good morning is 6:00 on boxing day monday at 26th of december. this is breakfast on gb news with ellie costello and emily carver . with ellie costello and emily carver. here's what's leading the news. this morning. millions rail passengers face a wave of fresh strikes as workers prepare to walk out over pay conditions on one of the busiest days of the year . on one of the busiest days of the year. meanwhile, britons gear up , hit the year. meanwhile, britons gear up, hit the shops as stores slash their prices for the boxing day sales. with bad weather and strike action taking

of the country. will consumers brave the sales in their usual numbers. and be getting an in—depth analysis of king charles's first christmas speech, where he addressed the nafion speech, where he addressed the nation inside st george's chapel in close to where the late queen is buried . and do get in touch is buried. and do get in touch the usual way via twitter or email you by now gbviews@gbnews.uk. let us know you're watching or listening to us from such as your tree pictures, your pet pictures, anything festive , really? anything festive, really? anything festive. let's keep coming, shall. anything festive. let's keep coming, shall . we to our top coming, shall. we to our top story now and network rail workers are striking yet again today in. the long running dispute over pay jobs and working . members of the mail at working. members of the mail at the rail, maritime and transport union are staging walkouts until 6 am. on december the 27th. it's also worth noting limited

boxing services today are likely be cancelled. so if you do need to travel, it is worth looking at. alternative while the assistant editor of conservativehome, william atkinson , joins us now , hope atkinson, joins us now, hope he's on the line for. yes. william you with us ? there he william you with us? there he is. hi merry christmas. like we had a wonderful day yesterday . had a wonderful day yesterday. bnng had a wonderful day yesterday. bring us up to date, then. what are we going to see across the board today ? so it's the latest board today? so it's the latest edition of mick lynch. his attempts to make everybody's went to that little bit more miserable. so already on your average boxing day, you don't many services running across the country but likely in most places they say this is going to be cancelled today though if anybody really wants to desperately trying to anyone. i think there are still mega buses in the running. so this is really, as i say, the latest attempt, the ongoing dispute to try disrupt everybody's

try and disrupt everybody's winter. but i think and the most obvious thing to say about this is that mick lynch already realised that he's basically using the support of his own members and general public. the polling is all going in the wrong direction him . so then wrong direction for him. so then we see few more walkouts we may see a few more walkouts like in the weeks, months like these in the weeks, months and their actual impact is going to be limited. frankly, not many travel on boxing day anyway travel on the boxing day anyway . number of people who . the number of people who travel by train is still down to 25% on pandemic. travel by train is still down to 25% on pandemic . and so this 25% on pandemic. and so this really is just a minor irritation and not something that i think most viewers will struggle themselves too much with amateur boxing morning these strikes are going to be going on well into january. it looks like that week beginning the 2nd of january. there's essentially going to be no trains across the uk. what do think the government is going to do? you say mick lynch losing support, what's the what's support, but what's the what's the solution here ? i think the the solution here? i think the solution is simply to wait it out and the railways were

already subsidised and far more than they should be. and they average salary of a railway worker both within the cab and elsewhere , and is already above elsewhere, and is already above average. and i think the general pubuc average. and i think the general public have long shifted to travelling by car and then by rail . the reason why i think we rail. the reason why i think we get, we give disproportionate entrance these sort of stories in the media is because so many of us actually take the train to get to london and. but i think that's simply the government strategy is that demands are unreasonable and so post privatisation and that's it primarily for the railway companies . i primarily for the railway companies. i think we primarily for the railway companies . i think we need to companies. i think we need to get used to a situation in which we allow private companies to negotiate these pay deals and the and we and as i say need a allow and private companies to do so. but also we should simply try and waste out because as i say mick lynch is own members and turning against him and there is increasing support within . the membership of the

within. the membership of the rmt . for an and last long into rmt. for an and last long into that into new year. so rishi sunak speaking just before christmas saying he was very disappointed the strikes were going to cause so disruption over the festive period but the unions saying that this is actually the government's fault they were saying that ministers were missing from meetings they accused them of abdicating response ability they wanted to meet with industry leaders last week alongside ministers. it didn't happen. so so who's in the right here? what's your sense of what's going on? and so this prize to the rmt and that they believe the government has done something wrong, you know, the pope also believe is catholic and i think, as i say, they may want to have ministers continually in meetings, but this is primarily a help to the railway companies and themselves and the various ministers have

said whether that's developing the nurses unions, which of course, a matter saying that that's something for the ministers to negotiate directly or ministers in other departments such as malakoff for transport have offered meet with the unions that it's not their job to negotiate directly . i pay job to negotiate directly. i pay these are set by private companies or they are set review boards and whilst government is always willing to negotiate to talk , to try and end these talk, to try and end these strikes, it is not primarily their job to strikes, it is not primarily theirjob to do so and i'm very sorry if mick lynch didn't want to spend didn't get to spend christmas day with reggie sunak another which i'm sure was very lovely experience and but it's not and that's not what the government is there to do and william william, sorry to, but you are at conservativehome so . you are at conservativehome so. presumably you have your ear , presumably you have your ear, the ground when it comes to concern of voters, members, local associate . how do they local associate. how do they think rishi is handling this.

and i think there's a growing begrudging respect for the way rishi seen it was and what kind of he is handling the situation . we've got so used from first bofis . we've got so used from first boris johnson premiership and the liz truss premiership and it's getting used to governments and prime ministers u—turn on matters like this as, as they become relatively politically unpopular. but it's very clear that rishi it is a war of attrition and he doesn't believe that and the public finances can afford any last period pieces at the moment. and his primary focus is getting down inflation . so it's i think, simply set to wait this out. and i think as say there is according to the polling and a growing disgruntled sense among voters, even once they were they were previously quite sympathetic to strike. is that becoming more and more frustrated by the continual disruption we're and i think sunak hoping if think rishi sunak is hoping if he through the next he can get through the next month, next two months, etc. month, the next two months, etc. it's budget in march when it's the budget in march when you various you might see various pay increases public sector and increases for public sector and the like . i think he's actually

the like. i think he's actually winning . so winning the respect winning. so winning the respect of his his party over this. and i think it just proves what an improvement his leadership already is on some of that that we've in the last year. we've seen in the last year. william atkinson from conservative really good to have your thoughts this thanks so much your company as much for your company as positive on rishi cenac i'm positive spin on rishi cenac i'm not sure everyone would agree that he's handling this that perhaps he's handling this very well, us know . and very well, but let us know. and moving on well, for those of us hoping the train strikes wouldn't going ahead today, a wouldn't be going ahead today, a disappointment lies if disappointment lies ahead. if you alternative you haven't made alternative travel for well , the travel for today, well, the hardest working man in tv from patrick christys is the travel for the independent simon and he joins us in the studio now with the latest travel advice and merry christmas. merry christmas . happy boxing day. boxing day . . happy boxing day. boxing day. you have a lovely day yesterday. oh, of course it's good. every day is good day unless you're trying to travel somewhere. now, i did actually a bit of time at victoria coach station. my goodness. victoria coach station. my goodness . anybody who says , as goodness. anybody who says, as i think william did, just now, oh,

there's no demand for travel at christmas, well, most definitely . thousands of people travelling very successfully, multiple buses and so on. same thing wherever you want to go. if you're travelling in the uk, for instance manchester and birmingham, 25 coaches each way today basically just sort of pick your time and yes well people prefer to take train. well they took a bit of a nightmare . you know when we last nightmare. you know when we last lost i think i went on an easy bus and it was packed to the brim anyway, bristol to london. i am a huge fan of national express at megabus and flex bus. oh, very good companies. i'm particular fan because i keep going 24, seven, whatever else . going 24, seven, whatever else. and that's exactly going to you say. so if you have got to make a long journey, just have a look and see if a bus is going to be able to take now the rail strike. my goodness, i did a myself agreeing with one thing that william said now, which was that william said now, which was

thatis that william said now, which was that is a war of attrition. and that is a war of attrition. and that the government is just sort okay, the rail union are we can carry on taking this the most extraordinary thing happened on friday afternoon i was maybe i should get out more but you're always out that's what's so sorry this is a saturday afternoon so christmas eve and. i was just going round to london terminal stations just as they were literally being locked down the. last train out of waterloo was 2:15 in the afternoon and that was it this is the effect of the latest four day strike and network rail put out a tweet saying don't try and travel before the 9th of january and whatever was saying oh this is companies now it's not the whole dispute is between the government and the rail unions network. rail is actually of the dft transport, which is obviously a government department and the train operator's are completely tied

to what the government offer. so the government's decided that is there was actually also message from the rmt saying we really like to talk to the government and we don't know where they are. and at the moment they try to just remind you how things . to just remind you how things. so you think the government should get around the table with mick lynch ? i think all us mick lynch? i think all us passengers , there's 21 million passengers, there's 21 million people like me who don't a car or access to a car who have to travel by rail and be told, oh, come back middle of january isn't good enough . and the first isn't good enough. and the first trains i've carbon it is going to be the 753 tomorrow from sheffield to plymouth if you want to a train that's when they start up again get to sheffield first they need to get into as many very very good buses there but but the rail unions i think have completely the government is completely misjudged. the passenger , the taxpayer are passenger, the taxpayer are caught up in this middle of this

kind of ideological row. caught up in this middle of this kind of ideological row . and kind of ideological row. and it's absolutely it's doing is destroying the rail railways . destroying the rail railways. and if the government if the unions want to do that, then thatis unions want to do that, then that is entirely up to them. but the passengers, frankly, had enough. i ask something about the border stuff because was the border stuff because i was reading headlines about how airports were actually working better without them . well, so better without them. well, so there's all this commentary about how must useless. about how they must be useless. yes if i were a member of the border force belonging to the pcc union, one of the thousands who went on strike at gatwick, manchester heathrow , cardiff, manchester heathrow, cardiff, birmingham, glasgow , i would be birmingham, glasgow, i would be cheesed off because it has exactly as , say, all the exactly as, say, all the headunes exactly as, say, all the headlines just say and just headlines. i mean i was it. so the strike began . on the first the strike began. on the first all these days blend into is definitely the 23rd so is it gatwick it 5:00 in the morning expecting these people say oh it's been stuck in the queue for 3 hours and all long they've just come through . it was all just come through. it was all a bit like the opening scene of

actually, if i can probably sum away from the people who are meeting and greeting. they said, oh breezed through. oh yeah, we breezed through. it was straightforward. was all very straightforward. now men and women now the excellent men and women of army, the navy and the air force on duty . but of army, the navy and the air force on duty. but uk force were on duty. but uk border force do a very, very good job. they're great men , good job. they're great men, women. so it's not a long term solution. but are very cheesed off having spoken them about being offered 2. so we are in for a travel point of view, a very winter, but things are still happening if you want to, if you do actually want to get to i just check this out. so they fly from edinburgh just leaving to go to london heathrow got in in the first hour of your programme edinburgh, newcastle, inverness , birmingham and inverness, birmingham and glasgow. flights from from london. so those are all happening . it is ridiculous. you happening. it is ridiculous. you can't just go to your local station and get on a train. i a terrible time with the travel recently got stuck in aberdeen had to take the caledonian sleeper all the way down in an

upright the trains from the trains maidenhead always trains from maidenhead always cancelled even there wasn't a cancelled even if there wasn't a strike what i may ? you strike. oh, what if i may? you have just benefited . and thank have just benefited. and thank you so much taxpayers outside in the south—east. you've just benefited the best part of £20 billion. so that maidenhead becomes the best connected town in the country. more or less you've trains about every 5 minutes. i am just a bit slower than the great western rail quick train or summit really to have you with me thank you so much on this morning okay this time it's just going 6:14. let's bnng time it's just going 6:14. let's bring you up to date with rest of today's top stories . two of today's top stories. two people are missing after an avalanche in a skiing area in western austria . local reports western austria. local reports say the avalanche happened afternoon and it was initially that ten people had been buried . however, two people were rescued early on and both went to separate hospitals. the six remaining were uninjured . the

remaining were uninjured. the fatal shooting of a woman as a pub in liverpool on christmas was not a targeted attack. that's according to the police . that's according to the police. the search is continuing for the gunman who killed the 26 year old woman at the venue wallasey on merseyside . she was on merseyside. she was celebrating christmas with friends and family when she was shot in the head and killed. the woman taken to hospital where she died from injuries. four men were also taken to hospital gunshot wounds after the incident . the uk security agency incident. the uk security agency will stop publishing covid modelling data early next month. the chief data scientist , modelling data early next month. the chief data scientist, as modelling data early next month. the chief data scientist , as the the chief data scientist, as the publication of this specific , is publication of this specific, is no longer necessary as the country is living with the disease . data had been published disease. data had been published weekly, the peak of the pandemic and every two weeks since april this year year. new data shows shoppers expected to spend less the sales today as the cost living crisis continues . living crisis continues. research by barclaycard payments found the average customer

intends to bu y £229 worth of intends to buy £229 worth of items in the post christmas sales. that's 4% less compared to last year . the research also to last year. the research also found that number of shoppers expect to turn reselling sites to buy after christmas to offer unwanted presents . now, unwanted presents. now, king charles iii, gave his first christmas speech yesterday to the nation inside st george's chapelin the nation inside st george's chapel in close to where the late queen is buried. let's hear now . cameron walker. gb news now. cameron walker. gb news royal reporter to tell us more about the monumental moment. well, it was king charles iii, first christmas message as and thanks. it's the first televised speech that the has done in the united kingdom . his majesty's united kingdom. his majesty's grandfather and great grandfather and great grandfather , king george the grandfather, king george the fifth. and king george four six based both broadcast messages. but it was on the radio rather

than televise and i think that's particularly significant that the king chose st george's to deliver his first christmas message because it was literally just metres away from the final resting place of his mother , the resting place of his mother, the late to queen elizabeth ii. and his speech very much paid tribute to the life and of his mother. he thanks the public for their love and support and sympathy during the national mourning periods. he said he cannot thank you in the public enough for the love and sympathy. he also spoke of the late queen's everlasting light and the queen's faith in god and in her people . and the king in her people. and the king referred the fact that perhaps, or at least he gave a nod to the fact that he very much to continue his mother's work and her service . this country , her service. this country, united kingdom . his majesty also united kingdom. his majesty also paid tributes to armed forces and emergency workers who worked

over the period of the queen's death, but also the months since. i think it was particularly significant he referred to specific the public sector , including teachers and sector, including teachers and emergency services . as i've emergency services. as i've already mentioned , because in already mentioned, because in the last month they have been pubuc the last month they have been public service nurses have gone on strikes , drivers have gone on on strikes, drivers have gone on strikes . even ambulance drivers strikes. even ambulance drivers have as well. now, the king did not officially specifically to the strikes. he remained much impartial, but he did a slight nod to the work , the service nod to the work, the service that the public sector provides . he also referred to the cost of living crisis affecting many in great britain , but he paid in great britain, but he paid tribute to communities who have really support those in need and he he didn't to this but we understand that his majesty has made a private donation to a fuel poverty charity over christmas who helping those

struggling to pay the fuel bills over these cold winter months. now king is head of state. he's head of the church , england. and head of the church, england. and obviously, chris, christmas is very much a christian celebration . but the king was celebration. but the king was conscious and aware that he is head of estates, which includes welcomes many faiths . so the welcomes many faiths. so the king refers to christianity clearly and it was recorded in a church , but he also referred to church, but he also referred to synagogues. he referred to mosques, temples. he wanted include all religions in the message of christmas and one of compassion kinds , ness and love compassion kinds, ness and love and inclusivity. some as well. and i think that theme of a multi—faith king , something multi—faith king, something we're going to see going forward throughout his majesty , the throughout his majesty, the king's reign. throughout his majesty, the king's reign . there was no king's reign. there was no mention of harry and meghan . mention of harry and meghan. funnily enough, he did mention prince and princess of wales,

but i think it was perhaps wise he didn't mention harry and meghan because if did i suspect all of the would be about . but all of the would be about. but the overriding theme was that of selfless specifically referring to his mother the late queen elizabeth ii. and i think again it's a theme we're very much going see him carry on as we get closer to his coronation and then beyond as we continue with then beyond as we continue with the reign of . then beyond as we continue with the reign of. king then beyond as we continue with the reign of . king charles, the. the reign of. king charles, the. what a thoughtful analysis there . cameron walker, royal reporter , really has done a great job this year, as we saw in his he did a summary, didn't a documentary about the royal. yes. yeah. no, he's he's worked very on the hardest working people here at gb news. but what did you think of the king's yesterday? i thought it struck the right balance. i thought it was very heartwarming . it was was very heartwarming. it was quite interesting how. he mentioned the public sector of pubuc mentioned the public sector of public services, political will just nice. yes. no was thinking

the same. and it's is that solidarity with the nhs or is he making a political that they deserve. does they have a pay rise is what i want to ask when we have a royal commentator on later is whether that's normal is that signal not to mention our emergency to mention nhs workers, etc, etc. we'll find out. i would have liked to see a little more of the queen of wales. yeah i did think that we'd focus a little bit more her, but i also do understand that he he does want to look ahead. he does want to kind of his own way. what is it like? a little bit more about him? it was very sad not to see her. it was very sad not to see her. it was very sad not to see her. it was very sad. i am relieved, though, did not mention though, that he did not mention meghan harry. do think. it meghan and harry. i do think. it was so, yes. as cameron was probably so, yes. as cameron said the headlines weren't all about them. yes, exactly. but do let gb's let us what you think. gb's actually uk and we'll actually news dot uk and we'll share them throughout the programme. lots to come, programme. lots more to come, including the including a look at the christmas shows during the festive ellie festive period with ellie phillips. vets. let's have a .

break welcome back. it is 623. still to come in today's programme at, 645 all your christmas week telly wrapped up with a bow on top of my showbiz sojourn extraordinaire ellie phillips . extraordinaire ellie phillips. at 715, we'll have top on the boxing day sales with reporter anna reilly, who's looking ahead to a busy day in the shops in leeds for us. got to work that get touch in all the usual ways. email vaiews@gbnews.uk or tweet us at . gb news. now boxing us at. gb news. now boxing day is always a big day for football and there are both premier league matches and championship football throughout the day . football throughout the day. it's also the biggest calendar day for horse this year with

eight meetings in one day. joining us live in the studio to tell us more is sports broadcaster and friend to the programme. aidan magee eight. and christmas ? and how is a christmas? oh fantastic. i've got video fantastic. i've got some video and top content to share and really top content to share with later well so you with you later on as well so you can really that. i've can really fall to that. i've got sneak peek . so yeah, got a sneak peek. so yeah, you have think it's brilliant, have to think it's brilliant, but supportive of you is what we do. okay. won't spoil it for do. okay. i won't spoil it for the viewers, but you're for a treat. yeah. we got the most. well, yeah, it's the most it knows females the nicest. well, yeah, it's the most it knoneah, females the nicest. well, yeah, it's the most it knoneah, that's ales the nicest. well, yeah, it's the most it knoneah, that's it. s the nicest. well, yeah, it's the most it knoneah, that's it. anda nicest. well, yeah, it's the most it knoneah, that's it. and i'llcest. yes. yeah, that's it. and i'll just go. i think it did a good job. i got the i put on the gloves and everything. it took a while find a modern ronnie. while to find a modern ronnie. yeah. to be fair, yeah. i mean. well, to be fair, i i couldn't find them i hadn't, i couldn't find them gloves could not used them for about a year, but i did locate them in them. found in them in them. we found them in top of cupboard. but yeah, top of a cupboard. but yeah, we'll, see we'll, we'll, we'll see those later on. let the viewers. later on. we'll let the viewers. christmas miracle. yeah. well, you to the. stay you don't want to miss the. stay tuned for aidan magee night gloves. i didn't manage to get everyone 930 either if i everyone out by 930 either if i did. yeah i mean, i left about compost didn't. you compost 12. they didn't. you have know didn't they

have you know they didn't they just fingers up to the just stuck two fingers up to the curfew, quite frankly. they also said coming later said we'll become coming later to tidy up, believe to help you tidy up, believe what they won't be what you say. oh, they won't be happy. won't be happy. no, they won't be returning to the premier league. oh massive. mean, oh it's, massive. yeah. i mean, listen, isn't just mean listen, this isn't just i mean boxing the premier boxing day in the premier league and is anyway. but this and football is anyway. but this is we know premier is different as. we know premier league action since prior the league action since prior to the world 13th, world cup. november the 13th, tottenham at 1230 they to tottenham off at 1230 they go to brentford tottenham off at 1230 they go to bren because brentford tottenham off at 1230 they go to brenbecause brentford finish that because brentford finish but thing but then again this is the thing that's been for six that's been not played for six weeks. what we at start weeks. so what we at the start of every season summer is of every season every summer is you freak results the you have freak results on the opening because opening day just because you never know because you've not been competing other, been competing as each other, you that's why you know, on screen. that's why we there. we sit at the top there. brentford tottenham 1230 brentford v tottenham at 1230 you road from here you just down the road from here at ground. issue you at the ground. this is issue you get on the opening get freak results on the opening day of the season because the teams at their fitness teams are not at their fitness levels exactly what levels and not exactly what they should not should be necessarily. not everyone's match fit, not even sharp we've the sharp enough. we've seen in the last 30 or 40 years since the premier league and the tail end of the old division one where you strange results you get really strange results mean yes it would level things out course of the out over the course of the season surprised. season but i'm surprised. well i wouldn't they're fair.

wouldn't say they're not fair. it's it's about match it's just it's about match sharpness. sometimes when you're not the you not competing all the sides, you don't necessarily how fit don't know necessarily how fit the is. so about the other side is. so it's about it's about mentality. of it's about mentality. some of these suffered these players suffered heartache, for example, at the world only weeks world cup. it's only two weeks since missed that since harry kane missed that penalty. here we playing so that he'll to for he'll be expected to score for tottenham that's first tottenham so that's the first time since he's since he's played stint blazing time since he's since he's play kick stint blazing time since he's since he's play kick over stint blazing time since he's since he's play kick over the stint blazing time since he's since he's play kick over the bart blazing time since he's since he's play kick over the bar against. that kick over the bar against. and do you think that he will be by world cup. could be by the world cup. he could be one it is true. he one time. well, it is true. he had his manager, had a question. his manager, antonio question. antonio conte, had a question. one famous penalties one of the most famous penalties of happened to a guy of all time happened to a guy called roberto back in 1994. world over the world cup. he plays over the past, the cup past, he loses the world cup against say that against brazil. conte say that day, italian since it day, he's an italian since it was an italian international sitting on the bench he in sitting on the bench he was in the squad that time. he the squad around that time. he remembers how much it impacted his talked baggio his life he talked about baggio how in his book how baggio wrote in his book that could himself dying that he could feel himself dying inside the impact inside with the impact that would have when missed would have at home when missed that and his most that penalty and his most celebrated world at celebrated player the world at the time. let's hope that doesn't happen kane doesn't happen to harry kane thinks is a different thinks harry kane is a different kind mentally. he kind of person mentally. he said, don't need speak to said, i don't need to speak to harry to pull him

harry that, need to pull him aside. school aside. he's a very school manager sense . manager anyway in that sense. antonio conte think of anything. will than. yeah, will gutting than. oh yeah, i know the world though. know the world cup though. i know the world cup though. i know mean he was different it wasn't even shootout mean wasn't even a shootout i mean you always down you like always comes down to penalties with with england but he plays over ball he plays the over the ball when he's normally so reliable in that situation just as roberto baggio was in 1994. so this baggio was back in 1994. so this is the experience the is where the experience of the coach he'll know coach comes. he knows he'll know how play because coach comes. he knows he'll know how been play because coach comes. he knows he'll know how been in play because coach comes. he knows he'll know how been in that play because coach comes. he knows he'll know how been in that situation ause he's been in that situation before. this before. but insists on this occasion kane won't occasion that harry kane won't worry about that. he said he'll put to one side. put it to one side. he'll pocket. it's to bread pocket. it's back to the bread and the league today. and butter of the league today. brentford a game. brentford were a tough game. we've arsenal this we've got arsenal at 8:00 this evening. points evening. they go eight points clear city this evening clear of man city this evening because city don't play for another or so. so against another day or so. so against west ham home. again they've west ham home. but again they've lost also lost gabriel at lost also lost gabriel jesus at the world for brazil big loss for them because we don't know how going to be out how long he's going to be out for he's the man he's made the difference this season signed from summer from manchester city last summer funnily enough. so let's see how they without let's they cope without them. let's see the see how. they fix the psychology. see how the psychology. let's see how the mentality they've mentality goes because they've been recent seasons. been brutal in recent seasons. they've quite into the into

they've gone quite into the into the campaign looking as if they're going as the they're going to qualify as the top falling away. they're top four falling away. they're going for the top, top spot, this for first in this time for the first time in 19 if they could do that, 19 years. if they could do that, be ahead achievement for be ahead of an achievement for their arteta. but their manager, mikel arteta. but let's goes because. let's see how it goes because. they've got a big game tonight against local rivals ham against local rivals west. ham yep, forward to. yep, lots to look forward to. adrian to with adrian you're going to be with us throughout the program. oh, i know. two horse race will not you not get rid of me. you will not get rid of me. yeah, well, after the break we'll taking a first at we'll be taking a first look at this see you in this morning's. we'll see you in a couple of minutes .

