hello. welcome aboard, everybody . patrick christys right here on gb news who's coming up to kick

start your afternoon and evening? the health secretary, steve barclay has ruled out negotiations on pay with striking nhs workers the day after a walkout by ambulance staff. so steve barclay's , as staff. so steve barclay's, as health chiefs warn nhs is braced for a surge in demand for emergency after the strikes. i'm not surprised if you take the day off work. that's what you get anyway they're stepping up their calls the government to negotiate with unions over pay all now further away than all we now further away than we've ever been from some sort of resolution. what does mean we all know it means strikes how do you feel about after delays yesterday this we're likely to finally see controversial gender passed in scotland this got you all going i'm sure it will today as we get the result on this show. the is designed to make it easier for trans people to gain a gender certificate. but there a gender certificate. but there a lot more to it than that . even a lot more to it than that. even things like sex offenders being allowed to change their gender and sex and potentially and so women's a lot of uproar and rightly so we'll bring you the latest on the decision live on

this show. and could the battle for final orders, last orders be up earlier , you'd expect, up pubs earlier, you'd expect, because the beer and pub association says more than 80% of pubs in the uk considering reducing opening hours the winter. oh we watching out for our national british boozers or not let me know your gbviews@gbnews.uk uk. i want to know if the strikes rumble on into next year. will lose your support for striking nhs staff. vaiews@gbnews.uk not uk. but now as the headlines . could also now as the headlines. could also mean, it's 3:02. i'm in the gb newsroom the health service is still extreme pressure . that's still extreme pressure. that's despite the highest level of alerts being stood down across many trusts. it follows two days of strikes hitting the nhs in england and wales the instant status at south central ambulance service is still at a

critical, which means services can't provided as normal and patients face harm more industrial action could be on the cards after the secretary has ruled out any new discussion on pay for rail fares in england will rise by nearly 6% in march. the set a cap of 5.9% level, well below with the transport secretary . the intervention will secretary. the intervention will help reduce the impact on passengers. it comes as rail workers get ready for more strike action with rmt members in scotland walking out on christmas eve until tuesday morning . air travel is also set morning. air travel is also set to be with around a quarter of a million passengers being warned of delays as border force staff strike from tomorrow . travel strike from tomorrow. travel expert simon calder says situation won't improve time soon. i'm afraid if you're on rails, possibly even in skies, then you could face serious problems. never seen the trains in such disarray . there is not

in such disarray. there is not going to be any improvement. can you believe until the 9th of january ? national highways in january? national highways in london and southeast england also striking walking until christmas day. the public and commercial services unions acknowledged action will likely inconvenience travellers but it's blaming the government for making a billowing inflation pay offer further planned for next week and in the new year. unless a deal can reached the charles is being urged to introduce a pump pricing to crack down on profiteering retailers. in an open letter , jeremy hunt open letter, jeremy hunt employees warn of fallen wholesale petrol and diesel pnces wholesale petrol and diesel prices isn't being passed to motorists. it comes the rac announced the average of a litre of petrol is currently around 150 $0.03. that's seven pay more than this time last year while diesel is up $0.27 at 176. the

mp say how it costs founder of fare fuel uk should be the new pump watch commissioner. well, he told gb news retailers are taking advantage of drivers supermarkets by from the refinery. they don't buy through the wholesaler and that of thing so they're making huge profits drivers and that that 15 to 20 pay drivers and that that 15 to 20 pay equates to something 7 to £10 per driver every time a driver comes into a focal the retailer is ringing changing tonight that oh is another retailer is ringing changing tonight that oh is anothe r £10 tonight that oh is another £10 goes the profit . and some goes the profit. and some breaking news. the scottish parliament passed a controversial gender bill. 86% voted in favour while . 39% of voted in favour while. 39% of msps voted against the law. the bill will reduce the time needed for applicants to live their acquired gender from two years to three months. it will also lower the minimum age to 16. to three months. it will also lower the minimum age to 16 . a lower the minimum age to 16. a murder investigation is underway

after one of three people stabbed in birmingham died from their injuries. two men and a woman were attacked the handsworth area in the early hours this morning. a 24 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder . the prime attempted murder. the prime minister has appointed new ethics adviser . the chairman of ethics adviser. the chairman of historic england's laurie magnus will replace lord going to quit under boris johnson june. his job will be to advise mr. sunak on whether ministers are obeying the code of conduct rulebook . the code of conduct rulebook. and a record crowd gathered at stonehenge this morning to celebrate the winter solstice . celebrate the winter solstice. thousands watched the sun rise at the ancient monument in wiltshire after the shortest of the year. the occasions important to, both druids and pagans, who see the event as a rebirth of the sun. english heritage was forced, though, to put out a request people to stay

away after impressed attended numbers turned out . this is gb numbers turned out. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens now though is back to . patrick well, it all seems so often on this show tantalising jen so we're going to kick start with a bit of breaking that just dropped to my ear a matter of moments ago because members of the within the scottish parliament within the scottish parliament within the voted the last few minutes voted through the controversial gender recognition bill. if you recognition reform bill. if you think affects think this only affects people in it won't. and about in scotland, it won't. and about to why. there also to tell you why. there is also 86 msps voted through with 39 voted against it. apparently there were no abstentions. the bill make it easier to acquire a gender certificate to change your designated gender on documents . so birth documents. so birth certificates, for example , and certificates, for example, and will apply to anyone over the of 16. there is a here including things like gender tourism,

trans tourism , the idea of trans tourism, the idea of women's safety for. example child safety. political reporter olivia utley has been this story very, very closely for us today. and i going throw it over to you. what's the very latest? just broken. yes. so you say there were 86 msps voting in favour and, 39 voting against. politically it's most interesting thing, perhaps, about this is that those numbers have changed since. the first vote when the second stage of the bill went through last week, where 88 voted in favour , 33 where 88 voted in favour, 33 voted against, and there were four abstentions. so a number of msps have switched sides , have msps have switched sides, have now voted against the legislation . it is interesting legislation. it is interesting if that's if that's snp msp . and if that's if that's snp msp. and thatis if that's if that's snp msp. and that is bad news for nicholas sturgeon. there were seven snp rebellions last time around. i yet got the numbers of which which parties those those extra votes against the bill came from. but if the snp msps that is bad news for nicholas

sturgeon yeah, it is. now let's just try to take this apart piece by piece. and i'm just going to start with sex criminals, unfortunately, because here that because it says here that alleged rapist . so people alleged rapist. so people who are being accused of rape are very, very serious crime, heinous crime , could still heinous crime, could still change their gender or sex if they've lived as a woman for three years in scotland and. therefore, the fear is that they would be able to access women's spaces. there would be nothing stopping them doing that. stopping them from doing that. nicola sturgeon just wave that through. critics of the through. yes. so critics of the legislation suggest that that could be met and they make very clear they mean criminal are not actually transgender people . but actually transgender people. but men who want to pose as women in order to access women's spaces could exploit a loophole in the legislation essentially meaning that they could just gain a recognition certificate. now, there wasn't actually which was tabled by and snp msp who was herself raped a teenager. michelle thompson . she put michelle thompson. she put forward an amendment a few days ago which would exclude those

who are awaiting to stand trial for rape and sexual offences from obtaining this gender recognition certificate. but that was tied 61 in favour, that it was tied 61 in favour, 61 against. the presiding officer the deciding vote and decided to reject that amendment. so sexual offenders could in theory able to obtain that gender recognition certificate. yes and the idea as well of trans tourism. so i know well of trans tourism. so i know we spoke a lot about yesterday, but we didn't actually raise this issue. i only kind of really discovered it later, which is the let's say somebody north of the border, says someone england or wales and someone in england or wales and northern presumably as well could live could then to scotland live a woman for three months ish and change in scotland . they're change in scotland. they're recalled to their birth to move back down south and that would still apply understand that coming but not might be trying to block yes so that would impose a whole host of legal issues essentially because you could have someone a transgender in a biological body going to

getting that gender recognition certificate having lived in a quiet gender for the required three months coming to down england being tried for example for a sexual offence crime and in england they would still count as a because we would recognise their gender recognition certificate . but in recognition certificate. but in scotland they would count as women. so would that person go to a women's prison or a men's ? to a women's prison or a men's? and there was a question over if they were sent to a men's prison, because in england they are legally a man. would england be breaking its own equality laws? oh, great. so it's looking a lot more palatable by the second here, to be honest with you, which is a shame to say. but the other aspect of this for me is, of course, children. in fact, later on in the show we'll be speaking very much be speaking to man very much now, a man who did transition into womanhood who regrets it on what she's doing is trying , as what she's doing is trying, as i understand it anyway to transition back we'll get into the it's not the finer points. it's not really it's a bit of a minefield

to try to articulate. we'll be talking all of and, talking about all of that and, what we're going to end with what we're going to end up with a of people, a whole of these people, hundreds, if not thousands of people who are children at the time. long stay, life time. you make a long stay, life changing they can't changing decision. i they can't even paracetamol that but even buy paracetamol at that but they their genitalia they can change their genitalia . so critics the bill have . yeah. so critics the bill have pointed out that there's a very big spike in the last years in the number of girls who are seeking to go down this path of hormone blockers and changing their gender. it's gone up by sort of over 100% in the last ten years. sorry to have the figures right in front of you. but that is there's a question mark over why that's happening. and there is sort of social pressure , girls, if there are pressure, girls, if there are other issues at play other than just a spike in the number of transgender girls. and if there are people this when are people going this path when they're and although they're very young and although they're very young and although the legislation only kicks in at 16, it was clarified that if someone lives in their require gender for six months when they're 15, then they'd be able get the gender recognition on

their 16th birthday. so you've got quite young children who this would apply to. yeah just just very quickly and finally why is there been such a big rush by nicholas sturgeon to get this through ? because i'm sorry, this through? because i'm sorry, but a look some of the but i had a look some of the figures night and whilst figures last night and whilst it's difficult to get the exact proportion of the uk population thatis proportion of the uk population that is trans, if you look at places brazil, it's about places like brazil, it's about 0.1. in america 0.1. apparently in america there's only 1.6 million people out of a country of 330 plus million who identify as trans. so the are small. why is there such a big push to get this through? is it just they've been captured by wokeism? well, it's quite interesting. yes , had quite interesting. so, yes, had holyrood sitting until 170 this morning until 2 am. yesterday, really this bill has been going at emergency measure like an emergency snp . msps would argue emergency snp. msps would argue that they just want to get this legislation passed. trans people , scotland, they would argue, have been that mental health has been suffering by being unable

to live in their required genden to live in their required gender. critics of the bill have argued that it's actually politically expedient for sturgeon through this sturgeon to get through this bill a.s.a.p, because one of her close allies and friends and someone who's very well—respected the snp and to be the next leader, kate is the next leader, kate forbes is against the gender recognition act. she's worried about the effects it would have of women's rights. nicholas sturgeon essentially doesn't want her there. that's the theory conveniently at the moment she's on leave, but she's to on maternity leave, but she's to come january using come back in january using something that's very much a women's issue. yes. okay olivia, thank you very much. we speak to you very shortly, i imagine, about all of this. olivia our political right. well, political reporter. right. well, that just to that was a of breaking just to kick the show. and gents kick start the show. and gents will be returning to that throughout show. and you throughout the show. and if you think affects people think it just affects people scotland it affects scotland it doesn't it affects all but health secretary all of but the health secretary is ruled out is on now has ruled out negotiations pay with negotiations on pay with striking nhs workers the day after a walkout by ambulance staff. said no , not going staff. so he said no, not going to sit down and negotiate, pay with the college of with you. the royal college of nursing had given steve barclay until tonight to, enter

until midnight tonight to, enter into talks with them before any more action is announced. so that's a threat to saying if you don't talk to us about pay, we're to announce a fresh we're going to announce a fresh wave of strikes that, as we can all know, will probably be the new it looks the new year. but it looks like the government is said no. so this will as a blow to health will come as a blow to health trusts as nhs confederation. trusts as the nhs confederation. the industrial the nhs can't cope. industrial action in scotland. action continues in scotland. the health secretary there is set to meet union leaders after the latest pay offer was rejected . we're going to go live rejected. we're going to go live now alice costello, who is now to alice costello, who is our reporter outside st thomas's hospital in, london. so when you hear the that so it doesn't look like they're going to get anywhere with the off that anywhere with the pay off that it certainly doesn't look that way today, patrick. and it couldn't come at a worse time this new figures out in the past hour or so that says the number of patients that were in hospital with flu in england has skyrocketed it up 67% in a week

and the number presenting with strep a driving near record demand for nhs one one services. i was actually just speaking here outside st thomas's hospital who rang nhs 1112 days hospital who rang nhs1112 days ago on tuesday . she hospital who rang nhs1112 days ago on tuesday. she has hospital who rang nhs1112 days ago on tuesday . she has yet to ago on tuesday. she has yet to receive the call back that she was promised and that is the reality . that is the context reality. that is the context that we are in patrick. this is a health service that is already on its knees without even talking about industrial action. but what we're seeing here on the today in some thomas's hospital is a queue outside the door of a and i've spoken to people here who wanted to come to exit in emergency on tuesday but they decided to wait out they knew there was strike action going on either the nurses or with ambulance drivers. and they presented themselves to accident and emergency today. and there is that warning . there is going to that warning. there is going to be increased pressure on nhs

services across the country as have avoided hospitals and dining out for an in the past 48 hours, a strike action has been going on and this looks though this ultimatum that was by the royal college of for a new pay or at least some new talk to be on the table by midnight tonight. well, it looks as though that's ignored by the government. we've tweets from steve barclay, the health in the last couple of hours who says he's grateful for the work that ambulance workers and other staff does. he says his open at all times to talk about working conditions . but on the subject conditions. but on the subject of pay, he says it's all down to the independent work body who suggest that that nurses are due four or 5% pay rise. nurses want 5% above the rate of inflation that's around 19, although have said that they could be willing to . there is that wide gulf to. there is that wide gulf between what the government is willing to pay and what the

nurses are willing to accept. it looks as though patrick, that's not going to come to any resolution today . now, resolution today. now, obviously, you know, ali, thank you very, very much. there's outside thomas's london, and outside st thomas's london, and it's this issue. and it's on this issue. ladies and gentlemen i to take a bit gentlemen i want to take a bit of a in because think of a deep dive in because think many people were thinking probably people who were striking nhs yesterday, striking the nhs yesterday, ambulance workers, etc, that actually strike actually maybe that strike action barclay action kick start. steve barclay , get him into gear and get him around the to discuss pay and actually the opposite is happened barclay said no happened steve barclay said no i'm firm this. the i'm standing firm on this. the independent bodies you independent pay bodies you deserve rise of around % deserve a pay rise of around% that's we're offering you. that's what we're offering you. if enough, you if that's not good enough, you can swivel and then if you look north of the border in scotland, this is where it does get interesting, actually, because they apparently they were offered apparently this reports and this is according reports and nhs up in scotland were nhs staff up in scotland were offered an 11.3% pay rise for the lowest staff and an average pay the lowest staff and an average pay increase across the board of seven and a half % so need double seven and a half% so need double what the independent body said ? what the independent body said? well, a whopping 82% of nursing

staff up there in. scotland rejected that. so that was an offer that rejected by nursing staff of an on average seven and a half% pay rise, which i think a half% pay rise, which i think a lot people, when they let that sink in, they think, well, if people are dying and the backlog is continuing and we're seeing now already shock, horror, people in the nhs take day off and caseload backs up, operations cancelled, etc. if they are rejecting a seven and a half% pay offer , does that half% pay offer, does that pubuc half% pay offer, does that public support for the strike start to drop? andy i know you tell me, but are we actually now further away from a than we've ever been and more worryingly, what's the long term impact on patients? greg ogle is a professor of industrial relations at glasgow university. thank very, very much. i'm very appropriate actually, considering i've just read out the example of the scottish nurses that so are we further than ever? because it looks as though nurses union is though the nurses union is sticking as far we can tell, sticking as far as we can tell, is basically sticking with the 19% the government is 19% and the government is saying, can four saying, no, you can have four and we heard any

and we haven't heard any compromise about two weeks compromise for about two weeks now yes it's very, very likely now. yes it's very, very likely that there be more strike action announced by the likes of the royal college of nurses and what's likely to happen is that they will give they the two week statutory notice that they're obuged statutory notice that they're obliged to and then there will be more one day strikes or certainly 12 hour strikes as they have been so far. i think they have been so far. i think the reason why this dispute is going the way it is , isn't is going the way it is, isn't is because it's not a normal dispute. and what i mean by that is that the present conservative government which is very much in a weak position in general political terms , it's very much political terms, it's very much behind in the polls. it sees that one of the only ways to regain public support is by trying to whip up an anti—eu line. it's doing this with the royal college of nurses . so royal college of nurses. so i think that any normal government in a normal political situation would be willing to compromise and negotiate . well, and it's and negotiate. well, and it's interesting that just comes to

the circumstance. it's interesting that when the former head of the peer review body said that the 4% offer was calculated at the beginning of 2022. and since then inflation has very much risen , even the has very much risen, even the government dismissed that and they haven't made any firm pledges about what might happen next year . so that again would next year. so that again would suggest that they are playing a political game here . well, political game here. well, politicians playing political game. i mean, a lot of people might argue that nurses unions andindeedi might argue that nurses unions and indeed i say the nurses are playing roulette with lives that is much two sides it. is very much two sides to it. and slightly counsel and i would slightly counsel what said looking at what you said that by looking at this following negotiations this now following negotiations with scottish health secretary humza and the humza yousaf and the intervention of first minister nicholas sturgeon, the deal offered pay rises ranging from 2200 quid a year to 2750 quid a year to the lowest paid staff would get an 11.3% pay rise. an increase of seven and a half, and that was basically given to fingers the royal college of

