hello, you're watching andrew pierce on gb news with you until 2 pm. digesting some of the big stories in the politico, the international and the world of show business from the last week. here's what's coming up on the show it's a big day for england as they play their second game against the second group game against the united and are united states and wales are still playing against iran. they had to goalkeeper wayne hennessey sent off. we'll be heading to cardiff in doha for the latest reaction and a little later on this show, i'll be

joined by football manager and famous player even. know who famous player even. i know who he , redknapp to preview this he is, redknapp to preview this evening's games and with more strikes this time with nurses england, wales and northern ireland who are walking out for two days before christmas on, the 15th and 20th december, i'm going speaking with an nhs going to be speaking with an nhs nurse . won't be striking nurse who. won't be striking herself, but supports those who do and we're going to be talking about migrant crisis and what can be done to tackle the issue of immigration and channel digesting all of this with me for the next hour will be formally democrat mp lambert opaque. formally democrat mp lambert opaque . he's formally democrat mp lambert opaque. he's a formally democrat mp lambert opaque . he's a welshman and he's opaque. he's a welshman and he's addicted the football and you at home of course such an important part this show what are your part of this show what are your opinions on what we're discussing events discussing or any key events that this week. email that happened this week. email me at gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news and i'll put your point of view to. those i speak to and perhaps even get to speak to and perhaps even get to speak to you live on air. all that coming up. but before that , coming up. but before that, let's get the latest news . thank

let's get the latest news. thank you. onshore, it's 12:01. i'm rhiannon you. onshore, it's12:01. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. the health secretary is refusing to back down over nurses pay demands ahead of their first national strike over a century. steve barclay he can't agree to what he describes a massive 17.6% pay rise. instead he's open to discussing how working can be improved . the how working can be improved. the royal college of nursing accused the of rejecting formal talks , the of rejecting formal talks, an alternative to industrial action. as a result, staff in england, wales and northern ireland will out for two days on the 15th and 20th of december. shadow women and equalities secretary anneliese dodds . the secretary anneliese dodds. the government must negotiate better deal to smartly is going to be patient . we're paying the price patient. we're paying the price for this as well as of course those . so we need government to those. so we need government to engage on this, quite frankly.

they're being grossly negligent at the moment. they need to sit down and sort this out . a six down and sort this out. a six year old child has died . a year old child has died. a bacteria outbreak at a school in surrey. a second child is being treated in hospital. the uk health security agencies confirmed the two children caught the invasive strep infection, which causes fever. pupils and. staff at ashford church of england school have since been prescribed antibiotics . a man charged the antibiotics. a man charged the murders of a mother and her two children in nottingham been remanded in custody . jamie remanded in custody. jamie farrow has appeared at. nottingham magistrates court charged with murdering fatoumata haidara and her daughters, aged three and one. they died from smoke inhalation during a fire at their flat in clifton on . at their flat in clifton on. sunday woman with down's syndrome has lost a legal battle in the court of appeal. heidi kraut had challenged that legislation which allows the

abortion of babies with the condition up until birth. in england wales and scotland there is a 24 week limit for terminations. but that can be extended if there is substantial risk, the child could be with physical or mental abnormalities . heidi says she feels her voice hasn't been heard . do you how do hasn't been heard. do you how do you feel today . do you feel you you feel today. do you feel you said judges should if you did not listen to what it is like, that might be that might help. that's the probably that's . that's the probably that's. energy regulator ofgem has changes to protect customers and ensure suppliers are more resilient. they include the introduction of capital requirements so that companies have the funds deal with market shocks. after soaring energy pnces shocks. after soaring energy prices has forced many smaller providers out of business. ofgem

also wants suppliers to help households by closely monitoring credit balances and identifying vulnerable customers . the vulnerable customers. the foreign secretary has announced a package of hands on support to help ukraine through the winter . the country is still experiencing power blackouts after russian airstrikes hit key infrastructure during first official trip to kyiv james cleverly pledged to send 35 more emergency vehicles , as well as emergency vehicles, as well as a further emergency vehicles, as well as a furthe r £3 million to help further £3 million to help rebuild the country . the prime rebuild the country. the prime minister is considering a crackdown on foreign student who bnng crackdown on foreign student who bring dependents to the country and study low quality . downing and study low quality. downing street says sunak's fully committed , bringing immigration committed, bringing immigration levels down. it's after data for the office for national statistics revealed net to the uk climbed to a record. half a million in the year to june . million in the year to june. royal mail workers are striking for a second consecutive day . for a second consecutive day. the communication workers union has rejected the company's final

offer and more industrial is planned in the coming weeks. offer and more industrial is planned in the coming weeks . the planned in the coming weeks. the union's general secretary, dave , says it will continue to fight for jobs. they are talking about forjobs. they are talking about destroying the roma as we it today. they want to turn royal mail into just another parcel courier. and we're not going accept that. this is an important of the uk's infrastructure . we believe the infrastructure. we believe the pubuc infrastructure. we believe the public support this dispute we're in situation because of mismanagement of the and the board to roll them out and need a government inquiry. now to look into the actions of the rep the unions rep in northern ireland. denise collins says royal mail needs to recognise that postal workers are the foundation of the company. u.s. foundation of the company. us. postal workers don't want to be on industrial on stormy night in the freezing cold, on loss in pay the freezing cold, on loss in pay and the most christmas. so you know the company need obviously sit down and come down agreement that is to be in

favour of the members and on favour of the members and on favour of the postal workers who are the ones that are bringing in the profits and for the company and full and qatar wales lost their world cup group b tie against iran to do well after conceding both late in stoppage time wales were reduced to ten men when keeper wayne hennessey was sent off with just 5 minutes remaining. but time on television. the live pictures cardiff where fans taking it all in they were hoping wales could boost their of making it through to the last 16 and obviously not looking be there tonight it's england's turn against the usa also chasing three points to secure a place in the knockout stages. i be having good to england this is shaping news who will bring you more as it happens though back to andrew pearce pearce .

pearce pearce. hello. you're watching andrew on tv news with you until 2 pm. let's kick things off with some world cup reaction wales have just lost two nil to iran both go goes very late on in the game and of course england are in action evening in their second group game against the united states. let's get some immediate reaction well let's we'll cross over to cardiff to speak to gb news reporter ellie costello ali. they must be very unhappy there everybody whenever they go on anyone , let's simply get to on anyone, let's simply get to gareth bale and he can be precise but very disappointed fredricka. don't mind me . i fredricka. don't mind me. i cannot believe what happened the so they came in here full of excitement and then in the other bit of the 19th minute and then

it's lebron everybody and that's how that had to get their hands then later that's go no and it's like the welshman didn't know . like the welshman didn't know. the one made it. like the welshman didn't know. the one made it . well john now the one made it. well john now important they are coming across it now you might. important they are coming across it now you might . how are you it now you might. how are you feeling now . absolutely gutted. feeling now. absolutely gutted. i must have spun and we played awful . what do think happened awful. what do think happened that you think wales played well? no. all zimbabwe . what let well? no. all zimbabwe. what let you down all the way, you know, defence. bring in joe allen on he should never be able to win the plate and you came here you really thought you were going to smash this game. i really believe we lost that. so we're going to win the top military here. so after the ball was set and how you . going to do now

and how you. going to do now win, lose or draw we need a real captain and that's all i care about. we went in june and we had a great season ukrainian won 99 the neighbours said we it happen but this is history you that well it's been the world cup for 16 years it's about them three schools years in the making you know but we've got to do now we're going to and enjoy ourselves in england. i want tonight we all enjoy ourselves here whenever they're in london we made the world cup that's all about these and how are you feeling about and wales. next well i'm in the same position always playing in the world cup then we are going enjoy is taking the case and you know and then the second goal is we feel last lost and then so whatever but hopefully we will shut them

up . do you know we're not going up. do you know we're not going to going to talk about when you come here on me it will still now go to all we too long time ago you imagine right made national country . well no i what national country. well no i what in the little loo in the name like mike unweakened they lay it on it that's just like that. just incredible. stop it. brilliant. thank you so much for your time. back again. brilliant. thank you so much for your time. back again . they got your time. back again. they got that same want to say to the first or whatever when you look at it, i ran him through you making those cups. at it, i ran him through you making those cups . well they making those cups. well they were hoping that experience playing in the country for great right well the men living in been. right well the men living in been . in scotland their faces

been. in scotland their faces today know falling behind the back of the i court if that's the right attitude those fans at least wales got to the world cup final for the first time since 1958, but that was a pretty disappointing . let's go to speak disappointing. let's go to speak to gb news reporter paul hawkins, who's in qatar for us paul. hawkins, who's in qatar for us paul . yeah, hi andrew. just paul. yeah, hi andrew. just quickly, the implication itself that wales defeat means wales have to beat england on and hope england and the usa draw they this evening. that's how england fans are feeling the game tonight. i'm sorry, what's your name. you just got off the of my name's in come in and i'll name's come in come in and i'll might ask you you're supporting england. you feeling england. how are you feeling about tonight? about the game tonight? i'm excited. very excited. hopefully we play very football and bring it home. football and we bring it home. yeah, but yeah . surely the us. yeah, but yeah. surely the us. are you going pose more of a challenge than ? iran did right. challenge than? iran did right. england have to be wary of complacency if i can. southgate that they need to recycle they need psychologically reset need to psychologically reset yeah psychologically yeah they need psychologically reset. but you take so much confidence from that first game

into the second match and we can bnng into the second match and we can bring it home. yeah. and what about kyle walker is about six points, kyle walker is fit, match fit, although he's not match fit. would him? fit. would you play him? absolutely we need a bit of piercing that central back line. i defence will play i think our defence will play a bit deeper this time around and he cover . he's he mistakes. he'll cover. he's got the pace. yeah, yeah. for sure. what you of the sure. what do you make of the world so far? you a world cup so far? you having a good very time. good time. yeah, very good time. very good time. it's our first match it at home. match here watching it at home. but excited. but we're very excited. yeah. and one. just and you just for this one. just for flying in and for this one movie flying in and out. back for the out. so i'll be back for the round for quarter , round of 16 for the quarter, back for semi. and make back for the semi. and if make it final knows. yeah. it to the final who knows. yeah. and in and and when you say flying in and out, about dubai, out, you're talking about dubai, not london right from dubai from out, you're talking about dubai, notaccent.| right from dubai from out, you're talking about dubai, notaccent. thanks'om dubai from out, you're talking about dubai, notaccent. thanks very)ubai from out, you're talking about dubai, notaccent. thanks very much.rom an accent. thanks very much. so it's enjoy games it's just like you enjoy games this you. this evening. thank you. yes thanks. on the usa 10:00 thanks. i can on the usa 10:00 this will be much, this evening. it will be much, much and given the usa much cooler and given the usa saw the americans one of the youngest sides in this tournament, they gave the welsh a really good they really a really good game. they really well welsh expect well against the welsh expect england tested more and england to be tested more and expect two more entertaining open when the two sides open game when the two sides meet evening . but yeah meet this evening. but yeah for the really difficult to

the welsh really difficult to take in that defeat not only losing two nil but also wayne hennessey sent off, hennessey getting sent off, which misses the next which means he misses the next match . all right. that's paul match. all right. that's paul hawkins qatar and i've done hawkins in qatar and i've done my homework. you know, england have states 11 have played the united states 11 times and they've won eight of their last meetings. joining me like the next hour is like to say in the next hour is lambert kopec, is, of course lambert kopec, who is, of course welsh, a lib dem mp. and welsh, a former lib dem mp. and you were the mp for montgomeryshire you were glued that computer. i was it was an amazing game . i'm kind of rugby amazing game. i'm kind of rugby person in a way. i was honorary welsh. if i have honour in me at all, to not be. oh, thanks very much indeed. and i was , the much indeed. and i was, the welsh mp for montgomeryshire when i was leader of the welsh lib dems, we the welsh won the grand slam six nations cup and i take credit for that if i'd been there now this wouldn't have happenedi there now this wouldn't have happened i have to say that the was so exciting because wales was so exciting because wales was playing under—par it has to be said iran hit the post the opposite post in the 22nd period

