very good morning. welcome to bev turner. today on gb news. it's out today. bev turner. today on gb news. it's out today . matt hancock, it's out today. matt hancock, the pandemic diaries , the inside the pandemic diaries, the inside story of britain's battle against covid. i'm going to give you my thoughts on that in just a moment. i want to miss it. we're going to be talking also about gp appointments. apparently 5.2 million patients couldn't get appointment when couldn't get an appointment when they in october. and they wanted one in october. and new employees could soon have the right to ask for remote working. the moment they start the job. yes, that's right. we're going to be discussing all of that after a look at the latest news with rosie . a very latest news with rosie. a very good morning to us. just 10:01. i'm rosie wright. let's get you up to date . further strike up to date. further strike action has been announced on the

railways over christmas as union leaders have rejected offers to end their walkouts . the rmt end their walkouts. the rmt isn't happy with an offer from network rail of an 8% pay rise over two years. members will now be walking out for eight days this month. that's four times this month. that's four times this week . and then from this week. and then from christmas eve until the 27th. the education minister, nick gibb, told gb news the pay offer was fair and reasonable. so i think the unions really should call off this strike. it's inconveniencing people up and down the country in the run up to christmas. i think it's a it's a very poor way of conducting negotiations. we would urge the unions to talk to the employers to keep negotiating and not to hold the country to ransom . antibiotic country to ransom. antibiotic x could be given to children at schools affected by strep a, infections as a preventative measure. the education minister told gb news it's one of their opfions told gb news it's one of their options to manage the infection in schools where there's a reported case . at least eight

reported case. at least eight children have died from the infection since september. nearly 700 more cases were reported in one week in november compared to the same time last yeah compared to the same time last year. the infection usually causes a sore throat , scarlet causes a sore throat, scarlet fever or skin rash , and it's fever or skin rash, and it's passed on by physical contact or through sneezing and coughing . through sneezing and coughing. the nhs, gp , dr. vinay babu is the nhs, gp, dr. vinay babu is urging parents to be on the lookout for symptoms. if your parent with a young child look up the symptoms, have a look at google images of what the skin rashes look like. have the information at your fingertips. if you can't get hold of your gp, there's one, one, one. most practises have either ee console text messages , telephone calls. text messages, telephone calls. worst case scenario and your child is unwell. of course . take child is unwell. of course. take them to amy and the paediatric department will help. so i think as parents , you need empower as parents, you need to empower yourself information yourself with the information and act quickly . a charity's and act quickly. a charity's warns and increasing number of families are feeding their babies on safely because of the soaring cost of formula milk. the british pregnancy advisory

service says mothers and carers are resorting to watering down formula or living longer between feeds or in some cases feeding their babies unsuitable food like porridge. even the cheapest brand of formula has gone up 22% in the last year. brand of formula has gone up 22% in the last year . the labour in the last year. the labour party is warning that millions of people are struggling to book a gp appointment, meaning some they say won't have serious medical conditions diagnosed until it's too late. the latest patient data survey shows that nearly 14% of patients in england couldn't get an appointment the last time they tried to book one. the department for health and social care says they're working to improve access so everyone who needs an appointment can get one within two weeks. grocery inflation has dropped for the first time in almost two years. data from kantar shows in the four weeks to november inflation was at 14.6. that's . down 0.1% was at 14.6. that's. down 0.1% from october. the market research today says the average cost of a shop is still

research today says the average cost of a shop is stil l £60 more cost of a shop is still £60 more than this time last year. and the price of some produce like milk and butter, are rising . the milk and butter, are rising. the national farmers union's urging the government to support primary producers to avoid a food supply crisis. the union's warning farmers are under strain from rising fuel , fertiliser and from rising fuel, fertiliser and feed costs and says as well as 999 feed costs and says as well as egg shortages , other foods could egg shortages, other foods could be impacted too . the department be impacted too. the department for environment, food and rural affairs insists the uk has a high degree of food security . high degree of food security. russia's defence ministry claims ukrainian drones have struck two air bases in south central russia last night. three servicemen were killed and four were wounded. ukraine haven't claimed responsibility for the attack , which if true, would be attack, which if true, would be the deepest strikes inside the russian heartland since the war beganin russian heartland since the war began in february . the uk health began in february. the uk health security agency has issued a severe cold weather alert for england, which could cause a risk to health. cold arctic air is set to move in across the uk , with temperatures plummeting as low as minus ten degrees

celsius. well, there's a warning for older people and those who are vulnerable with heart or lung conditions that they should do best to try to stay do their best to try to stay warm . the american actress warm. the american actress kirstie alley has died of cancer aged 71. she was best known for her role as rebecca howe in the sitcom cheers and in her role in the romantic comedy look who's talking alongside john travolta . in a tribute, travolta said his time with her represented one of the most special relationships he'd ever had . you relationships he'd ever had. you are today on gb news. i bring you more as it develops. now back to beth . back to beth. barry. good morning to you. welcome to bev turner. today on gb news tv, radio and online. thank you for joining gb news tv, radio and online. thank you forjoining me. here's thank you for joining me. here's what's coming up on the show this morning. former health

this morning. the former health secretary and professional attention seeker hancock's diaries are out today. here's an idea. don't buy it. i'll save you the job of spending any money on it. stay tuned. i'll tell you all about it at the top of the show. also, how have you found getting a doctor's appointment recently? the number of unable see a gp has of people unable to see a gp has rocketed from 2.7 million in 2021 to 5.2 million at the same time this year. people are being forced into overcrowded a&e departments or not being seen at all, leaving thousands at risk of serious undiagnosed disease . of serious undiagnosed disease. i'm going to be talking to two gp's about why this has happened and there could be a working from home revolution under proposed new laws, employees would have the right to ask for remote working. the moment they start a new job. is this good or bad news? and of course , this bad news? and of course, this show is nothing without you and your views. our twitter poll today, we are asking if you have been able to see your gp when you need it to do, let me know

on itv news. plus vaiews@gbnews.uk is the email that will land in my inbox. as i sit here, i'll get to as many as i can throughout the morning . i can throughout the morning. now, let's talk about matt hancock's pandemic diaries . hancock's pandemic diaries. despite the historical significance of the covid 19 overreaction, this is no samuel pepys recording the great fire of london. think moor. adrian mole. i don't . reliable narrator mole. i don't. reliable narrator displaying a total lack of self—awareness without anyone to tell him to grow the heck up. hancock, once forgiven us, he says, for the mistake. i made when i fell in love with gina. but not, he emphasises , for how but not, he emphasises, for how i handle the pandemic and this regard his conscience is bafflingly clear . but regard his conscience is bafflingly clear. but in my mind, what is crystal clear throughout the extracts is that his decision making was never based upon trustworthy data. scientific analysis , or the scientific analysis, or the result of compound critical

thinking that allowed for all eventualities . i would say that eventualities. i would say that his judgements cut costs not wholly lives then and now, but also careers, relations ships, centuries of medical ethics destroyed and those decisions were driven in my opinion, by a need to bolster his own fragile ego. there are multiple anecdotes in which hancock and his fellow mp seem to be motivated solely by a need to compete with other politicians . compete with other politicians. writing a self—congratulatory three wave of libidinous fever with every self awarded victory regardless of whether it wasted taxpayers billions or caused damage to individuals. for example, it's revealed that the decision had been made in england to remove masks from schoolchildren in september 2020. but when nicholas sturgeon announced that her scottish pupil would retain this damaging but pointless measure, hancock and co u—turned not for anyone

safety but to score political points and to avoid a row with the scots at our children's expense. and he admits this without any reflection or contrition . in the book, he contrition. in the book, he pursues testing targets like a teenage boy, capturing pokemon scores without any contemplation as to the clinical accuracy of those tests . over and over, he those tests. over and over, he cast himself as the only adult in the room against sunak johnson chefs . nadine dorries, johnson chefs. nadine dorries, everyone , in fact. but he also everyone, in fact. but he also admits to publishing messages of support to colleagues, even though they were untrue. presumably thinking that this makes him look loyal instead of a flip flopping sixth form, a lacking the mettle to stand up to his classmates . apparently it to his classmates. apparently it was hancock who first spotted the seriousness of the wuhan virus. it is he who decided the only way out of lockdown was a vaccine. i want it by christmas , he said, in a manner that

confirms the suspicion that matt hancock quickly became intoxicated by a cinematic drama of his own making and heard what he wanted to hear. to maintain his public profile, my boss, johnson realised that the infection fatality rate for even the elderly was extremely low. hancock persuaded him otherwise , perhaps sniffing a book deal lucrative after dinner speeches or a stint in a reality show down the line. perhaps nothing that goes wrong in this account is his fault . he takes zero is his fault. he takes zero responsibility for greenlighting the return of infectious patients to care homes instead blaming the care home staff themselves what he calls their scandalous behaviour . themselves what he calls their scandalous behaviour. he describes having a massive blow—up with colleague kate bingham. he writes she simply doesn't see the need to order a 100 million doses of the oxford vaccine. she wants 30 million and can't seem to grasp to.

almost everyone may want or need it . so keen is this man to be it. so keen is this man to be liked that he is desperate to dole out more than jabs to all ages and health profiles. it really makes you wonder who was urging him on, bingham told him the worst case is we kill people with an unsafe vaccine. we need to tone the comes to register the fact this is risky and unproven . to which hancock unproven. to which hancock responds and i quote if there's one thing i can't stand , it's one thing i can't stand, it's being patronised . because being patronised. because apparently having his intellect questioned is more troubling. so this thin skinned man, the making a rash one size fits all medical policy for a brand new drug with potential lethal side effects . i'm left with the effects. i'm left with the impression that during the pandemic we were led by the cast of the inbetweeners . rather than of the inbetweeners. rather than elected statesmen . hancock was elected statesmen. hancock was like , well, a man too young to like, well, a man too young to be carrying a briefcase. never

my responsibility for a nation's health . it would be funny , health. it would be funny, except his true . let me know except his true. let me know what you think . now, listening what you think. now, listening to that was former liberal mp, democrat mp and mate of matt hancock. lambert opened at lambert. good morning. i'm sure you're ready to launch a staunch defence of your mate. go for it . well, first of all, i applaud your eloquence and i'm sure many viewers will agree with it. i haven't finished reading the book.i haven't finished reading the book. i actually haven't finished reading the book . i actually got a copy last book. i actually got a copy last night. i saw him for the first time last night in front. i just had a slightly different view to this. while i do feel they were gassing me a lot of the time i'm not sure other people would have done better. and to that extent it's hardly surprising that biography, essentially a set of diaries written by matt hancock with help from isabel oakeshott, is a very good writer, by the way. it's going to put it that

way. it's going to put it that way. so i'm not going to slam you for what you said. i just think it's worth reading this to get a bit more balance and while you might argue that he was like the welsh character in between those and i applaud the analogy in reality, nobody's been in this position before, not in modern times. you'd have to go back spanish flu or the back to the spanish flu or the great plague of 1665. but you know what, limpet? you know what 7 know what, limpet? you know what ? pandemic prepare ? we had a pandemic prepare readiness plan. it had been fine tuned over a decade for this exact eventuality , and they just exact eventuality, and they just predit exact eventuality, and they just ripped it up and said what we're going to do instead is we're going to do instead is we're going to do instead is we're going to quarantine the healthy and i'm sorry, but they have never justified that. and this book should have more of an explanation . a bit less of matt explanation. a bit less of matt hancock mills and building his own story . and more matt hancock own story. and more matt hancock explaining the logic because that's what we've never had . that's what we've never had. that's what it is. very readable and it is a bit of a page turner because it's written as a diary. now i think to do what you've