nursing. so it's not down to the tories really, is it? it looks that anybody want to negotiate with anyone? well, no, it's not entirely that clearly they are sticking to their demand is 5% above inflation. the situation in scotland is a little more complex than you've it out to be because other including unison , because other including unison, which is the other major nursing union have accepted that pay offer . the scottish government , offer. the scottish government, the royal college of nurses and the royal college of nurses and the royal college of nurses and the royal college of midwives those two unions, which are subject to that and it is not clear where that dispute will go and know that some unions have accepted the offer and some reasons haven't . yeah, and this reasons haven't. yeah, and this actually may be one of the is this one of the reasons why steve barclay i'm not budging because he presumably that because he knows presumably that if or the government if he offers or the government offers unite and unison members down having a look to down here i'm having a look to see gmb anything to see whether gmb had anything to do a vote reject it last do with a vote to reject it last week. go so you know week. there you go so you know in unison if offers those offers to them then their members presumably it. presumably they will take it. which royal college which leaves the royal college

of and presumably gmb as of nursing and presumably gmb as well as they well quite isolate then as they start to see the drop off start to see the pay drop off because they're on strike, because they're all on strike, eventually might swallow eventually they might swallow something want . i something they don't want. i wouldn't think that's because in in england unison and a relatively small number of members compared to the royal college of nurses . so i think college of nurses. so i think that would count against but what's probably as important is that when polls have been done recently those workers in the nhs people have been asked about whether they should the right to strike, whether they're strikes are supported. this well in excess of 60% of the public are saying yes, we support them, which is much higher than communication that are communication workers that are male or rural workers . so male or rural workers. so i think the government is in quite a high risk game here. yeah we look you're absolutely spot on in terms of those the figures i'm just trying to recall from yesterday 63% in favour of ambulance strikes and 65% in space of nurses . and that figure space of nurses. and that figure for rail workers as far as i remember, of supply was 44. so a

massive that and that figure has dropped so that you go i just can't help but wonder if this does rumble on into new year whether or not those figures will hopefully we don't will change. hopefully we don't have it comes to have find out when it comes to all of this. but there we go. thank you very, very much. great to have you the show. i must to have you on the show. i must say to speak you again soon. say to speak to you again soon. and fingers when and fingers that when something's been resolved, i mean, i wouldn't say i can't wait for all this to be over as much as else. greg oh, thank you very that, who is a very much for that, who is a professor international professor of international relations glasgow relations at glasgow university. okay. so that's kind of the latest where at. latest of where we're at. apparently a last could just meet with nurses and royal college of before college of nursing before midnight going midnight tonight. he's not going to going to find to do and we're going to find out more in out about lot more strikes in the year. do you feel about the new year. do you feel about all of this? gb news our gbnews.uk it would appear even the college of nursing the royal college of nursing would rejects if scotland's heritage an 11.3% pay to heritage go an 11.3% pay rise to the at an the lowest paid staff at an average of seven and average increase of seven and a half% for, well, average most people. there you go. so actually, you be dead actually, would you be dead against if was rejected? gb against if that was rejected? gb news gbnews.uk king charles,

though , has rejected himself. though, has rejected himself. proposals fo r £3 less in proposals for £3 less in coronation in favour of a showcase. with pomp and showcase. with all the pomp and he's going, well, i'm the king do what i want. he wants to use the showcase the best the event to showcase the best the event to showcase the best the uk. we'll have the latest . the uk. we'll have the latest. our royal reporter cameron walker and that is coming next. i'm going to take.

take i don't know about you, but i'm sick and tired of these strikes. i thought i'd move it on a little bit and talk about something. that's right. because new details have been released. king charles, his first trooping the due to take the colour parade due to take place june. next year. the place in june. next year. the sovereign will the sovereign will receive the birthday well as other birthday salute as well as other members of the royal family being new of the being given new roles of the event. the queen consort will be stepping prince andrew's stepping into prince andrew's pnor

stepping into prince andrew's prior best as prior probably for the best as colonel grenadier guards colonel of the grenadier guards and william taking the and prince william taking the baton from the king, colonel baton from the king, as colonel of welsh guard. the news of the welsh guard. the news comes as reports emerge. the king also rich. love this, king is also rich. i love this, by has rejected the by the way, has rejected the idea price coronation. idea for a cut price coronation. no not a little coronation is going to be full blown waitrose coronation as wishes and wishes to use the event to showcase the best of the uk. rightly so is why it is for moment. why it is for this moment. anyway, with now is gb news anyway, with me now is gb news is reporter walker is royal reporter cameron walker . i'm reliably informed always shops and come on shops of waitrose and come on let's trooping let's start with trooping the colour trooping well colour trooping the colour. well it's reshuffle when it's a royal reshuffle when it comes military appointments. comes to military appointments. the family let's start the royal family let's start with queen consort. she has with the queen consort. she has colonel grenadier guards colonel of the grenadier guards role previously held by prince andrew. and he was stripped of that january following that role in january following his settlements in that his out of settlements in that civil assault case civil sexual assault case against which he denies but against him, which he denies but clearly it tarnished his reputation in the princess of wales her military appointments as well. she's becoming of the irish guards taking over from her husband, prince william has been kind of semi for racists

the kind of the welsh guards because he is of course the prince of wales and the king is colonel in chief of all then all of the household division. so we're going to get a big military of pomp and military display of pomp and ceremony, at ceremony, everything we saw at the platinum jubilee the queen's platinum jubilee display. be on display. the king will be on horseback. prince. horseback. so will the prince. wales, of wales . wales, the princess of wales. the will be in the queen consort will be in carriages. and we'll all be watching fly—past from buckingham palace balcony. wow. fantastic stuff. okay, so a lot of pomp and ceremony then there was talk initially about there being price coronation being a cut price coronation item as well because we're all in the middle of a course the living crisis. and, know, living crisis. and, you know, all to we cut our all got to make sure we cut our cloth. but king charles is just gone now now, not doing that. spend budget lords. yeah, spend the budget lords. yeah, there's lots of different reports think from my reports on this. i think from my take it is it's going to be take on it is it's going to be much shorter than queen elizabeth. second is in 1953 because hers was 3 hours long, which by today's standards is perhaps too long. so lots of this stuff which is seen as outdated is being taken out, as we understand it, but we

understand , the royal household, understand, the royal household, too, is taking the lead on the planning on this. by the way, despite various cabinet ministers talking about it a few days ago, where they said they to showcase of the to showcase the best of the britain to offer, it's very britain has to offer, it's very going to be patrick ceremony that britain stands for really is going to clearly on the global stage we're going to have an edward's crown that's been taken from the tower of london ready to resized reshapes for the king's head. so we're still to get the crowns. we're still going to get the all of the set to westminster abbey, all the military brides procession that you would expect from a coronation. so but we do know that charles is very much aware of the cost of living crisis. i understand he wants to modern britain within this coronation service in terms of a cut price coronation. i it no and i think rightly so as well we've got rid of pound shop royal. we might as well the best of us in that company. thank very much karen walker there, gb news is royal reporter. you are me patrick

christys. i've got loads coming your way. our scared your way. is our society scared of a bit of hard graft? that's what. i want know. this what. i want to know. this christmas, nation is gripped christmas, our nation is gripped strike strike after strike after strike after strike. always disputes strike. almost always disputes overjobs strike. almost always disputes over jobs conditions pay . but over jobs conditions pay. but with inflation running at a high level. i want to ask if we should just accept things are going to be a tough call it a little bit but let's see king charles, of course he can crack on and just get on with our jobs. and i've had loads of emails coming on this gbviews@gbnews.uk calling from jackie, a paid jackie, who's a paid nhs workers. she says, i'm not striking or going food banks, i am budgeting something nhs is incapable of doing now. jackie's views keep your views coming and gbviews@gbnews.uk i'm going to be debating whether or not we hard as a nation. but hard enough as a nation. but first, the latest headlines . first, the latest headlines. good afternoon . it's 332 on good afternoon. it's 332 on rhiannon jones. good afternoon. it's 332 on rhiannon jones . the gb newsroom.

rhiannon jones. the gb newsroom. in the past half hour, the scottish parliament has passed a controversial gender reform bill in recognition reform scotland. bill is passed. in recognition reform scotland. bill is passed . 86 msps voted in bill is passed. 86 msps voted in favour of the while 39 voted against . the favour of the while 39 voted against. the bill will remove the need for medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to receive the recognition certificate. it will also lower minimum age to 16 and applicants will now only need to have lived in their required gender for three months. rather two years. you all the health service is still facing extreme pressure , still facing extreme pressure, despite the highest level of alert things down across many trusts . it follows two days of trusts. it follows two days of strikes hitting the nhs in england and wales. the incidence status in south central ambulance service is still at critical, which means services can't be provided as normal and patients may face harm. more

industrial could be on the cards after health secretary ruled out new discussion on pay for staff and rail fares in england will rise by nearly 6. in march, the government set a of 5.9, a level well below inflation, with the transport saying the intervention will help reduce the impact on passengers. it comes as rail workers get ready for more strike action with rmt members in scotland walking out on christmas eve until tuesday morning . air travel is also set morning. air travel is also set to be affected too, with around a quarter of a million passengers being warned of delays. as border force staff from tomorrow tv online under a b plus radio this is. gb news. here's quick snapshot of today's markets . pound will value

markets. pound will value $1.2019 an d ,1.1348. the price $1.2019 and ,1.1348. the price of gold . $1.2019 and ,1.1348. the price of gold . £1,494.85 per ounce. of gold. £1,494.85 per ounce. and the footsie 107,477 points .

rise. okay, so the royal college of nursing had given steve barclay until midnight tonight to enter talks before any more strike action was announced . strike action was announced. some would say that's a little bit bully boy for. there we go. but it looks the government have other ideas. nurses have not been only ones striking . now been the only ones striking. now we've rail workers , postal we've had rail workers, postal workers, talks of teachers , workers, talks of teachers, driving examiners went on strike, although did anyone noficeis strike, although did anyone notice is the real question . notice is the real question. it's almost easier to ask who isn't it striking? but it does

beg the question. are we just afraid of about hard graft in this country? joining me to discuss this , lord curran, discuss this, lord curran, philip maurya , founder of the philip maurya, founder of the cobra bail. he is founder of cobra bail. he is founder of cobra bendigo and vice president of the cbi and political commentator and former lib dem spin doctor, which sounds very sinister it's joe phillips. thank you very much . joe, i'll thank you very much. joe, i'll start you. you look at start with you. when you look at everything the round you everything in the round and you see different people see how many different people from how different are from how different sectors are on leads to wonder on strike? it leads to wonder whether or not we're a bit lazy . i i think if you said that to a paramedic or , a nurse or , a a paramedic or, a nurse or, a teacher you would probably be close to getting a slap around the face. and frankly patrick i'd say deservedly so. i can't of anybody who works harder anybody in the health industry and these are people on the frontline . and part of the frontline. and part of the problem is as know the complete lack of staffing, the number vacancies, the number of people

leaving , which means that those leaving, which means that those who are left and they really are on the frontline are working longer shifts . shifts are having longer shifts. shifts are having to take more duties still, with patients. can you squeeze another one in ambulance crews can't get the patients , the can't get the patients, the ambulances and into hospital. the national health service is in crisis and a much longer and yeah discussion and people know the idea people are not working hard . of these people that are hard. of these people that are on strike absolutely nonsense . on strike absolutely nonsense. okay. all right. fair enough. you said the ama got a slap in the face to say. now i'll tell you what, really desperately ill patients getting a slap in the face, though, joe, aren't they scotland after nurses that turned pay rise and turned down 11.3% pay rise and an increase of 7.5. but an average increase of 7.5. but it's not nurses i'm talking about , as you it's not nurses i'm talking about, as you well it's not nurses i'm talking about , as you well know, it's not nurses i'm talking about, as you well know, i'm going to love it over to karen . going to love it over to karen. karen, do you think that there is a little of a crisis in this country where people across the board are not necessarily putting their shoulders to the

wheel people suffered so much? now for coming onto three years we've had a pandemic. the two years been the sad war in ukraine. it'sjust years been the sad war in ukraine. it's just one challenge after another for businesses, the consumer and for people working . it's been really, working. it's been really, really tough . and we have got really tough. and we have got the situation of stagflation. it's stagflation it's one of the worst things to deal with as an economy. when you have growth or a recession. we may even be in a recession. and you have really high inflation dealing with each one of those is the challenge deaung one of those is the challenge dealing with both of them is really difficult and if you have a wage spiral inflation where wages keep going up, a wage spiral inflation where wages keep going up , then it wages keep going up, then it just fuels inflation more. so there's got to be a balance. and when it comes to nurses i've always said well below , this always said well below, this years ago, the nurses , one of years ago, the nurses, one of the most underpaid paid professions in our country they worked so hard. they do such work, they get paid nowhere near enough as they deserve to be

paid . so that's a starting point paid. so that's a starting point . i always have felt nurses need to get paid more at time. now, whether you go for inflation increasing pay rises, this is the question, isn't it? this is this is the exact question. i would have hope. but where we are the minute is that people are the minute is that people are going on strike and demanding like toddler things are way out of anyone's reach. thatis are way out of anyone's reach. that is an issue . but patrick, that is an issue. but patrick, it's nothing to . do the show has it's nothing to. do the show has gone by 16 and a half. what has so that's bread and cereals you know everyone's cheap foods . we know everyone's cheap foods. we know everyone's cheap foods. we know what it amounts that rail fares are going up to nearly which is remarkable actually isn't it when you think about the service and how fewer people using it than before and the fact that they still want a pay rise including train drivers. you were already on about an average 60 grand a year is remarkable that price is going up just to get train isn't it

up just to get on train isn't it job. well, it is remarkable, but people know if you're a nurse or you're let's say a care worker, for instance , who are not for instance, who are not striking an d £10 an hour striking and £10 an hour average , £10, you know , you work average, £10, you know, you work for 40 hour week. well, you can do the maths if out of what you get pounds a week , get hundred pounds a week, you're paying probably 900 in rent say then you've got council tax and electricity and gas bills and anything else if you're having to run a car in order to get to your clients in their own homes for which you paid $0.25 a mile, you can't keep trimming the fat and coal or the. jacqui, i think it was so cheap budgets when you can only budget so far, but when there is nothing to cut people can't manage. okay i'll throw it back over to you , karen. i think back over to you, karen. i think more generally, generally , i'm more generally, generally, i'm worried about the state of the younger generation. i think people spend a lot of time instagram and tik tok getting people perfectly and people off perfectly and actually can't feel

actually i can't help but feel as though we have a society at the moment where, people work to that and not beyond it. and that wage and not beyond it. and if get on in life, if want to get on in life, you've to and work you've got to try and work little bit harder you. little bit harder and you. well, i don't think that this is an argument or debate about people working enough . the people working hard enough. the people i with, whether in i work with, whether it's in good people i work good repair, the people i work with the the people with at the cbi, the people i work with in parliament, in the hospitals, really hospitals, they work really hard. think this is hard. i don't think this is abouti hard. i don't think this is about i think this is about people genuinely during the pandemic , government spend people genuinely during the pandemic, government spen d £400 pandemic, government spend £400 billion saving a jobs, saving economy, saving businesses . now economy, saving businesses. now that help is no longer there there's a little bit of help for businesses with energy prices that's helpful consumers with energy. goes beyond that energy. but it goes beyond that because the war in ukraine has not only fuelled inflation and energy, on effect of energy, the knock on effect of that you've just heard that is you've just heard from joe prices go , cost of joe is food prices go, cost of living goes up, people are struggling businesses in the hospitality industry they got vat relief you remember during the pandemic there's longer that they rates that's needed so they just rates that's needed so businesses do need help and i

think saying the pandemic may be over but crisis not over no over but the crisis not over no arable crisis at the moment. we all and businesses need to work together . yeah look absolutely all and businesses need to work together. yeah look absolutely . together. yeah look absolutely. and joe, i mean, it's a real shame that some people from some political parties as well were back in favour of hard lockdowns. other people are saying this is going to cost us in the long run. people are going to have to pay through the nose of this future. and still a load of people, a lot of political parties were banging the drum to shackleton and, change to chris christie's radiator therefore were radiator and. therefore we were all economic peril. you all now in economic peril. you painted a picture there about a wider picture of people are wider picture of people who are struggling, nurses struggling, is it not the nurses duty to accept a reasonable pay offer and not be so selfish so that can get paid? that other people can get paid? is it isn't it? isn't it? the government it's duty. well, i've got i'm glad said that. the got i'm glad you said that. the good joe. i'm you said good just joe. i'm glad you said that because actually in that only because actually in real since 2010 the nhs real terms. since 2010 the nhs is on a funding increase . so is on a 39% funding increase. so should people not be personally the nhs? that's the bit that's money going into the. but it

could be better spent . yeah but could be better spent. yeah but joe stuff but they but that's striking over pay how many you know joe you know now i know i know joe you know now i know i know 40 new hospitals joe i know used to work as a spin doctor. right. and it's and it's shining through because at the start this conversation it wasn't just about pay was it, it was about conditions as well. and that supposedly equally important. supposedly equally as important. but might say all about pay but now might say all about pay the is pumped into the nhs the that is pumped into the nhs the that is pumped into the nhs the terms pay increases the 39% real terms pay increases ten could be used to help improve conditions and therefore help retention as well, couldn't it? and that's the it? and that's not the government's absolutely. government's fault. absolutely. no absolutely. and part of the problem i said is that the nhs is in crisis and actually the shadow health secretary wes streeting said a couple of weeks ago need have a proper ago we need to have a proper conversation on one of the conversations which has been taking place over the last 20 to know conclusion is how you deal with social care because that's part of the problem with people not being able to get beds in

hospitals. it's also mean hospitals. but it's also mean there's a lot more. i said know there's a lot more. i said know the government did step in and help a lot of businesses, businesses that had close but the the post office the nurses the post office workers the shop workers , the workers the shop workers, the drivers, the pin collectors and those people carried working. so we can't expect people to pay their bills and feed their kids by somebody standing outside, banging a saucepan with wooden spoon on a thursday. you know , spoon on a thursday. you know, absolutely not. i'll give the final word very quickly, though, to our local limerick. i am aware, of course, you, the founder of bear, vice founder of cobra bear, vice president of if have president of cbi. if you have stuff that came to you now, it's not in the public sector. he came to you and said i need a pay came to you and said i need a pay rise in line with inflation. otherwise we'll walk out. would you give it him? well, my staff would never. would never behave like i'd really try and it as one big family and would never come to that. but let me just say this the nhs we as country as a proportion of gdp the