welcome back. the time is gone. 631. let's bring up to date with all the stories making , the all the stories making, the newspaper front pages today on the front page of the times this morning, the king's speech praised tireless health workers as they struggle to cope with a

wave of strikes the telegraph also talking about the king as charles used his first christmas speech to offer sympathy for those battling rising bills . the those battling rising bills. the daily mail covers the king's to his beloved late as he becomes the second monarch to deliver televised christmas speech on the cover . the independent is the cover. the independent is a warning that an generation of children are held back as more than 200,000 kids have been left waiting for . than 200,000 kids have been left waiting for. developmental therapy . the guardian waiting for. developmental therapy. the guardian is talking about a rise in jabs on child care responsibilities as fathers now make up in nine stay at home parents . it's time to go through parents. it's time to go through . the papers now. and joining us this morning, political commentator, columnist, this morning, political commentator, columnist , founder commentator, columnist, founder of the contrition prize , annie of the contrition prize, annie mirage, and journalist and author nicky hodgson. good morning to you both . monday

morning to you both. monday morning, happy boxing day. thank you for being up earlier chatting to us . ali, you're chatting to us. ali, you're going to kick us off, aren't you with the mail and the king's speech the king's speech. yes, indeed.the speech the king's speech. yes, indeed. the saying king's message of love and hope. he salutes his beloved as he talks of a of great hardship. i think this was for me. he really struck the tone perfectly . i struck the tone perfectly. i mean, he got across to key things. one was he wanted to tap into that sense of it being really difficult now with the cost of living crisis . he cost of living crisis. he mentioned a time of great anxiety hardship. he also gave a nod to the public services, the ambulances, the health service teachers, police, army , etc. teachers, police, army, etc. a lot of these people , apart from lot of these people, apart from the police and army , the moment the police and army, the moment are on strike action . he tapped are on strike action. he tapped into that . he didn't obviously into that. he didn't obviously mention that, but the nod was quite clear. and i also think he again , to show that he was again, to show that he was defender of in general not

defender of in general not defender of in general not defender of the faith . and defender of the faith. and that's something that if you go back to his interview, he gave to jonathan dimbleby many years , something that's very important to so he mentioned different religious groups in the country and what they had done to help people in the cost of living crisis. and he also gave this speech in st george's chapel standing up which was also different. and you could really see the baton passing from his late mother to , him. from his late mother to, him. and i think he really stamped his impression on this speech. i think was all about him. you could see it running right the way through i think it was very he was very warm. i certainly thought it came across very and although it was quite emotional , actually, and he he clearly is an empathetic man and i think he wanted to get that across. and i think he did ten out of ten from you all, to be honest with you, if i'm being perfectly frank, i did well up . if i'm being perfectly frank, i did well up. did. if i'm being perfectly frank, i did well up . did. watched it did well up. i did. i watched it twice. did i i did. it twice. i did. i did. i did. it was a moment and i look i think he he got the points across very

he he got the points across very he connected with the audience. and this was first big outing for us. the first christmas message, 69 is a done by his mother . and i message, 69 is a done by his mother. and i think he struck the tone exactly right . nicky, the tone exactly right. nicky, what was interesting , it was what was interesting, it was always can be, you know, bittersweet the changing of the guard. you expect to be the queen. you don't the first times. all isn't times. that's all it, isn't it. i'm i thought times. that's all it, isn't it. i'm ithought was i'm i thought it was interesting. was interesting. there was no mention of mention detailed mention of family harry family in no mention of harry and no which is kind of and meghan. no which is kind of wise , given that from his wise, given that from his perspective, given what's been going i, i felt it going on. but yeah i, i felt it was a bit safe. the speech . but was a bit safe. the speech. but then i suppose really first i thought, yeah, it was a bit safe . i thought it was kind of a little bit of tick, tick boxing going on with mention all the kind of relevant servants that we have. i saw it a different i thought it was very on the edge actually. because on the edge, yes. because you actually saw the clips of images. public sector workers. right. the very pubuc sector workers. right. the very public sector workers that are

striking. right now, you could argue, was that hint, was that a veiled message to the government and showing that the king is more in touch with the public right now and the sentiment this country than the government is when going to ask you, when it's going to ask you, i was going to ask you about that heavily. solidarity heavily. was that solidarity with striking because you with with striking because you take as that or it a take it as that or it a political that these political message that these people work really hard and perhaps they deserve pay rise perhaps they deserve a pay rise because going on, right? because that's going on, right? yeah. mean, i didn't read yeah. i mean, i just didn't read it that. it as and it like that. i've it is as and of course speechwriters that help not just in is help is not just in writing is it. you the people put that it. you know the people put that together so together sort of. all right. so we we do care about we to show that we do care about all these people that are struggling and suffering right now, references now, i thought the references i mean, references mean, there was some references to and, shortages. to poverty and, food shortages. that good fire. yeah, but that was good fire. yeah, but it's interesting , of course, it's interesting, of course, because he is not reigning in his coronation , he's going to his coronation, he's going to have a big coronation . and so have a big coronation. and so some money will be spent on emily. emily on that. we don't know. it was being reported a couple of months ago that he may want to try and pair down. given

the cost of living crisis and be in tune with the times. but now look, none of these decisions are made without government involvement. government involvement. the government also wants the wants to project britain on the world and world stage saw that pomp and pageantry after the death of queen elizabeth ii it was huge was glued to their screens around the world cost of billions, watching . and right billions, watching. and right now, global britain needs all the friends , all the publicity the friends, all the publicity it can get. so i do think it's actually a moment for the nation to project soft power. and that's what we best, isn't it? yes, absolutely . the pomp and yes, absolutely. the pomp and pageantry. i mean, we're at that, nikki. let's have a look at the eyes, shall we? and this about nhs targets. we swept away. this is an exclusive from eye and it's about patricia . you eye and it's about patricia. you remember who used to a health minister and he's got labour and she is she be saying that she's going to rework the targeting system specific for gp surgery so the problem at the minute is that every surgeries working to

72 target they apply no matter what the kind of demographic patients is you know what your funding is, you know all the kind of variables that every surgery in different counties will experience and the idea is that by getting rid of these targets people will able to targets people will be able to deal with actual problems that their surgeries and their specific surgeries and practises have . so it sounds practises have. so it sounds great on paper. but i mean, i thought i'm a little bit a little bit hesitant to say this is fantastic because, i mean, i feel like we hear these stories every of 18 months about feel like we hear these stories eve nhs. of 18 months about feel like we hear these stories eve nhs. let's8 months about feel like we hear these stories eve nhs. let's take�*nths about feel like we hear these stories eve nhs. let's take out; about feel like we hear these stories eve nhs. let's take out another the nhs. let's take out another layer bureaucracy and see layer of bureaucracy and see if we do better. but we've got we can do better. but we've got to try. well, what's it mean when says be run when it says it's to be run along similar to? schools, along similar lines to? schools, it's like ofsted it's a bit like an ofsted inspection something. inspection or something. yeah. i mean it doesn't go into much detail. is detail. there's still this is still kind of very much like the skeleton the plan, but it's skeleton of the plan, but it's kind the that kind of saying the way that individual schools get individual, it individual, that's what it means. well, something means. yeah well, something definitely needs to, needs to happen when it comes to the nhs. perhaps a step the perhaps this a step in the right direction. ali. direction. i don't know, ali. the telegraph the last gasp for covid data behind lockdowns.

yes. this is the uk yes. i mean this is the uk health and security agency doing away with tracking covid data. this all number that we used to be absolutely pinned on all the time and worrying what the number was they're now to just normalise this as of everyday life . yes, there's covid life. yes, there's covid circulating society, but most of us , a majority of us have been us, a majority of us have been vaccinated some multiple times and particularly focussed on the elderly that have been vaccinated. so i think the government is basically saying, look, we're not to track this in the same way anymore, we're just look, we're not to track this in th

it's we haven't had we look it was really tough at the beginning but i think we've actually got through it pretty well. the vaccination was good and i think is now showing that we are moving on and let's we are now moving on and let's hope let's hope there is not any new we don't know about. there was a the other day that might be one on way. be another one on the way. what's interesting of what's interesting too is of course flu that's course that it's flu that's hospital housing this hospital housing people this winter the most i read six times higher the numbers of hospitalisations compared to this time last year for flu so that's the pandemic that's going around at the moment it seems . around at the moment it seems. nikki, this is a really interesting story that's caught my eye. this one is in the guardian about the number of stay at home fathers rising. yeah. so this is really kind of one positive story about the pandemic. i suppose is that yeah the number of stay at home dads since that period has risen by third, which is you know that is quite sizeable. so one in nine stay at home parents are now not dads and that's up from one in

14 in 2019. does it explain why have they decided that they want to completely different lifestyle. yeah so basically what's been happening is because they've had more time with their families, they've realised maybe they enough, they they aren't doing enough, they connecting better with connected connectivity their children and see family is more see maybe family is more important than being at all important than being at work all the homeworking is the time and then homeworking is allowing for the hybrid working for example is allowing them to do more childcare more do more childcare and more household . yeah, i can't household work. yeah, i can't really see this is anything but a i think the a positive story. i think the important is that important to remember is that the majority of parents, carers home are still mums and mums really took the burden of care dunng really took the burden of care during the pandemic because they were ones that decided i'm were the ones that decided i'm going not going quit my job, i'm not earning much or know, earning as much or you know, i'm going the but it's going take the hit. so but it's , it's to see that . it's , it's great to see that. it's kind of like a sea change of culture. you is thinking, oh, actually , i should here more, actually, i should be here more, i doing more. and i should be doing more. and they themselves, it's not some government initiative trying to tell you need be home tell them you need to be home and at home. it's and to stay at home. it's exactly so it's good news. yeah it's isn't it? like

it's a positive, isn't it? like you out the you say, it's come out of the pandemic for people to realise what's , which is which what's important, which is which is . i'm alex what's important, which is which is. i'm alex chadwick at the times and it's the cure for bed blocking in hospitals. yes this is an artificial intelligence is being developed now but by the nhs they've commissioned a company to do this and apparently it's being in use in certain hospitals already and what it does when you go in via a&e will take readings based you'll make a projection of how long you're to be based in a hospital , essentially long you're to be based in a hospital, essentially based on your background your propensity to certain diseases your medical history, age and other factors so that they can plan your discharge from in a much better , more effective way to prevent bed blocking cough problem that we've got at the moment with all the backlog in hospital we we've got a 7.2 million waiting list but we've also got ambulances queuing up outside departments not to be able to get in. why is

that? the bed blocking isn't the problem also that they have nowhere to go once do they already said, okay, i won't cure that problem that way you're , that problem that way you're, right? won't kill that problem right? i won't kill that problem . is trying to do, . what it is trying to do, though, is and give though, is to try and give advice notice to the care providers in social care to try and manage their workload and their capacity better . the their capacity better. the fundamental problem though, as say, is that we don't have sufficient capacity in social care. now one of the things that where she said that when he was chancellor was trying do by increasing national insurance by 1.25% was to grasp that nettle it got reversed by liz truss . it it got reversed by liz truss. it never got reinstated again and. when everyone keeps moaning about the fact that there's bed blocking and social care provision this country is it provision in this country is it is insufficient, which it is both in terms of care and care in the community we need to pay for it. i mean, that's reality of it. if people don't want to pay, of it. if people don't want to pay, can't complain. pay, then they can't complain. but something to done, but something needs to be done, doesn't absolutely i mean, doesn't it? absolutely i mean, i was in thomas's hospital

was outside in thomas's hospital other was something other day and it was something like 10 hours to get from an ambulance into a&e. but this is ambulance into a&e. but this is a doesn't get around the staffing issue and staffing staffing issue and the staffing issues major this issues is a major part of this issues is a major part of this is a major issue. yes ali. nick, i'm afraid that's time but thank you so much for and you going to be with us throughout the programme looking a lot more excellent more to come including network rail workers strike at an ongoing dispute over pay and working conditions is set working conditions which is set to paralyse the nation on one of the busiest days of the year year.

it's 646. let's you up to date with the rest of today's top stories . it's reported that at stories. it's reported that at least 30 people have now died as a result , a severe arctic freeze a result, a severe arctic freeze that to grip much of the and

canada officials say the worst hit area is the city of buffalo in new york state more than 150,000 homes are still without power down from 1.5 million on christmas day . two people are christmas day. two people are missing after an avalanche in a skiing area in western austria . skiing area in western austria. local reports say the avalanche happened yesterday and it was initially thought the ten people had been buried . however, two had been buried. however, two people were rescued earlier on and both went to a separate hospital . the six and both went to a separate hospital. the six remaining were uninjured uninjured . the fatal uninjured uninjured. the fatal shooting of a woman as a pub in liverpool on christmas eve was not a targeted attack. that's to the police. the search is continuing for the gunman who killed a 26 year old woman at the venue in wallasey on merseyside. she was celebrate christmas with friends and family . she was shot in the head family. she was shot in the head and killed the woman was taken to hospital where she died from her injuries four men were also taken to hospital with gunshot

wounds after the incident. the health security agency will stop publishing covid modelling data early next month. the chief data scientist the publication of this specific data is no longer necessary as the country is living with the disease . data living with the disease. data had been published weekly during , the peak of the pandemic, and every two weeks since april this new data shows shoppers expected to spend less in sales today as the cost of living continues. research by barclaycard payments found the average customer intends to spend found the average customer intends to spen d £229 worth of intends to spend £229 worth of items in the post—crisis ms. sales that's 4% less compared to last year. the research also found the number shoppers expect to tend to reselling to buy items after christmas to offload unwanted . now in that in—between unwanted. now in that in—between bit between christmas and the big next days in the which is of course new year's eve, many of us we're putting our feet up

over the next few days, not us. there will be so many you will be sticking the telly on. hopefully tv news. but if you don't fancy that there'll be lots of other things as well yes. so here to bring us the best telly is showbiz best of day, telly is showbiz journalist ali phillips and what should people be watching today if they're not watching tv news, if, tv news? if, you know, watching tv news? there is so much my favourite pick of the day for today is . pick of the day for today is. mary poppins, the original back in the day, obviously it's the 1964 version. it's got julie andrews and got dick van. and i just it's feel good. it reminds me of my childhood it was what was to come when would have christmas my nan so that is on today on bbc one at 225 so today it's on bbc one at 225 so that's a nice afternoon watch and i feel like you can kind of snooze and out one as well. snooze and out that one as well. hey some leftovers from hey i have some leftovers from yesterday that's a really good one. and then tonight there's kind lot on so i hope some kind of a lot on so i hope some people can record and then they can watch things later on because there's going on. because there's a lot going on. so at 7:30 pm. on channel 4 is the snowman , not the

the greatest snowman, not the greatest on the greatest. greatest show on the greatest. yes. super hosting this one. they did it last year and it's just so bizarre . it works if just so bizarre. it works if that makes sense they take celebrities out into snowy mountain and they have to build these snowy creations like a game reality . yeah game show like reality. yeah okay. celebrities do and okay. celebrities to do and lawrence though alan bowen judges is with it and they built these structures and it's a bit silly it's stupid but it's silly it's a bit stupid but it's fun bit of trashy tv , but you fun a bit of trashy tv, but you don't to think too much don't need to think too much about it. it just on tell you that's really good on at that's really good that's on at 730 tonight on channel if 730 tonight on channel 4 if that's not your your st bbc one at 8:00 is the repair shop christmas special. so if you haven't seen the repair shop before, it's blades and his gang of eight. they repair sentimental items people. so things that really make them that broken down or just fallen of use. and they don't necessarily have to expensive things. just things that really mean to people. and this mean lot to people. and this this we're going have this special we're going to have a trombone, an elderly a battered trombone, an elderly tree and a projector. and it's

always the stories that come with them. people take them in. it's really hard to watch. it's always really emotional . you always really emotional. you cry, it's really feel good. so. yeah, yes. and you know what? it's surprisingly emotional that . you say it's about the stories , the items. it might be like your grandmother's something , the items. it might be like yourbringimother's something , the items. it might be like yourbringit|other's something , the items. it might be like yourbring it inher's something , the items. it might be like yourbring it in and something , the items. it might be like yourbring it in and you;omething , the items. it might be like yourbring it in and you think1ing and bring it in and you think it's beyond repair. and then they by some they they it's like by some miracle, they fix. oh, that's lovely. so talent . i always cry. lovely. so talent. i always cry. yeah so it's such tearjerker. yeah so it's such tear jerker. you just think, oh no, i wouldn't cry. they just fixing something like whatever. but it means to these people. means so much to these people. you're those stories. you're right. those stories. yeah. i plug something that yeah. may i plug something that i watched yesterday? sky i watched yesterday? it was sky cinema. a cheesy cinema. it was a cheesy christmas film about a carriage of commuters on train, and they talk to each other all year round , and then they. they end round, and then they. they end up having a party and a couple falls in love. and it's all very my sister said, oh, no , not my sister said, oh, no, not watch that. it looks like trash . and i thought, this isn't set in london . no, people, it is on in london. no, people, it is on a commuter train to london . a commuter train to london. anyway, what's coming up ? was it

anyway, what's coming up? was it called car ? remember something called car? remember something about a train that you called last train? maybe something like a good name or something like the other one for tonight, i would say. which i look at to me christmas about nostalgic christmas is about nostalgic films also things that films and then also things that look on year in a funny look back on the year in a funny way. i love that. so the big fat quiz of 2022 is on tonight at 9:00 on channel 4. jemmy carr hozier and they've got such a good line—up listen to this they've got stephen merchant katherine ryan richard ayoade and maisie adam jonathan ross and maisie adam jonathan ross and rose matafeo . if you don't and rose matafeo. if you don't know who she is, she's in something called starstruck which is a really good watch. if you want something just you want something else, just catch up on is brilliant energy . ross but what if they got rihanna back and really good female comedians that line up as well? and so they'll be looking on 20, 22 and obviously lots of happen. but i think the best way to deal it is by laughing to deal with it is by laughing as of it as we can. i mean, as much of it as we can. i mean, you're making of this you're making light of it this time so that's my one. time of year. so that's my one. that's one be that's definitely one i'll be watching with little

watching tonight with a little baileys and sorry. and the next few days are especially ones, aren't they? because we don't know the we don't know know. the week is we don't know what's going everyone's what's going on. everyone's just eating oblivion eating themselves into oblivion . but is lots of good . but there is lots of good telly in next few days now what the some the highlights. okay so some of them necessarily them aren't necessarily christmas think christmas because i think at this so many days you this point in so many days you can get lost in good things. at one definitely say one thing i would definitely say to 1917, the first time to watch 1917, the first time it's been shown on tv, that's great. so it's going to be at great. so it's going to be on at 9:00 bbc. want to morrow night the 27th tomorrow night and that's some and is it won oscars for this it's so good it's world war one film and the cast is brilliant. young actors at george on dean charles chapman. he kind of came to fame when he was in billy on the west end. so he is, you know, sees an act. she found fame when he was a 11. he first started acting, then 25. brilliant in it. 25. now he's brilliant in it. he's gone off the rails of he's not gone off the rails of the right. excellent. no no, no. and colin firth as well . it's and colin firth as well. it's brilliant. it's all shot in one take. it's and it's of an

emotional journey they go through to send a message to the front lines. really good. what? and again, another one, which is runs through the eight bits of christmas specials dates it's going to be on tomorrow night at 9:00 on channel 4. and again, that's really feelgood because it's setting people for christmas. them christmas. it's getting them knowing other these relationships. i was always good back why people are back stories why people are single , whether just have single, whether they just have never love , widowed, you never found love, widowed, you know , the kids want to set them know, the kids want to set them up. there's always really good. i like the with the i do like the ones with the older people. when they older people. yes. when they find after they've widowed find after they've been widowed or after a divorce. it's is heart stuff. ellie, i know this is the good stuff and we've some good films, haven't we? coming up next, you just want to sit back, relax. good film, really good film . the day after. this good film. the day after. this is a 28. so got boxing day. you got the after the day after got the day after the day after that the 28 finding dory, which is the sequel to finding nemo. it's film i haven't seen . oh, my it's film i haven't seen. oh, my god, you have . watch it. it's so god, you have. watch it. it's so good. so did you sing finding

dory you sing the first one? yes. i must done. i must have done. finding dory is so. ellen degeneres is the voice of dory the fish who has memory loss. thatis the fish who has memory loss. that is just it and you follow her on this adventure it. that is just it and you follow her on this adventure it . yeah her on this adventure it. yeah it's one to watch it's really easy breezy it's really fun. it's feel good. you definitely want to that one in the diary in the diary so on the 28 at least the diary so on the 28 at least the one stuff. yeah yeah i, i know the one which is really good, which is a little late. so you have to do one more, one more groundhog day. oh classic to watch. classic can go in and out of it. you seen it before but it's feel good and bill murray stars in it of course as a weatherman he's very self—centred and he goes on a journey hold off lovely that film drive me a bit mad i know that's they cross that i'm that's they cross that gap i'm like, come on know my dad he loves it yes he wants to watch it. yesterday we refused and watched the last train . well

watched the last train. well exactly films really good exactly these films really good for all the family because we're assuming if you've assuming that you know if you've got yes you need family got people yes you need family friendly family friendly and also if you're your also if not if you're on your own, to kick back, own, you want to kick back, watch it, you can pause get watch it, you can pause it, get a table a bailiff, a table tweak, a bailiff, whatever these are whatever you want. these are really watch films, really easy to watch films, though definitely really easy to watch films, thou�*drink, definitely really easy to watch films, thou�*drink, isn't definitely really easy to watch films, thou�*drink, isn't it?efinitely really easy to watch films, thou�*drink, isn't it?efiniyeah, your drink, isn't it? oh, yeah, yeah. that's enough now. but thank you very much eddie any for that showbiz it's lovely. thank you so you're with breakfast on gb news still to come travel disruption for commuters as network rail workers strike in an ongoing dispute over pay. but first, let's go . to the looking ahead let's go. to the looking ahead to . today's weather and the uk to. today's weather and the uk is looking a day of sunshine and blustery , often wintry in the blustery, often wintry in the north. let's take a look at the details for you . a mixture of details for you. a mixture of sunshine and showers . the sunshine and showers. the southwest of england, these are blustery and heavy at times being a little colder than recent with temperatures closer to average , a dry and bright day

to average, a dry and bright day across the southeast today, but plenty of prolonged sunshine at the coasts and feeling colder than recent days. blustery showers will move eastwards across wales. these occasionally turning wintry over higher ground , brighter spells at ground, brighter spells at times, but feeling than of late a generally dry day for most the midlands today plenty of prolonged sunshine, some scattered showers may affect western northern areas for a time feeling colder than recent days staying drive. most north—east england with plenty of sunshine , although a risk of of sunshine, although a risk of a few wintry showers over any high ground temperatures struggling to reach about four or five celsius. wintry showers will continue to move eastwards . most of scotland and through today , the snow falling over any today, the snow falling over any high ground breezy particularly at the coasts and feeling colder . recently, northern ireland see a day of sunshine and showers these turning wintry over any high ground at times breezy , high ground at times breezy, particularly in any showers and

feeling colder than recent days . showers will continue to affect western areas. those often in the north, showers spreading further east later and that how you weather is shaping up for the rest of your boxing day .

good happy boxing day. it's 7:00 this is breakfast on gb news with ellie and emily. here's what's leading news this morning of rail passengers face. another day of disruption because industrial action as we talk as workers walkout over pay conditions on one of the busiest days of the year. britons gear up to take to the stores as

shops slash their of goods amid the cost of living with poor weather and strike action, taking hold of the country, will consumers brave boxing day sales 7 consumers brave boxing day sales ? and we'll be looking ahead . a ? and we'll be looking ahead. a bumper day, a boxing day with aidan magee. that's not aidan magee . that is king charles, who magee. that is king charles, who gave his first speech yesterday at 3 pm. now you've been sending in your pictures of your christmas trees, decorations, so we'll be sharing those to keep the alive. this the festive spirit alive. this boxing excellent. any boxing day. excellent. and any of you join in emailing gb's of you join in by emailing gb's actually venues dot uk or tweet us at . gb news. now us at. gb news. now network rail workers their strike in their long running dispute over pay jobs and conditions all boxing day services have been cancelled. network rail said britain's railways will remain closed for a second consecutive day. members of the rmt remain on strike until 6 am. on

december the 27th. well, the assistant editor of conservativehome william joins us again now. william, good morning to you. so just outline what's happening today out on the rails so there will be no train services running today and across the country now on a boxing day. there aren't many services. the major services that run are those sort of shuttles, heathrow and stansted and other airports. but even those won't be running today. so anybody planning a boxing getaway will have to make alternative arrangements. and this is of part of the aunties ongoing dispute with the governments and with the rail companies themselves over pay and working conditions. now, william the way many of these companies make their money is from those lucrative trips . do from those lucrative trips. do you think people are to turn away from rail altogether because they can't trust that it will run ? well, so the major will run? well, so the major way, in fact, is that the

railways i would say make their money through government subsidies, of course. so in the last year before, covid, they made billion from made about 6.5 billion from ticket sales but received 13.3 billion i think in government funding. and so i think already we see far people travelling by car than by rail. indeed i think one of the reasons why us in the media bubble focussed so disproportionally on rail strikes is because we are one of the few classes people who actually largely use the actually do largely use the trains get into work . actually do largely use the trains get into work. but of trains to get into work. but of course more importantly the subsidies for our rail networks are paid by the taxes. subsidies for our rail networks are paid by the taxes . people are paid by the taxes. people who live outside london and the south—east. so i think if already people would particularly packed also having to subsidise these rail workers , the increasing frustration which anybody trying to get on houday which anybody trying to get on holiday will feel today will only to that sense only add to that sense disgruntlement. i already disgruntlement. i mean, already polling suggests that voters blame mick lynch and the rmt far more than they do the government for ongoing . so i would say for the ongoing. so i would say yes , have increasingly had yes, have increasingly had enough and will probably choose

to travel by car or megabus, which i still believe is running in future . well, there is in future. well, there is a stalemate going on, isn't there, between the government and the rail this rhetoric of rail unions. this rhetoric of blame on both sides. so rishi sunak speaking just before christmas, saying that he felt very disappointed that there was going to be over the festive period. but the rmt saying that ministers were missing from meetings and they were abdicating responsibility . they abdicating responsibility. they they were blaming the ministers for not getting around the table with so where we at with with them. so where we at with the stalemate? and you think the stalemate? and do you think we'll sense of sort of we'll see any sense of sort of settlement in 2023 ? i think we settlement in 2023? i think we will see a settlement because the polling of rmt members themselves suggests that there is waning interest in continuing to strike mick lynch receipts for two over 9% from members, which is down to just over 60% and continually trending in the wrong direction. i think obviously this is since the rail railways were privatised in the

