones, i bet. >> expensive ones, i bet. >> right were. but >> oh damn right they were. but you got to work you really, really got to work this through. because this one through. because if you're to say we're going you're going to say we're going to olds from buying to ban 16 year olds from buying phones, poor phones, can you imagine the poor people saying, you people in the shop saying, you want me want to buy cigarettes? let me just to buy want to buy cigarettes? let me jumobile to buy want to buy cigarettes? let me jumobile phone? to buy want to buy cigarettes? let me jumobile phone? let to buy want to buy cigarettes? let me jumobile phone? let me to buy want to buy cigarettes? let me jumobile phone? let me just buy a mobile phone? let me just check age. want to check your age. do you want to buy alcohol? you know, what are we them all where we asking them all to do? where are the parents this? are the parents in this? >> yeah. totally agree. >> yeah. no, i totally agree. parental responsibility and a parent parental responsibility and a pare the phone is, taken the parental responsibility and a paretwhen one is, taken the parental responsibility and a paretwhen they 5, taken the parental responsibility and a paretwhen they 5, tytoen the parental responsibility and a

paretwhen they 5, tyto school1e parental responsibility and a paretwhen they 5, tyto school and child when they go to school and given child after school. given to the child after school. and time, the child given to the child after school. arin time, the child given to the child after school. arin the time, the child given to the child after school. arin the safety time, the child given to the child after school. arin the safety and e, the child given to the child after school. arin the safety and the |e child is in the safety and the security of teachers the security of teachers and the school okay. security of teachers and the sch however, okay. security of teachers and the sch however, it okay. security of teachers and the sch however, it just ay. security of teachers and the sch however, it just does not >> however, it just does not work that. and work like that. and unfortunately, too unfortunately, there are too many teachers who are, as you say, pressure parents say, under pressure from parents who text who say, well, i need to text her at lunchtime tell her her at lunchtime to tell her what i'm picking her up what time i'm picking her up after yeah, to after school. yeah, we used to manage. used manage it. manage. we used to manage it. and teachers and that's what the teachers have to say to the have to be able to say to the parents. arranged parents. oh, you arranged to meet daughter if meet your daughter at 4:00. if it she'll on the it changes, she'll wait on the corner minutes. yeah, corner for ten minutes. yeah, we've 16 olds are >> and also, 16 year olds are about the vote when about to get the vote when labour into power, they're about to get the vote when labygoing into power, they're about to get the vote when labygoing to 1to power, they're about to get the vote when labygoing to wantywer, they're about to get the vote when labygoing to want this they're about to get the vote when labygoing to want this law, 're about to get the vote when labygoing to want this law, are they? >> no, because they'll be they'll and they'll be selling the idea and marketing tiktok. marketing to them via tiktok. yeah. to have yeah. we'll want them to have mobile phones. yeah. this feels very the fact very tokenistic to me. the fact that discussing that they're even discussing this the word from that they're even discussing this it. the word from that they're even discussing this it. yeah. the word from buying it. yeah. >> we look at a stab one of >> can we look at a stab one of those rubber stamps. just those rubber stamps. it just says tokenistic and just we could especially in an could well, especially in an election like you election year, you feel like you could over every single could put it over every single story, don't you? >> right . what about this >> yeah, right. what about this judge dismissing mike, this >> yeah, right. what about this judge that, ssing mike, this >> yeah, right. what about this judge that, this; mike, this >> yeah, right. what about this judge that, this bachelor1is >> yeah, right. what about this judge that, this bachelor has claim that, this bachelor has taken these women to court who who mocked him for being a bad date?

>> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> i mean , you know, i've got >> i mean, you know, i've got a i've got a dog in the fight here. you might say, because. well, no, no, but, you know, i'm a gentleman of a certain age, you know, entering early middle age , i, i, i have never, i've age, i, i, i have never, i've never been officially married. so, you know, i've got a traditionally married , well, traditionally married, well, i've been unofficially partnered, if you see what i mean. but i'm married, and so there may be a string of ladies out there who might be ready to give their verdict on me. so i'd be quite worried about that . you be quite worried about that. you know what i mean? >> if you were a good date, i think i was a great date. >> i'm very generous. right. always restaurants , always went to good restaurants, always always always very polite. always pulled out pulled a woman's chair out before to down a before she sat to down a restaurant table and all that. and, i. well, look, the and, i think i. well, look, the evidence is in the fact that i was in demand. i was a good catch. i have to say. >> oh, my word. did you kiss on it? can we can we say kiss it? can we can we just say kiss on news listeners, gb on gb news listeners, this is gb news hearts club. on gb news listeners, this is gb ne\ if hearts club. on gb news listeners, this is gb ne\ if there's hearts club. on gb news listeners, this is gb ne\ if there's anybody.ub. on gb news listeners, this is gb ne\ if there's anybody out there wealthy. >> my kinsey schofield. he did

kiss on the first. >> no, i said sometimes only i was known as a, you know, a middle aged babe magnet. >> too much information here. >> too much information here. >> my page has submitted. he used to be known as a middle class babe, man, middle age baby, babe. baby, middle aged babe. >> middle middle aged babe. >> magnet. well, i think that's rather charming, but this. well, i don't know. >> where can we move on this particular thing? what's weird about this is there. apparently there's website , whatever that there's a website, whatever that is am i we dating is called. am i are we dating the guy ? that's right. and the same guy? that's right. and apparently that's what this particular mean, was particular bloke, i mean, he was aged 50 different aged like 50 different women, and him very, and they tracked him down very, very of course , very quickly. and of course, he's absolutely mortified because he's been called a bad date . date. >> he took them to court, say defamation. >> you've all been criticising me jointly on this website. i'm dating all of you at the same time. the judge sling time. and the judge said sling your time. and the judge said sling youwe're >> we're not. >> we're not. >> but the question, the question you know, question is, i mean, you know, call me fashioned, but how call me old fashioned, but how could 50 i mean , could you date 50 women? i mean, i've same i've been married to the same person 50 years. oh, person for nearly 50 years. oh, woman she's woman colleague. yeah. she's never divorce. woman colleague. yeah. she's nevyeah. divorce. woman colleague. yeah. she's nevyeah. murder divorce. woman colleague. yeah. she's nevyeah. murder yes, divorce. woman colleague. yeah. she's nevyeah. murder yes, sir. 'orce. so, yeah. murder yes, sir. >> but this story, of course , is

>> but this story, of course, is based in santa monica. santa monica is in california. most people, in my experience in california are bonkers. there we are. >> or there, prince harry. >> or there, prince harry. >> it's okay. bonkers, right? we have to move on now . thank you stephen. >> thank you. been talking bonkers. >> it's time for the news headunes >> it's time for the news headlines with a very patient waiting us. sophia wenzler. waiting for us. sophia wenzler. yeah . yeah. >> thanks, bev. it's 1031. yeah. >> thanks, bev. it's1031. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb news room . children are being let room. children are being let down by remarkably weak evidence and toxic debate around gender. the cass review calls for gender services for young people to match the standards of other nhs care. it says the toxicity of the debate around gender meant professionals were afraid to openly discuss their views. the review also found no evidence that the use of blockers, which delay puberty in children, led to better mental health outcomes. the author of the report, doctor hilary cass, spoke about the concerns for children's safety .

children's safety. >> being very concerned about is the lack of an evidence base . the lack of an evidence base. our systematic reviews from the university of york show that the evidence was really disappointing, and that's meant that we have to be really quite cautious about how we manage medical interventions. these young people have quite complex presentations. they've got a range of other issues that it's really important that we address. and i think one of the problems that's arisen is that people have stopped looking at them in a holistic way. >> assaulting a shop worker will be made a separate criminal offence in a government u—turn. in response to a surge of retail crime. it's after a report found violent and abusive incidents against shop workers rose by 50% in 2022 to 2023. the government previously said it did not think a law change was required, but today rishi sunak has announced

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from having them. keith. morning. keith has said i'm 72 and my ten year old brandon . and my ten year old brandon. maybe a grandchild can outsmart me with the way it all works. we can all relate to that. >> certainly outsmart me. >> certainly outsmart me. >> that doubt on way and we're talking about the, day, four day working week and whether it is inherently racist because it might discriminate against people who do lower paid jobs. >> mad wales . >> well, that's a mad wales. >> well, that's a mad wales. >> well, that's a mad wales. >> well, people, racist people who weeks, but who work shorter weeks, but longer shifts have an enhanced hourly rate or a shift premium. i've worked shifts for 34 years and i've got no complaints. four on, four off shift and bingo, only work half the days in the year. only work half the days in the year . plus only work half the days in the year. plus your only work half the days in the year . plus your leave year. plus your leave entitlement. yeah good entitlement. clever. yeah good point. it's not all bad, is it? you know, sometimes people think , you know, shift work can be good. >> and also that's the thing about zero hour contracts too. that gives a lot of people flexibility, they like. flexibility, which they like. yeah. they're on their yeah. and they're on their way out. zero hour contracts out. these zero hour contracts when election. when labour win the election. >> who a gb news >> and john who is a gb news member good says thank you john

