very good morning . welcome to very good morning. welcome to bev turner. today on gb news. even if normal football leaves you a little bit cold, tonight's home nations derby might warm you up a bit. england take on wales this evening in qatar , wales this evening in qatar, 7:00 uk time. i like to think you'll be watching nigel farage on news instead, but you can on gb news instead, but you can at least enjoy some of build at least enjoy some of the build up morning me. we've up this morning with me. we've got got former got fans, we've got former players our reporters get players and our reporters to get a of the party atmosphere. a sense of the party atmosphere. we're this morning we're also waiting this morning

on huge news for on what could be huge news for the uk's independence. so the uk's energy independence. so people switched on for that and a great new panel today to talk covid china relations covid compensate china relations and school taxations. and private school taxations. it's going to be a busy one. he's rosy with your news . he's rosy with your news. thanks. have a very good morning. 10:02. let's get you up to date on gb news. a section of the new online safety bill speed removed following criticism by some conservatives that it posed a risk to free speech. the amendment means big tech like social media sites will no longer be required to remove harmful material if it's deemed to be legal. the online safety bill is due to return to parliament next week after repeatedly being delayed. the culture minister, michelle donlon , told gb news the most donlon, told gb news the most important part of the bill is strengthening a council ability and transparency in terms of illegal content , also harmful illegal content, also harmful content towards children that will no longer be allowed on

social media platforms. if they evade the law, then they could face fines up to 10% of their global turnover. face fines up to 10% of their global turnover . and that is global turnover. and that is billions of pounds that will certainly hit them where it huns certainly hit them where it hurts and be a strong deterrent to prevent them from acting in the way that they've done up to now which has been putting profits before people and before children. shadow work and children. that shadow work and pensions secretary says labour's concerned change is a major concerned the change is a major watering down of the legislation . there is concern about the fact that they appear to be weakening that bill but we certainly do need a form of onune certainly do need a form of online safety bill to protect people. we've seen people be dnven people. we've seen people be driven the most tragic of driven into the most tragic of circumstances because of content that they've been able to find onune. that they've been able to find online . and parent. i've online. and i'm a parent. i've got to girls, 11 year old and a nine year old. i mean, actually terrifies me to think that they might to find a horrible might be able to find a horrible material, particularly at stages in their life when they are vulnerable . because we all know vulnerable. because we all know adolescence is vulnerable time adolescence is a vulnerable time . the government's confirmed the go ahead for the new sizewell c

nuclear power plant in suffolk, backing the scheme with a £700 million stake. minister say the move will create 10,000 highly skilled jobs and provide reliable low carbon power to the equivalent of 6 million homes. for more than 50 years. the prime minister says the uk's golden era of relations with china is over. in his first major foreign policy speech , major foreign policy speech, sunak vowed to evolve the uk stance towards the country dunng stance towards the country during the lord mayor's banquet speech in london last night. he added the uk now needed to replace wishful thinking with robust pragmatism towards competitors. the number of people in england and wales describing themselves as christian has fallen below half for the first time. the latest from the office for national statistics also shows the number of people who identify by their ethnic group as white has fallen by just over 4% in the last decade to now 81.7. the met police has launched a new anonymous hotline for people to

report corrupt or abusive police officers. it follows a series of scandals, including the rape and murder of sarah everard by a serving officer. the force has come under heavy criticism over failures in both its anti—corruption and disciplinary procedures. one recent report found hundreds of corrupt officers were still in post. the government's reviewing its plans to fast track the removal of asylum seekers who've arrived in the uk from designated safe countries . the times reports countries. the times reports that home secretary suella braverman is looking to resurrect two labour policy creating a list of countries deemed to be safe asylum seekers of citizens from countries on the list would be regarded unfounded . a review into the unfounded. a review into the clinical records of 44 patients who died under the care of a former neurologist has found a failure of care and potentially thousands more people could be impacted . the review follows impacted. the review follows a recall of 2500 outpatient who were treated by dr. michael walter, the belfast health trust in 2018. the royal college of

physicians found that treatment was given with unnecessary and invasive hundreds of thousands more homes could at high risk of flooding in the coming decades, according to the national infrastructure commission. its report says the dual impact of climate change urbanisation is causing the problem . it is causing the problem. it is calling fo r £12 billion of calling for £12 billion of investment to protect the 600 homes that could be at risk in england. the organisation is calling fo r £12 billion of calling for £12 billion of investment in drainage systems and stricter controls on property developments . a new property developments. a new injunction been granted by the high court could see just a poor activist face fresh penalties for demonstrating on the m2o five national highway say it secured the civil order to prevent unlawful protest on the country's busiest motorway. members of the environmental group have caused major traffic disruption in the past few months. it's all to play for tonight in qatar as england and wales go head to head in the final match of group b to get through to the knockouts. wales must beat england and hope the

us a draw with iran. meanwhile, gareth southgate's side are looking to bounce back from their draw with the us and qualify top of the group . you're qualify top of the group. you're up date on gb news. i'll up to date on gb news. i'll bnng up to date on gb news. i'll bring you more as it happens. now back, beth . now back, beth. barry. good morning. you are watching and listening to bev turner today on tv, news, tv, radio and, online. if you haven't been feeling the world cup so far , especially after cup so far, especially after england, america game, it was a bit flat, wasn't it.7 well this evening's match between wales and england will surely be warm up for all the action that's going to be ahead. the clash takes place at 7:00. i say watch nigel farage instead at the time, but we're going to bring you all the build up throughout the here gb news. former the day here on gb news. former wales goalkeeper southall and england danny mills are england defender danny mills are

going joining on the going to be joining me on the show help people like me get show to help people like me get in mood. and also today, the in the mood. and also today, the business secretary business of energy secretary grant shapps is launching a major package of investment to secure the uk's energy independence this morning. it includes a commitment to nuclear power. it's all part of the forthcoming energy security bill. we're going to be talking about that and how do you feel about that and how do you feel about the four day working week becoming normal? 100 uk companies have signed up for the working pattern for all their employees with no loss of pay. apparently the five day working week is outdated . or is everyone week is outdated. or is everyone just getting lazy? let me know what you think. don't forget to vote . in our poll today, we're vote. in our poll today, we're talking about energy independence. on twitter , we are independence. on twitter, we are asking you, do you support nuclear energy? we're going to be having an expert on explaining the pros and cons this morning. i don't how this morning. i don't know how i feel about it. make yourself heard at gb news. now it all heard on at gb news. now it all comes down to the wire tonight as england takes on wales for

the first time ever at the world cup. who knew? well, joining us now from doha is our reporter, paul hawkins. can't wait to paul hawkins. i can't wait to talk to paul. i always love these these images of paul. he's out there in the the sunny out there in the in the sunny climes of qatar . and we're going climes of qatar. and we're going to to in just a moment. to talk to in just a moment. where are paul ? are you where are you, paul? are you there . have yes. hello paul. we there. have yes. hello paul. we can hear you now. few technical delays there. how you doing ? delays there. how you doing? yeah, good. hot although not such as we normally are, to be honest. it's only 29 degrees here, and there's actually a some cloud in the sky, so it's not feeling too hot, but it's going to be considerably cooler when england and wales take on each other later on 10:00 local time , and by them will also know time, and by them will also know who they will face in the next round should they qualify . round should they qualify. because before that the netherlands , senegal and ecuador netherlands, senegal and ecuador and qatar , who were knocked out, and qatar, who were knocked out, are playing their matches . that are playing their matches. that ones at 3:00 your time, 6:00

qatar time but yeah england taking on wales them at 103 times since 1879. this one easily and by far the biggest. it was always going to be big anyway. when they were made to get the bulk cup. but the fact that wales have to win to stay in the group to qualify for the next round and the fact that england really they should qualify point but qualify they need a point but also to make up for also need to make up for performance disappointing performance against the usa adds even more knowsiiw’ ,, ,,,,, knows thatf—fa— —— l—— the fact ——a it's a british derby. from being out there, paul, do you think there are more english fans or more, more welsh fans out in qatar, is it about ? qatar, or is it about the same? we know that the tournament we re were sort a couple “1?me 2?” iii? j mmlfl iii? more than, litfifiwf—�*it�* 9” ”i j mmlfl n? two more than, litfifiwf—�*it�* 9” ”i j mmlfl n? two or)re than, tnr-�*anr-rfi 9” 11? j rfi-j'j 11? two or 3000 than, tnr-�*anr-ifi 911 111 j mn'e 111 two or 3000 wales than, thnjwj-ij 911 j1 j jjj'j j1 two or 3000 wales fans han, tthj—iwjij 9” j1 j jjh'j'j j1 two overioo wales fans han, tthj—iwjij 9” j1 j jjh'j'j j1 two over here, ales fans han, tthj—iwjij 9” j1 j jjh'j'j j1 two over here, about|ns han, 11115511111119119 thj— 191 or trjnglngvjr thj sham or 4000 england fans. three or 4000 england fans. so we know there are more english than welsh, but frankly you couldn't tell if you were just walking around with the moment.

wales fans everywhere, england fans are everywhere and the mood is pretty good actually . it's is [11411111 (10011 516111511111; 11'j ——— £552 2 hot . some wales fans, very hot. some wales fans, something that fans taken up, something that fans taken up, some of those packages where they can go to some of the hotels there, some of the fan zones have sort of a 80 quid, get five pints in the mail. so some have done that, but others have just come and they're have just come here and they're just a coffee a minute just having a coffee a minute and about mixing with the other fans well. the other. fans as well. the other. senegal, qatar and senegal, ecuador, qatar and netherlands fans that are knocking here . tell me knocking around here. tell me about phil foden. he's the 1 the 5653611512113}; (1131515; at the headlines this morning. paulit at the headlines this morning. paul, it looks like this poor kid has got all of the weight of the world on his shoulders. and the world on his shoulders. and the success for england will depend on him. is that an exaggeration in comments? probably is a little bit. i take whatever you read in the papers with maybe a fistful of salt, to be honest. , another player like him for a 101151 of

long time. he's got the kind of skill that or he's exceptional. and spaniard. he's exceptional. and that's why a lot of people are quite puzzled that he's hardly featured either of england featured in either of england games so far. he came on late on in the against iran . he in the game against iran. he didn't all against didn't feature at all against the . was weird considering the usa. was weird considering how awful england were. a lot of people why southgate, people say why didn't southgate, gareth on? gareth southgate bring him on? other it into a other people turning it into a positive look, positive and saying, look, england, this england, to sit in this competition and have needs competition and they have needs to phil foden. so a lot of to use phil foden. so a lot of people are saying phil foden needs feature this needs to feature in this match against wales. gareth southgate has said already that he does feature in there world cup plans. i'd be surprised if you don't see him at some point. possibly even in the starting 11. but we know that gareth southgate is a conservative manager. he's not prone to making changes. he would want to have made changes for this game. he england he would have hoped england would their first two would have won their first two games, meaning this game would be redundant could rotate be redundant and he could rotate the little bit. but he the squad a little bit. but he can't. in his nature. can't. it's not in his nature. and we expect to feel and so we expect england to feel

pretty the same starting pretty much the same starting line—up that they did against the okay, on that, the usa. okay, well on that, let's what angela manager let's hear what angela manager southgate on southgate did have to say on this. it's any two this. it's like any two countries who's whose borders are to other. there's are next to each other. there's are next to each other. there's a a competitive rivalry. a there's a competitive rivalry. for me, it's a great sporting rivalry. we've got to focus on performance . we've got to play performance. we've got to play well. you know, we've got to bnng well. you know, we've got to bring our quality to the table. and you've got the best opportunity we have of making the difference on the pitch. and of course, we are gb news. so it wouldn't be fair without hearing what the welsh manager had to say. this is what rob page said about his team's performance tonight. this tournament has shown that every team is beatable. i really do. so, of course. england, the beatable. they've got a wonderful pool of players to choose from. i might not. so whatever team he puts in that pitch is going to be a tough challenge for us . and of tough challenge for us. and of course they're going to be favourites to win the games and. paul favourites to win the games and. paul, how did the how the fans

