oh oh, good morning. it's 6:00 on wednesday. the 28th of december. this is breakfast gb news with ellie costello and martin daubney his what's leading news this morning .7 members of the this morning? members of the armed forces will be on sites at airports on the force new haven today to cover for border force staff. as i staged yet another day of industrial action holidaymakers again face the prospect of long queues , prospect of long queues, cancelled flights and elected mayor is on the cards for the east as the government announces 1.4 billion devolution deal for

the region region . and in the the region region. and in the year we lost her majesty, the queen, our royal correspondent, reflects on the events of the 8th of september 2020 to and the nafion 8th of september 2020 to and the nation mourning and do get in touch the usual way you know by now it's gb news on twitter or email gbs at gbnews.uk lets us know where you're watching or listening to us from today. what are you up to on the 28th of december? are you in your selection boxes? are you tidying up from christmas day? what else could i think could they be to. i think everyone's in those everyone's dressed in those blankets that you wear. i think everyone seemed to get one this yeah everyone seemed to get one this year. me i don't year. part from me and i don't want words i find that really good idea yeah good that's a great idea yeah because get to type tightwads because i get to type tightwads for so big for saving money and so big a lot a flying it's huge lot like a flying it's huge great image for you great that's an image for you early the morning early in the morning gbviews@gbnews.uk get it up to this this morning. but gbviews@gbnews.uk get it up to this this morning . but away from this this morning. but away from all the festive fun industrial action by border force staff

will resume today . it's expected will resume today. it's expected to heavily impact dozens of airports around . the country, airports around. the country, along with the port newhaven. yeah this is welcome could mean lengthy queues delays the border and possibly even council flights for winter holidaymakers . yes, it comes as a wave of strikes rattled numerous public roles this month through plans including the deployment of service personnel . it did help service personnel. it did help and proved be effective during the first round of strikes before christmas. so whether it's this is holly whitbread, the conservative councillor for epping and fight in essex a regular contributor . okay so regular contributor. okay so more strikes the borders will anybody notice because let's face it the army been magnificent haven't they. the army have done a really great stepping up. i mean, they shouldn't have to be doing it andifs shouldn't have to be doing it and it's really disappointing to see this, but they have a good job so far of keeping things moving. i think the worry for many people on social media was

the speed with which people were getting through the airports, many were saying was fantastic , many were saying was fantastic, was also questions raised about know whether the thorough checks being made at the border do we know how much training these soldiers have had before they've had step up and step for in the border force. i think the home office to speak to that. there's been any kind of the process hasn't been followed. i think that the process has been followed. think those on followed. i think those on strike actual strike there are a number actual trained border force staff there strike there are a number actual tra ond border force staff there strike there are a number actual tra on handier force staff there strike there are a number actual tra on hand .r force staff there strike there are a number actual tra on hand . and:e staff there strike there are a number actual tra on hand . and we taff there strike there are a number actual tra on hand . and we have�*nere strike there are a number actual tra on hand . and we have seen on on hand. and we have seen great efficiency there, which is good. yeah there've been rumours that they're not allowed to detain or they're not allowed to search terrorists. but, but mike peake, the british astronaut, went through an airport. he was tweeting that he thought it's all been running very, very well. it certainly looks like they've stepped up and done a fantastic . so it the fantastic. so it begs the question , think should we be question, think should we be getting members of the armed services to do this anyway? well, think the armed forces well, i think the armed forces would argue that they've got other priority and things other priority and other things to know, there are

to do. and, you know, there are people who get paid to do this job. and we have seen a great efficiency here and maybe border force learn something force could learn something from the well, there's the army. well, there's certainly press, the certainly been the press, the british when i've british film, from when i've been did fantastic been looking, i did a fantastic job. do think that will job. do you think that we will see conversations in january, holly, between border force unionists , the government? i unionists, the government? i mean, it must be something they're very, very keen to sort out. i think the government have said they're open to conversations , but where they're conversations, but where they're not open, well, they're not open to increasing pay. i think to is increasing pay. i think we've got to be realistic about the of these mass public the cost of these mass public sector increases with spiralling inflation, which ultimately is the government's priority to tackle. i mean, rishi sunak has said previously that nest striking and asking for 19% is completely on affordable . the completely on affordable. the peaks, which is at the union that's representing border force , they're asking for 10% to just below the rate of inflation. do you think that's something that he might be more willing to offer on? i mean, i just don't

think these huge increases are affordable at this time . and affordable at this time. and what we need to remember, it's is the taxpayer who will be paying is the taxpayer who will be paying bill. i think paying the bill. i think government's had aroun d £2,000 government's had around £2,000 per household, a time per household, which at a time of and obviously of living crisis and obviously inflation is already affecting people's pay packets. it's just not reasonable . okay, holly into not reasonable. okay, holly into the that's in the rounds this morning. it gets political geeks like me very excited this notion of a 1.4 billion devolution deal for the north to give them their own direct elected mayor. how might that work ? and so this is might that work? and so this is one of many devolution deals we've seen during this kind of conservative. so basic means giving more authority and power and more to money authorities. personally, i think it's a really good thing you have an elected mayor which means more accountability see better connection with government as well and also a champion for that local area and. the money will be spent on skills, transport and housing. so on the face of it more power, more

money, more local control. but doesn't that just mean more bureaucracy, more middle management, more town hall clipboard wielding kind of busybodies getting in the way? i think the theory is takes some of that away at the moment of what local government as what local government do. as i experience is not blocked by government, made more government, but made more difficult by the relationship with and actually with government and actually something that particularly something that i particularly comment on is that we comment on locally is that we have where from in essex we have three layers of local government. so and government. so towns and parishes, districts and borrowers also county borrowers and also county actually a simplification of local is only good for the electorate . well. what would the electorate. well. what would the people of , the north—east of people of, the north—east of england think of this? i know that andy burnham very that andy burnham is very popular. manchester. seen popular. manchester. we've seen this . do they like the this before. do they like the idea of localised power, do you think? i think most people, they say , you know, when they talk say, you know, when they talk about local government see about local government just see the or the mayor. so the council or the mayor. so actually i think if you can simplify it and have a greater chain of accountability, it's good and good for local people and actually in of democracy, you

know, they know who they're voting for when it comes to election. it's interesting politically the labour politically because the labour party about party especially happy about this mayoral. they're normally all normally a mayor all because normally a mayor means labour politician, means a labour politician, because tend to be because mayors tend to be metropolitan areas. their vote because mayors tend to be me but olitan areas. their vote because mayors tend to be me but this n areas. their vote because mayors tend to be me but this region;. their vote because mayors tend to be me but this region istheir vote because mayors tend to be mebut this region is different�* is. but this region is different , isn't it? so michael gove, is the levelling up secretary is really backing labour in really backing this so labour in are campaigning for example. well we have somebody in durham controlling us so there is still some infighting but on the whole this is more democratic access the voters. so it's a good thing, right? i so yeah and obviously you'll still have the local levels of representation, so you'll still have representation those different areas for the upper levels of local government . so i think it local government. so i think it does mean and more democracy and actually it's better because that be going to influence a government level do you think we'll see more across the board now in more regions across the united kingdom is that where we're heading with this, holly? i i think there's i think so i think there's definitely appetite for definitely an appetite for devolution in my own area know

where we're conversations and where we're in conversations and if means more investment the if it means more investment the local area it can only be a good thing. is it a cynical bit of politics me a cynic politics and call me a cynic coming across although a bird is this the conservatives giving more power to an area which is ostensibly tory dominated control next time round. hey, we're the guys who gave you a 1.4 billion vote for us is this just cynical? i don't think so. i think it's we're seeing them all over the country as well. so certainly that is happening in tory areas , but also more labour tory areas, but also more labour areas as . so i tory areas, but also more labour areas as. so i think it's all about increasing democracy . about increasing democracy. well, thank you for cutting my christmas you very much appreciate it . now alongside appreciate it. now alongside today's border force strikes, the uk could be facing down another months of planned rail strikes from the new year. not a good start, is it? five months? network rail warn that the industrial action will mean that rail travel is significantly disrupted. january. so what is best way for us all to avoid the

and still get to an end. joining us now in studio is the hardest working man in telly he's travel expert simon coulter and he's going to give his analysis as to what's going on. let's start with border force strikes, shall we? yes. you see biggest story of the day so far. what's going on. well, i think we are going to see roughly a replay what we saw last friday, if anybody can remember that far back the 23rd of december. i was at gatwick airport from very first thing expecting to talk to passengers who'd be getting planes and say oh, i spent 2 hours queuing up. that was we were warned by easyjet the biggest airline at gatwick and manchester. it said there was going to be disruption suella braverman the home secretary maybe you've got to rethink your plan and said a horrible echo of all the covid warnings. we had . anyway by warnings. we had. anyway by mid—afternoon . about 100 people mid—afternoon. about 100 people i talked to just said no it is fine whether they come through with their families. so they had to go through the proper

passport control or whether they been use the e—gates been able to use the e—gates problems there no problems at heathrow at heathrow no problems at manchester. those three manchester. those are the three biggest airports , the uk. biggest airports, the uk. there's to be action there there's going to be action there again today. and also at birmingham bousquet and at birmingham, at bousquet and at airport. i'm not to hop onto a train . if i find one running and train. if i find one running and get to gatwick to find out what's happening because my view is we will probably similar sort of thing if some interests you're talking earlier about whether people were waved through . now i wasn't so i don't through. now i wasn't so i don't know i was i landside not airside but my understanding that all they were doing they were just checking it is this it is passport is that a yes and that's all they were doing. and that's all they were doing. and that's effectively they needed to do any cases of just voting. you have the right to remain here there were actual uk border force management so things seem to go pretty quickly and it did

actually raise raised the question and michael boss of ryanair said why don't you just wave people through of course a million of us who used to travel across from dover to calais we're used to the idea that french would sort of just see the cover of your passport and off you go. so, so, so i'm just go say first of all, do you recognise you without your hijab is best signature hang off as it were does this that were does this fact that basically difference basically there's difference border being missed border force aren't being missed does weaken their does that weaken their bargaining position in terms of their deal, do think? look, their deal, do you think? look, i'm i'm obviously agnostic about the strike. i can absolutely see that 2% when you're looking at inflation of 10% more than that is a pretty thin offer. but i fear that the pccs union has. yeah of all the strikes i've covered this has be the least effective i've covered some pretty ineffective strikes in my time. of course at the moment we got also it was a very effective

going on and we even had, if you remember, as far back as october the strike that never on the railways, the rmt called it off with a few hours to go still absolutely wrecked millions of travel for the week. well let's talk about rail now, shall we? because there's a bit of confusion on we're talking about it outside in the studio a little bit earlier , even on non little bit earlier, even on non strike days there appears to be massive amounts of disruption. so what's going on on the rail? well, we had kind of usual just after christmas disruption yesterday. it was pretty big scale. i was paddington station in central london where the first trains because the strike finished at 6:00 in the morning, the first train to run anywhere was supposed to be the 753 sheffield to plymouth. that didn't run because of a separate strike. members tsa , a strike. members of the tsa, a union, then first train from edinburgh to glasgow , then going edinburgh to glasgow, then going to be the first one that was cancelled because of failure. and finally , at 8:05 we got

and finally, at 8:05 we got a service running. unfortunately, it was a rail replacement bus from manchester, piccadilly to manchester airport . meanwhile, manchester airport. meanwhile, a paddington, the hub for south wales and the west of and okay first train out to cardiff and swansea nine 18. hundreds of people have done exactly the thing. they checked in advance. everything were there for the train. it go. neither did the health pass nine. neither did any for well till nearly 11:00, by which time there were thousands of passengers and this was all due . and some people was all due. and some people were laughing about this. i certainly wasn't all due to nonh certainly wasn't all due to north pole depot, which is a couple of miles . the station couple of miles. the station where the trains are kept overnight being blocked by over running engineering works. so we had the usual start up chaos. it was also problems in edinburgh getting trains for the lumo run to london. so all sorts of problems. but on top of that we've got these layers of strikes coming up as well. okay, so there's tonnes to talk about. i came back from newark

yesterday the london north yesterday on the london north eastern railway. it was superb. the really, really the staff were really, really helpful service quickly today , helpful service quickly today, that's sort of the front page, the daily mail lynch softening his stance is that because again people largely got by they got this strike do you think mick to soften his stance because the pubuc soften his stance because the public will is going these strikes now? simon well got this odd message coming the odd little message coming the rmt union on christmas eve. say, where's the ministers want to talk to them? i think there is a sense that talking to individual railway women, those in railway men and women, those in the frontline, doing fantastic work , they're exhausted. they work, they're exhausted. they have hundreds, sometimes have lost hundreds, sometimes thousands of pounds and well, the idea of the unions and this goes for the rmt for aslef, the train drivers union for the tsa , who, by the way, are knocking out all trains today in west midlands trains in london north western railway . the idea is western railway. the idea is this is an essential travel is the travelling public is sort of saying , no you're not. yeah. and saying, no you're not. yeah. and is eroding that strength and i

think we will after the next round of massive starts in six days time lost with effectively a week we will we will see some kind of settlement because there are some headlines this morning as we as we said no instruction that there could be another five months of rail strikes. you know, you will more positive than. well, i honestly i mean attrition is where we are at the and i don't see that there is an appetite for just you know, a kind of 80 style strike going on for months among railway men and women and every day that this happens , people find an happens, people find an alternative way to travel than going by train and railways get into an even worse than they are at the moment in terms of being at the moment in terms of being a business. yeah we're british, aren't keep calm. carry aren't we? we keep calm. carry on. we might do. on. that's what we might do. amend. you, simon. really amend. thank you, simon. really good to have with us in the good to have you with us in the studio. so bring up studio. okay. so let's bring up to with all the other to date with all the other stories the headlines stories making, the headlines today been today. four people have been injured in suspected gas explosion at. a house in worcestershire. emergency services were called to the

incident in evesham last night shortly after 5 pm. three of the injured were taken to hospital . and ten neighbouring hospital. and ten neighbouring properties evacuated . and labour properties evacuated. and labour is warning families are losing money as are pounds due to unsold crimes. the policy says more than a million fast was sold last year with cases because the police failed to find a suspect. labour called the figures disgraceful. the home office spokesperson said the government is supporting the police through record investment and the recruitment of 20,000 additional officers by march 2023. uk is facing ice and heavy rain with the potential of flooding in some areas. a yellow rain is in place for parts of south—west england and south wales until 3 pm. today. meanwhile the met office has a yellow alert place for snow and ice in the north—east of scotland , 10 am. now

scotland, 10 am. now we to know what your new year's resolution actions are today. already starting to think about it, and if so may be gives that gbnews.uk do let us know. what are you thinking, martin? if you about your new year's resolutions. yeah i think i'll need to get a few more early nights. well, in this job this no choice is the show that's a really good idea so i'm you to put i should go a lot last night it was 8 pm. that's a lot about you that's about half 700 you were i was the forest were very good. i was the forest man united first of all a man united first of all if i'm a forest fan the first of i'm forest fan and the first of i'm afraid was enough. oh she sent me to sleep. no, we were losing two it's quite, quite two now and it's quite, quite depressing. but paul depressing. oh, but paul will tell about that. just have tell us about that. i just have to i did on my test. i am to sleep. i did on my test. i am full of reason as forest fan. oh no, no. well, that's a good that's a relaxing early that's a good relaxing early night. thinking the night. so i was thinking the other i was asked about other day i was asked about this. i still haven't got one yet. not because i think about it few. i just i just it very few. i just i just there's quite long

there's probably quite a long list i could do, but list of things i could do, but early nights is a good place to is a good place start. so do is a good place to start. so do let know what your new year's let us know what your new year's resolution may be gbs at gb news dot uk also we're talking dot uk and also we're talking about twixt got in about twixt miss. i got in trouble with yesterday with about twixt miss. i got in trfunny with yesterday with about twixt miss. i got in trfunny word. yesterday with about twixt miss. i got in trfunny word. it'syesterday with about twixt miss. i got in trfunny word. it's called ay with about twixt miss. i got in trfunny word. it's called brexit1 a funny word. it's called brexit christmas is christmas with twix missing. is that funny time between that is that funny time between christmas and new year? i think it's days where it's about six days where you just know what the day of just don't know what the day of the week is when you put your bins we're just there. bins out mean. we're just there. is you're already is that what you're already there? all day. there? i thought that all day. is i. i wednesday is wednesday. it is wednesday. and what are you we're at you you up to? we're at work. you might be having. having some fun, some selection fun, having some selection boxes. leftovers. let boxes. christmas leftovers. let us pictures. us know. send us your pictures. i've having of i've been having lots of pictures the last few days. it's been great fun be a part. been great fun to be a part. i go now the 8th of september 2022 is that will in is a day that will go in history. her majesty queen elizabeth died peacefully elizabeth ii, died peacefully at. a summer retreat in balmoral castle. royal castle. well, our royal reporter, cameron looks back on that day and the events that followed the news everyone was dreading happening to . dreading happening to. buckingham palace has announced

that the queen died that the queen has died peacefully , balmoral, a day that peacefully, balmoral, a day that has etched in history queen elizabeth, the second was the rock on which modern britain built . our rock on which modern britain built. our country has grown and flourished under her reign . flourished under her reign. britain is the great country it is today because of . her is today because of. her thousands gathered at the royal residences to lay flowers and paddington bears a nod to her late majesty's surprise sketch and her platinum jubilee jubilee . im and her platinum jubilee jubilee. im throne and was formally proclaimed king at the accession council in st james's palace. politics past and present, united grief. despite that policy difference is he lost his mother on the surge to here he was on the saturday morning standing in front of all of his

privy councillors there his privy councillors there his privy councillors there his privy councillors now the king paid tributes to his beloved mother and renewed her pledge of lifelong service . everyone could lifelong service. everyone could do so much for an olive branch from prince william to his prince harry when the siblings secretes the public with their wives and bee flowers outside and he reconciling was short lived . the queen's coffin lived. the queen's coffin accompanies by her daughter, princess anne was to st charles cathedral in edinburgh to lie at rest an opportunity for the people of scotland to pay their last respects to the queen of the united kingdom , an raaf c—17 the united kingdom, an raaf c—17 flew her late majesty back to london to state her speciality for the public to see inside drive down crowds lined streets before one final night in buckingham palace . buckingham palace. well—rehearsed procession brought the queen westminster hall so the public could pay their last respects as . her late their last respects as. her late majesty lay in state. people would queue for hours end. they'd finally get in and it

would be 5 seconds, 6 seconds. and it just happened. so beautifully inside the state. the seats gong carriage of the royal navy pulls by 142 royal naval ratings to queen elizabeth. the second coffin to westminster abbey for the state funeral . at the king's request. funeral. at the king's request. the wreath on top of the coffin contained flowers from the garden of buckingham palace. clarence house and high grave . clarence house and high grave. the royal family's dignity and services shone through in the face of unimaginable grief . face of unimaginable grief. princess charlotte's choice a brooch in the shape of a horseshoe was gifted by her great grandmother queen. she alongside her future king brother george behind the coffin with their parents. the prince and princess of wales , the and princess of wales, the hearse to windsor castle for the committal service . more than 800 committal service. more than 800 people, including the queen's personal staff, filled st chapel in stark to prince philip's funeral with just 30 people because attendees because of

covid restrictions the imperial state's crown the orb and the sceptre were removed from the coffin and placed on the high altar . the coffin and placed on the high altar. the king then placed the queen's cup colour of the grenadier guards on the coffin the ones broken , creating the the ones broken, creating the symmetry with the instruments of states being removed , ready to states being removed, ready to be passed on to their successor. the queen was buried with her late husband's philip in a private service . the king private service. the king george, the sixth memorial chapel, george, the sixth memorial chapel , back together george, the sixth memorial chapel, back together for eternity . cameron walker . gb eternity. cameron walker. gb news. it really was the saddest day, wasn't it ? it was. i was day, wasn't it? it was. i was down in windsor and we did think remember that an announcement that she was sick and the family were visiting and i made my way to windsor and just on as the throng of people and just showing their love, it was just so moving. i think the king's speech was like part of the heaung speech was like part of the healing process, too. but at the time i wasn't that impressed. we know that's just been oh, no , i

know that's just been oh, no, i thought he did a very good job. so a difference of opinion then we go now. after the break, showbiz reporter phillips will be to bring all be joining us to bring you all the news gossip from the latest news and gossip from , of celebrity. but , the world of celebrity. but first, let's take look at. the first, let's take a look at. the weather you . the uk looking weather for you. the uk looking wet and windy for some with driest weather in the north. heavy rain will affect southwest england through this morning bringing a risk of flooding and potential travel disruption miles . but windy potential travel disruption miles. but windy start to the day with coastal gales likely. rain will london and southeast england morning. it will be mostly light . there will be some mostly light. there will be some heavy bursts becoming increasingly . it will be wet increasingly. it will be wet and. blustery start for southern wales . spells of heavy rain that wales. spells of heavy rain that could cause disruption to transport this morning across midlands. rain will spread north eastwards throughout this morning with heavy bass expected times. it will be a mild , times. it will be a mild, increasingly windy day, especially to the lea of high ground. it will be a dry but

generally cloudy start today across north england. rain will start to move in from the south—west through this morning with some heavy spells at times becoming windy. with some heavy spells at times becoming windy . a dry but icy becoming windy. a dry but icy start . southern scotland this start. southern scotland this morning with . some clear spells. morning with. some clear spells. rain will move into the far south towards midday. this will be light at first. a band of rain will spread north eastwards across northern ireland through this morning with some heavy expected becoming breezy towards midday, especially around northern and eastern coasts . northern and eastern coasts. rain will continue north eastwards with strong winds becoming widespread . showers becoming widespread. showers will follow this evening , becoming widespread. showers will follow this evening, some of which will be heavy and that is how the weather is shaping up for the rest of the day .

