this, you're you're behind this, you're behind this smear campaign you're behind this, you're this is the daily mail. you're behind this, you're this is the daily mail . and this this is the daily mail. and this is a story about cows catching crooks . oh, yeah. so this is crooks. oh, yeah. so this is this is cows haired on the run criminal into the arms of police . normally people herd cows, but these these cows actually herded i mean, they put in so many so many tonnes. and this they turn to the criminal to wear £3. it was a high line. it was a heist incident. he was to stop running. but it clearly went in

one ear and out the other and another very good morning welcome to back to end of the day on jb news. i hope you're having a decent week. it could be worse it could be king charles on the day that you previously were like that launches a war. it's an old expose on your family. we have eyed tv critics and have sharp eyed tv critics and royal watching the royal experts watching the meghan harry doc as we speak meghan and harry doc as we speak . have to stay . so you don't have to stay tuned to see they make of tuned to see what they make of it. also, this morning, i'm going joined in the studio going to be joined in the studio by ukraine mp, keira roddick by the ukraine mp, keira roddick to that the uk to discuss the aid that the uk is giving to her country and find out where it all goes. that's all coming up after a look at the latest news with

beth . beth thank you. hello beth. beth thank you. hello there. good morning. it's 10:01. i'm bethany there. good morning. it's10:01. i'm bethany elsie here to bring you up to date from the gb newsroom. the government has defended its decision to open the first uk coal mine in 30 years, saying they still intend to phase out coal. levelling up secretary michael gove has given the green light for the new colliery in whitehaven in cumbria . former 26th president cumbria. former 26th president alok sharma has labelled the decision a backward step for uk climate action . but cabinet climate action. but cabinet minister gillian keegan says it will create hundreds of jobs and insists the coal will be used for the production of steel and not for power generation . not for power generation. there's a lot of local support for this. there's a lot of jobs that it will bring both direct and indirect and it's very, very specific. it is not for energy . specific. it is not for energy. it is specifically coking coal to make steel, by the way, to meet our net zero targets. we will need a lot of steel to make the wind turbines or the nuclear power station, etc. so the

choice of, you know, the source of supply of this coking coal is either that mine or importing it from somewhere else . well, from somewhere else. well, shadow climate secretary ed miliband says the move is a terrible decision. only a new coal mine marks the death knell for any claims this government has. the climate leadership and it won't provide the sustainable jobs we need. we should be going full pelt for the clean , green full pelt for the clean, green jobs of the future. but rishi sunakis jobs of the future. but rishi sunak is so weak being pushed around by his backbenchers that you just can't deliver. in the first episode of the duke and duchess is duchess of sussex, new docu series, the couple say they want to challenge misinformation around why they stood down as senior royals . stood down as senior royals. prince harry said he was concerned for the safety of his family and felt it was his duty to uncover what he described as bribery within the uk media. the documentary features the couple's firsthand account personal archive videos and interviews with friends , which interviews with friends, which were all filmed before the

queen's death. members of the royal family have declined to comment on the series while in episode one the couple talk about their first date . i was about their first date. i was panicking. i was freaking out. i was sweating . i didn't know him. was sweating. i didn't know him. so i was like, oh, is this what he does .7 got it like this. i'm he does.7 got it like this. i'm not doing nothing, he said. it wasn't so extreme . like one of wasn't so extreme. like one of the guys was so much of an ego that you're not going or that you don't, that any girl would sit around wait for half sit around and wait for half hour you. iwas just sit around and wait for half hour you. i was just not hour for you. i was just not interested in that. and then when i walked in, was when i walked in, he was sweating red master. sweating. red ball master. should i? that's. no, no, no. that's not what you are. so, so sorry. like, so embarrassed. the lady unions are calling on the government to engage in meeting in full talks amid a wave of pubuc in full talks amid a wave of public sector strikes. people wanting to travel over the christmas period are being warned of travel disruption after border force staff have announced industrial action . announced industrial action. chaosis

announced industrial action. chaos is expected from the 23rd of december to new year's eve. rail workers, postal staff, nurses and paramedics are already planning to strike in the coming weeks. the prime minister has promised tough new laws limit the disruption . laws to limit the disruption. the shadow chancellor will tell industry chiefs that labour is back in business at a party conference later today. speaking in front of business leaders in canary wharf , in front of business leaders in canary wharf, rachel in front of business leaders in canary wharf , rachel reeves will canary wharf, rachel reeves will unveil plans which labour say will make the uk the high growth start up hub of the world. the party is expected to announce business growth as one of the guiding ambitions of the next labour government . the first labour government. the first coins with the official effigy of king charles. the third will appearin of king charles. the third will appear in circulation in post offices from today. the king's portrait will first feature on the $0.50 coin with the tails side commemorating the life and legacy of his mother, queen elizabeth. for point 9 million coins will enter circulation across thousands of post office branches throughout this month .

branches throughout this month. and dyson have released their first pair of noise cancelling headphones with an air purifying visor. the tech firm says the device was created in response to data, which shows one in five people in the eu are affected by noise pollution and that 99% of the world's population live in areas with unsafe levels of pollution. the zone headphones will set you back pollution. the zone headphones will set you bac k £749 and are will set you back £749 and are expected to go on sale in the uk in march. this is gb news year to date. we'll bring you more news as it happens. now let's get back to best . get back to best. very good morning. welcome to bev turner. today here on tv news. this is what we've got for the next 2 hours. the docu series harry and meghan was

released on netflix about 2 hours ago covering controversy . hours ago covering controversy. the trailer was accused of using misleading clips to distort reality. and i don't know about you , but it does seem a bit you, but it does seem a bit hypocritical to crave privacy while doing a fly on the wall documentary. we've got royal experts watching it. so you don't have to. and we'll get their thoughts on it throughout their thoughts on it throughout the show. i'm also going to be joined the studio joined in the studio by ukrainian ruddock. ukrainian mp keira ruddock. she's london speaking to mp she's in london speaking to mp about challenges ukraine about the challenges ukraine faces in 2023 with the uk being the second largest military donor to the ukraine committing £2.3 billion this year. can we afford to keep doing this whilst our nhs staff strike for a pay rise ? exhales secretary matt rise? exhales secretary matt hancock has said that he will not be standing as an mp at the next general election, but shouldn't he go immediately? that's one of the topics i'm going to be talking with my news guests and guests this morning and of course, will to get with course, i will try to get with many your messages as i can.

many of your messages as i can. gbviews@gbnews.uk. we've got a twitter poll going as well. i'm asking you whether harry and meghan should be stripped of their royal titles after this docu series goes out this week. email me , gbviews@gbnews.uk . and email me, gbviews@gbnews.uk. and with your opinion on anything else that would . else that would. well, who would have thought that the biggest threat to our royal family would come from within the royal family? it's finally here. the harry and meghan docu series is available to watch on netflix of this to watch on netflix as of this morning , the first three morning, the first three episodes have been released. the final will released on final three will be released on the of december. this show the 15th of december. this show is copy by the sussexes is copy juiced by the sussexes andifs is copy juiced by the sussexes and it's their chance to tell their side of the story . so they their side of the story. so they say they've said that a lot , say they've said that a lot, haven't they? let's cross now for one reporter, cameron

walker, who's watching it all for us in a luxurious cinema this morning. good morning, cameron. in a reaction room . is cameron. in a reaction room. is it like gogglebox like regal bollocks? maybe that's what we should be calling it this morning. cameron, what have you watched what's your watched so far and what's your insight today? now, what time is it ? 10:00. insight today? now, what time is it ?10:00. episodes it? 10:00. how many episodes have got through ? well, i've have you got through? well, i've got 310, not ten. too bad. but welcome to gb news. is royal reaction room, of course, a lot of it so far has been about prince harry's relationship with the media. actually, rather than his own family. you remember from the trailer, he talks about it being a dirty game. he accused about he accused about leaking . he talks about planting leaking. he talks about planting of stories . but three crucial of stories. but three crucial points, which i picked out here, the first of which is prince harry's belief about his personal relation ships, as in his romantic relationships and how the press essentially tried

to ruin. that's what prince harry is alluding to there. so let's take a look about what he said. and for that paparazzi used to harass us to the point of where we had to be forced into smiling and answering questions to the travelling press pack on this kind of place, this one i've got to limit haircuts and that made me feel really uncomfortable from the get go. then you look the hello, hello . where are you? hello, hello. where are you? which is right. hello, hello. where are you? which is right . you do there . which is right. you do there. can we do something? and amenadiel wasn't put on skis on then. then leave us alone. well yeah, some of them would . but yeah, some of them would. but then the other ones were just then the other ones were just then follow us around taking photographs or waiting for the accident to happen, and then put out cameras. so it was out their cameras. so it was never it never works . never fair. it never works. prince harry, they're talking about being on a ski holiday and struggling with the royal press

pack and a couple of the photographers eyes were not sticking to the rules . but photographers eyes were not sticking to the rules. but i'm joined with a by royal historian rafe rafe heydel—mankoo. he's been watching it alongside me here in the cinema in central london, raf prince harry's relationship with the media over the years perhaps has changed , the years perhaps has changed, but it seems to have stemmed from his early childhood memories, doesn't it? yes i mean, undoubtedly . firstly, of mean, undoubtedly. firstly, of course, when they were trying to have tender moments with which his mother really wanted to ensure they as normal ensure that they had, as normal an upbringing as possible, the media intrusion then, of course, was disturbing somebody was very disturbing to somebody who very shy person, but who was a very shy person, but particularly, course , in the particularly, of course, in the aftermath of the death of his mother. of mother. but the paparazzi of today, like they today, i'm nothing like they were back in his mother's time. and quite frankly, no and quite frankly, there's no such a free lunch as such thing as a free lunch as a member of royal family it member of the royal family it comes extreme privilege comes with extreme privilege and some annoyances of one of those, of is the fact that you of course, is the fact that you have with media have to deal with media intrusion. something that intrusion. it's something that his understands. his his brother understands. his parents it. parents had to go through it. his have through it. his uncles have gone through it. and interesting, and it's quite interesting, actually, if you this

actually, that if you watch this documentary get the documentary, you never get the impression was any impression that there was any positive about prince positive news about about prince harry or about or about megan. it's almost if every news it's almost as if every news story negative. they remind story was negative. they remind me get 1000 me of actors who get 1000 positive but only positive reviews, but only remember negative remember the one negative review. it's review. yeah, i mean, it's interesting , isn't it? he talks interesting, isn't it? he talks about perhaps one of the burdens of being in the royal family, particularly following his mother's death in 1997. and the fact he had to have two hats on and he had his personal life and his royal life . so let's take a his royal life. so let's take a look at what prince harry said about his mother's death . about his mother's death. when my mum died , we had two when my mum died, we had two house tours . one was two house tours. one was two grieving sons wanting to cry, grieve and process that grief because of losing our mum . and because of losing our mum. and two was the wrong house. so no

emotion. get out there, meet the people, shake hands . rafe it was people, shake hands. rafe it was a struggle for both prince william and prince harry at that time . how how do you think from time. how how do you think from watching prince harry on the screen here , what's his reaction screen here, what's his reaction been like to that and the memory of his mother? well, of course, look, the whole world really had harry and william in their hearts in 1997. and harry has enjoyed two decades of positivity and warmth and goodwill from them, from the nafion goodwill from them, from the nation and the public , in order nation and the public, in order to ensure that he does have a healthy life. but we're talking about 25 years ago, we've all had tragedies in our lives and we've all managed to move on. what this documentary really shows me are two people who've got a lot of free time on their hand. and the more free time you have, the more you tend to fret and ponder and fester your attentions on things like these tragedies, which need to be put to bed right for the moment. thank you, will. bev in half an thank you, will. bevin half an hours thank you, will. bevin half an hour's going to be

