channel good morning. i'm dawn neesom. and i'm standing in for a lovely bev turner today on gb news. well, it's a new year, but the same strikes are back again, aren't they. walkouts are taking place due to a brawl over pay and conditions. disruption is set to take place between today and saturday. i've got a great

story about my journey as well and i'll be joined by my brilliant panel author joanna williams whittle from williams and peter whittle from the culture form. we're the new culture form. and we're going to get stuck into oh, yes, prince harry as well this morning. him going wants to morning. him going he wants to get brother back, thinking get his brother back, thinking he's about the right way. he's going about the right way. how you. that's all coming up after we have a quick look at the news . though. thank the latest news. though. thank you. good morning. it's minute past ten. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom train . the gb newsroom train. passengers are being warned of significa and disruption this week as over 40,000 rail workers staged fresh strikes. members of the rmt union and network rail and 14 train operators will out for 48 hours from today and then again on friday. whilst drivers in the aslef union will strike on thursday , it's part of a long on thursday, it's part of a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions which rmt general secretary told us is vital for

the future of the industry up to the future of the industry up to the government now to show us that they mean business and that want to facilitate some talks rather than undermining them as we believe they did before christmas by provisions in that they none of the railway unions are going to accept. so if we can get some realistic talks with some proper proposals , with some proper proposals, those and progressive talks will work with all the parties to get that on rail transport. mark harper says it's time for the unions to get off the picket line and round the negotiating table. government's going to continue to work really to try and help bring the two sides together to get this resolved. i know how frustrating this is for commuters and the danger is it puts people off using the railways, which is a bit of self—harm on the part of the rail that haven't settled this dispute. what i think the government can do is make sure was a fair reasonable offer was a fair and reasonable offer on table which there is. on the table which there is. facilitate negotiations between employers , trade unions and try employers, trade unions and try and make sure we get this dispute resolved for the

travelling public health are calling on the government to respond to mounting pressure within the nhs , with top medics within the nhs, with top medics describing the current situation as unbearable . more than a dozen as unbearable. more than a dozen nhs trusts and ambulance services declared critical incidents over the festive period. the royal college of emergency medicine says somewhere between 300 to 500 people are dying each week as a result of delays in urgent care. labour and the liberal democrats are putting on ministers to address concerns about the state of critical care. the government says it's giving the nhs social care sector an additional says it's giving the nhs social care sector an additiona l £14 care sector an additional £14 billion over the next two years . meanwhile, nhs data shows the number of children needing help for serious mental health problems rose by 39% last year. the nhs says it received more than a million referrals in england for those under the age of 18 and involved children who are suicide , idle self—harming

are suicide, idle self—harming and suffering, serious depression or anxiety . the royal depression or anxiety. the royal college of psychiatry says increasing social austerity and onune increasing social austerity and online harm has played a role . online harm has played a role. low income households will receive £900, cash support spnng receive £900, cash support spring to help with the cost of living crisis. the government says the money will go directly to bank accounts in. three separate payments . but separate payments. but campaigners argue support for the most vulnerable has not increased. on what was announced last year, despite rising costs. 8 million people will be eligible , including those on eligible, including those on universal credit, pension credit and tax credits . two british and tax credits. two british citizens are among four people killed in a mid—air crash between two helicopters in australia yesterday. diane and ron hughes, aged 57 and 65, were on holiday in the country when the accident happened in australia's gold coast region.

three others were left critically injured . queensland critically injured. queensland police say the initial investigations indicate collision occurred when one helicopter was taking off and the other was landing . brazilian the other was landing. brazilian footballing legend pele is due to be buried today. footballing legend pele is due to be buried today . thousands of to be buried today. thousands of fans have gathered to pay respects to his coffin , placed respects to his coffin, placed at the grounds of his club, santos. pele lost his battle with cancer last thursday. the three time world cup winner was 82 and an afl player is in a critical condition after a cardiac arrest during, a match in cincinnati. the buffalo bills club has confirmed damar hamlin on the field after a tackle in the first quarter against a cincinnati bengals. the 24 year old is currently sedated in hospital, but remains in a critical condition . the game was critical condition. the game was postponed following the incident . th

postponed following the incident. th more news as it happens, of course. now it is back to dawn neesom . neesom. good morning . neesom. good morning. i'm neesom. good morning . i'm dawn neesom. good morning. i'm dawn neesom. i'm standing in for the love of bev turner today gb news new new ask not so new situation. but here's what's up this hour. today we're talking yet rail strikes. i'm sorry, the advent calendar from hell continues. as that works week of disruption in 30 years begins and commuters hit with five days of the most disruptive strikes yet elsewhere liberal democrats have called for to be recalled over the mounting winter pressure on the nhs , urging that the government nhs, urging that the government pass and health plan and declare a national major incident.

pass and health plan and declare a national major incident . and a national major incident. and yet it wouldn't be the new year without prince harry with it, he says he wants his father and brother back in an icu view. it's set to be televised days before his memoir, spare , is before his memoir, spare, is released next week . in released next week. in a separate interview with cbs news, the duke of sussex criticised , buckingham palace criticised, buckingham palace yet again over an alleged failure to defend him and his wife, meghan markle . we'll bring wife, meghan markle. we'll bring you all the full details on that one. and of course, this show is without you and your views. so please email us on gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news to have your say . gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news to have your say. right. 40,000 members. happy new year, by the way. 40,000 members of the rmt union begun their first two day walk out of the week today. two day walk out of the week today . yeah, how lovely. network

today. yeah, how lovely. network rail said the strikes would result in 20% of services running comes as commuters return to the office, sparking fears people will give up on train travel. good. earlier gb news spoke to the transport secretary, mark harper , who secretary, mark harper, who maintained that the government is hard to resolve the dispute and urged rmt leader to negotiate . it was put to rail negotiate. it was put to rail unions. two of the unions that deal on network the rmt , but deal on network the rmt, but a third of their members did vote for it. even though they were instructed not to. but they're still not willing to settle what is a very fair and reasonable offer. so the government is going to continue work really hard to try and help bring the two sides together to get this resolved. year message to resolved. my new year message to mick be a new year's mick lynch would be a new year's resolution. off the picket resolution. get off the picket line, round the negotiating table these table and let's get these damaging to end. damaging strikes to an end. there's a fair and reasonable offer table the offer on the table for the people represent. let's people you represent. so let's get round the table and let's

see we can get the disputes see if we can get the disputes sorted out . right. okay. well, sorted out. right. okay. well, let's get more reactions from our national reporter, paul hawkins, euston station hawkins, who's at euston station for us this morning. good morning , paul. how are you .7 yeah morning, paul. how are you.7 yeah morning, dylan. morning, paul. how are you? yeah morning, dylan. i'll be honest, it's cold it's wet and it's windy , but the picket line is windy, but the picket line is still here at the moment. it may be a new year, but it's frankly the same old strikes. and just listening to that clip of the transport secretary, mark harper, there, he's talking about wage is but he didn't mention the conditions that the government have attached to that deal which is why the rmt really isn't budging and. i'm speaking to mick lynch earlier , the to mick lynch earlier, the general secretary, the rmt, and he was saying that the red lines they're really not budging on are things that the government threw in at the last minute when they met with the unions before christmas, are things such christmas, which are things such as driver only trains and getting rid the guard, getting rid of the guard, throwing things like that. and at the minute kind of at the last minute kind of took the unions surprise and they

the unions by surprise and they said that those are red lines, that they will not move that they simply will not move on. so it's not just about pay according to unions, they're according to the unions, they're saying also about working saying it's also about working practises. this what mick practises. and this is what mick lynch boss the rmt, told lynch, the boss of the rmt, told earlier. well, we want a resolution. we're ready and able to discuss with the companies and the government whatever they want to put that on with here in. the transport secretary is saying that these keen to convene talks and if there's an invite we'll be there today, tomorrow or whenever it is that they want to get there. but there has to be a change. well, they've put provisions and conditions into document conditions into the document taken train operating taken with the train operating companies they none companies that. they know none of railway unions can of the railway unions can accept. they want to bring back driver only operation. they want to rid of guards right to get rid of guards right across fleet across across railway fleet and across every railway service. they want to us to accept that as a principle. they we can never do that. it wasn't in the documentation and the discussions before christmas and they chose one weekend when we thought we were working up