tesco says profits have soared. i thought everyone was suffering from the rise in inflation. this just goes to show from energy companies supermarketsjust companies to supermarkets just ripping off the consumer all the time. like off time. it feels like rip off britain . britain. >> well now she's perfect segue. >> well now she's perfect segue. >> segue because the >> perfect segue because the labour party has promised to reverse what they call the tories. 14 years decline on tories. 14 years of decline on britain's streets. britain's high streets. >> say >> that's right. they say that they're reform business they're going to reform business rates on rates and get tough on shoplifting. as i say, liam shoplifting. so as i say, liam halligan, our business and economics here. how economics editor is here. how are labour going to revive the high street? sounds wonderful . high street? sounds wonderful. in principle. >> this is a sort of another pre—election perennial, isn't it? >> we're going to make britain's high streets better, particularly in some of our regional towns and cities where high streets have been hollowed out. >> i mean, crikey , even if you >> i mean, crikey, even if you go along high streets in prosperous parts of london, we'll go to oxford street, boarded up shops and so on. so this is really at the centre of levelling up. this idea that we need to, rejuvenate our high

streets because they're more than just places where you shop. it's where people meet. it's where communities it's where people meet. it's whe labour communities it's where people meet. it's whe labour homednunities it's where people meet. it's whe labour homed in nities it's where people meet. it's whe labour homed in on es and labour have homed in on something called business rates. let's have a quick look at their plan . so i've got little plan. so i've got a little graphic here. they've graphic here. so they've announced five point announced this five point plan to high today. to revive the high street today. we've had various senior labour frontbenchers up in the north east announcing this. they've got this five point plan. at the centre of the plan is replacing business rates with a business property tax. business rates raise about £30 billion a year. there are tax on the rateable value of your property. if you're a business, particularly if you're a retailer, whether you own the property or not. so you own the property or not. so you have to pay it whether you make any money or not, whether you any profit or not, you make any profit or not, whether in revenue whether you take in any revenue or have to pay or any sense you have to pay a lot of money. labour say they want to level the playing field with they say with online retailers. they say that this business rates regime replacing a business replacing it with a business property tax means that online retailers will also pay that, which will mean that bricks and

mortar retailers, high street retailers don't have a massive disadvantage over online retailer pay what they pay it on the warehouse or something. well, again, this is vague . we well, again, this is vague. we don't know. are they really going to take on the massive onune going to take on the massive online retailers ? online retailers? >> the tories have promised it for and never did for ten years and never did tech giants all the political giants that all the political spokesmen and women then go and work for after they've been in government. >> exactly. and then also again , >> exactly. and then also again, tackling an issue that we've been talking about a lot on gb news high street banks are news many high street banks are deserting not deserting the high street, not just in, you know, rural locations, but also in towns. even in some cities , labour say even in some cities, labour say they want to introduce new banking hubs , whatever that banking hubs, whatever that means. again, there's no details. so they're definitely prodding around in the right area because all know in our area because we all know in our bones, wherever we live in the uk, that the high street is under pressure. know how under pressure. we all know how important is, important the high street is, not economically , but not just economically, but socially from a sort of socially as well, from a sort of community . and so labour community aspect. and so labour are saying that they're going to reform rates , take on reform business rates, take on the tech giants, create new

banking again , these banking hubs. but again, these details are sorely lacking at this point. >> my point was, liam, the best way to save the high street is to turn the internet off. and they can't do that. >> they can't do that. and you know, obviously the internet has done great things for us in some senses, but it does mean that bncks senses, but it does mean that bricks and mortar retailing has really suffered. you really suffered. so where you have bricks and mortar retailers, people who rent or own shops, if they have to pay a massive slug of tax on that premises before they've even started , before they've taken in started, before they've taken in a single pound penny piece, let alone made any profit. if they're on the hook for those big taxes. and this is tens of thousands pounds even thousands of pounds for even each year, isn't it? for small, even for small retailers. and yet the tech giants, they're not paying yet the tech giants, they're not paying for that high street presence through business rates. they're often paying tax in other jurisdictions, either. how otherjurisdictions, either. how can how can, real world, if you like , retailers possibly co mpete? compete? >> they can't. i don't believe a

word of it. >> i don't believe a word of it. they're going to put a massive tax on the amazon warehouses thatis tax on the amazon warehouses that is proportionately similar, let's say pro—rata, to a cafe on chiswick high road . chiswick high road. >> i don't know how it's going to work, bev. and i also know that once you start messing with business rates, have to business rates, you have to understand a tax that understand that it's a tax that very journalists are even very few journalists are even aware of . yeah, you're not aware of. yeah, you're not really aware of it unless you run small business yourself run a small business yourself and then you're very aware of it. but this is £30 billion a yean it. but this is £30 billion a year, which is, you know, a huge slug of cash. so if labour are saying they're going to remove business rates for certain high street retailers, they're going to have to find that money from somewhere else . somewhere else. >> i saw a tweet from the tories in wales saying, practice makes the proof is in the pudding. in wales, the labour administration has cut the relief on business rates by nearly half. that's right, that's right. and so that's the left arm not knowing

what the right arm this business rates issue. >> i've stressed a lot on gb >> i've stressed it a lot on gb news. we used talk about it news. we used to talk about it all on my on the money all the time on my on the money show. the would go show. and the inbox would go mad. feed would go mad. my twitter feed would go mad. my twitter feed would go mad saying, mad with small retailers saying, keep this keep going on about this. this is really important. this is going to kill business. it's going to kill our business. it's going to kill our business. it's going family going to kill our family business. during covid, there were were, reliefs. there were there were, reliefs. there were there were, reliefs. there were delays on business rates. there were special, rates brought in to give shop owners, shopkeepers some kind of relief. those, covid era lower levels are now expiring . and so the are now expiring. and so the full force of regular business rates is hitting small businesses in particular. again. so it's good that labour are talking about this. i do think this is going to be one of the key battlegrounds of the general election. the high street, along with tax spend in with housing tax and spend in general, the culture war stuff. but i do share of your but i do share some of your scepticism on what we've heard so far, and they haven't what we've seen so far . there's not

we've seen so far. there's not much they haven't much detail. they haven't mentioned much detail. they haven't me no. 1ed >> no. >> em- e inbox has, i bet it >> while our inbox has, i bet it has. you, our viewers are saying, allow us to drive and park in our high street and in our car parks, and we'll go and use shops. leslie use the shops. yeah. leslie said, on online said, put a tax on online vendors just to them as vendors just to make them as expensive high street. expensive as the high street. typical ideas . andrew's typical labour ideas. andrew's pointing out high streets going down are down hill because people are working frankie said working from home. frankie said the labour are looking for the labour party are looking for another soak taxpayers another way to soak up taxpayers cash. sounds like. >> parking thing actually >> the parking thing is actually absolutely crucial, isn't it? and not that people and it's not just that people have to park in have to park, pay to park in town. it's often that they have town. it's often that they have to download, know, half to download, you know, a half a dozen apps, they need a smartphone. they don't smartphone. yeah. if they don't park correctly, then they get fined instantly . fined instantly. >> just put £2 in the machine because they want to get because they're trying to kill off cash two. liam thank so >> right. liam thank you so much. up next, this little much. right up next, this little lovely green building we're going to show you. there it is. what do you think it might be? it's been there for the last 100 years. >> it is. it's a house for hobbit. >> you're with britain's newsroom on

gb news. good morning. it's 1050. gb news. good morning. it's1050. we have been showing you this picture all morning of this very quaint little green building. isn't it lovely? >> it's your house. >> it's your house. >> it's your house. >> it's andrew pearce's house. we can reveal that is where andrew lives. >> i'd have killed off the trees i >> actually, 5mm >> actually, it is a taxi driver . stop. and it's been there for the last 100 years. it's now been given grade two listed status. >> so it's in wellington place, which is near regent's park. and it was the last of the 13 surviving cabmen's shelters to be given the official protection against demolition . against demolition. >> so joining us now is the trustee for cabmen's shelter fund, evans. good morning fund, colin evans. good morning colin, morning colin, so just good morning andrew. good morning. thank you so much forjoining us. so tell us about these cabmen's shelters. what's the history

behind them? >> well, now i found out that we mostly hobbits are going to be using it, it's become a bit of a surprise . no, they are very, surprise. no, they are very, very important to the history of the london cab trade and of course, london itself, we go back next year . we'll be 150 back next year. we'll be 150 years of these shelters . so years of these shelters. so a beginning and the beginning of this was about 1875, and it actually was john's wood , kc actually was john's wood, kc road, where the first shelter went up in, that was done by captain armstrong, who, rallied around the aristocracy, including the prince of wales and the duke of westminster, and they put 21 guineas in to, to protect the fund. and, we did reach a point of 60 shelters at one time in the 1900s. and they gradually decreased to 43. and as you know , we're now down to as you know, we're now down to 13, which, ten are operative ones being refurbished and the other two are coming on, online after being hit by, a car and a

lorry. that's, all goes with the job. you know, if you're a shelter keeper, there's always something going to run into you. >> there's one near me in north london where you see your colleagues queuing up for their bacon roll and mugs of tea. >> absolutely. but you know, the shelters inside are only for cab drivers. and that was part of the regulations . but a lot of the regulations. but a lot of people, the police, the firemen, pubuc people, the police, the firemen, public come to the window and have, you know, a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich at a very, very , as i should say, very, very good price, compared to the other establishments. >> so, so inside of them is, is what, a little kitchen, a little place to sit and have a rest. >> this is. listen, i always say to people, it's like a little tardis. you know, once you open the door and go in there, it's a massive hall. you know, with chairs and tables and dancing and a band at the end, you know,