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listening to. yeah. so for the morning . 626 and still to come morning. 626 and still to come on today's programme at 645, we reflect the legacy of the commonwealth games in birmingham and the boost it's given to the city. in the next hour we'll be looking ahead at the likely impact of rolling industrial that's planned the new year. we'll have some advice on how to plan a travel around the rail strikes and get in touch in all the usual gb views at gb news dot uk or tweet us at gb news. get involved and make sure you mention your town so give you a chance. now time to go over the latest showbiz in the entertainment world. it's reporter ellie phillips who joins us now. martin's in an early sound . good morning, early sound. good morning, charlie. how are you doing? thank you. i'm in the twit 0 mode . you still look very mode. you still look very festive in your glittery dress.

i love it . but at the scaffold, i love it. but at the scaffold, that's my role . brilliant. that's my role. brilliant. right. well, let's with another glamorous , shall we? ariana glamorous, shall we? ariana grande de i. i'm still doing amazing stuff for the children of . tell us amazing stuff for the children of. tell us about amazing stuff for the children of . tell us about that amazing stuff for the children of. tell us about that . yeah of. tell us about that. yeah ariana grande's absence and children were killed in the in the blast at the arena . she was the blast at the arena. she was performing eight years ago. she sends them christmas presents to the family of those bereaved every year and she's done it again this year. is something that she publicity and that much does really does the heart she's really incredible individual ariana grande die so this is just a really special one each time to reminds that you know she is reminds us that you know she is you know an all that we love to love and that she does things that doesn't to do. no that she doesn't need to do. no was this offer yet was expecting this offer but yet she delivering will she can delivering presents will have it's delivered to have a prize it's delivered to those . a clip from those bereaved. a clip from harry potter when he's not moaning about j.k. rowling and the hand that feeds him. so to be a bit cynical, he's posted profits this year at yeah , this

profits this year at yeah, this is crazy because we think of harry radcliffe. i mean, you know, he doesn't back to sorry but we know is harry potter and we think well you know what's he done these past few years or whatever but actually he's made some very savvy investment and that's meant that he's made extra sums. this more than we could ever imagine . and so, could ever imagine. and so, yeah, fact like him, i mean, keep it going . you know that the keep it going. you know that the harry potter are just that. i mean, they got picked up at ten or 11. they made x amount of millions making those films. i mean, something like once read draco had something like 6 minutes of speech across those like he did because it doesn't say a lot really. potter and he's not i mean i know this is absolutely into their all all i mean, they've all gone to do different things. you know, obviously, you know, some colleagues thought it to be some have into human rights have got into human rights issues. it counts. issues. but yeah, it counts. five let's a specific plea

five let's write a specific plea for daniel case has it has revealed that he's amassed more than million pounds and makes a profit of more than 2.2 million every year. that's incredible sums of money to someone who really can win over something that he did it his really you know it's crazy . what's your know it's crazy. what's your take on this idea of all of the kind of potter store is having a p0p kind of potter store is having a pop the creator rowling. i mean i agree with her position the common sense position on women's rights but that kind of verboten in the world of showbiz now, do you have to go along with this kind of trans politics thing to, make sure you keep earnin g £2.2 make sure you keep earning £2.2 billion? yeah. is it like the new you have to adhere to? i'm not sure, but it's that i think that the all of the stars the young stars came out the harry potter films have always pretty much incredibly outspoken about issues. lgbt people's issues, human rights issues. and i'm such i'm so i'm not sure that it

is i think that fair play to them everyone is has to have their own opinion and so people might shy away from that because to a huge degree they owe their success to this individual . and success to this individual. and so speaking out against them would seem like, you know, something you wouldn't do, but actually doesn't it isn't actually it doesn't it isn't a good thing we're all good thing that we're we're all okay say what we really okay to say what we really think and and actually have and feel and actually have thought discourse and out there so that people can be educated these matters and actually , if these matters and actually, if it wasn't for them speaking out against it really against it then would it really become such younger people become such a for younger people to engage in. so i'm actually overit to engage in. so i'm actually over it to be honest. what we haven't got long with you want to ask about taylor swift because i need to tell you something on spotify. okay at the top i was in the top 5% of taylor swift fans worldwide with my yearly rocket data. so i listen to a lot of taylor swift and now she's just going out there making vinyl albums to outsell d tell us a bit more

about this . oh, you'll be happy about this. oh, you'll be happy about this. oh, you'll be happy about this. oh, you'll be happy about this one is a bona fide swifty taylor swift is helped vinyl albums outsell in the uk for the first time in about 35 years, and that's with her album . it's the biggest selling of the century in the uk . and i the century in the uk. and i think that's incredible because you know, as when i grew up it was all about tapes, tape recordings and listening to is seen as something is a bit of a novelty so it's great now that you know cd clients get into decline past two decades i'm actually the final has made such actually the final has made such a corporate such a special thing when you see people get them out and play them it's a real passion to musical. and play them it's a real passion to musical . and i think passion to musical. and i think it's great that she's brought back that, considering that she is modern day artist, she's not someone that necessarily would even have to record on vinyl or ever had to record on vinyl that she decided to do that and bring it back. i think it's brilliant. she is brilliant. that's what

she does. just does brilliant stuff. brussels with these . lots stuff. brussels with these. lots more to look forward to in 2023. ellie, thank you so for coming on the program and our days. you always do. now off the break, we'll be taking a first look at this morning's papers. let's see you .

well, welcome back. and let's bnng well, welcome back. and let's bring you up to date with all the stories making the front page of the papers today. the eye covers the escalating train strikes , thousands to be strikes, thousands to be balloted again . a new tactic to balloted again. a new tactic to increase the number of major walkouts across the network network. the mail has an exclusive union have launched a loyalty calls scheme for strike. it's designed it claims to artificially swell picket lines . members the telegraph says the

military academy sandhurst is today urged an allegedly toxic culture of sexual assault embedded within the institute . embedded within the institute. and the express say spies dozens of vulnerable cancer patients are being in isolation without dunng are being in isolation without during the cost of living crisis . the guardian says the of voluntary organisations been forced to shut or scale back because of government delays in replacing eu funding . replacing eu funding. let's go through the papers and joining us this morning is political editor of sunday people nigel nelson and former conservative advisor . and this is a very advisor. and this is a very morning. well gb news because clara nigel, you are a real life couple and you've never done the newspaper review together. yeah. and you have quite different you

have different political views . have different political views. in fact, i think we'll do our best to take this apart. in fact, i think we'll do our best to take this apart . yeah. best to take this apart. yeah. superb but it's great to see you though, on a serious before we move on within the relationship that a different political views coexist and we can disagree but still which of the economy. yeah absolutely. i mean we talk about politics endlessly because we both work in politics. we disagree a lot. but we've never, ever fallen over politics. well. well, the morning is young people. and claire, let's kick off with you to the i am this is about the fresh strike balance plan. what's going on now. this is plan from the unions to go about strikes in an even fascist manner . if about strikes in an even fascist manner. if i can say that by increasing the amounts of strikes that we have as if we've not suffered enough, we continue walkouts this now going to

ballot individuals so it could be station it could be controllers it could be tube workers. so each time a different group be balloted on strike action so you could end up with continue your rolling strikes going through from the different parts of the service . different parts of the service. your senate is the different operating in isolation so they can maximise the impact and the most misery. that is precisely what it is. so, as i say, is if we've not suffered enough, you could then turn up to a station and find train drivers are working, but stations staff aren't or signal isn't . so your aren't or signal isn't. so your service still going to be service is still going to be particularly it's particularly affected. it's going very, very poor. right going to very, very poor. right at time , we need it to come at the time, we need it to come back to some kind of normality. do you think we're heading towards strike, if towards a general strike, if that's not where this is all going? have a general going? you can't have a general strike. so it won't it won't be that that would the law that that would against the law if that . however, what if they did that. however, what you will is more coordinated strike , which is what this is strike, which is what this is designed designed to do. i mean

we our first disagreement this morning , i believe in the right morning, i believe in the right to strike claire doesn't so yes i mean the idea of coordinated walkouts is on the cards and if you regardless of each individual dispute what you think about them if you believe in the right to strike, surely you believe also they have be effective if that's the most way of doing it. but that brings us neatly onto your story that daily mail front page, the strike map. this is unionist union barons encouraging people to go on multiple picket lines to, get prizes, rewards . this is to, get prizes, rewards. this is basically looking like a flying picket to be banned by margaret in 1999. it would if they broke the law . right. flying pickets the law. right. flying pickets are banned and i mean , does are banned and i mean, does sound a bit like sort of, you know, neck to cards for turning up for a on a picket line double points if you spoke of brazier or something like that actually

what it is the prize is be a free t—shirt. it's not like that great a prize at the end of it. but the idea is to encourage people go on picket lines now nothing illegal about that you or i could join a picket line where you are inclined so the idea actually encouraging people on the picket lines nobody's saying it's not although the mail has got quite worked up about this i think it's well above your no bad thing so it's no bad things. we encourage people out onto a picket line to enforce complete chaos . millions enforce complete chaos. millions of passengers for a free t—shirt so you can have a free that said, only cause real chaos and walk around with it and you see no problem with that and i think that your breakfast table pretty much is pretty much i find this so abhorrent that you think that it is a good idea encourage people to do this perfectly legal to go on a picket line so not such a drawing picket line . not such a drawing picket line. show your support for striking

workers nothing to prevent if they want to give the odd prize to go out there and fans a new t—shirt . i to go out there and fans a new t—shirt. i don't see too much wrong with this before move on to the next story. this idea flying things were banned by margaret thatcher in 1990. i'm a son, a coal miner. hello. that is what you're looking. and, you know, we saw what scargill did to the pens is mick lynch proving to be the scargill of our era ? is the public sympathy our era? is the public sympathy with him ? i think they are. with him? i think they are. i think we've what we've around the that the trains quite comfortably and is it not time claire as a conservative somebody once put the boot. it's not time that mick lynch got it in the neck from where sunak. well, absolutely should . there well, absolutely should. there is bill currently going is a bill currently going through parliament that will have requirement have a minimum requirement service railways, but it service on railways, but it needs be much stronger. this needs be much stronger. this needs have come lot quicker needs to have come a lot quicker and unfortunate . at what we and unfortunate. at what we haven't seen that kind haven't seen is that kind determination from the prime

minister to get this done. as you say, margaret thatcher you say, as margaret thatcher did. very adamant that did. she was very adamant that this was how she was going to react haven't that at react we haven't seen that at the moment, hoping that in the new given all of the new year, given all of the chaos, just to go chaos, that we're just to go through where she comes out and is stronger on unions and is a lot stronger on unions and quickly, what you think. nigel oh well, i mean, the whole oh three well, i mean, the whole thing the unions will thing is that the unions will oppose , i'm quite rightly said oppose, i'm quite rightly said there's not point having a strike don't work so strike if they don't work so what government be doing is what the government be doing is sitting down negotiating the new pay sitting down negotiating the new pay that i don't think except to will to be offering people three and 4% when inflation is 10. so the government sat down and talked about it. i'm not suggesting you'd get an inflation rise, but simply that you actually talk about some kind of settlement. that's what the government won't do and that would be a way of actually stopping these strikes. okay, claire, moving on now to the front of today's times . prevent front of today's times. prevent the government's counter—terror tourism's been long been criticised and there's a fallout

. brafman and gove , they can't . brafman and gove, they can't name certain organisations for fear of being called islamophobic. i think there is your real problem . this is a your real problem. this is a report that has been a long time in the making. william shawcross he was the author of the review, has put it together and now there row going on between there is a row going on between there is a row going on between the home secretary and michael gove , head communities, whose gove, head of communities, whose remit the prevent scheme falls under. remit the prevent scheme falls under . and he remit the prevent scheme falls under. and he wants that report to be out there in full. he thinks that we need to get published as soon as possible. there is this problem with the home office wanting to redact certain parts and of the information in while they do that. but they're trying to provide offending organisations yes. proven to be a part of problem and the programme as a whole is being and i think we can all see that it was one of those schemes that was set up and it was very laudable its aims to begin with. it was set

up under tony blair. but unfortunately, if don't have buy in from the communities that all the major parts of this programme you are to struggle to get this through and. i think this is what it came up against was people thought . it was was people thought. it was a racist piece of , was people thought. it was a racist piece of, propaganda targeting , islamic cultures is targeting, islamic cultures is nonsense. but it happened. it happened be an issue within that community that absolutely should be targeted . absolutely. and i be targeted. absolutely. and i think this is always your problem. cannot sell it into problem. you cannot sell it into those saying, those communities by saying, we need help, need your need your help, we need your assistance. you promote it assistance. but you promote it assistance. but you promote it as you must do this to stop islamist terrorists coming into britain , coming in, radicalising britain, coming in, radicalising our teenagers i think that was the problem. it was packaged so badly that those communities felt very offended. and so i say we own the problem and we're not going to you the government is racist and i think you never change that narrative. and now what we're having is an argument over some semantics and some names going out in a report which i absolutely do you think

needs to be published. and i think pay for think the public who pay for this scheme and people that have attended it to understand the communities involved, they need to understand the groups to understand the and groups involved in this. so we absolutely must go out as soon possible. and there's an issue of public going to of about public money going to some of charities. and some of these charities. and yes, is being to counter yes, money is being to counter the interests of the british pubuc the interests of the british public that surely if there's a pubuc public that surely if there's a public interest in that. yeah, of course there is. but i do agree with ed by way that the report ought to go out. sorry about that. yeah. i mean certainly the report should be published been a lot of criticism of prevent on the grounds it might be discriminate and clare's out some and as clare's out some organisations take part in it. but broadly the idea of it is very good that's why the report should go out there so they can have another look at it and, make sure it actually works . make sure it actually works. good time for me. yeah, we do. and let's have a look at that one. no, no, just. yeah go to you. show me what you want done.

go. hey, let's do talk. oh, yeah. my god, this is christmas we're talking about . yeah, let's we're talking about. yeah, let's talk about diets . what i will i talk about diets. what i will i consider this this story a vindication for not doing any diets that what the times is saying is that if you go and try out these fad diets, what it eventually does is make you fatter the long run. so anything promises sort of instant weight loss probably won't work and what you should do is actually report them. according to the times to the advertising standards standards authority. so broadly, the advice is don't look for quick fixes, don't on boiled egg diets or watered diets which are so revolting anyway , just carry on getting anyway, just carry on getting generally fat . i was about to generally fat. i was about to say the bald egg diet i'm hoping won't catch on in the personnel. so that could make for unpleasant. you're absolutely right that it but so we have this subject coming up every single year when it comes up to

the overindulged at christmas that's what it's about you come the new year and everybody suddenly wants to exercising and start drinking water every 2 minutes. and we know that it doesn't work and you need have the willpower and you need to reduce calorie intake and increase your activity level. it isn't that difficult . isn't really that difficult. it's just really uncomfortable and . so we don't like and unpleasant. so we don't like doing it. oh you one of those wives? that of cracks the wives? that kind of cracks the whip the diet to do it? whip on the diet to do it? absolutely i have to hide certain fees because at three in the morning there will be a chocolate run . i'm in the chocolate run. i'm in the kitchen. well, what is the three in the morning? chocolate secrets that brilliant have you both on nigella , thank you very both on nigella, thank you very much with us all morning as well. looking forward to the next okay. well, let's you next run. okay. well, let's you up to date with other up to date with the other stories making the headlines today midlands police have today. west midlands police have a 23 year old man who was killed at a nightclub in birmingham on, boxing day. as cody fisher officers were called to crane nightclub after reports a man

had been stabbed on the dance floor. hundreds of people were at the club at the time and witnesses being urged to come forward . awful story . and the forward. awful story. and the city of buffalo in new state has started the cleanup . a severe started the cleanup. a severe blizzard hit it causing 28 fatalities. with many people freezing to death in their calls, authorities have been digging out from under four feet of snow after a record amount of snowfall. across the us at 60, people have died because of the storm. some families experience a tax rate of at least 80% in 2023 due to a collision between welfare systems. that's according to the resolution foundation . around 50,000 foundation. around 50,000 families will see child withdrawn at the same as universal credit . universal credit. well, we want to know what your new year's

resolutions are today and how you're enjoying betwixt ms. what a strange word that is . time a strange word that is. time between christmas and new year. please send in your pictures. got anything fun like got any pets? anything fun like that. please get it over. we could all do with cheering up. can we add up this time of year? yes. lots you been in yes. and lots of you been in touch morning here. touch this morning here. just a few views on other of today. few views on the other of today. kathy been in touch, she kathy has been in touch, she says between mick lynch the government and various greedy owners and shareholders. the railways are going down. the is telling people we must be greener use public transport for example trains. surely this is a joke prices . everywhere are joke prices. everywhere are a disgrace. at least know if i use my car. i know i'm likely to reach my planned destiny. i think you've got a point there. thatis think you've got a point there. that is a really interesting point, because this whole kind of war, the motorist, which is the government kind backdrop now, backfired now, i think it's backfired badly of trains because badly of these trains because people take their calls people have to take their calls just anyway. just to get around anyway. trevor lincolnshire trevor from lincolnshire says problem get wage problem now is people get a wage , start spending, putting everything on. so when hard

times they have no money because the wage just about covers the card have . they expect card they have. but they expect the many are on less the taxpayer many are on less wages pay more tax to cover wages to pay more tax to cover their greed . steve's been in their greed. steve's been in touch, she says. i can remember militant tendency how they brought country to its brought this country to its knees. thankfully, maggie thatcher strong enough to stand up them. we not allow the up to them. we not allow the marxist militant unions to undermine our government. marxist militant unions to undermine our government . the undermine our government. the unions are there to protect workers, not wreck our . and i workers, not to wreck our. and i just wish you be bit more outspoken in his belief that he's just wasn't quite sort of sitting on the fence. okay and on having elected mayor from south bristol sighs. of course they that mayor that there disastrous for bristol. in fact it was so bad the city have voted abolish and elect a but remember they was kicked out. malvern ignoring the public. they wanted marvin . rees was the they wanted marvin. rees was the one who supported the statue being taken down and. then he got kicked out, so it just goes to show if you feed the woke mob, it doesn't really get you anywhere really. but do let us

know you're in bristol, let know if you're in bristol, let us know what your thoughts are on elected mayor. gb at on an elected mayor. gb at gbnews.uk manchester as gbnews.uk and in manchester as well. burnham, what well. we go. andy burnham, what do of he's very popular do you make of he's very popular there he is popular there. there he is very popular there. so people in the so how would people in the northeast you're northeast feel if you're watching the northeast let watching us in the northeast let us know where you're watching us from. would you feel about from. how would you feel about an elected, directly elected from. how would you feel about an elelin d, directly elected from. how would you feel about an elelin d, d northeast:ted from. how would you feel about an elelin d, d northeast and then mayor in the northeast and then be of that and be in charge of things that and transport friends what's transport friends for what's really things really important, the things people have more people want to have have more autonomy. a little bit autonomy. i'm just a little bit cynical about more middle and clipboards in town you clipboards in town halls. you ask idea of ask me, do you like the idea of like power? let us know. is that gb don't check. well, as gb news don't check. well, as the draws to a close, the year draws to a close, birmingham is reflecting on its time hosting the commonwealth games. is reportedly games. the city is reportedly now drawing turn it now drawing up plans to turn it into a sports hub. yes, the conversation is to how to use the city and locals organisations to build a legacy over the coming year and how young people can be positively impacted in the community. west bend has proposed a jet course. has this report. bend has proposed a jet course. has this report . 2022 has been a

has this report. 2022 has been a huge year for birmingham as host to one of the biggest sporting events in the world. billions of people tuned in to the commonwealth taking place here in the west midlands this month. the thank event has been the thank you event has been held to mark end of the year held to mark the end of the year of the and reflect on what of the games and reflect on what council ian ward believes council leader ian ward believes was a huge success for summer. 5 million people came into the city during the commonwealth games. five the population games. five times the population of the city came to our city to be part of that global event. it was a huge, huge success, but never seen an atmosphere in. the city of birmingham like the one we had during the games. this and the commonwealth games federations enough to federations were kind enough to say us it wasn't just a say us that it wasn't just a commonwealth, it was the best ever commonwealth. also at the ceremony was the handing over of the queen's baton which will be displayed in the city. now this part the west midlands part of the west midlands turns its to how build its attention to how build a games legacy for birmingham city council that starts in the community. well we investing now in grassroots community sport grassroots community culture as

a legacy from games. we're also creating cultural festival that will be an annual event here in the city centre, but we look to connect to all our communities into that festival in the same way as we did with the commonwealth games. along with investment , the council sport investment, the council sport england to providing investment, the council sport england to providin g £35 million england to providing £35 million worth of combined national lottery and government funding to ensure the effect of birmingham 2022 is felt for people across the city and the country well. chief executive tim says it's about giving young access to sports . well, i think access to sports. well, i think the most important thing for sport now , particularly coming sport now, particularly coming out of the birmingham games is to understand that we do not have equal access and opportunity to playing sport and being physically active. there significant barriers to entry and some very stubborn inequalities . the ambition is to inequalities. the ambition is to enable people locally, regionally and indeed ultimately nationally to have more in their lives, to fill the benefits of that for their physical, mental

health, wellbeing, their sense of community, and perhaps most of community, and perhaps most of all, to have ensured that those who previously more excluded , less engaged by sport excluded, less engaged by sport , have had the chance because of the programmes that run. one community project receiving funding is the impact fitness academy , a group in birmingham academy, a group in birmingham trying to make a difference to people's lives through combat sports such freestyle sports such as freestyle wrestling boxing assistant wrestling and boxing assistant coach and i acu saw stresses the importance of that money for projects like this. it's us build our business start to get more equipment and allow us to increase our class numbers so that we can reach a wider community areas. the next commonwealth games are to be held in victoria, australia in 2026 and there'll be expectation for them to put on a show like birmingham did. in the meantime , this city is starting to build its legacy and keep that games alive. jack carson . gb news. i alive. jack carson. gb news. i don't know the travel chaos is a

bit of a depressing story, but i travelled back on the train yesterday newark and had a painless journey . but all that painless journey. but all that everybody was talking was the travel chaos and in particular how they've become the cancer stage where they cannot rely on trains. so i spoke just lady at newark station and she was but she was telling me that people that tickets on the train line and got to the stations christmas eve to find out the train didn't even i couldn't get a refund so we have to drive as far newark to edinburgh to have to hire cars and i'm just i'm just interested in people's opinions out there . and i was opinions out there. and i was saying that there's this war on the motorist and trying to force it onto transport and then you can't rely on it when need it mostly and i wonder if these strikes have kind of backfired in that sense . yeah, i think in that sense. yeah, i think it's really interesting that you that even yesterday i mean anecdotally i was to go anecdotally i was looking to go into and i just didn't into london and i just didn't even bother looking on the train up. just get the tube. get up. yeah. just get the tube. get a neighbour you you a neighbour get you and you just, just it.

just, you just avoid it. totally. you're so totally. don't you. you're so used chaos. so it is a used to the chaos. so it is a problem. is that how you feeling out there? we know lots of people are doing travelling at the gb dot uk. the moment at gb news dot uk. well with us because well still stay with us because there's more to come. the there's lots more to come. the winter of discontent will continue as border force staff continue their industrial action. travel action. severe travel disruption, as we're saying, is expected continue the coming expected, continue in the coming days delays at borders days with delays at the borders long airports and even long queues at airports and even flights at risk of being . the flights at risk of being. the thousands such as the first thousands of such as the first let's get the weather for you and uk is looking wet and windy for some with the driest weather in the north, heavy rain will affect southwest england through this morning, bringing risk of flooding and potential disruption. miles windy start to the day with coastal gales likely. rain will affect london and south—east this morning will be mostly light but there will be mostly light but there will be some heavy bursts becoming increasingly windy. there will be blood wet and blustery start for southern with spells of heavy rain . it could cause

heavy rain. it could cause delays to transport this morning across the midlands . delays to transport this morning across the midlands. rain will spread north eastwards through this morning with some heavy bass expected at times. it will be mild, but increasingly day especially to the lehigh ground will be a dry and generally cloudy start day across northeast england . rain will northeast england. rain will start to move in from the south through this morning with some heavy at times becoming . a dry heavy at times becoming. a dry but icy across southeast scotland this morning with some clear spells . rain will move clear spells. rain will move into far south towards midday, though this will be mostly a of first band. rain will spread north eastwards across northern ireland through this morning with some heavy bass expected becoming breezy towards midday especially around northern and coast. rain will north eastwards with strong becoming widespread . showers will follow this evening. some of which will be heavy. and that is the weather is shaping up for the rest of the day. here on gb live will be

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channel both top of the morning , 7:00 channel both top of the morning, 7:00 on wednesday, the 28th of december. this is breakfast on gb news with ellie costello and myself in. and here's what's leading the this morning an elected for the this morning an elected for the north—east is on the cards as the government announces a 1.4 billion devolution plan for

the region as part of gove's levelling up agenda . good idea. levelling up agenda. good idea. or get another of bureaucracy in local government. let us know what you think . and members . the what you think. and members. the armed forces will be on site airports across the country today. again to cover for the full staff while staging yet another day of industrial action . holidaymakers face the prospect of long queues and cancelled flights and in the year that we lost her majesty the queen royal correspondent reflects on the events of the 8th of september 20, 22 and a nafion 8th of september 20, 22 and a nation mourning . plus, we're nation mourning. plus, we're asking if it's healthy to be selfish. what you think about that healthy be selfish not to be , but sometimes to put be, but sometimes to put yourself first is not a bad thing, especially if you're not very good at saying no. well, that's what we speak to an expert about. many things, embracing selfishness is the best avoid stress and best way to avoid stress and later on. yep. and you can join in any of our discussions this morning by gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet us at gb news news .

