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head? chances are you spent last night celebrating england's victory or drowning your sorrows for the welsh team. that three nil scoreline at the world cup means that are out and means that wales are out and england face senegal in the last 16. we're going to have reaction in paul hawkins. i'm in qatar with paul hawkins. i'm going to be talking to an inspirational young jack inspirational young man, jack ross. visited ukraine six ross. he's visited ukraine six times to deliver support to those on the last those in need. on the last occasion , narrowly being occasion, narrowly avoided being taken missile . sticking taken out by a missile. sticking around his tale . and around to hear his tale. and yesterday, our inbox blew up when we talked about 100 british companies making the four day working week the norm. many of you saying we're getting lazy. but the expert saying we're simply making people more productive. i'm going to be talking to one ceo who is championing the idea. that's all coming up after a look at the latest news . a very good morning latest news. a very good morning to you. it's 10:02 latest news. a very good morning to you. it's10:02 and ruthy rinzler, let's get you up to date. a major trial of an

experimental alzheimer's drug has shown for the first time the early stages of the disease can be slowed . scientists found be slowed. scientists found after 18 months, the drug stalled. the disease progression by 27% compared with patients taking a placebo. however experts have warned that as the medicine works during the very initial stages of the disease, most would miss out without a revolution in spotting it. the results , published in the new results, published in the new england journal of medicine, have been hailed, though, as the beginning of the end. the labour mp, stephen kinnock, whose mother's had the disease, welcomed the news . yeah, i'll. welcomed the news. yeah, i'll. alzheimer's is just a horrible disease. you you find yourself grieving for somebody who's standing right there in front of you. i mean, it's, of course, very sad that this is too late for mum, but incredibly encouraging that this research is coming forward , postal and is coming forward, postal and education services are being affected by strikes today as industrial action gets underway across multiple industries. 50

universities and colleges will be impacted, and so too will 77/6 form colleges in england . 77/6 form colleges in england. as national union national education union staff go on strike . royal mail as well start strike. royal mail as well start another two day strike today . another two day strike today. all of these are in disputes over pay. now, meanwhile, members of the communications workers union are planning seven more strikes. next month in what the union's calling the biggest strike demonstration this country's seen. on the 9th country's ever seen. on the 9th of december. now, workers across england are planning to strike before christmas . it's part of before christmas. it's part of a dispute over pay and staffing levels. unison said. thousands of 999 call handler ambulance technicians and paramedics will strike across the north london, yorkshire and the southwest . two yorkshire and the southwest. two members of a far right militia group have been convicted of plotting to stop president biden taking office . stewart rhodes, taking office. stewart rhodes, founder of the oath keepers, was among those found guilty of seditious conspiracy for last year's attack on the us capitol. the charge, which carries a

maximum 20 year sentence, occurs when two or more people conspire to overthrow put down or to destroy, destroy by force. the us government . fellow group us government. fellow group member kelly meggs, who entered the capitol building to try and prevent donald trump losing office, was also found guilty. two. china's former president jiang zeman, who came to power after the tiananmen square protests, has died at the age of 96. he was one of the country's major figures following the 1989 demonstrations, which saw thousands killed. his leadership brought china out of diplomatic isolation, and he oversaw the country becoming one of the world's fastest growing economies . food inflation has economies. food inflation has risen to 12.4. that's a record high since they began 17 years ago.the high since they began 17 years ago. the british retail consortium said the figures nearly doubled since october as rocketing energy, animal feed and transport costs have forced up prices . the data also showed up prices. the data also showed particular clearly that fresh

food inflation has risen even higher to 14.3, with the cost of meat , eggs higher to 14.3, with the cost of meat, eggs and dairy soaring the highest . for those of us highest. for those of us planning to eat a traditional dinner on christmas day this yean dinner on christmas day this year, consumers are being warned of a shortage of british free range turkeys. the british poultry council says half the turkeys being produced for the festive season in the uk have been killed in the bird flu epidemic. it said the total number of turkeys produced for christmas was around 8.5 to 9 million birds. but about a million birds. but about a million have been culled or died from bird flu . new figures show from bird flu. new figures show the number of babies born by sperm donation has tripled in the last 13 years. the human fertilised and embryology authority says women in same sex relationships and single parents have driven the rise. 2800 children were born by that method in 2019. the fertility regulator says that now accounts for one in 170 of all births in the uk , with more than half of

the uk, with more than half of donated sperm coming from abroad . england manager gareth southgate says the big business starts now after his team beat wales three nil in their final group b clash at the world cup . group b clash at the world cup. well that just gives you a glimpse of quite clearly a static england fans cheering at a fan site in manchester as goals for marcus rashford and phil foden gave england the victory. it means wales are now out of the tournament . england out of the tournament. england will face senegal on sunday in the knockout stages . three women the knockout stages. three women will become the first all female refereeing team for a men's world cup match in the qatar world cup match in the qatar world cup. stephanie frappart news are back and karen diaz have been named to take charge of the costa rica germany group e match on thursday. frappart was the first female to officiate at a men's world cup qualifier in march . you're up to qualifier in march. you're up to date on gb news. i'll bring you more as it happens. now back to beth .

beth. very good morning . welcome to very good morning. welcome to bev turner today on gb news. now england's world cup side sailed through to the final 16 as they beat wales three nil last night. england will now face senegal . i england will now face senegal. i have no idea if they are any good, if we got any chance there in the final 16. sadly wales will be going home. of course, will be going home. of course, will be going home. of course, will be over to sunny qatar in just a moment. and yesterday on the show, we spoke about a four day work week after 100 companies signed up to this new schedule . loads of you got in schedule. loads of you got in touch. we're going touch. so we're going to be speaking to one of the companies who adopted this to find out why. and prince and princess why. and the prince and princess of will travel to boston, of wales will travel to boston, usa for the second annual earthshot prize awards ceremony. the royal couple have joined dignitaries there as they begin the countdown to friday's ceremony. so i'm going to be

asking commentator jenny bond about all about how america now views all royals and of course, please vote in the poll on twitter. we're asking you today, as 100 british companies adopt this four day working week , should four day working week, should this become normal for everyone 7 this become normal for everyone ? please do email me gbp at gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news to give your opinion on anything that we're discussing . so that we're discussing. so england have finished the first stage of the world cup at the top of their group, beating wales three nil last night. of course, two goals from marcus rashford and one from phil foden ended wales's world cup dream is a good day for the boys from manchester. let's speak now to our reporter in doha . paul our reporter in doha. paul hawkins joins me now. paul, how are you this morning? how is the atmosphere? i imagine there's a few tired and slightly hungover british heads walking around where you are . yeah, absolutely

where you are. yeah, absolutely . i think that's the only two things that each set of fans will have in common. england, of course, feeding much better after that second half performance against wales last night. first half, it was like watching england against the usa. was pretty awful, pretty usa. it was pretty awful, pretty dreadful. were slow, dreadful. they were slow, lethargic , clueless, frankly. lethargic, clueless, frankly. second half, much better. and gareth southgate vindicated by that decision to start with marcus rashford, who scored two, and phil foden who scored one. wales on the other hand. yes, some sore heads there. that kind of thinking. okay we've made it to our first world cup in 64 years. it was great being here. would it be nice if we put in a slightly better performance? so they're feeling a little bit hard by with that score. hard done by with that score. but so fans feeling but wales so fans feeling a little bit disappointed this is what their fans told us after the game. on the ahmed bin ali stadium last night. you guys, how are you feeling ? devastated. how are you feeling? devastated. devastated to be honest. absolutely. get around the this way around match two goals in injury time and to be honest we

were awful against them a lot better and tonight they looked like, yeah, yeah, maybe 1:00 kicked off in the heat because our players didn't seem to have any energy besides being poor. how are you feeling? a bit deflated, to be honest. it's amazing . the boys got to the amazing. the boys got to the world cup after so many years. very flat performance that i given. we have to win the game . given. we have to win the game. it made the atmosphere for me a bit flat and disappointing, but very proud of the boys and yeah, that's about all i can say already. how are you feeling about the game? i'm i'm really excited because england scored like three goals and i'm really happy because i want them to get into the final and win, which was if i ever go and probably when rashford scored the goal like so he scored one goal. and then that tuesday ends after he scored another one. it's really exciting. it was, yeah . yeah. exciting. it was, yeah. yeah. how did you find it mum. oh i love the. it was really cool. it's brilliant that we can bring

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up it two or three games if they want see off senegal and make want to see off senegal and make it to the quarter it through to the quarter finals. senegal will be it finals. so senegal will be it will be a big challenge for them, right? got it's them, right? okay got it. it's brilliant. i how you make brilliant. i love how you make me football so much me understand football so much better than you normally do, paul better than you normally do, paul. everyone wants this paul. now everyone wants this world cup award, but apparently there've winning there've been some award winning camels you need to camels as well that you need to tell about. i don't tell me about. well, i don't need to tell you about it, but i guess it just adds a little a little different dimension to the world cup. it is currently the world cup. it is currently the qatar camel and zion club beauty contests taking place. it's of the organisers of it's kind of the organisers of casting is the kind of camel the equivalent of the world cup but for camels and it's the only probably acceptable beauty contest you can have . now contest that you can have. now the camels are judged on such features as their lips , their features as their lips, their ears, their eyes . and there was ears, their eyes. and there was a bit of controversy because last year when it was held in saudi arabia, around about 40 camels banned because the camels were banned because the people who owned them had used botox to get them into the competition. so this year, all the camels are being scanned as

x—rays are being used to make sure are artificial sure there are no artificial camels with big lips , no camels with big lips, no fakeness here and they're all being judged on their own, their beauty, and they do go for millions. you know, it's a big deal millions. you know, it's a big deal, camels in this part of the world. so that's an ongoing competition running parallel to the we'll keep you the world cup and we'll keep you across course, in across that, of course, here in dallas. absolutely scandalous. paul hawkins , listen, it feels paul hawkins, listen, it feels like a long time ago that this competition started right . and competition started right. and we thought the politics of we all thought the politics of this was going to overshadow the action. doesn't feel that way action. it doesn't feel that way here at the moment. does it feel like qatar or do we feel like way in qatar or do we feel like way in qatar or do we feel like the focus is fully caught on to the football now ? yeah it on to the football now? yeah it does. and i'll be honest, even in the early stages of this competition, they felt like the media, particularly the western media, particularly the western media, well , media, particularly the western media, well, highlighting legitimate issues , but it was legitimate issues, but it was more of a focus on that. and when you're on the ground here and you talk to all the fans, they're aware of it. they understand that there is a point, but they're also talking a more about football

