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gone for megxit. >> dougie beattie. thank you so much for joining >> dougie beattie. thank you so much forjoining us from. yeah. much for joining us from. yeah. storm kathleen hitting ireland at the moment and coming our way. lucky i say right, i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news saturday and there's loads more coming up on today's show today. i can't believe feel old. today believe this. i feel old. today marks the 50th anniversary of when abbott won the eurovision song contest for sweden and launched one of the most iconic careers in music in the world. but how are the groups celebrating all of that? and much more to come. this is gb news, britain's news channel welcome back to gb news saturday with me . dawn neesom on your tv, with me. dawn neesom on your tv, onune with me. dawn neesom on your tv, online and on that digital radio. now, my favourite bit of the show with a wonderful person . mamma mia! waterloo and dancing queen are just some of the mega hits released by abba today marks. oh my god, i can't believe. prepare to feel old people. today marks the 50th anniv
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but dougie beattie , is it not? but dougie beattie, thank you very much for your time and analysis. as ever , time and analysis. as ever, folks, you are with me. darren grimes on gb news saturday. i thank you very much for doing so. we've got loads more coming up on today's show. a business in the west midlands has been officially handed its king's award for enterprise in a ceremony at their factory yesterday. what was that for ? yesterday. what was that for? all of that and more to come, you're with gb news, britain's news channel welcome back to gb news. saturday with me, darren grimes. on your tv, online and on digital radio. thank you for your company. now, a business in the west midlands has been officially awarded a handed. its kings award for enterprise in a ceremony at their factory yesterday. now, this award, it's the highest official uk honour for a british business to receive eamonn to actually promote both small and large enterprises. our brilliant west midlands reporterjack enterprises. our brilliant west midlands reporter jack carson. he's got the story here and now fo
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dougie beattie smashed it always a pleasure. thank you very much. now, rishi sunak's rwanda deal has had a ringing endorsement from none other than european union chief ursula von der leyen's party. can you adam and eve it the european people's party , the largest in the party, the largest in the european parliament, has said it wants to implement the concept of safe third countries and its manifesto. it actually stated anyone applying for asylum in the eu could also be transferred to a safe third country, and undergo the asylum process. there is exactly like the rwanda deal there is exactly like the rwanda deal. then you could not make this up and i'm joined now by the member of the european parliament, charlie weimers. charlie, welcome to the show. i find this simply astonishing. i sat as an mep. ursula von der euanne sat as an mep. ursula von der elianne was the world's number one fan of open borders. suddenly it's election time. suddenly it's election time. suddenly they're in trouble and she turns into a mini nigel farage. >> well, she's on the
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dougie beattie is there for us this morning. i mean, clearly, i mean the concern over this in ireland is building up momentum, isn't it? >> well, stephen, i'm actually in newtown, mon county, in the repubuc in newtown, mon county, in the republic of ireland in the beautiful wicklow mountains, in behind me and it was here, dunng behind me and it was here, during this week that, that relations have really broken down local people here really objecting. and you can see, i mean, this is a rural road. and if i just look at this , this is if i just look at this, this is modern day ireland. there is barriers across this road stopping people getting on, anything at all. don't access to this road . and if we look across this road. and if we look across this road. and if we look across this way here, we will see a gaa pitch. this is normally on a sunday. absolutely full of young people playing gaa . now there is people playing gaa. now there is an immigration centre due to open just down behind us here over the barrier. and for the last 6
dougie beattie is there for us this morning. i mean, clearly, i mean the concern over this in ireland is building up momentum, isn't it? >> well, stephen, i'm actually in newtown, mon county, in the repubuc in newtown, mon county, in the republic of ireland in the beautiful wicklow mountains, in behind me and it was here, dunng behind me and it was here, during this week that, that relations have really broken down local people here really objecting. and you can see, i mean, this is a...
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joining us now for the latest is our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie, dougie would cut a little bit short earlier. can you please tell us exactly what he's been accused of and his wife to. >> well, good afternoon, tom and emily. and yes, i have been a member of the media for decades in northern ireland, and today was one of the biggest news days ihave was one of the biggest news days i have seen in a long, long way. that gives you an idea of the scale of this political , leader scale of this political, leader and the scale of the arrest and what shockwaves that have had through northern ireland. when sir jeffrey arrived here earlier on, he and his co—accused , lady on, he and his co—accused, lady eleanor donaldson, arrived separately. they both had to run the gauntlet of the media as they went through and as they appeared in the dock together, they were flanked by two officers together. there is 15 charges, 11 of those on sir jeffrey , one of rape, one of jeffrey, one of rape, one of gross indecency and nine of sexual abuse. eleanor donaldson faces four separate charges of a
joining us now for the latest is our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie, dougie would cut a little bit short earlier. can you please tell us exactly what he's been accused of and his wife to. >> well, good afternoon, tom and emily. and yes, i have been a member of the media for decades in northern ireland, and today was one of the biggest news days ihave was one of the biggest news days i have seen in a long, long way. that gives you an idea of the scale of this political , leader...