tweet us at gb news news. now industrial action border force staff is resuming and is expected to impact dozens of airports around the country , airports around the country, along with the port of new haven . yet more chaos is expected this. and welcome news could mean lengthy delays at the border and, even possibly cancelled flights with holidaymakers. this as a wave of strikes rattled numerous public services roles. this month, though, contingency plans , though, contingency plans, including the deployment of service personnel, did prove to be effective during the first round before christmas . and with round before christmas. and with us this morning is holly whitbread, the conservative councillor for epping . eden councillor for epping. eden essex. before we talk about border force. i'm another sort. it gets geeks like me. excited is the political devolution and this proposed in the northeast elected mayor for the region how does that work and? why is michael gove the levelling up secretary, so keen to make it

happen? so devolution essentially gives more power to local areas and you have kind of a mayor at the head almost accountable and also that kind of connection with government lobbying for more funding. it also gives local authorities more power in terms of infrastructure and also in terms of delivering affordable housing well. so levelling up was a key message that they promised deliver in 2019 to the get brexit done election. that hasn't been a great deal. it for 40. how much? ten or 40 billion then. yeah that's a lot of money. is something that people welcome in the region or is it. call me a cynic. the conservative party buying votes through giving a chunk of money ahead of an election. let's face it, they look at that. they're in trouble. and i actually it means more democracy . so it's means more democracy. so it's only a good thing for local areas and actually also better transport links. and i know particularly in that region of the particular

the country that particular challenges but when the challenges that. but when the conservatives won the election in 2019 the levelling up bill which has gone through part of that was these devolution deals which is all about giving more power to local people . and will power to local people. and will power to local people. and will power actually given to local people? will changes be made? is this a positive or is this just another level of red tape of bureaucracy that's just going to make things so much longer? i think it's a good thing because it simplifies democracy. it has that one kind of key person who is accountable where i come from at the moment and democracy often overcomplicated at a local because you've got three different tiers of local government and people kind of bundle them all up the same bundle them all up into the same thing anyway. so i it's thing anyway. so i think it's quite good to simplify local democracy people democracy and make people understand it more as well. actually is the danger though, here, like here we are in london, we have city khan and i'm no fan of city khan that's pretty spoke about that and what we see often is local areas we can see often is local areas kind of going at loggerheads

with central government trying at trying to devolve power. is this a sort of this just a sort of regionalised, cynical power in this instance? so the if they do get booted out they've they've got a nice stronghold in the north—east and then give them something to build off down the line. i'm sorry for being a cynic, but i do think there is an element of that. well, it's all about democracy. i mean, it won't necessarily be tory won't necessarily be a tory mayor in that new in that new deal , we seen deal, but we have seen devolution across the country in both conservative minded and more labour minded . so i think more labour minded. so i think ultimately a good thing because it's about increase democracy and accountability . so you talk and accountability. so you talk about the border force strikes that we're going to see happen from until new year's eve , could from until new year's eve, could see disruption. that's what we've got our headlines. but the previous time this happened just before christmas , things were before christmas, things were actually going pretty smoothly when to when the army stepped in to help. mean it's reports help. yeah. i mean it's reports of a lot of efficiency. airports when these strikes are going on so well done to the army or they obviously they shouldn't have to

be doing and it is really be doing this and it is really disappointing strikes disappointing that these strikes have gone these have gone ahead these politicised strikes which are causing travel chaos at christmas which is very unfair. and i do think that we've seen the army, navy and the force the army, the navy and the force personnel at airports, the very best of british. and thanks, everyone there and any sort of service who've been service personnel who've been involved. fantastic . i'd involved. you are fantastic. i'd like see more of those local like to see more of those local people involved . our coasts people involved. our coasts involve in our immigration system. now, what about you . system. now, what about you. don't you think it'd be great to have more navy the channel have more navy in the channel stopping at the diggers? well, i think probably argue that think they'd probably argue that they've got other things to do as. think the efficiency as. but i think the efficiency we've the army and our we've seen from the army and our armed forces is something that the border can learn for. the border force can learn for. learn from both of learn from both in terms of immigration, but also efficiency at well . let's get at airports as well. let's get your crystal ball out. holly what are you going to see what what are you going to see or what do you think we're going to see the first few months to see in the first few months of with this strike of january with this strike action? i mean, the unions are representing border force stop asking which some would

asking for 10, which some would say more reasonable say is a lot more reasonable than you know, nurses than perhaps, you know, nurses is suggesting at 19% currently. do you think it would be time for rishi sunak to compromise, especially of strikes especially this set of strikes that force doesn't look that border force doesn't look like it's going too in like it's going too well in their because things are their favour because things are running . i think the running so smoothly. i think the government stay in terms government need to stay in terms of on pay demands across of those on pay demands across the public sector. of those on pay demands across the public sector . the of those on pay demands across the public sector. the demands are being asked forjust on are being asked for just on affordable ratios . like i said affordable ratios. like i said quite rightly , priority is quite rightly, priority is tackling inflation and if we give in to all of those different demands, it could cost the average taxpayer thousand pound, which just not fair. and why should ordinary taxpayers be picking bill and the new picking up the bill and the new year? the conservatives got a lot of work to do . all you lot of work to do. all you confident that the tories can can back from where they are because everyone's more or less saying that the moment it looks like stalin was a shoo in. but two years is the long time in politics isn't it? it is a long time in politics. we've seen there's been a lot of change over the past year, i think

she's a difficult of she's got a really difficult of challenges year. but i'm challenges this year. but i'm confident on right confident focusing on the right thing. so tackling inflation but also challenges have with also challenges we have with illegal immigration well. illegal immigration as well. well, that certainly well, i think that certainly something that's all over. something that that's all over. i was in nottingham, i mean, i was in nottingham, that's i'm from. that's where i'm from. the christmas period. people are christmas period. and people are really, talking about really, really talking about illegal asylum. illegal immigration and asylum. this one that go away. this is one that won't go away. holding some passionately about. yeah, think it's a huge yeah, i think it's a huge challenge government challenge for the government and i'm to that rishi has i'm pleased to that rishi has kind of taken responsible policy for personally and that for this personally and that he's out plan about he's set out a plan about tackling obviously it's a tackling this. obviously it's a it's a huge challenge. and i think there's a there's a challenge diplomatic play as well as on the ground as well. but rishi certainly needs get this sorted i by your enthusiasm these and it's betwixt my spirit thanks thank. now alongside ongoing border force strikes the uk could be facing down another five months of planned rail from the new year . five months of planned rail from the new year. well, five months of planned rail from the new year . well, network five months of planned rail from the new year. well, network rail warned that the industrial action will mean rail to travel

significantly disrupted through december january. significantly disrupted through decemberjanuary. so significantly disrupted through december january. so what significantly disrupted through decemberjanuary. so what is the december january. so what is the way for us all to avoid the chaos and get to our end destination? well joining us now in the studio is friend of, the programme travel expert programme and travel expert simon . simon, what want simon. simon, this is what want to hear is it more disruption for december and january? what's on? well, let me refer back to holly talking the rishi sunak immigration. absolutely the top of his agenda. mark the new transport secretary. what two months ago said solving the rail dispute was top of his agenda . dispute was top of his agenda. unfortunately, all we since then is that things have worse. can i just bring you up to date where we are today, 12 noon strike by members of the transport salaried staffs association that's a white union begins at crosscut three. sorry. forgive me . west midlands trains and me. west midlands trains and london northwestern railway . london northwestern railway. that's going to wipe out all service to date and tomorrow on the on those trains bear in mind that chiltern is already saying we're not going to run any on

our midlands network because of the overtime ban that's carrying on with the rmt union. great railway. they've also got a strike saying time 12 noon for 24 hours, but they so far are saying that actually rail engineering works, which of course are part of the great tweaks festivities, those going to be causing more disruption but going next week, i mean rail engineering works, which include instance the closure of london street station, one of the big hubsin street station, one of the big hubs in the uk that ends on the 3rd of january, which is exactly the next 48 hour strike by the rmt . then you've got a kind of rmt. then you've got a kind of guest the special thursday strike by members of aslef, the train drivers union, which is probably going to cause the absolute most damage. then you've got another 48 hour strike by the rmt on the first day that the rail industry is saying it would be fine to travel. it's the 9th of january,

so it's almost two weeks of ooh , you go near a train. if i were you and it's stolen a feel. simon, call me saying again that this is different unions. it's a joining of kind of topping and taking strike action schools maximum impact you speak to maximum impact now you speak to of passengers at train hubs at airports what's the public mood like around these strikes now? is it waning? do these british get back all these sick of the unions? well, it's now i think the plague on. both your houses stay in the sense that i think people got it's this is the god the government that's calling the government that's calling the shots effectively. well, they're saying, oh no, this is a dispute with the train operators network rail. no, it isn't . the network rail. no, it isn't. the department for transport and ultimate need the treasury and number ten is saying what is what is going to be allowed so the government on one side, the unions on the other. a lot of people i talked to, railway people i talked to, railway people i talked to, railway people i talked to passengers the whole time and the sense among passengers is actually , among passengers is actually, well, probably the rail workers

are relatively speaking , most of are relatively speaking, most of them are relatively well rewarded . are most certainly rewarded. are most certainly these people who are low pay and it may be the sort of settlement which network rail came up, which network rail came up, which is % last year, 4% this which is% last year, 4% this yean which is% last year, 4% this year, but with a special to people who are at the bottom of, the pay scale would be a good way forward. they're also getting all kinds of from family and friends concessions thrown in and i think that that which was put out by the rmt to its members with a recommendation to reject i think something which looks very similar that could come back for network rail and hopefully the train operators. but we've got endure another but we've got to endure another couple weeks of absolute misery before that happens. so we have a quick word on the border force strikes which start today. and tony is eve. if people are watching and listening they've got a flight boat could . they got a flight boat could. they expect disruption. i think expect some disruption. i think so. now i'm watching very carefully for friday's 30th of

december. it's still december. i think you just 20 times between . so that's going to be an absolute date for all the people who spent christmas lucky somewhere sunny and lovely coming back in and so i think if there is going to be any issues going to be on that day which is the last full day of the strike continues into new year's . but continues into new year's. but from what i saw at gatwick on the 23rd the military the army and plus the navy and the air force are doing a pretty good job. what's fairly mechanical task of having a look at your passport is that simon yeah is thatis passport is that simon yeah is that is possible . how old's that is possible. how old's that. oh well i still got a still your passport. you use it don't you. well yeah. yes anyway. well the stamps . well anyway. well the stamps. well i've got a specific question that might try and save a few quid for people out there and thatis quid for people out there and that is people get use these days to using apps to move the trains. i guess what i'm hearing

a lot of stories of tickets that you can book on, an app that don't exist. we have a difficulty getting refunds that case safer at this time to case is it safer at this time to book tickets directly with your carrier as opposed to using an app' carrier as opposed to using an app, i always go through the app of the train company and some of them like for example and you are in northern trains. i really , really easy and the great is also anti west coast . the great also anti west coast. the great thing is if things go wrong then with one click you can say yes i'd like you know, my train was 2 hours late on a refund and the money is in your account quite magical. so yes there are other apps and some of them are very goodin apps and some of them are very good in terms of technology and they will also these split ticket deals for you but generally always book direct that just minimises when things are going to go go tango uniform as they say in the travel industry then it's best to have a direct relationship with the train company so what i love about you is we can just throw

anything at you anything. no man knows his stuff. you're onions and he never goes tango uniform . simon calder, thank you so much . super. now the time is much. super. now the time is just gone. 7:14. let's bring you up to date with the latest stories making the news . four stories making the news. four people have been injured in a suspected gas at a house in worcestershire . emergency worcestershire. emergency services were called to the incident in evesham last night. shortly after 5 pm. three of the injured were taken to hospital and ten neighbouring properties evacuated . properties were evacuated. labour warning families that they are losing millions of pounds due to unsolved crimes. the party says more a million thefts weren't solved last , but thefts weren't solved last, but cases dropped because . police cases dropped because. police failed to find a suspect . labour failed to find a suspect. labour called the figures disgrace useful. a home office spokesperson said the government is supporting the police through record investment and the recruitment of 20,000 additional officers . by march 2023. and the officers. by march 2023. and the uk is facing ice and heavy rain

with the potential flooding in some areas. a yellow rain warning is in place for parts of the south—west, england and south wales 3 pm. today. meanwhile the met office has a yellow alert in place for snow andicein yellow alert in place for snow and ice in the north and the scotland until 10 am. well welcome and lots of you have been sending your views. the stories we've been discussing this morning. yep. paul says the mayor of was awful. he completely ignored what the majority of people and only did what the woke wanted which is what the woke wanted which is what you were saying. martin and that's why the people of bristol don't want or need mayor. he was overpaid and a waste of time and money. you can always rely on gb news viewers based, direct say, as they say, just their words say kenneth say he's elected. mass can work well . there is mass can work well. there is proper local accountability and power without the aid of bureaucracy . but the man also bureaucracy. but the man also needs to have really for the job. so just andy burnham or

andy street in manchester or birmingham susie says, i've lived bristol for 67 years and having an elected mayor was not given anything , particularly given anything, particularly with this present mayor. he's managed to enrage people in bristol than any local government politician ever has. but apart from that, she likes him and mike will say he's these strikes are causing so disruption and inconvenience and. it's shameful and irresponsible what is going on. but we're also asking for your new year's resolutions and send in photographs what you're up to. and this week's period. and i would have loved to be . yeah. i would have loved to be. yeah. well, yeah. we'll let you get in trouble with captain robinson yesterday. not patrick's yesterday. so not patrick's mess. third day of mess. it's the third day of christmas it's days of christmas. it's 12 days of christmas. it's 12 days of christmas. obviously so i have to now. but whatever it to repent now. but whatever it is the fourth day of is that the fourth day of christmas or betwixt miss, christmas now or betwixt miss, do know what you're do let us know what you're getting because it's getting up to, because it's a very funny time of year or anything can happen really. and know of friends know people one of my friends is telling to baileys coffee every morning at about 10 am. you

morning at about 10 am. and you can this time of year crazy can at this time of year crazy thing that's acceptable thing i think that's acceptable i'd if it was acceptable i'd love it if it was acceptable round during the break round of coupon during the break out i showed you i've got out if i showed you i've got enough on have not enough enough on here have not enough liquids gbviews@gbnews.uk let liquids gbviews@gbnews.uk. let us you're this us know what you're up to this very you hopefully very funny time you hopefully not a train because you not getting a train because you can't the 8th of can't okay now the 8th of september 2022 is a day that will go down history in the british memory her majesty the queen elizabeth. died queen elizabeth. second died peacefully at a cemetery from balmoral . our royal balmoral castle. our royal reporter, cameron walker looks back on that day and. the events that followed , the news that that followed, the news that everyone was dreading happened . everyone was dreading happened. palace has announced that the queen has died peacefully . queen has died peacefully. balmoral, a day that is now etched in history. balmoral, a day that is now etched in history . queen etched in history. queen elizabeth, the second was the rock on which modern britain was our has grown and flourished under her reign britain is great country. it is today because of . her

country. it is today because of. her royal residences to lay flowers and paddington bears a nod to her late majesty's surprise sketch as her platinum jubilee . sketch as her platinum jubilee. immediately, charles ascended the throne and was formally proclaimed at the accession council in james's palace . council in james's palace. politicians past and present are unhedin politicians past and present are united in grief, despite their policy differences. he his mother on the thursday here was on the saturday morning , on the saturday morning, standing in front of all of his private counsellors there, his private counsellors there, his private counsellors there, his private counsellors and i. the king paid tribute to his beloved mother and renewed her pledge of lifelong service . thank you so lifelong service. thank you so much for an olive branch from prince william to his brother, prince william to his brother, prince harry. when the siblings reunited secretes the public with their wives and. we flowers outside windsor and he reconciling was shortly served the queen's coffin accompanies by her daughter princess anne was driven to saint charles

cathedral in edinburgh to lie at rest an opportunity for the people scotland's to pay their last respects to the queen of the united . an raaf flew her the united. an raaf flew her late majesty back to london. the state hearse designed for the pubuc state hearse designed for the public to see draped down crowds streets before one final night in buckingham . well—rehearsed in buckingham. well—rehearsed ceremonial procession brought the queen to westminster hall so the queen to westminster hall so the public could pay their last respects as her late majesty lain , people would queue for lain, people would queue for hours on end. they'd finally in and it would be 5 seconds, 6 seconds. and it just happened so beautifully. say, please take the seats. gong carriage of the royal navy pulls by 142 royal naval ratings to queen elizabeth 2 seconds coffin to westminster for the state funeral . at the for the state funeral. at the king's request. the wreath on top of the coffin contained flowers from the gardens of buckingham palace, clarence house and highgrove . the royal

house and highgrove. the royal family's dignity and stoicism shone through in the face of unimaginable grief . princess unimaginable grief. princess charlotte's of brooch in the shape of a horseshoe was gifted by her great grandmother the queen. she alongside her future king brother george , recessed king brother george, recessed behind the coffin with parents. the prince and princess of wales , the state hearse to windsor for the committal service. more than 800 people, including the queen's staff, filled st chapel. in stark contrast to prince philip's funeral, where just 30 people because attends because of covid restrictions , the of covid restrictions, the imperial state's crown , the orb imperial state's crown, the orb and the sceptre were removed from the coffin and placed on high altar. the king then placed the queen's cup colour of the grenadier guards on the coffin. the ones broken, creating the symmetry with the three instruments of states being removed, ready to be passed on to their successor . the queen to their successor. the queen was buried with her late husband's prince philip in a private service in the king

george. the sixth memorial chapel, george. the sixth memorial chapel , back together george. the sixth memorial chapel, back together for eternity. cameron . gb news eternity. cameron. gb news walker saying those photographs are still sinking in about queen passing on. absolutely. i mean, i still can't believe it's happened. i actually find it it's getting worse when i see pictures of her, i guess. yeah, it just so sad. it really, really is just such a loss in 2022. and i think it will take a long time over. yeah. british people, even like the king's speech, is still with the queen. and still, please , i think i'll and still, please, i think i'll just get used to. yes, you're completely right. after the break, we were chatting with sports broadcaster coin get sports broadcaster coin to get the update on all the the latest update on all the football. so stay with us .

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gone. 7:24. still lots to come on today's programme. 745 we're asking if it's healthy to be selfish. what do you think? i think a bit more me time is a good thing, so we try and just suppress else to think. perhaps i will be speaking to an expert who that is the right way who that that is the right way to stress and avoid to manage stress and avoid burning at 8:00 on gb news burning out at 8:00 on gb news we're to be live gatwick we're going to be live gatwick airport see the border force airport to see the border force strikes are affecting travel for holidaymakers or perhaps not if it's the same as what saw before christmas. simon calder christmas. well, simon calder was was business as was saying it was business as usual. border have usual. maybe border force have overplayed their hands. well, let know if about any chaos or indeed. and cancelled a magnificent army service. magnificent army man service. many your way. no many whisky on your way. no bother all. the usual by bother at all. the usual by email gb news at gb news or tweet at . gb news. well tweet at. gb news. well this betwixt miss period there's wong is the legend. paul coates going over all of latest selfless pull

as well. by the way, i just want to let you know . yeah, you're to let you know. yeah, you're not doing very well. not doing for myself yet. you almost downed vaporub a water. yes, i did. yeah. it was the vicks and it was like a little of that and i thought, well if we've got a bit of the lucky and i did dilly down it so yeah i've set fire to things by just breathing so well that make it might make your eyes i'm afraid eyes water i'm afraid as a nottingham forest fan last night cause my eyes well cause my eyes will. yes well they against they playing against a magnificent man united squad. it's to be said marcus it's got to be said marcus rashford back from cup. he rashford back from world cup. he was fire last night and was on fire last night and i need to be to have but he need to be to have met. but he nottingham yeah i think nottingham forest. yeah i think that's that's fair to say now manchester that they look manchester united that they look in terrific and i'll put my hands up and say that you know when eric chan hall came in i'm thinking this guy this is going to work. you know, this guy's in from from iax it's not going to work. so just give me another one on the list of expensive unhed one on the list of expensive united managers on united managers and he'll be on his way. he really has mean his way. but he really has mean the said inspirational

the time said inspirational coaching man which sums up the coaching a man which sums up the man to a tee and is working. coaching a man which sums up the man to a tee and is working . the man to a tee and is working. the players look happy. look at marcus rashford this is this is a player who just lost his so badly and course all the charity work you've been doing and it's got to you going be very careful how you handle that by saying look you know you need to concentrate more concentrate maybe a little more what supposed to be doing what you're supposed to be doing as far as football is concerned. but he now is and he's playing fantastic also making fantastic and it's also making cristiano bit sillier cristiano ronaldo a bit sillier as surplus to as well as surplus to requirements. there has to be requirements. so there has to be said it should have been to said that it should have been to one half time. i thought one and a half time. i thought you say that. yeah yeah, you might say that. yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. mean, yeah, yeah, yeah. i mean, i think it should have been via oh, don't movie or any oh, we don't need a movie or any transfer news and some movement going there's, there's going on. well there's, there's a bits and pieces a paco a few bits and pieces a paco cody gap co now he everybody's talking and talking about cody gap co and any ajax he played in any place ajax and he played in the cup for holland so the world cup for holland so liverpool are very good see this is thing when comes to is thing when it comes to transfers liverpool they get their deals done early so

they've got done, it's like about 34 million. we're talking he's ac came in the in the road of ac in the netherlands league for the goal scored goals created chances created. i mean this kid is really some player so whereas it was thought could be going to manchester united erik ten hag you know the link again with holland liverpool come straight and how much is it will pay money there were some clubs that were white until the last minute and then saying okay, see we can get a better okay, see if we can get a better deal okay, see if we can get a better deal. and that's one thing about liverpool. work who liverpool. they work out who their going be , they their targets going to be, they buy and it works for buy them and then it works for them. it's been very few bad them. so it's been very few bad that liverpool made. so it that liverpool have made. so it looks of you talk looks like that's of you talk about fact world cup to about the fact the world cup to be a recruitment process be like a recruitment process for liverpool. yeah. and especially bellingham . is especially what bellingham. is he going to go anywhere. i think , don't know whether , he will i don't know whether it'll be don't think it it'll be the i don't think it will january , i think will be january, i think probably of the probably at the end of the season, mean this is season, but i mean this is someone that's going worth a someone that's going to worth a fortune 19 years old. he will

come to premier league. come back to the premier league. this come the premier this i will come the premier league because he's never played in the premier league, but he will himself in the premier will find himself in the premier league when it's going to be, i imagine in the summer imagine probably in the summer and borussia dortmund are selling again know selling because again we know it's be like liverpool it's going to be like liverpool but there's, but you know there's, jordan henderson at the henderson was with him at the world saying, you know, world cup saying, you know, there's all jokes about there's all these jokes about when us and you when you're coming to us and you he'll end up either at liverpool man manchester. you're man city or manchester. you're all nottingham of well, all nottingham, of course. well, but way, nottingham but by the way, nottingham forest, the steve cooper forest, i mean the steve cooper has said, think we want has said, i think we want signings. he signed those two signings. he signed those two signings during the summer. so it's yeah we'll have a few more. i've no control over guys name so we'll get some more in is designed to entice a club entire squads yes yeah yeah. and we still can't get a go. well we've also got. yeah so we talk about women's best move women's football the best move on and not going to cry this morning as you talk about bethany england and you know what i love about the thing that yeahis what i love about the thing that yeah is her surname the same yeah is her surname is the same as club that she plays for as the club that she plays for as the club that she plays for as the club that she plays for as the country plays for as well the country plays for the she plays because

the country she plays because her believe is her middle which you believe is beth hotspur england, beth tottenham hotspur england, what chances she's going what are the chances she's going to for spurs from chelsea . to sign for spurs from chelsea. she hasn't really got a look in she she i mean she's a great player she was in the euros but she didn't she in the but she didn't she in the squad but she didn't she in the squad but she never actually made it to play she never actually made it to play so she needs a pretty much a restart just a bit a reboot a restart just a bit of a reboot of her career. she doesn't mean getting team as getting in the first team as well. chelsea spurs are also probably that chasing probably in that chasing pack when comes the whistle, when it comes to the whistle, but just shows when it comes to the whistle, but it just show this but it just shows £250,000. this is biggest money is going to be the biggest money signing there's ever been signing that there's ever been two english clubs. and again , it two english clubs. and again, it just shows the rise of the us and women's football because it's big that the clubs now paying. so 250 grand. what's the average that they pay for women 250,000 doesn't sound like a lot. it doesn't as big sign it is i mean it doesn't sound like a lot compared to when you talk men applying for third on 3640 million or whatever but things are moving up. i am i remember speaking to two some of the

girls that were playing in the spurs team. this is this is we're probably looking back about six or seven years. and i remember saying, you know, it's so difficult because we've got to own tracksuits. it's to buy our own tracksuits. it's you got to much you know, we've got to so much and got keep jobs and we've got to keep jobs going. whereas now, as we know, it's just gone like a rocket and it's just gone like a rocket and it's continuing to build money's going may that going up so long may that continue of course you do need a little in new little bit of hope in the new year looking i'm not man to help you know look at bottom end you know look at the bottom end of table do you think of us of the table do you think of us can the chop there's lot can avoid the chop there's a lot of in trouble in there of big clubs in trouble in there wolves in trouble. everton are wobbling but they are islam powered everton powered style the way to everton do you. i think yes mean pull frank lampard you know went in at far as at chelsea i mean far as managerial goes with frank managerial goes with with frank lampard derby was where he started it went very well we brought a lot of loans from chelsea. so then the big job, which was the ultimate for job which, you know, you'd think probably to was chelsea probably came to him was chelsea . that didn't work out. then to everton. and now you've got to thinking now what happens to frank ? now, he the sack

frank? now, should he the sack from everton because way things are going and then lose in a last minute goal against wolves it doesn't look very good for frank and you know it's is he going to get another premier league job? not i mean there's always going to be tv punditry, which is always to be which is always going to be there you after your job. i there for you after your job. i think there's very strong think there's a very strong possibility. going have possibility. but going i have been spoken everton to been spoken to by everton to take their so could take over their so we could do a little job show swap. yeah. and we've time. tell us we've just got time. you tell us about a cricket incident. yes, it's quite a nasty incident. although quite although i did find quite amusing. nokia who's a fine amusing. and nokia who's a fine south bowler. i mean, hopefully we can find footage of this. if not, we may to recreate it with martin is there a spy cam that they use they use it in all sport and it's on it's on like four wires and it can go anywhere and it goes all over the pitch. he got hit by. so this is during a game and that implies that complained about it before the thing it moves down and moves around. so anyway he's standing the field, bang, he

standing in the field, bang, he gets over and he's gets knocked over and he's looked round. well, know looked round. well, you know what well, he what on earth was? well, he could out because the could find out because the footage there and got hit footage is there and he got hit by of the weather spotter by one of the weather spotter cam. we've an injury that cam. so we've got an injury that we showed him and this is a great bowler. i think he's outside hut, which going to outside hut, which is going to hurt say these are hurt because they say these are big that down. so big things that come down. so he's okay he's bowling this he's okay now. he's bowling this morning australia morning this is in australia again get taken out again you either get taken out by cameron. you will i try. it's a warning. is it's a failed a warning. it is it's a failed warning. you said that warning. i know you said that threat. just have this threat. i'll just have this black eyes come back. thanks black eyes come back. and thanks for it's always a never for all. it's always a never show up now when don't give show up now when you don't give me hope but you'll fine. me any hope but you'll be fine. so after we'll be so after break, we'll be discussing debating discussing and debating the biggest stories today's biggest stories in today's papers guests. papers with our panel of guests. see couple of minutes .