towards a deal to put that in so that undermined the talks and stopped them their tracks . stopped them in their tracks. oh, what is the general mood amongst the passengers? were trying to travel there. it used to have i well people are frustrated to be honest. there aren't many passengers around. if i'm being truthful, a lot of the stations around the mainline stations around london, of course, on the tube, it's different. the tube is running today, even on mainline today, even on the mainline stations, empty stations, they're mostly empty and of we that and people have kind of we that when these when this industrial action started society had action started that society had changed somewhat because of the effects of covid. so it was more working from home. but now people have adapted even more . people have adapted even more. and so people kind of say, oh , and so people kind of say, oh, new year. oh, right, there's another rail strike in. okay, well, i'll just have to make the plans that i did before. the problem the longer this problem is that the longer this dispute goes on, more those dispute goes on, the more those plans the plans become permanent and the more passengers permanently stay away the railways. and away from the railways. and that's really bad for the country, generally speaking , country, generally speaking, because you need your railways,

you your trains to be you need your trains to be running. but it's bad for the unions it's bad for the rail operators. remember rail operators. remember the rail industry the industry was decimated by the pandemic taxpayer had to pandemic and the taxpayer had to step and bail out. and step in and bail them out. and it starting to recover after it was starting to recover after that. industrial that. so the this industrial action continues and the worse it is everyone . it doesn't it is for everyone. it doesn't look a particularly big picket line behind you. there morning, paul line behind you. there morning, paul. what what is the mood amongst those that the strikers that there mean? you that are there mean? as you pointed you in pointed out, you know, in theory, they could be striking their way out of jobs because less the lines. they less people use the lines. they won't jobs to to. won't have jobs to go back to. so what have you spoken to them? what that what sort of what sort of that what sort of vibe are you getting from them? resolute. i would very resolute. they determined to carry on, they are determined to carry on, even though they've lost almost three weeks of wages since this dispute began, 20 days of strike action. we've had. that's 20 days lost wages for them. it's 20 days that have cost economy that have cost taxpayers that cost the rail industry as well. but they're resolute at the mine's big, difficult journey. i

said, how long is this going to continue ? mean you've still got continue? mean you've still got months and months left of your mandate you to mandate to strike? are you to carry on into the summer are we going to see strike action dunng going to see strike action during the coronation said, look, we're not thinking a strike about public events like the we're just the coronation. we're just thinking about getting the best deal which is deal for our members, which is the of the unions. you can the job of the unions. you can understand that. but at the moment, to carry understand that. but at the mofornt, to carry understand that. but at the mofor as to carry understand that. but at the mofor as long to carry understand that. but at the mofor as long as to carry understand that. but at the mofor as long as their to carry understand that. but at the mofor as long as their mandate on for as long as their mandate them. that's into the summer then. not great news. then. so there not great news. paul then. so there not great news. paul, thank you so much joining us from euston station this covering strikes with covering the rail strikes with the picket line in background now welcome olivia hartley. joining me now news political reporter i can just say simple terms what going on today who is striking what unions are involved and what is it having on the network? gosh, as briefly so we've got rmt striking today tomorrow also on friday and saturday. then you've got aslef who is a train driver striking

on thursday. we initially means a week of utter chaos. it's being billed as the most difficult week for the railways in the last 30 years. politically rishi sunak is hoping to find a way forward through legisla eventually which which essentially curtail the rights of strikers . but rights of strikers. but backbenchers are getting a little bit tetchy because there hasn't yet been a timetable for when can expect to see that legislation being passed. and we're now hearing reports that the courts and the as you might expect , would block such expect, would block such legislation . so that was we were legislation. so that was we were talking last, last late last year about that, about how in the long term that was the solution. but that looks as though it's coming off the table . so the government , the unions . so the government, the unions are going to have to reach some kind of compromise before that . kind of compromise before that. what's being billed in the sun this that perhaps the this morning that perhaps the government push for government is going to push for a bonus , says holidays, a giving bonus, says holidays, better pensions for train staff

in lieu of pay essentially the sort of pay rises that they're for, which might be some sort of but then you've still got the sticking of the safety issue the government wants to transition to only trains as. government wants to transition to only trains as . we keep to only trains as. we keep heanng to only trains as. we keep hearing on lots of services and the unions are holding out against that because obviously it would mean fewer staff, fewer members the union without that issue resolved it's hard to see how we can get through this. and so think we can expect to see more like this in the months ahead. more like this in the months ahead . just fairly depressing ahead. just fairly depressing news, isn't it ? and i ahead. just fairly depressing news, isn't it? and i think ahead. just fairly depressing news, isn't it ? and i think what news, isn't it? and i think what a lot of people listening, watching today are confused aboutis watching today are confused about is like, know, the about is like, you know, the government and the government saying and the government saying and the government companies all government and the companies all saying, the saying, we talking to the unions. mick lynch saying unions. but mick lynch saying they talking to us. i they are not talking to us. i mean , how do we know? are they mean, how do we know? are they talking one another about these things ? well, mark harper seems things? well, mark harper seems to have better relationship to have a better relationship with lynch than grant with mick lynch than grant shapps, his predecessor. so that's a good starting point . that's a good starting point. the issue is that, yes, that

they're having conversations there are conversations in the offing, at least about these issues around holidays, pensions, bonuses , etc. but we pensions, bonuses, etc. but we just hitting the sticking point of the drive for any trains and how many conversations they have. they're not going to get the sort of substance of the conversation which is this issue. because if the government concedes that the unions point that it's dangerous to have driver only trains, then be impossible for the government to reform the rail network further down the line . and we know that down the line. and we know that since the pandemic, the has been propping up rail and we know propping up the rail and we know that the government being the tuc is government being tuc is the government being being examined. so the government needs to find some sort of cost saving reform for the future of the railways and while the unions are pushing back against any conversation is pretty much meaningless . back against any conversation is pretty much meaningless. tim shuffler, who is the chief for the network rail this morning saying that the rmt don't giving their members enough time to digest what has actually been

offered mean. they literally said . no we're still going out said. no we're still going out on strike without actually asking and mr. turnbull was saying this morning if the members had had time to digest what was on table then, they what was on the table then, they probably wouldn't vote to go on strike any further . do you get strike any further. do you get the impression there are there are feelings , those lines for are feelings, those lines for the strike as well? yes think that although we see the interview after interview with strikes on the picket line are, as paul very resolute as paul says, very resolute there all the workers who there are all the workers who getting a restless with this getting a bit restless with this strike action. of course, they're losing huge amounts of pay - they're losing huge amounts of pay . we got someone earlier that pay. we got someone earlier that in the last 200 days there have been people who've been on strike for 20 of those days, one in ten days on strike. that's an lot of lost pay . and we saw that lot of lost pay. and we saw that last week the government put forward a pay offer actually, it was rejected by the rmt, but surprising proportion of workers actually voted in favour was a deal actually voted in favour was a deal, wasn't it? and that was not important. so we are seeing a little bit of wiggle room from

strikers, but with someone like mick lynch in charge of the rmt . yeah, he's going to he's going to keep playing these tactics of pushing that offer forward strike away and not giving people time to digest thought. it's very interesting. the quote from this morning said they've been impressed, didn't it? ministerial interference , which ministerial interference, which makes think he's playing makes you think he's playing more of a political game than actually concentrating on what members want. actually concentrating on what members want . yes. and we saw members want. yes. and we saw over christmas , we had on on on over christmas, we had on on on gb news, we had some former head of the unions talking about the fact they would like see a general strike taking place . so general strike taking place. so we've got the unions at the moment , all we've got the unions at the moment, all of these various unions of different public services claiming that they're not working together to cause maximum chaos for the country, for political reasons. but more and more we're seeing evidence that perhaps they are and that what they would like to see is a general and this sort of overhaul of the political system , as it were, rather than union

leaders acting in the best interests of that of their workers. none of it's news, is it? olivia, thank you very for that this morning. and we have to move on now after break, i'll be joined by my wonderful panel this morning. and that's author joanna and director of the new culture forum, peter whittle, and will get stuck into some of the biggest stories of the day. so we'll see you back in a very short moment . so we'll see you back in a very short moment. looking ahead to today's weather and the uk is looking wet and windy for many with bands of rain moving across the country. let's take a look at the. so starting across the southwest of england, we have some heavy rain over the hills indoors and this will move eastwards, accompanied with winds. will be winds. and that will be particularly near the coasts. it's cloudy across the southeast with outbreaks of patchy rain with outbreaks of patchy rain with some heavier bursts , with some heavier bursts, temperatures above average highs of 12 celsius. cloudy across wales, with outbreaks of rain locally heavy, particularly in the west across high ground and some areas will remain dry into

the afternoon after this morning's rain is cleared, it will be drier a time across the midlands before the next band of rain arrives from the west dunng rain arrives from the west during the afternoon highs of 12 celsius here as well any early morning rain will clare eastwards but it will remain cloudy . a new band of rain cloudy. a new band of rain already across western areas edgesin already across western areas edges in for the afternoon . edges in for the afternoon. winds strengthening into the afternoon. the best of sunshine will be reserved for the far west of scotland. further south cloud and rain will move eastwards with some heavy bursts over the high ground . meanwhile, over the high ground. meanwhile, across ireland , low across northern ireland, low cloud and outbreaks of rain will slowly clear into afternoon. slowly clear into the afternoon. winds will strengthen from late afternoon, becoming gusty, particularly gales particularly near coasts gales later. so remaining unsettled with and rain pushing through. the rain will come heavy and persistent over western hills as winds strengthen and that is how you'll weather is shaping up this tuesday .