amount that we spend on the nhs there are other countries that spend an equivalent amount on gdp and have a far better outcome. and we do the nhs even wes streeting shadow health secretary what i think is a really capable individual has said it needs reform , need to said it needs reform, need to look at this very, very seriously, obviously. both of you, thank you very much . i you, thank you very much. i enjoyed that, guys. lovely maria that the founder of cobra bear, also vice the cbi, political also vice of the cbi, political commentator dem spin commentator and lib dem spin doctor fell . so i'll get doctorjoe fell. so i'll get your views coming in. ladies and gents, gbnews.uk few people gents, dbs gbnews.uk few people might the pub might need to go to the pub after that debate but the after that debate to be but the british and pub association british beer and pub association says 80% of pubs in the uk says over 80% of pubs in the uk are looking to ring the bell for last than usual every last earlier than usual every single night as they face a cost of living crisis head on. the survey also suggests that 85% are thinking of closing altogether for one or two days a week. energy bills are one of the biggest concerns. if bills rising from 2000 to 8000 per month. but there's also still problems recruiting. staff apparently andy jones is owner

of jones and sons, and andy says so very much. andy, great to have you on the show. so what's going on this year? you're having to ring the bell for lost orders earlier than expected. it's supposed to be the busiest time of year, isn't it. well so the of weeks has been the couple of weeks has been very for. us i'm very busy for. us i'm a restaurant here in iceland and we've december we've had a very good december thus however, how falls thus far. however, how falls this year we closing this evening and we won't be back open until new year's eve and that's very few reasons. we're very busy december. so very busy during december. so everybody needs of a break everybody needs a bit of a break over christmas but there's just not amount people coming not the amount of people coming in from the big christmas in aside from the big christmas parties we've over the parties that we've had over the past weeks, there's the past few weeks, there's not the amount walking in off amount of people walking in off the street coming in for a bite to eat then that used to happen now. there's reasons for now. there's a few reasons for that. deliveroo brits i could go on, simply cost of on, but simply this cost of living crisis is just absolutely pinching sector in pinching every single sector in hospitality industry , and you're hospitality industry, and you're going to have to try and diversify a little bit i mean, easier said than of easier said than done, of course. i know. i know. course. i don't know. i know. i know a lot people

know with a lot of people working home now an, energy working from home now an, energy bills up, maybe they could bills going up, maybe they could work from i don't know. work from pub i don't know. well, not about diversity well, it's not about diversity flying. a few different flying. i've got a few different businesses the businesses around the hospitality they hospitality industry that they feed so i've feed into each other so i've been but if are just purely been okay but if are just purely a restaurant if you are just purely a pub you will a fine purely a pub you will get a fine this christmas period and january. going to be january. it's going to be bloodbath. let me tell you with vat due in january february with rent increases, with rate increase , there is going to be a increase, there is going to be a bloodbath in this of people closing down the people that are rubbing their hands together, the chain restaurants who would probably, probably registered in other countries , you not other countries, you know, not paying other countries, you know, not paying tax as we do as a paying as much tax as we do as a percentage. it's a disaster. can't staff supplies can't find the staff supplies are going prices are going are going up, prices are going up and people don't want to pay it anymore. now and i agree with you on that and you completely on that and i find absolutely disgraceful. find it absolutely disgraceful. we're like clown we're to end up with like clown town clown cities where town and clown cities where every got the same shop every single got the same shop or the same. exactly. and the people people come have been

open for nearly ten years. and i suppose i don't want to say, you know, i'm one of the lucky ones because i've worked for a quarter of my life. i've worked tirelessly to create the business that i've created, been really, but if you really, really tough. but if you will, going into it now, if you're trying to get investment or you've said money or if you've said some money yourself you just want to yourself and you just want to open a little independent a open a little independent pub, a little restaurant, little independent restaurant, forget come to forget it. when people come to me hey, i'd to me and say, hey, i'd love to open own restaurant, don't do open my own restaurant, don't do it used to say to it because my dad used to say to me bizarrely how did me bizarrely, he said, how did you a millionaire you become a millionaire restaurant start as a restaurant owner? you start as a billionaire owner. billionaire restaurant owner. there's one winner the there's one winner that's the government on the because you're an app to you all you want in that to them all the time i'm always in the government money. i'm always solving suppliers money. i'm always staff money. i'm always owing staff money. i'm always owing staff money. getting harder and, money. it's getting harder and, harder. and people are just going to out. alright now going to give out. alright now look you on national look obviously you on national tally the and no doubt tally at the minute and no doubt they'll clip this and put it out on social media and, all of that. can people go and get that. how can people go and get a where you are or your a pint where you are or your different restaurants or bars or

whatever going whatever you've got going on a and so there's a cheeky and so there's just a cheeky little do know little plug. tom do you know what at table, what i'd say? look at table, don't walk, book a table because in our now we don't want to be having fridges of food having fridges full of food waiting move the door waiting to people move the door let know you're so we can let us know you're so we can start give you the start correctly. give you the service want give you service that i want to give you by the correct amount of by having the correct amount of stuff on and having the right sort of food in fridge we sort of food in the fridge we don't to be wasting food. don't want to be wasting food. we to throwing we don't want to be throwing things it's an absolute things away. it's an absolute waste money. a tough waste of money. this is a tough tough industry, please a tough industry, so please book a table go eat. deliveroo table and go to eat. deliveroo is is simple. go and is simple, is simple. go and enjoy experience someone has enjoy the experience someone has planned you . good stuff. no, planned for you. good stuff. no, thank much. it is nice thank you very much. it is nice to see a man so passionate about what he does and good luck to you. really, all the you. really, really. all the best. the owner of jones best. so is the owner of jones and, drive. bob's heart and, his son drive. bob's heart breaking this now as around breaking news this now as around half an ago, members of the half an hour ago, members of the scottish parliament voted scottish parliament have voted through gender through the controversial gender recognition reform bill. the result voted through result so 86 msps voted through , 39 voted against it. lots of you have been getting in touch with your thoughts. this show is all about you. let's go to that

inbox now. gbv is at gbnews.uk. gladys, fantastic it now clearly says absolutely says is absolutely scandalous that been passed that this has been passed through. decision for through. it be a decision for the united kingdom need the whole united kingdom we need to safeguard youngsters you don't own mind don't know their own mind at a young age. try an online petition to see what people in the real world their the real world want for their children. we why they would children. we know why they would never never do it never do that. they never do it because lose because they'd lose overwhelming. and can't help overwhelming. and i can't help but so seriously. but feel it so seriously. right now, nicholas sturgeon is trying to rush through to rush this through a supposedly to rush this through a suoffysedly to rush this through a suoff onily to rush this through a suoff on maternity leave will is off on maternity leave will not have taken part that. she went to resign over over went off to resign over over this, would been this, which would have been a bit embarrassment. the bit of an embarrassment. the species potentially tipped as a future leader, but said all future leader, but also said all of is out of the way of this stuff is out of the way before the next election, whatever that so the nicholas sturgeon make about. sturgeon can make it all about. well if vote snp, you're well if you vote snp, you're voting scottish independence voting for scottish independence . well because now you're . well yeah because now you're not going to be voting for the old trans stuff because that's already been wave through. old trans stuff because that's already icaroline'e through. old trans stuff because that's already icaroline saysough. old trans stuff because that's already icaroline says ,jgh. old trans stuff because that's already icaroline says , well, anyway, caroline says, well, that's the end of tourism in scotland english welsh scotland. no english and welsh biological women safe on biological women feel safe on houday. biological women feel safe on holiday . perhaps now is the time

holiday. perhaps now is the time for the english and northern irish to for a referendum breaking away from scotland. i think that case very unfortunately i don't to unfortunately i don't want to see scotland leave is almost making caroline isn't making itself caroline isn't a if you walk into scotland now a woman and walk into a female toilet or you want to get changed at the swimming so your child wants to get changed as way about your daughter and a bloke walks in with everything still intact you are. can't say anything about that now. caroline you'd transphobe if caroline you'd be transphobe if you about. caroline you'd be transphobe if you about . it's you said anything about. it's not way to not really the way i want to live my life to be honest, i don't know about you as a gbnews.uk though those views coming in. you are with me patrick christys right on patrick christys right here on gb coming up, more as gb news. and coming up, more as the secretary he the health secretary says he will not with pay will not negotiate with pay with. is a huge decision with. the uni is a huge decision yet spoken about it yet we've just spoken about it on recognition on gender recognition in scotland and 20 million trips expected on uk roads this christmas are we in for travel chaos but right now your weather alex deakin here with your latest update from the met office a wet and windy spell of weather will spread steadily

northwards tomorrow . most of the northwards tomorrow. most of the day will be in scotland, day will be dry in scotland, mild in the south and milder air is pushing north through the christmas weekend . more on that christmas weekend. more on that in a moment. these weather friends trickling making for friends trickling in, making for a old day today across the a murky old day today across the south and it'll stay misty and murky with some fog across the south overnight further north, we've got a few showers here and there, but as much as scotland, northern ireland, dry northerly winds the showers to winds turning the showers to sleet and snow across shetland. but it'll be rain in to the south by dawn. it could be quite heavy in places. temperatures here holding up at seven or eight celsius, whereas there will be across northern will be a frost across northern scotland . and what we've got scotland. and what we've got showers just make showers that might just make things icy, but it's things little icy, but it's right the south bringing a right in the south bringing a pretty start for wales the pretty wet start for wales the midlands and southern. many people the roads of people hitting the roads of course tomorrow and that rail steadily spreads northwards northern england northern ireland by around lunchtime by the end of the day into southern parts of scotland much of scotland, though, will still be

dry. a few showers in the far north where it will be cold. mild the south and setting drier and will be and brighter, but will be blustery, winds blustery, gusty winds pushing that bound on. and as it that rain bound on. and as it hits the cold air, there will be some hills to north of the some hills to the north of the central belt during friday evening. could last evening. and that could last into christmas eve to. elsewhere, see showers elsewhere, we'll see showers coming in. a blustery day on saturday, but actually brides for much of the midlands southern england , many places southern england, many places here will be dry christmas eve. still some wet weather over northern scotland. bit of snow in . it's mostly in the hills. but it's mostly going because milder going to be rain because milder air pushing northward . so air is pushing northward. so temperatures going be on temperatures are going to be on the rise as we go through the christmas period in south. christmas period in the south. 12, 13 celsius and even further north, temperatures between friday and saturday a mild start then to the christmas. quite blustery as well . some rain blustery as well. some rain around on christmas day before things turn colder through christmas night into boxing day .

welcome back, everybody. it's 4:00 here with me, patrick christys gb newsroom an hour in and a guest already threatened to slap me. he'd love to see. coming away this hour, ambulance services across the country are warning nhs services are still under unprecedented pressure this winter . well, they will be this winter. well, they will be were always going on strike, won't as they continue to won't they, as they continue to call the secretary to call for the health secretary to negotiate pay to further negotiate over pay to further strikes the new year. but strikes in the new year. but this afternoon, the health secretary, steve, ruled out secretary, steve, has ruled out negotiations . are we further negotiations. are we further away a resolution than ever ? we away a resolution than ever? we will cross north of the as controversial gender receives a green light. this is a new law. anyway, we'll bring you through it all. that was just over an hour ago. we'll bring you the

latest on that. and drivers have been christmas will been that christmas traffic will been that christmas traffic will be back at pre—pandemic. pre—pandemic normal levels pre—pandemic just normal levels anyway with people taking to the road to avoid planned rail strikes. 20 million trips are expected over festive period. edmund king from the aa will share his thoughts the king of the roads someone say let me know your thoughts. email me, gb news gb news. dot you . okay, so news gb news. dot you. okay, so it's coming in on frankly pretty much everything. but before the latest news . patrick, thank good latest news. patrick, thank good afternoon. it's 4:01. i'm bethany lc the gb newsroom the scottish parliament has passed a controversial reform . bill controversial reform. bill scotland bill is passed . 86 msps scotland bill is passed. 86 msps voted favour of the law while 39 voted favour of the law while 39 voted against . the bill will voted against. the bill will remove the need for medical

diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to receive a recognition certificate. it also lower the minimum age 16 and reduce the time needed for applicants live as they acquire gender from two years to three months old. the health service is still facing extreme pressure, despite the highest level of alert it's being stood down across many trusts . it follows two days of trusts. it follows two days of strike action hitting . the nhs strike action hitting. the nhs in england and wales. the incident status at southcenter ambulance service is still critical, which means services can't be provided as normal and patients may face harm . more patients may face harm. more industrial action could on the cards after the health secretary has ruled out any new discussion . pay for staff rail fares in england will rise by nearly 6. in march, the government set a cap of 5.9% at a level well below inflation , with the below inflation, with the transport secretary , the transport secretary, the intervention will help reduce

the impact on passengers. it comes as rail workers get ready for more strike action with . rmt for more strike action with. rmt members in scotland out on christmas eve until morning. air travel also set to be affected with around quarter of a million passengers being warned of delays as border force staff strike from tomorrow. travel expert simon calder says the situation improve any time soon. i'm afraid you're on the rails. possibly even in the skies. then you could face serious problems . i've never seen the trains in such disarray . there is not such disarray. there is not going to be any . can you believe going to be any. can you believe until the 9th of january. national highways workers in london and, southeast england are also on strike christmas day. the public commercial services unions acknowledge the action will likely inconvenience travellers, but it's blaming the for making it below inflation . for making it below inflation. pay offer further action planned

for next week and in the new yeah for next week and in the new year. unless a deal can be reached . the chancellor is being reached. the chancellor is being urged to a pump pricing watchdog to crack down on profiteering retailers. in an open to jeremy hunt, mp swann , a falling hunt, mp swann, a falling wholesale petrol diesel prices aren't being passed on to motorists. it comes as the rac announced the average price of a litre of petrol , currently litre of petrol, currently around 150 $0.03. that's ipp more than this time last year. while diesel is up $0.27 at 176. the mp how would cox, the founder of fair fuel uk should be the new pump watch commissioner. he told gb news retailers are taking advantage of drivers . supermarkets buy of drivers. supermarkets buy direct from the refinery they don't buy through the wholesaler and that sort of thing. so they're making huge profits on drivers and that 15 to 20 pay equates to something like 7 to £10 per driver every time a driver comes into a focal, £10 per driver every time a

driver comes into a focal , the driver comes into a focal, the retailer is wringing his hands in that, oh, he's another retailer is wringing his hands in that, oh, he's anothe r £10 in that, oh, he's another £10 worth of profit . a murder worth of profit. a murder investigation underway after one of three people stabbed in birmingham from their injuries. two men and a woman were attacked in the hands with area in the early hours this morning. a 24 year old man has been arrested , suspicion of murder arrested, suspicion of murder and attempted murder. arrested, suspicion of murder and attempted murder . the prime and attempted murder. the prime minister has appointed a new ethics adviser. the chairman of historic england, sir magnus, will replace lord kyte, who quit under boris johnson june. his job will to advise mr. sunak on whether minister obeying the code of conduct rulebook and a record crowd gathered at stonehenge this morning to celebrate winter solstice . celebrate winter solstice. thousands watched . the sun rise thousands watched. the sun rise at the ancient monument wiltshire after the shortest day off the year. the occasion is

important to both tourists and pagans who see the event as a rebirth of the sun. english heritage was forced to put out a request urging people to stay away after . unprecedented away after. unprecedented numbers turned out . you're up to numbers turned out. you're up to date on tv news mornings as happens. now let's get back to . patrick welcome back, everyone. it's a massive day for the druids and the pagans, isn't it? there we go. right. just over an hour ago. other unrelated news i should make a distinction. the scottish parliament voted the controversial gender recognition bill. 86 msps voted in favour of the bill compared to 30 votes against it. the bill will make it easier to acquire a gender recognition certificate to change designated gender on documents like birth difficulties and will apply to anyone over the age of 16. but within the last few minutes, the

secretary of state for scotland, alister jack said the uk government could seek to block the bill law. here to pick the bones of this one is our political reporter, olivia utley been following this story very closely. olivia. yes as you say in the last few minutes, us secretary of state for scotland released a statement on his reaction to the bill. and it is fireworks. i'm going to read it . he assured the uk government share the concerns that many people have have regarding certain aspects of bill and in particular the safety issues for women and children. we will look closely at that. the ramifications for the 2010 equality in the coming equality acts in the coming weeks to and including weeks up to and including a section 35 order stopping the bill going for royal assent. so the uk could block this legislation which has just been approved, just passed in hollyrood, which would be huge news . it would result in a big news. it would result in a big spat between . but actually i'm spat between. but actually i'm not sure that's a spot nicholas sturgeon particularly wants to get in because there's only to

be a certain proportion people in scotland who actually this. right. there are and i don't think it's going to be called for if this hell she wants to die on which is that look at westminster keeping us shackled to it against will look will to it against our will look will not this man he's not let this man say he's a woman. well, yes. polling suggests that is quite an unpopular law in and alister jack's concerns that it's as odds with the uk wide equality act that it would supersede elements of the uk wide equality act and caused massively confusion is definitely from a legal perspective justified. so you can see why the uk government is going in with this what nicholas sturgeon will hope is that she can paint this westminster blocking scotland's democracy as she's managed to do with the supreme court, which has actually seen a boost in her opinion polls. so, you has actually seen a boost in her opinion polls . so, you know, opinion polls. so, you know, that's what she'll framing this as . yeah, but it's definitely as. yeah, but it's definitely going to end up a very unedifying fight either way between the powers that be at westminster, those at holyrood .

