good morning. it's 6:00 on tuesday, the 27th of december. this is breakfast on gb news at any costello and patrick christys here's was leading the news this morning . yes, well, news this morning. yes, well, rishi sunak has been warned by ex prime minister theresa may remember her not to water down modern slavery laws to make it harder to claim asylum . the uk. harder to claim asylum. the uk. but with the number of cross—channel migrants hitting nearly 46,000. should the pm stick to the plan .7 well it comes stick to the plan? well it comes as the home secretary suella

braverman is drawing up tough immigration plans that would target students , making it more target students, making it more difficult for them to that other jobs and royal correspondent will be a look back at britain's longest monarch, the late queen elizabeth. the second is celebrated her platinum jubilee earlier this year. and later on in the program, we'll be getting all the latest on the boxing day footballer results. and looking ahead to , today's fixtures. ahead to, today's fixtures. well, you can get in touch the usual way via twitter or email at gb news on twitter to gb news at gb news on twitter to gb news at gb news dot uk is that email? let us know where you're watching or listening from . so watching or listening from. so should rishi stick to his plan ? should rishi stick to his plan? he wants to tighten modern slavery laws to make it harder for migrants to use them to claim asylum. but the former prime minister, theresa may, is him uk should not him that the uk should not reduce world leading protections

for victims . yeah, well, 90 for victims. yeah, well, 90 people reportedly crossed the engush people reportedly crossed the english channel on christmas day in two small boats and got lots more than that really. but bringing the total to, number 45,756, that's a 60% increase on the 2021 total. and it's the highest figure since records began. well, the minister promised new legislation in the new year to help combat the migrant crisis. and the times reports today that the home secretary suella braverman has drawn up a plan that would target foreign students, making it harder for them to bring their spouses to the uk. so have they got the answer to the crisis? well, let's broadcast editor for the spectator , cindy editor for the spectator, cindy yu. cindy, thank you very much, very much. two different issues at play here now because got the legal element to migration which comes student visas, comes down to student visas, spouses, and the elements spouses, etc. and the elements of what's going on in the channel. let's talk about big line first theresa may. today is the latest line is that she's warning rishi soon that it's a watered down the modern slavery

aspects it she's prioritising. it would appear quote unquote as victims or think some of the people might be thinking, well, hang on a minute, maybe we should prioritise the borders. what's latest? what what's the actual latest? what be down? she's also be a watered down? she's also prioritising patrick because it is one of her meaning legacies in place as prime minister because she brought this legislation in. so she obviously doesn't want that to be undone. the things can be watered down is because the modern slavery act has been what has been used by a lot of albanian refugees. well, you might call them migrants actually, because there is no war albania . what they is no war in albania. what they are escaping more poverty is are escaping is more poverty is more economic migration here, looking for jobs , sometimes looking for jobs, sometimes illegally. so but when they start using modern acts that they are claiming that they have been victims of human trafficking, and that is holds up the asylum processing system so much that it takes over year these days to kind of process any of this stuff. and when half

of them are back albanians, it is easy saying for the united target that if the definition of what counts a modern slave or , what counts a modern slave or, human trafficking is watered down a bit more, then that means that the process will be sped up. so of course, if you're concerned about that but theresa may is, then you will concerned about the watering down. but i mean, you can't have one without the other when it is a really difficult subject to kind of tackle is not i mean, all over the. well there are countries struggling with this australia doesn't have a set answer america doesn't a said america doesn't have a said answer neither do we. but answer at. neither do we. but rishi sunak says he's going to clear asylum backlog by clear the asylum backlog by the end of 23. seems like an task, doesn't it? as he himself up for failure. do you think ? yeah, failure. do you think? yeah, i mean he does seem rather impossible actually, because we have a record amount of backlog in the asylum processing system as well as the record backlog in anything else. so i think part of it is because of covid that we have a backlog of

bureaucratic backlog because people have been just working from properly from or not really properly working for the last few years when it comes to various parts of government , that's one thing. of government, that's one thing. but another thing is also just being a bit more smart about the way your process things like for example it is possible to say about countries that have no war whether otherwise have no whether civil otherwise have no other situation to be escaping from other than just, you know , from other than just, you know, poverty and a lack of employment prospects. it is possible just a blanket say. well, these countries, people from these countries, people from these countries , let's consider them countries, let's consider them not in until they have proven otherwise rather than the other way around. so i feel he has set himself target tag isn't always bad but it is it could be mark scheme to mark him against this time next year and also the conservatives do seem to be going on the offensive when it comes to tackling immigration a lot of people will be screaming at that tv sets as it's now going well it's about time we've heard all this before but a multiple the approach there's multiple the approach so there's even offshore processing

even talk of offshore processing i.e. cruise ship somewhere in the there's talk the channel there's talk everyone potentially everyone to fly potentially taking some maybe taking off some point maybe deals countries but now deals in other countries but now and really interesting suella braverman appears to be looking to down migration as well to down net migration as well and she wants think to close what many would regard as a loophole when it comes to the student visa scheme . can you student visa scheme. can you just fill our viewers and listeners in that, please ? yes, listeners in that, please? yes, a suella braverman i mean, this is one of her biggest concerns, really but i think from the political side of things, actually, she has a bit sidelined by rishi sunak , his sidelined by rishi sunak, his ally, robert jenrick, who is a minister in the home office. and she said, i could be working on this together. other suella braverman i think wants to stick her all back at. me it is her remit, after all, she is the remit, after all, is she is the head of the department. and this is of the ways that she is one of the ways that she wants to do that. so she wants to tackle dependence who come along with foreign students out of that migrants who of that 500,000 migrants who come here legally every year. the vast majority, about 400,000

will more are actually . so when will more are actually. so when they come they sometimes bring their dependents . but actually, their dependents. but actually, patrick, when you look down at the figures, dependants are very little on that number. so the average students is actually bringing maybe one or two dependants because , you know, dependants because, you know, they they tend to have families. but there are some from some parts of africa, for example who bnng parts of africa, for example who bring up to about six dependents. so it really depends on the geographical area here . on the geographical area here. but actually most students not have that amount of dependants. so in a way, this is a good headune so in a way, this is a good headline thing for her to be talking. and the government has talked about it in the past as well, but it's not really going to change that much. but to change numbers that much. but certainly will be certainly lots of people will be listening and saying listening to that and saying perhaps the people that we perhaps are the people that we actually need in country. actually need in this country. i mean, students who who mean, students who are who are getting hopefully skilled workers can to our workers, you can add to our economy. i mean, they say they're going perhaps going down they're going perhaps going down the track with and it the wrong track with this and it should legal migration that should be legal migration that be it should be people be tackled. it should be people

coming perhaps to work in coming over perhaps to work in the black market. they're going down route here right down the wrong route here right . you say there's a massive question over whether not students counted students should even be counted in this net migration figure . so in this net migration figure. so many of them just come for four years by the nature of what they're doing, and then they leave. and the ones that stay probably ones that say probably are ones that we to say so you i think that's a so you know i think that's a real political question and one for voters as well that you know, voted brexit. did know, when we voted brexit. did we want to control an immigration that we can immigration so that we can say who could who couldn't who could come in, who couldn't and tackle illegal migration or do want reduced immigration altogether? i think that's a question really has never been answered by politicians , even answered by politicians, even though voters may have had their own answers. so i think that explains a lot of the frustration that actually some politicians think some kind of migration is okay that control it was about control whereas it was all about control whereas some have thought well some might have thought well actually see actually i thought we would see actually i thought we would see a reduction in net migration as well. really tricky well. so it's really tricky question to ask and one that i think has a post—brexit britain. we haven't answered.

we just haven't really answered. we just haven't really answered. we really reckoned with we haven't really reckoned with as country. so we can just ask as a country. so we can just ask as a country. so we can just ask a of a big a little bit more of a big question as we hurdle head. first towards the year. first towards the new year. okay. lot of people will okay. a lot of people will be thinking, need to get thinking, well, we need to get this crisis issue sorted this migrant crisis issue sorted in 2023 we tried to touch on that the stuff that's going on in channel the illegal in the channel i.e. the illegal stuff the net figure, the stuff and the net figure, the legal stuff when it comes to the net migration figure as well, do we not to look at right. if we're going to be bringing x amounts of we also to amounts of people, we also to do things like building new homes, building new schools , making building new schools, making sure there's enough gp places because as it currently starts from i'm sitting, we can't have it all, we don't have enough infrastructure to be able to deal with volume of people. deal with the volume of people. i've had an email front as i've just had an email front as well from frank, for example, he says, for to look says, is it time for to look after our own infrastructure and potentially which is seen as suella braverman compressed pause, a little bit on migration, both net channel before is to get out for us to get our own house in order, maybe some day. yeah. i mean

there's , a massive tension going there's, a massive tension going on in the country. know i think you're absolutely right in we are high migration and we have only increased migration since brexit. at the same time we've got 5.2 million working age people out of work many of them of health problems and some of them because of out of choice, you know, because they want early retirement yet got record employment shortages this country in the nhs in various parts of the public sector and at the same time the government won't increase public sector pay . so then at same time we won't build more houses because of real nimbyism coming from certain parts of the of parliament in certain parts of the country. so the question really is what kind of country do we want to be? what is posed? what are these brexit opportunities we can make use of? because if we're not getting our own people to work because of health or not of various health issues or not being enough and yet we're being high enough and yet we're introducing migrants introducing a lot of migrants and we're building enough

houses, this is not houses, then this is not a situation that is going to be able to continue, is not sustainable, is not smart, just sustainable, is not smart, just sustain the situation. so i think does have to give i mean, for certain people that might be high migration body and high opportunities for high pay for everyone . for others that might everyone. for others that might be, yeah our own first and to do that i be, yeah our own first and to do thati do be, yeah our own first and to do that i do think the government needs a different approach to pubuc needs a different approach to public sector strikes because in order to put our own first you know we need to be talking why these 5 million people are out of work and be because of of work and might be because of health because health money, because wages maybe of choice, but we need maybe out of choice, but we need to get them back into work. well, exactly. and people are getting increasingly concerned. think for think about blank checks for ukraine, rightly or wrongly. but in the, bigger in the context the, bigger picture sindy. picture there is that sindy. thank indeed of thank you very much indeed of the spectator watching you through story of through what is the top story of the anyway. theresa may's the day anyway. theresa may's when the modern when it comes to the modern laws, what's going on in the channel yes. lots unpack this channel yes. lots to unpack this morning in terms of migration, either illegal or legal. but let's focus on the legal side of things in a bit more detail. now

we just to recap, as we and just to recap, as you just hearing patrick, just hearing from patrick, theresa that theresa may has warned that tightening modern slavery laws could impact victims . well, the could impact victims. well, the problem is targeting spouse and students in our plan to cut net migration . well, we can speak migration. well, we can speak now to immigration lawyer schuyler mcbath, now warning to scott, i hope you had a very christmas tell us a bit about christmas to tell us a bit about these plans . so the christmas to tell us a bit about these plans. so the home secretary has announced plans to increase the minimum salary threshold for british citizens to be able to bring their spouses or partners to the uk on the family visa and where it stands currently is that couples prove they have a combined income of at least 18,600 per year and an additional income for any family members, children who are not british. this is wrong. there are who will not be able to qualify for this new structure , do not yet know what structure, do not yet know what the new salary threshold will be raised to . but the government raised to. but the government needs to focus efforts on illegal migration first rather

than legal migration , especially than legal migration, especially family migration . and this family migration. and this change, it could result in families potentially being separated and forced to live apart . and the prime minister is apart. and the prime minister is also considering implementing restrictions on foreign students to, also kerb migration and what they're currently doing is they're currently doing is they're planning to restrict students from studying on certain courses . those courses certain courses. those courses ineligible for visas, while some will tenuously funding british students to study on courses . students to study on courses. the problem the how how big a problem it when it comes to this student visa loophole. i can remember years and years ago and this is why i'm not sure it's so much of a problem now basically kind of pop up fake universities on high streets you could just tell they weren't necessarily real. clearly, they being real. clearly, they were being used a front to allow used as bit of a front to allow people into the country, possibly with dependents as well

, still an issue , but is actually still an issue now in a big a massive numbers. is it ? that is now in a big a massive numbers. is it? that is not an issue in massive numbers . the biggest massive numbers. the biggest issue really that the prime minister admit it that the uk is currently spending point minister admit it that the uk is currently spending point £5 million a day on hotels to house asylum seekers and that is obviously not sustainable the issue is not with students. they bnng issue is not with students. they bring a lot to the uk. we need the students that they fill gaps for the uk labour market they graduate we need individuals, we need the legal what . do you need the legal what. do you think it is, scott, is this an easy win for suella braverman to tackle illegal migration to go after the students because as you say and cyndi said just before you as well that these students especially those that that come to this country and get degrees, are skilled workers. i mean you think it's the people that you want in this country and sure, many people listening will agree you listening will agree with you that. people in the

that. it's the people in the channel the 46,000 that crossed it in 2020 to 60% increase on the year before that to be tackled first. so i suppose i'm asking what what suella braverman trying to achieve here is . this just a tick box is. this just a tick box exercise, something that can easily fixed. i think so i easily be fixed. i think so i think she's trying to attack it from all angles. i think it needs to be focussed, it needs to be focussed on the illegal migration first. see how that works out. the is not to attack the students, the british citizens from bringing their families students from being able to study on. there's also there's restrictions that the uk has such as the high potential individual visa where only graduates top universities can to the uk. so by restricting students from studying certain courses, we're going to have a very elitist recital society here in the uk where many individual are not going to be able to fill these labour

shortages. we a labour shortage problem in the uk currently and this is going to make it worse . this is going to make it worse. yeah.i this is going to make it worse. yeah. i wonder if they're busy looking some of the spreadsheets. we've seen things like, the net migration figures drop. see things like drop. we see things like demographic change as well and. i help wonder whether i can't help but wonder whether or lumping or not they're lumping everything together with everything in together with that. very much scott that. thank you very much scott it's who's it's got to keep the who's bringing to date with bringing you up to date with more the legal side of it and more of the legal side of it and i maybe just maybe might i think maybe just maybe might have found of the questions. have found one of the questions. first top anyway, first in the top hour anyway, that you that put to you gbviews@gbnews.uk. a of as gbviews@gbnews.uk. a lot of as always lot you always happens, a lot of you have got a lot of views when. it comes to immigration as well. the announcements the now making announcements about and illegal about the legal and illegal immigration, do you immigration, which one do you think like them to think you would like them to solve and why? is solve first and why? maybe is a place for us to start this morning gives a gbnews.uk and of course easiest or which course what's easiest or which is we're talking is what we're talking about there. perhaps the there. and perhaps after the students easy to students is something easy to say they can say we've say something they can say we've done working on done they're slowly working on migration is just completely as weak we've seen out weak as we've seen out of control 46,000 have now made that crossing the channel in the

past year up 60% on the year before. yes indeed. when it's seen as a win that we won't the 50,000 more by the end of the yeah 50,000 more by the end of the year. that's fair. possibly concern is that we go right is 60 minutes its close to 70 60 minutes past its close to 70 minutes but it's actually let's bnng minutes but it's actually let's bring you up date stories bring you up to date stories making headlines today. bring you up to date stories making headlines today . so two making headlines today. so two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 26 year old elle edwards at a pub in merseyside on christmas eve. man has been on christmas eve. man has been on suspicion of murder. an murder whilst a woman been arrested on suspicion of conspire proceed to murder. now, while the yellow weather warning is in for the north and east of the met office. say snowy and icy conditions could last 10 pm. this evening. travel disruption is possible because wintry showers are causing jailings mainly on higher traffic. scotland says gritters are out and motorists should plan ahead and in the us 27 storm related deaths have now beenin storm related deaths have now been in new york state alone

after blizzard power eased western new york , some western new york, some fatalities were found in snow banks and in that cause , snow is banks and in that cause, snow is expected to continue to fall on top of more than four feet of snow that's already been falling since friday. wow, goodness. maine . okay well, it's been maine. okay well, it's been a year of great tragic lows as well for , the windsor family. well for, the windsor family. but this morning we are taking a little look back at the year but instead of so dwelling on the queen's passing, we're remembering the high of the platinum jubilee . it's platinum jubilee. it's incredible, really, that came in such a short month that , really. such a short month that, really. the joy and jubilation , the the joy and jubilation, the platinum jubilee, and then that great loss just a few months later. but you will remember that in the nation came that in june, the nation came together to celebrate the 70 year reign of the britain's longest serving monarch, queen elizabeth, the second herself appeared on the buckingham palace balcony in front , palace balcony in front, cheering her family

cheering crowds with her family iconic was to say it was british on the global stage. no role reports i can walk takes a little look back at that platinum jubilee weekend weekend . a platinum jubilee weekend weekend. a pageantry the eyes of the world were on great britain as we celebrate its queen . the second celebrate its queen. the second 70 years of service trooping the colour marks the official birthday of the late queen . over birthday of the late queen. over 1400 soldiers. 200 horses and 40 musicians came together for. 1400 soldiers. 200 horses and 40 musicians came together for . a musicians came together for. a magnificent display of military precision horsemanship and fun that the were packed with crowds for us all to be together for all be celebrating not just the queen life. our lives are together again. was i think something very, very special . something very, very special. the queen appeared on the buckingham balcony twice that day , firstly with her cousin, day, firstly with her cousin, the duke kent's, to watch the parade . secondly, it was the parade. secondly, it was the aria with working members of the

royal family and statue mobility problems . royal family and statue mobility problems. her majesty royal family and statue mobility problems . her majesty chose not problems. her majesty chose not to take the salute at horse guards her son charles tickets on her behalf. that didn't stop the. crowds erupting in applause when . the queen waved at them when. the queen waved at them from the balcony. only the roar of aircraft around them out much to prince louis horror queen elizabeth helped lights the principal beacon heralding the start of celebrations throughout her beloved . but the touch her her beloved. but the touch her hand and illuminated globe sent a river of lights from windsor to buckingham palace, where william watched the tree of trees, sculpture, bathe and light . the queen was absent from light. the queen was absent from her service of thanksgiving at st paul's, where the duke and duchess of sussex made their only official of the weekend. there were cheers from the crowds when harry and arrived, accompanied by of bees . the accompanied by of bees. the queen also missed the derby at ups and downs instead opting to view it on tv from windsor,

where she was sent a souvenir cards to follow the action . it cards to follow the action. it was understood the decision taken for her comfort. there no guarantee we actually would have her. i know the build up to it. it was very much on the day to see how she was feeling. it will be memories, i'm sure, which will last all of our lifetimes. we've never seen anything like that. i'm sure actually will never see anything like that . never see anything like that. street parties and, jubilee lunches were the talk of . many lunches were the talk of. many towns across the uk , but perhaps towns across the uk, but perhaps the most memorable was the platinum party at, the palace, a star studded event in front of spectators chosen in a lottery. were treated to surprise appearance from her late majesty alongside paddington bear. thank you, ma'am. forever paddington said at the end of the sketch. despite a little tantrum from a young prince. crowds cheered for the pageant celebrating different decades of her majesty's reign . the weekend was majesty's reign. the weekend was rounded off . one final rounded off. one final appearance on the balcony , queen appearance on the balcony, queen elizabeth ii with her close

family for generations . and family for generations. and three future kings in a message of thanks, the queen said she remains committed to serving the nation, a promise she kept for the rest of her life . cameron the rest of her life. cameron walker . gb the rest of her life. cameron walker. gb news. the rest of her life. cameron walker . gb news. oh, the rest of her life. cameron walker. gb news. oh, bless society in pictures the person i know, i know. but in a way we never really lose it because he such me anyway. after the break aidan magee will be in the city. he's able to make this got something nice to. it was a round up. i think he lifts it. he's around all the boxing day sports. rizzo but tell us quickly how many goals manchester united got to win by tonight. they were first, though. let's have a short .

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then we couldn't think of one today. i think we should ask what doing betwixt what people are doing in betwixt mis mis this where we're mis betwixt mis this where we're in so this is the squishy in now. so this is the squishy little bit between christmas and new it's bizarre. it's six new year. it's bizarre. it's six days of the year where it could be any day of the week, anything could happen. you can drink at home. you can eat chocolate for . it's fun. but pure chaos. . it's so fun. but pure chaos. yeah. trying to treat in your own house like an all inclusive houday own house like an all inclusive holiday resort. exactly like that. yes, indeed so, have you descended into mis. what's going on in your house? let us know. gbviews@gbnews.uk. what's the plans for the next few days? yeah. oh, you're putting with your family? yes. how's that going? yeah. we do have a relationship expert on later who's on how to avoid. who's got tips on how to avoid. we could do that well just we could do that as well just quickly. gb gbnews.uk. we could anonymously. course. anonymously. of course. anonymously some questions to our relationship guru for you. that's good idea. we're going that's a good idea. we're going be uncle auntie be like agony. uncle auntie today. we'll help out. but lots of you might be watching. lots of you might be watching. lots of sport. there's lots of sport going on in the aidan magee and

you'll have tell all about you'll have to tell all about it. started yesterday on boxing day. oh, goodness me. i mean, i said there were be some said there were going to be some freak results. didn't any freak results. we didn't get any of we five away wins of those. we saw five away wins out the seven. one home out of the seven. only one home team won. so that's freakish in itself. not looking itself. so if we're not looking in results, looking at in dividual results, looking at this as a as a wholesome, this thing as a as a wholesome, then we one one, two, one home win. was arsenal was win. and that was arsenal was big yesterday they big yesterday because they lost a striker at the world cup. a main striker at the world cup. gabriel jesus. he was on crutches the side of the crutches at the side of the pitch. arsene wenger come pitch. arsene wenger had come back night. so night back for the night. so big night to back at the club. to see him back at the club. four and a half years since he left. of course he takes up. i took up an advisory with with fifa west ham the straps fifa and west ham hit the straps pretty. i mean they've pretty. well, i mean they've not played weeks. i took played for five weeks. i took the i looked solid it the lead. i looked solid in it compacts arsenal then had more adversity because i thought there with there awarded a penalty with a handball. thought was handball. what i thought was a handball. what i thought was a handball aaron cresswell handball against aaron cresswell turned head. it turned out to be a his head. it was was overturned by various was it was overturned by various they go into the break losing one nil and that's when you see patrick what the champions are made perspective made of or what perspective champions they

champions are made of, and they go off three goals in go and rattle off three goals in the second half, seven points clear of newcastle, who won it at leicester mansi play till tomorrow night, but in fine form ihave tomorrow night, but in fine form i have to say. and they look every prospective to every prospective champions to me to go. only 15 me but long way to go. only 15 games going. long way to games going. a long way to go. big question as to whether big question marks as to whether or need big in or not they need to go big in the market. now maybe the transfer market. now maybe it's when will it's a sign of in. when will they a more desirable club they be a more desirable club given that they are top at the minute got a real chance as well. it depresses to say, but they do have real chance. will they do have a real chance. will you hasten from you ask to hasten from your days? know, days? you know, because i suppose in your in your time there you his there were made you know his main rival when they than them. yeah they they i know yeah they were they were. i know collins. well they collins. yeah. well well they were but crucially not as good as you know i said no. and so this was was right. this was this was all right. whereas of people whereas now, a lot of people are betting, know, betting, you know, it just a quaint one. and this is shamelessly my own shamelessly crowbar my own interest news. you interest into the news. you know, over there know, about games over there not having that having the idea should win. that looks home bank in terms looks like a home bank in terms of transfers. don't think they're to do next. they're going to do much next. actually, they're not historically market historically in the market for transfers in january when

they've the they've mixed success in the past. bruno big past. but bruno 2020, a big success signing in january success signing him in january but that so alexis but i think that so alexis sanchez 2018, think sanchez back in 2018, i think they could mean, one player they could i mean, one player they could i mean, one player they fancied cody they might have fancied was cody campo. going to manchester, campo. he's going to manchester, so going liverpool so he's going to liverpool well and he's seamlessly wages into transfer is the transfer rumours which is the big thing. okay. so mentioned one going elsewhere. big thing. okay. so mentioned one not going elsewhere. big thing. okay. so mentioned one not goinabout where. well i'm not sure about elsewhere this is elsewhere the but this is because windows for because the windows open for another yep. it is odd another few days. yep. it is odd for liverpool get their business done that's done this early now that's a player hag. i mean i player the ten hag. i mean i would know very, well and would know very, very well and i think be very think they'll be very disappointed miss out him. disappointed to miss out on him. 37 games psv 23 37 goals 106 games for psv 23 years old. three goals at the world cup holland it looks a world cup for holland it looks a little like, know, little bit like, you know, they've player play well they've seen a player play well in cup signed in the world cup and so signed him an old school harry him a bit of an old school harry redknapp transfer if you redknapp style transfer if you like know that can hit like you know that can be hit and miss it can be as well. but i just look he looks like a unhed i just look he looks like a united me, he looks like united player. me, he looks like someone that would have fancy liverpool i've liverpool looks as if i've nipped got him and that nipped in and got him and that might united's in might limit united's resolve in the transfer sign the transfer window to sign players. they can trigger the contracts players anyway contracts of full players anyway one marcus one year extensions. marcus rashford, luke shaw, diego diallo and as i mean fred

diallo and as well i mean fred is picks up bit the in the is picks up a bit in the in the last year so but you know decent decent guy decent program if we say harry kane we should mention we've ask you about harry we've got to ask you about harry kane show of strength. absolutely mean. i was on with mark longhurst yesterday a one nil they eventually went to nil down they eventually went to nail down against brentford and antonio conte. i was showing beforehand were talking about with and emily with with yourself and emily yesterday about how antonio conte said kane will park conte said harry kane will park that penalty will to that penalty. he will be able to just his straps quickly. and just hit his straps quickly. and so proved you got the go back so it proved you got the go back with a brilliant your with a brilliant head of your side imperiously the in the side imperiously in the in the penalty would proud penalty i would have been proud of i was 16 years old of that when i was 16 years old and know, and playing football. you know, you have been proud as you could not have been proud as well. know, end well. so, you know, to end round. and so he nods. he notes. and sparks tottenham's and it sparks tottenham's comeback was comeback comeback. it was interesting interview afterwards with of with. pierre emil hoiberg of tottenham, who plays for france , and he said, goodness me, anyone who wrote harry kane doesn't the guy, because doesn't know the guy, because that's of yesterday that's he's capable of yesterday now very quickly i could now know very quickly i could go on without brought okay on without agents brought okay what reviews have really what what reviews have really done artefacts of importance to

shoot it's not at all look people would use that i have to say we you no no at cardiff fell asleep during the game to get some cherries keep my some cherries makers to keep my eyes open my brother is obviously things child. he obviously things i'm a child. he bought of bought me a3d construct toy of qpr which is effectively of lego 12 years old, plus bit older than that 1103 pieces. i'm going to try and build it before my next hit. if possibly can. oh, in the studio now i'm yeah i'm going to try and see but it's effectively lego . i'm a bit old effectively lego. i'm a bit old for it, but if i get stuck and i rely on you to maybe give me a hand later on. absolutely. and i'll try. if you i as a child, i'm the man to do this show competing. tell for britain's not of doing not sweet pictures of him doing a puzzle a jigsaw puzzle over the course the day. good luck to you. i a horse racing tip you. i gave a horse racing tip yesterday. he finished out of nine. okay well, sorry you're up at the moment. i nine. okay well, sorry you're up at the moment . i know. i've got at the moment. i know. i've got to receive my crystal ball that someone out there streaming it the tv now going to put the kids inheritance on anyway . all

inheritance on anyway. all right. so thank you very much. i'd like sarah and sports fanatic . luck with the puzzle. fanatic. luck with the puzzle. oh, yeah. and so a puzzle some. oh, yeah. and so a puzzle some. oh, sorry. good luck. the model for and that's all. okay all right. there you go. thank you very much . aidan magee that talk very much. aidan magee that talk about who thought about models who have thought that we will be that after the break, we will be talking or taking even a first look this morning's papers. look at this morning's papers. i'll like .