good morning. it's 1022. good morning. it's1022. a brave, bright year kind of . i'm brave, bright year kind of. i'm dawn neesom. i'm filling for in bev turner today. and you're watching now. let me you to my panel this morning . watching now. let me you to my panel this morning. i'm watching now. let me you to my panel this morning . i'm pleased panel this morning. i'm pleased she to be joined because i've got her come talk to me about some very depressing stories by the author, an academic joanna williams and the director of the new culture forum pizza with . new culture forum pizza with. welcome, both of you. we've had a quick flick through the papers . morning. two stories dominate, so we're going to go straight on the first one. and this is the real star has been talking about it all morning already. real star has been talking about it all morning already . peter, it all morning already. peter, i think selected this story think you've selected this story actually , we'll take all the actually, we'll take all the opinion on this one. otherwise anyone so says the angle. but the times is on this story is

that million of us are expected to show trains forever. yeah. as result of another week of chaos . it's like you just like the old. yeah. we carry on with the strikes, we carry on with the problems in the nhs. we even carry on with harry and meghan exactly why we left off there is theme isn't there. it's you . theme isn't there. it's you. half the country is on strike. the president isn't. is harry and his talking about his miserable exactly but miserable life? exactly but i think, you know, there is something to be said for this idea that people are just going to trains . but idea that people are just going to trains. but i idea that people are just going to trains . but i don't to shun trains. but i don't think it's simply to down i think it's simply to down i think there's clearly a huge surge . the numbers of people surge. the numbers of people still working from home, obviously not as three on the plane. many civil servants, i think is one of them. another story. so i would normally get the train to come to the studio here. had to get a car this morning and it was interesting talking to the driver who said that were on the that there were more cars on the road he would expect road than he would expect on a normal tuesday . and this is normal tuesday. and this is through central at rush hour . through central at rush hour.

and according to my taxi driver obviously knows experience to these things it's just people are just just giving up altogether and just having an extra week off on holiday or just working from home a simply not making the effort and not even fighting to get there were lots of people on social media going oh this train strike which really bad isn't it. i've got another week , which is nice another week week, which is nice for the individuals, but we have to ask what's the effect of that on the economy? well, this is the is the problem isn't it the this is the problem isn't it the this is the problem isn't it the hospitality industry in particular high streets. the hospitality industry in pmean,3r high streets. the hospitality industry in pmean, sort high streets. the hospitality industry in pmean, sort of high streets. the hospitality industry in pmean, sort of like,|h streets. the hospitality industry in pmean, sort of like, you reets. the hospitality industry in pmean, sort of like, you know i mean, sort of like, you know city centres this is station shop. it was the same with me this coming through this morning coming through london was from london i was coming from the other side from west of no traffic jams. you know, i i'm old enough to remember the 1970 and the strikes then and the roads used to be with people who were by hook or by going to get into work. yeah. and i think that, that gone i think that the problem is that the effect therefore of strikes like this are going diminish and diminish.

diminish and say , you know, they diminish and say, you know, they might be accelerate to a kind of trend that was already there of not going on they like public transport i think since the pandemic has it's never quite recovered actually. you know if you know and this is the problem i mean there's less people are using them because pandemic the way working has changed way working life has changed less people will use them because of strikes you're because of the strikes you're going your way going to strike in your your way out of a job. my journey this morning on the tube through morning was on the tube through london hell wheels. london and that was hell wheels. very well it has to be. very slow. well it has to be. and it's like you're not even strike. so it's affecting everything that's happening to me. i peter, let's move on to your story , to mention the your story, not to mention the b—word. you already. b—word. i hate you already. brexit that was that was going this is a story. it kind of film this is a story. it kind of film this is a story. it kind of film this is what i would call westminster's story entirely but about it's a labour figure. lisa nandy you know , senior labour nandy you know, senior labour figure dismissed the idea which

apparently there was an idea that of rejoining eu. she's dismissed it as a fantasy i mean i remember people like sadiq khan have put this forward you know that we should we should try to rejoin the single market this is just utterly absurd but not absurd not just is it a fantasy it would be very dangerous fantasy, you know, because one of the worst things about this past five years of has been the way in which a vote has been the way in which a vote has been the way in which a vote has been utterly dismissed by quite a large proportion of our governing . you know, i'm governing. you know, i'm astonished. i was astonished this could have been could happenin this could have been could happen in britain, actually. so this they're trying basically to reassure labour voters who are put off because they voted for leave about 30, i believe. and there's quite a few that that red wall they what absolutely. i mean this makes me so cross, though, i'm afraid you well i

mean part me just thinks about time . i mean, seriously, we time. i mean, seriously, we voted for brexit in 2016. we're talking seven years almost . it's talking seven years almost. it's taken them seven years to come out and, say that they won't reverse it . are we supposed to reverse it. are we supposed to be pleased about this ? but it be pleased about this? but it makes me cross for another reason because i don't actually believe them. i think there's some weaselly what's going on here and i think that when they say they're not going reverse brexit, still talking, brexit, they're still talking, renegotiating that relation with the eu. and i, they're going to weasel around it and join things like, you know, the market or whatever it is that they're going to look to actually reverse a lot of gains or potential to brexit. i mean, i think at least as echoing what her boss said couple of weeks ago, wasn't it before christmas? you know, wait, wait, wait, wait. we actually want to stick by democratic yes, by that democratic vote. yes, i think right . basically, think you're right. basically, i think you're right. basically, i think they will try to align us,

realign as closely as possible . realign as closely as possible. so it might be brexit, you know, just officially . but i mean, just officially. but i mean, frankly , they were to do that . i frankly, they were to do that. i think you can then to seriously put a question over democracy in this place it and we've also read today in, i think many of the papers we covered that there's going to be, you know, this bonfire of eu regulations. we were all promised it's not actually happening because actually happening now because got the staff to do got the time on the staff to do it really. so yeah it's yeah, we're still talking about the b—word, yeah. b—word, as you say. yeah. somebody we all going to leave the important story as harry case you're interested and all the newspapers are until after the newspapers are until after the break so and after that indeed that break the nhs is being described as on a knife edge with some unease and complete state of crisis . the complete state of crisis. the government says it has more resources to the nhs and social care to help services will get stuck into that. off that your

morning . good morning it's 1029. morning. good morning it's1029. i'm tamzin roberts in the gb news room train passengers are being warned of significant disruption this week as over 40,000 rail workers staged fresh strikes . members of the rmt strikes. members of the rmt union network rail and 14 train operators will walk out for 48 hours from today and again on while drivers in the aslef union will strike on thursday. this latest strike action is part of the long running over pay, job and condition in which rmt general mick lynch told us is vital for the future of the industry up to the government now to show us that they mean business and that they want to facilitate some talks rather than undermining them as we believe they did before christmas. by provisions in that they know none of the railway unions are going to accept. so if we can get some talks with some proper proposals those and

progressive talks will with all the parties to get that on but transport secretary mark harper says it's time for the unions to get off the picket line around the negotiating table . the negotiating table. government is going to continue to work really hard to try and help bring the two sides together to get this resolved. i know how frustrating this is for commuters and the danger is it puts people off using the railways, which is a bit of self—harm on the part of the rail unions that haven't settled this dispute. what think the government can do make sure government can do is make sure there's a fair , reasonable offer there's a fair, reasonable offer on table, there is on the table, which there is facilitate those negotiation between trade between employers and trade unions and try and make sure we get dispute resolved for the travelling public . health bosses travelling public. health bosses are warning the government needs to respond to mounting pressure . the nhs with top medics. the current situation unbearable. more than a dozen nhs trusts ambulance services declared critical incidents over the festive period. the royal college of emergency medicine

says somewhere between 300 to 500 people are dying each week as a result of delays in urgent . the government says it's given the nhs and social care sector an additional the nhs and social care sector an additiona l £14 billion over an additional £14 billion over the next two years . two british the next two years. two british citizens were among four people killed in a mid—air crash between two helicopters in australia yesterday. dianne and ronald hughes, aged 57 and 65, were on holiday in the country when the accident happened in australia's gold coast region . australia's gold coast region. three others were left critically injured . tv online critically injured. tv online and dab+ radio. this.

