well a good afternoon everybody is patrick christys on gb news i've got loads for today tens of thousands nurses are now on strike, which means that tens of thousands of patients will suffer. the government has no plans to improve the pay off given to them. the public are split over politicians are split over it. we will speak to employees patients people on employees patients and people on those picket also, harry those picket lines. also, harry and meghan's latest round of netflix documentary the. you may recognise my voice from one of the clips i don't want the fame to go to my head or anything

like that. i'm available bar mitzvahs and weddings. i'll feature in an episode apparently episode five. i it to stop episode five. i wish it to stop using for clout, at least using me for clout, or at least pay using me for clout, or at least pay me the royalties come pay me the royalties lots. come on. after yesterday's on. anyway, after yesterday's deaths calls deaths in the channel, the calls for sort out the small for us to sort out the small boat crisis on our own growing louder than ever before. i've mps experts on the island in mps and experts on the island in light the royal mail strikes a list of the worst delivery companies has been published along with some rather humorous incidents involving packages left , left in bins, left on rooves, left in bins, etc. so getting such a meeting today gbviews@gbnews.uk will have a few of live on the show on video. well. should nurses have taken the apparently anyway 4.3% that was given to 4.3% pay offer that was given to them? and do you think harry and meghan should pay me royalties ? meghan should pay me royalties? and got any nightmare and have you got any nightmare package deliveries? vaiews@gbnews.uk an eclectic mix ladies gentlemen mix today, ladies and gentlemen . you had liz . mix today, ladies and gentlemen . you had liz. go . before that you had liz. go good afternoon. it's 3:01 on rhiannon jones the gb newsroom

tens of thousands of nurses across parts the uk are taking part in the biggest strike in nhs history . part in the biggest strike in nhs history. picket lines have been set up in england, wales and northern and the first of 212 hour strikes over pay staff will continue to provide some urgent but routine surgery and planned treatment will be disrupted . members of the royal disrupted. members of the royal college of nursing are asking for a 19% pay rise that health secretary barclay says the demands . we recognise the huge demands. we recognise the huge contribution that we saw from nurses during pandemic and that's why last year made a special case where nurses got an extra 3% when others in the pubuc extra 3% when others in the public sector did not. but we've got to balance that against what is laudable to the wider economy and. asking for a 19% pay rise way above what most viewers themselves are receiving is not affordable given the many other economic pressures that we face. well, icu nurse kellie hopkins

says they're striking not just for pay, but for their patients . patients aren't safe. patients getting the care. at the moment there's two nurses on the wards that cannot deliver that care . that cannot deliver that care. we're going into hospital . i we're going into hospital. i came into nursing to look after my patients to , hold their my patients to, hold their hands, to look them, to wash them, to brush teeth when they're unable to do . and i they're unable to do. and i can't see that at the moment because there's not enough staff on.the because there's not enough staff on. the wards network rail workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept pay offer that unions announced it affects around ten and a half thousand members of the. meanwhile they remains in a separate dispute with network rail after . its separate dispute with network rail after. its members separate dispute with network rail after . its members rejected rail after. its members rejected an offer earlier this week. travel editor at the simon calder told us now the tsa has reached settlement. it may well lead to the rmt also being accepted . interestingly haynes, accepted. interestingly haynes, the chief executive chief of network rail , the chief executive chief of network rail, has been the chief executive chief of

network rail , has been saying network rail, has been saying that outliers in this dispute are now the are empty union the main rail . are now the are empty union the main rail. there is a good offer relative to what everything is happening in the in the and that people should accept it's not going to get any better. but meanwhile, of course, the dispute with the 14 train operators goes on and anybody who's planning to catch a train later on evening. well do checking advance . meanwhile, checking advance. meanwhile, ground baggage handlers heathrow airport have announced a strike over christmas will be going ahead , causing yet more ahead, causing yet more disruption for passenger as dunng disruption for passenger as during the festive period. more than 400 staff members at the west london airport begin a 72 hour walkout from tomorrow morning . it's after staff morning. it's after staff rejected latest pay offs from their employer , menzies, having their employer, menzies, having called for a 13% pay rise. a further 72 hour strike at terminals two, three and four will follow. running from the 29th of december to the morning of new year's day. well are

continuing their search for four migrants believed to be missing after a boat partially in the engush after a boat partially in the english channel. four people have died, including teenager, when a boat with , 47 people on when a boat with, 47 people on board capsized off the coast yesterday morning . the leader of yesterday morning. the leader of kent county council says 12 of those rescued were asylum seeking children who are now in the care authorities. british officials underline boat services as well as the french navy were all involved in the rescue . the bank of england has rescue. the bank of england has raised its base, rent base interest rate from 3% to three and a half% as the level in 14 years and the ninth consecutive hike. chancellor said he acknowledges that times are tough but that the government's working with the bank of england to reduce inflation . meghan to reduce inflation. meghan markle has revealed she thought about taking her own life in the final episodes of . the docu final episodes of. the docu series released today on

netflix. prince harry, meanwhile, suggests the media, which blamed for his wife's miscarriage and speaks about the breakdown , his relationship with breakdown, his relationship with his brother . breakdown, his relationship with his brother. he breakdown, his relationship with his brother . he recalls it being his brother. he recalls it being terrifying to have prince william shout at him and says his father and his father says things claims aren't true . things claims aren't true. buckingham palace and kensington palace declined to comment . i palace declined to comment. i would far rather get destroyed in the press than play along with this game or this business of trading , and to see my of trading, and to see my brother's office copy the very same thing that we promised the two of us would never, ever do that was heartbreaking . three that was heartbreaking. three time wimbledon champion becker has been freed from jail and will be deported from the uk. the 55 year old german tennis star, just eight months of the two and a half year sentence to bankrupt offences. he was convicted in april of hiding two

and a half million pounds worth assets and loans to avoid paying his debts . assets and loans to avoid paying his debts. this assets and loans to avoid paying his debts . this is gb news to his debts. this is gb news to bnng his debts. this is gb news to bring you more as it happens now, though. back patrick and patrick, are you tempted ? watch patrick, are you tempted? watch yet . yet. well said. i wouldn't entertain the idea of the harry and meghan documentary and want to give them a clegg's. but now i'm in. of course my ego is indeed that fragile that i will be glued to every single second. moving to a story that i think a lot of you would regard as slightly more important than that. the biggest nhs strike in nhs nursing strike in the history the profession history of the profession is underway tens of thousands underway with tens of thousands joining lines outside joining the picket lines outside hospitals wales hospitals in england wales and northern chairman northern ireland. the chairman commons health committee mp steve brine has urged the nhs

pay steve brine has urged the nhs pay review bodies to have another look at their initial pay another look at their initial pay rise for nurses. but health secretary steve remains firm that although the government is hugely grateful to nurses , 19% hugely grateful to nurses, 19% pay hugely grateful to nurses, 19% pay rise that the royal college of nursing requesting is not reasonable in the current economic circumstances. there is political division over this, though some tories breaking ranks will speak about that a bit later on. labour are still sitting on the fence a little bit. so they've got splinter, some would say, the public some would say, and the public are as well. but are divided as well. but speaking earlier, here's what steve barclay had say. have steve barclay had to say. have independent looks at these independent that looks at these issues in the round that looks at the pressure for many of you is faced with higher taxes faced with cost of living pressures and balances. those with the needs of our nhs as well and that independent pay review looks at these issues. and we have today recommendations in but we also recognise huge contribution that we saw from nurses during the pandemic. that's why last year we made a special where nurses got an

extra 3% when others in the pubuc extra 3% when others in the public sector did not. but we've got to balance that against what is laudable to the wider economy and asking for a 19% pay rise way above what most viewers themselves are receiving is not affordable given the many of the economic pressures that we face. yeah, well, over the course this show, we're going to be going to picket lines in parts and doing that very, very shortly. we're also going to speaking also going to be speaking political experts on this because yet again, nhs, of because yet again, the nhs, of course, used as political course, is used as a political football, also to be football, but we're also to be talking people like you, the talking to people like you, the viewers, you've been viewers, listeners you've been getting as gb is viewers, listeners you've been ge gbnews.uk, as gb is viewers, listeners you've been gegbnews.uk, and as gb is viewers, listeners you've been gegbnews.uk, and we'llb is viewers, listeners you've been ge gbnews.uk, and we'll be; at gbnews.uk, and we'll be bringing those live bringing a couple of those live on little bit later on in the on a little bit later on in the show as we now do start down the barrel a nurses strike, barrel of a nurses strike, nurses picket lines right and centre and course now centre and of course now suffering as with a lack of suffering as well with a lack of carbon allied carbon and asking about allied you think have feeding you doesn't think have feeding tube is going to be replaced where stand this nurses where do you stand this nurses strike? have taken where do you stand this nurses stibelieved have taken where do you stand this nurses stibelieved anyway have taken where do you stand this nurses stibelieved anyway to we taken where do you stand this nurses stibelieved anyway to be taken where do you stand this nurses stibelieved anyway to be around is believed anyway to be around a offer had a couple of a 4.3% pay offer had a couple of pay a 4.3% pay offer had a couple of pay rise in the last couple of

years still well below inflation. it's a mixed bag at the anyway. news is the minute anyway. gb news is reporter porter has been reporter alice porter has been outside thomas's in london outside st thomas's in london today. outside st thomas's in london today . it's a very enthusiastic today. it's a very enthusiastic atmosphere here outside st thomas's with nurses who are all very much gathered outside the hospital and a number of people who've come also to show solidarity as well. we keep having buses and cars coming past beeping to show their support for the nurses are going on strike. i'm one of the nurses who joins me now is dave call now dave you're a care nurse. you normally be working at the very hospital you why have you taken the streets today to strike so is about pain is it about patients . so my salary about patients. so my salary i've lost 20% of the value of my salary over last ten years and. it's about patient safety . and it's about patient safety. and what that means is because wages have been eroded. so much in the nhs, we now carry 47,000 vacancies of nurses in england alone. very simply need a pay

rise to recruit and retain . we rise to recruit and retain. we need a pay rise to be able to offer the services that we currently now the ask of 19. but there will be some people listening to this and some people watching this who will say, well, i would love a pay rise of 19. that's just not really stick when you're trying to negotiate with the government really stick when you're trying to nechiate with the government really stick when you're trying to nech thinkith the government really stick when you're trying to nech think the he government really stick when you're trying to nech think the governmentznt . well, i think the government have make us an offer. have got to make us an offer. i mean, if you look at what's happenedin mean, if you look at what's happened in scotland, offers were made, offers you were made, offers were, you know, they're know, accepted. and they're being membership in being pulled. some membership in strikes called this strikes have been called this across just seem be across the road just seem be death to the tune that's being played out here and these are the people that put their lives on the risk , their lives on the on the risk, their lives on the line . during the covid pandemic, line. during the covid pandemic, only a few years ago, when i worked in critical care in waves of the pandemic , and i just feel of the pandemic, and i just feel like the job that i do and the industry i work in is just disrespected by people that frankly are far richer than any of us on these picket lines and have no idea what it's like to

be an ordinary citizen in this country as a critical nurse, can you give perhaps a bit information as to which procedures will have been cancelled today because of course, there's been discussions as to urgent care still going ahead.i as to urgent care still going ahead . i mean, what does ahead. i mean, what does constitute urgent and something that's not non—urgent ? i mean, i that's not non—urgent? i mean, i imagine that's quite difficult to work out in some cases. so these decisions made every day so we don't services, lot so we don't have services, a lot of running weekend. of services running in weekend. we need rest and recuperate. we need to rest and recuperate. we need to rest and recuperate. we don't run all these we don't run all of these services on and christmas services on bank and christmas stays . of these services stays. a lot of these services will be cancelled because they aren't life threatening, but there's a lot of work going on in that now, including that critical care in our a&e department so working normally i mean is an extraordinary day really nurses striking really to have nurses striking for the first time in nhs. really to have nurses striking for the first time in nhs . i for the first time in nhs. i mean at the moment it feels quite jubilant. i guess the atmosphere here on the bridge. but i'm also getting a sense in a lot of the people here that, they desperate that is they are desperate and that is something people have said they are desperate and that is so mehing people have said they are desperate and that is so me when people have said they are desperate and that is so me when they eople have said they are desperate and that is so me when they spoken. we said

they are desperate and that is so me when they spoken. is said they are desperate and that is so me when they spoken. is that to me when they spoken. is that so? the exhausted? exhausted is it for i a third of it worth for i mean, a third of nurses in critical care being diagnosed the diagnosed with ptsd after the pandemic we exhausted, we're pandemic we are exhausted, we're underpaid, we're undervalued, we're our job we're unable to do ourjob properly. ability to deliver properly. our ability to deliver core nhs is core services in the nhs is compromised . there's 7 million compromised. there's 7 million people on waiting lists. we're not going to clear them unless we recruit and retain into this industry, and that's on the government's hands. i mean, they've got the reins of power for a long time and what for a long time now and what they've is the strike they've got is the nurses strike in years. it's on them. how in 109 years. it's on them. how hopeful you that this could resolve by next week? because of course we've got yet another strike day next tuesday. i mean, do you think there's any hope that could resolve itself by then? and we obviously there's been progress scotland, been progress in scotland, but could we things change any could we have things change any time. if sunak painting time. i think if sunak painting us as as the enemy within and recognises recognises us as as the as the backbone of the country and makes really decent offer to nurses in this type you stuff is nonsense. they tell the

pay stuff is nonsense. they tell the pay what the limits will be . pay what the limits will be. make us an offer and i'm sure all the action will get round the table and talk to them about it. but they can't make us an offer. otherwise this is going to grow and grow. well, to grow and grow and grow. well, david thank you very much, david carr, thank you very much, speaking us there. really speaking to us there. really appreciate it. carr is a critical here at st thomas's, one the many nurses who've one of the many nurses who've come strike over come today to strike over concerns about pay and patients . the question is, will it resolved by tuesday, we're expecting to have more strikes taking place . our london reports taking place. our london reports are outside st thomas's hospital just in of what she set down, just in of what she set down, just reading a few facts and figures. no number ten has no plans to rethink pay off for us. we understand that was around 4.3. pay off a strike action cause i'm quoting now, 70,000 appointments surgeries to be appointments and surgeries to be lost. and a friend of mine tweeted, something a little bit earlier on which i think is interesting we're interesting as well, when we're talking me talk about talking about pay me talk about the money nhs is, the amount of money the nhs is, there is a job offer. the moment

on the website direct four on the nhs website direct four lived experience and the salary is between 110,000 115,000 a yeah is between 110,000 115,000 a year. if thinking of applying for that job, by the way, you would to be would need to be an interpersonally talented individual closes on the individual and it closes on the 8th of january. so still time to coin it and ladies and gentlemen, but yes, as widespread strike action threatens derail christmas threatens to derail christmas plans, coming threatens to derail christmas plans, even coming threatens to derail christmas plans, even more coming threatens to derail christmas plans, even more pressurecoming threatens to derail christmas plans, even more pressure act. ng under even more pressure act. joining me now is gb news political reporter catherine foster. catherine, it's a very, very issue, massively the government saying as it currently stands, they've got no plans to wiggle when . it comes plans to wiggle when. it comes to the pay offer. they're really holding very firm . they. holding very, very firm. they. we've been hearing from the government it's a fair offer. it's a reasonable offer. they're saying we gave them 3. next year when we didn't give to any other sector workers as a recognition for what they did in the pandemic . for what they did in the pandemic. but for what they did in the pandemic . but the offer , four pandemic. but the offer, four and a half , up pandemic. but the offer, four and a half, up to nine for the people at the very bottom is of obviously significant , certainly obviously significant, certainly below where inflation is now. so they are effectively asking these people to take a terms pay

cut and think the nurses do hold a different place in people's hearts , lots of other hearts, lots of other professions because it's not something they do regularly . something they do regularly. clearly, some of them are very upset to be doing this, they're quite apologetic but they're saying they feel they have no choice. so although the government are holding , it's not government are holding, it's not a great look , is it, for them to a great look, is it, for them to pointblank refuse to talk about pay- pointblank refuse to talk about pay. and i do wonder. they're coming under pressure now from within their own party. i mean , within their own party. i mean, former party chairman jake berry yesterday said enough . yesterday said it's not enough. steve brine, who's chair of the health committee, has said , health committee, has said, let's ask pay review body to go and have another look because course the rcn have said if they will come to the table and talk about pay, they will call off the strike. but at the moment, the strike. but at the moment, the government are still taking a very, very hard line. well, they are indeed. but it's interesting to labour's interesting to see labour's position this well. and position on this as well. and that relevant because if that is relevant because if labour win next general labour do win the next general election, to be

election, they are going to be the responsible for this as the ones responsible for this as the ones responsible for this as the in a lot of the party in power. a lot of people on the picket lines do want regime change, but what would actually mean? you would that actually mean? you look the fact that keir look at the fact that keir starmer currently stands starmer as it currently stands is a little bit. is sitting on the a little bit. i wonder whether or they're i wonder whether or not they're walking tightrope catherine walking a tightrope catherine because they don't to blame because they don't want to blame nurses. they could maybe be pointing a little bit at the unions, but maybe they're getting that sometimes. getting that wrong sometimes. i suspect quite glad that they're not in power at the moment with this wave of industrial unrest, because are, as say, because they are, as you say, treading fine they're treading a fine line. they're saying we support right to strike , but they're not naming strike, but they're not naming any numbers in terms of what they would do . they were in they would do. they were in charge and indeed, they've clearly said wes streeting, shadow health secretary rachel clearly said wes streeting, shadow shadow ecretary rachel clearly said wes streeting, shadow shadow chancellor. :hel clearly said wes streeting, shadow shadow chancellor. that reeves, shadow chancellor. that 19% is not affordable, that if labourin 19% is not affordable, that if labour in power they wouldn't be awarding 90% either. so it is tncky awarding 90% either. so it is tricky for them , but of course tricky for them, but of course they will capitalise all they can and say this is all the government's fault. they will indeed look at me. thank you