a lot more about the football than it felt was reflect it than than it felt was reflect it in media. a lot of in the media. and a lot of people have said that a lot people here have said that a lot of the media weren't highlighting the positives, that there living qatar there are two living in qatar and things about living and the good things about living here well as important here as well as the important socially but to socially issues as well. but to be the fans, they were be honest, the fans, they were focusing would say, on focusing more i would say, on the to begin with. the football to begin with. they're absolutely focusing the football to begin with. the football>lutely focusing the football to begin with. the football now .y focusing the football to begin with. the football now and:using the football to begin with. the football now and that's the football now and that's definitely stage. definitely taking centre stage. speaking the way, speaking of which, by the way, there's some great games that i 3:00 kick offs australia played, denmark france, denmark tunisia take on france, tunisia, french colony, tunisia, a former french colony, huge france. huge population in france. that's to watch that's going to be one to watch out any of those teams can out for any of those teams can qualify france will made it really made it through to the next later on next round and later on argentina poland and argentina take on poland and mexico arabia mexico mexico play saudi arabia mexico the likely team to qualify the least likely team to qualify saudi arabia can qualify with a win that would be huge saudi win that would be huge if saudi arabia make through to arabia make it through to the knockout and knockout stages. and then argentina poland, poland argentina take on poland, poland need chance to qualify. need just a chance to qualify. so the mexicans will so hopefully the mexicans will make it through because they've been so colourful to watch this world cup. they're always in full personally, i'm full voice. so personally, i'm hoping make it through hoping mexico make it through to

the fantastic. thank the next round. fantastic. thank you paul. paul hawkins you so much, paul. paul hawkins there world cup there out in qatar, world cup correspondent and camel beauty contest judge. now we were asking yesterday about this four day week. you've already been getting with us, barry. getting in touch with us, barry. is four working week is that a four day working week means gridlock, less energy means less gridlock, less energy costs, spent costs, more money spent socialising day socialising on a three day weekend and marcus said supported who gave us supported by labour, who gave us open kids in open borders and kids hiding in university, would anyone, university, why would anyone, apart lazy person listen apart from a lazy person listen to poll we've got to them? is the poll we've got running morning twitter running this morning on twitter we're british we're asking you is 100 british companies adopt the four day working week? so this become normal of you. normal for every one of you. a 40% you so far think that we 40% of you so far think that we should cast your vote now . also, should cast your vote now. also, send me emails this morning. views also tweet views at gbnews.uk. also tweet me at gb news. now, after the break, we're going to cross over to my panel today. i'm delighted to my panel today. i'm delighted to be joined by a panel of absolute heroes, emma webb will be here from the free speech union, a co—founder of the together association, alan miller fox. miller and baroness claire fox. all that after the weather . all that after the weather. again, i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office. it's been

another misty foggy start in many places that folks slowly lifting through the rest of the day, leaving lot of low day, but leaving a lot of low cloud, some places though, getting some sunshine. but in northern scotland , parts of west northern scotland, parts of west wales, southern counties of england that see increasingly so here. but for northern ireland, for western scotland , thickening for western scotland, thickening cloud and some outbreaks of light rain arrive from the west . and for a good part of central and eastern england, southern scotland, we keep the low cloud. it's going to feel cold. and that cloud, 3 to 7 degrees into the afternoon and evening, we're going to see the cloud break up a bit more across the southern counties of england, parts of wales, northern england, as that happens, though, and as skies clear temperatures will fall away and we'll see a frost and fog reforming across these areas . and they'll also be a lot of low cloud remaining where we get that a chilly starts to thursday, minus three or minus four in some sheltered four celsius in some sheltered spots, but so chilly for spots, but not so chilly for scotland and northern ireland. 7 to 9 degrees, but with some

cloud and some rain . a weather cloud and some rain. a weather front moving in from the west here. but that weather front is weakening as it comes up against the pressure, which is the high pressure, which is really our weather really controlling our weather at so scotland, at the moment. so for scotland, for northern england, for parts of northern england, it's start to thursday. it's a damp start to thursday. the rain petering out through the day and becoming more confined to the far north of scotland and eventually across england and wales after the misty foggy starts with the frost in places skies do brighten , but there'll be a few brighten, but there'll be a few fog patches lingering into the afternoon where that fog lingers. 2 to 5 celsius where we get the sunshine 7 to 10 degrees. and for scotland , for degrees. and for scotland, for northern it is a dull northern england it is a dull and in places dump day the rain by the afternoon and evening though clears away and for northern ireland brighter skies in the afternoon with some clear spells into the evening. now for the rest of the week and into the rest of the week and into the weekend, easterly winds arrive make it less arrive that will make it less foggy, but also make it a bit colder as well .

very good morning. it is 1020. this is bev turner today on gb news. i am so happy to say that my panel of heroes is here this morning. i'm joined by co—founder of the together association, allan miller. that's him, director of academy ofideas that's him, director of academy of ideas , who is no stranger to of ideas, who is no stranger to common sense , baroness claire common sense, baroness claire fox and emma webb, who is the head of the common sense society . what does that mean? emma well, we're an international network promoting liberty, beauty and prosperity and common sense. you in the right place. liberty, beauty and prosperity. that's who we all are today, right? emma, this first story, this morning, this is about the changing job market. we've got our twitter poll running today about the changing job market. but i think it's something absolutely fascinates me and

it's important. it doesn't absolutely fascinates me and it's the mportant. it doesn't absolutely fascinates me and it's the attention it doesn't absolutely fascinates me and it's the attention it doesn't absolutely fascinates me and it's the attention it deserves. get the attention it deserves. what's this latest found? what's this latest survey found? so found that over 50 fives so they found that over 50 fives are more likely to lose their jobs to robots than younger people . and up to 10 million people. and up to 10 million workers in the uk could be replaced by artificial intelligence within 50 years. i mean, this is really worrying because actually this study suggests that older people are not being retrained and it's horrible turn reskilled in the same way that younger people are because businesses are not regarding it as an investment because they're coming towards retirement age and so they're simply being off . but simply being laid off. but obviously people not obviously these people are not at pension age. they still need to a living. it's much to make a living. it's much harder another when harder to get another job when you're later in life and it also suggests that, you know, across the board with we're going to be seeing increasing early people having to move into the more as they put it in this study up extract jobs. yes actually wasting routine jobs that can be done by robots. i don't know whether you saw sunak's speech

at the confederation of british industry last week , alan, but he industry last week, alan, but he talks about multiple times in that speech. he kept talking about the future and how we are. we're going to rely on al. i think he kind of assumes we know what he's talking about, but most people don't really understand that change understand what that change involves. this really involves. and i find this really chilling are these chilling because what are these people are over 55 going people who are over 55 going to do over i mean, do very old over 55? i mean, you're not that. yeah. alan miller i know that, but you'd be considered right off a i considered a right off a 55 i think there's few things. think there's a few things. firstly, we should careful firstly, we should be careful not be technophobe . so not to be technophobe. so i think there's a great amount that can be contributed through technology and i of as a whole loads of opportunities to process information quickly . process information quickly. let's not start turning it into this frankenstein idea . we're in this frankenstein idea. we're in control of technology and that's to the point of workers as well. we make decisions about how we organise things in the workplace . there's no reason why people they absolutely should not be being written off at 55 when you've got levels of experience

. have continuous . we should have continuous training in the workforce, ongoing . we should provide ongoing. we should provide opportunities. those ranges of skills and experience can provide huge opportunities for the next generation. what we have to do is have much more research and development investment. have investment. we have to have a belief people can transform belief that people can transform things. and as our technology develops, we retrain and we develop. and actually this goes also to the discussions about retirement, my age and actually older people generally. there's such a wealth of experience that we could be harnessing and then we're missing a trick with that. so let's not be technophiles or technophiles . let this enhance technophiles. let this enhance the use of technology. let's keep doing r&d, but also let's utilise the most important thing within that, which is people and all skills are always going to be changing in a dynamic , robust be changing in a dynamic, robust economy. to be economy. we want to be encouraging that, but also saying, let's have retraining encouraging that, but also sayi provision1ave retraining encouraging that, but also sayi provision for; retraining encouraging that, but also sayi provision for everyone.) encouraging that, but also sayi provision for everyone. does and provision for everyone. does it worry you , clare because it worry you, clare because i don't want to sound like a luddhe don't want to sound like a luddite but i feel like there's a sort of lack of humanity when

we talk about these stories, what worries me, what worries me is that this is a made up story because we haven't got enough artificial intelligence in the workplace so, this is workplace. so, i mean, this is what would happen if we had the robots. my problem is, is that we an economy that's not we live in an economy that's not investing in new technology and the kind of technological changes that would in fact, increase productivity . and increase productivity. and people shouldn't be frightened of that because an increase in productivity means that you can do more work in less time, which means that you can actually improve the standards of living for everyone because you can create more. at moment we create more. at the moment we live in an economy in which actually ordinary people are doing jobs that robots could do and they're doing them often on o and they're doing them often on 0 hours contracts with no technological support. and so , technological support. and so, if anything, this is a this is a what will happen in the future . what will happen in the future. it's like, well, it should be happening now because the government are cutting back on their investments in technology. in technology , a lot of

in technology, a lot of businesses are risk averse. so they think cheap labour is much easier than investing in risky technological solutions. so for me, we shouldn't be frightened about what will happen when the robots come in. we should be worried about the fact there's not enough of them and then alan's absolutely right, i think. and the point that emma made about older workers , as made about older workers, as alan made about the fact that once you've got the technology that doesn't mean that you don't people on the scrapheap, but it does mean that you've modernised your industries that there's your industries and that there's opportunities for people at whatever age to get skills. the only thing that i would say is we know that there's tensions here. you know, if you go into any shopping, you here. you know, if you go into any shopping , you know, you go any shopping, you know, you go into tesco's or sainsbury's or whatever , you know, i do know whatever, you know, i do know that there are humans there helping humans like me on the on the politics of what doesn't work. because i know in a car scanner anyway. scott excuse we business i'm going to get to say