1990s. this is primarily a matter for private companies. of course the job of the government is to ensure that service continue running in some form or another. and it is also, i must say has a stake because of that taxpayer subsidy. and i previous you mentioned so it's not primarily role for the government. the government has signed up to negotiations mile conference with lynch. conference met with mick lynch. i believe and also with other representatives of the unions . representatives of the unions. but this is primarily a job for private and the unions to hash out. and as i say, i think unions support continue action will weigh in further in the next weeks or months . and i next weeks or months. and i think this strike will eventually peter william is expensive for rail workers to strike isn't it. and if these january is a difficult month for most of us because you have to wait rather a long time to be paid. and because of all of those expenses from christmas, could it be that union members end putting pressure on mick end up putting pressure on mick lynch say actually, we

lynch himself say actually, we can't afford to strike anymore. can you just agree to this offer? well and i think, as i said, i think that voting with their feet in a sense because their feet in a sense because the more that the support for the more that the support for the strikes, the more difficult mick lynch is and support becomes position becomes because if, as we say, voters in general, blame him a continuing disruption and he becomes an increasing be unpopular figure. but his members themselves start to blame him for leading them up a path when it becomes clear and the railway and the government are unwilling to agree to have to pay rise or changes in various working conditions that the unions are demanding and members will obviously become frustrated at the idea they've disrupted that that their pay they ruined people's christmases apparent reason . and how do you apparent reason. and how do you think public perception continue into the start of 2023 as we see more strikes across board? i

mean, we could be looking at teachers in january more public sector workers , ambulances, sector workers, ambulances, nurses, such continue as well. i mean, people really going to get very of this if they're not already . well quite from a already. well quite from a political perspective , got quite political perspective, got quite used to prime ministers you've turning very rapidly when . the turning very rapidly when. the headunes turning very rapidly when. the headlines get poor but then the entire approach of rishi sunak's government is to essentially, wait this out. it's a war of attrition and we saw over the summer during the strike action there that even people that initially had a large amount of sympathy with the strikers that waned , the disruption continued waned, the disruption continued and what the government is hoping is that even if people are initially very supportive of teachers or nurses or ambulance workers , the longer that these workers, the longer that these strikes go on and the disruptive they prove to be that people are going to increasingly the government isn't going to fold and they will turn around and say to union members, well, if you're going get what you're not going to get what want sunak isn't going want and rishi sunak isn't going to you just go to aid, why don't you just go

back work? because fuss back to work? because the fuss is and then i think is worth it. and then i think especially for public sector workers, the government will hope some hope to come to some sort of concordat around march budget with pay increases and with various pay increases and the like, but only , as i say, if the like, but only, as i say, if it has been seen to win in this dispute, and that will only come after weeks after a few more weeks and months toil. thank you months of hard toil. thank you very much. william atkinson from cancer narrative home, joining us to about those ongoing us to talk about those ongoing strike , particularly the rmt . as strike, particularly the rmt. as we've been hearing, there are still strikes but services running providing those of us who want to venture out with a glimmer, hope and perhaps better pnces glimmer, hope and perhaps better prices than catching a train anyway . well, travel editor with anyway. well, travel editor with the independent's simon calder joins us now with the latest travel advice . simon, what is travel advice. simon, what is the situation out there on the rails today? well, on the railways, i've just been through station . it's unusual in the station. it's unusual in the station. it's unusual in the station is actually open . you station is actually open. you can walk through it, but can't catch a train, obviously, till tomorrow morning. and that will continue . in fact, we're going

continue. in fact, we're going to be very very few trains running in the uk day tomorrow , running in the uk day tomorrow, today anyway because the idea which has prevailed for many years is that there's no demand for travel on them on boxing day . how simply isn't true though want to get want to get around the country like they do most days. well, absolutely not. everyone is slopping out. the air says it's going to be 15.2 million journeys made by rail today. million journeys made by rail today . and obviously very very today. and obviously very very busy long distance coach services. but the real the people who are in the toughest position of over 20,000 passengers on eurostar are who were booked to travel today between london, paris, brussels and amsterdam and all those trains were wiped out by the strike. and really just happened a few days in advance. they had very little time to organise anything else. flights are full and so lots of people are just either in london frustrated because they can't get away on

their break after christmas . their break after christmas. continental europe or indeed trying to come here after a christmas break or indeed on houday. christmas break or indeed on holiday . and they can't get here holiday. and they can't get here either . so it's almost a holiday. and they can't get here either. so it's almost a kind of replay. if you remember last year omicron and the french banned this for about three weeks. yes we've we've set up our own ban on all travel between and here it is . although between and here it is. although nicholas sturgeon nearly banned us from scotland . the english us from scotland. the english anyway , remember that. oh, look anyway, remember that. oh, look . getting on, getting fresh bank anxiety here next year. you mentioned them amber plus when suddenly . oh my god told that suddenly. oh my god told that france the most dangerous place on the planet but then it turned out it wasn't actually but by that stage a million holidays have been wrecked anyway. that's not important right now. it's amazing how you forget these even they are rates that we just spoke about there. mean, spoke about there. i mean, you forget numbers and. they forget these numbers and. they come up and it triggers you, doesn't oh, gosh, doesn't it? it's like, oh, gosh, remember and i'm remember that time? and i'm contractually point contractually obliged to point out an rate. it

out it wasn't an all rate. it was number. on number nine was an on number. on number nine actually , on a master actually apply, on a master graduate. so i've got good point now. you to simon he's my now. thank you to simon he's my man of many trades so i wanted to pick up on really good question to william a little bit earlier which is can the rmt afford to keep striking like this or do you think that will be saying to mick lynch, look, just let's just take the offer on the table. we can't afford to keep walking out right. keep walking out like right. there's things there's all sorts of things going great question going on. there's great question because there's overtime ban because there's an overtime ban and is having devastating effects anyway. so for example from london waterloo the busiest station in the uk for the past week or two, it's been running only from seven in the morning, lost trains before ten at night, completely wrecking people's plans if they were going out to west end or something, you needed back to guildford. needed to get back to guildford. that's costing our empty members money we get to the end of this strike 6:00 tomorrow morning and then immediately the overtime ban continues. then immediately the overtime ban continues . plus, festive

ban continues. plus, festive works. that all ends on the 2nd of january when we're back into four more days of rmt strikes with a kind of guest strike by the train drivers union aslef the train drivers union aslef the middle now it is said in the railway industry that the train drivers can afford run overtime bans and have the odd one day strike. it would be their since the dispute began because they are proportionately better paid than other railway workers even in the rmt . i talk to railway in the rmt. i talk to railway men and women the whole time and yeah, they getting cheesed off. they very much blame the government. the they absolutely believe effectively oh how can i put it. they right through covid and now the taxpayer definitely owes them a living. but the poor old taxpayer any trains really running most of the time. oh no we're during covid there was absolutely service they absolutely full service they were completely empty but they were completely empty but they were running. well there was one man. one really quick man. ask one really quick question just quite question just i'm quite interested because . the

interested in this because. the railways they make lot of money from people investing in season ticket. surely no one in ticket. now, surely no one in their right mind is buying ticket for thousands and thousands and thousands of pounds when they don't know if it's going to be running. well, exactly right now, i mean, the revenue has fallen revenue the railway has fallen off before we got off a cliff, even before we got into sort proper season, into this sort of proper season, we looking at a 29% decline we were looking at a 29% decline in rail revenue that most definitely will have fallen further and is exactly the season ticket holders who aren't coming back because gas well under covid they fit and they've worked that if you live in winchester, redding or stevenage or , basildon and you were lucky or, basildon and you were lucky enough to have a job, we do some work at home. let's all go work at home. well, let's all go into tuesday, into the office tuesday, wednesday, and i don't wednesday, thursday and i don't need a season ticket for that . need a season ticket for that. and that is destroying the fundamentals of revenue , which fundamentals of revenue, which just means taxpayer , oh, can we just means taxpayer, oh, can we have some more money, please? just a couple billion and just a couple more billion and we'll fine. and i think passenger are absolutely furious the taxpayer will be furious pretty soon and it doesn't bode

well for the future and the pnces well for the future and the prices are only going here another 5% is well something like that 5.9. i have heard simon thank you so much for coming in an all of that for us the time just gone 7:13. let's bnng the time just gone 7:13. let's bring you up to date with the latest news headlines . it's latest news headlines. it's reported that at least 30 people have now died , a result of the have now died, a result of the severe arctic freeze that continues to grip much of the us and canada. officials say the worst hit area is the city of buffalo in new york state , more buffalo in new york state, more than 150,000 homes are still without power , down from 1.5 without power, down from 1.5 million on christmas day. the search continues for two people after an avalanche in a skiing area in western austria . it was area in western austria. it was initially thought ten people had been buried in the avalanche which happened yesterday afternoon . however, people afternoon. however, two people were and both went were rescued early and both went to separate hospitals . the six to separate hospitals. the six remaining were uninjured . the remaining were uninjured. the fatal shooting of a woman at a pub in liverpool on christmas was not a targeted attack,

according to police . the search according to police. the search is continuing for the gunman killed the 26 year old woman at the venue in wallasey on merseyside . she was celebrating merseyside. she was celebrating christmas with friends and family when she was shot in the head and killed the woman taken to hospital where she died from injuries. four men were also taken to hospital with gunshot wounds after the incident new data show shoppers are expected to spend less in the sales today as the cost of living crisis continues reach. research by barclaycard found the average customer intends to buy hundred and £29 worth of items in the sales. that's 4% less compared to last . the research also found to last. the research also found a number of shoppers expect to turn reselling sites to buy items after christmas and to offload unwanted presents . we're offload unwanted presents. we're going to return now to a story that has shocked the community in liverpool over christmas weekend. police say that a woman was killed in a shooting at a merseyside pub . they say it merseyside pub. they say it wasn't deliberately targeted.

merseyside police have confirmed the 26 year old victim received a gunshot wound to the head and later died in hospital north—west of england. reporter sophie ripa is at the scene for us now. what more can you tell us, sophie ? well morning to you us, sophie? well morning to you both . investigation is still both. investigation is still underway after a shooting took place at the pub here behind me. the lighthouse in wallasey on christmas eve. now, so far we know that a 26 year old woman was killed in the attack as well as several of those being injured. we also know that merseyside police don't believe the 26 year old victim was the intended target of the attack . intended target of the attack. they say they believe she was simply here enjoying the festivities with her friends and family when she was caught in the crossfire , was taken to the the crossfire, was taken to the nearby park hospital to receive . but she sadly mater died from her injuries. now this attack comes just four months after a

spate of gun violence in the merseyside region back in august , i'm sure people will remember the of nine year old schoolgirl olivia corbo who was shot and killed in a family home that fell within the same week as the deaths of some and ashley rimmer who were both also as a result of gunfire and i'm sure people will also remember after that spate of merseyside police promised them a good me that they were going to remove the guns from the streets of the city region and finally not there is a real crackdown on crime in the region . so i think crime in the region. so i think merseyside police are going to really be keen to follow up on the aftermath this incident, especially so close to christmas. they yesterday the family were complete inconsolable and i'm sure our viewers at home will understand another merseyside police will be really keen to try and find the culprit behind the murder . the culprit behind the murder. this 26 year old woman on

christmas eve . and sophie, like christmas eve. and sophie, like you say, this a shooting just a few weeks in liverpool. how community is feeling . well, community is feeling. well, i think when covered the deaths of olivia corbo, ashley dyer and some rimmer, the community were really shocked that so deaths as a result of gun violence come in such a short space of time . now, such a short space of time. now, i think there's a sense of just weariness that this continues to happen, that they they perhaps feel best city. and the merseyside region is no longer safe. and i think there be a real response from the police to try ensure that people do feel safe in their homes, especially at this time of year. grief. i thank you so much for bringing us the latest there from that liverpool where very sadly a six year old woman died on christmas eve, december , the biggest month eve, december, the biggest month of the year for most uk retailers. but data from the owners retail sales index shows november makes up over one fifth of this year's sales. if you've

received money as a gift, you would expect to bag some boxing day bargains. now the sales run. but this year is different. the value of goods purchased during the boxing day sales is predicted to be nearly 10% lower than last year. predicted to be nearly 10% lower than last year . our yorkshire than last year. our yorkshire reporter anna ryan is live on the high street in leeds . reporter anna ryan is live on the high street in leeds. us. anna, it seems to me that the christmas sales started on christmas sales started on christmas eve at least online. how's it looking on boxing day this year . how's it looking on boxing day this year. good morning . yes, this year. good morning. yes, well, shops haven't quite opened yet. they're opening between eight and nine this morning, so we should see more people out on the then. but what also may put people off is these big giants that we know about next, john lewis and marks and spencers. they've said they're not opening today to give their a day off work. so we may not see as many lining the streets to get those bargains in person . it may be bargains in person. it may be online. that's what the british

retailer association have said. the more people may be buying onune the more people may be buying online year than last. last year we saw that it was the omicron variant of coronavirus and that did put a lot of people off coming out into the stores on boxing day, do their shopping. but this year , the cost of but this year, the cost of living that is putting people off. many people , instead of off. many people, instead of buying new items in the stores, are getting things that are pre—owned . so that also may see pre—owned. so that also may see a down turn in pre—owned. so that also may see a downturn in figures . pre—owned. so that also may see a down turn in figures . these a downturn in figures. these sales are not just on today though. they'll go on into january . but though. they'll go on into january. but with the rail strikes that are coming up at the start of the month that may put people off coming out shopping. but on other hand, people may want to come into stalls because we've seen that the rail royal mail strikes also stopping people getting their parcels on time. so we'll keep you updated throughout the day as to the footfall on the high here in leeds and there are plenty of shops for people to go out. there's thousands in here

not just high street but small independents will be open hoping for people come in and spend some of their christmas . thank some of their christmas. thank you very much , anna. that's an you very much, anna. that's an israeli are yorkshire and humber report hope it's not too cold out there for you. we'll get some updates from you later on. i'm sure you're going to be looking in the boxing day sales. well, actually, i had a little look on christmas. i've been sent. so know how all these sent. so you know how all these stores so happy to wish stores are just so happy to wish you a merry christmas . and then you a merry christmas. and then underneath it says up 50% underneath it says up to 50% off. why don't you have a little look dresses and garments look at our dresses and garments and what not so i did and frocks and what not so i did have a little browse, but haven't purchased anything yet. it's tempting. it's now. it's all too tempting. it's now. i've of vouchers, i've got loads of vouchers, which happy about . which i'm very happy about. vouchers, that's a good. so you have great gifts, some great outfits . i need get busy. outfits. i need to get busy. yeah. and just and them yeah. and just and spend them all so my plan . all today. so that's my plan. but do let us know what you're up to boxing day gbs at up to on your boxing day gbs at gbnews.uk of you've been gbnews.uk lots of you've been getting excellent gbnews.uk lots of you've been gettin�*says. excellent gbnews.uk lots of you've been gettin�*says. happyxcellent gbnews.uk lots of you've been gettin�*says. happy boxing: gbnews.uk lots of you've been gettin�*says. happy boxing day to karen says. happy boxing day to both you. you have boxing day

both of you. you have boxing day to karen, this is both of you. you have boxing day to living karen, this is both of you. you have boxing day to living room karen, this is both of you. you have boxing day to living room today., this is both of you. you have boxing day to living room today., thiofs both of you. you have boxing day to living room today., thiof the my living room today. all of the decorations stay until the decorations will stay until the 12th i love the 12th night. as i love all the light it look very cosy. light, it does look very cosy. if listening radio, if you're listening on radio, the with lots of the tv there with lots of decorations and also the tv, of course, and william atkinson , i course, and william atkinson, i think they're top point. happy new year. says karen, to everyone at gb news and ben and naomi have been in touch they've sent in their well—wishes along with a picture of their tree. enjoy your boxing day. they say look at that amazing star if you just on the right track massive i'd say almost as big as the top of the tree. that huge was as big as the tree itself. exactly leon cole's been in touch and says, wow that was a long day yesterday. three adults and seven children in our it seven children in our house. it was non—stop lots of was non—stop i think lots of people relate feeling people will relate to feeling i'm having well brew whilst i'm up having a well brew whilst watching youtube. lovely women on news before it all kicks on gb news before it all kicks again. round two roast by roast beefis again. round two roast by roast beef is on the menu. lucky ladies dinner. hopefully i had beef yesterday . what did you. i beef yesterday. what did you. i had turkey . it was excellent.

had turkey. it was excellent. nice was it moist? it was moist. i like the brown meat? yes. and who's charge of cooking in your home? well, actually it's usually my mother, but my brother stood and he's had brother stood up and he's had few gordon ramsay moments . i'm few gordon ramsay moments. i'm not going to lie. it yeah, a few times. get out of my kitchen . times. get out of my kitchen. oh, no, we got him a glass of red and he heated up. but it was a yummy dinner. yes, it was indeed. that's good. but keep indeed. that's good. but do keep your coming in. your festive pictures coming in. we're keep the festive we're going to keep the festive spirit guess, as spirit alive, i guess, as a tree's dinners . just let us tree's pets dinners. just let us know what your boxing day plans are, will you? maybe you'll go to maybe to the to the races. maybe going to the races? going to have races? yeah. i'm going to have aidan in just moment. aidan magee on in just a moment. looking all this, what do looking at all this, what do keep those coming keep those thoughts coming in? we the strikes as we got lots in the strikes as well. so we'll bring that to you in next minutes. yes. so in the next few minutes. yes. so it's day of today it's a bumper day of sport today is fixtures kick off is boxing day fixtures kick off later there are games in the later. there are games in the premier league and championship on as the racing on today as well as the racing horse . what's going on today as well as the racing horse .what's going on? horse racing. what's going on? well, it's interesting . one of well, it's interesting. one of my in my previous role was my jobs in my previous role was actually the pit actually go and inspect the pit space back then, inspect the

track you like. and kempton park was place where to was one place where i used to have that was obviously have to go. that was obviously where king george fifth where the king george of fifth race happen today. where the king george of fifth rac by happen today. where the king george of fifth rac by way, happen today. where the king george of fifth rac by way, is appen today. where the king george of fifth rac by way, is listen today. where the king george of fifth rac by way, is listen byiay. my by the way, is listen by fidden my by the way, is listen by ridden by vanessa williams think that's going to be the main good runner yeah right runner pardon yeah that's right yeah course. yeah, yeah, absolutely . i can't comment absolutely. i can't comment whether it's whether it's whether it's a whether it's a male but i think it will male horse, but i think it will be our thoughts. i be it's say our thoughts. i a male male male jockey. but that's my that's my tip. 11 races happening today. huge seeing that down. yeah. huge day . yeah. you can stick to it if you could you to have races today 1111 don't you do anything 11 races today . so my dad we 11 races today. so my dad we just talk about it it was you know you'd have to be difficult because usually a boxing day papers then you asked where you'd all the riders you'd get the all the and riders and to place your bets and you have to place your bets then difficult back then it was difficult back then because obviously no online so my into that then my dad was really into that then there big in there was a big race in downpatrick still on downpatrick which still goes on today. big one for today. so that's a big one for racegoers. to racegoers. it's going to be a very murky weather out there as well. but job is to go and

interview groundsmen to interview the groundsmen we to stick the ground and stick a fork in the ground and we to get on what the pitch we to get his on what the pitch was to like essential was going to be like essential work but we when you have work it is but we when you have to go in on christmas boxing day it absolutely invaluable it was absolutely invaluable i mean yesterday mean making cocktails yesterday . about . okay, let's talk about football, shall we, on this side of the premier league. that's huge. because again , boxing huge. this because again, boxing day boxing day , huge for day and boxing day, huge for football and racing. anyway this is a restart of the season. we've not seen any action since man united won fulham on man united won at fulham on november the 13th. now what you see on opening anyway is see on the opening day anyway is usually freak results because the different the players were at different levels there are levels of fitness. there are different level frames different level of frames of mind. you players have gone mind. you have players have gone to the world cup, they suffered heartache like harry kane missing penalties action missing that penalties in action today players who are today you've got players who are winning won the cup. winning who won the world cup. i mean sense was on who he mean my sense was on who he could be in action for aston villa tonight liverpool. villa tonight against liverpool. he's who was engaging villa tonight against liverpool. he'the who was engaging villa tonight against liverpool. he'the anticsnho was engaging villa tonight against liverpool. he'the antics ino was engaging villa tonight against liverpool. he'the antics in the|s engaging villa tonight against liverpool. he'the antics in the|s enfew ng all the antics in the last few weeks. said he's got weeks. his manager said he's got to because he felt that to work him because he felt that he's somebody with his national team bit. so huge team a little bit. so a huge round games. mean, we've team a little bit. so a huge rourone, games. mean, we've team a little bit. so a huge rourone, two, es. mean, we've team a little bit. so a huge rourone, two, three,1ean, we've team a little bit. so a huge rourone, two, three, four, we've

team a little bit. so a huge rourone, two, three, four, five,a got one, two, three, four, five, six, matches. we've got six, seven matches. we've got loads games champions loads of games in champions championship. so queens park rangers, we're in rangers, qpr, my team, we're in action at 750. i'm action in cardiff at 750. i'm hoping to that lazio about hoping to catch that lazio about one that yeah did that on one in that yeah i did that on 515 well the qpr fans yeah yeah but there's a lot of i find this i like to say mean i hear gb news who only dat wearing down the road. i didn't even know that. yeah we watched shepherd's bush. oh you can try you you bush. oh you can try you can you can in can throw a cricket ball in london census spot, but london on the census spot, but you season ticket you don't have a season ticket season. a column in season. but i have a column in the so don't a the programme, so i don't need a season ticket. it's i give me they tickets, i'll do they give tickets, i'll do a game free. yeah. game for free. yeah. but although deliver around although i do deliver around about a season so, about 3000 words a season so, i'll i say to oh no, no, i'll just as i say to oh no, no, no, that's not, that's not, not my style. but we found we're in decent the in top decent at the moment in the top six it's really six championship. it's really important because a big, big seasons go up this year because the rewards offer. the financial rewards on offer. but there's be but you see there's going to be a for everybody actually a huge if for everybody actually because world because keep our to the world cup going to a huge cup as well is going to a huge endurance because season is endurance test because season is already mammoth as it is giving championship play championship only play you play 46 so you've got this 46 matches. so you've got this hiatus the middle of the

hiatus in the middle of the season where been concentrated in premier for example, in premier league, for example, you know, arsenal top the league with clear, but with five points clear, but they've actually played 14 games, 38 total get these games, 38 in total to get these between now and what start of it's going to be saturday wednesday , wednesday. now ask wednesday, wednesday. now ask any coach ask any sports scientists , the biggest scientists, the biggest imposition on players is actually the game is actually the number of minutes they on the number of minutes they on the that's they get the pitch. that's where they get injuries the teams with the pitch. that's where they get inju biggest the teams with the pitch. that's where they get inju biggest squads teams with the pitch. that's where they get inju biggest squads manchester the biggest squads manchester for example, i think they've got eight in over three eight games in just over three weeks. they're going in weeks. they're going to be in pole though they're weeks. they're going to be in polepoints though they're weeks. they're going to be in pole points behind gh they're weeks. they're going to be in polepoints behind erling y're five points behind erling haaland, players haaland, one of the best players in world. side didn't in the world. his side didn't qualify world cup. qualify for the world cup. norway absolutely raring norway sees absolutely raring to go playing in go and they're playing in a couple of days i believe couple of days time, i believe they've a lot of them they've got. yes a lot of them must shattered. must be absolutely shattered. the cup. the excitement of the world cup. yeah i mean, this is yeah they will. i mean, this is the to see mentally as the world to see mentally as well. i mean, have to well. i mean, you have to remember, cover the with remember, i cover the cup with the cup nations in the africa cup of nations in thousand in ghana and, thousand and eight in ghana and, the teams like, the players for club teams like, nigeria, , they were nigeria, ghana, they were explained me back they explained to me back then. they were saying it. they were saying people it people don't understand. it means to represent means for us to represent our country means we country and. what it means if we

don't country. so they don't play for country. so they have to be there. they have to travel the world. that's travel around the world. that's what they've just done. they've just difficult. so just been in very difficult. so harry for example, fired harry kane, for example, fired his penalty over the bar in quite extreme . a common with the quite extreme. a common with the temperature was was quite warm goes brentford today goes to brentford today completely different as said completely different as i said different games a different pitch, surroundings . pitch, different surroundings. and endurance test. and that's the endurance test. that's you to that's just what you have to do in sport. the bit like in sport. that's the bit like playing sometimes it's playing golf. sometimes it's raining, sometimes it's sometimes it's firm. sometimes you ten, ten you go from guitar to ten, ten degrees and rain. yeah, it's i think, well if it's a week ago it have been minus minus it would have been minus minus temperatures that stadium. temperatures in that stadium. and word , aiden, and just a quick word, aiden, before on your before you go on on your christmas did. christmas day. yes, she did. host oh , me and i believe we host oh, me and i believe we have clip of how it is going have a clip of how it is going down your first contest. here it is so if you are listening the radio tell us what's happening so. yeah that's the ham and cheese croquettes . that's about cheese croquettes. that's about 9:00 last night before the eastenders came on huge fan of eastenders came on huge fan of eastenders . so that's me just eastenders. so that's me just going around my christmas . i going around my christmas. i didn't decorate the whole house by christmas room. and by christmas room. oh, and that's lounge upstairs

that's the lounge upstairs i used woman but we've used the games. woman but we've got masculine apron got a very masculine apron on there. and often gloves. there. yeah and often gloves. yeah i'm because it took me a while to find them actually, but i get in says that how many surprises. exactly. they're, surprises. no exactly. they're, they're hot those they're lovely and hot those coming that's the coming out of there. that's the girls. and girls. my nieces need to. and she didn't to tv she didn't want to be on tv because make wasn't done. because the make up wasn't done. and my sister in and that's that's my sister in law. a very male look about law. it's a very male look about it. three the three it. but three of the three ladies behind cameras ladies are behind the cameras that's which that's the first course, which is with shavings of is chestnut with shavings of coconut on there. that's the cocktail we know , big cocktail that we know, the big knife for knife there. that's just for this death and this to work till death and that's that's setting the scene. so just really christine quality street that's my that's my rug which i imported from finland. so like had a so i feel like we've had a whistle of house apartment whistle tour of house apartment that's just top floor. oh, just, just the floor next to it. next. you would do the ground floor. well, we're very impressed with you, agent. i must say that i had. sorry for we before we move on more serious matters, on to more serious matters, i had kind of pace from all over the world if anyone follows twitter have we twitter they will have seen we had chicken bowls had a chicken kebab bowls a christmas day all over the world

what had done a lot of food balls. will reminisce balls. they will reminisce spnng balls. they will reminisce spring rolls and cornish crunchers yes yeah. chicken balls arancini balls are all sorts delicious and very easy to cook. well do take a leaf out of aidan gay's book and do send in your pictures, please. gbs that gbnews.uk will make us all hungry. morning. stay with us. after break, we'll taking after break, we'll be taking a look this morning's papers. look at this morning's papers. see a couple of minutes .