and i thought, well if a draw it's almost unfair iran . but in it's almost unfair iran. but in the last 3 minutes wales took their eye off the ball and that's the result. but how do you lose if you lose a goalkeeper ? well, i suppose goalkeeper? well, i suppose that's all the foul. if it was a foul and it was a blatant foul. okay, it's basically a collision which could easily have been avoided problem avoided. their big problem is they needed him for the next game. so in terms of what's going to happen it'll a lot going to happen now, it'll a lot of fortune for wales and of good fortune for wales and actually some bad fortune for england. if wales is going to get through. and then of course he play off between he got the play off between the two well. england two of them as well. if england better draw today i think better than draw today i think i haven't done the statistics i think that wales is a lot of think that wales is in a lot of trouble , so we'll see what trouble, so we'll see what happens. the england wales happens. but the england wales match, be match, it'll not exactly be a grudge if the both grudge match, but if the both but want to prove something next week . but an exciting world week. but it's an exciting world cup. tell yeah cup. i have to tell you. yeah it's even i've into it it's some even i've got into it and i'm amazed that and i don't do i'm amazed that you but i've done you know anything but i've done a bit of homework of course a bit of homework this of course but just in seconds. but i'm just in 20 seconds. do you england are going to you think england are going to get to next get through to the next stage? yes, i'm they will i'm sure

they'll get the next stage. the question remember question is how far remember this getting to this country mourned getting to the semi—finals and then not really getting further some that they almost overperformed for they almost overperformed for the quality of the team one very smart thing this time no one has said we're going make it the said we're going make it to the final that's final because that's a disappointment later. keep it calm, play it and sound calm, play it cool and sound like a football manager, we're all football. but you do two weeks. that's labour, i think he's be to he's going to be talking to me also course also about the jungle course because jungle and because he was in the jungle and his hancock doing his mate matt hancock is doing a lot for so it lot better than for one. so it looks like i'm going to be eating humble pie lambert eating humble pie with lambert in program. in later in the program. now, the seems the winter of discontent seems to closer nhs to be coming even closer nhs nurses a national nurses are taking a national strike action next month in ongoing dispute with the government over pay and working conditions. college of conditions. the royal college of nursing rcn, says the nursing union, the rcn, says the government down its offer government turned down its offer talks as alternative to talks as an alternative to industrial action nurses england, wales and northern ireland will walk out for two days before christmas on the 15th and 20th of december to be the most serious strike, probably since the inception of

the nhs back in 1948. interestingly the ballots were held at individual nhs trusts rather than one national ballot and has meant that more than 40% of nurses in some england's hospitals are not entitled strike, as the turnout was too in those votes , which joining me in those votes, which joining me now is naomi berry, who an nhs practise nurse . naomi, thanks practise nurse. naomi, thanks for joining us. can i ask you forjoining us. can i ask you first of all, did take part in the vote and are you going to strike ? so as a practise nurse strike? so as a practise nurse are only agenda for change pays completely is very different and we both take but i would i'm striking colleagues that work with myself that i've given them the option if they wanted to . the option if they wanted to. and we have chosen not to at the present time, but like i said, we are on a different agenda. pitching compared to those within nhs . i ask you how much, within nhs. i ask you how much, you're paid. naomi not something that i you're paid. naomi not something thati be you're paid. naomi not something that i be happy to discuss. but

do you? could i ask this? and do you think you're paid enough ? you think you're paid enough? the practise of this? we never pay- the practise of this? we never pay. we are very clinical and we have different sets of skills as well. and i know there's lots of practise. nurses aren't on the agenda.the practise. nurses aren't on the agenda. the and don't get the same types of wages other practise nurses because it's seen as a privatised than an nhs . we have little say sometimes overall pay within general practise now the guild, the nursing union, the rcn is seeking a pay rise of 17.6% that simply not realistic, naomi. is it ? it's difficult, isn't it? i it? it's difficult, isn't it? i think there's no amount that would ever be realistic for a nurse. i think people say that we don't there's a lot of media and coverage from novakovic that we can do anything within the hospitals , but they are so hospitals, but they are so overworked that they can't continue the way that the going on. so and you said earlier in answer, naomi, that at the

moment you're not going to go on strike. do you think that position change ? anything could position change? anything could change. anything is possible in the next few months? definitely i support the nurses going out strike. i understand why they are going to strike and so anything could change . but the anything could change. but the result is going to be even longer waiting lists and a lot of reports in the papers today naomi that many older people will probably to stay in hospital over christmas as a result of the so the waiting lists have been long for a while they were started longer because of covid as . well and there are of covid as. well and there are staff and different conditions can help with that as well . so can help with that as well. so i think for the public to say that is nurses fault for delaying discharge days isn't fair. is nurses fault for delaying discharge days isn't fair . are discharge days isn't fair. are you worried just finally that there's a lot of public goodwill towards nurses that you may sacrifice some of that the profession may surrender that goodwill by going on strike this way . so i have to say it's

way. so i have to say it's difficult, isn't it? i think even we didn't go on strike or went on strike there is still negative about nurses and it always will be like that and even doctors paramedics , anybody even doctors paramedics, anybody there will be negative comments. unfortunately how we deal with them as professionals . all them as professionals. all right. that's naomi . she's an right. that's naomi. she's an nhs practise nurse , supports the nhs practise nurse, supports the nurses going on strike , but in nurses going on strike, but in fact isn't going on strike . it fact isn't going on strike. it is a lib dem mp , lambert. fact isn't going on strike. it is a lib dem mp , lambert . just is a lib dem mp, lambert. just quickly, your view about the strike this is much worse than the winter of discontent in 78 and 79, much worse a general strike is why these unions are independently coming to the same . so you can't negotiate with one central union to call this off . and that's a massive off. and that's a massive problem . the conservatives. problem. the conservatives. secondly, although this is going to inconvenience and potentially kill some members of the public . the public are sympathetic as far as i can tell , and that's

far as i can tell, and that's the for sunak, the big problem for sunak, unless he comes up with something fantastic meeting that pay something fantastic meeting that pay rise, in which case everybody else will want the same thing. it's hard to see how he gets out of this, but point 6% inflation went up to 11% 6% even inflation went up to 11% last month. it might have peaked at 11. 17.6% is unreal. stats negotiating position that the gambling on two things number one that they'll get something like inflation. i would say and secondly general the secondly the general of the pubuc secondly the general of the public . this is the public towards them. this is the exceptional thing this exceptional thing about this particular group. those particular group. even those people, including myself who'd lost, ones in the in the lost, loved ones in the in the pandemic, all sympathetic to the inconvenience this is going to cause now , because we all think, cause now, because we all think, well, a lot of people the nurses underpaid you'll pay a nurse what worth to someone what they're worth to someone whose was saved by this. whose life was saved by this. and they kept my mum for 15 years and i'm grateful for that. but the difficulty for the government is the optics look terrible because the nurses are the underdog here and sunak's going to come with a going to have to come with a miracle, economy going. miracle, get the economy going. that's the only that's going to save right. that's

save him. all right. that's limbaugh with me limbaugh topic. he's with me here next stay with me here for the next stay with me here for the next stay with me here on gb news andrew here on gb news i'm andrew pearce we're to pearce because we're going to have reaction. have more on world cup reaction. and please views from and please your views from the big week . do you big events of the week. do you think nurses going on think about the nurses going on strike? you support them? gb strike? do you support them? gb views at gbnews.uk? before that though, let's go to a break.

welcome back . you're watching welcome back. you're watching andrew pierce here on gb news with you until 2 pm. let's get some more to wales losing that game rome with two last gasp goals in the dying moments of the game after welsh goalie was sent off . and of course england sent off. and of course england play sent off. and of course england play their second game this evening against the united states. i'm delighted to say i'm going talk to the former going to talk to the former footballer manager , footballer and former manager, harry redknapp. harry great.

have you on my show. how are you 7 have you on my show. how are you ? i'm good, thank you. now, what about that welsh ? did they about that welsh? did they deserve to lose ? was justice deserve to lose? was justice done ? yes. yeah. i must be done? yes. yeah. i must be truthful . i wanted wales to win truthful. i wanted wales to win desperately. i was really cheering wales on. but they were iran? were much the better team for the game wasn't just the two goals in the sending off did hit the woodwork on a couple of occasions and really looked a very good team today reign . i very good team today reign. i mean it's it just makes england's result look even better when we batted them the other day you know but yeah in fairness wales didn't play well today they were very very well will beat an iran deserved to win at least i say they got their harry i'm no great football expert but it's quite an achievement to get to the world cup. they haven't been there since 1958. no, it is what they've got to do now. they don't to england the don't have to england in the last have any chance of last game to have any chance of qualifying. so listen, you know, it's a big task for wales do but we've seen many results in this

competition already. it's shocks and the underdogs winning games that you just never know. so we'll how we go you know england hopefully can secure their spot top of the group tonight by beating the usa and then the welsh game will be sort of almost a dead rubber for england and gareth can play lots of the squad but even then we've such a fantastic squad. it will be difficult for wales to beat us . difficult for wales to beat us. we haven't lost to the united states. gary harry since , 1993. states. gary harry since, 1993. yeah no, i mean, they're not back. they're they're, you know, they're a strong team. i was quite impressed from first off against wales the other night. they england look fantastic. i thought the first game i know we were saying well it's only but today we've seen iran play and they looked fantastic today it was a result and you look at the strength depth we've got, we've got some amazing i mean, you know the other night he brings on foden he brings on grealish he brings on rashford and welsh

and i mean they're players that would get in almost team in the world so we really have got a great squad ask you harry what do you about the controversy about the fact the world is being held in qatar in the first place? not exactly a country that's very pro women's rights. and of course, you can't be gay if qatar . no, no, if you're in qatar. no, no, listen, i knew that when they gave them the tournament that it should have been sorted out there. they and mean they there. and they and mean they ever let it go to in the ever let it go to qatar in the first place. doubt the first place. i doubt not the problem. . i don't problem. you've got. i don't think this is their african country with the same laws . well . i country with the same laws. well. i lost harry redknapp is a great shame because he's a former king king of the jungle . and of king of the jungle. and of course, talking about the jungle land that you and i talked about , matt hancock, this former house actually going in the jungle , you thought it was jungle, you thought it was a good idea. and i said, it's nuts, voted off nuts, he'll be voted off straightaway. still in straightaway. he's still in there? well, forwards, there? well, for forwards, i wanted you today wanted to share with you today i you you did and i'll tell you

you so you did and i'll tell you why you've met him. yeah i know him well. yeah. he's a nice bloke. i agree. and that's what you get the jungle. you don't get early motion record get your early day motion record or , how parliamentary or, how many parliamentary questions or , even if questions you put in or, even if you up job in you screwed up yourjob in parliament, you somebody parliament, you get somebody there who is an honest guy, right? we've got we're going back we've back to harry redknapp. we've got to got you back, harry. great to have you back. and i'm just talking to the open. harry was in the jungle. he wasn't very in the i'm afraid, unlike the jungle. i'm afraid, unlike you, harry, you're a former king of what are you of the jungle. what are you making i'm a celebrity year. oh making i'm a celebrity this year. oh we couldn't have got any worse off, could he? when in was reputation so low ? i think he's reputation so low? i think he's only improved a bit. know for sure he's done okay , but so yeah sure he's done okay, but so yeah it's been, it's been fine. he's beenin it's been, it's been fine. he's been in boy george. i name is he ready to come out. he was ready to explode but juice got a mike tindall i think his been you he

