my name's tom harwood. i'm the deputy political editor at gb news, and the reason i'm sitting in here for nigel tonight. is it his birthday? should we hear from the man himself ? from the man himself? >> i'm so sorry i can't be with you tonight. i'd love to have been on gb news. you know i would, but, hey, you know what? it's my 60th birthday. the party begins at 7:00. cheers, everybody. thanks for your support. over to tom harwood . support. over to tom harwood. >> well, a very happy birthday to nigel, but we've got a packed show today. and not least , we'll show today. and not least, we'll be talking about a very serious issue in the middle east now involving brits. yes, the air raid from israel that killed three british former service people john chapman, james henderson and james kirby. now, what will the response to this be? big questions to ask of uk government and indeed our arms exports, but also a story from the channel just days after an exclusive about the lack of security around calais, a migran

tom harwood. let's start tonight with that shocking stabbing in east london earlier today, where a 14 year old boy has been tragically killed . several people, killed. several people, including two police officers, were also attacked by the assailant. the man who was wielding a sword. while the metropolitan police have now confirmed that a suspect remains in custody in hospital after being tasered and arrested on suspicion of murder. let's get the very latest from mark white, our very own home and security edhon our very own home and security editor. mark, this was a shocking day in london. >> yes it was. and that 36 year old suspect, because of injuries that he sustained in that van which collided with a house in thurloe gardens, just not far from that tube station. a whole community will be devastated by the heartbreaking news that a 14 year old boy was killed in a horrific sword attack in hainault this morning that saw four others injured, including two metropolitan police officers i >>i -- >>

tom harwood.ow let's start tonight with that shocking stabbing in east london earlier today, where a 14 year old boy has been tragically killed . several people, killed. several people, including two police officers, were also attacked by the assailant. the man who was wielding a sword. while the metropolitan police have now confirmed that a suspect remains in custody in hospital after being tasered and arrested on suspicion of murder. let's get the very latest from mark white, our very own home and security edhon our very own home and security editor. mark, this was a shocking day in london. >> yes it was. and that 36 year old suspect, because of injuries that he sustained in that van which collided with a house in thurloe gardens, just not far from that tube station. a whole community will be devastated by the heartbreaking news that a 14 year old boy was killed in a horrific sword attack in hainault this morning that saw four others injured, including two metropolitan police officers i >>i -- >

tom harwood will be evening. tom harwood will be standing in for me.ack with you on on thursday though. that, jacob, though. but before that, jacob, what's coming up on the show? >> well, we're going to be talking about thames water and why i should just go bankrupt. that capitalism. >> capitalism? yes. free markets. >> yeah. they markets. >> yeah. look, they went in for sophisticated financial engineering. that didn't work. they their shareholders they paid their shareholders a lot they overgeared lot of money. they overgeared they're now bust. let them go bust. the assets are still there. water company can there. the water company can carry on in a new way. with new owners. we can still get water, the capital invested is lower and therefore their prices could actually fall. so no bailout , no actually fall. so no bailout, no regulatory support, just free markets. >> i rather agree with that. i think it would work beautifully. now let's have a look for my birthday. what the april showers will be like tomorrow. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt

my name is tom harwood and this is gb news now, we've been asking the question tonight.spend arms sales to israel? we had a very interesting interview just before the break that tried to get to the bottom of what that exactly means. it's a bit more complicated than some politicians like to make out, but daryl has written in to say the death of british aid workers was a terrible accident . but was a terrible accident. but israel is facing an impossible situation from those who want israel's destruction. destruction and i think that is a fair point to make . a fair a fair point to make. a fair point to raise. israel is a country that is operating in incredibly difficult circumstances , not just with circumstances, not just with terrorists in gaza. that hide amongst civilians, but also with hostile states that border all sides of that country. henry says. no, we need to give them more to end this war that hamas started . and of course, israel started. and of course, israel has always said that if the threat from israel is eradicated and the hostages are released, this war w

tom harwood will be evening. tom harwood will be standing in for me.k with you on on thursday though. that, jacob, though. but before that, jacob, what's coming up on the show? >> well, we're going to be talking about thames water and why i should just go bankrupt. that capitalism. >> capitalism? yes. free markets. >> yeah. they markets. >> yeah. look, they went in for sophisticated financial engineering. that didn't work. they their shareholders they paid their shareholders a lot they overgeared lot of money. they overgeared they're now bust. let them go bust. the assets are still there. water company can there. the water company can carry on in a new way. with new owners. we can still get water, the capital invested is lower and therefore their prices could actually fall. so no bailout , no actually fall. so no bailout, no regulatory support, just free markets. >> i rather agree with that. i think it would work beautifully. now let's have a look for my birthday. what the april showers will be like tomorrow. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt b

my name's tom harwood.tor at gb news, and the reason i'm sitting in here for nigel tonight. is it his birthday? should we hear from the man himself ? from the man himself? >> i'm so sorry i can't be with you tonight. i'd love to have been on gb news. you know i would, but, hey, you know what?