just described , matt hancock just described, matt hancock would have had to rewrite out his diary. diary retrospectively. i think what you do see is a lot of guesswork and government is not responsible for that. but they have to take responsibility in the same sense that he has to take responsibility for the some of the mistakes he made. quite obviously at same time, obviously. but at the same time, i'm sure other people could i'm not sure other people could do also agree do better. i would also agree with inference. don't with the inference. i don't think this country was think that this country was prepared for the pandemic so much guesswork. i now remain very sceptical about the benefit of the lockdown at all. but once again , what you want from matt again, what you want from matt contrition people say, should be sitting in sackcloth and ashes at home because he killed people. he didn't deliberately kill . and that sense kill anybody. and in that sense , i and we all know people who died . in that what you died. in that sense, what you see an insight to government. see is an insight to government. not it is edifying. not all of it is edifying. you're not all of it is you're right. not all of it is edifying. but at the same time, you do see in my view, a fairly honest analysis of the level of guesswork going on and guesswork that was going on and one attempt his one person's attempt to do his best. unless, course, you

best. unless, of course, you think deliberately do think he deliberately didn't do his no, i don't. it's not his best. no, i don't. it's not that i don't think he did his best. think he's best was best. i think he's best was dnven best. i think he's best was driven the wrong motives, driven by the wrong motives, which and i and i kind which i think and i and i kind of speculated about this. but of speculated at about this. but now have it on black and now we have it on black and white page from his own white on the page from his own words. suspicion that he words. the suspicion was that he was by his own personal was driven by his own personal frailties, lack of ego, frailties, his own lack of ego, his of self esteem. and his lack of self esteem. and i think think there's think i genuinely think there's a people who heard what a lot of people who heard what they wanted hear throughout they wanted to hear throughout that time. what so disturbing is that time. what so disturbing is that around that there was nobody around him to might have got this to say, you might have got this wrong. and i think we've seen a lot guesswork. i don't lot of guesswork. well, i don't think was guesswork, because think it was guesswork, because i the problem they i think the problem was they were looking for both were never looking for both sides the story. there was sides of the story. there was always immunologists, always other immunologists, virologist doctors, who would say, hang have say, well, hang on, we have different data. we're looking at italy, looking china, italy, we're looking at china, we're what's we're looking at what's happened. at the happened. we're looking at the prince, diamond princess prince, the diamond princess cruise liner, which was actually a fantastic if you a fantastic petri dish, if you like , of infection control. and like, of infection control. and what happened there. and he didn't go to any of those people. he just went to the people. he just went to the people that i feel like he

wanted hear from in order to wanted to hear from in order to maintain drama. and that's maintain the drama. and that's the disturbing how the most disturbing thing. how is the way, out of is he now, by the way, out of the jungle? you there with the jungle? you were there with him last night. is he riding a wave of success and feeling ever so good about himself? well, on the the connect the the to of the connect on the first one, you can't portray him as terrible demon . it'sjust as a terrible demon. it's just not the person i know . in terms not the person i know. in terms of the second question, he's lost a lot of weight. i reckon he's lost about 12 kilos. looks streamed, gaunt. but that's what happens when you go into the jungle. not probably jungle. that's not probably because else there. because of anything else there. how well, actually, how was he? well, actually, i thought humble thought he was fairly humble yesterday. you yesterday. the person you describing the describing being wasn't the person the speech last person who made the speech last night. people need to make their own judgements. they by own judgements. if they do by the still think that the book. i still think that what you're seeing here is a man who trying to justify what he who is trying to justify what he did. do the same in his did. i would do the same in his position. he briefly, position. he was briefly, i think, most unpopular person think, the most unpopular person in britain. took irony is in britain. he took the irony is he doesn't justify it. it doesn't even go close to justifying it . it justifies his justifying it. it justifies his decision fall in love with decision to fall in love with his girlfriend. does not

his girlfriend. he does not really, but what he really, really well, but what he doesn't is the logic and doesn't explain is the logic and the science and the data analysis was going on analysis that was going on behind scenes people behind the scenes whilst people were continue to were struggling and continue to do so to this day. but listen , i do so to this day. but listen, i appreciate your input. it's very hard to get anybody to defend my hancock respect to you there hancock all respect to you there in the garden . you must be very in the garden. you must be very cold. okay. i hope he signed it for you. right. thank you so much . don't forget to let me much. don't forget to let me know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.uk and i'd love to hear your thoughts on it. also, we've got this twitter poll going on this morning. this is about the fact that 5 million people could not get a doctor appointment, a gp's appointment in october. i'm asking in october. and i'm asking whether you have been able to get see your gp when you need get to see your gp when you need to. a 73% of you. so far say that you cannot if the 27% of you that can let me know how. what is your doctor doing differently? cast your vote now as always, nice to say. send us an email gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news. now after the break, i'm going to be

joined my panel for the first joined by my panel for the first time, editor at the time, political editor at the daily sam and daily express, sam lister. and the immediate past present president sorry , of the law president sorry, of the law society of england and wales . president sorry, of the law society of england and wales. i, stephanie boyce. it is time now for quick .

break good morning. it's 1022. break good morning. it's1022. this is bev turner today on gb news. let me introduce you to my panel this morning. i'm delighted to be joined by political editor of the daily express, sam lister. good morning, sam . and immediate good morning, sam. and immediate past president of the law society of england and wales. i stephanie boyce. now immediate past president, you were the president until very recently and said seven weeks ago, and said about seven weeks ago, okay, right. okay, excellent. right. all right. some stories right. you've got some stories that have caught your eye this morning, let's go for it. morning, sam. let's go for it. real well. strikes make lynch

the grinch. he's going to ruin christmas , isn't it? absolutely. christmas, isn't it? absolutely. i mean, he could have given the nafion i mean, he could have given the nation the best president they could have wanted calling off could have wanted by calling off the actually, he's the strikes. but actually, he's turned. gone turned. the screws is gone further. he's announced extra strikes top of the series of strikes on top of the series of walkouts in the run up to christmas that we were already enduring. and so there's a strike christmas now. strike on christmas eve now. there's strike on the day there's a strike on the day after day. you're after boxing day. so you're going big period where going to have a big period where people cannot travel by people just cannot travel by train at all. you also get the knock on effects either side. knock on effects on either side. you've whole week before you've got the whole week before in run christmas where in the run up to christmas where there's series of there's just a series of strikes. again, you get strikes. and again, you get these knock on days. so it really going incredibly really is going to be incredibly painful for anybody. uses the rail network night. do you rail network over night. do you think actually public think that actually the public have onside ? a lot of have been quite onside? a lot of polls have that , you know, polls have shown that, you know, we supporting people we are supporting the people power. a bit david and power. it feels a bit david and goliath, you've got these big corporations making profits and you've workers. you've got the workers. and suddenly the patience is suddenly i think the patience is going over going to be tested over christmas. i the public christmas. i think the public will against. yeah and will turn against. yeah and i think think actually most

think so. i think actually most people are very sympathetic to the actually the fact that actually everyone's struggling the fact that actually eve moment struggling the fact that actually eve moment unless'uggling the fact that actually eve moment unless youling the moment unless you particularly the particularly fortunate the cost of heating all showing of your heating all showing mortgages , etc. so i think there mortgages, etc. so i think there is a lot of sympathy actually for people wanting workers to have deals across across have better deals across across all kinds of industries and sectors. so i don't think it's quite straight this straightforward as the government, you know, playing kind helpful. and they'll get kind of helpful. and they'll get a of people behind them. i a lot of people behind them. i think they've be quite think they've got to be quite careful people know that careful because people know that people by people are struggling. but by the he's really the same token, he's really bringing making life bringing really making life miserable ordinary people. miserable for ordinary people. and i was quite struck in the times today. there's some figures about what the figures in there about what the impact this is going to have next week's strikes are expected to the economy next week's strikes are expected to cost the econom y £1.7 to cost the economy £1.7 billion, to cost the economy £1.7 billion , £1.7 billion, and the billion, £1.7 billion, and the night time industries association said its members took 40% hit on strike days. 40% hit. now, obviously , businesses hit. now, obviously, businesses are really struggling. they've come out of the pandemic. a lot of businesses are on the brink . of businesses are on the brink. this is not the time to hit small businesses . stephanie,

small businesses. stephanie, what do you think? because, of course, if you're in a negotiating position and you're your lawyer, it's a brilliant position to be in. i mean, he's got this got them over a barrel, hasn't he? well think that's hasn't he? well i think that's the problem. and just adding to what has said, first of all, what sam has said, first of all, there's a raft of industrial disputes, which is gripping the country the moment . we are country at the moment. we are not good shape . and for some not in good shape. and for some and for many, you know, it's at and for many, you know, it's at a time of misery and where some of us perhaps could, you know, go to relatives homes to keep warm, to be fed. that's all. now in jeopardy. but, you know , the in jeopardy. but, you know, the r.a. says that there is no choice. and some of the things that they speak about is the closure of booking offices, the automation in technology's role in all of this. now i don't agree that we should be closed in all the booking offices and longer will absolutely , because longer will absolutely, because there is a number of reasons why we need human beings on site to be able to deal with. some of

the issues are very old fashioned. w stephanie, i know human beings, we don't need them, do we? isn't it just all tech and machines and flick our phone all happens? well, phone and it all happens? well, absolutely. are absolutely. so there are some issues that being discussed issues that are being discussed and debated. there have been long issues such long running issues such as whether need two whether we need one or two persons train and so forth. persons on a train and so forth. quite frankly, on the quite frankly, coming in on the train morning, i would train this morning, i would have preferred to have been preferred the heat to have been on pause and for the train to have run on time. but there were some issues play here. some real issues at play here. and course all the things and of course all the things that there are that sam has said, there are people at the heart all of people at the heart of all of this. and the bigger question, of is with of these of course, is with all of these disputes ongoing, is the disputes ongoing, where is the money to come from? money going to come from? absolutely. know, absolutely. and it's you know, what bit like we what bothers me a bit like we were talking about matt were just talking about matt hancock is the teenagers that can't afford jump in a can't afford to jump in a no uben can't afford to jump in a no uber. it's the people who uber. it's the poor people who can't to jump in open can't afford to jump in and open a these are the ones a black cab. these are the ones who are be stuck at who are going to be stuck at home and not be able to see other people right. to people who struggle the who do not struggle with the ability pay for uber. meghan ability to pay for uber. meghan and the netflix and harry, the netflix series starts thursday night. think

starts thursday night. i think it it? there are it is, isn't it? there are trailers everywhere. some lester, the daily express lester, how is the daily express handung lester, how is the daily express handling this story? well, you know, readers quite always i know, readers are quite always i mean, you know, who needs the new season of the crown when you've got me and meghan you've got how me and meghan constantly feeding you constantly feeding this, you know the press coverage as you're from pace yeah. you know everybody's splashing on it today with nothing is anything i tell you that hasn't got it on the all out war. now, harry says the all out war. now, harry says the palace played a dirty game. that's going to be no coming back from this for them. i think it's hard. and you have it's really hard. and you have to mind that this couple to bear in mind that this couple said they leave the uk said they wanted to leave the uk because they wanted to away because they wanted to get away from this intrusion into their private then private lives. and then all they've they've they've done since they've gone away actually sell their away is actually sell their private to netflix and to private lives to netflix and to spotify . do you have sympathy, spotify. do you have sympathy, stephanie? well for them, i was going to ask the question, why not? i mean, first of all, i'm not? i mean, first of all, i'm not surprised by some of the articles that have appeared around in today's press around the documentary , the netflix the documentary, the netflix documentary. i for one, cannot

wait to view it to read the book , because i would like to make up my own mind for my own opinion. as to some of the things that i will see and i will read, rather than being spoon fed by the press. the british press is notorious, and i think that the british public are smart enough to make up their own minds , given the their own minds, given the opportunity to view the documentary and read the book at the heart of this is a family in crisis , one of the world's most crisis, one of the world's most famous families, all, erin , famous families, all, erin, there their issues very publicly, but on the heart of the other side of this are individuals like myself who are very interested to know and hear from harry and meghan what has gone on? do you have suspicions that they might have been the victims of the firm of the royal family placing stories about them that would derogatory and do you think this documentary will therefore confirm or or upturn those particular rumours