could win it quite easily so it's kind of it's interesting but certainly matt hancock is probably done his reputation of being a good boy going in the first place. i would think it's because he was at an all time low. does it make you low. he went in does it make you nostalgic, harry? would you like to in? the jungle ? i not to be back in? the jungle? i not really know. i've enjoyed . it really know. i've enjoyed. it was an experience i've never seen the show before. i did it and. i did enjoy it. you know, it was once into it, i met it was once i got into it, i met lots of nice people. but now of ed much i'm looking forward to watching england play tonight the usa go to on the world cup is going to be a great place great time to be england great time to be in england right now. i was just going to ask to predictions. ask you for to predictions. who's win world who's going to win the world cup? to england? cup? is it going to be england? i've them, believe i've got money on them, believe it yeah. who's it or not. yeah. and who's to win the jungle? wouldn't win in the jungle? so i wouldn't spoil pasture anybody. i wouldn't england wouldn't swap these england squad team . squad with any other team. i really seen really wouldn't. i've seen argentina , know, i've seen argentina, know, i've seen holland, seen germany, holland, we've seen germany, we've brazil are going to we've seen brazil are going to we've seen brazil are going to we've lost them again. well, we've lost them again. well, we've got the prediction . think we've got the prediction. think england's going to win then. i

but before we go to the headunes but before we go to the headlines what think. headlines what do you think. come been careful come on. i've been very careful to matt hancock to predict that matt hancock will jungle. i'm not will win jungle. i'm not going to jinx in the same way, but harry's right he got a team which isn't being oversold , but which isn't being oversold, but it's doing everything it should have done so far. if they get to nil or better tonight, then i'm sure get to the semi—final at least, and jungle. have you voted? you know actually have i actually voted for matt to do some of the bushtucker trials which helped him. yeah. well i did it to maybe same did it to maybe for the same reason to suffer reason i want him to suffer because him because when because i want him because when you it has to be you go through it has to be tough and why he's there. so tough and why he's in there. so i think done really well. he's got than anybody else got more stars than anybody else in time. and for in the show this time. and for the the politician the first time, the politician is , the number story, even is, the number one story, even boy george couldn't compete with that. so when i was in here at the your the beginning, your voice sceptical just played sceptical about he's just played and have portrayed and the editors have portrayed that honestly he hasn't been arrogant , that honestly he hasn't been arrogant, he's that honestly he hasn't been arrogant , he's accepted the arrogant, he's accepted the blame what wrong and blame for what he did wrong and best he's been a team best of all, he's been a team player . even boy george had to player. even boy george had to admit the admit that. what does the conservative do? when

admit that. what does the corout vative do? when admit that. what does the corout because do? when admit that. what does the corout because dihad when admit that. what does the corout because dihad the /hen admit that. what does the corout because dihad the whip he out because he's had the whip remove he's he's remove so effectively he's he's won leading the won he's leading the conservative he doesn't conservative party. he doesn't operate tory mp the operate as a tory mp in the commons if doesn't commons and if he doesn't get the he as the whip back, he can't as a topic at the next general election. him election. so they give him the whip or not just experience whip back or not just experience is anything go they'll whip back or not just experience is ajusting go they'll whip back or not just experience is ajust give go they'll whip back or not just experience is ajust give him they'll whip back or not just experience is ajust give him whipll whip back or not just experience is ajust give him whip back not just give him the whip back like with dorries, but they'll give cabinet give him another cabinet position as well. the president's been sacked. he's not as in cabinet. not coming back as in cabinet. i very much doubt it. not coming back as in cabinet. i very much doubt it . the not coming back as in cabinet. i very much doubt it. the big question to ask when question i want to ask him when he comes is do you really want to change and got the to change and has he got the effervescence celebrity? effervescence be a celebrity? i don't know. had that chat don't know. i had that chat with him. going serve him. he's certainly going serve till end of his term and till the end of his term and rest of it is done. his constituency. all that's lambert. me here until lambert. he's with me here until 1:00. i'm with you, angie pierce . until 2:00. we are your . here until 2:00. we are your catching up on all the latest on the migrant crisis and how we tackle first, time tackle it. but first, it's time for latest update . for the latest news update. thank andrew. it's 1231. for the latest news update. thank andrew. it's1231. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb

newsroom. the health secretary is refusing to back down over nurses pay ahead of their first national strike in over a century. steve barclay's says he can't agree to what he describes as a massive 17.6% pay rise. instead he's open to discussing how working can be improved . the how working can be improved. the royal college of nursing accused the government of rejecting talks as an alternative to industrial action. as a result, industrial action. as a result, in england, wales and northern ireland will out for two days on the 15th and 21st of december. shadow women and equalities secretary anneliese dodds says the government must negotiate better deal . a six year old better deal. a six year old child has died after a bacteria outbreak at a school in surrey. a second child is being treated in hospital. the uk health security has confirmed the children caught invasive strep infection, which causes scarlet fever and staff at ashford church of england primary school have since been prescribed

antibiotics . a woman with down's antibiotics. a woman with down's syndrome has lost a legal battle in the court of appeal. heidi had challenged legislation which allows the abortion of babies the condition up until birth . in the condition up until birth. in england, wales and scotland is a 24 week limit to the terminations. but that can be extended if there's a substance risk. the child could be born with physical or . mental the with physical or. mental the foreign has announced a package of hands on support to help ukraine through the winter. the country is still experiencing power blackouts after russian hit key infrastructure . during hit key infrastructure. during his first official trip to kyiv, james cleverly pledged to send 35 more emergency vehicles , as 35 more emergency vehicles, as well as a further 35 more emergency vehicles, as well as a furthe r £3 million to well as a further £3 million to help rebuild the country and wales lost their world cup against iran, leaving them bottom group b with a game to play bottom group b with a game to play . nail bottom group b with a game to play. nail the final score. both goals conceded late in stoppage

time after wales were reduced to ten men. keeper wayne sent off tonight it's england's turn against the usa they're chasing three points to secure a place the knockout stages and the best of luck to them tv online and ap plus . this is plus radio this is plus. this is plus radio this is gb news don't go anywhere andrew will back in just a moment.

well, yesterday marked the first anniversary of when 27, at least 27 people drowned in the channel after the dinghy were in capsized. but despite the dangers of those small boat, they're still continuing at an alarming pace, with many still seeking to start a new life in britain. so what can be done to tackle the issue? let's talk to steve simmons who's now the

refugee and asylum rights director at amnesty uk. steve, it's a sombre day it's the first anniversary of that disaster effectively , at least 27 people effectively, at least 27 people died. nothing really seems, though, to have changed . i think though, to have changed. i think you're right. nothing has. there was lots of talk at the time from several governments, including on both sides of the channel about just what a tragic day it was and how unacceptable it was. but the policies of everybody involved have essentially only ratcheted up at exactly the same direction, leaving the people are affected by all of this in the same miserable circumstance , with the miserable circumstance, with the same lack of choices . they're same lack of choices. they're making the same journeys all as we all know by gangs who are thriving off misery. their home secretary, suella braverman, she used deliberately emotive language to describe what's been happening across channel. she's

talked about an . well yes, she talked about an. well yes, she has politician ins have done that in the past. none of it helps at to all calm any attitudes around this. none of it helps on what's really at stage. there are people in desperate need who clearly not safe in northern france of them have clear connections . this have clear connections. this country and several them have a thoroughly good asylum claims to make . now, unless we and the make. now, unless we and the french will get together and take our share of response , take our share of response, unfortunately, this whole mess will continue to be controlled by criminal gangs. and tragedies like . this are bound to be like. this are bound to be repeated . steve, let me repeated. steve, let me challenge you on what he's just said there about people, some of these people not being in northern france, at least 40,000 people have crossed the channel this year. we've got about

40,000 people in hotels. why were those people in such peril ? france, it's a safe country . ? france, it's a safe country. it's part of the european union. what danger were they possibly ? what danger were they possibly? you can go to northern france and you can see the absolute squalor, homelessness and violence from the french police , including funded by this country , frankly, which is what country, frankly, which is what people receive . many people people receive. many people cannot into an asylum system in northern france and many have good reason to want to be safe with their and other friends and connections in this country. so you're accusing the french, you hang on. you're accusing french police of brutality . sorry police of brutality. sorry you're accusing the french police of brutality . i am doing police of brutality. i am doing that. yes. it's well documented it. i'm sorry to say that. the treatment of the people that we are discussing has been appalling by all governments. concern and so people are with

little choice but to make these journeys. i that france for a very long time continues to receive many many more safely into its asylum system than does this country . into its asylum system than does this country. i'm sorry to say there a proportion of people in northern france who make these journeys, who have no safety in france , and many of them have france, and many of them have good reason and entitlement, by the way to seek asylum in this . the way to seek asylum in this. talk about france having more people in this asylum system . people in this asylum system. france is two and a half times the size . england, steve. so the size. england, steve. so it's got more room. france we've got a we've got an overcrowded housing. we've got we're an overcrowded, hang loads sleep. we're overcrowded the housing system is in crisis , the nhs is system is in crisis, the nhs is in crisis. system is in crisis, the nhs is in crisis . we simply cannot in crisis. we simply cannot accommodate 40, 50,000 people coming illegally across the channel every year. people not coming in legally if they are coming in legally if they are coming to make good asylum ,

coming to make good asylum, they're entitled to cross borders , including without borders, including without permission . and if what you say permission. and if what you say was genuinely at the heart of our policy , beggars belief that our policy, beggars belief that we would be seeking to expel who've made legitimate claims in our country to a country far, far smaller and poorer that matter with a very large refugee population like round . i'm population like round. i'm sorry. the truth of the matter is that rich countries, including france, by the way, do not their responsibilities with the rest of the world as they should. and that includes ours . should. and that includes ours. and unless and until we do , i'm and unless and until we do, i'm sorry to say, smugglers will to make huge profits and people will continue to make very dangerous journeys that steve valdes simmons who's the refugee and asylum rights director at amnesty internal national. joining me throughout hour, of course, is the former liberal mp lambert pick . meanwhile, britain lambert pick. meanwhile, britain is now being given the go ahead to launch satellites into space so they can actually try track

migrants, smuggle is spaceport in cornwall has been granted granted a licence after it met all of the safety and environmental requirements . it's environmental requirements. it's called the amble one satellite. it's been built by british start—up horizon technology . start—up horizon technology. joining me in the studio now is john beckner, who's chief executive horizon technologies. john good afternoon to you. you're very good , andrew. thank you're very good, andrew. thank you. how does it work . you're very good, andrew. thank you. how does it work. how you're very good, andrew. thank you. how does it work . how does you. how does it work. how does it work? well, what we did is this is a rags to riches story , this is a rags to riches story, built the original concept in a garage. and reading my is located in redding . it was built located in redding. it was built in a garage. we sell this technology to actually deal locate satellite phones so really the refugees the smugglers give refugees a satellite phone and off go. okay so we sell today a black box for aircraft to look for these phones. now we've done together with the satellite application oceans catapult in harwell is we're putting it on cubesats the same technology and a cubesat is

only this big and we are part of that first launch with verbena and orbit in cornwall. so what a cubesat. the cubesat is a miniature satellite. the technology has been exploding , technology has been exploding, so it stays in orbit , say, 4 to so it stays in orbit, say, 4 to 5 years and burns up . you launch 5 years and burns up. you launch more new technol agi. these bigger satellites , they're bigger satellites, they're obsolete before they launch . how obsolete before they launch. how far how high up are we talking ? far how high up are we talking? four or five? four or 500 kilometres. so it goes up with the virgin orbit launch here and we need a constellation of approximately 24 satellites. okay. the navy, the joint maritime centre with an e is our lead customer. maritime centre with an e is our lead customer . and that's where lead customer. and that's where the data will go. so the data comes from this this constellation to the royal navy. yes so they can then detect or dot on the map the metres for metres. can it can you can actually track people before they get in boat if they have a satellite phone . but it's their