very, very marginal. you'll be keeping us bang up to date on all this. one of many all of this. one of the many struggles that got to be struggles that you've got to be across the course across throughout the course of week and maybe months ahead week and maybe the months ahead as well. catherine post, is as well. catherine post, who is our political reporter, i just wanted a couple the wanted to read a couple of the comments in comments that are coming in thick fast. and as i said as thick and fast. and as i said as well, we will have members of the viewers the public, you viewers listeners, actually live on listeners, etc, actually live on air in a little later on. but a that spin on gbviews@gbnews.uk and that where and i think something that where and i think something that where a people are out here and a lot of people are out here and at public sector workers work at public sector workers do work hard service hard to provide valuable service but so than lots of but no more so than lots of other workers refuse other workers etc. refuse collectors, shop collectors, farm workers shop workers mentions that says workers and mentions that says the average nurse or paramedic, for example, is paid than for example, is paid higher than . average wage. and . the national average wage. and there's a lot of this going about and i help but wonder whether or not there's this bizarre elements of resentment thatis bizarre elements of resentment that is up over the course that is built up over the course of the pandemic as well. and just aftermath of, it just in the aftermath of, it there lot sentiment there was a lot of sentiment from a lot people they from a lot people that they still the covid of one still want the covid wave of one off. maybe they couldn't quite get the medical attention they were maybe there was

were hoping for. maybe there was a and maybe that's a delay and maybe that's reducing sympathy the reducing the sympathy for of the nurses maybe nurses there. but maybe realistically were better directing some frustration if indeed frustration indeed there is frustration towards more than the towards the unions more than the nurses themselves . i've fallen nurses themselves. i've fallen foul that in past. i my foul of that in the past. i my hands up to that it is a very emotional topic, isn't it. health country and health care in this country and not everybody's is always not everybody's family is always necessarily received the best health i've clouded by health care. i've clouded by that well. but do that in my time as well. but do you think that be the you think that may be the nursing union have done nursing union could have done a little more negotiate? little more to negotiate? should the been a bit the government been doing a bit more negotiate ? it appears more to negotiate? it appears that the impasse was hit around the 4.3% pay offer from the government. the nurses coming in with 19% or so and then not much happened to me. meet anywhere in the middle of that some 70,000 appointments and surgery etc. will be cancelled today . will be cancelled today. vaiews@gbnews.uk key your views coming in on that. but from one strike to another because members of the tsa union working at network overwhelmingly at network voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer and this by the way ladies and gents is actually fascinating because now there's of union on

there's a little bit of union on union beef going on with one union beef going on with one union union of union accusing another union of being scabs and breaking picket line. in a ballot, 85% of line. but in a ballot, 85% of the seats, say members a deal. so said they didn't want to strike the unions organising director said it showed what can be done through negotiations when there's a serious offer the table the accepted deal . get table the accepted deal. get this no compulsory redundancy agreement january the 31st 2025. so security at a minimum pay rise of at least so security at a minimum pay rise of at leas t £1,750 so security at a minimum pay rise of at least £1,750 or 5, backdated to the start of the yeah backdated to the start of the year. so those are the facts and figures on it. but joining me now is former shadow secretary of state for transport, norman baker sorry, secretary of i believe that norman i've just demoted you. yeah, i don't. go, go form former former shadow sector state, but actually a real minister as well during the coalition government and 2010. there you go . well, don't go on

there you go. well, don't go on strike. please tell me mispronouncing your job title or former job title. so but when it formerjob title. so but when it comes to this now, do you think there is a little bit of union on union beef? because it does appear to show maybe that the rmt is a bit more militant. i think what we got our different situations arising . tsa are situations arising. tsa are predominantly white employees and they were probably in the firing line forjob losses . as a firing line forjob losses. as a first option. so therefore they've secured a deal which means no redundancy then not be more important. i suspect than than the pay increase . the guy than the pay increase. the guy is on the line, you know tapping will choppers and stuff they're going to be a rather different situation altogether. so we've going to be a rather different situa ion altogether. so we've going to be a rather different situa range ogether. so we've going to be a rather different situa range of ether. so we've going to be a rather different situa range of different we've going to be a rather different situa range of different unions got a range of different unions , including unite and aslef , including also unite and aslef . we have a range of different employers , including the employers, including the operators and open access operators and open access operators . yes, great companies operators. yes, great companies , anybody else and they've all got different objectives. so i do think read too much across from one to the other. patrick a short answer. yeah, but think it does isolate the arms a little

bit and i think it plays into the government's arms, doesn't say which shows that the government if i was the government if i was the government would be spending this is hey we're not this is hey look we're not unreasonable. with an unreasonable. we've come with an and they are and now she's only they are reasonable rejecting it reasonable are rejecting it they're costing you christmas with they're putting with your family they're putting you and you out of business etc. and this does i wonder, this really does i wonder, weaken rmt position. well, weaken the rmt position. well, it help the auntie's position. you didn't settled but i mean you say government of course what's happening is that the unions will say that they're officially discussions with the employers who are the operators or network and the government really has said, the government itself said you've got no role in this. but of course we know the going the the government's going the strings what we see. strings and what we get to see. i a bit downbeat of it this time of year but we'll be in to see how they that's led i asked for people to bring in telling people to bring it in telling them to a standstill. but you are empty it. well just to are empty it. well just talk to me about i was me very quickly about why i was left a more capable than the rmt of bringing the whole place standstill because the standstill because because the management standstill because because the mar be ament standstill because because the marbe conductors standstill because because the mar be conductors on standstill because because the marbe conductors on trains ,

can be conductors on trains, they can wave trains off on platforms. the skill do that platforms. the skill to do that . as for the train drivers and, no one can replace the train drivers. the train drivers stop the trains stop. and that maybe is a little bit why train drivers are massively better paid. i you could say that certainly well clean it is. yes i get that there's a more skill element to the job. i'm not giving decision. everything is. but i to say they can't be replaced . and the time to train replaced. and the time to train the train drivers quite long. yes we don't have. they basically can demand what they want . people are driven to want. people are driven to otherwise with no trains running, whereas beyond they can be effectively undermined, if you like, by taking their roles . yeah. can i just quickly get you on the idea now ? a lot of you on the idea now? a lot of people emailing on this to me, a lot of people question whether or not we are now as a taxpayer paying or not we are now as a taxpayer paying for people to have jobs that no longer exist. and that should no longer exist. and when i read out phrases like no compulsory redundancy in compulsory redundancy agreed in january 2025, in any other

january 31st, 2025, in any other line of work other than the pubuc line of work other than the public sector in this particular element of the public sector, people really get the offer. do they know what's what's also true? and nobody ever said this is it. there's been a huge number of people who are prepared to take voluntary redundancy and therefore proposers. this is not necessary. be necessary. so there will be a reduction the workforce, it'll just voluntary . but reduction the workforce, it'll just voluntary. but you reduction the workforce, it'll just voluntary . but you know, just be voluntary. but you know, the struck , i've made the deal to be struck, i've made this to people time and this plain to people time and again, the deal to be struck is that you get rid of the antediluvian conditions shouldn't be there. the most new work goes on staff and returning invitation payments. that's the deal. invitation payments. that's the deal . all right, norman, look, deal. all right, norman, look, thank very, very much that is, of course, norman baker that i'm just going to call him transport guru and former politician because was rather a long because there was rather a long job me very job title. well, joining me very very shortly is liam halligan because going to be talking about the bank of england he's raised his base interest rate by nought point five percentage points to 3.5. that's the highest in 14 years. what highest level in 14 years. what does the money in

does that mean for the money in your well, just of your pocket? well, just all of that as well you may that also as well you may remember, this voice one year from the harry netflix from the harry and netflix documentary, care about documentary, i didn't care about it at all. i said i wasn't going to watch him any of it but realistically my ego is now so fragile that now i've found out i'm i will of course be i'm in it. i will of course be hanging on every single word whinge ginge have to offer. whinge and ginge have to offer. i'll be back a tick.

okay. welcome back . right now we okay. welcome back. right now we all care about the money in pockets, don't we? in the bank of england has raised base rate of england has raised base rate of interest earlier by nought point 5, bringing it to a 40 year high and now standing at three and a half% the it could continue to increase further in the coming months as well. i'm joined by our business and editor liam halligan, who's me right here in the studio with

all the money , liam hay yet all the money, liam hay yet again to tell me how poor i am. i don't mean that, patrick. actually, we expected bigger interest rate rise today from the bank of england. it was clear interest rates going to go up. but instead of by 0.75, they actually went up by 0.5. i've got a graph here that viewers can look and we'll keep gb news radio listeners abreast too. so you can see that patrick, that those step up increases 2022. this is the ninth time interest rates have gone up at the start of the year they were 0.25. now they are 3.5, up 5.5. today this is the base rate. this is the of england's interest rate . it england's interest rate. it lends to commercial banks is by definition the minimum lending rate in the economy. all other interest rates, mortgages, loans, all the rest of it, car finance, their benchmark of that rate. and what does that point 5% increase in the interest rate

mean for your mortgage? i've got a graphic here. if every £100,000 of mortgage debt that you have on the average deal of deals differ, it's 25 quid a month more with this half a % month more with this half a% rate increase in interest rates. that's an extra rate increase in interest rates. that's an extr a £300 a year to that's an extra £300 a year to service your mortgage debt. look, a lot of listening and watching will be moving of fixed rate mortgages and then going on to variable rate mortgage deals. they'll have fixed interest rates were ultralow they're in for paying much much higher mortgage rates if you're on variable rates mortgage debt although , it's only a slight although, it's only a slight increase today and it could have been much more. okay all right. so it's not all massive doom and glamour. we're expecting things to a bit worse when we get to get a bit worse when we get better. well, i'm increasingly coming view. i say coming to the view. i must say that inflation now has peaked. inflation in the year inflation was 10.7% in the year to november , up from down from to november, up from down from 11.1% in the year to october. and there are signs now in the

supply chain that logistical problems post—lockdown easing a little bit. business surveys showing that plus the pounds getting stronger that makes our imports cheaper. there are lots of good reasons patrick of being stored up why the increases in the cost of living we've seen over the last year really eye—watering increases the highs of 40% are now going to become . of 40% are now going to become. so it's not as if prices are going to come down, but the rate of increase of prices is likely to ease and all other things being equal. that means the bank of england is less to keep hammering us with increased interest rates . so actually interest rates. so actually looking at it like is the leverage of some of these striking is being diminished now because if the cost of living crisis gets better then presumably potentially potentially we should say that for a lot of people listening those people have savings those people who have savings pensioners live off what we pensioners who live off what we call fixed income premium bonds and so on the fact that interest rates are going up is a good thing. savings have have indeed been for many years been hammered for many years because been because interest rates have been so low . but you're right, this

so low. but you're right, this does start to change the complexion. instance, let's complexion. for instance, let's take train strike and we take this train strike and we we've reporting in fact, we reported the leak of it yesterday that the tsa has accepted pay deal a lot of accepted that pay deal a lot of unite rail workers have accepted their deal now it's the their pay deal now it's the always the more militant of the rail that are that pay deal rail that are not that pay deal gives them i think it's 5% this year 5% next year. it may be patrick inflation has come down a lot next year. that 5% is actually in real terms wage increase. it might be more than inflation. right so this is these are the kind negotiations this the backdrop to these ongoing industrial talks. look there's still going to be a lot more strikes in the run up to christmas. i'm not saying the sun has just come and thought away all the economic bad news. well, i am saying. is that this rise interest today could rise in interest today could have been a lot worse. brilliant stuff and thank you very much for coming on and not being too star.i for coming on and not being too star. i know you're now dealing with someone who's in harry and

meghan netflix documentary that likes on about i'll likes to go on about i'll get your autograph after the show for me. yeah, absolutely . like for me. yeah, absolutely. like i said, i'm available. i think based weddings. there we go. based on weddings. there we go. all right. well, look, thank you very much. everybody always makes take this these days. makes us take this these days. coming yes, we is, the coming up. yes, here we is, the royal rumble down royal rumble to down has released the final three episodes harry and meghan episodes of the harry and meghan series. are claiming series. the couple are claiming they are better at the job of being royals than charles kate and william. that's a pretty bold claim also harry saying that he was living in fear of his brother's shouting at him for a man who was in the army in afghanistan a couple of times, i find that to believe. do you agree with them? speak to agree with them? will speak to our own cameron walker next our very own cameron walker next we to a cinema we have chained to a cinema seats the london area seats around the london area unmade all this stuff unmade watch all of this stuff i'll the latest i'll back after the latest headunes. i'll back after the latest headlines . good afternoon. it's headlines. good afternoon. it's 333 on rhiannon jones. headlines. good afternoon. it's 333 on rhiannon jones . the gb 333 on rhiannon jones. the gb newsroom tens of thousands of

nurses across parts of the are taking part in the biggest strike in nhs history. picket lines have been set up in wales and northern ireland . the first and northern ireland. the first of 212 hour strikes over . pay of 212 hour strikes over. pay staff will continue to provide some urgent care that routine surgery and other planned is disrupted . members of the royal disrupted. members of the royal college of nursing asking for a 19% pay rise that health secretary barclay says this demand unaffordable . we also demand unaffordable. we also recognise the huge contributor that we saw from nurses during the pandemic and that's why last year we made a special case where nurses an extra 3, when others in the public sector did not. but we've got to balance that against what is laudable to the wider economy and. asking for a 19% pay rise way above , for a 19% pay rise way above, what most viewers themselves are receiving is not affordable given the many other economic that we face. network rail have voted overwhelmingly to accept a

pay voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer. the unions announced it affects around two and a half thousand members of the. meanwhile the rmt remains in a separate dispute with network rail after . its separate dispute with network rail after. its members separate dispute with network rail after . its members rejected rail after. its members rejected an offer earlier this week that has ground baggage handlers at heathrow airport have suspended and planned strike action. that's after receiving an improved offer. more than 400 staff members had been set to a 72 hour walkout from tomorrow morning . the unite union says it morning. the unite union says it will now ballot its members and planned industrial action remains place pending the outcome . and a teenager was outcome. and a teenager was among the four people who died in the english channel on wednesday, according to the leader kent county council. at least a dozen unaccompanied asylum children were on board the small boat when it capsized. it's understood that now in the care authorities, the search continues for the four migrants believed to missing. still tv onune

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wow look at our graphic. okay. right so the sussex saga of drama continue as meghan and harry released the last three episodes of their netflix this morning. this time they did make it very i woke up to a couple of messages my phone from friends to say , my gosh, you're in the to say, my gosh, you're in the harry and meghan documentary , harry and meghan documentary, which, as i'm sure you can

imagine, got me of bed rather quickly because i was in damage limitation mode. but yes, they're just used. a couple of audio clips me i said i audio clips of me i said i didn't about. wasn't didn't care about. i wasn't going to it. but of course going to watch it. but of course my is so fragile that my ego is now so fragile that will be hanging on every single word i believe word that made i believe a little later on we'll be little bit later on we'll be able to play the clip where i make cameo appearance. i'm yet make a cameo appearance. i'm yet to hear from the sussexes in terms of royalties, imagine terms of royalties, i imagine cheques post i do cheques in the post i do want hear at home gbs. hear from you all at home gbs. let's get a petition going to get harry and meghan to pay me. what i'm worth. okay so template by the way harry has made some quite claims quite shocking claims about prince screams and prince william screams and shouting at them while they were talking abroad talking about him, moving abroad and leaving the royal family. he's said the mail on he's also said that the mail on sunday to blame for meghan's sunday was to blame for meghan's miscarriage strong miscarriage which is strong stuff very, very strong stuff. plus, meghan discusses her first engagement with , the queen engagement with, the queen i believe we have a clip of apparently not. well, there we go . let's go live now to our

go. let's go live now to our royal reaction where gb news is. royal reporter been watching the docu series for his coming contain yourself on. i am now an international star but but yes there's some strong there namely there's some strong there namely the prince harry, a man who has done two to talk about afghanistan. and bill, in military was terrified. his brother shouting at him . yeah, brother shouting at him. yeah, incredibly strong allegation . incredibly strong allegation. patrick, i think it's fair to say these final three episodes of this netflix docu drama that is played out on on netflix between harry, a lot more explosive . the three episodes we explosive. the three episodes we have seen today. i think the first things points out, patrick, the clip you're going to show that showed meghan her experience of being with the late queen in chess for an engagement and was really actually speaking about how warmth and affection for her majesty the queen throughout this documentary series , despite this documentary series, despite all the criticisms and turmoil that's gone on, one thing has remained constant, and that is that they , harry and meghan, do that they, harry and meghan, do not criticise either philip or

queen elizabeth. the second and in fact quite the opposite, very much singing that praises as it's were . much singing that praises as it's were. i'm much singing that praises as it's were . i'm joined by former it's were. i'm joined by former royal correspondent nicholas owen to bring more detail on this. nick thanks for joining owen to bring more detail on this. nick thanks forjoining me this. nick thanks for joining me in gb news is royal reaction room. there's a fair point, isn't it? that's no criticism whatsoever of the late queen or prince philip, almost none at all. there's one, i suppose , all. there's one, i suppose, slight one, where he says that there was this will come on to talk about it. maybe the big blow up sandringham, the big the summit, if you like there and he has william in one corner screaming the prince of wales is it them was the king saying things that harry didn't agree with? let's it that way. but he also said was the queen saying nothing but i suppose that's that's pretty minor. you're right very clear that harry's regard for his grandmother and his grandfather . it does shine his grandfather. it does shine through this. let's them that let's give them that indeed

harry goes on to talk about his experience negotiating his way out of the royal family as a working member moving to california. his wife meghan . he california. his wife meghan. he does speak in quite frank terms you were talking about there, nick, that sandringham summit between his with his brother and his father, charles, and the queen. so let's just have a look at that. i chose option three in the meeting , four and a half out the meeting, four and a half out , have our own jobs, but also in support of the queen queen. but but it became very clear very quickly that our goal was not up for discussion or debate . it was for discussion or debate. it was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and, my father saying things that just simply weren't. and my grandmother very quietly sit there and sort of take all . in there and sort of take all. in prince harry talking there about his experience of the so—called