my name's tom harwood.ason i'm sitting in here for nigel tonight. is it his birthday? should we hear from the man himself ? from the man himself? >> i'm so sorry i can't be with you tonight. i'd love to have been on gb news. you know i would, but, hey, you know what? it's my 60th birthday. the party begins at 7:00. cheers, everybody. thanks for your support. over to tom harwood . support. over to tom harwood. >> well, a very happy birthday to nigel, but we've got a packed show today. and not least , we'll show today. and not least, we'll be talking about a very serious issue in the middle east now involving brits. yes, the air raid from israel that killed three british former service people john chapman, james henderson and james kirby. now, what will the response to this be? big questions to ask of uk government and indeed our arms exports, but also a story from the channel just days after an exclusive about the lack of security around calais, a migrant has been stabbed. we'll speak to our very own mark wh

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well, i'm joined now by gb news deputy political editor tom harwood, and my panel, former home officeearsall and the political commentator kai willsher. tom. and we all spend our lives talking about opinion polls. it's one of the great interests of both politicians and journalists covering politics. is this one particularly important at the moment? yeah. >> there are three letters that you send before the word poll in your introduction. mrp now that's a very technical psephological phrase , which psephological phrase, which stands for, multi—level regression and post—stratification. now what does that mean ? that doesn't does that mean? that doesn't mean that they've just taken a sample of opinion and sort of spread it out and think, oh, that will probably give these sorts of seats. that means they've taken not just those people in their panel, but the attributes, their past voting behaviour , whether they're male, behaviour, whether they're male, female, young, old applied female, young, old and applied it specifically to every attribute on balance, in each seat. and therefore you ca

well, i'm joined now by gb news deputy political editor tom harwood, and my panel, former home officere pearsall and the political commentator kai willsher. tom. and we all spend our lives talking about opinion polls. it's one of the great interests of both politicians and journalists covering politics. is this one particularly important at the moment? yeah. >> there are three letters that you send before the word poll in your introduction. mrp now that's a very technical psephological phrase , which psephological phrase, which stands for, multi—level regression and post—stratification. now what does that mean ? that doesn't does that mean? that doesn't mean that they've just taken a sample of opinion and sort of spread it out and think, oh, that will probably give these sorts of seats. that means they've taken not just those people in their panel, but the attributes, their past voting behaviour , whether they're male, behaviour, whether they're male, female, young, old applied female, young, old and applied it specifically to every attribute on balance, in each seat. and therefore yo

my name is tom harwood, and i'm standing in for nigel. this evening.ry latest on the horrific stabbing in north—east london. 114 year old boy is dead. four others remain in hospital. this shocking footage was released in the last hour, showing the moment the assailant was apprehended. we'll have the very latest and a new constitution for the nhs this time emphasising the importance of biological sex in the organisation. what will this mean for patient care when the services themselves are already stretched? we'll have that discussion and the national crime agency has issued a warning to britain's children. all teachers will be taught about the threat of sextortion to pupils across the country. this after the tragic suicide of a scottish teenager. all that to come on the programme today. but first, your news with ray addison. >> thanks, tom, and good evening. our top stories tonight video has emerged showing the moment that police arrested a man wielding a sword in north—east london. officers cornered him at a property, bringing the suspect to the groun

my name is tom harwood, and i'm standing in for nigel. this evening.he horrific stabbing in north—east london. 114 year old boy is dead. four others remain in hospital. this shocking footage was released in the last hour, showing the moment the assailant was apprehended. we'll have the very latest and a new constitution for the nhs this time emphasising the importance of biological sex in the organisation. what will this mean for patient care when the services themselves are already stretched? we'll have that discussion and the national crime agency has issued a warning to britain's children. all teachers will be taught about the threat of sextortion to pupils across the country. this after the tragic suicide of a scottish teenager. all that to come on the programme today. but first, your news with ray addison. >> thanks, tom, and good evening. our top stories tonight video has emerged showing the moment that police arrested a man wielding a sword in north—east london. officers cornered him at a property, bringing the suspect to the ground with three s

reply to that tweet tom harwood. reply to that tweet with pictures of your animals , with pictures of your animals, and we'll get to that discussion on pet theft a bit later in the show too, but can't wait to see all of them. absolutely. but so much to come all after your news headunes much to come all after your news headlines with sam . headlines with sam. >> tom and emma, thank you very much. good afternoon. from the newsroom, leading the news at 12:00. the government's calling for de—escalation and moderation in the middle east. following reports that israel launched air strikes against iran, state media there says three drones were shot down overnight with explosions heard at an airbase near the city of isfahan. the strike is thought to have been in response to last weekend's attack , when iran fired barrages attack, when iran fired barrages of drones and missiles at israel . while no damage or injuries have been reported in that latest exchange, former defence select committee chairman tobias ellwood told gb ne