hour's time, we're going to be talking about what prince harry believes is the palace's reaction the treatment of reaction to the treatment of meghan press when it was meghan by the press when it was revealed he was in revealed that he was in a relationship with and also relationship with her. and also he talks about he sees as he talks about what he sees as the mistakes of his mother and father when they were going through that divorce. okay thank you, cameron. cameron that watching this. and you know what ? you might be a little bit nonplussed about this might be said. well, it's just a tv programme. a tv programme. it isn't a tv programme. it isn't a tv programme because the implications this the implications of this for the royal could immense . royal family could be immense. right. let's talk now to legend derry, tv and film critic catherine flett to joins me now. catherine flett to joins me now. catherine what a joy to have you here this morning to give us your take on this series. you've been watching it since 8:00 this morning. what are your thoughts 7 morning. what are your thoughts ? well, but first off, it's riveting . you know, it's riveting. you know, it's beautifully made as a bit of telly. so wearing my tv critic hat , i telly. so wearing my tv critic hat, i can telly. so wearing my tv critic hat , i can say telly. so wearing my tv critic hat, i can say that telly. so wearing my tv critic hat , i can say that they've done hat, i can say that they've done a fantastic job. obviously it's

co—produced with netflix , with co—produced with netflix, with archewell , the couple's own archewell, the couple's own production company, and in terms of telling their story , they're of telling their story, they're doing an extremely good job as to the veracity of that story. well, you know, their truth is their truth is two sides in this case. many more than two sides to every story, but as telling beautifully done, beautifully put together the absolutely fascinating this is a relationship that was documented literally from the word go. i think they even include a selfie that they took on their second date. so in terms of pouring their hearts and souls into it, you know, there has never been such a well documented relationship as this one. and it strikes me that from the very beginning, they were very keen to make sure that they had any evidence they might need it , a evidence they might need it, a narrative that was almost set up from the start . interesting. from the start. interesting. thatis from the start. interesting. that is really interesting . it that is really interesting. it does sort of make a mockery,

though , catherine disney, of the though, catherine disney, of the fact that they're complaining throughout this series is we have been the victims of too much press attention . and our much press attention. and our response to that is to give you every detail of our life and our text messages and all selfies. as a viewer, how do you square that apparent hypocrisy ? you that apparent hypocrisy? you can't . you can't you know, you can't. you can't you know, you can't. you can't you know, you can watch it is tv and think this is a riveting insight into people's lives. i mean , no, you people's lives. i mean, no, you know, there's stuff here that makes the kardashians look shine retiring. i mean, it's just relentless but underpin the sort of televisual spectacular, if you like . yeah. is the narrative you like. yeah. is the narrative this couple has constructed now. i mean, what comes across very strongly and they were very keen to get across is that this is a love story. and my gosh, these are two people who are bonkers about each other and actually bonkers might be the key word in a way. i mean, this is an almost

obsessed, civilly co—dependent relationship. and look, i'm not a qualified psychotherapist , but a qualified psychotherapist, but i've had a bit of therapy over the is i'm a little bit older than harry and meghan . and i than harry and meghan. and i think i've learned a few things en route. so i may not have letters after my name, but i think i'm qualified to say that these are two people whose relationship is as much about need as it is about what they're trying to heal each other. there's a whole latest stuff going on here that psychotherapist would have a field with. and in fact, you field day with. and in fact, you know, going make know, they're going to make psychotherapy. all psychotherapy. so it's all because the amount of because of the amount of information given us . we're information that given us. we're all entitled to have a fairly informed opinion now. yeah how interesting. have you seen so far, catherine, any actual bombshells that might be damaging to king charles, to camilla , to william, to kate , or camilla, to william, to kate, or so far? is it mainly about their love in. no? well, we've got going on at the moment and i'm halfway through the second

episode is the meet cute as they say so the meet cute if you're making a tv show is where the protagonists the couple meet and fall in love and what we have is very much a meet cute these are two very cute people and we know all about how they fell in love almost from the word go i think next week in the next 3 hours, we're going to get the meet as opposed to the meet. cute so i think you're going to get a lot more information about the family, the royal family next week. well, we're having at the moment is a lot of intercutting with shots of other members of the royal family looking utterly miserable all the time. so, for instance , there's a bit where instance, there's a bit where harry talks about the women who marry into this. harry talks about the women who marry into this . he doesn't say marry into this. he doesn't say terrible family. marry into this. he doesn't say terrible family . you know, terrible family. you know, that's the inference . and you

that's the inference. and you know how tough it is for them cut to a picture of now queen camilla , now the princess of camilla, now the princess of wales and sophie wessex, all standing on a balcony looking faces like thunder. you could read it, but i actually, anyone who's british can see that wearing poppies. it's remembrance day. yes. my stations, they're looking sombre and respectful because of the way the photo has been dumped into the middle of this show. the narrative, the editing is very clever. the editing is going to back up this this story of sort of mass victimhood. i was just going to say, i was actually just i was just going to say it's almost like he's casting all the women in this family as victims , which does family as victims, which does not therefore paint the royal family as anything other than this slightly malevolent spell . this slightly malevolent spell. that's her in the background, doesn't it? yes i mean, you know, he has his story, his

agenda, and this is like, you know, it is possible to feel a great deal of empathy, particularly for him and his awkward childhood and the fact that his mother is on a pedestal and she can never fall from that pedestal because you know, she's no longer with us . so he you no longer with us. so he you know, he's carrying an awful lot of pain. and that's clear. but as an adult and let's face it, he's knocking on the door of middle age. you know, it's your responsibility to deal with that. yeah which, you know, we all have our crosses. bear is cross is particularly painful and publicly borne , but it's up and publicly borne, but it's up to him as an adult, and particularly now as a father , to particularly now as a father, to heal himself . so that's one heal himself. so that's one story. but the subtext also sort of talking about the other members of the royal family is that this is literally, you know, a living hell if you're a woman in this family, you know , woman in this family, you know, you marry in and suffer the consequences. well i think that

the difference one of the many differences between kate and meghan is that kate spent a decade learning the ropes . and i decade learning the ropes. and i think that, you know , she put in think that, you know, she put in the hours how she got a lot of stick for not having a proper job for all sorts of stuff over that time. before she became engaged. but actually, i think she was probably being trained up she was probably being trained ”p by she was probably being trained up by her husband to be who was giving her lots of opportunities to get out if she wanted to . to get out if she wanted to. yeah people aren't stupid that nobody forced. so sophie wessex to marry edward. she also went through some problems, but actually , as you're a grown up, actually, as you're a grown up, you learn to cope with stuff. and of course for those of us looking in, yeah, we wouldn't want to be harassed by paparazzi every minute of the day, but at the same time, they're not, you know. yes, actually, they're not. they leave domestic extraordinary privilege . yeah, extraordinary privilege. yeah, absolutely . and it is

absolutely. and it is interesting, even from the little that we've learned this morning, it's interesting how william was much more at peace with that deal that cost the benefits of being of the benefits of being as part of the royal whereas it looks royal family, whereas it looks like harry never came to terms with that. catherine flett, thank forjoining us thank you so much forjoining us this i'm sure you'll be this morning. i'm sure you'll be writing your writing about this on your substack time you come substack and next time you come on, don't swear. please apologies to anybody who was upset flett using upset by catherine flett using the s—word, the apologies for that. now sticking with the theme, don't forget to vote in our poll on twitter. we are asking you, should harry and meghan be stripped of their meghan be stripped now of their official royal titles for this docu series cast your vote to the duke and duchess of sussex. be back to just being harry and meghan . let me know what you meghan. let me know what you think. now as always, send me your emails as well. vaiews@gbnews.uk okay. after the break and we will be joined by my guests for the first time this morning, we've got the writer sam ashworth hayes and journalist emma burnell. us after quick break. hello, after this quick break. hello, i'm alex deakin and this is your

latest weather update from the met office. it's cold out there andifs met office. it's cold out there and it's staying cold even into next week . for many, though, next week. for many, though, it's sunny thursday. few it's a sunny thursday. a few wintry here there . wintry showers here and there. where we've got any where ever we've got any showers, could we've showers, it could be icy. we've got northern winds. that's the reason it's turned cold. and they're sticking around. not particularly strong for most . particularly strong for most. the winds are quite light, but where those winds are coming into northern scotland, we've got plenty more snow showers to come the come through. the rest of the day. you wintry day. we'll see if you wintry showers southeast scotland. showers over southeast scotland. northeast this northeast thinking this afternoon. mostly on afternoon. snow here mostly on the hills and a few scattered showers just grazing. west wales, cornwall and northern parts of northern ireland. again, mixed in again, with some snow mixed in over the vast over high ground. the vast majority , it's just dry, sunny majority, it's just dry, sunny and cold. three or four feels colder in the wind across the north. but actually temperatures in southwest may get to in the southwest may get up to five or six pretty quickly, though, evening, the map though, this evening, the map turns returns once turns blue, a frost returns once more. a few more of those wintry showers. so perhaps a covering of snow places across parts of snow in places across parts of snow in places across parts of north—east england. again, mostly over hills, levels of

mostly over hills, low levels of snow showers continue in northern scotland. an icy conditions the west as well, conditions for the west as well, where we keep the showers going as temperatures drop down to minus 3 to even in towns and minus 3 to —5. even in towns and cities, perhaps not quite as cold overnight across the east , cold overnight across the east, weather will be a bit more cloud around on friday but around on friday morning, but still potentially icy . the still potentially quite icy. the showers tomorrow across showers easing tomorrow across eastern areas, but we'll see more northern more for northern ireland, northwest , north wales northwest england, north wales and southwest england . so again, and southwest england. so again, it be icy here have met it could be icy here have met office warnings in place office yellow warnings in place for again vast majority . for again the vast majority. it's dry, it's sunny and it's cold with highs of just two or three degrees celsius. and again on friday evening, the frost comes back and potentially things are very icy with a few more wintry showers coming in to parts of the west, south of scotland, northern ireland, parts of north wales and northwest england. we'll keep a few wintry going this few wintry showers going this weekend's will keep the cold and frosty and frosty conditions and increasingly to increasingly we could start to see some freezing fog see some dense freezing fog patches .

these greedy it is these union bosses. you know, i think the rmt president, he's a marxist. he must be on six figures. he is on a lot of money. he's got no interest in his members, any minimum wage, all he's interested in is his own ego and bringing a government down. they

should be ashamed of themselves. he's he's a bully boy. trott is a marxist and he wants to be famous and he wants the attention. but i think what's particularly despicable but i actually wonder if this is what will help your government actually is the fact that don't do this to our christmas, don't play do this to our christmas, don't play without christmas. it's

so—called sussex survivors squad so—called sussex survivors squad so they can reveal their truth about allegations of bullying by the duchess? how loose in my digest next before i get the thoughts of tonight's superstar panel thoughts of tonight's superstar panel, dawn neeson , adam brooks panel, dawn neeson, adam brooks and ashley , then i'll throw panel, dawn neeson, adam brooks behind this smear campaign. i mean, the biggest problem with all of this and with this six part docu series is we're only going to hear their side of the story . i'm going to hear their side of the story. i'm sure going to hear their side of the story . i'm sure that just as story. i'm sure that just as what happened in the fallout with oprah, it will all turn into a race row . and i think

into a race row. and i think to very good morning it is 1027 this is barcelona today on gb news tv, radio and online. that means if you're watching us on the telly and you get in the car, you can put us on the radio. you need never not have gb on. right? let me gb news on. right? let me introduce you to my guest this morning. i'm delighted to be joined journalist joined by journalist and playwright burnell. hello, playwright emma burnell. hello, emma. and emma. and the spectator and telegraph ashworth telegraph columnist sam ashworth hayes sure hayes right, guys, i'm sure you've been great gripped since 8:00 this morning to the harry and meghan documentary. why do we get the feeling that you have an emma? well, i mean, think an emma? well, i mean, i think we've discussed this before, beth. a republican, beth. i'm a i'm a republican, and couldn't about any of and i couldn't care about any of them, they're ex royals, them, whether they're ex royals, current i want current royals a lot. if i want to watch a soap opera, i'll watch emmerdale with the dingoes are than the royals. are much better than the royals. well let let me well okay well let me, let me make suggestion to then make this suggestion to you then if would to see the