sandringham summit. nick, pretty strong there from him. yes, indeed. strong there from him. yes, indeed . behind the sofa stuff, indeed. behind the sofa stuff, some of it a family tearing itself apart is what it seems , itself apart is what it seems, isn't it? it certainly is, but it's showing breakdown, i suppose. it's showing breakdown, i suppose . prince william and suppose. prince william and well, that was coming. and walker there in all royal reaction room, views flowing in the inbox has, one would imagine to the fact harry and meghan decide to unload yet again. and i know the netflix documentary, we've got loads to come on this particular show . i just want to particular show. i just want to delve into the inbox at the moment gives the gbnews.uk lisa has been on now lisa says project you never read out my comments . so here's one last comments. so here's one last attempt. well, lisa , you shall attempt. well, lisa, you shall receive. you have receive. sometimes you just have to the door a little bit to bang on the door a little bit starting what i relation to starting what i in relation to this is strike which are the big issue the day okay the nurses aren't i want to draw tens of thousands nurses on strike thousands of nurses on strike some 70,000 some to reports 70,000 operations and surgeries cancelled appointments cancelled which number for people which a huge number for people people not receiving basic

treatment . one lady talking treatment. one lady talking about how she won't have a feeding tube replaced, which i think that's think is pretty serious. that's perfectly with you. but perfectly honest with you. but lisa says a starting wage for nurses , £27,000. this is more my nurses, £27,000. this is more my husband a skilled engineer gets is more than i get in retail 99% is more than i get in retail 99% is ludicrous greedy . my husband is ludicrous greedy. my husband and i worked throughout covid. he hasn't had a pay rise for three years. we get no at all. we use food banks though this is leazes view says . they need to leazes view says. they need to learn to shop and cook economically and be realistic and lisa, that is not an uncommon view . think what is uncommon view. think what is uncommon view. think what is uncommon is that a lot of people don't necessarily have the guts to actually say that kind of stuff out loud . i can't help but stuff out loud. i can't help but wonder, though. or not, you wonder, though. lisa or not, you see mr. trip because i fell see that mr. trip because i fell into trap a little bit into this trap a little bit earlier on. hold my hands earlier on. i'll hold my hands up what about? blaming up and say, what about? blaming or nurses as or pairing to blame nurses as opposed maybe more union opposed to maybe more union rabble type things. and rabble rouser type things. and just on that again i want to emphasise as indeed nurses take the picket lines right across country at the moment. it is an incredibly job, a job that i

would be unable to do and certainly that i wouldn't want to do. i get that there are massive issues when it comes to the length of hours working, recruitment and retention of staff . and it is the first staff. and it is the first strike apparently in 109 years. and there has been some tory breaking some some tories breaking some some tories breaking the picket lines . you breaking the picket lines. you want to say that jake berry, the former conservative chairman, he's saying that nurses deserve a higher pay rise . he's saying that nurses deserve a higher pay rise. but a much higher pay rise. but steve bryant as well, he's pumped . said have pumped. he said they have a higher pay rise. but want to higher pay rise. but i want to know guys think really know what you guys think really , i think the thing , because i think the one thing that really maybe got that really struck maybe got a little was to say to focus little wrong was to say to focus on the nurses and not the unions. i will always have a problem the idea of anyone problem with the idea of anyone who in public sector, who is in the public sector, anyone who provides a life saving, out on their saving, walking out on their patients will always just morally have a problem with that. but i know splits a lot of people. i a lot of people. i know a lot of you think, well, don't have any think, well, they don't have any particular but then i particular choice. but then i look titles this one look at job titles like this one here directive . a lived here directive. a lived experience. yeah, a direct of a

lived experience. i once had a local council where i was tasked to report on that meetings that and a of and they had a director of people and places. but my directive a lived experience £110,000 a year that is. and you do wonder whether or not the anger should be directed towards the not the government or whether or not it towards it be directed towards management for my spending money. but some breaking news now for ladies and now for you, ladies and gentlemen some breaking news. very here. the very much tone shift here. the four boys who died after falling into in solihull into a frozen lake in solihull on sunday named by on sunday have been named by west police as brothers samuel . west police as brothers samuel. butler, aged six, and finlay , butler, aged six, and finlay, aged eight. their thomas stuart , 11, and jack jones and ten. ,11, and jack jones and ten. i'm just going to read those names and indeed relations to each other, which i think adds another another layer of tragedy to this, doesn't it ? you read to this, doesn't it? you read this so west midlands police have confirmed that samuel butler, aged six, and finlay butler, aged six, and finlay butler aged eight, their cousin thomas stewart, 11, and jack

johnson, ten, all sadly died in that sally lake incident. we will get more shortly from reporter jack carson, who will be at the scene for us . yes. be at the scene for us. yes. yes. another layer to , that yes. another layer to, that tragedy . okay. well, look, we tragedy. okay. well, look, we return to the rise in the base interest . the bank of england interest. the bank of england increased it by 0.5% to 3.5. and while it's impacting across the country, it could impact some areas worse . others and areas worse. others and businesses in ireland are particularly vulnerable apparently to this rate increase because . classic the northern because. classic the northern ireland protocol has increased checks on paper works for imports, which has caused businesses to order in bulk adding to their borrowing costs. and i believe that our northern ireland to dougie beattie is a generous factory now for us dougie. thank you very much. i can see you've a particular chap with you that me to do it. dougie, what's going on? well, hello and welcome to craigavon on a par. it is a very

substantial generating generator manufacturing company . 80% of manufacturing company. 80% of these generators are made in britain. and joining me now is the md. of this company, ashley piggott. ashley, what does half a% and interest rate rise mean the of it was expected that this new debt we had planned and from quite a long time ago with the rise in interest rates but i think the issue is really the speed and frequency of the increases and where they eventually end up and we don't a problem with with the rate and it's it has to be there and it has to be fair to all people but it's the speed and the number of increases we've had . the increases we've had. the northern ireland protocol, of course, is causing problems, but you do product debate 90 countries across the world in five continents what the interest rates and the protocol mean there? well the mean to you there? well the protocol uses a lot of our protocol is uses a lot of our working capital we're having to bnngin working capital we're having to bring in large bulk loads of bringing in frequent supplies

because of the administration costs . and so eating quite costs. and so it's eating quite a of capital there are a lot of capital there are overseas distributors and some countries are seeing very, very high interest rates. ghana for example, is to four and a half% and have to help and support those distributors of our products throughout the world. and your own staff here. you employ a lot of people. are they asking for pay rises or are what will that affect them, especially the cost involved? and will affect them? but we continuously at their their pay on a competitive basis, they're in the top quartile and northern ireland manufacturing and. it huns ireland manufacturing and. it hurts it's hurting everybody . we hurts it's hurting everybody. we just have to accept that inflation will be will be higher than what we can expect on our pay than what we can expect on our pay packets . where exactly do pay packets. where exactly do all these components come from? 80% of our components manufactured in the united kingdom, we're very proud of that. they are manufactured in peterborough and rutland and in stafford . and those were the stafford. and those were the main ones and our spend is in it

and it and it's bigger spend in the uk . so our products are 80% the uk. so our products are 80% content from the united kingdom and we're very proud of that. and the likes of british steel of course has a 25% tariff put uponit.is of course has a 25% tariff put upon it. is that going to of course has a 25% tariff put upon it . is that going to affect upon it. is that going to affect you in the long term is it's 25% on certain types of steel . we on certain types of steel. we have an investment plan which was planned from 2017 to build a new factory and to start with more sheet metal processing and very concerned on steel and also with the news that the eu , which with the news that the eu, which we are now in inverted part of likely , to impose a carbon tax likely, to impose a carbon tax british steel in quarter for next year . well i mean all of next year. well i mean all of plays right into the economy of northern ireland and where everything's going but of course you're dealing in lots of different currencies the euro to have gone up because of this and half a% interest rate and it seems to have come down against

the dollar it's still very volatile those rates are going all over the place. what does it mean to a company you that export and die on export we live and die on currency the rate the long term rate in the euro is just moved down to 1395. the spot rate i think one 1520 we are always in the situation of having to make sure that we're covering our sales and whether that be crowns, euros, dollars south african round constantly we we're working at okay that's from us here in craigavon this is a top level company former holder of the queen's award for export. they do know what they're talking about you very very much and thank you to the company now for allowing in really to see it from the coalface , as it were, the very coalface, as it were, the very real human and indeed business cost of what's been going on at the moment. you very, much. the moment. you very, very much. right. okay. so just to finish, is that what i thought is been very, doom and gloom very, very, very doom and gloom has few days. has set in the last few days. that's news agenda. this that's the news agenda. this is life. do have to go with

life. and we do have to go with it. but there was something that i think might provide a little bit of light relief, although not the people by not for the people affected by terrible deliveries, but the consumer group, which has revealed crucially revealed the best crucially worst companies, worst delivery companies, is the on taking on going postal that taking place. with some utter place. and with some utter horror i must admit. horror stories i must admit. sorry everyone , but i do find sorry everyone, but i do find absolutely hilarious about the ways in which your parcels or crucially were delivered. and if you have delivery disasters, i want hear from them. vaiews@gbnews.uk there's a cracker in here which i'm going to read out very shortly. but the survey reveals that two in five of all responders encountered problems with their christmas deliveries year. encountered problems with their chris dhl; deliveries year. encountered problems with their chris dhl has iveries year. encountered problems with their chris dhl has ranked year. encountered problems with their chrisdhl has ranked the year. encountered problems with their chrisdhl has ranked the least now dhl has ranked the least reliable delivery . we don't reliable delivery. we don't worry. we've got a comment from although it got lost in the post. no it didn't. it didn't. it didn't. they got it to us. other complaints include 40% of people that parcel was people saying that parcel was late 11% had parcels left outside of that house permission, while 8% did not get their delivery at all. here are

some caucus for you. one respondent said the pair of slippers thrown over the fence and london neighbours pond said you are delivery service . that you are delivery service. that is absolutely fine . this i have is absolutely fine. this i have another one here which is that someone i want to, by the way, questioned the sanity of anyone who decides that they want to have a tarantula as a pet. my arachnophobia is extreme, i think about this. think i'm sorry about this. i think i'm sorry about this. i think you did. okay. so a delivery of pet tarantulas delayed overnight transit, delayed overnight in transit, obviously not a particularly great one as well. a couple of people have emailed in and is one of them. he didn't name the delivery company and that's important because we hadn't got time to right of reply time to go to a right of reply for every one for absolutely every one of them. but the kind of incarnation of the ring doorbell is now providing a little of fodder for people who are getting bad deliveries. right. because i don't anyone who's got a ring, doorbell ring or whatever it records whatever and it records everything goes on outside, everything that goes on outside, some of them as well. motion sense. and whether or you sense. and so whether or not you intend on someone's intend to knock on someone's doon intend to knock on someone's door, everything that door, it record everything that you're with you're saying and doing with disastrous effects , as was found

disastrous effects, as was found by paul stevenage , who got in by paul in stevenage, who got in touch with say that the touch with me to say that the particular delivered his particular chap delivered his parcel, knocked the door. parcel, knocked on the door. they in. he left them they weren't in. he left them a note and then proceeded to in a bush next to his front door, which i think is absolutely get your delivery nightmares in. juue been your delivery nightmares in. julie been on. thank you julie has been on. thank you very julie say that she very much julie to say that she asked for am from asked for an am delivery from we're going go to a statement we're going to go to a statement dhl very shortly. said that dhl very shortly. he said that yes, a classic one. they yes, it was a classic one. they said they delivered it to their house. but when they sent them a picture it, it wasn't their picture of it, it wasn't their house anyway statement from house anyway a statement from dhl, said , we regularly dhl, fuller said, we regularly speak to find out how we can do better, including running monthly , a fully independent monthly, a fully independent services service . is that services service. is that voluntary said? well, that will as a great comfort to julie who had a package delivered to the complete wrong house anyway. you all christys gb all with be patrick christys gb news. lots more to come in the next hour. more from the picket line walk in line as nurses walk out in a dispute over pay. they also say it's with conditions as it's to do with conditions as well. we want hear well. course we want to hear from news viewers. do you

from you gb news viewers. do you support strikes? we'll also support the strikes? we'll also you from the solihull you more sadly from the solihull lake incident have named the four boys who died after falling into a frozen in bad weather. all of that and more coming your way, gb news and keep it coming, people. nasty alex deakin with your latest weather update . your latest weather update. milder weather is on the way this weekend . but for the time this weekend. but for the time being it is still cold there on friday. tomorrow could see some heavy snow across some parts . heavy snow across some parts. scotland. we met office scotland. we have met office warnings place low pressure to the south northerly winds but this little area of low pressure doesn't look much . but it could doesn't look much. but it could start to change things over the next 24 hours. for the time being , we next 24 hours. for the time being, we still next 24 hours. for the time being , we still got snow showers being, we still got snow showers coming across northern scot coming in across northern scot and few eastern england and a few across eastern england . well allow . well, which may well allow things to be quite icy during this evening . and then start this evening. and then we start to that weather front to see that weather front coming. scotland rain on coming. western scotland rain on the but inland it will the coasts, but inland it will be could be quite be falling and it could be quite heavy snow through the night, especially during friday for most england. wales ireland, most of england. wales ireland, it's dry. it's clear will be some freezing fog around and

will a very cold start to will be a very cold start to friday to keep our eyes on this wintry coming in across scotland because through the central belts, through the morning rush hounit belts, through the morning rush hour, it could be snowing quite heavily. that could some heavily. that could cause some disruption. certainly of snow continuing the highlands , continuing over the highlands, scotland through day at low scotland through the day at low levels. it should start to turn back to rain. but as i said, the potential for disruption, especially morning for especially in the morning for much of northern ireland, england, , it's a dry and england, wales, it's a dry and sunny day, some places sunny day, although some places will to fog until will hang on to the fog until the afternoon and. it will be a cold day obviously, and quite quickly through friday nights, the frost returns. bear in the frost returns. bear that in mind. if you're heading out on friday, will little bit friday, we will see a little bit more the wet weather across northern areas through friday night and into saturday. snow at this will be mostly this stage will be mostly the hills. could a bit over hills. we could see a bit over the for at lower levels the pennines for at lower levels cos northern it'll cos northern england it'll mostly same goes mostly be rain. the same goes for parts of wales . for northern parts of wales. snow continuing over the snow showers continuing over the highlands of scotland but eastern and southern areas looking dry and fine saturday and temperatures starting to

creep . a dramatic change this creep. a dramatic change this weekend as the cold air gets replaced by milder air sweeping in on sunday. that is going to bnng in on sunday. that is going to bring rain and wind and for a time could bring some heavy snow .

to a. welcome back, everybody. it's just gone. 4:00, you are locked into me? patrick christys on gb news a jam packed hour coming your way downing street said they have no whatsoever to look again pay deal for again at. the pay deal for nurses are their biggest nurses who are their biggest ever the history of the ever strike the history of the nhs. we'll speak to employees. we'll speak to patients , speak we'll speak to patients, speak to on picket lines . to people on picket lines. indeed, a of you as well.

indeed, a few of you as well. that's all in a few minutes. indeed, a few of you as well. that's all in a few minutes . and that's all in a few minutes. and he's dropped the highly anticipated final pass of harry and meghan's docu series on netflix . she asks, okay, you may netflix. she asks, okay, you may recognise these dulcet tones from one of the clips i'll bring you 5 seconds of royal fame in the next half hour. can only assume that's royalties are in the house, although the probably best ended with royal males, they'll but they'll never get it. but anyway, much shift anyway, we also very much shift tone this. people get the latest from solihull after police named the four children who sadly died after into a lake after falling into a frozen lake desperately . desperately awful desperately. desperately awful story that gbv is , a gbnews.uk story that gbv is, a gbnews.uk of some of the other topics that we've got should nurses taken what is believed to be around a 4.3% pay offer and do you think meghan and harry should send me royalties. also keep these royalties. oh also keep these possible disasters these parcel disasters coming in as well some fantastic hear about with fantastic ones hear about with that nightmare delivery cbb is that nightmare delivery cbb is that gbnews.uk keep all those coming people . but now as you coming people. but now as you had lots . good afternoon. it's

had lots. good afternoon. it's 4:02. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom four boys who died after falling into a frozen lake in solihull on sunday have been named by west midlands police . named by west midlands police. eight year old finley butler , eight year old finley butler, his six year old brother samuel and their cousin, 11 year old thomas stewart were taken to hospital where they died monday. the family say are devastated by the loss of . the boys in such the loss of. the boys in such tragic circumstance , says the tragic circumstance, says the fourth child he reportedly tried save the others has been named jack johnson, aged . ten tens of jack johnson, aged. ten tens of thousands of nurses are taking part in the biggest strike in nhs history. picket have been set off in england and northern ireland in the first of 212 hour strikes over pay . staff will strikes over pay. staff will continue to provide some urgent care, but routine surgery and other planned treatment are disrupted. members of royal college of nursing are asking

for a 19% pay rise, but health secretary steve barclay says the demands unaffordable . we also demands unaffordable. we also recognise the huge contribution that we saw from nurses during the pandemic and that's why last year we made a special case where nurses got an extra 3% when others in the public sector did not. but we've got to balance that against what is laudable to the wider economy and asking for a 19% pay rise way above most viewers themselves are receiving is not affordable. given the many of the economic pressures that we face. icu nurse kellie hopkins says they're striking not just for pay but for their patients . for pay but for their patients. patients on safe aren't getting the care . at the moment there's the care. at the moment there's two nurses on the wards that cannot deliver that care . we're cannot deliver that care. we're going into hospital , cannot deliver that care. we're going into hospital, came into nursing to look my patients to hold their hands to look after , hold their hands to look after, to wash them, to brush their teeth when they're unable to do

that and i can't see that at the moment because there's not enough staff on wards . network enough staff on wards. network rail workers have overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer. the union has announced . it affects around has announced. it affects around two and a half thousand members of the tsa. meanwhile, the rmt remains in a separate dispute with network after its members reject an offer earlier this week. travellers to the independent simon told us now the tsa has reached a settlement. it may well lead to the rmt offer being . the rmt offer being. interestingly andrew hayes, the chief of network rail, has been saying that the outliers in this dispute are now the rmt union, the main rail that it is a good offer relative to what everything else is happening in the in the country and that people should accept it's not going to get any better. but meanwhile, course, the dispute with the 14 train operators goes and anybody who's planning to catch a train later this