welcome back breakfast club . welcome back breakfast club. let's bring you up to date with the stories the newspapers this morning shall. the stories the newspapers this morning shall . what's going on? morning shall. what's going on? well, the front of the daily mirror has this headline . she mirror has this headline. she was happy . she's was just so happy. she's referring to the life and shocking death of elle edwards, who was dead in merseyside on christmas eve, a really shocking story. absolutely shocking .

story. absolutely shocking. yeah. the daily telegraph with energy companies and investigate that they've conducted this found almost that they've conducted this found almost £2 billion of customers cash is being hoarded energy firms , the daily mail energy firms, the daily mail reports that the nhs middlemen are apparently charging the national health service are apparently charging the national health servic e £1 national health service £1 billion a year in fees. national health service £1 billion a year in fees . agency billion a year in fees. agency staff . yes. and the only paper staff. yes. and the only paper says two thirds of junior doctors are trying leave the nhs . an doctors are trying leave the nhs. an weather . doctors are trying leave the nhs. an weather. north america. doctors are trying leave the nhs. an weather . north america. they've weather. north america. they've gone with the headline blizzard lizard's giant american visits are getting cold they are freezing and falling out of their trees . always something their trees. always something different from the daily star. yes very different. if things weren't bad for those tall people in the falling lizards now. but anyway, there go. okay, so it's time to go to the papers

. on this morning, we are joined by broadcaster and showbiz journalist stefan. he's actually on writer and columnist emma wolff as well. thank you very much. morning both looking absolutely fabulous . look at you absolutely fabulous. look at you guys. i'm still surviving after christmas . such as of yesterday christmas. such as of yesterday . oh. best way to on boxing day. right. let's get into it, shall we? this all over the front of the newspapers this morning of elle edwards, 26 year old shot, dead on christmas eve and local pub emma. it'sjust such pub emma. it's just such a shocking. yeah. isn't it? yeah. and on this story in the daily mirror, which i've chosen on, page four, the daily mirror, it's just friends of elle, just talking about the evening , the talking about the evening, the christmas eve shooting . just christmas eve shooting. just what a shock it's been and how senseless and kind of. yeah, how just came out of the blue. she doesn't appear to have been the intended . there's still a lot intended. there's still a lot of, you know, doubt and sort of

uncertainty over exactly what was the what was the motive ? was the what was the motive? were the what were the reasons for this . other people were for this. other people were injured. also in the shooting. it's another it's another incident on merseyside. yeah, well , a incident on merseyside. yeah, well, a couple of really shocking ones in recent times , shocking ones in recent times, stephanie, at this point i wonder whether or not, you know, things is worse. we are you know, london is obviously renowned for violent crime . the renowned for violent crime. the wild west midlands, they seem to score relatively highly when it comes to stabbings etc. and liverpool does to be or merseyside. i should does seem to be getting worse again it does and it's, you know , this does and it's, you know, this year we heard of the story the little girl who was shot and it just it's really heartbreaking what's happening in this country in terms violence, in terms of gun crime , knife crime. it just gun crime, knife crime. it just seems like we're not actually getting a handle of energy just in these heartbreaking of innocent people do not deserve to die. and it's like you think for me just reading the story, i think she had her whole life ahead of her. and i don't how

people who actually kill people can sleep at night knowing they've taken an innocent life and why people don't turn in. yeah. well is that the i mean, i get it. there's a lot of pressure and gangland, etc. but i mean, you know, look at these pictures all the front pages today. strikes think today. but what strikes i think about that could about this story is that could been i mean she was been any. yeah. i mean she was literally anyone out literally anyone going out on christmas eve it's just what you do with friends no sexy do with your friends no sexy thing scares the thing to do is it scares the pop- thing to do is it scares the pop. i i was doing exactly pop. i mean, i was doing exactly that. struck me that. i that's really struck me about with her sister about this story with her sister and friends. was doing and her friends. i was doing exactly really exactly the same, just really really and like really shocking news. and like you months on from you said, four months on from from the death olivia from the death of olivia corbell, was in her own corbell, who was in her own home. mean it would be really home. i mean it would be really interesting to see what the police response will police response says. they will have security , have have to step up security, have some sort of strong reaction to this. yeah, it's kind of scary because you think what is the solution in this kind of situation because as you say, it can happen at any time, anywhere and it just, you know, you could just go about your life and just not realise that these kind of

situation things do happen and have family as well. and christmas day, just to just fill you in for move on to the next story just two people were last night arrested in connection with the shooting. a 30 year old man from tranmere held on suspicion murder, etc. after suspicion of murder, etc. after we'll see how one plays we'll see how this one plays out. and the thing concrete yet . yep right. stephanie let's have a look at the front page of the telegraph shall we. yeah. energy companies hoarding billions of customer cash. yeah. so the telegraph have done an investigation with a few energy firms including octopus. send this out on edf and they found that they've been holding up to customers cost up to £2 billion and so what they've been doing they've increasing their direct debhs they've increasing their direct debits and so people can be in credit like one customer ship made in advance 2000 an d £300 made in advance 2000 and £300 but she was still in charge extra through her direct debits . so what these companies are doing is they're charging more

through direct debits and they're reinvesting that money back into their own business. and i think to myself, this is daylight robbery. well, what he finds didn't quite harden was quite the finding quite hard to pay quite the finding quite hard to pay these bills and knowing that their capitalising on people you can't even afford these bills it just doesn't make no sense . is just doesn't make no sense. is it interesting on this? because am all for wealth creation and growth a healthy and i think we should aspire to of that stuff i am in against things like a tax to me sometimes that seems a little bit unfair , but then little bit unfair, but then i read stories like this and it becomes , i think for your becomes, i think for your average minimum on the street, it was struggling at the minute it was struggling at the minute it becomes harder and harder to not doing some windfall windfalls that's the headline alone. energy companies holding customers billions and it's billion so they're making in profits like you ideologically opposed to that kind of kerb on business or sort of tax on profits tax on on motivation and

investment and hard work and all of that . but when it's billions of that. but when it's billions and, you know , i know there are and, you know, i know there are old people in their homes right now in 2022 who are close to , now in 2022 who are close to, cold, you know, who are literally living in one room in a heated blanket. there's a lady downstairs and know that she has spent christmas wrapped in her heated blanket . she can't put on heated blanket. she can't put on the heating and she is 75 years old that of thing. and old and that kind of thing. and yes , has to be done about these yes, has to be done about these energy firms because, of course we want investment, of course, we want investment, of course, we want investment, of course, we want growth. and all of that is really important for the economy. but we also need to live as human beings and it feels like we're kind having fighting losing battle . fighting a losing battle. because i know so many of my family friends who were like turning lights off heaters turning off lights off heaters so be doing all so you could be doing all measures, is not how we be measures, which is not how we be living. and still the debits are still coming out . they are still coming out. they are actually george told me what next story. i thought it was wrong to do a blankets and amount of money got right. i got

and i actually at the time was just living on my own. a very small farm from the ever, hardly ever that. so actually really, i'm a very fortunate person says that my energy bills just by virtue of me not being there literally haven't really gone up. yeah i still got some like 140 quid or whatever. yeah so patrick, also a lot of wealthy middle class or , wealthy, older middle class or, wealthy, older people, everybody that payment got those emergency payments . got those emergency payments. shouldn't they have been targeted to people that really needed them the most? talking of ridiculous payments ? the bbc, ridiculous payments? the bbc, a really well i was angry now i'm a little bit more angry now. why you're enraged . well, a little bit more angry now. why you're enraged. well, £7 million. so the daily express is doing this really interesting investigation. i was actually following in this mysterious rebrand, one of that rebranding exercise this and lots us have quite strong views about the bbc's choices about budget budget cuts and what they're paying budget cuts and what they're paying people and of that kind

of thing. anyway, the bbc taken months and months and months to reveal how much this rebranding . course this isn't just . but of course this isn't just a waste of money, kind a rebrand waste of money, kind of a rebrand waste of money, kind 0 f £7 million a rebrand waste of money, kind of £7 million rebranding. this is licence fee payers money. this million pound rebranding. it was a it was a digital rebrand and it was a move to create a modern bbc . and this as create a modern bbc. and this as over 75, are forced to pay for the licence fee and many regional news outlets recently have been closing and i'm sure many of them, if you were to actually ask them, would you prefer a rebrand or would you prefer a rebrand or would you prefer to keep your local radio station? yeah, yeah. and that money kept in money could have kept people in jobs the bbc, jobs. you know, i like the bbc, the content that they create, but terms of the infrastructure , they always fail to read the room in when comes to room in when it comes to finances and what their money should be going , how they could should be going, how they could spend million on logos . it spend £7 million on logos. it just doesn't make sense to me. but also on these logos as well, i mean so you get it. i mean, £7

million is for what appears to be just well i mean i'm not being funny but if i had a toddler and she came home from kindergarten , i'm not sure i'd kindergarten, i'm not sure i'd even put it on the fridge. yeah, it does. it like something you could just. you just knock out. i for you on the desk i do one for you on the desk right yeah i mean, it's right now. yeah i mean, it's just submission just square's submission is just. that's utterly. just. yeah, that's utterly. i think we've got and these logos were rolled out in october 2021 and it's, it's not just the rebranding, it's the lack transparency like stephanie, i really respect a lot of a lot of the bbc's output and some brilliant journalists and fantasy tech presenters. and i work, you know, work at the work, you know, i work at the bbc a lot. yeah. but i think this of thing when it's taxpayers you know, this this of thing when it's taxp'just; you know, this this of thing when it's taxp'just some you know, this this of thing when it's taxp'just some yoryou ow, this this of thing when it's taxp'just some yoryou know,s isn't just some kind, you know, management consultancy fee. this is taxpayers money. and is actually taxpayers money. and this is over 75. lots of people i know now are saying, you know what, i'm going pay the what, i'm not going to pay the licence and i'm not going licence fee and i'm not going to engage with of content licence fee and i'm not going to en all.e with of content licence fee and i'm not going to en all. likeh of content licence fee and i'm not going to en all. like they of content licence fee and i'm not going to en all. like they own of content licence fee and i'm not going to en all. like they own the content licence fee and i'm not going to en all. like they own the publict at all. like they own the public explanation why this costs million pounds. well, they did

because it just i mean and like you say, the fact that there has to be an investigation into this, fbi this, this was fbi investigation. taken over investigation. it's taken over a year to these figures to be revealed. yeah, exactly . when revealed. yeah, exactly. when it's public money, actually. well it does. and they do have that i get that a that juicy. i get that it's a slightly thing a slightly different thing in a sense emotionally, maybe sense then emotionally, maybe because people bbc because people see the bbc through their screens. but i mean is public money, then mean if it is public money, then the right to know the public a right to know exactly and why was exactly how and why it was funded exactly. on, funded. exactly. moving on, stephanie. front of stephanie. yeah, so in front of the guardian today, they're saying student are facing saying that student are facing the worst housing crisis , the the worst housing crisis, the seventies and. at the moment, students are being forced couch surf with friends , live with surf with friends, live with parents or live acceptable conditions. such as rooms without windows. and this is all because universities are not planning to expand their accommodations and they're doing more deals with private landlords . frankly, a lot of landlords. frankly, a lot of students can't afford and it's a shame because we're always trying to entice people to come study in the uk. but it seems at

the moment we don't have the right housing conditions for them and with the whole cost of living crisis are also being affected and. it's, it's the last thing you need when . you last thing you need when. you were a student when you were a student. you want to actually enjoy and not having to enjoy studying and not having to worry going worry about where you're going to and i don't know how this worry about where you're going to slipped don't know how this worry about where you're going to slipped under know how this worry about where you're going to slipped under thew how this worry about where you're going to slipped under the radar this worry about where you're going to slipped under the radar for s has slipped under the radar for of these students and university of these students and university of mind they're not making a big issue of it. i mean is it just a shortage housing. i'm bored. isn't there i mean it's a huge issue in this country but i mean for students especially do feel for students especially do feel for them they're not working they into homes a lot they are forced into homes a lot of the time that is not what you or would want to live in my reaction was shocking. yes it's really bad. yeah my mum sat down and wept on the back. oh, no, no . but that was of course is because the golden boy was maybe . yeah, exactly . substandard . yeah, exactly. substandard accommodation for students both in halls and out. yeah. and they

were in a position if you go to a private landlord and they look about mould on my walls, whatever, you know when there's demand can well don't demand can say, well don't worry, i'll just get, get you unless something it's not just students a of young students has a lot of young people trying to live and people are trying to live and work going. yeah work and keep going. yeah i think we've got just enough time very for the final one of this round this round of papers day and it says danger zone holidays. yeah so if you want to go and go somewhere really, really crazy in a really dangerous place then daily star have a this is a tour company that's known and it's actually based in wigan and they can book you it's called lupine travel and they can book you to some of the most, the world's most dangerous interesting dangerous and interesting destinations, including places like , on syria , palmyra, like what, on syria, palmyra, nonh like what, on syria, palmyra, north korea chernobyl, really quite out of the way. make up for this . yeah. yeah. this time for this. yeah. yeah. this time of all i want to do is be lying on a coffee and i think people that take off for the sun for a month just have it right. i

don't want to go anywhere dangerous so i don't want to get to i think most of these to say i think most of these countries which have a bad rep, they country the they had a country before the war and so many gems there that to explore as long as you're safe . i think if a travel safe. i think if a travel operator's doing, why not say yes, you are to blow though i love to after the year that had. i think we all just need to follow shale and see how much imagine the insurance on north korea is hefty but i go well thank you very much. both of you could start a flying start some would say is time we go now 640. i think a strong thing about say i think a strong thing about say i think a strong thing about say i think you might need to get voted to not to 23 they get to lie tests may yes it is 648 patrick i'm going to bring you up to now with the latest news headunes. up to now with the latest news headlines . right. well, more headlines. right. well, more serious matters now because two people have been arrested connection with the fatal shooting of 26 year old al edwards at a pub in merseyside christmas eve. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder . a woman and attempted murder. a woman has arrested on. suspicion has been arrested on. suspicion of to murder teachers of conspiracy to murder teachers unions have condemned the scottish government's to delay the rollout of free meals to all primary school pupils. the union argues that in a cost of living crisis, the food is vital to tackle poverty. this is the second time the programme has delayed . the levelling up delayed. the levelling up secretary says opposition to new housing development could be reduced by focusing on best design. michael gove says too planning applications are indifference insipid and suggested that the potential of some public spaces aren't being utilised. he is supporting a call by the think tank policy exchange for a new national of urban design at all. actually go . urban design at all. actually go. ri can be rough for relationships as we battle christmas parties

hosting yes and from family drama to arguing with loved ones. many of us feel the festive stress, but that doesn't mean it should lead to breakdowns in relationship or dredging up past mistakes with family members. yes, indeed. well let's talk to intuitive psychologist and relationship expert dr. cameron howard to see how to survive the christmas penod how to survive the christmas period with our relationships and can i just say you are fabulous this morning, as is the background behind . you this is background behind. you this is what we like . people are awake what we like. people are awake now as they were before , we tell now as they were before, we tell you that. but so. now as they were before, we tell you that. but so . but why is you that. but so. but why is christmas such a rocky for relationships, do you think ? relationships, do you think? because you know, honey, this isn't what i expected . should we isn't what i expected. should we expect to look perfect to decorate the home, buy a lot of gifts that so many of us we cannot afford them . or some of cannot afford them. or some of us have no strategy about the past member of the holiday season that we're happier and you know they put a lot of

stress on us and as you know very well we take the stress on our partner. so statistically speaking, we see that during the houday speaking, we see that during the holiday season there are more breaks up and more divorces, more separation any time of the yean more separation any time of the year, any sort , and be this way. year, any sort, and be this way. so there things that we can do in order to prevent that from happening . all your best tips to happening. all your best tips to reduce arguments over this festive period . you know, i festive period. you know, i think i think the best thing that we should do acknowledge that we should do acknowledge that during the holiday season , that during the holiday season, we are very emotional, more emotional than ever. so the first thing that we should do is control feelings. what happens that in the brain, you know, there neurones that adapt to and when you add that to a negative emotion , you get stuck into that emotion, you get stuck into that emotion, you get stuck into that emotion . and we don't want to be emotion. and we don't want to be stuck in the sadness, in fear, in anger in negativity. so emotions be seen like visitors you welcome them and you release andiane you welcome them and you release and invite them out of your life

. so you want to feel only emotions that are positive. so what you can actually do. you take time out to, tame your stress because if you want to the holiday season proper way you should make that you're cortisol level the stress level is as low possible. how you can do is very easy. we had this million times. you tell you use your own affirmation . i'm calm your own affirmation. i'm calm and relaxed. i'm in control and i can handle this and immediately. you feel different and you can manage holidays the right way . as i said, you know, right way. as i said, you know, the most important thing is dunng the most important thing is during holiday season to, acknowledge that this is all family celebration giving receiving and the most beautiful thing about holidays and the factif thing about holidays and the fact if you celebrated with the people who will empower you what happens the holidays would actually balance that came this day of a brave you know enhance

your moods and help you live a healthier and longer. well i think a lot of it just comes down to communication as well , down to communication as well, doesn't it? if you have had a tough time getting presents, for example. and that is because you've been working all the hours into sun, or sometimes hours into the sun, or sometimes you've not. all this you've not. while all of this talk about or if you see talk about or if you can see that your is maybe getting talk about or if you can see thityour is maybe getting talk about or if you can see thit stressed is maybe getting talk about or if you can see thit stressed out, maybe getting talk about or if you can see thit stressed out, maybe just ing a bit stressed out, maybe just what is bothering you today? what do to help as opposed what can i do to help as opposed to aggression that to that passive aggression that can build up and just eat a relationship belive you're absolutely right, you said it better than it's so significant and to make sure that you give your partner the benefit of a doubt and you let him as much as you you know you win yourself any kind of an argument but in a very smart and in a very positive way without bickering , positive way without bickering, without arguing stay away from that during the holiday season . that during the holiday season. so, yes, communication is essential and should be the priority during the season ,

priority during the season, focusing a lot on wrong relationship partners but actually another that is put to the up so low strain during the christmas can be siblings simone robbins you all brought together under roof all of that old childhood siblings jealousy rears its ugly head again and i think a little bit tricky to control than a romantic relationship. is it ? it is. relationship. is it? it is. i should say that you are the psychologist here, not me. because i'm an only child. so i don't know. any inspiration is i just get to observe chaos from afar is what it is. just so brilliant i have to admit that you said it beautifully so you should make sure during the height this is and that you stay away toxicity. what happens is that we surround with the people we should not be surrounded dunng we should not be surrounded during holiday season because they open all kinds of wounds and, stay away from toxicity is essential and those around you,

people who do surround yourself with people who make you feel small , with people who make you feel small, insignificant and they don't allow you to celebrate proper way . well, common really proper way. well, common really , good to have you on the program. this morning. we all feel the pain in the family therapy with you . so much for therapy with you. so much for you guys. you guys are fabulous . i love you all. fabulous. fabulous as well. i love you. big fan . i have thought. yes big fan. i have thought. yes thank you, carmen . well, that thank you, carmen. well, that was brilliant. really, really good.i was brilliant. really, really good. i love that we have got in trouble with kevin robinson. i just thought i'd share with you it's not but two experts. he says it's the third day of christmas pulled us up on a technicality . a good point some technicality. a good point some would say it's betwixt , but it would say it's betwixt, but it is also if you are religious. the third day of christmas, very important you, important notes. thank you, kevin . do know what kevin. do let us know what you're up in this period. you're up to in this period. whatever call it, at gb whatever you call it, gbs at gb news dot uk with breakfast gb news. lots still to come indeed. wow. for comments. theresa may has basically urging rishi sunak

not too much when it comes to preventing migrants to exploiting that claim asylum should rishi stick to his plan to solve the crisis. the release of modern slavery laws that will exploring this in much more detail . but first issue whether . by detail. but first issue whether. by weather in the uk is looking chilly some through cloud and rain and it's going to spread eastward this morning. let's take a look at. the details across southwest , a band of take a look at. the details across southwest, a band of rain and strong will bring eastwards this morning with some heavy spells of rain . at times, spells of rain. at times, coastal gales likely for northern cornwall and devon and mostly dry morning for london . mostly dry morning for london. the southeast, though there may be an odd shower for english channel coasts, becoming increasingly cloudy, a band of rain affect southern wales through this morning with some heavy bass at times strong winds too, with gales possible . too, with gales possible. looking across the midlands this morning, it will dry but cloudy in the east across the west. a

band of rain with some heavy spells and strong winds will push a cold start across the north—east of england this morning. ahead of a band of cloud and rain spreading from the west strong winds to especially to the knee of any high ground dry start across eastern of scotland, a band of rain , some of which will fall as rain, some of which will fall as snow at first will spread in from west through this morning, a band of rain will clear away to the north of northern ireland this morning for cloud showers will behind a windy will linger behind a windy morning to especially around coasts. at first, a band of rain will to spend eastwards afternoon remaining windy with a risk of coastal gales and. that is how the weather is shaping up for the rest of the day .

good morning. at 7:00 on tuesday, the 27th of december, this breakfast on gb news with eddie and patrick christys here's what's leading the news. this morning. right? wow. richie sunakis this morning. right? wow. richie sunak is being warned by ex prime minister theresa may not so watered down modern slavery laws to make it hard to claim asylum in the uk. but with the number of cross—channel migrants . nearly 46,000. should the pm stick to his plan while it comes as the home secretary suella braverman is drawing up tough immigration plans that would target students making it more difficult for them to bring their other halves . at least 60 their other halves. at least 60 people have now died in the states after a huge snowstorm plunged . the country into chaos. plunged. the country into chaos. meanwhile, in the uk, the met office has issued stark prediction that we are facing

the snowiest january in 12 years plus lighter. what will be speaking showbiz ellie phillips is going to be the ellie for you, patrick. i know we're going to get all the latest headlines from the celebrity world as . from the celebrity world as. indeed. right now, you can join in on any of our discussions, mla and or tweet us at gb news news . lots of you getting in news. lots of you getting in touch on rishi sunak's new plans touch on rishi sunak's new plans to tackle migration illegal . to tackle migration illegal. legal. jim says not. i'm sure no one in the uk has an issue with anyone that's gone through proper channels to arrive here , proper channels to arrive here, but action should taken but action should be taken against . but action should be taken against. illegal migration. so lots of people agree with you there, jim. yeah indeed, and this kind of news of this is kind of the big news of all returning surely, but it all returning to surely, but it is whether or not they is about whether or not they have. the should be have. the tories should be focusing bit on illegal focusing a bit more on illegal migration migration. migration or legal migration. theresa her. she's theresa may remember her. she's pumped look, pumped up. she said, hey, look, watch out for these modern slavery bring back on

slavery laws and bring back on them it might actually them because it might actually impact rights impact the human rights of people see wants people really see clearly wants to get what's to press ahead to get what's going on the channel saw said david's on. dave says illegal immigration should the priority. control borders and help control our borders and help legal migrants who will support our society . yeah our economy and society. yeah david i suppose some people might say is it a numbers in general do we need a bit more to build our infrastructure? but yes, absolutely. yeah. and ritchie sussex been in ritchie from mid sussex been in touch be ritchie touch purporting to be ritchie saying should to his saying sunak should stick to his plan ignore theresa may. all plan and ignore theresa may. all these illegal migrants need to be removed from this country, taking a hard line approach from richard hardline approach online. police says that's exactly the exactly what leeds that the migrant will be migrant crossings will never be stopped have a with a stopped until we have a with a backbone so that is our top story this morning should sunak stick to his migration plan he wants to tighten modern slavery laws to make it harder for migrants to use them to claim asylum. but as we hearing the former prime minister theresa may has warned that the uk may has warned him that the uk should not world leading. she says , for victims. yeah 90

says, for victims. yeah 90 people reportedly crossed the engush people reportedly crossed the english channel on christmas day in two boats, bringing total. number to 45,756. so that is a 60% increase on the total from last year and. of course it's the highest figure since records . yes. the prime minister promised new legislation in the new year to combat the migrant crisis . and the times reports crisis. and the times reports that the home secretary , kate that the home secretary, kate suella braverman, has drawn up plan that would target foreign student , plan that would target foreign student, making it harder for them to . bring spouses to the uk them to. bring spouses to the uk . so we're asking you this morning , have they got the morning, have they got the answer to the crisis? and our next guest will be able to help us as well as she's us with that as well as she's the editor the the assistant editor for the spectator cindy yu. cindy us spectator cindy yu. so cindy us through these plans that is multi—pronged approach as patrick put it earlier is all to tackle migration illegal and legal isn't it. tackle migration illegal and legal isn't it . yes, i really legal isn't it. yes, i really see that. i mean, first of all, part of the plan is the rwanda, which just before we went into christmas, was ruled by the high