we know that the rmt strike is partly about well they want to get rid of the almonds. but actually if you turn up a train station, there's no humans. you don't what do about don't know what to do about customers. it? because customers. isn't it? because it's our experience of it's your it's our experience of how we live, our daily lives and the sorts of interactions the sorts of social interactions that people . and i that we have with people. and i think need very careful think we need to be very careful in we should have more in yes, we should have a more efficient economy, but we also want have a good quality of want to have a good quality of life is a degree of life and there is a degree of that being removed, moved from our by increasing in our daily life by increasing in technology. yeah, absolutely right this story right. alan, i think this story has something to do with technology this is technology as well. this is about taking record about children taking record numbers of sleeping pills is so over the last seven years, there's been a study saying that children are being prescribed far more sleeping pills, actually melatonin in this case , which is different to other pharmaceuticals. and there's been a it's a kind of a hormone that the what's naturally in the body. but there's some concerns about long term use with it. there's also the question of why it's actually happened. how

much, for instance, locked downs and impacts around education has had an impact on that. and impacts around education has had an impact on that . and had an impact on that. and there's also a question about idea when people are prescribed for children, in particular prescribed for adhd . it's prescribed for adhd. it's interesting as well that in america they've had a study on summer camps of up to 50% of young children are being prescribed things like ritalin and other drugs and that can't surely be that suddenly half the population of children are all got these issues. it says much more about adults and our relationship to children and also actually prescribing and categorising certain kinds of behaviour. this is all in the backdrop, of course, to things like how behaviour and authority and discipline and responsibility is being administered at schools and at home. so there's questions around what side effects occur within all of this as well. but i do think what's really interesting about this story is this question about children's behaviour. and sometimes times

the question around all kinds of both sleep and mental health for children, because sometimes we catastrophize things , sometimes catastrophize things, sometimes we can't just talk about things in their own terms. it's definitely the case. it seems from studies that the impact of lockdowns and missing education has had an impact. and also, as you say, both the question about how much technology plays a role within all that screens late within all of that screens late at night or during the day, screens at night and better. and also claire , i don't know about also claire, i don't know about you, but if you have a child that can't sleep, make them move more in the day, get them exhausted, get them fresh, get them a decent diet . so they're them a decent diet. so they're not drinking loads sugary not drinking loads of sugary dnnks not drinking loads of sugary drinks bed. i hate drinks before bed. and i hate the that we're moving the fact that we're moving towards everything towards a pill to fix everything society. think that the society. well, i think that the one the difficulties is that one of the difficulties is that we don't appear to be able to look what are often social look at what are often social problems or cultural problems without trying to pathology them and give them a medical diagnosis . and that's one of the diagnosis. and that's one of the points that you're making on the ada is a real ,

points that you're making on the ada is a real, you know, attention deficit disorder is not a made up concept, but it is dumbed down as frequently as the pills. you know , incidence, the pills. you know, incidence, the label and it means that the people who've actually got adhd are real served by how many people are told they've got it. i do think therefore that both parents and people in education, for example , are too keen to say for example, are too keen to say the problem i've got with my son daughter not going to sleep is not my fault. it's they've got a condition and they've got a medical condition, so they need a drug for it. i need to be careful what you common sense approach to this problem. i what i find very concerning about this is that i mean, this is hormonal melatonin is a hormone. right. and this is a general issue. we're seeing with doctors being very liberal in prescribing hormones to children. and this study is very , very clear that we don't know what the effects of that are long term. those hormones are long term. those hormones are long term. those hormones are long term on children. so there seems to be this habit within within medicine of being quite

experimental, actually , in the experimental, actually, in the way that drugs are prescribed. and i think common sense would suggest that, you should air on the side of being quite prudent and cautious when it comes to children and hormones. i've been really i've got an really shocked as i've got an older who's then my older boy who's 19 and then my girls 13 and 11 and the 13 girls are 13 and 11 and the 13 year when her friends come year old, when her friends come for sleepovers. now half of them arrive with their sleeping pills. that happen pills. and that didn't happen with generation. with my son's generation. no, that's shocked. that's not really shocked. sleeping pills were only ever prescribed very, you know, cautiously by donald lately. but it's a bit like antidepressants and so on and so forth. and i feel for the parents . i don't feel for the parents. i don't want to sound like i'm, you know, judging them all this. i feel for them. they've got themselves into a situation where some experts them. where some experts advise them. well, the solution to your daughter's creative. let's say a billion say, is a drug to calm down or adhd and then you got to get to sleep at night with another drug to calm it down. i just i think partly strategic coaching well, trying coaching system as well, trying to kids in this one

to get these kids in this one size all. remember facts size fits all. remember facts and we're all living a really unnatural lifestyle . and well unnatural lifestyle. and as well as this has to do with as part of this has to do with melatonin , to your melatonin, to do with your circadian rhythms. and all circadian rhythms. yeah and all of alan was saying, you of us, as alan was saying, you know, we live our lives on screens. we particularly during lockdown, irregular lockdown, had really irregular routines. that we routines. and the times that we eat the way we have eat and the way that we have physical activity, much time physical activity, how much time we all of these we spend outside all of these things natural for human things are not natural for human beings but so i was going beings, but i do. so i was going to just say that also, i think it's important to remind ourselves before we let this idea it's just a runaway idea that it's just a runaway train are in control of train that we are in control of what goes on. we should encourage ourselves as parents and also teachers and others to say, this is how we're going to do things to encourage children, but also to be firm to do but also to be firm and to do the things that are difficult to do, get the fine. you have rules and you implement them and you set environment where you set up an environment where you can it's done . it's can where it's done. it's interesting a lot these interesting that a lot of these issues are to go. of course issues are not to go. of course , too much, but with children generally and impacts that are happening them a lot of them

happening to them a lot of them are how adults are are to do with how adults are treating them and treating them. yeah. we just got to yeah. and i think we just got to be conscious of that and say that it doesn't have to be that way. we have to take way. and we have to take responsibility okay. responsibility for it. okay. right be in just a right you can be back in just a moment, aren't you? but moment, guys, aren't you? but i'm going to be talking also a little later in the show to a gentleman called jack ross. he's part a group called vans part of a group called vans without travelled without borders. he's travelled to times provide to ukraine six times to provide support caught in support for those caught up in the you want to hear the war. if you want to hear what it's like to be narrowly avoid hit by russian avoid being hit by russian missiles, tuned. first, missiles, stay tuned. but first, here's headlines with. here's to news headlines with. rosie good morning. it's 1033 rosie good morning. it's1033 amorosi. right, let's get you up to date. a major of an experimental alzheimer drug has shown for the first time the early stages of the disease can be slowed . mnd scientists found be slowed. mnd scientists found after 18 months the drug slowed the disease progression by 27, compared with patients who took a placebo . however, experts do a placebo. however, experts do warn that as the medicine works dunng warn that as the medicine works during the very initial stages of the disease, most won't

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joining me. now yesterday, ukraine's first lady, alain alain zelenskyy addressed mps in parliament here, saying that the world community needs to unite to achieve justice for ukraine. now, regardless of what you about the politics behind this conflict, there is no doubt that civilians on the ground have been badly affected . one man who been badly affected. one man who tookit been badly affected. one man who took it upon himself to help is jack and he joins me now. jack ross and he joins me now. good morning, jack ross and he joins me now. good morning , jack. good good morning, jack. good morning, beth. good morning . morning, beth. good morning. now, i don't think you're in ukraine at the moment, are you? where are you? so i'm at home currently in portsmouth. i got back from ukraine yesterday, said last night about 3 am. oh okay. oh, well, thank you for getting up early to talk to us. so tell me about your projects. jack vans without borders. what do you do ? so we're a small do you do? so we're a small humanity driven group i founded in april , and humanity driven group i founded in april, and it's what we try and do is replicate that dunkirk spirit. we encourage people to bnng spirit. we encourage people to bring their personal vehicles from the uk to ukraine laden with aid . so when i started it

with aid. so when i started it it was three of us who went over to ukraine and this was when the red cross, unicef, no one else wanted to go in and help people. and we went directly in to provide lifesaving people provide lifesaving aid to people who been occupied who had recently been occupied by russians or being under by the russians or being under constant bombardment . do constant russian bombardment. do you work in humanitarian in that area anyway, jack ? we're a fully area anyway, jack? we're a fully volunteer organisation and my main job is working in social media, media and politics. but i wanted to go over to ukraine because it's one thing watching from home and seeing the atrocities. and i thought i had to do something and actually go over there. and especially when you've these large you've got these large organisations aren't present organisations who aren't present in—country of in—country raking in millions of pounds was very frustrating pounds. it was very frustrating to see that wasn't actually reaching the people. so that's what really pushed me. go over there get stuck in. so, so there and get stuck in. so, so what that conversation look what does that conversation look like the conflict like when, when the conflict start said and you turned around to family and said, i'm to your family and said, i'm going to go over there in a van and i'm to help them out .