evening. well, do checking the vast well ground baggage handlers heathrow airport have suspended plans action after receiving an improve to pay offer . more receiving an improve to pay offer. more than receiving an improve to pay offer . more than 400 staff offer. more than 400 staff members had been set to begin a 72 hour walkout tomorrow morning. the unite union says it will now ballot its members and other plans industrial action remains in place pending the outcome . authorities are outcome. authorities are continuing their search for four migrants believed to be missing after a boat partially deflated in the english channel. four people have died, including one teenager, when a boat with 47 on board capsized off the coast yesterday morning . the leader of yesterday morning. the leader of kent county said 12 of those rescued were unaccompanied asylum seeking children who are now in the care of authorities . now in the care of authorities. british officials and lifeboats services as well as the french navy were all involved . the navy were all involved. the rescue operation . the bank of

rescue operation. the bank of england has raised its base from 3% to 3.5% is the highest level in 14 years. and the ninth consecutive hike the chances, as he acknowledges times are tough but that the government working with the bank of england to reduce inflation . meghan markle reduce inflation. meghan markle has revealed how she thought about taking own life in the final episode of a docu series released today on netflix. prince harry, meanwhile, suggests the media were to blame for his wife's mishap and speaks about breakdown of his relationship with brother. he recalls it being terrifying to have prince shout at him and his say things. he claims that true. buckingham and kensington palace have declined to comment . i have declined to comment. i would far rather get destroyed in the press than play with this game or this business of trading trading . and to see my brother's

trading. and to see my brother's office copy the very same thing that we promised , the two of us, that we promised, the two of us, would never, ever do . that was would never, ever do. that was heartbreaking . this is gb news heartbreaking. this is gb news will bring more news as it happens, of course. now though, back to . back to. patrick yeah. welcome back . now there is yeah. welcome back. now there is that breaking news, tragedy breaking news. the four boys who died after falling into frozen lake in solihull on sunday have been named by west midlands police . this afternoon i'm going police. this afternoon i'm going to cross over to our to cross over live now to our west midlands reporter, johnny carson, at the scene of carson, who is at the scene of this awful incident. what is the latest place place ? well, hello latest place place? well, hello . the west midlands police in a short time ago released that statement , short time ago released that statement, as you mentioned, that brothers finlay and samuel butler and their cousin thomas

stewart were pulled from the freezing cold water and rushed to hospital where eight year old finlay and 11 year old thomas died. time later. of died. a short time later. of course, already about course, we already know about ten jack johnson who ten year old jack johnson who tragically died on sunday alongside them as well. of course , wasn't related to them course, wasn't related to them or a friend with them and. he just rushed in when he saw they were in trouble and tried to save them. and he ended losing his life as well. course, yesterday we heard the tragic news that the six year news that we lost the six year old involved in this incident that of course was that is that of course was samuel butler, the brothers. so really, devastating really, really devastating circumstances here that one family has lost as lost brothers. and of course their cousin alongside them as. brothers. and of course their cousin alongside them as . well. cousin alongside them as. well. we've also had word from the their parents said that as a family we are devastated at the loss of our beautiful boys, tom finn and in such tragic circumstances. we would like to thank the emergency services for all they did in rescuing the boys and community for their boys and the community for their support been overwhelming. support. it's been overwhelming. we'd to pass our condolences onto jack's family at very

onto jack's family at this very sad time . thomas's brother also sad time. thomas's brother also paid tribute to him and his cousin out of the sudden news that some had died. he that thomas was such a lively little soul. he had big heart for soul. he had a big heart for a young kid. and he was so beautiful. he loved being outside, his mates. beautiful. he loved being olove e, his mates. beautiful. he loved being olove you, his mates. beautiful. he loved being olove you, tom. his mates. beautiful. he loved being olove you, tom. big his mates. beautiful. he loved being olove you, tom. big broy mates. beautiful. he loved being olove you, tom. big bro willtes. i love you, tom. big bro will take of the family and will take care of the family and will see you soon. and this is so devastating for this community. of course those three boys that we that we knew that we lost earlier in the week. it's almost like this community feels like it's go through same it's having to go through same grieving again we grieving process again as we learn the passing of that six learn of the passing of that six year old boy as well throughout the messages support the week, messages of support for old sammy all for six year old sammy all coming things coming through, saying things like carry on. like keep fighting, carry on. and fortunately we learnt yesterday that fight just yesterday that that fight just could won . there's so could not be won. there's so many people that have come to pay many people that have come to pay tributes, from all pay tributes, people from all over county, not just from over the county, not just from this people from this area. we've had people from stafford people travelling stafford day, people travelling coventry, have just stafford day, people travelling cov�*children have just stafford day, people travelling cov�*children and have just stafford day, people travelling cov�*children and reallyiave just stafford day, people travelling cov�*children and really feeljust got children and really feel somehow connected and so close to it, to this , to this, to this to it, to this, to this, to this tragic incident. because many

people here have said we used to play people here have said we used to play on lakes as a kid, we used to do exactly the same thing. this is this is what makes this so tragic as the police so tragic as well. the police operation here has now ceased, now of course, we now concluded. of course, we knew that there are underwater operations operations knew that there are underwater operaton s operations knew that there are underwater operaton because operations knew that there are underwater operaton because .operations knew that there are underwater operaton because . thereions knew that there are underwater operaton because . there were going on because. there were differing witness statements to the midlands weren't the west midlands police weren't sure were correct sure whether they were correct or not, so they were going under water make sure that water diving to make sure that reported children involved reported six children involved wasn't the case. now that we know the passing of the know of the passing of the fourth we now know that fourth child, we now know that those police operations have now conclude lake has been back conclude the lake has been back open today and open to the public today and many of the public have many members of the public have laid tributes gone to laid tributes have gone down to the have moment of the like to have a moment of solemn reflection .jack, the like to have a moment of solemn reflection . jack, thank solemn reflection. jack, thank you very much for bringing us the latest on that . carlsen. the latest on that. carlsen. yes, as i said earlier , another yes, as i said earlier, another layer of tragedy when you look at the relations between the lads involved. there hearts go out to them and their families. of course. but we're moving away from that story now and coming to another of our top to another one of our top stories we're going be

stories that we're going to be running throughout course of running throughout the course of this with people this show today with people on the picket lines, mp, ps, the picket lines, with mp, ps, with of the public and with members of the public and of political well, of course political as well, because have walked because the nurses have walked off the job today in england wales and northern ireland. their in the their biggest ever strike in the history the nhs in scotland, history of the nhs in scotland, members gmb union have members of the gmb union have become reject a pay become first to reject a new pay offered scottish offered by the scottish government for nhs staff, but downing street says there are no plans . look again at the pay plans. look again at the pay deal nurses as the royal deal for nurses as the royal college of continues college of nursing continues campaign for a 19% increase to salaries . there are lots of salaries. there are lots of different layers this right because they were given a pay rise this year one last year offered apparently 4.3% pay rise. of course , has frankly rise. of course, has frankly changed the game . it comes to changed the game. it comes to demands. there is a massive with recruitment and retention as we hear about strike strike strikes left, right and centre at the moment, i would that the nurses want and potentially the ambulance worker's strike that is just the corner as well probably most emotive probably the most emotive and certainly strongest certainly going to the strongest sense of feeling one way or the other on this so keep your views

coming in because we want to hear you. but joining in hear from you. but joining in the right now is reporter the studio right now is reporter catherine foster and you cannot disassociate the nhs politics. so what is the political latest on this. the government saying they're not going to change their the government really don't moved on don't appear to have moved on this at they are still saying what they've been basically saying all along it's a fair offer. it's reasonable offer offer. it's a reasonable offer the country afford to give inflation level pay rises . and inflation level pay rises. and of course, the royal college of nursing are asking for 19. now there's very few people that think that that's is going to happen, frankly even labour shadow chancellor rachel reeves, shadow health secretary wes streeting have said no, we wouldn't able to give them 19% ehhen wouldn't able to give them 19% either. but the problem , of either. but the problem, of course, that the royal college of nursing said earlier in the week to the government, please , week to the government, please, berkeley health secretary , talk berkeley health secretary, talk to us about pay and we will call off the strikes . steve barclay off the strikes. steve barclay did meet with them but he will

discuss working conditions training but not pay. and so the strikes have gone ahead and more strikes have gone ahead and more strikes next. and people feel mean. obviously, some people will be absolutely horrified that nurses provide such essential have gone out on strike . but others are strike. but others are sympathetic people are pumping their homes on the picket lines, bringing them hot drinks, bringing them hot drinks, bringing it's very, very emotive, isn't her? well, it is. and i think as well it's important to try to draw distinctions , deduction, i'll distinctions, deduction, i'll say again, i may be a blurred unwillingly. so anyway earlier on between the nurses and the unions. yes they're a bit into but there is a difference there . i was saying earlier on, i think maybe the unions wish they had negotiated harder better had negotiated harder and better earlier on. now, inflation has really ramped the fact that potentially they feel as if the nurses really seem to nurses can't really seem to get enough pay. we hearing what enough pay. we keep hearing what is going to banks, etc. is going to food banks, etc. a lot the members of the public lot of the members of the public in anyway doubt against in my inbox anyway doubt against this strike potentially more on the patients than nurses

the side of patients than nurses themselves been themselves as has been wes streeting labour mp streeting actually a labour mp frontbencher. there are kind of big beasts the labour party at the moment, the labour party itself does seem relatively split and not committing split on this and not committing one way or the other. it's very difficult labour because of course they have a lot funding from the unions. course they have a lot funding from the unions . they're from the unions. they're historically completely tied with the unions, but they don't want to be seen be saying, oh, these strikes are absolutely fine. it's fine for the country to sort of grind a standstill when they know they couldn't . so when they know they couldn't. so many they know they many strikes, they know they couldn't to that couldn't afford to pay that ehhen couldn't afford to pay that either, but they're they're treading a very very delicate line. but i think the as you say, the paramedics as well who are due to strike and the nurses , the railways, it's bad enough . the postal strikes, it's bad enough. it's all massively inconvenient. but these are different, aren't they? because these are potentially threatening people's lives . i threatening people's lives. i know nurses have said know the nurses have said critical but you would critical care, but you would wonder, you, wonder, wouldn't you, as obviously have an obviously is going to have an impact that? absolutely think impact on that? absolutely think

that be critical now that might be critical right now today, tomorrow today, become critical tomorrow if dealt with. thank if they're not dealt with. thank you very has forced you very much. has been forced to. you been to. look loads. have you been getting on this? we're going getting in on this? we're going to go to some viewers now. just a in the inbox, a quick one. first in the inbox, diana project, read my emails ehhen diana project, read my emails either, you go diana just either, but you go diana just bang on the door and i will get to nurses pays close 28 to you. nurses pays close to 28 kp when you increase kp on them when you increase like london waiting allowance this i this is diana's view however i agree they deserve an increase but don't agree the pay so but i don't agree the pay so above to strike. and above they need to strike. and on note let's hear now from on that note let's hear now from some you are joining me live some of you are joining me live on the telly of our very gb news viewers. you very much, viewers. thank you very much, both have you both of you. great to have you on show. got john from on the show. got john reed from kidderminster and, ford kidderminster and, julie ford from bedfordshire. john, i'm just ask you now, as we just going to ask you now, as we do the barrel of do stare down the barrel of nurses, picket lines, side nurses, picket lines, who side are you think? are are you on, do you think? are you the side of the nurses, you on the side of the nurses, on side of the patients on the side of the patients aren't you the side of the aren't you on the side of the government? talk to joe. i'm government? talk to me, joe. i'm absolutely on side of the absolutely on the side of the nurses public. nurses and the public. absolutely. against the way the tories are decimating nhs. if you patrick for you think about patrick for their entire life of this

government the last 12 years, is it now they've had said the nhs safe in our hands whilst at the same time gradually privatised in bits of it. and i'm amazed that they don't just simply look at what they're spending if you think what they spend on nurses that come in from agencies and compare that with the cost of putting in it's just a joke then i think they should go the country and say what does the country and say what does the country ? that's an election. so country? that's an election. so out because the nurses are absolutely och och right. that's john's you there? i'll come back to you john. julie your take place. you live from bedfordshire. hi, patrick. yeah do disagree with john a little bit there, to be honest with you. i actually why the nurses are i get it. but is are striking i get it. but is this really the government problem to resolve. there's enough money goes into the nhs but is the nhs giving up correctly? surely there is enough money in the pot of the nhs? maybe they could the wages of some of the managers, the higher paid staff to make sure

that nurses are paid so they can afford like everybody else, along with the cost of living, is hitting all of us. i understand why they're striking but i don't think it's the government's role to resolve this problem. yeah john, a little bit about your way because. looking at some because. if i'm looking at some facts figures here those facts and figures here to those facts and figures here to those facts been a 39% facts and there's been a 39% funding uplift in the nhs compared to 2010, we're expected to be paying around 180.2 billion this coming year and. i can't help but wonder, john, when i look at some job titles like the one i've got before me right now is a directive, a lift experience. someone did point out surely the only kind of out that surely the only kind of experience that you can have, but there go 110 grand a year. apparently actually. should the nurses angry at their nurses be angry at their management than they are the government ? yeah, we've got a government? yeah, we've got a family member that a really good salary on national and i've no idea what she does she would tell me it's the most important job in the world but you know i've no idea they be loads of funny i mean i do it well i do

appreciate you coming on national television and loving an anonymous family member under the i mean he's on is that not a concern john that you don't know what they do i've got no idea what they do i've got no idea what she does none that she works for the nhs . yeah but works for the nhs. yeah but that's the problem john isn't he. she's on a really good walk in. you're coming out and supporting nurses you know, shouldn't be showing it. you're not a miss family memberjohn. yeah, they should be . i yeah, they should be. i shouldn't shout at. it's nothing. nothing personal. it's all. because the comment really designed anybody in the nhs is in management and doing jobs that you wonder whether they're really necessary. i've no they might be the most important announcement of well you know i know i don't i don't know . know i don't i don't know. great. just you're off the christmas card list. tell us something that for sure. but julie. yeah? do you think you're on the side of the fact maybe this is a mismanagement of resources and taxpayers shouldn't be, but would you be willing to tolerate any pay rise

for nurses? apparently they offered 4.3. yeah absolutely. i think there should be a pay rise . at the end of the day. they do a really job and some of the situations that they deal with on a daily basis. i certainly want to deal with. so yes, are entitled to a pay increase , but entitled to a pay increase, but 19% that they're asking for is way above what anybody should be entitled to this particular time. but the offer that they were given, the 4.3, was it that they were given actually taken that and then maybe look at next year asking for some more, but little by little should be looking at 90% is a hugely okay john any moral issues for you i mean the thing is i've obviously got relatives right and of those are elderly whilst you would never think a good time for anyone that you love to get, now is an especially bad time for them to get ill. and john, i can i can only imagine the wow bile really i would be spouting on this particular show if something happens to my grandmother in the care that she received substandard as a result

of , a nurses received substandard as a result of, a nurses strike i mean, are you are you worried about getting ill at the minute and other people getting ill not, really? i do. however think that when you listen to some of the i've heard today talking about only two nurses on duty where there be a lot more and therefore they can't do the basics because simply not enough staff there. and it's not just the nurses . it there's lots of the nurses. it there's lots of sections , government funded sections, government funded operations prison service is a good example where the salaries are not commensurate with the risks and the work that goes into it. well what do you pay all of that. all right. now i know a sliding scale, john to what a nurse kind of from what i can gather, the entry level can be around 27 grand and not can work way up to about 50 or 60. you obviously think they should be paid more slap a number on it for me john . yeah, i think they for me john. yeah, i think they should be paid more . you should be paid more. you consider they need a degree which they funded themselves ,

which they funded themselves, get in the job in the first place and therefore got a loan to off. you know, i think to pay off. you know, i think the i think if i was to an even number out here at the moment think it might be another 10% maybe you give them that you give around another 10% or give them around another 10% or juua give them around another 10% or julia are concerned that we are actually going to become the non health service. i mean the labour party don't seem particularly keen on actually solving problem either. they're just crucially not in power, are they ? no, absolutely. and i do they? no, absolutely. and i do wonder whether sometimes these are stealth methods to us actually removing the nhs as a free service altogether and moving towards a health service we pay for. i wonder if it's more strategic than we give them credit for. yeah, fair enough. so julie, i take it you won't be tooting your horn as you pass the nurses picket line today? i won't be too. to my horn, i'm afraid, patrick. no john. you'll give him a totally. i'll be out there with . out in the car. yeah there with. out in the car. yeah i tell you what, you might see your relative on the way. you can ask her what she does. john

you much. john. john. ray you very much. john. john. ray john radioactive is john jelly for really for bedfordshire. i really enjoyed stuff . thank enjoyed that. good stuff. thank you very much. right. okay you very, very much. right. okay well, you can get well, look, you two can get yourself the airwaves if yourself on the airwaves if indeed so indeed you so wish. vaiews@gbnews.uk give a vaiews@gbnews.uk they give a few must say few details on there. i must say i still reeling from the i am still reeling from the wonderful mr. loving wonderful johnny kid, mr. loving and member and anonymous family member under well paid and anonymous family member unythe well paid and anonymous family member unythe nhs. well paid and anonymous family member unythe nhs. she's well paid and anonymous family member unythe nhs. she's got/ell paid and anonymous family member unythe nhs. she's got no paid and anonymous family member unythe nhs. she's got no idea by the nhs. she's got no idea what. she does. you'll love to see it. you are we me, patrick christie's right here for a good while yet you lucky lucky people. the part people. and the second part of harry docu harry and meghan's netflix docu series dropped today with. the sussexes so far sussexes even going so far accuse the british press of contributing to that miscarriage. discuss . miscarriage. we'll discuss. cameron walker, very own cameron walker, our very own royal correspondent and the royal reaction room, next. that's course, it's up to this .