that's the end of it, but really they are. they can see about, 9 to 10 drivers at any one time. and they isn't getting in the shelters. it's when all the drivers get in there and start chatting away, it's getting out, you know, no one wants to leave, but it's a good place where people can banter, you know, they have talk about the trade and get it off their chest . and, and get it off their chest. and, we think they're they're valuable capture . they're valuable to capture. they're valuable to capture. they're valuable to capture. they're valuable to london. and what it all stands for. >> aren't they brilliant. so. and don't have the little and if you don't have the little shelters, where do cabbies go to get refreshments or use the loo? >> well, i would go to normal. i'm not going to sort of give, pat cullen. and all those advertising, free advertising, but for twice the money you can go to these places. but the shelter keepers want to encourage more drivers, especially some of the younger drivers , back into the shelters. drivers, back into the shelters. yeah, because the younger drivers, it's difficult . but, drivers, it's difficult. but, you know, some of us old boys have been driving for long, have been driving for a long, long we spare long time and we can spare a couple of hours having a chat

about nothing and talking and, you it you know, obviously getting it off our chest, some of the younger drivers need to go to work . they need to earn their work. they need to earn their money after doing knowledge, money after doing the knowledge, of is, you know, of course, which is, you know, can up or 3 years. so can take up to 2 or 3 years. so yeah, it's very important. very important for us. >> it's important . >> it's important. >> it's important. >> well, well, well done for getting listed, protection getting that listed, protection for it's a bit, for it. because it's a bit, a bit of, black cab driver history i >> -- >> that's lam >> that's right. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> that was colin evans there. and colin. lovely to see you. yeah.i and colin. lovely to see you. yeah. i really want to pop in and see one cup of tea and bake and see one cup of tea and bake and sunny and the near in and sunny and the one near me in north the best. >> the best, the best. >> the best, the best. >> right. the weather. >> right. here's the weather. >> right. here's the weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> welcome to your latest gb news weather update. >> it's going to be a fairly cloudy and mild afternoon for most areas. after a brighter start to the day, we will see heavy rain continue to move in from the west. that's this

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gb news. >> at 11 am. on wednesday, the 10th of april. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> very good morning, rishi >> very good morning, sir. rishi sunak shop sunak is making assaults on shop workers criminal offence. it workers a criminal offence. it sounds sense to us. sounds like common sense to us. >> and the nhs will review all trans treatment following the major report by doctor hilary cass.

>> very concerned about is the lack of an evidence base . our lack of an evidence base. our systematic reviews from the university of york showed that the evidence was really disappointing . disappointing. >> tory backlash over the european court of human rights, which has ruled the swiss government violates women's human rights by not acting swiftly enough on climate change. labour shadow home secretary yvette cooper said this to gb news a little earlier. >> the thing about the echr is that it's part of the good friday agreement and we need to maintain the good friday agreement and the peace settlement that was reached many years ago, and that needs to be maintained. and it's just about having proper international standards. we expect all countries to meet . countries to meet. >> that's very sensible. i'm not sure it is the uk's most popular royal who do you think has come out in the top spot on a yougov poll? will give you a clue. it's not prince harry, i think it's

prince . andrew. prince. andrew. >> now do you think bev turner beanng >> now do you think bev turner bearing in mind it was she knew i was at the 25th anniversary production on saturday night of mamma miai >> the stage show. brilliant show. it's at the in the west end. there you are, there i am, and there am i. with bjorn, no less talking about mamma miai up to 25 years now. if you like. that jacket bear there i'm that jacket bear there is. i'm wearing a very pink jacket and very pink shirt. i wore that jacket and shirt when i was an extra in the stage show of mamma miai in 2018, and you've miai in 2018, and if you've watched stage or watched the stage show or watched the stage show or watched the stage show or watched the film in the church, the three dads of sophie stand up. so did i. up. wow. so did i. >> we're going to see a little bit of you living your best life. when you made your appearance in mamma mia i and the appearance in mamma miai and the reason this has all been inspired today is because he's been taking the out of my outfit. >> because she thinks she's frida. >> no, i don't i didn't even

cross does. cross my mind. she does. >> not going to let cross my mind. she does. >> do not going to let cross my mind. she does. >> do is not going to let cross my mind. she does. >> do is sing not going to let cross my mind. she does. >> do is sing any ot going to let cross my mind. she does. >> do is sing any abbang to let cross my mind. she does. >> do is sing any abba no:o let her do is sing any abba no massacre, right? her do is sing any abba no ma gbnews.com forward slash your >> gbnews.com forward slash your say to let us know your thoughts this morning. you can defend my outfit. like extra outfit. do i look like an extra outfit. do i look like an extra out literally was an out of abba? he literally was an extra in abba mamma mia the musical. we're going watch musical. we're going to watch that just a bit. first that in just a bit. first though, news with though, your latest news with sophia wenzler. >> thank you bev. good morning. it's 11:01. i'm >> thank you bev. good morning. it's11:01. i'm sofia >> thank you bev. good morning. it's 11:01. i'm sofia wenzel >> thank you bev. good morning. it's11:01. i'm sofia wenzel in the gb newsroom. your top story this hour . the gb newsroom. your top story this hour. children are being let down by remarkably weak evidence and toxic debate around genden evidence and toxic debate around gender. the cass review calls for gender services for young people to match the standards of other nhs care. it says the toxicity of the debate around gender meant professionals were afraid to openly discuss their views. the review also found no evidence that the use of blockers, which delay puberty in children , led to better mental children, led to better mental health outcomes. the author of the report , doctor hilary cass, the report, doctor hilary cass, spoke about the concerns for

children's safety . children's safety. >> being very concerned about is the lack of an evidence base . the lack of an evidence base. our systematic reviews from the university of york show that the evidence was really disappointing, and that's meant that we have to be really quite cautious about how we manage medical interventions. these young people have quite complex presentations. they've got a range of other issues that it's really important that we address. and i think one of the problems that's arisen is that people have stopped looking at them in a holistic way. >> meanwhile, parliamentary under—secretary for justice laura pharis says it's a problem countries across the world have been grappling with. >> there has been a 20 fold, something like a 15 or 20 fold increase in the number of children being referred to this service in the last 10 or 15 years, and that's happened in many countries, many other countries. it's a problem.

everybody's been grappling with. we're the government that asked hillary cass to conduct that review. this is a detailed , review. this is a detailed, empirical scientific review that should inform the way that policy is developed. and it shouldn't be a matter of trends or feelings or social cachet on how this very issue is developed. >> in other news, assaulting shop workers will be made a separate criminal offence in a government u—turn in response to a surge in retail crime. it's after a report found violent and abusive incidents against shop workers rose by 50% in 2022 to 2023. the government previously said it did not think a law change was required, but today rishi sunak has announced that the government would be amending its criminal justice bill to bnngin its criminal justice bill to bring in the new offence . energy bring in the new offence. energy secretary claire coutinho has led a conservative backlash against the european court of human rights following their landmark swiss ruling. the echr , landmark swiss ruling. the echr, based in strasbourg, has ruled that switzerland is violating

the human rights of their citizens over their inaction on climate change. the row comes after a poll in the telegraph newspaper revealed that nearly 50% of conservative voters approve of leaving the echr , but approve of leaving the echr, but shadow home secretary yvette cooper says it's just a distraction method by the tories. >> think about the echr is that it's part of the good friday agreement and we need to maintain the good friday agreement and the peace settlement that was reached many years ago, and that needs to be maintained. and it's just about having proper international standards we expect all countries to meet. but i think very often this is used as a distraction from the real problems, which is, you know, look, let's get our economy going. growing properly again. let's tackle the cost of living crisis. let's tackle the crisis in our nhs, all things that labour to that frankly, labour wants to do that frankly, the tories are failing to do time in now. >> five members of a bulgarian organised crime group have been

convicted of falsely claiming over £50 million in universal credit in the uk's biggest ever benefit fraud over a four and a half year period. the gang made thousands of false claims for universal credit, using either real people or hijacked identities. the investigation identified three benefit factories in london where repeated false claims for benefits were supported by forged documents . if the claims forged documents. if the claims were rejected, the fraudsters would try again and again until they were granted. the defendants will appear for sentencing in may. some 7.4 million uk adults are still struggling to pay bills due to the high cost of living, according to a survey the according to a survey by the financial conduct authority. 1 in 9 adults had missed a bill or credit payment in the six months to january 2024. 1 in 9 people also had no disposable income, the fca said. the number has fallen from the last year, but many households still feel heavily burdened and arizona supreme court has reinstated a

near—total ban on abortion from 1864, the court ruled that the state can enforce an 160 year old almost complete abortion ban . the 1864 law, which precedes arizona becoming a state, makes abortion punishable by 2 to 5 years in prison, except when the mother's life is at risk. arizona voters may be able to undo the ruling in a november referendum , and a runaway referendum, and a runaway racehorse found itself in a railway station in sydney in australia. alarmed passengers leapt out of the way as the horse trotted along the platform. but when a train arrived, the driver kept the door shut to keep the joyriders out of the carriages . luckily, out of the carriages. luckily, the cavalry soon arrived and the racehorse was taken home to its stable and will soon be back on the right track . and for the the right track. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to

gbnews.com/alerts. now it's back to andrew and . bev. to andrew and. bev. >> it's 1108 with britain's newsroom on gb news. and, i'm andrew pierce >> can you be sat next to me for the last 15, 16 months? i know you'd prefer. i know you'd prefer to be somebody else, beverley. it's andrew pierce. >> you have your strengths. >> you have your strengths. >> pierce i'm distracted >> andrew pierce i'm distracted by everybody at home. this is the problem. i can't do two things at once. i'm reading all your love this new your comments. i love this new system. .com/ your say, system. gb news .com/ your say, but does mean that i forget but it does mean that i forget that i'm meant to be on the tv. >> yesterday forgot what >> yesterday she forgot what time the programme ends trying >> yesterday she forgot what tinleave programme ends trying >> yesterday she forgot what tinleave at ogramme ends trying >> yesterday she forgot what tinleave at 1145.nme ends trying >> yesterday she forgot what tinleave at 1145. ine ends trying >> yesterday she forgot what tinleave at 1145. i was nds trying >> yesterday she forgot what tinleave at 1145. i was happy ing to leave at 1145. i was happy for just the for it to go well. just the program to myself. >> better. spike said. >> much better. spike said. >> much better. spike said. >> bev, you look great. we're talking about my jump suit because we are going to show you some footage of pierce some footage of andrew pierce when mamma when he was an extra in mamma miai musical, so he's not miai the musical, so he's not getting free, and getting away scot free, and spike andrew, don't spike has said, andrew, don't be shy. jumpsuit.