and i'm going to help them out. i think initially everyone thought i was a bit mad, but at the time i was applying to go into the british army anyway, and i thought actually, rather than wait six months and hear whether do get in not get whether i do get in or not get in, rather go in and do in, i'd rather go in and do something right now. and then what? that explanation to my family. then became family. and then they became quite when quite supportive when they realised over there, realised i am going over there, i'm over to help people i'm going over to help people and my family is and yeah, it's my family is incredibly proud me, which is incredibly proud of me, which is great have their support. so great to have their support. so how is it changed, jack, from going out in march? first of all, tell what greeted you at all, tell me what greeted you at that time in the spring so in in late march, early april, it was very much like the only way to describe it is almost like a mediaeval community over there where each town you had to go up to, you had to introduce yourself , say what to, you had to introduce yourself, say what your business was request entry into was as what request entry into the lots of the area. there were lots of local militias around. it wasn't the area. there were lots of loca|organised.round. it wasn't the area. there were lots of loca|organised. ajnd. it wasn't the area. there were lots of loca|organised. a lot it wasn't the area. there were lots of loca|organised. a lot of wasn't the area. there were lots of loca|organised. a lot of people very organised. a lot of people had a lot of local had fled and a lot of local business leaders or community leaders had formed and leaders had formed militias and they were controlling who went

in their areas. it in and out of their areas. it was a little bit easier at the start going and helping people because were right because the russians were right up against kyiv. so when we went in there , the russians just in there, the russians had just pulled back and were able to pulled back and we were able to help about 6 hours from help people about 6 hours from the border that of moved our main efforts. now are down in hurst and last or in the hurst and i've last or in the next blast which is very far next go blast which is very far east for donetsk or south in kherson and that's very long travel distances . so you're travel distances. so you're talking from kyiv about 8 hours down to cars and donetsk, you talking about 12, 14 hours of driving just to get there. and then you got to drive back and forth delivering aid. so now as well. all our mission, we get a lot closer to the hot zones. when we went into kyiv, that was still active fighting , but still active fighting, but mainly between soldiers and saboteurs . now, however, we saboteurs. now, however, we mainly deal with artillery attacks and rockets coming in. there's too not just extraordinary . it's extraordinary. it's extraordinary. it's extraordinary. did you still want to work in the army ? so,

want to work in the army? so, no, i think now i've been over in ukraine. i'm quite happy doing that. i'm quite happy to stay over here until until the war's over. and do that. and i think that's where i'm best suhed think that's where i'm best suited to help people really . so suited to help people really. so you had this near—miss, didn't you, jacqui ? you almost got hit you, jacqui? you almost got hit by a russian missile. what happened ? so we were dropping happened? so we were dropping aid in in a village called my love, which was liberated on the 8th of november. we went there about a week later. and as we were driving down there initially, we ended up almost driving through a minefield where soldiers checkpoint where the soldiers checkpoint said, way , it's said, yeah, go that way, it's fine. as we got halfway fine. then as we got halfway down, actually down, the soldiers actually said, no , no, don't go said, no, no, no, don't go there. there's mines everywhere. so we drove out and the way so we drove out and on the way out saw a car and hit mine out we saw a car and hit mine and been blown off on the side of the road a couple of days before. went round from before. so we went round from there over this makeshift bridge into and were where into a village and we were where the were close, but the russians were close, but they kilometres from they were three kilometres from our while we our position. and so while we were aid to people were distributing aid to people

that concerned, the russians that was concerned, the russians were binoculars were us either with binoculars or drones and while distributing it was the ukrainians. and they said to us, look, you've got to be quick when you're here. so we started giving our aid because the previous day the village had been and been hit with rockets and artillery when other humanitarian groups tried to get down. so we were down. so what we were distributing aid people from the neighbouring village, which is actually russian occupation, currently came in start collecting aid from us as well . collecting aid from us as well. as i tell you, things happened because some of them were taking photos of us and the camera phones. they either sent photo phones. they either sent a photo back to russian soldiers who back to the russian soldiers who tried us and they tried to blow us up and they would because there's would do that because there's a bounty of 20,000 on every bounty of 20,000 usd on every british volunteer's head over in ukraine. well, the other option was we were spotted by the russians . so as were in the russians. so as were in the village, we heard something go over our heads and we weren't quite sure what it was. i initially thought it a jet, but our translator guide edward was i he's a rocket. get out, i know he's a rocket. get out, get out. and so we shot out the

village we were going out, village as we were going out, the shooting the military was shooting out the military was shooting out the and they were the area as well. and they were driving 90 miles hour driving 80, 90 miles an hour over bridge. they replaced over this bridge. they replaced the with because the the road with because the previous bridge had been blown up. one of our vehicles, the bndgel up. one of our vehicles, the bridge i was driving the bridge i was driving over the bndge bridge i was driving over the bridge bridge gave out bridge and the bridge gave out underneath. so as we got rockets and artillery going over our heads, to last heads, we had to do a last minute change as well minute tyre change as well managed to tyre back on managed to get a tyre back on the icg, but it was at an angle which wasn't ideal. so they limped back with to safety as limped back with us to safety as we were changing tide. we we were changing the tide. we also drone come over and also had a drone come over and sit there watching and we sit there watching us and we weren't it was weren't sure whether it was a russian ukrainian russian or ukrainian drone. didn't around to didn't really stick around to find out. go extraordinary stuff, jack and if people want to help you, how can they do that ? yeah. to help you, how can they do that? yeah. so if to help you, how can they do that ? yeah. so if they look at that? yeah. so if they look at vans without borders on social media or donation links and everything of their no one in our organisation takes all the money gets spent directly on aid to help people fantastic. jack ross there founder of vans without borders and a real life

hero . now yesterday we spoke hero. now yesterday we spoke about the fact that 100 british companies have signed up to make the four day working week the norm. have a listen to the politician who tabled a parliamentary to cut the working week . this is parliamentary to cut the working week. this is labour mp peter dowd talking to me yesterday . dowd talking to me yesterday. the productivity is much better in this 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 and of course people actually want to go work for companies who have their software out and find out . who have their software out and find out. it's who have their software out and find out . it's often shown . it's find out. it's often shown. it's a bit multiple increase in the amount of people who actually appiy amount of people who actually apply for a job in a company that has a four day week and it's overall good for the economy. as i said, in terms of productivity . well, this is very productivity. well, this is very divisive. this is what some of you had to say at home. suzy agreed with peter. she said, i worked a four day week for years

. it was the best work and left a balance. it's so important for our mental health and working at a four day working week is ridiculous . a four day working week is ridiculous. how can someone like a teacher do this ? if everyone a teacher do this? if everyone can't do it, then no one should. val got in touch and said a four day week. what a load of rubbish. let's face it, britain is getting totally lazy and david got in touch to say a four day working week means less gridlock, less energy costs, more money spent on the economy by those on a longer weekend and. it's interesting, isn't it? i would love to know what you think of this today, but i need to find out a bit more. so let's talk to adam ross. he ceo of the global market and company, a win. hello. thank you so win. adam, hello. thank you so much for joining win. adam, hello. thank you so much forjoining us. you are one of these crazy ceos who is encouraging our country to be lazy. what are you doing ? lazy. what are you doing? interesting question . i mean, interesting question. i mean, this is not about laziness . this this is not about laziness. this is not about reducing our ambition. we're an incredibly ambitious company. we have

investors and shareholders that demand that from us, just like they do of other companies that they do of other companies that they invest in. and we haven't set our sights any lower. this is about being very clear with our staff about what those ambitions are and really putting it to them to decide how best to achieve that. and we believe i mean, your peter david said yesterday it was 100 years since we reduced from a six day week to a five day week. we believe we found a new sweet spot where we found a new sweet spot where we can achieve great levels of ambition, great productivity and maintain a healthy work life balance, happier , more engaged balance, happier, more engaged staff that feel better that want to stay with the company for longer. it's very attract jeff to new candidates there's a whole load of benefits i can describe it and it's been a huge success for us and been doing it for nearly two years now. amazing adam, i have so many questions. okay. so i totally get it. it's right. if you're my age and you've what really hard for whatever , 30 years and now for whatever, 30 years and now you've got kids and you've got

stuff to balance. i totally understand why my generation would do well on a on a four day week. if you're and you've week. if you're 21 and you've just university and you just left university and you going spend extra day at going to spend your extra day at home you home watching netflix, you should work, shouldn't should be at work, shouldn't you, when it's interesting, we have young profile in the have a very young profile in the company people company actually and people choose to do with their fifth day at many different things. we have some that have gone have some people that have gone to further education. we have some who've done an mba, some people who've done an mba, for example, have other for example, we have other people in people that engage in the training development training and development programmes provide as a programmes that we provide as a business. so you know, people choose to do very different things. other people focus on their health and wellbeing and are of contrary with the are sort of contrary with the employees that do do what's right for you on that day. but when come to work on the when you do come to work on the four days that you're in, let's be super ambitious. let's make those four days those those four days incredible. productive. and incredible. and productive. and it's really surprising if you base that relation ship with your employees on if you assume positive intent rather than do what a lot of companies do, what

lot of traditional companies do, which is really assume that employees are trying to be lazy or to get over or or trying to get one over or trying to slack off on their employer. then you'll be surprised at the results you get. i mean, we've seen it's such a massive incentive. people are really thinking carefully about how they choose to spend their time and coming up with much ways to that much better ways to work that drive results . so you've drive better results. so you've still not convinced me. i mean, you've to work harder than this, right? tell me as an employer then, how do you manage it with then, how do you manage it with the schedule? do you have some people who well, i always people who say, well, i always want three weekend, i'm want a three day weekend, i'm going my four days is going to do my four days is going to do my four days is going monday to thursday. going to be monday to thursday. and you get some people and then you get some people say, i'd the say, well, i'd like the wednesday day off actually. does it conflict with it cause conflict with scheduling? so our again, our contract with employees that we have to maintain a five day service right. have clients, service right. we have clients, we're service company and they need us available. the need us to be available. the whole we put it to the whole time we put it to the staff and say to them, you've got to organise yourselves appropriately so that our

customers satisfaction scores continue to go up. and by the way, they have gone up by about 20% over the course of this at trial period. so people can choose the day they take off, but they have a responsibility to their teams to make sure that they're available and they share they're available and they share the responsibility of operating a five day service and that works really well as well. so some clearly the most popular day is friday, but some people take wednesdays. some people take wednesdays. some people take and it's really up take mondays, and it's really up to long they deliver to them as long as they deliver for clients , we don't mind for our clients, we don't mind how organise themselves and how they organise themselves and we track and monitor that very, very okay so it's the very carefully. okay so it's the it's the tracking and the monitoring of the like the kpis, right? that key performance indicators, if they're not hitting and they're hitting those and they're only working week, they working four days a week, they might some questions to might have some questions to answer. there answer. can you see that there be industries added where be some industries added where they wouldn't work at all? they just wouldn't work at all? people are getting in touch saying would if saying what would you do if you're a teacher? how do you do a four day it's a very a four day week? it's a very valid question. if i'm not here like labour mp or the four

like the labour mp or the four day week campaign, to say day week campaign, is to say that should be standard that this should be a standard thing country. thing across the whole country. all tell you is that for all i can tell you is that for a business ours in an business like ours in an industry like ours, we've had tremendous success with this. clearly, i think, you know , with clearly, i think, you know, with the of new technology, the advent of new technology, particularly intelligence, if we're at a longer term we're looking at a longer term vision, i think every industry, every area of the economy could look at this . but, you know, look at this. but, you know, that's not my area of expertise. all i can say is that for a business like ours and other businesses like ours should really look into this because the are phenomenal. okay adam, you've convinced me i you've almost convinced me i might get you back in another day with one of your employees to tell me how it works and what an boss you are. but an amazing boss you are. but thank you so much. it's such a fascinating a lot fascinating topic. i think a lot of our viewers already, and i think you're going to have a lot of applying to work at of people applying to work at your today. adam your company today. theiss adam ross, global marketing ross, ceo of global marketing company, know what company, a win. let me know what you think. we're also running a twitter poll on this today to say whether think everyone say whether you think everyone should given luxury