court to have actually been legal. so next year, the government will bringing forward steps in order to kind of implement that and make that first really actually first plane really actually leaves the tarmac and has that deterrent effect. that be deterrent effect. that will be i think, the most headline method . the other method is for reducing that you really actually just tackle the backlog in the asylum processing system . so we've got record high backlogs the moment. is that of people getting processed within a year they're not and during the process of waiting to hear back from whether or not you get processed people was actually in this country and sometimes kind of leave the system as albanian criminal gangs do . so that's a criminal gangs do. so that's a massive problem . and also the massive problem. and also the government is also talking about foreign students and the amount of dependents that they bring . of dependents that they bring. well, i think that one particularly is probably a bit of a suella braverman shiny toy for her to play with , rather. for her to play with, rather. and i think that's going to have a huge impact because actually the numbers we're talking about when it comes to dependents is

not we're talking not high at her. we're talking about average foreign about the average foreign student about point six student brings about point six dependents. you a massive dependents. so it you a massive problem everyone's bringing five or six children as it were. so but this is all the various different ways. but i think as your viewers have pointed out, there's a massive difference between legal and illegal migration . we as a country have migration. we as a country have to decide what are we okay with? there the reason why i interrupt you there, because that's vital point. we do have a term. point. we do have a long term. we about not we're we about whether or not we're a racist and stuff. but racist country and stuff. but i mean, distinction mean, the distinction is clear amongst anyone amongst i think, frankly, anyone but certainly in our view is no listeners well which the listeners as well which is the legal migration need. legal migration fight we need. everyone's welcoming illegal migration , you know less so and migration, you know less so and i think it comes down to maybe costs for taxpayers i guess that's what the problem at the minute is like you said maybe trying of a shiny trying to use bit of a shiny toy, maybe trying to get the net migration numbers down a bit. very tough. i think a lot of people would agree with that as well. but actually is migration the thing that the the thing that hits the taxpayers in the pocket the most? because so, i people most? because if so, i people

will rightly wanting to be will be rightly wanting to be sorted more . yeah. i mean, i sorted out more. yeah. i mean, i think that'll be a very interesting thing to have a numbers, analysis . often, of numbers, analysis. often, of course, there are some analysis out there, but it depends on whether or not really whether or not you really necessarily reliable . necessarily find them reliable. and i don't have the numbers to hand moment, but i think hand at the moment, but i think one thing could reform one thing that we could reform the system with is just to the legal system with is just to allow asylum seekers to get work allow asylum seekers to get work a sooner. so at the moment a bit sooner. so at the moment if you're an asylum seeker in the uk you can't work for the first 12 months that you're here, by here, which that you are by definition taking from the taxpayer . you know, we've got taxpayer. you know, we've got afghan refugees who have been here the fall of the here since the fall of the afghan government . taliban afghan government. taliban takeover over. you are still living in hotels at taxpayer expense because they are not able to rent places them for themselves and not able to find places to work. whereas for the ukrainian refugees we've brought in, we have allowed them to fight . think that has set fight. so i think that has set off shooting ourselves in the foot . don't shorten that foot. why don't we shorten that amount where people need amount of time where people need

to qualify to work and actually then they can bring in some of their own income, pay back into their own income, pay back into the taxpayer rather than just taking it out. so i think i think the waste of that that i haven't heard the haven't really heard the government about last government talking about last week. the court ruled that the rwanda was lawful . how likely do rwanda was lawful. how likely do you think it is ? we could you think it is? we could actually see planes off to rwanda in 2023. do you think it will go ahead or do you think there'll be more legal challenges ? i it could go either challenges? i it could go either way at the moment to be honest. i mean, just this high court ruling will be it will be appealed by the lawyers involved. on the other. i involved. on the other. so i suspect be to the suspect this will be to the supreme court. suspect this will be to the supreme court . and then, you supreme court. and then, you know, it is really depends on what the supreme court. and bear in that last time when in mind that last time when there was a literally a plane , there was a literally a plane, there was a literally a plane, the tarmac people to be the tarmac with people to be taken to rwanda, it was stopped the very last minute through various challenges various legal challenges. so i really it could go either really think it could go either way right now . it would depend way right now. it would depend as well on the government's

relationship with the european bill rights. all of bill of human rights. all of these sorts of things. and but i think if british see that doesn't have a plane taking off, given that has committed to this policy that he inherited from bofis policy that he inherited from boris , it will be boris johnson, it will be embarrassing and yes. boris johnson, it will be embarrassing and yes . well, embarrassing and yes. well, absolutely. and clearing the asylum backlog, existing selves of big targets. i know our very own was very keen the idea that don't worry i'll invent some of other or i'll just an other crisis or i'll just an even bigger announcement like someone desperately trying to cling loveless cling on to a loveless relationship promise the relationship. i promise you the earth later , you know, and earth a bit later, you know, and maybe try move the gold maybe try to move to the gold only. but what doesn't sound like too much like politicians are too much like politicians are too much like call a cynic. but like no, no, call a cynic. but then we got ideologues . he thank then we got ideologues. he thank you much. a you very, very much. always a pleasure maybe a little pleasure. i'd maybe see a little bit on as. well, you bit later on as. well, so do you that the spectator wasn't you to the lights comes to the very lights when it comes to what's been going on with immigration to unpack immigration a lot to unpack there to there that's clearly trying to talk legal illegal. talk about legal and illegal. yes. what you yes. so do let us know what you think that gets lots you think about that gets lots you speaking this morning gives us at dot uk. you may not at gb news dot uk. you may not popular in the inbox. i'm not

just i'm rich trying to just saying i'm rich trying to protect a legacy isn't she. she's she's yeah she's trying look after alter herself some may say she believes that you can use dot uk now this is one of the stories that has really us morning looking at those us this morning looking at those pictures hasn't it the worst arctic blizzard 45 years has hit the us and canada look at these pictures here if you're watching on tv new york governor kathy hochul has said that the winter storm is like going into a war zone as a death toll in new york state rises to 28. at least 60 people have died now in total. goodness me . while some weather goodness me. while some weather forecasters predict that could see its snowy as january in 12 years, the met office is playing down reports this arctic blast is going to bring heavy snow to the uk so it makes back for meteorologists there. i would say so is severe weather coming our way and what exactly is going on in the us and canada ? going on in the us and canada? well, here to discuss this weather is the journalist nathan

ralph , thank you so much for ralph, thank you so much for joining us this morning. very betwixt yeah between kelvin all day. well get either way by spacewalk i think . yes. what we spacewalk i think. yes. what we calling in here. what are you going with. i'm going to go betwixt your closest to me and i'd rather annoy calvin. sorry, calvin to you because . you're calvin to you because. you're right here. but it could be both . and nathan . it could be both. and nathan what is going on in the us and canada it's awful. it is canada it's really awful. it is the worst storm apparently they have had . it's a once in have had. it's a once in a generation storm. what has happenedis generation storm. what has happened is the pole vortex, which is the pool of cold air over the has swooped down over the united states brought very very very cold temperatures had —40 and hell has frozen over. there's a town in michigan called hell and it has frozen quite literally, quite literally . lizards are raining from the sky because the wildlife is freezing on the trees. it is a very very severe winter snap that they have got and they've also got very, very snow. you

have heard the term probably snow bomb or bomb cyclone at that. yeah, we i mean, i wondered as well because very, very often when i used to work at express wonderful newspaper we use but we did you use quite often slop stuff on the front page under the title of things like weather bomb and all this. well is actually happened right and i think we can see what one genuinely looks not to diminish what was going on in the days fascinating pictures that by the way them coming because way keep them coming because it's just remarkable to this it's just remarkable to see this like we have a disaster like. so we have a disaster film, but to localise it a little bit here. are we going have a very, very snowy january this is something that we will always hear me say 5 to 10 days is the only real time frame that you can say with any certainty. see what is happening right now ? this coldest january story was actually broken on the gb news website a couple of weeks ago , website a couple of weeks ago, and that is one report of an independent forecaster who says that there's a suggestion that

we could get some very cold weather in january due to a possible sudden stratospheric warming, which is where the polar vortex again warms and collapses , pulls down, similar collapses, pulls down, similar to what we saw in 2018 with the beast from the east. but that is one report. now, the metal phase is longer term report says something completely different. the office says we're more the met office says we're more likely to milder, more likely to get milder, more unsettled , rain unsettled weather, rain switching mild and cold. and if you look independent forecasters across the board they're all sort of watching this to see what's going to happen. it's so uncertain . so the suggestions of uncertain. so the suggestions of that. uncertain. so the suggestions of that . but i uncertain. so the suggestions of that. but i wouldn't like to put my life savings on it just yet. no what worries me about this country, though , we just cannot country, though, we just cannot cope, can we? the scenes there in the us and you cannot imagine how we cope with that here. i mean, we had what have lost mean, we had what we have lost a couple ago . we not couple of weeks ago. we had not not much but it felt like, not very much but it felt like, you know where it did snow ground halt. well, was ground to a halt. well, i was actually here 12 days ago and it was chaos because there was no outside. and not only that, we

were sitting here talking about the prospects of a white christmas it was so christmas because it was so cold and weather saying it's and all the weather saying it's going cold and everything going to be cold and everything looked like it was do. and looked like it was to do. and just that, it turned mild looked like it was to do. and justermsthat, it turned mild looked like it was to do. and justerms ofit, it turned mild looked like it was to do. and justerms of christmas.i mild looked like it was to do. and justerms of christmas. soild looked like it was to do. and justerms of christmas. so not in terms of christmas. so not are we just are we not prepared? we just have difficulty predicting are we not prepared? we just hav weatherifficulty predicting are we not prepared? we just hav weatheriffichanges�*dicting are we not prepared? we just hav weatheriffichanges onting are we not prepared? we just hav weatheriffichanges on a|g our weather it changes on a happen just like that. oh no indeed and i think is absolutely spot about know the spot there about you know the idea we just handle any bad idea that we just handle any bad weather whatsoever in this country. i just don't think we're used to it yet. we should start getting used to it because we seeing severe we are seeing more severe weather. the weather. remember during the summer 40 degrees, which summer we saw 40 degrees, which was temperature was the hottest temperature we've in the uk and the we've ever had in the uk and the rose and start with that couldn't cope with that either. how long will the situation in the us and canada last for a while because that is really distressing. it is now the national weather in the united states it's to states says that it's going to improve in run up to new improve in the run up to new year there will be thaw. year and there will be a thaw. but thaw, all that snow but with the thaw, all that snow thawing, see that snow thawing, you see all that snow is thaw possibly is going thaw it possibly looking flooding is another looking at flooding is another problem. so the cold weather should abate within the coming

days, but then it's going to be more stormy coming in from the west united states they west united states itself. they going of these going to describe some of these if you're listening on radio, but was a house on that but was a house earlier on that went out to sea which i think is next sea. clearly it's next to the sea. so clearly it's been battered. one would been getting battered. one would imagine winds blowing imagine high winds blowing that spray sea and just spray in from the sea and just cakes. spray in from the sea and just cakes . i mean it looks like i if cakes. i mean it looks like i if it wasn't so it looks like a melted candle actually doesn't it looks a bit like you it does it looks a bit like you said it looks like a disaster film. why is the state of new york so badly? it york being just so badly? it simply we've had the very, very cold come down from the from the pole . now new york closed to pole. now new york is closed to the american lakes. there are some big lakes . new york and some big lakes. new york and i that close to new york cold some big lakes. new york and i thawhena to new york cold some big lakes. new york and i thawhen bodiesw york cold some big lakes. new york and i thawhen bodies of(ork cold some big lakes. new york and i thawhen bodies of cold cold some big lakes. new york and i thawhen bodies of cold air cold some big lakes. new york and i thawhen bodies of cold air move air when bodies of cold air move over lakes , water is always over lakes, water is always slightly warmer and moist. so the water warms the air, it rises it condenses the clouds move over onto land and it falls as . heavy, heavy snow is called as. heavy, heavy snow is called the lake effect. and we see this a lot in united states, not so much in the united kingdom. and that's what they're getting. and

you, gently exposing my you, for very gently exposing my lack of usga graphical knowledge our skies blowing in from the sea and the lake effect and that's why that's why you and the big bucks by they thank you say thank you very much for having me in the studio with us you go right okay so it is 715. let's bring you up to date with the latest headlines, shall we? yes two people have been arrested in with the fatal shooting of 26 year old elle edwards at a pub in merseyside on christmas eve. man been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder whilst woman has been arrested on suspicion conspiracy to murder . suspicion conspiracy to murder. yeah, well, as we've just been discussing, at least 60 people have sadly died the arctic storm which brought blizzard conditions and temperatures right across the us and canada. some fatalities were found snowbanks and in their cars. snow is expected to continue fall on top of the more than

four feet that's already before us this friday film . a yellow us this friday film. a yellow weather warning is in for the north and east of scotland . the north and east of scotland. the met office says snow and icy conditions could last 10 pm. this evening. travel disruption possible because wintry showers are causing patchy ice on higher routes traffic. scotland says gritters are out and motorists should plan . should plan. most councils acute . i think it most councils acute. i think it was i was thinking you know is it because obviously was a massive contrast by the way i wasn't i'm sure the people of north and it is scotland is well anyway and are suffering with the weather but water contrast between there . what between the weather there. what we're in america. we're seeing in america. goodness you've. got goodness gracious you've. got a cute highland cow. yeah got lizards the trees . lizards falling from the trees. that's by the way. that is that's true, by the way. that is just imagine thinking just can you imagine thinking that okay batten down

that right. okay batten down the hatches days now. not been. hatches for days now. not been. so going venture out to so i'm going to venture out to the you get struck the shops and you get struck by a falling lizard. i'll be straight back inside. just awful, mean. i mean, straight back inside. just awal, mean. i mean, straight back inside. just awa very mean. i mean, straight back inside. just awa very seriousnean. i mean, straight back inside. just awa very serious note, i mean, straight back inside. just aw a very serious note, those n, on a very serious note, those pictures horrific. pictures are just horrific. a four feet of snow believe more come. i mean , right between come. i mean, right between christmas and new year. i mean, tough, but hopefully a thaw coming as we just heard from nathan rowe. and i'm going to be cold for us as well. it is indeed, it is. it was quite looking forward to a bit of snow in january. but anyway, there looking forward to a bit of snow in tho. iry. but anyway, there looking forward to a bit of snow in tho. right.t anyway, there looking forward to a bit of snow in tho. right. ianyway, there looking forward to a bit of snow in tho. right. i thinky, there looking forward to a bit of snow in tho. right. i think we're'e you go. right. i think we're going into inbox. all we going into our inbox. all we gbviews@gbnews.uk been gbviews@gbnews.uk jim has been on as i'm no one in the uk on jim's as i'm no one in the uk has issue with anyone that has an issue with anyone that has an issue with anyone that has been through the proper channels, obvious bits of context were context here. so we were discussing the top about the conservative their conservative party and their response legal and response to both legal and illegal may illegal immigration. theresa may this in the papers this morning in the papers because is former home because she is a former home secretary, minister secretary, former prime minister urging which you see that's very careful what he about the careful what he does about the modern laws . slavery modern slavery laws. slavery laws potentially being abused by some people coming over the channels. trafficked. channels. they were trafficked. theresa course part of theresa may, of course part of

her the modern slavery her legacy is the modern slavery laws as being quite protective over but yes, jim says , over that. but yes, jim says, that people too often issue people coming through proper people coming through the proper channels. be channels. but action must be taken against illegal immigration. yep. and david agrees. says illegal agrees. he says illegal immigration should be the. yeah, billy says the migrant crossings will never be stopped until we have a government with a backbone inclined to you backbone inclined to with you on that yeah. ritchie says that one. yeah. and ritchie says sunak his plan sunak should stick to his plan and ignore theresa may yes. to keep those coming . i think keep those coming. i think there's not a huge amount of love for. theresa may in the inbox, it must said, just inbox, it must be said, but just some those that we some of those ones that we broke. a tweets as broke. i've got a few tweets as well coming through. kirsty well that coming through. kirsty we're talking about this time betwixt mistletoe search of christmas . yeah, you'd like christmas. yeah, if you'd like to this cabin, robinson is to call this cabin, robinson is watching kirsty. says over time of celebration. i people who are not interact with but if i can't do that i'll always have someone with me as a buffer because it is a very emotional isn't it between christmas and new year in a prime time for family arguments, sibling rivalry . yeah

arguments, sibling rivalry. yeah what's wrong with the parents actually. yeah, you're right one very emotional time and yesterday i was just driving back from manchester down here and i driving and i was trying to figure out, you know, sometimes trying to figure out why am i a bit down? and there's no actually think you no obvious. i actually think you should because you realise that maybe the main bulk of the christmas time is over. you open your presence, see, and you your presence, you see, and you feel. hope you've been to feel. i hope you've been able to do there's little things do it. and there's little things of off your of concern. it goes off in your head. there's santa head. there's something santa that no christmas blues maybe that's maybe is yeah that's the thing maybe is yeah i feel a little bit like that i hosted yesterday i didn't do a very because just so very good because i was just so tired was on the wasn't the tired what was on the wasn't the menu i did a cheeseboard some meats. nice sausage rolls and what else has loads and i did like a fruit platter with , some, like a fruit platter with, some, some chocolate and a cheesecake . i take it in the leftovers because none of this is waste. so what we did this morning, we didn't no, sorry. maybe. didn't eat. no, sorry. maybe. sorry you into was, it sorry you into our. it was, it would before cheeseboard.

would come before cheeseboard. yeah. yeah, i'll bring in the leftovers. gave lot to leftovers. i gave quite a lot to my been in touch my mother. jane's been in touch as she she's as well and she said she's looking seeing you looking forward to seeing you later. well, patrick, he's here this afternoon well. yeah. this afternoon as well. yeah. and i've got you and so, by the way, i've got you something extra special for your birthday, know will birthday, which i know you will love harry. oh well if love spare by harry. oh well if it gets cold. yeah, i could do with some firewood. she says you will be asleep in. no time. i like go right. well, thank like you. go right. well, thank you very much . i've always you very much. i've always getting in touch and thank you . getting in touch and thank you. what if. jane? jane, jane , what what if. jane? jane, jane, what if i'm going to hold this subject? thank you very much. right. on now, right. well, moving on now, because festive period, because every festive period, hundreds the hundreds of dogs across the country rescued country are rescued from abandonment into abandonment and taken into animal shelters. with the increases in the cost of living, though this year be no though this, year will be no different. yes homes across the country are warning of an increase abandoned pets . we increase in abandoned pets. we sent our midlands reports sent our west midlands reports carson to birmingham dog's home to find out how they're giving man's best friend. a second chance a dog is for life not just for christmas . the phrase

just for christmas. the phrase coined by the charity trust remains as true as ever. 40 years later , every christmas, years later, every christmas, the rspca estimate 4000 animals are dumped in england and wales when they're found , many are when they're found, many are brought to charities like birmingham dog's home and their sunnyside centre . in sunnyside centre. in wolverhampton, sentiment karen doyle says the number dogs brought here is up on year data cordons are bringing the dogs in daily. this particular centre has local authorities and i think there's nine altogether between the two sites as i'm birmingham solihull so do get a lot of said we're this year there's 250 dogs have come in to date more this year than last year so are extreme extremely pushed for space we get an inquiry daily about people asking if we help take their dogsin asking if we help take their dogs in they afford them any longer. the charity has existed in the midlands for more than hundred and 30 years, but in the middle of a cost of living, crisis keeping place like this

open has been made more difficult the past year. it difficult over the past year. it had fundraising fee, harrison had a fundraising fee, harrison explained . have full explained. so we have full kennels , which means that we kennels, which means that we have more to feed, more vet bills , more kennels to keep warm bills, more kennels to keep warm . so our fundraising for christmas is more important even christmas is more important ever. we have lots of support from local businesses, which is great. so people are bringing down. donations of food , down. donations of food, biscuits and toys, which is fabulous . rosa got an appeal on. fabulous. rosa got an appeal on. our website where people can go there and they can donate online . they can donate in memory of people in memory of memory have their dogs. so we're trying to be creative and there's many things as we can just to keep support coming in. it's not just donations that they send to leave the dogs. this place is full , so they need people to full, so they need people to come and adopt dogs like timothy and dogs to adopt come in all shapes , sizes. this is donald shapes, sizes. this is donald he's a nine month old american bulldog and arrived at the centre in october . but

centre in october. but unfortunately upon his arrival he had to have surgery , became he had to have surgery, became interested in october. he had unfortunately got a damaged left hind leg and some sending for x straight away . and unfortunately straight away. and unfortunately turner ended up being treated in injury his leg and had to start from his pelvis and his father. so we sent him out to take him because that was the only thing we could do to make him comfortable. he is definitely not dampening his spirits and he's a really happy chap and lovely lifestyle . it's not lovely lifestyle. it's not without birmingham dog's home. donald would not be the bouncy month old pup he is today this christmas and new year. when the calls come in from people who can longer look after their canine companion. charities like this the country will be this across the country will be there to love and look after them until they can hopefully find their home. jack find their forever home. jack castle gb news. john that was brilliant but i'm getting so i

can't keep doing these things my dog's going to want rehoming them all. what love dogs them all. oh what love dogs i just can't keep looking at dogs in and not to want to in shelters and not to want to pick them up. do you. we can have a studio show . that's have a studio dog show. that's a great idea. yeah we're going to have to be. you have to bring to the i'm a lot the studio. well, i'm a lot that's. how could i do that studio dog gb dog you got me it's very good. we'll head down there. thank you, jack , for there. thank you, jack, for bringing us that report. now stay because after the break, stay us because after the break, showbiz ellie phillips stay us because after the break, shovbe: ellie phillips stay us because after the break, shovbe joining ellie phillips stay us because after the break, shovbe joining us llie phillips stay us because after the break, shov be joining us toe phillips stay us because after the break, shov be joining us toe phillyou will be joining us to bring you all the celebrity gossip. all the latest celebrity gossip. that's this .

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time of year that we all indulge in food and some of us in those alcohol. but all you beginning to get fed up of it are 745 we'll be joined by don mcgregor , who's been sober for six years and he'll be telling us how to approach the new year alcohol free. yes. at the top of the hour will be returning to our main story this morning. and that's the challenge to rishi sunak's, migrant plans from former prime minister theresa may remember her well. come the prime minister go on the course as total number of migrants crossing the channel pushes 46,000 this year , we'll get in 46,000 this year, we'll get in touch all the usual ways . email touch all the usual ways. email us gbviews@gbnews.uk . we want to us gbviews@gbnews.uk. we want to know what you're doing this week to express this week's miss the switch little period between now and the new tweet us as well. gb news. we do want to hear from you . and just before the break

you. and just before the break we shared a report from jack carson about a dog rehoming centre birmingham and joe's has beenin centre birmingham and joe's has been in touch on twitter saying thank you for highlighting the struggle of centres. so struggle of rescue centres. so many dogs need help. i always a rescue dog, she says, and they make the best they do. i find as well. we never had dogs in the past. pedigrees are great, they're lovely. design a dog's past. pedigrees are great, thejagainst ly. design a dog's past. pedigrees are great, thejagainst a. design a dog's past. pedigrees are great, thejagainst a design. a dog's past. pedigrees are great, thejagainst a design. a dog , but not against a design. a dog, but yes, dog. so cheaper. and also yes, a dog. so cheaper. and also as well do really feel as though maybe you'll saving a life then over this . sometimes i think we over this. sometimes i think we live longer . do over this. sometimes i think we live longer. do you think well this is on doubt so. but yeah, i think so you got in your experience get a little you know and i can handle any world that can handle anything. i also think and again this just from my they know that my i feel like they know that that you've rescued them and they're very grateful. yeah the rescue dogs i know that just the loveliest i think they know whereas contrast with my whereas you contrast with my hamster i has no idea that i've rescued from a life at pets at

home and i bit me the other day that they would go yeah sheila sheena the hamster the hamster anyway , moving on anyway. keep anyway, moving on anyway. keep those coming in at vaiews@gbnews.uk on any of the stories that we're talking about today as we approach the end of 2022 is often a time for reflection and it's been a memorable year as ever in showbiz as indeed from the amber heard to johnny depp courtroom drama , the infamous oscars . matt drama, the infamous oscars. matt hancock appearing on i'm a celebrity, i'm spit gate. oh, spitting. i think i know. but i'll tell you what have been your standout ? there's been lots your standout? there's been lots of them, hasn't there? well phillips joins us now to give us her round up. ellie hi. we're going to ellie sandwich boy. oh, yes i like your hat . thank you. yes i like your hat. thank you. but i'm a bit thoughtful. time of year. you always do . all you of year. you always do. all you always bring that bring the sparkle . so tell us then, what sparkle. so tell us then, what are highlights been for are the highlights been for you the highlights of the show best highlights of 2022. well i a scouser so i

can't not wagatha christie so . can't not wagatha christie so. obviously the why of the cursed child took place this year. the nine day hearing back in may . nine day hearing back in may. this is when rebekah vardy took coleen were going to the coleen were going to court the libel and then at the end due july libel and then at the end due july are , rebekah vardy was july are, rebekah vardy was declared the loser of the case that she broke which costs millions. i that you were there you could beat the whole thing if gb news. so just to take that's where it all began. i actually way before this year back in than on the 9th of october 2019, which we like to refer to as the christie day. and that's coleen rooney took to social media to allege that stories about her in the press specifically the sun had been leaked and originated from a back bodies instagram account . back bodies instagram account. it was dot, dot, dot it's rebekah account this infamous post that did and she had specifically three stories have been shared with the sun . at one been shared with the sun. at one point i travelled to mexico to find out and selection what about written television and what about the basement flooding

in her new match in cheshire and i you said that she basically posted these stories have private instagram and has about 100 200 people following on that she shared these fake stories with the intention of weeding the person who was selling the stories to the press in this like , really clever sting like, really clever sting operation , which is way back operation, which is way back out. the christie came from rebekah it was the denied all the allegations then decided to sue coleen for libel in a really waitress twist to all of it just ahead of the trial and then unexpected you said rebekah vardy, her former agent caroline for leaking the stories and said that she's the one that had access these survivor accounts and we all heard about how caroline was found mysteriously disappeared the side of a boat just we had to trial and essentially in the judgement at the end of july it was said that swathes of the back is evidence given oath might have been given it had been manifestly inconsistent , not it had been manifestly

inconsistent, not credible and needed be treated with very considerable caution. and essentially she lost and then had to pay coleen rooney's legal fees at the end of it. and this is something that i think the most crazy thing about all of this is that rebekah vardy thought took coleen trial and came out of it pretty the inkung came out of it pretty the inkling definitely declared the winner. so for me that's one of my top stories. yeah another . my top stories. yeah another. woman just quickly for the can i can i just say from mailbag, my phone number has been the male perspective. i think sitting in that courtroom with the two wives going at it, you that courtroom with the two wives going at it , you know, wives going at it, you know, between wayne rooney and jamie vardy just like , oh, it was so vardy just like, oh, it was so i wish they'd just it was so subtle this unbelievable. but yeah well that wasn't the only you got to be very unbelievable jealousy you got to sit through that ellie. you couldn't believe the scenes front of you. is the judge trying to understand why an instagram story was , what an instagram story was, what a wag was it was just what emojis