feel out there this morning ? feel out there this morning? obviously if wales get knocked out the welsh fans i guess will be coming home. is that how it works in football and also for the for the english just remind me because i am a football idiot. if we if england lose tonight and it is said way but well, i am english. if england lose tonight. if they got another match to play . i know another match to play. i know this . so you another match to play. i know this. so you play another match to play. i know this . so you play three another match to play. i know this. so you play three games in the group stage. england and wales have played two already. this is the last one against each other . this is the last one against each other. england can afford to lose and still qualify for the next round. they afford the next round. they can afford to three and still to lose three nil and still qualify. wales it's much harder, right, if they want to keep things own hands and things in their own hands and forget about the usa iran game, they win four nil. but they need to win four nil. but if they win one nil and iran and the usa draw, then wales and england are through to the next round. so it's to be harder for wales than it is for england. and they and what the welsh need , i mean, they're probably not going to win for now. they're probably one to

probably going to win one to nil, something like that. so they are going to need the other game in their favour. but game to go in their favour. but look, has been a world cup look, this has been a world cup of upsets. saudi of upsets. we've seen saudi arabia, japan. we saw ghana yesterday odds. yesterday upsetting the odds. the in the lowest ranked team in the competition over south competition turning over south korea. much a korea. so this is very much a world for underdogs. and world cup for underdogs. and indeed, that's what rob page has been he's been trying been saying. he's been trying to take of pressure off take some of the pressure off the and that is wales the welsh and that is why wales will for it this evening will be up for it this evening and make no bones about it. it's going to be fascinating to watch because need to come because both teams need to come back those appalling back from those appalling results. really results. and wales really need to to be great to win. it's going to be great to win. it's going to be great to watch. hey, thank you, paul. you making it easy well. you for making it easy as well. i'll sound like i know what i'm talking and watching talking about and for watching it with the kids tonight. thank you much. paul hawkins you so much. paul hawkins there out with the world cup. out qatar with the world cup. now going now after the break, i'm going welcome the show welcome my panel to the show this i am delighted this morning. i am delighted to be joined by the author and academic joanna williams, former special at the home special adviser at the home office. pearsall the office. claire pearsall and the conservative of conservative mp for the isle of lies. lucky man bob seely. see in actually, we're in a minute. oh, actually, we're going you the going to tell you about the twitter we've

twitter poll. we've got a twitter poll. we've got a twitter poll. we've got a twitter poll running and want to know you support nuclear know whether you support nuclear energy and overwhelming 95% of you going you do. so far. we're going to be having an announcement this morning. be dissecting morning. we will be dissecting what will mean for great what that will mean for great britain's power and depend ins off of fuel and energy independence. off of fuel and energy inderon'tlce. off of fuel and energy inderon't you? somebody might now, won't you? somebody might as well gbviews@gbnews.uk. tell me about any of me what you think about any of that. can contribute if that. i you can contribute if you've on the you've got thoughts on the football tonight, looking football tonight, you looking forward me time forward to it? let me know. time forward to it? let me know. time for a quick break. hello again. i'm aidan mcgivern from the i'm aidan mcgivern and from the met been met office. it's certainly been a gloomy start to the day for many extensive cloud many with extensive low cloud mist and fog visibility slowly improves. today but for many it is a dull day. but it's a dry day. weather fronts out in the west being held back by a ridge of high pressure, but it's that ridge high pressure with its light winds that has led to that extensive low cloud. mr. fox developing an overnight and some stubborn fog patches will remain into the afternoon for the central lowlands vale of york. welsh marches for example. and of course, much of england into

east wales , scotland, extensive east wales, scotland, extensive low cloud and misty ness. but around the fringes of the uk, west and north in particular some sunshine coming through and ten or 11 celsius at best, particularly towards the southwest, mid to high single figures where we've got the mist, low cloud and fog, some showers will be close to the far southeast through the day and overnight. but for the vast majority, it's staying dry for the time being. and again, overnight, we'll see that low cloud mist and fog developing. so once again, a misty start to the day, some poor visibility on the day, some poor visibility on the roads. first thing, i think northern scotland, west wales, south west england, most likely to bright start, but with to see a bright start, but with a touch here and for a touch of frost here and for northern ireland here, the cloud will thicken through the morning with outbreaks rain with some outbreaks of rain edging from the west. not edging in from the west. not a great deal rain, but rain. great deal of rain, but rain. nevertheless, a keen breeze coming up from the south here, ten or 11 celsius. 12 celsius in the far southwest. but for many where keep the extensive low where we keep the extensive low cloud through , the afternoon

cloud through, the afternoon temperatures at mid to high single figures into wednesday evening . again, we've got that evening. again, we've got that extensive low cloud. i think it will lower further through the night on wednesday night and that means thursday will start off with winds from fog, some difficult driving conditions with very force visible to see about but brighter skies arrive on friday and saturday, albeit with lower temperatures .

good morning. it is a 1020. you are watching listening to bev turner today on gp news. i'm so happy to be with my coffee and my panel now. i'm joined this morning by former home office special advisor clare pursell, author and academic joanna williams and conservative mp bob seely. so you've all got some

stories that have caught your eye, bob , before we go into eye, bob, before we go into this, can i just talk about the fact that you are the mp for the isle of wight and that was got to be the greatest job in the world is i love my patch. i wouldn't want to represent anywhere it's anywhere or anywhere else. it's like to the right like being married to the right woman. i'm so lucky. woman. i'm look, i'm so lucky. i'm truly to full constituency. and next time you me , i and next time you tell me, i will i will make sure that will and i will make sure that there everyone , all my mates there is everyone, all my mates and all occasional mp that comes to the island. i do have boobs go to the island. oh, i don't think i've yet received a copy. but do. i will but you will do. i will definitely that. maybe definitely do that. maybe committee do outside committee will do no outside broadcasting. yes yes, broadcasting. gb news. yes yes, yes. move from yes. right. let's move from muscle memory. joanna, this is keir starmer's plan to tax private schools. absolutely. so he vanhy private schools. absolutely. so he vanity onto private he wants to vanity onto private school fees, which will essentially raise the cost to parents by 20. and keir starmer keeps bringing substantial amounts of money into the treasury. i mean, i have to say this story makes me a bit cross because i think there are so many problems with what's going

on in the world of education right post—lockdown we've right now. post—lockdown we've got of children absent got thousands of children absent from school groups , school rolls from school groups, school rolls just missing a hundred thousand that disappear goes to children. and yet they've been termed and nobody knows where they are . nobody knows where they are. we've got educational standards plummeting for some very young children as well. in the final years of primary school, the sats test that they don't they do at that age. the results are coming down. we've had great inflation masking the problems at the upper end of secondary school . and yet keir starmer school. and yet keir starmer wants to tinker around with the fees that a tiny proportion of parents pay for the children to go to private school. it just like a massive distraction from someone who's got nothing to say about the real problems that are facing schools at the moment. and i think it plays well perhaps to labour's most militant constituency . he can militant constituency. he can stand there and be the big tough guy having a pop up private

schools because of posh and rich people . but i think it's schools because of posh and rich people. but i think it's a schools because of posh and rich people . but i think it's a cheap people. but i think it's a cheap shot that does will do nothing to improve the educational standards that the overwhelming majority of children in this country receive. i mean, presumably as well, claire, it will if there are lots of families who actually stretched themselves for private education and they that as a way to invest their money if effectively they're investing in their children's future. it does seem ridiculous that we have a two tier education system in the 21st century. there is a part of me that is deeply uncomfortable about you prevent about that. but if you prevent more these families more of these families taking the private option , the private school option, you're push them into you're going to push them into the school option, which the state school option, which is already overcrowded and underfunded is that what's going to happen? well it is, because if those disappear , if if those schools disappear, if the bursaries that a lot of people rely on to be able to afford that kind of education, if disappear those if they disappear, then those schoolchildren to end schoolchildren are going to end up the state system, which up into the state system, which is already overcrowded , already is already overcrowded, already underfunded and crumbling as we

speak. but i think the most worrying thing is those parents who save and scrimp in order to give those children that education. some times they've already been let down by the state system. you have a lot of kids with special educational needs , varying different degrees needs, varying different degrees , who have been let for down one reason or another, and they find solace and they find their place within that private system. and it's completely up to the parents they spend their parents how they spend their money. i'm all in favour of people spending money, how people spending their money, how they yeah find it they wish. yeah and i find it incredibly hypocrisy . a couple incredibly hypocrisy. a couple of labour government whose of the labour government whose ministers mainly send their own children to private schools, will then stop for that being a reality for other people . i just reality for other people. i just think it's incredibly wrong to say that you can't do something. what is this? just keir starmer playing a bit of politics. polly feeling confident the feeling quite confident at the moment, thinking i can say anything, i'm to win the anything, i'm going to win the next make next election. let's just make a statement about taxing the rich because this is. because that's what this is. it's a cheap an easy it's a cheap shot and an easy target. so i completely agree.

and we need to raising and we need to be raising standards, lowering standards, not not lowering them. and sure, need them. and for sure, we need to be driving standards in state be driving up standards in state schools. i so schools. and i'm i was so worried missing kids worried about the missing kids because that happens in the isle of wight as well. had of wight as well. you've had families that effectively families that have effectively just the just dropped out of the education system, the life chances those children are chances of those children are just be dramatically just going to be dramatically affected actually goes to affected and actually goes to show that there are huge harms that during covid. but that we did during covid. but yeah, just starmer yeah, this is just keir starmer being trying to get being cheap and trying to get the onside. you step the left onside. it's you step up. huge harms that we up. there are huge harms that we did during covid, but the problem was knew, right? we absolutely . i shouldn't absolutely knew. i shouldn't close down before they closed down. we knew that covid pose very little risk to children. we knew that keeping children at home would push them . most home would push them. most disadvantaged children into a terrible circumstance . and the terrible circumstance. and the problem is we've increased inequality. we've increased educational inequality. there was no reason for any of that to have the problem at the time . have the problem at the time. people didn't. we don't know what we know now . it's not true.

what we know now. it's not true. i'm afraid . what we know now. it's not true. i'm afraid. i'm sorry what we know now. it's not true. i'm afraid . i'm sorry that maybe i'm afraid. i'm sorry that maybe not that spring lockdown. this is we should do on this topic. we've got to try to. but as usual, we just mentioned the word and everybody goes. i suppose we might argue that the first lockdown was valid and then subsequent lockdowns when then subsequent lockdowns when the were clearly the children were clearly paying a but i to move on, bob, a price. but i to move on, bob, to your story, this rishi to your story, this is rishi sunak has stated that the sunak who has stated that the golden era of uk—china is over. i didn't realise we ever had a true era anyway, did we? true golden era anyway, did we? i think we were trying to sell the idea of a golden era where somehow you let china into the world organisation and world trade organisation and suddenly to live in suddenly you want to live in peace happiness after. peace and happiness ever after. what is what we've seen actually is a crisis authoritarian states, crisis in authoritarian states, so iran in crisis, russia in china in crisis , but all in china in crisis, but all in their different ways are using artificial intelligence and big data to destroy and crush data to try to destroy and crush dissent that may overthrow these regimes . with china, we've got regimes. with china, we've got some really big questions. and the thing that concerns me most of all and it affects everyone because we buy that goods , we're because we buy that goods, we're going be threatened by that

going to be threatened by that war the next ten war with taiwan in the next ten years. yeah. is that if we allow ourselves to become economically dependent on china in same dependent on china in the same way became energy way that we became energy dependent became dependent or europe became energy dependent on, russia, we are letting ourselves into are just letting ourselves into are just letting ourselves into a of pain in future. so a world of pain in future. so what i want the what i want i want the government to understanding government to be understanding the threat and trying the dependency threat and trying to our suppliers so we to diversify our suppliers so we don't get everything china. we get stuff from bangladesh and vietnam and increasingly africa as well . so that china has less as well. so that china has less power. it's china to be power. it's china wants us to be dependent on it whilst it wants to become self sufficient. so when invade taiwan it when it does invade taiwan it can you wouldn't dare put on can say you wouldn't dare put on sanctions you will not sanctions because you will not survive the economic war that results where we will. we have all got used to buying cheap products in the shops thanks to china. then we need them . or china. then we need them. or not. just a way. not just china . but you're right. i mean, the trade imbalance china trade imbalance with china is vast all money is going vast and all that money is going one and that could be so. one way, and that could be so. land and you know, a few land rovers and you know, a few of the and pieces. but of the bits and pieces. but there is a huge trade imbalance. and problems is that