gb news. hello. it's 1034. this gb news. hello. it's1034. this is bev turner today. i'm not bev turner the shop. i might have noticed. i'm dawn neesom. and you're watching and listening to gb news now the duke of sussex has said he wants to reconcile with the king and the prince of wales , but has claimed that the palace is unwilling to wonder. why? prince harry has revealed his side of the story in set of interviews, which are set to two days ahead of the publication of his highly anticipated already half price memoir, spare . here's half price memoir, spare. here's a little taste of what we can expect needed to this way. the leaking and the plant ing. i leaking and the planting. i want a family, not an institution . they feel as though institution. they feel as though it's better keep us somehow as the villains . they've shown the villains. they've shown absolutely no to reconcile. i would like to get my father back.i would like to get my father back. i would to have my brother back. i would to have my brother back. i would to have my brother back . well, there you go. right. back. well, there you go. right. joining now, i'm delighted to say, is the of elizabeth and philip, as of a young love

marriage and monarchy. dr. tessa dunlop a low test a love it . see dunlop a low test a love it. see you.thank dunlop a low test a love it. see you. thank you so much for joining us this morning. tessa, we have to talk about harry. don't make the front page of pretty much every newspaper today. pretty much every newspaper today . harry, i want my father today. harry, i want my father and brother back . what do you and brother back. what do you make about what saying and the way he's going about if that's what he wants to get the family together. what we've got is a perfect storm where the duke of sussex is a man in pain. i think perhaps his two primary family members , remaining family members, remaining family members. why his brother and his father, until he married meghan markle and now he's lost both of them. so he's suffering. i think that's perhaps inevitable. and at the same time, he has his role royal. role he's left the institution of monarchy. but he, of course, within entitlement because he was born a blue blooded prince, has certain expectations about the way he

should live. and understandably i think so. and therefore he to make money so he's punching out this painful message . painful this painful message. painful for him, painful for the royal family to receive with maximum moneymaking capacity. so it is effectively a perfect storm and it's a very uncomfortable one. i think, for both the house of montecito and the house of windsor and is going to work better. i mean, come on. if you really want to get back. all families have rounds, okay. this one might be slightly more dramatic, but if really want dramatic, but if you really want to back side with a family to get back side with a family member it's not only member, i mean, it's not only washing dirty laundry in washing the dirty laundry in pubuc washing the dirty laundry in public hanging dry and public is hanging out to dry and out in graphic detail. i out to you in graphic detail. i mean, you're william and mean, if you're william and kate, i think is coming in for a bit of a as well in the in the book that's coming out, it is really the way to build bridges . i think one of the primary issues he kind of addresses in one of those trailers that have been released is that he doesn't

belong to a so—called normal . it belong to a so—called normal. it is an institution an as well as a family. and harry's the institution and just the family and never the twain will meet because of course, the remaining family are still within the institution . there's a paradox institution. there's a paradox there and it's very difficult to see how it can be unpacked . will see how it can be unpacked. will it work for one part of the perfect storm is working? and thatis perfect storm is working? and that is they're making a lot of money. they've got extraordinary platforms in a way that former who left the institution didn't have they've got a whole new not at their feet certainly more effective than i conservative press would like to acknowledge in this country and i think that amidst the pain thesis because we have to recognise that it's their truth rather just the whole truth, i that he's made some valid but do do i believe this is the road to recovery for his relationship with charles

and william. no, it's not it doesn't take a psychotherapist work that one out and tessa, i have to ask this question mean because that's what people watching , listening because that's what people watching, listening this morning will be saying. how much of this do you think is coming from? meghan or do you think it is all harry is ? well, interestingly , i harry is? well, interestingly, i think that we would to pretend say we as i say, the kind of the gendered press and it is dawn i mean, even the way you introduce this section there were little arrows flying what the you know already half price but would the majority of britons press a no on harry and meghan side. i'm not saying should be but i think that we have to own that and generally because harry was a charismatic dude who did his couple of tours in afghanistan, he wasn't know desolate king like edward ape he wasn't a disgraceful prince like andrew he was someone were all fond of. so it works for our

predominantly right wing media agenda to make that the body is making body insofar as we don't like people attacking our famous institution of the monarchy, but if you look at harry, i mean, this is a guy who's on a very deeply personal journey and he's clearly a man in pain. i was struck in those trailers. how pale. he looked. there is no sort of sun drenched californian vibe on. he's a man whose feeling this and without the protection of monarchy and without the protection of his family around him , i kind of family around him, i kind of feel that he's almost alone. it's something that meghan can't share with him, really, because she very briefly flirted with the house of windsor and kind of pretended be a princess for a little bit. but harry grew up with this , the split, the wrench with this, the split, the wrench . i mean, this is his roots. this is his dna. it's really painful stuff, which is why it is both compelling and appalling . watch. yeah, it's incredibly and you know, speaking as part

of the british media, as i saw , of the british media, as i saw, i do have issue that they are using the american media to have a go at the british media. i think it's cool hypocrisy and the case thank you so much but now i just i want to ask you quickly , what should they do quickly, what should they do then? how do their money? then? how do make their money? how they get there? how do they get there? their grievances across . they don't grievances across. they don't use american. they did get use the american. they did get point few years ago, point 8 million a few years ago, didn't they. and he's got an inheritance from the queen any case, for case, thank very much for joining morning . she joining us this morning. she always has to have the last word. what said. all word. that's what i said. all right. now have move right. okay. now we have to move on. medics are warning that the nhs is on a knife edge as critical incidents are declared in hospital trusts across the country . it follows a warning country. it follows a warning from the country's top a&e doctor that delays in the nhs could be the worst on record . could be the worst on record. right? okay, well, let's go and talk to someone at one of these hospitals now and that reporter theo chikomba joins us from west hertfordshire ambulance station in hemel . good morning, theo .

in hemel. good morning, theo. looking very wet and miserable there . tell us what's happening. there. tell us what's happening. where you are at the moment . yes where you are at the moment. yes it's yet another day where we've been hearing from health bosses about the in the nhs across country and we're here at the east of england ambulance service where twice in last couple of weeks they have declared a business continuity . declared a business continuity. and what this means that they want to ensure that they can focus their resources and make sure they meet the patients with the greatest need so that they can get support to some of the wider support from their health and care partner. now, separately and week, we are going to be seeing ambulance workers, not this trust , but workers, not this trust, but nine others across uk who are represented by the gmb union and they reject the 4% pay rise from they reject the 4% pay rise from the government. and they say simply doesn't meet with what's happening the moment, particularly with the cost of living. and they're saying we

want a better deal so we could see them next week wednesday. we do. you know, just a couple of weeks ago, they did have the walk out postponed. now, going forward. and we've heard from the bma the british medical association , they're saying the association, they're saying the government's political choices are leading patients to die unnecessarily . and the chair of unnecessarily. and the chair of the of the association saying the of the association saying the current situation we're seeing in the nhs is intolerable and both for our patients and hardworking staff. now the government in response, they're saying they've invested £14.1 billion in 500 million to free up hospital beds and help with hospital discharges. so it's challenging . we're hearing this challenging. we're hearing this morning from saying this could last for months if anything isn't done about this . oh, not isn't done about this. oh, not good news. you can see . i thank good news. you can see. i thank you so much for that update. now we're going to join our. joining me now is nhs doctor, our top doctor bob gill and director of the great nhs heist. thank you

for joining this morning dr. forjoining this morning dr. gill . how do i forjoining this morning dr. gill. how do i mean the headunesin gill. how do i mean the headlines in all the newspapers this morning are just utterly depressing . i mean, nhs chaos , depressing. i mean, nhs chaos, we have been saying for many years now, but this it feels like it's a new urgency as the nhs on a knife edge. i mean how dire is the situation for the nhs at the moment? well, just to give you one statistic, in october of this year alone , october of this year alone, there were over 40,000 people waiting for a hospital bed. 12 hours a decision to them had been made. now on record figures , we know that for every 80 patients waiting under those circumstances , there will be one circumstances, there will be one preventable death. so we are in new territory and people like myself, campaigners have been warning for years now that the nhs is being deliberately defunded , restructured and chaos