i also do it with tom harwood. they seem to think i'm tom harwood sometimes as well.o if tom's been expressing some some trans views one and i comment on views one week and i comment on it the next, they say, oh, tom's changed his views in a week, isn't ? isn't he? >> be clear, this morning, >> so to be clear, this morning, emails bev and yes, emails to bev and ben. yes, please. right. this is britain's newsroom on gb news conservative mp he now mp william wragg. he has now admitted to being the person who handed out personal phone numbers to a man numbers of colleagues to a man that met on a gay dating app. that he met on a gay dating app. it's been dubbed the honeytrap sext scandal. >> hazel grove mp said he >> so the hazel grove mp said he provided the details after sending intimate pictures of himself to the user. now leicestershire police, they're investigating it as a cyber attack. >> last year, william spoke to gloria de piero on gb news. here he is . he is. >> do you think the political environment, the nature of our politics, does it exacerbate or amplify you

harwood come in and tom harwood has just come in and given interesting given us an interesting statisticurnsshould release statistic on how many people thintax returns .ioulci release her tax returns. >> and has said, bev, >> and paul has said, bev, that's rejects any impact that's me, rejects any impact from the tax controversy facing labour's leader . from the tax controversy facing labour's leader. in her labour's deputy leader. in her view, people will still back the party. but paul says many on low incomes from working class incomes and from working class roots rain his roots will disagree. rain his decision to buy a council house took a public from her took a public asset from her community as millions lack affordable no one affordable good housing. no one should vote for the red tories. that's a really interesting take. >> yeah it is. my issue with her again and again is this look she is the most she's gritty, tough outspoken calls it as it is was the first called the tory scum. always calling on tory. boris had to resign over a cake for god's sake. at a party. >> she made such a

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. >> good afternoon britain with tom harwood and lovely surprise emma webb, good to see you again. >>u. miss you, andrew, i miss you. >> she's moved on to bigger and better things. >> clearly . do you really miss >> clearly. do you really miss him? of course i do . >> yes, of course i do. >>— >> yes, of course i do. >> emma will be a great partner with tom. now, what are up with tom. now, what are you up to? this afternoon? with tom. now, what are you up to? well, afternoon? with tom. now, what are you up to? well, emily on? with tom. now, what are you up to? well, emily has obviously >> well, emily has obviously changed emma, and will be changed into emma, and will be and will be with us until tuesday, which is great fun. but we're going to be, of course, covering the big stories in parliament and the sleaze and the . but also we're the scandal. but also we're going to scotland because north of border , there's a very of the border, there's a very cunous of the border, there's a very curious policy developed of the border, there's a very cu primary.icy developed of the border, there'

you're watching and listening to good afternoon, britain with me, emily and tom harwood. after the royal society for the protection of cruelty to animals or the rspca launched their rebrand. now, this is to mark their 200th yeah >> now this video, which you can see, which you can see here if you're watching television, this snippet compares cattle farming to stamping on snails. if you can see, there we go . and can see, there we go. and there's a oh, someone's just picked up a snail is this where is it? >> i know he's looking after the snail. >> this guy after the snail and putting it in a in a plant pot. how sweet. >> so they're teaching everyone to nice the little snails. to be nice to the little snails. but did have also someone but they did have also someone stamping the snail. this stamping on the snail. so this is compare and is a sort of compare and contrast. so if you're a nice, caring person, you will obviously pick up the snail, put it in its little pot, and if you're a nasty, evil person, you'll stamp which you'll stamp on it. which i quite agree with. but i th

and you'll notice i'm sitting beside the very lovely tom harwood this morning in for eamonn holmes, whowith no thanks to storm kathleen, which has caused us headaches over the weekend. >> but it's been lovely to sit in with you for the first hour and a half. yes. >> so leading for us this morning, we have a boost for pensioners, as we've just been heanng pensioners, as we've just been hearing government state hearing the government state pension rise raft of other pension rise and a raft of other benefits to be benefits are set to be introduced today. introduced from today. >> the uk prepared for >> and is the uk prepared for war? well, after warnings from outgoing services minister outgoing armed services minister james over weekend. james heappey over the weekend. we'll be speaking to the former head of the british army, lord dan azeez, in just a moment. >> north america is set to be dazzled by a solar eclipse later today, but there are spots a bit closer to home where you can get a glimpse. >> and police have launched a manhunt after the fatal stabbing of a woman in bradford on satur