westminster, those at holyrood. i just think you're going to lose this one though with the opfics lose this one though with the optics that we had in the news bulletins there of people in the scottish parliament when this law will run through law was passed, will run through exactly it means in exactly what it means in a minute right looking up at the pubuc minute right looking up at the public to see, far as public gallery to see, as far as i could tell, a few people who were clearly born . and it would were clearly born. and it would appear to me in varying different degrees of transition right , being different degrees of transition right, being applauded for this while outside . well, hundreds if while outside. well, hundreds if not of women right across the country are hundreds of thousands, millions of biological women and people who maybe have daughters as well who are very concerned about the fact that they're safe or a toilet or a changing . and also toilet or a changing. and also as well , the fact that sex as well, the fact that sex criminals, people who are suspected of being can now say that they are women and a woman's changing room or a woman's changing room or a woman's prison. but four people in the gallery or over it were, were the ones getting the round

of applause. i'm sorry. i just of applause. i'm sorry. ijust don't see how sturgeon wins that. what would this law actually mean people? actually really mean for people? so would make it much so this law would make it much easier their easier for people. change their legal sex . as things stand, legal sex. as things stand, change your legal sex. you have to through two year process to go through a two year process of your gender of living in your require gender and official dig of and get an official dig of gender dysphoria from a professional under new legislation which has been passed , anyone who lives in passed, anyone who lives in their required gender for three months. if that 18 or six months on february 16 and 18 can change that legal sex on official documents with no further oversight in the case of 16 to 18 year olds. that includes no parental say parents wouldn't get to decide at the age of 16 after living for six months in their acquired and living in their acquired and living in their required gender. what that basically comes down is using the pronoun that they have chosen to use changing pronouns, changing name. there is sort of official definition of what living in your required gender

means. and so yes, the concerns that have been raised over the last few days, i've been watching debate unfold in hollyrood . the main concerns hollyrood. the main concerns boil to down a few things. one of them is the idea that male criminals, that is as opposed to transgender people , just male transgender people, just male criminals could exploit legislation by posing be transgender in order to , find transgender in order to, find a way into women's spaces. the definition a woman would change whereby the whole concept a woman's face would be fundamentally undermined . the fundamentally undermined. the argument that feminist campaigners are making. the other argument is about the lack of safeguarding for children. 16 to 18 year olds able to change their legal sex and you've got this huge spike in children wanting to change legal sex and instead of sort of looking into this, instead of having a therapist talking them about why they could be feeling these complicated feelings of puberty, they could be put on a track to medical interventions, which could, for example sterilise

them for the rest of their lives . so that's one of the big concerns that's being raised and which is definitely going to be a sticking point. it doesn't sound is anytime sound like this is going anytime soon only do we have soon because not only do we have this threat from the westminster that could actually block that they could actually block royal to which royal assent to this bill which i mean we can't underestimate the political fallout that that would mean but there's also question of women's groups taking it through legal as well appealing items . well, appealing items. well, absolutely. and i do think that there is going to be a fascinating one. as you said the political fallout on all of this the sabre rattling of westminster blocking surfboards is about who might start going the way, where a of the other way, where a lot of people in rest of the uk people in the rest of the uk say, actually i'm this is say, actually i'm sorry, this is the kind of monday's that's taking place in scotland i don't want it but look want any part of it but look olivia you much. of olivia thank you very much. of let's reports are going to be let's go reports are going to be returning to this throughout the course show a little bit course of the show a little bit later well. i've got later on as well. i've got somebody who did transition somebody on who did transition they regrets it transitioning back understand don't back we understand it i don't want to the bottom really

want to get to the bottom really of what they think about because if law does make easier if this law does make it easier for let's call them all the for let's just call them all the children. right. to actually transition medical transition with less medical guidance provision guidance or provision beforehand, less safeguarding, it there as it would seem there as well. what kind of nitty what really the kind of nitty gritty it comes, all of gritty when it comes, all of that stuff, how it affect that stuff, how would it affect everybody? reason why everybody? and the reason why this scotland this is not just a scotland issue by is because people issue by way is because people in wales, northern in england, wales, northern ireland go up north of the ireland could go up north of the border as they're required border live as they're required for change. of for however long change. all of that and come back down. that details and come back down. and let's say just and then let's say let's just say hypothetically there say hypothetically that there were criminal then were some kind sex criminal then frankly, that could pose a massive because then massive problem because then they to enter they would be able to enter women's etc. an absolute women's spaces, etc. an absolute minefield. does anyone just minefield. and does anyone just sitting here thinking where sitting here now thinking where was trauma for this? sitting here now thinking where was at trauma for this? sitting here now thinking where was at what trauma for this? sitting here now thinking where was at what gottrauma for this? sitting here now thinking where was at what got goinga for this? sitting here now thinking where was at what got going onr this? sitting here now thinking where was at what got going on in1is? sitting here now thinking where was at what got going on in the look at what got going on in the country. we've got strife. we've got issues the got massive issues in the channel example, got channel example, we've got a cost living crisis. we've got cost of living crisis. we've got all this stuff. apparently around a turkey in around 25 quid for a turkey in morrisons. just morrisons. someone's just emailed that about, but no, oh no, no. we've got to no, no, no. that we've got to get this issue sorted first in scotland it all seems very, very strange for me. gbv a gb news strange for me. gbv is a gb news you get those views coming in.

indeed are i can see them. i'll go them shortly because i've go to them shortly because i've got it moving at the got to keep it moving at the minute. royal college minute. the royal college nursing the nursing have given the government to open government until tonight to open pay government until tonight to open pay threatened pay to or they've threatened to order new strikes in order a wave of new strikes in the year but it took the the new year but it took the health secretary until just after midday today to up after midday today to make up his has his mind. stephen barclay has ruled out negotiations on pay, suggesting government suggesting the government will stick recommendations suggesting the government will stick by recommendations suggesting the government will stick by independent|dations suggesting the government will stick by independent|datiyreview made by independent pay review body roughly around a 4% pay body was roughly around a 4% pay rise, with as well. again, i'm sorry to have bit of a scotland focussed not so if the people of scotland would love scotland of course would love it, but apparently it's relevant in scotland was a deal put in scotland there was a deal put to the royal college of nursing which supposedly 82% of them decided to reject, which was the lowest paid staff of the nursing would get 11.3% pay rise in average pay increase of seven and a half% that rejected by the royal college of nursing up in scotland. the royal commission nursing its guns it nursing sticking its guns it would of pay rise way would appear of a pay rise way above the line of inflation. our reporter ellie costello is still outside thomas's hospital in

outside st thomas's hospital in london. at least he's not knowing. the knowing. right. what's the latest ? well, it as though this latest? well, it as though this christmas could be the darkest yet for the health service, quite miserable prediction there for you, patrick. that's from trust leaders who say that strikes threatening to aggregate aggravate an already challenging situation in the nhs and just to put this into context for you this industrial action could not really come at a worse time and that's because these just out this afternoon that the number of patients hospital with flu in has skyrocketed . up 67% in a has skyrocketed. up 67% in a week and patient is being admitted with strep a is that near record levels as well so this is a health service that is already on its knees before you start talking about industrial action and it looks as though

that's ultimately puts on the table by the royal college of nursing for fresh pay offer. all the promise of new talks . the promise of new talks. midnight is set to be ignored by the government data . for this the government data. for this all to be wrapped up by christmas. quite optimistic , christmas. quite optimistic, some would say. but there were tweets from steve barclay that the health sector free around lunchtime he said his door is always open to talk to trade unionists working conditions but on the subject of pay, he says it , comes down to the it, comes down to the independent pay review. now, they have said that do around four or 5% pay increase. the nurses are asking for 5% on top of inflation and that's around 19. huge gulf there between what the government are willing to pay the government are willing to pay and what the nurses say willing to accept the. nurses have said though, that they are willing to compromise on that 99% figure, but it looks as though the government is not going to budge the point being

it comes down to the in—depth and in pay review body as not to say the steve barclay not look to end expropriated pay rise there might be a payment that's due next april that he might bnng due next april that he might bring forward that hasn't yet been confirmed but the question is will that be acceptable to the nurses? but one thing's for sure, patrick, it looks as, though, strike action will be on the cards for early 2023. and the cards for early 2023. and the election has said that they're going to outline the new dates tomorrow ali, thank dates tomorrow. ali, thank you very much as ever, ellie costello those outside st thomas's. well look, we did have somebody on earlier , a former somebody on earlier, a former lib dem spin doctor says that i should be slapped if i thought that maybe people were being a little out of order for little bit out of order for wanting have rises way wanting to have pay rises way above the line of inflation. but there is very much a flip side to it. and course as anyone to it. and of course as anyone who the show regularly to it. and of course as anyone who know, the show regularly to it. and of course as anyone who know, i the show regularly to it. and of course as anyone who know, i do e show regularly to it. and of course as anyone who know, i do not|ow regularly to it. and of course as anyone who know, i do not holdegularly will know, i do not hold a grudge and certainly i'm always pro balance. is another pro balance. so there is another side it and how it is that side to it and how it is that actually if patients are the government should be doing a little to actually stop

little more to actually stop that. the conservatives that. and all the conservatives actually write to be sticking to their guns or are letting their guns or are they letting patients down by not agreeing to renegotiate , to wiggle at all on renegotiate, to wiggle at all on the independent pay review bodies , 4% or just over 4% pay bodies, 4% or just over 4% pay rise we have now william atkinson is the assistant editor of conservativehome. he asked william great to have you on the show, rod. thank you very much. yeah i suppose the argument is, isn't this independent pay review bodies forecast of 4% or whatever was done before we had things rapid levels of things like the rapid levels of inflation that we've got at the moment maybe of moment maybe little bit of wiggle room be that's wiggle room should be that's just barclay not giving just steve barclay not giving them more. no them a little bit more. no i don't think so. i mean, when these recommendations were created, they were drawn up and factoring in predictions , the factoring in predictions, the time of inflation hitting 10 to 11. so they have taken account the current inflation rates that we're facing. what i will say should remember that the predicted pay rise and rise of 4.5% is actually above the average most people are receiving the private sector. receiving in the private sector. and that's before you factor the

fact that nurses are paid more per hour works than the average salary private sector salary in the private sector and. also the various pension benefits and like that, they get you suggested there or you suggested others could suggest and the government's is putting patient safety at risk. frankly, the only people currently patient safety at risk are the nurses . there patient safety at risk are the nurses. there is a reason why they haven't previously struck in the 120 odd year history of the royal college of nursing because they saw their role as a vocation and they knew if they go on strike they would be fundamentally patients fundamentally harming patients even an nhs in even more. the case in an nhs in the that is currently and the states that is currently and so is so think the government is entirely right stick to its so think the government is entiiify right stick to its so think the government is entiiif thejht stick to its so think the government is entiiif the nursestick to its so think the government is entiiif the nurses wanto its so think the government is entiiif the nurses want tots so think the government is entiiif the nurses want to drag and if the nurses want to drag the silence into the new year, then bring it home. yeah, i think you have hit down to on a discussion i was trying to have before. told that i before. before was told that i needed a good slapping, which was actually psychology was actually has the psychology of where he's gone of worker change where he's gone from vocation actually from a vocation to actually being going to work to being not. i'm going to work to my do feel though my and if they do feel though their pay isn't good enough then they withdraw their labour,

which what we're right which is what we're seeing right now. past nurses might now. so in the past nurses might have just grit in bed. this well, i think nurses is certainly to see their incomes be squeezed in real terms but remember say in the mid 1970s we had inflation at 25. the nurses chose not to go on strike then this inflation that we're currently facing is caused by a variety of factors achieving creases the money supply during and then subsequently disruption that we've seen in the opening of the labour reopening of the global economy and various disruptions with the war in disruptions do with the war in ukraine. but the fundamental point is that it should be temporary. hopefully if the best case scenarios be believed case scenarios can be believed and past this spike and we should be past this spike and we should be past this spike and by this time next year, at which point, if the public finances are better shape, finances are in a better shape, sure that there will be certain. certainly the certainly more leeway for the governments a large governments to negotiate a large pay governments to negotiate a large pay nurses. try and play pay rise to nurses. try and play a 20 billion odd hole in the pubuc a 20 billion odd hole in the public finances. now, especially after just that sort of after we saw just that sort of thing involves with a whole farce of trust nomics. but a few

weeks. but i think would weeks. yeah but i think would not only against the government's central emissions get it would get inflation down it would be a catastrophe public finances catastrophe the public finances do think that nurses and do you think that nurses and ambulance staff need to be a bit more that to do that national duty and get back to work . i duty and get back to work. i think i wouldn't necessarily couched in the language of patriotism i would say the government is bringing in legislate , you know, hopefully legislate, you know, hopefully is bringing a long legislation to put place minimum staffing levels, which will take it into line with countries like belgium and germany . and so i would say and germany. and so i would say that it's should be accepted that it's should be accepted that in services like these, you a minimum level of servicing and especially in ones where one considers you're doing it for the benefits of your fellow man and women i.e. it's a vocation where you're, you're putting yourself in a role where you want to help other people on a daily basis by taking such a selfish act action. is this i think they are undermining their own moral case. and i think

every time say they're every time they say they're doing behalf patient doing it on behalf of patient safety is clearly ludicrous. and for every story and, every week that racks up by more and more people are losing out and appointments and waiting are growing longer. what growing ever longer. look. what do mean, experience? i look, do you mean, experience? i look, i do suspect that public those opinion are going to opinion polls are going to change. more and more people suffer as a of not being suffer as a result of not being able to get medical care. i think only natural. but, think that's only natural. but, william, i'm just going to ask you question now that people you a question now that people me which is what me a lot. right. which is what is right to say any of this is your right to say any of this stuff that you've said? stuff that you've just said? have worked a hospital have you ever worked a hospital or length of hours that they or the length of hours that they work under those conditions for that amount of pay? do you really know you're all about . i really know you're all about. i think i can say i know what i'm on about because i chose not to be nurse or a doctor. i didn't want to work for those hours and under conditions they did. they knew what the role would entail. they've had plenty of training and experience of it they and experience of it before they actually a full time actually into it as a full time occupation. so i would if occupation. so i would say if

they're pick to go and they're going to pick to go and work a vacation like that, work in a vacation like that, you accept the tough you should accept the tough conditions with conditions that come with it. and as i say per hour works, they are actually better than average in average compared to somebody in average compared to somebody in a similar role or a similar income in private income level in the private sector. so frankly , i think sector. so frankly, i think nurses shirts and i wouldn't coach tonight's patriotism understands that everybody is facing a tough time what gives them a right to other people's lives worse in the pursuit of higher wages for themselves it is argument if you knew what is an argument if you knew what you were getting into. i did actually of put that to an ambulance call handler the other day i refused to tell me what it was that she earned what the pay off given to her was or what the pay off given to her was or what the pay demanded that she wanted to make that we got. make was so that we got. william, thank you very much. really concerned the really about concerned is the assistant editor of conservativehome may conservativehome you all we may patrick christys he's patrick christys on and he's coming. king's coming. details of the king's first the have first trooping. the colour have been ahead the been released ahead of the parade next year. been released ahead of the parade next year . we'll the parade next year. we'll get the latest and drivers have latest on that. and drivers have been that christmas traffic will been that christmas traffic will be back pre—pandemic levels with people to avoid the

people to the roads to avoid the planned rail strikes. 20 million trips are expected over the festive period. we've got edmund, king of roads edmund, the king of roads from the share his thoughts. the aa to share his thoughts. i'll be back a moment people .