and whispers? what do you want to see from it? well if they are, then it's not new because you do go back to well, go back to 1930 something, you know , to 1930 something, you know, with edward with the seventh, i mrs. simpson, you know, we heard all of this before. and of course, in this frenzy of social media and 24 hour news , it will media and 24 hour news, it will be interesting to hear what they have got to say, because we will hear directly from them. and, of course , it's going to be a bit course, it's going to be a bit of trauma and glitz because it's netflix. but as i say, i'm keen to hear what they've got to say and to hear from them and to hear it from them directly. i don't know directly. sam, i don't know whether watch the crown whether you watch the crown a day. yeah, okay. well, day. yeah, right. okay. well, i would that well. your would say that as well. all your head. me. i've only, i'm head. me. well, i've only, i'm only on season two but hey, well it's given me a real insight. i mean it's ridiculous. we know it's life of it's a fictional life of us. right. but what failed, right. but what i've failed, i think, to appreciate before is how the family

how nervous the royal family have many years that have been for so many years that they not exist any more and they will not exist any more and that a lot of the drive that actually a lot of the drive is for the decision making is about maintaining that infrastructure and that hierarchy. you think hierarchy. okay. do you think that these two have the power to genuinely undermine the royal family i think obviously in a modern society, people are looking at the royal family and thinking what what do you bring to our country? what is the value in you ? you know, it is value in you? you know, it is inherently kind of anachronistic . so they have to show that they have some resonance , that the have some resonance, that the reason we have them there and so they're always battling with that. and i think the whole point is to put william and kate out there to show that they are a family, can a modern family, that they can do good work, that they can actually bring some benefit to this country. think a lot this country. and i think a lot of people do still really think that. and certainly, you know, express a kind of express read is a very kind of private the royal family and many they many people are because they see it benefit from that. it as a wider benefit from that. but think to this constant but i think to how this constant kind stone throwing does not kind of stone throwing does not help end, it kind of

help. and in the end, it kind of permeates opinion. does permeates people's opinion. does and stephanie, as a woman who has broken down barriers with race, yourself and growing up in a council house and you've seen it. all right. to get to the position, you've got to i feel so sad that she, meghan markle, should have been a trailblazer and she blew it, didn't she? well for the wedding day to remember the diverse like it was fabulous. it was a celebration . fabulous. it was a celebration. we were like, okay, she's dragging ancient dragging this ancient institution into the 21st century. and all went century. and then it all went wrong. absolutely. but how did she close? how did she blow it? and i'm saying and and that's why i'm saying and others why we others will say that's why we want hear from them, because want to hear from them, because we this we were having this conversation. old, conversation. i'm not that old, but were having that this but we were having that this conversation around princess diana, 20 something years ago. yeah for whatever reason, she blew it . so i'm keen to hear blew it. so i'm keen to hear from the duchess , from the duke from the duchess, from the duke and duchess of sussex. what happened ? and it's not you know, happened? and it's not you know, we're about a week on from another issue that arose with the royal family or the royal

household. excuse me , last week. household. excuse me, last week. and that was around a senior member of the royal household who got caught up in a racism row. yeah, people of out of this generation are keen to see the relevance , how modern they are, relevance, how modern they are, how they've moved on, how they've kept up with the times. britain is a multi cultural, diverse nation and we want to see represented asian representation matters . well, representation matters. well, we're going to talk about that, i think in our next section as well. and gaza full ownership is talking about the terrible racism that she said she's been subjected to since that episode. don't anywhere you after don't go anywhere with you after the around million the break. around 5.2 million people a doctor's people missed out on a doctor's appointment the appointment in october. the labour said that this is labour party said that this is one reasons is due to one of the reasons is due to practises not allowing patients to advance . how do we to book in advance. how do we free up appointments ? we're free up appointments? we're going be talking to a couple going to be talking to a couple of gp all of that. after of gp about all of that. after morning news.

of gp about all of that. after morning news . a very good morning news. a very good morning news. a very good morning to you. it's 10:32 morning news. a very good morning to you. it's10:32 a.m. rosie wright . let's get you up rosie wright. let's get you up to date . further strike action to date. further strike action has been announced on the railways over christmas as union leaders have rejected offers to end their walkout. the rmt isn't happy with an offer from network rail of an 8% pay rise over two years. members will now walk out for eight days this month. that's for times next week. and then from christmas eve until then from christmas eve until the 27th. antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by strep a infections as a preventative measure. the education minister, nick cave told gb news it's one of their opfions told gb news it's one of their options to manage the infection in schools. with a reported case . nearly 700 more cases were reported in one week in november compared to the same time last yeah compared to the same time last year. at at least nine children have died from the infection since september. the labour party is warning that millions of people are struggling to book a appointment, saying some a gp appointment, saying some won't have serious medical conditions. diagnosed until it's too late. patient survey data

shows nearly 14% of patients in england couldn't get an appointment the last time they tried to book one. the department for health and social care says they're working improve moving that improve moving access so that everyone who an appointment can get one within two weeks. grocery inflation has dropped for the first time in almost two years. data from kantar shows that in the four weeks to november, inflation was at 14.6. thatis november, inflation was at 14.6. that is down 0.1% from october. the market research today says the average cost of a shop is still the average cost of a shop is stil l £60 more than this time still £60 more than this time last year . and the price of some last year. and the price of some produce like milk, dog food and butter are still rising . the butter are still rising. the american actress kirstie alley has died of aged 71. she was best known for her role as rebecca howe , the sitcom cheers. rebecca howe, the sitcom cheers. and in her role in the romantic comedy look who's talking alongside john travolta . in alongside john travolta. in a tribute, travolta said his time with her represented one of the most special relationships he'd ever had . we're on your tv

ever had. we're on your tv onune ever had. we're on your tv online and dab+ radio. it's.

gb news. good morning. this is bev turner today on gb news. it is 1038. now, you've been sending your views, which are , of course, views, which are, of course, important to me. we've been running this poll to see whether you can see your piece or not. this tweeter has said on friday, i rang up at 435, got a phone appointment after being told that none were available . the gp that none were available. the gp then asked me to come then called me, asked me to come into the surgery, saw me at 520 antibiotics in hand 535. i do antibiotics in hand by 535. i do like the good news stories as well. it gives me some hope. i've been waiting from age of 29 for a scan on my legs as the gp ignored. the problem? i only had the over two ago and the scan over two weeks ago and i'm now. i can't right. so i'm 55 now. i can't be right. so much the care that heart

much for the care that heart patients get. i've still not had the review on my the yearly review on my medication. in medication. i live in chesterfield. i if was chesterfield. i wonder if it was 35 because waiting 26 years is quite long time. but anyway, let me know what you think at gb news is the twitter handle now these shocking figures out today around 5.2 million people missed out on a doctor's appointment in october. that's double the amount in the same last amount in the same month last yeah amount in the same month last year. findings come as mp year. the findings come as mp prepare vote a motion prepare to vote on a motion proposed labour to abolish proposed by labour to abolish the non—dom tax status to pay for training a new generation of nhs staff . so here to discuss nhs staff. so here to discuss this is dr mo khaki and nhs doctor , dr. bob gale. good doctor, dr. bob gale. good morning both. and bob, if i can start with you, what has gone wrong that we've got these extraordinary backlogs and a service that is frankly not fit for purpose ? well, there's no for purpose? well, there's no simple answer. we have the nhs , simple answer. we have the nhs, which is now systemically dysfunction . you know, we have dysfunction. you know, we have rising demand, we have fewer doctors in nurses to meet that

demand and we have we've had successive marketisation fragmentation of the nhs, which is led to it being dysfunctional. i'll give you an example also hospital clinics are running late . we have long are running late. we have long waiting lists . so more are running late. we have long waiting lists. so more and more of those people who are languishing on waiting lists are having to see their gp while they're waiting. so that has increased demand. we've had the pandemic and, you know, as we were instructed by nhs england to shut our doors, which made absolutely no sense whatsoever , absolutely no sense whatsoever, that has contributed to a backlog of late or delays in diagnosis and knock on effects that people's conditions end up being worse when they're diagnosed and compounded with extra delays in terms of getting hospital treatment . so we have hospital treatment. so we have a fragmented and dysfunctional service with rising demand and reducing workforce. so it doesn't surprise me . the figures

doesn't surprise me. the figures you quote are getting worse. dr mo khaki kate, let me come to you bet. there's a huge amount in there that you agree with from from dr. bob gale . what from from dr. bob gale. what else do you say ? why else is it else do you say? why else is it going wrong in your day to day practise well, it's interesting. i think when you look at the figures, they tell story, don't they? you've got october 36.1 million record number of appointments seen. if you look at the figures, you got 40% of patients being seen on the day and 80% being seen within two weeks. these are official figures from the rc gp and yet patients are still on the access they want, isn't there? and it all comes down to the three things that we've always discussed, which are recruitment . we're discussed, which are recruitment .we're finding it discussed, which are recruitment . we're finding it hard to plug .we're finding it hard to plug the gaps to give enough staff members to support the nhs , members to support the nhs, retaining and this is important because as we increase demand across hospital , across general across hospital, across general practise of primary care

services , gp's and other health services, gp's and other health care workers are feeling upset, exhausted as dr. bob mentioned. so so well. but the pandemic has taken a huge demand on services, on work and we worked extremely hard to sort of meet demand. and now that fall out is not really coming through and doctors and our health care professionals funny quite tough and of course financing new services is really important and that's not happening. so all of those three is causing a recipe for disaster . bob, you've been campaigning about this for years. you must incredibly frustrated because i think you've been ringing this alarm bell for seven years, several years, even before the pandemic . what do you think is pandemic. what do you think is genuinely going on in the bigger picture? does this government have plans to just destroy the nhs in its current form ? well, nhs in its current form? well, this is it is a cross—party agenda to actually engineer the nhs , to fail and collapse, to

nhs, to fail and collapse, to destroy trust, to destroy morale . in july of this year, we had the passage of the health and care act, which most people are totally unaware of, which actually restructures the nhs yet again into 42 new business pubuc yet again into 42 new business public private partnerships called integrated care systems. and these are modelled on the american system , and the american system, and the american system, and the american system, and the american system is based on private insurance . and you also private insurance. and you also have an element of state funded care. now the problem with what we've done is we've copied the worst, most expensive, poor outcome health system in the world, which is the american system and part of the collateral damage , the delays collateral damage, the delays that the preventable harm and the preventable death of our patients . the government are patients. the government are using to fuel the middle class slide out of the nhs into the insurer market. so this is quite cynical i'm afraid, and the offered up by labour and

conservative are not really solutions. they focus on one small part of the nhs dysfunction at a time, but in reality are agreeing with the final test in nation because labour has been totally quiet about the implications of this legislative change that took place just in july of this year. no is it just time that we kind of hold our hands up and admit defeat on this, that the nhs in the way that people recognise it, free at the point of service is anachronistic. there is no place for it in the 21st century. how close do you think you and your colleagues are to feeling like that ? well, i think feeling like that? well, i think with there's a huge source of disquiet and concern that's going on. and dr. gill mentioned that, you know , we are seriously that, you know, we are seriously worried about the future of where the nhs is going. you know, we know already that a lot of the services provided are through private providers anyway. you know, if you're going to get say for an mri going to get a say for an mri scan, you go to a private

provider who will do that for you with the contract to the nhs, it's already. nhs, we know it's already. i think the concern is think the major concern is seeing how delays there are seeing how many delays there are in treatment. in accessing treatment. the delays and the delays in delays and a&e, the delays in waiting operation and these waiting for operation and these are things that hitting are the things that are hitting people this is what people hard and this is what we see here , this is see as gp's in here, this is where our concern is. so i think we really need to strongly consider how we're to consider how we're going to overhaul this stop this overhaul this and stop this process it becomes process before it becomes a fully privatised system with that little bit of state funding as as doctor gill mentioned and becomes very difficult to access and provides an adequate care to our population . and i think the our population. and i think the phrase that you used about preventable deaths is the is the telling phrase of the day really isn't it? because that is the ultimate consequence of this. just to read out to you some of the things that all of us have been saying, alan has said, i telephoned my medical centre for a doctor's appointment on the 2nd of december 2022 for my diabetes check. the earliest date they could give me was the