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we're going to go live to dublin now and join our reporter dougie beattie , who's got the dougie beattie, who's got the latest. dougie, thank you very much for your time as ever. how serious are these protests and how much pressure is the irish government now under to. >> well, the irish government has put itself under huge pressure by actually sending the riot squad in and the local from, newtown were sprayed with pepper spray. now that sounds well , it pepper spray. now that sounds well, it could have been pepper spray. now that sounds well , it could have been anybody well, it could have been anybody but newtown, eamonn kennedy is i mean, the average house price, there is about ,300,000. some of them are as much as ,5.2 million. so it is not, what you would say is your average right wingers, they are a very liberal community. it is a beautiful place to live. it's right in the wicklow mountains. and this morning i was i was blown away by the amount of people that stopped their cars and told us how welcome we were there. it was great that the truth was going to be told, because what has
we're going to go live to dublin now and join our reporter dougie beattie , who's got the dougie beattie, who's got the latest. dougie, thank you very much for your time as ever. how serious are these protests and how much pressure is the irish government now under to. >> well, the irish government has put itself under huge pressure by actually sending the riot squad in and the local from, newtown were sprayed with pepper spray. now that sounds well , it pepper spray. now that sounds...
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dougie, reporter dougie beattie. dougie, welcome to the show. and what's the latest ? the latest? >> well good afternoon martin. welcome to newry courthouse. and i must say, i've been a member of the media in northern ireland for decades, and this was one of the biggest news days i have seen. and that's because the jeffrey donaldson was such a big political animal here. i mean, if you take a look at his cv, i mean, he he ran the campaigns for enoch powell back in the 80s. he was the longest serving mp in northern ireland. and he is also one of the co signatories of theresa may's government, the confidence and supply arrangements. so he's been right at the forefront of politics. so you can imagine at the end of march when he's arrested with these allegations, the media were here in their droves, as was the security presence . sirjeffrey had droves, as was the security presence . sir jeffrey had to droves, as was the security presence . sirjeffrey had to run presence. sirjeffrey had to run the gauntlet through them , as the gauntlet through them, as did his co—accused, lady eleano
dougie, reporter dougie beattie. dougie, welcome to the show. and what's the latest ? the latest? >> well good afternoon martin. welcome to newry courthouse. and i must say, i've been a member of the media in northern ireland for decades, and this was one of the biggest news days i have seen. and that's because the jeffrey donaldson was such a big political animal here. i mean, if you take a look at his cv, i mean, he he ran the campaigns for enoch powell back in the 80s. he was the...
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dougie beattie there this morning to explain this, what is happening there, dougie ? there, dougie? >> well good morning eamonn. good morning isabel from belfast city airport. i asked northern ireland's immigration problem is starting to cause problems here, mainly in the round social housing, because of course northern ireland, like every other part of the uk, like the repubuc other part of the uk, like the republic of ireland, has problem with housing. the housing, especially social housing. there's a big waiting list in this and many are seeing immigrants coming to northern ireland. they're being put on the list first. they're getting social housing, although not through the housing executive, through the housing executive, through a company called mears. and they supply and look after these immigrants when they come into northern ireland. so areas like south belfast are now seeing an extraordinary amount of immigrants coming to in that area. i mean, the likes of the lower ormeau road now has a huge romanian population in it. but since the rwanda bill has came through, many of th
dougie beattie there this morning to explain this, what is happening there, dougie ? there, dougie? >> well good morning eamonn. good morning isabel from belfast city airport. i asked northern ireland's immigration problem is starting to cause problems here, mainly in the round social housing, because of course northern ireland, like every other part of the uk, like the repubuc other part of the uk, like the republic of ireland, has problem with housing. the housing, especially social...