and one of the problems is that china is still described as being a developing nation, despite that the despite the fact that it has the second largest. this is second largest. well, this is what about to say, what i was about to say, joe, because give 51.7 because we give them 51.7 billion. they know what that is absolutely farcical. i think one of the problems is that it's not just consumers who are attracted to buying cheap goods. it's the whole of the british economy. it seems me. mean, we look to seems to me. i mean, we look to china, help with nuclear china, to help us with nuclear power stations , with 5g power stations, with 5g technology, not anymore. no, i led that one way rebellion. and we the one we now to this country because me, iain duncan smith damian graham wanted to others got that rebellion others we got that rebellion still very like beginning it was still very like beginning it was still in science it's not something that we haven't known what the chinese government is like. this is not something new that suddenly across a that suddenly come across as a surprise. the authoritarian state and the surveillance that they put in. so i'm okay. you know, i we are really behind the curve and shift on this is what we are but is sometimes is it we are but it is sometimes is it a matter of admin power since 2017. so the political class is

sometimes you're right they take too long to shift and they weren't quick enough to see what was happening. and there was a sense of it's almost like you were in a relationship. you don't necessarily want to see the relationship in a bad the relationship going in a bad direction. that's what we've direction. and that's what we've done there's done with yeah, but there's nothing dragging nothing wrong than dragging a marriage a long early. marriage out for a long early. so there in the nra, is that what's going to happen? because also do not i want also what about. i do not i want rishi sunak coming out and rishi sunak to be coming out and making much firmer state bonds. so anything in the so if you said anything in the last hours about what the last 24 hours about what the chinese government are currently doing people with doing to their people with the protest the lockdown's protest on the covid lockdown's cleared, the western cleared, i feel like the western credibly flaccid it comes credibly flaccid when it comes to making what needs to be a more muscular statement about the that that china is . the state that that china is. yes, i agree. but i also think that most people aren't aware of what is going on. marandi just seeing coming out courtesy of people putting them on their social accounts which now social media accounts which now the government the chinese government are asking so asking them to delete. so i don't think that the general asking them to delete. so i don't tactuallyt the general asking them to delete. so i don't tactually realiseeneral asking them to delete. so i don't tactually realise quite public actually realise quite how bad it is and quite how severe the lockdown treatment is

being to those individuals and it's only now that we're seeing an uprising as we've seen in other countries with the iranian process. for example, it's only now that people are going, oh, that's what it is. so i think we need that coverage more, but sooner could have a bit sooner could have to be a bit careful i mean, careful though, because i mean, let's protest was let's not forget protest was actually in this country actually banned in this country dunng actually banned in this country during lockdown. and when protest i'm sorry, you cannot compare you cannot compare the fact that one in 12 people in xinjiang province are in re—education centres with with with one of the freest societies in the world. so i'm sorry to stop people sitting on park benches, but this is true. you know, we don't . i wish i was know, we don't. i wish i was making this as it was. we do not think that's exactly you can you can say we overreacted, but to say we are an authoritarian state because a couple of coppers overreacted in derbyshire and the whole thing was, you know, but i'm sorry, this wasn't we coppers. we laughed overreacting in laughed at overreacting in derbyshire. i mean, this was people london just. you're people in london just. you're saying there's difference saying there's no difference between china. good between the uk and china. good luck don't agree. i

luck to you. i don't agree. i think we came as close as we could ever have imagined to feeling like we were being run by an authoritarian government in a way that i think goes only so far. i agree we aren't actually being welded into our houses, which then spies and whole families died in china this week . we've seen the this week. we've seen the quarantine camps being built in china. i'm hoping that your boss doesn't have any plans for those here, but got for those of us who were hyper vigilant to the fact that our civil liberties were compromised in way that were compromised in a way that were compromised in a way that we never imagined in our we just never imagined in our lifetime. as one of those mp who became increasingly concerned about and the appalling about lockdown and the appalling consequences became clear. certainly after the second lockdown, i was one of those people who said to boris, you cannot go into further lockdowns. i can't even remember how many we had. it was so painful. yeah well, i'm also one of people who been of those people who has been chanting this chanting the fact that this virus probably came out of that wuhan institute. absolutely. and virus probably came out of that wu nowinstitute. absolutely. and virus probably came out of that wu now know te. absolutely. and virus probably came out of that wu now know that bsolutely. and virus probably came out of that wu now know that forlutely. and virus probably came out of that wu now know that for ately. and virus probably came out of that wu now know that for a fairerind we now know that for a fairer and other western scientist, whilst immediately thinking

this, this from? this, where does this come from? it well have come from a it may well have come from a laboratory. then effectively hid that inside. it's that information inside. it's not from a laboratory . it's not not from a laboratory. it's not true. we've never found a natural origin for it. and all the evidence, some circumstantial , the evidence, some circumstantial, some suggest that actually the procedures in wuhan were incredibly sloppy. so this virus, i mean, it shows the power of china that effectively they've been able to silence this conversation even amongst western absolutely western societies. absolutely right. you're the right place right. you're in the right place . we're going to get on. well, .we're going to get on. well, i can tell . thank you, panel okay. can tell. thank you, panel okay. after the break , energy after the break, energy secretary grant shapps has launched a major package of investment to secure the uk's energy independence. today it includes a commitment to nuclear power. we're to be discussing just how is after the just how safe that is after the news . it is at 1033. i'm ready. news. it is at 1033. i'm ready. stephen let's get you up to date . a section of the new online safety bill has been removed following criticism by some

conservatives that it posed a risk to free speech. the amendment means big tech like media sites will no longer be required to remove harmful meteor fuel if it seemed to be legal labour claim. the change is a major of the legislation . is a major of the legislation. the online safety bill is due to return to parliament week after repeatedly being delayed. the culture minister donlon told gb news the most important part of the bill is strengthening accountability and transparent isa the government is given the go ahead to build the sizewell c nuclear power plant and committed nuclear power plant and committe d £700 million to the committed £700 million to the scheme. the plant, which is being developed by french energy giant , will built in giant edf, will be built in suffolk. ministers say the move will create highly will create 10,000 highly skilled jobs and provide reliable, carbon power to reliable, low carbon power to the equivalent of 6 million homes and more than 50 years. the business secretary, grant shapps, says the announcement means greater energy independence for the uk. it's a combination between taxpayer money but also private investment and that's , as you

investment and that's, as you rightly say, is the next stage . rightly say, is the next stage. but it's a sign of, if you like, the confidence that the british government has in nuclear as part of our energy mix . and a part of our energy mix. and a very, very important point which has been driven home. so clearly by putin's illegal invasion of ukraine. all that's done to energy prices , that we must have energy prices, that we must have a mix of energy in this country . the number of people in england and wales themselves as christian has fallen below half for the first time. the latest data from the office for national statistics also showed the number of people who identify their ethnic group as white has fallen by just over 4% in the last decade to 81.7. the prime minister says the uk's golden era of relations with china is over. in his major foreign policy speech , rishi foreign policy speech, rishi sunak vowed to evolve the uk's stance towards the country dunng stance towards the country during the lord mayor's banquet speech in london last night. he added the uk now needed to replace wishful thinking with robust pragmatism towards

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very good morning. it's 1037. very good morning. it's1037. this is bev turner today on jp news. now in the last hour, the business and energy secretary grant shapps has revealed a major package of investment to the uk's energy independence plans, including a commitment to nuclear energy. let's have a listen . so excited to sign off listen. so excited to sign off the 700 million. this that we will be building sizewell c. it's going to power 6 million homes. it's going to provide 10,000 jobs perhaps immediately on site , 20,000 overall and on site, 20,000 overall and a lot of friendships as well. so good news for britain's energy independence . the money will be independence. the money will be raised to build its, you know , raised to build its, you know, combination between taxpayers money, but also private . and money, but also private. and that's , as you rightly say, is that's, as you rightly say, is the next stage . but it's a sign the next stage. but it's a sign of you, like the confidence that the british government has in

nuclear part of our energy mix and a very, very important which has been driven so clearly putin's illegal invasion of ukraine, all that's done to energy prices , that we must have energy prices, that we must have a mix of energy in this country, renewable oil, wind power offshore , solar and nuclear . offshore, solar and nuclear. quite hard to overstate the importance of this, tom hall, what isn't it what does what does this mean? what does his statement mean for energy security here? well significant. nuclear power stations are very, very powerful it's hard to overestimate the proportion of electricity that they can power. grant shapps, they're talking 6 million homes, one nuclear power station is 7% of the united kingdom's energy electricity requirements. so just one, it's a different league, it's a sort of wind farm, solar farms or even north sea oil and gas. but clearly there's been a bit of an issue here in terms of the last

three decades when we haven't built any new nuclear power stations , government after stations, government after government has prevaricate had margaret thatcher built three. and after her, there seem to be a bit of a wobble in terms of british confidence in nuclear energy. there was towards the end of tony blair's time in office, a leaning towards it, and then was rolled back upon again . the liberal democrats again. the liberal democrats have been very squeamish it but now it seems that there is bit of consensus building from of a consensus building from both the conservative and the labour that the labour party that for the baseload energy isn't intermittent. that is always on and that is low carbon to no carbon nuclear power does provide that energy , but this is provide that energy, but this is just one power station and ultimately we're far behind countries like france when it comes to the number of nuclear power stations that we have. and it will take ten years to come on stream. you're too young to remember this , but of course the remember this, but of course the chernobyl disaster was the worst pr exercise for nuclear power.

and from that point on, i think especially western leaders got incredibly nervous about stations. has that been i know this is only just broken, so it might be a bit of a main question, but has there been much reaction from people in the sizewell area to this to this announcement? well, there have been protests going on quite been protests going on for quite some residents some time. some local residents . it's important to note that this is a long long discussion. sizewell talked about sizewell has been talked about for time, but sizewell for a long time, but sizewell c policy is important because there was a slight delay and the sizewell b this is on an existing nuclear site . one of existing nuclear site. one of the problems that we have in the united kingdom is actually a lot of these nuclear power stations that came on stream in the fifties , in the sixties, fifties sorry, in the sixties, seventies and eighties , they're seventies and eighties, they're now down to the end of now winding down to the end of their life. so actually , when their life. so actually, when we're talking about new nuclear power coming stream power stations coming on stream to these homes, in to power, all these homes, in many they're replacing many cases they're replacing what we're losing in the next few years . so potentially few years. so potentially argument that's like sizewell

and hinkley as well are places where nuclear power stations have been hosted. perhaps we should talking more about replacing capacity that we're losing rather than adding in new capacity, as sometimes government likes to imply. yeah. okay brilliant. thank you, tom, for that clarification . and also for that clarification. and also , i went on to something a bit more about this. i thought about you, but i still feel a little bit i'm not sure what the pros and cons are. well, tom whipple, the science editor at the sunday times , and he's joining us now. times, and he's joining us now. hi hi, tom. great to see great to this morning. now am to see you this morning. now am i right in saying that nuclear power was accepted globally , was power was accepted globally, was doing very well, and then the chernobyl disaster happened and that people very, very that made people very, very nervous? should we be. should we confident that any fears that we might have had then are allayed? because the technology has developed, instance , and i developed, for instance, and i think to extent i think your is wrong . people did get very wrong. people did get very worried by chernobyl . it was

worried by chernobyl. it was a and quite unusual but it still works in terms of per megawatt of power produced history. nuclear is probably the safest power source that we've we've created . but these these signals created. but these these signals that are high profile events do yeah give it about me to say the least . the yeah give it about me to say the least. the kind of yeah give it about me to say the least . the kind of accident at least. the kind of accident at chernobyl simply couldn't happen in a modern power station. it involves very shoddy design , and involves very shoddy design, and it certainly couldn't have been some of small modular nuclear reactors that we're looking at at the moment. reactors that we're looking at at the moment . so, reactors that we're looking at at the moment. so, yeah , that at the moment. so, yeah, that was what happened . but we're in was what happened. but we're in a very different world now and i think people are probably also looking as grown, graham said of what happened and wishing that we had made the to build nuclear reactors ten years and now. reactors ten years ago and now. well, you know the second best time to build them is now. there's also this this concern always, tom, about nuclear waste from these power . what do we do from these power. what do we do with it ? what in