shy. get yourself a jumpsuit. anton said, please, no more aba just for that. >> we're going to do even more. >> we're going to do even more. >> might be my singing, though. that him off. yeah. pete that put him off. yeah. pete said. i'm here in australia and i this show. i watched i love this show. i watched it here evening. thanks pete. here every evening. thanks pete. and dave has said no, no, no. let me move on to margaret. love yourjumpsuit. bev let me move on to margaret. love your jumpsuit. bev andrew, your turned up cuffs brought back fond memories for me. >> fond memories of what are they up ? oh, okay. i know they turned up? oh, okay. i know we have cufflinks on, but today i don't, and keith said i used to wear a red shirt to work in the 60s. i had to put up with edmundo remarks. does that edmundo ros remarks. does that make to you? make sense to you? >> yep yep, yep. >> yep yep, yep. >> you have got your >> so you have got your strengths. yeah >> not many. >> not many. >> under new proposed >> right. under new proposed legislation , thugs who attack legislation, thugs who attack retail workers could be jailed for up to six months. prime minister has been minister rishi sunak has been speaking to reporters about it this have look . this morning. have a look. >> cordon clamping down on crime is actually very positive . is actually very positive. >> crime has halved since 2010. it's down since the start of this parliament and last year we

outlined new plans to tackle antisocial behaviour and fraud, which are already working. but i have concerned the rise have been concerned by the rise in retail crime, i'm sure in retail crime, as i'm sure many are either seeing it many others are either seeing it or social media, why or on social media, which is why today announced strong today we've announced a strong set to clamp down on set of measures to clamp down on retail crime. that's about a new offence , a brand new offence for offence, a brand new offence for assaulting workers using assaulting shop workers using facial recognition technology to catch perpetrators cctv , catch perpetrators with cctv, but also greater use of electronic tagging of prolific shoplifters . it's been warmly shoplifters. it's been warmly welcomed by retailers and police. spoken to today police. i've spoken to today and, crucially, will demonstrate to our shop workers that we've got their back and also that we will do what it takes to keep our and our communities our streets and our communities safe. what everybody our streets and our communities safe. that's/hat everybody our streets and our communities safe. that's/hatewe'll)dy deliver. >> prisons em“ deliver. >> we're prisons full. deliver. >> we're , prisons full. deliver. >> we're , well, ns full. deliver. >> we're , well, joining:ull. deliver. >> we're , well, joining us. deliver. >> we're , well, joining us now >> we're, well, joining us now is retired police officer graham whetstone. graham, morning to you. that question that was put to the prime minister at the end is absolutely true. the prisons are full because only a few weeks ago, we had the justice secretary, saying he secretary, alex chalk, saying he was prisoners to was going to allow prisoners to leave prison 35 days or even 60

days before their sentence was completed, because the prisons are bursting at the seams. so nice idea by the prime minister. bang up these ghastly men and women who are attacking shop workers. but where are going women who are attacking shop wcput�*s. but where are going women who are attacking shop wcput them where are going women who are attacking shop wcput them ?/here are going to put them? >> yeah. good morning both. yeah. great point. and again it comes down to maybe even failings in the justice system as a as a retired police officer, you hear these proposals we have we have powers already. >> there's legislative powers already with people for already to deal with people for assaulting other people. >> so the fact you've got to make of all, in make it, first of all, in october, government said it october, the government said it would aggravating would become an aggravating factor . factor. >> aggravating factor >> the aggravating factor doesn't had any doesn't seem to have had any effect seem have effect and doesn't seem to have been in the court been played out in the court system prosecutions or system or in prosecutions or convictions, so we're going convictions, so now we're going to a specific offence to have it as a specific offence , like assaulting an emergency worker it comes down to >> but again, it comes down to what happens when they get to court. >> if they are arrested , if they >> if they are arrested, if they are then convicted, what is the actual it's is up to actual deterrent? it's is up to six months. i can't remember a shoplifter career ever shoplifter in my career ever getting a custodial sentence. >> and graham does it.

>> no, no. and graham does it. is it just like a logistical and bureaucratic bureaucratic issue to change the offence to assaulting a shoplifter just assaulting a shoplifterjust makes it more straightforward in the courts . the courts. >> i think it's yeah, i think it sends a message to the court that actually this is a specific standalone offence like we have with workers. with assault emergency workers. so to become of so it's going to become part of the justice bill as in the criminal justice bill as in a specific standalone offence. >> so there'll still be assault offences on the on the statute books. actually assaulting books. but actually assaulting a shop worker becomes a specific offence which almost offence itself, which almost seems a message to, courts seems a message to, the courts themselves that this is a almost like an aggravated offence of assault. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> and of course we would do that with an emergency worker, wouldn't we? a police officer, a paramedic, and paramedic, graham. and we shouldn't workers shouldn't forget shop workers dunng shouldn't forget shop workers during the pandemic. they were the too , the great unsung heroes too, because they went to her every day. they kept those shops open. and yet now there's this huge upsurge in shoplifting involving violence, often involving gangs. >> yeah. i think it's a 50%

increase as a, as a, as the prime minister mentioned there. and also your news report at the start of this. so there's been a massive in retail theft massive increase in retail theft and violence being in and in violence being used in retail so clearly retail theft as well. so clearly something needs to be done. the police to do a lot more police need to do a lot more with need react a lot with this need to react a lot quicker these offences and quicker to these offences and respond these. them respond to these. treat them more immediate type more as an immediate type response reacting response call. so reacting to them when them because clearly when someone's detained in a shop, the it takes the the stealing if it takes the police too long or a long time to get there, then they start almost like resisting being detained. that's it detained. and that's when it starts happen . so, you know, starts to happen. so, you know, you off with what you start off with with what seems minor type incident when seems a minor type incident when it's reported the police, it's reported to the police, someone's detained for shoplifting , that very shoplifting, but that can very quickly person quickly escalate. if that person then joined by their friends then is joined by their friends or some others come and try or some others come in and try and them away and graham, and get them away and graham, the minister, was talking the prime minister, was talking there cameras there about more cctv cameras and facial recognition. >> well, the wrong ones are just wear a hood up and a mask. one it's not going to make any difference to catching anybody what they can do. >> again , they won't always >> but again, they won't always walk around the town centre with

the masks on. the hoods up and the masks on. so at some point they will take them that's when start them off. that's when you start to. when comes become, to. that's when it comes become, that's becomes that's when it becomes difficult. wise . difficult. investigative wise. in the route they in looking at the route they took the shop where took to get to the shop where they the theft, and they committed the theft, and then seeing if you can get a clearer image their face as clearer image of their face as they're through the town clearer image of their face as they'reor through the town clearer image of their face as they'reor the through the town clearer image of their face as they'reor the shopping] the town clearer image of their face as they'reor the shopping centre ywn clearer image of their face as they'reor the shopping centre .yn centre or the shopping centre. so, you it's a combination so, you know, it's a combination of of, of cctv and of factors of, of cctv and facial recognition. if they turn up in a shopping centre or a town centre, they are then identified from previous, previous arrested images and they can do some action against them. >> what should we do in your experience? how do we clamp down on this? because i don't think it's minor crime. i think you used say to your teenagers, used to say to your teenagers, go and get in the local go and get a job in the local shop thinking it was safe shop thinking it was a safe place work. feel like place to work. don't feel like that anymore. >> becoming business. that anymore. >> retail:oming business. that anymore. >> retailtheft.i business. that anymore. >> retail theft. so business. that anymore. >> retail theft. so thereess. that anymore. >> retail theft. so there are this retail theft. so there are organised gangs on this organised gangs working on this now , i it becomes an issue now, i think it becomes an issue for and an effective forjustice and an effective deterrent to stop people doing this. retail industry, the shop keepers working with police and partner agencies to actually

prevent this happening. and when it happen, taking firm it does happen, taking firm action against them and some deterrent sentences. it deterrent sentences. again, it comes to what happens when comes back to what happens when they arrested convicted comes back to what happens when th> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> of course these, these >> and of course these, these ghastly do ghastly people who do this stealing, affecting stealing, they're affecting everybody because the more they nick. yeah, it's the margins, the passed the profits. it's being passed on to the customer. >> i think i said to you, my local little co—op shop. >> having a >> yeah. co—op's having a terrible time. >> yeah. co—op's having a terrtheseme. >> yeah. co—op's having a terrthese perspex awful. i hate >> these perspex awful. i hate these they these screens. i knew they were never away the never going to go away after the pandemic. they pandemic. and of course they have fortified. so have only now been fortified. so they've got little and they've got little locks and windows they windows and everything. they pass your cigarettes through whatever you want. and i said, when these go when are these going to go chatting ? she well, chatting? and she said, well, we're having at the moment 1000