4th of january 2023. what should somebody do in that situation ? somebody do in that situation? should mo what what what is that gentleman, alan? what is his choice to the does he go to weigh in to get a blood test? what what does he do? yeah, you're right. and this is this is major challenge because is the major challenge because alan's people who alan's one of many people who are with access to are suffering with access to services. i think this is services. and i think this is the key area that was mentioned that we've talked about as well, which is preventable deaths. you know, now the know, if we are in now the winter period, we already knew the winter period has always been such a tough time for all of us. the nhs under huge pressure if we're not acting to mitigate if we're not mitigate that, if we're not recruiting, we don't, we're recruiting, if we don't, we're training of staff, if we're training of our staff, if we're not funding , going let the not funding, we going to let the nhs collapse and people who are innocent bystanders who just want to go see their gp can't access them. i would say that the gp's , the health care staff the gp's, the health care staff are working flat out, they're doing everything they can, messing well above the numbers. they are to they should be are mandated to see . but the problem is the

see. but the problem is the system won't let them work any harder and in fact it's collapsing under them and i'm pulling the rug from beneath them. we really need them. so i think we really need to think about systemically looking how we resolve this looking at how we resolve this to really step up in and address the challenges we are facing post covid now. bob say the will is not there. there the will is not there from either political party to rescue the nhs. is it not know exactly. they have signed up to this agenda of americanisation , you know, the americanisation, you know, the world economic forum decided back in 2012 that they would copy the american managed care model . but in copy the american managed care model. but in terms of the damage being done at the moment in october alone , there were in october alone, there were 44,000 people to what decided ill enough to require a bed in the nhs, 44,000 in one month, waiting over 12 hours for a bed. and we know from studies that for every 80 patients waiting there will be one preventable

death . now why isn't this all death. now why isn't this all over the news? we had a daily catalogue of death and misery to enforce the pandemic lockdown . enforce the pandemic lockdown. but now the most of the media is silent about what's unfolding in our a&e departments up and down the country. you know, i was very impressed with lord sicko in parliament in the house of lords actually called this aside, this is where we are. our governments are overseeing the preventable mass harm and death of patients. this is where we've got to and the public need to realise that health care professionals and patients so on this are on the same side of this are on the same side of this problem. we mustn't stop blaming each other for the problem and look higher up. look at government policy and what the ultimate objective is, which is quite inhumane and actually totally dystopian future they want to take us to. okay thank you, gentlemen. thank you so much there. and dr. bob gill

with that very bleak analysis of . the situation on the nhs of you've been getting in touch. we've got this twitter poll running this morning. can you see a gp when you need to and 70, nearly 73% of you saying no . now moving on, would you have the nerve to ask your boss to work from home on the very first day in your job? well, underneath laws drawn up by ministers , millions of workers ministers, millions of workers will have the rights to request working home on their very working from home on their very first shift. the government wants to allow for more flexible working to improve work life blend or balance. but is this a welcome move? well, here to discuss this is economic commentator lorelei boon . hello commentator lorelei boon. hello laura. good morning . now, what laura. good morning. now, what is you now? you're clearly at home. you're not in an office. so i see you live in devon, frankly. why wouldn't you work from home when you live in devon and you can presumably go and have a little swim in the sea or

walk in the countryside at lunchtime? what's your position? is a fantastic this is this a fantastic move, this new working home new working from home revolution? think that revolution? well, i think that that already that revolution has already happened, by happened, partly stimulated by covid for the jobs. of course, that do it. not all jobs can that can do it. not all jobs can . and for me, the government making it so that people can request, because that's what it is. remember, look, you can put in a request to work from home is a useful development because it can be part of a wider process of making sure that we're repairing the destruction to workers rights . that's to workers rights. that's happened over many years now , happened over many years now, which we've seen all of the economy . you say that it's economy. you say that it's a request , but economy. you say that it's a request, but as we economy. you say that it's a request , but as we know, a lot request, but as we know, a lot of employers are terrified these days of upsetting their employees and not doing the right thing. so i could imagine it's going be a lot of employers are going to feel that they have to accept these requests for working from home, even if it's not necessarily what's going to suit their business. do you think , laurie, don't know think, laurie, i don't know whether still there, but

whether you are still there, but do you think that there are going to be negatives for this for not only the businesses, but also the individuals? because isn't it quite nice to hang out with your mates in the office? it's good for your mental health. it may not be sign you in room table every in your dining room table every day this all about day 100. this is all about balance , right? you don't want balance, right? you don't want to be in a situation where people are left lonely or under supported and with a lack of social contacts at home. i think that's too far in one direction, i think. what's happening now is a lot of workplaces that do offer flexibility and hybrid , offer flexibility and hybrid, working on developing the idea of anchor days, days where you are expected to come into the office and where employees themselves recognise that that's a good thing to do because of all the things that you just listed. but of course, we must remember that this is not every single across the country . vast single across the country. vast parts of the economy kind of work from home. and so there's still a kind of an offer to

people in certain types of jobs. and often those jobs can be better paid and so on. and we must remember that there is a wider erosion of workers rights across , the economy, and we across, the economy, and we cannot just fixate on hybrid working as the one thing that needs to happen to help with those. right. okay. i want to bnngin those. right. okay. i want to bring in former newspaper bring in a former newspaper editor consultant, editor and media consultant, neil now as well. neil, neil wallace. now as well. neil, did you hear that? so some employers now will give you an anchor day while you go back into the office just to like check in and make sure you're okay being the okay rather than being in the office days a week. do office five days a week. what do you it ? what i really you make of it? what i really make of it is that it's one of those classics , superficial those classics, superficial ideas that seem to be very good and very satisfying. but if you take a long term view of it, it's going to be damaging and destructive for the businesses that basically generate the

money that runs this company country. so i see that gentleman now lives in devon . very nice now lives in devon. very nice for him to be able to work from home, etc. i could work from home, etc. i could work from home to some extent . what you home to some extent. what you really. it's very good for a limited group of people at a certain point in their career. i suspect . but what you need in suspect. but what you need in very big areas of business, of economy is to actually work with other people because you learn how to do your job. you learn how to do your job. you learn how to do your job. you learn how to interact with people you, learn how to act to change and move and get ideas and to understand. there are different ways of doing it and you simply can't do that. me talking to you down the line and this gentleman being him standing at a water

cooler, chatting about a particular issue is so productive to me, i will learn from him. he will hear thoughts that may not have cropped up into his mind , have only cropped into his mind, have only cropped up this second day. doing this . up this second day. doing this. and i am a set piece interview like we are now. and you know, and you will notice more than anybody that if you go away from this, this meeting and say, oh, i wish you had said, oh, yes, good idea. and that's what you don't get. but more important, he be is not learning from each other in that casual intercourse . that comes from an office in barmouth. laurie, do you think i need to interrupt you a bit, laurie? we don't want to sound it. we're being deftness, too. are both of us clearly very jealous about the fact that you get to live in denver? what i want to discriminate. you but do you think there is a sense of

neil saying perhaps neil was saying that perhaps this certain points in your this is certain points in your career like if you were a busy parent with new children, i can absolutely benefit of absolutely see the benefit of not time commuting twice not wasting time commuting twice a can be at your a day. you can be sat at your desk after the school, whimpering at work and whimpering straight at work and work home work until the kids come home from be very productive. from school. be very productive. maybe be about age maybe it should be about age groups in life. it groups and stage in life. it does discriminate. yeah, and does not discriminate. yeah, and i there are the examples i think there are the examples like people with carry requirements immensely requirements. it's immensely difficult have difficult for people who have the work from home. the who could work from home. again, not all industries can who have got current requirements. this opens up a whole world of possibility for them possibility to be them and the possibility to be productive agree productive is all. but i agree with lot of what you just with a lot of what you just said. so if the government was saying that employers were being forced provide flexible working the conversation will be different. the fact that now workers can request a bit earlier than they have been able to do before, i think is a proportionate move. a lot of those employers will say , we're those employers will say, we're not going to offer that to you because it's appropriate because it's just appropriate for type of work. you can't

for our type of work. you can't work from basically , and work from home basically, and others will have that particular preference. it's load of preference. but it's a load of businesses said already businesses who have said already that to do it. that they're not going to do it. so think the fact that workers so i think the fact that workers can request a pretty can request it is a pretty proportionate i'm all for proportionate thing. i'm all for more flexibility more choice, more flexibility of working, by the end working, and i live by the end because i couldn't afford to stay living in london, unfortunately. that's partly unfortunately. and that's partly related flexible related to things like flexible work. i think you know work. yeah no, i think you know what and cons. we did an what pros and cons. we did an interview with interview last week with a gentleman was basically gentleman who was basically advocating for a four day working week. there are 100 companies in this country now that have signed up to a four day working week. neil wallis what going have what we're going to have eventually everybody is only eventually is everybody is only going work four days and going to work four days and they're going to do it from home while still in the while still stuck in the dishwasher and put in a on dishwasher and put in a wash on and answering to and answering the door to amazon. going to get amazon. no one's going to get anything well, anything done, are they? well, funnily enough , years ago i funnily enough, years ago i worked a four day week and i couldn't stand it. i actually requested to go back on a five day working week because it simply wasn't practical in terms of now i'm a journalist and so

that's different , i guess. of now i'm a journalist and so that's different, i guess. but you know , the thing is . what we you know, the thing is. what we have to understand here i think is so important, have to understand here i think is so important , the staff is so important, the staff working, development , learning working, development, learning how to do things is a it's not done by rote. it happens . it done by rote. it happens. it evolves. i was on a train yesterday and i was set up. is it two blokes who were on their way to work? they were chatting away and one of them steals a request between them, sat there for no reason . i was in fact, for no reason. i was in fact, they were going somewhere. they had a conversation when they resolved a difficult problem, that kind of moment can't happen casually by rote. yeah, you can't do it in this sort of scenario and needs to be have that flexibility and go back to

what this gentleman says about it's about having the ability to ask for it. well we know we're in a world where if you are entitled to ask for something, people very often will. and that becomes a pressure on an employee to fear. what happens if you refuse and certainly i wouldn't do it. okay all right, gentlemen, thank you so much . gentlemen, thank you so much. it's such an interesting debate and i feel that we're just at the beginning of this, particularly huge paradigm shift, isn't it, in social change? so we will have you back on to see how it. well, no one's got any jobs left. right neil wallis and laureate labour in langton. lawrie, i'll you langton. lawrie, i'll let you get to surfing. will get back to surfing. we will have to disagree to have to agree to disagree to some that the end of some extent. that is the end of our hour. we'll be right our first hour. we'll be right back more a short .