welcome back wonderful people no new details have been released for king charles his first trooping the colour parade due to take place in june next year. the sovereign will receive the birthday as as other birthday salute as well as other members royal family. members of the royal family. given roles ahead of the given new roles ahead of the event. the queen consort will be stepping into prince andrew's pnor stepping into prince andrew's prior post as colonel of the day guards and prince william will be taking the baton from . the be taking the baton from. the king as colonel of the welsh guards . news comes king as colonel of the welsh guards. news comes as guards. the news comes as reports emerged . king reports emerged. the king is also. i love this rejected the

idea of cup rise coronation. idea of a cup rise coronation. he wishes use the event to showcase the best of the uk fantastic stuff . if i was king, fantastic stuff. if i was king, i'd do exactly the same thing with i was king. we'd all be dead. but there we go. joining me this further me now to discuss this further is correspondent cameron is royal correspondent cameron walker. let's start with the old trooping the colour. yeah it's a royal patrick for the royal reshuffle. patrick for the king's of king's birthday parade. of course, he's two course, he's king. he's got two birthdays. birthday, birthdays. he's his birthday, which hasn't . and this which you just hasn't. and this one on the 17th of june. and three new military posts, one for the queen consort. she's taking from prince andrew's former role as of the grenadier guards. prince was stripped of that role back in january following his court settlement in that civil sexual assault case against him, which he denies . the princess of wales. denies. the princess of wales. her first military appointment too she becoming colonel of the irish guards , which was formerly irish guards, which was formerly held by william , who is held by prince william, who is now becoming colonel of the welsh and the king is welsh guards. and the king is colonel in chief of all of the household division. he'll appear on the prince of on horseback. so the prince of wales they'll be wearing

military uniform. princess of wales. consorts will not wales. queen consorts will not be, but they will on the balcony for that magnificent raaf fly—past pomp and fly—past all that pomp and spectacle about derek . oh, that spectacle about derek. oh, that will lovely. i'll very will be lovely. i'll be very worried get on horseback, worried if i get on horseback, but suppose. because i but i suppose. that's because i don't to ride a horse don't know how to ride a horse though. there we though. be fair, but there we go. right. and also, there go. all right. and also, there was talk, wasn't there, of a cut price of little style price kind of little style coronation? no, he's no, i'm not doing this. give me the pomp. and ceremony. oh, will be an and ceremony. oh, it will be an advert for britain. yeah advert for global britain. yeah there few reports on there were a few reports on this. government's least this. the government's at least definitely be an definitely wants it to be an advert. britain . turns advert. global britain. turns out from my understanding, the palace would also quite like that. palace would also quite like that . however, they are that. however, they are considering making the coronation service a lot shorter than that of queen elizabeth. the second is back in 1953, as was around 3 hours in length and thoughts of that perhaps slightly too long for modern day 2020, king charles is very, as we understand it, of the cost of living crisis . so i think it living crisis. so i think it will be kind . there will be some will be kind. there will be some cutbacks , perhaps we don't know

cutbacks, perhaps we don't know yet. but in of the reason for a coronation and the crowning the anointing , the all biceps, all anointing, the all biceps, all of those crown jewels that you would expect of a coronation will clearly still be used and. you are still going to get the british military spectacle and all of that as well. oh, fantastic. what we want, i think it is coronation . after all, it is a coronation. after all, we've all this doom and we've got all this doom and gloom with and gloom with strikes and everything mean, maybe everything else. i mean, maybe the together the nation could come together for coronation . yeah, for a good coronation. yeah, it's meant to be a celebration. we the queen's late we saw with the queen's late queen's platinum jubilee celebrations 70 is of celebrations last june, 70 is of service is going to be on that kind of global scale because. remember patrick we haven't had a 70 years so it a coronation in 70 years so it is going to be in high for the first time. oh fantastic stuff, karen. thank you as ever. come on, walk that aisle . royal on, walk that aisle. royal correspondent just running me through the latest round of royal news . you are with me royal news. you are with me patrick christys on gb news after break. the festive after the break. the festive penod after the break. the festive period well, period and christmas. well, drinking apparently is well underway . not for drinking apparently is well underway. not for me, but this time of year can be difficult

for those with addictions. we'll be discussing that next. yes, that's so i'm very keen that's right. so i'm very keen to try to highlight this a little bit people know it's little bit people i know it's a very difficult time lot very difficult time for lot of people i share as well. people i want to share as well. your different views the your different views on the controversial gender recognition plans received green plans which received the green light this afternoon light in scotland this afternoon that's lot of you very hot that's got a lot of you very hot under collar. but first is under the collar. but first is your news headlines . your latest news headlines. petra thank you. it's 31 minutes past fall. i'm bethany in the gb newsroom, a controversial gender reform bill which aims to make it easier for young people to transition has been passed in the scottish parliament. the recognition reform scotland bill is passed passed . 86 msps voted is passed passed. 86 msps voted favour of the law while 39 voted against. it will. remove the need for a medical diagnosis this of gender dysphoria in order receive a recognition certificate the minimum age will be to 16 and applicants will

only need to live in their required gender for three months rather than two years. the health service is still facing extreme pressure , despite the extreme pressure, despite the highest level of alert being stood down across many . it stood down across many. it follows days of strikes hitting the nhs in england and wales. the status at south south central ambulance service is still critical, which means services can't be provided as normal and patients may face harm. more industrial action could be on the cards after the health secretary has ruled out any discussions on pay for staff . rail fares in england will rise by nearly 6. in march, the government set a cap of 5.9% to level well below inflation . the level well below inflation. the transport secretary saying intervention will help reduce the impact on passengers. it as rail workers get ready for strike action with rmt members in scotland walking out on eve until tuesday morning, air travel is also set to be

affected with around a quarter a million passengers being warned of delays as border force staff strike from tomorrow . you're up strike from tomorrow. you're up to date on online and dab plus radio . this is gb news. don't go radio. this is gb news. don't go anywhere. patrick be back in just a moment.

on okay. welcome back, everybody. now the festive is well and truly underway, which means christmas work drinks is excuse as well to put pressure glass or two. and it goes early. it doesn't sit. but the festivities aren't always easy for people with . and i just for people with. and i just wanted to speak actually to someone called lee butler and lee is a deejay and a of break free which a community group helping those addictions after having had addiction himself.

lee thank you very very much for coming on. look, i'm aware that it's a very tricky time for a lot of people you've got yet. the dark knight and you've got the fact that it's bit more measurable, whether as well if people after people a bit knackered after a long year working away and of course all booze, booze, booze, central isn't it work days and everything but people maybe just need to take a little bit of a step back. just talk to me about about maybe the signs that people should look and how people should look for and how they get better help they can maybe get better help might . the thing is, it's might. the thing is, it's typical turn off when you're actively fighting an addiction and then we have a problem that runs into liverpool and the north—west and we've got nearly a hundred people with us at the moment. so what what all shown supports , walks and group supports, walks and group meetings, etc. but christmas is even tougher and you know, there's lots of wet nights out, lots of stuff on the telly. they have social media full of people up and lights out. so it could be really really soft over christmas too, to have that

awareness and keep yourself safe, you know , i'm really safe, you know, i'm really passionate about is letting people know that putting recovery first that this pattie this is paramount . it's very this is paramount. it's very easy to be swept away by the peer pressure of six nights out or feeling like you have to socially go to these places and i'm very, very loud and proud about my recovery. it's five years since since about a drink or a drug and my addiction was taught me some really painful but i'll realised that by being proud of my recovery it was really important that i pull my recovery fast , especially over recovery fast, especially over christmas we shake so revenues were those you know putting your boundanesin were those you know putting your boundaries in place being really open acknowledge your people is so important by christmas know we've got to be aware of whether you actually want to go to these places or whether your addiction is trying to actually get you there and so it's having that level of awareness and having the support and the honesty and

to sure you got through and to make sure you got through and into 2023. and i really think strong place and strong and healthy place and i think a lot of people wake up, especially you work hours, especially you work hours, especially you work hours, especially you have been battling a bit of a problem for a long time as well, full of anxiety, of regret, full of your well, empty bank balance for start. but people really struggle to break that cycle people well hang on life won't be fun but maybe people need to have a look and go and find out from people like yourself that. there is actually about a future out there, isn't there? there is a brighter out there. it doesn't have this for people. have to be like this for people. patrick if you've you've nailed the source of that because when i was actively being controlled by my addiction and i made tough decisions to quit, you know , i decisions to quit, you know, i desperately wanted to change. and my addiction was taken me, my mental health, my family, my children, my job and everything . so i had to change. but when i

made that decision stop, i could hear my addiction saying these things to me . you've just said, things to me. you've just said, you know, i'll be bullied and i'll have no social life and i won't be able to go to where i am because obviously i work in the hospitality , i'm at the the hospitality, i'm at the eject. so i'm around that type thing, the law and so all these really things are spoken to you by what i call your addiction, actually being able to when it's talking to you, you know you're going to be bored and you'll have a long social life. you're going to be on your own. and i was all in things, parts of when was all in things, parts of when was all in things, parts of when was a kid i didn't have very good life. i didn't have any family and no support. all these things desperately wanted my things i desperately wanted my to quit and control just brought me i now have an amazing wife me relationships better trust me kids idolise i mean we are more creative or more ambitious i'm faith i'm strong, i'm healthy. all the things i wasn't when i was actively drinking and addiction will never support you

decision to stop it will chase away telling you all these things like you've just mentioned and i remind you of the good things as well as the rewards . yeah. and constantly rewards. yeah. and constantly remind you of the good times as well. i remind you of that time that you ended up face in the courts, or you lost a job or you miss left you or your kids looks at you like. you were scum or any of that stuff. it remind you of that one time that you had two years ago where you had a crack house party and it was brilliant it kind got brilliant and. it kind of got into your head. can't see. i i can understand that completely. but sometimes well, if a lot but sometimes as well, if a lot of it's just it of people it's just admitting it right is the first step right is, is the first step maybe recognise but it's maybe even recognise it but it's now isn't one of the now going well isn't one of the best things to do potentially to actually speak to other addicts about that they about it so that because they understand don't don't see understand don't they don't see things would say things that you would maybe say to a quote to someone who's just a quote unquote person. right unquote normal person. right they would look at you like you're you you're absolutely. but if you actually is that actually speak to is that a fellow addict? and can fellow addict? and you can actually just have a conversation normally about it and the power out of

and maybe take the power out of it completely, completely the power of being open and honest and having somebody to talk to who has been there and understands is basically what our program is all about, you know, having that ability to be open and honest and talk to somebody whose basically completely and utterly understands and has been there , understands and has been there, you vital, you know , you know, is vital, you know, and a bit not, you know, what my addiction was, was was, was running the show . my addiction was, was was, was running the show. my addiction had to get me to be isolated, quiet deceitful lying and. the opposite of that was being open and honest and having the ability to reach out and to somebody who been in that situation is absolutely crucial . that's what our program's all about. people 24 hour support with those to be able to sort reach out in the moment when things get tough. you know , so things get tough. you know, so you know , will struggle. and you know, will struggle. and anyone who's going that period than they are after a recovery or they are concerned about getting through the christmas period, drinking all the things

you spoke about, you period, drinking all the things you spoke about , you know, i you spoke about, you know, i talk multiplication as being the salesman. it will only it's got to sell you, the dream of just the couple. don't go mad. well, everyone else is. well you know make sure you come home early. don't on the next day and it's got try find a sales got to try and find a sales pitch to sell you this dream that when you an that when you develop an addiction, you never get that deal addiction, you never get that deal, that you get an offered for the ability to talk for having the ability to talk about actually about with people is actually really crucial because stuff might well look, i've certainly enjoyed talking to you and good luck to you and i know you'll be saving lives over this christmas penod saving lives over this christmas period all year round as well and really appreciate making the time here on news. time for us here on gb news. hopefully speak to you hopefully i'll speak to you again mental again very soon mental labour that dj founder of that is the dj and founder of break free. it's a community group helping with addictions. other groups available other groups are available as well, i'm sure you all well, aa, etc. i'm sure you all know them. make you know about them. make sure you do reach get in touch. it do reach out. get in touch. it is a difficult of year for is a difficult time of year for a of people right look a lot of people but right look if are really struggling if you are really struggling there's shame there's certainly no shame saying and you know, just saying that. and you know, just what you as opposed to get

what you can as opposed to get yourself sorted. aware that yourself sorted. i'm aware that it's fun and frivolity it's not all fun and frivolity is the christmas period for a lot people. right. we're lot of people. right. we're going away from that going to move away from that right now, though, because you asked striking issue asked about old striking issue pages, besa centre of the current of industrial current wave of industrial within moments. oh, within the last few moments. oh, here the education here we go. the education secretary has been secretary keegan has been speaking sees as the speaking what she sees as the importance , the role of an importance, the role of an independent pay review . so this importance, the role of an inthezndent pay review . so this importance, the role of an inthe pay nt pay review . so this importance, the role of an inthe pay review review . so this importance, the role of an inthe pay review bodyy . so this importance, the role of an inthe pay review body been this is the pay review body been determining pay rise for determining the pay rise for nurses , etc. so sees what nurses, etc. so she sees what she thinks important when workers receive a pay rise in how much they get. let's just hear what she had to say. but the difficult thing we've got is you cannot have an independ pay review process which takes the politics out of and then have politicians intervene in that process, not does it blow the process, not does it blow the process up and destroy the process, but it also means what happensin process, but it also means what happens in future years? you know is this going to be politicians doing that? it's really important . it's been done really important. it's been done by governments of different colours. the independent review process has been used successfully and that's what we

want to continue to look at, the unions say that's passed. now the government the paragraph anyway makes a mockery. anyway so it makes a mockery. you there's an you know there's an affordability envelope look affordability envelope they look at, but they look at 90 ferent inputs. example , think inputs. so for example, think this we gave an input. they this year we gave an input. they came said, no, no, it came back and said, no, no, it needs to higher. so we had needs to be higher. so we had to, you know, accept that and which we did that. and, you know, normally accept them know, we in normally accept them there's been one or two occasions, rare occasions, occasions, very rare occasions, but that much always but that pretty much always accepted . teachers have seen accepted. teachers have seen real term pay cuts in recent years and the lowest pay growth part from social workers over the last decade . how do you the last decade. how do you understand why they're fed up and strike? we've done and going on strike? we've done and going on strike? we've done a work to make sure that, a lot of work to make sure that, first of all, teachers start in salaries so we can attract graduate recruitment because that's of recruiting that's always part of recruiting means retention . means as well as retention. we've done lot of work to we've done a lot of work to increase that. so that's £28,000 for, you know, people fresh from uni or people coming into the profession. and it will be 30,000 from 2024 . well, there we

30,000 from 2024. well, there we go. shooting keegan that well the timing couldn't really be much worse because the department for transport announced that rail fares in england to rise by england are set to rise by nearly 6% from march. and i suspect of watching suspect lot of people watching or listening this now or listening to this now will be quite angry that. already quite angry about that. already quite angry about that. already quite would say. quite expensive some would say. but is on the day that but this is on the day that families are also being told to start christmas getaway start their christmas getaway as soon possibly soon as possible, possibly should already it, should have already done it, maybe if are thinking of maybe if you are thinking of getting this is getting somewhere, go. this is due to the chaos caused by the strikes on the roads highways. workers out today workers will walk out today until christmas day on the railway . some trains will stop railway. some trains will stop running from tomorrow ahead of national strike, starting on christmas eve and ending at 6 am. on the 27th of december. network rail has warned passengers travel on christmas eve only if absolutely necessary and misery in store for air travellers as well, with warnings at airports could even be forced to close in a worst case scenario during strikes by more than 1000 border force staff. so, yes, i happy joyous

christmas and a good song was how ole clearly well certainly for those striking don't have to get to work. joining me now to discuss the chaos on the roads is the president the edmund king. i'm going to level king. edmund i'm going to level with am doing a show here with you. i am doing a show here on to make it all about on i hate to make it all about me, know me, i'm doing me, but you know me, i'm doing a show here christmas morning, show here on christmas morning, right? i'm driving back right? and then i'm driving back to manchester and i'm driving back boxing day. what's back again on boxing day. what's the be like? the crap going to be like? because sounds to me because it just sounds to me like one's to be like no one's going to be maintaining the highways. is that right? well when you that right? well when are you driving christmas driving back christmas to christmas driving boxing christmas day? driving by boxing day morning. i oh roy. well i actually are quite lucky in terms of that christmas day and day new year's and a quiet six days on the roads, the busiest is going to be tomorrow friday and, then saturday, christmas as well will be busy because . well will be busy because. you've got a combination of people getting and 20% say they are still going to be doing shopping on christmas eve . where shopping on christmas eve. where you've got a shopping of place

to a motorway , a quarter in 25 to a motorway, a quarter in 25 and 60. trafford centre trips corner and all of those areas will be incredibly on saturday. are you expecting to see a massive boost in traffic as a result ? rail strikes and people result? rail strikes and people maybe flights, you know, domestic flights as opposed people not taking them. so you think that the roads will be absolutely shocker? well we did absolutely shocker? well we did a survey with, what, three words the free app that found that a third of adults who would normally take the train say that will be driving this christmas . will be driving this christmas. so there is no doubt there will be extra drivers on the road. so basically saying, you know , try basically saying, you know, try and be prepared, check your tyre pressures, check your windows get more fluid and it's going to be raining towards the end of the week. and we find when it rains , puddles cover up the rains, puddles cover up the potholes and we get on average

to 25 more pothole related breakdowns , tyres wheels breakdowns, tyres wheels suspension when it's been raining . so yeah , drivers have raining. so yeah, drivers have to be prepared that, you know journeys take longer. so if you are driving over christmas in the next few days like after millions people, probably millions people, probably millions of people will be it. i'm driving back again. so up with some provisions in your car check, your tyre pressure. okay, double check your tyre pressure as well. i want know, make sure you got enough windscreen fluid and of that jazz and and all of that jazz and basically maintain your car , use basically maintain your car, use a bit of common sense and be prepared for it to take a bit longer. essentially take it. i'm in the air and off strike. i mean, everyone else one. why mean, everyone else is one. why don't know? and i'll guys don't you know? and i'll guys are out there we've got extra patrols out there and drivers the only other quick bit of voice you can download for you what three words. and then if you break down, if you're in the middle of the countryside,

you're on a motorway, you don't know where you are. it gives three unique words and we can pinpoint you. you have a crash. the emergency use it . drive the emergency use it. drive carefully. table it. so keep your distance keep cool. yeah good stuff . i mean, thank you good stuff. i mean, thank you very, very much. as president of the african king that the king the african king that the king the road some people call him i'm him. i'm going to make that stick, by the way of a lot of people getting in search about turkeys. a bit of turkeys. okay. i'm made a bit of a throwaway earlier on about how much turkeys costing days. much turkeys are costing days. and well, i was and apparently i was well, i was joking the cost of turkeys, but several people have emailed in now to tell me that turkeys are on sale for 130 quid in morrisons. is this real. can someone confirm this with me out there? if you are watching or listening now, everybody happens to. be in a morrisons or someone near morrisons. go and have a look at the turkeys. it cannot be turkeys actually be real that turkeys actually properly selling for 130 quid a bird right . properly selling for 130 quid a bird right. now, properly selling for 130 quid a bird right . now, anyway, gary, bird right. now, anyway, gary, thank you very much . will thank you very much. will endeavour to find out how much

turkeys really costing. maybe we can do a bit later on the can do some a bit later on the show. madness? is show. is that madness? is correct? vaiews@gbnews.uk but a lot you've continuing to lot of you've been continuing to get your thoughts. i'm get in touch your thoughts. i'm going them i was going to give them what i was just about there, about just talking about there, about the recognition and the gender recognition and reform bill. jenny says if scottish labour voted for this bill, then it shows what they would do here and this would only be the start of it. and that's a really important point because. something has gone under is the under the radar. this is the bill. if you're just bill. scotland, if you're just joining , which is that blokes joining us, which is that blokes basically can say they are women if they live as a woman for three months north of the border . that sex . and that includes sex offenders, people are currently on remand for rape, for example, and at children. so they go have and at children. so they go have a bit of that world. and it also does that people who are from the rest of the uk can go to scotland, do that and change things like their sex agenda on their birth certificate and all that just right. but when people think think think of scotland, they think nicholas think nicholas sturgeon and they think of scottish labour of the snp but scottish labour had a three line whip on this as