if you would like to see the demise of the royal family, perhaps you might be celebrating this this a this today because this is a this today because this is a this a in the side of this is a stab in the side of the royal family, isn't from the royal family, isn't it, from to one of their own i to if that one of their own i mean, it's just a dysfunctional family dysfunctional family remains dysfunctional more honestly don't more at ten i honestly i don't think what's going to think this is what's going to change the britons mind and i absolutely realise for everyone screams at me that i'm in an minority when i say that we shouldn't be a monarchy. i don't think this is what's going to change minds our country change the minds of our country about our constitution and about how our constitution and all arrangements should be. and that's all care about. okay, that's all i care about. okay, sam, this have any bearing sam, will this have any bearing on of history? this on the course of history? this netflix series netflix documentary series making like making them something like a hundred i it hundred million quid? i mean, it will certainly be of will it will certainly be of relevance the descendants. relevance to the descendants. i don't much of don't think it'll be much of much than uk. i mean i mean this is sort of an ongoing effort on that part to find ways to remain relevant to to maintain relevant and to look to maintain these, these rather these, as you say, these rather lucrative in of lucrative deals. but in terms of what means for us in britain what it means for us in britain , get days of fevered media , we get days of fevered media coverage, which would be frankly better otherwise better off about otherwise nothing . you say that in

nothing. you can't say that in this building today. so i'm sorry. really can't say sorry. you really can't say that. you know, all of us are genuinely interested in the royal we are gb news royal family. we are gb news and some argue are our some would argue they are our greatest and correct . so greatest export and correct. so when we have an event like this and got we've got, you and it's got we've got, you know, prince this is know, prince harry is this is the king's son. and what he's doing could have, depending on what says in the next few what he says in the next few episodes, it could have a big implications. i mean, do they have the they don't have the power, they, to turn power, though. do they, to turn the the royal the nation against the royal family? think they do family? no, i think they can do considerable but more considerable pr damage, but more serious in a shorter period . if serious in a shorter period. if you at the longer, longer you look at the longer, longer term here, this is an institution which has survived a hundred and will continue hundred years and will continue to do you think they to do so. do you think they should lose their titles? that's our because our twitter poll today because i'm going to pass. our twitter poll today because i'm going to pass . oh, come on, i'm going to pass. oh, come on, emma . i mean, none of them emma. i mean, none of them should have titles, so. yeah right. okay right . matt hancock right. okay right. matt hancock talking of unpopular people. and so publicist and so publicist, attention seeking . if you put

attention seeking. if you put a venn diagram of you know, there's quite a lot in common there, right? so matt hancock has announced surprise , surprise has announced surprise, surprise that he will not stand as an mp in the next election . emma, in the next election. emma, shouldn't he go now ? i mean, shouldn't he go now? i mean, this is like me saying i'm not going to be the face of the next new york mp. yeah, he he's he's party his local party had written to the conservative whip that's an extraordinary step. that doesn't happen . saying they that doesn't happen. saying they don't want him to have the whip back. they don't want him to be the candidate in the next election. he didn't quite yeah, he was he was pushed and he's trying to put a brave face on it. matt hancock typeface on it . yeah. and his usual way in which nothing is ever his fault if you read some of the extracts from diaries that were oh my from the diaries that were oh my god, extraordinary. mean, god, i extraordinary. i mean, i'm not being funny, but if matt hancock's ego and hancock hancock's ego and matt hancock is ability at the same level, we would have got through the pandemic a lot better, wouldn't we? sam, what you think? we? sam, what do you think? should step down now? should he should step down now? i is hancock self i mean, really, is hancock self out again ? yeah. i'm just never

out again? yeah. i'm just never ending our infinity. i think we'd be significantly better off bouncing pump to this point, which is a shame because he's one of the few m.p.s who is actually quite digitally this sort of and is vaguely aware of how sort of works. how this sort of sector works. yeah, that's true. he's sort of made such a mess of things in terms of if they put the policy in they should with in terms which they should with the that the public at this point, that he really capable of he he's not really capable of being taken seriously as a policy. what do you think he'll do, because he's he's do, though? because he's he's quite announcing quite was announcing his decision next decision to stand at the next not stand at the next dexter not to stand at the next dexter hancock said had and he said hancock said he had and he said this on as well. this on tiktok as well. remember, everybody had, remember, everybody he had, quote, whole new quote, discovered a whole new world , which i world of possibilities, which i am excited to explore. i mean, he's to keep trying to get he's going to keep trying to get his face on the telly. that's what he's going to do. that's that's his thing now he's already he's already done. already done. he's already done. celebrity isis. he's already done jungle . all he's done the jungle. all he's got left is strictly masterchef left is strictly a masterchef and that's i mean he'd be willing to have no nine there read something long term. i mean

i think he's looking at people who have made a successful media profile like, say, a michael portillo on the right or jacqui smith on the left who have come forward. but they have credibility quite ability to look into that. yeah. and, you know , matt hancock is i'm not know, matt hancock is i'm not wasn't a big fan of michael portillo but the difference between is just oh, i mean, even you say he's digital savvy, but yeah. you say he's digital savvy, but yeah . before he went into the yeah. before he went into the jungle, he was pushing bitcoin and all of that kind of stuff. and we've just seen that massively crash. i wish he'd been paid in bitcoin would have been paid in bitcoin would have been funny. well, that's true , been funny. well, that's true, right? that's our first insert with my guest this morning talking about the news. we've got more to come between now and midday, but after the break, we're go back to are we're going to go back to are reaction like reaction room. it's like gogglebox cameron gogglebox it's got cameron walker some expert sitting walker some royal expert sitting there watching this netflix documentary letting you know what in so you have to what is in it. so you have to watch it. but that is all after your morning news. thank you .

your morning news. thank you. good morning. it's 1033. your morning news. thank you. good morning. it's1033. i'm bethany lc. in the gb newsroom, the government has defended its decision to open the first uk coal mine in 30 years, saying they still in tend to phase out coal levelling up. secretary michael gove has given the green light for the new colliery in whitehaven in cumbria. former cop26 president alok sharma has labelled the decision a backward step for uk climate action, but cabinet minister gillian keegan says it will create hundreds of jobs and insists the will not be used for power. generation there's a lot of local support for this, there's a lot of jobs that it will bring both direct and indirect and it's very, very specific. it is not for energy. it is specifically coking coal to make steel by the way, to meet our net zero targets. we will need a lot of steel to make the wind turbines or the nuclear power station, etc. so the choice of, you know, the source of supply of this coking coal is

either that mine or importing it from somewhere else . the first from somewhere else. the first episode of the duke and duchess of sussex new documentary series out. the couple say they want to challenge misinformation around why they stood down as senior royals . prince harry said he was royals. prince harry said he was concerned for the safety of his family and felt it was his duty to uncover what he described as bribery within the uk media. the documentary features the couple's first hand account personal archive videos and interviews with friends , which interviews with friends, which were all filmed before the queen's death . unions are queen's death. unions are calling on the government to engagein calling on the government to engage in meaningful talks amid a wave of public sector strikes . border force workers are the latest to announce industrial action from the 23rd of december to new year's eve. rail workers. postal staff. nurses and paramedics are already planning to strike in the coming weeks. the prime minister has promised tough new laws to limit the disruption and in the last few minutes the latest nhs england

statistics have been announced. the nhs waiting list in england has hit an all time record high, with 7.10 million people waiting to start routine treatment at the end of october. in the same period, 68.9% of patients in england were seen within 4 hours of being admitted to a&e . also, of being admitted to a&e. also, the worst performance on record . in the worst performance on record. in onune the worst performance on record. in online , imdb plus radio. this is. online, imdb plus radio. this is. gb here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2169 an d ,1.1594. the buy you $1.2169 and ,1.1594. the price of gold is buy you $1.2169 and ,1.1594. the price of gold i s £1,465.75 per price of gold is £1,465.75 per ounce. and the footsie 100 is at 7487 points .

play without christmas. it's just wrong. we haven't had a normal christmas actually, for three years. that's right. and this is a country actually it's an attack on family. it's an attack on the church. that makes me really angry. i agree that you've had a tough three years. people are still recovering from the lockdowns. that was terrible

very good morning. this is bev turner today on gb news tv , turner today on gb news tv, radio and online is 1039 a and we've got lowe's on the show today. i'm doing my to chart challenge later on. i'm asking whether electric cars are actually better for the planet. don't go anywhere. that will be within the next hour or so. but let's cross now to our royal reporter, cameron walker , who is reporter, cameron walker, who is watching all of this netflix documentary series for us this morning on harry and meghan cameron . how much have you seen cameron. how much have you seen and what you make of it so far? igood and what you make of it so far? i good morning, bev. well there's certainly a few revelations in this documentary series we've heard from countless royal books, countless articles, exactly what went down when it was announced that

prince harry was making with dating american actress meghan markle. but now in documentary we're hearing it from harry and meghan. then selves and something they really emphasise is how they relationship changed following the fact that the media broke that they were in a relationship and particularly talk about the intra tiff behaviour of what they see as intrusive behaviour of the press towards meghan markle. now they're both have changed really since princess diana died and she was hounded by paparazzi photographers in the final few years of her life. but what do you make of meghan's claims that she was hounded by photographers , the press, the fact that one of her neighbours in toronto had installed it was paid to install a cctv camera to overlook her guards . and what do you make of guards. and what do you make of that level of press intrusion, which she alleges? yes well, i mean, your heart goes out to any

woman who's going to basically be entering into that sort of a maelstrom . i think the criticism maelstrom. i think the criticism here actually could be placed with prince harry because he knew well what mother knew full well what his mother went remember very went through. we remember very well news broke of well when news first broke of lady diana spencer being involved charles , involved with prince charles, the media frenzy that surrounded her. looked very shocked her. and she looked very shocked and going her car and intimidated going to her car . you know, when prince william met kate middleton, of course, she had a very long time behind the scenes where she actually got to prepare for the role. and you thought prince you would have thought prince harry actually might have briefed, a bit more about briefed, making a bit more about that that comes that and the fact that comes across much in this across very much in this documentary unaware she documentary is how unaware she was british tabloid was of the british tabloid media. don't know how media. i mean, i don't know how anybody be unaware how anybody could be unaware of how intrusive tabloid intrusive the british tabloid media, somebody who media, especially somebody who is savvy as well. so one is media savvy as well. so one must also bear that in mind. yeah something meghan yeah something which meghan refers a lot actually, refers to quite a lot actually, particularly in the second episode, is that was episode, is that she was constantly palace constantly told by palace officials or prince harry that don't worry, it will get better , it will get better. once you're married to the media,

intrusion will stop. you'll be less criticise, i mean, from seeing so far, it sounds seeing it. so far, it sounds like from meghan's perspective at nothing changed . well, at least, nothing changed. well, for truth and as i say, for meghan's truth and as i say, if you watch this documentary on netflix, you really see , i netflix, you really will see, i think, one side of the story there was overwhelming support for there such positive for meghan. there such positive reception by the press reception provided by the press andifs reception provided by the press and it's almost as if she ignonng and it's almost as if she ignoring the 99% of positivity that there was there, particularly in the print media compared to a few stories online that reported. think that were reported. i think something which people something which many people perhaps lovely perhaps will find pretty lovely is amount new footage or is the amount of new footage or photographs we see of prince harry and meghan's young son, archie in california as they speak about being parents. archie in california as they speak about being parents . and speak about being parents. and prince harry says, what's most it? and i quote, what's most important to us is we don't repeats the same mistakes our parents made, referring to the then prince charles and princess diana's divorce . yes. and also diana's divorce. yes. and also the markle's, too , as well. of the markle's, too, as well. of course. and of course, he's