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let's bring you up to date with the stories making the front pages of the papers today and the only covers the escalating train strikes with thousands is to be balloted again or a new to increase the number of walkouts across the network. the mail has the exclusive union barons have launched a loyalty card scheme . launched a loyalty card scheme. the strikers designs it claims to artificially swell all picket line numbers . and the telegraph line numbers. and the telegraph says the royal military at sandhurst is today urged to tackle an allegedly culture of sexual assault embedded within the institution . they express the institution. they express says thousands of vulnerable patients are being stranded in isolation without support during the cost of living crisis . and the cost of living crisis. and the guardian says hundreds of organisations have been forced shut or scaled back because government operations because of delay in replacing eu funding. the blaming brexit basically

guardian once again . well, it's guardian once again. well, it's time to go through the papers now and joining us this morning for the second time today is political editor of people nigel nelson and former conservative adviser , real life married adviser, real life married couple. so it's been a fireworks day this differing political opinions which makes for great telly i must and nigel let's start with shall we and the mail this is about keir starmer and the trans issue. it's an issue that won't go away. it won't go away, i'm afraid. one. yes, and this is the women women's rights campaigner julie this is the women women's rights campaignerjulie biddle , who campaigner julie biddle, who says unless keir starmer change tack on this broadly to actually say, look, we to clamp down on trans women using safe for other women and she won't she won't vote labour again can't support

them she's got a lifelong labour supporter . them she's got a lifelong labour supporter. the problem is i think that the you start from the you start from the do you think it is a basic human right to be able to choose your gender if you do should it not be the be as as possible to do it and then you've got to sort out the of things like safe spaces women's change rooms in shops women's change rooms in shops women's loos where go. schools are doing all the time that they've got trans pupils and if there is a problem with a trans pupil using a girls changing and i was here here over the weekend of just such a problem then they create own trans spaces. now it may well be we as a society have to think about doing that kind of thing . yeah that's been very of thing. yeah that's been very clear . so of thing. yeah that's been very clear. so i've of thing. yeah that's been very clear . so i've known of thing. yeah that's been very clear. so i've known judi for years, so i used to edit a men's magazine and lots of quality articles in it called loaded and

judi binder was staunchly opposed to what we did, and yet now common sense people with you. i agree with judi on this because really, if starmer can't say what a woman is, when asked if he says people with cervix is if he says people with cervix is if he says chest feeding surely this is misogyny. it if he says chest feeding surely this is misogyny . it absolutely this is misogyny. it absolutely is tens of millions. this is misogyny. it absolutely is tens of millions . women just is tens of millions. women just want to be referred to as a woman. they want to have that biological taken as , something biological taken as, something thatis biological taken as, something that is real and is something that is real and is something thatis that is real and is something that is important. and i think is the trap that keir starmer is unfortunately into. he's given in to bullies in the trans space, which unfortunately tend to be the loudest voices . who to be the loudest voices. who will be the first ones out there to say you're a transphobe, you have a different opinion. and unfortunately keir starmer is not stood up for that and has not stood up for that and has not stood up to them. so millions of like julie bentley i do agree her on this they letting down the labour party are letting those tens of

millions of women who will not vote again because he answer a simple question as to what is a woman? do you think 2023 might be the year of common sense ? but be the year of common sense? but for of you on this issue for both of you on this issue because we've seen push back against tavistock clinic mermaids, it does seem that people are pushing . well, i'm people are pushing. well, i'm not sure claire was talking common sense a second ago, so how do you see this on this particular one? you start from the principle. can we accept that some people feel uncomfortable . the biological uncomfortable. the biological sex they and want to change their gender. and if they do, let's sort out the problems along the way , why not say they along the way, why not say they can't do it or a trans woman is wrong by allowing those people into women's spaces where they're vulnerable at domestic violence centres and that's what happened there as this campaign known with j.k. rowling. yes opened it up in a women's only space in edinburgh, where victims of domestic violence or sexual assault women were allowed to go to be away from

men that would me as a basic human right. and they've been called transphobic that. called transphobic for that. well mean. i don't think they are transphobic my point are transphobic is my point about we have the about what we have do along the way a bit like like sex way is a bit like like same sex relationship legislation. it took a while to actually sort out the various anomalies in the law . and so in a situation like law. and so in a situation like this, what i'm talking about is let's these kind of anomalies sorted as we go along . okay, sorted as we go along. okay, well let's move on to another of my favourite people now sitting her latest plan is in the war on motor ss. it's claimed by the telegraph today. it's destroying london, but it's not a london issue, is it? it's not a london issue. this is highlighted very nicely by gareth bacon , who is nicely by gareth bacon, who is the for orpington , which is the mp for orpington, which is greater london , and he is greater london, and he is highlighting the fact that . the highlighting the fact that. the sadiq khan's team are going to sell this as a tax on the wealthy and this is going to air quality in central expand that

isn't this is this the low emissions so being expanded so it's an extra emissions so being expanded so it's an extr a £12.50 per day it's an extra £12.50 per day charge to drive through the zone . gareth bacon's argument is that it doesn't affect the wealthy actually affects the lowest households, 50% of outer london households , girls who london households, girls who earn around about london households, girls who earn around about £10,000 on a car, they tend to be older cars, but they are dependent upon them and that increases to 70% for those households earning 20,000. so these aren't your highest earners. these are people going around their everyday lives trying to get on. and if we look at all of the that we've had with strikes , you cannot get with strikes, you cannot get a train and i think what sadiq khanis train and i think what sadiq khan is failing to understand is that everywhere , not like that everywhere, not like islington , nigel should also islington, nigel should also agree this considering that we live in quite a rural area which doesn't have many bus services, if any a very poor train service and we rely upon a car and all we have to do is drive ten miles

towards dartford and across that border into greater london . and border into greater london. and we would be charge d £12, 59. we would be charged £12, 59. it's worth picking up on the fact there are a lot of bad ideas thought in london this is taxation dressed as salvation and it will will be going. it's already in manchester it's in birmingham. it's been proposed in bradford. it's been proposed already. this isn't just a london centric thing that we should bothered about down here. this coming town near this is coming to a town near you it's going hammer the you and it's going to hammer the poorest motorist hardest. well, you and it's going to hammer the pmean, motorist hardest. well, you and it's going to hammer the pmean, he's rist hardest. well, you and it's going to hammer the pmean, he's going rdest. well, you and it's going to hammer the pmean, he's going toast. well, you and it's going to hammer the pmean, he's going to hammer i mean, he's going to hammer every the question every motorist. the question comes down whether or not we really want try and reach net zero by 2050. and if we do , zero by 2050. and if we do, there's a lot of sacrifices have to be along the way. and i appreciate that research by tfl for this particular scheme that it may not help air that much but the whole of these things is to do just that so my view is we should be going for net zero going how for the for net zero and schemes like this we're going to have to it's going to

be uncomfortable for all of them what if it makes if net zero makes people net a net colder and that's what's happening. but it is and i don't this is anything to do with net zero and all of those very aims which i fundamentally disagree with because i think you're right. i think it i think it does make people poorer. i think this whole push towards net zero is just very expensive . ill thought just very expensive. ill thought through it isn't going to work. i think the real crux of the issue is it's going to do very little air quality, but an awful of prop up for failing administration . and by taking in administration. and by taking in fines from people who can least afford and that seems be afford it. and that seems be what sadiq is doing, trying to balance own taking balance his own budgets, taking money from , yeah, context money from, yeah, the context think of this is important because in cost of living crisis i mean anecdotally i was getting a taxi the other day the taxi driver was telling me that driver was was telling me that he couldn't afford to buy a new car next year with with everything else going out and energy bills and his mortgage and everything. going and everything. and he's going

to for a new job he to have to look for a new job he cannot afford new car and to drive the zone. it's drive through the zone. so it's to for people who to be difficult for people who rely on cars for work and it is people like you who drive a white van. you have a choice. but to drop working classes at this point. exactly. and nigel, let's stick to a motoring story, shall we? and 50 drivers a day, a still using their phones behind the wheel. i'm sure this is we can all agree on. this is one we can all agree on. this is one we can all agree on. this is disgraceful . the is absolutely disgraceful. the figures show that it's gone up 10% since last year . quite 10% since last year. quite clearly . it's irresponsible and clearly. it's irresponsible and dangerous . and in fact, just to dangerous. and in fact, just to rub the point home, the mail mentioned a two week old baby was killed by a motorist using using the mobile phone . an off using the mobile phone. an off duty police sergeant on have bicycle he was knocked off and killed again in the way quite clearly you should not use your mobile when you are driving the

actually are quite high so you £200 fine six points on your licence so if you do it twice then you're the road maybe should think about a ban a bit earlier . should think about a ban a bit earlier. yeah but there are cases if you if you phone is going to hold you have think about talking about this you actually they're talking about the hand—held holding your hand is you're in you're okay is when you're in you're okay it's a tough way. is when you're in you're okay it's a tough way . you're on your it's a tough way. you're on your way, should fine. yeah way, which should be fine. yeah should it's in should be fine. it's in the hand. okay moving on hand. yeah. okay good. moving on clare to the i mentioned, clare to the story i mentioned, top hour . the clare to the story i mentioned, top hour. the guardian is top of the hour. the guardian is a moan about brexit some things that they are, some really are concerns. and the guardian and brexit are always going to be up there and this highlights charities who reliant upon eu funding having problems because the government rolled out the scheme, which is the uk shared prosperity fund . the government prosperity fund. the government hasn't rolled it out quicker. i like to disagree with the guardian pretty much every time i read it and i think this is

less of a brexit problem. this is of a government administration problem and all it is the government needs to get act together and get its act together and actually put money the actually put that money to the places that it needs to do that. charities should not to be shutting down and shedding staff because government cannot because the government cannot put out a scheme which is there to do the other area it to do exactly the other area it mentions there is forming a us who campaigned hard for. brexit always said that those grants that the farmers get in britain from the eu should be by central government in britain. and i don't think anybody would disagree with that and the money is there and that's the really frustrating part of it is money is already there and it is it is almost allocated out individual parts , but it just hasn't been parts, but it just hasn't been given out . and you've got to given out. and you've got to you've got to look at this. this isn't a brexit problem. i think it's very lazy headline from it's a very lazy headline from the guardian. is just a the guardian. this is just a huge .is the guardian. this is just a huge . is it? no. in huge surprise. is it? no. in fact, actually kerry, myself disagree fundamentally over brexit. she's a brexiteer i'm a remainer. however now i do agree with clare on this one. it's not

a brexit problem. this was already allocated. this was money out to actually sort out what happen when we lost the eu regional funds. it should be paid . i thought you guys are paid. i thought you guys are agreeing way too much on this show, but we'll go. it could have another five to go. thoughts on back on petrol stations, but any business so that to go go one that you want to go go one minute let's just have minute and let's just have a little bit of fun with this one andifs little bit of fun with this one and it's about europe the pork blinders. us about this . blinders. tell us about this. it's in the style. these are villages in silloth , near villages in silloth, near carlisle in cumbria and the villages all in fear of a gang of wild pigs out on the loose they're not sure where they've come from, but they all describe as destructive and wilful, solid, false and strong. i mean, these are the ultimate predators roaming around in a dark village, but people walking , village, but people walking, dogs coming across some random pigs. the rspca have located where they're from , have put where they're from, have put them back in, secured fencing.

the wild boars are a gang , the wild boars are a gang, runaway pig, runaway danger time, dangerous time to be a pig if you're walking pork pie, watch out no joke . thank you so watch out no joke. thank you so much. thunderjust like we want much. thunder just like we want to know all about new year's resolutions and his pictures. let us know what you're up to. yes, lee been in touch. says mine use resolution is to finish my driving lessons and get driving. good luck stepping on strike. maybe that's a good strike. so maybe that's a good one for 2023. let's hope that gets he says with the state that this in, we can no this country is in, we can no longer rely on train service longer rely on a train service being properly . i've worked being run properly. i've worked out it's also cheaper than out that it's also cheaper than catching train with the cost catching the train with the cost of uk they are of prices in the uk they are extortionate and that's what we were told about earlier. i do think these train strikes will backfire and more back backfire and put more back behind . they can behind their wheels. they can depend on it. so the government wants to wage war on calls only getting more expensive as well as that. you run up 5.9, okay, martin not on the strike, which it says . my view is that if

it says. my view is that if train workers , force workers, train workers, force workers, all nurses don't to work because they want more pay than , they they want more pay than, they should leave their jobs and should just leave their jobs and confine to the work instead and. on the elected mayor for the north—east i think north—east keith says i think the regional mayors just the regional mayors are just another very another level of very bureaucracy, which the council could well do without . i've got could well do without. i've got to say, i tend to agree i do keep those views coming in gbp is at gbnews.uk. we do love to hear from you. you do look, you might think selfishness is a negative traits, but experts have revealed that living selfishly could actually help function at your very best. yes healthy selfishness what healthy selfishness is what they're calling it, and it means putting yourself first and setting years in order setting boundary years in order to prevent getting burnt out and overstressed by the of life, which can be especially important at this time of year, betwixt and between . so let's betwixt and between. so let's find out more about that from . find out more about that from. priory therapist debra long says, debra, we always say being selfish is a bad thing. you're saying it can be useful. tell us more. good morning . it's

more. good morning. it's a really complex word, isn't it? and often we miss, we misunderstand the actual world. but it's all about thinking about your own wellbeing and about your own wellbeing and about your own ability to . about your own ability to. manage your own mental health. mental health has a huge link with physical health as well. so often people that are not managing their own commitments to maybe themselves and their families and their work commitments then feel quite a lot of physical ailments as well , come through case of we simply give too much time to other people. we don't focus on ourselves and what how that manifest itself and says, i want you to get run down. we get tired, we get even . absolutely. tired, we get even. absolutely. i mean , we just keep on going i mean, we just keep on going that way. life very demanding. you know, it depends on what stage of life you're at. if you've got children and if you're working, if got elder relations, maybe older people in your family that you're also after. and we have the after. and then we have the pressures of the perfect

christmas or the perfect new year's eve and we just keep and actually , you know, if we if we actually, you know, if we if we just keep going and don't stop and don't recharge and don't reboot , then our brains will reboot, then our brains will start to burn out and then we have memory loss. we may have we get very snappy with our with our loved maybe we have less patience people can then feel lots of aches and pains. they can't quite understand and don't really know going on. get onto their doctor . they know what's their doctor. they know what's going physically as well, perhaps. so we really manifest itself and many very different ways and part of the issue, deborah, is that so many of us are just so bad at saying no. so you be a hostage to run here and go see that relative or . can go see that relative or. can you, you know, bake something for tomorrow and. yes, yes, yes. and say yes to everything and you'd say yes to everything and you wouldn't think about yourself you need. so yourself and what you need. so what you say is the best what would you say is the best way boundaries and way to set boundaries and perhaps say no, but in a polite

way . yeah i love that you've way. yeah i love that you've used that word. so as a therapy has boundaries is a really a really well where that we use quite a lot and again is helpful for people to understand what that actually means it doesn't mean that you change the grinch and you all the time and and you say no all the time and you become really unhappy and really if you like, really unpopular. if you like, with your friends. it's about, can i do that? do i want to do that? what would that look like to me? what's the impact on me or my immediate needs or my family? i'm thinking how you can find that ground, but thinking about your own needs. so maybe you've got a really big gathering. do i really want to go? can i make that other any financial issues ? what time financial issues? what time issues do i need to think about and can i go a bit later? can i go back earlier? do i need to think finding that middle ground so i protect myself but support the things i want to be involved in so . so what are the best ways in so. so what are the best ways of being selfish for simple

things? like just go for nice, walk on your own, switching your off. or mean, i quite like off. or i mean, i quite like going to the pub on my own. do you sad? if you could you call me sad? if you could read a newspaper, you'd have to bother about conversation and small. just decompress. yeah bother about conversation and srbit.. just decompress. yeah bother about conversation and srbit. timert decompress. yeah bother about conversation and srbit. time to decompress. yeah bother about conversation and srbit. time to yourself 'ess. yeah bother about conversation and srbit. time to yourself .ss. yeah bother about conversation and srbit. time to yourself . yeah ah bother about conversation and srbit. time to yourself . yeah so a bit. time to yourself. yeah so what about understanding what you need . i mean, we're all you need. i mean, we're all slightly different people have therefore have different needs and different energy levels. so say something like journaling can really helpful where you can be really helpful where you maybe note of what is maybe make a note of what is that find really useful to that you find really useful to do? you recharge it? do? how do you recharge it? i mean some people recharge by being with people and being with other people and that's fine . but like say, that's fine. but like you say, you can you can go for a walk, even just a 20 minute walk and have a huge benefit for people that there's an app that we have in priory called my possible self, which is a free app download and there's lots of helpful tips and options in there to help people about what it is that i how does my anxiety or my depression manifest itself other things i can be more

boundary with? how can i learn about what i need and how i can use in my everyday life ? so use in my everyday life? so that's great tips that belongs. so thank you for your time . so thank you for your time. sometimes it's all about me . sometimes it's all about me. what about think? thank you for yourinput what about think? thank you for your input today and it's okay to say no the good thing to remember. you're with breakfast on news still lots more to on gb news still lots more to britain's price been on britain's house price been on a rollercoaster of highs and lows the last few years. we'll be asking the property expert if the buy market has the buy to let market has a future. but first, let's take a look at the weather . the uk is look at the weather. the uk is looking wet and windy for some with the driest weather in the north, heavy rain will affect southwest england through this morning . a risk of flooding and morning. a risk of flooding and potential travel disruption. a mild but windy start to the day with coastal likely rain will affect london and southeast england this morning it'll be mostly light, but there will be some heavy bust becoming increasing windy. it will be wet and blustery start for southern wales with spells of heavy rain.

it cause delays to transport morning across the midlands will spread north eastwards through morning with some heavy bursts expected at times. will be a mild but increasingly windy , mild but increasingly windy, especially to the knee of ground. we are dry and generally cloudy. start today across north—east england . rain will north—east england. rain will start to move in from west through this morning with some heavy spells at times windy a drive and icy start across southern scotland morning with some clear spells . rain will some clear spells. rain will move into the far south midday though this will be light. at first a band of rain will spread north eastwards across northern ireland through this morning with some heavy bass expected becoming breezy towards midday especially around northern and coasts. rain will continue north eastwards with strong winds becoming widespread and showers will follow this evening, some of which be heavy. and that is how the weather is shaping up

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hello. and martin daubney. here's what's leading the news this morning. here's what's leading the news this morning . members of the this morning. members of the armed forces have stepped up in airports across the uk as border force staff strike yet again. we'll be live at gatwick apple to see if it's having the disruptive effect the union is hoping for . disruptive effect the union is hoping for. plus, after three years of highs and lows in the in the housing market, because of the pandemic and the cost of living , many landlords are living, many landlords are selling up and moving on. are we set to say bye bye to the buy to let market? and in the year we lost her majesty the queen, our royal correspondent reflects on the events of the 8th of

september 20, 20. and the nation in mourning . and you can join in in mourning. and you can join in any of our discussions this morning by emailing gbviews@gbnews.uk or you can tweet us at . tweet us at. gb news. well, i just discussed border force staff striking for another four days today at airports across britain and the ports of new haven. yes, the strike could mean delays at the border , and mean delays at the border, and it comes as a wave of other strikes have rattled public services this month. let's find out more from our reporter theodorou kumba, who is at gatwick airport this morning. good morning to thea. oh, no. is lashing it down with rain. how is it looking in terms of the border force strike that started again today ? does it look like again today? does it look like there's some disruption . there's some disruption. component? yes, it's a wet and windy here at gatwick airport.