break very good morning. welcome to bev turner. today on gb news tv, radio and online , the national radio and online, the national farmers union has called for urgent support over mounting food supply chains shortages. what could this mean? and there are lots of christmas liam halligan is going to be here in just a moment to tell us that retail sales are up, but is that all it seems and it's chilly outside, isn't it? of course it comes with a health warning. i'm going talk old going to talk to my old adversary, john hammond, about cold theory. and as cold weather. his theory. and as always, i'm going to be joined by fantastic guest digest always, i'm going to be joined by top:antastic guest digest always, i'm going to be joined by top stories: guest digest always, i'm going to be joined by top stories: guestday. igest the top stories of the day. that's all coming up after a look at the latest news with rosie . and very good morning to rosie. and very good morning to you. 11:02, obviously, right ? you. 11:02, obviously, right? let's get you up to date . at

let's get you up to date. at least nine children have died from a strep. a infection in the uk, with the latest being a five year old from belfast. the bacterial infection usually a sore throat, scarlet fever or a skin rash. and it's passed on by physical contact through sneezing and coughing . the uk sneezing and coughing. the uk health security agencies investigate a rise in severe cases. investigate a rise in severe cases . the government says cases. the government says antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by strep infections as a preventative measure, nhs gp doctor veena babus parents to be on the lookout symptoms if your parents with a young child look up the symptoms have a look at google images of what the skin look like have the information at your fingertips. if you can't get hold of your gp, there's one, one, one. most practises have either ee console, text messages, telephone calls. worst case scenario and your child is unwell. of course. take them to amy and the paediatric department will help. so i think as parents, you need to empower yourself with the information

and act quickly . further strike and act quickly. further strike action been announced on the action has been announced on the railways over christmas as union leaders rejected offers to end their . the rmt isn't leaders rejected offers to end their. the rmt isn't happy with an offer from network rail of an 8% pay rise over two years. members will now walk out for eight days this month . that's eight days this month. that's four days next week . and then four days next week. and then from christmas eve until the 27th. the education minister, nick cave, told gb news the pay offer was fair and reasonable. so i think the unions really should call off this strike. it's inconveniencing people up and down the country in the run up to christmas. i think it's a it's a very poor way of conducting negotiations . we conducting negotiations. we would urge the unions to talk to the employers to keep negotiating and not to hold the country to ransom. charities warns of an increasing number of families who are feeding their babies unsafely because of the soaring cost of formula. milk the british pregnancy advisory service says mothers and carers are resorting to watering down

formula, leaving longer between or in some cases feeding their babies unsuitable food like porridge. the cheapest brand of formula has gone up 22% in the last year . the labour party is last year. the labour party is warning that millions of people are struggling to book a gp appointment, meaning some won't have serious medical conditions diagnosed until it's too late. the latest patient data survey shows nearly 14% of patients in england couldn't get an appointment the last time they tried to book one. the department for health and social care says they're working to improve access so everyone who needs an appointment can get one within two weeks. going through inflation has dropped for the first time in almost two years. it's data from kantar that shows in four weeks to november in the four weeks to november inflation was at 14.6. that is . inflation was at 14.6. that is. 0.1% down from october. the market, though, says the cost of an average shop is still market, though, says the cost of an average shop is stil l £60 an average shop is still £60 more this time last year. more than this time last year. and the price of some produce, like milk and butter, are still

rising. the national farmers union is urging the government to support primary producers avoid a food supply crisis . the avoid a food supply crisis. the union's warning farmers are under strain from rising fuel fertiliser and feed costs says as well as egg shortages . other as well as egg shortages. other foods could be impacted too. the department for environment, food and rural affairs insists the uk has a high degree of food security . protests have broken security. protests have broken out in indonesia after the state passed a new law making sex outside of marriage a criminal offence. the new code also bans cohabitation between unmarried couples and applies to indonesian citizens and foreign tourists. breaking the new law carries a punishment of up to a yearin carries a punishment of up to a year in jail. there are concerns it could deter tourists with the deputy chief of indonesia's tourism board saying it's totally counterproductive when the economy is recovering from the economy is recovering from the pandemic. the uk health security agency has issued a severe cold weather alert for england, which they say could cause a risk to health. called

arctic air. it's going to move in across the uk with temperatures plummeting as low as minus ten degrees celsius. well, the agency is warning older people and those who are vulnerable with heart or lung conditions should do their best to stay warm. the american actress kirstie alley has died of cancer aged 71. was best known for her role as rebecca howe in the sitcom cheers and in the romantic comedy. look who's talking alongside john travolta . in a tribute, travolta said his time , her represented one of his time, her represented one of the most special relationships he'd ever had . you're now up to he'd ever had. you're now up to date. i'll bring you more. it happens. now back to beth . happens. now back to beth. good morning. welcome back to beth. ten today on gb news. i'm still 30. really? from rosie's news about sex ban in indonesia to look into that a little bit

more. and now the national union is calling for urgent over mounting food shortages. no eggs on the shelves could be just the start with more and more products becoming unavailable. how you over how will this impact you over christmas year? it's christmas and the new year? it's getting chilly outside. you might have noticed temperatures expected freezing expected to drop below freezing tomorrow. wow. the met office have issued amber warning. of have issued an amber warning. of course but what course they have. but what disruption weather disruption will the cold weather cause going be also cause? i'm going to be also joined by my fantastic panel with at today's biggest with a look at today's biggest stories, news . stories, including news. oxfordshire county council is set trial climate lockdown set trial a climate lockdown starting in 2024. that's more in about 20 minutes time. and of course this show is nothing without you and your views today twitter we have a poll asking as 5 people could book 5 million people could not book doctor's appointment october doctor's appointment in october can see when you need to can see your gp when you need to cast your vote now we will get to the results at the end of the show and also email with tv views, activity start uk or tweet me to give me your on anything and everything. we'll discuss . now. liam halligan is

discuss. now. liam halligan is in the studio , which always in the studio, which always makes me nervous because i just feel, liam, that you're going to come in with. bad news about the economy but then i read that retail sales are up this is good news. if the last thing i want to do is you nervous, please forgive my what i like about you. liam is the obvious. i have noidea you. liam is the obvious. i have no idea what i'm talking about. when you come in the studio, normally i to disguise it quite well. but you luckily are the expert. what's well, expert. what's happening? well, it's explain these it's my job to explain these complex economic and business issues. and you'll read in the newspapers and you'll see on the internet that retail sales are up november. indeed, that's up in november. indeed, that's the number. they're 4.2% higher in november compared to november 2021. the similar figure in october was just 1.6% higher. so think if you look at those numbers that retail sales are now accelerate rating, who says that the is having a hard time hurrah but if you drill down into numbers beth what that 4.2%

increase last month compared to the same month in 2021 represents is the volume of it's the value of retail sales . the value of retail sales. right. okay. and what's the rate of inflation ? huge, 11.1. yeah. of inflation? huge, 11.1. yeah. so the actual volume of retail sales, the amount of stuff we're buying is less significantly than in november 2021, despite friday, despite all the promotions , i'd say retail sales promotions, i'd say retail sales in real terms as we say after inflation and they're 4.2% up in terms of value . but in real terms of value. but in real terms, what you actually get for the money you're spending, they're down and that is worrying. that means less margins for retailers and a lot of retailers, particularly retailers on high streets and in towns around the country and regional centres that have been they're less likely to make that that they need to a christmas to keep themselves above water for the rest . i and also we've got the rest. i and also we've got these strikes sam lister from

these strikes sam lister from the express was reading a stat earlier about the 1.7 billion i think cost to the economy of the strike alone from the trains. what the british retail consortium are saying that because and that number actually came out before these additional strikes in run up to the week before christmas that the rmt have announced just overnight. yeah the army say there's going to be strikes on the 13th, in the 14th and the 16th and the 17th of december. and now they're saying that will also be strikes in the run up to christmas, too. so this really going whatever think of going to whatever you think of the whatever you think the strikes, whatever you think of have, whether of what the rmt have, whether they're in the right, whether they're in the right, whether the government's in the right, the government's in the right, the train operating companies, you just deny this you just cannot deny that this is absolutely hammer. is going to absolutely hammer. our retailers and our broader hospitality industry. it's hospitality industry. it's hospitality that relies even more than the retailers on what they call the golden period of they call the golden period of the year from . halloween through the year from. halloween through to new year's . yeah, that is the to new year's. yeah, that is the time when they make their money, they build up their surpluses so

they build up their surpluses so they can survive in the leaner times january, february, march, when everybody is nursing their credit bills and trying to credit card bills and trying to keep family finances on keep their family finances on track. i remember think you were in the studio with me a few months. we were talking to a couple of in the hospital couple of people in the hospital industry they industry about how long they they they spent collated they had and they spent collated that would probably have that they would probably have until february 2023 if things didn't change . february, march. didn't change. february, march. do you . that's changed at all? do you. that's changed at all? no i don't. i actually whether or not. that is a realistic assessment. absolutely. assessment can got better since then because of course, we've had this rmt strike. we've had a global slowdown as interest rates have risen around the world, economies are contracting we know that the uk economy is contracting at the moment getting smaller that's according to the office for national just yesterday the said the economy will be smaller overall next year as well 0.4% lower. one good bit of news is that that

nought 4% contraction is less serious than the 1.4% that the office for budget budget responsibly are predicting. so in other words , the business in other words, the business leaders on gloomy as the official forecasts is in whitehall. so that's one bit of good news and we can look to the bright side in the sense that unemployment still remains low in many parts of the country not all but in many parts of the country. if you want work there is work available. yeah. so i don't yet think we're back in the 1970s type situation, early eighties spiralling eighties of spiralling unemployment. unemployment is still quite low and almost everyone believes that next year the cost of living squeeze is going to bite those cpi numbers. yesterday they said inflation will be about five or 6. next year rather than 11. now there are signs of light at the end of william. you what? i'm picturing? i'm picturing everybody trying to get home this christmas. can't afford the diesel , the petrol, can't get on diesel, the petrol, can't get on a we wait to buy a train. can we wait to buy donkeys? donkeys liam donkeys? the first donkeys liam halligan bethlehem . the

halligan and bethlehem. the first is the first potent non—core christmas 2019. yeah, going to getting a lot of people haven't seen their family for a long up the motorway on a donkey thank you liam halligan right now talking of food access to it what we can buy the national farmers union is urging the government support primary government to support primary producers a food supply producers to avoid a food supply crisis . producers to avoid a food supply crisis. empty producers to avoid a food supply crisis . empty shelves, of course crisis. empty shelves, of course , we've seen that. but it could just be the show to be the start. with mounting issues, the uk supply chain . this comes uk food supply chain. this comes as the national farmers union will press will hold an emergency press conference later this afternoon. so what impact could these issues have ? the british food issues have? the british food security ? well, joining us now security? well, joining us now is our reporter, ellie costello. ellie, are going to be at ellie, you are going to be at this conference this afternoon. what expecting . well, what are we expecting. well, becky, we're expecting a stall message from the national farmers union, this after noon. they're holding an emergency press conference here in westminster in just a few time.