absolutely right. you know, every parent wants to. sure that they don't make the same mistakes their own parents mistakes that their own parents made i would say, you made. however, i would say, you know, trailer also in know, in the trailer and also in this documentary, says that this documentary, he says that he wants to protect his family and references diana's role. and he references diana's role. and that, diana and also in doing that, diana shielded it's a shielded her children. it's a quite way to protect your quite an odd way to protect your family your children family by putting your children front and centre in a six part netflix documentary. see, if we were told that they were escaping america have some escaping to america to have some privacy. everything privacy. but everything that they've the intervening privacy. but everything that they'vseems the intervening privacy. but everything that they'v seems to the intervening privacy. but everything that they'v seems to run intervening privacy. but everything that they'v seems to run ratheraning years seems to run rather counter that message. one of counter to that message. one of the that has run through the themes that has run through here so far is this idea race. and for the first time we have seen the duchess of sussex's mother, doria speak on camera about her experience and some, particularly the media headlines, which prince harry perceives as racist . in fact, he perceives as racist. in fact, he says that's the palace machine, as it were, or at least he alleges the palace machine says that's the experience that meghan is going through, was experienced by kate, was

experienced by kate, was experienced by kate, was experienced by camilla, was experienced by camilla, was experienced by camilla, was experienced by princess diana . experienced by princess diana. so meghan should essentially just suck it up and get on with this and it will all come down eventually. prince harry didn't see it that way, though, did he know? harry hasn't seen . know? prince harry hasn't seen. but we know very well that prince and meghan both are prince harry and meghan both are very scouring the very keen on scouring the internet stories about internet for stories about themselves. you actually themselves. but if you actually look media at the time it look at the media at the time it was 95% positive and you just had look at crowds that had to look at the crowds that lined walk, had to look at the crowds that following the marriage of no talk of racial racism at the time, it was simply about people wanting support woman . wanting to support this woman. and she went through and i think she went through exactly what kate through exactly what kate went through exactly what kate went through exactly what kate went through exactly what all members of the royal family to experience when they love and get they fall in love and get married. i think we're married. and i think we're having a rather a rather magnetic narrative being put on upon us here and including the fact that they've chosen people like a hirsch to be one of like i for a hirsch to be one of the expert commentators, somebody who wants nelson's column be column in trafalgar square to be removed his white removed because of his white supremacy allegedly . david supremacy allegedly. david olusoga. the other olusoga. there's also the other commentator race commentator here on race matters, somebody believes

matters, somebody who believes that country is systemically that the country is systemically racist . so think we need to racist. so i think we need to take take pinch when we take take a pinch of when we listen a lot of this and listen to a lot of this and course, they're not here to defend themselves. and there are two story. but two sides to every story. but bev, hour, we're bev, in the next hour, we're going to be talking to another royal commentator, dickie arbiter. press arbiter. he was the former press secretary the late queen secretary to the late queen elizabeth second. elizabeth the second. so make sure tuned for that. sure you stay tuned for that. thank cameron . cameron thank you, cameron. cameron walker rafe walker there with rafe heydel—mankoo watching netflix series. don't have to. series. so you don't have to. would be getting in touch would you be getting in touch with has said that they with me? dawn has said that they should be strips of all royal privileges. this is, course, privileges. this is, of course, the duchess sussex the duke and duchess sussex titles. philip has said they should be given their wish , they should be given their wish, they should be given their wish, they should their should be stripped of their titles ordinary titles, relegated to ordinary mortals, is what they seem mortals, which is what they seem to be. they should their to want to be. they should their titles. they're clearly trying to destroy the royal and to destroy the royal family and monetise says monetise their titles, says andrea. you feeling like andrea. lots of you feeling like that. what you think that. let me know what you think . we've got a twitter poll . and we've got a twitter poll running on at gb running on that well on at gb news morning as to whether news this morning as to whether you think they should lose their titles. north titles. okay. now, north yorkshire become england's titles. okay. now, north york area become england's titles. okay. now, north york area to become england's titles. okay. now, north york area to adopt me england's titles. okay. now, north york area to adopt ae england's titles. okay. now, north york area to adopt a mandatory; first area to adopt a mandatory

100% premium for 100% council tax premium for second homes. this is to tackle the housing crisis in the region. our yorkshire reporter, annie riley has the story. second, homeowners in north yorkshire are set to have their council tax doubled under the government's levelling up bill in a bid to make more homes available for local people pnced available for local people priced out of the market. coastal towns and villages like steve's, have a larger proportion of second homes. all houday proportion of second homes. all holiday less than permanent residents and people here have mixed opinions on the new scheme potentially , it actually puts potentially, it actually puts more people towards having houday more people towards having holiday less than second homes and second homes bring something to the village. but they're not used enough. in my . they need to used enough. in my. they need to be used a lot more obviously when the holiday loan. but saying that part of the experience of coming to stoke houday experience of coming to stoke holiday makers is the fact there's people to talk to that here and that it is a real live village . people wanting to get village. people wanting to get money into property. a second

homeowners. if it means they get taxed, then they get taxed. they can probably afford to pay it anyway without worrying. most of them i suspect, will look for loopholes it anyway. so i loopholes around it anyway. so i don't going to make don't see as it's going to make a difference to a massive difference to anything. and bs anything. i think the ap and bs are of a problem than the are more of a problem than the second homes in a way. so i feel that by not because i do have to pay that by not because i do have to pay tax, then in a way i pay any tax, then in a way i think that people should be think that the people should be targeting a that targeting us in a way that people who sort of taking people who are sort of taking the so from the community. it's purely business. some the people who have bought cottages here may have visited may well not even have visited the village before they bought it. they just it as an it. they just saw it as an opportunity. councillors hope the encourage people the move will encourage people to sell or rent out their second homes and those that pay the tax. it's expected to bring in 14 million each year, which be spent on housing. if you go to some dales community is some of the villages in the dales you'll actually find that over half the properties are owned by people who don't live there . 52 weeks

who don't live there. 52 weeks of the year. so that is quite a it's quite a significant state of affairs, which has led us to say it's no longerjust say it's no longer just a problem. it is now a crisis. and that's why we have to take drastic steps and we appreciate it's a drastic step to double somebody's council tax. the next steps are now going to be for the government to legislate on the government to legislate on the second home, 100% council tax rise. and it's due to come in place in april 20, 24 and a really gb news states . thank really gb news states. thank you, anna wright. i'm back at the desk with my news hounds to talk about the big stories of the day. emma burnell is a journalist and playwright and also sam ashworth. hays a journalist at the telegraph and the spectator. right. sam strike. strike strikes every day. strikes. these strikers should just be made to go to work, shouldn't they? forced out there in the cold for a pittance

7 there in the cold for a pittance ? i mean, it is the world's worst advent calendar. when you look at the december lists, the strikes every day, you open the new box and you get something else. today, it's the ambulance drivers the most buses. but drivers off the most buses. but whatever , it's absolutely whatever is, it's absolutely ridiculous. and there's a clearer sentence used to clearer sentence being used to make the pressure on make use of the pressure on health care system and the transport system over winter transport system over the winter to extract concessions from, well , in some to extract concessions from, well, in some cases, private entities which regulates by the government. another case for the government. another case for the government directly and soon, i think, is, is onto the rights or the turning around and the path turning around and saying legal saying actually these legal protections you have the striking must now maintain striking you must now maintain minimum you minimum service levels if you wishes to apply. so what we have at moment, you're not at the moment, you're not legally to strike. legally allowed to strike. i think you're a prison officer think if you're a prison officer or police officer . and so he or a police officer. and so he wants impose those same wants to impose those same restrictions, i believe, on paramedic hospitals . on the paramedic hospitals. on the other one, of course, is for train drivers as well, saying minimum service levels must be maintained. basically where maintained. so basically where you these critical, you have these critical, critical infrastructure for the functioning the country, functioning of the country, we're use your we're that you can't use your position to basically threaten

to shut these things down, which i think is perfectly reasonable . how that go down with . how would that go down with labour? because of course labour? emma because of course the labour are very much the labour labour are very much in with the unions. in cahoots with the unions. the unions huge amounts unions pay labour huge amounts of the unions are of money. yeah, the unions are members of the labour. they're affiliated or some of them are. it's worth pointing out some of them are not. and i mean, i think the thing about these strikes that we should remember and very often doesn't get discussed quite discussed because quite obviously when talk, when obviously when we talk, when we're in the media, we talk about the story the day. yeah about the story of the day. yeah but is actually a story of but this is actually a story of a decade. and the reason that people have this point people have got to this point where have been pushed. where they have been pushed. yeah, striking yeah, the nurses striking for the 104 years. i the first time in 104 years. i think is that things have got to breaking point for the people that they represent they are that they represent and they are doing their job in saying we cannot take any more and the nhs is in crisis and we feel that as people who may want to use it or have have loved ones who use it, but imagine being your day to day reality of your job going in

every day and knowing not only that, you are not able to do yourjob as that, you are not able to do your job as well that, you are not able to do yourjob as well as that, you are not able to do your job as well as you would like, but also that you're being incredibly poorly paid for it. the nurses, for example, are asking for a 19% pay rise. that sounds enormous , isn't it? 19. sounds enormous, isn't it? 19. it is quite enormous, but actually that only takes them back in terms of cost of living to what they were being paid 12 years ago. that doesn't sound quite so enormous when you see it that way. they're going back to the standard of living that they've the last 12 they've lost over the last 12 years. so when you think about margaret thatcher was kind of the minister to face the last prime minister to face this industrial action this amount of industrial action , and she just refused to engage, didn't she? she said, i will not with you. i mean, and she did kind of sort it out. she she did kind of sort it out. she she went much harder than sunak is doing. yeah i mean, sunak having i mean, he's displayed some, some qualities to be able to bring some the party sauce all together that he's already had burns had some leaping backbench burns still with. and that's his still with. and if that's his level of success , engaging level of success, engaging his own quite we own party, then quite how we hope on the union

hope speaks out on the union pressure a commitment. it's pressure is a commitment. it's highly know, would say highly you know, i would say that there are people you can take some inspiration from and from one that from quite bizarre. the one that is joe biden, who's is right now is joe biden, who's turned around and basically said no, that you work in the no, that if you work in the railways as you're railways and you as if you're doing freight you can't doing freight railway, you can't go is that right? do go on strike. is that right? do you realise that it's you think i realise that it's very recently his change and he's but he's getting obviously hammered. hammered it's. hammered. hammered for it's. yeah. completely yeah. possibly a completely misrepresents i'm misrepresents this but i'm fairly okay of fairly confident. okay out of all the industries that is all of the industries that is striking got ambulance striking we've got ambulance days we've got the latest rise to be announced. border force staff at several airports. they're walking out over christmas. we've got this we've got the royal mail. we've got the university workers . who do the university workers. who do you have more sympathy with? any particular group or they've all got a point? no, i think this is the problem is that we are coming to a point in so many different places at once . and different places at once. and you talked about margaret thatcher, but margaret thatcher had one big strike. really? did it strike ? whereas this is lots

it strike? whereas this is lots and lots of places have been pushed to their breaking limits and, underfunded and run down and, underfunded and run down and mistreated for far too long. so it's not about whether i think a nurse is more wasn't the train driver and i would say if we're going to have laws that say trains should have minimum service, i think the first people to talk to the train operator and companies. yeah, frankly . but i think this operator and companies. yeah, frankly. but i think this is about working conditions in this country . what it's like to be a country. what it's like to be a worker in this country and the fact that it is getting harder and harder for so many people and harder for so many people and i would massively prefer that we haven't been pushed to this point that we hadn't seen everything run down so much . but everything run down so much. but i do completely understand everybody sense at the sharp end of what it feels like. well, we've yeah that is where we're at. well, talking of margaret thatcher in coal mines, feeling like we've arrived at the station in a time machine this

morning, we've got a new coal mine. the first to be mine. the first one to be approved in 30 years. what a fantastic story of jobs in the area. regeneration great new story. yeah. i mean , look, story. yeah. i mean, look, britain has found it exceptionally hard to open anything recently. you see these stories about spending hundreds of billions on planning applications open a 24 applications to open a 24 kilometre of roads. so kilometre stretch of roads. so the banks that you the fact the banks that you manage a coal mine is manage because a coal mine is frankly remarkable and the government's nuts. emma as government's nuts. yeah. emma as an , i am absolutely an eco zealot, i am absolutely convinced that with despair. well let's take the eco point for a moment . we have lost one for a moment. we have lost one of the few areas which the uk have maintained . a really strong have maintained. a really strong international standing was our leadership on climate and smashed that to bits. great. well done . secondly here's the well done. secondly here's the thing. one of the problem that the left had when there was the coal strikes the eighties was that there was nothing done to help those communities change into and transition away from that coal. yep. opening up a coal mine. now in a declining