now, these strikes, they are resuming today. there were some last week, but airport bosses say the traffic inside the airport was free flowing. so they're hoping for that again as it's a walk out continue today. so it's affecting the major airports in the uk, including here at gatwick , but also at here at gatwick, but also at newhaven in the south. when you take ferries to places like france and more now we heard from. so what who's the general secretary of the police union? and he is saying they have a mandate to continue walking out for the next six months. a deal isn't greece staff have been offered 2% pay rise . so it's a offered 2% pay rise. so it's a difficult time for them. they say this isn't the deal that we want. considering a cost of living crisis that we're having at the moment around 12,000 members of the union. the union which represents civil servants, they said the biggest thing for them is the cost of living at them is the cost of living at the moment. so that's why they're still working out. and again, we find ourselves here today. passengers may be having delays again. we'll find out throughout the day today. so

people going into the airport and those coming out as well, travelling from other parts of the world and of course, the countries where. thank you for bringing us that update for a very wet and windy gatwick airport. we let him go in and get dry. i hope you find himself a cup of tea or something. was that the wind or was that a jet taking off? i think it was a combination, actually. there was definitely a jet there definitely a jet in there somewhere, but and not not the weather be standing outside. weather to be standing outside. but on but he's definitely not on strike okay. so strike anyway. okay. so servicemen being servicemen and women are being deployed alleviate the deployed to help alleviate the strain caused by the border force we just force strike action we saw just there. home office has there. yes, the home office has denied union claims that passengers might otherwise passengers who might otherwise be are being be stopped at airports are being waved through military waved through by military personnel standing in for striking workers . the army have striking workers. the army have also been successful so far in helping with disruption from ambulance and nhs strikes throughout december. well, can we same as our we expect the same as our airports today ? well, we have airports today? well, we have robert fox with us in the studio, the defence editor at the evening standard to tell us

more. and robert , it really has more. and robert, it really has been extraordinary scenes, hasn't it, in past few hasn't it, in the past few weeks? and similar to what we saw in covid, really our armed forces just stepping up, stepping britain stepping in and keeping britain moving. how do they feel about this, though? how do they feel about stepping in for a border force? they because they force? they do it because they turn the right salute and turn to the right salute and carry out orders. but and they are pretty good at it . they're are pretty good at it. they're pretty at it due to the way pretty good at it due to the way that the senior public that both the senior public servant, civil servants and some politicians and of no particular political party or stripe can be pretty grudging about it. you know, matt hancock was pretty mealy mouthed because , of mealy mouthed because, of course, if iraq were not miraculously could have resolved everything with covid sorry, i shouldn't be sarcastic at this hourin shouldn't be sarcastic at this hour in the morning and no doubt about it that some civil servants really didn't like the army stepping in. now there is one exception, kate bingham , one exception, kate bingham, with the vaccination program said how brilliant the army or

the combined across that, particularly good logistical planning in the emergency. but what the public is finding is what the public is finding is what happened with the olympics . and mrs. may, who was home secretary again sorry, was very grudging about it, was that they stepped in when g4's stepped down initially did a lot of training as they said, you had paris checking packages and things like that. absolutely each charmed the pants almost literally of everybody going through. and i understand much the same is happening with the border force solution . what the border force solution. what the army and the army commanders quite rightly say , look, we're quite rightly say, look, we're not the immediate band—aid where this is not a permanent feature of our work of our world. you can use civil powers legislation and we can come in to help. but be very careful about it. by the way, if they to do this a lot, they've got to pay a lot more for the army across the peace, particularly the reserves. yes because i mean, some are some

people sorry. most of some soldiers that we're talking about on as little as about here on as little as £22,000. that's stepping in for striking workers who might be 1 to times. mean , like you to 3 times. i mean, like you say, that they do it in the line of duty and they do it because they're at what they they're good at what they do. but pill swallow. it but bitter pill to swallow. it must be, especially at this time of year. yes, guess they of year. yes, i guess they don't like at the. don't think that like it at the. don't think that they're the equivalent or an immediate substitute for people like ambulance drivers whom they whom they respect . but this is whom they respect. but this is where that general sound is. patrick sounded very, very equal patrick sounded very, very equal, hands on people, friendly commander of the army at the moment and his predecessor , mark moment and his predecessor, mark carlton smith, were actually saying to the government, to the government say, no , no, we government say, no, no, no, we cannot go below 100,000. they say we can mix and match. yes let's have 80,000 regulars. 20,000 reserves. but to make the reserves work and the very important is because their expertise , these niche areas, is

expertise, these niche areas, is very often needed. you've got to pay very often needed. you've got to pay for it. this is where government and particularly the treasury falls apart . well, treasury falls apart. well, they've certainly been very effective . simon calder, our effective. simon calder, our travel guru, said the border force strike is the least effective strike he's ever seen and he's covered a lot of strikes because the armed forces guys have been so good at the airports. robert i like to put somebody else's on the gb news view is talk about a lot and thatis view is talk about a lot and that is using more of our armed forces in the channel. we have a situation which is a huge issue of illegal immigration with illegal boats. and people say sendin illegal boats. and people say send in the navy, send in the army. but is that possible ? and army. but is that possible? and do the of forces, men and women even want to do that ? yes in the even want to do that? yes in the short term, it's possible . no, short term, it's possible. no, they don't like they really don't like doing it. right. because. well the navy knows the law of the sea and the law of passage on the sea and the humanitarian aspect of that. and they wonder whether it is their

prime role . the navy is quite prime role. the navy is quite small and it's quite stretched and i think it points to a thing that, you know, we have discussed a lot on gb news. is that really the question of managing migrants, illegal migrants , whether on the sea and migrants, whether on the sea and trucks in goodness knows what it really needs, a holistic approach and you probably need a know that they've looked at it, but haven't come up with a satisfactory answer yet. you need a dedicated force for this. i really do think that. but of course, where the home secretary is absolutely right, it needs maximum cooperation with not only the french authority to send their forces , but also the send their forces, but also the belgians, the dutch and so on andifs belgians, the dutch and so on and it's a massive problem and it's not going away. and i think that we've got to. yes temporary solution, bringing in the navy. and so they don't actually have the right equipment either for this the right sort of small boat. this the right sort of small boat . look at what the italian

boat. look at what the italian coastguard service has had to learn in the mediterranean. it's been a huge learning curve there. and i think we're all going to go through it. but it be i think it should be it should be a joint force and probably it's appalling to say it it's a fighting and it because it's a fighting and defensive . the best defensive force. the best management would nato rather management would be nato rather than if it's a uk eu cooperation . well, i don't have to support that. it could be it could be extremely edgy. can i put it like that ? yeah, it certainly is like that? yeah, it certainly is a very, very difficult situation. we on the programme yesterday were talking about 46,000 migrants coming over. so far this year. there were fears it's going to be 50,000. it doesn't look like that's going to happen in next how many to happen in the next how many days will be next year. it days we will be next year. it was something certainly in the first months of year it first few months of next year it will. talk about the will. let's talk about the border strike that's border force strike that's happening to new happening today through to new year's we've seen this year's eve. so we've seen this previous to christmas for the days and was very days there. and it was very smooth sailing, but there were some concerns, that that some concerns, weren't that that the soldiers personality , the

the soldiers personality, the armed forces that were on the passport control were just simply waving people through . simply waving people through. now, the home office has said today that that isn't the case and that they're completely denied to those those claims . denied to those those claims. what's your sense? what was going on on the ground? i mean, how much training has had these armed forces, soldiers and personnel had before they were on passport, would have been some would have been contingent say for this. but to say that it's a perfect replica would be absolutely wrong that they that they know that they can't do that. they know that they can't do that . i fear they know that they can't do that. i fear and quite correctly, though, that the objective would be to keep things flowing . so you don't things flowing. so you don't want bottlenecks . as our want bottlenecks. as our colleague was telling us from gatwick. now and so i think that there will be it would be selective. the point is, is how long can this go on for? because if the strikes go on, you're going to consume an awful lot of , i would say, manpower. so give me i was showing my age, but a

lot of it is woman power and manpower at the women personnel are particularly good at that particularly empathetic but we are committed . lest we forget it are committed. lest we forget it to ukraine and a lot of our armed forces behind the scenes. of course not in ukraine aren't dedicated to that. they're worried about other things that are going on in the world. i think numbers are staggering . i think numbers are staggering. i think numbers are staggering. i think we've got military personnel maybe a squad of only 20 in nearly 90 countries. certainly over over 80. and it's a big it's a big business. it's but this is global britain. it's britain with global interests and global reach and it is also britain at its very best. yeah. timothy our once again, the armed forces have stepped up and done a magnificent job. do you think, robert, this is the best way of putting yourself forward for a pay rise that that they're

going about their job with duty , with patriotism. they don't complain thing they're not stamping away . they're not going stamping away. they're not going on the picket line. they're stepping in and helping others. so the public sympathy, so surely the public sympathy, i think, will very, very much think, will be very, very much behind an armed forces pay rise in the face this. well, in the face of this. well, there's a problem here, as you know, johnson know, because both boris johnson and the trust promised an uptake in the defence budget , or at in the defence budget, or at least the sunak seems to be going in the opposite direction. he seems to be freezing on defence spending, which is under standard bill and but he finds rather reminds me of oscar wilde. oscar king about the cost of everything you remember what a cynic was. according to oscar , somebody who knows the price of everything in the value of nothing. sorry i'm not saying that. but dear prime that. but our dear prime minister. but come on. you know, they do produce a lot of added value. must say. i've worked value. i must say. i've worked alongside for lot of my alongside them for a lot of my working . won't into

working life. we won't go into all that before the falklands. no not on the side. i mean, the northern ireland experience with the armed services, very few armed services would have gone through that 30, 40 year experience and come out with such little whatever they say with terrible episodes , of with terrible episodes, of course, like sunday, but relatively little blemish on the record . it's a very, very record. it's a very, very difficult job. they're very good with people. our armed forces. i don't know why they have it, but they have it. one of the great underutilised resources i think we have in britain all our armed services, veterans . yes, and services, veterans. yes, and surely we are seeing at the moment , you know, the perfect moment, you know, the perfect skill set that the veterans have could be could be redeployed, retrain and utilised in these areas . retrain and utilised in these areas. there's a huge demand for skilled, dedicated people who don't down skills. at the first sign of a the peak of get some more veterans in look this is the season of goodwill so i'm not going to quarrel with you, andrew, but during covid it was things like regimental

association, the veterans associations of the other to the light blue, the dark blue, the raf and the navy gosh in the north in particular, what these veterans association, you'd get something of the yorkshire regiment and they would turn people out and it's the management of those. they are a terrific resource . they're also terrific resource. they're also hidden, not quite cinder yellow force, but because they did do an awful lot and they will be an important feature in the future. if you take you generally forgotten what we're a country of 65 million. we've got a military family of over 5 million. let me think. that's people who've served people who have loved ones or best friends, best buddies who've served , best buddies who've served, who've impressed people with that and there are i i'm not just in the government because the veterans minister, for example, johnny mercer, who served with great gallantry in afghanistan , completely get this afghanistan, completely get this . but it is a resource with out

banging the drum . sorry, pardon banging the drum. sorry, pardon the pun too much. we really should be utilising more and they do have this great professionalism that this this thing that was called rubicon, it's now called react. i've worked a bit with them. they're terrific in floods, for instance. yeah. when culverts were bursting , when villages are were bursting, when villages are being flooded , you know, being flooded, you know, grannies and grandpa us are being flooded out with sewage and so on that great are just turning up and coming to do it for two or three weeks, unpaid it. well all can pay on that we can be robert fox events out of the evening so thank you very much and again just thanks for your service no all of our arms of service men and women out there who've been helping at the borders when them most. borders when we need them most. you're there. so thank you for stepping up. say, best stepping up. like you say, best of but how do they feel of british. but how do they feel about it? the armed forces could be quite cheesed off. can you know signed up for? let know what you signed up for? let us think. how do us know what you think. how do you about seeing armed you feel about seeing our armed forces border force, a border

forces at border force, a border forces at border force, a border force or a passport control? let us gb news views at gb news us know gb news views at gb news dot uk october 815. let's bring you up to date with the other stories making the headlines this morning. stories making the headlines this morning . four people have this morning. four people have been injured suspect gas been injured in a suspect gas explosion a house in explosion at a house in worcestershire. emergency services were called to the incident in evesham last night shortly after 5 pm. three of the injured were taken to hospital and ten neighbouring properties were evacuated . and properties were evacuated. and the labour party is warning families are losing millions of pounds due to unsolved crimes the party say is more than a million thefts worth all of last yean million thefts worth all of last year, with cases dropped because police failed to find a suspect .labour police failed to find a suspect . labour called the figures disgrace full while a home office spokesperson said the government is supporting the police for record investment and the recruitment of 20,000 additional officers by march 2023. the uk is facing ice and heavy rain with the potential of flooding in some areas . yellow flooding in some areas. yellow

warning, yellow rain warning is in place for parts of southwest england and south wales until 3:00 today. meanwhile, the met office has a yellow alert in place for snow and ice in the north and east of scotland until 10 am. but welcome back and has been saying all morning, we want to know what your new year's resolutions are today. yes, clive's been in touch. good morning to clive. he says morning to you, clive. he says my is so untidy, i can't my garage is so untidy, i can't find anything. my resolution find anything. so my resolution is to tidy my man cave or slash workshop . if you saw a man cave? workshop. if you saw a man cave? yeah. if you saw my basement . i yeah. if you saw my basement. i mean, it's an absolute disgrace. ihave. mean, it's an absolute disgrace. i have. i've never owned a garage . i just crave a garage. garage. i just crave a garage. thatis garage. i just crave a garage. that is a life go and a bench motorbike links, juke box, fridge posters lock on the door . a real set up. my idea of heaven. maybe that could be a resolution for you. get yourself a man cave and 2023 on being

selfish , john says. i get up to selfish, john says. i get up to 2 hours. i get up to hours. everybody else every day and i watch my discovery programme . so watch my discovery programme. so not to bore my child to death . not to bore my child to death. and it's 2 hours of me time to relax and have a cup of coffee. good idea. and what were we calling it? it was good selfishness. a positive, healthy, healthy selfishness. that's that's what we that's that. that's what we should be doing of. should be doing more of. apparently loud. you're apparently it's loud. you're allowed no . is the allowed to say no. is the message morning on message this morning on devolution? paddy says, forget regional mayors. england needs its own parliament or assembly. like the rest of the uk nations. the uk government doesn't necessarily speak for all of england . very interesting point. england. very interesting point. we have a welsh parliament, of course scottish parliament and we have ireland, but not england. but of course if you say that you're an english nationalist and that's the worst kind apparently. kind of nationalist, apparently. well, you think well, let us know what you think about gb news views at about that. gb news views at gbnews.uk. now, as the year draws to a close, birmingham is reflecting on its time hosting the commonwealth games. the city is reportedly now drawing up

plans to turn it into a sports hub.the plans to turn it into a sports hub. the conversation is turning to how a city and local sporting organisation fans can build a legacy over the coming year and how people can be how young people can be positively the positively impacted in the community. west midlands reporter jack carson has this report . 2022 has been a reporter jack carson has this report. 2022 has been a huge year for birmingham as host to one of the biggest sporting events in the world. billions of people tuned in to the commonwealth games taking place here in the west midlands. this month official thank you month the official thank you event held to mark the event has been held to mark the end the of the games and end of the year of the games and reflect what council leader reflect on what council leader ian ward believes was a hugely successful summer. million successful summer. 5 million people into the city during people came into the city during the commonwealth games , five the commonwealth games, five times population of the city times the population of the city came to our to city be part of that global event. it was a huge, huge success. i've never seen an atmosphere in the city of birmingham like the one we had during the games this summer and the commonwealth games federations were kind enough to say that wasn't just a say to us that it wasn't just a commonwealth it the

commonwealth games, it was the best ever commonwealth games. also the ceremony was the also at the ceremony was the handing of the queen's handing over of the queen's baton, will displayed baton, which will be displayed in this part of in the city. now this part of the midlands turns its the west midlands turns its attention to how to build a games legacy for birmingham city council . that starts in the council. that starts in the community where we are investing in grassroots community sport, grassroots community culture. as a legacy from the games, we're also creating a cultural festival that will be an annual event here in the city centre. but we'll look to connect to all of our communities into that festival in the same way as we did with the commonwealth games. along with investment from the council sport england are providing council sport england are providin g £35 million worth of providing £35 million worth of combined national lottery and government to ensure the government funding to ensure the effect of birmingham 2022 is felt for people across the city and the country as well . chief and the country as well. chief executive hollingsworth says executive tim hollingsworth says it's about giving young people access to sports. well i think the most important thing for sport now, particularly coming out of the birmingham games, is to understand that we do not

have equal access and opportunity to playing sport and being physically active. there are significant barriers to entry and some very stubborn in equality is actually the ambition is to enable people locally, regionally and indeed ultimately nationally to have more activity in their lives, to fill the benefits of that for their physical, mental health and wellbeing, their sense of community, and perhaps most of all, to ensure that those who previously felt more excluded, less engaged by sport, have had the chance because of the programmes that we run. one community project receiving funding is the impact fitness academy , a group in birmingham academy, a group in birmingham trying to make a difference to people's lives combat people's lives through combat sports such free star sports such as free star wrestling and boxing assistant coach nick forshaw stresses the importance of that money for projects like this . it's helped projects like this. it's helped us build our business and start to get more equipment and allow us to increase our class numbers so that we can reach a wider community. areas the next commonwealth games are to be held in victoria, australia in

2026 and there'll be expectations for them to put on a show like birmingham did. in the meantime , this city is the meantime, this city is starting to build its legacy and keep that game spirit alive . keep that game spirit alive. carson . gb news really carson. gb news really interesting actually. we just had somebody tweets me in response to that story we were just talking about with border force strikes and our armed forces coming in to cover that pool. forces coming in to cover that pool . emirates has been in touch pool. emirates has been in touch on twitter saying being stuck in barracks, doing camp and guard dufiesis barracks, doing camp and guard duties is a tedious affair for military personnel. the strikes do allow them to be operational in some capacity . do allow them to be operational in some capacity. his majesty's forces all the best in the world here to that ball. thanks again for your service. well, after the break, we'll be chatting with sports broadcaster paul code to get all the latest on the football. please stay with us. is looking wet and windy us. uk is looking wet and windy for with the driest weather for some with the driest weather in the heavy rain will in the north. heavy rain will affect southwest england through this morning, bringing a risk of

flooding potential travel flooding and potential travel disruption. a mild but windy start to the day with coastal gales likely. rain will affect london and southeast england this morning. it'll be mostly light , but there will be some light, but there will be some heavy busting becoming increasing me windy. it'll be wet . blustery start for southern wet. blustery start for southern wales with spells of heavy rain that could cause delays to transport this morning across the midlands , rain will spread the midlands, rain will spread north eastwards through this morning with some heavy bursts expected at times. will be a mild but increasingly windy day, especially to the lee of high ground. we are dry and generally cloudy. start today across north—east england . rain will north—east england. rain will start sweep in from the southwest through this morning with some heavy spells at times becoming windy. a dry but icy start across southern scotland this morning with some clear spells . rain will move into the spells. rain will move into the far south towards midday, though this will be mostly light at first. a band of rain will

spread north eastwards across northern ireland through this morning with some heavy bass expected becoming breezy towards midday , especially around midday, especially around northern and eastern coast. rain will continue north eastwards with strong winds becoming widespread and showers will follow this evening, some of which will be heavy. and that is how the weather is shaping up for the rest of the day .

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of living crisis continues to hit, consumers , please get in hit, consumers, please get in touch. all the usual ways. email gb news at gb news or tweet at gb news at gb news or tweet at gb news. loads coming in today. only new year's resolutions and also quoting here it just gives also quoting here it just gives a nice picture of this dog . he a nice picture of this dog. he does. it all does. paul coyne , does. it all does. paul coyne, does. it all does. paul coyne, do you old dog pictures for me and sports news for the nation and sports news for the nation and that's what hits you now. it is exactly what i'm here to do. justin, cristiano and aldo is sitting there spitting blood, sitting there spitting blood, sitting over christmas dinner. they're watching manchester united and thinking , if i'd have united and thinking, if i'd have been there, it would have been five i wonder what he five nil. i wonder what he actually truly thinks because he fell out, didn't he, with a spectacular with erik ten hag and then did some ridiculous interview saying that he thought that it was all wrong and everybody was unhappy. well, it seems that as soon as cristiano

ronaldo moves away, everything seems to come together. so it was the divisive factor in what was the divisive factor in what was going on there . and it all was going on there. and it all seems to be coming together because manchester united, i'm sorry to say their selves, but to it's painful. i know, i know. it's really but the thing is this closure for you, though, is this closure for you, though, is this does it help to talk about it while the season is still got a long way? it's a rollercoaster. i'm going i'm hoping it does get a glimmer of hope but i mean, it hope from you. but i mean, it was it was three nil, two too many nights. and i to say, many nights. and i have to say, marcus rashford back from the world was absolutely he was world cup was absolutely he was outstanding man the match. outstanding man of the match. i've to they destroyed i've got to say. they destroyed forest, we forest, although i think we should a goal that was should have had a goal that was disallowed offside. i mean, disallowed for offside. i mean, united are looking very, very tasty. as matty tasty. they are, again, as matty rice would say rice davis said, they would say that, they? but about that, wouldn't they? but about the about to go but yeah absolutely. and thing is absolutely. and the thing is it's there's certainly no it's no there's certainly no shame moment go to old shame at the moment to go to old trafford game because trafford and lose a game because they looking very good. and trafford and lose a game because thel looking very good. and trafford and lose a game because thel mentioned; very good. and trafford and lose a game because thel mentioned before, iood. and trafford and lose a game because thel mentioned before, iod. and trafford and lose a game because thel mentioned before, i putand trafford and lose a game because thel mentioned before, i put the as i mentioned before, i put the hands up and i didn't think the

erik ten hug thing was going to work. and it is so looking very good. marcus rashford's fine good. and marcus rashford's fine playing the playing very well as well. the other chelsea and other game, chelsea and bournemouth, a bit other game, chelsea and boa'nemouth, a bit other game, chelsea and boa terribleh, a bit other game, chelsea and boa terrible run, a bit other game, chelsea and boa terrible run, but a bit other game, chelsea and boa terrible run, but it's a bit other game, chelsea and boa terrible run, but it's that bit of a terrible run, but it's that gap, maybe that world cup gap has made difference because has made a difference because i was another think got was also another think i've got wrong that was wrong thinking that there was a chance the world cup would change maybe change things, that maybe arsenal would come back. i mean, of arsenal won spurs of course arsenal won spurs would come back different now. exactly the same horrendous first and then a much first half. and then a much better second half. so it really does seem be where we left does seem to be where we left off, although bournemouth, it hasn't well for hasn't worked quite well for them because they had 11 points from gary o'neil came in as, from 13. gary o'neil came in as, as assistant manager and a caretaker now taking over. but again going to chelsea and chelsea just rode all over them . i mean, there was no problem there. and they want to know they could have been more as well. half time to the game was over a half time quarters. yeah the dogs the last of the great unreconstructed good politically incorrect sports. you think incorrect sports. do you think so? you still think so? do you still think politically incorrect ? certainly

politically incorrect? certainly in of the crowds . the in terms of the crowds. the crowds, although it is wild, marvellous. it's not those moments where back in the day where you would see some of the old darts player, they'd have a beer that never sang beer in one hand that never sang in other, and then they'd be in the other, and then they'd be throwing cigarette at the throwing the cigarette at the dartboard. then dartboard. and then it was i mean, change. it has changed because thing is, they've mean, change. it has changed beceto e thing is, they've mean, change. it has changed beceto move thing is, they've mean, change. it has changed beceto move with is, they've mean, change. it has changed beceto move with the they've mean, change. it has changed beceto move with the times; mean, change. it has changed beceto move with the times and had to move with the times and it's now the pdc world darts championship. i mean, is it a phantom stick event? it really is fantastic event. is a fantastic event. so yesterday, peter right. peter snake bite, right . nice yesterday, peter right. peter snake bite, right. nice was knocked out yesterday . now this knocked out yesterday. now this is an interesting character. peter quiet peter right. he's very quiet when you meet him. very quiet. doesn't really say too much. and i've interviewed him on number i've interviewed him on a number of occasions then you say it's one those characters that one of those characters that then him go out on stage then you see him go out on stage and you know, he's got and he's got you know, he's got the mohican, wears the he the mohican, he wears the he wears grinch christmas gear wears the grinch christmas gear as . and a real character. as well. and a real character. but again, away from the jockey, very quiet, very reserved, very but not as you'd say, but anyway, he's the world champion

and was knocked out by kim. hi. bricks of belgium yesterday so we're moving through round three now are you finding the adults there really up? i have not been to the darts, i must say, but i have seen lots of people going to the dogs. yes. in their costumes. what we know about is we'll get the same thing. it's a fancy dress. you know, the amount of oompa—loompas you will always see, every day, which i don't know whether it's a good thing, but human sized chickens and yeah, yeah . and pig. exactly. yeah, yeah. it's a whole farmyard of darts, but my favourite was but it is a my favourite was a diana bird, but they were holding up a sign that said 190, which thought was funny but which i thought was funny but with very good. and now i know for a fact that quite a few former darts glories are. what's gb news bobby george to great bobby george watches gb news. he follows me on twitter . he bobby george watches gb news. he follows me on twitter. he wears some jewellery. disney, bobby, george bobby george the george loved bobby george in the day place. but day. there's a great place. but you things have on. you know, things have moved on. the players , there's a the younger players, there's a younger which is which is younger player which is which is kind of cool, just rock and just rockers northern ireland ,

rockers from northern ireland, 21 deep . and i can 21 years old, deep. and i can ask bill some the native astronauts, someone i know very well and he looked like was well and he looked like he was going a good run. but going to have a good run. but this rock look out for this just rock 21. look out for him northern irish i think him northern irish and i think he's going to go very way to watch . so that little story for watch. so that little story for you. i went to wales to you. so i once went to wales to watch phil the power tailor play in office season. he went to in the office season. he went to a working club in the a working men's club in the valleys he literally was on valleys and he literally was on his knees playing the champion . his knees playing the champion. he beat the local champion on his knees and it was very humiliating experience to say thatis humiliating experience to say that is the most humiliating thing , but it's blooming good to thing, but it's blooming good to watch. phil the penalty, was that good. he could beat a local champion on his knees just showing off. well there was there was a player that did this at the world championship, did a no look hundred and 80. and that's because if you think that's it. because if you think about it, and this is one of the great debates when it comes around whether it's around sport, whether it's nature nurture whether nature or nurture or whether you need have a true talent . need to have a true talent. there's so many footballers that i've spoken to that have said

no, just pure hard work. whereas you see some great talents, you couldn't do that unless you've got something within you. and where's darts going to annoy every darts player , professional every darts player, professional player in the world now , is that player in the world now, is that surely what you're doing is just throwing in the same place all the time? complete practise. practice practise. so is it a natural talent? do you have hand—eye coordination or is it just something where you just throw the thing in the same place? well, this is what i'm challenging each day to get to the title next year. well, the world title next year. well, i've practise. i've practise and practise. practice that's still terrible. oh, really 180. oh, you really know 180. i'll. okay, but the one every now and again. yeah, yeah, yeah. again. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. well afraid he's well that's time i'm afraid he's out of it. okay, so thanks very much, jess. well after the break, we'll be biting and discussing the stories, making the papers today with claire pearsall but enjoy .