and they're going to demand urgent action to ensure that there is supply of british food this winter. now, the president of the national farmers union, minette batters, she's going to say that british food is a national issue and, that british food is under threat. now that's because of rising energy costs and also work shortages. and she's going to warn that if those continue we're not only going to see shortages , eggs, going to see shortages, eggs, which we've all been familiar with , the sites of empty shelves with, the sites of empty shelves where eggs should be. she's that thatis where eggs should be. she's that that is going to extend into vegetables into fruit and into the dairy sector. if nothing is done to support the british farm and the sector . done to support the british farm and the sector. now done to support the british farm and the sector . now the done to support the british farm and the sector. now the national farming union will warn the government that they have choice. they support these farmers or they see empty shelves in all supermarkets this

winter. and we can see that this is a issue because in just a few hours time, the department of environment, food and, rural affairs is holding a crucial meeting and they're going to be discussing the shortage of hens eggsin discussing the shortage of hens eggs in this country. they're going to be speaking with representative from the egg inches industry to ensure that there still eggs remaining our shelves so that meeting alone highlights that this is a really perilous time to produce food in the uk . now the shortage of eggs the uk. now the shortage of eggs is in part down to bird flu. several hens all around the country have been dying from bird flu, but this has also to do with the fact that it's not cost effective for farmers to produce hens eggs in this country . they are at this point country. they are at this point lose , money on every egg that lose, money on every egg that they produce. and that's the message we're going to hear

today from the national farmers union, that with the rise in energy bills, it is really for farmers to make a living and to have a cost efficient business. it's simply cheaper for them not to produce food and that will have a direct impact on the british public. so they will say that, yes, eggs is the warning shot, but this is simply just a sign of things to come. if nothing is done to support british farmers and the british farming industry. okay, thank you , ali ellie costello there you, ali ellie costello there and national farmers union emergency response will be taking on early afternoon. we will have you all details from here on gb news. you have been getting in touch with me. thank you. let me know what you think. we were chatting on a panel chat with stephanie boyce and sam lester. we talked about rail lester. we talked about the rail strikes. kerala said rail workers are exhibiting a disregard and disregard for businesses and families. through families. all we've been through in two years, is in the last two years, it is shameful, alex, that i've got no sympathy public sector sympathy for public sector strikes government strikes through a government implemented lockdowns all public sector through

sector staff were paid through furlough whilst many of furlough schemes whilst many of the private sector the smallest private sector businesses working throughout, the smallest private sector businitryingivorking throughout, the smallest private sector businitrying to �*king throughout, the smallest private sector businitrying to keepthroughout, the smallest private sector businitrying to keep theirjhout, often trying to keep their businesses and a few of businesses afloat. and a few of you getting in touch about the harry meghan documentary harry and meghan documentary that discussing. that we were discussing. and shaun seems that shaun says, it seems that harry's finally burnt his bridges. coming bridges. there will be no coming back the royal family back now with the royal family and says, what they and william says, hear what they have we've heard nothing have to say. we've heard nothing but the sussexes to but what the sussexes have to say. views coming on. say. keep your views coming on. jb gbnews.uk. now after jb views at gbnews.uk. now after the break, i'm going to be joined back in the studio with my panel, with my lovely guests, sam lester stephanie boyce, sam lester and stephanie boyce, to the headlines this to go through the headlines this morning, news that morning, including news that oxfordshire will trial oxfordshire council will trial a climb at lockdown. after climb at lockdown. that's after this short .

break good morning . welcome back. this good morning. welcome back. this is bev turner today on gbp news. now, let me introduce you to my guests this morning. i'm

delighted to be joined by political system from political system lister from the daily express and immediate past president the law society of president of the law society of , england wales, stephanie , england and wales, stephanie boyce right. stephanie got boyce right. stephanie we got tackle this issue in ghazi fallon and this story has rumbled on and on and on and she has now come out from having had this with lady hussey in the palace and she said that she'd been subjected to horrific racist abuse. what's your opinion on this for all? well, absolutely. i mean , first of absolutely. i mean, first of all, we've seen the introduction of the online harm legislation and that should go some way to curtailing some of this . of curtailing some of this. of course, it's not gone far enough, but the difficulty is, is that those who choose to hide behind the keys of a messaging board, who impose this sort abuse on people, it's all right. it's not okay . but in it's not okay. but in particular, anyone who has ever been the subject of such questions of this nature by a stranger know what it's like .

stranger know what it's like. and just picking up some of the comments that were said by individuals , this is unwanted individuals, this is unwanted intrusion and haven't given a very acceptable answer. the first time she was questioned , first time she was questioned, she didn't plan the incident because she did plan the incident. then you said it lady hussey in question. it's a will participant and stuck to script. so not anti royalist anti—british . so for her to have anti—british. so for her to have spoken out just to have brought this highlighted this to people's do you not cut a bit of slack though think that she's in a noisy room with all these people she's 83 and ngozi fulani who is there in african dress an event where she very proud . she event where she very proud. she represents an organisation that represents an organisation that represents women of colour . was represents women of colour. was it not okay for her to ask that question in a in a well—meaning wouldn't this have been more

racist to look down her privileged white nose , walk away privileged white nose, walk away instead of engage? well, absolutely . i instead of engage? well, absolutely. i think it's fair to say that there are no you know, there are no winners on either side of this. and that's the difficulty when she asked the question the first time, she should have . she should have should have. she should have been astute to walk away. but if may, thinking about the spokesperson for her called son prince of wales , who's who said prince of wales, who's who said that racism has no in our society, that set a tone both sides of this discussion and called it out as racism. but i think it's fair to say that there are no winners on either side of this. it is. but but for lots of people who've been subjected to this unwanted, intrusive intrusion at times , intrusive intrusion at times, you know, it's very invasive . you know, it's very invasive. ngozi fulani birth name, marlene . i believe she knew what she meant, though, surely when she said, where are you? where are

you from or where are you really from? she you will know, having had that question clumsily asked of you over the years she would have known what lady hussey meant though couldn't she have polite said, well, you know, i am london born and bred i think you mean is my family is from i think it was barbados mrs. she could have handled it differently it wasn't an antagonistic response . why antagonistic response. why should she. why should she. you're asked the question. i don't know about ms. forlani but the only possible choice i hold is a british. the only country that i is a british. the only country thati can is a british. the only country that i can go in and out of legally is this country. and therefore, when somebody asks me therefore, when somebody asks me the question, where i'm from and i give them the initial response as forlani did in this instance , is that not enough to then go beyond? and i guess not. is it from the person who's asking , from the person who's asking, but it's how it's received and we are in a very sensitive times and people have to be alive to not only what they're saying,

but how it may be received. but doesn't that go both ways? absolutely not. not go both . absolutely not. not go both. wouldn't it have been incumbent upon and goes to say it's because she knows what she she knew what she meant , knew this knew what she meant, knew this was engaging in conversation. and if wanted to talk her heritage, this was an opportunity to do so. i mean, like you say , there's no when a like you say, there's no when a son. what's your take on it? i utterly agree with stephanie. there this. and there are no of this. and i think it's just a really sad state of affairs. and i think actually what has happened in the last week is obviously there's been of discussion about there's been of discussion about the and wrongs of this. the rights and wrongs of this. but happened the last but what's happened in the last you there is no excuse you know, there is no excuse whatever think what whatever you think about what there's excuse for being there's no excuse for being abusive to people . and i think, abusive to people. and i think, you know, i am very pro free speech, but i think speech, if you believe you put your name to it, you know , that's what i do it, you know, that's what i do every day. yeah. happy to defend what i write and say . and i what i write and say. and i think the problem social media now anybody can get on social media and say any kind of

horrible thing they want and there is no accountability and there is no accountability and the online safety bill is making kind of steps us. stephanie was pointing out, but it is not going to solve problem. let's be clear. this will not solve this problem. so are still going problem. so you are still going to this horrible backlash to have this horrible backlash if anybody the head above if anybody puts the head above the parapet, you could say you say devil's advocate here and my role as chair between these two very intelligent women, you could say and easy for could say that and go easy for lani through ms. lady hussey under the bus by going onto twitter and a private conversation . is that not to conversation. is that not to some extent being cruel ? well, some extent being cruel? well, as i said, you know, in terms of both sides probably could have handled it differently, but it has opened up a debate. it's opened a discussion which perhaps for some people has been far for too long, not been as. yeah the fact we're talking about it. yeah absolutely. right. okay, let's move on. oxfordshire county council to trial a climate lockdown starting 2024. when we first had

covid lockdowns, there were some people who i thought were tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorists who said, know theorists who said, you know where this leading. this is where this is leading. this is leading climate lockdowns. leading to climate lockdowns. and ridiculous. and i said, don't be ridiculous. that's these things that's mental. will these things stop some leicester stop coming true? some leicester well, cannot honestly well, i cannot honestly cannot believe what happened believe quite what happened here. quite shocked and. so here. i'm quite shocked and. so you've got oxfordshire county council up of council which is made up of a coalition of greens, lib dems and labour . coalition of greens, lib dems and labour. it has passed a measures that will divide city of oxford into 615 minute districts . and what that means districts. and what that means is anybody wanting to drive in and of those districts will be monitored. you have to register your car, there will be cameras checking when you drive in and out, you will have permission to drive in and out these areas a hundred times a year. i mean, permission. yeah, permission to drive in and out. and if you are a two car family but that's 50 journeys per car per year if you ever three if you've got two mum

and dad both working or , you and dad both working or, you know kids carrying two swimming clubs and gymnastics and netball and all the stuff that parents have to do. this is just it's so , you know, i hate to use this cliche , but it is or what it is, cliche, but it is or what it is, this is this this monitoring this is this is this monitoring of people. and what i find even more kind of disturbing is one of the councillors he was involved in pushing this through and it wasn't mentioned in anybody's manifesto . so yeah. so anybody's manifesto. so yeah. so they have no mandate to do this and when been challenged then there's been a lot of opposition and when they've been challenged, of the challenged, one of the councillors said this is going to happen come what may, we don't me that they've don't care. he me that they've been infiltrated genuinely been infiltrated like genuinely swamps and he's evil love children around it's that kind penetrate local council what's happening steph it's awful but mine poke holes i mean first of all, have the residents been , all, have the residents been, you know, because if i was one of these residents would have liked to have been consulted . i liked to have been consulted. i don't anybody know the don't think anybody know the fact that climate change is an

exponential threat to to the the to the globe. and so forth. we're all agreed for the most part about that. what we're not agreeing to cos is how we. get to that. and dare i say that you know we have one of the big football tournament going on at the moment with falls stadium being called i could do degree here and nobody forgive me because i have missed it. but who's talking about that? they don't care. it's just a load of blokes kicking a football, right? it's not important. suddenly, suddenly planet suddenly, suddenly the planet is going a couple of going to be okay. a couple of weeks. that's how do you think, though? what worries me is that there lot of people there will be a lot of people quite the idea if you look quite like the idea if you look at how many people like lockdown like anywhere like not having to go anywhere we you know what we quite like you know what i had my don't get me wrong had my days don't get me wrong there some days when i there were some days when i really enjoyed it in the beginning, there will be. beginning, but there will be. i think a of people that will think a lot of people that will say is marvellous, don't say this is marvellous, i don't want to live a big life i want, you know, govern me harder. daddy. will be people who daddy. there will be people who enjoy sure enjoy this. i'm sure. i'm sure that be. but i think this

that will be. but i think this this whole kind of eat your greens it's good you, you greens it's good for you, you know, just shut any greens events not what kind of events and not what kind of mentality these mentality you these these measures are imposed on measures are being imposed on people it seems people pretty much it seems against there has against their will. there has been mandate for this. they been no mandate for this. they are on people, are forcing this on people, whether not and whether they like it or not and some people say, you know, some people may say, you know, the emergency and got to the climate emergency and got to take this drastic action . you take this drastic action. you have to take people with you. you impose draconian measures on people them get people and expect them to get behind measures. because behind these measures. because i can that those people can guarantee that those people who have private jets and who have their private jets and have and have have their limousines and have their to go around the their passes to go around the city will not be able to carry on shape or form. yeah. on in any shape or form. yeah. anyway, me know you anyway, let me know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.uk after the temperature the break. as the temperature plummets in plummets and cold air moves in from arctic, weather from the arctic, are we weather to cope with these conditions? i'll be talking to meteorologist and forecasterjohn and weather forecaster john hammond about all of that off the headlines . good hammond about all of that off the headlines. good morning. it is 1131 and bracey. right. let's

get you up to date at least nine children have died from a strep a infection in the uk with the latest being a five year old from belfast . the bacterial from belfast. the bacterial infection usually causes a sore throat. scarlet fever or skin rash. and it's passed on by physical contact or through sneezing , coughing. the uk sneezing, coughing. the uk health agency is investigating a rise in severe cases . the rise in severe cases. the government says antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by strep infections as a preventative measure further , strike action measure further, strike action has been announced on the railways over christmas as union leaders reject offers to end their walkout . the rmt isn't their walkout. the rmt isn't happy with an offer from network rail of an 8% pay rise over two years, then members will now walk out for eight days this month for times next week, and then from christmas eve until then from christmas eve until the 27th. labour's that millions of people are struggling to book gp appointment, saying some won't have serious medical conditions diagnosed until it's too late . patient survey data

too late. patient survey data shows nearly 14% of patients in england couldn't get an appointment the last time they tried to book one, the department for health and social care says they're working to improve access so everyone who needs an appointment can get one within two weeks. grocery inflation has dropped for the first time in almost two years. data from kantar shows in the four weeks to november inflation was at 49.6. that is point 1% down from october. but the market researcher says the cost of an average shop still market researcher says the cost of an average shop stil l £60 of an average shop still £60 more than this time last year. and the price of some produce like milk, dog food and butter are . the american are still rising. the american actress kirstie alley has died of cancer . 71. she was known for of cancer. 71. she was known for her role as rebecca howe in the sitcom cheers and the romantic comedy look who's alongside john travolta . in a tribute, travolta travolta. in a tribute, travolta said his time with her represented one of the most special relationship he'd ever had . be on special relationship he'd ever had. be on your tv online and your dab+ radio . you're up to your dab+ radio. you're up to date on .