welcome back. so let's bring you up date with the stories making the newspaper pages today on the front of the times this morning, the king praised tireless health workers in his speech as they struggle to cope with a wave of strikes . the telegraph is also

strikes. the telegraph is also talking about the king, as charles used his first christmas speech to offer sympathy for those battling rising bills . the those battling rising bills. the daily mail covers king's tribute to his beloved late as he became the second monarch to deliver a christmas speech . at and the christmas speech. at and the guardian is talking about a rise , deaths, taking on child care as fathers now make up one in nine. stay home. parents on. the cover of the eye as a warning but an entire are being held back as than 200,000 kids have been left waiting for developmental therapy . it's time developmental therapy. it's time to go through the papers now and joining us this morning is political commentator , columnist political commentator, columnist and founder the contrarian and founder of the contrarian ally mirage journalist and ally mirage and journalist and author nicky hodgson . then good author nicky hodgson. then good morning to you both . and nicky. morning to you both. and nicky. let's start first, shall we, with a really, truly horrific in liverpool on christmas . yeah. so

liverpool on christmas. yeah. so this is the story about. this poor woman who was who was murdered basically in the head in a pub in liverpool on christmas eve. was 26. we don't know very much better. but what we do know is this wasn't the police don't think that she was the target . they don't know why the target. they don't know why this happened. they don't require it. we well, maybe. they don't know the motives of the gunman were. they don't know very much at this stage. but they don't think it was a targeted attack. it sounds a terrible situation of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. and, you know, this this does come off the back of another shooting. of course, that poor little girl, olivia cipel, was who who was shot a couple of months now. i think it just raises many questions about, you know , gun control. about, you know, gun control. yeah, we've never had a gun control problem in britain before, have we. i mean, not like this. it seems . seems to be like this. it seems. seems to be the of the ease of the instance of the ease of which people can procure weapons seems to be going up. well, ali,

liverpool has always been bit liverpool has always been a bit of crime hotspot. it's of a crime hotspot. i think it's fair say . but of a crime hotspot. i think it's fair say. but gun crime is, fair to say. but gun crime is, that something new? well, look i mean, we've got a gun crime issue. we've also got a knife crime problem as well mean, crime problem as well i mean, you was on my you know, i was actually on my way morning having , a way here this morning having, a chicken shawarma down on the edge and my yeah, edge here. and oh, my god. yeah, i was actually sorry. i was about and i saw apologies about five and i saw apologies to this viewers . to reveal this to our viewers. you know, i need to get out more, but there there an more, but there there was an incident happening right front of me, two guys running out a of me, two guys running out of a car to attack guy. and car about to attack a guy. and so my watch, so looked at my watch, i thought, make as thought, i better make it as a in crime stoppers call me. in case crime stoppers call me. it's seriously it it's quite seriously i mean it very worrying. i mean, i thought we going to be witnessing we were going to be witnessing something horrific there. so, yes, is an issue. yes, gun crime is an issue. knife crime is problem as. yes, gun crime is an issue. knife crime is problem as . a knife crime is a problem as. a lot is related to drive. lot of this is related to drive. i mean, in this particular case, stolen we don't know what stolen key. we don't know what the we'll find out. but the issue is we'll find out. but in the case of olivia corbell who was killed in her own for , who was killed in her own for, home heaven's sake, when one suspect pursuing else. i'll suspect was pursuing else. i'll leave. unbelievable. a lot of

the stuff in particularly related to knife seems to be drug related . and that's the drug related. and that's the fundamental problem. and we've also got the police under pressure already stretched. so it is very worrying at the moment. i do think. there's a collection of fly just flew off my nose in the studio here . my nose in the studio here. yeah, i think i know. not going to sneeze. everything is under control it's just control. i mean, it's just almost impossible to comprehend, isn't it? especially if this woman's . i mean, 26 years old woman's. i mean, 26 years old and on christmas eve. absolutely. racing with her family and friends in the pub. and nobody i when we think about crime in this certainly london you think there's a risk i might be stopped actually you think about those things you don't think there's a risk. might be think there's a risk. i might be shocked. what's kind shocked. no. that's what's kind of and appalling of so devasted and appalling about coming soon about this. and also coming soon off the back of that with the shooting. yes. that will shooting. yes. that that will surely make people in merseyside feel yeah feel quite nervous. yeah exactly. for the community that it just so shocking , as it must be just so shocking, as you just in such quick you say, just in such quick succession . alex, look succession. alex, we have a look at the guardian, the comeback of

nigel farage and a labour search. well, your nigel farage, he's doing extremely well on your channel is also part of reform uk , which is doing quite reform uk, which is doing quite well the polls and you know that nigel historically was the one who forced the conservative party and david cameron granting that referendum on the eu because they were worried about him. he have a certain way , lot him. he have a certain way, lot of charisma. he gets his point across very clearly and what they're saying is that there are swathes of tory mps including duncan smith, dominic raab and theresa villiers as who could all be potentially risk of losing their seats. now if you're someone like dominic down in eastern walton, you've got barely a 3000 majority over the lib dems. it take much for let's reform uk to stand in that area a few votes away from me . 5000 a few votes away from me. 5000 votes and you've lost your seat andian votes and you've lost your seat and ian duncan smith is got a very marginal majority now over labour. very marginal majority now over labour . that very marginal majority now over labour. that young lady there who was standing against him,

who's been working very hard in the community there. so this is a serious problem and it's just ties to the general woes of ties in to the general woes of the conservative party. now 20 points behind labour it was much, much worse after that summer love affair that the party had with liz truss kwasi kwarteng, which ended in utter disaster and they are still trying to recover that and that's what we're seeing here. yes, it does like the yes, it does look like the conservatives are to be conservatives are going to be squeezed, and the squeezed, both the left and the right spectrum right of the political spectrum come election . that's come the next election. that's right. look, rishi sunak is right. and look, rishi sunak is doing his best. he's trying to hard in a very difficult of circumstances. it is really challenging. but he's one a worker. so at the moment, challenging. but he's one a worker. so at the moment , this worker. so at the moment, this trajectory the tories are in a hammering. the question is not whether they're going to lose, but the degree of the loss of the man. but look, we are living in volatile times. two years to go. we'll see what happens. but the trajectory moment, the trajectory at the moment, very nickisch a very true. nickisch we have a look and a break look at the eye and a break through test for alzheimer's. yes only a couple of weeks ago, we had a really news story about

alzheimer's about the drug that's been tested in trials called the mab, which will actually slow down alzheimer's in certain kinds patients . in certain kinds of patients. but one of the sticking points for rolling out the nhs would be the diagnostic test we the diagnostic test that we currently for . alzheimer's, currently do for. alzheimer's, which bit which is a little bit complicated but is a new complicated, but this is a new diagnostic test which we can now use and it should ready to use by 2023. it's very, very straightforward. it works on identifying biomarkers in the brain and yeah, it's just it's great that this is coming off the back of . the other story the back of. the other story about the drug, because the two will kind of work hand—in—hand, i think what's really positive and encouraging is that after and so encouraging is that after years of not really having any new breakthroughs around alzheimer's having two in quick alzheimer's, having two in quick succession, so it feels like we're kind of at the precipice point and being able to deal with numbers of with better because numbers of alzheimer's are up well. alzheimer's are up as well. we're living longer and we we're all living longer and we would part of it, but it's would be part of it, but it's just the most horrific disease that's really, really positive. so it's have some good .

so it's nice to have some good. we don't often see good news . i we don't often see good news. i thought hadn't smashed for thought it hadn't smashed for you . any you that exclusive. any good news ali? so there's news here, ali? so there's mounting pressure sends had teachers back to what's going on here. well this is times reporting that an increasing number of head have had enough they want to go back into the classroom. they miss it. they find the pressure and the bureaucracy, the and the pressure of being head teacher is not worth the hassle. i think this has been exacerbated by covid and everything has been exacerbated over these days. but it does seem to be the case that in certain areas during the pandemic head, teachers had a lot of responsibility on them to make sure that in their school was safe . and then, you know, was safe. and then, you know, head teacher is obviously the figurehead of the school, but they can't control every single of everyone's safety in the school. so that is putting a lot of pressure on people and they've had enough so the figure is basically a saying here that the of people actually wanting to return to classroom for

frontline teaching has gone up from 14% in in 2019 to 17% now and the numbers wanting actually become head teachers have actually gone down so is an issue and this comes on the back of teacher strikes we know that you've got industrial action going on across public sector, but teaching is one of the areas and that's really a disaster still when it comes to kids education, look at what happened in pandemic when kids were in the pandemic when kids were unfortunately to go to school. there's still catch up on there's still catch up going on right and got serious right now and we've got serious in skills in this in education and skills in this country, which is going to lead to productivity. was to productivity. so there was quite pressure on head quite a lot of pressure on head teachers with the claims of grade inflation and on the way they came up with mark was able to teach over that as well. emily that was not ideal. we know the whole problem with the algorithm rest algorithm and all the rest of it. gavin, it was a complete it. and gavin, it was a complete scenario. there was great. that's just a fact. there was those grades in those grades and out of kilter . it's not those grades in those grades and out of kilter. it's not fair on the students. they did their

best, but it is massively out of kilter and now they're trying to bnng kilter and now they're trying to bring that into line. so it's not been an period for teachers and students did their best. so some of scotland is not so sure . i think what's interesting about this story is anything years ago we were having a debate about whether should have general managers brought to general managers brought into to be you and be head teachers. you and everybody sort of up in arms everybody was sort of up in arms by well, they don't have any of the teachings skills but maybe all in teaching. all my family were in teaching. so i of you know, i don't venerate teachers but what i think is interesting is that the step up from being a teacher , step up from being a teacher, being a head is just markedly different jobs and maybe what they do need is way more support to learn to kind of do the management aspects and maybe more of what they're more awareness of what they're actually doing in actually going to be doing in that it's the same that role. it's the same anything, isn't as anything, though, isn't it, as you you climb that greasy you as you climb that greasy pole with. yes further away from the coalface in any job. yeah, absolutely it's the same. it's exactly the same. the nhs though they the nhs managers , they're they the nhs managers, they're rarely frontline staff or have

no mindset. so perhaps as well they're probably pros and cons to both the ways of doing things . so we have a look at dentistry. it's a little bit different in the daily express, but it's in fact what is boring isn't is statistic 25% of older people fear that they will have to do their own dentistry. nikki yeah, i mean, i should have probably talked about the alzheimer's now that we ended on a positive note, i think a positive note, but i think this really important and this is really important and i think anyone got an nhs, nhs think as anyone got an nhs, nhs dentist anymore because i've tried being pregnant. you're to be able to get free dental treatment and i can't get on the books anyway. so it's just a bit of but yeah, this of a nightmare. but yeah, this is, a service that's is, this is a service that's been saying that one in been done saying that one in four people fear , they four older people fear, they will have pull their own will have to pull their own teeth because. they can't teeth out because. they can't get an nhs dentist appointment and more than 47 million nhs dental appointments have been since lockdown in england . the since lockdown in england. the of health claims that dentist practising in the nhs rose by over 500 last year. but it

doesn't matter if you still can't get on the books of a surgery. so what is that? why can't people get an appointment 7 can't people get an appointment ? do you think it's because dentists close , but that dentists are close, but that would they're actually would indicate they're actually there's more of them. i think we had shortage. had we already had shortage. yeah. got more yeah. and then we've got more people treatment . but people for nhs treatment. but then the numbers don't tell . the then the numbers don't tell. the numbers don't tell it. we've had a with a long a problem with nhs for a long time. know, i remember, i time. you know, i remember, i remember couple ago remember a couple of months ago , i think, or a few weeks ago there were stories warning people to take dentistry people not to take dentistry into hands, not pull into their own hands, not pull out. i saw that something like out. i saw that something like out so it out of the middle ages. so it seems be and then there were seems to be and then there were those stories about how in somerset there are no dentists that you can now join as an nhs patient. so yeah, things aren't looking great in the industry well. well a well well. it's a well it's a well it's lucrative job, it's it's a lucrative job, it's a very lucrative job. emily it's not just dentistry. i mean you look gp's now, they're saying look at gp's now, they're saying that they are overworked , they that they are overworked, they want work fewer hours. mean want to work fewer hours. i mean if can get through to your gp for an appointment you're doing, you're because you're being very lucky because frankly you

frankly most of the time you can't dragon can't past the dragon receptionist. it's receptionist. i mean it's complete do complete nightmare and i do understand they have pressures complete nightmare and i do unythem,1d they have pressures complete nightmare and i do unythem, but1ey have pressures complete nightmare and i do unythem, but at have pressures complete nightmare and i do unythem, but at havmoment�*es on them, but at the moment you've got industrial action across public sector, you've got gp's , you can't, you've got to gp's, you can't, you've got to pull out your own teeth. at the moment feeling is moment the feeling really is britain working. i mean britain is not working. i mean back to that poster from 1978 when the tories were saying that labour isn't working the labour isn't working at the moment, like britain's moment, it feels like britain's working. it really is working. i mean it really is what and the what it is boxing day and the people have a lot to be grateful for that is less. that is true. hopefully hopefully just don't believe in out today. i would just like you couldn't me to just like you couldn't pay me to put that my. okay but this is the with dentistry as well the thing with dentistry as well you often can't wait can you get you often can't wait can you get you often can't wait can you of things you is one of those things i mean yeah i've got think i'm sure people drink a bottle whisky they. then get whisky don't they. and then get their i'd their friend partner. oh i'd need something need need something like i need it jane. for it's i'm jane. i think for it's time i'm afraid. but thank so for afraid. but thank you so for another review and you're staying for rest staying with us on for the rest of the programme. lots more to come. let's bring you up come. okay, let's bring you up to the stories to date with the other stories that today. it's that are going today. it's reported at least 30 people reported that at least 30 people have now died as a result, the

severe arctic freeze continues to grip much of the us and canada officials say the worst hit area is the city of buffalo . in new york state, more than 150,000 homes are still without power down 1.5 million on christmas day. well, shep, it's all freeze to the shame . the all freeze to the shame. the search continues for two people after an avalanche in a skiing area in western austria . it was area in western austria. it was initially thought that ten people had been buried in the avalanche happened yesterday afternoon . however, people afternoon. however, two people were early on and both were rescued early on and both went separate hospitals . the went to separate hospitals. the six were uninjured . six remaining were uninjured. the fatal shooting of a woman a pub in liverpool on christmas eve was not a targeted attack to police. the search is continuing for the gunman who killed the 26 year old woman at a venue in wallasey on merseyside she was celebrating christmas with and family when she was shot in the head and kills the. woman was taken to hospital where she from her injuries. taken to hospital where she from her injuries . four men were also her injuries. four men were also taken to hospital with gunshot

wounds after the uk health security agency will stop publishing covid modelling data early next month . the chief data early next month. the chief data scientist says the public of the specific data is no longer as the country is living with the disease. data had been published weekly during the peak of the pandemic and every two weeks since year year. since april this year year. so christmas may be out of the way, but the festive festivities certainly aren't. there's still lots of christmas television to get stuck into this boxing day yesterday to give us the latest on the best boxing day television is showbiz journalist ali phillips in a little early so i must say you look lovely . so i must say you look lovely. thank you, darling. yes, e today tv but better. it's great yes and costello. oh, that's not covering christie's yesterday. yeah yeah it sounds like it's a detective series . it's also detective series. it's also great. and that's what we've got to forward to, what we went

early these boxing i gave you tuesday . so we're one day today. tuesday. so we're one day today. boxing day , tuesday tomorrow boxing day, tuesday tomorrow because everyone loses track of days. and when they give you a couple of things but, days. and when they give you a couple of things but , there's couple of things but, there's two i didn't give you, which i am really looking forward to. one mayflies . it's one is called mayflies. it's a two part series. it's on 9:00 on bbc one on wednesday, and stars martin compston, who i absolute love war, my favourite is it's based on wednesday . the 27 based on wednesday. the 27 wednesday is the 20 i love how 28 i get to do it one day it's on wednesday 28th that's on wednesday and he starts a two part series. like i said, the first one is on wednesday. and the second part is the next day. so can get stuck into it and get get in. it's about two friends who get back in when . one who get back in touch when. one of them is diagnosed with terminal cancer. it must be a tear amazing. he's tearjerker. amazing. but he's such that you just such a good actor that you just know going to great. and know it's going to be great. and bbc dramas this sort have bbc one dramas of this sort have been past been really great over the past few that is one few years, and that is one i definitely want to watch annoyingly so annoyingly the same time. so i've record and watch

i've got to record one and watch the on channel 4 is the other over on channel 4 is john lucy's party year john and lucy's party the year again. look back over again. it's a look back over yeah again. it's a look back over year. these at time year. i love these at this time of year looking back over what's happened that line comics. happened with that line comics. he's brilliant they've got roisin , romesh roisin conaty, romesh ranganathan , rob beckett, jacki ranganathan, rob beckett, jacki iconic weaver and big zoo. so they've got really good guests on that one. i think it would be really great. oh, jackie wave jacki weaver. she doesn't have the authority. she doesn't have the authority. she doesn't have the remember how the authority. remember how moral handforth . oh, of course. moral handforth. oh, of course. yes yes, yes, yes. i remember one of the icons of the year. so one of the icons of the year. so on the panel with them. so i think that's just going to be really great fun because she's actually a really good addition to that. line—up people love her, you? she's her, don't you? yeah, she's everywhere. yeah, she she's great. really that great. she did really well that i'm onto this is a 29 this i'm going onto this is a 29 this is one i can not wait. i you're going to say prince andrew the musical it looks in credible. so i've seen preview clips of this and genuinely looks really

there've been some musical you know of royal families of previously haven't been great this one at the cast is amazing so it stars karen hodgson who is kind one of these actors using it for thing but don't know what he's been in you know he's always in good parts. he's working but he's brilliant working out, but he's brilliant . comedian they . he's also a comedian and they line one chihuahua. line up includes one chihuahua. jenny harry enfield, joe jenny beat harry enfield, joe wilkinson , baga chipz. if you wilkinson, baga chipz. if you ever watch drag race uk it's going to be funny isn't it really funny and so one of the clips i've seen already is of his infamous interview that he did and he sings a song afterwards called i nailed it that's a song that's quite funny things around so they really go on for this full parody. yes it is the 29th. it's on channel 4 at 9 pm. so that is a must watch for that one. i don't know the end of the show which i love. john bishop can't they got the scousers, you know, how is that? he's on itv at 935. again is on thursday, the 29th, and he's got ian mckellen and he's got sir ian mckellen and he's got sir ian mckellen and he's england linus beth mead he's got england linus beth mead on show as well. so they are

definitely ones to watch . yeah, definitely ones to watch. yeah, there's so much that it's amazing that all these christmas specials, mean line ups specials, i mean the line ups that managed to it's that they managed to get, it's like everybody's a good like everybody's here for a good time . it to the festive time. it comes to the festive special. then i think it's because as well, if those days in christmas new in between christmas and new yean in between christmas and new year, do? what year, like, what do i do? what day the week it like well, day of the week it like well, 10th have a look at 10th tv. we'll have a look at what's watching feel what's happened watching feel good and catch up on kind good films and catch up on kind of the year in a humorous way and also because they recorded in advance and everyone knows all eyes going to be on tv all eyes are going to be on tv do think difficult one to do think it's a difficult one to know? everyone wants be know? you know everyone wants be in wants you in everyone wants faces you did prince though prince andrew musical though strikes me as as something that could be quite controversial . could be quite controversial. yes. most people might not want to see a singing and dancing prince. i'm really looking forward to , because i think it's forward to, because i think it's taking the thing and that's what it is for me. this time of year is all about kind of hopefully looking back, making some making light it . obviously, it's not light of it. obviously, it's not funny happens . and you funny what happens. and you know, he accused and know, what he was accused of and all of things. but all those types of things. but i

think in this way, to think to look it in this way, to put spin on it, very put that spin on it, it's very british. it's it's a satire british. it's like it's a satire mean. love it i'm so i'm mean. we love it i'm so i'm hoping makes me feel like i'm watching kind of the book of mormon if you've seen that in the eighties i'm hoping it's that from clips seen will that from the clips seen it will be and i think people will be talking lot about and want it talking a lot about and want it aired. oh, yeah this is definitely definitely one what films are going to be getting stuck the next few days stuck into in the next few days because that of time because it is that kind of time of, where we're losing of, the year where we're losing complete days of the complete copy of the days of the week. already are you on week. we already are of you on bases like, yeah, you're going to be in the selection box . so to be in the selection box. so what should we be sitting when you are stuffed of the cheeseboard and the mince pies leftover friday 30th of december. listen which is the disney film i've seen it sleep. wow angelina jolie stars in it andifs wow angelina jolie stars in it and it's beauty but it's from the perspective of the wicked fairies from her perspective it is beautiful she's incredible in it . she misunderstood. yes yes.

it. she misunderstood. yes yes. love it. yes tell you what isn't misunderstood, though. cheekbones are not misunderstood . they look like yours . oh, . they look like yours. oh, yeah, yeah. oh, yeah , yeah. and yeah, yeah. oh, yeah, yeah. and it's just really good. feel good. disney, you can't go wrong with that one. sad. that is 350 again a great time the afternoon i'm a bit of a snooze in and out bbc one so that's free day 30 the december and then not evening bbc one again at 830 is would i lie to you at christmas so it's jo brand jo likes it joe swash ruth may lee i got line all the comedians i'm not one rob brydon lee and david mitchell so it's the panel show as we know it what like to do at christmas. so again think they're going to go really far with that one always good fun and the last one for that day, for friday the 30th, i would recommend as bit of recommend as a bit of a different one so it's on channel 4 at 1050 in the summertime 15 makes me think it's going to be pushing the boat out a little bit. passport ships called celebrity hell ,

celebrity christmas hell, showbiz love, celebrity soap and. basically, they've got famous families opening the door to about their christmas to talk about their christmas confessions. they've got the confessions. so they've got the of dommett going. alex of joel dommett going. alex katherine ryan and oti and motsi mabuse say so both stars one was a judge at one is a judge still a judge at one is a judge still a mum one of the professionals on it so that's a different one. so it's talking head programme. i think we're quite find some kind of odd things that happened them at christmas and their families . i them at christmas and their families. i hope we find out some interesting stuff that one. but think like i think but i think yeah, like i think they'll the boat not they'll push the boat out not because on. so the because it's later on. so the inside naughty confessions inside naughty confessions inside gossip, lots of exposure and today, one minute left, early saturday after gb news. yeah, obviously people are watching certainly after breakfast they to see if they want to be a little different a little bit later on. a little bit, i would say mary poppins we have two new the original that's on to 25. and then this evening . there's quite a lot going on. but would say the repair but i would say the repair christmas it's christmas special because it's a jacket watch it

jacket it's easy to watch it makes nostalgic . jacket it's easy to watch it makes nostalgic. 8 pm. makes you feel nostalgic. 8 pm. bbc one and then the big fat quiz of the year is on tonight again, love these looking back great comedians merchant katherine maisie adam katherine brian maisie adam jonathan hosted by jemmy jonathan ross hosted by jemmy carr is this evening is carr that is this evening is 9:00 tonight boxing day on channel 4 that is my last one for the day five lots to look forward to each day. are your plans boxing day ali what i'm going sleep. suggest yesterday going sleep. i suggest yesterday so am not planning on so i am not planning on achieving rest. well, like you said, i might have a little snooze. yeah, i think we'll all be going out this pretty good. thank you so much. and thank you. still to come, how? get the best from the boxing day sales. we'll be doing lots of that a little bit later we're going little bit later on. we're going to to a retail to be speaking to a retail expert shops and shoppers expert as shops and shoppers hope successful day ahead hope for a successful day ahead . first, let's get the . but first, let's get the weather for . . but first, let's get the weather for. looking ahead to today's weather in uk is looking sunny and blustery with showers often in the north. let's take a look at the details. a of

sunshine and showers across the south—west of england. these showers blustery and heavy at times feeling a little colder than recent days with temperatures closer average across south—east dry and bright with plenty prolonged sunshine while breezy on the coast, blustery showers will move eastwards across wales , eastwards across wales, occasionally turning wintry over high ground with brighter spells times a generally dry day for most across the midlands, the plenty of prolonged sunshine , plenty of prolonged sunshine, some scattered, blustery showers may western and northern areas for a time. same drive most across northeast england with plenty of sunshine, although at risk of a few wintry showers over high temperatures struggling to about four or five celsius. wintry will continue to move eastwards . most of scotland move eastwards. most of scotland with snow over any high ground breezy particularly on the coast those in ireland will see day of sunshine and showers . these sunshine and showers. these turning wintry over ground at times breezy and feeling colder

than recent days . showers will than recent days. showers will continue to affect western areas. these wintry in the north spreading east later. and that's is how a weather shaping the rest of the day .

good morning. it's 8:00 on boxing day. this is breakfast on gb news with ali and emily, the two e's or costa and cowboys? we like ? pitch it. here's what's like? pitch it. here's what's leading the news this morning. will it be a bumper day in the boxing day sales

former royal butler will give us the inside view. and remember, you can join in any of our discussions today by emailing vaiews@gbnews.uk or you can tweet us at . tweet us at. gb news. and do keep those pictures coming in of your festive trees, your spreads , the food that you're having today. what else we like? festive pets. festive pets. not only can i put something straight, i was talking wittering on about a film i watched yesterday that was actually pretty good. now, i thought was the last thought it was called the last train it was about train because it was about people met on a train, but

people who met on a train, but actually it was called this is christmas and i'm sure christmas and i'm not sure that's a better name. i prefer your it's bit your title. it's a bit nondescript this christmas. nondescript. this is christmas. where people watch it if where can people watch it if they want well, it was on they want to? well, it was on sky cinema. guy looks trashy , sky cinema. guy looks trashy, but it actually very good. but it was actually very good. heartwarming. emily's heartwarming. that's emily's recommendation of a good christmas film to you . your christmas film to you. your christmas film to you. your christmas present . now, december christmas present. now, december is usually the busiest month of the year for most uk retail hours, but since we're in the middle of a cost of living crisis, will this year's boxing day sales match up previous day sales match up to previous years? and for those of you feeling the pinch, how can you make your further this make your money go further this year? well, here to tell us what we can expect is chris harmer, who's director of insight at who's the director of insight at the consortium. the british retail consortium. good to you and happy good morning to you and happy boxing . we had a lovely boxing day. we had a lovely christmas yesterday . what can we christmas yesterday. what can we expect boxing day sales expect in the boxing day sales today ? well, for many retailers today? well, for many retailers , they've already started the boxing day sales before, before, before , obviously today. and so before, obviously today. and so many of your viewers will be able to go online and look at

and look at the sales that are on offer online. some stores are opening today, some are still closing to make sure that people have a the people that work for them have a decent, decent break. but there'll be no bargains in the high street and onune bargains in the high street and online if the show viewers look really carefully, you'll be able to find some really good value items there. chris chris, i read in in the papers this morning that christmas shopping may have been down by one fifth. how did they get to that figure? and is that something that you've heard from your members ? well, we know from your members? well, we know before christmas that retail sales have been down in volume terms overall because of the high rates of inflation that we were all experiencing . and so we were all experiencing. and so we expect that throughout the christmas period, we'll see a similar sort of pattern. i'm not sure it's going to be as is extremism day in office, but it will certainly be. i would say,

subdued. will certainly be. i would say, subdued . so i guess it'll vary subdued. so i guess it'll vary from retailer retailers to retailer in terms of whether there's too much stock at the end of the christmas period or not. and obviously from a customer's point of view, where retailers have got too much stock , but that offers an stock, but that offers an opportunity to highlight how you discounted products and bargains behind ised or noticed that our shopping habits have changed as a result of the cost of living crisis. there is this talk about people perhaps going into charity shops ahead of christmas, trying to get a bargain that way or buying second hand. what are you seeing on the ground ? we are seeing on the ground? we are seeing more of that and i think is a combination of people acting more sustainably as well as obviously the need of need of doing that due to due to the cost of living crisis. so i think upcycling recycling all all of that, you know, buying second—hand is all going up quite significantly at the

moment and it's good , good for moment and it's good, good for the economy and good for good for the environment as well. and obviously from, you know, people that are hard up in a need to do that, then it offers an opportunity for them to still purchase that they want purchase things that they want and give to other and need to give to other people. know the high people. now we know the high street been under street has been under considerable lots of considerable pressure. lots of shops having to close down for one reason or another. what are you asking from the government? come january . well, we were come january. well, we were really pleased that the government was listened to our campaign to freeze business rates because that was a really significant additional burden on retailers if they went ahead with the increase. so that's being frozen. so that's good news. we still wanting to see some clarity around the energy costs . so i think retailers are costs. so i think retailers are facing the same sorts of costs that consumers are in terms of additional cost of goods, additional cost of goods, additional cost of labour. obviously tax burdens that are increasing for business as well.