well. so the party in scotland and the greens and the lib dems and the greens and the lib dems and the greens and the lib dems and the snp . so all those and the snp. so all of those people essentially are responsible for it. and yes, there go is going to be the there go this is going to be the start apparently, although start of a apparently, although it's our parliament down it's emerged our parliament down here and block they're here might try and block they're saying to cause some saying it's going to cause some kind constitutional kind of constitutional crisis. i'm is. i'm not sure i'm not sure it is. i'm not sure is a hill nicholas sturgeon is a hill the nicholas sturgeon was when it comes was dial when it comes to scottish independence. oh look, you see westminster there you see westminster down there they on children they are stopping on children from their own bodies from changing their own bodies irreversibly without irreversibly an age without doctor's consent on all parental consent anyway , says the passing consent anyway, says the passing of this bill shows why the rest of this bill shows why the rest of the uk should get the to vote as whether or not we want as to whether or not we want a scotland out of the uk, i invoke the strong yes, there you go. well, i personally well, look i personally am desperate scotland stay and desperate for scotland stay and i love scotland and think it's a fantastic part. the uk, i think it is, but it's a pretty important uk. but you look at stuff like this and you think and really i would go on the and i really i would go on the nhs. n0 and i really i would go on the nhs. no on this one as far as i can see, we to pay more and attract higher staff. my recent

experience is , the nhs have been experience is, the nhs have been littered with incompetence waste due to basic stupidity at all levels . there's no name due to basic stupidity at all levels. there's no name on due to basic stupidity at all levels . there's no name on that levels. there's no name on that one, but. all right, that's the main thing. and i think this is part of it, isn't it? a little bit like the railways i know before people shout at me. i know nhs is very different from our transport system, but if people feel like they're people don't feel like they're getting enough getting a good enough service then having to then they do resent having to pay then they do resent having to pay it. and i think pay more for it. and i think people be thinking, well actually a huge of actually we do pump a huge of money into the very money into the nhs, a very similar amount if not more than other countries where you get a service. but is that then fault of workers within not of the workers within not service? question service? that's a big question actually. just because we're wasting a variety of wasting money in a variety of different other nhs areas, does that that still that mean that people still shouldn't pay rise in the shouldn't get a pay rise in the fast lane this year. i do want to hear from you guys on the issue because again in, scotland, royal college of scotland, the royal college of nursing apparently a nursing rejected apparently a pay nursing rejected apparently a pay have pay offer there that would have an pay increase of seven an average pay increase of seven and half, an it rejected that. and a half, an it rejected that. suppose that they 5% above inflation and not willing to budge on how do you feel about

that at the moment they've supposedly been offered four and a they said, no, we've got a bit% they said, no, we've got strikes people not strikes backlog of people not getting care. suppose you getting care. i suppose you could say a massive stresses to the system. but if they were offered a seven and a half% pay rise in the current climate and they rejected it, would you still sympathy for the still have sympathy for the nurses, public support for nurses, public support for nurses strike, by the way, currently at 65. you are with me patrick christys it on gb news. get those emails coming. vaiews@gbnews.uk more on those drugs in just a moment. i will actually be speaking to an nhs nurse and more of that controversial decision about gender recognition . oh no . alex gender recognition. oh no. alex deakin here with latest weather update from the met. a wet and windy spell of weather will spread steadily northwards tomorrow. most of the day will be dry in scotland mild in the south. that milder air is pushing north through the christmas weekend . more on that christmas weekend. more on that in a moment. these weather fronts trickling in, making for a murky, cold day today across the south and it will stay misty

and murky with some fog across the south overnight. further north, we've a few showers here and there , as much as scotland, and there, as much as scotland, northern ireland, dry northerly winds turning the showers to sleet and snow across shetland, but it'll be rain in to the south by dawn. it be quite heavy in places. temperatures holding up at seven or eight celsius, whereas there will be a frost across northern scotland where we've got showers that might just things icy just make things a little icy but it's right the south bringing a pretty wet start for wales the midlands and southern england. many people the roads of course tomorrow and that rail steadily spreads into northern england northern ireland by around lunchtime by the end of the day into southern parts. scotland. much of scotland, though, will still be dry. a few showers in the far north where it will be cold. mile in the south and turning drier and brighter but it will be blustery, gusty winds pushing that on. and it that rain bound on. and as it hits the colder air, there will that rain bound on. and as it hit some:older air, there will that rain bound on. and as it hit some hills, air, there will that rain bound on. and as it hit some hills, snow1ere will that rain bound on. and as it hit some hills, snow toe will that rain bound on. and as it hit some hills, snow to the ll that rain bound on. and as it hit some hills, snow to the north be some hills, snow to the north of central during friday of the central during friday evening. last into evening. and that last into christmas , too. elsewhere, we'll

christmas, too. elsewhere, we'll see coming in a blustery day on saturday but actually bring leeds for much of the midlands southern england. many places here will be dry on christmas eve. still some wet weather over northern scotland , bit of snow northern scotland, bit of snow in the hills, but it's mostly going to be rain because the milder air pushing northward. so temperatures are to be on temperatures are going to be on the go the the rise. we go through the christmas periods in the south, 12, 13 celsius even further 12, 13 celsius and even further north temperatures rising between friday and saturday. a mild start to the christmas weekend, quite blustery as well. some rain around on christmas day for things ten colder through christmas night into boxing day . monday thursday on boxing day. monday thursday on gb news. it's today from ten. and we're going to be here for you our gb news family to keep you our gb news family to keep you up to date but also you smile as a guy went from to adultery and i can't wait to bnng adultery and i can't wait to bring a few of my own opinion. i have no time for cultural totalite hearing itself will engagein totalite hearing itself will engage in passionate but always

polite debate with your and opinions at the centre . this opinions at the centre. this whole only on gb news the people's channel. britain's news .

channel yes. hello everybody . it's just yes. hello everybody. it'sjust gone.5 yes. hello everybody. it'sjust gone. 5 pm. you're with me. patrick christys on gb news. and coming up, the health services. steve barclay's ruled out negotiating on pay with the striking nhs workers the day after walkout ambulance after the walkout by ambulance steve barclay's message . as steve barclay's message. as health chiefs warn the nhs is braced a surge in demand for emergency after strikes stepping up the calls the government to negotiate with the unions on p331- negotiate with the unions on pay. but of people are

pay. but a lot of people are saying absolutely no, we don't negotiate how get it . the negotiate how we get it. the last few seconds though, ambulance apparently in unison, she's one of the unions will stage two further strikes january the 11th on january 23rd. that's a dispute over staffing. let's be honest . you staffing. let's be honest. you mostly pay. that's what the unions ours. anyway, the scottish parliament has voted to do the controversial gender recognition reform bill, which i think with most of us going to raise, but not the bill, is designed make easier for designed to make it easier for trans to gain a gender trans people to gain a gender recognition kate, recognition certificate. kate, we'll the latest we'll bring you the latest reaction are reaction on because there are certain sinister elements it and cards battle final orders be cards the battle final orders be bringing up pubs earlier than you'd expect the british beer and pub association says more than% in the uk than% of pubs in the uk considering reducing opening hours over the winter. all watching are great traditional booze is face crisis . get in, booze is face crisis. get in, touch me email me your thoughts gbviews@gbnews.uk . i was just gbviews@gbnews.uk. i was just sold this nhs catastrophe at the moment. okay, tell me what pay rise you'd them and leave it at

that i'd say take or leave it gbviews@gbnews.uk slap a number on it slap a percentage on it. anyway. now if you had last . pay anyway. now if you had last. pay patrick. thank you. good afternoon. it's 5:01. i'm bethany. elsie the gb newsroom a controversial agenda reform bill which aims make it easier for young people to transit in has been passed in the scottish parliament and recognition reform scotland bill is passed passed . 86 msps voted favour of passed. 86 msps voted favour of the law while 59 voted against. the bill will remove the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to receive a recognition certificate . it will also lower certificate. it will also lower the minimum to 16 and reduce the time legally needed for applicants to live as they acquire gender. from three years. from two years. sorry to three months old, the health

service is still facing extreme pressure , despite the highest pressure, despite the highest level of alert being stood down across many . it's after two days across many. it's after two days of strike action hitting the nhs in england and wales. south central ambulance have declared a critical incident meaning services aren't running as normal and patients may home staff could walk out again after the health secretary out. any new discussion on pay . and as new discussion on pay. and as we've just been hearing , we've just been hearing, ambulance workers in unison will. stage two further strikes january 11th and 23rd in a dispute over pay and staffing. we'll bring more on this shortly . real fares in england rise by 5.9. in march, the government set the cap at a level well below inflation . and with the below inflation. and with the transport secretary saying , the transport secretary saying, the intervention will help reduce the impact on passengers. it comes as rail workers get ready . more strike action with our team members in scotland walking out on christmas eve until

tuesday . air travel is also to tuesday. air travel is also to be affected with around a quarter of a million passengers being warned of delays as border force staff from tomorrow travel . simon calder says the situation won't improve any time soon i'm afraid if you're on the rails possibly in the skies then you could face serious problems . i've never seen the trains in such disarray . there is not such disarray. there is not going to be any improve , can you going to be any improve, can you believe until . the 9th of believe until. the 9th of january. meanwhile highways workers in london and southeast england are also on strike until christmas day. the public and commercial services unions acknowledge the action will likely inconvenience travellers, but it's blaming the government for making below inflation pay offer . further action for making below inflation pay offer. further action is planned for next and in the new year unless a deal can be reached , unless a deal can be reached, the chancellor is being urged to introduce a pump pricing to crack down on profiteering

retailers. in an open letter to jeremy hunt, mp to falling wholesale petrol , diesel prices wholesale petrol, diesel prices aren't being passed to motorists. it as the rac announced, the average price of announced, the average price of a litre of petrol is currently around 150 $0.03. that's seven paying around 150 $0.03. that's seven paying more than this time last year while diesel is up $0.07 at 176. the mp say how it costs . 176. the mp say how it costs. founder of fare fuel uk should be the new pump watch commissioner. he told gb news retailers are taking advantage of drivers . supermarkets buy of drivers. supermarkets buy direct from the refinery. they don't buy through wholesaler and that sort of thing so they're making huge profits on drivers and that that 15 to 20 pay equates to something like 7 to £10 per driver. every time a driver comes into a focal, £10 per driver. every time a driver comes into a focal , the driver comes into a focal, the retailer is ringing signs in july that owe is anothe r £10 july that owe is another £10 worth of profit . a major is worth of profit. a major is underway after . one of three

underway after. one of three people stabbed in birmingham from their injuries. tim and a woman were attacked in the handsworth area in the early hours of this morning. a 24 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and the prime minister has appointed a new ethics adviser. the chairman of historic england, sir laurie magnus, will replace lord guy who quit under boris in june. his job be to advise mr. sunak on. ministers are hoping that of conduct rule book you're up to date on gb news. we'll bring you more news. it happens. now let's get back to patrick . get back to patrick. patrick welcome back , everybody. lo's welcome back, everybody. lo's too busy to in this final hour. let's start with that bit of breaking news i'll show you, because within the last few moments unison, one of the unions announced ambulance unions has announced ambulance workers stage two further

workers will stage two further strikes on january the 11th. on january 23rd, in a dispute over pay january 23rd, in a dispute over pay and staffing . interesting pay and staffing. interesting because earlier on people were saying, well, actually, steve barclay, the health secretary, has midnight to sit has got until midnight to go sit around the table to these around the table to stop these strikes place. strikes taking place. but they've got an early. they've they've got an early. earlier the health secretary barclay wouldn't barclay said that he wouldn't negotiate with over pay. negotiate with unions over pay. instead the stick to the instead the will stick to the recommendations made by the independent review said independent pay review said we're for more strike action we're in for more strike action from nhs workers . how do you from nhs workers. how do you feel about that? let me give you a gbnews.uk. and i was asking you actually , i'm just going to you actually, i'm just going to do this for the final hour because about you. but i am a bit sick and tired of talking about strikes by now because they are non—stop. i was asking you put a number on it. you just put a number on it. just put a number on it for me. what you think you should accept in because bear in in terms of pay because bear in we've in scotland we've seen nurses in scotland 82% of the staff 82% of the members of the staff of the royal of nursing have rejected pay offer of seven and a half that would mean a half% and. that would mean that lowest paid staff how that the lowest paid staff how to of 11.3% the lowest

to pay offer of 11.3% the lowest paid staff, of paid staff, 82% of them apparently rejected an apparently have rejected an 11.3% what is 11.3% pay offer. but what is that and unison ? two other that unite and unison? two other unions chose to accept it. so i think this is bit of wiggle room. i want to know from you what offer would you give nurses or ambulance staff and just say , russell, take it or leave it gives gbnews.uk. but i am now by sara guest who is an nhs nurse. fantastic stuff , right sara? how fantastic stuff, right sara? how are you? are you just roaming through this that are you strike . what are you doing ? well, i . what are you doing? well, i actually voted to strike. however, the number of people having to when not enough eligible people voted in many in the area where i work. so i'm not actually because you know the ballot leaves the people are voting. so i'm actually working as normal. to be honest with you i've never ever voted to strike before and it was a difficult decision to whether to vote to strike. and actually, if i'm

honest i'm not sure whether i would have been able to actually go through with it. i see things had been and it has not been in our area because it's very difficult. why do you think in your area, which is the west midlands , do you think in that midlands, do you think in that area your colleagues that they wouldn't strike, whereas, you know that parts of the country they have voted to? well, i don't think, yes, they didn't vote strike though all the valleys for the all see for the rcn and striking were are all done individually so like the trusts only work you separate to when universal healthcare testing in birmingham example where that where know there has been striking and fits least 50% of the people eligible to vote have to vote. the one that was of this that did vote the majority voted to strike but that wasn't enough of a vote . that wasn't enough of a vote. turnout wasn't enough. i got the isuppose turnout wasn't enough. i got the i suppose the argument that some people would make. well know

people would make. well you know realistically people realistically if enough people to and they would have to strike and they would have turned i suppose you turned out for it. i suppose you could it up. i ask you could make it up. i ask you a pretty direct question. i hope you don't mind. and it is pay related, always, always related, which always, always feels uncomfortable when feels a bit uncomfortable when you're asking someone about pay. i ask you to say exactly i would ask you to say exactly what you're it does seem what you're paid. it does seem bit as invasive as this was medical actually, which you know, kill birds with one know, could kill birds with one stone talking stone if what we're talking about apparently in about right. but apparently in scotland of the scotland and members of the royal of nursing were royal college of nursing were rejected average pay increase of seven and a half% do you think a pay seven and a half% do you think a pay increase of seven and a half % to your current wages will be enough to? make you vote to not if you are to vote again . yeah if you are to vote again. yeah to be honest with you, we thought if we'd have offered seven a half, which is better than about the 4% with received. i would have been happy to, but under the current you know, i know what the current uk financial situation well the global economic situation is and you know , it's something closer

you know, it's something closer to inflation what we've got. i would have been happy to accept so about a roughly about seven and a half% ask fair enough. it's something but then i suppose the flip side as well should your i don't know if you read the article it sounds you took the royal college of nursing. yeah okay. well, should should they not be maybe going a bit proactively now and saying, alright, look we get 90, 90% is alright, look we get 90, 90% is a no go. everyone's written that off even labour. look we'll come down a bit and get them to, put a number on it now for patient. well i'm sure whether 19 and a half% has come because. well that's what they've asked has actually always been inflation plus 5. now we find to actually a start back in february when the so—called independent pay review body was looking at pay , review body was looking at pay, then it would have been a lot lower than that . yeah, i got lower than that. yeah, i got that. i got a how do you how do you feel what a lot of people in

my inbox are saying right now, which is that the moral idea is if of nurses going to strike ambulance, workers going on strike in various medical personnel going strike in this particular time of crisis you alluded to something earlier on that i think interesting. you said you weren't sure might said you weren't sure you might able actually go through with said you weren't sure you might abiwhy actually go through with said you weren't sure you might abiwhy was ally go through with said you weren't sure you might abiwhy was that. 0 through with said you weren't sure you might abiwhy was that. because] with said you weren't sure you might abiwhy was that. because you h it. why was that. because you know goes against but know it goes against but i believe in i mean the rcn been around for round about 106 years until 1995 it was actually against the union's rules to strike and this the first time in england . the members of the in england. the members of the rcn have actually voted to strike a lot of nurses. you know, it's goes against the grain believe in your patients and striking okay now i've just have something that's been plonked in front of me so just bear with me for a second i'm going to get your reaction. okay. well, both reading this together for the first time, by the way, so i'm just not a

stitch up. we all get a moaning formation on these latest ambulance strikes for ambulance strikes announced for january. so this is something that way that your that strikes in a way that your the will affect london the strike will affect london the strike will affect london the northwest the north and the southwest. so unison has said that the new strikes were a direct result of the government's repeated to negotiate improvements nhs pay this january strikes will this year january strikes will each be for 24 hours from midnight to midnight 24 hours obviously and involve all employees, not just the paramedics, as the case on wednesday . do you have sympathy wednesday. do you have sympathy for the paramedics before these new now taking place? do you think do you think people have made that point and? there's going to be this backlog and now they need to just get back to work? well, i think, you know that there needs to be you know, that there needs to be you know, that needs to be give and take on both sides. the government actually needs to make the nhs work because halfway , you know, work because halfway, you know, saying that they're not going to even negotiate . and also they

even negotiate. and also they can negotiate, they're not going to include , i mean, the to include, i mean, the independent pay review body is actually it's not independent. it's appointed members on that review body appointed by the government. they're paid by the government. they're paid by the government and then the government and then the government them what they can offer us . so it's not offer us. so it's not independent, you know, offer us. so it's not independent , you know, why not. independent, you know, why not. and i think, look , know, maybe and i think, look, know, maybe we have just got to i mean, to be honest with you, we block care deeply about patient safety , also care deeply about the people who work our nhs. i am absolutely sick to the hind teeth of every single day coming out and talking about more strikes and talking. this issue is non—stop , is non—stop, and if is non—stop, is non—stop, and if we can get some kind of resolution which somewhere around the seven and a half to % around the seven and a half to% pay around the seven and a half to% pay rise thing you at the end of the day, the amount of it's costing us to fill the void with agency staff and also the patients safety elements of it as well, whilst potentially not absolutely the national piggy bank that maybe we've we've hit the nail on the head there. but