should be given this luxury to do day week. now moving do a four day week. now moving on, the and princess of on, the prince and princess of wales boston, wales will arrive in boston, massachusetts today, their massachusetts, today, their first visit the united states first visit to the united states since been dubbed as since 2014. it's been dubbed as prince william's super bowl moment, his annual earthshot prize will celebrate solutions to repairing our planet from around the world. so royal commentator jennie around the world. so royal commentatorjennie bond around the world. so royal commentator jennie bond joins me now. hello, jenny. lovely to see you. i'm so is this a significant event for prince ? significant event for prince? he's he's very much positioning himself, isn't he, as a green pioneer ? is this perhaps because pioneer? is this perhaps because he's father now has to be a little less political? is william prepared to step into that particular role? well, yeah, i think he's demonstrated that over recent years. of course, he started earthshot last year was the first tranche o f £1 million last year was the first tranche of £1 million prizes, which were handed out awards rather prizes to projects that were deemed worthwhile and could make a real difference to the planet. and this is the second. so they're heading off to it's going to go

on for ten years. they're heading off to boston. catherine and william and they're going to boston because that's the birthplace jfk. joan of birthplace of jfk. joan of kennedy. was kennedy's kennedy. and it was kennedy's great idea that man could walk on the moon. the moon was shot back in the sixties that inspired william to call his earthshot . how do you think the earthshot. how do you think the america fans view our royal family at the moment? jenny, are riding a bit of a wave since king charles currently shunned or has meghan caused a bit of a problem in that regard. i would you know, the americans i've always been obsessed with our royal family . always been obsessed with our royal family. i do a lot of pubuc royal family. i do a lot of public talking , particularly on public talking, particularly on cruise ships. public talking, particularly on cruise ships . and you get large cruise ships. and you get large numbers of americans on board and run towards me to ask and they run towards me to ask me all sorts of questions about the royals. they are fascinated by. i'm little bit jealous. i by. i'm a little bit jealous. i think, about that we think, about the fact that we have a royal family that one might say they kick them out, but there is this rivalry going as well between the meghan and

harry and the william and catherine crowd. and a lot of the publicity is about the sibling rivalry they meet. well, no, they're upset . you know, no, they're upset. you know, plans for the two brothers to meet . and this there's this meet. and this there's this irony that in a few days time , irony that in a few days time, meghan and harry are going to be going to the east coast themselves to accept an award under the auspices of jfk's brother , robert kennedy. so it's brother, robert kennedy. so it's very ironic . there are there are very ironic. there are there are two brothers. robert was much in the shadow, i suppose, of jfk, his elder brother, for many, many years. and we have these two warring royal princes . one two warring royal princes. one is launching the second lot of his earthshot prizes, the second, harry is accepting an award alongside meghan for standing up for what is said to be structural racism within the royal family. yes. so for two very different awards and it's to stir up a lot of feelings once again yet deeply controversial that robert

kennedy award for harry and meghan effectively saying going to award you for as you say, exposing the fact that the royal family is inherently racist and i will get you back on, jenny, when we talk about that, i think is going to be such an interesting day when they receive award. say, if the receive that award. say, if the royals make any statement here. we have heard other this we have heard other reports this morning, pretty shocking reports that police investigated what they're real they're calling a very real threats to the duchess of meghan markle . do we know about this ? markle. do we know about this? yes, it's the former head of counter—terrorism met a very senior man indeed who has spoken out about the extraordinarily serious threats which were made against meghan markle . he said against meghan markle. he said that, you know, if you read what was written, the racism within , was written, the racism within, those those threats and the outright threats to her life, it's clear that she was in considerable considered to be in considerable considered to be in considerable danger at several times when she was living over here. so it brings up the whole

issue of yes , they do need issue of yes, they do need security clearly, but who should for that security? i don't think probably she's alone in having threats. i'm sure several members of the royal family, i'm sure the duke of york for example, and others received threats. but these seem particularly serious, according to the top man and we must, of course, believe him . yeah, it course, believe him. yeah, it puts a slightly different spin, doesn't it, on them wanting the security of the royal family , security of the royal family, the permission to carry guns when they were here. royal commentator jennie when they were here. royal commentatorjennie bond with commentator jennie bond with what like the most what looks like the most fantastic library to in fantastic library to sit in behind her. thank you so much for us this morning . forjoining us this morning. now, that the end of the now, that is the end of the first that by. first hour that went by. quickly, going to be right quickly, we're going to be right back short break. okay. back with a short break. okay. i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office it's another misty, office. it's been another misty, foggy in many places that folks are slowly lifting through the rest but leaving rest of the day, but leaving a lot low cloud, some places, lot of low cloud, some places, though, getting some sunshine, predominantly northern scottish land, parts of west wales , land, parts of west wales, southern counties of england actually increasingly so here .

actually increasingly so here. but for northern ireland, for western scotland, thickening cloud and some outbreaks of light rain arrive from the west and for a good part of central and for a good part of central and eastern england, southern scotland, we keep the low cloud. it's going to feel cold in the black cloud, 3 to 7 degrees into the afternoon and evening. we're going to see the cloud break up a bit more across southern counties of england, parts of wales, northern england, as happens though, and as skies clear temperatures will fall away and we'll see a frost and fog reforming across these areas . and there will still be a lot of low clouds remaining. where we get that a chilly starts to thursday minus three or minus four celsius some sheltered four celsius in some sheltered spots not chilly for spots, but not so chilly for scotland and northern ireland. 7 to 9 degrees, but with some cloud and some rain . a weather cloud and some rain. a weather front moving in from the west here. but that weather front is weakening as it comes up against the high pressure, which is really our weather really controlling our weather at so for scotland, at the moment. so for scotland, for england, for parts of northern england, it's start . thursday, the it's a damp start. thursday, the rain out through the

rain petering out through the day and becoming more confined to the far north of scotland across england and wales after the misty foggy starts with the frost in places skies do brighten , but there'll be a few brighten, but there'll be a few fog patches lingering into the afternoon where that fog lingers. 2 to 5 celsius where we get the sunshine 7 to 10 degrees. and for scotland , for degrees. and for scotland, for northern england it is a dull and in places damp day the rain by the afternoon and evening low clears away. and for northern ireland brighter skies in the afternoon with some clear spells into the evening . now for the into the evening. now for the rest of the week and into the weekend, easterly winds arrive that will make it less foggy , that will make it less foggy, but also make it a bit colder as well .

eric, good morning. welcome to best tennis today on gb news. we're going to get to the bottom of whether or not you think we all should be working a four day week. emailing me on week. you've been emailing me on that. going look that. we're going to also look ahead with my panel. we're ahead pmqs with my panel. we're going to round up the latest stories the day. that's all stories of the day. that's all coming after look at the coming up after a look at the latest news . good morning. it's latest news. good morning. it's 11:01. i'm very rights keeping you up to date on gb news. a major trial of an experimental alzheimer's drug has shown for the first time the early of the disease can be slowed . disease can be slowed. scientists found after 80 months, the drug stalled. the disease progression by 27% compared with patients taking a placebo . however, experts warn, placebo. however, experts warn, as the medicine works during the very initial stages of the disease, most won't benefit unless there's a revolution in spot it. the results published in the new england journal of medicine, have been, though as

the beginning of the end. the labour mp, stephen kinnock, whose mother had the disease , whose mother had the disease, welcomed the news . yeah, welcomed the news. yeah, alzheimer's is just a horrible disease. you you find yourself grieving for somebody who's standing right there in front of you. i mean, it's of course, very sad that this is too late for mum, but incredibly encouraging that this research is coming forward , posting an is coming forward, posting an education and services are affected by strike action today as the industrial walkout gets underway across multiple industries, 150 universities and colleges will be impacted and so too will 77/6 form colleges in england as national education union staff go on strike while mail staff start another two day strike today . all of these are strike today. all of these are in dispute, partly over pay. meanwhile, members of the communication workers union are planning seven more strikes. next month in what the union's calling the biggest strike demonstration. this country's ever seen. it will start on the

9th of december. i meanwhile, ambulance workers across england are planning to strike before christmas . it's are planning to strike before christmas. it's part of a dispute over pay and staffing levels. unison said thousands of nine, nine, nine call handlers, ambulance technicians and paramedics will strike across the north london, yorkshire and, the north london, yorkshire and, the south—west two members of a far right militia group have been convicted of plotting to stop president biden taking office. stuart rhodes is the founder of oath keepers. he was among those found guilty of seditious conspiracy for last year's attack on the us capitol . the charge, which carries a maximum 20 year sentence, occurs when two or more people conspire to overthrow put down or destroy by force. the us government. fellow group member carly max, who entered the capitol building to try and prevent donald trump losing office, was also found guilty . losing office, was also found guilty. china's former president , young men who came to power after the tiananmen square protests , has died at the age of protests, has died at the age of

