., , gchq? we do actually have people that 'oin gchq?because they first i thatjoin gchq because they first came across us solving some of our puzzles. the puzzle books have calculated a great deal of interest. we know of people that have joined because of the interest in it. it does work and it's a tradition going back to bletchley park, where they got in touch with the winner of a competition to see if they wanted to command join the staff there. icollin command 'oin the staff there. colin from command join the staff there. colin from gchq command join the staff there. colin from gcho -- _ command join the staff there. colin from gchq -- cajee _ remains very much alone anonymous. hello there. thursday brought us some big temperature contrasts across the uk. western areas, it turned pretty mild. swansea, we had temperatures for example reaching double figures with some bright skies here. but across parts of east anglia, through much of the day, temperatures struggled in places to reach much above a celsius, and there was some drizzle aro

when it comes to recruitment, gchq has been widening the net. with conditions like autism, adhd or dyslexia. it believes different ways of thinking are key to keeping the uk 5afe. foreign language skills are also highly valued. one question we do get asked a lot in school is, "why do i need to learn a language?" this really promotes the need for languages in the global community that we live in and just the cognitive skills it brings with them as well. betty's ability to speak german was key to her posting at bletchley park. we weren't allowed to talk about anything we were doing. for me, it was an opportunity to meet people i would otherwise not have met. i had not been to university or anything like that. you must feel really proud you were there. absolutely. yes, i mean, a chance in a million, really. i always used to do the code word in the telegraph. i haven't done it lately. i'm too busy. 0k, everyone. yourtime is up. how was it? when you first look at it, it's quite daunting. you have no idea what all these things are. after working a few

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when it comes to recruitment, gchq has been widening the net.urodiverse candidates to apply for jobs. so people with conditions like autism, adhd or dyslexia. foreign language skills are also highly valued. betty's ability to speak german was key to her posting at bletchley park. for me, it was an opportunity to meet people i would otherwise not have met. i had not been to university or anything like that. i always used to do the code word in the telegraph. i haven't done it lately. i'm too busy. how was it? when you first look at it, it's quite daunting. you have no idea what all these things are. after working a few of them out, it gets easier. it looks really fun to work with this type of stuff. . it doesn't look like as boring | as some otherjobs could be. with perseverance, lateral thinking and ingenuity, mission impossible can become mission accomplished. tim muffett, bbc news. new year's eve marks 100 years since since the hourly bong from big ben were broadcast. it started a daily tradition for the bbc. we are at the palace of westminste

christmas challenge for schoolchildren — can they crack the code—breaking tests set by the uk spy agency, gchqd coming up on bbc news... england's bowlers toil in mumbai, as india capitalise on a batting—friendly surface, passing 400 on day one of their one—off test match. good afternoon. ambulance leaders are warning that winter pressures are already starting to hit the nhs in england, with patients put at risk of dangerous delays. but the latest figures — out this morning — do show a slight improvement in both ambulance response times and waits for accident and emergency care, compared to this time last year. there's also been a drop in the number of patients waiting for routine hospital treatment. sharon barbour has been on the front line with ambulance crews. there were ambulances backed up outside, two hours in an ambulance. it's been a long night for margaret. are ambulances parked out there today. there are no beds. people on trolleys in the corridors. all today. there are no beds. people on trolleys in the corridors.— trolleys in the corridors. all night with her was _ trolleys in the

|sed interesting because it's just it'sa head of gchq who's on a former head of gchq who's now doinger stuff, and he's kind this crowbar into kind of using this crowbar into his his career. the two his his now career. but the two things it's it is an things are, yes, it's it is an excellent in some ways excellent tool in some ways because it is it makes it easy. it means that you can have access to somebody a lot. you can have these group chats so they are used in a lot of work environments because environments now because it makes life easier than calling around five people or sorting out zoom meeting or whatever. out a zoom meeting or whatever. so that's the one part if so that's the one part of it. if they maybe an alternative they had maybe an alternative that was was, um, the, the, you know, like some sort of government whatsapp and then that was that information was held. and if they just, it's just if and the other part of it is are they don't they know is why are they don't they know that this is going to come that this stuff is going to come out? that's what's maddening is l