thank you very very much. i appreciate it. and i you a very happy christmas as well. take to you you and yours and thank you, everything do for us, everything that you do for us, of as well. there we go. of course, as well. there we go. fantastic stuff. right well, right. we're moving on because fantastic stuff. right well, righscottish moving on because fantastic stuff. right well, righscottish parliament because fantastic stuff. right well, righscottish parliament has|use fantastic stuff. right well, righscottish parliament has this the scottish parliament has this afternoon the afternoon voted through the controversial recognition controversial gender recognition reform bill. msps were still debating late debating the proposal until late last votes in favour last night. 86 votes in favour of bill compared 30 voted of the bill compared to 30 voted against it. security is absolutely about this, you absolutely about this, if you ask the bill was ask me, but figure the bill was made to acquire gender made easier to acquire a gender recognition certificate to change your designator gender on documents like , birth documents like, birth certificates and apply to anyone over the age of 60. i've got a couple guests on this and stay exactly where you are because it's going to be very, very interesting. firstly, it's olivia utley, our political reporter. olivia, just give us. the raw facts what this means this bill now. the raw facts what this means this bill now . so essentially this bill now. so essentially what that means is takes away all of the checks and balances on changing your gender north the border. previously if you wanted to change your legal sex

on your medical records, birth certificate, etc. you had to live in your acquired for two years and have a diagnosed cis and medical diagnosis of this condition . gender dysphoria. now condition. gender dysphoria. now under the new bill, you can, if you're over 18, you can change your sex after six three months of living in your acquired gender without any sort of medical intervention or gender just for a diagnosis. if you are 16 or 17 years old, you can your legal sex within six months of living in your acquired gender. now the implications of as have been spelled out over the last few days and this mammoth holyrood session that women's spaces will now be accessible male bodied people which obviously throws up a whole host of issues about women's which would be including possible sex offenders as well. yes. so there one amendment which was tabled a couple of ago but snp ams who actually herself has talked

being raped as a teenager. she tables an amendment which would exclude those who are awaiting trial for sex abuse and rape crimes from obtaining gender recognition certificate. but that was by hollyrood for that matter . so. that was by hollyrood for that matter. so. so that was by hollyrood for that matter . so. so those who been matter. so. so those who been those those who are awaiting trial for those crimes can obtain a gender recognition certificate. the other issue around safeguarding for children . so previously you to wait until you were 18 before before living was acquired gender. now if you're 16 or 17, you can change your agenda without any parental consent and. the time living in your acquired gender can be starts when you are 15. so you can get that gender recognition of on your 16th birthday. the argument is that trans people are historically marginalised group and anything that make their lives easier for them is necessary must be done very quickly. yeah. and as well.

there is a wider uk page suspected of people. watch this a go. why do we care so much? this is. i don't mean it's only in that way, but it's already a part of the uk. well anyone in the uk go to scotland and this would therefore them would therefore affect them and then can back down then they can come back down south border and before south of the border and before know changed sex and know they've changed sex and gender on the birth certificate and all that stuff. olivia and all of that stuff. olivia thank very stay there thank you very much. stay there for that's all right, for me, if that's all right, because joined ollie because i'm joined now by ollie london, who is a d transit owner and ollie you and influencer. ollie thank you very to see again on. very much. good to see again on. nice to say really good bye. all right. just your right. just explain your personal situation to me if that's all right. so we kind of we kind of know where we're what's so i was living what's going on. so i was living as a person for a total of as a trans person for a total of six months year. before six months this year. before that, had gender dysphoria. that, i'd had gender dysphoria. i'd questioning my gender i'd been questioning my gender for years, and for many, many years, and i really susceptible. these really was susceptible. these ideas pushed these days ideas that are pushed these days that you see online, that this is totally self—identify, you can anything you want. so it's like, reason i'm like, okay, maybe the reason i'm unhappy with the is unhappy with the i look is because of that . and as we're because of that. and as we're now in scotland, this

now seeing in scotland, this bill is basically saying anyone can as anything they can identify as anything they want months want and within three months they legally change their they can legally change their genden they can legally change their gender. okay i don't advocate for that. i think what nicholas sturgeon done a complete sturgeon has done is a complete slap all scottish slap the face to all scottish women. like she's taken women. it's like she's taken a piece of haggis and just slapped all these women across face, all these women across the face, you the things you know, all all the things that fought for. so that suffragettes fought for. so my know, when my issue is, you know, when i was a trans person, i was was living a trans person, i was respectful of women. the issue i'm having is fact that 16 year olds can self—identify. that men i'm having is fact that 16 year oldsgo n self—identify. that men i'm having is fact that 16 year oldsgo women'sentify. that men i'm having is fact that 16 year oldsgo women's restroomst men can go women's restrooms potentially . rape women. potentially. and rape women. there many of men putting on there are many of men putting on wig and going into women's restrooms to assault and young girls. you know, can allow girls. you know, how can allow this you know there's such a minority of people identify minority of people that identify in ways in scotland, yet in these ways in scotland, yet it's become the biggest debate in yeah, well, i am in the country. yeah, well, i am with kind vigour that the with the kind of vigour that the snp and it's fair to say as well as labour the other have as labour the other parties have really this given the really gone after this given the proportion of people whom you could argue this direct impacts and compared to, you know, all women , suppose all children and

women, suppose all children and things . women, suppose all children and things. could you just talk a little bit about what you know about the percentage of it? because they say the snp is saying while it is a marginalised of people, often have very bad mental health issues when it comes to gender dysphoria and things like that and would a big help to them. and would be a big help to them. but wondering how many but i'm just wondering how many of is helping of those people is helping versus people in home? versus how many people in home? i mean, if you look at the fact that there's millions and millions women in scotland. millions of women in scotland. and people with and the number of people with dysphoria, a mental dysphoria, which is a mental health should treat as health and we should treat it as such. be helping these such. it should be helping these people. shouldn't people. we shouldn't be saying go and identify and we're go and identify it and we're going you. we can going to praise you. we can reward for you know, reward you for that. you know, addresses a woman and you're going to be praised. we should supporting people. but you supporting these people. but you the insane mean the statistics are insane mean i'm show in a weird i'm going to show you in a weird way but i've got box of way but i've got a box of scottish breasts. all right, let's out. way to let's move this out. the way to do it properly. so i you to guess. last year. how many people scotland. do you think people in scotland. do you think legally changed. last year. how many in legally many people in scotland legally changed their so they changed their gender? so they had a medical after had a medical diagnosis after living as trans for two years. i wouldn't know where to start. go

on. well, a guess. on. okay, well, have a guess. well, how many biscuits you think? how many biscuits in think? how many biscuits are in that i'm trying to see if that box? i'm trying to see if he's got a of the order he's got a side of the order that got. okay. okay now that got. okay. okay so now there's of the. i there's two packets of the. i was to that's a bigger was going to say that's a bigger box. it's about 6 to 17. box. yes. it's about 6 to 17. scottish shortbread. okay. okay. and using to compare how and i'm using to compare how small a this is. there were only 30 people in scotland last year that legally transition got certificates. they went through the process seriously 30 people. so less people than so there's less people than there shortbread in this box there are shortbread in this box right here. so i'm just trying to equate that to how small of an issue this is how the scottish is trying to debate. this is the biggest issue in scotland when really the is women's rights being taken away . so 30 people in the whole scotland legally so of there are thousands of people that self—identify . about 30 people self—identify. about 30 people legally went through the process, whereas they got a medical diagnosis. they legally changed certificate. so this changed a certificate. so this scotland and it would equate to like this box of basic this is the box like that every biscuit

i mean every biscuit was a passed scotland. yeah there's more biscuits than people would and that would just be like a crumb. and now whole thing has been. so i'm trying to say been. so what i'm trying to say with this statistic is the fact it's such a small issue. why is it's such a small issue. why is it become the know. the second biggest thing that scotland has ever debated when it comes to kids and people who were 15 or just ten, 16, i was absolutely i mean, i struggle to run my own life now. rob but when i was 15 or 16 years old, i not in a position whatsoever to make life changing fair play. maybe some people . i absolutely wasn't. and people. i absolutely wasn't. and i think lot of 15 year olds will be the same. what could it do to someone who maybe, maybe that gay maybe they're are a confused maybe they've got a going on in terms of health and their sexual identity that age. right. do you think that we're going to end up with people who are rushed into making a very big decision and that could cause them more

issues line your views. issues down line your views. absolutely. as a teen when you transition, you go through the process. reverse taboo process. it is a reverse taboo and teens don't realise, you know, go through and teens don't realise, you know, you go through and teens don't realise, you know, you know go through and teens don't realise, you know, you know everyone'si and teens don't realise, you know, you know everyone's had phases. you know everyone's had an of goth by some phases. you know everyone's had an had of goth by some phases. you know everyone's had an had a of goth by some phases. you know everyone's had an had a child goth by some phases. you know everyone's had an had a child phase./ some phases. you know everyone's had an had a child phase. we me phases. you know everyone's had an had a child phase. we all have had a child phase. we all got three phases and you this is a health issue and it a mental health issue and it wasn't a thing a long time ago you i think back to the nineties you i think back to the nineties you we grew up it you know when we grew up it wasn't issue suddenly wasn't an issue it's suddenly become that single kid become an issue that single kid is their identity is questioning their identity and not and it's not and it's not normal and it's not right. kids should be just going to having learning to school, having fun, learning about shouldn't about the world. they shouldn't be pushed these things and they don't realise it's don't realise that it's irreversible. often irreversible. the parents often persuaded of charities persuaded to kind of charities and say it's totally and educators say it's totally easy. it's totally normal to transition. you can do whatever they want. you should celebrate . and really we should address the mental health. if you would just just quickly, very just say just quickly, very quickly, nicholas . quickly, actually, to nicholas. now, if he was here , what now, if you if he was here, what would say to her about this? would you say to her about this? because this because they've push this through. i mean, i think nicola is a disgrace. i mean, she's like kind of reminds of like she's kind of reminds me of the scottish version kim the scottish version of kim jong

un, like mini un, sister she's like a mini dictator scotland. dictator running scotland. she basically a power basically wants she's on a power trip. she wants to pass scottish laws with the referendum. she didn't result. so she's didn't like the result. so she's trying referendum trying to do another referendum about so about scottish independence. so she for she basically has respect for anyone what she wants anyone else. it's what she wants to do what she thinks. right. and she's absolute disgrace. and she's an absolute disgrace. all scotland's strong all women in scotland's strong stuff and on that, olivia, stuff. and just on that, olivia, if may, quickly, because if i may, quickly, because westminster block , is that westminster might block, is that right? yes the news is that alison, who's secretary of state of scotland, has released a statement essentially saying that he shares the concerns of the critics of the bill and. he's going to look into how this bill fit the equality act, bill would fit the equality act, the being that he doesn't think it does isn't compatible with the equality act . and he would the equality act. and he would consider a section 35 notice that's called to blocks the royal assent of this bill, which would be sort of a constitutional stage . you can constitutional stage. you can imagine the massive political and nicholas sturgeon would frame as westminster riding roughshod over she would, but only london to pop up with his

show parades. i make the point that actually it is this and in relation to the of showbiz people who got in touch by the way say what is in our economics and business and is a liam halligan use more shortbread and his we have a video his analysis. we have a video wall liam, he could wall for liam, right? he could do it all with a packet of shortbread. but if look at this and represents scotland and and this represents scotland and the in the amount of people in scotland, then then where is that number people who that is the number of people who are actually directly affected by this terms of the trans stuff. maybe she stuff. so maybe maybe she wouldn't to on that wouldn't want to die on that particular olivia because it was it's the argument about it's not the argument make about westminster to westminster shackling you to unwanted marriage, is really unwanted marriage, is it really if going to be if people are going to be affected ? yeah. there is affected? yeah. and there is also issue that actually also the issue that actually suggest that that it's not particularly popular legislate in scotland either. and quite a of course can't quite understand why it's become this enormous issue . so yeah. whether nicholas issue. so yeah. whether nicholas sturgeon want to die on the hill will be a fascinating element to the story. it will be. thank you very much. everyone can't just ask. i i've got time. very ask. i think i've got time. very quickly. up too

quickly. not been showing up too much so i'm assuming i have much yet, so i'm assuming i have i just said on i asked. he's just said on message nicholas sturgeon message to nicholas sturgeon before what about just as someone maybe years old or someone is maybe 15 years old or a younger who in scotland a bit younger who is in scotland at the minute who maybe was having some of the what what do you maybe almost say to your 15 year old self you if you had year old self if you if you had your time again. just your time again. i'm just intrigued to find out. well, i would say to any questioning himself, perfectly himself, you know it's perfectly normal teenager to ask normal as a teenager to ask these questions, to have a different, you know, a feel that you're or lesbian bi or you you're or lesbian or bi or you might you're trans might feel you're trans or whatever. perfectly normal whatever. it's perfectly normal for a kid to question themselves . doesn't that you have . it doesn't mean that you have to out there physically to go out there and physically change yourself physically change yourself and physically go irreversible go through these irreversible surgeries and, these surgeries and, take these hormones are going give you hormones that are going give you many health implications. and there's not much research there to that long term to show that long term consequences that these. so i just to say to kids just be just want to say to kids just be happy you are you know, happy with who you are you know, find love of yourself. go changing yourself. i obviously live changed live regret. i've changed myself too move my too much. i can barely move my face but know i don't face anymore, but know i don't want to through this.

want kids to go through this. i've from experience, you know kids should just with the kids should just happy with the way so just be happy way they are. so just be happy with are. don't fall with the way you are. don't fall victim to this kind gender victim to this kind of gender politics. classroom just, politics. the classroom just, you and be you know, be happy and be confident the good. confident with the really good. well, are happy now. well, i hope you are happy now. yeah, i think i'm desperate for a short especially for a short read write stuff. well, read write good stuff. well, i'll got up on it thank you i'll let got up on it thank you very much. it's very real, real pleasure olivia. thank you pleasure olivia. as thank you very political very much. our political reporter right. reporter olivia utley right. okay, are with me. okay, well, you are with me. patrick christys on gb news. coming tells of the coming up, data tells of the kings first trooping. the colour have released ahead next have been released ahead of next year's be joined year's parade. we'll be joined by royal and going to by our royal and we're going to have look the moment .

hello there. welcome back. i'm bethany lc here to bring you up

to date from the gb news room in the last half an hour, ambulance workers from the union unison have announced they will stage two further strikes in a dispute over pay staff . five ambulance over pay staff. five ambulance services in. england will walk out on the 11th and 23rd of january impacted areas include london, yorkshire, the north, north—east and south—west west . north—east and south—west west. rail fares in england will rise by nearly 6. in march, the government set cap of 5.9% to level well below , with the level well below, with the transport secretary saying the intervention will help reduce the impact on passengers it comes as rail workers ready for more strike action with rmt members in scotland walking out on christmas eve until tuesday morning. air travel is also set to be affected with around a quarter a million passengers being warned of delays as border force strike from tomorrow . the force strike from tomorrow. the gender recognition reform scotland bill is passed .

scotland bill is passed. a controversial gender reform bill aims to make it easier for people to transition has been in the scottish parliament. 86 msps voted favour of the law while 39 voted favour of the law while 39 voted against. it will remove the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order receive a recognition certificate , the minimum age certificate, the minimum age will be reduced to 16 and applicants will only need to live in their acquired for three months rather than two years . months rather than two years. ukraine's president has told us his country is alive and kicking and will never surrender. addressing congress , volodymyr addressing congress, volodymyr zelenskyy said military is an investment in democracy not a charity . president joe biden charity. president joe biden told him americans will stand proudly ukrainian people through its war with russia for as long as it takes. europe today on tv, onune as it takes. europe today on tv, online and dab+ radio. this is gb news will be with you in just a second .