. it was just unbelievable that something that gripped the nafion something that gripped the nation as well as as you always tell us, ellie, about the latest dramas and films and series that are coming out on that drama. steph a big one from 2022. when you talk about hancock , i you talk about matt hancock, i think a stand out character think he's a stand out character . 2022. about about him. . 2022. tell us about about him. an enormous celebrity . yes. an enormous celebrity. yes. you're matt hancock was a great booking for i'm a celebrity because he's just such a controversial after everything that happened during the pandemic , decisions that he made pandemic, decisions that he made him getting caught having an affair with . one of his affair with. one of his assistants in in parliament and so they booked a sitting mp got to prepared on celebrity people thought that he was going to get voted out straightaway he did actually make history for having to be the celebrity having done the most trials ever so you know they get voted to do a lot that think people would see him punished in a way suffer but he didn't really suffer, which was so annoying because he went

through of these trials , you through of these trials, you know, eating challenges, being submerged in water, surrounded all of these creatures , and he all of these creatures, and he just didn't get along with them . and the most surprising thing of all is he actually came third in the series was just shocking to everyone with the other people that were in there with , people that were in there with, you know, he beat chris moyles and loads of other massive stars , too, because it comes that celebrity wags and now he said that he stepped down from politics. we're waiting to see where his will go at what he's to do. you know, most to be an mp. but maybe he wants to some kind of celebrity life . it's all kind of celebrity life. it's all been baffling and surprise a lot , of people because, you know, he's such controversial figure going in there . so many people going in there. so many people die during the pandemic. you know, he let people go back into care home straight from hospital, resulted the hospital, which resulted in the absence of deaths and people really just devastated by the that he made but actually he managed to spin this story. i'm

just like witty and come out of it . i saw what he just like witty and come out of it. i saw what he did just like witty and come out of it . i saw what he did see it just like witty and come out of it. i saw what he did see it in a different yeah you know the reason i think he did manage to spin it for a lot of people is actually because begrudgingly i have to make . matt hancock is have to make. matt hancock is a very intelligent man and he is he's got that of machiavellian political intelligence about and he is able to actually things like that. that was a really fascinating step, actually. so on christmas day, i sat watching my family. it was a highlight reel. want to go low light reel. you want to go low light real, some would call it, but a highlight never highlight reel. i'm never mind getting a grief in the camp and just managing to turn it round and ultimately say , i think what and ultimately say, i think what i'm of i'm after is a bit of forgiveness. and the next shot was getting hugged by camp was him getting hugged by camp mates. thought and mates. and i thought and actually, look, must have actually, look, it must have because voting for because people were voting for him and even after the him to stay and even after the trials it all stopped and they really no, nasty really all the no, the nasty ones the ones really. so yeah well the matinee way it pains me to say it but yeah well that was a really, really good up. thank you so much for bringing that to us. a lovely hat

us. you're a lovely sparkly hat for a star, the show. you for us. a star, the show. you are the star she is stars. stay with because of the break going to be discussing and debating the big stories in today's papers with our panel of guests. we'll see you in just a couple of minutes .

right. welcome back . now it's right. welcome back. now it's time to get you the papers . time to get you the papers. morning. we are joined by broadcaster and showbiz journalist stephanie and writer and columnist emma wolff. good morning to you both . you have morning to you both. you have a lovely boxing day, christmas day . oh, yeah . walking, working, . oh, yeah. walking, working, working . this was a total stop working. this was a total stop yesterday , george. working yesterday, george. working through the different tv channels, seeing what was on, obviously, gb news, you just saw i mean, watching you . we had

i mean, watching you. we had emily carver and i'm patrick, who also also lives here at the moment . should we start with you moment. should we start with you and on the times rail travel chaos. yeah avoid trains for two weeks passengers are being warned. so if we just needed anything to lift spirits. you know, road chaos . no nurses, no know, road chaos. no nurses, no ambulances . everywhere. ambulances. everywhere. everything falling . rubbish. everything falling. rubbish. piling up in the streets too. i noficed piling up in the streets too. i noticed this morning . anyway, noticed this morning. anyway, passengers have been advised to avoid basically all trains trying to get to the moment, trying to get to the moment, trying to get back from family holidays , anything. avoid that holidays, anything. avoid that january the ninth. so there were no trains all before christmas. then on boxing day again, it's just hit by everything's being affected by this sort of christmas shutdown . and people christmas shutdown. and people can't get anywhere . people are can't get anywhere. people are really struggling to get around , just get around the country. cosily we might be having one of those weather bombs or whatever in as well. and i in mid—january as well. and i think you you add all of think if you when you add all of this up, we're to end up

this up, we're going to end up sitting reporting on sitting here reporting on a story point towards story at some point towards early massive early fab about the massive economic all these economic cost of all of these strikes on and the weather lockdown will inevitably have when it snows . well it was we're when it snows. well it was we're going skin we're just going to be skin we're just regressing as a society. i just think to myself country is falling apart. and so sectors, the health sector , the rail the health sector, the rail sector, jobs cost of living crisis. and i just think actually we start in 2023, not on an optimistic note at all. and i don't see any of this stuff is going to be resolved any time soon because the talks keep on falling down, which means the economy is losing more money. commuters can't get to work. maybe it's the time now for us to . we've hit our rock. for us to. we've hit our rock. but i know that's what i keep feeling, patrick, that somehow we really are. this country does kind of broken at the moment and really things can only get better because they can't get worse i hope. i mean , yeah, like worse i hope. i mean, yeah, like you say, the government are in a position they've sort of entrenched retrenchment themselves into this position

where will not talk about where they will not talk about money strike. and you money with any strike. and you know them. you know fair play to them. you can't give everybody can't just give everybody these, you 15, 19% pay rises. i you know, 15, 19% pay rises. i get that economy is broken. but where do go from here? yeah, the only thing is that we're at the sort of darkest point we've just passed the solstice . passed the winter solstice. we're at the point, we are we're at the dog's point, we are heading things heading towards spring, things are a bit more light every are going a bit more light every day. it's a bit more like 50. at the moment it's 356 is when the is when things start to get dark. i am i'm actually watching every afternoon that there's a little bit more daylight every day because now a lot of day because right now a lot of people i know are really low got the flu. everyone just feels a bit kind of hopeless about about the uk at the moment let's hope that people get round table and some agreements made and i'm very optimistic my lucky number is five in 2023 you can make a five out of two in the three. so that might be a of a push, but i do when we start talking about lucky numbers, i think we're really scraping bottom of the

barrel we'll is . barrel here. we'll see is. laughing. we'll see. hopefully, hopefully a bit hopefully of us. we need a bit of optimism, positivity action. and there was some optimism in the king's speech in there on christmas day. the most watched tv segment of the stuff. king charles was the of festive tv over the weekend we were talking about all things programmes that are available, but it seems that king charles strikes a real chord with people at home. he managed to draw ten points, 6 million viewers to watch his speech, which is the most viewing for you is for the annual royal broadcast for at least 20 years. and i watched speech and i really think king charles got it right. you know, he and he was really in tune what the nation's going with the problems we're going through in terms of struggling with you know cost of living crisis just the anxiety people are feeling and it felt nice watch that emotional side of king charles because you know the royals have always been known for having this stiffer but actually no i

think continued good work from his mother and he's really connecting with the nation but i do think most people watched in to see if he was going to mention harry and meghan, which he and he was quite calm on he did. and he was quite calm on that one. do you think that was wise decision by him? yeah, i think he doesn't need to rise to the. i think the royal family have had a lot of issues this year and i think, you know, he has to stick to the job at hand and he deal all those and he can deal all those controversial problems either behind closed doors with harry and meghan or when he feels like the time is right christmas the time is right and christmas . not time not at all. . not the time or not at all. i think at palace have taken the line that actually they're not going respond certainly going to respond the certainly not i mean not going to publicly i mean your show supreme i would your show is supreme so i would absolutely on this. absolutely defer to you on this. but that charles king but i think that charles king charles has managed the transition really well, really difficult . obviously, difficult year. obviously, the death queen, have won death of the queen, who have won a, harry and meghan a, daud, then harry and meghan andrew. a of things to with andrew. a lot of things to with in this sort of in—tray and i think you're right there was compassion there was kind of empathy from . the king the

empathy from. the king about the cost living without too cost of living without too political also really political but also really difficult when you're obviously millionaire. you're obviously living palaces with opulence living in palaces with opulence and wealth and all of it is hard to connect with real people when the countries as broken as our country is. yeah and i think he managed that. i think standing in st george's chapel was a go and not simply for the standing. i about , oh, and not simply for the standing. i about, oh, that was i was about, oh, that was a really useful device because he stood it made it was it stood up and it made it was it was almost like was right for was almost like he was right for anybody inflexion yeah anybody or had inflexion yeah he's good as a public he's quite good as a public speaker obviously he's speaker. i mean obviously he's given public speeches given a million public speeches over . but he wasn't over the years. but he wasn't bad, he was quite good bad, was he. he was quite good on i thought thought on screen. i thought thought he'd and he wasn't what he'd be stiff and he wasn't what do you think about his mention of? key workers? because that do you think about his mention of? ia y workers? because that do you think about his mention of? ia bigorkers? because that do you think about his mention of? ia big conversation,se that do you think about his mention of? ia big conversation, wasn't was a big conversation, wasn't it? was showing it? was whether he was showing solidarity, those in the nhs or was it was it political ? was he was it was it political? was he saying, look, these people do hard work and, they deserve a pay hard work and, they deserve a pay rise? if everything goes well years, even though well over the years, even though the impartial and the monarch to be impartial and apolitical all over the years, the queen has what's going on in

the queen has what's going on in the country and. i think it was absolutely right. it would have been not to talk been very odd not to talk about that go into like the that. he didn't go into like the rights and wrongs of pay, pay demands, strikes, but he referenced the fact that a lot of are struggling the of people are struggling at the moment. think why moment. well, i think that's why i'm of i'm kind really supportive of king monarchy, because i think he doesn't want to sweep issues underneath carpet anymore. he's still maintaining that impartiality, but he's not going to act like issues that have been controversial in the past it doesn't exist i think i think recently and just in the last couple of weeks or few weeks, there's been a huge of issues that the royal family have had to deal with. we've the to deal with. we've had the harry meghan palaver. to deal with. we've had the harry meghan palaver . we harry and meghan palaver. we have cosy fulani issues. have the cosy fulani issues. wow. controversy , wow. lots of controversy, controversy and some people would say as well, that was more showbiz, less royal, a lot of that, wasn't it? and i don't really know. i just feel i may. king charles just restored a bit of order that king's speech. yeah but some of the bombshell the memoir will you watch this

space for january and the memoir will you watch this space forjanuary and any time space for january and any time because that's going to be the big thing that's like yeah , no, big thing that's like yeah, no, i don't shoot the messenger. i have it here in front of anything. you want to talk to me about beauty? yeah. yeah. i love this . i about beauty? yeah. yeah. i love this. i thought you'd take off on that goes. i want to talk to you beauty line. you about beauty line. of beauty. was headline beauty. that was the headline i couldn't shoppers early couldn't resist shoppers early for the best deals this those mad people that get up i see them every year i don't see that well yeah five in the morning they're outside the queuing so everyone on isn't really . everyone on set isn't really. you that. queuing you shouldn't say that. queuing outside department in outside big department stores in manchester, birmingham, london, all of the 5 am. on boxing day morning , an hour, the boxing morning, an hour, the boxing day. so, yeah, you're not other actual genuine bargains. all the actual genuine bargains. all the actual genuine bargains that you could get when they open their doors. don't know six or seven that you couldn't get later in the when i would ever gone the day when i would ever gone to day sales, you to the boxing day sales, you always sort just always end up with sort of just always end up with sort of just a staff people calling and a staff and people calling and stuff. i just. well, having stuff. and i just. well, having said out said that, i missed out yesterday because i'm with you

on i think, know, if on this, i think, you know, if you're the queue at 5:00, you're in the queue at 5:00, it's bit sad i think so. it's bit sad really. i think so. i had things in my basket. having said that, i had had actually online. yeah, yeah, yeah. so had everything in yeah. so i had everything in my boss ready go. and i boss get ready to go. and i was like, i do at some point like, i just do it at some point on and i mean, the on boxing day and i mean, the taxi home or something. and then i went to my basket, everything and she just and out all my she just surprised one because i've surprised by one because i've got and i'm got things in my basket and i'm hoping back in and see hoping to check back in and see that all halved my that they've all halved in my going i learned going to. yeah i learned a lesson i should have been. well least we weren't a tent on least we weren't in a tent on oxford street waiting at five in the morning. how on a more serious retailers are of serious note, retailers are of feeling relief because . they've feeling relief because. they've had a couple of years of pandemic , really depressed pandemic, really depressed retail sales and this is going to i don't sales have to help. i don't sales have recovered of recovered to sort of pre—pandemic levels people are still online shopping and still doing online shopping and things like that retailers things like that but retailers need a lot of need to shift stuff. a lot of stuff and obviously people are you know good weather , real you know good weather, real chaos. people have got a lot of pent up demand to get out and shop. absolutely. stephanie we

saw i was just, you know, got long left. i'm just going to skip one about most skip the other one about most days and straight. you days sales and go straight. you will about covid data will hear about the covid data racks. some good news racks. morning some good news for the uk health for some. so the uk health security have said is security have said agency is they will stop publishing the data on coronavirus from early january. so this the data figures that were being published weekly about reproductive rate which was how the transmits were going between people during the covid pandemic. and i this is such a good sign that we're actually finally putting covid to bed because i remember at the of the pandemic i was so obsessed all these data figures and i was actually getting quite frightened because i was like, oh, the rate transmission has oh, the rate of transmission has gone now it feels gone up. but now it feels like we've reached this point where we're finally with we're now finally living with covid and hopefully now the data can, you know , be beyond the can, you know, be beyond the diplomatic stage . i think a lot diplomatic stage. i think a lot of people will be very glad. see the back of that rate . simon the back of that rate. simon calder was telling me yesterday

on our number, it's a greater value something but yes, lots people come out of their slideshows anymore next phase. yeah we're very triggered by all these things that happen. but these things that happen. but the rate one of them stephanie we're is fabulous thank lovely stuff right it's time for us to bnng stuff right it's time for us to bring you up to date now with some of the latest headlines. yes two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 26 year old ella edwards at a pub in merseyside on christmas . a man merseyside on christmas. a man has been arrested on. suspicion of murder and attempted murder whilst a woman has been arrested , suspicion of conspiracy . , suspicion of conspiracy. murder . at least 60 people are murder. at least 60 people are believed to have died in a storm which brought blizzard and freezing temperatures across . freezing temperatures across. the us and canada, some fatalities were found in snow banksin fatalities were found in snow banks in their cars. snow is expected to continue to fall on top of the more four feet it's already been falling since

friday. teachers unions have condemned the scottish government's decision to delay the rollout of free meals to all primary pupils. union argues that in a cost of living crisis, the programme is vital to tackle child poverty . it's the second child poverty. it's the second time the programme has been delayed . while the christmas delayed. while the christmas season is full of celebrations and get togethers with huge number of them, including plenty of . yes. but with dry just of. yes. but with dry just around the corner . are we around the corner. are we finally getting tired of getting tipsy? well we're joined now by don mcgregor , who is six years don mcgregor, who is six years sober and the co—founder of the social change. talk to us about what it means to go total. so good morning to you, don, then. thank you so much for joining us. we had a lovely christmas, but sober of we did as well for you. what's it like to be teetotal at christmas ? teetotal at christmas?

christmas. i in general sobriety never easy. so it's not like christmas makes it any easier when . you've got more social when. you've got more social occasions , christmas office occasions, christmas office parties , reunions and you're parties, reunions and you're kind of in situations which centre on alcohol. so it becomes more difficult for a lot of people who, especially kind of in the early stages sobriety. but me know, i always kind but for me know, i always kind of say sobriety is a real superpower. it you energy, it gives you kind of it kind of gets rid of all those of anxieties that you might have . anxieties that you might have. christmas is definitely a difficult, period, because you up with old friends, you see and family man i see often and you know people say, do you want a dnnk? know people say, do you want a drink? they got a drink right in front of you. and they kind of press you a little bit, say, go on, one and i'll go on on, just have one and i'll go on it's christmas at this time of year so it becomes much harder this year. thomas this time of year. and thomas well, one thing iphone well, one thing the iphone remarkable you say, oh, remarkable is when you say, oh, no, drinking , people no, i'm not drinking, people always why ? well, you always go, oh, why? well, you know, drinking was going on as if really want to drill

if they really want to drill down. gather down. you didn't gather with anything oh, anything else. you just go, oh, no, don't want to sound all no, i don't want to sound all right. fine. yeah, i'd have to find can be find out fast. that can be tricky, but it important, tricky, but is it important, dom, to maybe dom, do you think, to maybe have a support network? a bit of a support network? maybe can call if you're maybe people can call if you're feeling you ropey feeling a bit, you know, ropey on the edge or that you might, you slip back into booze you know, slip back into booze or that. yeah, or something like that. yeah, you're completely right. alcohol is that you is the joke. you just that you don't take. like you said when someone did, even smoke it. if i told you didn't smoke, you're not try and not going to try and buy a cigarette me. i with cigarette from me. i with alcohol it's alcohol and any addiction, it's really have people really important. have people around . and think one of around you. and i think one of the things people do the big things people can do around drink around helping to himself drink glasses. be honest with people. you walk into a room you know if you walk into a room of people your and of people in your family and say, i'm trying say, this christmas, i'm trying not can you, please not to drink, can you, please respect that. that can a very respect that. that can go a very long way a lot of times long way because a lot of times people to down on people are trying to cut down on the by themselves. and the cooking by themselves. and that's difficult that's very difficult because we're a world of alcohol we're in a world of alcohol pressures in society , find it pressures in society, find it very normal drink. so i think you need to go honest with people around you and kind of that support network people that support network of people who why trying

who understand why you're trying to on drinking as to cut down on drinking as to stop . so normalised is stop drinking. so normalised is not i mean it's such a huge part of british culture, but there are so many health benefits, not just but also mentally of just staying away from it all and just and just being sober. staying away from it all and just and just being sober . yeah, just and just being sober. yeah, i mean, it's the single best thing i when you think about it, it's something helps you sleep better . it gives you more better. it gives you more energy. you kind of less calories and all of that actually as well. and it cost a living crisis saves you a huge amount of because you know we've seen the rise price of beer going up and so pints now you can't pints less can't get many pints less than £5. actually you a huge £5. so actually you a huge amount of money as well. so i think of those things which think one of those things which people underestimate people really underestimate and it from the lives and it removing from the lives and the impact it could have if they actually did go sober. yeah. now tom, you've outlined huge tom, you've outlined a huge of practical and all tom, you've outlined a huge of pr'those and all tom, you've outlined a huge of pr'those things and all tom, you've outlined a huge of pr'those things are and all tom, you've outlined a huge of pr'those things are absolutely of those things are absolutely spot and fact that for spot on. and the fact that for the overall warming majority, people have people who drink, they can take it or leave it.

they can go to a party. and if they really had to , they they really had to, they wouldn't drink. or, you know, if they do want to drink. they're desperate a drink. all that desperate for a drink. all that is because this maybe more is because this maybe it's more as to addiction . but we as opposed to addiction. but we are a time year , i think, are in a time of year, i think, where maybe more more people where maybe more and more people waking thinking , waking up and thinking, actually, maybe i do a drink problem and i need get that sorted . how should they go about sorted. how should they go about that? dom do you think if there are people right now, it's that time in the morning, maybe up full of that regret ? how would full of that regret? how would they go about helping themselves to no . yeah, you're very to think no. yeah, you're very much right, you know, and alcohol always from bombs is a habit you know, when you're 18 years old, go out with you years old, you go out with you may ask. that's very, very normal. but think as you get normal. but i think as you get older, towards thirties and older, come towards thirties and forties, that habit starts becoming that becoming very habitual and that habitual of habitual kind of process of reaching a drink every single, every single night hard every single night after hard day slowly conforming day of work, slowly conforming to addiction. do you to addiction. so how do you think the habit does think about the habit does form the addiction. so you might not be now, but a good be addicted now, but a very good chance future you will

chance that in future you will be. i think in terms of be. so i think in terms of practical steps look we know drugs unreason on the corner that's a great i think four weeks is actually not a long enough to really reap the benefits. look benefits. so i would say look try do the first two months, try and do the first two months, okay. know , try and just okay. you know, try and just have a period of time without dnnk have a period of time without drink because . i drink in your life because. i ask when i stopped ask myself when i stopped drinking longest drinking, why is the longest i've without consuming i've gone without consuming alcohol from being 18 years alcohol went from being 18 years old? i couldn't more old? i couldn't say more than three didn't ever three weeks, so i didn't ever got to actually see the got a chance to actually see the benefits. the biggest benefits. so i think the biggest thing people actually have thing people do is actually have a abstinence have a period of abstinence have communication with people are soben communication with people are sober. people like myself and sober. so people like myself and other great networks of individuals sober individuals that he was sober talk about benefits and find out what can like. because what life can like. because i think the biggest aspects , as we think the biggest aspects, as we said is about being said before, is about being bonng said before, is about being boring start to boring and if you can start to go nights out so parties are go on nights out so parties are occasions and realise that you could do sober , then you can could do sober, then you can tell question what the tell the question what is the point these point of alcohol in these occasions ? yeah, absolutely. and occasions? yeah, absolutely. and i of people, i think for a lot of people, well it comes to appreciate yet that you can't do month that you can't do a month already some people already two months. some people

can very long time. can seem like a very long time. another maybe it's another of doing it, maybe it's just can i get through just said, oh, can i get through today my head on the today if i've got my head on the pillow sober then maybe pillow tonight sober then maybe that's and just that's a win as well. and just try it down like that try to it down like that. that sometimes bit easy if sometimes can seem a bit easy if people don't thank. you very much. congratulations. six years of achievement man. of fantastic achievement man. well done. works. all well done. that works. yes. all right. a new right. and have a great new yean right. and have a great new year, too. thank new year, guys. you, too. thank new yeah year, guys. you, too. thank new year. new you do have you been you've been going stuck in the christmas yes i'm very bad a christmas. yes i'm very bad a lot. yeah, very bad but i can. but you're right where i can kind of take it or leave it. so if i'm obviously if i'm driving, i've got what next day whatever i've got what next day whatever i don't i don't need a drink. what really it and i what do you really it and i think there that i think think there is that that i think that a really good point that was a really good point that was a really good point that both of said only drug that both of said the only drug that both of said the only drug that have to kind that you have to kind of rationalise why you're not rationalise why why you're not doing not doing it so doing it so why not doing it so normal adverb pretty normal every every adverb pretty much every effort you watch or anything that watch anything that you watch on netflix a sitcom, whatever , netflix or a sitcom, whatever, when really notice it, the when you really notice it, the amount that's involved when you really notice it, the am thet that's involved when you really notice it, the am the time that's involved when you really notice it, the am the time , that's involved when you really notice it, the am the time , isn't1at's involved when you really notice it, the am the time , isn't it,�*s involved when you really notice it, the am the time , isn't it, in nvolved when you really notice it, the am the time , isn't it, in the .ved all the time, isn't it, in the fridge and pouring a large glass wine is very, very common unless