good morning. that's how i was just gone. 835 let's bring you up to date with the stories making the front pages of the papers today and the ike was the escalating train strikes with thousands to be balloted again under a new tactic to increase the number of major walkouts across the entire network the mail has an exclusive union baron have launched a loyalty card scheme the strikers designed claims to artificially swell line numbers and the telegraph says the royal military academy sandhurst is today urged to tackle an allegedly toxic cojo sexual assault embedded within the institution . you the express institution. you the express says thousands of vulnerable cancer patients are being stranded in isolation without support during the cost of living crisis . and the guardian

living crisis. and the guardian says hundreds of voluntary organisations have been forced to shut or scale back operations because of government delays in replacing eu funding . well, it's replacing eu funding. well, it's time to go through the now and joining us this morning is political editor of sunday people nigel nelson and former conservative chief adviser claire pearsall . and if you claire pearsall. and if you don't know watching or listening at home, they are, in fact, a married couple and the first time saying isn't it the two of you on opposing sides , the table you on opposing sides, the table on the four of you ? we love the on the four of you? we love the fireworks . so lots more of that, fireworks. so lots more of that, please . and so clash we start please. and so clash we start with you in the express something a bit different robot arms are making strikes and unions redundant . yes, it has unions redundant. yes, it has taken on a strike. it certainly is. and this could be a little warning for mick lynch. be careful what you wish . we are

careful what you wish. we are now seeing the transportation be run by robots . the dlr in run by robots. the dlr in london. does that quite successfully and in this piece by tim newick, he says in dubai, the trains are driverless . they the trains are driverless. they run perfectly fine . so you do run perfectly fine. so you do certainly have to look at and think automation of the transport system could be the way forward. then you remove , way forward. then you remove, oh, look, he's already looking at me . you remove all for those at me. you remove all for those for those unions. i mean the piece is quite interesting because i don't think you can look at it for everything. single sector, you couldn't potentially look at it for the border because we've seen that with e—gates . however, you still with e—gates. however, you still do need a physical person when the e—gates don't work , but it the e—gates don't work, but it is something technology is playing border playing a part in border security and i think that will continue . the one thing it can't continue. the one thing it can't do is take over in the care sector because i don't think robots could be an exceptional midwife at all. you need some empathy, you need some humour,

you need a little bit of human personality going on. and the same with care workers. this piece does sort of think that perhaps a robot could be trained to speak to elderly in care homes. but i think that is probably a step too far. but i think those industries such as trains, buses , you could look as trains, buses, you could look as automation . i'm obsessed with automation. i'm obsessed with the vocations and the sectors that we will be replaced by automation . i think we should automation. i think we should have a conversation about, you know, balance, make sure, they don't choose them. but nigel casey, you bristling back the idea because don't forget have idea because don't forget i have such right extreme countries such far right extreme countries such far right extreme countries such as sweden and denmark already have automated trains. so why not in the one in the uk where we have them here? i mean that i used to travel to one one to which was the docklands to work, which was the docklands railway in london. but, but although the was although the train was driverless, you had what driverless, you still had what they train captain on they called a train captain on board god . and board effectively a god. and what of the issues about the rmt strike is there trying to make driver only trains? so there's

no guard there? so the idea of having that human contact, no guard there? so the idea of having that human contact , the having that human contact, the people travelling home late at night, we might feel in danger. you've got somebody to take over the train. if the robots system fails, would it means is that people still play a part and so you know you you didn't have sort of robots joining unions. you have people joining unions. and they would remain within that system. but seems that system. but it just seems to me right , that you at to me right, that you have at least a human on board. i am not in favour of driver only trains that aren't automated. i think you need that extra person there . some might say that mick lynch looks like a bit of a robot. and you said you just repeat same thing seem to budge. thing and doesn't seem to budge. anyway, digress . thing and doesn't seem to budge. anyway, digress. nigel. anyway, i digress. nigel. another , not another another wave, not another strike. nigel moves strikes more strike. nigel moves strikes more strike this time , is it? yeah. strike this time, is it? yeah. this is junior doctors, and this is a survey by medical association that union and what it's showing is the 65% of junior doctors have actually

researched leaving the leaving the profession . while eight in the profession. while eight in ten are thinking about it. i think this is partly shows the dire state of the nhs at the moment and of course we've got junior doctors balloting next month for strike action . so we'd month for strike action. so we'd like to see a situation where we're going to have nurses, ambulance drivers, junior doctors , all of them, all of doctors, all of them, all of them coming out next month. what we've got to do is just take a grip of the nhs. we've got to do is just take a grip of the nhs . yes. and grip of the nhs. yes. and i think there's nothing wrong with the people who work there . the people who work there. they're absolutely fantastic . they're absolutely fantastic. what is wrong is the system and the system has got to be reformed. i wouldn't drift clear since then. i got really quite concerned about is the people who have years and years, years been how to be a great been trained how to be a great doctor in the uk and then suddenly they swan off abroad and go to australia and you know it's not cricket is it. it isn't and they should stay in the nhs and they should stay in the nhs and i do think in this respect i

think nigel does have a point that you need to have a greater conversation about the nhs and its structure because yes, we have trains these individuals to be doctors. there's a lot of time and money being poured into it. these are very astute , it. these are very astute, trained people that we need to be able to keep. we shouldn't lose them to other countries, but the system itself think let's slap down. it's not a case of pouring more money into the nhs, that's all i've really hate that argument that it's underfunded. it really, really isn't . it is underfunded. it really, really isn't. it is badly underfunded. it really, really isn't . it is badly structured . isn't. it is badly structured. so i think that needs to. how do we money then. so these people don't have to clear off the balloon? how do we save money in the think you could the nhs? oh, i think you could make some quite reforms by make some quite easy reforms by removing officers. removing diversity officers. let's be honest, when you see positions for 60, 70, positions like that for 60, 70, £80,000 being advertised within the nhs, the diversity officer doesn't lives . nigel would doesn't save lives. nigel would you rather have a junior doctor? or maybe or three or a or maybe two or three or a diversity officer? well i was

diversity officer? well if i was ill i'd rather ajudua don't pay a diversity . officers and a diversity. officers and managers important are managers are important are talking about the fifth largest employer here in the world. it needs be managed . right, claire? needs be managed. right, claire? this is quite a shocking story this morning, perhaps because if you are a parent speaking a mother this morning, you said it didn't surprise her at all. this story in the i it's about sugary baby foods really of sugar. it is and i think this was this was really surprising thing is just how much sugar are in these baby and toddler food packages . and and toddler food packages. and in 2019 the government issued a review of this which stated that there are inconsistencies between national recommendations on the ingredients in these food products, but there is absolutely no guidance on the amounts of salt and sugar in baby and toddler fees. amounts of salt and sugar in baby and toddler fees . and if baby and toddler fees. and if you think this is your introduction to the world of

solid food , and if you're being solid food, and if you're being put on something that is quite sugary, sweet or salty that is going to set your tastebuds up for life and levels of obesity and tooth decay later in life are going to be enormous. the repercussions of it are absolutely huge, but it was the baby pouches aimed at children under 12 months, which contained more sugar by volume than coca—cola now. i've got a really shocking confession to make. my two glorious children are watching. hello, sunday. and if you're at home. so sunny is 13. dotty is eight. sunny, i did spend a lot of time making baby food. i didn't do that for you. guess what it does . it's these guess what it does. it's these pouches know. great so i kind of get where parents come from because they're quick like opinion. okay they're expensive. but he's got the times we're making risotto for kids. play with this is it. i admired the will those parents that spend will of those parents that spend their weeks weekends their weeks, weeks and weekends pureeing food and putting it into ice cube containers, putting the freezer when, putting it in the freezer when, to fair, there a bell.

to be fair, there was a bell. just was there ready to go. just it was there ready to go. i kept putting my bag and my son. hello, james. watching . hello, james. we're watching. you did have these pouches . it you did have these pouches. it is. it is. but you're right. i wish i had more time to have done that. but unfortunately, life got in the way. we've got another another story here from the in niger. one of yours the eye in niger. one of yours again, about food for kids. this next, expanding the free school meals program . yeah, which seems meals program. yeah, which seems a good idea. this is coming from tony also backed up from tony blair. also backed up from the other side by the former chancellor, george osborne . and chancellor, george osborne. and the argument is that if you give children nutritious free school meals , you will actually solve meals, you will actually solve an obesity crisis down the road that will save the nhs money and so on. so i mean it seems like a goodidea so on. so i mean it seems like a good idea here that i think that kids now have gone to packed lunches which are not the not the most healthy things to have. and if you have a decent free school meals service , it's not

school meals service, it's not hugely expensive. we discovered that during the pandemic when bofis that during the pandemic when boris johnson tried to stop them being served in the holidays , it being served in the holidays, it was 120 million. and that's not a lot of money. so the idea of actually expanding it, maybe making the school food better so kids actually want it , that kids actually want it, that could save an awful, awful lot of trouble down the road . i of trouble down the road. i wonder if in 2023 the media could make a new year's resolution to stop asking tony blair what things i would really enjoy that if it was a carbon show . i think the one problem show. i think the one problem i have here is that i don't have an issue with free school meals, and i think that they are a benefit to the majority of children. what i have a problem with is tackling and with is tackling obesity and suggesting that free school meals going solve it. meals are going to solve it. anybody that has seen a school meal knows that they aren't actually nutrition . leigh great actually nutrition. leigh great choices . they could be, but choices. they could be, but unfortunately , because kitchens unfortunately, because kitchens are not there and these are quite often bought in the food isn't there and when children go

out to get whatever it is that they wanted to eat at lunchtime, it's gone. and they have to have a sort of cobbled selection or even a sandwich made by the kitchen staff so they don't go hungry. i love meals. i hungry. i love school meals. i absolutely the back. in my absolutely love the back. in my day. was sticking toffee day. it was all sticking toffee pudding. oh, that's pudding. yeah, yeah. oh, that's a school cake with the pink custard. i really didn't . a school cake with the pink custard. i really didn't. it was a big city, though . well, well, a big city, though. well, well, 25. jamie oliver came in and had a way with all of that when i was at school, so we didn't have very fun school meals. jamie stole your chocolate. he's your turkey. twizzlers. yeah you want to cover elliot, but, yeah. let's talk about one class. oh, let's class this. this is who i thought. this is quite funny. the two in five wine drinkers bluff their way through the wine list to pretend that they have more knowledge . 41% of wine more knowledge. 41% of wine drinkers admit that they are clueless when it comes wine. and i think we've all met that person that you've been out with. who will that person i've

lost a lot of as well, to be honest. i think every everybody does. but the person that tastes, the one who just goes, oh, yes, that's marvellous. and i they say that i think they would say that irrelevance, relevance of what it was in that glass and people go for quite interestingly the pretty the wine. i mean pretty labels the wine. i mean i tend to look at them on those in my it's guilty and my budget. it's guilty and whatever's spash if i may i whatever's on spash if i may i would say, you know, because it's a it's a cost thing, an expensive don't always taste best. and i think there is a little bit of should have little bit of you should have more like not to impress more you like not to impress somebody else if you like it, you enjoy the taste. you go for it. you have to have it. you don't have to have something very expensive just to impress with impress people that you're with because can boggle, because the mind can boggle, can't you're reading can't it, when you're reading a wine restaurant and wine list at a restaurant and you're like, oh, what do i do now? but people obey the now? but some people obey the one they go now. just one that they go for now. just go with the housewife. yeah, yeah. make it easy. this is, yeah. make it easy. but this is, i this might be of my i think this might be one of my new resolutions. and we new year's resolutions. and we were break, but were laughing in the break, but were laughing in the break, but we thought what to we must have thought what to dnnk i we must have thought what to drink i think know to know drink this, i think know to know my more. yeah. so,

my wines more. yeah. so, yes i go violet i've got failsafe solution in a restaurant for the second cheapest. a second cheapest. yeah in a supermarket. go for the one that's offer with most that's on offer with the most money yeah to work on a money off. yeah to work on a money off. yeah to work on a money saving tip as well. yeah. it seems to okay . yeah. no, i it seems to be okay. yeah. no, i don't disagree. this it speaks to we haven't got very long but let's, let's just have a brief glance shall we, at the story in the telegraph about police failing to solve thefts. yeah. this is new figures that have come this is a more than come out and this is a more than a million thefts that they've not suspects for over the not found suspects for over the last year. and some of the criticism has come down to the fact the police spend their time monitoring twitter and things like that. and one of the things that rishi sunak has said his leadership campaign was they must put a stop to that. but to be to be fair to the police, they only investigate the complaints that come before them. and if someone complains about a tweet , they must about a tweet, they must investigate it . the answer is investigate it. the answer is rishi sunak's should change the law. yeah, complete waste of law. yeah, a complete waste of time. be policing time. they should be policing the not policing

the streets, not policing tweets. i think on that on tweets. and i think on that on that bombshell, we should we should call time. should probably call time. thank you, and for being you, nigel and clare for being very for a married very civil. yes for a married couple. that's a bit more first data milestone. thank you . let's data milestone. thank you. let's bnng data milestone. thank you. let's bring you up to date with today's other news stories . west today's other news stories. west midlands police have named a 23 year old man who was killed at a nightclub in birmingham on boxing day. as cody fisher. officers were called to the crane nightclub after reports that a man had been stabbed on the dance floor. hundreds of people were at the club at the time and witnesses are being urged to come forward. another man down in his prime says. urged to come forward. another man down in his prime says . and man down in his prime says. and the city of buffalo in new york state is has started. the after a severe blizzard hits it causing 28 fatal cities with many people freezing to death in their cars . authorities have their cars. authorities have been digging out from under four feet of snow after a record amount of snow fell across the us. at least 60 people have died

because of the storm. some families could experience a tax rate of at least 80% in 2023 due to a collision between two welfare systems. that's according to the resolution foundation . around 50,000 foundation. around 50,000 families will see child benefits withdrawn at the same time , withdrawn at the same time, universal credit . well, lots of universal credit. well, lots of you have been getting in touch with us this morning on all the different topics that we've been covering. lord, brother, does has been has got in touch on twitter that you are 100% correct in your comment earlier. the armed forces are stepping in to cover well—paid jobs when they are on a fraction of their wages. anybody's wage needs increasing. it is our armed forces . it's a disgrace that forces. it's a disgrace that they are missing leave to do this for nothing. very heartening, though , eddie, that heartening, though, eddie, that so many members of the armed services are watching the show

and getting in touch with once again as well to say thanks for all your efforts. like i said earlier, two of you to robert from from the evening standard, the defence editor there. i think they're the very think they're doing the very best a pay rise that best to get a pay rise that quietly going their quietly going about their service and not throwing a hissy fit. okay. best of british, you said earlier. best of british. okay. and we have another one, ali, on english devolution. we were chatting about whether we should have an english parliament. i'm parliament. and chris says, i'm welsh, but i've been living in england for nearly 40 years and it's right that should it's right that england should have parliament. after have its own parliament. after all, no one stands up for all, no one really stands up for england at all. here, here, to that. england at all. here, here, to that . well, do us know what that. well, do let us know what you think that gbs at gb you think about that gbs at gb news dot uk. also talking about news resolutions well. so news resolutions as well. so i have you stopped to think about that yet? let know what you're going aim to do not do in going to aim to do or not do in 2023. now the economic fallout of russia's war in ukraine and the long term impacts of the pandemic have led to turbulent times for britain's housing market. house prices since covid

have risen 20, but the latest predictions from the office of budget responsibility forecast, a 9% drop by the autumn of 2024. and landlords selling up en masse as they face high mortgage rates coupled with reduced tax relief to . some opting to buy to relief to. some opting to buy to let business model. well, joining us now to explain what's going on is property expert russell quirk. so russell, for homeowners there, all bricks and mortar still the safest bet they are absolutely . and we've got to are absolutely. and we've got to stop looking at property prices on a monthly basis. you know, we seem to have this obsession because we are a nation of kind of homeowners or indeed wannabe homeowners. we tend to look at property by way of all of the indexes that are published on monthly basis from the owners from halifax. rightmove nationwide and so on. we tend to get kind of obsessed on monthly basis, as if we're trading property, as if they were stocks and shares or commodities. of

course , most people buy a course, most people buy a property to live in rather than it being an investment, and most people live in that property for a of time and even a decent amount of time and even buy to let investors . there's buy to let investors. there's been a lot said in recent days and weeks about the state of the buy to let market and the fact as you just alluded to in your intro that lots and lots of investors and landlords are exiting sector . frankly, exiting the sector. frankly, martin, buy into that. martin, i don't buy into that. i don't believe that the forecast asks whereby landlords are said to leaving the sector in to be leaving the sector in droves . i don't think that will droves. i don't think that will bear truth for a number of reasons , but i can i can wax reasons, but i can i can wax lyrical about if you won't be to . well let's let's talk about that a little bit more because that a little bit more because that interesting saying that is very interesting saying that, know, especially if that, you know, especially if your renting people are your renting lots of people are very, very concerned. i was speaking some producers out speaking to some producers out there this morning about rents going masse well as going up en masse as well as landlords going to have landlords are going to have to pass higher mortgage pass on these higher mortgage rates and higher interest rates as well . will that just be as well. will that just be landlords who just think that's just let's just settle up

because i simply can't afford to keep up with these higher mortgage rates . well, i think mortgage rates. well, i think predominantly, no. i mean, there will always be some, you know, perhaps what we call kind of accidental landlords , you know, accidental landlords, you know, the amateur short term landlords that have kind of dipped into the sector . but but that have kind of dipped into the sector. but but most landlords take a long term view, whether that's a ten or 15 or 20% view and they don't just look at rent and what we call the yield, which is the% return that you get based on the value of the property land , which will of the property land, which will also look at capital appreciation . and as you said appreciation. and as you said just now, a couple of minutes ago, house prices across britain over the two years are up over the last two years are up by 22. so if you were a to by about 22. so if you were a to let landlords sitting on five or ten properties and they're worth £100,000 each, well you've just made £100,000 each, well you've just mad e £20,000 times the number of made £20,000 times the number of properties portfolio. so properties in your portfolio. so it's just about it's not it's not just about it's not just about rental and yield, it is about capital appreciation . is about capital appreciation. and there's also the fact, though, let's not forget that not every landlord has a mortgage. many landlords buy the

cash. so therefore , the effect cash. so therefore, the effect of mortgage rates and fixed rate mortgages increasing doesn't affect them. but with regard to fixed rate , the majority of fixed rate, the majority of landlords will be on a fixed rate. so of course, despite what's happening with interest rates in the market right now, they're going to be protected because they're on a rate. because they're on a fixed rate. and the most of them and by the time most of them come that fixed rate, they come off that fixed rate, they can rate mortgages. can see fixed rate mortgages. certainly into next in q1 certainly into next year in q1 and q2 . certainly into next year in q1 and q2. having certainly into next year in q1 and q2 . having come down fixed and q2. having come down fixed rates and again, this is not much reported fixed rate mortgages peaked about a month ago in terms of their cost. why? because the cost of money in terms of the wholesale markets has started to reduce quite significantly since about the middle of this year. so actually, although some would lament the sector because, of course , been very, very good course, been very, very good over the last few years. generally, when you take all of those things into consideration, landlords actually are having a fairly decent time of it. so nice of positive in there. nice bit of positive in there. so we expect it in the market to

settle down inflation. hopefully glass hall, fully ready. it's going to be under control. so if people looking to move now that concerned about high interest rates, is it just a good time to sit this out? although some good deals out there . well, i think deals out there. well, i think that there will be some sellers that there will be some sellers that need to sell. you know, we have a market in the uk that's made up of about a million transactions a year. and obviously that that changes year to year depending all sorts to year depending on all sorts of factors. but within to year depending on all sorts of million actors. but within to year depending on all sorts of million move. but within to year depending on all sorts of million move ath within to year depending on all sorts of million move as a within to year depending on all sorts of million move as a year n to year depending on all sorts of million move as a year , that million move as a year, there are obviously some sellers that now, if some that have to move. now, if some of them are sitting there and have been on the market a month or there may well some or two. there may well be some bargains around sellers bargains around because sellers are particularly motivated to want right now. i don't want to sell right now. i don't think buyers should wait and, you know, there seems to be almost every opportunity an expert here, an expert there will advise first time buyers to wait it out. now, i've been listening to that folks advice, which frankly think it is since the days of the brexit

referendum being announced by david cameron back in 20 1314. we were told by experts like capital economics and other doomsayers that if you waited house prices would drop and therefore as a first time buyer you be better off. what if you'd waited from then to now ? you're waited from then to now? you're actually now 75% worse off. so we need to understand what the market does, and we may see 2 to 3 months of house price, don't you? which we're now seeing. but in the medium to long term house pnces in the medium to long term house prices will always go up. so if you're sitting there thinking about not suggesting about buying, i'm not suggesting you in now, but but you dive in now, but but certainly don't hesitate . don't certainly don't hesitate. don't wait months and months, wait for months and months, months, house prices wait for months and months, montto house prices wait for months and months, montto accelerateiouse prices wait for months and months, montto accelerate again)rices wait for months and months, montto accelerate again during start to accelerate again during thousand russell, thousand and 23. okay, russell, that's a great positive nugget went on there. thank you for your this morning. your time this morning. appreciate you're with appreciate it. you're with breakfast on gb lots more breakfast on gb news. lots more coming the program. stay coming up on the program. stay with to to a short.