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we go to our correspondent from northern ireland, dougie beattie, on this one to explain more. and dougie, there's a lot we can't talk aboutin there's a lot we can't talk about in relation to this case, so i'm not sure how tethered you are by what you can say or not. but over to you my friend. >> yes. well good morning eamonn. isabel and welcome to, newry, yes. this, this there has been a lot of speculation around this case in fact, social media is full of it and it could actually endanger the case itself. this is a political shockwave to northern ireland. sir jeffrey donaldson is the longest serving politician in northern ireland. he was, he was the leader of the democratic unionist party. he came from the ulster unionist party. and he really came under the political spotlight in 1983 when he ran, enoch powell's , campaign for enoch powell's, campaign for westminster, in which enoch took the seat for south down. so that's the type of pedigree we're talking about here. this man is a political giant in northern ireland, and for the last 3 to 4 weeks since his arrest at the end o
we go to our correspondent from northern ireland, dougie beattie, on this one to explain more. and dougie, there's a lot we can't talk aboutin there's a lot we can't talk about in relation to this case, so i'm not sure how tethered you are by what you can say or not. but over to you my friend. >> yes. well good morning eamonn. isabel and welcome to, newry, yes. this, this there has been a lot of speculation around this case in fact, social media is full of it and it could actually...
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thank you dougie dougie beattie there. >> and the irish government can pass whatever legislation it wants. the british government are going to say they're not coming back, because france won't take back the ones they send across the channel eu countries will not take them back. so why should we? >> what a mess. i think it's fantastic. an emotional humza yousaf says he's quitting to help, yeah. anyway don't go anywhere. gb news welcome back to britain's newsroom on gb news. keep your messages coming this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay >> well, they've got a big race now to succeed to replace humza yousaf as the first minister of scotland, who barely lasted a yearin scotland, who barely lasted a year in power. >> he admitted that he underestimated the level of upset idiot. that's quite an underestimation in itself, isn't it? >> i didn't know they'd be upset when i sacked them publicly at seven in the morning, after the snp leader had avoided two no confidence votes after controversially breaking the party's power sharing deal with the scottish greens . the scottish greens. >> that's the bit th
thank you dougie dougie beattie there. >> and the irish government can pass whatever legislation it wants. the british government are going to say they're not coming back, because france won't take back the ones they send across the channel eu countries will not take them back. so why should we? >> what a mess. i think it's fantastic. an emotional humza yousaf says he's quitting to help, yeah. anyway don't go anywhere. gb news welcome back to britain's newsroom on gb news. keep your...
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. >> well, let's talk to our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie dougie. >> this is he's a huge figure in northern ireland politics, isn't he? jeffrey donaldson, the longest serving , and i think we longest serving, and i think we could credit him for getting the northern ireland assembly back in business. >> completely correct. i mean, he is quite the figure in northern ireland. his his policies have gone since 1983, when he helped , the ulster when he helped, the ulster unionist party and that of enoch powell regained his seat in south down. i mean, that's how far this goes back. and that's the sort of political, strategy that he had. and he has been very much at the forefront of the dup . those talks on the the dup. those talks on the protocol, the framework document andindeed protocol, the framework document and indeed restoring the stormont executive. so you can imagine this morning when he and his co—accused, they did arrive separately , that of his wife, separately, that of his wife, lady eleanor donaldson . they lady eleanor donaldson. they arrived here separately. sir
. >> well, let's talk to our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie dougie. >> this is he's a huge figure in northern ireland politics, isn't he? jeffrey donaldson, the longest serving , and i think we longest serving, and i think we could credit him for getting the northern ireland assembly back in business. >> completely correct. i mean, he is quite the figure in northern ireland. his his policies have gone since 1983, when he helped , the ulster when he helped, the...
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. >> well joining us now is gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie. good to see you this morning dougie. it all sounds very complicated. do tell us more. us more. >> us more. >> yes it is very complicated in fact we were reporting from northern ireland on it is because for the last three years we have put up with it exactly those sort of systems. now the british government has said these checks for european goods coming into the uk is for veterinary safety, food safety , veterinary safety, food safety, food standards, which is totally understandable . but we of course understandable. but we of course have border checks coming from britain into this part of the uk, because we are held inside european regulations now , i european regulations now, i can't tell you that we had northern ireland had asked for trusted trader status as the deal that would put that through, and we were told it would not work. technically it would not work. technically it would not work. and therefore europe went against it and we ended up with trader support services. now the
. >> well joining us now is gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie. good to see you this morning dougie. it all sounds very complicated. do tell us more. us more. >> us more. >> yes it is very complicated in fact we were reporting from northern ireland on it is because for the last three years we have put up with it exactly those sort of systems. now the british government has said these checks for european goods coming into the uk is for veterinary safety, food...