industry is such a short term measure and we would be so much better off if we were investing in something that had legs, something that had a future. this seems to me like a the kind of symbolic gesture that feels good for a moment on twitter and then actually is not giving the people in in west cumbria the kind of long term future economic growth that they need . economic growth that they need. so it just feels both in terms of the climate but also in terms of the climate but also in terms of our economy to be very short term and really just muddle headed. what do you think ? i headed. what do you think? i think that's. headed. what do you think? i think that's . a pessimistic think that's. a pessimistic view. i don't think we've conceded a great deal of climate. this if you if you look at this, it's basically the equipment to them. if you operate for 50 years and over the whole term, its lifespan and you take out all the coal, it was about roughly eight was looking about roughly eight years of emissions and years worth of emissions and britain remarkably britain has done a remarkably good with decarbonising good job with decarbonising much of supply of its energy supply and reducing generally and reducing emissions generally and

of and its of course and changing its transport sector. and i don't think conceding anything transport sector. and i don't think on conceding anything transport sector. and i don't think on that.|ceding anything transport sector. and i don't think on that. |cedifact nything transport sector. and i don't think on that. |cedifact that ng really on that. the fact that we're one ago alok we're going one year ago alok sharma cop22, which we hosted sharma at cop22, which we hosted with celebrate fighting the death of coal on behalf of this government , one of the government, one of the governments that we've had over the last year. but yeah, and that's yeah, that's what we were able to stand up and symbolically saying we just can't do that anymore. do we have to though. well yes because coalis have to though. well yes because coal is a finite and be an incredibly dirty industry . yeah, incredibly dirty industry. yeah, nobody was saying that coal mining was actually good for the individual workers . it's a very individual workers. it's a very difficult, dangerous industry . difficult, dangerous industry. we would be much better if we could stand up and say we have become the world leaders in green technologies . we are green technologies. we are massively piling investment into small factories in west cumbria who are going to create all the elements that we need for wind turbines , for wave technology, turbines, for wave technology, all of these things that have an absolute infinite lifespan , but

absolute infinite lifespan, but i'm really torn on this because i'm really torn on this because i can see that point of view. but then i also that what this is doing, they've obviously thought about it apparently is the greenest possible to extract coal, the greenest possible to extract coal , which i the greenest possible to extract coal, which i realise sounds like an oxymoron to you emma. i mean that's like again i just come back to that. yeah that's like me saying it's , it's the like me saying it's, it's the lowest calorie way of me eating. i'm the but a pound is going to be carbon offset. they're going to be planting trees and all those people in cumbria will have jobs. if you are in cumbria , do let me know what you think about this proposed mine. gb views that gbnews.uk we come to the end of the first hour that went quickly. we're going to be right back with more lots more after this short break here on gb news live. we'll be keeping you in the picture, finding out what's across the what's happening across the country finding out why it country and finding out why it matters to. we'll have the facts fast of reporters fast with our team of reporters and specialist correspondents wherever happening , we'll wherever it's happening, we'll be there in 12 noon on tv, radio

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channel very good morning. welcome to beth. tennis day on tv news. we've got sharp hot tv critics and royal experts watching the meghan and harry documentary series as we speak. so you don't have to stay tuned here to see what they make of it. also this morning, i'm going to be joined in the studio by the ukrainian mp ruddock. let's discuss the aid that the uk gave to her country and find out where it's all going. is all coming up all going. that is all coming up after look at latest . good

after a look at the latest. good morning is coming up to 3 minutes past 11 am. rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. the government's defended its decision to open the first uk coal mine in 30 years, saying it's still our intent to phase out coal. levelling up. secretary michael gove has given planning permission for the new colliery in whitehaven in cumbria. former cop26 president alex sharma has labelled the decision a backwards step for uk climate action that gillian keegan says it will create hundreds of jobs and insists the coal will be used for the production of steel and not for power generation . there's a lot power generation. there's a lot of local support for this. there's a lot of jobs that it will bring both direct and indirect. and it's very, very specific. it is not for energy. it is specifically coking coal to make steel, by the way, to meet our net zero targets, we will need a lot of steel to make it. the wind turbines or the nuclear power station, etc. so the choice of , you know, the

the choice of, you know, the source of supply of this coking coal that mine or coal is either that mine or importing it from somewhere else. shadow climate secretary ed miliband, meanwhile, says it's a terrible decision . owning it's a terrible decision. owning a new coal mine marks the death knell for any claims this government has to climate leadership, and it won't provide the sustainable jobs we need . we the sustainable jobs we need. we should be going full pelt for the clean, green jobs of the future. but rishi sunak is so weak being pushed around by his backbenchers that you just can't deliver . now, in the first deliver. now, in the first episode of the you can duchess of sussex's new docu series, the couples say they want to challenge misinformation around why they stood down as senior royals. prince harry said he was concerned for the safety of his family and felt it was his duty to uncover . he described as to uncover. he described as bribery with the uk media. the documentary features the couple's first hand account personal archive videos and interviews with friends all

filmed before the queen's death. members of the royal family have declined to comment on the series while in episode one the couple talk about their first date . i was panicking. i was date. i was panicking. i was freaking out. i was sweating . i freaking out. i was sweating. i didn't know him. so i was like, oh, is this what he does? got it like this. i'm not doing nothing , he said. what was unnecessary? like one of the guys was so much of an ego that you're not going or that you don't that girl would sit around and wait for half hour for you. i was just not interested that. and then not interested in that. and then when in, he sweaty when i walked in, he was sweaty . red ball master. should i. that's. no, no, no. that's not what you. i'm so sorry. that's. no, no, no. that's not what you. i'm so sorry . you what you. i'm so sorry. you were, like, so embarrassed. the and we'll have much on that throughout the day here on gb news. now the latest nhs england statistics have been announced. the nhs waiting list in england has hit an all time record high

with 7.2 million people waiting to start routine treatment at the end of october. in the same period, 68.9% of patients in england were seen within 4 hours of being admitted to any departments . also, the worst departments. also, the worst performance on records . foreign performance on records. foreign secretary says the military are set to replace striking border force workers. she protecting the uk's borders is the number one priority. people wanting travel over the christmas period are being warned to expect cancellations and delays over the eight days of action from the eight days of action from the 23rd of december to new year's eve. rail workers, postal staff, nurses and, paramedics already planning to strike in the coming weeks. suella braverman says the contingency will aim to minimise disruption. what have been preparing the prospects of border force strike for some time now ? we've been for some time now? we've been analysing what the impact of a shortfall of operational personnel on our border will be.

we've got plans in place that will involve , to a degree , will involve, to a degree, bringing in some of our military colleagues to help in a variety of roles . and we want to of roles. and we want to ultimately , you know, i'm not ultimately, you know, i'm not willing to compromise on security at the border . that's security at the border. that's the number one priority motorist are being warned of dangerous driving conditions as a cold snap hits the uk. icy conditions may result in some slips and fall and there may be icy patches on untreated roads, pavements and psychopaths. the rc urging drivers is urging drivers check their tyres and to carry a blanket in their just in carry a blanket in theirjust in case they break down. the first coins that the official effigy of king charles. the third will appearin of king charles. the third will appear in circulation post offices from today . the king's offices from today. the king's portraits will first feature on a $0.50 coin with the tail sunken them writing the life and legacy of his mother, queen

elizabeth . and the last elizabeth. and the last surviving dam buster has died at the age of 101. george leonard. johnny johnson was the last surviving original member of arias 617 squadrons famous stand busters rate of 1943. he died peacefully at his care home in westbury in bristol on wednesday nights , surrounded by his nights, surrounded by his family. a source has told pa news agency he this is gb news will bring more as it happens. now they suspect that . now they suspect that. very good morning welcome to bev turner today here on gb news tv, radio and. there has been so much build—up to this next netflix docu series from and

meghan and today is the if you're into that kind of thing you're into that kind of thing you can watch. well the trailers promised inside story of how the sussexes away from their royal dufies sussexes away from their royal duties with harry referring to a dirty game. now a royal reporter walker will be live in the gb news reaction room, a sort of regal box like gogglebox. with all the latest you need to from the bombshell new series in just a moment. and this morning, it is back my two chart challenge where we back up debate with fat . i've got a great one today. i'm all electric cars . it's i'm all electric cars. it's actually better for environment that's coming up a little bit later with two superb experts on that topic. and i'm going to be back at the desk with my fantastic panel with a look at the day's biggest stories . and, the day's biggest stories. and, of keep your views of course, keep your views coming . me twitter. we've got coming. me on twitter. we've got a asking you on the back of a poll asking you on the back of this docu series on netflix, should harry and meghan the duke and duchess of sussex be stripped of their royal titles ?

stripped of their royal titles? well, a whopping 91% of you think they should at least obviously think this is an act of duplicitous ness, treasonous acts towards the royal family. cast your vote now . also, email cast your vote now. also, email me gbviews@gbnews.uk uk with anything else you want to tell me right this morning as i've just said, netflix have released this series that everybody is talking about . we have got all talking about. we have got all reaction room. we've got cameron walker there and cameron , have walker there and cameron, have you got with you this morning know you've got a bit of a revolving door of pop. courtney says that with you to watch the series let know what think if series let us know what think if you there. cameron has you are there. cameron has joined you now . we certainly do joined you now. we certainly do bear , yes. we've got three royal bear, yes. we've got three royal commentators that's in the room with me. i've got rafe heydel—mankoo who joins me now speaking to him in a little second. i've got michael cole as well and dickie arbiter, who will be speaking you a little will be speaking to you a little bit on. i just want

bit later on. now, i just want to pick up on something actually , our colleague at , bev, which our colleague at dan wootton has actually tweeted us. i'm just going to read this out. he says speaking about harry and meghan for a couple who claim they about their who claim they care about their privacy than half an privacy in less than half an houn privacy in less than half an hour, and meghan hour, harry and meghan have already what world already shared what the world shared the world private's text messages , private photos and messages, private photos and private video diaries and private video diaries and private clips of their son ray for a couple, he claims when they left the royal family. one of the reasons for doing that was to get some more privacy. it doesn't seem very private on the surface does it it doesn't quite balance out it know first of all that they left in 2020 to go to the deepest, darkest canada for their privacy. then they found that was a bit too private. so then they went to california, which less private. which was a bit less private. and of course, ever since and now, of course, ever since wanted this privacy, we've seen book deals. we've seen spotify deals, this netflix deals, we've seen this netflix deal deals, we've seen this netflix deal. we've seen an oprah winfrey , we've seen winfrey interview, we've seen james interview. it's james corden interview. it's rather odd timeline for some

rather an odd timeline for some people who are looking to get away the limelight . and in away from the limelight. and in the final episodes , they're the final episodes, they're talking actually about the brexit debate here in great britain and the fact that the time of the engagements, announcements of harry that he was going to be marrying meghan markle and then american actress. the fallout from the brexit referendum was very much raging on in this country and they're talking in this documentary , the rise in documentary, the rise in anti—immigration in and the rise in hate speech , the rise in in hate speech, the rise in racism, essentially painting a picture that britain a racist country, always a racist . what country, always a racist. what do you make of that? i think this is quite a scurrilous attack upon britain, upon brexit voters, upon many of the views of gb news for sure, to try to equate in some way brexit with meghan is ludicrous to the tune , to the nth degree. i mean this really, you know, if, if you repeat a lie long enough, people will tend begin to believe that it's true . and i'm sure that's it's true. and i'm sure that's the idea behind it. portray britain as a racist country when