break good morning . 9:00 on wednesday, good morning. 9:00 on wednesday, the 28th of december. this is breakfast on tv news with ellie costello and miles and doping. here's what's in the news. this morning. members the armed forces are stepping up at airports across the uk as border force staff strike again . well, force staff strike again. well, we live at gatwick airport to see if it's having the disruptive effect that the union is hoping for as the government launches a new campaign to encourage to save energy. we'll speak to an expert with top tips on cutting down your energy consumption in 2023. on september the eight, 2022 was the day we lost our longest

serving monarch . we reflect on serving monarch. we reflect on that day and the days that followed as the nation mourned her majesty the queen. i think many of us are still coming to terms with that. i think really the king's speech was a reminder that there's a new era is being beckoned in. so tell us what you think about that. you can join in discussions by emailing in any discussions by emailing gb news or of course gb views at gb news or of course you can us at . you can tweet us at. gb news. border force staff are striking for yet another four days today at airports across britain and at airports across britain and at the ports of . yes, the strike at the ports of. yes, the strike mean delays at the border and it comes as a wave of other strikes have rattled public services. this month. well, our national reporter theo chikomba is at gatwick airport this morning and is still lashing it down with rain. theo is it going to be chaos and the delays that the union is so hoping for at

gatwick airport this morning ? gatwick airport this morning? good morning. well, this morning , it's a it's another one of those days where members are walking out. so these are pixie union members. majority of them who work at some of the major airports across the country. a lot of these people are the ones who check people's passports, check goods , and have the power check goods, and have the power to ensure that people come in and out of the country safely and, of course, keeping the other passengers safe who do so . we've heard from mark. so what 7 . we've heard from mark. so what ? he's the general secretary of the pcc union and he's saying they have a mandate to continue walking out for the next six months if a deal isn't put on the table. the government has offered a 2% pay rise, but they say it's well below inflation that parts of their campaign in the last couple of they spoke to their members , about a thousand their members, about a thousand members who are walking saying cost of living is their biggest priority they want to see. priority that they want to see. sorted. it's fine a deal in sorted. it's a fine a deal in this situation that they find

themselves in in terms of delay last week there were some strike dates which were happening . dates which were happening. border force say they didn't want this to happen to see military personnel, as we've heard morning, who are in heard this morning, who are in there today and across the country as well. but they're saying, know , hopefully saying, you know, hopefully there is a resolution to this in terms of delays itself. last week . airport bosses were saying week. airport bosses were saying it was free flowing, but there has been some criticism of that from the pcc and they say it's only free flowing because the people that they've put in haven't been adequately trained. they've been trained in such a short space of time. and of course, this means that there's people just going without too people just going in without too much disruption . so will yet much disruption. so we will yet to see what happens throughout the course , whether the day. and of course, whether there to substantive there is going to be substantive delays passengers in delays for passengers going in and the airport. well, and out of the airport. well, theo chikomba, thank you so much for us that update at for bringing us that update at airport. and if you are heading home when you've had lovely home when you've had a lovely festive somewhere, festive holiday somewhere, hopefully hot and and hopefully very hot and sunny and not wet , wet and windy like it

not wet, wet and windy like it was for theo chikomba that was there for theo chikomba that you with little to you get through with little to no delay. it goes in for a nice, well—earned hot cup on that. well, here to give is an overview of what these flights might look like. winter holidaymakers a sea for holidaymakers is a sea oh for the travel consultancy pc group. paul good morning, paul. paul charles good morning, paul. so, so we heard from simon calder , our travel guru, earlier calder, our travel guru, earlier , that it's been the least effective strike of all time. is business as normal at border force? can we expect the same this week? well, we're going to see more flights coming in over the next three days. so i think we've yet to see whether this strike has any impact or not. but certainly the face of it at the moment, it hasn't had the desired impact that the peaks union wanted . there are some union wanted. there are some 1200 flights due to land . 1200 1200 flights due to land. 1200 arrivals are due to come into the six airports affected by the strike today. so we'll see if there are any backing up and queuesin there are any backing up and queues in arrivals. but so far the allegation from the unions

is that the military have simply been waving three people without properly checking passports. those passports that are not going through the e—gates , i'd going through the e—gates, i'd find that surprising. i think the military will be doing a very good job. they're well trained for this sort of eventuality and they're simply smoothly seeing passengers through. and on that note, paul, we had robert fox, the defence said is with the evening standard here early and he was that while armed forces personnel don't have the power to stop there are still people at who can do that. at the borders who can do that. so i think it's fair to intimate that somehow our borders have been compromised. our own services are doing magnificent services are doing a magnificent job on the other. but there is the question, isn't there, paul, of all the unions, kind of weakened their bargaining power with just how good are armed forces personnel all being? i mean, things are running smoothly, but for the unions, they want to cause chaos . they they want to cause chaos. they want to cause disruption . well, want to cause disruption. well, i think there are two things here. first of all, the unions are definite in terms of future

strikes. they want to see more strikes. they want to see more strikes until the government comes to the negotiation table and essentially increases their pay- and essentially increases their pay. but the government shows no sign of doing that, not just in this dispute, but in other disputes such as rail and also highways disputes , for example, highways disputes, for example, when it comes to transport. so if the government's not going to budge the, strikers are going to carry on setting dates in the new year. the second thing is that actually many people would like to see the military operate easing into our airports. it's donein easing into our airports. it's done in overseas airports, especially in italy and in spain and morocco. and they have seamless services as you arrive, will depart from their airport. so you could argue , in fact, it so you could argue, in fact, it may be useful for this trial to be taking place, for the military to be standing in for the pcc union. and maybe it will become more of a long term thing because the airports will say oh, it was much smoother . we'd oh, it was much smoother. we'd

love to see the military acting in this way and so it might give the government an idea to reduce the government an idea to reduce the number of workers they need from the union and increase those from the military who are doing such a job. certainly doing such a good job. certainly agree. i think the armed services put forward the best ever possible to give them the pay ever possible to give them the pay rise because they've stepped in. they self lustily perform their , as you would expect . now their, as you would expect. now moving forward to the rest of the year there was a of emphasis on the state should because of lockdowns . is that something you lockdowns. is that something you think that all of these strikes might make people be even more likely to do this year? britain is getting pretty crowded on its coast that some of the evidence it will but what the strikes are doing is putting off people from perhaps what were traditional travel so they're saying i'm not sure i want to go overseas in such a rush because of the airport issues that haven't emerged yet. so they're choosing staycations instead. and i think that trend will continue. in fact, i know will continue well

into 2023. when you look at the forward bookings that ukho tells uk cottage companies and village companies to seeing they are seeing huge bookings for summer 2023 within the uk . and there 2023 within the uk. and there are many people who are saying , are many people who are saying, well, i'm not prepared to go through the airport, i don't want to pay for the higher cost of a flight because those flight costs have been rising due to inflation. i simply stay in inflation. i will simply stay in the and have a great week in the uk and have a great week in the uk and have a great week in the cotswolds or on coast the cotswolds or on the coast somewhere. so that's what's that's what we're seeing in terms of the trend. having said that, there are still very strong bookings , very high strong bookings, very high demand for travelling well into some of next year. some of the airlines are seeing some of their strongest bookings for three or four years now. so i think we're seeing people who've saved perhaps during covid lockdowns or who are less and staying at home. so they're not spending as much on their commute. they're using that money to travel more, especially

see friends and family. money to travel more, especially see friends and family . feels see friends and family. feels really good to have you on the programme as a ceo for the pc group. paul charles there he's basically saying we all need a houday basically saying we all need a holiday that way buy more abroad and look on the bright side, you know , the domestic travel know, the domestic travel industry had a tough time during lockdown, so people are going to go to a b&b or guesthouse in the uk and good luck to those business. i say, yeah but as with anything, it's expensive, isn't with energy isn't it? especially with energy bills moment for many, bills at the moment for many, many people, a holiday is not something that they can afford . something that they can afford. that's true. okay so in a new government's ad campaign, households have been urged to take simple steps to make energy savings on their yes families across the nation faced soaring energy costs as russia's invasion of ukraine sent wholesale gas prices to record highs. the tips also help to bnng highs. the tips also help to bring down britain's energy consumption , reducing the strain consumption, reducing the strain on the national grid. let's have a listen to the advice. this is a listen to the advice. this is a 32nd ad that's not long, but

is long enough to do something that could save you money on your energy bills. in 30 seconds, you can turn a boiler floor temperature down here or switch these off. that change this producer or close all of these at night each one you do will be 30 seconds well spent . will be 30 seconds well spent. they all add up and could you money does it go effect uk forward save energy for more energy saving ideas . well energy saving ideas. well joining us now is consumer champion friend of the programme and founder of how to save it will hodgson. how you will very well do you have a lovely christmas boxing day. it was fantastic. our martin my brother brought over recently castrated cat because mayhem but apart from that we had a wonderful christmas. well as you do it a family drama there's always always time for that as well . always time for that as well. let's talk that about saving money on our energy bills, because that's what you do best, isn't it? simple changes around the house to save money on our bills. what can people do ? well,

bills. what can people do? well, listen to this government campaign. there's lots of really handy it doesn't take handy tips and it doesn't take money to do it. most money to do it. the most compelling one probably is to reduce flow temperature your reduce flow temperature of your boiler . as it stands, your boiler. as it stands, your boiler. as it stands, your boiler is out water about 75 degrees. it doesn't need to be that hot. 60 degrees that i keep heanng that hot. 60 degrees that i keep hearing that on the telly, but i don't have a clue how to do. what do i do? best thing to what do i do? the best thing to do is to what boiler you do is to look at what boiler you have. google it, and there'll be a simple video and a very simple video and instruction. not much instruction. there's not much you out. just just you can't find out. just just put it down a valve it is straightforward is very straightforward, varies a straightforward, but it varies a little to little bit from device to google. want to work google. you will want to work out how to do it with other things. like for example most people you can people don't realise you can run your machine 40 your washing machine for 40 degrees less , but almost degrees or less, but almost every put in, if you're every load you put in, if you're getting it at 50, 60 degrees, you're throwing away about getting it at 50, 60 degrees, you're throwing away abou getting it at 50, 60 degrees, you're th.)wing away abou getting it at 50, 60 degrees, you're th. so 1g away abou getting it at 50, 60 degrees, you're th. so that'sly abou getting it at 50, 60 degrees, you're th. so that's oneou getting it at 50, 60 degrees, you're th. so that's one to look per year. so that's one to look at as well . tumble dryers, at as well. tumble dryers, supen at as well. tumble dryers, super, super energy inefficient, if you get away with not using those , that is a great idea . all those, that is a great idea. all of this, you have to say one

last dance on the place called grey list trust. who says i don't want to do nanny state intervention? and she refused to pony up this intervention? and she refused to pony up thi s £20 million pony up this £20 million government information campaign. ihave government information campaign. i have to say my part given that she also put the government or rather the taxpayer on the hook. but every bill in the country and that was going to cost us billions of pounds to me it makes perfect sense . the makes perfect sense. the government has done this campaign, which helps to reduce our usage by five 10% somehow. one thing i've noticed i said to this to you earlier is that everybody i know this year has been given one of those wearable blankets the christmas is like a big blanket you wear. i mean, there are about 40 or 50 quid that don't achieve those things. but were getting so but all they were getting so basically you stay warm, you keep the heating turn down. keep the heat heating turn down. it taps the key it could be taps into the key principle about all this principle about all of this stuff, which keeping heat stuff, which is keeping heat where it most, i'm where you need it most, i'm afraid the brutal reality is where you it most is about

where you need it most is about your and about body. other your and about your body. other like using your curtains making sure your curtains are sure that your curtains are closed at that is a form closed at night. that is a form of insulation which as ali knows, one of my favourite subjects and if anything, that's my one slight gripe about this . my one slight gripe about this. these little tips and tricks in around a few marginal issues. it's a bit like the government saying we're under invasion . saying we're under invasion. every household has to defend itself, so we're going to release a showing how you can make a lethal weapon out of a toothbrush . yeah. and you think toothbrush. yeah. and you think yourself, that's great. but can yourself, that's great. but can you maybe give me an assault rifle? and the truth is what you need really to bring down britain's bills permanently is , britain's bills permanently is, not behavioural tips . it's not behavioural tips. it's structural assistance by which i mean nothing short of a national insulation campaign and the video does hint at this. in fact. yeah, but there's a lot of money at the moment to pay for the basics. we afford to buy nurses. we can't afford to pay train drivers. how much you

train drivers. how much do you you're talking about for nationwide campaign. nationwide insulation campaign. well 8 million homes in well bismarck 8 million homes in britain which need their loft insulate it to do that would cost at about 500 or insulate it to do that would cost at about 500 o r £600 a pop cost at about 500 or £600 a pop it would cost the country about and a half billion pounds. now that seems like a huge amount of money. do not forget, the government has the taxpayer on the hook for every bill in the land. so if they can help us reduce the that we're spending on energy bills, they're reducing the money that the taxpayer has to spend at the end of the energy price guarantee to keep we're talking keep us afloat. so we're talking about pounds of about billions of pounds of investment. going to pay investment. it's going to pay back now back rapidly. energy is now being expensive . so if the being so expensive. so if the government paid for each households been sized, how much typically average typically could an average household save on their annual bill by losing heat bill just by not losing heat for? the roof just for that one alone. you're at reducing your heating costs by 20. this heating costs by about 20. this is feels like such a no is why it feels like such a no brainer . is why it feels like such a no brainer. now, this is a kind of another piece of recent british

political history . it was david political history. it was david cameron ten years ago who said, let's cut green crap by green crap . what he meant was an crap. what he meant was an energy efficiency crap, which i would call permanent savings , is would call permanent savings, is being research that shows if he hadnt being research that shows if he hadn't done that, we'd have gone insulate our homes at the rate we doing so before we would have saved billions of pounds at this . we all know it's good to fix the roof while the sun is shining. now, in retrospect, that was ten years ago when the cost of living was relatively low . the cost of borrowing for low. the cost of borrowing for the government was low. but the truth right now, the rain is metaphorically pouring into the living room. fixing the roof is complete , the urgent. so that's complete, the urgent. so that's why the government needs to kick on giving us tips and actually put in place a meaningful to help us insulate our homes. and we as british consumers should expect no less than serious help. we did say the insulation was your your pet project and less of the cash of pennies next time perhaps . thank you for your

time perhaps. thank you for your time perhaps. thank you for your time this morning. we'll also well the time has just gone. 9:16. let's get a check . the 9:16. let's get a check. the latest news headlines for you now and. four people have been injured in a suspected gas explosion at a house in worcestershire. emergency services were called to the incident and ever should. yesterday evening, three of the injured were taken to hospital and ten neighbouring properties were evacuated . labour is were evacuated. labour is families are losing millions of pounds due to unsold . the party pounds due to unsold. the party says well the million deaths weren't solved last year with cases dropped because police failed to find a. labour called the figures disgraceful. a home office spokesperson said the government is supporting police through record investment and the recruitment of 20,000 additional officers . march 20, additional officers. march 20, 23.the additional officers. march 20, 23. the uk is facing ice and heavy rain with the potential of flooding in. some areas a yellow rain warning place for parts of

south—west england and south wales until 3:00 today. meanwhile the met office has a yellow alert in place, snow and ice in the north and east of scotland until 10:00 this morning . we've been great this morning. we've been great this morning. we've been great this morning getting . in touch with morning getting. in touch with all your views about the issues that we have been discussing today , which is talking about today, which is talking about property. nigel'sjust today, which is talking about property. nigel's just been in touch on twitter saying property probably best probably still the best investment for the long term unless else knows better. well, russell quirk was on with us earlier and he was saying that bncks earlier and he was saying that bricks and mortar is still the best investment . and i think best investment. and i think that that's really good news for all the people watching who are fortunate to own their own homes. but a lot of young people, of course, get on people, of course, can't get on the but just nice get the ladder. but just nice to get a calming, positive news the a bit calming, positive news the moment rather all moment as they rather than all the concern. yes that was good was okay on the strike was that okay on the strike action, strikes are action, david? the strikes are clearly to bring down clearly designed to bring down

the the union clearly designed to bring down the no the union clearly designed to bring down the no sense the union clearly designed to bring down the no sense the the union clearly designed to bring down the no sense the wille union clearly designed to bring down the no sense the will probably have no sense the will probably lose the next election anyway, which has been untouchable to richard says i hope richard and he says i hope strike had a lovely strike has had a lovely christmas as i had to tell 50 of royal navy personnel from my unit alone to cancel their leave and work over the christmas penod and work over the christmas period to , cover the strike. so period to, cover the strike. so that really hits home, doesn't it? it's that idea of duty first for our armed forces and the armed forces picking up the piece once again, thank you to all the all the service people out there who have stepped up to the mark. also on train the mark. also on the train strikes, alan says driverless trains many benefits, trains will bring many benefits, including cancellations including no cancellations due to not turning up for to drivers not turning up for work . well, after the break, work. well, after the break, we'll be chatting with sports broadcaster paul coates to get all of the very latest news. so do stay with us . uk all of the very latest news. so do stay with us. uk is all of the very latest news. so do stay with us . uk is looking do stay with us. uk is looking wet and, windy for some with the driest weather in the north. heavy rain affect southwest england through this morning bringing a risk of flooding and potential travel disruption . a potential travel disruption. a mild but windy start to the day

with coastal gales likely rain will affect london and southeast england this morning it'll be mostly light but there will be some heavy busting becoming increasingly windy it'll be a wet and blustery start for southern wales with spells of heavy rain that could cause delays to transport this morning . across the midlands, rain will spread north eastwards through this morning with . some heavy this morning with. some heavy bursts expected at times. it will be a mild , increasingly will be a mild, increasingly windy day , especially to the me windy day, especially to the me of high . we are dry and of high. we are dry and generally a cloudy start today across england, rain will start to move in from the southwest through this morning with some heavy spells at times becoming windy, a dry but icy start across southern scotland this morning . some clear spells rain morning. some clear spells rain will move into the far south towards midday, though this will be mostly at first. a band of rain will spread eastwards across northern ireland through this morning with some heavy

expected becoming breezy towards midday, especially around northern and eastern coasts . northern and eastern coasts. rain will continue north eastwards with strong winds becoming widespread and showers will follow this evening , becoming widespread and showers will follow this evening, some of which will be heavy . and that of which will be heavy. and that is how the weather is shaping up for the rest of the day .

welcome back and good morning to you.the welcome back and good morning to you. the time is just gone. 9:23. it's thomson sport now. and joining us in the studio is sports and our good friend paul quite well this morning i'm very good whack the weather i think we're all aware we were a little under the weather we lost a good plane on martin feeling $1,000,000 to the ticket so anything can something i don't know where it's come from i think it's been coming from both

sides. yeah football last sides. yeah so football last night there manchester united i've paul paul martin i have to keep mentioning nottingham forest by rubbing forest getting beaten by rubbing it robbed that it and they were robbed that they should have been disallowed that disallowed the that was disallowed goal or the stroke time for us would stroke of half time for us would have been to what you know look man united were absolutely rampant were it rampant uk where they were it was another one of those was it was another one of those villages wasn't villages sessions wasn't it. which but it's which was like this but it's either off it's on you draw either off or it's on you draw the line somewhere and that was what concede. yeah. what i will concede. yeah. chelsea beat bournemouth two nil chelsea beat bournemouth two nil chelsea having a terrible chelsea were having a terrible time they lost lost three time before they lost lost three on the trot and so they're looking although looking better now although i shall in better. i mean shall look in better. i mean it's one game with respect it's one game and with respect it's one game and with respect it bournemouth who i didn't it was bournemouth who i didn't think impressive think were too impressive yesterday, although they had good now. of we've good run up to now. but of we've had a big gap. so then the christmas schedule will continuing. how do you think that kind of world cup break has affected teams and united affected teams and man united just mean , you marcus just i mean, you know marcus rashford the star player in many ways for england the star last may night seems to be may not last night seems to be a seamless transition back into

the absolutely. but the premier. absolutely. but the thing remember thing is, we've got to remember that time of year this that the time of year this probably the fittest that these players are going be. yeah. players are going to be. yeah. so why i think the world so this is why i think the world cup a success as far as the cup was a success as far as the was and was always was concerned and was always going be good, we're not going to be good, but we're not going to be good, but we're not going get players towards the going to get players towards the end they're again end of the season. they're again injured getting tired injured are getting tired because is a long season. so because it is a long season. so if you think of the season if you think of when the season begins a for them to begins it takes a for them to get going get up to speed so then when we look in around december time that is when they're at peak they're going to at their peak fitness. that's why fitness. so i think that's why there a big world which there was a big world cup which it world cup and then it could world cup and then coming back it's not going to be that tricky is it. mean it's that tricky is it. i mean it's not that talking what and not that we're talking what and a fly luxury , come back, a half fly in luxury, come back, start training again mentally. is it going to affect players? i don't know i think that's debateable. but then we've got other players and of course argentina are still celebrating. so argentinean players are so when argentinean players are actually going to their way actually going to make their way back, know . but on the back, i don't know. but on the whole think it would whole i don't think it would have them adversely at have affected them adversely at all. what we got apart

all. but what else we got apart from the reason from football? well, the reason a more and a little bit more football and that's that's smith, that's that's dean smith, i think, manager of think, who's the manager of norwich norwich have norwich now. norwich you have the geti norwich now. norwich you have the get i want to be the point i get i want to be disrespectful to norwich, but they know what like. they know what it's like. they're yo yo get, they the 90 y're a g reat yo yo get , the y they're a great yo yo get, they go get into the premier go up, they get into the premier league then they go league and then often they go down we go up again. down and then we go up again. now dean smith took over and it was about nine months ago and it just hasn't the way they wanted . they're in fifth at the moment. they are 15 points off burnley, who are absolutely flying. so this is also the time with a manager now, do you think are we to stick or twist now? this is the time that we need to make a change. so there's going to the same old names are to be the same old names are going to come up. there's to be sean dyche, i'm sure he's going to nobody's mentioned to mention. nobody's mentioned steve bruce played steve bruce. steve bruce played for so for norwich in the day, so that's idea for a sam. that's an idea for a big sam. also, it's a big show. he's always always mentioned always he's always mentioned the money's might be money's right. big sam might be there. how about this one from left field? frank lampard is someone in a job at the someone who is in a job at the moment. he's everton. it's moment. he's at everton. it's not terribly well.

not going terribly well. inevitably might inevitably i'm looking. it might be. old two be. i'm looking at old two forward and if you think forward here. and if you think if the results go very at everton would be very everton then maybe would be very interested say frank, why interested a. say frank, why don't you over and do what don't you come over and do what you with derby? it all you did with derby? so it all depends frank is in the depends how frank is in the situation then i'm situation. then again, i'm probably stuff probably picking stuff before it's happened, but dean it's actually happened, but dean smith and auditioning for smith is out and auditioning for a is a new manager. lampard is looking. i in choppy water. everton he's struggling to find that that yeah they really are and h jordan pickford as well this great goalkeeper england goalkeeper he's now going to be thinking now what do i do here because michael attracts who's coming up at the end of the season. do i then look for a move or do i stick around? so it is a worrying time with everton and also they've got a brand new stadium. there's going to be built so they need success and they to be the premier they need to be in the premier league. mean it'd be league. i mean it'd be a disaster if everton went down although very close although it was very close season so what happens season as well. so what happens with should have with frank? should we have a word djokovic ? yes, australia word on djokovic? yes, australia is australia. missed is in australia. i missed sitting this chair back

sitting in this chair back in january saying, well, it looks like he's going to be thrown out. he was kept, wasn't he? and then banned . that was then he was banned. that was a big drama, wasn't it? it was huge. was a huge drama . now, huge. it was a huge drama. now, he banned from going back to he was banned from going back to australia for three years because of the covid rules there and wasn't vaccinated . and he wasn't vaccinated. remember all the story now? i mean, seems a million miles mean, it seems a million miles away. now flown away. does so. he's now flown back that that three year ban was overturned and a couple of months ago he's allowed to months ago so he's allowed to play months ago so he's allowed to play australian open 85 play the australian open 85 tennis tournament so he's one major behind still rafael nadal if he wants to make that 22. so he plays in the adelaide open on sunday. now welcome with open arms. so you everybody was expecting boos. i think everybody's forgotten it. i think you do it, don't you. i think you do it, don't you. i think you do it, don't you. i think you will. i really think you i'm i think it. you you will. i'm i think it. you think he deserves. i think he does because i think was very does because i think he was very unfairly treated during the whole and made whole kobe thing. and he's made a scapegoat for a global scapegoat simply for believing autonomy . believing in bodily autonomy. but fashionable thing but that's a fashionable thing to yeah they've to bring up. yeah but they've they've ban think

they've reversed the ban think they've reversed the ban think they they were wrong they they know they were wrong they just made example of him and i think deserves to go and win think he deserves to go and win and hollywood i think and have his hollywood i think at very difficult. at the time it's very difficult. i say what saying i i can say what saying but i think the public opinion in australia was in the other direction at the time. i mean they were going through a horrendous covid time, people were locked they saw were locked out and all they saw was guy flying in, well, i was this guy flying in, well, i can whatever i want. i've decided that and people are thinking, well, it's laws for one laws for the other. i one and laws for the other. i mean we're moving away from sport here, but now he's come back over now i think a lot of it has been forgotten. so you know whether it's going to be the ending, whether it the hollywood ending, whether it be call it hollywood the hollywood ending, whether it bi call it hollywood the hollywood ending, whether it bi just call it hollywood the hollywood ending, whether it bi just think call it hollywood the hollywood ending, whether it bi just think thatall it hollywood the hollywood ending, whether it bi just think that he t hollywood the hollywood ending, whether it bi just think that he probablyyod , i just think that he probably will this tournament because will win this tournament because that he's tournament and that's what wants . i think, what he wants. i think, especially after what happened last than anything last year more than anything else, nice else, i thought i'd be a nice bit of karma. personally, should we quick end on we have a quick word to end on the cricket's a very fortunate incident it was it was. it incident. yes, it was it was. it was a very interesting knock here. who is the south african

bowler? south africa. we're playing australia at the moment andifs playing australia at the moment and it's one of the most bizarre injuries i wish we had the footage, but maybe we can try and re—enact this, you know, those spider cams. yes they're on cable, all cables, and they can move anywhere. and you think, wow, know, like think, wow, you know, it's like you're right in the middle of everything that's going on. well was the middle and it was right in the middle and it was right in the middle and it was him much in the was probably him too much in the middle. here comes middle. so here comes the spider. to spider, spider. comes to the spider, comes your there comes your standing there fielding comes comes fielding the spider comes comes back.i fielding the spider comes comes back. i mean, this is a huge camera that's whacked him and he's thinking what he's gone down thinking what went dead. oh, yeah, yeah. it's like earth there. and all like an earth was there. and all you see, spider can then you can see, spider can then take it off. and there's been complaints before because there are you're you, are cracks. you're saying you, know, just a little bit know, this is just a little bit too an accident too much. this is an accident waiting happen . and sure waiting to happen. and sure enough, i mean, he's one enough, it did. i mean, he's one of south africa's one of them, one world's great first one of the world's great first fast but i think was fast bowlers. but i think it was probably his shoulders probably his other shoulders that so he's okay that the bowling so he's okay i'll take some goodness that do you maybe spider cam taps you think maybe spider cam taps harry kane on his back when he was know what's funny?