when it comes to recruitment, gchq has been widening the net.ions like autism, adhd or dyslexia. foreign language skills are also highly valued. betty's ability to speak german was key to her posting at bletchley park. for me, it was an opportunity to meet people i would otherwise not have met. i had not been to university or anything like that. i always used to do the code word in the telegraph. i haven't done it lately. i'm too busy. how was it? when you first look at it, it's quite daunting. you have no idea what all these things are. after working a few of them out, it gets easier. it looks really fun to work with this type of stuff. . it doesn't look like as boring | as some otherjobs could be. with perseverance, lateral thinking and ingenuity, mission impossible can become mission accomplished. tim muffett, bbc news. for decades, football fans have collected stickers of famous players and put them into albums. now, for the first time, the women's super league has a dedicated sticker collection of its own. the fa has joined forces with the

well, gchq , so—so, isn't it?way your mind is wired and the kind of skills that they need. >> so the there are a whole variety of different skills that gchq needs. they don't pay a great deal. not not as much as the outside private sector. and that's why grabbing the attention of people and showing that this is an option for them, and makes it very attractive for them to work in an them to be able to work in an environment there environment where there are these nutcases. these other nutcases. >> , you're sitting >> yes, yes, you're sitting amongst minds , but what amongst like minds, but what sort of work are doing? sort of work are they doing? >> again, when bletchley >> i mean, again, when bletchley park became we found that park became known, we found that they literally been doing they had literally been doing this, trying to fight. i use their minds before the actual computer was invented to use their minds to crack codes. >> well , their minds to crack codes. >> well, don't their minds to crack codes. >> we

it's not mistake. >> and charlie gchq is probably listening conversation >> and charlie gchq is probablyave gb news they have. news on it. of course they have. >> they do. know >> they do. they do. we know it's in it's always on in the 10 downing street canteen. anyway, so good morning everybody so good morning to everybody working at >> keep up the good work at number you're only 20 points number 10. you're only 20 points behind polls right? behind in the polls right? >> i'm sure we can't blame the canteen staff for that. i'm sure they're doing a brilliant job right. to come, right. right. still to come, we'll expert analysis on we'll have expert analysis on rishi's , what he just rishi's speech, what he just said. if you missed it, we're going to be drilling down into that for you. first, though, a little britain's little break here with britain's newsroom . isabel, monday to thursdays from six till 930 . six till 930. >> it's 1128 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> it's 1126. just. just just want to get that right, because if you think you're catc

they have all found their way into the annual christmas challenge set by the uk intelligence agency, gchqare proving just as hard for adults to crack, too. what breaks but cannot fall, can leap but never cruel, can be seized, what breaks but cannot fall, can leap but never crawl, can be seized, but never gripped. often present, never skipped. it's very hard. can we do a different one? it's not my language. laughter look at this message. can you work it out and find the secret four—letter word ? i couldn't even read all of these words! oh, my goodness. er... there will be children that can get this, i'm sure, but no, not me. i ruined my day! laughter just came for a coffee. i got one of them. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. might be worth looking at the guys because they could be a shooting star. you may get to see dozens of meteors each hour if this skies stayed clear, if you get any good photos send them in, have your say @ bbc.co.uk. but as i say, you will need clear skies to see that display of shooting stars, geminids., there are some clear skies across north—east eng

i mean, have gchq and we have mean, we have gchq and we have other bodies in this country.t, we're part of the which is the five eyes, which is obviously with with america new zealand, australia, canada and we are pre—eminent in intelligence . so i think we do intelligence. so i think we do everything that we can to try and mitigate it. that does not mean to say something can't happen, but then you look at the number of times that they will have managed to block this and we don't hear about that, but they are very successful at doing it. so you're quite right. of course, you've always got to be aware and we ourselves , i be aware and we ourselves, i think the banks have done rather well in recent years and some other organisations where they are trying to say, don't get caughtin are trying to say, don't get caught in with an email here or because it's all it all boils into fraud and all of this sort of stuff and people being caught out. so no, i'm not a knee jerker. we will obviously do everything we can and we have to take personal responses, ability to make sure that we d

the head of gchq , which is somebody i'm not gchq, which is somebody i'm not inclined to agree with.overnment decisions . for major government decisions. i think, uh, the, the issue also to consider is, is this why leave aside security is this any way to run a government? >> well, well, whereas, you know, on the surface , i want to know, on the surface, i want to agree with you and say it's because we all use whatsapp. but if we said, well, use signal, which is meant to be very, very secure or telegraph or something like um, like that, telegram, um, telegram, , what do i telegram, telegram, what do i know? um but all of that, it's still just doing it on, on your phone, isn't it? well, that's my point, right? >> you know , when you agree with >> you know, when you agree with me one day, stephen, it really it might never happen. might never happen. >> no. >> no. >> you know, obviously in a crisis, you have to move fast. but what happened to deliberation ? what happened to deliberation? what happened to thought? what happened to reading books? what happened to really cogitate about the