satellite phone. but it's their g.p.s. location. i'm looking at how is this going to stop them crossing the channel you know, is it really going stop them? is it really going to stop them? the not. but what the channel? maybe not. but what will allow governments to will do is allow governments to monitor this. so i'm talking about the french government or in mediterranean , they come in the mediterranean, they come across from from across from southern from from northern africa . the first step northern africa. the first step is to monitor these people. if you can't monitor them, you're really behind the curve. how expensive? visit the satellite or data ? both i mean, what? or the data? both i mean, what? well, the first satellite is part of a public private with the catapult. so it's an innovative approach where the uk government supplies me. the satellite the cubesat. okay. yeah, i supply the payload with the sensors. right okay. so if i was going to do that myself, which we will 23 more, it's approximately £1,000,000, right. yes not tremendously expensive for aerospace . but we'll give it for aerospace. but we'll give it we're giving the french government about 80 million a year there you right. year and it's there you right. there go. money down there you go. money down the drain. there you go. and the data is not to really data is i'm not going to really talk about right but the talk about it right now, but the data but it is

data is not free, but it is a service. i'm not selling service. so i'm not selling satellites, data. satellites, selling data. all their though , about data their issues, though, about data protection here. absolutely. absolutely i'm not. i mean, are people going to cry human rights? my take to being breached? well, all we're locating gps signal. so our locating is gps signal. so our gsm phones today, our phones today give off a gsm signal. okay there is tracking through the london underground of phones, tracking of phones. it has no personal data is completely within gdpr . and completely within gdpr. and where physically would we see these devices would it be above french beach, the french coast or the mainland? obviously the channel it'll be it'll be they circle the globe . so basically circle the globe. so basically with just six satellites, you get one hour of latency data to portsmouth within an hour with 24. so that's satellites in six orbital planes. okay less than a half an hour. so it's almost real time. and remember, we're also looking for counter fisheries, counterterrorism , fisheries, counterterrorism, pollution control . okay. so the pollution control. okay. so the refugee issue , just one of the

refugee issue, just one of the problems that this uk technology will address , why is the british will address, why is the british government not talking about this of i don't know. i'm not getting my message out. i don't know. today's the start. well and when is it when is it launch . i the date right now is going to be for a second week of december. so spaceport cornwall has their licence to launch the aircraft with the launcher. okay. the step is for my friends at orbit to get their licence to actually launch it. okay and is that going to be going to happen soon?i that going to be going to happen soon? i think that's going to be happening soon. the uk has never done a launch before and done a space launch before and that's so exciting that's why it's so exciting to be a space be part of uk for a space launch. so caa has never done this before, but it'll happen . this before, but it'll happen. it will happen soon. i can tell you. itching to get into this conversation i love i'm the chair of parliament of the world's first space nation john i'd like to talk about that after show let's do on the after the show let's do on the sound science i love it obviously the uk has things before but we went down to

australia do it to a place called woomera . so really love called woomera. so really love the science. then there's a political question and then there's moral there's moral one. the moral one is all to , you is can we all be try to, you know and i know it be used to track everything everywhere if somebody abuse it like somebody wanted to abuse it like that a political that then it's a political question providing the data, will solve the. andrew not will it solve the. andrew not necessarily , because the necessarily, because the government still can sit there, say, at those say, oh, look at all those people yeah, what's people come in. yeah, what's what? the royal navy, who's what? and the royal navy, who's involved this, are frankly acting escort for these acting as an escort for these refugees. rather turn them refugees. i'd rather turn them back, but they don't. they bring them over. that's a political issue. i'm not to get into that one. exactly what i am going to do is provide the tools to monitor these flows of refugees and migrants. that's what i will do. and as a scientist, how exciting by that. can i watch the launch? please. the launch? yeah, please. let's talk about it afterwards. and in terms the science of this, terms of the science of this, it's brilliant . what john's it's brilliant. what john's talking is putting us on talking about is putting us on the space map in the uk last somewhere. should have been somewhere. we should have been three years ago with something called big bugbear called total. it's a big bugbear for me who love space and

for people me who love space and the other part of it is can we lead maybe we can. it's a very thick field of interested people , but if john gets this right, he's got two things. he's got great at a price, great science at a very price, and actually be very and that could actually be very significant for the uk and going forward where. do you see this going once we've gone beyond refugees and other data tracking , what else can it do? do you think it's the it's this space, this sky? it is this data is useful to any country, whether it be, as i say, the coast guard in the bahamas, up to the narrow in the bahamas, up to the narrow in the bahamas, up to the narrow in the united states. it's maritime awareness data. okay people need to predict their zs for a variety of reasons . so for a variety of reasons. so it's economic they're each country's maritime and border. okay so the market is huge it's an overused word but it's a very large market. there is a customer . large market. there is a customer. any country large market. there is a customer . any country with customer. any country with a coastline is going to be wanting some form of this because today, remember, there's air, it's a

transponder where. the ship tells where it is, what happens when people turn that off, which happens all the time a russian ship and iranian ships smuggler's chinese . what we do smuggler's chinese. what we do is look for signals are just on the ship . we also detect their the ship. we also detect their radars . ships don't turn off radars. ships don't turn off their radars. radars. ships don't turn off their radars . okay. right. it's their radars. okay. right. it's uk , it's cutting . their radars. okay. right. it's uk , it's cutting. i'm their radars. okay. right. it's uk , it's cutting . i'm really uk, it's cutting. i'm really excited that could also have been useful to cuba . and right been useful to cuba. and right in 1961 they set out the americans are coming to is a one sided thing oh can everyone spy on else joe. i'm just going to say look , china and russia are say look, china and russia are doing their own thing . we just doing their own thing. we just need to be part of . okay. and need to be part of. okay. and what i'm really grateful for is uk government post—brexit putting money into small start—ups. we are a seven man company and readying and we could not have done this without innovate uk funding and the catapult so i'm i'm a huge fan the uk government as an american to invest this country we think they're a positive if somebody's talking positively about life as one voted for brexit and one who voted for brexit and this is what brexit should be

aboutin this is what brexit should be about in brexit. now stop about in brexit. now let's stop moaning about the past. yeah. and groups like and if we can get groups like john make us a space of john to make us a space of excellence, i'll be the front of that employment. all right. well, john news with that well, that's john news with that very he's chief very exciting news. he's chief executive horizon technology executive of horizon technology . thanks for joining executive of horizon technology . thanks forjoining me. executive of horizon technology . thanks forjoining me . the . thanks forjoining me. the research now research suggests that one in three britons avoid the news to try to prevent increased and anxiety please do that to us because that's what we do on tv news. the survey by herbal remedies demonstrate the negative impact that the last 12 months of political drama last 12 months last six years of political drama and uncertainty has had on people one in five surveyed said their mental health and wellbeing have significantly during this time and apparently a third of who support discussions with friends and family about current affairs to protect ourselves. joining me now is , charlotte armitage. now is, charlotte armitage. she's psychologist she's a registered psychologist and a psychotherapy and and she's a psychotherapy and she specialises in the film and tv industry. so what's been bad for us ? well, what hasn't these

for us? well, what hasn't these last few years it's been quite a we know it's been a really difficult time don't wait i think what's diff difficult in this day and age is that we have access to the 24 seven whether we want it or not so it's pinging our phones. we have notifications so we don't have control when we access the news or when we engage with the anymore. and i think that's really the crux . the issue here really the crux. the issue here is that our phones are kind of getting in the way . those making getting in the way. those making choices over how much news we consume , i guess to turn it consume, i guess to turn it around. of course, if positive news does that make us feel more positive ? well, i think i think positive? well, i think i think common sense would say that yes, anything bad is going to make you feel bad, especially it you feel bad, especially if it has direct impact on us. but has a direct impact on us. but anything will make us feel good. i think that we all get joy from seeing positive things , but the

seeing positive things, but the news typically relates us and relays information often about the negative things that are going on in the world, doesn't it? yeah. what about the jungle ? now i've got someone here in the studio with me who is in the jungle. not terribly, you might say otherwise . but what about say otherwise. but what about matt ? the jungle now? i matt hancock? the jungle now? i would thought. charlotte would have thought. charlotte would have thought. charlotte would negative would be a hugely negative thing, actually for him it's thing, but actually for him it's been positive . people are been very positive. people are watching greater numbers watching it in greater numbers than ever . watching it in greater numbers than ever. well, people will be watching that, wanting him to fail at night. they'll watching that, wanting him to fail at night . they'll also be fail at night. they'll also be intrigue over who he is as an individual behind that politician persona he's got in there. he's become , i suppose, there. he's become, i suppose, someone that people like to watch. and i think behind every pubuc watch. and i think behind every public celebrity political persona is actually a real human being . and as humans, i mean, we being. and as humans, i mean, we are all different in many ways . are all different in many ways. we're all very similar. and in many ways too. so that make him

relatable, right what about the world cup ? oh, and johnny world cup? oh, and johnny football's, you know, out of my remit. i don't. i don't knowing about football but obviously it bnngs about football but obviously it brings us all together, doesn't it? just football's so you know, there's been a lot of there's been of press around the been a lot of press around the world many different world cup for many different reasons at the moment so i think it's highlight seeing inequalities isn't it. but i think football in general is something as a nation even whether you whether you sort of into football or not, it does pull people together. yeah, i know. i barely know how many players are in a football team i think it's 11 but think told it's 11 but even i get really up in all of this and i think it's fantastic that england started off so and england have started off so and i'll them for against i'll be rooting them for against united states tonight . so that's united states tonight. so that's a positive isn't it. absolutely and i suppose i'm the same as you. i mean, i'm you know, i will get involved in it and it does bring communities together. so i yes. when the news is of course , going to make us feel

course, going to make us feel good, i think it's about having control over how you engage with the news. i mean, this , you the news. i mean, this, you know, the research that has been conducted comms was full conducted by comms it was full council which council this week, which was this week and point of this week was to encourage people to take some out, take some time to some time out, take some time to do something that makes them feel good . and the reason that feel good. and the reason that this week, i suppose is come aboutis this week, i suppose is come about is because we found that people becoming quite overwhelmed by the negativity that they were hearing , that they were hearing, overwhelmed by the news . but overwhelmed by the news. but like i said earlier, this does come back to almost a lack control or is not setting around how much we engage with the news. so if we are finding that it's distressing us we to just switch know switch off our mobile phones take off notifications on our phones i mean we know that our phones are really our lives these days to a point which is unhealthy . all point which is unhealthy. all right. all right. that's charlotte armitage telling us about why sometimes the news can depress. it's now your views on

the nursing strike are pouring in. i'm retired in. jen says. i'm a retired nurse nhs accident and nurse from nhs accident and emergency. i wouldn't even considered striking or withholding my services to patients. were on great patients. we were on great salaries, but it was my choice to take nursing. i think the to take up nursing. i think the nursing deteriorated nursing situation deteriorated when . they did away nursing when. they did away with nursing schools based in schools which are based in hospitals. got hospitals. back then, nurses got great training and accommodation and good balance of work and study experience . sadly, these study experience. sadly, these days, to fund their own days, nurses to fund their own university courses , which is university courses, which is expensive and in my opinion they need more on training. why need more hands on training. why do need degree in the do they need a degree in the first that's view. first place? that's my view. gary to lay off the gary says we need to lay off the nurses. not their fault we nurses. it's not their fault we there's been very long waiting there's been very long waiting the government cut and run the government has cut and run the government has cut and run the service for years. the health service for years. all the problems in the all the problems in nhs are the government's fault . the staff government's fault. the staff who up . well, thank you who hold it up. well, thank you for emails . do who hold it up. well, thank you for emails. do keep them for those emails. do keep them coming gp at gbnews.uk you coming in at gp at gbnews.uk you with andrew pierce. stay with us . plenty more to come in the next hour. and don't forget to get touch with your views to get in touch with your views to win show gbs at

win a pair of my show gbs at gbnews.uk. before that we're going to go to weather and let's hope there's some more positive news from weather to cheer news from the weather to cheer us all course. i'm andrew us all up. of course. i'm andrew pierce . hello. i'm aidan pierce. hello. i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office. still some showers around today, but the vast majority, it is a fine day, a break in between rain spells and with plenty of sunshine as well. low pressure is still with us. we still this westerly but weather fronts have moved out of the way and through the rest of friday this bumpiness us. that means a ridge of high pressure will come along from the ahead of that a few showers for northern and northwest scotland of northern ireland wales and the those showers fewer and further between by the end of the afternoon a better chance some sunshine in between the showers and for much of central and eastern uk it's dry through the day with blue skies . 13 celsius day with blue skies. 13 celsius in the south, 11 in the north, still a fairly brisk breeze, but not as windy as it has been at times through the week into the

evening with , clear spells and evening with, clear spells and winds falling light for time. temperatures will drop , temperatures will drop, especially across central and eastern of the country. but the west, the cloud builds during the early hours. the wind picks up . so it's a mild start in the up. so it's a mild start in the west 1213 celsius. first thing for some exposed western coast in the east. meanwhile, three or four degrees with a bright start here . despite that chill into here. despite that chill into the late morning, it looks like spells of rain will push through northern ireland into parts of wales and the southwest. the rain becoming heavier and more persistent through . the persistent through. the afternoon accompanied by a strong wind gales around exposed coasts . but it strong wind gales around exposed coasts. but it is a strong wind gales around exposed coasts . but it is a mild coasts. but it is a mild direction. 13 celsius or 14 in the west, 11 or 12 in the east where it starts dry across east anglia, in the southeastern till after dark. i think with some , after dark. i think with some, although the cloud will thicken and then through the evening it's a for many the heavier rain, heavy and persistent across southwestern areas could cause some issues. but it does

eventually through sunday, clear eastwards and next week will eventually up being drier than this week .