to stock stolen. to £1500 a day of stock stolen. >> amazing. >> amazing. >> so they've got the booze, the expensive booze and the cigarettes and everything behind there. it's just awful in my there. and it's just awful in my local shop, the coffee, the big jar coffee, which is or jar of coffee, which is 10 or £11, you ask for it £11, you have to ask for it because too many people are pinching it. >> oh that's sad. >> oh that's sad. >> it's awful , it's awful. >> it's awful, it's awful. right? to come, right? still to come, embarrassing the embarrassing times for the foreign , lord cameron, foreign secretary, lord cameron, after trump ally after a senior donald trump ally refused to meet him. we're going to be discussing next. this to be discussing that next. this is newsroom

gb news. >> to 1119 with britain's newsroom on gb news. andrew pearson. bev turner the prime minister been talking minister has been talking to reporters about the implications of review, which of the cass review, which found remarkably and remarkably weak evidence and toxic gender toxic debate around gender letting children down. of course. let's a listen . course. let's take a listen. >> i welcome the publication of the cass report today , something the cass report today, something that we commissioned, and it augns that we commissioned, and it aligns with our approach on this

issue. that's that, of issue. and that's that, of course, we must treat children who their gender who are questioning their gender with sensitivity, with compassion and sensitivity, but is that but we have to recognise is that we need to move with extreme caution in these areas because we just simply don't know. the long tum impacts of what this all means. and children's well—being is uppermost in our mind, and that's why we've acted on the interim findings previously. whether that's the nhs banning the routine use of puberty blockers, or indeed the guidance that we gave to schools about how to treat these issues in those environments, which, again, were warmly welcomed. i've been very consistent on this topic throughout my career, and want to make sure that we and i want to make sure that we consider this report carefully. but we've already acted on the interim findings, and i said it's very much in alignment with our way thinking, which is to our way of thinking, which is to exercise on our way of thinking, which is to exerci issues on our way of thinking, which is to exerci issues because on our way of thinking, which is to exerci issues because we on our way of thinking, which is to exerci issues because we simply these issues because we simply do know the long tum do not know the long tum consequences impacts . consequences and impacts. >> prime minister >> that was the prime minister talking earlier. he's out and about. we've got our panel with us.the about. we've got our panel with us. the former labour mp stephen pound, and mike parry, who has

informed used to be informed us that he used to be known what were you known known as a what were you known as, babe magnet? known as a what were you known as, well, babe magnet? known as a what were you known as, well, that babe magnet? known as a what were you known as, well, that hasn'tbe magnet? known as a what were you known as, well, that hasn't passed 1et? viewers. >> well, sorry didn't >> well, i'm sorry i didn't label myself with that title. it just came me. just came to me. >> i'm sorry, national tv, >> i'm sorry, on national tv, right? i thought rishi sunak did quite about this issue, think. >> so i'm hoping that this is , >> so i'm hoping that this is, after all, it's an incredibly fraught subject. it's one that's very, very difficult to speak on with whatsoever. with any opinion whatsoever. it shouldn't couldn't shouldn't be. no, i couldn't agree . but lobby an agree. but the lobby here's an odd i know 2 or 3 trans odd thing. i know 2 or 3 trans people who are just living ordinary, quiet lives. people who are just living ordinary, quiet lives . you know, ordinary, quiet lives. you know, one's a security guard, one's an accountant. they're just getting on with their lives. they're you know, they've had surgery or know, they've had the surgery or they've and they've had the treatment and they're on they're just quietly getting on with yet with with their lives. and yet with everybody seems everybody else, it just seems you've to mention you've just got to mention this. and the of and you unleash the hordes of hades on your shoulders. think hades on your shoulders. i think hopefully moving away from hopefully we're moving away from the era into something the tavistock era into something which is a little more which is a little bit more sensible. which is a little bit more sentavistock being the gender. >> tavistock being the gender. >> tavistock being the gender. >> it was. yeah. gender >> yes it was. yeah. gender identification. gigs. but identification. yeah gigs. but it's i think yes. rishi sunak is finally recognising what the rest of us have seen is this is

not something which is the source of war. >> don't be too political about this. but he hasn't had an issue with your keir with this. it's your blokes keir starmer struggles starmer who struggles to identify god's sake. >> well, think davey was >> well, i think ed davey was even more commonly said. 99% of women men. women have men. >> yeah, 99% of women don't have a don't know. that's right. >> yeah. i mean, what yeah, i know it . know it. >> starmer struck would say whether only a woman has a cervix. well it's a complicated question. no it isn't, but why is it the cervix. why is it taking long to find somebody taking so long to find somebody introduced introduce a bit of introduced to introduce a bit of common sense into the argument? >> that's all it is. it's common sense and the that this sense and the fact that this report that the human report stresses that the human brain is not properly developed until mid 20s . so the human until the mid 20s. so the human brain, when children are between 12 and 15, where the most vulnerable clearly in a state vulnerable is clearly in a state of turmoil, with all the other changes that a child's body is going through. but also it's the issue is raised between schools and parents and their respective responsibilities. i think it was in your paper this morning,

andrew, i read the amazing story of parents who went to a prizegiving at school to see their daughter being awarded a prize and were mystified , died prize and were mystified, died when the person who came onto to receive the prize that she had been rewarded was given to a little boy called tommy, whose appearance had changed his hair had been slicked back, and they i mean, they nearly fainted . i mean, they nearly fainted. they didn't know this was going on when their child went through those school gates. >> that can't be an isolated >> so that can't be an isolated incident. mike, i'm about to say it can't be, we found that it can't be, but we found that one how many other things like >> how many other things like this are happening when we debated right at the debated this right on at the start today, start of the programme today, our the trans our representative for the trans community said she really objected to that there objected to this idea that there is a trans industrial complex which is cashing in on these young people. >> yeah. and she was saying and we were saying, you know, that maybe in a few years time we will look this debate as will look back on this debate as we back on debate we once look back on the debate about and there about being gay. yeah. and there were people a few were people at then a few decades ago, that long ago,

decades ago, not that long ago, saying it's unnatural to be gay, you gay. and she thinks you can't be gay. and she thinks that will the way. that we will look the same way. but of course, thing is, but of course, the thing is, stephen, of stephen, there weren't lots of people make people lining up to make billions of dollars out of gay people . there was no much people. there was no much profitable machinery that was benefiting from subscription models of being on drugs for life. >> well, no, the implication there that you can you can somehow create gayness in a person is fairly flippin ludicrous . anyway, she would say ludicrous. anyway, she would say you can't also create transness in a person. >> well, i'm sure you can. >> well, i'm sure you can. >> do you think? of course, because it could be a response to some sort of trauma? think, to some sort of trauma? i think, you a fair point you know, it's a fair point about people's confusion in their the their teenage years, but the thing that worries me about this tommy i mean , tommy story, about this, i mean, did parents not have any idea? >> noidea idea? >> no idea whatsoever. >> no idea whatsoever. >> no idea whatsoever. >> no hang >> well, no. no but hang on. when every the comes when every night the child comes home from school. yes. you're going to say the child was going to say that the child was a school and a girl at home. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> parents? well >> where were the parents? well the parents didn't know. >> i would say steve. and where were teachers ? not alerting were the teachers? not alerting the know, the parents. but, you know, do you that when your daughter

you know that when your daughter comes to school, she changes into boy? you should into a boy? i thought you should know because clearly she's in some mental turmoil about her home life and her school life. >> spelt with an i. yeah >> i spelt tommy with an i. yeah >> i spelt tommy with an i. yeah >> oh, dear. >> oh, dear. >> that's right. yeah. >> oh, dear. >> toat's right. yeah. >> oh, dear. >> to me.right. yeah. >> oh, dear. >> to me. yeah,yeah. >> oh, dear. >> to me. yeah, yeah . >> to me. yeah, yeah. >> but you know, the parents evening you know, evening at school, you know, every parents meet the every time the parents meet the form teachers, meet form teachers, they meet the head year, somebody somewhere head of year, somebody somewhere should actually said that. head of year, somebody somewhere shoulyl actually said that. head of year, somebody somewhere shoulyl athat's' said that. head of year, somebody somewhere shoulyl athat's an id that. head of year, somebody somewhere shoulyl athat's an absolute yeah. i mean, that's an absolute dereliction of duty. teachers have very often loco have very often in loco parentis, have actually parentis, and they have actually failed there. >> i totally agree. mean, it's >> i totally agree. i mean, it's very complicated these very much more complicated these days than i was at school. days than when i was at school. and of mine confessed to and a mate of mine confessed to me that he thought he was homosexual. and those days it homosexual. and in those days it was a real taboo. you know, you go to school days , go right back to my school days, but you're just a babe but you're not just a babe magnet, yeah. and magnet, are you? yeah. and i said to him, i said to him, i said, well, look, the first bit you've got tell your parents. you've got to tell your parents. he i think dad he said, i think my dad will kill me. yeah. now now, now we've that here. now, we've got over that here. now, fortunately, you know, it's no longer i don't know longer a you know, i don't know what these two are laughing at. >> a very serious