defunded, restructured and chaos we face now is deliberate government creation. let's not be in any illusions about what's going on here. we have the deliberate sabotaging, bringing the nhs a point of collapse. so the nhs a point of collapse. so the politicians can break trust in the service . so they can move in the service. so they can move us to an insurance based system. i mean, what can the government i mean, what can the government i mean, what can the government i mean, we know they have they spoken about long term plans, but what can they do now if we are talking about a knife edge with the collapse in medicine, especially with the rise in flu and covid admissions ? what can and covid admissions? what can they do right now ? actually stop they do right now? actually stop people as you've just said i mean, i think it was like karen 500, wasn't it? 500 unnecessary a deaths because the nhs is not functioning well every week. so what can the government do right , to stop that happening . well , to stop that happening. well there are pay disputes across the nhs we have the junior doctors for strike action in the next few days we have nurses

voting for strike action. they are about ambulance been on strike now you would have thought this would be an thing to sort out before to stem the haemorrhage of staff out of the nhs. that's the first thing they could do . the next thing they could do. the next thing they could do. the next thing they could do. the next thing they could do is to allow health care who have been pushed out . the who have been pushed out. the health and social care system because of the no with a covid mandate . to bring them back into mandate. to bring them back into the workforce . we have a problem the workforce. we have a problem of discharging patients out of hospitals into social care so they could very instantly repair some of the damage that their policies have already done. respect the restoration of wages that nhs staff require in to stem the effects exodus of nhs staff is a of people who who watch and listen to gb news would say that the is broken . would say that the is broken. it's not fit for purpose anymore

. do you think nhs does need a radical overhaul, not just more money slung as it ? well, it has money slung as it? well, it has had more radical overhaul that have got us to this situation . have got us to this situation. we have had consecutive governments deliberately restructure the nhs pretending as if nothing has changed but hasn't undergone behind the scenes is a massive change which . is fragment of the nhs out source services seven bit with mass private finance and. they should give tax and allow the sucking a lot of money away from the delivery of care into profits for corporations outsourcing corporations , debt outsourcing corporations, debt servicing and the cost of the of the outsourcing contract government. let me say this again. our polity nations have deliberately sabotaged the nhs to bring it to this point of collapse so they can make the

argument , as collapse so they can make the argument, as you've just collapse so they can make the argument , as you've just done, argument, as you've just done, or maybe we need to change and rethink the model . they have rethink the model. they have sabotaged it. they have the system . that's what we need to system. that's what we need to address . why have our address. why have our politicians destroyed the nhs again? is that good news? is it? thank you so much for joining again? is that good news? is it? thank you so much forjoining us this morning and good luck with all the work you do. you and your colleagues write. i'm going to have a quick chat to panel on this one now on my panel this morning, i am pleased to be joined by the author and academic williams, the academic joanna williams, the director new culture director of the new culture forum, whittle. now forum, peter whittle. now firstly, we have to jump back from nhs to talk about harry, harry and meghan . from nhs to talk about harry, harry and meghan. i can from nhs to talk about harry, harry and meghan . i can tell you harry and meghan. i can tell you thrilled by so i mean what's what do we make of what test suicide? the front page headunes suicide? the front page headlines today harry wants his dad , his brother back. i mean, dad, his brother back. i mean, the munster outcome. so you can go on to say so with what tassal was saying. i was cringing a bit

ihave was saying. i was cringing a bit i have to say, listening to her because she was saying, oh, he he's in pain , you know, and all he's in pain, you know, and all of this i mean, for goodness sake, you know , he's an sake, you know, he's an extremely wealthy young man who's made a decision right. he now says, i, i want a family, not an institution. you are part of an institution and you were brought up to be part of institution. if you don't like it, just simply renounce your it's simple right. just go away . you know, it can can it's happened before logic windsor did but take you know take take the initiative get rid of your own titles. you don't have to wait for government to do anything about that or king i'm sick to death of hearing about and of course, like many of us are. i think would destroy are. i don't think would destroy the one bit. i that if the monarchy one bit. i that if anything, people will have had enough of them by the time they finish i think there is an even in america there might be fatigue here john. and i think

on a human level it is incredibly sad . you know, i'm incredibly sad. you know, i'm struggling to what's sad about it . i mean, i struggling to what's sad about it. i mean, i tend to struggling to what's sad about it . i mean, i tend to agree with it. i mean, i tend to agree with peter. you've got somebody here who is incredibly privileged but also strikes me incredibly stupid . well, and this is the stupid. well, and this is the first time i'm i mean , families first time i'm i mean, families have conflict. people but anybody who seeking to reconcile with a family member an argument knows that you do not go about it by spreading your tales about your family members at the exact same time as you are saying. but please reconcile me. i mean, it just makes no sense whatsoever. and the problem is even if they are doing this for the money, even if they are doing just purely to maintain status, that platform in the us people are bored to this by now it's same same old. there's nothing new coming out. we know all of this. we've heard it all so many times before. and even where i

disagree with the guest who was on previously, you when she says oh the american press is kind of on their side even washington post the woke washing tent post said that the netflix it was a pity said that the netflix it was a pity party and i clapped. yeah absolutely right . so one more absolutely right. so one more point i asked you to make about this. i think it's very important is that during the netflix thing , which i thought netflix thing, which i thought was a crushing more right, but never once did they bring up that the most incendiary claim of all in the interview when they said is a yes, that a of they said is a yes, that a of the family had drawn attention . the family had drawn attention. archie's skin colour something like that and thought well, wait a minute, when are you going deliver on this? or was that just purely muckraking , lying, just purely muckraking, lying, keeping, you know, keeping them dangung?it keeping, you know, keeping them dangling? it might be in the book. we don't know. don't know what's in that. yeah i just think the as you were saying about turning so much privilege into cult of victimhood. i feel for people who are watching this

this morning who are you know, we keep saying struggling pay their bills you know they are really worried about how they're going to cope financially. and, you i love tessa working you know, i love tessa working with tessa. but, you know, they are incredibly privileged. harry and got money. and meghan they've got money. they this to get they don't need to this to get money. not not only with the money. and not not only with the incredibly but why. incredibly privilege, but why. tessa was tessa right. was harry was incredibly popular well. we incredibly popular as well. we him, we must remember well that we also loved meghan when got married they were that was a television event, you know , the television event, you know, the nafion television event, you know, the nation was joining in with this. we loved the couple and they had goodwill on their side. so it's not the case that the media kind of turned against them. just just the sake of it. you know, they did things that provoked that response very much so. we are going to move on now. we're going to move on to robot wars. yes apparently, we're all we're all doomed. we know that. yes i'm told that this is this is some story actually i believe is in the sun. and it's nearly,

nearly half of tech boffins, scientists i guess boffins believe humans will be destroyed by artificial intelligence means mean gist of it is that they going to become so clever that in fact they outwit us and that there will be ten. in fact the power of this is a real you know , this is going to happen 10 billion i think robot within about 20 years. and there will be nine, 9 billion of us. right. so there'll be about, you know a huge number, more them than us. i when i huge number, more them than us. iwhen i read huge number, more them than us. i when i read this, the thing is to me it sort of doesn't strike me that they will outwit us as being the main threat to civilisation. it's the fact that they're going to make almost everything that we do as human beings redundant. and beings redundant. right. and this being it's being this is sort of being it's being welcomed . you know, people talk welcomed. you know, people talk about robots should do that. it means that people have to work. well, are going to do well, what are you going to do with these people don't

with all these people that don't work? you know people need to create something it create something new to make it with robot thing is with the whole robot thing is when sort of on when you're sort of like on a website and like, can you tick all the boxes we've been asked to do on the box with retract lights and by a robot to lights and them by a robot to prove not robot, then prove you're not a robot, then robots are ready. but i just want to do the story. bury quickly. i love story. it's quickly. i love this story. it's front the daily star front page of the daily star today eat christmas for today and eat your christmas for a year boost. say experts. a new year boost. say experts. what's this one about your christmas tree? apparently is supposed to be full of vitamin c and you can the pine needles off it and use it like rosemary apparently flavour your roast potatoes you can eat the trunk i really think you can but doesn't mean to say you should just say you would want to sort of like dry and limp but this time if you want be eating that thing that's been stuck in my living room for the past fortnight, gathering dust, i mean really tonnes my stomach but but also, you know, on the one hand this is a funny story it like why would anybody want to do this just and this just revolting and this this completely bonkers what completely bonkers advice what worries me a little bit to be

serious about it for the moment is, you know, there's a lot of this of advice around that we should cockroaches and should be eating cockroaches and worms bugs well, worms, some bugs and well, what's wrong with proper food, you know, nice bit of steak, some chips just joining planet. come on. have you destroyed the planet? what? we're destroying pleasure . i think know this pleasure. i think know this pleasure. i think know this pleasure to be gained in steak and chips . pleasure to be gained in steak and chips. there's no pleasure to be gained a boiled up to be gained in a boiled up mashed up christmas tree . you mashed up christmas tree. you can have chips with it. evidently i mean, i have must confess, i'm not tempted to eat mine on the grounds it's plastic . i'm going to have the laughs every year . . i'm going to have the laughs every year. greta thunberg would hate well, should it so hate me. well, i should it so it's quite good. i'm it's quite good. but i'm certainly going eat it. certainly not going to eat it. no, we can it there. no, but we can leave it there. so if is 12th night coming up so if it is 12th night coming up for your bit concerned about doing your tree eat it right that's of our first that's the end of our first houn be that's the end of our first hour. be right back with hour. we'll be right back with more short break. more after a very short break. hello, aidan magee chen from hello, i'm aidan magee chen from the met most of us will the met office. most of us will see outbreaks of rain today. it will be windy and it will mild.