night as a moody looking promo , night as a moody looking promo, isn't it? right. okay. let's get back to the reactions. the latest harry and meghan episode is the landed on netflix earlier today. royals must have been dreading sussexes would dreading what the sussexes would reveal were a bit reveal and they were to be a bit worried as harry did claim, that prince william screamed and, shouted, him terrified . shouted, leaving him terrified. he's going remind us the same he's going to remind us the same harry served tours in harry served two tours in afghanistan was in the afghanistan and was in the military. the also military. but i the pair also did discuss meghan's mental health struggle . it's still been health struggle. it's still been under the delusion and that if it was in a tabloid , no one it was in a tabloid, no one believed it. i think it's a tabloid . and then we had tabloid. and then we had a walkabout in liverpool . i mean, walkabout in liverpool. i mean, there was a group of women and

one of them said to me, what you're doing to your father is not right . it was the first time not right. it was the first time that i went, oh my god, people actually believe of this stuff . actually believe of this stuff. and then my entire centre was rocked to its core . it was like, rocked to its core. it was like, all of this will stop if i'm not here . and that was the scariest here. and that was the scariest about it is it was such clear thinking . i remember her telling thinking. i remember her telling me that that she had wanted to take her own life . and that take her own life. and that really broke my heart . wow. lots really broke my heart. wow. lots to talk about. there isn't . to talk about. there isn't. let's go live now to our royal reaction room where gb news is royal reporter cameron walker has been watching this docu series. cameron undeniably mental health , is obviously not mental health, is obviously not something that has , you know, a something that has, you know, a joking or a laughing matter. it

is incredibly, incredibly serious, including the allegations that that had thought. meghan, i'm talking about now thoughts about taking her own life. let's deal first to go on. what was your what's your take on everything that we just heard that that yeah i mean it's a pretty serious thing to say patrick. it's very you know, it's very it's very serious things say and obviously. meghan genuinely believes that's how she felt . i don't think we can she felt. i don't think we can question that. that's how she felt. i what she goes on to say is perhaps slightly more serious because it implies the press cause some of this difficulties that she was . so meghan harry that she was. so meghan harry both say that due to the negative headlines that's caused onune negative headlines that's caused online trolls to then in turn threaten violence against meghan in particular. well i'm joined by royal correspondent nicholas and he joins me in gb news is

royal reaction room nick, first of all meghan is thoughts of a suicidal thoughts very serious thing to say. oh, absolutely. i everyone there won't be anybody hope who won't feel enormous sympathy for her if she was going through some trauma. she said she was her mother backs that up as well. very importantly, and mother wiping away as she talks about all of that. away as she talks about all of that . so that's that's an that. so that's that's an appalling situation whether you can blame it, a newspaper, a specific newspaper i mean it wasn't even as if she said, well, as a result of what the press were hounding us and then the media trolls were all mentioned, media trolls were after us, not that note the daily mail done it and that think only invites another avalanche criticism over their heads. indeed well, harry mentions one particular story which happens just before this sandringham summit, when he was negotiating his way out as a senior working member of the royal family involving allegations bullying against allegations of bullying against prince william sorry , bullying prince william sorry, bullying from prince william against

harry and meghan to bully them out their royal family at the out of their royal family at the time, a joint statement was released by harry and william denying that story, but said this is what harry has to say in this is what harry has to say in this netflix documentary about about that particular statement , a sign of public unity. the brothers who issued a joint statement calling the report false offensive and potentially harmful . i couldn't believe it. harmful. i couldn't believe it. no one would ask me. no one, no me. permission to put my name to a statement like that . and a statement like that. and i rang them and i told her and she burst in of tears because within 4 hours they were happy to lie, to protect my brother. i and yet for three, is there another to tell the truth? to protect us ? tell the truth? to protect us? we kensington palace and

buckingham palace are not commenting on any of the allegations or claims made in this netflix documentary series. clearly there are two sides to every story but patrick. it leaves a lot unanswered questions, doesn't it come? walker it does . look, thank you walker it does. look, thank you very much. coming from all royal reaction, i bring you the latest from harry and meghan. netflix documentary to come your way. you are with me patrick christys right here on gb news. coming up the england does raise the bank of england does raise the bank of england does raise the of yet again the base of interest yet again sparked fresh fears for households businesses across households and businesses across the your emails are coming the uk. your emails are coming in thick and fast on this. nurses strike as well. we're getting stuck right into that and all the different elements of lines with of it from. picket lines with employees, members of employees, with members of the with going with politicians. we're going to be about of that. be talking about all of that. and delivery nightmares and yes your delivery nightmares people worst delivery people the worst delivery companies in the have been companies in the uk have been revealed. want to from revealed. i want to hear from you about the shockers, you about some of the shockers, including chap who had including one chap who had it left and if that bin to left in a bin and if that bin to be taken to a refuge centre. vaiews@gbnews.uk but before that latest headlines .

that it's the latest headlines. patrick, thank you. it's 432. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom. tens of nurses are taking part in the biggest strike in nhs history. picket lines have been set up in england, wales and northern ireland in the first of 212 hour walkouts over pay staff are providing some urgent care but routine surgery and, other planned treatment is disrupted . planned treatment is disrupted. health secretary steve barclay . health secretary steve barclay. the union's call for a 19% pay rise is unaffordable . we also rise is unaffordable. we also recognise huge contribution that we saw from nurses during the pandemic . that's why last year pandemic. that's why last year we made a special where nurses got an extra 3% when others in the public sector did not. but we've got to balance that against what is laudable to the wider economy and asking for a 19% pay rise way above what most viewers themselves are receiving is not affordable given the many other economic pressures that we

face. network rail workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept pay voted overwhelmingly to accept pay offer. it affects around two and a half thousand members of the rmt remains in a separate dispute which was network rail after members rejected an offer earlier this week . the four boys earlier this week. the four boys who died after falling into a frozen lake in solihull sunday have been named by midlands police. eight year old finley butler , his six year old butler, his six year old brother, samuel and their cousin, 11 year old thomas stewart , were taken to hospital stewart, were taken to hospital where they died on. the families say they devastated by the loss of the boy's in such tragic circumstances . the fourth child circumstances. the fourth child who reported she tried to save the others has been named as jack johnson , age . ten, to tv, jack johnson, age. ten, to tv, onune jack johnson, age. ten, to tv, online and dab+ this is.

gb news. yes. welcome back. everybody loves talk about today. now throughout the show we have been discussing, the release of the latest episodes of harry and meghan's netflix documentary and just want say if you recognise the voice of this particular title of british broadcasting, you're featured on one of the episodes we thought that it would all be tiaras and see would all just be tiaras and see how he that it would all how he thought that it would all just tiaras. oh just be tiaras. nancy. oh i think . wow. there you go. and think. wow. there you go. and international fame. i didn't ask for i didn't ask for it. it's just come to me. i couldn't move paparazzi outside earlier on liam halligan. who is this ? you. liam halligan. who is this? you. i'm in all my. i'm not worthy to share the same name , but i don't share the same name, but i don't take his top off because i find a chest earlier. but anyway, the of england has raised interest rates to a 14 year high the base

rates to a 14 year high the base rate up to 3.5. this is the ninth time this year and it will heavily impact homeowners and businesses across the uk in coming months. our business and economics editor liam halligan is with me in the studio right. with all the money . taken late with all the money. taken late at midday patrick, the bank of england raised interest, as you say, for the ninth time this year. say, for the ninth time this year . let's have say, for the ninth time this year. let's have a say, for the ninth time this year . let's have a look at the year. let's have a look at the graphic interest rates, which is 0.25% at the beginning of this year. 0.25% at the beginning of this year . and if we can see the year. and if we can see the graph there, they went up in steps nine times to 3.5% today. that's . a 0.5% increase. what that's. a 0.5% increase. what does that mean ? well, if you've does that mean? well, if you've got a mortgage fo r £800,000 on got a mortgage for £800,000 on your mortgage , then you will end your mortgage, then you will end up paying an extra your mortgage, then you will end up paying an extr a £300 a year. up paying an extra £300 a year. that' s £25 a month. there it is that's £25 a month. there it is

. that's how your post—tax income, of course . so this is income, of course. so this is quite a big increase in mortgage and particularly for those patrick coming off a three year fixed, a five year fixed for interest rate, it's been really suddenly they're exposed to this new world of higher rates. so a lot of people are going to be feeling the pain this is no laughing matter i can that we expected interest rates took off even more today they could have gone up by three quarters of% they just went up by half a% so but this is still tough. yeah, it's still behind some people. it's just not as bad as just trying to be friendly, i suppose. isn't it just terms suppose. isn't it just in terms of homeowners or people looking get on the property ladder as well? well have well? lay people now? well have to. they suck i'm to. will they suck up? and i'm wondering whether not wondering whether or not a potential in house prices potential drop in house prices will this at all or not will counter this at all or not really? well, when you've got an increase like increase in interest rates like we've a of people saying, we've a lot of people saying, oh, they were when i bought oh, they were 15% when i bought my in the early my house back in the early eighties, nineties. yeah, eighties, early nineties. yeah, but a lot more but houses are now a lot more expensive. this generation of expensive. so this generation of

young are trying to get young people are trying to get more housing, whether they've got to pay more as a share their income and their income for rent for and their mortgages, though interest mortgages, even though interest rates because the rates are lower because the houses they're houses and the rent they're paying houses and the rent they're paying more as a paying is so much more as a multiple their a little bit multiple of their a little bit light at the end of the tunnel. inflation is coming down still high, so five times plus the bank of england's target. that's why interest rates are still going came down to going up. but it came down to 10.7% during the year. it's november down from 11.1% in october. that suggests that inflation has fingers and toes crossed . yeah, and that means crossed. yeah, and that means that interest rates not have to go that interest rates not have to 9° up that interest rates not have to go up that much more. but they've still gone up enough that mortgage payments are going to get tough enough for some people that be forced to sell when you get distressed sellers , that's when house prices start falling . house prices is a thing falling. house prices is a thing that affects obviously everybody realistically . so whether or not realistically. so whether or not you're either on the property we're looking get on the property ladder. but another thing that's affecting people is strikes. talk lot

strikes. i know we talk lot about strikes and rightly about the strikes and rightly so. if were give so. rightly so. if we were give the various different unions. exactly they want, which let's just say is basically something along inflation, let's just along with inflation, let's just take thing a 19% take the nurses thing a 19% rise. we should give them all of that. what would that mean for our economy would it be disastrous? well, depends how our economy would it be disafinancewell, depends how our economy would it be disafinance state. depends how our economy would it be disafinance state. ifiepends how our economy would it be disafinance state. if you nds how you finance state. if you finance that out of extra taxation, if you financed it out of the bank of england, creating more money, then that would lead to inflation. it just would yeah. if you create more money you get more inflation. if you put up taxes, then companies costs go up. they have to pass those price rises on on the other hand. patrick it's a balancing act because if there are no wage rises in the economy at all and of almost everyone's wages are less than inflation so, almost everyone across the economy is taking what we call a real terms inflation, tax cuts . real terms inflation, tax cuts. then again, demand disappears and the contracts and that's partly we're seeing here. so it's a balancing act.

partly we're seeing here. so it's a balancing act . what it's a balancing act. what i would say, patrick, is a lot of these strikes are in the public sector just a fifth of the workforce are in the public sector. there are a lot more unionised than the private sector. awful lot of sector. there's an awful lot of the of population that the 80% of the population that works in the private sector that are getting no wage rises at all. and we have to ask, even though there has a lot of sympathy for nurses today and a lot of people honking their, you know, the guys, the rmt pickets outside the big chains stations, london, manchester and across the country. you've got to ask the country. you've got to ask the question as these strikes go on and this a calculation the government making and government will be making and the how long will the union bosses. how long will the union bosses. how long will the public's patience last in any trade union dispute is the battle for hearts and that really matters . that determines really matters. that determines how long the government can hold out or the unions can hold out, which determines the outcome . which determines the outcome. exactly. and how much is cost in the various people who are actually on strike. liam, actually on the strike. liam, thank much. hogan thank you very much. hogan our economics editor economics and business editor now. yes, moving this was a

massive story for us yesterday, but it's part of a wider ongoing theme isn't it and it's the migrant crisis to channel small boats crisis the asylum seeker crisis whatever you want to call it you get my drift. authorities are continuing to search for four people believed to still be missing their sank in missing after their boat sank in the english channel. the incident sadly left four people dead. well, the tragedy led to renewed calls for britain to leave the european convention of human rights. the e c h r in order to curtail trend of migrant crossings. now, these are stops. the deportation migrants to rwanda at the 11th hour earlier this in fact, there is more chance boris becker being deported. apparently than there is anyone who has managed to make it over the channel which i think crystallises this issue somewhat. bye bye, boris. so is it time for the uk to leave c h. joining me now is fan favourite dennis macshane, former labour minister europe and steve wolff, director of the centre for migration and economic prosperity. now

stephen, start with you. why is it so important right now that we leave the eu? why has very tragic incident that happened in the overnight yesterday the early of yesterday morning made it even more vital in your view that we get out of the ecj . it that we get out of the ecj. it all comes down to how asylum claims assessed and who gets the right to remain here as an asylum seeker. so i'll give you an example this year. so far we've had 28,000 asylum applications . an initial applications. an initial decision, according to the government's statistics, of which only 5000 of those qualify under what's called the un refugee convention . that means refugee convention. that means the remaining 3000 are being allowed into the country based on an assessment of humanitarian protection or our discrete rules and those discretionary rules are basically the ecj. so they include things such as, yes , do. include things such as, yes, do. if you want to look at as y 0.1.

mr. macshane . and that's the mr. macshane. and that's the rules i've been working on for the last weeks, nearly 800 hours over the last six months of the assessments. so i know what i'm talking about when it comes down to these assessments. if we want to these assessments. if we want to remove the people coming from we remove uk, sure, that we remove the uk, sure, that leaves at least 50% of people will not acceptable under the will not be acceptable under the current . okay, now tell current system. okay, now tell us. i could see you shaking had that the fact is that the that look. the fact is that the possibility of drowning in the channelis possibility of drowning in the channel is enough of a deterrent to stop people coming across as insane as that may sound. the reality is that as long as they know that they're not going to get deported once they're here, they are going to keep coming. ergo, the more people will in the channel getting sucked. see you that what you shaking your head that what steven saying. your views steven was saying. your views very simply, of europe house very simply, the of europe house uk delegate was set up by uk delegate to it was set up by winston or the national winston church or the national refugee convention was signed in 1951 and they're very long processes. you don't to the council of or the european court

of human rights you don't like how you've been treated when you arrive in britain. you've got to through about three or four or five or x years, go right up the supreme court. it's all done in writing, leaving the chl makes no difference . worst drownings. no difference. worst drownings. if you remember patrick, have happenedin if you remember patrick, have happened in the mediterranean. horrible all those countries that tried to get to like italy or or spain are all like us in the council of the only countries left the council of europe in recently is russia's vladimir putin. yeah, but it's very fortunate compared as i mean, we've not invaded ukraine. we, we have not got the abominable human record as russia. just because that's the point similarity. i mean we have snow doesn't make us snow yesterday doesn't make us like russia, does it? well i'm sorry. will make. no sorry. it will make. no difference all to a single, difference at all to a single, single application . you take the single application. you take the albanians . the eu some time ago albanians. the eu some time ago declared albania safe country so france germany don't have to accept any and can said the back

straightaway because we won't work with anybody in europe we're in a different position the ecj is so irrelevant and making a great fuss about and don't the fact that churchill returning in his grave that anybody this country will say let slide up with winston churchill will be turning in his grave. but fact, there was an albanian flag draped around plinth in westminster. but stephen, wolf, i'll throw it back you, stephen. can't back to you, stephen. i can't help but wonder why on our help but wonder why on earth our judges are so soft. you look at the spanish judges, for example, they sending people that's they are sending people that's telling people that a safe telling people that it's a safe country, whereas you country, albania. whereas you look the acceptance rates look at the acceptance rates over here and they're high over here and they're sky high actually , we need to leave the actually, we need to leave the order to need to give our judges order to need to give ourjudges a bit of a wobble. well, the judges are able to use the ecj. sure. and this is where dennis is completely out of his league of being able understand the difference in the law here and clearly the refugee the refugee convention enables to claim under immigration law section

one is a very clear definition about if you are fleeing torture, if you are fleeing a such as the ukraine, but where the ecj comes is under the definition of humanitarian protection and our discretionary rules falling squarely within the law, which includes example. patrick if you cannot get medical treatment in your own country , that enables to live. country, that enables to live. so that is where the courts come in and yes, people through the courts and then the courts make a decision, yes, under the essential will allow you to stay. if we remove from that those categories are gone only go to those a country such as the ukraine not because you just feel like you're from albania . feel like you're from albania. okay look i'm amazed we're discussing some of the has been in position a very long time now. we've got a former labour minister for europe. we've also got chap is director of the got a chap is director of the centre economic centre for migration economic prosperity and both of you save each other is wrong. well each other is wrong. dennis well you know, i've look, i'm not

going to patronise steve or inqu going to patronise steve or insult him that's two charges is far too important . and most of far too important. and most of the people who died, seems, the people who died, it seems, were iraqis and afghanistan fleeing the disaster we left behind, the disaster to we caused when we invaded they're not able bodied out of interest. well, we know perfectly well don't we george bush and tony blair. right. and we've stayed . blair. right. and we've stayed. i would like our we also intervened in libya and syria. so we got millions of them coming here. you destroy state, you've turned it into a place wants to live it now to go back to big point, how do you feel about the war at the time that this former labour minister at the like with the majority of employees country. i thought the like with the majority of em shouldy country. i thought the like with the majority of em should dealcountry. i thought the like with the majority of em should deal withtry. i thought the like with the majority of em should deal with sidibeiought the like with the majority of em should deal with sidibe iught the like with the majority of em should deal with sidibe i now we should deal with sidibe i now think a mistake. he's think that was a mistake. he's a brute, a horrible dictator. but frankly , what we've got is far , frankly, what we've got is far, far, far worse. okay, ditto david cameron in libya and syria let's not get into any of that. but the is that the are is a that only can deal after the

supreme court in britain you've got to go through all the different proceedings approved proof beyond a shadow of doubt. the sdr rules are big violent and they'll they might rule but as we know other european countries are sending people back to albania as a safe country. we should be doing the same, but more importantly , same, but more importantly, should have enough officials as they be. they have my case was people from pakistan and iraq and it took two, three, four, five years. you did a famous story a couple of months ago about the guy from ethiopia arrived when theresa may was home secretary, and he's still being dealt with. that is government incompetence. that's we need to sort out and still get about destroy one of churchill finest critics stephen i'll over to you. one of the big arguments is levelled up, but people like me and i say you as well, who to see what's going on in the channel stops , frankly, in the channel stops, frankly, is, well, there are no safe and legal routes here. and until we

have people going to have them, people are going to have them, people are going to have make this horrible have to make this horrible journey across the channel. you'll even late, you'll abuse on this even late, safe there are safe and legal issue. there are no and legal routes go no safe and legal routes to go into france safe and legal into france no safe and legal routes go into, safe legal routes to go into, no safe legal routes to go into, no safe legal route go into portugal or greece. so all those countries fall within the same rules that we had. well, we remember the european and rules remain european and those rules remain in those countries afterwards. so it is irrespective of whether we are in safe and safe routes, it doesn't really affect us that much. the idea is safe and legal routes is being used by people to have an open door immigration policy into the uk because if we did do so the only time it's been practised is when merkel opened the doors of safe and legal routes into her country and 2.5 million people have gone in since that particular oh have over a million. if we did same. i love both of you. thank you very very much. it's great stuff i could talk to you about it all day, but we've got to move on. we've got to keep it moving.