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good morning. it's 8:00 on tuesday, the 27th of december. this is breakfast on gb news at ellie costello. and patrick christie, who's just finished all day long, so long for his breakfast. here's what's leading the news this morning. okay you're always dodging rishi sunak has been warned by ex prime minister theresa may not to telling some modern slavery laws to make it harder to claim asylum in the uk. but with a number of cross—channel migrants hitting nearly 46,000, should the pm to the fine ? his the pm stick to the fine? his russian president vladimir putin has said he is ready to engage in peace talks with ukraine. that's despite ordering more attacks in the country and later on in the programme we will be

getting all the latest on the boxing day football results. i'm looking ahead to today's fixtures and remember, you can get in touch at any of our discussions this morning and lots of you are by emailing vaiews@gbnews.uk uk or you can tweet us at . gb news. now tweet us at. gb news. now rishi sunakis tweet us at. gb news. now rishi sunak is planning to tighten modern slavery laws that migrants can't export, then exploit them to claim asylum. but former prime minister theresa may has now intervened , theresa may has now intervened, urging him to think of the victims. yes, well, it comes after 90 people reportedly crossed the english channel on christmas day in two boats, bringing the total number to 45,756. meanwhile while the sun reports today that germany has become a hub for people smuggling gangs because of the country's soft, illegal immigration laws, the paper says that dinghies and speedboats are

being brought into france on trucks with german plates. right well, we're joined now by local government editor from conservative home is harry phipps . good conservative home is harry phipps. good morning. thank you very much. great to have you on. well, in terms of actually well, first things first, theresa may's interjection about rishi sunak and modern slavery laws. i'm happened to live in theresa may's and i know may's constituency and i know for a fact that she is saying absolutely nothing when it comes to things about migrant hotels , to things about migrant hotels, when to things like the when it comes to things like the current policy there. so current policy over there. so now this interjection about i but whether or not it's but wonder whether or not it's a little straight to little bit more straight to protect own legacy than protect your own legacy than actually solve a problem. i think that's that's spot think that's i think that's spot on was home secretary, on when she was home secretary, she tough as she was actually pretty tough as home secretary. and so you can imagine that during that period, you know, not not being inclined to take any nonsense of this kind of people looking for excuses and loopholes. but with her legacy, she didn't get she didn't have you know, she was there for a rather longer than liz truss, wasn't she? but she didn't in terms of what she

actually managed to achieve, it wasn't now, i think wasn't very much. now, i think is a credit that she cares is to a credit that she cares about modern slavery. and by the way, we've way, it's estimated we've got 10,000. and country, you 10,000. and this country, you know, sort of below the know, who is sort of below the radar domestic radar and in in domestic servitude or, you know, or sex slaves, whatever. so that's a that's a genuine problem . i'm that's a genuine problem. i'm not sure that that what the sort of legislation she came up with was particularly practical. i mean, i think there are things we could be doing in terms of trying to combine women looking at benefit fraud, for example, trying to trying to rescue some of the some of the people trapped modern slavery. but trapped in modern slavery. but i don't that theresa don't think that that theresa may's afraid, may's legislation i'm afraid, very don't very well intentioned. i don't think much difference think it's made much difference . it's i think it's . i think it's i think it's something that is it is exploited by you know, by by people who just find it convenient get around the convenient way to get around the rules exploited by human rules and exploited by human trafficking gangs as well. i mean, this year, 2022, it's been it's been the talk of albanian and albanian migrants coming over the english channel. a vast

majority actually are from albania, 13,000, i think, at the latest statistics. second place people from afghanis on 5000. so i mean, the first majority are from albania, but there's now talk in the sun this morning that these these human trafficking gangs are actually hailing now from germany and that's in part of this immigration laws. yes. and so i think this idea of trying to trying to deal with it in terms of getting getting other countries to stop them from being allowed to come here, i think is naive. and even if i think is naive. and even if i think it was, i think it's naive to imagine that the french should, you know, genuinely going to then get together to help out, because, i mean, help us out, because, i mean, it's convenient for them, obviously, if people come over here, have the all here, they don't have the all the in france. but but the words of in france. but but this about the german this this point about the german government and then government allowing it and then people can organise it from germany , you know, even if germany, you know, even if france genuinely did clamp down i think shows that what the way to with this ultimately is to deal with this ultimately is to deal with this ultimately is

to make very clear that anybody who comes here illegally , they who comes here illegally, they will not be able to stay. yeah, that's are trying that's true. they are trying this multi—pronged approach, speaking earlier speaking about a bit earlier whether that's whether or not that's a combination flights to combination of flights to rwanda, potentially some kind of offshore sentence is offshore processing sentence is speeding up the asylum applications therefore applications and therefore hopefully deportations well. hopefully deportations as well. plus, something to do with net migration like what? suella migration. like what? suella braverman is doing with student visas. but all right, when you look bigger picture, look at the bigger picture, which doing because which we're doing now, because the where the problem with germany, where people france people coming over from france and with the boats there is this just a self—made crisis. people could coming a mile off could see this coming a mile off with open border with lax, open border immigration and you know, quite was welcoming people in left, right and centre and not really calling for what is actually going to happen when we all going to happen when we do all of this. well, i think the key the which as as you say, the key is which as as you say, we've been i mean, this isn't anything who's been going on for years. the key problem is that we don't have control of our own laws one of the reasons laws and one of the reasons people for brexit, which people voted for brexit, which is top reason, was is probably the top reason, was we able control we won't be able to have control of our and having control

of our laws and having control of our laws and having control of our laws and having control of our borders, because of of our borders, but because of the on human the european convention on human rights, which we're still signed up which different to up to, which is different to anything with the european anything to do with the european union, have union, we've still we still have haven't from that. and haven't withdrawn from that. and rishi you know, we rishi sunak saying, you know, we wouldn't rule it out, you know, let's how it goes this let's see how it goes with this other think we need to other stuff. i think we need to probably it. we need probably get on with it. we need to pull out and then and to pull out of it. and then and then we can start have some have some tough measures at stake to get overturned by foreign judges. okay. harry phipps, really you in the really good to have you in the studio with us this morning. that phipps, local that was harry phipps, local government editor of conservativehome. play it safe. right. okay. so russian president has president vladimir putin has claimed russia is ready for claimed that russia is ready for peace to end the war in peace talks to end the war in ukraine and a state television interview sunday. said interview on sunday. he said it's who refused talks, it's not us who refused talks, it's not us who refused talks, it's them. well yesterday, ukraine's foreign minister announced his government's aims to have a peace summit by the end of february at the un, with a secretary—general as a possible mediator. so could peace talks be on the horizon? former head of the british army lord richard dennett joins us now. richard, great to have you

on the show. is this actually a sign of weakness from putin? because he's talking because before he's talking about crushing about smashing them, crushing them, are them, and now peace talks are a possibility ? well, think possibility? well, i think you're absolutely right. one has to ask why he is saying what he is saying. and he is, i think, speaking from a position of weakness, which if i was the ukrainian or if i was president zelenskyy, i would not want to hear talk of peace talks at the present time . and frankly, to be present time. and frankly, to be honest , i present time. and frankly, to be honest, i don't think we should be talking about it either, because it gives putin a little bit of encouragement that maybe the west is starting to talk about peace talks. the reason why he's talking about the present that knows present moment is that he knows he's and yes, he's he's in trouble and yes, he's been raising fresh troops, mobilise several hundred thousand, we're told. i don't think he's equipped them very well. i think he probably train them appallingly. and if he tries to launch a new offensive later in the winter, in the early spring, i think that offensive fail. and then, offensive will fail. and then, offensive will fail. and then, of it gives the of course, it gives the opportunity ukrainians opportunity for the ukrainians to counter to mount another counter offensive, evidence

offensive, which on the evidence offensive, which on the evidence of there, likely of what we've seen there, likely to successful. putin to be successful. so putin will be in an even less good position then than he is now. so that's why he's talking about peace talks. but we shouldn't be talking present talking about at the present moment , the first time in moment, the first time in public, just four days ago, president putin referred to fighting in ukraine as a war. prior to then , he'd called it prior to then, he'd called it that special operation . and so that special operation. and so is that kind of what you're talking about? there is the situation has changed in russia as well. he can't continue calling this a special operation when it's been going on the best part of a year now . and how is part of a year now. and how is that how is it being received by the russian people? i mean, they can't be happy seeing all of their going to the front their men going to the front line that isn't going line to a war that isn't going the way it promised. they the way it was promised. they thought it'd be just a three or four day operation. well, i think i you have to. think i think you have to. right. far point is right. as far as that point is concerned, winning was a concerned, winning was just a special operation at special military operation at the outset. but most people in russia, was somebody else's russia, this was somebody else's war. this was a war that mr. putin had started or special

military operation mr. putin had started. involved his started. and it involved his regular professional soldiers . regular professional soldiers. but once he began the process of mobilisation , it stopped being mobilisation, it stopped being somebody else's war and it started being everyone in russia's war. and large numbers , if you remember, several months ago, a large numbers of russian fled the country russian men fled the country because want to get because they didn't want to get involved putin's war. those involved in putin's war. those who enough to find who are lucky enough to find themselves into the themselves conscripted into the army now find themselves in the ranks. as i said earlier, poorly equipped, poorly closed in winter, poorly trained, a life who should be thrown onto the front line where many of them will die. so it become will die. so it has become everyone's war, which is why he's now talking about it as a war and trying to harness the russian people to believe that russian people to believe that russia is the victim here. the ukraine and the west are the aggressors and that russia must stand up for itself. and he's completely turned around by 180 degrees. exactly it's a turn around , isn't it? now, you around, isn't it? now, you mentioned a couple of things there about it being everyone's

war. and also, you're quite clear about the fact that we shouldn't be talking about peace talks, maybe get them all there on run to extent . i can on the run to an extent. i can understand that, it understand all of that, but it is much everyone's war in is very much everyone's war in the that everyone in the the sense that everyone in the west seems to be paying for it. a lot of people feeling a lot of people are feeling the pinch lot on the pinch now. would do a lot on the cost of living here, and i am just wondering whether or not people, the vast majority of the pubuc people, the vast majority of the public go. we've given public now would go. we've given you lot money. fine. you quite a lot of money. fine. we don't begrudge that we don't begrudge them that because weapons have, because in the weapons you have, because in the weapons you have, because chance to because then the chance to defend if you want defend themselves. if you want peace, give them now peace, let's give it to them now and we can maybe get some of that money back over here. your thoughts? that's exactly thoughts? well, that's exactly what's up. vladimir putin is hoping our resolve in the hoping that our resolve in the west weaken . but if you west will weaken. but if you just about it for a just think about it for a moment, why should we spend all the money? nearly moment, why should we spend all the money? nearly £2 billion that uk has in many that the uk has put in many times that the americans have put to do half the job. put in to only do half the job. and of course, if negotiations start now, is with the russians occupying about a quarter of

ukraine. some putin will argue that what he has, he will hold . that what he has, he will hold. so all the effort that we have put into helping the ukrainians would actually have resulted in them only owning about three quarters of their country. what pnce? quarters of their country. what price? the principle of sovereignty, what price? the principle of self—determination . a strong case to . so there is a strong case to say we've got to stay soldiers in the we've got to keep in the west, we've got to keep investing, let's turn the investing, but let's turn the position that the position that help the ukrainians rather the ukrainians, rather turn the position battlefield so position on the battlefield so that going to nothing that putin's going to nothing out this. but russia is out of this. but russia is paying out of this. but russia is paying back because if russia is not paying back, russia is going to remain a threat to the west right along extended nato right along the extended nato border from finland to sweden to poland, the baltic states , for poland, the baltic states, for some time to come. so putin can't be allowed to gain from this. and zelenskyy, if he starts to negotiate, well, then he's failed because he's his stated objective has been the whole of ukraine back in ukrainian hands. president moment. that is not the case in the rhetoric the whole way along has met between zelenskyy and western leaders. that is about

defending our joint values and our independence as well. but there is that point that patrick is making, that western allies are funding this and my question to you is how much longer can that go on for? i mean, is this is this a war that could go on for years , potentially decades , for years, potentially decades, or is it going to get to a point where the russians or the west simply couldn't afford for it to go on any longer ? well, earlier go on any longer? well, earlier dunng go on any longer? well, earlier during my crystal ball is any better than your crystal ball. but what i would say is this and thatis but what i would say is this and that is that i think the russians will try a new offensive. i'm certain that will fail on the evidence of their military. so far. i think with the support , the training, the the support, the training, the weapons, the equipment, the ammunition the has ammunition that the west has given to ukraine, i think ukraine will mount another counter offensive early next year. counter offensive early next year . and that could succeed. it year. and that could succeed. it could have the effect of striking severe blows on the russians , such that the russian russians, such that the russian army's morale and motivation collapses and that could change the whole dynamic of the

battlefield and changes the battlefield and that changes the whole story . could be come whole story. so it could be come the spring that the ukrainians would prevail in ukraine over russia and the war could be brought to an end that way. that is a much better outcome. i know it's more war. war but it could bnng it's more war. war but it could bring a fairer and better outcome for us ukrainians and take the russians back . richard, take the russians back. richard, there are some concerns among some people that britain is potentially paying for a lot of the world's problems, i.e. what's been happening in ukraine. foreign aid, etc, ukraine. yes, foreign aid, etc, but also what's going on in but also what's been going on in the and that crisis, the channel and that crisis, that day where as that costing is a day where as we have got people to say this phrase of our own, as it were , phrase of our own, as it were, on this country, on strike in this country, ordinary working people this ordinary working people in this country, brits , military country, brits, military veterans, plenty them veterans, plenty of them homeless, military homeless, the military themselves roped into deal themselves being roped into deal with these crises. could some of the we're spending on the money that we're spending on foreign maybe be used to foreign issues maybe be used to help well, british army help? well, the british army that be the head of . that used to be the head of. well, the answer is yes, of course. and that's the whole business of government.

government has to make choices, but we can't run away from the things that we don't like. we don't what's on in don't like what's going on in ukraine, we're running away ukraine, but we're running away from and calling for peace from it and calling for peace talks now not the answer, as talks now is not the answer, as i've arguing and yes, i've just been arguing and yes, of it's sad that there of course, it's sad that there are people this are homeless people in this country. of living country. the cost of living crisis will crisis largely will significantly caused by the war has lot of pressure on has put a lot of pressure on families and a lot of people are hungry. course, all those hungry. of course, all those things very real the things are very real and the government do what it government has got to do what it can face up them . but the can to face up to them. but the world is pretty ugly place at the present moment. we can't run away the that we away from the things that we don't government has don't like. the government has got the migrants got a grip. the migrants education your previous item education as your previous item was about, there are was talking about, there are a lot of issues the government has got with, but back got to deal with, but come back to this conversation to where this conversation started. not the time for started. now is not the time for us in the west. the ukraine, to be talking about peace talks with russia. vladimir putin is talking about that because he's weak he's losing . richard, weak and he's losing. richard, thank you very much. former head of the british army there, lord richard dannatt , following in richard dannatt, following in a speech in apparently his saying

that quite fancies peace that she quite fancies peace talks . he doesn't care. oh, it's talks. he doesn't care. oh, it's 8:16. let's bring you up to date with some other headlines from today. yes. well two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 26 year old our edward said pub in merseyside on christmas eve. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder . also, woman attempted murder. also, a woman has arrested on suspicion has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder . at of conspiracy to murder. at least 60 people are believed to have died and arctic storm which brought blizzard conditions and freezing temperatures across the us and canada. some fatalities were found in snow banks and others in their cars . snow is others in their cars. snow is expected to continue to fall on top of more than four feet of snow. that's been falling since friday. astonishing, isn't it, anyway? in the uk there is a yellow weather warning and it's in place in the north and east of scotland . the met office sees of scotland. the met office sees that snowy and icy conditions could last until 10 pm. this evening. travel disruption is possible because wintry showers are causing patchy ice , mainly

are causing patchy ice, mainly on highways and traffic. scotland says that gritters are out and motorists should plan ahead , but towns. out and motorists should plan ahead , but towns . sorry this ahead, but towns. sorry this june, you do it. thank you. now, with christmas out the way , it's with christmas out the way, it's likely that your old electricals are heading for the rubbish bin. having been replaced by shiny new ones. but before you chuck them local councils are urging you to consider how you throw away battery powered gadgets to help stop fires in bin lorries and rubbish depots . while fires and rubbish depots. while fires caused by lithium emi and batteries found in rechargeable toothbrushes and laptops caused more than toothbrushes and laptops caused more tha n £150 million in more than £150 million in damage, a few got . the problem damage, a few got. the problem is growing as well as reports it started out as just a small fire but quickly spread until this multi—million pound waste site in aberdeen was ablaze. what caused it? probably the battery

in a toothbrush. what's worse is that fires like this happen a lot. research by material focus, a non—profit effort encouraging you to recycle electric calls, found that around 700 fires are started by batteries in bin lorries and rubbish tips each yeah lorries and rubbish tips each year. only a few months ago it happened here in colville, where johnis happened here in colville, where john is a waste manager for the county council. this is where people put their non—recyclable rubbish, usually in black bags. it's normally full. it's empty today because the site's closed and a few weeks ago we had a fire here, which we believe was caused by a laptop that was incorrectly disposed of, had to close the site down, called the fire brigade to put the fire out. with christmas over, it's likely you'll be throwing away your old electricals. most are powered by rechargeable lithium ion batteries. powered by rechargeable lithium ion batteries . when they get ion batteries. when they get chipped away with the regular rubbish or recycling , they rubbish or recycling, they become a fire hazard. so—called zombie batteries. so this is a

rechargeable lithium ion battery. this has come out of a laptop . we've got all the sorts laptop. we've got all the sorts of similar batteries here. this has come off a dyson . this has has come off a dyson. this has come off a power tool . the come off a power tool. the environmental services association says that more . than association says that more. than £150 million in damage is caused by lithium battery fires. every yeah by lithium battery fires. every year. ben is an environmental consultant. he says getting rid of batteries properly is simple , puts effective fires are a perennial issue for our sector because people put all sorts of flammable things in their waste that they shouldn't. but what we are is that specifically are seeing is that specifically lithium ion batteries are responsible for a growing proportion of fires that we proportion of the fires that we face. and they really happen quickly, becoming the number one culprit. so we urge people culprit. so we would urge people , absolutely, recycle , absolutely, please recycle your batteries or batteries, but particularly lithium ion. separately, using proper battery recycling banks or small waste electrical recycling as our dependence on recharging grows, ben hopes that new laws will make it easier to recycle batteries in the right way. next yeah

batteries in the right way. next year. governments consulting on the battery regulations and what we're hoping to say is that slightly tougher regulations are on producers of batteries, which in turn will help to fund collection infrastructure and make it much easier for people to recycle batteries. the end of any gadget's life will undoubtedly it discarded , undoubtedly leave it discarded, but if that's in the wrong way , but if that's in the wrong way, it could easily return from the dead haunt. hollis for dead and haunt. will hollis for gb news in coalville . wow they gb news in coalville. wow they go, right? you've been sending him pictures of contenders for. yes. gb news is studio dog, which the boss is at this current stage. know nothing about. we've decided to just go rogue . therefore it's happening. rogue. therefore it's happening. allen says on a honey would love to be your studio dog, but alas, you can't have it. what's the point? i point at that facing us, teasing us with her cuteness . yeah. terry has been in touch as well. i love these people offering up their dogs. here are as well. i love these people offetwo up their dogs. here are as well. i love these people offetwo babies.r dogs. here are as well. i love these people offetwo babies. idogs. here are as well. i love these people offetwo babies. i don't here are as well. i love these people offetwo babies. i don't knoware as well. i love these people offetwo babies. i don't know what my two babies. i don't know what i'd without them. a i'd do without them. what a greeting i get when i get home.

so cute. is that german shepherd? that it looks shepherd? is that what it looks a bit like? at least had a little bit like? at least had some shepherd in the mix. some german shepherd in the mix. yes pat. good name. says my handsome clever handsome and brilliantly clever boy, charlie, now 12 years old, is a whip it and perhaps a dilettante. that's a good combo. i rescued him when he was five months old. he's still active, loving his life in it's a good place to be a dog. say, i imagine lots of open spaces. you can swimming a lot. you're can go swimming a lot. you're out about all the time. out and about all the time. fantastic. well, keep your ideas for and indeed for gb for yes and indeed offers for gb news. own studio dog to news. his very own studio dog to come offer your pets to this come offer up your pets to this place morning. i've place this morning. and i've seen richard seen one on twitter, richard sitting in the picture of tabasco who is happy for a once a week studio parents. so why don't you have to wake? we've got well, we thought got covid. well, we thought about doggy rota about dog rota, a doggy rota anyway. really anyway. yes. we didn't really intend on this being our email call out. it's nothing, but it's happened you. the people have happened to you. the people have done thank very done it. and thank you very much. everyone has been e—mailing me of e—mailing and telling me lots of rubbish i means rubbish time. where i gave means the world me is not great. the world to me is not great. i'm going honest with you. i'm going to be honest with you. what it, paisley? don't

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adversity. they went into the game having already lost gabriel jesus, brazilian national jesus, the brazilian national forward the world cup. he was forward at the world cup. he was on sidelines, crutches. on the sidelines, on crutches. he some venga returning to he had some venga returning to watch a game for the first time in a while. he got reception. oh, wonderful . yeah, it was. oh, wonderful. yeah, it was. he's not going to announce his arrival at the ground. and then i one of the cameras i think one of the cameras inside panned to him inside the ground panned to him after maybe scored their after they maybe scored their first or second goal. and so the fans aware that he good fans were aware that he was good and he in the ground he and he was in the ground and he got a nice reception in got a really nice reception in what would arouse what some would say they arouse the almost go on and the crowd to almost go on and help him get a win. but they went behind to west ham to a benrahma penalty. they had a penalty away when penalty appeal turned away when var going into var overturned. it so going into the halftime break, we all got going against them, did going against them, they did well show some character well to show some character and be side. they be quite a stubborn side. they were to an end three were quite come to an end three one. that puts seven points one. that puts them seven points clear newcastle won clear of newcastle who won leicester place leicester manchester city place tomorrow leeds tomorrow night against leeds united. up. united. it's all hotting up. we're coming transfer we're coming into the transfer window as well. will you not, will? will also go into the to the try and strengthen the markets, try and strengthen their in

their options on the league in 19 years. they don't it 19 years. if they don't do it well they've got do it now. well they've got to do it now. and i think there's no excuse for not doing it. actually, they're a very attractive prospect a player, possibly prospect for a player, possibly more than they've more attractive than they've been for a long time. for example, the hotly tipped example, the table hotly tipped doesn't they're doesn't look like they're going anywhere. anything, it's anywhere. with anything, it's patchy. they're i don't patchy. they're not. i don't know count much patchy. they're not. i don't knthe count much patchy. they're not. i don't knthe second count much patchy. they're not. i don't knthe second half count much patchy. they're not. i don't knthe second half of:ount much patchy. they're not. i don't knthe second half of the it much in the second half of the season. i guess it will. but they're in the champions they're not in the champions league. maybe that capitulate in towards season towards the end of the season when pipped and pipped when spurs pipped and pipped into the four finish. maybe into the top four finish. maybe that help them because that might help them because it just their schedule just loosens up their schedule slightly, bit away. slightly, includes a bit away. and had the and of course you've had to the constantino effects the constantino effects of the fixtures of the of fixtures either side of the of the cup break we're not the world cup break we're not even factoring in any any scope for any inclement weather in for any any inclement weather in india and february, india in january and february, ehheh india in january and february, either. there be either. so there could be a backlog of fixtures i think backlog of fixtures and i think maybe relinquished maybe that relinquished of european football might do them a in second half of a favour in the second half of the season. yeah, a lot of transfer gossip as well. we're just mentioning there about potentially to go potentially also looking to go big transfer market will big in the transfer market will have see liverpool have to wait and see liverpool possibly active mean. possibly quite active i mean. well there's well yeah i mean look, there's this. more more than

this. that's the more more than that. mean there's a player that. i mean there's a player code got quite as healthy as he definitely that's going definitely somebody that's going to that's to be happening. yeah that's really he was really annoying because he was supposed to be going to the mighty manchester he's mighty manchester united. he's an supplier to me, an obvious main supplier to me, but is the problem. if but then this is the problem. if you want to start to hit the ground running now, liverpool in the league, manchester ground running now, liverpool in the not, league, manchester ground running now, liverpool in the not, leagto , manchester ground running now, liverpool in the not,leagto meanchester ground running now, liverpool in the not,leagto me he 1ester united are not, but to me he looked a man. united saw looked like a man. united saw someone. ten very someone. erik, ten hag was very much i think much aware of. but i think they're looking this. this they're looking at this. this player, liverpool, player, he's going to liverpool, he's the left he's going to come off the left and inside. they may be a and cut inside. they may be a little bit disappointed so far with darwin although with darwin nunez, although having think he will having said that i think he will still straps and get still hit the straps and get going, window going, but the transfer window is be united's is not going to be united's history the transfer window. history in the transfer window. one in not bad one matter in 2013. not a bad signing overall. but alexis sanchez, absolute sanchez, 2018 disaster, absolute disaster. and of course, two years later, sacked bruno years later, bruno sacked bruno fernandes. very years later, bruno sacked bruno ferna okay, very years later, bruno sacked bruno ferna okay, alright. very years later, bruno sacked bruno fernaokay, alright. so very years later, bruno sacked bruno ferna okay, alright. so we'vey well. okay, alright. so we've done league table. done the premier league table. we've transfer news we've done latest transfer news as well. regular viewers and listeners. program listeners. this program will know went know that i aidan magee went away in the last stint. it was off that and desperately did well . his off that and desperately did well. his audition for the dutchman's club , which is to do

dutchman's club, which is to do a 1103 piece. yes, i believe that. i thought it was a joke. but yeah, look, my brother bought me this yesterday. it's a model of queens park rangers football ground, and that's like that's club support. that's a club that i support. yeah, just you yeah, yeah. let's just give you an are the packages an idea. these are the packages of , little lego, of pieces, little bits of lego, not not officially lego not the not officially lego pieces. it's not a brand. yeah it's official merchandise. are you've away for a few you've been away for a few hours, yeah. is hours, right? yeah. yeah this is charles. don't charles. well, don't underestimate because underestimate it, because i have at least i've got a pitch. you've got to pitch a pitch. no one on the pitch. no one does on the pitch. yeah. no lines in the pitch. no, but we've got some stickers for that. let's follow but that. let's follow later. but no, happy. certainly no, i'd be happy. no, certainly know. that. so know. i already know that. so look, pitch. look, we've got a pitch. so that's i that's a good that's i think that's a good start. there's long, long, start. there's a long, long, long you long ways to go. but you said you're to anything. you're going to show anything. i said, oh, wait, what's. i've got a lot. i'm not asking. i've got a lot. i'm not asking. i've got a important thing you do a very important thing you do for i know you for me. yeah well, i know you have friday. thank you have got now friday. thank you very, very much. aidan magee that go. that's that right. there we go. that's what like to sports. okay. what you like to sports. okay. well, got well, after the break, i've got loads your loads coming your way. absolutely so is ali as well. absolutely so it is ali as well. we will have lively discussion we will have a lively discussion on papers on debates about today's papers with yes,

with our panellists. and yes, it's all gone. thankfully, i think a bit from all think a little bit from all christmas eve fluffy stuff to news is back on the agenda, which stuff to which gives us some stuff to talk see you .

in ten. welcome back, everybody . and welcome back, everybody. and we're going to go to the papers . we're joined by broadcaster and show based journalist stephanie. touche writer and columnist emma wolff. right. where to start ? where to start? where to start? where to start? what? so i believe this is my latest list. this is your life or whatever middle class take a £40,000 income. how i read this at llanelli really know we're talking about it. that is a whopper. yeah, it's a whopper. yeah. this is analysis from economists on the front of the times basically saying , you

times basically saying, you remember, hunt, stealth remember, jeremy hunt, stealth taxes are going make working taxes are going to make working families , you know, middle families, you know, middle income families over the next decade. income families over the next decade . it's going to they're decade. it's going to they're going to be about decade. it's going to they're going to be abou t £40,000 worse going to be about £40,000 worse off those because off because of those because of freezing threshold . and freezing the tax threshold. and obviously the middle of obviously in the middle of a cost of living crisis. this is really, really bad news for a lot people this lot of people. this is like a couple both of the moaning aroun d £60,000, which, you know around £60,000, which, you know , is a lot to some people and isn't to others, but yeah, isn't a lot to others, but yeah, it's going to drag the decision . jeremy hunt, he's gone quiet recently . what's happened recently. what's happened to jeremy like we've jeremy hunt? i feel like we've been about rishi been hearing a lot about rishi sunak it's christmas sunak it's like christmas holidays anyway . he's getting holidays anyway. he's getting quite but those sell quite quiet, but those sell taxes going to drag lot of taxes are going to drag a lot of sort middle income earners sort of middle income earners into that into those tax brackets. again i just feel like we've seen maybe in the next ten years we might even have years we might not even have that middle class structure there because it just feels like with of with all these kind of implementations of such taxes, you're diminishing the you're just diminishing the power of the middle class person . it's like money you're . it's like the money you're earning . it'sjust all