from these power. what do we do with it? what in a simple white what what do we do with it now in 2022? is it a problem ? yeah, in 2022? is it a problem? yeah, it is. some the nuclear waste nuclear waste forms of change we've got of ways storing it. this is not now, but it's turned into something called since rock, which is synthetic stone , rock, which is synthetic stone, which is a lot easier to handle with liquid waste. we produce less of now, in part because the early nuclear reactors were the is a means of developing nuclear weapons as well . they weren't weapons as well. they weren't particularly prioritised towards the generation of power. there is an issue of disposing . it is is an issue of disposing. it is an issue we need to deal with. so far, finland is only country that's really got some properly long term solution to it. it's found bedrock . it's very, very found bedrock. it's very, very stable in its burying and it's we're trying to do the same, but it requires getting communities on board. and so far we've failed to do that. so grant shapps was saying basically that global gas prices being at

record highs caused by russia's invasion of ukraine we need this to bring british for british homes . do you know, tom, how homes. do you know, tom, how much it will cost to replace infrastructure which is effectively become a little as tom harwood just explaining it's not necessarily the people have to be that a nuclear power station is going to be suddenly in their backyard. we're talking about sites, you have any about sites, but do you have any idea the time when idea of the time frame when might difference in our might see a difference in our electricity and energy bills? i'm quite a long. yeah. i'm guessing quite a long. yeah. the time frame for these is this currently it takes a decade or more to get these things going. there is a hope to move to these small nuclear reactors which are a production line of them that you can plug and play a lot quicker. the economics of nuclear. interesting because it costs a lot to install you don't you basically don't have to refuel them. you've got ones that will have decades worth of fuelin that will have decades worth of fuel in them when they start comparing. so you comparing some running costs with capital costs

and structural costs and you also know comparing with cost per megawatt. that's very difficult because you're on the face of it. renewables are the cheapest form of energy we've ever had. i mean , the revolution ever had. i mean, the revolution renewables has been astonishing and they are so cheaper. the nuclear of the issue is you're not quite comparing like at the moment there is not a lot of wind blowing in the uk and if we were relying solely on renewables we would have a heck of a lot of batteries . more of a lot of batteries. more batteries probably than exist currently in the world. so you know, the renewables at the moment be the only way of doing . they may be we may have found very clever solutions in ten or 15 years. but i think the thing we've is need to we've learnt is you need to diversify and take a lot of bets to see what works at moment nuclear does seem sensible, but because realise it because it doesn't realise it does cost a lot more per megawatt but it going and you can rely on. right. thank you very much, tom. tom whipple from the times . very much, tom. tom whipple from the times. right now , britain's

the times. right now, britain's oil exploration companies are warning that the government's new energy profits levy taxes them at 75, poses an existential threat to the uk's oil and gas industry . the association of industry. the association of british independent oil exploration companies, or brinda has written to chancellor jeremy hunt, warning of investment becoming on leading to the rapid the decline of the north sea, leading to higher bills for customers , weakening of the uk's customers, weakening of the uk's energy security. with this is gb news and business editor liam halligan he joins me in the studio now with on the money . studio now with on the money. explain this story for me a little bit more liam i don't fully understand what this is. so what's happening is today in the house of commons is the second reading, the introduction of the energy profits levy legislation , which was part of legislation, which was part of jeremy hunt's autumn statement over recent months since the war in ukraine and higher energy pnces in ukraine and higher energy prices weakened energy, secure

c, the tax on companies exploiting and extracting oil and gas from the north sea has gone up . it was already at 40% gone up. it was already at 40% on their profits. a lot more than the 19% corporation tax, which everyone else pays. they played a supplement. it went to 40. then in may, rishi sunak in increased that to 65. and now jeremy hunt's increased that to 75. and i've got a graph here of a letter that brendan have sent to jeremy hunt's now brent textile , the small energy textile, the small energy explorers . they account for explorers. they account for about 60% of the uk's oil and gas extraction. these are british companies. it says gas extraction. these are british companies . it says the british companies. it says the latest rise to 75% poses and it says of existential get my attention since the industry and with it jobs and our nations energy security uk upstream companies that's the oil explorers and producers can no longer shoulder this extreme open ended tax burden and then index go on to say that if we continue down this path of the

current anticipated 75% tax rate that makes further investment unviable and so begins a rapid onset of the decline of the nonh onset of the decline of the north sea. now, this isn't shell and bp, right? but big oil energy giants . the north sea is energy giants. the north sea is nothing to this little extra profits levy , a rounding error profits levy, a rounding error in their global brin dax the small oil and gas explorers, the british companies the sort the operators who account for about 60 to 70% of our oil and gas extraction the north sea. they they they mine the fields that they they mine the fields that the big companies find unviable. and i spoke jack tome he is he runs helps to run something called tailwind energy of these small operators and he's speaking here on behalf of index x really here to talk about what is an h m t inflicted complete collapse of the north sea . there collapse of the north sea. there will be capital flight and the timing of this is very poor. and given how strategic the north sea is right now in the face of

war with russia and runaway inflation, is this this finance bill will increase energy cost to consumers. it will actually lower revenues over time for the hmrc because they are on the hook for . £20 hmrc because they are on the hook for. £20 billion of decommissioning and that will accelerate fields get accelerate as fields get decommissioned earlier . jack, decommissioned earlier. jack, there hmrc that's industry three largo for her majesty's treasury what these small operators are saying this will lead to a lot less revenue for the exchequer because a lot of them will have to fold. these are tiny companies. many of them only operate in the north sea. but for index they're keen to stress to me that unnecessary mine the 75% tax in and of itself . to me that unnecessary mine the 75% tax in and of itself. but they're saying if it does in it should apply only when the oil price is above a certain rather than applying wherever the oil price is and that's a major qualification since they're not saying no completely the 75% headune saying no completely the 75% headline they're saying it needs to be finessed. his time again

will leave the country . and with will leave the country. and with that a lot of jobs , that a lot of jobs, infrastructure and most importantly energy security and bills will suffer. so what we're saying is create a very simple amendment with a price floor that will protect capital, protect and energy security. and then above that level, you can say we're happy to pay 75. and that was the revenue will actually make more over actually make more money over because we will continue to reinvest and keep oil production up, which what they need for up, which is what they need for their treasury . exclusive of their treasury. exclusive of yours, liam it yeah, it's something that i've followed for something that i've followed for some time , but index are a very some time, but index are a very important entity within the uk economy . they're a big employer, economy. they're a big employer, particularly in scotland. but these are, these are high paid skilled jobs that many working people aspire after , use them to people aspire after, use them to work on oil rigs, raise money themselves and their families to put down deposit on a house and again, while the press focus on shell says what bp says and all

the rest of it, this is what's really happening these are small and medium sized enterprises, often set up and financed by british people who employ lots of our skilled workers . and of our skilled workers. and they're saying and i do have sympathy. i have to say that a 75% tax rate on energy profits starting from zero, if you like wherever the oil price is , wherever the oil price is, wherever the oil price is, wherever those profits are, that's going to kill off a lot of these companies. we cannot energy security and lead to higher bills . now, the treasury, higher bills. now, the treasury, of course, they say that a 75% tax on oil profits isn't particularly unusual, binds national standards. and they say they're going to press ahead with this legislation , which i with this legislation, which i say is being tabled in the house of commons today. well it'll be really interesting to see how this pans out. thank you so much, as always. you'll be keeping a close eye on this right now. moving over 100 right now. moving on over 100 companies permanently to companies have permanently to full day in a bid to improve employee work life blend . say employee work life blend. say that three day weekends are the

future , but just one in three future, but just one in three jobs offer flexible working options. it seems that many employers don't agree. piece it out is a labour mp for bootle and a former shadow chief secretary. good morning peter . secretary. good morning peter. thank you very much for talking to me about this. it feels like such a significant social change. it's almost in modern times to have such a change to our working week. what's your reaction to it? good or bad news 7 reaction to it? good or bad news ? well, it's good news and it's we really need the time for time for change. it's 200 years. this year since the five day week was introduced . so here we are, 100 introduced. so here we are, 100 years on and still in the same position. we were at 100 years ago . so it really is it really ago. so it really is it really isfime ago. so it really is it really is time for change. and these events are often put on is going to be too expensive. they're to cost too much money. well, in fact on employment and they never do so in this time. but so

peter, why is it important and what do we get if we have a four day working week and a three day weekend? what are the benefits people ? well, the point you made people? well, the point you made about work life balance, there's that aspect to it. actually, productivity is much better in sort of environment that's been proven from some of the studies that have gone on the issue about retention of staff is much better when you have these working conditions then. and of course people actually want to work for companies who have their software around. in fact , their software around. in fact, it's often shown not to big multiple increase in the amount of people who actually apply for a job in a company that has a four day week. it's overall good for the economy as i said, in terms of productivity productivity goes up as well. and that was followed by microsoft office in japan. it's been found by work done in, reykjavik in iceland and. so there's so many benefits to it

as well. but it also has to be set in the context. remember that women retire at 60 memory. tata, 65. now women having to retire at 67, 68 minutes 68. so have a longer working life . and have a longer working life. and so why not a shorter working week ? but pace her? are we just week? but pace her? are we just getting a bit lazy? i can't help but that that extra day during the week when people are not at work if you've got small children i get it. if you've got kids i understand that we feel completely strung out. if we're working full time. but if you're a light 21 year old, just going into the workplace, you're going to spend that day sat home watching netflix on. you're not going anything going to be doing anything productive . well, the productive. well, the productivity comes from the work. that's the point you was trying to make before. so if you're there four days a week and your productivity goes up by and your productivity goes up by a third over five day, we it seems to that there's no seems to me that there's no argument economically overall that's far more productive and

it's best for somebody. where do follow and see if that 21 year old wants to go out, walks, wants to sit watching netflix, wants to sit watching netflix, wants it watching the telly wants to it watching the telly and whatever they want and reading whatever they want to do is a matter for them. they the importance of for 44 more days at 32 hours for the sake of argument and as long as they're productive work why can't argument and as long as they're prod|spend work why can't argument and as long as they're prod|spend the ork why can't argument and as long as they're prod|spend the rest why can't argument and as long as they're prod|spend the rest of 1y can't argument and as long as they're prod|spend the rest of ,' can't argument and as long as they're prod|spend the rest of , the1't argument and as long as they're prod|spend the rest of , the time they spend the rest of, the time doing whatever want? it's doing whatever they want? it's not me to tell people not fun for me to tell people they should spend the leisure time, pace it doesn't it beg time, but pace it doesn't it beg the question, are they not the question, why are they not being productive those being more productive over those five they can if they five days if they can if they can do as much in four days as they were doing in five days and make them work harder over five days? an interesting days? well, it's an interesting point, because i referred to the issue about productivity or the wrong way to be about wrong way are tend to be about 30% less productive. the germans, we tend to be less productive than those that employers who have a four day week. and that's of investment say , in the workplace. but say, in the workplace. but investment to the workplace to make them more product, more product at greater productivity

is a mutually exclusive from having less hours. in fact , it's having less hours. in fact, it's a it's a sort of a they're not exclusive. i'm actually it's a serendipity isn't it, less working hours, more productivity. what's not to like? i just can't see. i think if the research showed that people work were not doing as much we're doing so little over five days that they could it into four days. and there's a problem with management saying what you doing is spending too much time . facebook sat at the much time. facebook sat at the desk , do more work. we know desk, do more work. we know we're in economic crisis. no one's got any paid to. i think i think the issue is, is that they're the same that were were used when ford company introduced five day week is that they they introduced the fact that can people said oh why why can't we have the six day week five day week you're going to lose money, the productivity is going to go down, etc. etc. your workers will be lazy. i'm exactly the pattern. so a

company can get better productivity in a shorter time . productivity in a shorter time. why not? and investment is an important to this with companies as well. so so i genuinely believe the benefits for everybody for companies are in a sense the studies show that and history that this was set about the working week rather the unpaid working week. so if you pay unpaid working week. so if you pay people they'll just be lazy they they're just not coming to work as much as they should be. equal pay for women. that was exactly the same. people said it wouldn't work . and of course it wouldn't work. and of course it does. wouldn't work. and of course it does . the wouldn't work. and of course it does. the minimum wage we were going to have mass unemployment. it didn't work. going to have mass unemployment. it didn't work . so all those it didn't work. so all those arguments used against the sort of progressive employment practises have been used since time immemorial and that proved to be wrong every time. okay well, i hope that i'm proved wrong. peter dowd , the labour wrong. peter dowd, the labour mp, thank so much for joining us. what do you