so we're really asking the government to help consumers wherever they possibly can, because if consumers don't have money in their pockets, they're not going to spend it every e—tailers. so we really asking for clarity around the energy, energy price caps, because that's coming to an end in a few months time. well, i will try and spend a little of money and spend a little bit of money on high street if can, on the high street if i can, come january , although i imagine come january, although i imagine i imagine a lot of my shopping will be done online if i do do any at all. thank you very much, chris harmer, who is the director of insight at the british retail consortium. thank you very much for joining us. now it's a packed schedule for the premier league the the premier league and the championship football championship and the football today, very busy today, but it's also a very busy day horse racing. joining day for horse racing. so joining us the studio to tell us us live in the studio to tell us more is sports broadcaster and journalist magee . how are journalist aidan magee. how are you doing? okay. yes, good, good , good. it's interesting. not like fascination. like some of them fascination. yeah. are you buying, yeah. what are you buying, aidan? not so much aidan? well, it's not so much i'm buying, i remember i'm buying, but i just remember the remember the days the days of. i remember the days of days when the of university days when the sales would only talk christmas

time and of time of day and time of year, having disposable having money and disposable income . so i was totally seduced income. so i was totally seduced on day. you'd see from on christmas day. you'd see from about you'd about midday onwards, you'd probably the adverts probably see all the adverts hitting head of hitting you. head of the salesman a high salesman is very much a high street thing and you go to the shopping centre where you go to the west end or whatever, you queue up, get involved in queue up, you get involved in the stampede. whoever was first on like, get on the premises was like, get the you to and the bargains. you have to go and seek them so there's that a seek them out. so there's that a bit of fun around it as well. well, eastwood off well, eastwood cheese me off over years i found that over the years was i found that the shops use it as opportunities to get rid of all the stuff they didn't want. now that they that sounds obvious, but they actually learned because actually had i learned because i knew somebody works in retail. it quite they told it was quite senior. they told me used to literally bust me they used to literally bust in stuff and sold in all the old stuff and sold for previous like 12 months for the previous like 12 months or before that. so or even seasons before that. so i a bit annoyed about it and i got a bit annoyed about it and it away some of the magic it took away some of the magic for me and it wasn't so it wasn't it wasn't magic. it was magic, say it was. but magic, i want to say it was. but then as the years went by and then as the years went by and the online took over, i guess that killed anyway. but that killed it anyway. but i didn't. made a find it. didn't. they made a find it.

they didn't help themselves by bringing in not fobbed off me suggest gave suggest it was a knock off gave it couldn't sell and it stuff they couldn't sell and stuff maybe damage it stuff it was maybe damage and it wasn't stuff that wasn't really sale stuff that had in season and had recently been in season and just down. i just about knocked down. so i think they kind of they kind of killed in some way. killed themselves in some way. i am sceptical about the sales. you know, what you think, how you know, what do you think, how much inflate prices much they inflate the prices beforehand don't, beforehand before they. i don't, i legally allowed to i legally and legally allowed to do but for do that actually but but for me it was to actually see it was odd to actually see people actually in people get injured actually in the person, my the in the one person, oh my god, video you see on god, the video clips you see on the on on boxing the news on on boxing day, people trampling over the news on on boxing day, pe0|another trampling over the news on on boxing day, pe0|another to trampling over the news on on boxing day, pe0|another to trartheirg over the news on on boxing day, pe0|another to trartheir hands one another to get their hands one another to get their hands on a toaster. yeah i mean, they're cheap anyway. they're quite cheap anyway. well, cadavers. there's they're quite cheap anyway. we need, cadavers. there's they're quite cheap anyway. weneed, is cadavers. there's they're quite cheap anyway. we need, is there davers. there's they're quite cheap anyway. we need, is there really? there's no need, is there really? also, i don't don't know if i don't know. i don't know if i think it's horrible consumerism and all materialistic and we're all so materialistic or thing, or whether it's a good thing, you know, can get things you know, people can get things for but i wish for a price. i know, but i wish they couldn't what is in they couldn't afford what is in they couldn't afford what is in the it's it was nice the meanwhile it's it was nice to actually go into the shop and actually going away with something hands. something in your hands. if you really you you've got really feel you feel you've got a bargain, say. i a bargain, what you say. no, i mean, knock down mean, if they knock it down a bit some of the sometimes bit and some of the sometimes johnsonsi bit and some of the sometimes johnsons i went for a board of sport i know i'm going to be

sport so i know i'm going to be here no. so i was told here to talk. no. so i was told we a couple of we lost we lost a couple of items. talk while. items. so i talk for a while. but we we do a little chit but we do we do a little chit chat and then, well, i'm only having a go for the sport, but now i let's try and make up. now i say let's try and make up. i might something i might buy something sport related bring it related and i might bring it home. like having in my home. i like having it in my hand, with now, hand, but with online now, i mean, you you can get stuff. mean, you can you can get stuff. so if i've tennis, for so if i've got tennis, for example, the broken microwave so if i've got tennis, for exarofle, the broken microwave so if i've got tennis, for exarof my he broken microwave so if i've got tennis, for exarof my properties microwave so if i've got tennis, for exarof my properties and wave so if i've got tennis, for exarof my properties and have so if i've got tennis, for exarof my properties and it was one of my properties and it was a the morning i had to a clock in the morning i had to replace delivered link replace one delivered to link road 1:00 in the off road in stoke by 1:00 in the off excellent it excellent landlord. isn't it responsible? can responsible? how you can do things that is. it things like that now? it is. it is. i mean, i'd have to say of, you know, there was a time you have wait days, ten have to wait ten, ten days, ten days that. but yeah, yeah, days for that. but yeah, yeah, yeah, much yeah, it's packed. so much schedule. oh yeah. i want a huge, huge range of fixtures today. boxing day in leaf in football and racing especially is very, very big in any year. this different because this year is different because you're the you're effectively seeing the restart . remember restart of the season. remember a ago with kobe, a couple of years ago with kobe, we huge hiatus and when we saw that huge hiatus and when we saw that huge hiatus and when we back after the break, we came back after the break, some of the didn't really some of the clubs didn't really want there, know, want to be there, you know, because we have because they were we would have been have the season been happy to have the season

suspended wound see suspended and wound up. we see the fixtures there the list of fixtures there today. it's different now because play for because everything's a play for brentford tottenham brentford against tottenham 1230 and two years and i'm like covid two years ago, an impromptu ago, which was an impromptu hiatus, was going hiatus, we knew this was going to knew going to happen. we knew there's going to happen. we knew there's going to break in the season. so to be a break in the season. so let's clubs manage let's see how the clubs manage their in terms of their resources in terms of players about, how players we spoke about, how about on about harry kane earlier on about harry kane earlier on about suffered about how he suffered the heartache missing heartache in case of missing that penalty, second that penalty, the second penalty, which would have given we that hard. yeah, we all suffered that hard. yeah, i that much i know, i know. i know that much sympathy. sometimes sympathy. you know, sometimes because paid so much because they do get paid so much money, it doesn't mean you get a it the goalkeeper . but it misses the goalkeeper. but the goalkeeper paid a lot of money. say that he money. he's able to say that he didn't need to save . i'm sorry didn't need to save. i'm sorry if your job is to kick a ball in if yourjob is to kick a ball in a net, you should get it in the net. it's. yeah, you're probably right. i should. i wouldn't right. i should. iwouldn't shout. do i be so reliable? shout. do i not be so reliable? you reliable the you say reliable from the now he's expected to be back in action today. mean, all the action today. i mean, all the home brentford, they're home fans at brentford, they're not vicious terms of not the most vicious in terms of attacking, attacking players verbally. but mean might verbally. but i mean there might be difficult to resist be some be difficult to resist in fun in poking some fun at information that plays information that if he plays today normally so today but he is normally so reliable , spurs are up and

reliable, spurs are up and running as a safe and 1238 but they're of the blocks they're early out of the blocks you can also playing tonight they're clear the they're five points clear at the top the premier league. they top of the premier league. they were they've were top at christmas. they've lost their main striker to the world the other world cup. that was the other issue. it's not just fatigue. it's not just games played. those intense those players play an intense environments at world cups particularly you play for a country where country like brazil where the pressure's injured. pressure's on to get injured. that's another issue because he's gabriel he's so importance. and gabriel jesus they have make jesus and now they have to make do for a period of do with him for a period of time. really know the time. we don't really know the clubs tend to tell you how clubs don't tend to tell you how long players going to be long the players going to be out for it the gives for any more. it gives the gives the hope that the the opposition hope that the player be available player won't be available for next sometimes next few games. and sometimes it's fit, get it's nice to keep them fit, get them and unleash them on the them fit and unleash them on the opponents, mind in opponents, the mind games in football, you know, psychologically so. londra yeah, exactly. and then we've got everton palace everton crystal palace on elections designed brought elections designed to be brought in the south coast derby. and it's day in the it's a big day in the championship queens championship as well. queens park own park rangers are my own team. keep eye action at keep your eye on action at cardiff at huge day. also cardiff at 515. huge day. also in you mentioned, in racing, as you mentioned, i can't meetings today, can't say 11 meetings today, including racing. including this is horse racing. horse . well, horse racing, yeah. well, leopardstown market raise and wincanton all the names that we

usually we hear of even a down. patrick when my dad drew, grew patrick when my dad drew, i grew up forties and up back in the forties and fifties . he was quite old and we fifties. he was quite old and we got kempton where the king got kempton park where the king george fifth is, george the fifth race is, is happy williams happy my tip venetia williams it's called home at press would you say this with liz or lizanne? oh, no, no. so i've got that wrong. lost out. yeah, because it just chases the men. yeah. okay. it's long across, long press . yeah. so press the long press. yeah. so press the press man , man, press. i don't press man, man, press. i don't know what that means exactly. have to look it up french. yeah anyway, i love the horse racing. yeah.i anyway, i love the horse racing. yeah. i mean, i used to have to go and actually inspect the pitch literally in my previous job. that's one of the christmas shows struggling for shows you're struggling for content. down to content. so send aidan down to kempton park. involves kempton park. well, it involves interviewing the groundsman and saying, what's it what's saying, look at what's it what's the going be like? the going going to be like? lights or tomorrow lights this a day or tomorrow even. he'd say, well, he's even. and he'd say, well, he's going soft, aiden and going to be soft, aiden and going to be soft, aiden and going a bit hard, you going to be a bit hard, you know, how it know, let's just see how it goes. we've got we goes. it might we've got we looked the weather looked to the weather forecast three the line. three or 4 hours down the line. he'd even give advice on what the racegoers should dress in

the racegoers should dress up in because okay, because he said, look, okay, we've sunny morning this we've got a sunny morning this morning. you know, we are expecting so expecting some rain later on. so don't forget bring your bring don't forget to bring your bring your brolly. he lets you stick a fork in the ground, which is fetch godforsaken shed fetch some some godforsaken shed round grandstand round the back of the grandstand and in the ground. and you stick it in the ground. and would actually and then we would actually film them. my them. i come round behind my shoulder be going and shoulder and i'll be going and go nuts. you know, talking about the different grass the different blades of grass and uke the different blades of grass and like bit like and stuff like that. a bit like when you say these questions, are everyone jack of all jacobellis right to jacobellis is all right to mccain. yeah, exactly. it mccain. yeah, exactly. but it was funny. we used was it was good. funny. we used to happened darkness as to it happened in darkness as well was like 6:00. well because it was like 6:00. we and we went from 6:00 back then and that's happened at dawn. that's what happened at dawn. and so we'll be lucky if you see the of grass like the green of the grass like anything i might anything else. well i might say anything else. well i might say a thanks so much, a worm i used. thanks so much, really, speed all really, for your speed with all the thousands the sport. okay. thousands of brits facing more travel brits are facing yet more travel disruption. boxing day as disruption. this boxing day as the strike continues and it the rail strike continues and it comes alongside warnings of cold weather ice as well. so weather and ice as well. so let's get a sense of how this is affecting people in the midlands. live to midlands. we can cross live to our theo chikomba who's our reporter theo chikomba who's live street live at birmingham news street station . theo, what's going on station. theo, what's going on

there . looks as though we have there. looks as though we have lost theo's sound. best we will try and reconnect with him and bnng try and reconnect with him and bring that back to you. but a lot of you have been in touch on the strikes. might he's been in touch saying got no touch saying i've got no sympathy rail unions sympathy for these rail unions whatsoever . they are just whatsoever. they are just showing disregard to the showing callous disregard to the welfare the travel , laying welfare of the travel, laying public, perhaps in brussels have beenin public, perhaps in brussels have been in touch saying christmas has made realise what has made me realise what selfish, greedy people the strikers what are the kings strikers are, what are the kings say? treat others you want to be treated the non treated yourself so the non striking population of manchester. let's just hope all the selfishness was worth it and they keep their jobs when it's all so this is interesting. these are strong views. i wonder if that's reflective of broad opinion these days. if that's reflective of broad opinion these days . yeah. so opinion these days. yeah. so lots of you've been in touch on the certainly got you the strike. i certainly got you talking is one of the talking today. is one of the busiest days of the year in terms travel and most trades terms of travel and most trades aren't no aren't running in the uk. no pretty miserable. january pretty miserable. and january doesn't much theo,

doesn't look much better. theo, i is there down the line . i think is there down the line. he's at birmingham rail station , new rail station, i believe. theo thank you for joining us. what's happening at birmingham rail station? there any rail station? are there any trains ? yes, good morning. i'm trains? yes, good morning. i'm here at birmingham street station. i had to walk around three little earlier this morning and it's completely empty. nobody's in there . all empty. nobody's in there. all the birds where you'd normally get information, there's nothing on there either. so no trains in and out of here. that's a similar picture across the country. the fast train and to start is going to be tomorrow at around 750 going from sheffield to plymouth. that's going to be the fast train . normally today the fast train. normally today we'd see engineering trains in and around the country. but again, that's not happening and that's all because of the rmt putting on strikes , talking putting on strikes, talking about they want better pay and conditions. we've had reports that there won't be any ticket inspectors . for example, we can inspectors. for example, we can reference changes in their conditions and their contracts .

conditions and their contracts. so this is a difficult time for travellers at the moment with plenty of disruption today with the motor company. so the estimates around 15.2 million people on the roads with football taking across the country . also, people are country. also, people are returning home from their christmas holidays as well . christmas holidays as well. thank you very much, theo . thank thank you very much, theo. thank you for joining thank you very much, theo. thank you forjoining us thank you very much, theo. thank you for joining us from birmingham rail station . and birmingham rail station. and that's theo chikomba, who is a gb news national reporter. thank you very much indeed. and happy boxing day. now let's bring you up to date with the main stories boxing day. now let's bring you up tyarelte with the main stories boxing day. now let's bring you up tyare makingthe main stories boxing day. now let's bring you up tyare making the main stories boxing day. now let's bring you up tyare making the headlineszs that are making the headlines today. severe arctic freeze today. the severe arctic freeze that continues to grip the us and canada has claimed the lives of at least 30 people. that's according to reports. officials say the worst hit area is the city of buffalo in new york state. more than 150,000 homes are still without power , down are still without power, down from 1.5 million on christmas day . the fatal shooting of a day. the fatal shooting of a woman at a pub in liverpool on christmas eve was not a targeted attack, according to police. the search is continuing for the gunman who killed the 26 year

old woman venue in old woman at the venue in wallasey on merseyside. she was celebrating with celebrating christmas with friends family when she was friends and family when she was shot head. four men shot in the head. four men were also taken hospital with also taken to hospital with gunshot after the gunshot wounds after the incident . the uk health security incident. the uk health security agency will stop publishing in covid modelling data early next month. the chief data scientist says the publication of this specific data is no longer necessary as the country is living with the disease . data living with the disease. data had been published weekly during the peak of the pandemic and every two weeks since april this year. every two weeks since april this year . now for every two weeks since april this year. now for many fox hunting is as much a part of boxing day as left over turkey and discarded gifts. and the 2005 hunting ban has done little to dampen huntsmen enthusiasm . by dampen huntsmen enthusiasm. by law, the hunt must now use drug trials instead of hunting foxes. but new figures released today reveal that many are seemingly flouting the law. and little is

being done to stop them all. southwest of england reporter geoff moody has been talking to people on both sides of the debate . from the traditional debate. from the traditional boxing day meat horses , hounds boxing day meat horses, hounds and the thrill of the chase. we've had to change what we do after the hunting act came in. it isn't exactly the same, but it's as close as we can make it. you know, we like our lines. we chase those lines. i mean, there are clearly people who don't want us to do what doing. want us to do what we're doing. and hunting and given that we are hunting within that can only be within the law that can only be one conclusion. and that is that this issue hunting, this isn't an issue of hunting, for but league for that matter. but the league against sports many against cruel sports says many hunters haven't adapted. they're doing what they used to. doing exactly what they used to. they've compiled 300 reports of suspected illegal hunting in the hunting act is there. but with witnesses seeing foxes still being chased in some instances still being killed , both of still being killed, both of which are illegal under the hunting act. but exemption is in

the law, making it terribly difficult to actually bring a prosecution, certainly a successful one. concerns, too , successful one. concerns, too, about public safety . pip donovan about public safety. pip donovan is from action against fox hunting. she's been campaigning alongside other groups , grantham alongside other groups, grantham against blood sport and protect the wild to stop their local huntin the wild to stop their local hunt in somerset from gathering in town on safety grounds . they in town on safety grounds. they say the hunt in chard hasn't properly applied for a road closure as somerset county council said to us was too late to do anything , too late to do to do anything, too late to do anything to get the roads closed properly . bearing in anything to get the roads closed properly. bearing in mind anything to get the roads closed properly . bearing in mind the properly. bearing in mind the road closure is about public safety, isn't it's not about being minded about the hunt, it's about public safety. it's about taking, making sure that the public are not put at risk. somerset council have admitted they made mistakes. they told gb news we can confirm that the council is not using any powers to close roads for hunt meets this year. we have spoken to the hunts identified by action

against fox hunting and to have confirmed they will meet on private land and the third will not be closing the road. we apologise for any misunderstand in relation to this matter. action against fox hunting have drawn blood. it's now a battle of wills with both sides hunting for loopholes . it's the spirit for loopholes. it's the spirit of the law. we want to see being adhered to. so we want changes made to ensure that that proper spirit that let's protect british wildlife is actually enforced . and that's what we be enforced. and that's what we be calling on. whichever government is in after the next general election to do for us . if election to do for us. if opinion polls are to be believed, the party that introduced the ban could be picking up the scent in a year or two. look at all this. this tells you the real truth of the matter. punching is very much part of england. old england and modern england and we're here to stay. oh here now. but for how much longer ? geoff moody . gb

much longer? geoff moody. gb news certainly controversial , news certainly controversial, isn't it? fox hunting? yes, it isn't it? fox hunting? yes, it is indeed. i'm not sure what i think about it. i see both sides for some country persons it is you know, it's a passion sport that tradition, part of a part of a lifestyle. although, yes , of a lifestyle. although, yes, yes. now, lots of you have been sending in your pictures this morning of your boxing day. and do keep them coming in. we're really enjoying looking at them. so is your your trees, your so this is your your trees, your spreads, your celebrations . yes. spreads, your celebrations. yes. just keep coming. let's just keep them coming. let's cobus. yes. so we'll start with pool cobus. yes. so we'll start with pool, shall we? he says happy boxing day from south gloucestershire . so what we can gloucestershire. so what we can see here is a dining table and a nice , nice kind of fluorescent nice, nice kind of fluorescent christmas tree in the corner. there and england flags. in fact, they're very patriotic. they're very gb news. we like that. we've got roger and lorraine who say to the best news channel and they've sent us in two cups of tea or coffee with that tree in the background. that's a nice shot there. is that actually

pleasing? that is a lovely tree. thank points thank you. symmetry on points that we love that really very much indeed. melissa has been in touch as well. oh, yes . pat touch as well. oh, yes. pat patches. yes here we go. chumley a british bulldog looking very festive. my gosh , look at tommy. festive. my gosh, look at tommy. he is like a chumley. festive. my gosh, look at tommy. he is like a chumley . he tells he is like a chumley. he tells it like a tommy. it's a great, great name for him. massive tommy . he great name for him. massive tommy. he might be carrying a bit of extra weight, although they're natural for that they're this natural for that breed little bit chubby, fat breed. a little bit chubby, fat shame tummy shame. i'm sorry shame, tummy shame. i'm sorry i'm late . and alan's also sent i'm late. and alan's also sent in a picture of his dog, says good morning to two amazing ladies this morning. thank you very much for the doll ni honey honey the dog was honey the dog . yeah, honey the dog. what does that say? jingle all the way. i thought he was calling you. honey. hey, honey. so the dog honey says good morning. and here we have a beautiful cat sitting up . oh, it's one. how sitting up. oh, it's one. how some wonderful waiting for his christmas time. i'm sorry. i

think one will win the prize. the teacher's pet. so far, it looks like there's another cat behind it. yeah. here's one. will's friend, emily. get in touch with us. necessary. guess they missed the mystery cat. guess there. but mumble is very beautiful. beautiful, handsome . beautiful. beautiful, handsome. we don't know how handsome you are throughout life. very attractive looking cats that keep on coming in gbs that you would use dot uk and let us know what you're up to on your boxing day. always a bit of day. it's always a bit of a funny day. day. it is funny day. boxing day. it is a bit a day. i wonder bit of a funny day. i wonder what doing home what i'm doing at home right now. the watching now. hopefully the watching gb news, probably, news, but they've probably, probably still in their pyjamas. they'll be watching you, surely. hopefully that hopefully probably in that moment. ? you moment. what are your plans? you doing stuff later? yeah, moment. what are your plans? you dthink stuff later? yeah, moment. what are your plans? you dthink so. stuff later? yeah, moment. what are your plans? you dthink so. i stuff later? yeah, moment. what are your plans? you dthink so. i think later? yeah, moment. what are your plans? you dthink so. i think we'll? yeah, moment. what are your plans? you dthink so. i think we'll have], i think so. i think we'll have round two. yeah, the rest of the turkey is isn't it. but it's like chilled version of pop like a chilled version of pop open a bottle of fizz . like a chilled version of pop open a bottle of fizz. i'm lucky.i open a bottle of fizz. i'm lucky. i have a great idea . i'm lucky. i have a great idea. i'm actually this afternoon. actually hosting this afternoon. i know why agreed to i don't know why i've agreed to that. you really? i have, that. are you really? i have, yeah. need do something yeah. so i need to do something very simple . yeah. so i need to do something very simple. i'm yeah. so i need to do something very simple . i'm thinking maybe very simple. i'm thinking maybe a cheeseboard or something. that

would be nice. yeah, that's why you've hosting. on you've been hosting. hosting on gb news. you know, for once, back to our morning, but i'm hosting food, i think a cheese board is always a winner. she's always a winner . let us know always a winner. let us know what gbs at gb what you're up to. gbs at gb news uk. off the break we're news uk. now off the break we're going the historic going to reflect on the historic king's speech as king charles made his christmas address made his first christmas address to the nation. we're back in just a moment.