the coming the the winds coming from the southwest moment bringing southwest at the moment bringing a mild air them, but a lot of mild air with them, but also bringing an lot of cloud outbreaks rain , a couple outbreaks of rain, a couple of weather to out for. weather fronts to watch out for. one already pushed bringing one has already pushed bringing a spell of rain earlier. but the next weather front is moving in for the afternoon and that will but the rain once again. so some gaps between the of gaps in between the spells of especially in the east and for northern scotland, where it stays fairly cold, but it is turning milder here. so there snow that we've seen eventually more confined to the higher tops of the mountains and the rain replacing it. so a of rain across the country is strong wind, but that wind coming from the southwest. so it is going to be mild, especially in the south. the rain heavy at as it moves through could cause issues for central and southern scotland over higher parts and it stays damp in the south well through the evening and overnight it's a windy night, but the winds , of course, since but the winds, of course, since they're coming from the southwest mean that it's going to be mild temperatures in many

places , the double figures by places, the double figures by dawn just in the mid—single figures there for northern scotland, where the rain eventually moves in overnight and slowly through and then clears slowly through morning. the rain also clearing the southern half of the uk, but in between there is a band of wetter weather for southern scotland, northern england scotland, for northern england and for northern ireland. that turning later turning bit more showery later in . and mild day, in the day. and it's a mild day, blustery , yes, but temperatures blustery, yes, but temperatures up at 14 celsius in the south, seven or eight for scotland, northern ireland, some damp weather returning cornwall in devon for a time during the afternoon and early evening. but that clears through and then clears spells for many overnight on wednesday night's showers in the north, tending to fade away thursday looks like another showery day for . thursday looks like another showery day for. many friday a little drier , but further rain little drier, but further rain or showers coming along for the weekend . i'm committed . many weekend. i'm committed. many join me on gb news on sunday morning for a politics show with personality on tv, radio and

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the new culture forum . and the new culture forum. and that's all coming up after a quick look at news . good quick look at the news. good morning. it's 11:00 quick look at the news. good morning. it's11:00 on tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom train. passengers are being of significant disruption this week as over 40,000 rail workers staged fresh strikes . members of staged fresh strikes. members of the rmt union network rail and 40 train operators will walk out for 48 hours from today. and then again friday whilst drivers in the aslef union will strike on thursday . it's part of a long on thursday. it's part of a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions which rmt general secretary mick lynch told us is vital for the future of the industry . up vital for the future of the industry. up to the vital for the future of the industry . up to the government industry. up to the government now to show us that they mean business and they want to facilitate some talks rather than undermining them as we believe they did before christmas. putting provisions in that they know none of the railway unions to accept. so if we can get realistic talks with

some proper and progressive talks will work with all the parties to get that on. but transport secretary . mark harper transport secretary. mark harper says it's time for unions to get off the picket line round the negotiating table . government's negotiating table. government's going to continue to really hard to try and help bring the two sides together to get this resolved. i know how frustrating is for commuters and the danger is for commuters and the danger is it puts people off using railways, which is a bit of self—harm on the part of the rail unions haven't settled this dispute. what i think the government can do is , make sure government can do is, make sure was a fair and reasonable offer on table which there is on the table which there is facilitate negotiations facilitate those negotiations between and trade between employers and trade unions and try and make sure we get this dispute resolved for the travelling. how health bosses are calling on the government to respond to mounting pressure within . the mounting pressure within. the nhs with top medics describing the current situation as unbearable. the college of emergency medicine , somewhere

emergency medicine, somewhere between 300 to 500 people are dying each week as a result of delays in urgent care. the government says it's giving the nhs and social care an additiona l £14 billion over the additional £14 billion over the next two years for the health sector . stephen told gb news sector. stephen told gb news other parts of the primary care system need to be better utilised to ease pressure on the health service . also about the health service. also about the pressures in primary care and through gp services , through through gp services, through better use of other parts of the primary care system , notably primary care system, notably pharmacies. so that people can have ready access to the level of support. it's i think when people say the only or imply that the way you can get health care support is by seeing a gp. that's nonsense . meanwhile nhs that's nonsense. meanwhile nhs data shows the number of chilled and needing help for serious mental problems rose by 39% last yeah mental problems rose by 39% last year. the nhs says it received more than a million referrals in

england . those under the age of england. those under the age of 18. they involved who are suicidal, self—harm , coming and suicidal, self—harm, coming and suffering, serious depression , suffering, serious depression, anxiety. the royal college of psychiatrists says increasing social inequality or , austerity social inequality or, austerity and online harm have played a role . low income households will role. low income households will receive role. low income households will receiv e £900 cash support this receive £900 cash support this spnng receive £900 cash support this spring to help with a cost of living crisis. the government says the money will go directly to bank accounts in. three separate payments. but campaigners argue support the most vulnerable has not increased on what was announced last year, despite rising costs . 8 million people will be eligible, including those on universal credit pension credit and tax credits . two british and tax credits. two british citizens are among four people killed in a mid—air crash between two helicopters in australia today. diane and ron , australia today. diane and ron, aged 57 and 65, were on holiday

in the country when the accident happenedin in the country when the accident happened in australia's gold coast. three others were left critically injured. queensland police say the initial indicate the collision when one helicopter was taking off and the other was landing . an nfl the other was landing. an nfl player is in a critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during a match in cincinnati . the buffalo bills cincinnati. the buffalo bills club confirmed damar hamlin collapsed on the field after , a collapsed on the field after, a tackle in the first quarter against a cincinnati bengals. the 24 year old is currently sedated in hospital but remains in critical condition. the game postponed following the incident . br postponed following the incident. br is due to be buried today. thousands of fans have gathered to pay respects and file past a coffin at. the grounds of his former club, santos . pele lost former club, santos. pele lost his battle with cancer last thursday. the three time world cup winner was 82.

thursday. the three time world cup winner was 82 . this gb news. cup winner was 82. this gb news. we'll bring you more news as happens now, though, it's back to don . to don. good morning. i'm dawn neesom standing in for that today on . standing in for that today on. gb news. now 40,000 members of the armed union are on their first two day walk out of the week to day as commuters return the office after the festive break sparking fears people will just give up on train travel for good. our reporters have the latest . yorkshire and birmingham latest. yorkshire and birmingham birmingham . oh sorry. i was so birmingham. oh sorry. i was so transfixed . a picture of harry transfixed. a picture of harry popping up transfixed. a picture of harry popping up on my screen. the duke of sussex will face

american broadcaster anderson cooper. american broadcaster anderson cooper . an interview on 60 cooper. an interview on 60 minutes on sunday. the trailer released on social media. here's the duke of sussex and said he wants his father and brother back. wants his father and brother back . we've been joined by our back. we've been joined by our row reporter and a former royal butler interested one and i'll be joined once again by my brilliant panel, author jonah williams and director of the new culture forum, peter whittle would be getting stuck into all the biggest stories of the day in today's papers and some them the biggest stories of the day in tquite; papers and some them the biggest stories of the day in tquite funpers and some them the biggest stories of the day in tquite fun ass and some them the biggest stories of the day in tquite fun as well. some them the biggest stories of the day in tquite fun as well. and e them are quite fun as well. and course, this show is nothing . course, this show is nothing. you and your views me on gb news at gb news. duke or tweet me at to . gb news have your say. train to. gb news have your say. train passengers . fresh travel passengers. fresh travel disruption from today as tens of thousands rail workers walk out in a continued dispute over pay jobs and conditions. members of