previously the regulatory investigative powers act in this country , powers act in this country, which gives gchq intelligence agencies probably more sweeping powers actually, than the intelligence agencies have in ireland. but your point is about at what point do we push back on this surveillance society ? and i think the answer society? and i think the answer to that is about how do we democratise this digital age? how do we ensure that whether it's the big tech firms, whether it's the big tech firms, whether it's the big tech firms, whether it's the banks , whether it's it's the banks, whether it's elites in our governments around the world, that actually they are subject subjected to our are we are we though , not walking, we are we though, not walking, sleepwalking into situation where we are guilty until we prove ourselves innocent? >> the concept of a zero trust society where the onus is somehow on us, the law abiding tax payers, to demonstrate to the myrmidons of the state that we are going about our private business. >> yeah, well, look , i mean, >> yeah, well, look, i mean, we're both v

. >> i mean, this story i think is, is about the national security risk. people gchq security risk.at sort really imagine that the sort of the internal government platform really imagine that the sort of th particularly )vernment platform really imagine that the sort of th particularly )vernmy because )rm is particularly secure because they're not particularly competent at these kind of things competent at these kind of thirwell, is the thing. >> well, this is the thing. >> well, this is the thing. >> whatsapp actually one >> isn't whatsapp actually one of most secure i could move of the most secure i could move to messaging platforms ? to messaging platforms? >> your >> signal if you leave your phone someone phone somewhere when someone picks reads your picks it up and reads your whatsapp messages, well, there you go. >> em- ema-l >> but then i imagine they all have , but, um, i don't have face id, but, um, i don't know . but i mean, i have face id, but, um, i don't know. but i mean, i think i think a lot of people were shocked just by how much government was done via government bu

the guardian reports on comments from the former head of the nation's spy agency gchq calling for antsapp. sir david 0mand is quoted in the paper saying the messaging app is inappropriate for important decision—making. and the mirror leads with statistics released by the liberal democrats which claim patients and visitors to england's nhs—run hospitals paid £146 million in car parking charges last year. many people across the uk took advantage of brighter weather on boxing day to take a dip in the sea. it was nice! i would not say it was warm by any _ it was nice! i would not say it was warm by any stretch. _ it was nice! i would not say it was warm by any stretch. take - it was nice! i would not say it was warm by any stretch. take a - it was nice! i would not say it was warm by any stretch. take a look| it was nice! i would not say it was l warm by any stretch. take a look at these pictures, some people taking a dip. swimmers descended on sunny sands beach in folkestone in kent yesterday for their annual swim. it's busy, isn't it? ". it looks uuite it's busy, isn't it? ". it looks

. >> were you aware that that view was taken generally of the gchq? >> i was aware , yes.ware, yes. certainly i was certainly i was aware that the dhs was under fire from loads of people, but that was hardly surprising because the country was going through a horrific pandemic. and i just want to say what i should have got quickly , more quickly to the got quickly, more quickly to the point. the point is you've got a lot of very talented sometimes super confident, sometimes egotistical people who are crushed with anxiety about what is happening to their country , is happening to their country, who are wracked secretly with self doubt and self criticism , self doubt and self criticism, and who externalise that by criticising others. and it's human nature. and one of when you're the leader in those circumstances , your job is to circumstances, your job is to work out what is justified and what is people sounding off and what is people sounding off and what is people sounding off and what is political nonsense and my judgement was that matt was on the whole doing a good job in

gchq has launched its annual festive conundrum by sending a snow covered bletchley park christmas cardeven increasingly complex puzzles and encourages pupils to work as a team to reveal the final festive message . this is gb news across message. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to tom and . emily. >> good afternoon britain . now >> good afternoon britain. now we'll be getting to that big migration story in just a moment. but for now, the bank of england has announced it's holding interest rates at 5.25, a 15 year high. yes, the bank has kept the rate the same for the past three decisions. >> now, as governor of the bank, andrew bailey stressed that there is still way to go in there is still some way to go in policymakers drag policymakers efforts to drag inflation down, and that policy is remain restrictive is likely to remain restrictive for extended period of time. for an extended period of time. well let's see what the feeling is out on our high streets. >> and indeed, christmas mar