welcome back and happy boxing day. it is 825. still to come on today's programme at 845, your christmas week tally wraps up with a poll, i'm told by showbiz journo extraordinaire eddie phillips . and we'll be keeping phillips. and we'll be keeping you up to date with the stories making the headlines after nine. we'll crossing live we'll be crossing live to merseyside for the on the merseyside for the latest on the christmas shooting from our

christmas eve shooting from our reporter . and do get reporter sophie ripa. and do get in touch with your thoughts on today's stories or your boxing day photos, your festive pets , day photos, your festive pets, your trees, anything you'd like. just company this just keep us company this morning, in the morning, please. all in the usual email gbs at usual ways. email gbs at gbnews.uk. or you can tweet us at . gb news. yes, gbnews.uk. or you can tweet us at. gb news. yes, and i want to see christmas leftovers. that's what i want to see . yes. and what i want to see. yes. and what i want to see. yes. and what are you doing with them as well? people always check with your car yesterday. well, see . your car yesterday. well, see. yeah. oh, well, there you go. thank personal, expensive car. you said i think there's something about a curry. something festive about a curry. oh, yeah. that's on boxing day. anyway. anyway he chose the third, gave his first christmas speech yesterday to the nation from inside st george's chapel in close to where the in windsor, close to where the late is buried. yes. let's late queen is buried. yes. let's hear cameron walker, our gb hear from cameron walker, our gb news reporter , to tell us news royal reporter, to tell us more about this monumental moment. well, it was king charles iii, first christmas

message as monarch. and thanks. it's the first televised speech that the king has done in the united kingdom . and that the king has done in the united kingdom .and his united kingdom. and his majesty's grandfather and great grandfather , king george the grandfather, king george the fifth, and king george , a sixth fifth, and king george, a sixth base, both broadcast christmas messages, but it was on the radio rather than television . i radio rather than television. i think that's particularly significant . that's the king significant. that's the king chose st george's chapel to deliver his first christmas message because it was literally just metres away from the final resting place of his mother , the resting place of his mother, the late queen elizabeth. the second and his speech very much paid tributes to the life and service of his mother. he thanks the pubuc of his mother. he thanks the public for the love and support and sympathy during the national mourning periods . he said he mourning periods. he said he cannot thank you, as in the public, enough for the love and sympathy . he also spoke of the sympathy. he also spoke of the late queen's everlasting lights and the queen's faith and god . and the queen's faith and god. and in her people and the king referred to the fact that perhaps, or at least he gave

note the fact that he very much wanted to continue his mother's work and her service to this country. the united kingdom, his majesty also paid tribute to the armed forces and emergency service workers who had worked over the period of the queen's death, but also in the months since, i think it was particularly significant. he referred to specific actually the public sector workers, including teachers and emergency services . as i've already services. as i've already mentioned , because in the last mentioned, because in the last month they have been public service strikes, nurses have gone on strikes , train drivers gone on strikes, train drivers have gone on strikes . even have gone on strikes. even ambulance drivers have as well. now, the king did not officially specifically refer to the strikes. he remains very much impartial, but he did give a slight nod to the work and the service that the public sector provides . he also referred to provides. he also referred to the cost of living crisis affecting many in great britain

, but he paid tribute to communities who have really support it. those in need . and support it. those in need. and he he didn't refer to this, but we understand that his majesty has made a private donation to a fuel poverty charity over christmas who helping those struggling to pay the fuel bills over these cold winter months. now the king is head of state. he's head of the church of england. and obviously, chris, christmas is very much a christian celebration . but the christian celebration. but the king was conscious and aware that he is head of estates which includes and welcomes many faiths. so the king refers to christianity clearly , and it was christianity clearly, and it was recorded in a church . but he recorded in a church. but he also referred to synagogues. he referred to mosques , temples, referred to mosques, temples, gurdwaras . he wanted to include gurdwaras. he wanted to include all religions in the message of christmas. and that's one of compassion, kindness and love and inclusivity. some extent as

well. and i think that theme of a multi faith king is something we're going to see going forward throughout his majesty , the throughout his majesty, the king's reign. throughout his majesty, the king's reign . there was no king's reign. there was no mention of harry and meghan funnily enough, he did mention the prince and princess of wales, but i think it was perhaps wise that he didn't mention harry and meghan, because if he did, i suspect all of the headlines would be about them. but the overriding theme was that of selfless dedication , specifically referring to his mother , the late queen mother, the late queen elizabeth, the second. but i think again , it's a theme we're think again, it's a theme we're very much going to see him carry on as we get closer to his coronation and then beyond as we continue with the reign of king charles, the third well, that's cameron walker, our royal reporter there, doing a wonderful job, work very hard for us yesterday, covering the king's speech and to discuss the king's speech and to discuss the king's speech a little bit further is former royal butler grant howell, who worked for the king and his sons when he was

the prince of wales . happy the prince of wales. happy boxing day to you, grant. and thank you so much for joining boxing day to you, grant. and thank you so much forjoining us so early. really do appreciate it. so, first of all, you know, king charles, i personally know him very well . what your him very well. what were your thoughts speech thoughts on the king's speech yesterday? good ladies yesterday? good morning, ladies . happy boxing day and it was interesting to me. it was it was quite significant as for many others, because obviously it's the first time we've had a king do a televised speech and know this is i mean it. can you watch it and things that you would say? and i thought, yeah, that's that's exactly his kind of views. and he's feeling, for example , when he talks about the example, when he talks about the different faiths and recognising other faiths some, it's really important to me what many people wouldn't know is that highgrove, where based , there's a where i was based, there's a church and it's called a little church and it's called a little church in the grounds . and church in the grounds. and regardless of faith , you can go regardless of faith, you can go there. he made so that any there. he made it so that any faith can go on much of this. and this is something that's really important to him. and i thought it was quite significant

that he mentioned that. that he that he mentioned that. so i think the was so i think with the speech was obviously know, the obviously the, you know, the monarch much involved monarch at a very much involved with speech, right to with the speech, the right to obviously on it. obviously to get advice on it. but it's very them and but is it's very much them and that's what i feel it reflected now. grant no mention of meghan and harry. was that a snub snub or was that just a sensible move to keep them out of the headunes to keep them out of the headlines ? i like to think it headlines? i like to think it was a sensible move . i think the was a sensible move. i think the reality is that for the king he obviously talked with prince and prince wills in the recent visit to wales , which was a again as to wales, which was a again as in difficult moment for the royal family and i think with everything that's gone on recently, it's probably best not to mention them . but i don't to mention them. but i don't think it's because you know, he's thought, oh, i'm not going to mention sitting members of the think it's as the family. i think it's as simple talks about that simple as he talks about that they're walking they're not walking them to the royal not any royal family. so there's not any real reason to mention them as such because they haven't done anything significance far anything of significance as far as members the royal as what members of the royal family. so kind of makes

family. so it kind of makes sense, mention them, to sense, not to mention them, to be honest. oh, lots of people were talking about references that king charles made to nhs staff and their hard work and frontline staff working with the public. and there is this conversation today about whether that was just a sign of solidarity , perhaps with public solidarity, perhaps with public sector workers, or was that more of a political move ? you know, of a political move? you know, with everything going on with strike action at the moment? was that his his way of suggesting perhaps people just perhaps that these people just have rise ? it's a really have a pay rise? it's a really good point , have a pay rise? it's a really good point, and i don't really know the answer to that because we know historically he's quite famous for having his very strong views and which isn't a bad thing . but obviously the bad thing. but obviously the minute that is something he can no longer do. so i think showing his support for them is really important. and who knows, maybe he does feel that. i think a lot of viewers and listeners will agree that they deserve the pay rises. but as monarch, he can't actually get involved. he

technically can't say that , but technically can't say that, but i think showing his support for them , thanking is a way of them, thanking them is a way of kind of saying, i will, all of you do. so there could be a hidden message and i think the reality is , is the monarchy has reality is, is the monarchy has got to be very careful how it does talk about things and this is an example of him talk about someone that that's passionate to get too involved. if that makes that make sense, only mention public services . i mention public services. i believe there was no shout out to hospitality workers or those working in small businesses up and down the country. so it does make you think perhaps it was a bit of a political move. we do know as of wales he was quite vocal , which know as of wales he was quite vocal, which could sometimes be controversial if you're quite right. i mean obviously didn't he didn't to again, all other it is and as we said it is possible because he has strong views and in the past when you know those views have been known , they have views have been known, they have been times when people have said

that they've been leaked through other people , which again is other people, which again is possible . but i think i think he possible. but i think i think he has got to be careful, but he has got to be careful, but he has a supporter of the nhs and everything they do and i think it's a way for him to be able to read the speech, be able to acknowledge them, but the same time he only has so long to make this speech and he was to this speech and if he was to involve everybody in it could, although it could slightly over run. so that could be another reason to why he's going to reason as to why he's going to be on heraldry really be let it go on heraldry really good to have you on the program this butler to this morning. former butler to king charles worked very closely with well. and happy with you as well. and happy boxing well . happy boxing day to you as well. happy boxing day to you as well. happy boxing . okay after the boxing day. okay after the break, we'll be talking all the big stories making the papers today with our special guests. we'll see you shortly .

right. so let's bring you up to date with the main stories making the newspapers this boxing day on the front page of the times this morning, in his first christmas speech, the king praised tireless health workers as they struggle to cope with a wave of strikes . the telegraph wave of strikes. the telegraph is also talking about the king. charles used his first christmas speech to offer sympathy for those battling rising bills . the those battling rising bills. the daily mail looks at the king's speech from the perspective of his tribute to his beloved late mother and reminds readers he's only second monarch to deliver a televised christmas speech on the cover of the independ . it is the cover of the independ. it is a warning that an entire generation are being held back as more than 200,000 children have been left waiting. developmental therapy . the developmental therapy. the guardian focuses on the rise in deaths, taking on child care responsibilities as fathers now make up one in nine, stay at home parents .

make up one in nine, stay at home parents. this go through papers now. and joining us this morning is political commentator, columnist and founder , the contrarian prize, founder, the contrarian prize, ali barash , and journalist and ali barash, and journalist and author nicky hodgson. and they've been fantastic all morning. they have each they have. morning. they have each they have . so, ali, let's start with have. so, ali, let's start with you, shall we, on the boxing day sales is in the sun. the boxing day sales. absolutely is in the sun. but it's to be sun. but it's going to be a really, really tough time for retailers. and it already has been. multiple. been. and that's for multiple. firstly, coming on the firstly, they're coming on the back of covid. so people tended to more on lines. it was to shop more on lines. it was already tough enough for the high top that, high street. on top of that, you've had two other factors. one has been the weather. remember that snow in recent weeks that had that reduced weeks that we had that reduced footfall and then you've got strikes, strikes going on, strikes, train strikes going on, which are still continuing. now until the 27th and will also then be further industrial action coming. the retail sector needs it's like a hole in the head that they're already slashed they're some of the good

so they was trying to sell by 70% seven 0% before christmas even came . and now they're even came. and now they're looking to make about a billion in losses because of this. these factors so really, really tough. and then this is before and you look at the hospitality sector and i was talking to the guy who the manager of the bar in shoreditch, where i used to hold my dj nights for six years. and he was telling me, he was telling me that his takings are down 30% again, because of these two factors. so it's tough out there, even if you're playing very good music, you still need people to come through the door. yeah, yeah . cost of living, yeah, yeah. cost of living, crisis. i mean , that's the thing crisis. i mean, that's the thing that goes on the shop. people don't drink discretionary spending. yeah. what is that? we can before christmas the can before christmas that the traders badly affected traders were badly affected because people go out, you know they travel into london or they travel into birmingham , travel into birmingham, manchester or whatever to do a whole day shopping was whole big day shopping that was just hold . and i think

just put on hold. and i think people are more likely to spend more they're and about, more when they're out and about, actually the items. actually looking at the items. yeah, and there actually looking at the items. yeainot and there actually looking at the items. yeainot that and there actually looking at the items. yeainot that was and there actually looking at the items. yeainot that was the there actually looking at the items. yeainot that was the day there actually looking at the items. yeainot that was the day that re was not that was the day that same which is same friday night, which is known the drinks industry as known in the drinks industry as the one night of the year where everybody comes in. that was everybody comes in. and that was that was affected by the strikes as well. yeah it's interesting. i shifting more to i mean, are we shifting more to onune i mean, are we shifting more to online day sales online boxing day sales spending? i don't know. would be interesting out how many interesting to find out how many people online, stay. interesting to find out how many peoplmake online, stay. interesting to find out how many peoplmake a online, stay. interesting to find out how many peoplmake a purchase, stay. interesting to find out how many peoplmake a purchase that'. interesting to find out how many peoplmake a purchase that way. we'll make a purchase that way. we'll get anywhere on the trains, sure. i think trains, that's for sure. i think it will be down on all fronts. nikki, let's have look at the nikki, let's have a look at the daily we? daily daily mail, shall we? daily mirror, labour's mirror, sorry. and labour's plans free childcare. plans to expand free childcare. yes, i one of the biggest problems affecting ability to go back to work after having children is the childcare issue because it is just so expensive. i mean, the average cost for full time for a two year old is £263 a week. well i live it's £130 a day. so when you do the math, it's kind of impossible to send your child's nursery work full time with very little and

we know currently that three and four year olds get 30 hours free childcare if their parents work at least 16 hours a week. labour proposing that they extend that to two, three and four year olds because you know, maybe some people get if they're lucky, a year's maternity leave that takes you to and you've takes you up to one. and you've got year where you've to got a year where you've got to pay then you've got pay for it and then you've got nothing. you've got to pay for at the minute, is why at the minute, which is why people up not going people just end up not going back just back to work, because it's just not effective. this is a not cost effective. so this is a really pledge from really substantial pledge from laboun really substantial pledge from labour. could labour. you know, they could really really really this could really help them think them win the election, i think with yeah i think so. with women. yeah i think so. although i would say that further subsidies may further further subsidies may not be the only answer, ali. surely there's some red tape that cut . well, i that could be cut. well, i think, know, the thing think, you know, the thing is, it on the it is difficult because on the one government wants one hand, the government wants to back into the to get people back into the workforce. we've already seen the spectrum over the end of the spectrum over fifties. see this new fifties. and you see this new policy that rishi sunak has been coming out for midlife emojis of people who are over 50. you've also seen an increasing number of men now also beginning to

stay at home, which is a good thing in terms of spending time with family, good, but with family, which is good, but again, activity is again, economic activity is going although that going to go down, although that is by is being slightly displaced by an going into an increase in women going into the workforce. so it might balance. are balance. so these things are complicated . it childcare costs complicated. it childcare costs are very expensive in some of the nordic countries , there's the nordic countries, there's much generous provision . much more generous provision. but again, there's free lunch but again, there's no free lunch here. we want more generous childcare provision means higher taxes. also if people taxes. well, but also if people go work, they pay tax . true. go to work, they pay tax. true. that's the issues that's that's one of the issues that's one of the benefits of letting people will actually people work. they will actually pay people work. they will actually pay tax. giving pay more tax. so yeah, giving women choice. think women more choice. i think absolutely. now, of course , the absolutely. now, of course, the big story in the daily express on of boris on a the comeback of boris johnson potentially going to be. well it says wipe at the polls could put boris back in number ten by next christmas. i mean come off it really this is the. no, i do see express hoping this indeed. no, i do see express hoping this indeed . doris again you know indeed. doris again you know coming out it's christmas time dean has to come out and again wave the flag for boris. can we

just put this in context? i was at a i was a cocktail the other night, occasionally, once a yeah night, occasionally, once a yeanl night, occasionally, once a year, i get invited to something like this. and this person is, oh, boris. he he got he got turfed out on the back of some silly parties. it was ridiculous. absolutely not. so i said no. the reason he got turfed out with a three piece, pattison parties and pincher. i mean, ultimately, you cannot keep sending your ministers out to go and bat for you, defend a line that they then find out is completely and utterly wrong. within 24 hours of making themselves look ridiculous on tv defending . and the last defending you. and the last lastly say that but he's still popular voters and if you popular with voters and if you look at some of the polling, i think gb news that all people polls show that people were rating him the most competent out of the well the current prime minister and the former prime. hang on a second, emily. before he left , let's just let's before he left, let's just let's just do some revisionist history on boris before left on boris before he left revisionists, he was like it was like 20 points behind the like 20 points behind in the polls. and lost a string polls. and we've lost a string of they've lost history in

of but they've lost history in politics in shropshire, politics in north shropshire, chesham these chesham and amersham. these people trounced. people are getting trounced. they that that they had to have that that tractor pull. one guy, he got trounced well . come on. this trounced as well. come on. this is absolutely ridiculous . is is absolutely ridiculous. is then add insult to injury on then to add insult to injury on then to add insult to injury on the of this, the tory party the back of this, the tory party have affair have this summer love affair with another utter with liz truss. another utter disaster members chose disaster where the members chose this. i mean there's some talk about one these things that about one of these things that the it's actually says the members it's actually says it lord cruddas , a tory it here lord cruddas, a tory donon it here lord cruddas, a tory donor, to make sure that donor, wants to make sure that the members have say because the members have a say because they've got disenfranchised by rishi sunak coming in. rishi sunak man because everything he said about crosses economic plan came pass. it was an utter came to pass. it was an utter verdict , came to pass. it was an utter verdict, callous decision that the party members and look, we all make mistakes . the party all make mistakes. the party members also chose ian duncan—smith as that another duncan—smith as that was another utter error . so these things do utter error. so these things do happen times. let's get real, happen at times. let's get real, boris. and i will to boris. go, go. and i will to sell loads of books, make loads of from speeches, from the of money from speeches, from the alabama practises ali you alabama car practises ali you know, nick, does nikki nikki do share ali's of love and point of view? yeah for even more

reasons, such as the fact that he, like boris johnson, likes the queen and mess the the queen and mess of the pandemic because get his act together at together quick enough at the beginning pointless beginning and caused pointless death. many death. i've got many more reasons johnson reasons to go. boris johnson i do it's funny that the do think it's funny that the papers this story papers keep running this story about his return because as ali says, to make some says, boris needs to make some money, he to make some money, he needs to make some money. i don't you money. now i don't think you know, i. vicky, one interesting thing. one interesting thing is, though, that he standing at though, that he is standing at the election , a seat the next election, a seat uxbndge the next election, a seat uxbridge south . so i was uxbridge and south. so i was brought down the from brought up down the road from that hillingdon. quite that hillingdon. it's quite marginal territory, right. so the fact that he's not done a chicken run , gone to a safe seat chicken run, gone to a safe seat and b has not just exited parliament completely to just make money is interesting. i think he thinks he's going to have gillian's coming have a gillian's second coming either you know, there are a lot of people out there, including some viewers and some of our viewers and listeners who think should listeners who think boris should never gone. you know, you never have gone. you know, you may be the majority opinion, may not be the majority opinion, ali, believe or not. well, ali, believe it or not. well, the is, i just i just take the thing is, i just i just take it the proof of the pudding it on the proof of the pudding being in the by—election results, is an utter on

results, which is an utter on mitigated embarrassment. well that's it's get that's not to decide. it's get rid because to rid of it because they want to try hold onto power and try and hold onto power and others the others would say he's the he's the election winner. that you the election winner. is that you see for in 2019, see people for in 2019, especially lots of red wall voters that way voters would feel that way voting tory for the very first time. nickisch we have some good news. you brought us alzheimer's cure in the last round, and you now have the cure for cancer. wow. yeah. so it's specifically, a cure for mouth and throat cancen a cure for mouth and throat cancer, which affects 12,000 brits a year. and it's actually the humble christmas tree that could provide the solution because it's a subsidy and it's in the needles called luton, which when grounds down. yeah. can basically help stop mouth cancer. can basically help stop mouth cancer . so it's a can basically help stop mouth cancer. so it's a spanish can basically help stop mouth cancer . so it's a spanish study cancer. so it's a spanish study that's been done and it's like saying we throw a lot christmas trees away without thinking about the benefits of them. and the that they grind the idea is that they will grind up the substance and it'll stop heanng up the substance and it'll stop hearing in mouthwashes and teeth. don't try come teeth. so don't try it. how come it's to help you? it's it's not going to help you? it's something your something to do with your old christmas time comes christmas tree. the time comes sustainable , but it tastes of

sustainable, but it tastes of pine . but they haven't set that. pine. but they haven't set that. i mean , i'm not sure. i'm not i mean, i'm not sure. i'm not sure about that relation to that. yeah, but i imagine so. we've got time for one more. so what we want, we want immigration or something about knickers. well is very funny. so a i've got to say so does it does it. a pub parrots here. yeah. who is called kermit and the pub landlord richard hammond inherited him and he's found out much to his ground that if you leave him alone with the punters, he actually says, show me knickers to the stop . and the me knickers to the stop. and the pub landlord is saying it's nothing do me up and nothing to do with me up and harry i didn't teach it harry same. i didn't teach it but somebody obviously taught this phrase the this parrot, this phrase and the hunt on to find out that hunt is now on to find out that person at our person is well, look at our strapline. cheeky strapline. who's a cheeky boy? that be rather awkward. that would be rather awkward. really? well, hopefully . and really? well, hopefully. and partly the punters it. oh they do well there you go. i want to nip open it nicky. thank you so much nicky and ellie brilliant bernanke very much . okay. the bernanke very much. okay. the time has just gone 48. so let's

bnng time has just gone 48. so let's bring you right up to date with the main stories making the news headunes the main stories making the news headlines today. the main stories making the news headlines today . the uk's rail headlines today. the uk's rail network is effectively shut down today as members of the rmt union hold a fresh round of strike action in a dispute over pay - strike action in a dispute over pay. hundreds of trains usually run on boxing day, but they've all been cancelled and thousands of have been to of people have been forced to make plans via make alternative plans via express 15.2 million calls en route today with those trying to get to airports and football fans among those most likely to travel . russia's defence travel. russia's defence ministry says three of its military personnel have been killed at an air base. hundreds of miles from the front line. with war with ukraine, moscow claims that they were hit by falling debris from a ukrainian drone, which it says was shot down. it's the second attack on the engels airfield in the saratov region this month . keep saratov region this month. keep is not commented on the incident at 30 people have died as a result of a severe arctic freeze that continues to grip much of the us and canada. officials say

the us and canada. officials say the worst hit area is the city of buffalo, city of buffalo in new state amid the snow and new york state amid the snow and freezing temperatures. thousands of have been cancelled of flights have been cancelled and more than 150,000 homes are still power . no still without power. no philosophy this week is all about putting your feet up and turning on the festive telly and there are lots of festive treats to entertain us. this boxing day . so here to give us some top tips is showbiz journalist ellie phillips. ellie, what should we be watching today ? today, boxing be watching today? today, boxing day, it's time to put the feet to eat the rest of everything that's left over from yesterday . get a bailey's. on the tv . get a bailey's. turn on the tv . my pick. you're going for a bailey's brandy? actually, yeah, i know . by bailey's brandy? actually, yeah, i know. by bailey's. bailey's brandy? actually, yeah, i know. by bailey's . i have mary i know. by bailey's. i have mary poppins, the original one, not the new ones. the new one's got me plenty. the original. the 1964 version. the old school one. we've got julie andrews, dick van. it's on this afternoon. bbc one at 2:25 pm.

just perfect christmas tv mary poppins gets you in that mood . poppins gets you in that mood. it's obviously about a family. that one for me is definitely today's pick for the afternoon for that snooze time in the afternoon where you can dip in deep. how and then this evening, my big was quite lot on i my big pick was quite lot on i think of all of the things the one i definitely would go for is the big fat quiz of the year 2022. it's on at 9:00 tonight on channel 4, hosted by jamie cole. but they've got the best comedian on the line with it. i mean, they really got some big cases on this and they're going to look back over the year in an ultimate pub quiz style . and i ultimate pub quiz style. and i just will be just just think that will be just such kind of see such a fun watch to kind of see things happened the things have happened the year put spin on them and be put a funny spin on them and be like, thank god that's let's get into year and do in a into the next year and do in a fun way. so yeah because it's that time year, isn't it, that time of year, isn't it, where specials come out where these specials come out and reflecting the and it is reflecting on the events and trying to events of the year and trying to get some good humour get to have some good humour around. that's around. yeah. and i think that's such thing to do as such a british thing to do as well, isn't it. like try and have a satire going on, make light things and kind very

light of things and kind of very i this time of year i feel like this time of year the got news the thing like have i got news for that type of feel works for you, that type of feel works really well you're really, really well when you're looking it's looking back over. and it's interesting because when looking back over. and it's inte watch because when looking back over. and it's inte watch that, because when looking back over. and it's inte watch that, we ecause when looking back over. and it's inte watch that, we thinke when you watch that, we think i forgot that even that was this yeah forgot that even that was this year. so much has happened in one year. and we were saying before, earlier as well about the that we forgot were the people that we forgot were big this year , big that big this year, big icons that came year and it will came out of the year and it will remind you of all those moments. so think a really, so i think that's a really, really good for today. really good one for today. if you're for something, you're looking for something, a bit greatest bit of weight on the greatest snowman, not the greatest showman. greatest showman. showman. the greatest showman. that's on today at i think that's on today at 730. i think i'll watch that. i think it really is so random and you can't get more christmassy than . building a snowman. celebrities hosted by sue perkins. celebrities go up mountains build snowmen and creations and lawrence , though creations and lawrence, though alan bowen is just one of the judges to see how good that is. so that's an interesting and if you want a bit of a tear jerker, the repair shop christmas special, which is just going to be you cry, be so good, this makes you cry, doesn't it? it does, yeah. because sounds bit because it's a it sounds a bit

silly you you cry at silly to say that you you cry at the repair shop, but it's because of the stories that comes isn't that comes out there. isn't that sentimental that sentimental item. yes. that somebody wants repairing and it is stories of those items that are just so amazing because they're not necessarily expensive items. it sounds a bit like hunting away kind like bargain hunting away kind of, yeah. when people get of, yeah. like when people get that broken and broken. yeah yeah. the like and they think they're beyond repair sometimes. so like a watch or a piece of jewellery. yeah. all that type of thing. in tonight's one that's got battered trombone and a projector and an elderly tree . so really random things that you think and almost like lost sentimental value could a project to have maybe as a child you watched it your grandparents used it things like if you had to take an object in, what would you take it? know what mine you take it? i know what mine would be already. what would you mine be. have at home mine would be. we have at home my house a chess board. my parents house a chess board. my taught me how to play my dad taught me how to play chess on fun fact. i was northwest junior chess champion

. wow, you've been great. well i love that because some of the pieces are chipped and broken and things like that. and again, we could buy a replacement . we could buy a replacement. that's that is the one that he taught me on. it's beautiful old that it does need repair. so maybe i'll go on, maybe i'll book have book a slot. so i have a hobbyhorse. so we have a hobby horse and all family and horse and all family home and she's called holly the she's called holly. holly the hobbyhorse her when hobbyhorse and i got her when i don't life has don't remember life before has asked me when i was born and she's really creaky and a bit messy and you can get on her now, the three of us. so she's had such a good a good time. but yeah, i'll take her. and i think holly. yeah, bring holly back to life. that's rather nice. life. and that's rather nice. but used play violin, but i used to play the violin, believe not. now, i believe it or not. now, i probably need a probably they probably need a restraining, probably they probably need a restraining , right? lost restraining, right? so i lost something a little tiny violin to a young budding violinist, perhaps . so they always make me perhaps. so they always make me cry. this is what ? and it's the cry. this is what? and it's the stories behind . it all. so, stories behind. it all. so, yeah, they're the ones tonight. the repair shop christmas special tonight 8 pm. on bbc

one and film scores one this week ellie, i'm going to put you on the spot to i would say just because i absolutely love it . i because i absolutely love it. i think i would say finding dory . think i would say finding dory. okay. yeah, because i mean, there are others that are kind of a harder hitting ones if you will, good. will, really, really good. i mean , we've got the 1917 and mean, we've got the 1917 and there's also the james bond one that's going to be shown later on this week. but i think finding you can't not love it. it's such good. it's the sequel to finding nemo and it's just such a fun adventure. ellen degeneres voices her and it's just gorgeous, adorable . feel just gorgeous, adorable. feel good? yeah for your family? for me this week, the kids and grandchildren at home, the perfect one for something that's not going to offend people or start a family. no no. although ellen generous has been a controversy. so i think that you can find problems with finding dory. you've got bigger issues going on in. i still find any problems, any brilliant happy with us. thank you so much. and