we know full well britain one we know full well britain is one of least racist countries. of the least racist countries. this attempt to and this is an attempt to try and impose america's wars to impose america's culture wars to britain . america have great britain. america does have great racial divides , but the racism racial divides, but the racism you america has no place you find in america has no place in this country. we've seen full well from all the reception that megan when she was first megan got when she was first over outpour of affection over here. outpour of affection from public we saw huge from the public we saw huge crowds lining the long walk. i mean, this is really if there's going to be one award of this win, this should be the reward for fantasy . right? for the for fantasy. right? for the moment. thank we're going moment. thank you. we're going to lots of to be talking to lots of different here and the royal reaction in gb news is world reaction. bev, get your popcorn out and stay tuned . how out and stay tuned. how interesting. isn't it the idea that that the culture wars from america were being brought over here? well, they're still trying to bring them over here. joining me now is royal commentator richard fitzwilliam . richard, richard fitzwilliam. richard, very good morning to you. i realise you've also been hopefully sat there this morning with you, with your cup of coffee, watching the tv from 8

am, which you probably don't do a.m, which you probably don't do on thursday morning. ordinarily what do you make of the content that you've seen so far? well, i think firstly, as the white house to make the point that this is about as i see it, two things. one is money. if the sussexes have contract with netflix worse. it's been estime reported $100 million or so and they therefore to make something that was supposed they sought to appeal most diplomatically to an american audience such a very, very sort of the way the music for tunes in the way they pretend or they are depending on your point of view . i don't i your point of view. i don't i have to say believe a great deal of what they say when they're being controversial because there were so many faux pas , in there were so many faux pas, in my opinion, in their interview on with did such damage to the monarchy. but there's no doubt that they have in the us that you see their back in both cases

the way it builds up to their career just relatively briefly and then of course there's the romance and then a sincere piece of comments illustrated by including links to the slave trade , the unconscious bias , the trade, the unconscious bias, the race and so forth, to the monarchy . i race and so forth, to the monarchy. i mean, race and so forth, to the monarchy . i mean, essentially monarchy. i mean, essentially they all get that all jibe could be linked to them . they don't be linked to them. they don't criticise individual members of the royal family but there is no question that this is probably coming i suspect in the first ad the false six episodes. what we see is that they've been by the press by what they see as a poison to society in britain . poison to society in britain. and there's no doubt that it is unked and there's no doubt that it is linked to race and unconscious bias and the royal. i mean watching and i have to say i was

of judgement as to how damaging is going to be at times seen the whole thing for those who are royal watchers as interesting but my goodness the point was made cameron and when it comes to privacy and your intimate intimate video it can be more intimate video it can be more intimate privacy is gone when you've got money and also there's the revenge factor that's left to the second part next thursday where explosive revelations are promised. i think they're trying to do richard with this documentary series. i imagine that's the most basic question. what do meghan and harry wish wish to achieve ? what they wish to achieve? what they wish to achieve? what they wish to achieve is to turn around the opinions of the globe of the world, not great britain. but they want the onlooking public to see that they have been hard done by that have been victimised, and that they are wonderful people and they can go on and cash in on their newfound

popularity . it's naive beyond popularity. it's naive beyond belief, isn't it? do they have nobody in their life that advises them? this is not going to work . i advises them? this is not going to work. i wish i but i do have a caution here . if this is a caution here. if this is a party that i don't think they care about public in britain, i most people i really do love regard them highly. they are, of course, the hatred of the press. it's almost tangible that comes across here . but with reference across here. but with reference to your wider point here, i feel that giving this child an american and also looking at the wider world, they've got a very very substantial brand of over 49 million people watched oprah and it did a lot of damage , and it did a lot of damage, especially among young people. in fact, if you look here, apart from scotland, if you look at the polls regarding people or persons of colour in the monarchy , they are far lower.

monarchy, they are far lower. the general support, which is 60 plus percent, in fact . however, plus percent, in fact. however, with that, i mean, there was a jibe compared to me when it came to formal dressing. if you believe that, meghan, the national anthem of had to go on google well then believe that. but the point is it's not what we think the problem is . they we think the problem is. they are controlling the narrative . are controlling the narrative. thatis are controlling the narrative. that is what they want as victims. and that's why you get the next 3 hours, which will explain in detail. and of course, the royal to the press . course, the royal to the press. thatis course, the royal to the press. that is rubbish . and if you that is rubbish. and if you believe that, if well then to the unbelievable well it remains to be seen whether they can convince the public of their virtue virtuous humble private nature . but i really appreciate nature. but i really appreciate your input. this morning. thank your input. this morning. thank you so much, richard fitzwilliams. there. now a different topic entirely. time magazine , i don't know whether magazine, i don't know whether you saw this has named ukrainian president of volodymyr zelenskyy

as person of a 2022. the award goes to something else, someone to have had the influence on global events over the past 12 months. and i'm delighted to be joined the studio now by keira roddick, member ukrainian roddick, member the ukrainian parliament to about the challenges which your country faces keira. good lovely to see you. when did you arrive in london? hello, beverly . you so london? hello, beverly. you so much for having me. i arrived night yesterday and i'm for a very important project of mine. is seizing russian assets and using for the sake of ukraine. tomorrow we will have a huge conference on because i see how much our allies with keeping with the support for ukraine and having to face their economic burdens and inflation and different issues. and we need to make sure that we get the fair and logical thing done. use russian money to cover for ukraine's expense rather than using people's money . do you using people's money. do you feel you have the support of the british government and sunak to

do that? yes we think that it is very much possible to do and it will be done like three months ago when we started talking in promoting idea. people said that we are crazy , that it's not we are crazy, that it's not going to be done . then at some going to be done. then at some point people were thinking , point people were thinking, okay, maybe it is possible because canada have already passed legislation and passed the legislation and tomorrow will be gathering tomorrow we will be gathering with different m.p.s from different and discussing actually the mechanism which a fantastic breakthrough and european union is already talking about that as well. i next year we will see the legislation going through the european parliament and the national parliaments of different countries are also considering doing that. people need money to keep support ukraine and this is where we are going to take them that sounds like a legal minefield to keira. how do you legal seize russian assets in the uk to pay for the war? so are a couple of mechanisms that right are being

investigated and of them is to loan from that money. so right now there is $300 billion that are stored here in the united kingdom of russian central bank assets. kingdom of russian central bank assets . they are frozen. so they assets. they are frozen. so they are not good for anything. but what can do is to loan from these money and use it for the sake of ukraine, which is the additional information once the war is over and would be reparations, there would be some agreement. then money will be returned or reused so. this is one of the ideas that pass. i think through the lithuanian and latvian parliaments soon because they found that it is a legal way to do what is the situation in at the moment in terms of what you need the money for ? the what you need the money for? the thing is right now is generators . i can tell you it's cold in the apartments in ukraine and

winter is just coming. and we are calculating not only that which day of war it is, but also which day of war it is, but also which day of winter it is right now. so the first and the most immediate thing for us is to go through this winter with the minimum losses so everybody will go through. but you can imagine that when you are like a normal and healthy adult, you can say, okay, that will be a challenge for me, not a tragedy. but if you have little children, if you are an elderly person, it will be extremely hard and extremely dangerous to go without the heat , to go without electricity. so this is where we need the help a.s.a.p. what would you say? carrot to british people watching this who would say we've already given watching this who would say we've already give n £2.3 billion we've already given £2.3 billion in military aid to ukraine? economy is struggling here . we economy is struggling here. we have nurses striking , economy is struggling here. we have nurses striking, paramedics striking because we can't afford to pay them. and people would be asking questions now about whether there end to this whether there is an end to this conflict. and much can conflict. and much more we can give. i would say i understand

it and i feel it. and i knew that this will come when people will start saying it's very hard us, we feel for you, we support you , but it's hard on us. and you, but it's hard on us. and this is why i'm saying let's not use your money, taxpayers money. let's use russian money for that. they have a lot. it's $300 billion. it would be enough to cover for the ukrainian related programs for a while too, not even for the military , but for even for the military, but for humanitarian support, for the generators for support of , generators for support of, ukrainian refugees here in the uk for additional projects that are coming. there is a way. it's are coming. there is a way. it's a proper way , a logical way. and a proper way, a logical way. and the fair way. okay. well, we wish you luck with that. i would have thought that our viewers be very much on side with the concepts of using russian money, rather but rather british money. but we wish and really wish you luck and we really appreciate you in to see appreciate you coming in to see gb this morning. care gb news this morning. care robotic there from ukraine. now i'm to be back with my i'm going to be back with my guests moment to go guests in just a moment to go through some the biggest through some of the biggest stories it's time stories the day. but it's time for quick break. don't go for a quick break. don't go

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very good morning. it's 1126. very good morning. it's1126. this is bev turner on gb news. i was asking you to tell me if you lived in the area, cumbria, where they're getting the coal mine and you didn't disappoint. jamie says i am in whitehaven and i nearly and i and nearly every one of the town. excellent. grandmother i read very badly. really wants this mine. we've been waiting years for this decision. it will bring 500 direct jobs and 1500 indirect. it will bring huge investment to the area . and investment to the area. and vivien says we would we need make steel, therefore we need coke eco zealots that you ever burn don't mind young children out the mines in other countries where safety working standards are our standards in are well below our standards in some non—existent cheap some case non—existent cheap slave labour. a hypocrite . slave labour. what a hypocrite. i don't think she meant that directly at you. i'll take it.

i'm aware i my might. directly at you. i'll take it. i'm aware i my might . you're one i'm aware i my might. you're one of the very few lefties that will come on this channel. so love having you emma so much with. hayes is also here with me. like having you. well, me. we like having you. well, some up work, right? what we talking we are discussing talking guys? we are discussing the thousand coal the fact that the thousand coal oldest neighbourhoods in the country been by the daily country have been by the daily mirror and they have a terrible insulation . some it seems like insulation. some it seems like a quick fix doesn't insulate homes. yeah, it's sort of another legacy of the fact that britain has quite an old housing stock of which is not really built up to one standards. and much of is also retrofit stuff . much of is also retrofit stuff. you can't stop being comfortable inflation if you don't have cavity walls and. we're sort of reaping the benefits of having a lot of time not really investing in this. now we have a sort of combined energy and real cold stuff the way. so when stuff on the way. so when i heard announcement that heard announcement today that we're to reach all we're not going to reach all housing building targets as a young person, does your heart sink hear stories? sink when you hear stories? increasingly not young person. but yeah , extremely but yeah, it's extremely depressing , you know, as

depressing because, you know, as many other arguments as people want to make about rates is, of course, the fundamental issue is that we have incredibly constrained housing, which drives up housing, is drives up housing, which is great the conservative bloc, great for the conservative bloc, which is the homeowners term, the older the concerned about renting. and this terrible. but people like me and my friends acquire own home at some point and that's within this incredibly brutal housing market. yeah awful. listen, market. yeah it's awful. listen, emma, seem like an emma, this does seem like an easy neglected easy fix. we've neglected the insulation for insulation of our houses for decade. absolutely. have. and decade. absolutely. we have. and what i would love to see , and i what i would love to see, and i don't which , government don't care which, government does and i will cheer any does it and i will cheer any government that does do it is something along the lines of the dash to gas that we had in the seventies just went seventies where they just went straight to straight to straight and everybody's supplies and changed everybody's supplies over. and changed everybody's supplies over . and if we did something over. and if we did something like that with insulation it would generate huge jobs , you would generate huge jobs, you know, massive investment workers in the uk . but also it know, massive investment workers in the uk. but also it would it change overnight a lot the problems that we have with

energy bills , with energy demand energy bills, with energy demand and people just freezing in their homes and you know, that's a terrible, terrible thing in modern britain. it should also be that every new house that is built, every single new house thatis built, every single new house that is built, should be built to the highest ecologically sound standard. so my other half, i have got a dog in this fight. actually, i don't mind admitting his admitting this admired his his company that company build houses like that and they are brand new houses and they are brand new houses and you can hit them with hairdryer at the hairdryer you can so at the residents these houses have residents of these houses have practically zero utility bills zero gas and electric because they're so brilliantly insulated. i didn't really understand it until started understand it until i started going someone who built going out with someone who built the so you know, rightmove on let us talk about the state of our nation and the terrible rise in diabetes. emma yeah , this is in diabetes. emma yeah, this is coupled with the ongoing obesity crisis and we are record breaking in bad ways. again, we have the world's highest of early onset type two diabetes,