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childcare costs and just stop oil lunatics causing chaos . oil lunatics causing chaos. that's all coming up after a look at the latest news . a very look at the latest news. a very good morning to you . it is 11:01 good morning to you. it is 11:01 on racing bikes, keeping you up to date. the number of people in england and wales describing themselves christian, has fallen below half for the first time. the latest from the office for national statistics shows . 46.2% national statistics shows. 46.2% of us identified as christian when the census was carried out last year . that compares to last year. that compares to 59.3% a decade ago. while the number of people who say they have no religion has increased by 12% in the same time , it also by 12% in the same time, it also showed the number of people who identify by their ethnic group as white had fallen by just over 4% in the last decade to 81.7% the government has given the go ahead to build sizewell c nuclear power plants and

committed nuclear power plants and committe d £700 million for the committed £700 million for the scheme. the plants being developed by the french energy giant edf and it will be built in suffolk . minister say the in suffolk. minister say the move will create 10,000 highly skilled and reliable low skilled jobs and reliable low carbon power to the equivalent of 6 million homes for more than 50 is the business secretary grant jupp says the announcement means greater energy independence for the uk . it's independence for the uk. it's a combination between taxpayers money but , combination between taxpayers money but, also combination between taxpayers money but , also private money but, also private investment and that's as you rightly say, it's the next stage. but it's a sign of, if you like, the confidence that the british government has in nuclear as part of our energy mix and a very, very important point which has been driven home so clearly by putin's illegal invasion . ukraine, all that's invasion. ukraine, all that's done to energy prices that we must have a mix energy in this country . a new section , the new country. a new section, the new online safety bill has been removed following criticism . removed following criticism. some conservatives that it posed a risk to free speech. the amendment means big tech like

social sites will no longer be required to , remove harmful required to, remove harmful material if it's deemed to be legal. the online safety bill is due to return to parliament next week after repeatedly week after being repeatedly delayed. but culture minister michelle told the most michelle donlon told the most important the bill is important part the bill is strengthening accountability and transparency in terms of illegal content , harmful content , content, harmful content, children that will no longer be allowed on social media platforms if they evade the law , then they could face fines up to 10% of their global turnover . and that is billions of pounds that will certainly hit them where it hurts and be a strong deterrent to prevent them from acting in the way that they've done up to now, which has been putting profits before people and children. the shadow and before children. the shadow work and pensions secretary says is concerned change is is concerned the change is a major watering down of the legislation . there is concern legislation. there is concern about the fact that they appear to be weakening that bill, but we certainly do need a form of onune we certainly do need a form of online safety to protect people. we've seen people be driven into the most of circumstances

the most tragic of circumstances because content that they've because of content that they've been able to find online . and been able to find online. and i'm a parent. i've got to 11 year old and a nine year old. i mean, actually terrifies me to think that they might be able to find horrible material, find a horrible material, particularly at stages in their life when they are vulnerable . life when they are vulnerable. because we all know adolescence is time . china's is a vulnerable time. china's ambassador to the uk has been summoned to the foreign office over a diplomatic row following the arrest and alleged beating . the arrest and alleged beating. a british journalist covering the protests. it's after chinese authorities clubbed download demonstration against covid restrictions in the country after unrest over the weekend heavy police presence been reported in several cities to deter further protests . the deter further protests. the country says it will speed up its vaccination process for those aged 60 and over. the prime minister says the uk's golden era of relations with china over. in his first major foreign policy speech, rishi sunak vowed to evolve the uk's stance towards the country dunng stance towards the country during the lord mayor's banquet last. during the lord mayor's banquet last . he added the uk needed to

last. he added the uk needed to replace wishful thinking with robust pragmatism towards competitors . a review into competitors. a review into clinical records of 44 patients who died under the care of a former neurologist has found a failure of care and potentially thousands more people could be affected . the review follows affected. the review follows a recall of 2500 outpatients who were treated by dr. michael watts, the belfast health trust in 2018. the royal college of physicians found that treatment given unnecessary and invasive . given unnecessary and invasive. hundreds of more homes could be at high risk of flooding in the coming decades, according to the national infrastructure commission. its report says the dual impact of climate change and urbanisation is causing the problem. it's calling fo r £12 problem. it's calling for £12 billion of investment to protect the 600,000 homes that could be at risk in england. the organisations calling for at risk in england. the organisations calling fo r £12 organisations calling for £12 billion of investment in drainage systems and stricter controls property controls on property developments . and is all the

developments. and it is all the play developments. and it is all the play for tonight in qatar as england and wales go head to headin england and wales go head to head in the final match of group b to get through to the knockouts. wales must beat england hope usa draw england and hope the usa draw with iran. meanwhile gareth southgate's side are looking to bounce back from their draw with the and qualify top of the us and qualify as top of that with football player that group with football player and manager harry redknapp says wales the underdog. they'll come out and give everything tonight and we've all seen games where the underdog can turn it around if they work hard enough and they get the breaks. nothing's impossible , but i'll be very impossible, but i'll be very surprised if england could win tonight . you're up to date now tonight. you're up to date now on gb news. i'll bring you more with athens. now back to beth . with athens. now back to beth. very good morning. it's 1107. very good morning. it's1107. welcome to bev turner. today on

tv, radio and online and on gb news, we've got what's being called the battle of britain tonight as england take on wales their final group game. i'm to be joined by the former welsh and england footballers going head to head. who's going to win tonight? let me know what you think. and further in think. higher and further in scotland is facing significant financial challenges. so has the scottish strategy stalled and will they be able to return to economic growth within the education sector ? i'm going to education sector? i'm going to be joined by the director at universities scotland and fantastic commentators are going to be back in about 20 minutes for analysis of the day's biggest stories and including news that we could all have our jobs replaced by artificial intelligence. swan date this intelligence. swan date is this to much as it does me? to you as much as it does me? and of course this is nothing without you your today without you and your views today on twitter got poll on twitter we've got a poll asking, you nuclear energy . asking, do you nuclear energy. this is off the back of grant shapps announcement that we're having investment having a £700 million investment in nuclear. 9 to 5% of you so far say that you do support nuclear energy . be very pleased

nuclear energy. be very pleased to hear actually be news, to hear that actually be news, of course, for opinion . of course, for your opinion. anything else . now, a lot of you anything else. now, a lot of you might be helpful to get home from work early or pulling out of things you've got to do tonight because you want to sit in front of the tv england and wales ready to take wales are getting ready to take it the round the world. it to the round in the world. group qualifier is 7:00 as group b qualifier is 7:00 as cross now kirby in cross now at the kirby in south—east london they've got hundreds of england flags draped throughout the houses down there . london reporter alex . our london reporter alex porter it porter is there. how's it looking, alex? i imagine it's pretty quiet at this time of the day . good pretty quiet at this time of the day. good morning . it pretty quiet at this time of the day. good morning. it is pretty quiet at this time of the day. good morning . it is quiet day. good morning. it is quiet for the moment, but i think it's going to heat up a little bit later today because we've got over 400 flags, which all decks the a, which has somewhat iconic in south—east london. and the man who knows all about is chris dallas. he joins me now. hello there, chris. i want to first talk to you about this wonderful that we've got here, because i

know this was picked up in the summer to support the lionesses . tell us about how that . just tell us about how that came because i know we've came about, because i know we've chatted the chatted about the flags, but the mural it looks amazing. is mural is it looks amazing. is this a of i mean, mark this a work of art? i mean, mark from wales, i contacted him last year after the men's euros and i said to him, if you ever find yourself in bermondsey, please, can to estate and can you come to kirby estate and do us? didn't think of do one for us? didn't think of how would cost or how much it would cost or anything. just wanted him to anything. we just wanted him to come estate and when come to the estate and when he come to the estate and when he come the he drove on. come to the estate, he drove on. he said, that's the wall. and then he said, the art is. like, who think? who do you who do we think? who do you want? we only be one want? so we can only be one person even he didn't get person and even he didn't get it. but everyone, we said we were going to do it never gets the right person. but obviously we kirby on we asked for fran kirby being on the kirby and then one the kirby estate. and then one night turned up with his army night he turned up with his army and a few hours that and within a few hours that masterpiece was just incredible. i mean just i mean, every time mean just puts smile on my face. every puts a smile on my face. every time i see it, it's incredible. it's lovely. it's really lovely. and i can't help but and i have to. i can't help but noticing above it. we've got a flag with the lgbt colours. i feel like that looks like you're

making little poignant sort of making a little poignant sort of comment yeah, comment to the qataris. yeah, maybe dig towards fifa maybe a little dig towards fifa and show that and qatar just to show that we're inclusive england. and and qatar just to show that we matter nclusive england. and and qatar just to show that we matter who ;ive england. and and qatar just to show that we matter who ite england. and and qatar just to show that we matter who it isengland. and and qatar just to show that we matter who it is thatind. and and qatar just to show that we matter who it is that can and no matter who it is that can play no matter who it is that can play football where everyone's welcome is for everyone and it's just give them little way just to give them a little way to hello. no, no, you a big to say hello. no, no, you a big football i mean, does this football fan? i mean, does this feel world i mean? feel this world cup? i mean? we're starting to sort we're kind of starting to sort of feel like starting to rain a little bit? do has it felt little bit? do you has it felt like it's had the same momentum that previous cups? that we've had in previous cups? because, course, we're having because, of course, we're having this perhaps this now in winter. it's perhaps we're having people out in we're not having people out in the the same way. i know the streets the same way. i know when playing, you when the lionesses playing, you had many wonderful activities had so many wonderful activities in the has it do you in the streets. has it do you think it's had the same think it's has it had the same feeling growing. it's feeling is growing. it's definitely up. mean, definitely warming up. i mean, we've fantastic games we've had some fantastic games so euro, during so far during the euro, during the cup. and i think it's the world cup. and i think it's only get better as it only going to get better as it goes on, as long as england can continue and go further as well. i think going to do i think we're going to do i think we'll will lively only think we'll will be lively only i'll it that way. and how i'll put it that way. and how difficult organised using difficult is it organised using 400 flags on estate 400 flags on an estate in november. in november, it's pretty that's sure.

pretty cold, that's for sure. i mean, wearing mean, i'm still wearing at shirt. this is the first time i've got tracksuit problems on for while, but there's five of for a while, but there's five of us. we come and we for a while, but there's five of us. iaz come and we for a while, but there's five of us. ia little come and we for a while, but there's five of us. ia little bit1e and we for a while, but there's five of us. ia little bit delayed and we for a while, but there's five of us. ia little bit delayed in and we was a little bit delayed in doing year because we doing this year because we had to our poppy to concentrate on our poppy memorial that we've had done. we've of schools that come we've loads of schools that come round and done it with us, but we done about four we had done this in about four or literally ready or five days, literally ready for game for the first game on the monday. 100, finished monday. it's 100, not finished yet. thing left to yet. we've got one thing left to do that's to turn our do and that's to turn our christmas lights later on in the week. okay, it's got week. oh, nice. okay, it's got to it looks beautiful. to it looks it looks beautiful. it just realise, i it just makes you realise, i mean, in mean, flags should just be up in more they .just more places just so they .just bnng more places just so they .just bring colour, they? bring much colour, don't they? 100. everyone 100. i mean, everyone should fly their wherever they're their flag wherever they're from, proud put flag from, be proud to put your flag up. does some to up. it does bring some colour to the estate and every single time i on it me i drive on there, it makes me smile. and that's what i say. what's the what's really lovely here on the cobia over 400 cobia yes, we've got over 400 engush cobia yes, we've got over 400 english george's english flags, st george's cross that but actually that are all out, but actually of have put out of people have also put out flags, as flags, other nationalities as well, they're well, depending on where they're from. it's really inclusive. but i i think i think hopefully i think we can with say most people will be rooting on this estate for england at tonight. england at 7:00 tonight. fantastic thank you, alex. i suppose the kirby suppose are there at the kirby states in bermondsey you were listening the radio just

listening on the radio just picture wall picture it's a fantastic wall it's the red flag of england it's got the red flag of england with fran kirby , the footballer with fran kirby, the footballer from women's euros. very from the women's euros. very realistic . so it looks like realistic. so it looks like a photograph on the wall. brilliant. have a look at it onune brilliant. have a look at it online now , moving online now, moving on, the scottish government will announce their budget on december the 15th. what's that cost ? two weeks into less than cost? two weeks into less than two weeks away? there are warnings today that if funding for higher education isn't announced, dire announced, there will be dire consequences for economic and employment opportunities. so joining now is alastair sim, joining me now is alastair sim, director university , who is director at university, who is one of the organisations that issued this warning. good morning . thank you very much for morning. thank you very much for joining me , alister. first of joining me, alister. first of all, can you just explain how universities are funded in scotland . well we get core grant scotland. well we get core grant for teaching at scottish domiciled students and we get core grant for key research facilities and key research staff and then that enables us to go out and compete for a competitively won research grants from uk research and