people high tempo here is denis macshane, former minister for europe, wolf, europe, and stephen wolf, director centre director of the centre of migration sorry migration migration. sorry for migration on prosperity. go. on economic prosperity. we go. thank much, chaps. thank you very much, chaps. right just about got right now i've just about got time to squeeze in few more of your delivery disasters. okay. i've this, i've been calling for this, because the royal because in light of the royal mail in light of the mail strikes, in light of the royal mail there royal mail strikes, there a rather timely published rather timely list published earlier which which was earlier on from which which was basically about which delivery companies are the worse. and i was asking you to into it was asking you to get into it and been fantastic. one day. this is from bill. one day i got a parcel containing , an item for a parcel containing, an item for an elderly lady getting reply. i spotted a refuge bin at the back door to save it. the problem of rearranging delivery decided to leave it in the bin , put a note leave it in the bin, put a note through the door. unfortunately, she was off on holiday and the next day a neighbour had been empty day and that is from someone whose tasked delivering your so we've had someone whose job is to deliver parcels email to tell me about disaster that they've had themselves . i think

they've had themselves. i think this is fantastic bill i reveal where you're from. bill, just because you get the sack, which to be honest with you, it sounds maybe you should write as i was ordered to quotes from john lewis delivered by royal mail. i came to a note to say came home to find a note to say in bin, but was in wheelie bin, but it was there's a theme here. maybe this was it a wheelie bin , was bill it was a wheelie bin, but it was bin day. and so they were on the pavement. and here's one i me down the name on one i want me down the name on this. shocked after this. my was shocked after heanng this. my was shocked after hearing front open and hearing the front door open and a driver in our a delivery driver in our downstairs hallway, he himself in to drop the parcel inside the doon in to drop the parcel inside the door. but amazingly, the picture that he took of the front door was ajar and the package inside . so there we go. thank you very much, everybody. keep those delivery nightmares coming in. there needs you and it can get a little bit heavy. can't see you can all get a little bit miserable at the moment with strikes. what's been on strikes. what's been going on in the and of that the channel and all of that stuff. i'd say sometimes stuff. so i'd say sometimes quite have bit of quite nice have a little bit of light relief i do enjoy light relief and i do enjoy having you on the show very, very much so. please all that

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morning through morning that could well through the of especially the central belt of especially for hour, we could for that morning hour, we could see a few centimetres snow for a time before it starts to turn back to rain as we go into the afternoon, the potential for some disruption as that wintry weather hits scotland during tomorrow. a few showers to northern ireland, most of england, wales dry and sunny. what's the focus cleared , still what's the focus cleared, still cold, struggling to, get much above freezing and quickly on friday evening, temperatures drop below freezing. bear drop back below freezing. bear that you're heading that in mind, if you're heading out showers across parts of out with showers across parts of the could icy on friday the north could be icy on friday night and into saturday morning at stage the showers will at this stage the showers will mostly be right low levels mostly be of right low levels but some snow is still possible certainly the hills of certainly over the hills of northern during saturday and more snow showers can be gained across the highlands of scotland. a showers getting scotland. a few showers getting into parts of wales as well. again these will again most of these these will be low levels. much of the be rain, low levels. much of the south and the east will be dry, bright on saturday. look at this, 45 degrees. most of us haven't that for a good few haven't seen that for a good few days. haven't seen that for a good few days . going to turn milder.

days. going to turn milder. still on sunday. this area of low pressure is moving in. it's bringing milder air, but it's also bringing strong winds for a time on sunday, some heavy snow .

hey, welcome back, everybody . hey, welcome back, everybody. just gone. 5:00. you are with me, patrick is right here on gb news and a jump. final hour coming your way. downing says there are no plans to look again at the pay deal for nurses that staging the biggest strike in the history of the nhs. a lot to unpack a strong views on unpack a very strong views on all sides at the latest on that strike chaos which what let's strike chaos which is what let's be honest damaging patients health safety . the likely

health and safety. the likely anticipated final three parts of harry and meghan docu series have dropped on netflix . the have dropped on netflix. the duke and duchess of sussex have unleashed a whole set of unleashed a whole new set of allegations about royal family and . i am in the and megxit. i am in the documentary , by the way. i don't documentary, by the way. i don't want to go on about it, don't want to go on about it, don't want the fame. i don't all of the paparazzi out there. i available for promises and weddings to my agent. anyway, all reports coming. all royal reports coming. walker will the details will join us, though the details and under threat and is free speech under threat at all universities. the higher education watchdog certainly thinks so and they've warned unis to stop using equality laws as an excuse to curtail free speech. here go. have we reached where equality? laws are actually being used for some of. well, dare i say it, actually being used for some of. well, dare i say it , pretty well, dare i say it, pretty draconian agenda . we'll speak to draconian agenda. we'll speak to a university professor themselves. were persecuted their views on gender to get into cbb user gb news dot uk loads are you getting in touch far when it comes to the nurses strike should they have taken that 4.3% pay offer and stayed work. are you concerned or will you your as you

you touching your horn as you pass a nurses picket line. oh, and also i your views on whether or not harry and meghan now owe me royalties whinge and me royalties high up whinge and john gb gb news don't you john gb news gb news don't you get in touch i'll see if that doesn't . get afternoon. it's doesn't. get afternoon. it's 5:01. i'm tamsin in the gb newsroom. tens of thousands of nurses are taking part in the biggest strike in nhs history. picket have been set up in england, wales and northern ireland in the first of 212 hour walkouts overpay staff are providing some urgent but routine surgery and other treatment is disrupted . health treatment is disrupted. health secretary steve barclay says the union's call for a 90% pay rise is unaffordable . we also is unaffordable. we also recognise the huge contribution that we saw from nurses during the pandemic and that's why last year we made special case where nurses got an extra percent when others in the public did not.

but we've got to balance that against what is laudable to the wider economy . i'm asking for wider economy. i'm asking for a 19% pay rise way above most viewers themselves are receiving is not affordable given the many of the economic pressures that we face. well, i see . nurse we face. well, i see. nurse kelly hopkins says , they're kelly hopkins says, they're striking not just for pay, but for their patients patients on safe patients aren't getting the care at the moment there's two nurses on the wards that cannot deliver that care . we're going deliver that care. we're going into hospital i came into nursing to after my patients to hold their hands to look after them to wash them to brush their teeth when they're unable to do that. teeth when they're unable to do that . and i can't see that at that. and i can't see that at the moment because there's not enough staff on the wards . enough staff on the wards. network rail workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer. it affects around and a half thousand members of the tsa. the rmt remains in a

separatist with network rail after . its members rejected an after. its members rejected an offer earlier this week. travel editor at the independent simon calder told us now the tsa has reached a settlement. it may well lead to rmt offer being accepted . interestingly, andrew accepted. interestingly, andrew haynes, the chief executive of network rail , haynes, the chief executive of network rail, has been haynes, the chief executive of network rail , has been saying network rail, has been saying that the in this dispute are they are empty union the main rail union and that it is a good offer relative to what everything is happening in the in the country and that people should accept not going to get any better. but meanwhile, of course, the dispute with the 14 train operators goes and anybody who's planning to catch a train later on this evening. well, do checking about meanwhile ground baggage handlers at heathrow airport have suspended planned strike action after receiving improved pay offer . more than improved pay offer. more than 400 staff members had been set begin a 72 hour walkout tomorrow

morning . the unite union says it morning. the unite union says it will now ballot its members and. other planned industrial action remains in place pending the outcome . the four boys who died outcome. the four boys who died after into a frozen lake in solihull have been named by west midlands police. eight year old finley butler , his six year old finley butler, his six year old brother, samuel , and their brother, samuel, and their cousin, 11 year old thomas stewart were taken to hospital where they died on monday. the fourth child who reportedly tried to save the others has been named jack johnson, age ten. the family say are devastated by the loss of the boys in such tragic circumstance , says . at 19 children have now , says. at 19 children have now died in the uk from strep a since september. the uk health security agency says 60 children have died in england and three other deaths have been recorded in belfast and wales. it's understood health officials believe , the number of believe, the number of infections has not yet . the

infections has not yet. the government has introduced serious shortage protocols for penicillin medicines so pharmacists can supply all forms to those prescribed . authorities to those prescribed. authorities are continuing their search for four migrants believed to be missing after a boat partially deflated in the english channel. four people died when a boat with , 47 on board, capsized off with, 47 on board, capsized off the kent coast yesterday morning . the leader of kent county says 12 of those rescued were unaccompanied , seeking children unaccompanied, seeking children who are now in the care of authorities , british officials authorities, british officials and lifeboat, as well as the french navy were all involved . french navy were all involved. the rescue operation , the bank the rescue operation, the bank of england has raised its base rate from 3% to 3.5. it's the highest level in 14 years. and the ninth consecutive hike . the the ninth consecutive hike. the chancellor says he times are tough but that the government's working with the bank of england

to reduce inflation . three time to reduce inflation. three time wimbledon champion becker has been deported from the uk after being freed from jail today. been deported from the uk after being freed from jail today . the being freed from jail today. the 55 year old german tennis star served , just eight months of served, just eight months of a two and a half year sentence for bankruptcy. he was convicted in april of hiding two and a half million pounds worth of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts . this is gb news. bring debts. this is gb news. bring you more news as it happens. now it's over to . it's over to. patrick okay, go to massive final hour of this show for you as you can see on your screens that we're going in on the nurses strike. some updates for you. we'll bnng some updates for you. we'll bring those very, very shortly. nurses walking off the job across england, wales and northern reaction. northern ireland. mp reaction. patients reaction. public picket

line reaction. i'm also going to be talking about the old harry and meghan trailer as well, which can all agree on which i think can all agree on to a starring role. i woke to play a starring role. i woke up morning to a flurry of up this morning to a flurry of messages on phone. i mean, messages on my phone. i mean, the fell of my you the world fell out of my you know for a second as know what? for a second as i realised actually i emerged quite well from the whole thing. why? because right. i am why? because i'm right. i am right that i. think right to say that i. think they're to do that? we're they're wrong to do that? we're going talking about the going to be talking about the china migrant crisis with an interesting a tory on interesting angle from a tory on this that in his area this who says that in his area he that migrants are he believes that migrants are taking system taking advantage of our system and complaining the and indeed complaining about the ofsted so ofsted at local schools. so we're be talking about all of that gives gbnews.uk. but we'll start with that top . nurses start with that top. nurses walking job today , walking off the job today, england, wales and northern ireland staging their biggest ever strike in history of the nhs in scotland . well, it was nhs in scotland. well, it was being phrased wasn't the irish sea the not striking in scotland all struck in scotland the snp can do a deal with them. well because scotland members of because in scotland members of the become the the gmb union have become the first reject a new pay deal first to reject a new pay deal offered by the scottish

government for nhs staff so that you but downing street say you get. but downing street say there plans despite there are no plans despite the strike action, no plan to improve that deal for. strike action, no plan to improve that deal for . a improve that pay deal for. a little that pay deal little bit on that pay deal point 3% reportedly is what they were . that is on top of around were. that is on top of around 3% earlier this year, 4. the year before that, the royal of nursing continues its campaign , nursing continues its campaign, a 19% increase to salaries. i think we were all suspects and there will be a little bit of wiggle room there, maybe a little bit of meat in the middle. but alas, doesn't seem to be the case from either side. from either side. the strike action in the nhs coincides with ongoing industrial action by workers. minister hugh workers. shortly minister hugh merriman will be meeting with rmt general. secretary to try to facilitate some form of agreement. really interesting stuff on that though because you've got the tsa union, it's all there. it's hard to keep up with the tsa union accepting a pay with the tsa union accepting a pay deal. it remains be seen whether all aslef are happy about the whole thing. mick lynch potentially becoming increasingly more isolated. an old of the divide rule

old case of the divide rule potentially it comes to potentially when it comes to the unions we're focusing nurses unions, we're focusing on nurses and. a lot of you've been getting in touch and a lot of views it comes to nursing. views when it comes to nursing. people the idea that people saying that the idea that they're underpaid they're understaffed, underpaid is that is. is nothing new, that it is. in fact, the of inflation is fact, the cost of inflation is exacerbated a lot of people exacerbated with a lot of people getting that now getting touch to say that now they seeing the nurses actually on picket lines, they will not be their horns them. be tooting their horns for them. people actually angry, people are actually angry, important, think, to maybe important, i think, to maybe direct some of that anger towards unions, the towards the unions, not the nurses. into that trap nurses. i fell into that trap myself earlier. i have no desire to repeat it. gb news is london reporter alice have been reporter alice porter have been outside thomas's hospital outside saying thomas's hospital today. just see what she today. let's just see what she brought for us. okay well, a quarter of trust in england are striking today over concerns over nurses pay and in hospitals andifs over nurses pay and in hospitals and it's been a picket line here outside st thomas's hospital in london since 6:30 this morning one of those protesting matt smith who is a nurse he joins me now. matt, i this is beeping

going past we've been having for a number of hours. it does suggest a lot of people are supportive of what you're to achieve. i mean, what have you heard from people coming up to you ? just the overwhelming you? just the overwhelming support you have, people past coffee and walking past people are bringing out food drinks for us and the overwhelming majority of people are supportive of what we're doing here today. of people are supportive of what we're doing here today . and what we're doing here today. and what has brought you to the streets street to be striking today ? street to be striking today? it's just concerns about the nhs , the way the nhs is being dismantled at the moment we've got huge vacancies within the nhs , it's around 48,000 nurse nhs, it's around 48,000 nurse vacancies in the uk , not vacancies in the uk, not including all the other professions at work, the nhs . professions at work, the nhs. well, and this is having a huge impact on how the nhs operates and patient safety . the nhs as and patient safety. the nhs as well . and does it become well. and does it become something of a sort of chicken

and egg that because people are leaving the profession ? it makes leaving the profession? it makes it harder for the people who still there and it makes it more tempting in terms of leaving . tempting in terms of leaving. well, definitely, yeah. yeah. the less people there are as they have , do more work to just they have, do more work to just get the stuff done . and this is get the stuff done. and this is why you're saying that the waiting lists currently grow and you know, there is already big after the pandemic and it's just getting bigger and bigger because there's not enough staff to be able to bring down the rates in this course at the moment. and does that mean that a of trusts in terms of a lot of trusts in terms of where you work did end up being quite reliant on agency staff in many ways , in turn be very many ways, in turn be very expensive yeah, i know know a lot of trusts are quite a lot of agency staff and it's very expensive. the the agencies charge a very fee for the nurses to there and if they're the pay of nurses in the nhs it was increased then there'd be more people would be willing to work

for the nhs and take the nhs salary. robert and having to work for an agency a higher cost . it'sjust work for an agency a higher cost . it's just not a cost effective situation is . a 19% pay rise. is situation is. a 19% pay rise. is that realistic? i mean a lot of people watching this may support you and support what you're trying to achieve but may think that 19% is just simply too high. it's not it's not really a pay high. it's not it's not really a pay rise. we're not asking for a pay pay rise. we're not asking for a pay rise. we're not asking for a pay rise. we're not asking for a pay rise. we were asking for a pay pay rise. we were asking for a pay restoration. yeah, we've had over the last ten years, we've had 20% effective pay cut. so we're asking is to be back to where we were where we should be. so it's not a pay rise, it's still% below where we should be at. so and i know some people might think it's a bit too much . but when, when and health professionals are unable to feed their families having to go to food banks . these are people who food banks. these are people who trained with degrees and degrees, haven't as a food bank

because they can't afford to feed their family because of this. that's poor pay. it is within the nhs . well, thank you within the nhs. well, thank you very much for speaking to us. really appreciate. i think that gives a sense there of some of the reasons why people have come out to strike today . i the reasons why people have come out to strike today. i think the reasons why people have come out to strike today . i think the out to strike today. i think the real concern really is that we're expecting more strike action next. and so i think the pressure will really be the pressure will really be on the government and asking and to government and the asking and to try resolve this try and resolve this very difficult issue . yes, i support difficult issue. yes, i support that. our reports from a nurses picket , i that. our reports from a nurses picket, i must say if i was inside st thomas's hospital feeling desperately unwell and all i could hear is the banging of drums and whistles and shouting, tooting of horns outside, i think i'd be inclined to double up on the old morphine, but there we go. joining me is khalid joining me now is khalid mahmood, mp for mahmood, labour mp for birmingham thank you birmingham parivar. thank you very you very much, khalid. do you support nurses strikes ? i support the nurses strikes? i absolutely nurses absolutely support the nurses strike. i've in hospital . i have strike. i've in hospital. i have had a kidney transplant in 24 and when i was there at that time the ward sister was on 14,

four hour of working where she had a lower number nurses that she could rely on to work and she could rely on to work and she had to try and check me out that evening. and i ended up 11:00 by leaving that hospital. okay. all right. why doesn't keir starmer support the nurses strike? then you must to. strike? then you must want to. well does both strike what ? well does both strike what? saying to the government? and so wes streeting what he's saying . wes streeting what he's saying. get off your backside. go and speak to them. they've come to you this and mr. barclay prepared to speak to them . so prepared to speak to them. so get up . so this issue i speak to get up. so this issue i speak to the nurses and don't just rely on an outdated formula that's fighting for waitresses pay with respect it that's not quite true is it keir starmer really does not publicly support nurses does he. and also wes streeting appears to be more on the side patients than unions. no, he's not all of them believe that the nurses , a fundamental part of nurses, a fundamental part of