a second. but first, here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you 1.20 to $4 and ,1.1359. the price of gold is and ,1.1359. the price of gold i s £1,493.36 per ounce, and is £1,493.36 per ounce, and footsie closed . at 7469 points . footsie closed. at 7469 points. hey, welcome back, everybody. right now new details have been released for king charles. his first trooping the colour parade due to take place in june next year. due to take place in june next year . sovereign will receive the year. sovereign will receive the birthday salute. other members of royal will also of the royal family will also receive new ahead of the receive new roles ahead of the event include the queen consort event, include the queen consort stepping into andrew's stepping into prince andrew's pnor stepping into prince andrew's prior colonel,

stepping into prince andrew's prior colonel , the prior post as colonel, the grenadier and prince grenadier guards and prince william taking baton from william taking the baton from the king as colonel of the welsh guards. so the news well as guards. so the news as well as reports emerged king has also rejected the idea good for him the way of a cut price coronation and he wishes to use the event to showcase the best of the uk. so yes , hundred% of the uk. so yes, hundred% he'll going out all bells and he'll be going out all bells and whistles, all the pomp and ceremony as indeed i think is fitting. now is michael fitting. with me now is michael cole favourite cole, everybody's favourite former correspondent former royal correspondent i mean, can't be a former royal correspondent michael, correspondent. michael, if you're this every day you're on this show every day being correspondent being a royal correspondent right . so think lots of it right. so i think lots of it meaning are just a royal meaning you are just a royal correspondent now, can i just be honest with i care more honest with you? i can care more about coronation than i do about the coronation than i do about the coronation than i do about the coronation than i do about the trooping the about the trooping of the colour. sorry about that. so can we the because he's we talk about the because he's going waitrose no aldi going full waitrose no aldi or little scale around here is that a i'm by appointment to your show . that's so it's a very show. that's so it's a very ceremony neal being cut well in

royal terms just a matter of degree of course prince charles as he was now charles 111 has always loved the arcane, the fitual always loved the arcane, the ritual , the pomp and ritual, the pomp and circumstance the mumbo jumbo, if you like . and although the you like. and although the ceremonies of the coronation will be shorter than the queen's, which went on for more 2 hours in 1953, june the second, i remember it well . it second, i remember it well. it will be there. and i think this going to that i people were surprised even buckingham palace was aback by the worldwide reaction positive one to the ceremonial televising of the queen's and they're building on that and they're saying to themselves, well, why we hold back so as you it's going to be all bells and whistles and it will be a very, very splendid occasion . actually, there is occasion. actually, there is

absolutely nothing like it in the whole world. but it does some things psychological, just complete illogical about the whole thing. i get we're all at a cost of living crisis and i get that people are skint at the minute. we've got on strike, but this is mightily historic moment . the certainly i've never seen in my lifetime . loads of people in my lifetime. loads of people will not have seen it in their lifetime will echo down through it. to and will showcase it. so to say, and will showcase britain to world. i'm not britain to the world. i'm not sure want to live in a country sure i want to live in a country where it looks like, you know, we've got a coronation from pound. yeah and of course, as you rightly say, this hasn't you so rightly say, this hasn't happened for years. and the queen's coronation in, 1953, that was the birth of the television age i might even say that maybe you and i wouldn't be here on the screen this evening because they're not actually valid to television as a mass medium in this country. and around the world that it was seen that the americans saw it they they i met the man who

worked for cbs who was the producer of it. they had three planes flying across the atlantic, processing the film it and putting it on the air as soon as they got new york . so soon as they got new york. so this is big stuff. this big medicine. and it will be a brilliant and wonderful day dunng. brilliant and wonderful day during . the queen's coronation. during. the queen's coronation. it rained day long, but nobody seemed to mind . everybody smiled seemed to mind. everybody smiled and the cheering rang to the echo. and i'm quite sure it's going to be the sun obviously. michael, thank you very much co current royal correspondent joining me to discuss the coronation a couple of bits and bobs adam has been on says love the show what's the point in calling for emails if you never read any of them? just say merry christmas. we'll have that. merry christmas. back to you as well. lots of you getting in touch say about exact touch to say about the exact figure slap on to figure you would slap on to nurses ambulance nurses and ambulance workers. pay them all back pay rise, just get them all back to we appear a lot of to work and we appear a lot of people like jed he's settled in on a cool 10% pay rise. but the vast majority he seems to be vast majority of he seems to be between seven and 8% pay between the seven and the 8% pay rise. in scotland

rise. nurses in scotland supposedly of the royal college of and of nursing anywhere a seven and a half% pay rise on average. i suspect that the public support those strikes from around at those strikes from around 65% at the would if the moment, by the way, would if it emerged that they went to on reject a pay offer of and reject a pay offer of around and a half% but we'll have wait a half% but we'll have to wait and moving on, a survey by and see. moving on, a survey by the british chambers commerce the british chambers of commerce is over three is claim that over three quarters british businesses quarters of british businesses say post—brexit trade deals has not helped them expand business in the last two years. they're not seeing the benefit of brexit. apparently the vc see went on to present the government five recommendations for improving agreements, including use of including retaining the use of ce mark, signifying products that meet european union standards , resolving deadlock standards, resolving deadlock over the northern ireland hugh bassett talks about that and the man himself , bassett talks about that and the man himself, nigel farage nigel farage, joins now. nigel, thank you very much. look a lot of people are saying they haven't seen the benefits, brexit, what's going on? well, first thing to remember is that the british chambers of commerce so remain in the referendum. they

even sacked boss john longworth because he dared to think we might be better off. so i'll just put that in to begin with. however they have a good point because the oven ready do remember that the oven ready deal it's all going to be marvellous. i've signed the best free deal you've ever seen . free deal you've ever seen. well, there may be no quotas . well, there may be no quotas. there may no tariffs , but there may be no tariffs, but there are all sorts of extra customs checks. there is erratic with the french, which i is quite wilful. so there are a lot of companies who are feeling some downside, but that could have been more than compensated hated by the british government over the course of the last few years , making legislation years, making legislation simpler , streamlining it, remove simpler, streamlining it, remove the removing the unnecessary . the removing the unnecessary. and guess what ? with an 80 seat and guess what? with an 80 seat majority, the tories have done nothing and. frankly, in economic terms , business isn't economic terms, business isn't feeling benefit that it could. there are some who are finding

global easier than it was , but global easier than it was, but for most companies they're saying, look, this our chance to get a british on the side of british business and they've done nothing . and so what you've done nothing. and so what you've got is let's be honest about it , there's a growing sense of disenchantment with brexit because of brexit itself, because of brexit itself, because of brexit itself, because of the absolute failure of this conservative government to deliver it and what it me is actually they never really believed in it was what i was going to say, isn't it? because they never really believed in it. and what happens now? because with the best in the world, people yourself dedicated a huge amount of time and effort and energy to making brexit happen in terms happen just as a thing in terms of vote and to it now of the vote and to see it now the full potential it not being raised. a small it's raised. i mean i'm a small it's a bit well what it does and it isn't just the full potential of being reached but it's that feeling gradually we're feeling that gradually we're going sort ease back going to sort of ease back towards single market roles , towards single market roles, which means we will have lost the ability to become more

compact assertive globally . and compact assertive globally. and it's by being competitive that you create jobs and an increase in overseas trade so yeah i mean you know look if the guardian were to be today they'd have me down as one of those people very disappointed by what the conservative have done with brexit so patrick 1, you know, i just don't know where we go from here , but i don't see jeremy here, but i don't see jeremy hunt and rishi sunak frankly doing anything to get us back on the right course. no, because were never positive about it. but you indeed, nigel, are passionate about loads of things. you get a load of coming up your show later. what you up on your show later. what you do want through it a little do want to through it a little bit. yeah, i certainly will. bit. yeah, no, i certainly will. i'm to have you i'm going to have to say you know, i look at what is going on at all stations . why does at all petrol stations. why does that matter? because it's estimated there'll be 34 million people on the move over the course of the next two days. we are paying the in europe for unleaded and for diesel and

diesel premium on unleaded is now getting up towards 30 p a litre . it feels like we're litre. it feels like we're pred litre. it feels like we're ripped off and yet may put the fuel escalator on in the spring of next year. britain's drivers , all 37 million of them, are getting a very bad deal. i'm going to drill down tonight into the numbers and find out why this issue affects every household . oh, and by the way, household. oh, and by the way, you know, tomorrow people will learn just much. the british population has expanded as they get stuck on motorways for upon hour at its true. that is very true. i'm not looking for that. nigel thank you very much. nigel make sure you tune in to his show a bit later on. he will be with from seven rs ever. right. you're with me on gb news. coming up now. i asked people i you and you have delivered didn't ask you for a vegan christmas, but there we go. i asked you how much you turkeys cost here at local supermarket and it turns they actually and it turns out they actually seriously is about 150 quid there it is or is that 100, 240

750 for a morrisons turkey . hey 750 for a morrisons turkey. hey good great. just buy a chicken. just buy a chicken so what's the point ? well just buy a chicken so what's the point? well is now just buy a chicken so what's the point ? well is now the just buy a chicken so what's the point? well is now the time for a vegan christmas ? he's is a vegan christmas? he's is suggesting . well, with that suggesting. well, with that first ever christmas advert. yes, we have john lewis christmas advert. we're going to have the peter advert. you don't want to miss it. i'll be reviewing it on our back in reviewing it live on our back in a .

because you've been getting in touch a variety of the incredibly topics that we've spoken today. but the turkey is the one that's annoying me the most. people are paying . 114 to most. people are paying. 114 to £150 for a turkey just buy a

chicken . just buying chicken chicken. just buying chicken loads of you are beginning to try them believe this anyway lots of you been saying that yes, you are indeed paying that amount for a turkey are sending me links the morrisons me links to the morrisons website. you can get a 6.75 kg 0 n £435. we're going to be on £435. we're going to be talking to someone from peter a little bit later on who are advocating a vegan christmas. i never thought anything could turn vegan. idea of turn me vegan. the idea of paying turn me vegan. the idea of payin for a turkey is paying £147 for a turkey is making me want to actually decide . go over and eat tofu. decide. go over and eat tofu. but anyway, they would get those been in so on been getting in touch so on controversy still scottish agenda bill that might attract people might object people that might object stephen says the only word i can drum up in to this scottish gender bill sick our world lost the plot. if i don died 20 years ago and come today, i would absolutely believe that some huge practical had been played on me. this is in relation the fact that yes okay, trans people in scotland will now all they have to do is live as they're required gender,

which as far as i can tell, involves changing your pronouns on twitter, or just maybe on twitter, or maybe just maybe putting frock on and you can putting a frock on and you can live like for or three live like that for or three months and you can basically legally become woman, legally become a woman, including birth. including altering your birth. the more sinister the other slightly more sinister is rapists can do is the fact that rapists can do it as well and therefore end in women's spaces and also children. so people who are about 15 or 16 years old, they can make those. well, they're not quite irreversible, are , but not quite irreversible, are, but pretty much irreversible life decisions. says, i'm decisions. liz says, i'm absolutely by this bill. what the women of scotland be thinking right now real genuine women are being systematically eradicated isn't it the nicholas sturgeon a woman herself has , sturgeon a woman herself has, been keen to push this through , been keen to push this through, but it doesn't really seem very, very pro woman to me. but there we go. we will soon become known as male people from richardson as male people from richardson as i'm a father with a daughter. i couldn't care less what i saw. scottish says when i'm on guard any changing room. what if my no man will be? we can't just say

though. how bleak is that ? our though. how bleak is that? our bleak is that richard. i'm with i haven't got a daughter. i do have one one day. but you don't want to be standing outside the changing in the public toilets to make sure a doesn't walk in there . what what madness are we there. what what madness are we doing here? what madness are we doing here? what madness are we doing anyway ? well, that we go doing anyway? well, that we go wrong. i believe i've got some breaking news , you and breaking news, you ladies and gentlemen, as . gentlemen, which is just as. well, because i have in case you couldn't, how in filling for rather time so within the rather a long time so within the last home has last few moments the home has announced they've returned announced that they've returned 42 with no to be in 42 people with no right to be in the back to albania. let me the uk back to albania. let me repeat because actually repeat that because actually it's about i've able it's about time i've been able to break good news. within to break some good news. within the last few moments, the home office announced they've office announced that they've returned with no right returned 42 people with no right to to albania. this to be in the uk to albania. this included people who arrived illegally small boats and illegally via small boats and others of supplying others convicted of supplying class and facilitate class drugs and facilitate illegal entry with a combined sentence of 89 years. 32 were foreign nationals. six failed asylum seekers for non asylum

offenders. three of the individuals returned were known to have arrived in small boat, so the home office , those with so the home office, those with no right to be in the uk, including dangerous foreign nationals offenders who flout our laws , be in no doubt that we our laws, be in no doubt that we will do whatever is necessary to remove them so we can save. 42 albanians have basically been out. they are. this is what pubuc out. they are. this is what public rightly expect sounds a comment so comment from the government so okay there you go listening okay well there you go listening who's potentially who's been doing potentially i'll deal with albania is actually working what actually working now what i thought interesting thought was interesting buried in as as i can tell in that is as far as i can tell only three of them were believed yeah three of the individuals returned were known to have arrived in a small boat which does that 39 of them didn't does mean that 39 of them didn't arrive in small boats . they just arrive in small boats. they just came here by other means. but there we are. so okay. well, it is the very latest that breaking albanian 42 of them, albanian migrants, 42 of them, where they track record of crime and some of them being done for supplying class—a drugs with a combined prison sentence for them of 89 years, have now

actually been deported back to you. couple that with fact that rwanda flies might be about to actually finally take off and as well offshore processing may be just may be and i'm whispering this quietly but maybe just maybe the conservative government is actually doing something. but away from something. but moving away from that away if this is that now, moving away if this is an issue to your heart an issue close to your heart and, i never i'd and, please. i never thought i'd say people stop say this can. people stop sending pictures of morrisons sending me pictures of morrisons turkey. valid at £147, turkey. that is valid at £147, please. i've it now. go, kate. there we, go. thank you very much. everyone at the countdown christmas dinner is well and truly on, but when you see this you might think twice. it's not turkey again, isn't it? i would go, you don't put your go, yes, you don't need put your glasses that really does say glasses on that really does say it's about 150 quid. this isn't the only supermarket seen. pfices the only supermarket seen. prices skyrocket is prices of turkey skyrocket is that some people looking that to some people looking alternatives. no alternatives. well look no further because pizza is releasing its first ever christmas advert from the point of view of a turkey . so this is of view of a turkey. so this is an animal rights group. okay they are releasing a christmas advert from, the point of view

of a turkey. they hope will encourage go vegan encourage you to go vegan christmas. i am very pleased to say i'm joined now by marjorie to such cover. who is the senior digital marketing manager. peter thank you very, very much . first thank you very, very much. first question, is it pets are peter never know . thank you so much never know. thank you so much for having me here . it's peter. for having me here. it's peter. yeah as peter got. okay, i got it right. okay so you will be having a big vegan christmas. well, it was on your menu . oh, well, it was on your menu. oh, yeah, definitely and now having vegan christmas, it's easier than ever, you know, from aldi , than ever, you know, from aldi, morrisons to waitrose to marks and spencer, you can find such a huge variety vegan recipes , huge variety vegan recipes, centrepieces, you can have a vegan wellington there is a lovely vegan turkey that i saw in tesco yesterday. so i think i'm having that pigs in blankets , all vegan vegan bacon , vegan , all vegan vegan bacon, vegan sausages. and you can even buy vegan fat of a goose for your roast potatoes. so name it you

can buy vegan option that didn't cost name all their life and you enjoy this seasonal feast on goodwill without having to kill any . this is a win for the vegan any. this is a win for the vegan turkey was that how much is a vegan turkey . oh you know that's vegan turkey. oh you know that's just another reason to opt for vegan food as well many vegan items are way cheaper than meat . you know, all say, well, you know, i'm going to stop here because i've just been told, i've just been told i can now see this this peta christmas advert. let's take a look the out of your guide . to oh turkey out of your guide. to oh turkey mummy turkey looking very soft turkey kicks out the back of a van turkey in the middle a road turkey picked up five by tonight what was it now sleepy turkey . what was it now sleepy turkey. turkey and it i'll tell you what

family is not particularly diverse. that's the thing that stands out for me here. it is a remarkably diverse family on the turkey. okay, rise. okay, so good. so the plan is to try to try to make the turkey seem human so that we don't because we don't eat humans . well, the we don't eat humans. well, the name is toby and he is the main character of our brand new christmas ad. and if you want to watch the full go to peter uk instagram can find it there so toby actually our family who accepts him and he ends up at the christmas table not being on the christmas table not being on the christmas table not being on the christmas table. okay there you go . all right. thank you you go. all right. thank you very much. i unfortunately will be eating a turkey, but. yes. okay, emily carver georgina is with she's covering with dewbs& co. she's covering for james. i'll see you later on for james. i'll see you later on for marks i'm my tail. for marks when i'm on my tail. not bye bye. good not saying about bye bye. good evening. alex deakin and evening. i'm alex deakin and this weather this is your latest weather update the met office a update from. the met office a wet and windy spell of weather spreading during spreading northwards during tomorrow. not great news if you're heading for the roads mostly be dry during mostly it'll be dry during daylight of course, daylight hours. of course,

scotland, it'll be pretty chilly, south, well chilly, but in the south, well as being wet there will be pretty mild conditions weather from it's just trickling here it made for a misty murky day across much of the south and that mist and low cloud is sticking overnight, foggy on some the higher routes as well. many places . and so we see some many places. and so we see some heavier rain coming in to the southwest by dawn. it's going to be mild here, but colder be very mild here, but colder conditions further north, frost certainly across northern scotland. the shower coming certainly across northern scotla course, the shower coming certainly across northern scotla course, shetland'er coming certainly across northern scotla course, shetland will)ming certainly across northern scotla course, shetland will be ng in. of course, shetland will be to snow, but it'll be rain. the southwest, this will be quite rain accompanied by gusty winds affecting wales, the midlands, southeast, england the morning. southeast, england the morning. so just something bear in so just something to bear in mind if you are heading for the roads going to be very that rain spreading steadily northward into northern into northern ireland northern england and england by early afternoon and eventually southern parts eventually into southern parts of scotland . for south it of scotland. for the south it turns drier brighter the turns drier and brighter the afternoon, quite afternoon, but still quite blustery very mild for 18 blustery and very mild for 18 degrees compared to just two or three in northern scotland. eventually that rain will hit the colder air across central

and northern. some snow likely on the hills during friday evening . showers will follow on evening. showers will follow on behind and the milder air will continue to push its way northward. so it's pretty mild for the start of the christmas weekend. yes, will be some weekend. yes, there will be some snow hills across snow on the hills across northern scotland . otherwise northern scotland. otherwise it'll rain showers , not too it'll be rain showers, not too many of those across central and eastern parts of england. saturday dry and bright, but it will be quite blustery, a gusty day on christmas eve and. as i said, that milder air is continuing to push northward. so figures across the south and seven, eight, nine degrees further north is above average for this time of year. so tomorrow starts the christmas weekend. a windy one as well. stay mild for christmas day, but turning colder for all of us by boxing day . monday thursday on boxing day. monday thursday on gb news news it's bev turner today from 10 am. we're going to be here for you, itv news family to keep you up to date but also make you smile the guy went from puberty to adultery and i can't wait to bring a few

of my own opinion. i have no time for cultural totalitarianism. we'll engage in passionate but always polite debate with your thoughts and opinions at centre of this whole only on gb news the people's channel britain's news.

good evening at 6 pm. welcome to dewbs& co. with me emily carver now. well we ever hear the end of brexit. new polling shows more people are in favour of rejoining the eu than ever before. that comes at the same time the british chambers of commerce has had three quarters of businesses, haven't seen any benefit from brexit. they want

to rethink