innovation from the big charities like or charities from international sources and lever economic growth into scotland and create the great teaching and create the great teaching and research led that universities provide . so nicola universities provide. so nicola sturgeon's smp , just correct me sturgeon's smp, just correct me if i've got this wrong but didn't abolish tuition fees after they after she to power in two thousand and seven. so do you think they should be reintroduced. no. what we're asking for is for students research across colleges and universities to be properly funded . and what we've seen funded. and what we've seen since 2014 or so is a gradual salami slicing where this has beenin salami slicing where this has been in real terms cut back and cut back and cut back. so, no, we we're getting over £2,000 less per student in real terms . less per student in real terms. we were in 2014. and we're also seeing erosion of research funding. that's gone down by about 30% since 2014. so what

we're asking is scottish government to make a choice if you want opportunities for people , if you want to be people, if you want to be economic growth, if you want really great anchor institutions for cities and regions, you've got money into got to be putting money into colleges and universities. you can't running it down can't just keep running it down when have got increased needs after pandemic for learning and, expect to get the same great results you just. what's within our savings alistair by universities during the pandemic because so many students were being taught from home the university were closed heating bills would been down the bills would have been down the usual to day living costs of usual day to day living costs of those particular educational establishments would have been reduced maybe reduced. so maybe there's a saving there somewhere . yeah, saving there somewhere. yeah, there are some. you know, there were costs and there savings dunng were costs and there savings during when some on during the pandemic when some on furlough, lot of staff were furlough, a lot of staff were working actually working extremely actually translating previously been translating what previously been entirely face to face courses into something that could actually be still be delivered dunng actually be still be delivered during a pandemic, not to a huge amount of work and huge amount amount of work and a huge amount of strain. to actually of staff strain. to so actually create those resources over the pandemic. we out of

pandemic. but as we come out of , needs are , i mean, learner's needs are increased, but what academics are finding at college and university is that lost learning, that lack of socialisation , that lack of the socialisation, that lack of the face to face opportunities , that face to face opportunities, that people have to talk to each other and learn small groups and in seminars and so on, that that's if that's left a legacy and universities having put extra extra money into bringing people over a new huddle that severe effect of the pandemic and you know we're asking for can we just at least get and you know we're asking for can we just at least get £400 extra student so we can extra per student so we can actually meet those increased needs ? because people are really needs? because people are really suffering. really suffering. people are really feeling that legacy of the pandemic . okay. all right. well pandemic. okay. all right. well we say that budget in about two weeks time. we will wait to see whether there more whether there is any more funding for scottish universities. alex, the same director universities director at universities scotland, much scotland, thank you ever so much for bringing us up to speed on that. your emails coming that. do keep your emails coming gbviews@gbnews.uk . we've got a gbviews@gbnews.uk. we've got a twitter poll up we are asking whether you support nuclear energy. 95% of you say that you

do at the moment. we were talking about lockdowns, which earlier on with our panel, we're going to be having the panel just a little bit later in the show. rosie says, as to lock down, just at the clip of down, just look at the clip of our chancellor how our present chancellor and how glowingly how glowingly he described how his sister. of sister. this is jeremy hunt, of course, in beijing, course, who lives in beijing, was when she was met by officials when she returned school. returned to their school. it's a home with guards home locked in with guards outside. he thought that was way to said about bob to go. dennis said about bob seely, one of my panellists today. should be the today. he should either be the prime he should join prime minister or he should join richard the reform party richard tice on the reform party and david has been commenting saying see the saying that it's good to see the hundred billion pounds investment station. investment in nuclear station. it's just 20 years too . keep it's just 20 years too. keep your thoughts coming to me , your thoughts coming to me, won't you? there is still plenty more to come after this quick break . my panel are going to be break. my panel are going to be going through stories, going through the stories, including some scary news that a reported 10 million workers reported 10 million uk workers could replaced, replaced by artificial intelligence within 15 years. i will tell you whether you are likely to be one of them. i'll you in just a

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welcome back. now, let me introduce panel to you this morning. if you just joining me where have you been? i'm joined by former home office special adviser author adviser claire pearsall, author and academic joanna williams , and academic joanna williams, conservative mp bob seely. right. claire, let's talk about this story. just stop oil . this story. just stop oil. absolute lunatics are going to be causing christmas chaos around the uk. i mean, just when you think that we've got this sorted and police can move them all and they come with another way to bring chaos to everyday people on the roads and there isn't anything we can do about it. the groups new m.o. isn't anything we can do about it. the groups new m0. to this is to walk slowly down a road carrying their signs because they are not blocking the highway and therefore the police

have no right to be able to move them all. but this is just going to cause chaos at a time where people are busy. they are trying to live their lives , are trying to live their lives, are trying to live their lives, are trying to go to work, get school, get to go to work, get school, get to hospital appointments , and to hospital appointments, and they're just going to be held up . and arguably it's going to worse on the environment by people travelling slowly. so i so angry about these people that they are allowed to get away this time after time the police have powers already. why aren't they using them ? i would love they using them? i would love they using them? i would love the police to be nicking these pain in the neck people. and actually, i think best way that we deal it is as we can deal with it is as members parliament, encourage members of parliament, encourage the police actually act, the police to actually act, encourage use encourage the police to use their powers and frankly are not talking it because i hate talking about it because i hate giving publicity giving these people publicity for extremism . for their cretinous extremism. so i sort of say, let's so i almost sort of say, let's not talk about it because otherwise we're playing their game hope police game and i just hope the police nick because frankly, nick them because frankly, they're a in neck. well they're a pain in the neck. well you might say that you see, some might say that maybe government isn't maybe it's your government isn't doing enough about it, you know, i all your i mean, look, we all share your concern actually a

concern that actually they are a nightmare. and don't like nightmare. and i don't like to give oxygen give them the oxygen of publicity, done publicity, but i've never done a panel show on this channel where anybody in of what they're anybody is in of what they're doing. nobody is. so why the police went soft on them last year and that number over on london, why we're allowing them to oven london, why we're allowing them to over. i don't to throw paint over. i don't know mean , message is know. look, i mean, message is that we need to just it's not so much getting tough on people. it's just using the law because . you've got the right to use the got the right the roads. you've got the right to your life. to go back to your daily life. you to the hospital, you need to get to the hospital, drop kids get to drop the kids at school, get to work. selfish work. and why these selfish so—and—so to so—and—so have got a right to mess your life. mess about with your life. i mean, it's a form. okay? this is not protest. it's it's not not protest. it's an it's not it's of form of organised it's a sort of form of organised civil disobedience bring civil disobedience to bring society a halt, to grind down society a halt, to grind down society . they're not going to society. they're not going to win. they're just they're being a in neck route. so a pain in the neck en route. so who why? who is who is and why? who is an empowering police suella empowering the police suella has given to the police to be given you to the police to be tougher . and that is not time. tougher. and that is not time. that now happening, which is that is now happening, which is why have moved other why they have moved to other forms because they forms of protest, because they know sit on their know if they just sit on their backsides the they backsides on the roadway they get cabbies well

get shouted at by cabbies well done.the get shouted at by cabbies well done. the cabbies , they get done. the cabbies, they get shafted and they get abused by mums. the mums. but also mums. vote the mums. but also nowadays they're just getting dragged off the streets. so they're dragged off the roads increasingly . so they're now increasingly. so they're now trying other silly sort trying to find other silly sort of in the neck games in of pain in the neck games in order try to get their order to try to get their message out there. you know , message out there. you know, it's not going to work. joanna i would to know how it must would love to know how it must feel to be police officer feel to be a police officer deaung feel to be a police officer dealing these, because this dealing with these, because this is when we've is the same week when we've just heard anonymous is the same week when we've just heard set anonymous is the same week when we've just heard set up anonymous is the same week when we've just heard set up you nymous is the same week when we've just heard set up you can ous hotline set up where you can anonymously for anonymously a police officer for doing something wrong in the workplace is and workplace that that is and i think a ridiculous think that's a ridiculous operation . i just don't know why operation. i just don't know why anybody would think that was a goodidea anybody would think that was a good idea to do that to police officers . why aren't they doing officers. why aren't they doing it? mean, do think it? and i mean, i do think they're probably worried, they're probably a bit worried, their and video their reputation and video footage, for example of manhandling or treating these protesters in any way roughly was to be widely circulated . i was to be widely circulated. i think they would be worried about how that would appear in what they imagine to be is the court of public opinion. i mean,

let's not forget that we have had judges, judges coming out and being supportive of these people when they are put before . you know, it does seem sometimes as if the weight of the establishment is actually on the establishment is actually on the side of the protesters . i the side of the protesters. i mean, i do worry. i do wonder about what exactly is it that they want, because it seems that they want, because it seems that the government is busy pressing they want, because it seems that the gowithnent is busy pressing they want, because it seems that the gowith thet is busy pressing they want, because it seems that the go with the nextusy pressing they want, because it seems that the gowith the next agenda.;ing they want, because it seems that the go with the next agenda. yes, ahead with the next agenda. yes, i mean we've got states in their own right now because the point about areas that we're going to be talking about nuclear power, etc, we are going to be using oil and gas , especially gas as a oil and gas, especially gas as a baseline fuel the next ten, 20 years regardless of net zero. because to get to net zero, we have to replace with nuclear power, which is going to take a good 15 years. so the extremists want us to start underneath the labour party, want us to stop using and gas by 2030. it's using oil and gas by 2030. it's completely irrational, it ain't going and look our going to happen. and look at our economy life economy and quality of life doing so. but that's what the extremist want. not going extremist want. it's not going to , but we have to plan

to work, but we have got to plan for transition . so that's why for a transition. so that's why we're be using we're still going to be using gas years, and that's gas in or 15 years, and that's why north sea viable is why making north sea viable is still really otherwise. we're just going to be importing. no, i agree with you. i agree with you completely . but the point you completely. but the point is that prices are already so that fuel prices are already so high winter that you've got high this winter that you've got lots of people who are fearful of putting their heating at of putting their heating on at all. and the really tragic consequence people consequence of that is people will die as a result of the cold, as a result of damp homes trying to dry washing inside without a source of heating, condensation , cold. you know, condensation, cold. you know, these are for an absolute health crisis . and just on that point, crisis. and just on that point, there is a 37 billion package of support , a lot of money going to support, a lot of money going to make sure we actually minimise the risks of people being cold and the illnesses going on. so just to be fair, there's a lot of time and effort has gone into protecting pensioners , protecting pensioners, protecting pensioners, protecting the poorest, protecting the poorest, protecting most vulnerable. but she when . he was she was doing that when. he was chancellor and now jeremy is there there is that there is yes there is that package in place but it isn't going to be to cover

going to be enough to cover everything. you've got everything. and you've got people who are on dialysis machines who rely upon those machines who rely upon those machines to live, whose electricity bed is going through the roof and the ground that they're going to isn't they're going to get isn't enough it . and is enough to cover it. and there is some now between some argument now between government departments as to who is going to be responsible, because the grant from the nhs trust going be enough trust isn't going to be enough and government saying, and the government are saying, but you're already getting stuff. all of that is actually just keeping and just keeping heating on and keeping electricity on. this keeping the electricity on. this winter had reports in the winter we had reports in the news yesterday that the national going was about to launch its going to was about to launch its emergency was we emergency power and this was we haven't even hit december i haven't even hit december yet. i mean luckily it didn't come to that she know this is 30 that but she know this is 30 years at least of underinvestment. you know why why why have we closed down on north storage why do we not have fracking? why did that not start and why are we importing gas from america huge cost rather than fracking? all right . i'll than fracking? all right. i'll give you why you want to be building a string of nuclear plants . because the political plants. because the political classes were addicted the last