gb news very good morning. welcome back to bev turner. today i am here until midday. thank you very much for joining until midday. thank you very much forjoining me, especially much for joining me, especially . i much for joining me, especially .i hope much for joining me, especially . i hope you're sitting nice and warm in your front room today or possibly in bed still at 1137. i won't touch you. the met office has issued severe cold weather warning england later this week. it's a yellow alert for snow, which has been issued for tomorrow as arctic air is set to grip the country. so what's this going to bring? grip the country. so what's this going to bring ? cuts. national going to bring? cuts. national grid disrupts risked her life . grid disrupts risked her life. joining me now is my old friend and potential adversary, meteorologist and weather forecaster john hammond .john, forecaster john hammond. john, it's lovely to see you. now we talked about weather in the summer we became an internet , summer we became an internet, john hammond. we were watched

than 30 million times with make up as a total idiot. the chances are, i shall repeat that this morning, we don't have anything to worry about, do we? now it's beautiful out here, but it's crisp, it's sunny. and i think most of us the next few days at least, we'll take it in stride and not expecting anything particularly extreme . we're not particularly extreme. we're not going to break any records over the next few days. what we are going to see as you say going to see that, as you say a marked drop in temperature we're going to frost you know some going to see frost you know some of actually but we of most of us actually but we haven't a so all the haven't seen a so far all the way through all seven one into december we observe frost so we are to see prospect some are going to see prospect some of to see snow. now of us are going to see snow. now in the short term, that's going to low for scotland no to be the low for scotland no surprises they're it but surprises they're used it but i think we look further into think as we look further into this cold spell and the point about this spell that about this cold spell is that it's going last on and, it's going to last on and, on and on. just a few days. and on. so not just a few days. the charts indicate going the charts indicate it's going to last through the weekend and probably through the of probably through the whole of next there's no next week as well. there's no real of an to it and.

real sign of an end to it and. that's of some concern because temperatures probably going to carry dropping the carry on dropping beyond the weekend going to weekend and then we're going to get fog that get some freezing fog if that happens. aren't happens. some places aren't going above freezing all going to get above freezing all day long. the s—word day long. and then the s—word the s—word that everybody's interested. snow. now, the short serve, as i mentioned, it's probably just the north of scotland, some high ground northern england, maybe northern ireland. are used to ireland. these areas are used to snow of but the snow this of year, but the charts do suggest further on through next week there's an increasing chance of more snow. so that's something to keep an eye on that will have a much, much bigger impact course. but short term , enjoy the sunshine, short term, enjoy the sunshine, be prepared for some frost. dig outice be prepared for some frost. dig out ice because you've probably forgotten where it is and i put a spate in the back of your car just those charts for snow come true next week that could mean fun and games so you think i'm exaggerating the risk, but i have a slight in the back . you have a slight in the back. you get stuck in, you you advice it just put a spade in your car.

i'll let i'll let you have that one john. i mean look the snow comes along. my kids get so excited as soon as they hear like you on the telly saying it's going to snow, they are deliriously happy . but what will deliriously happy. but what will that mean? well does it mean what's the worse we've seen it. i'm going to let you pay a little bit of a demong. our john little bit of a demong. ourjohn hammond. what does mean for hammond. what does it mean for people the roads. so getting people on the roads. so getting a bow is hard enough to get about it is at the moment in about as it is at the moment in this never mind some this country. never mind some snow mix. yeah. and snow into the mix. yeah. and actually, know, a lot us actually, you know, a lot of us just across the southern half of the let's face we only the uk, let's face it we only get every few years. so if get snow every few years. so if you got kids who are below about three might not three or four, they might not have any snow at all or have seen any snow at all or their lifetime. it's going their tie lifetime. it's going be, increasingly cold be, you know, increasingly cold out what means out there. and what that means is it does snow, is when it does snow, particularly we go into next particularly as we go into next week, that snow may very light and it's going to drift. and fluffy. it's going to drift. and when you strong wind, and when you get a strong wind, too, drifts. so too, that means snow drifts. so it's the light, dry, fluffy, which probably is more impactful because that's sort of snow because that's the sort of snow which snow drifts.

which causes snow drifts. now, i'm not to get too carried away with the prospect of a few snow drifts, yet but there are some drifts, yet, but there are some quite concerned weather charts for next week. so i want to watch in the short term will be some snow showers around , some snow showers around, particularly in scotland. but you know , across parts of you know, across parts of northern england i think later this week, particularly through thursday , friday saturday, thursday, friday into saturday, some could encounter some places could encounter a few flurries of snow. i don't think are going think the impacts are going to be few days it's be great in the few days it's really longer. so the thing about these cold snap, there is there's no sign of an to it. there's no sign of an end to it. so it's starting at the moment it's crisp sunny now. it's crisp and sunny now. temperatures generally are above freezing. what's falling of freezing. what's falling out of the sky? some places are encountering showers. that's rain at the increasingly rain at the moment increasingly a snow tomorrow a little bit of snow tomorrow across britain we across northern britain as we hit weekend of anything hit the weekend most of anything that comes out the sky will that comes out of the sky will be falling as snow into next be falling as snow and into next week. that snow could become quite so is quite impactful. so this is a slow burn. it starts gently, but it could get more severe. bev as we go the weekend and beyond, you can ask me whether it's a

white christmas . i'll tell you white christmas. i'll tell you on boxing day . okay. well, if it on boxing day. okay. well, if it does get worse next week and we need you to come back with you do ongoing ways . i will be do ongoing ways. i will be straight on the phone. i'm very impressed with the wi fi, by the way, that you've got in a field in the middle of cairns is better than we've got in most parts london. lovely to see parts of london. lovely to see you. much for your you. thank you so much for your input. of course, joking input. and of course, joking about the wi fi because people can work home now. of can work from home now. of course doesn't sometimes this course it doesn't sometimes this weather quite the weather won't matter quite the same it. we just same way, will it. we will just carry what we're doing carry on doing what we're doing on laptop right. on, on the laptop right. moving on, there brewing in there is a war brewing in cornwall, a pasty war. it's greggs, popular baker chain greggs, the popular baker chain is in. truro is opening its doors in. truro on threatening to give on tuesday, threatening to give the cornish pasty run for the humble cornish pasty run for its money. never all south—west of england reporter geoff moody went to find out what sort of reception truworths newest store is in a county that is is receiving in a county that is proud its pasties on a high proud of its pasties on a high street in cornwall's an interloper snuck in and set up shop greggs opens , offering

shop greggs opens, offering a tantalising selection of baked goods from sausage rolls to. well, pasties and that's the problem . the locals have problem. the locals have described the opening of greggs in quite colourful terms. some people are saying that it's an invasion , that it's an all out invasion, that it's an all out war. it's even been described as the spawn of the devil . but the spawn of the devil. but that's not the view i'm hearing here in truro. it's just me. why not the competition ? but you're not the competition? but you're eating proper cornish pasties. that's because we're visiting from the north of greggs all the time . so it's a chance for the time. so it's a chance for the norm . but not everyone has been norm. but not everyone has been so greggs has tried to conquer cornwall . each time the locals cornwall. each time the locals have objected boycotted, forcing one branch to close down. well, greggs are down playing the opening. there is already a greggs location in launceston and at cornwall service , as they and at cornwall service, as they say. but now of truro will also

be able to enjoy tasty bakes and sweet treats from greggs . but sweet treats from greggs. but when it comes to tasty bakes, there's only one contender on people's minds. there's only one contender on people's minds . and moolah has people's minds. and moolah has selling pasties since the eighties . well, i learned to eighties. well, i learned to make a pasta at my mother's knee and in my grandparents on both sides made pasties. it was just, you know , well, the staple diet you know, well, the staple diet is. cornish i suppose, you know, you wouldn't go without a for a week . it's a you wouldn't go without a for a week. it's a family firm and son fergus is in charge of pastie promotion . all of our promotion. all of our ingredients within the pasta are ingredients within the pasta are in the paper in time. most us, the reasons for this is for the animal welfare. the animal shouldn't the animal. you should know where your meat comes from. it's massively important and you know, and if you're getting the rest, the pasta, the ingredients for the pasta, it's good for our economy. they say competition healthy, many say there's

healthy, but many say there's only room for one pasta maker in town greggs are up for the challenge and will be keeping a careful eye on footfall before expanding further into the county . but any plans for county. but any plans for expansion could see the pasta wars turning nasty. jeff moody . wars turning nasty. jeff moody. gb news i'm sat here with my guests. we really fancy a pasta now having one. oh, that's lunch sorted . right. now having one. oh, that's lunch sorted. right. i'm still joined by sam lister editor, political editor at the daily express and immediate president past president of the law society , president of the law society, england and wales i, stephanie boyce to discuss this stories. right. what are we starting with you want to talk about raheem sterling. so world cup going on. you know raheem sterling got robbed while he was there. what i find astonishing about this, this for on years this has been going for on years and and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and many, years ago. what and many, many years ago. what came years? used to came up? 50 years? i used to work in liverpool. and this work up in liverpool. and this was regular occurrence . the was a regular occurrence. the 3:00 kick call monkey all 3:00 day kick call monkey all over northwest, the big clubs in the north—west and then they'd

go off to the football and then the houses would be burgled. so what i don't understand is why is the club not kind of helping the families take care? i mean, they look after every of their life. so i'm not really sure why they haven't kind of ever really worked out how to deal with this issue. but think actually it issue. but i think actually it sounds like a hand security sounds like a hand top security and still happened . the and it still happened. the neighbours that neighbours are saying that it sounds an job sounds like it's an inside job and kind of stuff. so and all this kind of stuff. so we don't know what's we don't really know what's happened. know, it's on happened. but you know, it's on for long there must for a long time and there must be some way to kind of take away. yeah, that's right. you know, found out about this. know, i found out about this. stephanie's that he stephanie's the fact that he came the world cup to came back from the world cup to deal the in, what deal with the break in, what seems a strange thing to do. what was he going to do? start dusting for fingerprints mean? what cassino what about is mrs. cassino handle while out there handle it while he's out there doing job? well, if i may, doing his job? well, if i may, but think that's a bit but i think that's a bit simplistic view of it. i think you go through events over the fact is anyone been subject of a burglary and you know, thank god