>> you're making a very serious pointed >> you're making a very serious poiiyou're not just a babe >> you're not just a babe magnet, mike? magnet, are you, mike? >> bit harsh, >> well, this is a bit harsh, stephen. trying to trying to stephen. i'm trying to trying to deal serious subject here deal with a serious subject here with you know, a with a bit of, you know, a bit of informed gravitas . of informed gravitas. >> reported ofcom. >> reported to ofcom. >> reported to ofcom. >> absolutely. >> reported to ofcom. >> yes. absolutely. >> reported to ofcom. >> yes. but solutely. >> reported to ofcom. >> yes. but anyway. >> reported to ofcom. >> yes. but anyway , the point >> yes. but anyway, the point i'm making is. so that's an area. gone away. this area. it's gone away. but this is version of that is the new version of that i think you said. >> still it is very >> but still it is very difficult for young difficult still for some young people tell mum dad people to tell their mum and dad they're people to tell their mum and dad the very difficult indeed. >> very difficult indeed. but what there should >> very difficult indeed. but wh an there should >> very difficult indeed. but wh an acceptance. there should >> very difficult indeed. but wh an acceptance. now, should >> very difficult indeed. but wh an acceptance. now, of|ould be an acceptance. now, of course, the children are course, that the children are not going grow in not always going to grow up in your they're going to your image. they're going to grow image and grow up in their image and you've to have an you've got to have an understanding know. you've got to have an uncright.ding know. you've got to have an uncright. talking know. you've got to have an uncright. talking about know. >> right. talking about understanding was >> right. talking about undunderstood was >> right. talking about undunderstood . was >> right. talking about undunderstood . stephen, was >> right. talking about undunderstood . stephen, when as >> right. talking about undunderstood . stephen, when he not understood. stephen, when he went to visit donald trump was happening . happening. >> well, this is really weird because, i mean, cameron is desperate try to i mean, on desperate to try to i mean, on the hand, obviously the one hand, obviously transatlantic are transatlantic relationships are incredibly important, but particularly on the issue of ukraine. lord cameron, ukraine. and so, lord cameron, i still find it difficult to say that. but our foreign secretary met with, you know, donald trump, refused trump, but he was refused a meeting with a chap called mike johnson, who's the speaker of

the house and third and third most powerful man in america. yeah. that's right. a couple of people gets job. people die. he gets the job. yeah, this yeah, exactly. and this is really because what's really worrying because what's happened here is opened up a rift every between trump on rift every time between trump on the hand, and the the one hand, and the republicans house the republicans in the house on the other. the issue other. over the issue of ukraine, i say reading the ukraine, i would say reading the american papers and looking at the the the american press, the overwhelming is overwhelming view in america is becoming , you know, becoming towards, you know, we're not keep we're just not going to keep investing we're investing in ukraine. we're not going sending billions going to keep sending billions of a of dollars out. but there's a very powerful terms of very powerful case in terms of global and also global security and also reigning know, putin's reigning in, you know, putin's insanity that we should be supporting think supporting ukraine. and i think cameron's on the right page here. i think mike johnson is on the page. but in all the wrong page. but in all honesty, there still is the wrong page. but in all hon new there still is the wrong page. but in all hon new yorkere still is the wrong page. but in all hon new york times,l is the wrong page. but in all hon new york times, this is the new york times, this anti—british thing that you get at the moment. think mike at the moment. i think mike johnson probably making johnson is probably making political capital about it. you know, time to know, i ain't got any time to speak cameron. yeah speak to lord cameron. yeah well, there's another factor, isn't he? >> he knows david cameron >> he knows that david cameron is only is a busted flush. he's only going is a busted flush. he's only goiiwell, not only is more >> well, not only is more minutes, david minutes, not only is david cameron a busted flush in the eyes international eyes of the international diplomatic community, but let's have track record. have a look at his track record. right. a look at his right. let's have a look at his

track now. david cameron, track record now. david cameron, lord secretary, lord cameron, foreign secretary, united where was his united kingdom, where was his last international last success in international diplomacy? well, actually he joined up with the leader of france . they decided to attack france. they decided to attack libya, smash gaddafi to pieces, open up the country to tens of different tribal regimes, and to this day, probably millions of people have died and are fleeing the country because he made a huge international error. >> and not just that, mike, that is part of the huge problem with the influx of migrants. of course, it is the channel crossings. >> many of them are coming from subsaharan africa through libya . subsaharan africa through libya. yeah, through europe and now into cameras the into this country. cameras the most pompous man i can imagine on world stage , you know. on the world stage, you know. oh, lord cameron, you know. >> i was vile about trump >> and i was vile about trump when trump was president. and in the the president , when trump was president. and in the the president, i the run up to the president, i mean, in the same way, don't forget, same he forget, in the same way as he was vile against anybody who was on the right of his party, swivel loonies. swivel eyed loonies. >> them, >> i think he called them, didn't because didn't he? because because fruitcakes and closet racists.

thank much. he's thank you very much. he's basically liberal democrat, basically a liberal democrat, right. who's flooded the tory party with people who think like him. that's why they can't get anything like baroness eamonn. yes, right. and yes, yes, that's right. and i just understand how just can't understand how anybody can take him seriously for one moment. >> say, david cameron is not here to defend himself, but he would like. >> welcome >> very welcome to come on. yeah, absolutely. please do. >> very welcome to come on. yeaand)solutely. please do. >> very welcome to come on. yeaand iolutely. please do. >> very welcome to come on. yeaand i make y. please do. >> very welcome to come on. yeaand i make y. papology. >> very welcome to come on. yeaand i make y. papology for my views. >> i don't want to wrap this up too quickly. >> the whip, beverly. >> crack the whip, beverly. crack look crack the whip to have a look at andrew his finest andrew pierce at his finest moment . moment. >> not great. here i go >> this is not great. here i go again. >> my . thanks again. >> my. thanks again . >> my. thanks again. >> my. thanks again. >> did the village people die? >> did the village people die? >> hang on. i'm so sorry, but i don't know what i was looking at there. >> you're going to have. >> you're going to have. >> you've seen enough. enough no, please. you must. >> that was short >> that was my short lived moment. extra in mama. moment. as an extra in mama. >> don't know which one was >> i don't know which one was you. good. >> i don't know which one was youwell,i. >> i don't know which one was youwell, if i may say smooth >> well, if i may say smooth moves, can i just this to moves, can i just say this to dunng moves, can i just say this to during scene when the three

during the scene when the three dads in church? dads stand up in the church? >> did i. >> so did i. >> so did i. >> and wasn't meant to be. >> and he wasn't meant to be. >> and he wasn't meant to be. >> i wasn't to. >> and i wasn't meant to. >> and i wasn't meant to. >> might show that >> i might get to show that again. and we out one again. and we work out which one he a little bit he was for. but now a little bit of that's a move. of more. that's a good move. got the headlines sophia the headlines here. sophia wenzler. >> thanks, bev. it's 1130. wenzler. >> thanks, bev. it's1130. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your headlines newsroom. your headlines children are being let down by remarkable weak evidence and toxic debate around gender. the cass review calls for gender services for young people to match the standards of other nhs care. it says the toxicity of the debate around gender meant professionals were afraid to openly discuss their views. the review also found no evidence that the use of blockers, which delay puberty in children, led to better mental health outcomes . the author of the report, doctor hilary cass, spoke about the concerns for children's safety being very concerned aboutis safety being very concerned about is the lack of an evidence base. >> our system . reviews from the >> our system. reviews from the

university of york showed that the evidence was really disappointing, and that's meant that we have to be really quite cautious about how we manage medical interventions. cautious about how we manage medical interventions . these medical interventions. these young people have quite complex presentations. they've got a range of other issues that it's really important that we address . and i think one of the problems that's arisen is that people have stopped looking at them in a holistic way. >> assaulting a shop worker will be made a separate criminal offence in a government u—turn in response to a surge of retail crime. it's after a report found violent and abusive incidents against shop workers rose by 50% in 2022 to 2023. the government previously said it did not think a law change was required . but a law change was required. but today rishi sunak has announced the government would be amending its criminal justice bill to bnngin its criminal justice bill to bring in the new offence . some

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>> the pound will buy you $1.2696 and ,1.1689. the price of gold is £1,848.76 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7983 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> it's noon, so they're here. tom and emily, what's coming up on the show ? on the show? >> quite noon. nearly noon. if you can't get the time. yesterday from noon on from nine, babe, try leave at nine, babe, try to leave at 11:45. >> she had enough, i did. i mean, i wouldn't have mind if she'd gone. mean, i wouldn't have mind if shewell,1e. you know what the >> well, do you know what the number of guests we have who say, emily? >> it's em" w no, no, no, >> and it's like, no, no, no, it's after 12. but, you know, we kind branding somewhat. >> if someone says, good morning, britain. >> that is the name of the show every day from 12. >> we are insisting today >> and we are insisting today because been taking the because he's been taking the mickey considers mickey out of what he considers to outfit. to be my abba outfit. >> you look fab. >> you look fab. >> we've seen andrew. thank >> you look fab. >> emily.e've seen andrew. thank >> you look fab. >> emily.e've seerandirew. thank >> you look fab. >> emily.e've seerandirewfinestk you emily. andrew and his finest moment. watch moment. we are going to watch it again your again though. what is your favourite abba song? >> is a really tricky question. >> i you've one though. >> i bet you've got one though. >> i bet you've got one though. >> i bet you've got one though. >> i do, because every summer houday >> i do, because every summer holiday always holiday my family would always have cassettes in