20 years to virtue signalling rather than actually long term planning. this began in 1997. the new labour manifesto that said we're not going to do any more nuclear power stations. it takes ten, 15 years to bring nuclear on on stream. why haven't we got enough power now? because we didn't invest 15, 20 years ago. we then had the coalition with the lib dems who didn't want to have and didn't want to have nuclear and all did was virtue signalling about renewables we are let me just finish. we are going absolutely for leather to absolutely hell for leather to get offshore renewables. we get our offshore renewables. we the biggest programme in the world china not world apart from china it's not windy today . that's partly windy today. that's partly whether it's windy on any particular day that is important. important it is a slight issue, but it's not a core issue. but the core issue is you still need baseline energy production, absolute and it's ownership of this virtue signalling is continuing rishi sunak could be launched fracking in this country we do not have fracking. he re going to make a difference on fracking. he could

. well, next winter we go . no, . well, next winter we go. no, no, no, no, no, no, no. we could have that fracking fracking on this scale the americans do. it is a decade away. and by then we will look in a decade's time . in will look in a decade's time. in the medium term, we're going to have potentially a great deal of additional power because we've got all the renewables happening. we're still going to have gas. we're going to be building nuclear. and we're very likely because sort likely happen because it's sort of already . is the of happening already. is the battery allows battery technology that allows us to emit to make the point, the battery technology that allows to store energy for 24, 36, 48 hours during non windy penods 36, 48 hours during non windy periods that is going to be coming on stream in about a decade's time in the north—east and elsewhere . so potentially we and elsewhere. so potentially we have huge term problem caused have a huge term problem caused by virtue signalling political crisis over the time crisis over the last time i worry. yes, we're going to meet again. in years time and again. bob in ten years time and we'll be facing an even bigger problem and we'll be saying, well, ten years well, it was because ten years ago political were too busy ago the political were too busy virtue and they virtue signalling and they didn't want assuming the way.

but so you're assuming fracking a cure all it ain't what's a cure all is gas and nuclear because those are the baselines and i tell you what is going to be the other game changer bev is going to be as was talking to rolls—royce few rolls—royce about this a few weeks reactor weeks the small nuclear reactor , the small modular nuclear reactors . because if you can reactors. because if you can build a reactor in a build a nuclear reactor in a factory rather than massive thing on site, then you can churn them out much more cheaply . and you'll have of small . and you'll have lots of small nuclear . and that nuclear reactors. and that becomes a second after battery power. that becomes the second game hope will meet game changer i hope will meet earlier time. earlier than ten years time. by the i might back the way, i might have you back on this right? you on next week. is this right? you say, so just let say, but i pace. so just to let you get a word for a minute and do feel. no, no, bob, do you feel. no, no, no, bob, you it's you hate to talk. it's wonderful. feel wonderful. but don't you feel that of net zero, that this idea of net zero, we've bought into it? we've all just bought into it? i don't feel there was enough discussion electorate, don't feel there was enough distossion electorate, don't feel there was enough disto whether electorate, don't feel there was enough disto whether eleactually as to whether this is actually something i've not something we even want. i've not heard conversation heard enough conversation yet and of these and i think it's one of these things and admirable things that is and admirable aim. when you look cost aim. but when you look the cost of think bob's right, of it and i think bob's right, he been through two decades he has been through two decades worth inaction by successive

worth of inaction by successive governments as to what we do in the future and everything has been very, short term. so i been very, very short term. so i think that none of us have ever been zero. none been asked about net zero. none of know the of us really know the implications it all, apart implications of it all, apart from when start seeing the levies to your electricity and gas bills and then you start to 90, gas bills and then you start to go, well, hang on a minute. i didn't ask for this. i didn't want this in my own things. i try and preserve my energy in a safe etc. etc. and people safe way, etc. etc. and people with zero electric cars feeling very glum right now, even though they were it was the right thing to do. so i think, no, we weren't asked about it. we need to concentrate we to not concentrate on it. we need what we're going need to look at what we're going to ten, 20 years time and to do in ten, 20 years time and nuclear the way forward. and unfortunately , people get very unfortunately, people get very squeamish about it because . they squeamish about it because. they look at a disaster which happened the 1980s. i go, well, that's going to happen on the coast of norfolk, suffolk. you have it isn't right. the have it. and it isn't right. the technology has moved on leaps and bounds and we all want to keep our houses lit and heated

and keep ourselves moving . then and keep ourselves moving. then we need power. it as simple as a referendum on next euro would be taken just unsuccessfully, i think. look the thing that i think. look the thing that i think we both agree on, just the hysterical language around the cop negotiate stations in glasgow, but we're all going to die unless we just all put on her shoots, her shirt. i mean, as a tory mp, i'm just thinking, sorry. as, as a sensible governing party, we should not be using that hysteric call. i don't think that has gone that is gone. but actually for a lot of younger people, net zero is important. we have to respect and as a general principle , we and as a general principle, we have got to look after the world better . so that's the way i am. better. so that's the way i am. but is one of those things but it is one of those things that you need to be to have a sensible with sensible conversation with somebody coming in and saying, you're and you're killing the planet and we're to die. really we're all going to die. really talking about what we talk about is preserving planet is how is preserving our planet is how little we hear from employees about clean water, rivers about clean water, clean rivers , getting rid of plastics in our oceans. i i'm sorry. okay, on in my wonderful isle of wight, we

have southern most ambitious clean up programme . because when clean up programme. because when the environment bill was going through last year, i said to them, i can be that of gang up on you. and just be abusive on you. and just to be abusive for the next years or five for the next ten years or five years, elected, years, having been elected, oh, you do some you can come and do some good work on the island. we now have the have the moral the best. we have the moral clean rivers and clean up scheme. our rivers and beaches wight to beaches on the isle of wight to make the isle of wight make sure the isle of wight has the and britain, the best rivers and in britain, and going to a model and that is going to a model that will that southern water will then take good. is that that southern water will then tégood good. is that that southern water will then tégood news good. is that that southern water will then tégood news story?ood. is that that southern water will then tégood news story? i)d. is that that southern water will then tégood news story? i thinkthat that southern water will then tégood news story? i think we a good news story? i think we have a little bit of common sense, a good news story that got to take a got right. we're going to take a quick break. we've got more on the world football after the world cup football after your . good your news with rosie. good morning. it's 1133. your news with rosie. good morning. it's1133. i'm ruthie wright, keeping you up to date . wright, keeping you up to date. the number of people in england and wales describing themselves as christian has fallen below half for the first time. the latest data from the office for national statistics , 46.2% national statistics, 46.2% identify as christian when the

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very good morning. it is 38 on tuesday. you're watching and listening to bev turner today on gb news you forjoining me now tonight it's been as the battle of britain england versus wales in the world cup qualifiers the dragons have to beat the three uons dragons have to beat the three lions to have any chance of making it through to the next stage. i'm excited be joined to head by two former head to head by two former international footballers . we've international footballers. we've got as well got welsh international as well as neville southall and danny mills, former england and international good after good morning gentlemen, i'm wishing the away already counting the day away already counting down to 7:00 tonight danny, let's start with you who's going to win ? i'd be very surprised.

to win? i'd be very surprised. it's not england . a little bit it's not england. a little bit of a slip up , it's not england. a little bit of a slip up, not a great performance in the last game against the usa , but against the usa, but realistically , you know, the realistically, you know, the welsh players think the problem for them is a lot of them haven't had awful game time, they haven't been particularly fit i would say. and three games in a short space of time for the likes of gareth bale , aaron likes of gareth bale, aaron ramsey . it's going to be very, ramsey. it's going to be very, very difficult for them. england have a stronger squad strength in depth and also england the only reason they won't qualify is if they get beaten five nil this evening and that simply is not going to. okay, so neville southall, if i can come to you then do you want to make the case for the welsh . well, why case for the welsh. well, why can't we wait? i don't understand why we can't win it all. gareth got to gareth a lot of ramsey joel and they probably realise it's the last world cup, so i think they'll give everything tonight and there's no reason why we can't win . i no reason why we can't win. i don't think so. i'll score four

or five, but i think we can win the will we showed the game will we showed ourselves anywhere near we're capable of . so i think tonight capable of. so i think tonight a nightmare us and joe will not need. nightmare us and joe will not need . go out and show the need. go out and show the country what they're all about and show the world what they're all about. let's chocs at the moment in the world cup so i don't see why we can't win. okay, well, i would just reading an article that you'd written about gareth saying that he's the greatest, greatest welsh player ever and could help expose key jordan pickford weakness . is gareth bale going weakness. is gareth bale going to be the key this match tonight for you i think i think so i think if we get free and corners i think england all vulnerable on set pieces i do think you know welsh you make jordan make loads and loads of decisions then you know hopefully you'll get of wrong. but get a couple of them wrong. but i think got us big game i do think got us a big game here with us. ben is one everything there is to win but i don't think it's a sure to be to go out on a high note self

because obviously you want enhance his reputation. no it's probably his last world cup . so probably his last world cup. so it will go out with a bang and you know, with him any kick on the edge of the box, he's got a chance to score. and danny neville's dream he didn't say they've got no chance if they're against england. i mean that sort of point in the fact that this is their swansong . you this is their swansong. you know, i don't see them in qualifying. i don't see them going through you know, they're not going to be england five nil. might they could win nil. they might they could win the of course they could. the game. of course they could. they but would they might win it, but it would be closer that so. be much closer than that so. this last opportunity for this is the last opportunity for aaron ramsey, for gareth to go out and show on the biggest stage in a long, long time. obviously since wales made it to a world cup finals. obviously since wales made it to a world cup finals . so this is a world cup finals. so this is an opportunity for them. but i think england will have too much strength. we'll too much fitness to write rotate their squad. yes gareth bale is a huge we know that he is arguably the greatest

british player or exporter of all time that's gone abroad and quite you know the amount trophies that he's won what he's achieved what he's achieved with wales as well . he hasn't had too wales as well. he hasn't had too much game time. he isn't particularly . can wales get particularly fit. can wales get the ball enough to him? but we saw in the last year and in the euros england played scotland, scotland raised their game, you know, they played in that game and got a draw. know, they played in that game and got a draw . wales could do and got a draw. wales could do something , but i think for wales something, but i think for wales to go through after a disappointing, you know to go through after a disappointing , you know last disappointing, you know last round of fixtures i think that's why they blew it . mhm. round of fixtures i think that's why they blew it. mhm. just, just help me understand this fellas. when you ex—football goaues fellas. when you ex—football goalies why do you watch the match you like the rest of us saw on the sofa with your family , maybe a glass of wine like do you make it in events when you would expect for the well i'm covered it so i'm covered off the television in malaysia so i'll be sat with paul robinson and german marcus bubble so he

might be supporting wales tonight . might be supporting wales tonight. there's every might be supporting wales tonight . there's every chance of tonight. there's every chance of that. tonight. there's every chance of that . so yeah tonight. there's every chance of that. so yeah i'm at work in i'm sure neville if he's not it'll be sorted out hot and be on the sofa . harry kane knocks in a hat sofa. harry kane knocks in a hat trick . go on, neville . where trick. go on, neville. where will you be this evening at 7:00? i'm hoping to be with hundreds of welsh funding. cardiff team cheering is on to another victory because obviously we're going to win. hopefully i don't know. i've never said i've. oh, brilliant. so where will you be, though? neven so where will you be, though? never. where to where will you be with your hundreds of fans in the tram shedding cardiff . okay the tram shedding cardiff. okay to be fair. so it'd be great. okay, neville, i want to see you in your welsh hat, you know, get in your welsh hat, you know, get in a way that easily. come on. i want to, i want to see house. they are a bit ridiculous that i've seen them on the telly a bit morning . well, there bit this morning. well, there you flattering. you go. that's very flattering. that's lovely . that's that's, that's lovely. hey, radio , you hey, listen, on the radio, you may see them on in a red,

yellow, green. it's a book. it's hot. these these famous welsh bucket hats. and danny , i can bucket hats. and danny, i can just come to you for a minute . just come to you for a minute. we're living in a very miserable times, aren't we? at the moment? you know, talking about this cost of crisis we've got we can't even turn on our electricity bills . what does electricity bills. what does football do , do you think, to football do, do you think, to unite people into to raise the even just for a moment? it's the bread and circuses distraction for those masses, isn't it ? for those masses, isn't it? well, i think in you know, in england, in great britain and the uk, you know, footballers are always been a working class sport that's always brought together. it's a focal point . we together. it's a focal point. we saw, you know during the euro and we've seen in the past where wales had fantastic success in the euro and world cups how you know suddenly everybody comes together you get that party and people get excited about it. it breaks down barriers. and i think this is why we get this constant message, you know , constant message, you know, there's been issues obviously with wales fans wearing their