. it's like the money you're earning . it's just all going to earning. it's just all going to taxes you're not going to taxes that you're not going to be anything nice. many be left with anything nice. many make seriously. make you me really seriously. i'm terrible with money and i know more so than ever. just wish i'd just spent the last four or five years bother to put anything to one side. i know this will be really obvious. a lot of people will be like, yeah, that's what is supposed to be money. but know, really be money. but you know, really now are starting this now it's we are starting this idea of a now it's we are starting this idea of it you idea of a £40,000 income. it you know, up to the mark know, i've been up to the mark really good but i kind of really good but me i kind of feel the opposite. i feel like this is just proved. how of this is just proved. how out of control. how of control we control. how out of control we are. i mean, we do we can are. i mean, we can do we can save, can be careful, we can save, we can be careful, we can work hard, whatever work really hard, whatever but actually, food actually, when you look at food prices, you look at energy prices, when you look at energy prices, when you look at energy prices, of our control. prices, it's out of our control. they're apps soaring and they're just apps soaring and most are just kind of most of us are just kind of sitting there going, i sitting there going, well, i have you know, have no choice. you know, energy's doubled in cost food pnces energy's doubled in cost food prices every time you walk in the they just up the supermarket, they just go up and it doesn't feel and up and, up. it doesn't feel like a can do like there's a lot we can do about it. yeah, i think about it. yeah, and i think that's what really struck me about this story is that it's

now on cost now impacting on you on cost saving. you know, it's been a struggle for some people for a long, long time and prior to this year. but now it is impacting people who have never before a real hit on before and taking a real hit on on finance is going to be a tough, tough few months ahead . tough, tough few months ahead. stephanie, let's have a look at the especially this is a backing up the especially this is a backing ”p by the especially this is a backing up by theresa saying he's going win the next election. yeah, there's obviously over the past this year, there's been a lot of in—house fighting with the tories but now theresa may's come out despite opinion polls which are putting labour way ahead. she's saying that she still thinks that what she sunak is the man for the job and he has it takes to win the has what it takes to win the next election, she says. obviously due to liz truss's mini budget that lost a lot of people's hope in the conservatives. but she feels like rishi sunak is the man to do . but to be honest, i think do it. but to be honest, i think that any party in which he's seen that position have seen that position would have been facing all the troubles he's he's inherited he's had. he's inherited a poisoned chalice from boris

johnson and liz truss and he has to fix it. and i think even if we do have a labour government they're still going have the they're still going to have the same the conservatives same problems the conservatives are not worse. and to are facing, if not worse. and to be honest, i'm going to have to come for it as come up with solutions for it as well, the thing the well, which is the thing at the minute can sit there and minute they can sit there and pick and choose what they get involved the unions, involved in. the unions, if she's really of one she's been really thought of one for because they've been for that because they've been able a bit able to kind of sit back a bit and not to do in terms of and not what to do in terms of a pay and not what to do in terms of a pay and so on. just let the pay rise and so on. just let the tories try to handle the mess that in that would change their in power. would and to be power. it would and to be honest, i think it's now time for conservatives come for the conservatives to come together united together on this united front. if to win the next if they do want to win the next election , because year it's election, because this year it's been awful for them. so hopefully there'll more hopefully there'll be more cohesion from the party next yeah cohesion from the party next year. it's the time of year. i don't know why we turn to baby names . well, yeah, this is what names. well, yeah, this is what we're looking ahead to. i just wanted a more fun story. we've had so much doom and gloom, but. well, we say that, but dark and moody baby names are the ones that are going to be trending

next names are next year. well, baby names are so call their so funny. people call their babies weirdest. so funny. people call their babies weirdest . and you babies the weirdest. and you think like that's going think really? like that's going to be an adult who's called like , know, when i'm , i don't know, apple when i'm trying names, that's trying to choose names, that's not going to offend anyone. apple yellow, apple rainbow, yellow, blue. you know, is person know, like, how is that person going operate in the world going to operate in the world as a grown up ? so yeah, there's a grown up? so yeah, there's trend. there's going to be a trend, a baby name, i reckon there's going to be a trend in 2023 for dark, moody baby names, names argo , draco knight, names like argo, draco knight, raven knight, zelda luna, aurora, these kind of yeah, slightly more edgy names are going to be, oh , they all quite going to be, oh, they all quite cool. but again , is that going cool. but again, is that going to be a decent name for a grown up holding a meeting when they're like 50 years old and they're like 50 years old and they're called aurora zelda dress code, not going to be a part of that generation of weird name with the cool names. so all these traditional names like the stephanie's the trickster, alice , they're just going to be like, oh, you , your name is a bit oh, you, your name is a bit outdated because we will be from that generation where our

parents were still picking. we're be names of we're going to be names of today. all tell you the best today. we all tell you the best name. my little baby is called lood of it, and then he's called ludo. and that's a cool because it's not nato. it's kind of is kind of weird, but it's not too weird and it's you can be professional. ludovic or you can be like fun and. ludo oh, so, baby names in mind, you know, i have a list. all women do they have a list. all women do they have baby names ? yes, they do. i have baby names? yes, they do. i mean, do hat trick. yeah, we like name only. so i'm not of greek cypriot. so i was thinking about what do i you know, i'd like to reflect some greek heritage. yeah, yeah . so just go heritage. yeah, yeah. so just go fast. use oh i know. want kind go yeah because you she's getting that job you know you saw a difference if you're nervous already you think all mine don't get this move aside tom's used his got the gas yeah he's yeah see he's used christos. yeah see that's the thing but women you often have to think about a possible other surname as well. you sure about surnames you can be sure about surnames and stuff, at least you know

it's to be, as you it's going to be, as you say, christie's good for christie's that be good for dorking. a big german story dorking. yeah a big german story it's all. oh, you've mocked him, right i well maybe you can get the dog , you know. i mean you're the dog, you know. i mean you're being offered loads. yes. are you assuming you'll have a boy? but what if you have a go? oh, yeah. what would you do? you saw. aphrodite. something saw. yeah aphrodite. something like cool like that. like something cool like that. you know, greek mythology . and you know, greek mythology. and make i the make sure that i got the references like references wrong. that i like the moody names. references wrong. that i like the moody names . you might the dark, moody names. you might be to something maybe be on to something that maybe with name stephanie, they'll with our name stephanie, they'll come that all the older come back. so that all the older fashion like i'm trying to think , yeah, like mavis mabel and , yeah, like mavis and mabel and traditional elizabeth and john and things like that are still really popular cycle with names. it is , it is. it's a cycle for it is, it is. it's a cycle for us. we go let's go from cycle to cyclone or yeah but but is serious is that because 55 people are now dead after a bomb cyclone has swept america? i mean, that the footage the coverage of is just so shocking is this is literally once in a generation storm that has hit

america. and i know there's a lot of climate change sceptics out there, but, you know , we are out there, but, you know, we are getting more and more of these freak disasters of nature that are occurring . it would be scary are occurring. it would be scary to think if it did happen in this country because we just get a little bit of snow and we just shut down completely. but in america, still have them america, you still have them people to drive free people who want to drive free the snow. and unfortunately , the snow. and unfortunately, there have been drivers who've been to death in been found frozen to death in their cars . you know, their cars. you know, temperatures minus temperatures have reached minus 45 degrees, which is i can't even comprehend how it must be like to be working through that and, you know, experience in that. so it does it is kind of scary to be starting engine the year this way because we've had so many natural disasters which have climate related this have been climate related this yeah have been climate related this year. so i mean , —45, would you year. so i mean, —45, would you even have the ability to know what i mean ? would you even have what i mean? would you even have the clothing? you wouldn't be taking these temperatures , as taking these temperatures, as you say, you go out and everything freezes on you. i mean, literally it freezes. mean, you literally it freezes. i've minus ten and i've been out in minus ten and

everything just eyelash. your eyelashes and things eyelashes freeze up and things —45 is almost unimagined. but also it isn't just the temperatures, it's the fact that these storms these these are storms these are blizzards. are tornado blizzards. these are tornado kind conditions. think about kind of conditions. think about an old, vulnerable person. think about who's in about someone who's blind in a home and the distances in america are different. we not all little towns and villages all in little towns and villages , people can be in cabin , people can be in a cabin somewhere, miles away you somewhere, miles away and you get do you do that get cut off what do you do that people will people are dying it just slowly , this death just this slowly, this death toll going rise massively. toll is going to rise massively. it to find it will they're going to find people dig people of people they dig people out of taxis and, you know, things like this in cars , just no matter how this in cars, just no matter how many contingency plans you have when mother nature comes , sheer when mother nature comes, sheer foresight that, yeah, you always to be full of cards and it's just the wreck now i'm still no , it's all right. see, obviously i've got lots of ways to not a lot of time to do it. emma kate's fashion inspiration in the mail. yeah well, this is this is quite jolly , obviously. this is quite jolly, obviously. the princess of wales. yeah yeah, we do . princess of wales yeah, we do. princess of wales

is, you know, the other day at the king's at the sandringham sort of christmas day walk, everyone was saying how amazing she looked and how beautiful and elegant and elegant she looked. and she does. does. but does. she always does. but anyway. , princess of anyway. kate, kate, princess of wales , previously duchess of wales, previously duchess of cambridge , her fashion, fashion cambridge, her fashion, fashion sort of credentials as are going back now to the early 2000. so tick tock so she's inspiring a tick tock so she's inspiring a tick tock so she's inspiring a tick tock generation basically loads of teens and tick tock as now are looking back at her fashion from the kind of early 2000. d0 fashion from the kind of early 2000. do you remember her well, a disco fancy dress . so then if a disco fancy dress. so then if you can see it here , it's how you can see it here, it's how well. yeah. how old are disco look. the green top . the, the look. the green top. the, the green top and the jumper that those outfit. yeah so she didn't realise that when she was wearing sort of slightly dodgy early twenties fashion. she's now inspiring and recreating all of her fashion, all of her fashion look. so even at the age of 40 she's inspiring teenagers to, to take on a to do a kate do you know what i get a lot of

kate fashion on my so i don't know how they are algorithm wise it's obviously clocked on to the fact the royals. yeah and fact i like the royals. yeah and low kate's fashion comes up low of kate's fashion comes up like early noughties late 19 like the early noughties late 19 people she gets it y people of her and she gets it y you know it's hard to be stylish as a royal, know , you end as a royal, you know, you end up just those dresses just wearing those coat dresses . everybody wears dresses . everybody wears coat dresses and she doesn't she's able to kind do edgy style. kind of do edgy style. obviously, know, obviously, she's got, you know, on access to designer on limited access to designer wardrobes and but she wardrobes and things, but she somehow is fashion able without just down very , very just going down the very, very safe route . and i like how she safe route. and i like how she recycles outfits like she's never scared to be seen in the same outfit twice and she makes it look equally as good as the first she worn it. and first time she worn it. and that's i like the tick that's i like about the tick tock instead of creating new tock is instead of creating new trends be going trends they seem to be going back the past in old style back into the past in old style trends old artists that they really like so actually moving back and when you look at the photos of her in the 2000, she looks amazing and when you kind of yeah you realise just what a style icon was even though style icon she was even though and again all of this coming and again all of this is coming back. the other thing on

back. i mean the other thing on tick tock which is a lot mini tick tock which is a lot of mini skirts, princess diana, massive miniskirt , those big yeah just miniskirt, those big yeah just saying they're all they're all. is that what you get on your tail but those mini skirts . well tail but those mini skirts. well yeah yeah yeah. but they do love princess diana and those legs as well . yeah. so that fashion well. yeah. so that fashion icons , both of them stephanie is icons, both of them stephanie is a really interesting story about the rise of stay at home dads in the rise of stay at home dads in the mail . yes. so the number of the mail. yes. so the number of stay at home dads has risen by a third since the beginning of the pandemic . and we realise that pandemic. and we realise that happened during the pandemic no one knew what they were doing. they wouldn't that effort. they wouldn't need that effort. right. roles at right. but it means the roles at home also changed because i think for me, i don't know what you i feel you think, patrick, but i feel like of men been like a lot of men have been scared to actually, no, scared to say, actually, no, i want at home, raise want to stay at home, raise children don't to be out children. i don't want to be out there in the corporate world. and think would allow men to and i think i would allow men to do actually, to say, do that, actually, to say, actually, i want to stay home actually, i want to stay at home while to work and while my wife goes to work and be breadwinner you know,

be the breadwinner. you know, for women have been for many years, women have been complaining that they're juggbng complaining that they're juggling they're juggling too. you know, they're juggbng juggling too. you know, they're juggling home, juggling the juggling at home, juggling the offices. actually offices. so now it's actually quite want to take quite nice that men want to take that lead role at home. can i just say that when you actually drill and i don't want to shoot your balloon or whatever, but when you drill the story, when you drill into the story, it's in nine. home it's one in nine. stay at home parents father. so parents is now a father. so still eight, eight of those nine. yeah pretty much 90% of women are still doing the stay at home level. it's only about 10% of men on his head side and i am massively outnumbered today . and why not use this now as my advantage to learn and grow advantage to help learn and grow as but be as a person? but i would be concerned that at the same time as men now maybe be feeling more comfortable to say, actually, i want to and raise kids. do comfortable to say, actually, i wanthinknd raise kids. do comfortable to say, actually, i wanthink women kids. do comfortable to say, actually, i wanthink women feelkids. do comfortable to say, actually, i wanthink women feel more do you think women feel more pressure get out into the pressure to get out into the workplace? is it also as workplace? is it also seen as a thing life ? oh, i want to be thing of life? oh, i want to be a housewife yeah, not a housewife. yeah, not. not progress if i don't. yeah, i agree with that. i think almost now women also feel shy to say, actually, i want to this high powered high empowered job. i

don't want to out there. i don't want to be out there. i don't want to be out there. i don't want to this successful don't want to be this successful woman can be a woman actually know you can be a successful just a successful woman, but just be a woman at home. and also it is an absolute privilege to time absolute privilege to spend time with your young baby. those with your very young baby. those first i've first couple of years, i've spent two years working and, being my on my being at home with my baby on my own, is an absolute own, and it is an absolute privilege spend those early privilege to spend those early months with little months with your little one because need they need because they need you. they need and need their and they especially need their mums. say that's well mums. i would say that's as well of they need their of course, but they need their mums the kind mums just from the kind of nurturing and nurturing point of view. and it's a wonderful thing and i think all women recognise, think all women would recognise, but just want the flexibility to be to have that choice . and be able to have that choice. and is pressure women, do is there that pressure women, do you to get back to work? you think, to get back to work? are to see less and are we going to see less and less? i mean, i think even even the term stay at home makes the term stay at home mum makes it it is not after it sound easy. it is not after of jobs i've done of all the jobs that i've done in life, my bearing and in my life, my bearing and constant mothering , being a constant mothering, being a mother being a parent is the mother or being a parent is the hardest job in the world and itself. all right. so it's harrods. have you guys not none of have kids. wow. do of you have had kids. wow. do you like that? so well, i yeah.

i waited till 40 and i had my little one. oh my own. and it is so hard respect. and i, you know, look, just how i the other night, josh was telling me he's got five children and i just was even though how i know it is, it's so. but i don't even know how you do that. yeah well, five of them. do you think there is shame, though if a man says, i just want to be at home with the kids and i don't want to, you know, i think i think there is i think people might the think people might take the meccano if it's not meccano back. yeah. if it's not very do it. but very alpha male to do it. but i only see from a person perspective i'm very lucky. i love what i do. i know not to say that genuinely do it. say that i genuinely do it. i don't really see this as work, which think but which i think shows, but i really would. i would love to spend a lot of time with the kid, but i think there'd be a lot of stigma attached. yeah but there's a caveman thing as a provider saying there's all this kind stuff, which kind of alpha stuff, which is about out, coming about going out, coming back. i'm you me i'm home, honey, you know me back, bringing home bacon. back, bringing home the bacon. yeah. i think the yeah. so i think. i think the fact a lot of people fact that a lot of people now work helps with

work from home just helps with the of blurring of. the whole kind of blurring of. yeah. of different roles. well, good. chuck very nice to end. yeah, i enjoyed that chat. stephanie and i'm looking forward right forward to having so much right . let's bring you up to date with some more stories. it's about to go. 849 oh really struggling to work it out. a lot of people working at the clock. okay, so more serious matters now merseyside police now because merseyside police are continuing to question two people connection with the people in connection with the fatal shooting of 26 year old ali edwards at a pub on eve, a 30 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempt to murder , while a and attempt to murder, while a 19 year old woman has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder . chinese conspiracy to murder. chinese medical staff say hospitals are overwhelmed and patients are arriving in growing numbers as covid cases continue to rise . in covid cases continue to rise. in china's zhejiang province , china's zhejiang province, million daily cases are being reported. it's expected that would double in the days ahead. this comes as the government announced that they will lift

the mandatory for inbound travellers at the beginning of january . teachers travellers at the beginning of january. teachers unions condemn the scottish government's decision to delay the roll out of free school meals to all primary school pupils. the union argues that a cost of living crisis to food programme is vital to tackle . child poverty vital to tackle. child poverty is the second time the programme is the second time the programme is being tried . the levelling up is being tried. the levelling up secretary says opposition to new housing developments be reduced by focusing on better design. michael gove says too many planning applications are insipid and suggested that the potential of some public spaces aren't being utilised. he's supporting a call by the think tank policy exchange for a new national school of urban design and architecture. now do you want to explain

what's been going on this morning? we've got ourselves into a situation where we have well, the judge probably got ourselves into a situation. thank very happy it thank you. i'm very happy for it . now deciding early. . now we're deciding early. wrong. is our email call wrong. what do is our email call out we've got few topics in out we've got a few topics in the today that we're the news today that we're talking channel did talking about. sky channel did today in the end you today i don't say in the end you lovely wonderful people took out it. yeah because we made a little comment about whether or not get a studio dog not we should get a studio dog or a gb news. and you've been sending in pictures of contenders for gb news is studio in house dog? yeah, andy and caroline , they've been on, as i caroline, they've been on, as i say , here is our dog, boris has say, here is our dog, boris has . he's loving watching you . he . he's loving watching you. he would recommend we were he would recommend a cockapoo as a studio dog, but it's a bit early for him. i say, well, boris, fantastic . and the name boris , a fantastic. and the name boris, a dog. we had a cockapoo in the studio once. he was called bob and it was sort of feature on pedigree dogs. bob was very well behaved. i must say, but i like human names for a dog. it's

very, very cute, right. john and kaz have been in touch. they say, oh , yes, look, here's our say, oh, yes, look, here's our gorgeous dog, indi. she's got some glasses on to read the news . indi is an american bulldog cross with an old english bulldog, and she looks fine . bulldog, and she looks fine. fantastic. let's go for humanised in very humanised. yes nina says . oh you're more than nina says. oh you're more than welcome to borrow my puppies. dexter and lexie , as your new dexter and lexie, as your new studio dogs. the only trouble being you can't take your eyes off them because they cause mischief , off them because they cause mischief, which may be a problem . if we're reading the old eight, it really may be, i think it might add to the chaos and i love what we do with specials in this day . dave's been love what we do with specials in this day. dave's been in love what we do with specials in this day . dave's been in touch. this day. dave's been in touch. she says this dog dexter, she says this my dog dexter, he's years old now. and he's ten years old now. and the only excited to see me only one still excited to see me . i get from work dog is . i get in from work dog is lovely . maybe up for walking. lovely. maybe up for walking. no, that's the question. would he be out of work? could he be here with us? well, what she's

interesting because the story that we covered yesterday was where set a holiday where she set a holiday for trying people of trying to tempt people out of retirement we do the retirement so we could do the same things with dogs. the dogs retirement so we could do the sa histhings with dogs. the dogs retirement so we could do the sa his pauls with dogs. the dogs retirement so we could do the sa his paul was:h dogs. the dogs retirement so we could do the sa his paul was upiogs. the dogs retirement so we could do the sa his paul was up for.. the dogs retirement so we could do the sa his paul was up for years. iogs at his paul was up for years. now time to get dog to now it's time to get that dog to work. keep your work. oh, yeah. keep your pictures i've seen pictures coming in. i've seen loads through twitter, loads coming through on twitter, so we're going to get them up, get up for you throughout get them up for you throughout the programme, but aptly brilliant. we're talking about this. of course we should probably because probably explain because obviously very, very sad. lots people dogs and puppies for people get dogs and puppies for christmas , then give them up. so christmas, then give them up. so we're talking a little bit about that little bit later on the programme. but do keep your pictures coming lots of that pictures coming in. lots of that to bit later on. to come little bit later on. yes. the limbo yes. and now in the limbo between christmas and new years, betwixt we all have plenty betwixt miss, we all have plenty of time reflect on how 2023 of time to reflect on how 2023 will begin to shape up, but is home organised in one of your resolutions ? no, no, we have resolutions? no, no, we have spenceh resolutions? no, no, we have spencer. it should be there. it should be. we have spend the day professional organiser from a life law who was trained by decluttering experts very kondo.

now i've had very add to help us get our lives and homes in order before the new good morning i mean this could have been books from my girlfriend herself actually. i think there's a little bit of yeah. so in terms of organising people's lives after christmas, our house might be a bit what would you recommend? so it's a really great time to get to cluttered after christmas as we've got that limbo where we're not doing very much at all. so i would always say to my clients i work with start with a plan. your home is meant to be a place that supports the lifestyle and all the things that you love doing. so about those things and so think about those things and focus getting rid of stuff focus on getting rid of stuff that doesn't support that at all. now we can it can feel really, really overwhelming . so really, really overwhelming. so i'd always say start with something small so you can get it done and enjoy the benefits of what you're doing and stay focussed. i when so many people get started with decluttering their finding things that

shouldn't be in the room , so shouldn't be in the room, so they're removing them out of the room and then they forget what they're doing. so i always have an fing they're doing. so i always have an ring box, anything an other ring box, anything that's the room so it's not that's in the room so it's not neededin that's in the room so it's not needed in there. will get put in that box straight away, starting with something small, like your underwear drawer or your cutlery drawer. the great thing to do , drawer. the great thing to do, start small is, is a very, very good tip. i'm i'm ashamed to say that situation in my flat that the situation in my flat right now is the tree that all of the new presents underneath it, because i know i'm going to have to find a space for all of the gifts. and that is what stresses out a lot people, isn't it, on 27, 28, 29 is sorting out spaces for the new gifts and spaces for all the new gifts and perhaps clearing out some older things. so what would you say is the way tackle that job? the best way to tackle that job? okay, well , i try and be the best way to tackle that job? okay, well, i try and be marie kondo, so always going to say by category and by what i mean by thatis category and by what i mean by that is have a look at similar things together rather than decluttering by room . so if decluttering by room. so if you've been given new tops and

clothes for christmas, a look at what's currently in your wardrobe and choose to keep the things that like laundry pile , things that like laundry pile, jeans, to keep the things that you maybe don't wear anymore . you maybe don't wear anymore. and your wardrobe should be the place when you open every morning and should be filled with you absolutely with clothes that you absolutely love rather looking for the love rather than looking for the bits and pieces and it being crammed full. so if you've got close to christmas , have a look close to christmas, have a look at tops decide ones you at the tops and decide ones you love ones that no longer love and the ones that no longer serve you. then move out the way. then with kids toys that we think know what christmas is think we know what christmas is like, many people get toys like, so many people get toys that could be quite that kids that it could be quite overwhelming in a playroom or in a bedroom they for the a bedroom. they look for the things they play things that the kids they play with they've with anymore, that they've outgrown that broken. and outgrown that are broken. and that's passed on. and if you're doing that get those things out of the house as soon as possible and enjoy that space you've created . there are things created. there are things like free sharing , like olio, which free sharing, like olio, which are things onto people that maybe could use you if maybe could make more use you if it is a trading app or you can send it if you're going to ebay

it or sell it something like that, give yourself that, then give yourself a little bit of a time period so it's done two weeks, then it's not done in two weeks, then pass to someone else some pass it on to someone else some other way. oh so think you other way. oh so i think you give charity, but tells me give it to charity, but tells me a little bit now that folding techniques this is where techniques because this is where i come a cropper if indeed i ever make it to the folding stage . so ever do putting stage. so do you ever do putting clothes shove pile clothes away, shove it in a pile and close the door? but how can people maximise the space that they've got? i have seen some tips of those instagram tips on some of those instagram or videos , so we're or tiktok videos, so we're folding . yes, it's great. it's folding. yes, it's great. it's a way to maximise the space that you've got and you don't have to fold it in a specific way. some people roll, some people fold. for me , with my clients, it's for me, with my clients, it's all about making sure that they've got what they need in their wardrobe or in their drawers . if they go to the fold drawers. if they go to the fold technique, then that sort of next level a—plus on your own. go tidying up for me if you've got all your knickers or your socks in the are meant to be

rather than in bags or on the floor and that's a bonus. but folding is a great way to maximise space. and i do teach people how to do or i'd say people how to do it or i'd say really good to have you on the program morning. thanks for program this morning. thanks for attempting to organise us. i think you have your work think you might have your work on . i'm a mess. you with on though. i'm a mess. you with breakfast on gb news. still lots to come in the next hour, so do stay with us for more updates on the migrant crisis in the channel of course an update channel and of course an update on shooting .