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beattie block. yeah. but what do you call it? what are the, prescribing? that's the word, when to prescribe when they're trying to prescribe these with puberty these children with puberty blockers they're blockers now. so they're going to pausing in scotland. to be pausing that in scotland. you've seen that. you've already seen that. they're pausing it in england. i celebrate this enormously because pumping because i think pumping a child's mind full of this notion that if you're unhappy , the kind that if you're unhappy, the kind of elixir to fixing all of your problems is to try and externally modify you to look like a boy or vice versa. i think it's such a delusion. i think it's such a delusion. i think it's such a delusion. i think it's dangerous, i think it's untrue, and i think it has lasting medical impacts on those children. i don't think it should ever have been a thing in the first place. so i celebrate the first place. so i celebrate the fact it's been paused to, you know, look, i, i do,
beattie block. yeah. but what do you call it? what are the, prescribing? that's the word, when to prescribe when they're trying to prescribe these with puberty these children with puberty blockers they're blockers now. so they're going to pausing in scotland. to be pausing that in scotland. you've seen that. you've already seen that. they're pausing it in england. i celebrate this enormously because pumping because i think pumping a child's mind full of this notion that if you're unhappy , the...
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dougie beattie great to speak to you. thank you for setting for us. now setting that all out for us. now this a curious one. this, this is a curious one. this, this is a curious one. this, this , the words mother and this is, the words mother and father. are they offensive ? father. are they offensive? >> i find it particularly offensive. i've never been offended by them. are they offensive ? offensive? >> they m offensive? >> they be listed as >> well, they could be listed as oppressive under new, oppressive words under a new, inclusive oppressive words under a new, inclusivin scotland, of where? in scotland, the home of free speech. >> why is it all. oh, goodness. oh, there are no words. there are no words. but we're going to we're going to try is it all going too far? this inclusive language guide in scotland will be talking about that this good afternoon. britain coming up to 10 to 3. now, would you ever think that the words mother and father could be listed as get this? not even offensive, but oppressive words. >> oppressive. >> oppressive. >> op
dougie beattie great to speak to you. thank you for setting for us. now setting that all out for us. now this a curious one. this, this is a curious one. this, this is a curious one. this, this , the words mother and this is, the words mother and father. are they offensive ? father. are they offensive? >> i find it particularly offensive. i've never been offended by them. are they offensive ? offensive? >> they m offensive? >> they be listed as >> well, they could be...
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. >> well, gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie joins us now. very good morning to you, dougie . to you, dougie. >> good morning and good morning from a farm i'd say let's burn. you can just see the calves getting their breakfast there behind me. but yes, we're, this . behind me. but yes, we're, this. has been quite an issue for farming throughout the uk. of course, after brexit happened, the single farm payment, as it was then, was a subsidy was known then, was a subsidy for farmers in order to produce food. and that food, of course, came to us subsidies in came to us with subsidies in place it. now, northern place in it. now, northern ireland, because of the protocol, we managed to lessen that somewhat. but farming input costs have been up by about 35% over the last two years. i mean, we and gb news said about the price of milk going down. we said about the price of fertiliser up. we said fertiliser going up. we said about the potato failing about the potato crop failing all things. it's not all these things. it's not because have a magic ball
. >> well, gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie joins us now. very good morning to you, dougie . to you, dougie. >> good morning and good morning from a farm i'd say let's burn. you can just see the calves getting their breakfast there behind me. but yes, we're, this . behind me. but yes, we're, this. has been quite an issue for farming throughout the uk. of course, after brexit happened, the single farm payment, as it was then, was a subsidy was known then, was a...
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beattie . morning, dougie. dougie beattie. morning, dougie. oh, it's definitely a lot more windier where you are compared to consensus to here. what's the consensus for the yes for the rest of the uk? yes >> well good morning to you all. yes. storm kathleen made land here about 20 minutes ago and it is getting steadily worse. i can assure you those gusts are already up there about 70 already up there about 60 or 70 miles high tide miles an hour. it is high tide in the irish sea, and we're only about 25 miles from the isle of man. so you can imagine if this winds, high winds make it further inland. we will definitely see structures damage and trees down. so if any advice today in around the coastal areas stay at home, do come out . areas stay at home, do come out. >> thanks to you. please stay safe. it looks like you're on the edge of perishing . dare the edge of perishing. dare i say no ? say no? >> on the edge of perishing. >> on the edge of perishing. >> literally. dougie. thanks so much for bringing us that. >> it does look extremely, extre
beattie . morning, dougie. dougie beattie. morning, dougie. oh, it's definitely a lot more windier where you are compared to consensus to here. what's the consensus for the yes for the rest of the uk? yes >> well good morning to you all. yes. storm kathleen made land here about 20 minutes ago and it is getting steadily worse. i can assure you those gusts are already up there about 70 already up there about 60 or 70 miles high tide miles an hour. it is high tide in the irish sea, and we're...