have the same cassettes in the car. >> yes me too. >> abba's greatest hits. >> yes me too. >> oh, ia's greatest hits. >> yes me too. >> oh, ia's greyso st hits. >> yes me too. >> oh, ia's greyso many.. them. >> oh, there's so many of them. >> oh, there's so many of them. >> favourite? >> what's your favourite? >> what's your favourite? >> which one comes to mind? >> which one comes to mind? >> gonna go dancing queen >> i'm gonna go dancing queen and teacher. yeah and i kiss the teacher. yeah >> did you ever a teacher? >> did you ever kiss a teacher? >> did you ever kiss a teacher? >> well, that would be >> oh, well, that would be telling. i never kissed. >> going another at >> going to have another look at the have the clip. we're going to have a look clip again here. look at the clip again here. >> explain. this >> we can explain. this was andrew stepped to andrew when he stepped in to mamma miai and they gave him a little his little part highlight of his life. still get in the life. he can still get in the seven minutes. >> here it is, seven minutes. >> here it is, seven minutes. >> there and we're >> rafe i am not there and we're going to see you coming in. >> you're going to enter stage left, i believe, aren't you? >> in just a moment. there you go . there i am. go. there i am. >> there you are there i am right at the end in the wings. >> this is my last bit. >> this is my last bit. >> there he is, on the end. >> how fabulous is that? >> how fabulous is that? >> i mean, you've done a great job. look that. >> i mean, you've done a great job.yeah, that. >> i mean, you've done a great job.yeah, th'also stood up >> yeah, but i also stood up dunng >> yeah, but i also stood up during during. during the musical. during. dufing during the musical. during. during know? during the church, you know? >> you'd been >> what? do you wish you'd been a thespian? >> i i m a thespian? >> i i be anyway, >> i think i would be anyway, don't you? >> you are performer bit >> you are anyway. performer bit theatrical, >> you are anyway. performer bit the but al, >> you are anyway. performer bit the but not drama tom. >> but not a drama queen, tom. >> but not a drama queen, tom. >> good as tom. >> not as good as tom. >> not as good as tom. >> super trouper is >> i've decided super trouper is

my oh, really? my favourite. oh, really? >> yours? >> what's yours? >> what's yours? >> no. you liked teacher. >> no. you liked the teacher. >> no. you liked the teacher. >> favourite, >> what's your favourite, probably queen is the probably dancing queen is the one that always gets you up on the dancing. one that always gets you up on the now,ing. one that always gets you up on the now, i g. one that always gets you up on the now, i should we're not >> now, i should say we're not going talking about abba going to be talking about abba at program after at all on the program after midday. we will be talking about some other big stories. of course. yesterday, a ruling from the echr said the swiss the echr said that the swiss government has broken the fundamental rights of old swiss women by not being harsh enough, correct on climate change. >> what about what about swiss men? >> well, clearly they don't get children, but but, apparently elderly women find it harder to, regulate body temperature . regulate body temperature. >> so that's the reason they think they're going to die of a heat stroke in switzerland. echr die of cold temperatures. heat stroke in switzerland. echr die extraordinary. eratures. heat stroke in switzerland. echr die extraordinary. eratu emily and heat stroke in switzerland. echr dhave raordinary. eratu emily and heat stroke in switzerland. echr dhave been nary. eratu emily and heat stroke in switzerland. echr dhave been doing'atu emily and heat stroke in switzerland. echr dhave been doing some1ily and heat stroke in switzerland. echr dhave been doing some digging, i have been doing some digging, and of the and we've found the words of the lawyer who represented the elderly swiss women. in this case, she's had some pretty interesting things to say about how problematic democracy can be. yes. >> and some people might know this lawyer. she's prolific on twitter, so we'll be digging

into what exactly she what the justification is. it's very interesting indeed. but also we're going to leave till we're going to leave that till after 12 to keep you hanging, but also these bulgarian benefit cheats raking in over £50 million of taxpayers money. thank goodness. they've been found and convicted. >> now, how on earth now they're in prison at vast public expense? >> just deport them and never let back. let them back. >> think this the question. >> i think this is the question. this we're this is the question. but we're also be debating also going to be debating whether a tougher whether we need a tougher crackdown cheats, crackdown on benefits cheats, because £54 million in just in just this one case, how many more cases are there like this ? more cases are there like this? >> we're a soft touch, tom. i think think there's it's think i think there's it's undeniably the case that there are people slip through are people who slip through these this is after these cracks and this is after years years of crackdowns. these cracks and this is after years are years of crackdowns. these cracks and this is after years are we rs of crackdowns. these cracks and this is after years are we going?ackdowns. where are we going? >> all these people watching this program on the basic state pension thinking, how did this happen? chiquitita, we've got >> well, chiquitita, we've got to move on. >> very good. >> very good. >> that and a lot more from these two this afternoon. you know, knowing you knowing. yeah. yeah. >> and what was the other. takes

it all. >> winner takes it all. yeah. takes it right. we will be back in just a moment. isn't the end of the show. you've still got another minutes. another 20 minutes. >> to tell about >> we're going to tell you about britain's royal. britain's most popular royal. it's harry.

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say . right? right what you've say. right? right what you've been saying, right , say. right? right what you've been saying, right, paul has said, am i staying on for the last 20 minutes today? then after yesterday, i thought sadly, paul, she sadly, anton sadly, paul, she is sadly, anton has again. he says, has got in touch again. he says, i'm telling you no more, abba. they're even british. and they're not even british. and i know be british xenophobic. >> good question. eurovision song contest question when the year apple won. 50 years ago on saturday. who was the british entry? it was in entry? because it was in brighton who do you think entry? because it was in brigbritish who do you think entry? because it was in brigbritish entry ho do you think entry? because it was in brigbritish entry was 0 you think entry? because it was in brigbritish entry was ?you think entry? because it was in brigbritish entry was ? very:hink the british entry was? very famous singer. >> did lulu ever do at eurovision? >> she sang boom boom and bang bang. she nearly won it. she jointly won it, but it was olivia newton—john. she was a british entry. >> yes. >> yes. >> even though she's an australian, know , i know, australian, i know, i know, jenny said waterloo. jenny has said waterloo. >> course, for our favourite >> of course, for our favourite abba song, and mike is saying, is that andrew doing a wonderful impression of alan partridge this morning? >> i thought we were friends. >> i thought we were friends. >> alan, i've gone off you now , >> alan, i've gone off you now, marianne said mamma miai

brilliant. andrew, as entertaining as ever, you've not been very serious on our inbox today. a lot of you are talking about abba, but that's okay. we do so much miserable news on that. nice be a that. it's quite nice to be a bit lighter for just bit lighter for once, just saying. andrew is one in the saying. andrew is the one in the pink . mamma saying. andrew is the one in the pink .mamma miai yes, pink suit. mamma miai yes, of course was. pink suit. mamma miai yes, of coui've was. pink suit. mamma miai yes, of coui've stillas. pink suit. mamma miai yes, of coui've still got the suit . >> i've still got the suit. that's the point. >> it still fits. yeah. >> it still fits. yeah. >> yes, that is very impressive. and actually, a lot of you, a few you are getting in touch few of you are getting in touch about this report today. about this cast report today. and said it's obvious and mark has said it's obvious to me why the scores are affirming children. the teachers are fresh out of university, not even thought even 25 themselves. i thought this earlier, they've gone this marco earlier, they've gone to university and they've been indoctrinated by these ideologies. they're at the age themselves where they're susceptible such things and themselves where they're susypassing such things and themselves where they're susypassing �*what:hings and themselves where they're susypassing �*what they'vend are passing on what they've learnt i tell you learnt at university. i tell you what, i say, bring older what, i say, bring back older teachers. i love an older teacher. >> yeah, well, i can't recall a young teacher at my school. >> oh, they're all young now, andrew. they're all young . andrew. they're all young. >> they, they leave >> well, they, they they leave because stand it. because they can't stand it. they abuse.

they can't stand the abuse. there's of violence in the there's a lot of violence in the classroom yeah. right. classroom now. yeah. right. >> we've also been telling you, keep coming keep your messages coming in onto gbnews.com onto our website gbnews.com forward slash say who's forward slash your say who's your favourite royal. >> that's right. who's your favourite royal princess, i love her. >> we're probably agreeing because i think she's terrific i do, i do like the princess of wales. >> i can't lie, every time the picture of kate in the paper, you just have to pore over it because so beautiful and because she's so beautiful and so so glamorous, so so elegant and so glamorous, so the poll revealed the the new poll has revealed the nation's drumroll . nation's favourite is drumroll. >> oh, that was a drum roll. >> oh, that was a drum roll. >> terrible drum roll. >> terrible drum roll. >> we thought . >> we thought. >> we thought. >> we thought the engineers were going roll. going to provide a drum roll. actually, production , it is going to provide a drum roll. actuathe production , it is going to provide a drum roll. actuathe princeschtion , it is going to provide a drum roll. actuathe princess ofion , it is going to provide a drum roll. actuathe princess of wales.is kate, the princess of wales. >> course it is. >> of course it is. >> 76% of britons her in a >> 76% of britons saw her in a favourable light, closely followed by her husband william, who was just three percentage points shocking . points behind and shocking. >> you won't believe this. as many as 26% of britons like meghan . are you? many as 26% of britons like meythat's are you? many as 26% of britons like meythat's okay.ire you? many as 26% of britons like meythat's okay. that's? many as 26% of britons like meythat's okay. that's all right i >> -- >> that does mean 74% don't like her. well, do you know what? i'm one of them.