the rmt union will stage a 48 hour walkout and about half the network will shut down with 20% of normal service is running . so of normal service is running. so joining us now discuss this are our reporters , carson, who's at our reporters, carson, who's at a birmingham new street station and. anna riley is at leeds station . hello. good morning to station. hello. good morning to you both looking so should we wrapped up against the grim weather that jack let's start with you. what's what it like where you are at the moment? what are you hearing from people who are trying to use trains today? well, i finally managed today? well, i finally managed to find a picket line that was meant to be full here, birmingham new street. but there only seems to be one just over my shoulder that you see that seems to have actually properly turned up once we want it turned up this once we want it network rail wasn't network rail there wasn't anybody a couple anybody attendance as a couple of flights around the corner of rmt flights around the corner but standing them. so but nobody standing them. so there's one picket there's only one picket line here today members the of here today there members the of the cross country train operating company and they've been telling me that they're

ready to continue striking for people and commuters here. it's having time onto their journey . having time onto their journey. one person i spoke to, it's added 40 minutes on their journey. they tried to get the tram the city centre. it tram into the city centre. it was they said there was was packed. they said there was police board to try and make police on board to try and make sure that there was no disruption or further a further to cause because the to anyone cause because the pubuc to anyone cause because the public other public public transport, other public transport here have been a lot busier . but transport here have been a lot busier. but in terms of the people , the picket behind people, the picket line behind me, they're really sure when me, they're not really sure when this is going end. they this is going to end. they haven't offer that they haven't had an offer that they feel has accessible to them. we know in terms of the other companies are in companies that they rmt are in dispute the network in dispute with the network rail in particular. course particular. they of course rejected rise. it was rejected that pay rise. it was a 5% backdated pay rise in 2020 to a 4% pay rise in 2023. their members , 55% of their members members, 55% of their members voted to reject that offer and so the disruption and that negotiation continues mick lynch saying they're ready to keep coming to the table if government invites them. they said they haven't really received anything the past

couple of weeks but they're willing negotiate and find a willing to negotiate and find a settlement, to settlement, a resolution to this. of course, one of the this. but of course, one of the things the government's slipped into lynch was into the deal mick lynch was saying over christmas was of course, things about driver trains removing guards trains and removing guards trains, things removing trains, things like removing ticket offices from stations around , the country. and they're around, the country. and they're things that mick lynch said is not acceptable . he's not going not acceptable. he's not going to accept. and so until the government and the rmt come back to the table again to try and negotiate and these things negotiate these and these things and make settlement than and make that settlement than disruption here in birmingham and across the country is going to continue and. jack, from the communities you spoken to this morning, what is the mood on the still quite supportive of the strike are they had enough now they just want to get with they just want to get on with their lives birmingham's always been a bit of kind of keen on some sides really port of course people are disrupted this a be a be a busy city it's one of the youngest cities in the uk . a lot youngest cities in the uk. a lot of people coming for business. there's lot more business as

there's a lot more business as big coming and moving big businesses coming and moving birmingham. so you know, it's the well after new the first day as well after new years christmas that of years christmas that millions of people to work people are going back to work for time. so has for the first time. so has disrupted them and it has added talent to their journey. but they're to me that, they're also saying to me that, look, we get it. and actually they're supportive they're quite supportive of the rmt and rmt saying the government and trying companies trying to operate in companies to them what they want. so to give them what they want. so the so the disruption can can stop. right. thank right. let's go you're leeds go to anna. you're in leeds now looking suitably kabul up there. it's a bit miserable . is that a it's a bit miserable. is that a picket line behind you? i can see there, anna. good see you there, anna. good morning. yes, i'm here at. the rmt picket line just outside leeds train station where people have been out here since early this morning and it's much the same as as what jack was describing here in leeds. people on this picket line are very they've got that monday in place as they are empty for five months, potentially strikes until they get the deal that they want. and people on the

picket line are telling me it's not just about money. of course comes into it with the cost living. they feel that the price increase that they've been given would amount to an actual pay decrease. so that's why they've refused that. but that comes and as well about these dry only trains they feel like it's going to be unsafe not having guards on board and also the removal of ticket offices , these potential ticket offices, these potential redundancies that are coming. so it's much more about terms and conditions from people i've been speaking to here . and in terms speaking to here. and in terms of passengers, it's a bit of a mixed bag, really. there are still people that do support the strike while we've been on the picket line , there's been picket line, there's been members of the public coming and bringing chocolates to the striking workers support of them, but also speaking to people out at the train station . there is still some frustration. you know it's the first day back at work for many people after the christmas and new year's eve break and they're

finding it hard to get in if you can't work from home, if you don't drive and you have rely on trains. it's very difficult when these strikes are happening to get about their daily business so there is some frustrate action but there is still some support in place as well . and support in place as well. and are you seeing an on on the centre of leeds where you are i mean with people coming through this is the station the business is actually based at the station and the small cafes around it they must be affected. you have spoken to us at any interviews that rmt . and of car of course. that rmt. and of car of course. yes it does have a knock on impact to these these surrounding businesses and it has knock on impact for congestion in the city centre as well. that's something i've seen right next to me. there's roadworks going on and with more people trying to use buses of cars up into congestion in city centre as well and jack , centre as well and jack, bringing you back in briefly, have you seen the same in

birmingham again a very busy station, lots of small businesses . the oh jack i think businesses. the oh jack i think we've lost you . we're all okay we've lost you. we're all okay sorry i think we appear to have lost you or your mike's obviously gone on strike. thank you so much. anna and jack, they're reporting from the front line . what? the chaos having line. what? the chaos having not. just not just on our own, people trying to travel, but obviously small businesses around the area as well. right. so this show nothing without you.so so this show nothing without you. so let's have look at some of the emails that you have sent in. right. okay. i'll get to actually read them out if i can find i put them down which are here somewhere . okay. yes where here somewhere. okay. yes where are they. okay . okay okay. i'll are they. okay. okay okay. i'll read them out after the break. on the grounds i've got so much paperwork on my desk, i find them. right. but after the break, joined by wonderful

break, be joined by my wonderful panel williams, panel author, joanna williams, and director of the new culture forum, peter and get stuck forum, peter and will get stuck into biggest stories of the into the biggest stories of the day see in a sec. look day and see you in a sec. look for paperwork . hello. day and see you in a sec. look for paperwork. hello. i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office. most of us will see outbreaks of rain also be and rain today. it will also be and it be the winds coming from it will be the winds coming from the southwest at the moment bringing a lot of mild air with them, but also bringing an awful lot of cloud outbreaks of rain, a couple of weather fronts to watch one has already watch out for. one has already pushed spell of rain pushed bringing a spell of rain earlier . but pushed bringing a spell of rain earlier. but next pushed bringing a spell of rain earlier . but next weather earlier. but the next weather front is moving in for the afternoon and that will pep up the rain once again. so some in between of rain, between the spells of rain, especially the east and for especially in the east and for northern scotland where it stays fairly cold, but is turning milder here. so there are snow so that we've seen eventually more confined to the higher tops the mountains and the rain replacing it. a lot of across the country a strong but that wind coming from the southwest so it is going to be feeling mild especially in the south the

rain heavy at times as it moves through could cause issues for central and southern scotland particularly of a higher parts and it stays damp in the south as well through the evening and overnight. it's a windy night, but the winds, of course, since they're coming from the southwest, mean that going to be mild temperatures in, many places. the double figures by dawn just in the mid—single figures there for northern scotland the rain scotland where the rain eventually overnight eventually moves in overnight and then clears slowly through the morning the rain also clearing southern half of the uk but in between there is a band of wetter weather for southern scotland. northern england scotland. for northern england and for northern ireland that turning more showery later turning a bit more showery later in it's a mild day. in the day. and it's a mild day. blustery, yes, but temperatures up at 14 celsius in the south, seven or eight for scotland northern ireland. some damp weather returning to cornwall and devon for a time during the afternoon and early evening. but that clears through and then clear for many overnight on wednesday night's showers in the north tending to fade away . north tending to fade away. thursday looks like another

showery day for many. friday, a little but further rain or showers coming along for the weekend .