their hats and supporting lgbt. q plus community , you know, q plus community, you know, football that there are no barriers football, you know, football is for everybody and i think that's what you see, you know, wherever you be tonight, wherever you're watching it, whether bar or in whether that be in a bar or in a pub, in a restaurant, standing a shop window, whatever it might be, you know, watching a screen . everybody's interested the . everybody's interested in the football , interested in the. and football, interested in the. and i think that's that's always been what's great about football. you know, it's the simplest game ever , you know, simplest game ever, you know, jumps the goalposts, you know that's all you need a makeshift goal and a ball that's it and sometimes you even need the ball, you know, you can whatever up.andi ball, you know, you can whatever up. and i think that's the beauty of football and that's why the world cup will always be the biggest in the world. the biggest event in the world. let me get a score. let me just get a score. predictions from you both then, please. neville southall first of who watched the of all, you who watched the scoreline at the end of the night , 212 scoreline at the end of the night, 212 wales right, danny

mills three one. england okay. right. well, tomorrow morning i'll be announcing which of you got it right. maybe we'll get you back on to talk about your psychic powers. gentlemen, thank you so much enjoy the match. wherever you're going to be tonight. appreciate wherever you're going to be toniginput appreciate wherever you're going to be toniginput this appreciate wherever you're going to be toniginput this morningate wherever you're going to be toniginput this morning on gb your input this morning on gb news is now sticking with the world cup. one village on the border between england and wales be allegiance in be torn over their allegiance in the home nations our the home nations derby. our reporter carson went to reporter jack carson went to find more last time. england find out more last time. england and wales came up against each other competitively . it was an other competitively. it was an injury time goal from daniel that gave the three lions bragging now it's match bragging rights. now it's match day the sides qatar. day for the two sides in qatar. the people watching the game and danny manek will have a different experience most different experience to most when play wales at a when england play wales at a major tournament, always major tournament, it's always going a affair. but in going to be a affair. but in this village, things can get a little bit too close for comfort when right . little bit too close for comfort when right. i'm in england. but one step puts me in wales. the border . the two one step puts me in wales. the border. the two nations zigzags down the main road through the village and. the owner of this

pub has wales right his window. he says the world cup has been a mixed experience . it's been mixed experience. it's been great. the atmosphere has been fantastic for the english games for and the welsh games. it's been a little bit different. obviously the winter world been a little bit different. obviywe .y the winter world been a little bit different. obviywe .y normally ter world been a little bit different. obviywe.y normally have orld cup, we would normally have obviously the doors open. everyone outside and music playing. plus obviously with the games at 10:00 in the games being at 10:00 in the morning, in the afternoon morning, 1:00 in the afternoon at unless are at the moment, again, unless are booking time of work , it's booking time of work, it's become very difficult . but if become very difficult. but if anything what it's probably did is it made it a little bit more intimate where. everyone's inside a little bit inside it's a little bit shutting doors, the shutting the doors, getting the heating nice and heating on and making nice and warm. really to warm. and it's really to obviously with the atmosphere. and said it's for the and like i said, it's for the four games that we've had far four games that we've had so far with, the two english and the two welsh. it's been fantastic. not village not everyone in this village as keen with qatar 2022. keen to engage with qatar 2022. the of , the village shop the owner of, the village shop on the wales site says the controversy around the tournament has clouded his support for the home teams. where is being held? the lack women's rights. the slavery allegation and the hydrophobia.

the lack of basic human rights in qatar. really. so it's been a bit difficult. so behind it. but i will i will support the nafions i will i will support the nations as with sport england and wales if you know this , is and wales if you know this, is a close knit community and a home nafions close knit community and a home nations derby won't split this into harsh rivals , but after into harsh rivals, but after their loss to iran, it's going to be hard for wales to reach the next stage . wales have to be the next stage. wales have to be england hope other results go their way for them to make the knockout stages . otherwise the knockout stages. otherwise the sun be setting on sun could well be setting on their tournament . sun could well be setting on their tournament. this their world cup tournament. this one, though, nobody can predict because it all happens . the because it all happens. the pitch it's england. but is wales tonight and anything could happen happen . jack carson . gb happen happen. jack carson. gb news right on the sofa . i am news right on the sofa. i am back here to please joined by former home office special advisor clare pursell, author and academic williams and conservative mp bob seely. now if you're watching yesterday seen i did a big long interview

miriam case mp and she feels very strongly about the online harms safety bill to protect children from access to images . children from access to images. there's been a slight amendment joe this is all over the place today. what fe changed? well the headune today. what fe changed? well the headline news here is that they're going to axe the obugafion they're going to axe the obligation on companies to remove what's come be known as legal harmful. i remove what's come be known as legal harmful . i actually think legal harmful. i actually think that's slightly misleading because the with the regulation to keep that restriction will be in place for under 18. so there's going to be a lot tighter limit quite how that will come into effect i don't know but there's going to be much, much tougher age restriction on social media, access to social media sites and tech will have to make sure that that children are not able to access things like images , access things like images, self—harm, harmful that could be harmful content , whereas adults harmful content, whereas adults can because been the dispute as

you know over the past four years how do you protect safe free speech for adults and yet safeguard children and that's a complete conundrum. my concern is that this still tilts balance too far towards protecting and doesn't put in enough safeguards for free speech. the fines that are set to be put on tech companies are so massive. my fear is that they just take a sledgehammer. they get the buttons kind of doing this censorship for and they're going to run of course and are on the side removing content online . side removing content online. and stopping free speech and censoring. i'm claire. what do you think is a very difficult balance to get right, isn't it? theidea balance to get right, isn't it? the idea that they could take down harmful . yeah who down legal but harmful. yeah who decides what is harmful ? and decides what is harmful? and that's my main concern is who's going to sit there and what is legal but harmful because everybody's going to have their own line as to as to what they

think it is. and i agree with you on that. i think the we are now handling this responsibility pretty much back to all of the social media companies who are going to err on the side of caution. they're going to be so risk averse and any freedom of speech is going to be deemed to be somebody . and i be harmful to somebody. and i think opinions. it think that stifles opinions. it stifles debate . and that's stifles debate. and that's something that we can do without . i don't think anybody would suggest that we want our children looking indecent images . however, none of it none of this conversation is what the parents who's meant do. because surely we're the ones that give children access to the internet . we give them a mobile phone, a tablet, whatever is it is our responsibility at the end of the day to stop that content through. bob, as an mp, this is kind of bill would keep you kind of bill that would keep you awake at night. it's been in and out of parliament years you out of parliament for years you quite believe it's not your responsible to make these decisions. yes that's great

point. i mean for people like me, i just i'm about lots of different aspects of this bill. is this something that i've devoted a lot of my attention to? no. joanna the free speech is under attack . the time at the is under attack. the time at the moment, free speech means offending some people. and the problem , are many problem is there, are too many people i'm people who say, oh, i'm offended. therefore we need to shut free speech the shut down free speech on the other massive fan other hand, i'm a massive fan of miriam, undoubtedly miriam, who is undoubtedly one of most capable , of our best and most capable, fabulous one. and when a mirrored like something i tend to think actually i trust what mary was saying especially on the kids stuff . she is, you the kids stuff. she is, you know, proper concern active on these issues there a tension here and my worry is you get the law of unintended consequence is that you think you're doing some good work and in fact you're going speech or. going to damage free speech or. you children you won't protect children enough. something enough. so it's something i follow. understand follow. i try to understand i worry about the implications . worry about the implications. actually, i'm really quite conflicted about the various. yeah, i do think close . yeah, i do think close. absolutely. right. about who's responsibility is to be responsibility is it to be children in our society today and who's responsibility is it

more broadly to be introducing children to ideas around gender and race is an all kinds of contested ideas. and i parents are being written out of the equafion are being written out of the equation more and more and i think we do need a real cultural conversation about children and tech , the role of parent. tech, the role of parent. absolutely. and on bob, this story that you've got here about , rising childcare costs on women's careers and tax relief might . but i women's careers and tax relief might. but i was talking to one of your , i think, on a previous of your, i think, on a previous show, aria , this morning, and show, aria, this morning, and she was talking about the planning system is hurting childcare costs on the margins i am one of the people on with theresa villiers leading the planning rebellion trying to get government to have community government to have a community led planning system and so led led planning system and so i want hopefully i is going to be contacting me later today and i'm going to take this up because think this is a really important issue. we need to make sure actually childcare sure that actually our childcare costs expensive costs are not the most expensive europe because holding europe because it's holding women . we need be women back. we need to be growing the economy. we to growing the economy. we need to be great be giving everyone great life chances, and chances, opportunities. and if there things that i don't

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in childcare and you come away wit yeah. your . and with £20. yeah. to your. and daddy says i just want this before we get to the end of the show you've so getting in show you've been so getting in touch sorry. touch with me. i'm so sorry. i've a panel i've had such a great panel today. your today. i've barely got your messages. lot you getting messages. a lot of you getting in touch about the four day week. really up. the week. this is really you up. the idea businesses idea that 100 businesses are normalising . the four day week normalising. the four day week at barry has said will mean less gridlock, less energy costs, more money spent on socially on a three day weekend. and robert said it's just laziness brought on by lockdowns trying to get hold of customer services at telecoms reduced to 2 to telecoms were reduced to 2 to 3 days. smes won't be able to afford mark supported by labour. it who open it says. who gave us open borders kids hiding borders and kids hiding universities? why would anyone apart listen apart from a lazy person, listen to and more? we might to them more and more? we might pick that tomorrow . well, pick that up tomorrow. well, we've a poll, of we've been running a poll, of course whether you course, asking you whether you support nuclear energy after grant shapps his announcement today that we're going to spend £700 million on on improving the power already at power station that we already at sizewell 95% of you with sizewell 95% of you agree with that you think that nuclear power is good idea, right? we've

come to the of our show coming up next. it's gb news day with mark longhurst . i'm bev turner. mark longhurst. i'm bev turner. thank you so for thank you ever so much for joining and you for my joining me and thank you for my wonderful tomorrow wonderful panel. easy tomorrow morning. hello again. i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office. it's certainly been a gloomy start the day for with start to the day for many with low mist and fog, low cloud mist and fog, visibility slowly improves today, but for it is a dull day. but it's a dry day weather fronts out in the west being held back by a ridge of high pressure but it's that ridge of high pressure with its light winds that has led to that extensive low cloud . mr. fox extensive low cloud. mr. fox developing an overnight and some stubborn fog patches will remain into the afternoon the central lowlands valley york welsh marches for example , and across marches for example, and across much of england , east wales, much of england, east wales, southern scotland , low cloud and southern scotland, low cloud and misty ness, but around the fringes of the uk, west and north, in particular, some sunshine coming through and ten or 11 celsius at best, particularly towards the southwest, mid to high single

figures where we've got the mist , low cloud and fog, some showers will be close to the far southeast through the day and overnight , but for the vast overnight, but for the vast majority it's staying dry for the time being and overnight we'll see that low cloud mist and fog developing . so once and fog developing. so once again, a misty start to the day, some poor visibility on the roads first thing. i think northern scotland west wales, south—west england , most likely south—west england, most likely to a bright start with a to see a bright start with a touch here for northern touch of frost here for northern ireland. here the cloud will thicken through the morning with some outbreaks edging in some outbreaks of rain edging in from the west. not a great deal of rain nevertheless . of rain, but rain nevertheless. a keen breeze coming up from the south here, ten or celsius. south here, ten or 11 celsius. 12 celsius in far southwest 12 celsius in the far southwest . but for many, where we keep the extensive low cloud through , the afternoon temperatures at mid to high single figures into wednesday evening , mid to high single figures into wednesday evening, again, mid to high single figures into wednesday evening , again, we've wednesday evening, again, we've got that extensive low cloud. i think it will lower further the night on wednesday nights and that means thursday will start off with widespread fog. some

difficult driving conditions with very visibility about but brighter skies arriving friday and saturday, albeit with lower temperatures .

the with gb news live i'm mark longhurst and never in the field of football has so much been so expected so many of so yes this chocs for the new battle of britain in the desert of doha, wales and england facing off a do or die match at the ahmed bin ali stadium . anything less than ali stadium. anything less than the win for wales means out. england have to regain their fans pride after a lacklustre performance against the usa so all to play for and we've got

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