96. he was one of the country's major figures following the 1989 demonstrations, which saw thousands killed. his leadership brought china out of diplomatic isolation and he oversaw the country becoming one of the world's fastest growing economies . food inflation here economies. food inflation here in the uk has risen to 12.4, but it is a record high since records began 17 years ago. the british retail consortium say the figures nearly doubled since october as rocketing energy animal and transport costs have forced up prices. the data showed particularly that fresh food inflation rose even higher . to food inflation rose even higher. to eggs and dairy soaring the highest . for those of us highest. for those of us planning to eat a traditional dinner on christmas day this yean dinner on christmas day this year, consumers are being warned of a shortage of british free range turkey. the british poultry council says half the turkeys being produced for the festive season in the uk have already been killed in the bird flu the total flu epidemic. it's at the total number of turkeys produced for christmas with around 8.5 to 9

million birds. but around a million birds. but around a million have been culled or died from bird flu . a senior police from bird flu. a senior police officer says the duke and duchess of sussex faced credible threats to their life from extreme right wing members of the public . in an interview with the public. in an interview with channel 4, the counter—terrorism boss neil basu called online rhetoric directed at prince harry and his wife meghan markle disgusting and very real. the outgoing met assistant commissioner claimed the material would have left the duchess feeling under threat all of the time. england manager gareth southgate says the big business starts now after his team beat wales three nil in their final group b clash at the world cup . well, that gives you world cup. well, that gives you a glimpse of clearly a static england fans cheering at a fans own in manchester as goals for marcus rashford and phil foden gave england the victory. well it means wales are now out of

the tournament. england will face senegal on sunday in the knockout stages . three women knockout stages. three women will become the first all female refereeing team for a men's world cup match in the qatar world cup match in the qatar world cup. stephanie frappart is black and karen diaz have been named to take charge of the costa rica germany group e match on thursday. papa the first female to officiate at a men's world cup qualifier in march . world cup qualifier in march. you're up to date on gb news. i'll bring you more as athens. now back to beth . now back to beth. barry. good morning to you. well fans beth tennis today on gb news. now rishi sunak is set to face six domain. prime minister's later today with pressure mounting on the conservatives over international relations with china and scrutiny over the windfall tax . scrutiny over the windfall tax. i'll be joined by a former

conservative mp to get her thoughts . university and college thoughts. university and college union members continue to strike a dispute over pay conditions. pensions described as of the biggest ever strikes to hit the uk. what does this mean for students who have already suffered so much ? and i'm going suffered so much? and i'm going to be joined by my fantastic commentators in about 20 minutes for an analysis of the day's biggest stories, including elon musk's takeover. and if he's running like a dictator , of running like a dictator, of course, this show nothing without you and your views. we've got a twitter poll today. we've got a twitter poll today. we are asking you whether we should make a four day working week normal or gbviews@gbnews.uk uk . on that particular issue . uk. on that particular issue. pat has been missing, say a full day working week is another thing that will make brits even lazy and less productive instead of coming up with ideas to reduce, companies should be coming with solutions that coming up with solutions that would productivity . and

would improve productivity. and john it would be a huge john said it would be a huge calamity if productivity doesn't increase compensate for a increase to compensate for a 20% drop working time . well, we drop in working time. well, we heard ceo just before heard from our ceo just before who said it works brilliantly for and he managed for his company and he managed to hold of his stuff. i do to keep hold of his stuff. i do keep getting in touch with me on. now, before get stuck on. now, before we get stuck into the rest of the show, we've got more to get through got so much more to get through england, nil last england, beat wales nil last night. know whether you night. i don't know whether you heard this. the world cup heard about this. the world cup is going on our north—west reporter sophie reaper joined crowds let's how manchester. let's see how she got on, but good luck . and there got on, but good luck. and there through after a three nil victory over wales, gareth southgate side have claimed their spot in the final 16 of this world cup cup as the final whistle blew. jubilation all over england . fans celebrated in over england. fans celebrated in manchester, a 60,000 strong paity manchester, a 60,000 strong party began over their. it is

amazing my father quarter buzzer secret moment i think he was definitely improvement from usa game and i'm hopeful no i wasn't before for i'm no bemoaning gareth southgate by the window god he got ahead kick off the songs were like oh well there was also apprehension barry i hope that england are going to win, but i have faith them, you know, it's always nervous before the game. it's to be a tricky game and the wells can be quite tncky. game and the wells can be quite tricky . the team all together so tricky. the team all together so pretty nervous considering the usa game. obviously we didn't win, but compared to wales i feel like we have a good chance . hopefully we can start with bit of on fans. had a nervy wait as it wasn't until the second half that the goals to flow . for

half that the goals to flow. for the lions it's onward but for the lions it's onward but for the dragons of their world cup dream over. well it was a really but we can still hold a heads up high it's normal so it's about memories three now. yeah it's not the reason really. but you know what we made the world cup first time since 95th game wales have a baby. wales brought up a disappointment for us. still proud welsh side . but across the proud welsh side. but across the border a difference dory with that win under their belts england moving on to the next round to play senegal . will this round to play senegal. will this be the time that england's men are finally able to bring football home? only time will tell . sophie football home? only time will tell. sophie reaper gb news of . tell. sophie reaper gb news of. o tell. sophie reaper gb news of. 0 makes me nostalgic for my hometown of manchester. we know now to put on a bit of a party.

i know it's. and circuses and some of you are saying this important things going on the important things going on on the football but we need a bit of balance in our lives, don't we, at so much doom and at the moment? so much doom and gloom and talking of balance. our poll today is about our twitter poll today is about the british the fact that 100 british companies signed up to companies have signed up to people day. people working a full day. we've got you so far saying got 60% of you so far saying that, no, this should not become the i do wonder if there's the norm. i do wonder if there's a bit a generational a bit of a generational difference when comes to this difference when it comes to this topic. has said topic. brian has said if companies the working companies reduce the working week receive exactly the week staff receive exactly the same wages, it means an enormous increase in wages. same wages, it means an enormous increase in wages . they have to increase in wages. they have to pay increase in wages. they have to pay reduced . they have to pay pay reduced. they have to pay reduced for days, not working. they will be poorer for pleasure of a three day week and jb views at gbnews.uk. if you have of this, how does it work? i want to from you. if you are an employee a or if you are a boss as well. i'd love to hear from you, marcus said. don't forget the, employers are not stupid. you won't just do your ordinary hours over four days. you have to average your five days of hours over four days. it's a 50

hours over four days. it's a 50 hour week, over five days is a ten hour day early start times later finishes. they ask you to work overtime on the fifth shift, you actually more in a week. don't believe the hype or the benefits you are more tired. well, it's something that i think a lot more of us are going to be doing. so please let me know what you think. now, a world leading dump specialist warning children in warning that more children in the have died poor the uk have died from poor housing exclusively to gb news professor mike parrott says that his office has been contacted regarding a number of allegations of children who have potentially lost lives. do you remember this shocking story a couple of weeks ago? a coroner said that a toddler from rochdale was killed from mould in his council home. it's prompted widespread concerns over the state of housing in the uk . alex porter has the story. uk. alex porter has the story. two year old aaliyah ishak died from a respiratory condition caused by exposure to mould in his home. a coroner's. it should be a defining moment for the

housing sector, but has it been 7 housing sector, but has it been ? housing secretary michael gove immediately wrote to all social housing providers and council leaders england to say they were being put on notice. people who've been complaining for months over the state, their homes are suddenly a response. this was covered in black mould and now it's just water and just seeping through . dan whiteside seeping through. dan whiteside lives with his wife and two children in a leasehold flat in south london. they've had leaks and mould and since february, which has left sleeping on the sofa, unable to use the master bedroom. mushrooms coming through the wall, which then quite quickly started turning into a large area of black mould. since then i've been calling alan q twice a week. they finally sent out a dump expert team to come out and have a look and that was two weeks ago. so were complaining to your housing assoc nation for seven months but with no response very recently. why do you think that is ? as you know, not difficult is? as you know, not difficult to ascertain that. you know

something something related to the news story of the child sadly passed. they mentioned it the phone we couldn't have a newborn baby living in these conditions , which obviously conditions, which obviously makes me quite angry . my wife makes me quite angry. my wife was pregnant throughout this. we had to bring a newborn baby to this. you know, we pay a mortgage and a service charge and we're living in a nightmare of a statement from alan q housing associate and said, we are sorry for the delay to the repairs at mr. whiteside's home and for the inconvenience this has caused the family. and for the inconvenience this has caused the family . we has caused the family. we visited the property several times to establish the cause of the leak which proved more difficult than we anticipated . difficult than we anticipated. problems with establishing the causes of damp and mould is due to a lack of expertise . to a lack of expertise. according to mike paret , one of according to mike paret, one of the world's leading expert in this field, what you're doing with damp this mould investigations is you're eliminating what it until you're left with what it is and you can

only do that tangibly by measurement that is not in the country. when i look at the dust parity of knowledge , parity of knowledge, particularly amongst social housing, it's even worse in the private sector, i hasten to add it it me with horror that we we've arrived at this situation. we've had confirmation for the first time that a child has died as a result of the conditions in their home. how worried are that there could be more cases? my office has received calls from some sources where there are allegations of further fatalities involving young children . i knew the day would children. i knew the day would come . i knew that this would come. i knew that this would happen. come. i knew that this would happen . the government is under happen. the government is under pressure to make sure another child doesn't die their accommodation. but with poor housing across the public and sector, it's a problem which won't be solved anytime soon and

has, as porter gb news. thank you, alice. now over 70,000 university and college union members at 150 universities are holding the third of three days of strike . it's being described of strike. it's being described as a super strike wednesday. our reporter ellie costello is live at king's cross where the rally is taking place. ali, what these lectures university specifically striking about . well, babbitt's striking about. well, babbitt's strikes some more strikes and it seems be the theme of the season at the moment and today the turn of the university and colleges uniand of the university and colleges uni and now they represent 120,000 higher academic . 120,000 higher academic. education experts and also support staff in the uk as well . now it looks very quiet here right now, but in about 2 hours time they're all going to be , time they're all going to be, they say hundreds , of university

they say hundreds, of university lecturers and also rallying here , asking for better pay, better conditions and better pension benefits . now, this is the last benefits. now, this is the last day of three days of action. so far this week, as you say, is being called super strike wednesday. and this is going to be taking place because 70,000 lecturers have gone on strike in the past three days. that 150 different universities and, institutions all across the uk now that has affected . now that has affected. apparently 2.5 million students up and down the country who are paying up and down the country who are paying around up and down the country who are paying aroun d £10,000 a year for paying around £10,000 a year for their education. but the uc, you said that it's actually the students that are supposed meeting them and many of them they say will be here today standing their lecturers asking for better pay . so why exactly for better pay. so why exactly are they striking. well, the

union says that their pay has been cut 25% since 2009. now they have had a pay increase offer on the table of 3. that has been rejected. they're looking more for about 12% pay increase. they want it above the rates of and they say that over work insecure rity and additional hours are really impacting their work they want better conditions alongside side that 12% increase in pay . so that 12% increase in pay. so they've asked for that increase they've asked for that increase they've also asked for action to end zero hour contracts and temporary contracts as well. they talk a lot about the excessive workload that lecturers have, that they work upwards of 70 hours a week when they're planning their lectures and also marking students work. and those hours go , they're only and those hours go, they're only paid for those 40 hour weeks. and they also want to tackle this public misconduct exception that they say lecturers earn