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over high ground . temperatures over high ground. temperatures struggling to reach about four or five celsius. wintry showers will continue to move eastwards across most of scotland with snow falling over any high ground. breezy, particularly on the coast . those in ground. breezy, particularly on the coast. those in ireland will see a day of sunshine and showers. these turning wintry over high ground at times. breezy and feeling colder than recent days . showers will recent days. showers will continue to affect western areas. these often wintry in the north spreading east later. and thatis north spreading east later. and that is how a weather shaping up the rest of the day . two in the the rest of the day. two in the picture finding out what's happening across the country and finding out why it matters to you. we'll have facts fast with our team of reporters and specialist correspondents wherever it's happening. we'll be there in 12 noon on tv, radio and online. gb news the people's channel. britain's news.

channel good morning. it's 9:00 on boxing day, monday, the 26th of december. this is breakfast on gb news with ellie costello and emily carver. here's what's leading the news this morning . leading the news this morning. the rail network grinds a halt as rail workers walk out of a pay as rail workers walk out of a pay conditions on one of the busiest days of the year. plus, police arrested getting the fatal shooting of a woman . fatal shooting of a woman. merseyside say she wasn't deliberately targeted. we'll be live in wallasey . we'll also be live in wallasey. we'll also be looking back at king charles . looking back at king charles. his first christmas speech in which he paid tribute to his late queen and late mother, the queen and former strictly professional dancer rhiannon, who'll be taking us through the highlights of this year's strictly

christmas special . you can join christmas special. you can join in in any of our discussions by emailing us at gbnews.uk or tweet us at gb news. are we still looking for photos? yes. always? yes festive pets. spreads the trees and you've got the all important leftovers. yes . we the all important leftovers. yes. we touch on the rail strikes . paul touch on the rail strikes. paul says uk train drivers are highest paid in europe, a claim they are striking in support of lower paid staff. why don't all drivers take a pay cut and provide them money for lower paid roles ? and jim says the paid roles? and jim says the responsibility for the current economic crisis cannot replace the taxpayers and voters. this is down to mismanagement by the government. it's got you talking this morning. do government. it's got you talking this morning . do keep them this morning. do keep them coming in. but we're talking about this because the rail network is at a standstill today as stage another in as rail workers stage another in that ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. it means to be a

disruption for anyone hoping to travel today and comes alongside warnings of cold weather and ice on the roads. let's get a sense of how this is affecting people in the midlands. we can cross live to our reporter theo chikomba, who's live at birmingham street station . birmingham new street station. theo any movement ? the rail theo any movement? the rail station now . the only movement station now. the only movement actually is they've shut the doors after people . so it's a doors after people. so it's a complete standstill here . complete standstill here. people, obviously the last few days at the strike started around two days ago. this is the third day now. and people thought, okay, today's the day we should come and try and get train. but as you say, it's a complete standstill here. i was fortunate earlier before they shut the doors to get it , just shut the doors to get it, just to it's like in there. to see what it's like in there. and empty. and it's completely empty. the information boards, which you normally see information , they normally see information, they have them. so nothing have nothing on them. so nothing happening today. normally you would works would see some engineering works take today, just after take place today, just after christmas. but no action on that side. the aa, the motoring ,

side. the aa, the motoring, they're expecting around 15.2 million people on the roads making journeys across the uk today. making journeys across the uk today . people will be returning today. people will be returning home after their christmas holidays or even spending more time on their holidays by football as well. is returning . football as well. is returning. so the roads are going to be pretty and the first train we're expecting to see is going to be tomorrow morning. but today it's quiet across the country and we're expecting more disruption , shall we? well into the new yeah , shall we? well into the new year. can you tell us about that 7 year. can you tell us about that ? yes, of course . there are more ? yes, of course. there are more dates announced by the rmt union. and you mentioned train drivers as well represented by the aslef union. they are going to be striking from the 5th of january. so that's going to impact passengers who want to get on trains because, you know, we need train drivers for them to move. but that's another strike on top of the rmt union strikes, which are taking place as well , very strikes, which are taking place as well, very much indeed. theo theo chikomba , our national theo chikomba, our national reporter there in birmingham. in

birmingham at the rail station, ikeep birmingham at the rail station, i keep forgetting the name of the rail station, birmingham new street station. birmingham new street station. birmingham new street station. birmingham new street station . thank you very street station. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. now, one quick comment, graham, he says, i wouldn't mind a says, i wouldn't mind having a few railway stations few staff at railway stations automate it all the ones we do have a rude and unhelpful they behave like they're doing the pubuc behave like they're doing the public a rail workers public a favour. rail workers really work. well, really overestimate work. well, i think there's a little bit of truth that, but i think, yes, truth to that, but i think, yes, some women and some of them are fine women and gentlemen . well, to keep the gentlemen. well, to keep the thoughts coming in, gbviews@gbnews.uk , the strikes gbviews@gbnews.uk, the strikes have certainly got you talking as had as fox hunting. we've had a report on that to outsiders. we share you a little bit share that with you a little bit later in the programme, but later on in the programme, but for now we're going to return to a that has shocked a story that has shocked a community in merseyside over the christmas weekend. police say that a woman who was killed in a shooting at a pub on christmas eve wasn't deliberately targeted . police have confirmed the 26 year old victim received a gunshot wound to the head and later died in hospital. the northwest england reporter northwest of england reporter sophie is at the scene

sophie reaper is at the scene for us now. what more can you tell us, sophie ? well, it very tell us, sophie? well, it very good morning to you both . the good morning to you both. the murder investigation is still underway here in wallasey in merseyside after a christmas eve shooting at the pub. you can see just over shoulder the lighthouse pub . so far, we know lighthouse pub. so far, we know that a 26 year old woman was shot and killed in the incident as well as several other people being injured . we also now know being injured. we also now know that merseyside believe that she wasn't the intended victim of the gunman. she was simply here enjoying the festivities with friends and family and she was caughtin friends and family and she was caught in the crossfire. she was rushed to the nearby arrowe park hospital to receive treatment, but she sadly later died there from her injuries. now, this attack comes just four months after a spate of gun violence in the merseyside region that saw three people killed in the space of just one week. one of those

being nine year old schoolgirl olivia corbell , who was shot and olivia corbell, who was shot and killed in her family home. and i'm sure our viewers will remember that after those incidents, that series of three incidents, that series of three incidents in such close proximity to another. merseyside police promised they were going to remove all of the guns from the streets of liverpool and the wider city region . and following wider city region. and following that was a huge crackdown on crime in the region. it self. so the facts are high priority shooting has now happened just four months since that spate of gun violence will mean that merseyside police are really keen to find the culprit behind such a senseless attack. such as what ? such a special time of the what? such a special time of the year to so many people. sophie reapeh year to so many people. sophie reaper. i can't even imagine how the community there are feeling just such a shocking story. and of course to the woman's family as well. sophie reaper , thank as well. sophie reaper, thank you for being live on the scene for us on that awful news. the christmas eve shooting in

merseyside , right. well, moving merseyside, right. well, moving onto a different entirely, boxing day is a big in the sporting calendar with premier league and championship fixtures on today, as well as the horse racing. of course, there's a lot to watch out for. yes so joining us live in the studio to tell us more that our lovely more about that is our lovely aidan magee ayton . long time no aidan magee ayton. long time no see. i know we get our money out of it today, but yeah, big day of it today, but yeah, big day of sport today. we touched on it in previous hours. it's all about the football and the racing. today there's not much else besides i remember doing christmas day and boxing christmas day shoots and boxing day before in previous day shoots before in previous roles , and we used to tend we roles, and we used to tend we tend to spend time with boxers on christmas day because although have a fight although they might have a fight coming one coming up, they might have one in time and always in three months time and always train day. the train on boxing day. really, the racing mentioned sent racing we mentioned just sent i've just i've actually just had a conversation with who's conversation with someone who's to the same. job to do exactly the same. job gains, inspect pictures gains, inspect the pictures or go inspect the ground that go and inspect the ground that these and he these are racehorses. and he reminded that the groundsman these are racehorses. and he rem havei that the groundsman these are racehorses. and he remhave a that the groundsman these are racehorses. and he remhave a forked the groundsman these are racehorses. and he remhave a forked pushjroundsman these are racehorses. and he remhave a forked push int01dsman these are racehorses. and he remhave a forked push into the|an did have a forked push into the ground. also had like a ground. he also had like a number of them, almost as hot device. so it is like checking

the turkey well. yeah, this is amateur. yeah, exactly it is. and dig it in and they be able to tell what the ground was like underneath and what it might be like later. only make forecasts about the weather make, you about the weather they make, you know, tell the know, be able to tell the racegoers what they have know, be able to tell the ra

they can be back. they can fresh and presumably with and firing, presumably with a point prove. they've point to prove. and they've got plenty up soon plenty of matches coming up soon in next few weeks with which in the next few weeks with which to show progress and show to show their progress and show that really a that they can really make a difference. the other of the difference. on the other of the of break even of the christmas break even without without without the hiatus even without break, a drop or break, there's often a drop or improvement in form after christmas almost always marks the season the halfway point in the season with teams either get their act together fall away. when together or fall away. when you're five, six you're talking four or five, six weeks as had, we've never weeks as we've had, we've never had the middle of had that before in the middle of a which was a season, apart covid, which was which and very which was enforced and very impromptu. apart those impromptu. but apart from those two can't think two instances, i can't think a time lifetime where the time in my lifetime where the players have to with this players have to deal with this and championship, which and in the championship, which mention link they mention there in your link they pay mention there in your link they pay games in a season just pay 46 games in a season just the to the the league compared to the premier where they play premier league where they play 38. huge , huge 38. so it's a huge, huge endurance going to be endurance test. it's going to be about managing a squad, managing options, at the options, playing players at the right and managing right time and managing expectations well . and you expectations as well. and you were as well the games were saying as well the games could played and quite could be played now and quite succession. mean not, is succession. yeah, i mean not, is that going to happen. well, we'll look we're coming to we'll look we're coming up to january. always some january. we always had some very, in very, very difficult weather in the weeks. now, the last couple of weeks. now,

some freezing conditions some of the freezing conditions to us when the world to be upon us when the world cup was allowed any was going. we've not allowed any we've not built into the schedule any allowance for weather eventualities. so in it's not uncommon forjanuary, it's not uncommon for january, february, even early march for matches to be postponed for inclement weather, whether that be freezing or just light replays in cup competitions, the schedule comes into england play again in march. they're playing against a country with the play against a country with the play against be a friendly in march. all these games pile up they're going to be they can't going to have to be they can't they don't just go away and just evaporate has to be played at evaporate it has to be played at some going to be some point and it's going to be a see situation. we are a wait and see situation. we are full four games a week. full four games in a week. that's of games. that's quite a lot of games. but when i didn't see manchester united, team on ukraine, united, my team up on ukraine, when they playing? let me when are they playing? let me say that that say i thought that place that i once be full up on the once used to be full up on the screen it wasn't. it screen there. no, it wasn't. it may cut i may have been cut off. no, i think i find more. i'm think i find some more. i'm actually playing tomorrow at manchester so don't forget manchester city. so don't forget erling the erling haaland, top scorer, the premier played erling haaland, top scorer, the pre five played erling haaland, top scorer, the pre five weeks played erling haaland, top scorer, the pre five weeks because played erling haaland, top scorer, the pre five weeks because no played erling haaland, top scorer, the pre five weeks because no way ed erling haaland, top scorer, the pre five weeks because no way to for five weeks because no way to go the world cup. he's been

go to the world cup. he's been rested. to be raring rested. he's going to be raring to it? could be so. to go, isn't it? it could be so. it's to be a season. it's it's going to be a season. it's been season like no other. you're also talking about emotion players emotion as well. what players have what the have suffered or what what the some exhilarating some of the exhilarating experiences. some of the argentine example , argentine players, for example, experience the world cup. experience at the world cup. they're back they're going to be coming back to going to to the humdrum of going to brentford a friday or brentford on on a friday or saturday afternoon at 1230. i'm not sure argentinians about not sure the argentinians about today , but it's going to be all today, but it's going to be all they still will be on cloud nine and aston and those players, aston goalkeeper, mean goalkeeper, for example, i mean most of those insight. most of those have insight. those penalties are one is country, world cup is country, the first world cup is he going to be going to be bothered? going it just bothered? it's going it was just a got we a really good question we got we might reply as a might so cynical reply as a bother their mind. bother putting their mind. i mean we talk mean we will we always talk about of the season when about the end of the season when the games don't mean much and we say players minds the say the players minds on the beach. time. beach. it happens all the time. you a tail off when the you see a tail off when the hard work don't imagine for work is done. don't imagine for a the mentality of a second that the mentality of going great to not so great going from great to not so great in a short period of time doesn't let's doesn't have an effect. let's keep motivation. it keep up the motivation. yeah, it does. for me either. not for does. not for me either. not for you. and you're motivated you. and you're very motivated yesterday the yesterday because you were the host oh, goodness

host with the most. oh, goodness me. still i'm me. i mean, i'm still a so i'm coming christmas room coming into my christmas room with my we're playing a home movie. yeah, exactly . it's movie. but yeah, exactly. it's yeah. benefit of radio yeah. for the benefit of radio listeners there's and listeners, there's a ham and cheese cook croquettes. yes i don't believe those are handmade . they look like a special. no, no , no, no. i wouldn't have that no, no, no. i wouldn't have that in my house. well, no, nothing wrong with ham. and he's just throwing the oven glove is throwing the oven glove on. is that that's first that a problem? that's the first course. my course. that's so. that's my speciality. so what's that? that soup. that's chestnut soup. with speciality. so what's that? that southat,at's chestnut soup. with speciality. so what's that? that southat, we'relestnut soup. with speciality. so what's that? that southat, we're going: soup. with speciality. so what's that? that southat, we're going flickingiiith all that, we're going flicking on that's on quite quick. that's a cocktail which we had cocktail station which we had on the just and the set yesterday, but just and that's that's crisps with that's the that's crisps with a full hollywood you get the full hollywood eight you get the chestnut soup exhibited on this very desk two months ago with on diamond and stephen dixon's my speciality all the stuff celery onions stock carrot ice plum chestnuts all mixed together a would you like to be a tv chef now? you're gunning for that. well, no laughs. and honestly, those cocktails yesterday we tried some yesterday . you know tried some yesterday. you know what's so fun? and you know what

you about and what wasn't. no isn't lazy is it was post so i'm glad that you don't suffer any kind of impediment and you'll come through it in the sights. wasn't too rich or anything like that stunning. i'm pleased that they raised the floor. it's called a berries royal guy. rhodes, the late chef, made a magnificent career of himself out himself. came from out of himself. and he came from up medway, where up up in in medway, where i grew up as well. and down he was daughter. made a great career daughter. he made a great career out having sense , taste or out of having no sense, taste or smell. i could in smell. maybe i could follow in his footsteps. we've all his footsteps. and we've all we've of spiky hair we've got a bit of spiky hair go. when covering one go. well when i was covering one of shows little while of the shows here a little while ago came in and ago this frenchman came in and made gorgeous cocktails made the most gorgeous cocktails know. him up on know. i looked him up on instagram and he has instagram afterwards and he has thousands, tens of thousands of follow wonder anyone follow us. so i wonder if anyone for then do you in french when me left he's got sushi left you'll hear. yeah i know everybody you guess what happy and you've got round to. yeah i'll have a bit. yeah. we'll keep you all kicking off at 5:15 as a big event in the house last night was a disclaimer at the bottom an asterisk on my menu

saying us to clear off saying they want us to clear off by at half past by 930. they left at half past midnight. got about two midnight. so i got about two and a sleep, but wild a half hours sleep, but wild horses keep me away horses couldn't keep me away from so they wanted from gb newsroom. so they wanted to exactly. to stay with you. yeah exactly. i bother about my i don't even bother about my company. once the food was going, happy watch going, they're happy to watch eastenders on the run. but carter, carter not dead, carter, mick carter is not dead, by way. i don't know what by the way. i don't know what that he's going that means. oh, yeah. he's going to back just as doge to come back just as doge ended. exactly that's one exactly every. that's just one way of. so thank. okay. way to think of. so thank. okay. the time has just gone 9:40. let's bring up to date with let's bring you up to date with the main stories that are making the main stories that are making the news today. the uk's rail network effectively down network is effectively down today as members of the rmt union hold a fresh round of strike action in a dispute over pay- strike action in a dispute over pay. hundreds of trains usually run on boxing day, but that all been cancelled and thousands of people have been forced to make alternative . the aa expects alternative. the aa expects point 2 million cars on roads today with shoppers those trying today with shoppers those trying to get to airport and football fans among those most likely to travel . russia's defence travel. russia's defence ministry says of its military

personnel have been killed at an airbase hundreds of miles from the front line of its war with ukraine. moscow claims they were hit by debris from a ukrainian drone that it says was shot down as the second attack on the engels airfield in the south of region this month has not commented the incident . at commented on the incident. at least 30 people have died as a result of a severe arctic freeze that continues to grip most of the us and canada officials say the us and canada officials say the worst hit area is city of buffalo. in new york state . amid buffalo. in new york state. amid the snow, ice and freezing temperatures, thousands of flights have been cancelled. more than 150,000 homes are still without power. new data shows shoppers are expected to spend less in the sales today as the of living crisis continues . the of living crisis continues. research by barclaycard payments found the average customer in tested by £229 worth of items in the post—christmas sales. that's 4% less compared to last year. the research also found that a number of shoppers expect to turn to reselling sites to buy items christmas to offload

unwanted presents . unwanted presents. lots of you have been getting in touch with on gbviews@gbnews.uk , so let's on gbviews@gbnews.uk, so let's have a little look at these views this morning. we've received so many wonderful pictures. hopefully we've got mark's picture that we're going to show you now . here's mark's to show you now. here's mark's photo . wow. now this looks like photo. wow. now this looks like a real winter cross, isn't it ? a real winter cross, isn't it? glossy. it's white, simple. i like the theme . like a good a like the theme. like a good a good silver. and i silver theme. i've got a more of a multi—coloured theme. have you. yes. rainbow. yes icon gold of various six and a gold version. you got lots of velvet , low you got lots of velvet, low velvet lots of sparkling gold matte and such as. well saying me and my beautiful daughter mikayla are currently in the airport waiting for a flight to the canary for a bit of winter sun. i'm so jealous. oh, that's

very cute. i think your flight is on and your luggage is with you when you arrive. we hope you got there safe as . well, yes, got there safe as. well, yes, that's a bit of a bit of a cheeky picture on the right. oh, who is this? this is max and rosie, both of my rescue pups tough in says are snug this christmas in front of the fireplace. they are very cosy indeed and rosy now is that a lap or is that a golden tree ? i lap or is that a golden tree? i think those are golden retrievers . oh, i just love retrievers. oh, i just love them. then i have pictures of my favourite and i have a lovely picture dog bob, which picture of my dog bob, which also posted on social media in front of the log burner, which is pride enjoy of my parents. now the log burner. well, we need to get a photo baba. well, maybe i'll send one. we'll get that. and my dog lola as well. she dressed an she was dressed as an elf yesterday, we shut yesterday, so i'll sure we shut up and carol. so we've got time for carol's one. oh, wow. look a big merry christmas from young pup big merry christmas from young pup tracker . what big merry christmas from young pup tracker. what a big merry christmas from young pup tracker . what a fantastic pup tracker. what a fantastic night. who is donning his festive coat, too ? that tree festive coat, too? that tree looks like it's had about a foot of snow. that looks like a tree

that you would see in, like a department , something. department store, something. it's incredible, actually . looks it's incredible, actually. looks like a real tree in the alps. yeah, like a real tree. and draco, i think, might be my favourite pet so far. and i love his coat as well. so keep them coming in. we can't get enough of the pet. there are more here, so continue to share so we will continue to share them throughout program. them throughout the program. gbviews@gbnews.uk now for many hunting is a part of day as much as leftover turkey and discarded. guess there is controversial though in the 2005 hunting ban has done little to dampen huntsman's enthusiasm . by dampen huntsman's enthusiasm. by law, the hunt must now use drug trails instead of hunting foxes. but new figures released today reveal many a seemingly flouting the law, and little is being done. the law, and little is being done . stop them all. southwest done. stop them all. southwest england. reporter jeff moody has england. reporterjeff moody has .been england. reporterjeff moody has . been talking to both. talking to people. both sides of the debate . the traditional boxing debate. the traditional boxing day meat horses , hounds and the

day meat horses, hounds and the thrill of the chase . you know, thrill of the chase. you know, we have to change what we do. after the hunting came in. it isn't exactly the same, but it's as close as we can make it. you know, we lay our lines. we chase those lines. i mean, there are clearly people don't want us to do what we're doing . given do what we're doing. and given that hunting the that we are hunting within the law, be one law, that can only be one conclusion. that is that conclusion. and that is that this isn't an issue of hunting for that but league for that matter. but the league against says many hunts against sports says many hunts haven't adapted. they're doing exact what they used to. they've compiled 300 reports of suspected illegal hunting. the hunting act is there, but with witnesses seeing foxes still being chased in some instances still being killed, both of which illegal under the hunting ends. but exemptions in the law it terribly difficult to bring a prosecution, certainly a success. one concerns too about pubuc success. one concerns too about public safety. pip donovan is from action against fox hunting. she's campaigning alongside other groups against blood

sports and protect the wild to stop their local hunt. in somerset gathering in town on grounds. they say the hunt in chard hasn't properly applied for a road closure as somerset county council said to us was too late to do anything. too late to do anything to get the roads closed properly, bearing in mind the road is about public safety . it is not about being safety. it is not about being minded about the hunt. it's about public safety. it's about taking making sure that the pubuc taking making sure that the public not put at risk. somerset council have admitted they made mistakes . they told gb news, we mistakes. they told gb news, we can confirm that the council not using any powers close roads. hunt meets this . we have spoken hunt meets this. we have spoken to the hunts identified by action against fox and to have confirm they will meet on private land and the third will not be closing the road . we not be closing the road. we apologise for any misunderstood endings in relation to this matter . acts endings in relation to this matter. acts against fox hunting drawn blood. it's now a battle

of wills with both sides hunting for loopholes . it's the spirit for loopholes. it's the spirit of the law we want to see being adhered to. so we want changes made to ensure that that proper spirit that let's protect british wildlife is actually enforced . and that's what would enforced. and that's what would be calling on whichever government is in after the next general election to do for if opinion polls are to be believed. the party that introduced ban could be picking up the scent in a year or two. look at all this. this tells you the real truth, the matter. punching is very much of england holding and modern england and we're here to stay here now. but for how much longer ? geoff moody . gb for how much longer? geoff moody. gb a controversial topic. it's got lots of you talking morning. hazel's been in touch saying folks , hunting is sickening, folks, hunting is sickening, disgusting and bleating that the cruel and inhuman or condoning needs to go and see a

psychiatrist . goodness me. what psychiatrist. goodness me. what else we got, paul says. so fox is a way of life and part old england. so is football. violence for thousands of young men. not seeing much sympathy or support for violence. i mean, two different things. but i guess both are violent. sam says only the worst of humankind hunts and kills any animal for sport. certainly. point is, steve says, i've lived the middle of the countryside for 60 years and the fort hunts to me are breaking the law every they meet. the law has too many loopholes for any prosecution to take place. exactly what geoff moody was outlining about report. that's quite interesting that all of those comments that came through were anti—social fox hunting. are there any pro fox hunting. are there any pro fox hunters left out there? it though it seems attitudes have just fundamentally changed, haven't they? yeah, definitely . haven't they? yeah, definitely. well, there's some would argue that understand the that people don't understand the countryside, don't know . i countryside, but i don't know. i don't know too much about it. well, know what you well, do let us know what you think gb gb think about that. gb news gb

news also talking about news dot uk also talking about the and asking for the strikes and we're asking for your pet pictures. we're your festive pet pictures. we're trying to get our own over to the producers. so we're going to show i'm show you our dogs. yes, i'm going show bob. yep going to show you, bob. yep lulu, should set those with lulu, we should set those with you this short break. you after this short break. looking ahead to today's weather and the uk is looking at sunny and the uk is looking at sunny and blustery with showers often wintry in the north. let's take a look at the details . a mixture a look at the details. a mixture of sunshine and showers across the south—west of england. these showers are blustery and heavy times. feeling a little colder than recent days with temperatures closer to average across east. it's dry and bright , plenty of prolonged sunshine while breezy on the coast. blustery showers will move eastwards across . wales these eastwards across. wales these occasionally turning wintry over high ground with brighter spells at times a generally day for most across the midlands but plenty of prolonged sunshine. some scattered, blustery showers may affect western and northern areas for a time. staying dry for most across north—east

england with plenty of sunshine but risk of a few wintry showers over high ground temperatures struggling to reach about four or five celsius. wintry showers continue to move eastwards across most of scotland with snow falling over . any across most of scotland with snow falling over. any high ground. breezy on the coast . ground. breezy on the coast. those in ireland will see a day of sunshine and showers. these turning wintry over high ground at times . breezy and feeling at times. breezy and feeling colder the recent days. showers will to affect western. these often wintry in the north spreading east later and that is how a weather shaping up the rest of the day .

yes. welcome back , king charles. yes. welcome back, king charles. the third gave his first christmas speech yesterday to .