hello watching andrew pierce here on tv news with you until 2:00 digesting some of the big stories in political international. and let's not forget the show biz world from the last week. here's what's coming up the show. the last week. here's what's coming up the show . yes, more coming up on the show. yes, more strikes time with nurses strikes this time with nurses across england and northern ireland. they're walking out for two days before christmas on the 15th and 20th of december. we'll be discussing whether they should be taking this action and whether to whether should be allowed to take action in the first take the action in the first place. and it's a big day for england as they their

england as they play their second against second group match against united states, hoping to secure place into the last 16. well, so sorry to tell you, they had a bad day conceding two late goals against iran. we'll be looking ahead to the three lions game with england star bukayo saka former teacher and england taking the knee. do you support this? i certainly don't. we'll be discussing this later on in the show with politico.com , the show with politico.com, twittering and journalist danny armstrong digesting all of this with for the next hour will with me for the next hour will be editor globalist be former editor of globalist peter edwards. and you at home course important of course such an important part of this me at this do email me at gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news and i'll put your points of view to those i speak to and, maybe even get to speak to you live on air. all of that coming up. but before that, let's get the news . good afternoon. it's the news. good afternoon. it's 1:01. your top stories from the gb newsroom. we begin with some

breaking police investigating the discovery . a body have the discovery. a body have cordoned off a street wigan following concerns it could be covered in hazardous substances as they say the scene is contained and it's believed there's no risk to the surrounding area. anyone who had direct contact with the is being urged to speak to police or seek medical advice and immediately. we'll have more on this story as it develops . the health it develops. the health secretary is refusing to back down over nurses pay demands ahead of their first national strike over a century, softening land. wales and northern ireland will walk for two days on the 15th and 20th of december. the royal college nursing accused the government rejecting formal talks , an alternative to talks, an alternative to industrial . but steve barclay industrial. but steve barclay says , he can't agree to what he says, he can't agree to what he describes as a massive 17.6% rise in pay and said he's open to discussing working lives can be . a number of areas where we

be. a number of areas where we can work together. my door is open to talk with them but i think the asking terms of 17.6% on pay around three times what many viewers or themselves are getting in the private sector is not within the economic conditions we face affordable at this time . shadow and equalities this time. shadow and equalities secretary anneliese dance says the government must a better deal. the government must a better deal . smedley is going to be deal. smedley is going to be patient. we're paying the price for this as well as of course those nurses so we need government to engage on this quite frankly. they're being grossly at the moment. they need to sit down and sort this out . a to sit down and sort this out. a six year old child has died after a bacteria outbreak , a after a bacteria outbreak, a school in surrey. a second child is being treated in. the uk health security agencies confirmed the two children caught the invasive infection which causes fever. pupils and staff at ashford church of

england primary school have since been antibiotics . a former since been antibiotics. a former has been convicted of killing a man more than 30 years ago as an army checkpoint in northern ireland . 53 year old david ireland. 53 year old david jonathan holden was accused of the manslaughter . agent mccann the manslaughter. agent mccann of spee in county tyrone in february 1988. the 23 year old was shot in the as he made his way to a sports club. holden admitted to firing the shots that killed mr. mccann. a space that killed mr. mccann. a space that it was an accident . for that it was an accident. for youngis that it was an accident. for young is the national spokesman for the northern ireland veterans movement . he says cell veterans movement. he says cell appeal verdict veterans i say, will be deeply disappointed . will be deeply disappointed. this verdict i'm saddened by it , but it's not over for david yet because he will is time. as far as i'm aware, are to appeal the decision. and i think eventually, if necessary go to the supreme court a woman with

down's syndrome has lost a legal battle in the court of appeal. heidi crowder had challenged letters selection which allows the abortion of with the condition up until birth. in england wales and scotland there is a 24 week limit for terminations , but that can be terminations, but that can be extended if is substantial risk. the child could be born with physical or mental. the foreign secretary announced a package of hands support to help ukraine through the winter. the countries still experience power blackouts after russian hit key infrastructure . during his first infrastructure. during his first official trip to kyiv, james cleverly pledged to send 35 more emergency vehicles , as well as emergency vehicles, as well as a further emergency vehicles, as well as a furthe r £3 million to help further £3 million to help rebuild the country. he says it's important the uk shows its continued support . ultimately, continued support. ultimately, i it's incredibly important that the uk demonstrates to the ukrainian people who are bearing the brunt of this from russia

that we are standing shoulder to shoulder with them through our military support, through our humanitarian support , through humanitarian support, through our economic support , but also our economic support, but also through the visible support . and through the visible support. and wales have lost their world cup tie against iran, leaving them bottom group b with a game to play bottom group b with a game to play to nail the final score. both goals conceded late in stoppage time off to wales were reduced to men. keeper wayne hennessey was sent off with just 5 minutes remaining. former manager harry redknapp told gb news iran's win was deserved. must be true . i wanted wales to must be true. i wanted wales to win desperately was really cheering wales on, but were. iran much the better team for the game wasn't just the two goals in the sending . they hit goals in the sending. they hit the woodwork on a cut occasions and really a very good team today. rain mean it just makes england's result look even better. when we batted them the other day, you know. but yeah , other day, you know. but yeah, fairness wales didn't play well today. they were very, very well

will be a deserved to win and tonight it's turn against the usa that three points to secure place in the knockout stages and best of luck to them. this is gb news more as it happens now though, it's back to andrew . though, it's back to andrew. now. nurses in england, wales and northern ireland are to strike for two days next month in. what is set to be the biggest the biggest walkout in the nhs, his history they'll strike before christmas on 15th and 20th december. the royal college of nursing union, the rcn, says been given no rcn, says it's been given no choice ministers would not choice after ministers would not reopen but the government reopen talks, but the government says the 19% pay rise demanded is unaffordable. it would cost £10 billion. nurses will still provide emergency care, but routine services will be hit.

well, joining now is artist porter, who is outside royal college of nursing in central alice . hi there. yes, these alice. hi there. yes, these strikes will be taking place in england and northern ireland. this discussions and negotiations still ongoing in scotland , as you were just scotland, as you were just saying there, the dates we've now found out today are the 15th and 20th of december, which of course will be a real concern for patients in the lead to christmas when we know there is already issues with the nhs, with pressures, there's an enormous at the moment and it's real concerns about how this is going to impact patients . the going to impact patients. the good news at least is that emergency care will still be staffed but has not been given any yet about how the distinction between what constitutes emergency and non emergency care . it's still not emergency care. it's still not clear which areas of the nhs will be affected, but of course for patient he's waiting for any type of treatment. it will be

hugely in the lead up to christmas in particular and this is all very much around with the government overpaid nurses receive a 4.75% pay rise over the summer . receive a 4.75% pay rise over the summer. but the royal college of nursing are saying that's not enough and that asking for a 20% pay rise because a 19% pay rise because they say in real terms they've lost 20% because of inflation and that's something that's also been backed up by economists as well . the royal college of well. the royal college of nursing, they've made a sort of economic argument and are saying that because there are so many nurses and midwives as well who are leaving the profession every yean are leaving the profession every year, they say 25,000 nurses and midwives left the council registered last that at the moment the government is spending spending billions of pounds and plugging workforce gap with agency staff and they're saying that doesn't make sense and they should be paying more staff but . of course. steve more staff but. of course. steve barclay, secretary, barclay, the health secretary, looks at it slightly differently and asking looks at it slightly differently and request asking looks at it slightly differently and request of asking looks at it slightly differently and request of 19% asking looks at it slightly differently and request of 19% is king looks at it slightly differently and request of 19% is not| for the request of 19% is not affordable and that it would

cost the country a 10 billion a yeah cost the country a 10 billion a year. this is what he had to say on the strikes and doors open. and i hope the strikes don't go ahead because clearly will be an impact patients now the majority trusts in england did not vote with the motion to strike but obviously a significant number did so and so we're working with colleagues, working with trust leaders to look at our contingency plans . but clearly contingency plans. but clearly we there will be an impact on many patients . that's the health many patients. that's the health secretary. barclay alex, one of the suggestions the strikes could mean hundreds, if not of elderly people who are in hospital and now may have to remain in hospital over the christmas period . yes the real christmas period. yes the real concern that we've already got such a significant backlog and it's timing of this is really significant . we can't look at significant. we can't look at this . it's a significant. we can't look at this. it's a strike by significant. we can't look at this . it's a strike by the this. it's a strike by the nurses in isolation because today we've got the ballot closing for unison members and. then next week, members of , the then next week, members of, the unite union, which is the uk's

largest union, they're also going to be balloting on whether to strike . then to sort of add to strike. then to sort of add to strike. then to sort of add to that, we've got physios and midwives who are looking to ballot for strikes , junior ballot for strikes, junior doctors next year. so if we look at these strikes in a much broader picture of strikes within the health sector , it's within the health sector, it's going immensely going to be immensely problematic for the government. i health will say we've i mean, health will say we've been warning the for a long time about this that because of what they argue poor pay, it's leading to so many leaving the profession that's having an profession and that's having an impact patient safety, impact on patient safety, although of course, there will be private sector be some in the private sector who you know, they who would say, you know, they haven't pay a number haven't had pay rise in a number of well. many may of years as well. many may have lost their a pandemic lost theirjobs in a pandemic and perhaps furloughed . and or perhaps were furloughed. that will be the argument that some be private some will be in the private sector. think there will sector. but i think there will certainly this will be a good certainly be this will be a good look for the government in that i'll give you they've not sat down i think that will down with rcn. i think that will be against the be something will go against the government being it's not government is being it's not seen sort sitting down seen to be sort sitting down with nurses . i think when we're with nurses. i think when we're looking at time very competing

looking at a time very competing strikes the moment i think it's a crucial really about where people sympathies will line. i think it's fair to particularly of the pandemic , more people of the pandemic, more people will be, i think, sympathetic to nurses strike. i mean, you can see the placards now it'll be very very i think it's put the government in a very difficult position if they're not seen to be negotiating them and we've got a difficult winter ahead with potentially more strikes in the nhs outside the royal college of nursing. but joining me now is mattie mcmahon , who me now is mattie mcmahon, who works in the nhs as a do that, which is a professional labour assist also providing assist and also providing support before and support to women before and after birth. thanks for joining us, mattie what do you think about strike? do you agree with it ? and so i don't work in the it? and so i don't work in the nhs. i'm a do the right deal and support families at around the time of having a and we work independently i said but the perspective it gives us is that we see maternity services from