and that's the one that's brought on by obesity by largely bio based. i mean, there are other factors. yeah. and it's really complex because we do need to tackle the obesity crisis. i know i am that i am overweight . i crisis. i know i am that i am overweight. i will crisis. i know i am that i am overweight . i will tell you crisis. i know i am that i am overweight. i will tell you and i've told you before, i'm sure that i've actually lost half of my body weight. i'm on the way to being. it's not easy, but the ways we generally try to encourage losing weight don't work . they, you know, and most work. they, you know, and most people we have a very, very backwards way of looking at how to stop kids putting on weight in the first place. and how to make sure that people are to access the things that they need, which include mental health support. i would say a lot of the obesity crisis is actually driven. the crisis, mental health support . and i mental health support. and i know that from my own experiences . but we because experiences. but we because everybody has an emotional relationship with food. absolutely and for all we reward. exactly boredom. and we

the our related particularly women and girls. but this is increasing in boys to increasingly our sense of our relationship with food becomes battleground rather than simply an understanding of the fuel that we need to live our lives. yeah. and it's very difficult if you have that kind of troubling relationship with food. it's not like something like alcohol. you can't give up food, which so you have to eat so you have to eat a certain amount. and we need to find much, much better ways. non shaming. i don't believe that the kind of approach of fat shaming at and i can shaming works at all and i can tell for a fact doesn't, but tell you for a fact doesn't, but we do also i veer away from the fact acceptance movement because this is unhealthy for people to live. yes. overweight so it's about not treating people about how they look on the outside. don't care how you look. okay. how about i'm going to lie ? but how about i'm going to lie? but it is about making sure that we are able to live our best, healthiest lives and that that ability is available to everybody. so we've got this

funny sort of conflicts, haven't we? we've got this body positivity, weight normalising obesity, people be obesity, and yet people might be baking outside. but, you baking on the outside. but, you know , stats this show with know, stats like this show with diabetes , it doesn't work, does diabetes, it doesn't work, does it, a health point view? it, from a health point of view? no good for you. and no it's not good for you. and it's a problem western it's a problem which the western countries really countries generally are really struggling with. it's struggling to deal with. it's not just britain, it's having a large increase like we this particular saying particular figure is saying we're badly. we're doing 60 badly. but you can that across the can see that across across the usa, canada. and there usa, across canada. and there was limit to you can was a real limit to what you can do heavily designed not do it's heavily designed not just in tax it's kind of shift people's patterns of eating because know, people's patterns of eating bec have know, people's patterns of eating bec have evolved know, people's patterns of eating bec have evolved a know, people's patterns of eating bec have evolved a certain know, people's patterns of eating bec have evolved a certain way, ow, we have evolved a certain way, which to seek out certain which is to seek out certain rewarding signals, foods . we rewarding signals, not foods. we now live in a society where this stuff is incredibly abundant and incredibly cheap by historical standards, we release them standards, and we release them at they it's a at the moment. they it's a really good point, actually. the government it government are not back with it coming when comes to coming forward when it comes to manipulating nudging manipulating us over, nudging our green direct our behaviour in a green direct or lockdown direction. they? or lockdown direction. are they? they to it they seem reluctant to do it when it comes to our our health. right. thanks guys. now after the going to be the break, i'm going to be doing the break, i'm going to be doing the two challenge. i love

the two cha challenge. i love this. been in demand this. it's been in high demand for its return. we got a great debate up next electric debate up next about electric cars. debate up next about electric cars . they actually better for cars. they actually better for the environment. i will let you know kattegat quickly. that's all after your morning's news news . it's 11th 34. i'm all after your morning's news news . it's11th 34. i'm rhiannon news. it's11th 34. i'm rhiannon in the gb newsroom nhs england has announced its latest data with waiting lists for routine treatment. treatment a record high and a&e performances at a record low 7.2 million people were waiting to start for routine treatment at the end of october and in the same period, just 67% of patients were seen within 4 hours of being admitted to a&e ambulance response times have improved on previous numbers , but still sit more than numbers, but still sit more than 40 minutes behind the target time of 18 minutes. the government has defended its decision open the first uk coal

mine in 30 years, saying it's still intends on phasing out coal. still intends on phasing out coal . former cop26 president coal. former cop26 president alok sharma says the decision open the cumbre cumbria colliery is a backward step for the on climate action . but the climate action. but the levelling up secretary, michael gove says it will create two hundreds of jobs. gove says it will create two hundreds of jobs . the mine will hundreds of jobs. the mine will directly create 532 jobs, which will make a substantial contribution to local employment opportunities because these will be skilled and, well—paid jobs. the employment and the indirect employment that would follow will result in a significant contribution to the local and regional economy . with increased regional economy. with increased spending in local shops , spending in local shops, facilities and services , and in facilities and services, and in addition, the exportation of some of the coal to european markets would make a significant contribution to the uk balance of payments . the first episode of payments. the first episode of payments. the first episode of harry and meghan's new dunkirk series is out. the duke and duchess of sussex say they

want to challenge misinformation around why they stood down as senior royals. prince harry's says he was concerned for the safety of his family and felt it was his duty to uncover what he describes as bribery within the uk media. the documentary features the first hand accounts, personal archive videos and interviews with friends all filmed before the queen's death . tv online under a queen's death. tv online under a b plus radio. this is. gb news. here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will value $1.2159 an d ,1.1583. the value $1.2159 and ,1.1583. the price of gold . value $1.2159 and ,1.1583. the price of gold . £1,466.52 per price of gold. £1,466.52 per ounce. and the footsie one hundredths . at 7478 points .

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welcome back to gb news. it's 1139. this is bev turner a today on the radio, tv and online. right. we have the breaking news of the day. we do all the time on this show. but there are also these news questions. aren't they always, of floating around in the aether that we should really answers to and really know the answers to and the one today that asking the one today that i'm asking is, cars actually is, are electric cars actually better for the environment. so this this part of the show is my two charts challenge and i get experts proper experts not just their opinion but backed up by actual i know old fashioned so jody me in the studio is howard cox, founder of fair fuel uk against electric cars and defending them is roger atkins, founder of electric vehicles outlook. gentlemen thank you so

much for joining this outlook. gentlemen thank you so much forjoining this morning. much for joining this morning. right, howard will start with you. why is the traditional combustion engine vehicle better for the planet than electric cars? well, where do want to start i've got a litany of facts which actually help me with them. how well what is lots of things. one of the biggest ones is cost evs. when you manufacture evs, we should be thinking cradle grave. we thinking cradle to grave. we have to that electric have to accept that electric vehicles cleaner road vehicles are cleaner on the road . there's doubt about it. . there's no doubt about it. there's coming there's nothing coming out. they've tailpipe. there's they've got a tailpipe. there's no . and can i say this no emissions. and can i say this may you a bit, but i may upset you a bit, but i actually like evs quite all right that. but the right with that. but the important we mustn't. important thing is we mustn't. we've actually the brainwashed into thinking that the diesel and petrol car is a horrible but if you take it from cradle grave we're looking at something like 75% more carbon dioxide is produced in production of electric vehicle and i've got this particular statistic many factoring average size creates 20 tonnes of co2 to six tonnes for comparable modern diesel petrol cars, and that's point

modern diesel and petrol cars are evolving. they're clean fuel technology is good for the environment it's getting better and better and better. so i'm simply i'm simply from this point of view is we've got to be practical. and the only reason why electric vehicles are going to actually be taken up and become more viable is because the government they're the government has said they're going and petrol going to ban diesel and petrol vehicles. can't the electric vehicles. why can't the electric vehicles. why can't the electric vehicles stand on their own? four atkins four tyres, right? roger atkins , go. come back with , there you go. come back with your robust of electric vehicles . you know, first of all, i'm delighted to hear that. how would likes electric vehicles i think he's he's in some fashion in some part a wise man. however the other parts may be not so much now he about embedded carbon let's just go back to a first principle what we're talking about with the electric vehicle journey is a twin imperative . one of them is imperative. one of them is indeed to reduce co2. we have a catastrophic amount of co2 in the atmosphere , 420 parts per the atmosphere, 420 parts per million. first time it's been

that way for a million of years andifs that way for a million of years and it's now wreaking on how the climate works around the world. that's one thing, but other imperative has always been air and therefore if you look, for example, here in london, nox, if you look at all the challenges come out of that tailpipe that i'm glad that howard mentioned , i'm glad that howard mentioned, you've got a big issue . yes, you've got a big issue. yes, cars are cleaner all the time. you know, euro six compliance cars are better than euro five and euro foreign euro three. however over time, you even pretty well manufactured cars will they won't be looked in the same fashion. it becomes a five year old car, a ten year old car, a 20 year old car, and then the emissions coming out of that vehicle are not clean. and i would challenge howard if he'd like to sit in a garage with me with a car with a combustion engine tailpipe , even a modern engine tailpipe, even a modern diesel car, euro compliance vehicle compared to sitting in a garage with an electric vehicle.

and, you know , this is the issue and, you know, this is the issue . it's as much about air quality as it is about co2 . so i grant as it is about co2. so i grant you and this i'm not i'm an india pendent consultant , so i'm india pendent consultant, so i'm not a flag waving either person. i actually think mass of electric vehicles will be good idea because owning cars. the inefficiency of parking them for most of the time overnight and dunng most of the time overnight and during the day just doesn't make sense. that's a big issue, quite frankly . we do need a managed frankly. we do need a managed transition so i'm with you on the point that you know necessarily having draconian laws that suddenly say , don't do laws that suddenly say, don't do this, don't do that. i agree with you. some of this is pretty blunt an instrument and needs a little bit more than managed transition . so you know what, we transition. so you know what, we don't wholly disagree. i would but i would say, please reference the air quality in a final point. i'd say, as you probably know this name, i hope you do . if you think about ella,

you do. if you think about ella, cassie, deborah, this is a young girl who died of vehicle poisoning just the first person to have that as a legal case . to have that as a legal case. and her mother's been a great champion of all of this. that illustrates rates that emissions from cars will ultimate cause. well in in the case of course a death but a lot of ill health anyway okay that's my first number how it respond because then we got problems with the lithium as well with electric cars they're going to be particularly good for the planet. are there's two planet. are they? there's two things lithium finite things here. lithium is a finite resource start and guess resource for start and guess what? in the last year, the price listings doubled. we're in that situation. just going back to c02, that situation. just going back to co2, fed up with to the co2, i'm fed up with people using the word catastrophic crisis levels. catastrophic or crisis levels. c02 catastrophic or crisis levels. co2 is one reason why we're alive today . it's called alive today. it's called photosynthesis. the planet is greening because we got increased of co2 and if i and regarding london in of the emissions coming out there the get this right you must get this inside everyone listening to

this is considering actually problems of london because i'm fighting sadiq khan on on the ultra low emissions could be moved out to greater london to the boroughs they the asthma rate half that in london than it is outside of london and people are living longer in london than outside london . it doesn't stack outside london. it doesn't stack up the scaremongering things like emissions and all the bits and pieces. what we should do is allow clean fuel technology to evolve. i want i want to breathe clean air. so does every single driver. but one thing is wrong. stop blaming and petrol, making them the demons and electric vehicles is somehow an angelic way forward . it's not the only way forward. it's not the only reason why it's going to come. it's because it these cuts. no, no, please . the only way it's no, please. the only way it's going forward forwards because the government on your side to actually say let's get rid of diesel and petrol in 2030 is wrong and it's been done consulted. it's undemocratic, but it's not on my side. i'm actually an independent consultant. i don't have a