very good money. statistic would suggest that an average lecturer earns abou t £38,000 suggest that an average lecturer earns about £38,000 as senior lecturer earns around £60,000. but the union does want to make it clear that a third of academic staff are actually on temporary contracts and are paid poorly . so that's something they poorly. so that's something they want tackle today. just a quick word on what university employers say. they say that asking for more pay is only putting jobs at risk. asking for more pay is only putting jobs at risk . and putting jobs at risk. and already 30% of university fees in the uk are already in debt. they said that the deal on the is a good one and that many staff already benefit from annual pay increments. that's what the universities say . but what the universities say. but in a couple of hours time back, we are going to see potentially hundreds of lecturers from all over the country. we know that free coaches have been offered from several universities up and down the country. they'll be here to london to try and get their voices heard for better pay ' their voices heard for better pay , better conditions and,

pay, better conditions and, better pensions. okay. thank ali ellie costello, the i just can't help but worry about the students. you know, these universities have missed so much of their education, and i'm not sure they should be there supporting their teachers. shouldn't they be asking questions of the bosses of these universal teams to out why universal teams to find out why the are doing this in the teachers are doing this in the teachers are doing this in the anyway, an the first place? anyway, send an email. know what you email. let me know what you think. gb news gbnews.uk. tell your thoughts anything that your thoughts on anything that talking can talking about today. you can also gb news. got also tweet gb news. we got a poll up asking right now as 100 british companies adopt the four day working week should become normal for everyone. so far 40% of you think that we should do that with the majority of you thinking , that with the majority of you thinking, no, we that with the majority of you thinking , no, we should not be thinking, no, we should not be doing that. cast your vote now . doing that. cast your vote now. okay. plenty more still to . come okay. plenty more still to. come after the break, my panel will talk us through some big stories, including news that rishi sunak has been urged to take a tougher action position on growing protests . on china over growing protests. time now, though, for a quick

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very good morning. it's 1124. very good morning. it's1124. this is bev turner today on gb news my panel about care. i'm delighted to be say i'm joined by co—founder of the together association alan . miller is here association alan. miller is here now commentator and broadcaster emma webb is also here . and emma webb is also here. and baroness claire fox, director of the academy of ideas. so you've all got some stories that have caught your eye. claire, i think we're starting with you this rishi sunak urge to expel china diplomats brutal crackdown diplomats over brutal crackdown on anti—government protests in china . are you surprised he china. are you surprised he hasn't said more ? i'm not hasn't said more? well, i'm not that surprising . this said more that surprising. this said more because let's entirely frank because let's be entirely frank , the anti—covid protests that happened , the uk were suppressed

happened, the uk were suppressed . people who went on them traduced as conspiratorial. granick killers. and it's a consequence and know this government actually endorsed or hung out with people who were arguing a zero—covid policy. hung out with people who were arguing a zero—covid policy . and arguing a zero—covid policy. and we actually have a chancellor no less that was rather admiring of the way that china was handling the way that china was handling the covid issue. so you could say it's a bit embarrassing for them. it in the extraordinary events in china that cannot be underestimated. i mean there is just no tradition over the last decades of open criticism of the chinese communist party, even when there's disgruntled hints at the leadership to actually go on the streets and shout out against the communist party's policies as explicitly is such a remarkable act of bravery. and when you look at what's happening in iran, you do think, oh my god, it humbles us. i mean, yeah there's no way.

however calling on the british government to expel diplomats would be great act of diplomatic illiteracy. this is not the way to handle it at all. i mean, what's it got in some ways what's it got in some ways what's he got to do with the uk? i mean, you can say that that british journalist who is bundled and taken away is problematic . we are also in problematic. we are also in a situation where even though i'm no great fan of just stop oil that we only recently had a journalist bundled up and taken away for filming a just stop oil protest. so you know, this country, i think that there's a kind of, on the one hand, double standards. also, as far as i'm concerned, the uk needs to be very careful about its dealings with china in terms of not exacerbating or ensure in making that the chinese regime is a panah that the chinese regime is a pariah regime, despite huge criticisms of what doing not least either issues, not just the way they're dealing with these protesters. what do you think. i think it's absolutely outrageous that . rishi sunak has

outrageous that. rishi sunak has got temerity to start hurling accusations at the chinese if we at i agree with a lot of what i said, but if we remember, he sat on a cabinet that explicitly limited a range of freedoms, endorsed lockdowns and all sorts of things , just stopping us of things, just stopping us saying our most loved ones to finding throwing snowballs, just the most outrage of imposition, as you can imagine . and we as you can imagine. and we should never forget that . and should never forget that. and now the idea that they can pontiff vacate and posture as though pro—freedom. i'm pro liberty because it's somewhere far and actually we've got to say the mainstream media as well who were conspicuous by their absence even though we invited them all the time fact with the exception of gb news and actually one or two newspapers, it wasn't until very last it wasn't until the very last demonstration that they showed up and i'm all for celebrating because the other thing is some people are saying, well, you can't trust. now that goes out

on the press. i'm for i'm celebrating immense. i mean, i don't know that i'd have the courage what did here if courage to do what i did here if i in china or somewhere i was in china or somewhere else. takes enormous, else. so it takes enormous, enormous bravery. and who knows what's going to happen . and i'm what's going to happen. and i'm very nervous about what kind of crackdown can happen. but one thing said about thing should be said about what's china is what's happening in china is that obviously they've had things in the things like riots in the countryside this is countryside ongoing, but this is the that there's been the first time that there's been a the middle a combination of the middle class, professional class students a range students and others in a range of the time. of cities at the same time. yeah, and it's hugely inspiring , nervous about what will be happening and actually if leaders i say that name will continuously if leaders really to demonstrate that belief and freedom and liberty, choice and privacy we would shine a light here and demonstrate that and that's the best way and for us, anyone who believes in freedom, in challenging the lockdowns and protests, we need to shine a light of reason. and i'm and ensure that whilst the government says all these things and they're imposing these

measures on protests, on free speech, the online safety bill and a range of other things just about lockdowns. it's around this technocratic, autocratic set about what set of impositions about what you can and can't say and all of these things that we need to be. i say the best thing we can do to show our is actually keep demand and freedom in our own country together. emma what we're kind taking from from we're kind of taking from from what ? claire and out of brexit what? claire and out of brexit there is government has there is our government has behaved so appallingly we can now longer really criticise now no longer really criticise the chinese government . i'm the chinese government. i'm paraphrasing, there are paraphrasing, but there are parallels . and justin trudeau as parallels. and justin trudeau as well in canada of course has come and criticised the come out and criticised the chinese regime in strongest terms and of course got an enormous kicking on social media by but you close by anybody saying but you close down bank accounts. down truckers bank accounts. yeah where at now or yeah that where we're at now or trudeau deserve kicking because if truly hypocritical if anybody is truly hypocritical over this it is yeah i, i completely agree and take your point about the domestic side of things and how i was going to say freedom in this country or

the lack thereof during lockdowns and the complicity of some of our ministers and the prime minister in that. some of our ministers and the prime minister in that . but i do prime minister in that. but i do think that we you know, china is dangerous we need to take china seriously . i dangerous we need to take china seriously. i agree dangerous we need to take china seriously . i agree with claire. seriously. i agree with claire. i don't think necessarily kicking out chinese diplomats is going to be particularly helpful , a pragmatic point of view. but are lots of things that we can and should been doing actually over the last couple decades over the last couple of decades to back china . and to push back against china. and china is a threat to our national security in so many ways. and there are so many things that we should be doing to back them. and to push back against them. and it just be response it shouldn't just be in response to has happened to this bbc to what has happened to this bbc journalist, which is obviously completely appalling and we should in the most should respond in the most robust possible, but we need robust way possible, but we need to be looking at the ways that china a threat . our national china is a threat. our national security in, as i say, a number of different ways, particularly like the funding of chinese funding going into our universities there are all sorts of things to do with industrial

espionage . the list is longer espionage. the list is longer than anyone's are. and so we do need to be taking that very seriously and i don't think that just because our leaders have been hypocritical , perhaps over been hypocritical, perhaps over their own treatment of protests and so on, that that means that we should take xi, we should be a light touch over china, because i think the issue is that what we've done is we have and continue to signal weakness that what we've done is we have aid continue to signal weakness that what we've done is we have ai think inue to signal weakness that what we've done is we have ai think rishito signal weakness that what we've done is we have ai think rishi havingil weakness that what we've done is we have ai think rishi having tough;ness that what we've done is we have ai think rishi having tough on;s . i think rishi having tough on china in terms of what he said previously to the approach that he's now taking which he calls robust pragmatic . i mean, who robust pragmatic. i mean, who knows what that means ? i think knows what that means? i think that is further weakness to that that is further weakness to china and that people like jacob rees—mogg and duncan smith are right that we need we need to we need to show them that we're to be with. briefly, be messed with. and briefly, i just to say that we should be careful about posturing internationally. if we remember what president obama did in this pivot asia, the unintended pivot to asia, the unintended consequence of that was the chinese to right, we're chinese to say, right, we're going to roll out our belt some roads initiative across the world the things world now. one of the things is

if we really believe in freedom, in business and entrepreneurs, we spirit we will shape and in the spirit of freedom, we do, the soft power speaks a lot as well. power speaks a lot to as well. and have to demonstrate that. and we have to demonstrate that. and we have to demonstrate that. and citizens in china and i hope our citizens in china and many other nations, iran and elsewhere that and share elsewhere see that and share that understand it, and that and understand it, and we can look what happened can look back at what happened at end of the soviet regime at the end of the soviet regime to many of those things to see how many of those things did have impact. i mean, did have an impact. i mean, spied rather than spied people rather than thinking is thinking the solution is to ratchet up international rivalry at a high level, which is very volatile . right. and is volatile. right. and is posturing and is dangerous . posturing and is dangerous. yeah. okay. last tiger, i emma is right to remind us that the chinese regime and the uk regime are very different. you know, we do live in a democracy just and the chinese regime is authoritarian. i think the diplomatic point is very important though, because i do think that in international relations far too much posturing and not enough serious diplomatic conversations going on and. then finally, a lot of the chinese students who come here, even if this chinese , one

here, even if this chinese, one of the things that always amuses me is they come here thinking this is a free society. and i've actually spoken at university events where it's the students who said i thought was going who said i thought i was going to a place that there to come to a place that there was it's dominated was freedom and it's dominated by culture. so point by cancel culture. so the point is we do need to live a free life in order to inspire positively those people who rebelled . yeah. yeah, absolutely rebelled. yeah. yeah, absolutely right. thanks guys. we're going to look ahead to pmqs in just a moment i'm going to be asking my panel what question would ask in the house of commons if they had the house of commons if they had the chance today. but first, hasbro's deal with the news . hasbro's deal with the news. good morning. it's 1133 hasbro's deal with the news. good morning. it's1133 i'm rosie. right. let's you up to date on a major trial of an experimental alzheimer's drug has shown for the first time the early stages of the disease can be slowed . scientists found be slowed. scientists found after 18 months, the drug stalled the disease progression by 27% compared with patients taking a placebo. however