the national. yeah. and they don't support strike. that's right and support in order to support their families the pay that they deserve should be to them. and let's be sector say for health sit down with them and work out the figure that's reasonable for them to go back . reasonable for them to go back. they're not prepared to do that that's what the problem is what figure is that and it well the figure is that and it well the figure who wants to get to the table to negotiate and that's the issue you set a figure i think that's best figure you want and trying to meet with the current needs which what they're saying at the moment . current needs which what they're saying at the moment. but current needs which what they're saying at the moment . but they saying at the moment. but they will come in because . these are will come in because. these are the people who are there not just for the money. they do it because the hard work and everything else because they believe profession. then believe in the profession. then it's profession and it's a caring profession and they want to continue to do that . you've got to put a . yeah, but you've got to put a number it good man because number it my good man because keir himself has said keir starmer himself has said that 19% is unaffordable. the government apparently has offered around 4.3. you offered them around 4.3. so you must have conversations with the labour. must have conversations with the labour . this must have conversations with the labour. this is one of the

biggest crises facing the country at the moment know it's not only got to have not only he's got to have a number for us patching this down for us to decide a number. it's up to the nurses unions to sit with sector. you said for with the sector. you said for health to agreement on a health and to an agreement on a figure which they can work on. that's what we want to do that's what streeting to do. what wes streeting wants to do. that's sir keir starmer that's what sir keir starmer wants the wants to. do they want the government sit down and talk government to sit down and talk to unfortunately to them? unfortunately we're not in the moment. if in government at the moment. if we were, we'd be doing that. so you talk, you'd sit down and just course . well, no. just talk. of course. well, no. you talk to central , just talk. of course. well, no. you talk to central, you talk to settle. what we based that at the the pay commission the moment the pay commission that's looking at our figures based on february 2022 and before that , you know, there's before that, you know, there's been a huge economic change in the country since that . and the country since that. and we're going to try and address that. we're going to try and address that . yeah, there is a slight that. yeah, there is a slight issue, i suppose potentially for the labour party, nhs is a the labour party, the nhs is a bit of a sacred cow for labour. good reason. absolutely. fair enough. but when you look the enough. but when you look at the real terms uplift that real terms funding uplift that the conservatives into

the conservatives pumped into the conservatives pumped into the nhs since 2010, that's 39, we've got mri budget of 180.2 billion for this coming year. thatis billion for this coming year. thati billion for this coming year. that i s £50 billion, more than that is £50 billion, more than 27, 2011. is it a bit of a sticky wicket for the labour party because you might have to accept realistically that it needs some reform and we can't just keep pumping money into this, that managers can get 100 grand a year . this, that managers can get 100 grand a year. well, absolutely . grand a year. well, absolutely. i mean, this is what wes streeting has been saying. week is doing another report tomorrow. where's tig you're saying, look, let's reform the old internal economy , which was old internal economy, which was set up by margaret thatcher. let's on from that let's look at the new practises we can bring in. let's look at the new way working and none of that economic. let's take away for the last 12 years the huge amount of that we pay amount of money that we pay to the agencies invest those the agencies and invest those nurses that can be trained, put back into the service. so would help. of course we want to help. so of course we want to look new practises. of course look at new practises. of course we at new we want to look at new

structures. that's exactly structures. and that's exactly was streeting is asking was the wes streeting is asking for will you be on a picket line call it i get there tomorrow. call it if i get there tomorrow. yes, i will. support the yes, i will. i will support the nurses. will. you will even if nurses. i will. you will even if keir starmer says that he doesn't think should be going on picket lines party , i picket lines in labour party, i think what sir keir said is in relation to the frontbench. i'm not frontbench so not on the frontbench so i'll have privilege and will have that privilege and i will exercise i can. it's only exercise if i can. it's only a matter of time. surely they keep talking you also be on talking about you also can be on the frontbench no time. the frontbench in no time. surely would have thought that. but. yes thank you very but. but yes look thank you very very look it's great very much. look it's been great to the show. we do to have you on the show. we do appreciate coming appreciate you coming on navigating through the navigating your way through the let's the labour party let's be honest the labour party is a bit of a sticky position is in a bit of a sticky position at the minute when comes to the unions the nurses. but there unions and the nurses. but there we culliver labour mp we go. culliver that labour mp for perry interesting for birmingham perry interesting stuff. look, stuff. right? okay. well, look, the has the minister of defence has confirmed that more than 400 migrants crossed channel to migrants crossed the channel to uk yesterday, the same day people dangerous people died making the dangerous . clearly notice it . so clearly obviously notice it now i know won't be put off by that tragic of life. i'm going

to speak tory mp about that very, very shortly and there is a lot to get stuck in to because. yes, of course. tragedy in channel. how do we stop in the channel. how do we stop all this happening? but also all of this happening? but also how stop some things how do we stop some things taking when this taking place when we get this particular unpaid fear as particular unpaid just fear as our is being absolute our system is being absolute abuse, the that abuse, including the fact that as he it some migrants in as he puts it some migrants in the in area the hotels in area are criticising schools ofsted criticising the schools ofsted ratings to say gbp is ratings are good to say gbp is a gb news dot we'll be back gb news dot uk. we'll be back shortly .

yeah welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. another big one for us. there's another of breaking within the last few moments, the ministry of defence has confirmed than 400 migrants crossed channel the uk crossed the channel to the uk yesterday the same day , four yesterday on the same day, four people died after , their small people died after, their small boat capsized, making a dangerous journey. it takes the number of people who've made

that crossing so far this year. it's 45,223. it's believed that full more people are still so look very very unfortunately let's be honest eight people are believed to have died in the channel as a result of that because. those four people, unfortunately, will longer be alive if they are still missing, given of they're given the amount of time they're in waters of. in the freezing waters of. course, search for them, course, the search for them, however, continue. now, however, does continue. now, it came just after rishi came just a day after rishi sunak's stunning ominously not suella braverman potentially him trying to take full control and therefore full credit if indeed it does work and failing his new plan, some elements that plan, though, people though, i think left people scratching heads like, oh, okay, we're to border officers at we're to have border officers at an airport in albania fine. well, being funny, i well, i'm not being funny, but i didn't say the brains of britain to work out the that won't much of to the people of a deterrent to the people coming they'll coming from albania they'll either airport either use a different airport or to them also on or just listen to them also on top of that as well. the use of houday top of that as well. the use of holiday camps, dishes, universal halls are very different army barracks as well. in order to

house these people well surely fingers crossed. i'm going to be speaking to jonathan little fingers crossed. i'm going to be speanyway. jonathan little fingers crossed. i'm going to be speanyway.aynathan little fingers crossed. i'm going to be spe anyway. a tory an little fingers crossed. i'm going to be spe anyway. a tory mp little fingers crossed. i'm going to be spe anyway. a tory mp andtle fingers crossed. i'm going to be speanyway. a tory mp and la fingers crossed. i'm going to be speanyway. a tory mp and i read bit anyway. a tory mp and i read with some interest is comments. now whilst of course we absolute 100% complete and utter sympathy for the tragedy that took place in the channel and the sad loss of from that does not of life from that it does not change facts. clearly given change the facts. clearly given the news on the breaking news on those figures injured and one figures of four injured and one people on that day people crossed on that day as well . the of life in the well. the loss of life in the which people will have which these people will have known about does act as any more of a deterrent for these people coming over. so what does on the threats of deportation one would argue does also smashing that human trafficking . and as far as human trafficking. and as far as i can tell , i think we should be i can tell, i think we should be sending the sas and abroad. but jonathan said with some interest, the radisson telegraph that migrants housed in hotels in his area are recruited sizing the local schools ofsted rating. he seems to be of the opinion that they are taking advantage of our system and it would be good to enact the rwanda migrant plan. i am fascinated by the

fact that it appears that we've managed to deport boris becker quicker than we've deported any albanian drug . but there we go. albanian drug. but there we go. jonathan is conservative mp for stoke trent north me now stoke on trent north me now jonathan i believe as you know we might not be able to catch jonathan yet, but i also look, to be honest , you it's not the to be honest, you it's not the end of the world because i know this is an issue that gets a lot of you going in the is of you going anyway in the is actually philip actually full and philip has just echoed that i raised just echoed a view that i raised just echoed a view that i raised just a matter of seconds ago. we british troops to do an operation with the army to wipe out gangs. and out these trafficking gangs. and yes, do, although some yes, indeed we do, although some would lazy jokes would argue these are lazy jokes we are about we have that are about the quality the army. quality of the french army. i won't make it. i won't make that joke. i am better than that. but i do. i can't help but feel as though the realistically, as long know that when long as people know that when they they get they come here that they can get a decent star hotel a decent four star hotel treatment. the holiday comes could useful than the disused could be useful than the disused army could used for army barracks could be used for them. this country, them. and this country, in a sense, will red carpet sense, will roll the red carpet for then they are going for them. then they are going keep coming and some people go

will should be enough will deterrent should be enough for tragedies happen for what tragedies could happen in channel? in the channel? well, unfortunately deterrent unfortunately isn't a deterrent enough want to keep enough and we don't want to keep having in chair having to sit in this chair right and keep reading out right now. and keep reading out news about. people news stories about. people drowning channel unless drowning in the channel unless we deterrent and we have a serious deterrent and not unless not is deportation and unless we manage cut the head manage to actually cut the head off the snake when it comes to these vile human trafficking gangs, without those two things taking place, it is a matter how many chocolate guards many chocolate fired guards have, it's around arrival. it doesn't matter holiday doesn't matter how many holiday cams out . it doesn't cams you roll out. it doesn't matter lawyers matter how many lawyers you managed or how managed to get involved or how many are atol is going many flights are atol is going to keep happening. me now is jonathan gullet, conservative mp stoke yes. stoke on trent north yes. good stuff . if at first you don't stuff. if at first you don't succeed, keep, keep try right? no, i did read with some interesting article is interesting article that is about about some of your about you and about some of your comments in the telegraph. you seem to saying that people seem to be saying that people are advantage are taking advantage of our system on cases system and you've even on cases of of these migrants of some of these migrants criticising local schools criticising the local schools ofsted writing it all to me. well you'll won't shocked well you'll we won't shocked patrick that this is patrick to know that this is just further evidence that these are people fleeing

are migrants not people fleeing war. i was told by council officials that one of the hotels and so on trends as someone currently studying there a at queen mary's university and when they were told where they live i was going to go to school complained about that schools ofsted . i was asking if we could ofsted. i was asking if we could send that child to local send that child to the local private school instead . all of private school instead. all of the on trent great british the stoke on trent great british taxpayer . it's just an taxpayer die. it's just an absolute shambles and a and we need to sort this out because if we don't then the conservative party will see the consequences either by the votes. yeah, indeed. either by the votes. yeah, indeed . now, of course, i'm sure indeed. now, of course, i'm sure we all really regard it as another tragedy in the channel 4. people sadly die when . that 4. people sadly die when. that boat capsized, four more missing. so i we can assume rightly so that number is probably up to eight. right. so as changed the game for as that changed the game for when it comes to this, is it i don't know, is it made you more sympathetic in any way? do you think it's made me more determined, patrick, than ever, that need to get answers to that we need to get answers to this question, need to start this question, we need to start people to get boats to people trying to get boats to

come across here illegally to stop choosing to put money into the of people smuggling the hands of people smuggling gangs. this gangs. because if we don't, this model that the smuggling gangs and traffickers using and the human traffickers using to amounts money , to make vast amounts of money, if we stop the successful arrival small boats or even arrival of small boats or even boats being able to launch over from france to the uk, if we make it very clear by passing laws , something that laws, something that lee anderson been calling anderson and i have been calling for long time along with for a long time along with others, that if you arrive here illegally, can't claim illegally, you can't claim asylum. we can deliver not asylum. we can deliver or not and break the model and we break apart the model that people worth trying that says to people worth trying and risking and taking a chance, risking your that will your life, and that will therefore result in people not having lose their lives in having to lose their lives in the channel stop traffickers trading human misery. so no, trading in human misery. so no, it hasn't stopped interpretation for wanting to this for wanting to stop this because. more and because. otherwise, more and more the home more people in the home office predicting year. if predicting 80,000 next year. if we get on top of it. yeah, we don't get on top of it. yeah, look, absolutely and the fact look, i absolutely and the fact is it's a fact but the is it's a sad fact but the possibility the boat possibility of the boat capsizing in the channel is not enough everything that comes with that by the way death being the main factor that is not enough to deter people from

coming long as they know that coming as long as they know that if they do manage to get over here, they actually will be here, then they actually will be to i your point to stay. so i get your point there about fact that there there about the fact that there needs deportation, genuine needs to be deportation, genuine deportation flights taking off or whatever in order to stop people. but i help but wonder as well, none of this really properly stops until . we crush properly stops until. we crush these trafficking . we keep these human trafficking. we keep hearing, jonathan about got the best special forces in the world. the the envy of the world. the sas, the envy of the world. the sas, the envy of the world. oh, should using world. oh, should we be using them to go and find out them more to go and find out where these human where some of these human traffickers live? even if that is, you know, in caves in mountains the east mountains in the middle east somewhere, and just get them slotted. i have optimism slotted. i do have some optimism in as you said, in the plans that, as you said, i announced about putting boots the france and the ground in france and obviously british obviously having our british border force and forces border force and police forces working the french in order to use the latest tactics. it is intelligence to make sure communications improve. having people in albania as well and say around again to build that knowledge as well about what's going on in that country and how

we can assist as well as national crime agency actually jurisdiction to go much further increasing the funding just really focus and deliver. i have confidence that those are sensible solutions , but again, sensible solutions, but again, no option should be left off the bottom of table and whatever we need to do , we should do it. need to do, we should do it. yeah absolutely. no, i know that your particular area that stoke on trent north has been significantly affected by the use of migrant hotels and the cost to the local taxpayer, the cost to the local taxpayer, the cost local council, the cost to your local council, the cost to your local council, the cost taxpayer in general cost to the taxpayer in general is , vast local resources, public is, vast local resources, public services spoken that services spoken about that rather lot. i concerned i want rather a lot. i concerned i want your views on this instead of just holiday camps or , disused just holiday camps or, disused military barracks. it's just studios you know actually what we're being told here is that we've run out of hotels now. we're going use these as well. i don't think anyone realise that doesn't the taxpayer money. don't think anyone realise that dccosts the taxpayer money. don't think anyone realise that dccosts themthe taxpayer money. don't think anyone realise that dccosts them more xpayer money. don't think anyone realise that dccosts them more .payer money. don't think anyone realise that dccosts them more . but r money. don't think anyone realise that dccosts them more . but patrick,. it costs them more. but patrick, i'm pleased that the prime minister wants to move away from using and that will obviously bnng using and that will obviously bring it. but like you, bring a saving it. but like you, i know the detail behind

i want to know the detail behind that where all these 10,000 places, how long are they occupied for? what happens if one of those providers wants to pull out of the contracts, etc. can we guarantee that no hotels be use? these are questions we need to . and when it comes to need to. and when it comes to very quickly sorry patrick this process i'm pleased to speed up processing but when the home office is accepting to eight in every ten applicants, the british public will not stomach 70 to 80% of 44,000 people being kept to . no. and sorry, look kept to. no. and sorry, look really seriously. quickly, just a few words actually on this now. very, very quickly, a first you see that does not meet the target that set himself about clearing this asylum by basically this next year. basically this time next year. do think he's got to go ? i do you think he's got to go? i think that the prime minister should stay as the prime all the way to the next general election. think that will election. but i think that will suffer consequences it suffer the consequences for it at box the next at the ballot box the next election. you very much. election. thank you very much. always a pleasure, jonathan collins, conservative collins, that conservative mp for north. right. for stoke on trent north. right. sorry. than never sorry. better late than never when news for his free when it to news for his free speech and threat to our speech and a threat to our universities. is the short

universities. yes is the short answer to assembly. well answer to the assembly. well i very i'm going to get very lazy. i'm going to get shots. here's headlines . shots. here's your headlines. thank you, patrick. it's 532 on tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom, tens of thousands of nurses taking part in the biggest strike in history. a picket have been set up in england wales and northern ireland in the of 212 hour walk outs over pay . staff are outs over pay. staff are providing some care but routine surgery and other planned treatment is disrupted . health treatment is disrupted. health secretary steve barclay says the union's call for a 19% pay rise is unaffordable . we also is unaffordable. we also recognise the huge contribution that we saw nurses during the pandemic and that's why last year we made a special where nurses got an extra 3% when others in the public sector did not. but we've got to balance that against what is laudable to the wider economy and, asking for a 19% pay rise way above , for a 19% pay rise way above, what most viewers themselves are receiving is not affordable