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well, let's have a quick chat because joining me now is northern ireland reporter dougie beattie dougie, briefly tell me what's going on then, because reese is saying his plan is working. but it doesn't seem to be working for those in ireland . be working for those in ireland. >> no, definitely not. and we've covered this for the last couple of years. of course, that was going to happen. we're part of the common travel area. so you know, immigrants can either come into ireland, go through northern ireland and straight back into the uk or the other way round. and over the last couple of days, we've seen a beautiful village called newtown , mount kennedy in wicklow and middle class people. average price of houses. there are about £300,000 have been set upon by the garda siochana. the police force of the republic of ireland, with pepper spray and riot shields because they were protesting about an immigrant centre coming into their area. and those people are still protesting now, but it has , protesting now, but it has, inspired simon harris because that that was a very bad mistake. and si
well, let's have a quick chat because joining me now is northern ireland reporter dougie beattie dougie, briefly tell me what's going on then, because reese is saying his plan is working. but it doesn't seem to be working for those in ireland . be working for those in ireland. >> no, definitely not. and we've covered this for the last couple of years. of course, that was going to happen. we're part of the common travel area. so you know, immigrants can either come into ireland, go through...
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well, joining me now to discuss this is gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie. dougie, welcome to the show . so dougie, welcome to the show. so we're up to our necks in water. a lot of land is being spoilt as a consequence. and tell us about why that's such a huge impact on the farming community. >> well good afternoon martin. and really what has happened here is back in 2016, we had a brexit deal and the civil service at that time decided to look at what we couldn't do, rather than what we could do, what would give our farmers an advantage . and really, they advantage. and really, they copied and pasted european legislation . and a lot of that legislation. and a lot of that legislation. and a lot of that legislation is around the environment we have had, yes, a big year of rain, but we should have been able to cope with it. our drains are shucks as we call them here in northern ireland, should been cleaned out , should have been cleaned out, but of course they haven't, because if go to clean a because if you go to clean a shock cut that's shock or cut a tree th
well, joining me now to discuss this is gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie. dougie, welcome to the show . so dougie, welcome to the show. so we're up to our necks in water. a lot of land is being spoilt as a consequence. and tell us about why that's such a huge impact on the farming community. >> well good afternoon martin. and really what has happened here is back in 2016, we had a brexit deal and the civil service at that time decided to look at what we couldn't do, rather...
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dougie beattie is there for us. what's it looking like at the minute, dougie? >> well good morning stephen. good morning ali. it's actually quite quiet at the moment, but we are actually meant to get this up the middle of the irish sea before it starts moving across into the west coast of england , round about an hour's england, round about an hour's time now. there is a couple of trees down and so forth, in around the country at this moment in time. but that would be expected because the water table is so high at the moment. i mean, when you're driving down the roads and i'm it's the roads and i'm sure it's exactly the same across the uk, any rain at all, you can see the soil washing off fields, soil washing off the fields, running roads like running down the roads like a river and of course that washes and soaks around the roots of the trees now haven't had the trees. now we haven't had a cold, particularly cold march, which is beneficial to us because what happens at that point is that the water in around the root of the tree freezes, it expands. and then, o
dougie beattie is there for us. what's it looking like at the minute, dougie? >> well good morning stephen. good morning ali. it's actually quite quiet at the moment, but we are actually meant to get this up the middle of the irish sea before it starts moving across into the west coast of england , round about an hour's england, round about an hour's time now. there is a couple of trees down and so forth, in around the country at this moment in time. but that would be expected because the...
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two hour wind swept northern ireland reporter dougie beattie is in county down. >> it hit cork , waterford and >> it hit cork, waterford and kerry. there it has done substructure damage and power outages. the storm has now basically surrounded the coastal areas of the island of ireland. it is now making its way towards galway , mayo and donegal and it galway, mayo and donegal and it has come up the irish sea into the east coast here and i'm standing in northern ireland, about 25 miles away from the isle of man, and the winds are picking up. the gusts of the winds are the most damaging part here, and we will expect many more flights to be cancelled over the next few hours . over the next few hours. >> rail passengers are facing fresh travel chaos as train drivers continue striking in their long running pay dispute. members of aslef at six companies have walked out, leaving some areas with no services all day. tilton, transpennine express and northern will not run any trains, while there will be reduced services on great western, lner and heathrow express engineers . work means express engin
two hour wind swept northern ireland reporter dougie beattie is in county down. >> it hit cork , waterford and >> it hit cork, waterford and kerry. there it has done substructure damage and power outages. the storm has now basically surrounded the coastal areas of the island of ireland. it is now making its way towards galway , mayo and donegal and it galway, mayo and donegal and it has come up the irish sea into the east coast here and i'm standing in northern ireland, about 25...