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gb news. good morning. 1137. this is bev turner today on gb news. we're looking ahead to pmqs. i want to ask my panel what they would ask today. ask my panel what they would ask today . they had the privilege of today. they had the privilege of being in house of commons. claire, i'm going to start with you. baroness claire fox, if you stood up there today, what would you want ask ? well, i am you want to ask? well, i am increasingly concerned the increasingly concerned by the fact educational fact that educational establishments routinely establishments are now routinely present as critical race theory, which people's skin colour . present as critical race theory, which people's skin colour. i think this is an entirely poisonous and divisive thing and i want the government to take this seriously. it's not a culture wars issue. it's a very important because i think that we are dangerously overemphasising people's skin colour at the expense of character to remember that that famous about character and skin. i think that the government are ignonng i think that the government are ignoring this issue too much. is the old state about what's

happening in education? but this is past as factually correct ways of understanding the way we relate to each other. and i think. who do you think would answer that better off? keir starmer. rishi sunak , i'm afraid starmer. rishi sunak, i'm afraid that whilst you might imagine that whilst you might imagine that keir starmer would be awkward and i certainly wouldn't support that of course is dominated by identity politics. i'm afraid that the conservative party's record on this is to not take it as seriously as they ought to. and i make that point as an anti—racist, i think we dangerously allowing third party organisations to get into schools just like they've done with the transition and gender politics and. basically, ideologically put forward a view society which unhelpful and actually racially charged dangerous. absolutely. alan miller , you're in pmqs today. miller, you're in pmqs today. you need to be in pmqs everybody

always messages to say why aren't you running the country? if you were today or you were in there as the opposition, what would you be asking? sadiq well, i would be saying to the prime minister, light the with minister, in light of the with the nhs now i remind ourselves over the last 15 years we've been told it's in crisis, but this year we certainly face some really big challenges and care sector. i'm with he now apology guys compensate and reinstate the care workers whilst he's posturing on how terrible china is . why did his government try is. why did his government try and have a mandate imposed on people that worked for year on the frontline in the most difficult of circumstances and then we lost over 40,000 very experienced care workers. now we have a gap of 150,000, which is impacting directly nhs beds, over 13,000 of them. will he now apologise, compensate and reinstate the care workers? vaccine mandate for the vaccine mandate that was imposed and

choose rather than talk about people that are avoiding freedom elsewhere in suppressing it . elsewhere in suppressing it. address the issue here. demonstrate through actions, not words how even when you've done things that are wrong, you can resolve them . surely what should resolve them. surely what should happenin resolve them. surely what should happen in a democracy , shouldn't happen in a democracy, shouldn't it? emma, we can dream . how it? emma, we can dream. how about you? you stood there today. what would ask? i today. what would ask? well, i would to ask the prime would like to ask the prime minister he can still say minister how he can still say that a conservative with that he's a conservative with a straight face whilst practically robbing the people of this country blind from top to bottom the effects of his recent fiscal statement on the people at, the very, very bottom of society, you're talking about the nurses as well are going on strike. now, this is going to have a huge financial impact on people through stealth taxes and all sorts of taxes that. i think we won't we won't know for some time just exactly what the impact of that is at a time when people are really financially struggling with the cost of living . and i think that there living. and i think that there are many conservatives, the country, who feel extra

country, who feel an extra ordinary sense of betrayal at this government is nothing the government they voted for in 2019. so even though this is the sort of question that when asked in pmqs, normally i would hate it because it's not specific enough. somebody needs to say it, to hold them it, somebody needs to hold them to being to account for not being conservatives, remotely conservatives, not remotely highest since the highest tax burden since the second world war. right alan miller, we're going to move on to your twitter story now. if you if you're not on twitter, this might not seem relevant, but actually it's an amazing portal for free speech. maybe it is now. alan it wasn't until recently . it's interesting recently. it's interesting because yo old ross, who resigned from twitter recently , resigned from twitter recently, has complained that now we're not safe on twitter because unlike that previously twitter, now we've got dictatorial elon musk . and i think the thing is musk. and i think the thing is the to be understood this has been a whole reaction by many who think that the public people

ordinary people are just not fit to make decisions that just not to make decisions that just not to look at things and be able to a view . they think that if they a view. they think that if they see certain things going to go out and repeat them and do them think that we're basically danger us corrupt unmanageable andifs danger us corrupt unmanageable and it's a very nasty view of ordinary people. now it's also the case that obviously we've seen elon musk has come in there with 50% of the staff have gone. actually, only 15% of the people that are regulating or moderating discussions. interestingly and we shouldn't i think it's important to say that we shouldn't just think that one person can hero god for person can be our hero god for free speech. it's up to us as citizens to keep demanding a system. but the reaction that has happened to elon musk doing this has been it signifies . and this has been it signifies. and yeah, what's happened is that some people who don't want to have speech and debate are looking to cancel it. they're targeting advertisers like they did with gb news and can can continue to do, we should say. yeah, because they don't want to

have a discussion and debate. they don't believe in free speech. they've evacuated. that's right. they want to say that who believes in in the enlightened approach rational enlightened approach to rational discussion is somehow far right or an extremist? and i think that , you know, elon or an extremist? and i think that, you know, elon musk deserves congratulations . his deserves congratulations. his attempt to engage. it's going to be very difficult . but actually be very difficult. but actually we should be wary of people who say the policy says this is the right way because we've seen that what happened in twitter was if you look at the amount of scientists, journalists, academics and others that have been taken down and elon musk has said that they're actually going be brought back now. going to be brought back on now. and great, let's have and i say, great, let's have the debate in public. there are always going to be some things that very, difficult that are very, very difficult to, but one of the to, see or hear. but one of the things he changed was things that he changed was taking covid taking away this covid misinformation, isn't misinformation, you know, isn't it? yesterday there were it? as of yesterday there were a lot people celebrating this lot of people celebrating this so that doctors like peter mcculloch lost his twitter, mcculloch who lost his twitter, a account, can now be reinstated

. this is good news, isn't it, claire? almost stupid people can if you present them with information, they will make the right decision. well they will information, they will make the rig able cision. well they will information, they will make the rig able toion. well they will information, they will make the rig able to decide ll they will information, they will make the rig able to decide and ey will information, they will make the rig able to decide and whatever be able to decide and whatever the right decisions are. yeah, i mean, there is covid misinformation and some of the people that we're taking down were people i thought had views which were irrational and quack science frank, but i don't science to be frank, but i don't think they should be banned. it's simple i mean, it's as simple as that. i mean, i'm the point is that what is being complained about here, is that a particular gatekeeping class who were employed by twitter , made ideological, twitter, made ideological, political decisions about what they considered to be not safe? yeah, that is being changed by elon musk. and the assumption is, is that because it's being changed. we're not going to be safe. now, safe is a good and important word in this debate because every time we have a free speech debate, people try and pose ideas and words as dangerous and they will keep us safe on our behalf. they will act . and that, of course, is

act. and that, of course, is paternalistic . and once you use paternalistic. and once you use safety as a trump card against liberty , then actually that's liberty, then actually that's a green light for censorship. yeah, we've run out of time. guys, i'm so sorry. it's so nice to have here. baroness claire. folks, don't apologise. you're here to talk is wonderful. alan miller and emma webb. here to talk is wonderful. alan miller and emma webb . we have miller and emma webb. we have been running this twitter poll. of course, all we asked you whether we should all be working four day week, 40% of you said that. yes we should. and 60% of you said absolutely not. right. we've come to the end of our show. fair notes. i'll be back tomorrow with another panel of guests coming next, it's gb news day mark longhurst. bev day with mark longhurst. i'm bev turner see you turner and i'll see you tomorrow. hogan i'm from the met office . it's been another misty, office. it's been another misty, foggy start in many places that folks are slowly lifting through the of day, but leaving the rest of the day, but leaving a low cloud, some places, a lot of low cloud, some places, though, some sunshine, though, getting some sunshine, predominantly northern scotland , parts of west wales, southern of england actually increasingly so here. but for ireland, for

western scotland , thickening western scotland, thickening cloud and some outbreaks light rain arrive from the west and for a good part of central and eastern england southern scotland we keep the low cloud it's going to feel cold in that cloud , 3 to 7 degrees in the cloud, 3 to 7 degrees in the afternoon and evening. we're going see the cloud break up a bit more across the southern counties of england. parts of wales, northern england, as happens though, and as skies clear temperatures will fall away and we'll see a frost and fog reforming across these areas . and there will still be a lot of low cloud remaining where we get that a chilly starts to thursday minus three or minus four celsius in some sheltered spots, not so chilly for spots, but not so chilly for scotland and northern ireland. 7 to 9 degrees, but with some cloud and some rain a weather front moving in from the west here. but that weather front is weakening as it comes up against the high pressure which is really our the really controlling our at the moment. scotland , parts moment. so for scotland, parts of england, it's damp of northern england, it's a damp start to thursday. the rain out through the day and becoming more confined to the far north

as scotland eventually across england and wales after the misty, foggy starts with the frost in places skies do brighten , but there'll be a few brighten, but there'll be a few fog patches lingering into the afternoon where that fog lingers. 2 to 5 celsius where we get the 7 to 10 degrees. and for scotland for northern england it is a dull and in places damp day the rain by the afternoon and evening though clears away and for northern ireland brighter skies in the afternoon with some clear spells into the evening. now for the rest of the week and into the weekend easterly winds arrive that will make it less foggy, but also make a bit colder as well .