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hazel sleep in the news this morning. while former prime minister theresa may has stepped into the debate on the migrant crisis, criticising plans to tighten modern slavery laws to prevent them being exploited by people trying to claim asylum . people trying to claim asylum. we'll have an update live from merseyside as police make arrests in the case of the christmas eve shooting , which christmas eve shooting, which left 26 year old elle edwards dead. left 26 year old elle edwards dead . at least 60 people have dead. at least 60 people have died . the united states, after died. the united states, after a huge snowstorm plunged the country into chaos. meanwhile all in the uk, the met office has issued a stark prediction that we are facing the snowiest january in 12 years. plus we'll be bringing you more of your suggestions for gb news as studio dog. yes keep your pictures coming in. you can join in any of our discussion this morning on any story by emailing gbviews@gbnews.uk. or you can tweet at .

tweet at. gb news. well, welcome back, everybody. now, sunak is planning to tighten modern slavery laws so that migrants can't exploit them to claim asylum. but former prime minister theresa may and home secretary vaughan, as secretary vaughan, it's worth as well, into a vein urging well, has now into a vein urging him to think of the victims. yes, it comes after 90 people reportedly crossed the english channel on christmas day in two small boats, bringing the total . channel on christmas day in two small boats, bringing the total. num crossing the channel in 2022. it's another record year. meanwhile, the sun reports today that germany has become a hub for people smuggling gangs because of the country's soft, illegal immigration laws. the paper says that dinghies and speedboats are being brought into france on trucks with german plates . well, we're german plates. well, we're joined now by local government editor from conservative home , editor from conservative home, harry phipps. good morning to you. harry, so lots to unpack there. lots of stories going on

today about illegal migration and legal , today about illegal migration and legal, but is a huge challenge for rishi sunak, isn't it? there isn't an easy answer to this. there hasn't been from governments before, but the context of this is a 60% increase in people crossing the channel on the year before, 46,000, almost in 2022. what has he got to do to get a tackle on this in the next year? i think he's got he's got to get on with it and that means that he needs to be able to do things that don't get overturned by foreign judges. and obviously , people judges. and obviously, people are surprised that after brexit, we still don't have control of our laws and control of our borders, we all signed up to borders, but we all signed up to the european convention on human rights. that has been rights. and that has been i mean, worthy mean, this is perfectly worthy statements , but we've now got statements, but we've now got the people interpreting that in a bizarre way. and we had this before with do. remember they were saying that we should give prisoners and mean, prisoners the vote. and i mean, they've sorts they've come up with all sorts of interpretations. but of bizarre interpretations. but obviously, this obviously, if we have this policy, which think would be policy, which i think would be

perfectly if it was perfectly effective if it was allowed to operate out of deporting to rwanda , deporting people to rwanda, that's that's fine to get that sorted out. but but it's no use if it's overturned by the european human european convention. human rights. to be rights. and he needs to be prepared to say, we're prepared to say, no, we're withdrawing from this. and even if has a bit of disunity, if he has a bit of disunity, i mean, he's very anxious to avoid sort rebellions and disunity sort of rebellions and disunity and controversy . but i think he and controversy. but i think he i think he needs to face up to it. you've got to have policies, nature of the base. right. you can't have a completely monolithic. you monolithic. what can you say when this? theresa when it comes to this? theresa may about the may now chiming in about the victims gen you in modern victims of gen you in modern slavery we all know that slavery and we all know that they exist. i would that they exist. i would argue that plenty have not actually plenty of them have not actually come across the channel come out across the channel they've existed an existing they've existed in an existing relationships in a relationships resample in a variety different areas in variety of different areas in this but terms of this country. but in terms of the our modern slavery laws the way our modern slavery laws are being used and are currently being used and abused a lot people abused by a lot of people crossing the channel, does it actually is it does that outweigh the idea that there are some the victims i.e. we should be tightening it up it was being is being taken for a ride at the

moment. is it. yes it is. and the idea that somehow anybody should be able to be able to claim they're worried about modern slavery and that therefore should be allowed therefore they should be allowed to stay they need to to stay and they don't need to produce evidence. i mean, produce any evidence. i mean, that paid here. yeah that is paid to come here. yeah i is i mean, that is disproportionate. but i do think that may was quite right that theresa may was quite right to say that that modern slavery is huge scandal should be is a huge scandal and should be given attention. i'm afraid her legislation, think was legislation, i don't think was effective. lot of box effective. it was a lot of box ticking . we've got it's ticking. we've got it's estimated 10,000 slaves in britain in our in our midst in the sex industry instead of domestics . and she and she domestics. and she and she passes legislation wanting to do something about it. but really , something about it. but really, it's just box ticking. you know, it's just box ticking. you know, it's copy and paste slavery statement, you know , modern statement, you know, modern slavery strategy and local authorities that could be doing something practical about it in terms of overlapping with other problems like benefit fraud and substandard housing and trying to actually rescue these people . this there's too much sort of virtue signalling here as our statement saying we're very concerned about it. we're just

cenac going clear cenac says he's going to clear the backlog by the end the asylum backlog by the end of next you think that's next year. do you think that's an or do you an impossible task or do you think it? i think he think he could do it? i think he can . can only really do he can. he can only really do he can. he can only really do he can only come up with policies that will stick. if that will that will stick. if he's prepared that he he's prepared to say that he we're going to get with we're just going to get on with it, in the it, whatever anybody else in the rest the world says. i'm rest of the world says. and i'm my fear is that he's that he's saying he doesn't rule out doing that. you if is if what that. you know if is if what he's trying to do is still thwarted by the both by the by the foreign judges. thwarted by the both by the by the foreign judges . and i think the foreign judges. and i think people are saying, look, people are saying, well, look, we've basically, we've lost you know, basically, if year's time saying, if in a year's time he's saying, right, have had right, i not really have had enough withdrawing the enough of withdrawing from the european we're european convention, but we're just going go, i think by just going to go, i think by that stage people would have said, too said, well, it was just too late. so i think that's my concern. got some concern. he's got some good ideas and some intentions, ideas and some good intentions, but too . just but he's being too. just quickly, big angle quickly, another big angle that's today about the that's taken today is about the prevalence in germany anyway, of human traffickers, people smugglers, germany as some smugglers, using germany as some kind haven. i've kind of safe haven. i've wondered very time wondered for a very long time how the full might how on earth as the full might of your employer, interpol, not being able down on the

being able to cut down on the number these dinghies number of these dinghies that seem their into seem to find their way into calais would thought calais. one would have thought maybe we would be able to do that. a lot them are that. and a lot of them are coming germany. it would coming to germany. it would appeah coming to germany. it would appear. i coming to germany. it would appeah i they coming to germany. it would appear. i they i appear. yes. and i think they i mean, they could. but mean, they also say could. but they there isn't the will to they but there isn't the will to do so because it's obviously very them. and very convenient for them. and they would say that they would they would say that they've got numbers, you know, higher numbers than we have. and it's convenient if some it's very convenient for if some of them come over to us . so of them come over to us. so i don't i think any strategy that relies on on sincere sort of, you know, goodwill among them helping us out, i don't think that's going to work. i think we need to be able to take action to make very clear that anybody who comes here illegally will not be allowed to stay and we need to actually follow that through so that it becomes reality and then that would put the people smugglers out of out of until of business. but but until that's credible, we're going to have the continuing. thank you very much, harry. harry phibbs rattling through a world of different immigration related stories that some legal, some illegal, the stories, of

illegal, not the stories, of course , the nature nature course, the nature of the nature of beast . right. we of the beast. right. there we go. moving on. yes. and go. well, moving on. yes. and the worst article in 45 years has hit the us and canada and some forecasters predict that britain could feel the effects of the blast with its snowiest january in 12 years. wow well, the met office is playing down the met office is playing down the reports. no need to panic. anyone who needs to panic. but we've seen pictures like that from it's hard not to, from the us. it's hard not to, isn't says there is severe weather coming our way. here to discuss it further is the wonderful weather journalist and rao thank you , jocelyn talking rao thank you, jocelyn talking to us so that we can understand . okay right. so just deal with let's localise it first also about what's happening in america. so january% of january potential too far off to say with any there are some rumblings that we could get a cold spell in january due to a sudden stratospheric warming which has not been concerned. that's a miserable weather. forecasters are looking at that and that's when the polar vortex

it's what we saw in 2018 as you the met office is longer range forecast is predicting more unsettled milder to colder type weather and always with this with this game you look at different forecasts you look at different forecasts you look at different meteorologists that all sort of be going in different in different directions. so there's possibility but let's and see and if there were to be a cold snapin and if there were to be a cold snap in january it's going to be like what we're seeing the pictures from the us is that no we are we are almost in it's impossible for us to get a like that with those temperatures . that with those temperatures. the reason being is that we're surrounded by water. we're a small island surrounded water. so they cut that cold so when they cut that cold arctic us. it comes arctic comes to us. it comes across milder water and unlike the us which is a huge continent, it's just getting colder and colder and colder . colder and colder and colder. but the us cold snap that we're seeing the moment could influence weather this week. in fact , not influence weather this week. in fact, not making it more cold here, but the cold, cold air over the united states is

bumping against milder air to the south and in the middle is the south and in the middle is the jet stream and that's firing up the jet stream is going to pull over to the uk some low pressure systems and stormy systems this week. in a sort systems this week. so in a sort of a roundabout way is it's having a little bit of an indirect affect on our weather. you really make weather fossilised make my you really make weather foss goes make my you really make weather foss goes great make my you really make weather foss goes great bymake my you really make weather foss goes great by aake my you really make weather foss goes great by a jet my you really make weather foss goes great by a jet and my you really make weather foss goes great by a jet and how son goes great by a jet and how can you get i mean you how can you not get excited by a fired up jet stream? yeah you're but so in practical terms, basically people don't need batten down the hatches but just watch this space because it's all a bit of a weather a slight mystery going on always is on about january always is a slight weather mystery going on all throughout the year. weather is of the most beautiful is one of the most beautiful weather in the world weather systems in the world because unpredictable. because it's unpredictable. it can change in a matter of hours. and we're constantly looking day to to see what it's going to to day to see what it's going to do. nathan, should we look do. wow nathan, should we look across to the situation across the pond to the situation in america and kind of just what exactly has happened? why are we seeing scenes just quite as

horrific as that? there's three things, really, that's in america. the first thing is, again, we're talking about the polar and this is the polar vortex and this is the cold air over the north pole , cold air over the north pole, which when the polar vortex weakens , it's imagined like weakens, it's imagined like a blob of water set on the top of a globe held tight by a globe that's held tight by a circulating and circulating jet stream. and when that and it's that weakens, it spills and it's spilled over the united states. it's not unusual. but what is unusualis it's not unusual. but what is unusual is how far south it's gone and how cold it's getting now. through into that, what we've been talking about, which is the bomb cyclone , which is is the bomb cyclone, which is a very, very deep, rapid intensifying area of low pressure , which has got in and pressure, which has got in and just stirred it all up. the just stirred it all up. and the lake effect , which i talked lake effect, which i talked about earlier, which is when the cold lakes moves cold air over the us lakes moves over the lakes, the bottom of warms that air to rise warms that causes air to rise and condense. and as it moves back over the land that, that and precipitation that falls as snow. so they've got all of this going on at the same time. however that said, it's very unusual. i mean, these scenes that seeing really that we're seeing now is really severe, unusual in terms

severe, really unusual in terms of —40 as really cold. let me put that into context. just how cold that is, minus five. i mean, and will far newspaper ago was saying earlier everything freezes like impossible to almost be outside in that. yeah i mean the coldest we've had it in the uk is —27.2. i mean that's cold. that's braemar that's cold. that's braemar that's in the, in the of scotland. so, and we think i mean last two weeks we were talking about temperatures of freezing 1 to —2. we really , freezing 1 to —2. we really, really felt that cold and vulnerable people really suffering that cold. so if you think about —40, it's almost impossible to context because i've never experienced , never i've never experienced, never experienced anything like that. it's a sort of , experienced anything like that. it's a sort of, you experienced anything like that. it's a sort of , you know, you're it's a sort of, you know, you're getting in the arctic and in know in our region, it's very unusual and to get it that was south in the united states is unbelievable remarkable opportunity well pulls but only says can you be a weatherman full time. yes there go. where do i sign so far ? you know, even do i sign so far? you know, even something as horrific as that. i

mean, how long is that going to be set to last in the us the national weather service says service cold service said that the cold should abate through week, turning milder. but the with thatis turning milder. but the with that is when you get a big thaw after a massive freeze like that, you're going to get floods. and so they even look at the floods. and also there's some stormy weather coming in to the coast of america this the west coast of america this week, also to week, which they've also got to look so not looking look out for. so not looking good those good over there for those going to work out ways to a list of biblical disasters, zero with massive snow that flood and heatwaves and global warming. i think the think maybe maybe actually the bible is trying tell bible is trying to tell something we get naked. something that we get naked. thank it's thank you very. thank you. it's rough extraordinaire. thank you very. thank you. it's rough okay extraordinaire. thank you very. thank you. it's rough okay so extraordinaire. thank you very. thank you. it's rough okay so it:raordinaire. thank you very. thank you. it's rough okay so it is)rdinaire. thank you very. thank you. it's rough okay so it is 913. aire. thank you very. thank you. it's rough okay so it is 913. got right? okay so it is 913. got right that time. let's bring you up to date with some the up to date with some of the other stories making the headunes other stories making the headlines this and merseyside police continuing to police are continuing to question two people in connection with the fatal shooting of 26 year old lapd today at a pub on christmas eve. a 30 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder while a 19 year old woman has been arrested

on suspicion of conspiracy to murder while we have an update from our north—west reports that a little bit later in the program , chinese medical staff program, chinese medical staff hospitals are overwhelmed and patients are arriving in growing numbers as covid cases continue to rise in china , changing to rise in china, changing province, 1 million daily cases are being reported and it is expected to double the days ahead. this comes as the government announces that it will lift the mandatory quarantine inbound travellers at the beginning of next month . we the beginning of next month. we off to scotland now because . off to scotland now because. teachers unions condemned the government's decision to delay roll out of free school meals. all primary school pupils. the union okays that in a cost of living crisis food programme is vital to tackle child poverty. it is the second time the programme has been delayed . now

programme has been delayed. now festive period. hundreds of dogs across the country are rescued from abandonment or taken animal shelters and with the increases in the cost of living this year, sadly will be no different. no. no dogs homes across the are warning of an increase of abandoned pets. we said . our abandoned pets. we said. our west midlands reporter jack carson to birmingham dogs hope to find out how they're giving man's best friend a second chance. a dog is for life , not chance. a dog is for life, not just for christmas . the phrase just for christmas. the phrase coined by the charity dogs trust remains as true as ever. 40 years later , every christmas, years later, every christmas, the rspca estimate 4000 animals are dumped in england . wales, are dumped in england. wales, when they're found many are brought to charities like birmingham home and their sunnyside centre in wolverhampton sent manager karen dowie says the number of dogs brought here is up . last year brought here is up. last year they couldn't bring in the dogs in daily this particular centre has five local authorities and i

think there's nine altogether between the two sites as birmingham , solihull. so do get birmingham, solihull. so do get a lot of said we're up this year there's 250 dogs have come in to date more this year last year so we are extremely extremely pushed for space but get an inquiry is daily about people asking if can help their dogs in they can't afford them any longer. the charity has existed in the midlands for more than 130 years, but in the middle of a cost of living crisis, keeping a cost of living crisis, keeping a place like this open has been made more difficult over the past year. as head of fundraising for harrison explains. so we have full kennels, which means that we have more mouths to feed, more vet bills, more kennels to , keep vet bills, more kennels to, keep warm so a fundraising appeal for christmas is more important than ever we have lots of support from local businesses, which is great. so people are bringing down donations and down donations as if food and biscuits toys which is biscuits and toys which is fabulous visit . got an appeal on fabulous visit. got an appeal on our website where. people can go

in there and they can donate. they donate memory of people they can donate memory of people in memory of maybe of their dogs. so we're trying to be creative and just many things as we can just keep that support coming in. it's not just donations that they send to need for dogs. this place is full and so they need people to come and adopt like timothy . and dogs to adopt like timothy. and dogs to adopt like timothy. and dogs to adopt come in all shapes and sizes. this is donald. he's a nine month old american bulldog cross and arrived at the centre in. but unfortunately upon his arrival, he had to have surgery i became interested in october he had unfortunately got a damaged left hind leg and so sending for x straight and unfortunately it did turn out that it could have been treated an injury to his leg had caused damage to his stifle his pelvis and his femur. so we sent him to have amputation because that was the only thing we could do so i

can comfortable all he is stephanie not dampened his spirits and he's a really happy creature and look at life still so that's nice without birmingham dog's home, donald would not be the bouncy month old pup he is today this christmas and new year, when calls come in from people who can no longer look after their canine companion . charities like canine companion. charities like this the country will be this across the country will be there to love and look after them can hopefully them until they can hopefully find their home. jack find their forever home. jack castle . gb news. wow. there you castle. gb news. wow. there you go. i mean , it's sad to see go. i mean, it's sad to see dogs. of course not a home, but hopefully we can try to get some rehomed anyway. maybe, just maybe fulfilling inspired watching that exact clip where people are very inspired and you have been sending in all morning of your contenders for our very own studio, dulwich. as yet, the bosses do not know about it they're listening they get to kick door in so even is kick the door in so even is prospective dog richard prospective studio dog richard says cain go dog kate takes politics seriously and can

assist farage with friday debates. cain looks like it looks like he's really the ball with his politics. he could be head of security or something he looks like he's trying can't see . he spun the camera around there looking out of the choppeh there looking out of the chopper. yeah alan's says after what she did to her christmas present, you could have matilda as your studio dog. i mean , as your studio dog. i mean, matilda would live in the place, so i'm not sure in a good way. now, she'd be more chaotic than us. absolutely. and says jess and looby are available for bookings , pantos, weddings, bar bookings, pantos, weddings, bar mitzvahs, chicken flavoured two strips required to offset which i imagine makes a catastrophic wind on set. but we'll give it a go on the last sound. cue good. they look like a good team as well those team if they do stabilise. yes sue says oh little dog, don't be. oh my goodness, that's great. name was a rescue dog. she looked like dropping old ego when we rescued her 12 years ago. as you can see, adorable and she

see, she's adorable and she great sitting on the news . i great sitting on the news. i wonder how the bosses of forget about dobby. just don't interest in merging. yeah i. i'm concerned that we're going to end up having to do now. i mean i to, but just it's great i want to, but just it's great idea but like on our hands it when it goes wrong let's be when it goes wrong and let's be honest, goes wrong and honest, it is, it goes wrong and the eats the tray or the dog eats the tray or happens, you know, then i'm going you'll be in going to be you'll be in trouble. my head on the chopping block. i it's a great block. i think it's a great idea, though. we're a nation of dog lovers as we've we've just seen. blue peter and seen. i work for blue peter and they a dog. really they had a dog. that's a really good it's not like good point. it's not like we need i think can put need a dog. i think we can put together a rota. i mean, i've got people saying, my dog can do wednesday be wednesday morning could be friday i think friday afternoon. so i think together could chip together friday afternoon. so i think togethea could chip together friday afternoon. so i think togethea good uld chip together friday afternoon. so i think togethea good road hip together friday afternoon. so i think togethea good road trot.)gether and do a good road trot. absolutely yeah. get dog an absolutely yeah. get your dog an agent sort to our agent that people sort to our people for people almost sort it out for you right. we're you anyway. right. okay, we're moving on. we're moving on because out of the because we christmas out of the way. it's your old electricals are having been are heading for the having been replaced ones. yes but replaced by shiny ones. yes but before them councils before you chucked them councils are to consider how are urging you to consider how you away battery gadgets you throw away battery gadgets to stop fires and bin

to help stop fires and bin lorries . to help stop fires and bin lorries. rubbish to help stop fires and bin lorries . rubbish depots or fires lorries. rubbish depots or fires caused by lithium ion batteries found in rechargeable toothbrushes and laptops cause more than toothbrushes and laptops cause more tha n £150 million in damage more than £150 million in damage every single year. and the problem is growing as well as reports it started out as a small fire but quickly until this multi—million pound site in aberdeen was ablaze , what caused aberdeen was ablaze, what caused it? probably the battery in a toothbrush . what's worse is that toothbrush. what's worse is that fires this happen a lot . fires this happen a lot. research by material focus, a non—profit encouraging you to recycle electricals found that around 700 fires are started by batteries in bin lorries and rubbish tips year only a few months ago it happened here colville where john is waste manager for the county council this is where people put their non rubbish usually in black bags. non rubbish usually in black bags . it's normally full, it's bags. it's normally full, it's empty today because the site's closed and a few weeks ago we had a fire here which we believe was caused a laptop that was

incorrectly disposed of, had to close the down, call the fire bngade close the down, call the fire brigade to put the fire out with oveh brigade to put the fire out with over. it's likely you'll be throwing away your old electricals most are powered by rechargeable lithium ion batteries when they chucked away with the regular rubbish or recycling, they become a fire hazard. so—called zombie batteries . so this is batteries. so this is a rechargeable lithium ion battery. this has come out of a laptop. we've other sorts of similar batteries here . this has similar batteries here. this has come off a dyson this has come off a power tool. the environmental services association says that more than £150 million in damage is caused by lithium battery fires every year. by lithium battery fires every year . ben is by lithium battery fires every year. ben is an environmental consultant . he says getting rid consultant. he says getting rid of batteries properly is simple but effective fires are a perennial issue for our sector because people put all sorts of flammable things in, their waste that they should have. but what we are seeing that we are seeing is that specifically lithium ion batteries responsible for batteries are responsible for a growing proportion of the fires

that we face. and they really are quickly becoming the one culprit. so we would urge people , absolutely, please recycle your batteries or batteries, but protect lithium ion separately using proper battery recycling banks or small waste electrical recycling as our dependence on recharging , recycling as our dependence on recharging, ben hopes that recycling as our dependence on recharging , ben hopes that new recharging, ben hopes that new laws will make it easier to recycle batteries in the right way next year. governments consulting on the battery regulations and what we're hoping to say is that slightly tougher regulations are on producers of batteries , which in producers of batteries, which in turn will help to fund collection infrastructure and make it much easier for people to end of any to batteries. the end of any gadgets life will undoubtedly leave it discarded, but if in the wrong way, it could easily return from the dead and haunt will hollis for gb news in coalville . well, after the break coalville. well, after the break showbiz reporter ellie phillips will be joining us to meet ellie sandwich for you. ellie first. ellie first. i like that you should be joining us to hit back

at the big celebrity stories. all three of .

the now, as we approach the end of 2022, it's often a time for reflection. and it's been memorable year, hasn't it? but as ever in showbiz wow from the wagatha christie and heard verses depp courtroom drama to the infamous oscars slap. matt hancock appearing on i'm a celebrity. wow. what has been your standout tv moment? celebrity. wow. what has been your standout tv moment ? well, your standout tv moment? well, showbiz expert extra donna phillips joins us now in her sparkly hat to give us her round up. ellie we wanted to ask you because we forgot to ask you last time. so we're going to start with this. johnny depp, amber heard the biggest courtroom drama of the year. i

would say massive. yes this all started back in 2019. johnny depp launched a $50 million lawsuit against his ex—wife, amber , after she wrote a an op amber, after she wrote a an op ed for the washington post in 2018, in which she came be a victim of domestic violence. he launched his lawsuit. she him for 100 million. it eventually went to court for six week trial, which was live streamed worldwide . people gripped with worldwide. people gripped with it. we had the likes of kate moss testifying, who had also from both sides really concerned allegations of violence from both of them. it all concluded in june and the jury sided with johnny depp, what he contends , johnny depp, what he contends, million dollars in compensatory damages and a fine of 5 million impunity. tom, just that all reduced because in virginia the legal limit is $350,000 in punitive damages . it total punitive damages. it total damages of 10.4 million of awards to him . but they tried to awards to him. but they tried to launch appeals bits for retrial

. that all didn't work out. eventually just a couple of weeks ago, in fact, their long running feud came to an end. the defamation case closed . and this defamation case closed. and this insurance company pay don johnny depp, 1 million to end the legal battle . so that's all come to an battle. so that's all come to an end now , the one thing that's end now, the one thing that's interesting about this is reports are saying that there are no restrictions about she can and can't talk about it. we got to the case and she's accepted no guilt so i don't know if we've heard the end of this but that last futile six weeks really gripped the nation. so it was a big showbiz story. the way you just summarised it there is perfect because there were winners with this work. were no winners with this work. it bonkers. back it was absolutely bonkers. back and forth, relentlessly. i mean , it was high drama, but at the same time there was nobody. what did that now? no, it was awful . did that now? no, it was awful. it's a bit like the way i think. her style. yeah. like coleen came out on top. and in this technically depp quote, but ultimately big winners in all this always other lawyers. this has always other lawyers. they got a pretty out of all of this but yeah no it's good for

anyone involved but hopefully as we move into 23, you can move on from all of that drama and see what happens next year. okay. all right so that was amber heard last hour. we spoke a lot about the agatha christie trial. we matt hancock, we also mentioned matt hancock, one other big standout one of the other big standout showbiz so far showbiz moments, i think so far this was when will smith's this year was when will smith's lot, ross, the smart guy. lot, chris ross, the smart guy. absolutely so this all took place back in march . it was the place back in march. it was the 2022 academy awards. will smith's slot press all across the face after . he made smith's slot press all across the face after. he made a joke about will smith's wife , jada about will smith's wife, jada pinkett smith. she's box office from alopecia . hisjoke pinkett smith. she's box office from alopecia . his joke that from alopecia. his joke that chris rock jokes, he said jada can't wait to into what seem to be you know referring to her haircut which is the age zavala t—shirt as a result of this will smith stormed onto the stage out of the blue, smacked chris across the face, and with expletive comments , told him to expletive comments, told him to keep his wife's name out of his mouth. after that, just moments later, will smith take to the

stage to accept the best awards we to accept an oscar what he's waiting for his whole life. it was his role in king richard and his speech was emotionally fraught. it was really for people with saying he should be stripped that award. eventually, what happened was a few days later, will resigned from later, will smith resigned from the academy. but he was subsequent banned by academy subsequent banned by the academy from attending any theravance on any for ten years, chris any oscars for ten years, chris rock declined to press charges and he still refuse speak to will smith since this all happened so there's been no resolution in terms of them being friends and people being okay with it. and we'll see what happens next time . and, you happens next time. and, you know, chris rock has that in a couple of his stand up gigs . couple of his stand up gigs. he's not going out and out said this is how about it. and this is how i feel about it. and just made cheeky quips to being smacked across the face. it's so good to do this showbiz round up because i actually forgot that moment happened. yeah it's very, very good to go back . was that very good to go back. was that really was one of the standouts and word on kim and

and a quick word on kim and kanye talking about breakdown in relationships, not been operating . yeah, it hasn't been operating. yeah, it hasn't been a great year for them . no. so a great year for them. no. so she filed the divorce in 2021 from kanye west. she started dating comedian pete davidson and in 2022, earlier this year , and in 2022, earlier this year, they went public with their relationship. kanye launched this awful, bitter social run about on pete , but in about on pete, but in particular, he released music videos in which he paid decapitate pete. it all went really bad. he ended up getting banned from instagram. he was banned from instagram. he was banned from instagram. he was banned from performing at the grammys. but the only good thing that's come out of this in terms of kim and kanye's relationship is that have settled their is that they have settled their divorce they officially divorce. they custody battles they settled custody battles with their children. and with their four children. and kanye going to kim kanye is going to pay kim kardashian $200,000 a month in child support. kardashian $200,000 a month in child support . they are very child support. they are very showbiz figures right now . but showbiz figures right now. but yeah, kanye is going to put a lot of the controversy this yeah lot of the controversy this year. great on the downfall of him. but it comes two white lives matter t—shirts , lives matter t—shirts, anti—semitic messages and all

the backlash that issued from my which he lost $2 billion in a day when brian simply dissociated with him. so it's been a bad year for comedy , to been a bad year for comedy, to been a bad year for comedy, to be honest with you. i mean , be honest with you. i mean, that's a to shock. but you come away of 2020 to be over, i mean, obviously, certainly so. and i certainly don't want to make light of some the absolute filth that about. that he's been talking about. and stuff does and anti—semitic stuff does a context it losing 2 billion context of it losing 2 billion quid a day . i context of it losing 2 billion quid a day. i mean, by quid in a day. i mean, by anyone's . that's about that. anyone's. that's about that. yeah but i. ali, thank you so for that round up really brilliant have you on the program as always . yes. well you program as always. yes. well you are with breakfast on gb news. still to come, the football results from boxing day and the upcoming bank holiday fixtures with aidan magee to tell us exactly how goals exactly how many goals manchester are to manchester united are going to beat this beat nottingham forest this evening i'm all set.