both the families point of view and the midwives and obstetricians point of view. they see both sides and is suffering at the moment . do you suffering at the moment. do you think they're right then go on strike . i don't know what else strike. i don't know what else that they can do. we have been trying to the government for many, many years that the is in a state of crisis . there are a state of crisis. there are healthy people going into the service, coming damaged that midwives and mothers . maternal midwives and mothers. maternal death is up by 24. but since the last embrace report we have got an enormous on our hands and something has be done but the crisis i hear what you say about the crisis isn't the crisis going to be made worse, mattie, by with the withdrawal of labour for two days, we well, you would think so. right. but many trusts, we don't even have enough midwives to create a safe

service. so the midwives do failure to go on strike and we the balance is out at the moment so we have yet to hear what they will decide but if they do i'm actually the basic level of care in place for a strike. we are not even reaching that in many units around the country every already with three and a half thousand midwives short 600 have left the service in the last 60% say that they're considering leaving the next year. we don't really know what the government is intending to do about this terrible . and in fact the terrible. and in fact the government's select committee said that the government not written plan to address this crisis pregnant women and their partners, maddie will be killed . the thought that midwives may vote to go on strike . yes they vote to go on strike. yes they they are. and in fact the fact

they are. and in fact the fact the many, many parents voting with their feet and seeking out private midwifery care or even deciding to birth at without clinical shows how much parents are talking each other and sharing that this is not a safe service or that somebody mcmahon , thank you so much forjoining , thank you so much for joining us. we're joining me throughout the hour this is the former editor of labour list, peter edwards . good afternoon to you. edwards. good afternoon to you. this is potentially a huge political problem for the conservative. yeah, absolutely. and going to be a challenge for both parties as and i think it's important point out that people only go on strike because they're desperate and they're not feeling listened to and in doing so they give up a day's pay doing so they give up a day's pay more than a day's pay. and i say because, know, in say that because, you know, in my been on as my career i've been on strike as well. think it's interesting well. i think it's interesting that interview if you like, that your interview if you like, concentrated on the impact on patients, which the most important thing. yes, it's wrapped up a political story,

but the government and steve barclay , particular the health barclay, particular the health secretary, i suspect after a bit of and screaming, will of kicking and screaming, will be to the be brought back to the negotiating table because patient to come before patient safety to come before ideology . and interesting, of ideology. and interesting, of course , just before we go to the course, just before we go to the break, peter labour refused to say whether they would fund a 19% the nurses 19% pay increase. the nurses i know that they wouldn't i think you that to and i'm not i'm you know that to and i'm not i'm not a spokesman for the labour leadership but fair say leadership but it's fair to say the party obviously is the labour party obviously is left in a tight spot politically by any type strikes because by any type of strikes because they're rightly the side they're rightly on the side of workers . and it's entirely workers. and to me it's entirely reasonable to . have inflation reasonable to. have an inflation equalling , but we have equalling pay rise, but we have huge and affection for huge respect and affection for nurses but they're not going to get 20% even though we'd all like to that it's like to see that it's a non—starter. right. that's non—starter. all right. that's peter he's former peter edwards. he's the former editor globalist . when it editor of globalist. when it comes in gaps comes to filling in the gaps in britain's people agree britain's economy, people agree with starmer , whose call with keir starmer, whose call for workers be trained up for uk workers to be trained up to britain's immigration to end. britain's immigration depends unseen. that's according to a gb news people's poll . when to a gb news people's poll. when asked who you want to fill gaps

the economy 60% said they want the economy 60% said they want the government to prioritise training workers , while training british workers, while only 9% favour more immigration . when voters are asked whether they would support changing britain's current relationship with the eu to a swiss relationship, that would mean we'd be paying money into the eu and almost certainly accepting some their rules. only and almost certainly accepting some their rules . only 32% some of their rules. only 32% said they would support falling to 15. amongst conservatives and 13% amongst people who voted leave and do the public support england football taking the world cup? they do , according to world cup? they do, according to our poll. 40% support this, while 23% oppose it . let's talk while 23% oppose it. let's talk now to dr. ricky eshan, who's a social analyst . good afternoon social analyst. good afternoon to you . afternoon you. very to you. afternoon you. very well. thank you . written a very well. thank you. written a very powerful piece in the mail today saying plugging the gaps in the workforce with migrants is unsustainable and about the answer is to bring more skills

to the british workforce . well to the british workforce. well i think that for some time andrew our political classes there've almost been addicted to high levels of immigration and often peddung levels of immigration and often peddling the that high levels of immigration required to stimulate economic growth. the reality the matter is that the uk has been a high immigration low growth economy for some time now. many people will be very by the latest net migration figures . the latest annual net migration figures being 504,000, which is roughly equivalent to the entire population , the entire population, liverpool. now of course there well—known factors feeding into those figures . ukrainians those figures. ukrainians fleeing the war with russia . fleeing the war with russia. hong kongers escaping from chinese state tyranny and the afghans being relocated . the uk afghans being relocated. the uk people are at risk of taliban persecution . there's also been a persecution. there's also been a post—covid bounce in international numbers. but the general trajectory has been one where we're where overreliant on

cheap foreign labour. and as a result that there's a lack of incentives , the economy to incentives, the economy to invest in our domestic workforce and to train young british people . just briefly , how do we people. just briefly, how do we get that skilled workforce? we need lots more apprenticeships , need lots more apprenticeships, presumably absolute . so i talked presumably absolute. so i talked a great deal about. presumably absolute. so i talked a great deal about . the creation a great deal about. the creation of high quality internship apprenticeships , which in turn apprenticeships, which in turn can transition into better paid roles in local working communities. also talked a great deal about bursaries. we've seen the conservative government, they've been quite heavy cuts to bursaries for health and social care . i'd bursaries for health and social care. i'd like to bursaries for health and social care . i'd like to see the care. i'd like to see the restoration. think i think we need to talk more about scholarships and i think we also have to talk about not just training upskill training but also upskill especially in sectors such as construction , manufacturing,

construction, manufacturing, hospitality , retail and i think hospitality, retail and i think more generally, andrew, we need to talk about improving our overall digital literacy in our domestic workforce. at the moment, i just don't see that much of an appetite within within government to really grab the bull the horns and boost boost skills in the domestic workforce. all right. that's dr. rocky bhushan, the social policy with me still in the studio is peter edwards, former editor of globalist. now, this brexit was all about getting back control of our borders. so that was a big factor, despite the fact a lot of this system, this 500,000 figure, peter, is to do with ukrainians. and one of hong kong is fleeing china. the fact is the government of completely lost control of the immigration system. yeah. i might not use the lost control, but the phrase lost control, but they've their they've certainly overshot their target rightly and continue target rightly and will continue to . why wouldn't say lost to do. why wouldn't you say lost control ? because i it might control? because i it might engender a bit of worry in the country . i think there is

country. i think there is a worry in the country . yeah, but worry in the country. yeah, but i think i say lost control because there is a system and the system is not working really . i wouldn't use the phrase lost control because i think it might and it might not help when we tackle these range of issues , tackle these range of issues, community detention, because i suspect most people live on the left or the right believe that people coming here, whether they're fleeing persecution or they're fleeing persecution or they're a war in ukraine they're fleeing a war in ukraine or they're coming work , is or they're coming to work, is generally . but we generally a good thing. but we also that government has to also know that government has to effective spreading out effective in in spreading out the people around the flow people around the country support , you know, gp country to support, you know, gp civil and schools and civil services and schools and so on out overwhelmed . i was so on out overwhelmed. i was very hearing your very interested hearing your previous interview because this point about numbers in the economy and parts of the economy or even the state are . and when or even the state are. and when i worked for labour party in parliament in the ed miliband and david had this pledge which lo tens of thousands going have to go to break. lo tens of thousands going have to go to break . you'll stay with to go to break. you'll stay with us. that's peter edwards. he's the former editor of globalist. we're talking these extraordinary figures

extraordinary migration figures . with here on gb . do stay with us here on gb news. pearce. coming news. i'm andrew pearce. coming up, councillors the up, a london councillors the term to refer black, asian term bame to refer black, asian and minority ethnic communities and minority ethnic communities and replaced it with global majority to be more inclusive . majority to be more inclusive. but is it before that. let's go to a break .

let's get the latest now on the conviction of military veteran david holden been found guilty of the manslaughter . adam nesby. of the manslaughter. adam nesby. he was shot the back at an army checkpoint in northern ireland in 1988. we can cross live to belfast and speak to gb news, northern reporter dougie beatty . yes northern reporter dougie beatty. yes holden has been found guilty of manslaughter. judge justice o'hara said he found holden's evidence incoherent and consist

. the whole case focussed around events in 19 it at the act arctic border in county tyrone in bac a.p. was shot dead . a in bac a.p. was shot dead. a bullet ricocheted off the ground hitting mr. mccann asp and the wound indeed a fatal. mr. said that his weapon had accidentally. harris said that he had definitely given false false account of what had and he found him guilty . outside the found him guilty. outside the court mr. mac i'd asked his family had this to say about today's ruling from justice o'hara . it's a day of mixed o'hara. it's a day of mixed emotions, obviously, for the family . we're thinking primarily family. we're thinking primarily of it and we're thinking of issue for the first 20 years of campaign led, the charge and probably at the cost our own health. we think of lesley and we think of john today. health. we think of lesley and we think of john today . people we think of john today. people that are really, really affected by the shooting of it and are

going to at. some people will wonder why do families persist . wonder why do families persist. for 34 years following cases as old? well, it's very clear . and old? well, it's very clear. and john edwards father, the day that the peace announced that david holt was going to be prosecuted, he said that the only demand that he has is that he hears the truth . because as he hears the truth. because as a family and local community from that area , we did not believe that area, we did not believe the of events that david holden or british government put out at the time of . the well. this is the time of. the well. this is a very controversial deal really because the first soldier to be sentenced since 1988 the sound the signing of the good friday agreement of course the ira were given letters comfort by tony blair and queen's pardons of mercy. so it's very, very hard to get terrorists court. and of course, the british veterans have been very, very opposed to these cases being brought forward. this was one of six

recent cases, two were thrown out of court. one was brought back. dennis of course, very sadly died while on trial . and sadly died while on trial. and this one is the only one that has ever seen conviction . so it has ever seen conviction. so it is expected that the veterans will pay less ruling and supreme court . all right. that's dougie court. all right. that's dougie beattie , northern ireland thanks beattie, northern ireland thanks to join us now in a fascinating story here. westminster nearly controlled by the labour party course, has dropped the term paying course, has dropped the term paying to try to be more inclusive. its replaced it with the term global majority. the council has also announced more anti—racism training for staff and they are taking steps to become an anti—racism organisation . plus, they're organisation. plus, they're introducing measures to remove pay gaps by introducing measures to remove pay gaps by 2025. westminster city said in a statement. four years on, from the founding of its black , asian and multiple its black, asian and multiple ethnic network westminster council is committed to serious action to make its organisation more and inclusive. the black and multiple ethnic staff

networks meeting the council made three commitments. these include to be an anti—racist organisation to sustained action, to meet pay by 2025 and to adopt the term global majority instead . bame. let's majority instead. bame. let's talk to imani to know who's an anti—racism, active and organiser of black matters protests. iman hi. what the hell? majority. what's that ? are hell? majority. what's that? are you starting like that? andrew? look at this. listen to what's going is astonishing. tell me why . tell me why. well, let's why. tell me why. well, let's think about westminster council. the majority of people. according to the last census , according to the last census, are not bame . they are white are not bame. they are white people, i think. i think the figures is something like 67. so why a westminster council referring to the bame community now as black as a global? referring to the bame community now as black as a global ? okay, now as black as a global? okay, so i've got to break down for you. right. we start from bame. i hate the term . i didn't use it i hate the term. i didn't use it in 2020. don't use it now. right. well i don't like it. the term, the term bame or bme it

puts black asian people into this homogeneous box in spite of the fact that we have different experiences and then excluding white people in first that white people whiteness is superior and all other ethnicities exist in the place of other right. and then also again infers inferiority which ultimately being used as leverage to perpetuate where it's no it's no different to talking about the community. are you saying by using that phrase that's implying that gay people like me are inferior because ? we're not are inferior because? we're not in the great homogenised , in the great homogenised, heterosexual white, including whites, straight away. it's infers that white is at the centre of society . all other centre of society. all other okay lived in living in this kind of other existence and then in terms of the majority which i am a modern fan of right away it is great. firstly, it's irrefutable . okay, so black and irrefutable. okay, so black and asian people are , the global asian people are, the global majority. secondly it