ihave burglary and you know, thank god i have never been. but they know , you know, how scary and vile and it fails. thankfully one was hurt. but the whole point is , hurt. but the whole point is, how could he have kept his mind on the football, on the job? if you like, knowing that his had been violated , entry had been been violated, entry had been gained. i mean what i thought was really interesting is that, of course, you know, everything that sam has said of moore is that, you know, the had lots to say for themselves. you know, that the whatsapp group became , that the whatsapp group became, you know, lit up. i mean, i've got a you got lots of free whatsapp, we've got a whatsapp group which is more preoccupied with the sheep that's in the field. that's not in the field. yeah but it's, you know, and i was slightly dubious about joining it in the beginning. but you now i wouldn't be you know, now i wouldn't be without too. but the without it. me too. but the neighbours plenty say. neighbours got plenty to say. the is, the england the fact is, the whole england team is reviewed now . it's team is reviewed now. it's security measures . but i guess security measures. but i guess the important thing for those of us who are football crazy and i've not been watching the

football games because i'm boycotting , but i guess the boycotting, but i guess the point is those who are watching it , the team are perhaps it, the team are perhaps preoccupied thinking about their own homes, their own security at home, that they are miles away. and of course, let's not forget role of tech in this and the media, because the whole point is that this was targeted because individual were not at home and the past as you said, sam, that this has been going on for years where people have tweeted i mean such and such you know which gets so let's think about what we're doing and what we're reporting. yeah, i mean, i just yeah, i still don't know why it's come home that genuinely , i mean, i had to come genuinely, i mean, i had to come home to make sure the stash had been , his wife deal with been taken, his wife deal with it, maybe to it, maybe she does not know things well, but i have not know things well, but i have no , no way. brought him home no, no way. brought him home from the olympics. i love him angle like sorted angle he must be like sorted out. i'll be in a couple of out. i'll be back in a couple of days. rights moving on. so keir starmer yesterday gave this speech we took it here on gb

news. it was thrilling stuff. if you if you carried on watching my show off of that. thank you. very grateful. and what did you make it? some oh well i mean, make of it? some oh well i mean, ifipped make of it? some oh well i mean, i ripped it might demolish the house of laws, but we don't know when you lie, you know. and it was a bit more reform. yeah and actually it's quite funny because actually angela rayner, his deputy, his loyal deputy, not so loyal, was on the radio morning and she was asked how important is abolishing the house of lords? she said, well, you know, it's not number one priority and the like, you know they can't agree between they can't even agree between themselves things. themselves about these things. so know , i don't so clearly, you know, i don't think we're going to up on think we're going to hold up on that one too. no but then there is this other thing where he's talking about actually for the devolved nations, you hand certain powers that to me at the moment, westminster holds give that give more powers. so nicholas sturgeon won't have control over scotland's foreign policy , for example. that's a policy, for example. that's a big deal. we know it's huge. thatis big deal. we know it's huge. that is huge. you know, to have a foreign policy a different foreign policy in one of the is

one part of the country is quite, quite absolute . what quite, quite the absolute. what did you make of it, stephanie ? did you make of it, stephanie? you were you gripped, so were you the your seat you on the edge of your seat listening gordon brown listening to gordon brown yesterday? no, i was elsewhere watching something else . i mean, watching something else. i mean, in of reforming the house in terms of reforming the house of i don't think anybody of lords, i don't think anybody disagrees reform in disagrees that that reform in the lords is needed. the house of lords is needed. and course we this under and of course we saw this under started tony blair. what started under tony blair. what is needed is actually the house of lords as , a scrutinising body of lords as, a scrutinising body chamber works and it works really well. but what is the issue is how people get their and that we need to review that elected individuals get there is not the answer you need to put articulate well intended people such as myself? yes. not the house of lords who will make a real difference, a genuine pitch? absolutely no. gather particularly some of the opposition would be looking at. and in some ways i quite like i quite like that i have friends not dissimilar to you in terms of they've they've overcome adversity they've they've broken through glass ceilings they've

got themselves into positions of power. they don't want to be an mp. want the hassle. mp. they don't want the hassle. however, an however, they would be an excellent influence our excellent influence upon our political quite the political landscape. i quite the house of lords for that. absolutely that's point. absolutely and that's the point. and turning the plans that and turning to the plans that have been outlined, the issue i have been outlined, the issue i have with these plans and labour's plans in general is, i don't know what they are, i'm at a loss as to what labour is that they're going to do and how that may affect me and, and so what we need for labour is clarity . we need for labour is clarity. you know they are heading the polls, if the polls are to be believed that keir starmer perhaps is going to be on next prime minister in the next general election, tell us what you're going to do . tell us how you're going to do. tell us how you're going to do. tell us how you're going to change our around economy, around around the economy, around i don't know how we got into this mess, but i'm keen to know how are we going get out. yeah are we going to get out. yeah i'd like to know their i'd like to know what their taxation would be, what taxation policy would be, what they've got intended for education, the heck they're education, how the heck they're going nhs. going to sort out the nhs. there's lot of stuff that he

there's a lot of stuff that he could have yesterday. could have done yesterday. i realise this yesterday was realise this was yesterday was this announcement of this state realise this was yesterday was thithe|nouncement of this state realise this was yesterday was thithe ukincement of this state realise this was yesterday was thithe uk reportent of this state realise this was yesterday was thithe uk report or of this state realise this was yesterday was thithe uk report or whateverate realise this was yesterday was thithe uk report or whatever it; of the uk report or whatever it was it had a terribly was called, it had a terribly bonng do boring title. these things do that. gordon had put that. gordon brown had put together, is that his together, but but is that his priority? is this priority? you know? is this priority? you know? is this priority message you send priority the message you send now, isn't he my priorities tinkering with tinkering around with constitution . and have constitution reform. and i have the lords. that's the house of lords. that's right. people's you right. what about people's you know , cost living? was the know, cost of living? was the now , this is a story that broke now, this is a story that broke in last hour. and the beauty of this show is that we can do stories in our paper section, which have just broken this morning, apparently indonesia have banned sex outside of have just banned sex outside of marriage. i mean, we thought it was about the oxfordshire county council were going stop going council were going to stop going in our cars because of the green agenda. some listed an extraordinary well extraordinary story. well i mean, it's just astonishing. it's just astonishing. mean, how are going police need to are they going to police need to know know well after eight know you know well after eight days to check on this . i've days to check on this. i've actually just come back from bali talk about bali and bali to talk about bali and because yeah very because of the g20. yeah very beautiful country . but i can't i

beautiful country. but i can't i can't imagine how he's going to go round, you know, look , it's go round, you know, look, it's a work trip, you know i'll in my there but you know the sort of people go around and the police in the lovely people of bali just seems astonishing actually on a kind of serious note , it on a kind of serious note, it reminds me a bit of iran and the morality police and we see we've seen where that's ended up recently. yes, the morality police checking that you're all behaving. there is . there behaving. yeah, there is. there is of which we're sort is a serious of which we're sort of. ludicrous nature of it. of. the ludicrous nature of it. stephanie, there is a kind of serious implication. why have they well the press they done now? well the press takes a stab at the fact that this is a rise in religious conservatism , in the fact that conservatism, in the fact that they've not only just banned sex outside marriage, they banned you live in together which you could face a jail term for up to six months. and adultery , of six months. and adultery, of course, is an offence which people can be jailed. and just for anybody thinking about going to indonesia and it's associated countries is the fact that this appues countries is the fact that this applies to indonesians citizens as well as visitors . but the

as well as visitors. but the serious side of this is around human rights and of course the potential detriment to tourism and investment at a time with this country. we know it's trying to recover from the pandemic and other economic challenges . yeah well absolutely challenges. yeah well absolutely says it will sex outside of marriage will carry jail term of up to a year under the law which will take effect in three years after changes come as a in religious conservativism in the muslim majority country just extraordinary. we've been asking you morning about our you this morning about our twitter poll. okay so we've been asking you whether you can see youh asking you whether you can see your. ask 5 million people your. i did ask 5 million people couldn't get a gp appointment month. can you see your gp when you need to the final votes are in and nearly 73% of you said that you couldn't some do you have experience of this is this does this reflect your experience? i did money i had to go to the gp for something very minor a few months ago and what i really noticed , i managed to i really noticed, i managed to get the appointments , but when get the appointments, but when i was in there i barely sat down.

the gp was very to get me out before i'd even discussed anything and i think that was a reflection of the pressure that the gp was under. yeah. and they just, they do not have the time to deal with people. that's kind of worrying, it's awful of very worrying, it's awful though well, because though isn't it as well, because we yesterday about we were talking yesterday about the the mid—life check the fact that the mid—life check is going to be done online now rather going your gp, rather than going into your gp, where your blood where they take your blood pressure send a pressure can. they'll send you a kit. your blood, kit. you can take your blood, you send it in and do you send it in and they do a zoom call with you. of course, i'm not old enough. i need a revised definition, i think, you know, i mean, or so who has know, i mean, 27% or so who has managed to get i mean, managed to get through? i mean, that's and i'd to that's amazing. and i'd like to know they i happened know where they live. i happened call the gp yesterday i was feeling terribly poorly explained that that explained it that you know that i couldn't speak properly my throat and so throat was killing me and so forth. after a whole forth. to be told after a whole week battling this to cope week of battling this to cope back weeks. the point is back 3 to 4 weeks. the point is , is that they made a miraculous recovery because i because i told i use my legal skills told them i use my legal skills told them i use my legal skills to make the point that 3 to 4 weeks i'm not sure that i'd still here so i'm now on a base

of antibiotics and within about an hour you felt better. i've bounced back. well, we were the beneficiary of that today. stephanie boyce, thank so much for here. to thank for being here. so much to thank you for joining for being here. so much to thank you forjoining me as you so much forjoining me as well hope you'll come well today. i hope you'll come back soon. we of we've got back again soon. we of we've got the end of the show it's flown by coming. up next is gb news day mark longhurst. i am day with mark longhurst. i am bev i'll see you bev turner. i'll see you tomorrow at head tomorrow morning at head high. that seismic from the that seismic given here from the met increasing nicole met office increasing nicole dunng met office increasing nicole during 24 hours during the next 24 to 48 hours as northerly arrive, as northerly winds arrive, bringing some but bringing showers to some but sunshine . we're sunshine for many. we're actually going to lose the cloud . easterly winds brought us over the having said that, the few days. having said that, there some areas of cloud there are some areas of cloud around we into around as we enter into the afternoon, across afternoon, primarily across eastern and northern parts of the uk, increasingly sunny skies, though, breaking out in many southern western areas. and for many it's dry, but it's cold temperatures of seven or eight in the south of four or five in the north. and it's in the north where we start to see this arctic spread south. it's going to bring showers to the east of england the day.

england through the day. northern northern northern scotland, northern ireland and increasingly overnight, showers will be overnight, those showers will be turning sleet , snow turning wintry. so sleet, snow primarily over the hills at first, but coming down to lower levels the end of the night across northern scotland, away from showers , there'll be from those showers, there'll be clear skies and widespread clear skies and a widespread temperatures some sheltered temperatures in some sheltered parts of southern scotland. northern ireland, western england wales down a few england and wales down a few degrees below freezing. so really as we go into wednesday that we start to feel the effects of this winds coming away from arctic. so it's going to be cold out there, a frosty start, but a bright start for many. we've lost cloud in many spots. so actually plenty of sunshine for many western areas, southern areas as well. still be some showers around northern ireland, eastern england , a ireland, eastern england, a mixture of rain and sleet with some hills now. but the most significant snow will be across northern scotland, where 2 to 5 centimetres will build at centimetres will build up at levels and levels through wednesday and more over the hills could more that over the hills could cause travel disruption cause some travel disruption through 1 to 2 celsius through the day. 1 to 2 celsius in the north, exposed to that wind, or six,

wind, i think five or six, perhaps seven degrees further south. so it's going to feel colder and into wednesday night so widely clear skies for many. and as a result, temperatures are soon could drop away on thursday. starts off with subzero temperatures. most parts of the uk , further wintry of the uk, further wintry showers coming in from the north. but for many it's staying sunny.