>> the least liked royal was prince andrew. unsurprisingly who was only seen favourably by 6% of brits. i'm sort of surprised it's still 6. well, it has been in negative territory before. >> what we've been minus. yeah. so how has he managed to drag himself back up don't know who. >> because you were a royal. you were a royal reporter i, i interviewed him twice. >> i actually went to singapore with him for 5 or 6 days when he was doing the job as trade ambassador. we got on very well. >> island with him. >> and epstein island with him. >> and epstein island with him. >> afternoon tea at 5:00, wherever the world. wherever he was in the world. and he'd just say to me, would you like some cake? and i'd you like some more cake? and i'd say, i keep saying you like some more cake? and i'd say, because i keep saying you like some more cake? and i'd say, because i i keep saying you like some more cake? and i'd say, because i haven'tsaying you like some more cake? and i'd say, because i haven't hadig that because i haven't had any cake. eaten it all. cake. you've eaten it all. >> have 5:00 afternoon >> he'd have 5:00 afternoon tea wherever world. wherever he was in the world. >> and i've told you this story before of the before in the corner of the suite where was staying was suite where he was staying was the ironing board, suite where he was staying was the the ironing board, suite where he was staying was the the ir0|has board, suite where he was staying was the the ir0|has to ard, suite where he was staying was the the ir0|has to bring all which the valet has to bring all around the world. same around the world. the same ironing that about ? >> esi & not normal behaviour. >> that is not normal behaviour. >> that is not normal behaviour. >> the teddy >> that is not normal behaviour. >> on the teddy >> that is not normal behaviour. >> on the the teddy >> that is not normal behaviour. >> on the bed, :he teddy >> that is not normal behaviour. >> on the bed, but:eddy >> that is not normal behaviour. >> on the bed, but they bears on the bed, but the princess being the most

popular. >> officially. that's not a surprise, is it? >> no. i think it's terrific. >> no. i think it's terrific. >> she doesn't drop the ball. >> she doesn't drop the ball. >> and we're also wishing her very, very well in her battle with cancer. she's having, you know chemotherapy, preventative know, chemotherapy, preventative chemotherapy. we hope she's chemotherapy. so we hope she's getting better because we miss her very much. we do. >> well, i do, right. >> well, i do, right. >> okay, don't go anywhere. still to we're going to be still to come? we're going to be discussing cameras next 2024. recognition cameras next 2024. more like 1984 with britain's newsroom

gb news. right. live facial recognition technology has apparently been the biggest breakthrough for crime detection since dna. >> so that's according to the metropolitan police chief lindsay chiswick. she says since it was introduced last april, it's triggered an arrest every two hours of suspected rapers, rapists, burglars and robbers . rapists, burglars and robbers. >> but i, for one, think this does come with some costs . so

does come with some costs. so joining us now is the director of big brother watch silkie, carlo silkie . morning. good to carlo silkie. morning. good to see thank you much for see you. thank you so much for joining this morning. so joining us. this morning. so what you make of this what do you make of this statement that facial recognition technology has the biggest breakthrough crime biggest breakthrough for crime detection dna ? detection since dna? >> well, it's simply not true, the statistics don't add up at all. in fact, since the police started using live facial recognition, about 80% of the facial recognition flags have actually wrongly misidentified innocent people as wanted criminals. we're also seeing that even in this year, that the police have been using facial recognition, the majority of the people that they're stopping are not then arrested. they're really looking at low hanging fruit. if you look at the problems that we are facing with crime in the country, for example, with shoplifting, which crime in the country, for exarbeen with shoplifting, which crime in the country, for exarbeen inth shoplifting, which crime in the country, for exarbeen in the hoplifting, which crime in the country, for exarbeen in the hoplif'todayrhich crime in the country, for exarbeen in the hoplif'today ,iich has been in the news today, quite often retailers know exactly offenders are . exactly who the offenders are. and a lot of the time the police simply won't turn up . so not simply won't turn up. so not only is this dangerously

authoritarian and inaccurate , authoritarian and inaccurate, but it's very lazy policing that isn't actually dealing with the problems that the country has and on and on that shoplifting. >> i'm glad you mentioned that, because part of this apparently government crackdown to bring in a people a designated sentence for people who assault workers, who assault shop workers, the government will government is saying they will use facial recognition vans to patrol various reasons. i mean, i couldn't get my head around it. how many would they need? >> it's ridiculous. this this whole theory about police taking out vans and parking vans on your high street to spy on the general public, to look for a very small number of people that, as i said, the retailers know who they are. basically, this punishes innocent members of the public. but it's also a fantasy. you know, i've said i've been campaigning against this with big watch for this with big brother watch for many we've always many years and we've always said it's long term, it's not realistic. long term, that recognition cameras that facial recognition cameras are going to be used on vans. before you know it, they'll be used bear used on cctv cameras. and bear in have a proportionate

in mind we have a proportionate to the population as many cctv cameras in britain as there are in china and if you were to put facial recognition software on all of those cameras, we would be living in the most unimaginably dystopian surveillance state. and guess what the government said yesterday? they're going to start putting facial recognition software cameras software on fixed cameras starting at train stations. this is not just a slippery slope . is not just a slippery slope. this is a cliff edge in terms of civil liberties and the public's right to privacy, the general pubuc right to privacy, the general public should paying the public should not be paying the price with our privacy and with our freedom. but the failure of the police and the under—resourcing of police to deal small number of deal with a small number of repeat offenders who well repeat offenders who are well known the authorities is silky. >> what does polling on this issue tell us about the mood of the british public, though, in relation, because much they relation, because very much they would argue, some people who want say want this, they would say nothing nothing to fear i >> -- >> well, i think m >> well, i think we all have something to fear from . i'm something to fear from. i'm living in an authoritarian surveillance state and i think

more and more members of the pubuc more and more members of the public are waking up to that reality . so, you know, i reality. so, you know, i completely i'm with the majority of the public who are exasperated by some of the issues that we have with law and order and crime in this country. but you think that living in but if you think that living in a panopticon and living in a surveillance state where people are wrongly accused, which is what we're hearing all the time, we people calling us the we get people calling us all the time i've thrown time saying, i've been thrown out i've been wrongly out of a shop. i've been wrongly accused something because of out of a shop. i've been wrongly a

the likes of which, by the way, are not seen outside of china and russia, nowhere else in the democratic world is live facial recognition, surveillance used as this government plans to use it in britain. >> just just briefly , if the >> just just briefly, if the money they're going to spend on this technology, wouldn't it be better deployed employing bobbies who might bobbies on the beat who might actually supermarket actually walk past a supermarket and see the burglary robbery and see the burglary or robbery taking place? >> 100, let me give you an example. i was observing the police using live facial recognition cameras in croydon a few weeks ago, and there were about 20 police officers loitering around a van, all staring at ipads, waiting for a facial recognition match to come up. in the time that i was walking in that area, i walked past a live robbery of a shop and i saw the boy's mask up, run in and run out with stuff. yeah, there was no police officers there was no police officers there to deal with it because they were all busy dealing with computers. it's not good policing. >> brilliant. thank you. silky, silky. carlo, there from big

brother watch. you can support their online. panoptic their work online. panoptic varne. that's the new word of the day, right? that's it. from me and andrew this morning. you've got a very busy afternoon ahead. you've got a very busy afternoon ahead . but first. oh, no. here ahead. but first. oh, no. here are tom and emily. >> climate change policy. should trump democratic events. that's what the lawyer representing those swiss women successfully persuaded the ecr will be looking into that case and finding out its implications . finding out its implications. >> yes. it's amazing. and also a gang of five bulgarian benefit cheats. they've been convicted and sent to jail. they raked in over £54 million of all of our money by fraud. why was that allowed to happen ? allowed to happen? >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's going to fairly cloudy it's going to be a fairly cloudy and afternoon for most and mild afternoon for most areas a brighter start to

areas after a brighter start to the day, we will see heavy rain continue to move in from the west. that's this weather front pushed across northern ireland, now parts of now moving into parts of scotland the south west. so scotland and the south west. so plenty of rain to come for many western and northern areas through the rest of the day. the rain going to particularly rain is going to be particularly heavy western of heavy across western areas of scotland, into parts of northwest well . here northwest england, as well. here there could be some travel disruption is disruption and there is a weather force further weather warning in force further south. will. the rain will south. it will. the rain will push of midlands , push into parts of the midlands, but the far southeast should stay of the rain stay away from much of the rain across of sussex and kent across parts of sussex and kent this afternoon, will this afternoon, and it will start little bit by start to dry up a little bit by the end of the day across the southwest, to southwest, but it's going to stay through stay very cloudy here through the it will be a the night. tonight it will be a very and we'll see very mild night and we'll see that persistent rain start to sink so will sink southwards, so it will turn dner sink southwards, so it will turn drier for parts of the northwest as rain moves into the as this rain moves into the midlands and into the south coast morning. coast by tomorrow morning. and that bring a lot of cloud that will bring a lot of cloud to the south coast. so it's likely to be a fairly start to the south coast. so it's likthe to be a fairly start to the south coast. so it's likthe day,e a fairly start to the south coast. so it's likthe day, butairly start to the south coast. so it's likthe day, but it'ly start to the south coast. so it's likthe day, but it is start to the south coast. so it's likthe day, but it is goingtart to the south coast. so it's likthe day, but it is going tot to the day, but it is going to be mild start to day. be a very mild start to the day. those are the minimum temperatures for tonight, and there be more way of

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gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on wednesday, the 10th of april. >> the nhs is to review all transgender treatment. following the release of a bombshell report today claiming gender questioning. children have been badly let down by a gang of five. >> bulgaria benefit fraud cheats have raked in more than £50

million, using thousands of fake id claims. how on earth has this been allowed to happen? >> and as the echr rules, the swiss government violated elderly women's rights by failing to do enough to combat climate change. the lawyer representing the claimants says it's right that climate action trumps democracy, fundamental and universal rights , which and universal rights, which matter irrespective of what the majority party decides. >> irrespective of what the majority decides, so is the words of the lawyer representing those elderly women in switzerland who've pushed forward, climate policy that was not voted for the most extraordinary ruling there that we'll be getting to more of later in the programme. >> yes, we're going to have lots later in the programme. >>reaction 're going to have lots later in the programme. >>reaction on going to have lots later in the programme. >>reaction on that; to have lots later in the programme. >>reaction on that one.1ave lots later in the programme. >>reaction on that one. soa lots of reaction on that one. so you'll want stay but