encompasses kind of numerous in an inclusive without stripping them of their individual identities . and thirdly, it gets identities. and thirdly, it gets rid of the kind of inferiority so issue. but it's okay then for the white people to be an inferior minority . westminster. inferior minority. westminster. well, it's interesting you say that because again, one could argue that due to the fact we've now left the european union, it's probably more of a salient point that we this type of language. secondly i would actually agree with you if it wasn't for the fact that black and to and brown people still to contend this day. contend with racism to this day. and so that's ultimately the biggest that we have to biggest issue that we have to hold and again, hold onto. and so, again, when we use the term minority ethnic , it infers inferiority and inferiority ultimately is kind of foundation of racism. and that's why perpetuating the job of westminster council is to after local people, tenants , after local people, tenants, businesses, it's, it's got the whole of the west end is part of westminster council. why is it into all this international

politics you like big talk about global majorities because we're really diverse have you been living under you in a cave where extremely diverse . therefore we extremely diverse. therefore we need to adopt inclusive mentality, inclusive terms globally, a global majority is an inclusive time because like i said, it doesn't us into this homogeneous box and i said it strips away the inferiority kind ofissue strips away the inferiority kind of issue and ensures that we are now taking on a global perspective . i'm just going to perspective. i'm just going to bnngin perspective. i'm just going to bring in my guest, peter edwards, who's a former globalist. think ? globalist. what do you think? labour . westminster labour took control. westminster council flagship tory borough for decades. do you think this is good. think sentiment is a good. i think the sentiment is a good. i think the sentiment is the right one that you invest in anti—racism training and to me, the kind of the fight against racism will never end because we'll never be a point where we say everything's fine. the i think it may not be explicable to everyone. i've met people who i live and work in east london who said bame is a bit of a homogenous term, lumping people from 100 countries the world into one

countries in the world into one group. doesn't really group. and that doesn't really work. that be eradicate work. and that may be eradicate different personality. i think my point the sentence and global majority is probably the most meaningful language is understood immediately and for now this needs a little bit more to really resonate. and i think not quite at that stage. you need explain. i wouldn't i'm actually not going to disagree with you on that point. think when i look at the term global a majority encourages an majority actually encourages an individual to be specific when referring to a particular ethnicity. whereas bame like i said, we're just put into this modernist box and as if black and brown people are all the. so i think actually encourages when we say term global majority, we say the term global majority, what's that? who are you talking ? asians about. thank ? so it's asians about. thank you very much. you my sentence. well it's on. i it's political correctness gone mad that's my view if you would that. do you think the labour party is going to embrace this. it's a labour council have done this. well local government is devolved like the labour force devolved is make a firm prediction. keir

starmer not go anywhere near this with it with about go . do this with it with about go. do you agree. i don't necessarily agree that and to be frank, because i know you i know you like to be accused and get to the truth. i think the most question any politician of question for any politician of any party relates to transgender issues . because i think issues. because i think politicians of any stripe tend to be quite nervous talking about that. all right. that's we'll talk to you in that time. that's my and defending. she says it's a great idea the global majority is now the new expression for bame in westminster. you're watching andrew pierce here on gb news. stay us . we've more stay with us. we've got more on the to england's world the build up to england's world cup this evening. cup against the us this evening. i'm be speaking to the i'm going to be speaking to the former our former teacher of one of our star but first, let's star players. but first, let's get news update . good get the latest news update. good good afternoon. it's 133. get the latest news update. good good afternoon. it's133. i'm good afternoon. it's 133. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. some breaking news. police investigate the discovery of a body. have off a street in

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well, let's turn our attention back to the big world cup game this evening. england versus usa, which kicks off at seven. well one of the players who starred against iran on monday in the six two thrashing was bukayo saka. he scored twice meaning he will probably be starting again evening . now starting again this evening. now as in from home as well as tuning in from home many be many across the uk will be heading the pub to watch heading to the pub to watch tonight's cup of tonight's world cup game of england versus us. our england versus the us. our yorkshire reporter anna riley joins from the oddfellows joins us now from the oddfellows arms shelburne in. anna,

arms in shelburne in. anna, what's the mood like ahead of the game . good afternoon , the game. good afternoon, everyone. andrew. yes. there'll be a lot of excited fans to the pub later this afternoon , which pub later this afternoon, which is decorated because of the time of year, both with christmas decorations as well as england decorations as well as england decoration . and it's a bit of decoration. and it's a bit of a strange time of year , it isn't strange time of year, it isn't it? and i'm delighted to be joined by the landlady , maggie joined by the landlady, maggie holmes. what is it been like? the world cup started monday with the england game. well been so busy and such excitement for the build up for it. so yeah, it's going to be a really good night tonight. it's going to be a really night. friday's so a really good night. friday's so good this going a really good night. friday's so go be this going a really good night. friday's so go be yeah this going a really good night. friday's so go be yeah it's this going a really good night. friday's so go be yeah it's going his going a really good night. friday's so go be yeah it's going his be going a really good night. friday's so go be yeah it's going his be likeg to be yeah it's going to be like old shall say. definitely. old times shall say. definitely. and contrast been and whilst the contrast been light last year we the light because last year we the euros. but there was all those restrictions in place. places it p0ps restrictions in place. places it pops there . so back then pops wasn't there. so back then when were on, had six when the euros were on, had six to a table and, the atmosphere just wasn't the same at. and. and this is just going to be so

different now. we've seen it go back just being it was back to just being it was before. it will be tonight. before. so it will be tonight. it'll be like the good old days . yeah. will be really good. and the pub trade the game doing for the pub trade and what's it like at this time of well. this of year as well. yeah. at this time of is really strange time of year is really strange to celebrating you've to be celebrating because you've got up and got christmas decorations up and then your flags and then you've got your flags and everything world everything else for the world cup and it's such boost cup. and so but it's such boost which is well needed after months and months of suffering . months and months of suffering. so it's going to be a real boost to the hospitality industry , to the hospitality industry, especially the pubs, definitely . what are the odds on what predicting for the game against usa this evening? think it's coming? oh yeah, i'm not going to say scarf because i'll get it in a better bill, but if it's anything like monday we could be looking at, let's say 4 to 24 to that's the predict yeah. that's my prediction. yeah. so will say thank you mark. so yeah that's the prediction. i don't know what yours is andrew, but the mood is here that it's coming home. we'll be speaking to you

throughout the rest of the day to get feedback from people here about that world match this about that world cup match this evening in yorkshire , where best evening in yorkshire, where best not to make a prediction about the football. somebody knows a lot more about this. the political commentator and journalist armstrong in journalist danny armstrong is in studio. danny used to be a footballer . reporter. studio. danny used to be a footballer. reporter. sports footballer. reporter. a sports reporter, you? i for reporter, weren't you? i for five in moscow, i covered five years in moscow, i covered the world cup as was the the last world cup as it was the russia 2018. it was there the stadium controversy about staging the world cup in russia, a country which it's not illegal to be gay in russia . it's very to be gay in russia. it's very uncomfortable to be gay in russia . and they'd already of russia. and they'd already of course , part of ukraine four course, part of ukraine four years earlier. i don't remember it being such a contentious issue . well no i mean as with issue. well no i mean as with every major international competition, you can have the olympics when they were in brazil of course when you're in in as well in sochi . in russia as well in sochi. there's lot mudslinging for there's a lot of mudslinging for media my when i media part of my job when i worked media was work worked in state media was work against that that anti russian sentiment propaganda sentiment russian propaganda russophobia as it because

russophobia as it were because it came in abundance before the world cup . i don't really world cup. i don't really remember being on such a scale as is . i remember peter tatchell as is. i remember peter tatchell being out as you saw him outside red square and i think he was protesting against the lgbt rights march. yeah the big thing about russia now , we need to be about russia now, we need to be clear about it now. i've had many a night out in a gay in moscow. right is an area where it welcomes gays in it doesn't really have that big lgbt problem that is reported in the media what people like peter tatchell were pretty protesting against was in the places in russia where it is illegal such as chechnya right , which russia where it is illegal such as chechnya right, which is an islamic republic which is the same as qatar. they don't like it. well, in russia, of course, they have law against anti—gay or gay propaganda, rather, which sees gays holding hands in streets. they couldn't be arrested for that and given a quite a nasty fine or even time

in prison. but in terms of protests, i mean , the football protests, i mean, the football actually kicked off for england. we had a 60 when we had something to shout about before that so much posturing that we've had so much posturing and signalling and so much virtue signalling and so much virtue signalling and i thought they were going to rename it the world. yeah, well and course poll here. and of course done a poll here. gb news. more of our viewers think their right to take the knee team are going to take the knee team are going to take the knee now don't think see knee right now don't think see the point of taking because the point of taking knee because if at the if you look at the administration football in administration of football in england , there's hardly england, there's hardly any black involved. and the black people involved. and the football only got football association only got one premier league manager one black premier league manager . is taking the knee . so what is taking the knee doing for game? you're doing for the game? well, you're right. i also think is kind of an empty gesture, which of course, these things are based on empty gestures. there's very little hard hitting action . and little hard hitting action. and as we with this been less talk about taking the knee, there's been more talk, wearing the armband, the one of armband. now when fifa said they would book players for wearing the one armband, kind of backed off armband, they kind of backed off

. they said, we're going to . they said, we're not going to wear said, well, wear it. you said, well, we really to wear it, we really wanted to wear it, but we weren't to miss the yellow weren't going to miss the yellow card. now, if i'm going to try and this football and translate this football terminology andreas, terminology for you, andreas, i think i should yellow think i should getting a yellow i akin to getting i mean it's akin to getting a christmas for someone you christmas card for someone you don't what were don't and that's what they were risking. okay so yeah, i mean, taking knee is kind of taken, taken a backseat, as it were. let's get peter. peter agency. what think about should what do you think about should are right? take the knee. are they right? take the knee. peter news peter percent in our gb news poll said , they are right do poll said, they are right to do it. opposed it. yeah, i do it. 23% opposed it. yeah, i do support because it's such high support because it's such a high profile mean scandalous profile event. i mean scandalous and that we've just and the reasons that we've just heard and the running of the bidding process is scandalous. the world cup is happening in qatar first place, but qatar in the first place, but now is of the now it is and it is kind of the biggest event world sport i think would right take the think would be right to take the knee. what some black footballers said premier footballers have said in premier league, like wilfried, zaha, crystal palace is taking the knee every weekend and 38 times a season for the premier league matches loses its impact and i think that's quite interesting point of view because gesture we make whether it's about racism

or to pick a very different of gesture wearing a poppy and has different motivations remembrance. if you did that every day the year it might lose some of its so i think it's really positive the off the initial impact taking the knee which was enormous that gesture is now evolving so it has biggest impact in the highest profile events and of course watched billions but in a watched by billions but in a country where sadly prejudice is rife. keir starmer as we've been telling, keir starmer said he and his shadow cabinet will not go to qatar to watch the world cup protest at the record on human and gays and women's rights . if they get in the final rights. if they get in the final england , he's bound to go. no england, he's bound to go. no i don't think he can back down from that and i'm sure he'll be waiting to do make it to the final as he he'll be final seven as he he'll be photographed in pub in the photographed in in a pub in the uk hanging england fans uk hanging with england fans because politicians look because all politicians look alike like ordinary alike to look like ordinary folk. i think that that's the right thing to do, but that's not a big concession to make because i suspect parliament's busy. they wouldn't be going to qatar . going