vested in one particular thing or the other quite frankly. i'm just, you know, i, i don't talk as i mentioned earlier, i'm not complete anorak for easy . i mean complete anorak for easy. i mean your business ultimately is focussed on having an improved yeah. an improvement as pursuit as a business on emissions. so of course you've got a vested interest in maintaining petrol and diesel cars. i understand that that's a, that's a commercial reality but the point about batteries and you mentioned earlier about know where are we going in the future the singapore the electric vehicle and the battery . the vehicle and the battery. the battery isn't a liability an asset we're very close now to having what they call by charging. well, listen to this bi directional charging will ensure that people can have an energy storage device the battery in their tv on the drive that can take cheaper at night store it in the battery and then use it as a when the person doesn't need that full range because a lot the range of batteries is fine because it needs to. one of the fastest

growing companies in the uk is called my energy. the name gives it away. it's about my energy, not the grid. energy not contains energy, not someone else's energy. it's about storing your own energy on the electric vehicle. battery is going to become a huge asset to the individual, to companies and the individual, to companies and the country. it's not liability. well, gentlemen , we thought we well, gentlemen, we thought we could solve it. we want to challenge. we clearly can't. we need to come back for round two at some point, don't we? but i really appreciate your time and i the people who i learned the people who were into don't it an into cars don't call it an exhaustive call it a tailpipe. marvellous right. roger atkins, how would you how? it's how would you have it? how? it's cocked. thank both cocked. sorry thank you both very for me. right. very much indeed for me. right. we've get back to cameron we've got to get back to cameron walker. he's the edge of his walker. he's on the edge of his seat to tell us what's going on with meghan and harry. their docu you docu series, cameron, how you getting . on good morning, bev getting. on good morning, bev yes, here in the royal reaction room, gb news watching the three episodes of harry and meghan's

docu series on netflix , i'm docu series on netflix, i'm joined by a former buckingham palace press spokesperson , palace press spokesperson, dickie arbiter. dickie, welcome. gb news thank you. put yourself in the shoes of a press at buckingham palace. now what would be going through your mind ? what would really be going through my mind? we had the two trailers in which harry spoke of a war and spoke of the palace's leaking and individuals going through my mind now is we're going to have to wait another week before any of this out, because what we've had in the first three episodes is all about them, about their romance, about them, about their romance, about joining the royal family, about joining the royal family, about attacking the media, the british media that is attacking the paparazzi and sort of taking a few things out of context. but really, it's about them and not about what they sort of promoted in the trailers. yeah, they talk a lot about press intrusion, particularly around the time their relationship was made public. meghan refers to one of her neighbours being paid . her neighbours being paid. install the cctv camera to

overlook her garden and the difference now of course between when princess diana was alive , when princess diana was alive, being chased by paparazzi and now the rumours are quite different, aren't they? the rules are , and to a large extent rules are, and to a large extent the british newspapers have. well, the real in before they take anything because in the newspaper business it's all circulation . the bigger the circulation. the bigger the story, the more salacious , the story, the more salacious, the more sensational, the more sales you get, the more sales you get, the more advertising you get, the more advertising you get, the more advertising you get, the more revenue you get. newspapers are struggling and there are ten of them on the breakfast table every single morning. so it's a difficult business and. people are switching to online and to social media. so it is difficult. and yeah, there was there were attacks on the media. but having said that, it is different . but the trouble is different. but the trouble is that there is to a large extent interpret station and what you can't cut out is social media.

what people write on social media, the lawyers will watch what is written in newspapers and say you can't run that or you can run, that you're on safe ground. but there's nobody monitoring social media. so social media picks up anybody and everybody and there's some very vicious people out there . very vicious people out there. harry talks about the fact that members of his own family said told him that they experience what meghan went through and the fact that kate was there was the media and they just her privacy . camilla diana. well, all the all the women have have been pursued relentlessly . diana was pursued relentlessly. diana was pursued relentlessly. diana was pursued relentlessly. diana was pursued relentlessly before she got engaged. and once she did get engaged, she was brought in—house. and it was an element of protection. and that happens before engagement takes place because there's no way that scotland yard or the home office is going to provide any form of protection or safeguards until that person becomes part of the established . and it's a historic established. and it's a historic thing and it's also a

financially controlled. we saw that with with catherine. we saw that with with catherine. we saw that with with catherine. we saw that with the with camilla, the queen consort. we saw that with sophie , saw that with fergie . sophie, saw that with fergie. but all of these women did survive , have survived and doing survive, have survived and doing incredibly well. unfortunately sophie, in the old days, we go back to why they they left they left because they wanted privacy . well, so much for privacy. and this document because we're seeing a lot of family photographs or we're seeing we'll be at the backs of the children a little bit of side profile, but we're still seeing them. really suiting them. so it's really suiting their agenda . it certainly is. their agenda. it certainly is. lots of private photographs . we lots of private photographs. we are seeing that. when you come back me a little bit later on, we're going to talking about we're going to be talking about why producers , harry why the netflix producers, harry and decided replay . and meghan, decided to replay. that's very controversial part panorama interview with princess diana . we now know, of course , diana. we now know, of course, was deceived into giving that interview . okay. thank you, interview. okay. thank you, cameron . thanks very much. i'm cameron. thanks very much. i'm back here to discuss some of the big with journalist big stories with journalist

playwright and playwright emma burnell and journalist sam ashworth with hayes. we are going to be discussing the fact the city council emission zone, sam , is council emission zone, sam, is a tax on the poor . council emission zone, sam, is a tax on the poor. this is a fantastic comment piece on spike's online written by andy mayer . yeah, and he's basically mayer. yeah, and he's basically pointing out the fact when you less you less zone is expanded inner to outer london older vehicles will be charged inner to outer london older vehicles will be charge d £12.50 vehicles will be charged £12.50 every single day just to drive across london's suburbs this is ridiculous, isn't it? it's going to it's going to come on mums van drivers . it's to it's going to come on mums van drivers. it's mums it's very sexist parents , van drivers, sexist parents, van drivers, anyone who has to use a car and doesn't want to buy a new one. so i mean the standards aren't actually that high in. some depends will be also emissions and i probably should declare my as a non—driver i get all of the benefits in terms of better air quality and so the faster travel on buses, i don't have to pay the cost because not going the cost because i'm not going to don't you drive? to be. why don't you drive? i think you're about 30. i'm up 50. yeah, you look younger. but

why drive car? because why you drive a car? because i live in london. public transport is effective. i can get is very effective. i can get around the cheap, around the place, on the cheap, on the. without having any real need do so. okay. so you like need to do so. okay. so you like the of people like me the idea of people like me trying get kids to trying to get three kids to swimming off the road? swimming club off the road? i think look, if you we are think it's a look, if you we are moving towards system of road moving towards a system of road pricing bit here if you pricing bit by bit here if you wish to use the roads in a private vehicle, then they are nineties in terms of traffic flow of pollution flow and terms of pollution which anyone else which will impact on anyone else around think the ultra around you. i think the ultra low zone way of low emission zone is a way of basically pricing. that's in. so if look at the costs of if you look at the costs of driving and you say actually the top worth it and so we're top 50 is worth it and so we're paying top 50 is worth it and so we're paying for bus tickets. paying five for the bus tickets. it's then that's your choice it's not then that's your choice to do so. but the fact that they call it does sort of pump out these schemes. and again, the standards you standards aren't that high. you have old car which have quite an old car which still them basically, still meets them basically, i think. you know, think. i don't know. you know, emma, got friends because emma, i've got friends because i live west where. this live in west london where. this has extended so i've got has been extended so i've got friends who had a perfectly good car, hand car, they've car, second hand car, they've had for they didn't had it for years. they didn't want it. they've had to

want to renew it. they've had to sell buy a car. and just sell it and buy a car. and just in order to sainsbury's. in order to go to sainsbury's. well i imagine that saving £12.50 at the cost of a new car that's going to that doesn't quite balance know but quite balance up. i know but you, i mean my do drive you, i mean my car i do drive but car doesn't qualify under but my car doesn't qualify under the ulez had it since 2014 after less 20,000 miles through less than 20,000 miles through exactly the reasons that sam pointed are actually pointed out there are actually not many reasons you need not that many reasons you need to oh you do, to drive in london. oh you do, though. not got kids. you though. you've not got kids. you two, you have to drive. two, you don't have to drive. definitely have that definitely don't have kids. that is also. right. is true. but also. right. actually, one of the things i was child in london and we was a child in london and we walked everywhere and that's that's kids . walked everywhere and that's that's kids. coming that's good for kids. coming back our last story, one of back to our last story, one of the reasons that we're having this obesity crisis, kids are walking. well, that's also true. but you just it's just but you just if you it's just impossible get around to do the things you want to do without a car. often even and even in london, you know , we had london, you know, we had brilliant transport. brilliant public transport. i would love that. and we don't. right have asking you all right we have asking you all morning on twitter, should the duke and duchess of sussex be stripped of their royal titles because of this netflix series?

9% of you think that they should . how would you have voted in that guise? i think i've asked this already. we didn't have an opinion last time. i have sort of recalibrates. i'm still basically undecided did i intend in terms of the damage to the royal family i can see how it'd be a fitting response, but also as a monarchy institutionalist, i almost don't want to go. all right . i mean, yes or no, strip right. i mean, yes or no, strip the titles strip, every title, every right. okay. the end of the show is followed by coming up next, it's gb news date. mark longhurst better. i will see longhurst i'm better. i will see you on monday at 10 am. you on monday morning at 10 am. have great weekend . hello i'm have great weekend. hello i'm alex deakin and is your latest weather update from the matter office. it's cold out there and it's staying cold even into next week . many it's staying cold even into next week. many though it's a sunny thursday . a few wintry showers thursday. a few wintry showers here there . where ever we've here and there. where ever we've got it could be got any showers. it could be icy. got northerly winds. icy. we've got northerly winds. that's the reason it's turned cold. and they're around not particularly strong for most winds are quite light. but where

those winds are coming in to northern scotland, we've got plenty showers to come plenty more snow showers to come through. rest day. through. the rest of the day. we'll if wintry showers we'll see if you wintry showers over southeast scotland, north taking this afternoon. here taking this afternoon. snow here mostly on the hills and a few scattered showers grazing west wales, cornwall and northern parts of northern ireland . parts of northern ireland. again, snow mixed in again, with some snow mixed in over vast majority , over ground. the vast majority, it's just dry, sunny and cold. three or four feels colder in the wind across the north. but actually temperatures in the southwest may up to five or six. pretty quickly, though, this evening. turns evening. the map turns blue, a frost returns once more, a few more. that's wintry showers, perhaps a covering snow in places across parts of north—east again, mostly over hills . low levels of snow hills. low levels of snow showers continuing . northern showers continuing. northern scotland, an icy for the west as well , where we keep the showers well, where we keep the showers going as temperatures drop down to minus three to five. even in towns and cities , perhaps not towns and cities, perhaps not quite as cold overnight because the east weather will be a bit more cloud around on friday morning, still potentially morning, but still potentially quite showers easing quite icy the showers easing tomorrow eastern areas. but

we'll see more for ireland, northwest england , north wales northwest england, north wales and southwest england . so again, and southwest england. so again, it be icy here have met it could be icy here have met office yellow warnings place office yellow warnings in place for again vast majority it's for again the vast majority it's dry, it's sunny and it's with highs of just two or three degrees celsius. and again on evening, the frost comes back and potentially things are very icy with a few more wintry showers coming in to parts of the west, south of scotland, northern ireland, parts of north wales and northwest england will keep a few wintry showers going. this will keep the this weekend's will keep the cold frosty conditions and cold and frosty conditions and increasingly we could start to see some freezing for see some dense freezing for practised here on gb news live. we'll be keeping you in the picture, finding out what's happening across the country and finding why matters to you. finding why it matters to you. we'll facts our we'll have facts fast with our team of reporters and specialist correspondents . wherever it's correspondents. wherever it's happening, we'll be there 12 noon tv, radio and online. gb noon on tv, radio and online. gb news the peoples channel. britain's news.

world really said they would do it again next week. thank you so much. but coming up, as rishi sunak vows to get tough on strikes and border force workers become the latest to stage industrial action during the christmas of chaos, which we just discussed. will labour's unholy alliance with unions be their downfall? my superstore panel debate that and i'll take a first look