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thatis that is a moody promo it. it's time to turn our attention back now to the latest drop of the harry and meghan docu series on netflix . and yes, yes or no . i netflix. and yes, yes or no. i know people now watching this on tv listening to me on the radio you will recognise my voice from being included in the harry and meghan netflix docu series . i meghan netflix docu series. i forever now will be able to tell my grandchildren that i was in one of the most influential netflix docu series ever made and i said i wasn't going to watch any of it. but as you all know, my ego is so fragile that i now will be watching single second of the latest offering. but the sussexes have opened up about their dramatic escape out of they the uk . of the uk. they fled the uk. it's amazing is it because it allows want come. allows people who want to come. but prince harry says that but even prince harry says that it his decision not meghan's it was his decision not meghan's to leave after plans for half and half royal life were rejected family meeting rejected during a family meeting in sandringham showdown in sandringham. showdown at sandringham. harry also criticised the mail on sunday, arguing his wife suffered

arguing that his wife suffered a miscarriage a of that, miscarriage as a result of that, press . let's just have a little press. let's just have a little look at this. i believe my wife suffered a miscarriage because of what the mail that i watched, the whole thing . now we the whole thing. now we absolutely know that the miscarriage was caused by that. of course, we don't . but bearing of course, we don't. but bearing in mind the stress that caused the lack of sleep and the timing of the timing of the pregnancy, how many weeks since she was. i can from what i saw that miscarriage was created by what they were trying to do to her. i mean that is incredibly strong stuff and hard to talk about it. royal commentator jenny bone . royal commentator jenny bone. thank you very much, jenny what do you make of that allegation is. well, let's be honest that the mail on sunday caused meghan's miscarriage . well meghan's miscarriage. well obviously extremely tough to hear. obviously extremely tough to hear . and i have huge sympathy hear. and i have huge sympathy with both harry and meghan over the miscarry image. and i'm sure it is . i'm not an expert and

it is. i'm not an expert and medical . i think stress can medical. i think stress can certainly lead to miscarriages . certainly lead to miscarriages. i mean, he himself, you know, he's quite fair in that. he says, you know, i can't say categorically. absolutely that what's caused it. but in my view it is it's a terrible to hear. it indeed a terrible thing to hear now that one of the most incendiary allegations is that and it is a terrible issue. they all say, going to talk about meghan's mental health as well and the that she and the fact that she had suicidal that maybe suicidal thoughts that was maybe brought on a bit by the press. well, a lot by the press. but there also another little there is also another little clip play for you, clip that want to play for you, jenny, get a of reaction on jenny, and get a of reaction on that. and is in relation to that. and this is in relation to harry relationship with harry and his relationship with with william. and this is where it gets even spicier. let's it gets even spicier. so let's have and listen. the have a look and listen. the whole is saddened whole family is saddened to. learn extent of how learn the full extent of how challenging few years challenging the last few years have for harry and meghan. have been for harry and meghan. the raised particularly that of race are concerning . while some race are concerning. while some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be

addressed by the family privately. harry and meghan and archie will be much loved family members . what am i looking . wow members. what am i looking. wow wow . facial scars . excuse, wow. facial scars. excuse, brother . okay, so that harry brother. okay, so that harry showing a text message from william that is just in the wake of that famous recollections may vary by the royal family following the one those when ginger cried into oprah's bosom. so do we have any idea what that message actually said? no. and i think lies the problem. i think we needed more transparency. we've got 6 hours of them telling their side of the story and that's absolutely fine making all sorts of accusations. and jenner allegations with very little evidence . some of the little evidence. some of the evidence they did put up was in the form of headlines up on the screen. and many those

headlines, which were about the terrible british media, the uproar in evil tabloids in the uk , actually were from the uk, actually were from the national enquirer in the united states, from the daily beast, from new idea in australia. so i needed more proof, more allegation , but also they allegation, but also they actually played a clip of me saying that meghan thought it would be tea parties in tiaras underneath the news headline by the national enquirer, which is nothing i've ever read or anything to do with anything like that. so kind of playing a bit fast these. and also i would say as well, i'm expecting much of the royalty in the post. i would imagine that am due some would imagine that i am due some kind financial recompense kind of financial recompense from and meghan, that from harry and meghan, but that would with bated would go i await with bated breath to hear from them. but i'm sorry, they're all seem i'm sorry, but they're all seem to jenny, a like the to me, jenny, a little like the kind behaviour that might kind of behaviour that you might get girls school board get in an all girls school board room where it's like, oh, look at message. look, looking at this message. look, looking is just a little bit. pants is in just a little bit. pants i'm sorry i missed your cameo. i

apologise. i thought i'd watch with great attention. every detail . i mean, you know, it's. detail. i mean, you know, it's. it's drama is it good drama to have that ? but i think, you know have that? but i think, you know , we needed not only to know what did that text say, if not verbatim , you know, he's verbatim, you know, he's prepared to say everything else that william that william shouted out screamed shouted out and screamed at about sandringham about the sandringham summit. so, harry, was so, okay, okay, harry, what was in text and who are the in that text and who are the people who've been briefing against you? who is this mystery woman of the palace? who apparently unbelievable told meghan that she like some kind of foreign org and isn't getting into the fish the fish that was happily and then this strange organism in that wasn't like her like them and look different. okay if you're going to say that say who yeah and then we can go to that person and say, did say that. okay. so now am i right in saying that all of the episodes of harry and meghan's docu drama on netflix, have been released? that's it. now there's no more that from from netflix. that right from from netflix. yeah was . you know yeah it was. well you know that's well this is

that's what what. well this is series one anyway. oh i see. okay, i see what you mean. but, but this is my point which that. well we've had all of this now and you and i still asking and trying to answer some the trying to answer some of the same questions asking same questions you're asking before, well, who do they before, like, well, who do they mean? what do they really mean? what said? what what was really said? what really and surely now really went on. and surely now the the the patience of the international has been international community has been evaporated shut up evaporated tell us or shut up and away well, and come away. well, yes, i really think and at the end, you know, meghan talks about how all she ever wanted was peace and harmony to and relations, family , friendship, relations well, this is not a way to do it. and there's a wonderful montage at there's a wonderful montage at the end of them skipping happily through the sand and being deliriously happy . but deliriously happy. but ironically, it then ends . does ironically, it then ends. does the two statements put up a dispute about who , what to whom dispute about who, what to whom to do with the communications sector? it's complicated, but it ended with yet another missed . ended with yet another missed. oh, great. okay. so actually think that there might be a series two to this ongoing nightmare . well, i mean, we do

nightmare. well, i mean, we do know the book is coming out very shortly . that's going to be shortly. that's going to be another of series. but a series of allegations, i suppose. but i noted it did say series. one said, who knows you can't wait. you can't wait. you know . no, said, who knows you can't wait. you can't wait. you know. no, i mean, you look , i am, as anyone mean, you look, i am, as anyone knows, incredibly fragile and fickle. and i was vowing that i was not going to watch a single second of this thing, apart from the clips that gb news frankly, make me sit through. but now i've found out that in. so of course i will be glued to it. and i'm just keen see that they're using name for clout they're using my name for clout . there we go. thank you . but there we go. thank you very jenny. jenny bowen very much, jenny. jenny bowen there, is, of course, the there, who is, of course, the royal commentator wasn't it royal commentator just wasn't it you've meghan latest? you've harry and meghan latest? yes, really people i yes, it is really me people i couldn't for earlier this couldn't move for earlier this morning must say i've been morning i must say i've been signing people various different parts of people's bodies throughout the course of the day as the attention me as well. the attention on me since my appearance harry and meghan's netflix documentary has just much bear. but just been too much to bear. but if to hire me for bar if do want to hire me for bar mitzvahs or indeed any birthday

parties, you can just contact my agent okay. right moving agent. okay. right now, moving on the higher education watchdog has issued a stark warning to universities stop using equality laws to restrict speech on campus. basically the old equality law, you know, the lovely leftie liberal law. well oh, they actually using equality laws , hiding behind things like, laws, hiding behind things like, oh, a massive in oh, you're a massive racist in order to stop people from just speaking , in order to stifle speaking, in order to stifle debate , some would say in order debate, some would say in order to behave like little dictators. the executive of the the chief executive of the office for students says that curtailing free speech, by focusing much on their focusing too much on their equality duties, could be equality duties, could well be a problem. and the watchdog warned that promoting a particular protected characteristic to the detriment of others may even be unlawful . look, it sounds a lot unlawful. look, it sounds a lot more complicated than it is as want to speak to someone with lived experience and that is why we've got professor freeman we've got professor rosa freeman human and human rights lawyer and professor and conflict at professor of law and conflict at the of reading who the university of reading who experienced this of experienced apparently this of free speech on campus herself . free speech on campus herself. i'm going to throw it over to you now. what suppression of

free speech. should you experience on campus ? and what experience on campus? and what do you think the ongoing issues are? i think the ongoing issue is a fairly clear. we want to be able to have robust evidence based discussion about issues. that's our job for academics. we're going to teaching our students and we want to able to talk about issues that are difficult that are contentious and that may make people uncomfortable so that we can societal issues . well, really societal issues. well, really just forgive me just to interject too quickly but the reason one that difficult issues andifs reason one that difficult issues and it's something that you especially on shows like this we try not to shy away from too much. the reason one that difficult issues is because often need sorting often that that need sorting that pressing that the most pressing issues and that them and sometimes that makes them controversial and you concerned that those the very issues that those are the very issues that those are the very issues that this why that are being this is why i think it's controversial that that are being this is why i think people troversial that that are being this is why i think people mightial that that are being this is why i think people might sayhat that are being this is why i think people might say that some people might say that jeremy corbyn was an anti—semite. may or may not anti—semite. he may or may not have been. talk about have been. we can talk about that. we could talk about brexit and or not. there are people on campus that didn't want to say

that or against that voted for or against brexit. we could talk about vaccines. we talk to any controversial issue. the absolute . to academic freedom to absolute. to academic freedom to universities is that we can talk these things in a respectful and robust and evidence based way. what we saw yesterday were a whole bunch of students and some staff shut a filming of a absolutely lawful film in edinburgh, was absolutely appalling. we should be able to say we just couldn't with that. let's about them afterwards. let's about them afterwards. let's not just shut them down. let's not just shut them down. let's not just have students stand in rooms and stop these films being screened at all. look, i've seen it first hand actually, i've seen things happen like for example, jacob rees—mogg due to talk at university and come in and kick off . and it just kind of makes

off. and it just kind of makes it impossible, even if tries to engage with them and things like that. and look, you know, i'm not going to stand there and just know jacob rees—mogg. not a hill. willing to die. all hill. i'm willing to die. all right. i do. would done it right. but i do. i would done it on the hill that his on the hill that defends his right to come and do right to actually come and do all engage in robust all can engage in a robust debate. we're absolutely debate. i think we're absolutely knackered country if we knackered as a country if we can't do but who is can't do that but who is stopping this stuff? because one of my concerns is that so of my concerns is that now so many drank many students have kind of drank the kool—aid, that there is this climate fear, not necessarily climate of fear, not necessarily the society. i the law. it's more society. i don't your view. i don't don't know your view. i don't know. goes ways . i know. think it goes both ways. i don't see the bnp or the don't want to see the bnp or the edl or jacob rees—mogg being edl orjacob rees—mogg being platformed in a university and being told this is a great person to talk to. but i want to challenge their views i want to be able to say to them, i disagree with you. and here the evidence base for why i disagree you. and that's the say on the far left or the far right or the centrist places or anywhere else. wouldn't be able discuss else. i wouldn't be able discuss that things. i think many times, but i want to be able to hear

the discussions and the very robust evidence, but might actually be if it comes crisis, what's the point of university production as a place of really past freedom of speech . yes past freedom of speech. yes indeed here we are . yes. what indeed here we are. yes. what was lost? young people may disagree with our points of view. the way to disagree it is robust discussion , not shutting robust discussion, not shutting things down and not setting fire to stink bombs to stop things going . no, i to stink bombs to stop things going. no, i think you're obviously spot out and i don't need to know what your politics are at all in the nation. just need to know politics are whatsoever. but the point is that shouldn't really matter because we should be able to have about things. have discussions about things. and a point there and i there is a point there should a point of agreement should be a point of agreement for every single for everyone on every single element political spectrum, for everyone on every single el< least political spectrum, for everyone on every single el< least can oolitical spectrum, for everyone on every single el

that memory as well. the idea that memory as well. the idea that do it. but look, thank that we do it. but look, thank you much. i've you very, very much. i've enjoyed i think the enjoyed this. i think it's the first i spoke you on first time i spoke to you on this show. i really hope it's not the last. actually, that is, of professor rose, that of course, professor rose, that freedom rights freedom and human rights lawyer and of conflict at and professor of law conflict at the of reading right the university of reading right now. i to finish now. look, i want you to finish with a little bit are okay with a little bit are you okay because it a bit heavy over because it has a bit heavy over the course of show. a lot of the course of the show. a lot of strikes on nurses, strikes. we've the we've had obviously the incidents the incidents going on in the channel we've had a variety of heavy things meghan heavy things a little bit meghan and but that's not so and harry, but that's not so happy, is it? but i wanted to ask. your delivery nightmares. why? light of royal why? because in light of royal mail consumer, which mail strikes oc consumer, which we which they a we all know which they did a survey to out the best and survey to find out the best and crucially worst delivery companies. asking you companies. and i was asking you throughout show throughout the course this show you people to get in you wonderful people to get in touch your delivery touch and tell me your delivery nightmares have not nightmares and you have not disappointed you never nightmares and you have not disme)inted you never nightmares and you have not disme down. you never nightmares and you have not disme down. thank you never nightmares and you have not disme down. thank your never nightmares and you have not disme down. thank you very er let me down. thank you very much. there an anonymous much. there is an anonymous anonymous one. hello, patrick. i caught the delivery driver having pee the side of my having pee at the side of my house and he has the altercation filmed on the ring doorbell. the ring doorbell, the introduction

of doorbell is the of the ring doorbell is the utter, peril any delivery utter, utter peril any delivery person whatsoever . loads of you person whatsoever. loads of you been getting in touch with this? the worst delivery company is without doubt, dhl and. iag is confirmed by a consumer , which confirmed by a consumer, which we have a right to reply that this is from andrew. he says that day he got that one day he got a notification to say that this parcel had delivered and parcel had been delivered and when home it was on the when he came home it was on the roof. andrew i mean, i've got questions i we questions there than i think we have time to actually answer, but surely it takes more effort to on the roof than it to put it on the roof than it does anything and just does anything else. and just a couple here actually very, couple more here actually very, very , there's very quickly, there's one from a shop down. read our earlier call, bill. now, bill claims to be a member, delivery company. be a member, a delivery company. i'm bill said that he once was delivering parcel to an elderly lady . he thought he delivering parcel to an elderly lady. he thought he was doing her a favour because she wasn't. and by putting it in the neighbour's didn't neighbour's bin but didn't realise it was bin and realise that it was bin day and so poor old doreen from number 42 bill has gone without whatever the living act was he was supposed to deliver a there we go. well, look thank you very much, everybody been fantastic

much, everybody been a fantastic show participation, show for audience participation, i a pleasure. i must say. always a pleasure. gb is a gb news dot uk. if you decide want to in touch, decide you want to in touch, make sure you leave your details because i to because increasing. i want to get actually on the get more of you actually on the airwaves there we anyway airwaves so there we go anyway dewbs& is. up next with the dewbs& co is. up next with the wonderful michelle dewberry. she is what's is on the airwaves. what's coming michel? coming up, michel? hello patrick. a sensible patrick. well, a sensible view is you of dewbs& co said is that you of dewbs& co said that the don't want and harry tonight that's the agenda tonight that's off the agenda they had that had they obviously had that had a bit a featuring role in their bit of a featuring role in their starring role yeah one starring role. yes role yeah one of the anyway so we're of the best anyway so that we're heading tonight heading in free zone tonight instead everything's in a mess right now in this country. the boss, freeze a boss, iceland, they freeze a shot. the country says that he wouldn't prime wouldn't mind being prime minister country minister of this country one day. so pondering, do you day. so i'm pondering, do you think need more business think that we need more business people that people in government? is that the answer to some the the answer to some of the country's was ? i also want to country's was? i also want to look at the rise in interest rates is a housing crash around the corner. some say yes, it is. and some say that it would be a good thing for that to happen. open justice cameras in courtroom good thing or not and

smoking they're smoking in new zealand they're banning it. if you were born after 2008, you can't buy cigarettes . some say in cigarettes. some people say in the uk should follow suit, should by the way, i'm should they? and by the way, i'm saying smoking not makin out exactly what you may not see . exactly what you may not see. yeah, just michelle. i love optics. now that we're going to end up having a one day like a 48 year old new zealand man in a car park asking a 49 year old new zealand to nip it in by the stack of. i mean, it's fantastic to have your pants. my you know, i out of off licence. yeah i was out of off licence. yeah exactly and bought a white light in you're at the in as well. while you're at the blaze anyway. right michelle. thank very much michelle. thank you very much michelle. i would dewbs& co what a rip roaring show. that's going to be coming thank very coming your way. thank you very much, everybody. i've been patrick i'll be patrick christys and i'll be back tomorrow at three back again tomorrow at three p&o. that alex deakin p&o. see that i'm alex deakin and latest weather and this is your latest weather update met office milder update from met office milder weather the but it's weather is on the way but it's going be a frosty friday with going to be a frosty friday with some cause scotland some snow likely cause scotland could be heavy in places as well and may some disruption, and may cause some disruption, particularly mornings, and may cause some disruption, parti hour.y mornings, and may cause some disruption, parti hour through mornings, and may cause some disruption, parti hour through mor belt.. rush hour through central belt. this culprit. doesn't this is the culprit. doesn't

look a fairly weak look much does it? a fairly weak area of low pressure. these area of low pressure. but these weather will be weather moving in will be bringing wet weather, bringing some wet weather, hitting cold could hitting that cold air. it could provide snow later provide some heavy snow later tonight. still few wintry tonight. still a few wintry showers over northern scotland for eastern england where things could icy and some mist could be quite icy and some mist of fog patches this evening which could quite dense but which could be quite dense but for it's clear and it is for most it's clear and it is very cold in the south as you won't be quite cold across the northwest compared to recent because here that wet weather is moving in some heavy snow over the highlands. through the highlands. then through the morning slip morning that could well slip through the central belt of scotland, especially for that morning could see morning rush hour. we could see a few centimetres of snow for a time before it starts . turn back time before it starts. turn back to rain as we go into the afternoon. but the potential for some that wintry some disruption as that wintry hits scotland during tomorrow. a few showers to northern ireland. most of england wales dry and sunny what's the focus cleared but still cold, struggling to get above freezing . and get much above freezing. and quickly friday evening drop quickly on friday evening drop back below freezing pair in mind if you're heading out with showers across of the

showers across parts of the north be icy on friday north could be icy on friday night into saturday at this night and into saturday at this stage the showers mostly be off right at low levels but some snow is still possible slowly over the hills of northern england more snow england saturday. and more snow showers could be gained across the highlands, scotland. few showers to get to parts of showers going to get to parts of wales as well. again of these these right low levels. these will be right low levels. much the and the east will be much of the and the east will be dry bright on saturday. look at this for five degrees. most of us haven't seen that for a good few days. it's going to turn mildest on sunday. this area of low is moving in. it's bringing milder , but it's also bringing milder, but it's also bringing strong winds out for a time on sunday, some heavy .