was like, you know what's funny? i that? because i should say that? because i think exactly just as he think that's exactly just as he was score, something was about to score, something funny happened i think funny happened. and i think there's excuse. think what there's our excuse. i think what happened ? what? mr. daubney happened? what? mr. daubney excellent point . paul called you excellent point. paul called you of court always a pleasure. thank you. thanks, coach. yes thank you. thanks, coach. yes thank you. thanks, coach. yes thank you so much for we love you. okay after break, we're you. okay after the break, we're taking last look at the taking a last look at the papers. it's been great, hasn't it. stay with us. and we're back with shortly shortly. with you shortly shortly. justin, let .

good morning. the time is just gone. 9:33. let's bring you up to date with the stories making the front pages of the papers today and the idea of as the escalating train strikes with thousands to be balloted again a new tactic to increase the number of major walk outs across

the whole network. the mail has an exclusive union barons launched a loyalty card for strikers designed . it claims to strikers designed. it claims to artificially swell picket line numbers . and a store with numbers. and a store with a covering. at the moment, the telegraph, the royal military academy, sandhurst is today urged to tackle an allegedly toxic culture of sexual assault embedded within the institute they express thousands of vulnerable cancer are being stranded in without support dunng stranded in without support during the cost of living crisis . an during the cost of living crisis. an of voluntary organised have been forced have been forced to shut scaled back operations because of government in replacing eu funding . let's delve into the funding. let's delve into the papers in some more depth now, shall we? and joining us the last time this political editor of the sun people, nigel nelson

and former conservative adviser claire pearsall , a real life claire pearsall, a real life married couple. everybody stay at home. a differing political opinions which makes for great tv and a great pay per view those. so let's go again, shall we from three. claire, let's start with the shall we. and it's quite a shocking story about a toxic a sandhurst . it about a toxic a sandhurst. it is. and i think we need to remember that it was only in 1984 that sandhurst admitted women . so prior to that, it had women. so prior to that, it had always been a male institution. the armed forces had been very, very male dominated heads and is the one unfortunate fact that's the one unfortunate fact that's the emoji and all of the armed forces together haven't quite figured out how to deal with women and sexual assault and rape in parts of their institutions and. this is this is quite serious is when you look at the numbers and there was a lady here porter edwards chief executive of salute her,

which is a charity looking after women in the armed forces that said this 3170 women on its database, more than half of those have been raped during their time in the armed forces. now, there will be some who say, oh, well , just banter and it's oh, well, just banter and it's not always sexual , it's just not always sexual, it's just being one of the lads. but i think that that is half of the problem, that it isn't just bad. so these are serious sexual assaults. women want to be taken seriously in their career. the armed forces, they are very good , their careers. but they are treated almost as if they are trophies to some of the cadets when they're in training. and i think that's the problem. that attitude that hasn't left certain parts training, it needs to be dealt with. it needs to be deau to be dealt with. it needs to be dealt with quickly, predatory behaviour shouldn't be allowed. these professionals, these are professionals, whether they man , a woman, they are they be a man, a woman, they are there serve their country and there to serve their country and they to be listened to. they need to be listened to. they be believe and it they need to be believe and it needs to dealt with. i think needs to be dealt with. i think we all agree that call

we can all agree with that call with knowledge another story, we can all agree with that call withon owledge another story, we can all agree with that call withon to ledge another story, we can all agree with that call withon to yours another story, we can all agree with that call withon to yours now. |other story, we can all agree with that call withon to yours now. thisr story, we can all agree with that call withon to yours now. this istory, we can all agree with that call withon to yours now. this is ony, just on to yours now. this is on front of the times, another front page of the times, another sex scandal, it seems british mp is on a visit to a foreign state were met at a hotel sex workers yes probably this is not too unusual the worry here was the mp might be blackmailed because of that but what these are a all—party parliamentary groups which are only semi—official groups of mps who get together with a particularly written trust. it can be anything from cycling to botswana , whatever, cycling to botswana, whatever, whatever it might be . we've got whatever it might be. we've got 700 of these things and the mps go off travelling abroad. now, claire must have been working the house of commons for years, so heard many tales of bad behaviour on this trips most employees behave themselves. they there for a fact find. they do the job. some don't some get drunk, some use prostitutes . drunk, some use prostitutes. it's as a result. there's this warning that they could be blackmail because of that. i

mean, really when you think about quite so employees groups who obviously obviously they might well be paid for by somebody else for these trips which actually sets up another problem . it looks like the some problem. it looks like the some of them are going off on effectively 18 to 30 holidays and they tend to be between the fifties and sixties , right . and they tend to be between the fifties and sixties , right. but fifties and sixties, right. but is it all these all these taxpayer jollies ? are these is it all these all these taxpayerjollies ? are these paid taxpayer jollies? are these paid for by the taxpayers ? then the for by the taxpayers? then the going over, then again, is this or no, they're not. no. i mean, they're paid for by sponsors, which in itself can be a bit of a problem. we've had we've had a bit of that with qatar, for instance, there is a an app on on guitar . so instance, there is a an app on on guitar. so you also have instance, there is a an app on on guitar . so you also have the on guitar. so you also have the select committees, the ones who are who look after legislation and shadow the department when they go on trips , they are paid they go on trips, they are paid by the taxpayer these particular ones. no well i was an mep for a while . all i got was a box of

while. all i got was a box of chocolates on an occasional trip . so there we go. i think what's leading a clean life? let's move on is clear to. the telegraph. now, this is an extraordinarily we've been told about this throughout the morning about effective tax rates of at least 80% that as high as 96% that could hit some middle class families. what's going on here? how i mean, this is the problem with very complicated taxation system where you have a crossover with the state benefit system and what george osborne did, if we all remember back in the day to change the what was the day to change the what was the old family allowance which became child benefit, he decided that it wasn't to be a universal benefit any more and you would taper off as soon as she started earning over 50,000. now that rate has been frozen and unfortunately, where people's wages have increased, whether they've got another job, it's dragging more and more people into the tax threshold where. they would lose things like child benefit . and if they are

child benefit. and if they are in receipt of any universal credit which some families in £50,000 will be if their childcare costs are extortion it, then you start to have this perfect storm of being tax higher as much as 96, which unbelievable in this and age sort of 1970s style to a certainly is this is a majority of people's salaries now being lost and it's just the government hasn't quite ironed out some of those problems think that if they don't do it you are going to see more and more people, at least 90,000 families by about 2030 dragged into this, which going to be some really difficult for a lot of people who won't earning huge amounts of money. this has been a problem ever since it was introduced . this taper off of introduced. this taper off of child benefit where you have a single parent earning just over the threshold child benefit to earning sort of £49,000 each to earning sort of £49,000 each to earn this in one family, they still get to keep it. there is always been that kind of

discrepancy. this is just making worse and it is a bit of a perfect storm here for the resolution foundation. a quite right to point this out. and it does need to be looked at in the perfect storm as well. if you think that the contact must bear where of living crisis where the cost of living crisis that's middle class that's impacting middle class families, where perhaps these are that suffered are families that never suffered before, families , before, working families, struggling food on the struggling to put food on the table and then you take into into account these tax benefits being removed as well. i mean, it's going impact people that it's going to impact people that have i mean, mean, have never i mean, i mean, there's a different study which which that because of which is showing that because of the being dragged into the of people being dragged into higher tax rates that even if you're on average earning about 33,000, you stand to lose 8000 more in tax over the next decade. and that's these these weren't spelled out when me and unveiled his budget but that's the actual financial cost of what he was doing he think nigel and claire and that we voted for the boris we got rishi through through liz but we've ended up

with taxation that sounds like corbynism. well to understand it is. i mean, i to say that i was amazed during the during the pandemic when rishi sunak, in fact, adopted joe mcdonnell's budget effective spending fact, adopted joe mcdonnell's budget effective spendin g £400 budget effective spending £400 billion during during covid. and certainly you're right at the moment what they're trying to do is just recoup money. they've got to get some money back because the finances are in such a terrible state. but yes . mean, a terrible state. but yes. mean, in a sense, that budget was something that labour could have delivered . and i wonder if that delivered. and i wonder if that man and wife , it were of man and wife, it were of different sides of the political spectrum. but is part of the problem. claire is all of the political parties just look at the bill and sound the same? i think that is one of the problems at the moment. you can't really get a sort of cigarette paper between all of them. there is enormous, as nigel said, this the that nigel said, this the budget that we during covid it was we had during covid it was something jeremy corbyn would have we seem have been proud of and we seem to be following the labour party

on absolutely everything at the moment . and as a conservative moment. and as a conservative that's really hard to say. how do we get how did the tories put some sensible forward? does the way this nonsense about net zero, i would like to see that go and i think the majority of voters would also like to see that go. you need to get through and done properly. you start to reduce taxes . those the reduce taxes. those are the things conservatives want . things that conservatives want. liz think went about it liz truss i think went about it too quickly. yeah, i think some of plans very good, of her plans were very good, very interesting, very innovative. i think it was innovative. but i think it was just too much, too soon. but we can't keep playing catch up. so the labour policy, they put something out there and we take it ours because that isn't it as ours because that isn't conservative making and conservative policy making and labour to actually labour also needs to actually come some kind come back with some kind opposition because we don't actually what stand for actually see what they stand for at moment there's a face at the moment there's a face being at me down the being pulled at me down the other of the table, but the other end of the table, but the last it was your remark last season it was your remark about liz truss that i mean , liz about liz truss that i mean, liz truss his budget was complete know utterly bonkers. and the whole point of that was that

when the markets the way they did this wasn't a political cool kind of gesture by that all they care about is making profit, making money and they realised the budget was such a disaster the budget was such a disaster the britain wasn't worth investing in. and so, i mean, liz , i don't think one could liz, i don't think one could suggest that any of it was on the right track. but do you think looking back though, the actual amount of money that truss was pumping into economy was billion quid? now was about 4 billion quid? now people the political are people on the political left are after multiples of after many, many multiples of that pay nurses and to pay so that to pay nurses and to pay so what's coming? where's that money come? if we couldn't find full billion pounds with those tax cuts, where the heck are we going to find all these untold billions to buy nurses and the rmt the whole rmt. but that was the whole point liz truss budget that point of liz truss budget that when she was trying to cut taxes at a when really shouldn't at a when taxes really shouldn't be cut. i mean i don't even think the labor party, the senate, the labour party wouldn't but the wouldn't have done that. but the real problem was it was never costed , made that fundamental costed, made that fundamental mistake of not getting the

office of budget responsibility report. it which would have told whether not this was a goer. i suspect reason it didn't come through is because it wasn't ago and the markets then reacted the way they did. but i think that does highlight. the problem though, where does though, is that where does opposition go if they want to fund nhs, to the tune god fund the nhs, to the tune god knows how many millions more and railway workers and, paramedics and and—and where does that money come from? because i haven't seen anything lays out from the labour party that would suggest have a plan for suggest they have a plan for making happen other than making that happen other than increasing taxes . and they all increasing taxes. and they all know you're not nick the windfall tax that the labour put forward when it comes to the health they're talking about getting rid of non—dom status that would raise about getting rid of non—dom status that would raise abou t £1.6 that would raise about £16 billion for the health service. so there are other things out there that you could actually get money from. is this what the digital about? yeah, yeah . that

digital about? yeah, yeah. that bnngs digital about? yeah, yeah. that brings us quite neatly onto next story in the eye here. but it's one of yours, nigel. make a plan for break—ups before buying a house together, sighs vicky. but this seems a bit depressing plan for your demise before you would get going . it's actually quite get going. it's actually quite good advice . really don't ask good advice. really don't ask something like i'd never be able to work the tv remote. i'm where i get my personal stories from claire or but what this actually is, it's more about cohabitation . and i think this is the next big thing that legislation has to tackle to actually give cohabiting couples proper rights. one of the suggestions here in the in eye is that you actually have a contract drawn up when you first get together, which doesn't terribly romantic . but the problem is there's no such thing as common law, marriage and people think that there is there's nothing in law about that. and as a result, you

break up and you're just living somebody. you have no rights whatsoever . so whoever owns the whatsoever. so whoever owns the house, they take the whole lot . house, they take the whole lot. and one of the things that things that really the that now need to do is come out with proper laws as to cover cohabitation so people will have some rights and you're a bit younger than the rest of us on this panel, if you don't mind saying i don't miss age. you but if a fella came into your life or you have one and you live and he said, right, we're going to get together, but here's a prenup signed this. how would that make you feel? but it's not very no, agree with very romantic no, i agree with you, nigel, but you know what? a lot friends are having lot of my friends are having this with their this conversation with their halves you cannot halves now because you cannot afford yourself. you afford to buy by yourself. you just can't. so you do need to buy that second person to buy that that second person to enable to a mortgage. you enable to get a mortgage. you have to afford anything. that's just reality of it. and so just the reality of it. and so it's how you tackle that and people coming in different people coming in on on different salaries are putting salaries and people are putting down a lot more than perhaps the

other it messy it's really really difficult actually think vicky spratt has got a plan here in this article basically saying you need to just work out really until is enshrined in law until it is enshrined in law what you do as a couple think it just ultimately comes to down what think is best i mean, what you think is best i mean, it is like a prenup. what you think is best i mean, it is like a prenup . a prenup it is like a prenup. a prenup sometimes the early stages of dating, i mean, but that's the reality because people can't afford to buy. but it is. and it's very harsh reality but it it's a very harsh reality but it actually just then takes all of that problem away. should you break which those of us who break up, which those of us who have been through a divorce, this know how painful that this table know how painful that is. but think if you have this is. but i think if you have this contract drawn they're all contract drawn up, they're all no . and if you split, no disagree. and if you split, you've something written that stays that you're having, you know, it's split 60, 40, 30, 70, whatever the split is. and whoever's taking the cash or the dog the goldfish, it's there. dog or the goldfish, it's there. and everybody knows where they stand. so it takes that horrible emotional pull out it, which emotional pull out of it, which when you go through a divorce, the financial settlement is

always painful. always very, very painful. so i think anything that can minimise. has got be minimise. that has got to be a good well hopefully. good thing. well hopefully. clare, thank you clare, nigel thank you for joining this morning together joining us this morning together asking but there won't be another amongst you in another divorce amongst you in the trial . that the cards. no long trial. that we got you in and i think we've broken the queue hopefully, but many, many say good fun. thank you. great food. thanks for coming in today. i've just gone 9:49. let's bring up to date with the latest news headlines . with the latest news headlines. and west midlands police have named a 23 year old man killed at a nightclub in birmingham on boxing day as cody fisher. officers were called to the crane nightclub after reports a man had stabbed to death on the dance floor. hundreds of people were at the club at the time and witnesses are being to come forward. it's really upsetting the storytelling really is the city of buffalo , new york state, city of buffalo, new york state, has started to clean up after a severe blizzard hit, causing 28 fatalities. and that area alone with many people freezing to in

their cars, well , have been their cars, well, have been digging out from under four feet of snow after record amount of snowfall across the us, at least 60 people have died because of the storm and some families could experience a tax rate of at least 80% in 2023. as we just heard in the paper review, due to a collision, two welfare systems , that's according to the systems, that's according to the resolution foundation around 50,000 families will see child benefits at the same time as credit . now, it was a day that credit. now, it was a day that shook the nation, despite her majesty the queen's advanced years. her passing on the 8th of september 20, 20 to still cause shock and a huge sense of loss across the nation. a royal reporter , cameron walker, looks reporter, cameron walker, looks back on that day and the events that followed . the news everyone that followed. the news everyone was dreading . buckingham palace

was dreading. buckingham palace has announced that the queen has died. peacefully at balmoral, a day is now etched in history. queen elizabeth, the second was the rock on which modern britain was built. our country has grown and flourished under her reign. is the great country is today because of her . her thousands at because of her. her thousands at royal residences to lay flowers . and paddington bears a nod to her late majesty's surprise sketch at her platinum jubilee . sketch at her platinum jubilee. immediately, charles ascended the throne and was formally proclaimed king at the ascension council in st james's palace . council in st james's palace. politicians past and present unhedin politicians past and present united in grief, despite their policy differences. hate his mother on the thursday here was on the saturday morning standing in front of all of his private

counsellors there his privy councillors and. the king tribute to his beloved mother and renewed her pledge of lifelong service. thank you so for an olive branch from prince william to his brother prince harry when the siblings reunited secrete to the public with their wives and v flowers outside windsor. and he reconciling was short lived . the queen's coffin short lived. the queen's coffin accompanies by her daughter princess anne was driven st charles cathedral in edinburgh to lie at rest an opportune mercy for the people of scotland to their last respects to the queen of the united kingdom , an queen of the united kingdom, an raaf c—17 flew her late majesty back to london . the state's back to london. the state's hearse, especially designed for the public to see inside drive down crowds lined streets before one final night in buckingham palace. well—rehearsed ceremonial procession brought the queen to westminster hall so the queen to westminster hall so the public could pay their last respects. as her late majesty lay in state, people would queue for hours on end. they'd finally

in and it would be 5 seconds. 6 seconds. and it just happened. so and so peacefully . the seats so and so peacefully. the seats and carriage of the royal navy pulled by 142 royal naval ratings to queen elizabeth. 2 seconds coffins to westminster abbey for the state funeral . at abbey for the state funeral. at the king's request. the wreath on top of the coffin contained flowers from the gardens of buckingham palace , clarence buckingham palace, clarence house and highgrove , the royal house and highgrove, the royal family's dignity and stoicism shone through in the face of unimaginable grief . princess unimaginable grief. princess charlotte's choice a brooch in the shape of horseshoe was gifted by her great grandmother, the queen. she, alongside her future king brother george, recessed behind coffin with their parents. the prince and princess of wales. the seat to windsor castle for the committal service. more than 800 people, including the queen's personal staff, filled st george's chapel in stark to prince philip's funeral with just 30 people because its hands because of

covid restrictions . the imperial covid restrictions. the imperial state's crown , the orb and the state's crown, the orb and the sceptre were removed from the coffin and placed on the high altar. the king then placed the queen's cup colour of the grenadier guards on the coffin. the wands broken, creating symmetry with the three instruments of state being removed, ready to be passed to their successor . the queen was their successor. the queen was buned their successor. the queen was buried with her late husband's philip in a private service in the king george four six memorial chapel. back together for eternity . catherine walker . for eternity. catherine walker. gb news and cameron walker. here with us in the studio . cameron with us in the studio. cameron is so emotional to look at those pictures of her majesty because despite being 96 years old when she passed , it was the news that she passed, it was the news that everyone dreaded , but no one everyone dreaded, but no one expected. it shocked all, didn't it? it certainly did. i think it's because we saw her literally two days before bowing out. liz truss as prime minister and i'm sorry , boris johnson as

and i'm sorry, boris johnson as prime minister and marching in truss as prime minister. so because we saw those photographs , yes, she looked frail, but she was clearly still with it. she was clearly still with it. she was smiling. she looked , she was smiling. she looked, she missed the privy council meeting the day after, but that wasn't unusual because we knew that she was frail and she has mobility problems which the palace had described past . but also described in the past. but also her left. she was 101. her mother left. so she was 101. so i think in the back of everyone's mind, we were thinking, she's a few years thinking, she's got a few years left, clearly left, but then clearly the thursday found out it was not thursday we found out it was not the case . and i think it's the case. and i think it's understandable you've got your prime up. we prime ministers mixed up. we haven't had three years, so we wanted three wise men. we got that low. i want to talk to you. if i to be slightly grinchy if i want to be slightly grinchy about the king's speech . i about the king's speech. i watched it with all the family expecting big , difficult acts to expecting big, difficult acts to follow. but i do think . it felt follow. but i do think. it felt like a kind of public sector. thank you. at a time when a lot of them are on strike. and scout. thank for the average

whole book in britain . she's whole book in britain. she's done a very level best to keep this ticking over. it felt to me a little bit like a party political broadcast, labour party. it was a very interesting speech. was clearly done in speech. it was clearly done in king charles his way, his first speech monarch . it's speech as monarch. it's understood did write it understood he did write it pretty much himself. but you're right, was reference right, there was reference to pubuc right, there was reference to public sector workers and the service they provide this country. clearly, he wasn't political. he did mention the strikes. he didn't mention that. but you're right, there wasn't any mention of perhaps private sector workers. he he paid tribute to emergency services , tribute to emergency services, armed forces. he also spoke the cost of living crisis and helping communities around you , helping communities around you, which perhaps you could say does include private sector workers as well. it's a very fine with the monarch, not overly political. and i think charles is very much of that. and going forwards he very much like cameron but we're going to have to stop you there. maybe it's just maybe the grange and sorry to bring the media, but thanks.

we work. the show has been fantastic. thank you cameron. well, back with well, we're back with you tomorrow morning. for tomorrow morning. thanks for your coming up your company today. coming up next, turner today the next, it's bev turner today the uk looking windy for uk is looking wet and windy for some the driest weather in some with the driest weather in the north. heavy will the north. heavy rain will affect this affect england through this morning, bringing a risk of flooding , potential travel flooding, potential travel disruption , a mild but windy disruption, a mild but windy start to the day with coastal gales likely. start to the day with coastal gales likely . rain will affect gales likely. rain will affect london and southeast england this morning. it'll be mostly light, but there will some heavy busting becoming increasingly windy . it'll be a wet and windy. it'll be a wet and blustery start . southern wales, blustery start. southern wales, with spells of heavy rain that could cause delays to transport this morning. could cause delays to transport this morning . across the this morning. across the midlands, rain will spread eastwards through this morning with some heavy bursts expected at times. it will be a mild but increasingly windy day , increasingly windy day, especially to the me of high ground . we are dry and generally ground. we are dry and generally cloudy. start today across . cloudy. start today across. nonh cloudy. start today across. north east england. rain start to move in from the southwest through this morning with some

heavy at times becoming . a dry heavy at times becoming. a dry but icy start across southern scotland this morning with some clear spells. rain will move into the far south towards midday, though this will be mostly light at first. a band of rain will spread north eastwards across ireland through this morning with some heavy bass expected becoming breezy towards midday , especially around midday, especially around northern and eastern . rain will northern and eastern. rain will continue north eastwards with strong winds becoming widespread and showers will follow this evening, some of which will be heavy. and that is how the weather is shaping up for the rest of the day . here on gb news rest of the day. here on gb news live, we'll 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 fast with of reporters and with our team of reporters and specialist correspondents wherever it's happening. we'll be there in 12 noon on tv, radio and online. gb news people's channel. britain's news.