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it all up and making weird and things like that. you can tell i'm not impressed. yeah, yeah. see it's very it's all very eco friendly . it's all very heston. friendly. it's all very heston. wow. i know. and it's all very . wow. i know. and it's all very. yeah, it's all sustainable. you don't , you don't throw any of don't, you don't throw any of the veggies or fruit away. you use the whole lot in the cocktails. oh, i drink that, if you will. i don't like the word ferment because reminds me i ferment because it reminds me i know something i've got and vinegary as well. would you like to go for fermented cocktails? there's not a particularly , you there's not a particularly, you know, why not just have a margarita or, you know, sex on the beach or whatever it is and just have load of . sugar. just have the load of. sugar. yeah. mojito and the yeah. and the mojito and the tried and tested for a reason. oh, nice house but what's your go to cocktail to. i'm asking. oh definitely sex on the beach passionfruit daiquiri. oh oh that's even the word daiquiri. makes me feel like i was in the canbbean. makes me feel like i was in the caribbean . you want to be in the caribbean. you want to be in the canbbean?l caribbean. you want to be in the caribbean? i really do. only mentioned it five times. this thing. yeah, i see it catching on though. ever. this no, no,

no. i can't. but it's according to the mixology , just. this is to the mixology, just. this is what's happening. it's also. i think the word makes our shadow want to be me. anyway, stefano you know, mixologists, like are they just always going anyway. well. oh oh i'm. no i'm not having a pop for anyone but before we, you know , we know before we, you know, we know obama and farmer thank you. you said it right. i know you're an mixologist. it's i may i'm so i'm going to get paid for this. i'm going to get paid for this. i'm sure i'm to hate for it. i'm sorry anyway. right. stephanie maybe. i think there are going to that mixology to be that many mixology watching the watching at this time in the morning we'll be sleeping morning that. we'll be sleeping off boxing day. morning that. we'll be sleeping off yeah boxing day. morning that. we'll be sleeping off yeah . boxing day. morning that. we'll be sleeping off yeah . true.boxing day. morning that. we'll be sleeping off yeah . true. that's day. morning that. we'll be sleeping off yeah . true. that's day me heck, yeah. true. that's got me out trouble. stephanie i want out of trouble. stephanie i want dentistry. okay. since the dentistry. yes okay. since the covid pandemic has been over 47 million missed dentist appointments . so you can million missed dentist appointments. so you can imagine people with teeth problems and a lot of pain says in a new study which has been commissioned by the liberal democrats, it says that four in ten adults fear will have to pull out their own teeth because they can't get a

dentist appointment. and i can't think of anything more painful than pulling out your teeth, but it shows the desperation we've got to now with the nhs, with people missing appointments. i feel eventually we going to have this generation where people are just google ing remedies and seeing they can help themselves because can't actually get because you can't actually get to doctor or a dentist to see your doctor or a dentist at this point. to see your doctor or a dentist at this point . that's why they'd at this point. that's why they'd be dangerous as well. i mean, you get an infection, a bad infection, and, you know, a the pain, but also just not safe at all to be, you know, pulling out your own teeth. what are you saying? you've to be seriously, seriously desperate . mean, i get seriously desperate. mean, i get that, you know, you can be like a a sore paw if you've a bat with a sore paw if you've got you it's just got nasty to you it's just constant, it? me. constant, isn't it? any to me. but go from that to going . i'm but go from that to going. i'm just going a young thing at nip, but i think people are that desperate. think desperate. i think with abscesses and sorts of real, abscesses and all sorts of real, real bad tooth pain think people. mean, if you can't see people. i mean, if you can't see a you meant to do. a dentist what you meant to do. yeah, yeah. that yeah, yeah, yeah. not sure that pulling would actually pulling it out would actually solve know nothing say

solve but i know nothing say i can't say plug. it's can't just say cheeky plug. it's a time to be a dentist but a good time to be a dentist but why not. because these business a good time to be a dentist but why nof because these business a good time to be a dentist but why nof business these business a good time to be a dentist but why nof business the arraysiness a good time to be a dentist but why nof business the array can;s loads of business the array can absolutely . i loads of business the array can absolutely. i mean loads of business the array can absolutely . i mean does it does absolutely. i mean does it does it talk about why this is happening? because i thought there were movement surgeries opening up, but this would indicate that there's quite clearly . well, there clearly a shortage. well, there is shortage, also is a shortage, but also a dentists piece here says dentists in this piece here says a dentists leaving a lot of dentists are leaving the system . it's broken, it's the system. it's broken, it's underfunded . so they're feeling underfunded. so they're feeling that they're not being supported in their own jobs. that they're not being supported in their own jobs . maybe that is in their own jobs. maybe that is it. yeah well, you know, you see, i've got amazing dentists. he's doing rather well. go all anecdotal, course. and i'm anecdotal, of course. and i'm not jealous. food banks . not jealous. i'm a food banks. yeah. and this is another quite sad story. food banks have had their busiest festive season eveh their busiest festive season ever. so 2015, around a million people were using food banks regularly. and in 2022, that's well over million. and most of these or the majority are families with children. there are a lot of food being handed out to youngsters . there are out to youngsters. there are people skipping meals in order to feed their children. and i

just think, as i say, 20, 22, how have we got to this point where foodbank use is going up, not down? and you know, it's such a time for like, you know, access and talk about the cocktails we about the be amazing food these mince amazing food and these mince pies or have pies which may or may not have been here for about two weeks. we're not but yeah, we we're not sure. but yeah, we also have to remember that there are are not, you are people who who are not, you know, not kind really in the know, not kind of really in the festive season at all. but i'll just trying to keep warm and feed themselves and yeah, i important not to forget the food we have a little bit of good news better news stephanie the rise of millionaire winners. yes. thanks to the national lottery people in them have been in the money this year so the national lottery may hundred and 75 million is in 2022. that's more than a million a day so you know while we're thinking anyone's trying to think of any get rich get rich schemes and definitely clearly the national lottery is the way to go. i've only played it twice myself and

i'm lucky on both times , but it i'm lucky on both times, but it is nice to see that , you know, is nice to see that, you know, through this whole cost saving question, there are some people who benefiting just buying who are benefiting just buying the national lottery. that happens. the national lottery. that happens . me the national lottery. that happens. me yeah, i know , i happens. me yeah, i know, i know, i don't do the national lottery, but patrick's got this magic number five. five, i think you should just choose or can you should just choose or can you choose all five of four? unfortunately no. but one of them, i actually think about this surprisingly often, which is a lottery ticket is i did buy a lottery ticket a number of years ago and never checked it. i don't that checked it. i don't think that could be the one this niggling doubtin could be the one this niggling doubt in mind that you're probably like a secret billionaire, unclaimed billionaire. one those idiot. billionaire. one of those idiot. so so the washing so every so yeah, the washing machine . i once had a dream of machine. i once had a dream of lottery numbers and then when i woke up totally vanished out of my i was like, i could my mind. i was like, i could have to success have have my road to success have been a millionaire, but in piece it's saying some of the popular numbers this year has been 39, which appeared more than 17 times, followed by 21, 13, 50 and 50. and let me use number eight. number eight hasn't

hardly appeared this year. oh, well, thanks . i was jotting that well, thanks. i was jotting that . yeah. yeah. so we'll be doing , be doing we've got emma zero hour contracts depressing story. yeah. well then again the lottery might be an answer to this. yeah 0 hours contracts amongst the over 50. so at the highest level ever this is really obviously the most destabilising kind of work where you're never sure whether you've got contracted hours in every week but really worrying for the over 50 to a of struggling over 50 to a kind of struggling anyway because of the pandemic maybe having caring roles that elderly parents young children all that facing retirement without that kind of stability so yeah really worrying thing and there are lots of older people who maybe chosen to work more flexibly . they were also more flexibly. they were also older people who are facing kind of, you know, age discrimination, things like that in the workplace . they can be in the workplace. they can be kind of almost exploited. so this this is sort of worrying statistics from from the guardian here. when i was i was

at a foodbank a few weeks ago, and it was exactly this that the owner that foodbank owner of that foodbank was talking the people talking me about is the people that forced to take that are being forced to take zero hour contracts. and they are ones people are are the ones people who are struggling living and struggling to make a living and they've bills coming in and they've got bills coming in and especially impact on women especially impact on older women because often in caring because they often in caring those and social those caring roles and social care, things like that, the caring professions that we value so highly pay so appallingly terribly . yeah. so it's, as you terribly. yeah. so it's, as you say , people that just can't rely say, people that just can't rely on on getting up and getting getting . stephanie it's a bit getting. stephanie it's a bit different to end from you . this different to end from you. this is a dad with 102 children. yes. so a father possible. i oh, well, to explain it. hey well, so a farmer in uganda called moussa, his sire , 67, he's been moussa, his sire, 67, he's been married , he's got 12 wives and married, he's got 12 wives and got 102 children and 568 grandchildren. and he's finally shutting shop. he says he not want any more kids because it's

not financial. fine he is starting out . i mean, we found starting out. i mean, we found vasectomies . he starting out. i mean, we found vasectomies. he was he starting out. i mean, we found vasectomies . he was he saying vasectomies. he was he saying that staying longer financially viable for to be supporting all these kids and he's urging other men have got lots of wives to stop at wife number four and not many more and know in africa i'm from ghana west africa and polygamy is so the norm out there like my granddad had six wives and he probably has this amount of kids and grandkids , amount of kids and grandkids, children as well. but, you know, it's quite funny. but the thing is, as while he's a good point, you bring in all these children , but can you provide for them a love not how drawing the love not how it's drawing the line 100 for me any more if you remember any baby names children's names you know he does 568 grandchildren. i think he's a good way of hedging. you bet. so because one of those. sure is surely one of the kids

okraku is he's going to go on to become a multi, multi millionaire and his dad or granddad going to see the benefits of that. i would have thought. thank very much. thought. thank you very much. both , thank much . both yeah, thank you so much. thanks, steph. all right. moving on now matters a lot more serious than that because police are continuing to question two people in connection with fatal shooting of 26 year old el edwards at a merseyside pub on christmas eve . well, our christmas eve. well, our north—west report says sophie reaperis north—west report says sophie reaper is live near the scene of the shooting for us. now, sophie, good morning to you. and what's the latest that you can tell us ? good morning to you tell us? good morning to you both. that murder investigation is still underway after that christmas eve shooting here at the lighthouse pub in wallasey, merseyside now, we heard last night that two people had been arrested in connection to that attack. a 30 year old man from tranmere has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder , whilst a 19

attempted murder, whilst a 19 year old woman from rock has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder . also, as conspiracy to murder. also, as you say, we heard yesterday that the victim who was killed in that attack has been named as 26 year old el edward . now, year old el edward. now, merseyside police believe she was the intended target of the gunman. they say simply she was in the pub enjoying, gunman. they say simply she was in the pub enjoying , the in the pub enjoying, the christmas atmosphere with her friends and family when she was caughtin friends and family when she was caught in crossfire of the gunman's attack. now, gunfire has become quite a recognised double issue for merseyside just four months ago. we saw a spate of gun violence that saw three people killed within space of a week. that, of course including nine year old schoolgirl olivia corbell. the police have to deal with this or high , high profile with this or high, high profile incident that happened on christmas eve . as a result, christmas eve. as a result, they're taking quite an active stunts. they carried out a number of arrests yesterday as well as stop and searches. they

say they're doing to crack down criminals in the region, not just related to this attack, but across all areas of crime in order to make sure that cracking on the various issues but also to make sure that residents feel safe in their homes in public whilst all these attacks are taking place across , recent taking place across, recent months . well, sophie reaper, months. well, sophie reaper, thank you for bringing the latest there for us from the scene. you've been there for the last couple of days. really do appreciate you joining us on the programme, bringing us that news that a man and a woman have now been connection with that a man and a woman have now bee murder connection with that a man and a woman have now bee murder of connection with that a man and a woman have now bee murder of 26 nnection with that a man and a woman have now bee murder of 26 yeartion with that a man and a woman have now bee murder of 26 year old with that a man and a woman have now bee murder of 26 year old elle the murder of 26 year old elle edwards was shot at a pub in merseyside on christmas , merseyside on christmas, celebrating christmas with her friends and family. it is a really shocking story in front of many of the newspapers here this morning. absolutely shocking stuff. well, it's going to move from that now. and it to move on from that now. and it is a bumpy couple days of sports and hits around boxing day and hits around the boxing day results. ahead the results. i look ahead at the bank fixtures. this bank holiday fixtures. this sports journalist, sports broadcaster journalist,

property aidan. i just property magnate aidan. i just took my laptop . your property took my laptop. your property portfolio hit the hit with the housewife is his favourite favourite the thinking woman's crumpets . hey, michael, i want crumpets. hey, michael, i want you to write to me about the football. well, i predicted some freak result . just i didn't freak result. just i didn't really get any individual freak results, but we did get seven games in the premier league. a five away wins in that as a coupon buster, if ever there was one. now be tearing their one. now people be tearing their coupons throwing away every coupons and throwing away every which however, one that which way. however, one that stood was the win by stood out was the home win by arsenal. three goals to one against ham west ham and against west ham west ham and lost four of the previous five. what was five, what that matter? that was five, six and we're in the six weeks ago and we're in the title. you win a title title. if you don't win a title patrick, you've got to overcome adversity, in adversity, whether that be in a match situation outside also adversity, whether that be in a match intuation outside also adversity, whether that be in a match in spades outside also adversity, whether that be in a match in spades becausee also adversity, whether that be in a match in spades because . also adversity, whether that be in a match in spades because . who is had it in spades because. who is what time to go? i said, hey , what time to go? i said, hey, this, how did i wow, how the bravery coming up will gabrielle has it. yes, i did it yeah had brain freeze just said goodness

me must be the weather so they lost him at the world cup he was injured playing for brazil and then into the match then going into the match last night west up night itself, west ham set up really looked quite really well. they looked quite dogged ahead. dogged and they went ahead. then arsenal a var reversal arsenal suffered a var reversal so we thought they getting a penalty but they didn't get it and then but then they out and then but then they came out afterwards has a siege afterwards gabriel has a siege named gave a few moments named it gave me a few moments ago he was on on sidelines in crutches on crutches . arsene crutches on crutches. arsene wenger was in the stand. doesn't come back often for an come back very often left for an hour ago and still rattle hour ago and i'll still rattle in goals to go seven in three goals to go seven points clear at the top of the table, beginning patrick to look like deal. may not like the real deal. you may not be that be comfortable hearing that they've the league. they've not won the league. ellie years. this is a ellie in 19 years. so this is a big thing is whether they can stay despite tomorrow stay the course despite tomorrow night travel to leeds. night when they travel to leeds. manchester united play tonight gets of gets nottingham forest. of course they're not necessarily an should be an easy. well it should be really of they really the home of forest. they should. them. should. they should be them. yeah word on harry yeah we have a word on harry kane, because a bit kane, please because i was a bit worried him yesterday kane, please because i was a bit because he missed that penalty. yeah, i was wondering yeah, i was. i was wondering if he going be nervous kind he was going to be nervous kind of on the

of the first time out on the pitch. i don't think that. i don't think having watched harry kane for years, having interviewed number of times, interviewed him number of times, i don't think kane i don't think harry kane does nervous. with nervous. i mean, i chat with him. he's great in a crisis him. he's he's great in a crisis in fact because i went see his dinner primary dinner lady up in is primary school in chingford i think dinner lady up in is primary schas in chingford i think dinner lady up in is primary schas a in chingford i think dinner lady up in is primary schas a fethingford i think dinner lady up in is primary schas a few yearsord i think dinner lady up in is primary schas a few years ago think dinner lady up in is primary schas a few years ago andik dinner lady up in is primary schas a few years ago and she he was a few years ago and she was about how she was was talking about how she was lost lost her wedding lost having lost her wedding ring in playground ring in the playground and everyone think, oh everyone panicked i think, oh it's guess who it's lost forever. guess who found kane. harry found it? harry kane. harry kane. there you go, kane. oh, there you go, miss. found it was. it found it for you. and it was. it was we hadn't nicked it. no, was it. we hadn't nicked it. no, you didn't. no, no, no, no. i'm also any allegations also not making any allegations of any of theft against any for any family being good parents. family for being good parents. someone esteemed harry someone as esteemed as harry kane. mind you , i kane. he didn't go, mind you, i know i was know down at brentford i was talking mark longhurst yesterday, the nil yesterday, the one nil down spurs the what they spurs were against the what they call it their stadium. i can't remember. it's got, he's got the tax stadium or something. yeah. so it's been renamed. got a new spons0h so it's been renamed. got a new sponsor. anyway they went like vitale young else and then they went to nail down can go back and afterwards they haven't got back to interesting back to have an interesting interview his team—mate interview with his team—mate a frenchman hoiberg said frenchman emil hoiberg said anyone would be silly looking

from afar as he does , to really from afar as he does, to really rule out harry kane and to write off. he was really, really off. and he was really, really good yesterday looks he's good yesterday. looks as if he's just ready the ground just ready to hit the ground running he's getting they're just ready to hit the ground runnirto he's getting they're just ready to hit the ground runnirto need e's getting they're just ready to hit the ground runnirto need him etting they're just ready to hit the ground runnirto need him because ey're going to need him because they've got a lot games they've got a lot of games coming up because got that coming up because we've got that concentrated side coming up because we've got that co the |trated side coming up because we've got that co the world side coming up because we've got that co the world cup, side coming up because we've got that co the world cup, because ;ide coming up because we've got that co the world cup, because we've of the world cup, because we've got coming up. got lots of fixtures coming up. what going to what else are you going to powder us? so notepad well, powder for us? so notepad well, i'll i'll tip yesterday. i'll i'll get a tip yesterday. okay the george, six okay in the king george, the six race at kempton park in went up. well you know it sounds a lot worse than actually is because yes he finished ninth in a field of nine. he was neck and neck with the winner who was brave and brave man's game for anyone for sure. neck and neck. and so the last the last fence and then the last the last fence and then the was unseated so it's not it's not a reflection of his calibre. the jockey calibre. so the jockey nonetheless i did finish ninth anyone who put their charles in harrison's on it i'm really really sorry horse race is not really sorry horse race is not really thing ask me next really my thing but ask me next year i'll if i can come with year and i'll if i can come with a and maybe i should a better tip and maybe i should buy. crystal ball. buy. the use of my crystal ball. i'm using enough mr. missed i'm not using enough mr. missed him. yeah, know. a little bit.

him. yeah, i know. a little bit. yeah. going to down. yeah. i'm going to dust it down. yes. and oh and also it's very last some of our last day. oh yeah. some of our tv know the item tv businesses will know the item has. put together has. been trying to put together a believe his brother a model. i believe his brother got him for christmas of kids. qpr stadium eating. i've had the best of 4 hours and i'm yet best part of 4 hours and i'm yet to model. the slight to see a model. the slight malfunction i'm going be malfunction if i'm going to be honest i've noticed honest with you. i've noticed a couple of missing among couple pieces of missing among the 1103 pieces i might you two pieces it's continue pieces missing. it's to continue with work as it is with construction work as it is but it will resume later today and i will have that finished and i will have that finished and ready display at some and ready to display at some point in future. i should point in the future. i should also i'm actually building also say i'm actually building a scale model. this is serious a scale model. this is serious a scale of the stadium scale model of the stadium anyway. so daft am i this anyway. so daft i am i this comment where i just at home. hi mia. so i'm doing i'm doing it for couple of years. i've done for a couple of years. i've done two i'll show some two sides of it. i'll show some pictures if you like. pictures later on if you like. so know, i'm not lying. you so you know, i'm not lying. you know. but yeah, listen, i've know. so but yeah, listen, i've got pre pre—prepared got the pre pre—prepared one that's going be that's there that's going to be done there's a one done and there's a real one being as well. will being done as well. both will be, is be, i promise. there is obviously a lazy about you always model, always having a model, but i what won't about that .

what i won't talk about that. absolutely. no, i aidan magee thank you. very nice to see it's been great spending christmas with yeah , it was it was with you. so yeah, it was it was lovely. so here we little christmas family it was lovely what you doing was betwixt mr. you betwixt i'm you call it betwixt nine. no i'm with kevin christmas with kevin robinson christmas night going night christmas is going christmas christmas christmas is on going. christmas started christmas eve it started on christmas eve and it goes 12th christmas goes on to 12th night. christmas is still wish everyone is still i still wish everyone merry in merry christmas. this thing in media, it lot of media, we hear about it a lot of time. just move on move time. we just move on and move on and on. and from one on and move on. and from one things the but is things to the next. but this is still much true christmas still very much true christmas season. to mass, you know season. if i'm to mass, you know april, i went to mass safe. i gave you eight. but i've had more not than a collection more not more than a collection plate over the course plate money out over the course of to of the year. but i really to clean up. you know clean up. do you know westminster cathedral now six westminster cathedral now six westmi|actually they've actually got a contactless to collection point that i see final little bit that i see our final little bit of cheek it makes me give more yeah but because you've got so many before you do the many because before you do the old yeah yeah, yeah. old pat right. yeah yeah, yeah. i you could do do like to do in can actually do the collection themselves and just make it

pocket. no, no , no. although the pocket. no, no, no. although the amount of cash that people bring to a church pretty well is . yes, to a church pretty well is. yes, indeed. and thanks very much , indeed. and thanks very much, guys. well, we've been getting loads of people emailing in throughout the of this throughout the course of this show. magnificent. show. it just been magnificent. the majority of them the vast majority of them dog related. you that. let's related. and you did that. let's just we asking for a studio dog many have got in touch many of you have got in touch but the other one and the big one bizarrely talking in one bizarrely we were talking in the section about the front page section about dentists loads people dentists and loads of people clearly issue clearly is a massive issue poorly% of people are considering pulling out their own teeth as a result. this which stuff . but let which is shocking stuff. but let me to say actually, i'm me bring to say actually, i'm one of these people i'm in about i call a dentist appointment alice however says many expect to get instant treatment. you have look at year teeth and have to look at year teeth and get regular check say you go but some have quite a lot of it turns out have decided that yeah they target and people say they're going to turkey to get their teeth fixed with teeth . their teeth fixed with teeth. there's some horror stories about i heard about them. i mean, i heard about them. i mean, i heard about this. well, it's this not the plastic surgery type stuff

of veneers of these. you can get veneers and all this dental work done in turkey. it's a lot, but there are kind of knock on health issues that come from getting cheap abroad , which cheap dental work abroad, which i think john came out. but you say about that, never say sorry about that, never know. and although you get one of the series, we obviously pleasure to co—host the breakfast show over breakfast show with you over this festive and this festive period. and wonderfully filled in bit wonderfully filled in a bit yesterday. yes , he's been yesterday. and yes, he's been fantastic. thank you. it's been really good your this really good to your back this afternoon. am . so i'm back on afternoon. i am. so i'm back on three till six. i think i gave you plug that the chicken you that plug that the chicken little so is tom little plug. up next, so is tom and olivia. they will be with . and olivia. they will be with. and i'm back with you at 6:00 tomorrow morning, so don't miss that absolutely. and stay tuned that. absolutely. and stay tuned , everybody. thank very , everybody. thank you very much. alight looking much. it's well alight looking ahead to today's weather and the uk is looking chilly for some though . rain and cloud will though. rain and cloud will spread eastwards this morning. let's take a look at the details for you across southwest england , a band of rain and strong winds will spread eastwards this morning with some heavy spells

of rain . at times, coastal gales of rain. at times, coastal gales are likely across northern cornwall , devon, a mostly dry cornwall, devon, a mostly dry morning for london and the southeast though there may be an odd shower . the english channel odd shower. the english channel coast and becoming increasingly cloudy a band of rain will affect southern wales through this morning with some heavy bass at times strong winds too, with coastal gales looking across the midlands this morning and it will be dry but cloudy in the east, across the west, a band of rain with some heavy spells and strong winds will push ahead a cold start across north—east england this morning ahead of a band of cloud and rain. it's spreading in from the west. strong winds to , west. strong winds to, especially over high ground dry to start across eastern parts . to start across eastern parts. scotland, a band of rain of which will pull the snow. at first, the spread in from the west through the small band of rain will clear away to the northeast of northern ireland this morning, though, some showers linger behind a windy , showers linger behind a windy, too, especially around coasts .

too, especially around coasts. at first, a band of rain will continue to spread eastwards this afternoon , noon remaining this afternoon, noon remaining windy and a risk of coastal gales . and that is how the gales. and that is how the weather is shaping up for the rest of the day here on gb news live . be keeping you in the live. be keeping you in the picture. finding out what's happening across the country and, finding out why it matters to you . we'll have the facts to you. we'll have the facts fast with team of reporters fast with our team of reporters and correspond . and specialist correspond. wherever it's happening, we'll be there in 12 noon on tv and onune be there in 12 noon on tv and online gb news the people's channel. britain's news.

good morning . happy christmas. good morning. happy christmas. and welcome again to today with tom harwood and olivia utley. we're in for bev turner here on tv news . so here's what's we're in for bev turner here on tv news. so here's what's coming up today on the program. rishi sunak has been warned by ex prime minister theresa may not to water down, modernise slavery laws to make it harder to claim asylum in the uk. but with the number of cross—channel migrants hitting nearly 46,000. should the pm stick to his plan ? the pm stick to his plan? meanwhile, the met office has issued stark weather warnings for the month ahead with predictions that it could be the snowiest january for 12 years. this all, of course comes as at least 57 people have died in the states after a huge snowstorm has plunged the country into chaos. has plunged the country into chaos . award winning chef and chaos. award winning chef and restaurant chas elders and he will be cooking up a storm in the studio show him what you can do with all those christmas

leftovers. and, of