busy. they wouldn't be going to qatar. going briefly, sir. wearing rainbow armbands. i actually think it's only one player. strikers generally don't make many tackles or get in fights. harry kane could have worn the armband . i still think worn the armband. i still think they're doing the right thing. we've progress we've made enormous progress that have worn the that they could have worn the armband wouldn't sunk armband and it wouldn't sunk england's world cup hopes. what do well, just do you about that? well, just coming to something you touched on watched by on about it being watched by billions, the premier league has an outreach and an a huge, huge outreach and a huge and people see players taking the knee time. it taking the knee the time. now it has lost its impact. wilfried zaha absolutely correct when zaha was absolutely correct when he wouldn't take he said he wouldn't take the knee , loses knee because, it loses its impact. the impact or impact. and the only impact or the only thing that's going to have something like have an impact is something like a hard a harder stance on racism and actually fining people who are found guilty of racism , are found guilty of racism, whether it be online or whether it be in the stadiums and, people. the only beacon of sanity that we've had during this whole row is the iranian players who to sing the national anthem very because they were very very very severely punished and the reason why was so

impactful is they really are risking something they really are risking mistreatment when they get back to iran , their they get back to iran, their families could be put in danger . the fans were as well. . the fans were booing as well. now is a major now that is using a major sporting global event and that global audience to shine a light on what's happening in iran. now, what the england england players are doing and germany players are doing and germany players are doing and germany players are guilty of it as well when they put their hands over their mouth and said, we're being being being blackmailed and being controlled. of course, the players are always victims. players are always the victims. somehow we somehow they're saying that we couldn't yellow card somehow they're saying that we could|the yellow card somehow they're saying that we could|the iranian yellow card somehow they're saying that we could|the iranian players card somehow they're saying that we could|the iranian players arej while the iranian players are risking life and limb. i say risking life and limb. and i say this gay guy what this as a gay guy myself, what is the point of the england wearing the rainbow flag or band around their wrists when go to the premier league? there is not a single gay out footballer . a single gay out footballer. simply don't believe that 20 clubs with how many players on the squad? 20 of 25. 30. i simply believe there is a gay player in the game. i mean, if i've been the names of some so they said the environment, the

climate that our own football association has created is so hostile for gays that no gay player will come out and yet going to wear the rainbow flag when win the world cup. isn't that double standards? don't that double standards? i don't know. but it's certainly know. double but it's certainly a very good point because know, i maybe or i think there's maybe four or 500 football male 500 professional football male in england. and as i understand it about one in 20 men are gay so statistical useful in probabilistic zero gay people. i wearing the armbands wristbands in domestic football with the british media is the right to do but it's a relatively gesture. i mean come on hugely since the eighties nineties but these these are small gestures that help create a climate where eventually a player will feel sufficiently comfortable to come out . but i sufficiently comfortable to come out. but i think people of a certain i'm about 40 will remember the appalled treatment meted out to just in who was a black gay footballer and i think he came out after retirement and eventually took his own life in tragedy, his utterances . but it tragedy, his utterances. but it make you still now, 30 years on,

quite fearful the reception and i think not in the media i'm talking about small pocket pockets of the stands only that's on a positive note predictions. oh we win tonight against united england will win they will get out of the group they will get out of the group they will get into the last 16. but in the quarterfinals face france and that's where my predictions start to dry up out there that not very positive. there that is not very positive. dannyi there that is not very positive. danny i was there the semi—final in moscow and it was heartbreak . i'm looking for a little bit lost in asia , didn't we? yes, we lost in asia, didn't we? yes, we did . yes. i mean, not really. did. yes. i mean, not really. i didn't watch it but i was there and it was heartbreaking coupled with the in the final euro 2020, i think that win tonight whether it's ending that however many years of is i don't know but those three magic words it's coming home we've heard them. is it a jinx turned out right. i'm not going to give a prediction, but i got money england to but i got money on england to win. but that was not very has been said. now there's a new movie, the downfall of that ghastly film producer, harvey

weinstein the sexual monster is hit the cinemas . it's called, hit the cinemas. it's called, she said , and it's all the she said, and it's all the convicted sex offender committed throughout the years . the film throughout the years. the film focuses on two invested journeys that managed bring him to his knees. that managed bring him to his knees . let's talk to showbiz knees. let's talk to showbiz journalist rebecca me about this now. rebecca who's going to want to watch a film about horrible harvey ? i know , i know harvey weinstein? i know, i know said he wants to watch it. so so late after it first hit, you know, the art first published in 2017. i feel as if the feminist agenda has moved very far ahead. and what's you about this film thatis and what's you about this film that is it's had really, really brilliant reviews from the critics but they themselves they're obviously journalists that follow and look at how that does follow and look at how important journalism is which i as a journalist think very as a journalist think is very very but in terms of entertainment very entertainment i think it's very much focussed on the investigation as opposed how this monster created and this monster was created and interestingly who supported it and facility hated what he was doing. i think that's something that sort the slightly that sort of the film slightly misses it focuses on misses out on it. it focuses on getting people to tell their

stories and has put it across. but a character in film, but as a character in this film, weinstein isn't a big of weinstein isn't a big part of it. and that's what i think is interesting also the sort of interesting and also the sort of been a bit silence about been a bit of a silence about and it been in hollywood about some the people benefited some of the people benefited from some weinstein's behaviour and . it's very much and movements. it's very much about getting speak out, about getting them to speak out, which is phenomenally which i think is phenomenally important, particularly with important, and particularly with the movement think the metoo movement. but i think this missing a few this film was missing a few notes i think that's real notes and i think that's a real shame. it's a wonderful opportunity and to perhaps to see sort of how things have moved on since that article . but moved on since that article. but i a bit it's almost i think it's a bit it's almost it needs to have a lot more time between what's happened or it has in present has to be sort of in the present day is a bit of an day because 2017 is a bit of an awkward talking the awkward time to be talking the moment. interesting what moment. interesting and. what about talent ? about britain's got talent? rebecca there's a huge story in the sun today suggesting that david is going to be ousted as a judge after ten years because some rather affair remarks he made few years ago came to light in one of the newspapers . so in one of the newspapers. so i think it's important to stress that it's early reports that david white is white britain at

the moment. none of the line up for next year has been confirmed on the judging line up and what actually transpires in the guardian they guardian newspaper they published transcript private published transcript of private conversations that williams was having about contestants are the word derogatory. he has apologised but what apologised for that. but what what brings up here is the interesting cancel culture because done after this because this was done after this wasn't private wasn't they were private conversations while i don't conversations and while i don't think said should defended think he said should be defended it actually you know in the it was actually you know in the privacy trusted circle privacy of his a trusted circle and someone betrayed and and someone betrayed him and what's also i think is a point to make here is that britain's got viewing figures got talent the viewing figures are down. so this is a brilliant got talent the viewing figures are

boy of itv whereas walliams made these privately you these comments privately you know anyone's life risk know you anyone's life at risk he hasn't gone to rehab that we're of and it will be we're aware of and it will be interesting to . have itv interesting to. have itv actually support him or say right, called right, that's it, you'll called and be part and you're not going to be part of, shows . and of, you know, massive shows. and also, think it's worth also, i think it's worth mentioning all what mentioning in all this is what happened flack. happened with caroline flack. you , did take her off air. you know, did take her off air. it look like they were it didn't look like they were hugely comparison hugely supportive comparison to how with mcpartlin how they were with ant mcpartlin . have have supported . so they have i have supported david walliams to make a statement stress that statement and did stress that these conversations. these are private conversations. but it's interesting but i think it's interesting when people when we're looking at people being of being and what the freedom of speech is, but celebrities have how to sort different values . so how to sort different values. so i think it be watching what happens. i think it be watching what happens . all right, rebecca, happens. all right, rebecca, thanks. that's to , rebecca me, thanks. that's to, rebecca me, the showbusiness journalist peter edwards still with me. peter edwards is still with me. former today list . if it was a former today list. if it was a private remark, does it matter ? private remark, does it matter? yeah, i think it does. i've not actually seen the comments that david alleged to have david williams alleged to have made, think he was abusive. made, but think he was abusive. he made a sexually offensive sexual remarks about a woman contestant and pretty rude about a male contestant. okay well, i

think it does matter. i'm into condemning people, but i think it like an apology. if that if the marks i say they are, then an apology we have to come. but in terms of david walsh , i do in terms of david walsh, i do also ask briefly little britain, which was aired about 15 years ago, where, you know, david walliams and matt lucas are very clever gifted comedians, but dressing up and blacking up is an overweight black woman. 15 years ago, raised and only a small part of the media. then but. but there's no way that any broadcaster would make a show like that today. so if i you know, if you interview it, i think that would be one of the other things really to other things i'd really like to challenge was challenge on, because that was questionable even at the time. all that's edwards know all right. that's edwards know your of your views on some of our stories the winter stories on the winter of discontent, raising discontent, rik says raising benefits in line with inflation is a effect on. is going to have a effect on. pubuc is going to have a effect on. public sector workers strikes is going to get very bad sunak another blame , a breathtaking another to blame, a breathtaking lack vision . and what about lack of vision. and what about westminster new westminster council's new language? global majority go mad. i think brian says whatever

happened to people just people and working to come together as one people, not separating everyone into ethnic groups and promoting different form of racism and. on the nursing strike, john says , as much as strike, john says, as much as i don't want to see nurses go on strike, i'm for strike, i'm waiting for treatment want wait treatment and don't want wait even look much even longer. look how much nurses already the nurses are already saving the taxpayer . with thousands taxpayer. with thousands of nurse . how much is nurse vacancies. how much is that the government? that saving the government? every use that to every why can't they use that to put into their pay ? very good put into their pay? very good question. those strikes , of question. those strikes, of course, 15th and 20th of december, the serious strikes in the nhs in, its history. thank you for your emails. do keep them coming at gp views. gbnews.uk that's it for now from me . andrew pearce joined me at me. andrew pearce joined me at the same next week here on gb news midday every friday. coming up next, it's a briefing with arlene foster before that. we're going to get the weather and come on in. hello i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office. still some showers around today, but for the vast majority, it is a fine . a break in between rain

a fine. a break in between rain and with plenty of sunshine as well . low pressure is still with well. low pressure is still with us. still is westerly breeze, but weather have moved out of the way through the rest of friday this bumpiness of us that means the ridge of high pressure will come along from the west . will come along from the west. ahead of that, a few showers for northern and northwest parts of northern ireland , wales and the northern ireland, wales and the southwest . those showers fewer southwest. those showers fewer and further between by the end of the afternoon . a better of the afternoon. a better chance of some sunshine in between the showers. and for much of central and eastern uk it's dry through the day with blue skies 13 celsius in the south 11 in the north still a fairly brisk breeze but not as windy as it has been at times through the week , into the through the week, into the evening, with spells and winds falling light a time temperatures will drop away , temperatures will drop away, especially across central and eastern parts of country. but further west the cloud builds dunng further west the cloud builds during the early the wind picks up . so it's a mild start in the up. so it's a mild start in the west . 1213 celsius first thing

west. 1213 celsius first thing for some exposed western coasts in the east. meanwhile three or four degrees with a bright start despite that chill into the late morning it looks like spells of rain will push through northern ireland into scotland parts of wales in the far southwest the becoming heavier and more persistent through the afternoon accompanied by a strong wind gales around exposed coasts. but it's a mild direction 13 celsius or 14 in the west, 11 or 12 in the east, where it does dry across east anglia in the southeast until after dark. i think with some brightness, although the cloud will thicken and then through the evening it's for many the heavy rain , it's for many the heavy rain, heavy and persistent across southwestern areas could cause some issues. but it does eventually through . sunday clear eventually through. sunday clear eastwards and next week will end up being drier than this week .

all the latest headlines on news. well, coming up . i'm news. well, coming up. i'm arlene foster we say you know that. but coming up this hour, this week marks the 40th anniversary of the birmingham bombings where 21 people lost their lives and 182 people were injured. i'll joined by julie hambleton . lost her sister in hambleton. lost her sister in that horrific attack. the royal college nursing has voted to strike for the very first time. they have announced two days when they'll walk out of work in december plus more travel chaos as the rmt a fresh round of strikes across december and january, which set to bring further disruption . so give me further disruption. so give me your political briefing . your political briefing. afternoon. send in your views

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