christmas speech yesterday to. the nation from inside st george's chapel in windsor, close to where the late queen, is buried. that's enough from karen walker, giving gb karen walker, who's giving gb news royal reporter to tell us more the monumental moment more about the monumental moment . well, it was king the third. first christmas message as monarch. and thanks. it's the first televised speech that the king has done in the united kingdom and his majesty's grandfather and great grandfather and great grandfather , king george the grandfather, king george the fifth, and king george 4/6. both both broadcast christmas messages, but it was on the radio so rather than televise and i think that's particularly significant that the king chose st george's chapel to deliver his first christmas message because it was just metres away from final resting place of his mother , the late queen elizabeth mother, the late queen elizabeth second. and his speech very much paid tribute to the life and service of his mother. he thanks the public for their love and support and sympathy during the national mourning periods. he said he cannot thank you , as in

said he cannot thank you, as in the public, enough for the love and sympathy. he also spoke of the late queen's everlasting light and the queen's faith in god and in her people . and the god and in her people. and the king referred to the fact that perhaps or at least he gave a nod to the fact that he very much wanted to continue his mother's work and her service . mother's work and her service. this country the united kingdom, his also paid tribute to, the armed forces and emergency service workers who had worked over the period of the queen's death, but also in the months since. i think it was particularly significant he referred to specific actually the public sector workers, including teachers and emergency services . as i've already services. as i've already mentioned , because in last month mentioned, because in last month they been public service strikes. nurses have gone on strikes. nurses have gone on strikes , drivers have gone on strikes, drivers have gone on strikes, drivers have gone on strikes . even ambulance drivers strikes. even ambulance drivers have as well. now, the king did not officially specifically

refer to the strikes. he remained very much impartial, but he did a slight nod to the work , the service that the work, the service that the pubuc work, the service that the public provides. he also referred to the cost of living crisis affecting many in great britain . he crisis affecting many in great britain. he paid crisis affecting many in great britain . he paid tribute to britain. he paid tribute to communities who have really support those in need . and he he support those in need. and he he didn't refer to this. but we understand that his majesty has made a private donation to a fuel poverty charity over christmas who are helping those struggling to pay the fuel bills over these cold winter months. another king is head of state. he's head of the church of england . and obviously, chris england. and obviously, chris christmas is very much a christian. celebrate fashion, but the king was conscious and aware that he is head of estates , includes and welcomes many faiths. so the king refers to christianity clearly, and it was recorded in a church. but he

also referred to synagogues. he referred to mosques, temples, gurdwaras he wanted to include all religions in the message of christmas. and that's one of compassion, kindness and love. and increased to some extent as well. and i think that theme of a multi—faith king is something we're going to see going forward throughout his majesty king's reign . there was no mention of reign. there was no mention of harry and meghan . funnily harry and meghan. funnily enough, he did mention the prince and princess wales, but i think it was perhaps wise that he didn't mention harry and meghan because if he did, i suspect all of the headlines would be about them. but the overriding theme was that of selfless dedication . selfless dedication. specifically referring to his mother , the late queen mother, the late queen elizabeth, the second. but i think, again , it's a theme we're think, again, it's a theme we're very much going to see him carry on as get closer to his coronation and then beyond as we continue with the reign of king charles iii. that's cameron

walker, the royal reporter only the second monarch to give a televised speech. king's speech, queen's speech and first king's speech to be televised . it was speech to be televised. it was a moment in history yesterday. very interesting detail. although i didn't actually see it live because that was exact . it live because that was exact. the moment that the turkey was ready watched later ready. but i watched it later on. gb news you tube, of course, pushed it . i on. gb news you tube, of course, pushed it. i wish i was quite moved. actually i think it was quite emotional, too, quite it's quite emotional, too, to not see the queen. i think it's one of those where it's one of those moments where it's one of those moments where it struck you that she's it kind of struck you that she's not anymore. it not with us anymore. and it didn't. but a happy we have didn't. but on a happy we have david now david has sent us in a picture of his dog i believe now his son's dog in new zealand with his christmas jumper on. my son and, his partner have matching well we can't see matching pjs. well we can't see those pjs , but it's those matching pjs, but it's very indeed. do the very cute indeed. do we have the name dog now that we do name of his dog now that we do know it's an anonymous going incognito? oh and laws has also sent in something. oh, here we go . he says, my two dogs, missy,

go. he says, my two dogs, missy, the australian kelpie and walter, the chalky , hinting that walter, the chalky, hinting that i should hurry up with the christmas dinner. and there is the dog there what breed is this one? and that's the chihuahua. the bottom isn't . yes. i don't the bottom isn't. yes. i don't know what this is with the it looks like a german shepherd. anyway, he's at this point is he's a turkey in his mouth, which presumably is an indicator that he's ready to be fed and not so subtle hint, i think . not so subtle hint, i think. very cute. and now the finale, best last. this is my dog . this best last. this is my dog. this is bob or bobby. bob meister mind that he is sat on a rather lovely rock and. enjoying the look. fire. he is very handsome. what kind of breed is? hey, now he is a cockapoo. so he's very much a designer dog . and is he much a designer dog. and is he cuddly? he's very . he likes to cuddly? he's very. he likes to go on walks. he likes to bark when he's not being fed . but when he's not being fed. but most of all he likes cuddling up in front of that fire, eating very hot. yeah, as we can see. getting warm, indeed. we love

the pet here, gb newsroom. keep on coming . we're going to share on coming. we're going to share as many as we can before 10:00 with this morning . just want with you this morning. just want to you this tweet that to bring you this tweet that we've from edward he we've got from edward says he absolutely loves gb news, especially because spending especially because he's spending this festive period all alone. said everyone is working so hard. thank you . so what you hard. thank you. so what you need to remember is a difficult of so many. and edward of year for so many. and edward is alone. you're never is never alone. you're never alone, we're and alone, edward. we're here and we're and we're keeping you company and hopefully up as hopefully cheering you up as well lovely well with lots of lovely pet pictures and also the news that you need know to keep your you need to know to keep your pet fun coming pet pictures festive. fun coming in. achieving is to uk so in. gbp is achieving is to uk so the break we'll be talking all the break we'll be talking all the big stories making the papers today so let's usually .

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gone 935 and happy boxing day tea and lots of people today it's all about the sales and december the biggest month of the year for most uk retailers. but data from us retail sales index shows that november makes up over one fifth of this year's sales . that's quite sales. that's quite extraordinary. it is. so if you've received money as a christmas gift, you would a box on boxing day bargains. now the sales are on, but this year is different. the value of goods purchased during the boxing day sales is predicted to be nearly 10% lower than last year. sales is predicted to be nearly 10% lower than last year . well, 10% lower than last year. well, yorkshire reporter anna is live on the high street leeds for us. anna any signs of anyone spending some money parting with some cash . good morning. yes, some cash. good morning. yes, there have been people out but it almost feels subdued . there's it almost feels subdued. there's not that rush that you associate with boxing day. we've not seen any large queues in the streets at all, but could be because some of major high street stores

opened today. so next. well, you normally see the stores opening at 6 am. and people even camping outside at one point, they're shot john lewis is closed and is minus they're all opening tomorrow. instead so we might see more footfall tomorrow . but today it certainly feels like a lot more of a subdued boxing day. stores haven't opened until later. so eight or 9:00. and harvey nichols, that's just next to us now. that's opening till ten. so it be that these big stars are changing people's shopping habits , that people's shopping habits, that people's shopping habits, that people are coming out later to do their shopping and also people are shopping that's what the british retail consortium have found that compared to last year , they expect more people to year, they expect more people to be online, although i have been out speaking to people that have been shopping on boxing day and they've said they've not necessarily found the best deals online. that's why they've decided to come into the shops. people have said they feel it's a great activity to do on a

boxing day, to come out with a friends and family, spend a bit of their christmas money, see what bargains that they can get and some people have also been given gifts might not quite given gifts that might not quite fit for christmas . they're fit right for christmas. they're coming in and swapping their clothes , maybe seeing some of clothes, maybe seeing some of the bargains in process. yes i managed to buy two shirts worth a different loved ones, both in the wrong size. so i'm going to have to make it to the high street at some point . it's quite street at some point. it's quite extraordinary what you said about shops as next and about shops such as next and minus. i think it was aren't even bothering to open. is that because they just know that everything's online . i think everything's online. i think that's a big part of it. yeah. i mean it happened last year. they said due to the pandemic they wanted to give their staff boxing day . but it could be a boxing day. but it could be a case that, yes , because online case that, yes, because online sales are so big now, it's just not profitable for them to pay people pay to come in and do the work. if people aren't turning out to do the shopping. and

certainly the cost of living rising , that's also impacted rising, that's also impacted people this year. a lot of people this year. a lot of people are buying, you know, second hand rather than coming in to stores to get these bargains . in to stores to get these bargains. i'm sure in to stores to get these bargains . i'm sure that that bargains. i'm sure that that will also being taken into account . as time to go through account. as time to go through the papers now. and joining us this morning is politico.com . this morning is politico.com. and tate's a columnist and founder of the contrition prize and mirage and journalist and author nikki hodgkin. good morning to you both. my morning is happy boxing day . thank you is happy boxing day. thank you for being up earlier and chatting to us. and ali, you're going to us off, aren't you, with the mail and the king's speech, the king's speech, yes, indeed.the speech, the king's speech, yes, indeed. the mail saying king's message love and hope. he message of love and hope. he salutes his beloved mother as he talks of a time of great hardship. i think this was for me. he really the tone perfectly. i mean , he got across perfectly. i mean, he got across two key things. one was he wanted to tap into that sense of it being really difficult . now it being really difficult. now with the cost of living crisis

mentioned, a time of great anxiety and hardship, he also gave a nod to public services, the ambulances, the health service teachers, police, army , service teachers, police, army, etc. a lot of these people , etc. a lot of these people, apart from the police and army at the moment are on strike action . so he tapped into that action. so he tapped into that he didn't obviously mention that, but the nod was quite clear. and i also think he again wanted to show that he was defender of in general not just defender of in general not just defender of in general not just defender of the faith . and defender of the faith. and that's something that if you go back to his interview he gave to jonathan dimbleby many years ago something that's very important to him too. he mentioned different religious groups in the country and, what they had done to help people in the cost of living crisis. and he also gave this speech in george's chapel gave this speech in george's chapel, standing up was also different . you could really see different. you could really see the baton from his late mother to him. and i think he stamped his impression on this speech. i think it was all about him. you

could see it running right the way through. i think it was very genuine. i think it's very warm . i certainly it came . i certainly thought it came across and although it was across very and although it was quite emotional, across very and although it was quite emotional , actually, and quite emotional, actually, and he clearly is empathetic man and i think he wanted to get that across. and i think did ten out of ten from you , to be honest of ten from you, to be honest with you, if i'm being frank, i did well up. i did. i watched it twice. i did two. i did. i did. it was quite a moment and i look, i think he he got the points across very well. he connected with the audience and this was his first big outing for us . first christmas message for us. first christmas message 69 is a done by his mother and i think he struck the tone exactly right. nicky well, it's interesting because it was almost me in a bittersweet changing of you expect to be the queen. you don't. the first time, that's all, isn't it? i'm i thought it was interesting. there was no mentioned detailed mention family certainly mention of family and certainly no meghan, no no mention harry and meghan, no . is kind of why he's . which is kind of why he's given his perspective, given that from his perspective, given that from his perspective, given going. but given what's been going. but yeah, i, i felt it was a bit

safe, the speech, but i suppose you really first thought yeah, it was a bit safe. i thought it was kind of a little bit of tick, tick boxing going on with mention the kind of relevant mention all the kind of relevant servants that we have today. i know i saw it a different way. i thought it was very on the edge actually, because. on the edge. yes, because you actually saw the of images . yes, because you actually saw the of images. public the clips of images. public sector workers. right. the very pubuc sector workers. right. the very public sector workers that are striking. right now that you could argue was not a hit. was that a veiled message to the government and actually showing that the king is more in touch with the public now and the sentiment in this country , the sentiment in this country, the government, it's going government, is when it's going to going to to ask you and i was going to ask about that so heavily, ask you about that so heavily, was that solidarity with with striking workers? you striking workers? because you take that or was it take it as that or was it a political message that, you know, these people work really hard they deserve a hard and perhaps they deserve a pay going pay rise because that's going on, mean, i just on, right? yeah. i mean, ijust didn't that i read as didn't really that i read it as as you know, as and of course, you know, speechwriters that not speechwriters that help is not just writing, it ? you just in writing, is it? you know, the people that put that

together of. all so together sort of. all right. so we need that we do care we need to show that we do care about all people that are about all these people that are struggling right struggling and suffering right now. references. now. i put the references. i mean some direct mean there were some direct references and food references to poverty and food shortages that was good fire. yeah, interesting , of yeah, but it's interesting, of course, is not course, because he is not reigning in his coronation , he's reigning in his coronation, he's going to have a big coronation . going to have a big coronation. and so some money will be spent on emily. emily on that. and so some money will be spent on emily. emily on that . look, on emily. emily on that. look, we don't know. it was being reported a couple months ago reported a couple of months ago that he may want to try and pair that he may want to try and pair that down, given cost of that down, given the cost of living crisis and be in tune with times. now , look, with the times. but now, look, none decisions are none of these decisions are made without involvement. none of these decisions are made with government involvement. none of these decisions are made with government also nvolvement. none of these decisions are made with government also wants ment. the government also wants project britain on the world stage saw that pomp and pageantry after the death of queen elizabeth. the second it was huge was glued to their screens around the world cost of billions. watching that . and billions. watching that. and right now, global britain needs all the friends and all the pubuchy all the friends and all the publicity it can get. so i do think it's actually a moment for the nation to project his soft power and that's what we do best isn't it? yes, absolutely. the p°mp isn't it? yes, absolutely. the pomp pageantry , i mean,

pomp and pageantry, i mean, we're at it . pomp and pageantry, i mean, we're at it. nikki, pomp and pageantry, i mean, we're at it . nikki, let's we're good at it. nikki, let's have a look at the eyes, shall we? is about nhs target we? and this is about nhs target as we swept away this is an exclusive from the eye and about patricia hewitt. you remember target, who used to be a health minister and he's is labour. target, who used to be a health minister and he's is labour . she minister and he's is labour. she is she saying that she's going to rework the targeting system specifically for kind of gp surgeries? so the problem with the minute is that every surgery is working to 72 targets, they apply is working to 72 targets, they apply matter what the kind of demographic patients is. you know what you're funding is , you know what you're funding is, you know what you're funding is, you know all the kind of variables that every surgery in different counties experience and the idea is that by getting rid of these targets, people will be able to deal with the actual problems that their specific and practises . so it sounds practises have. so it sounds great on paper , but i mean, i great on paper, but i mean, i thought i'm a little bit a little bit hesitant to say is fantastic because, i mean, i feel like we hear these stories every kind of 18 months about the nhs. let's take out another layer of bureaucracy if

layer of bureaucracy and see if we better. but we've got we can do better. but we've got to what's mean when to try. hmm. what's it mean when it it's going to be run it says it's going to be run along similar lines to it's a bit like an ofsted inspection or something. it something. yeah. i mean it doesn't detail. doesn't go into much detail. there's is kind of there's still this is kind of very much like the skeleton of the kind of the plan, but it's kind of saying that individual saying the way that individual schools get individual attention, that's what it means. yeah well, something definitely needs happen when it needs to, needs happen when it comes nhs. perhaps this comes to the nhs. perhaps this a step in the right i step in the right direction. i don't telegraph don't know, ali. the telegraph last gasp for covid data behind . yes. i mean , this is the uk . yes. i mean, this is the uk health and security doing away tracking of covid data. this or number that we used to be absolutely pinned on all the time and worrying what the number was then. now trying to just normalise this as part of everyday life . yes, there's everyday life. yes, there's covid circulating in society, but most of us a majority of us have been vaccinated some multiple times and particularly focussed on the elderly that have been vaccinated. so i think the government's basically saying, look, we're not going to track the same way track this in the same way anymore, going get

anymore, we're just going to get with it. you could well with it. you could argue, well it help to this it actually does help to this data, but they're deciding that enough's enough and we need to get back to normal. so you at the way this has been handled compared to what's in compared to what's happened in china, is a complete and china, which is a complete and utter given the fact utter disaster given the fact that they had a zero covid policy, now they're having to open up because it's caused so much to the economy. and much damage to the economy. and you're now having a big potential to a million people piled up in hospital, going to be going to be at death's door. so it's we haven't had to look it. it was really tough at the beginning but. i think we've actually got through it pretty well. was good well. the vaccination was good and is showing that and i think is now showing that we are now moving on and let's hope let's hope there is not any new variant we don't know about. there was a gastro other day, there another on there might be another one on there might be another one on the what's interesting the way it what's interesting too is of course that it's flu that's hospitalising this that's hospitalising people this winter read six times winter the most i read six times higher the numbers of hospitalisations compared to this time last year for flu so

that's the pandemic that's going around at the moment it seems nikki this is a really story that's caught my eye this one is in the guardian about number of stay at home fathers rising rapidly. yeah. so this is really kind of one positive story about the pandemic, i suppose, is that. yeah number of stay at home dads from since period has risen by a third which is you know that is quite sizeable. so one in nine stay at home parents are now not dads and that's up from one in 14 in 2019. does it explain why they decided that they want to completely different lifestyle. yeah so basically what's been happening is because they've had more with their families, they've realised maybe they aren't doing enough, they connected better with they connected better their children they connected better with they conrseezd better their children they connected better with they conrsee mayber their children they connected better with they conrsee maybe family children they connected better with they conrsee maybe family more'en and see maybe family more important than at work all important than being at work all the time. and then homeworking is them , you know, the is allowing them, you know, the hybnd is allowing them, you know, the hybrid working for example is allowing more allowing them to do more childcare and more household work. can't really work. so yeah, i can't really see is anything positive see is anything but a positive story . i think the important story. i think the important thing remember is the

thing to remember is the majority of parents carers at home are still mums and. mums really took the burden of care dunng really took the burden of care during pandemic because they during the pandemic because they were decided were the ones that decided i'm going quit job. i'm not going to quit my job. i'm not earning i'm not going earning as much, i'm not going to it's to to take the hit. so but it's to great that. it's kind of a sea change of culture, you know, it's thinking, oh, actually i should here more, i should be should be here more, i should be doing more. they've decided doing more. and they've decided themselves some themselves it's not some government to government initiative trying to them. be home to them. you need to be home and to stay at exactly. so it's stay at home. exactly. so it's good news. yeah, positive good news. yeah, it's a positive , isn't it? like you say, it's come out of the pandemic too, you know, people realise you know, people to realise important namely that which is which is lovely and ever get the times and it's the cure for bed blocking in hospitals. yes so this is artificial intelligence is being developed now by by the nhs they've commissioned a company to do this and apparently it's already being in use in certain hospitals already. and what it does is when you go in via a&e, it will take readings based or a projection of how long you're going to be based a hospital. it

essentially based on your background, your preparedness due to certain diseases, your medical history, age and other factors so that they can plan your discharge from hospital in a much better, more effective way to prevent bed blocking cough.the way to prevent bed blocking cough. the problem that we've got at the moment with all the backlog in hospital we know we've got a 7.2 million waiting list but we've also got and ambulances queuing up outside a&e departments won't be able to get in. so is that? so the get in. so why is that? so the bed blocking the problem bed blocking isn't the problem also that they have nowhere to go they they already said, go once they they already said, hey, cure that problem hey, i won't cure that problem that you're . right? believe that way you're. right? believe the aid won't kill that problem that way you're. right? believe tiwhat won't kill that problem that way you're. right? believe tiwhat wontrying that problem that way you're. right? believe tiwhat wontrying to it problem that way you're. right? believe tiwhat wontrying to do, 'oblem . what it is trying to do, though, to give in though, is to try and give in advance notice to the care provider is in social care to try and manage their workload and their capacity better. the fundamental problem, though, as you say, is that we don't have sufficient capacity in social care . now, one of the things care. now, one of the things that rishi sunak, when he was chancellor, was trying do by

increasing national insurance by 1.25% was to grasp that nettle . 1.25% was to grasp that nettle. it got reversed by liz truss . it it got reversed by liz truss. it never got reinstated again and. when everyone keeps moaning about the fact that there's bed blocking and social care provision in this country is it is insufficient, which it is both in terms of care and care in the community we need to pay for it. i that's the reality of it. if people don't want to, then they can't complain. something needs to be done, doesn't it. absolutely mean, doesn't it. absolutely i mean, i was in thomas's hospital was outside in thomas's hospital the and was the other day and it was something hours to get something like 10 hours to get from an into a&e. but this is a company doesn't get around the staffing issue and the staffing issue a major part issue is a major is a major part of is a major issue . yes, of this is a major issue. yes, ali. i'm afraid that's ali. nick, i'm afraid that's time, but thank the time is now 950. let's bring you up to date with the headlines . the uk's with the headlines. the uk's rail network is effectively shut down today . members of the rmt down today. members of the rmt union holds a fresh round of strike action in a dispute over pay strike action in a dispute over pay conditions. hundreds of trains usually run on boxing day, but they've all been

cancelled and thousands of have been forced to make alternate plans. the aa expects . 15.2 plans. the aa expects. 15.2 million cars on the roads today, with shoppers who are trying to get to airports and, football fans among those most likely to travel , the fatal shooting of travel, the fatal shooting of a woman at a pub in liverpool on christmas was not a targeted attack , according to the police. attack, according to the police. the searches for the gunman who killed a 26 year old woman at the venue in on merseyside. four men were also taken to hospital with gunshot wounds after the incident . at least 30 people incident. at least 30 people have died as a result of a severe arctic freeze that continue to grip much of the us canada. officials say . the worst canada. officials say. the worst hit area is the city of buffalo in new york state. amid snow, ice and freezing temperatures . ice and freezing temperatures. thousands of flights have been cancelled and more than 150,000 homes are still without power. russia's defence ministry says three of its military personnel have been at an airbase hundreds

of miles from the front line of its war with ukraine. moscow claims they were hit by falling debns claims they were hit by falling debris from a ukrainian drone that it says was shot down. kyiv has not commented on the incident . now bbc's strictly incident. now bbc's strictly come dancing to our screens yesterday with a very glitzy christmas special . this yesterday with a very glitzy christmas special. this year's festive line up included girls aloud star nicola roberts, actor larry lamb and podcaster rosie . larry lamb and podcaster rosie. here's the moment, the winners corrie's alexandra mardell and dancer kai wittering said , found dancer kai wittering said, found out they'd won the glitterball . out they'd won the glitterball. and exam grand car. it's got us dancing . and joining it's got us dancing. and joining us to discuss christmas special is professional and owner of so

yoga , kristina rhiannon. good yoga, kristina rhiannon. good morning to you, kristina, and happy boxing day . thank you for happy boxing day. thank you for your company. was it like last night then ? most especially like night then? most especially like last night . night then? most especially like last night. how are you, everybody? it's nice to see some festive in your studios . oh, festive in your studios. oh, thank you so much. what the special like last night for you . did you enjoy. i i do enjoy and i have there a special memories because i also won that christmas special many years ago with john barrowman did the same song that alexandra and i performed so it has a special place in my heart. it was a beautiful big step , place in my heart. it was a beautiful big step, and i think this song is just so wonderful of you. you just have winner in your hands when you have that song.i your hands when you have that song. i think the christmas special is one of those , you special is one of those, you know, strictly kind of episodes we all look forward to because it's so beautiful and just sets the mood, you know, for the whole day. the winners did the same as you did when you won . he

same as you did when you won. he was better . same as you did when you won. he was better. he did it better. it was better. he did it better. it was a long time ago, i believe it was 2010, when the dancers berryman to the same song. so yeah of course songs get use it that's absolutely fine it's hard to find sometimes christmas songs just like with halloween special it's very difficult to find new tune you know so but it was a wonderful dance and also a quickstep and just so much fun, you know? i love watching it . you know? i love watching it. christina, what do you think it is about strictly that people just love so very much . i think just love so very much. i think being on the show and to talking many fans, you know, during our tour because obviously after after the show itself, we go on the on on the tour in january february speaking to everybody. i think it kind always comes across that it's a family affair people sitting on on the sofas with the children and grandchildren grandparents and

look into that programme to watch something together . so watch something together. so i think it's very important that we have in our programme something that where all generations can watch it together, you know , there's together, you know, there's someone, something and someone . someone, something and someone. so everybody from the very young dancer is like this season we had mollie who made it to the final and she was incredible. you know young lady and somebody for perhaps slightly older generation well, they'll love you know, actors and singers from our screens so i think i think it just kind of touches the hearts of everyone, you know , i was with mila, my lad is only six years old and, you know, mila watched the final with me and she had her own wee not different from me. and that's okay. you see all have our different opinions , you our different opinions, you know, we have different things. yeah well we like christina. it's wonderful to have you on the program this morning. you're totally right. something for everyone. and family fun. is there fun , which is what

there festive fun, which is what we want. that real joy we want. that brings real joy to. it really does. and that's like say, everyone. like you say, everyone. christina great to have you. and a boxing you a happy boxing day to you as well. so so got 30 seconds left to the programs. we're going to show you some very wonderful you've been sending in your festive pictures and pets all day . this festive pictures and pets all day. this jack here , the day. this is jack here, the black. oh the black love. low black. oh the black love. low black love with a little tiger stuffed toy in his mouth. how cute. so very cute . is phillip cute. so very cute. is phillip her hair in front of her christmas tree and she's some reindeer antlers . she's very, reindeer antlers. she's very, very cute. what good photographer there? i'd say very good. there's this. then what is this? this is a big santa with something fluorescent in his hand. i can't quite make out that dog. is it dog ? oh, yes, of that dog. is it dog? oh, yes, of course. look in his face looking santas . face. oh and this is santas. face. oh and this is really the whippet who twittered me. this twitches me to teach me this. i think patricia touches me probably feeling like much of us today absolutely wiped out.

well, i'll be back from 6 pm. tomorrow morning with patrick christys . but coming up next, christys. but coming up next, it's tom harwood in libya at the in the bev turner. stay goodbye looking ahead to today's weather and the uk looking at sunny and blustery with showers often wintry in the north. let's take a look at the details. a mixture , sunshine and showers across the south—west of england. these showers blustery and heavy at times, feeling a little colder than recent days with temperatures closer to average across the southeast. it's dry and bright with plenty of prolonged sunshine while breezy on the coast. blustery showers will move eastwards across wales. these occasional lead turning wintry over high ground with brighter spells at times a generally dry day for most the midlands, but plenty of prolonged sunshine, some blustery showers may affect western and northern areas for staying dry for across north—east england with plenty sunshine although at risk of a few wintry showers over high

ground temperatures struggling to reach about four or five celsius. wintry showers will continue to move eastwards across most scotland with snow falling over any high ground. breezy particularly on the coast . those in ireland will see a day of sunshine and showers. these turning wintry over high ground at times breezy and feeling colder . then recent days feeling colder. then recent days showers will to affect western areas. these often wintry in the north spreading east later and thatis north spreading east later and that is how weather is shaping up the rest of the day .

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