it's 1120. this is it's1120. this is bev it's 1120. this is bev turner it's1120. this is bev turner today on gb news. with me dawn neesom right now. let's have a look at some of the emails that you've sent. i did find them by the way. all the paper on this desk. guess which got blown on the floor by the fan, the corner, your emails and i keep sending them in. i've got them now. so going to read now. right. so i'm going to read them loud you and some them out loud for you and some great ones in by the way, it's all obviously harry and meghan and strikes . right. okay. and the strikes. right. okay. harry meghan, doctor harry and meghan, it's a doctor first before of his first before begging of his father harry was father and brother. harry was always prince. he was

always an idiot prince. he was pathetic , says jackie. the first pathetic, says jackie. the first one was from aidan, the way. one was from aidan, by the way. it's strong opinions here it's quite strong opinions here and going onto the nhs . how many and going onto the nhs. how many is the seven hospitals of declared critical have a high population of elite migrants? oh my gosh again , that is an area my gosh again, that is an area that we haven't discussed, have we? the increase in population from migrants coming into the country. right. and the nhs that was from len and carol says the nhs are given more a mile on my taxes a year year half of taxes and goes to the nhs. how much more do they want. and it is true that we aren't spending billions on the nhs, which is why i'm quite keen to see whether it is fit for purpose and whether more money will, will, actually save it. will, will actually save it. meanwhile says if harry is in pain as doctor tessa dunlop contends that entirely self—inflicted and cushioned by the multimillions has earned by breathing against family. he and his wife are not exactly suffering the cost of living. are they? they are pathetic , not are they? they are pathetic, not exactly favourable towards the

montecito a prince and princess. meanwhile sue on the nhs says i retired nurse of 51 years. the nhs is not in it is not on a knife edge. nhs is not in it is not on a knife edge . what we dreaded to knife edge. what we dreaded to happen the nhs has fallen over and i think that is a point that is, is coming through time and time on what . we're hearing from time on what. we're hearing from you and sort of like what people are saying there as well. i mean, peter is like, you know, if the nhs do we have to now that after all these years it is fit for purpose or do we just need to reorganise it ? well need to reorganise it? well i think i mean, the main point to say about this, i think how she wants it is become an article of faith in this country. you know, you can't criticise the nhs and any criticism of the nhs is met with allegations that. you want to privatise if you want to destroy it. indeed we saw that in two with the gentleman. this

i was saying there was an agenda to destroy it. if there isn't change to destroy it. they've got a very way of showing it actually because . i mean the actually because. i mean the whole modus operandi behind the pandemic was to save in the, if anything, the point. it was actually show that its force did not become clear. actually it was actually to stop that happening . unfortunately happening. unfortunately possibly , one could say that the possibly, one could say that the pandemic has actually quite how dysfunctional is. it's not the envy of the world anymore. but the point is i should work was born and raised on the nhs i believe in the nhs . i believe in believe in the nhs. i believe in social health care. just there might very import and structural things wrong with the way that is organised. the moment someone is organised. the moment someone is going to have have the guts actually to wrestle with that some politician actually can't see it happening . i cannot see see it happening. i cannot see it happening actually at the job

and i think that's a very good point. peter's the people are terrified to even criticise it now because you are accused of privatising it. but we privatising it. but when we think it's fifth largest think it's the fifth largest employer world and we're employer in the world and we're only actually a small country compared rest of the world. and, you know, you have sort of like 500 pushers is the phrase we 500 pen pushers is the phrase we have obviously on over have to use. obviously on over £100,000 a year. so surely that's structure does need to be looked at. well i agree completely. and the problem we've got is that the nhs is set up exactly as peter says . it's up exactly as peter says. it's this kind of institution that we cannot criticise absolutely beyond . but at the same beyond reproach. but at the same time it's used as political time it's also used as political football us with . so football to beat us with. so i think every single year of my aduu think every single year of my adult life you get to your october, november, december , we october, november, december, we get headlines and suddenly get these headlines and suddenly every general every time there's a general election in offing, you know, tenure out. sorry, i used to say the nhs, nhs in crisis says i cnnged the nhs, nhs in crisis says i cringed time for the nhs. you know if we get this story it's a bit like the boy who cried wolf

that. because now it seems to me that. because now it seems to me that the nhs is not on a knife edge or not at crisis point. it's over, you know, it has collapsed. if we, if, if it's true , we can only assume it is true, we can only assume it is these, these stories of people to wait days for ambulances, days to be admitted onto a ward, people dying in the hundreds because they're not getting treatment. well, this isn't an nhs , a sort of national health. nhs, a sort of national health. this is an institution has failed. i think rishi sunak should be out there before the nafion should be out there before the nation declaring a national emergency. so these managers who failed to do the job that they are paid thousands of pounds a year do hundreds of thousands of pounds a year to date, and they should be actually taking control of this situation. you know , at the most fundamental know, at the most fundamental level , if you have an accident, level, if you have an accident, suffer a heart or a stroke, you need to see doctor, you need to be admitted. a hospital and a country that cannot provide that most basic of service for the

population is a country that has is failing. the population and we kind of a you know on a knife edge it's not it's failed we need to be honest and we need to solve this now. i think the shocking statistic came out this week is, you know, there are 300 to 500 avoidable deaths a week of failings in emergency care . of failings in emergency care. that's right. also on top of that's right. but also on top of that as well, we've got this sort of what has a tsunami actually of deaths that have come from the approach that was taken by the nhs during the pandemic. i know i've already said this, but it's incredibly it became the national covid service. it didn't happen in other european services. it didn't happen to we all know what's happened for terms of cancer treatments, in terms heart conditions and all of that and those sorts of decisions were were were wrong, simplistic . but the fact is, if you set that at the time you were a

granny killer. yeah, right. it's as simple as that. i think the problem is really , is this and i problem is really, is this and i think joanna actually really said this is that it was built on 1948 principle was right . the on 1948 principle was right. the population was much, much smaller than it is now. but also people expected from it was different. it was looked upon a kind of something to value and i remember my parents do anything other than go they didn't want to put pressure on doctors so it'll go in a few days apparently. now people actually just want to turn off at the drop of a hat, even to just get pills or whatever for something quite small. what? what? it's meant to provide has increased and increased, you know , to an and increased, you know, to an extraordinary . and that was just extraordinary. and that was just simply for it. it brings out very neatly onto a story that you've picked out, joanna, which is about it's on the telegraph front about flu advice , face front about flu advice, face masks. yeah, obviously the constant covid advice, face masks don't go out, you'll kill

granny, etc. and now we've been told again it's back to face because of the flu. yeah, i know the story, i'm afraid. which makes me very the evidence makes me very angry the evidence around masks never around face masks was never conclusive . we need to be conclusive. we need to be absolutely clear about that , absolutely clear about that, particularly the kind of homemade piece cloth face homemade piece of cloth face masks that people were wearing and kind of chucking in the bottom of a pocket a handbag bottom of a pocket or a handbag and pulling out dirty. know, and pulling out dirty. you know, there never a strong there was never a strong evidence to suggest that they did much or anything at to prevent covid. i mean, if had we wouldn't have needed vaccines and social distancing makes no sense. and yet this has now been in that this is our in place that this is our personal response , something personal response, something we should , and it's being should do, and it's being trotted out over again, you know , it makes me cross. nobody ever talks . the downside to face talks. the downside to face masks, how they prevent communication, how we've got children suffering , mental children suffering, mental health problems, very, very young , suffering speech and young, suffering speech and language deficits. and we've got to ask how much of a face masks actually played a role in in

promoting some of those difficulties and yet becomes very easy to churn out the same all over again. and it's quite chilling because i think a lot of people work in mental issues because of the whole , you know, because of the whole, you know, don't go out, you'll kill granny , a face mask, etc, etc. and now we almost feel like we're being edged to go back , yeah, yeah. edged to go back, yeah, yeah. and the advice is coming out. i think some in the papers again today it's like you know advice today it's like you know advice to parents like if your child is ill don't send it to school. but do parents to be told that, well, no big time ? you know what well, no big time? you know what worries me? most of all and this is why i've got to disagree slightly with peter the advice that's also coming out is stay away from hospitals stay away save the nhs by not the nhs . and save the nhs by not the nhs. and where i guess where i disagree slightly is i think maybe five, ten years ago it was the case that people would rush to agony, you know, because they'd cut fingernail or something very trivial. i actually think the pandemic changed all of that and i we learn not to use

i think we did learn not to use hospitals sometimes tragically when we were in dire need of use hospitals. people have given up . i've certainly given up on getting a gp appointment, you know, instead has this is know, google instead has this is another thing that people mentioned all the views in mentioned in all the views in today is like, well, we are going to a&e a lot more because we can't get to see gp still. yes but that doesn't mean to say that real people that there's not real people have got serious health problems and yet again we're being told don't bother turning up at a hospital. we have the ridiculous peter when large. yes and also there's this growing trend for remote doctoring. in fact it's on this very programme . a few on this very programme. a few weeks ago we were talking about it whereby and i think it's in they're they're piloting a scheme whereby you do your blood tests in midlife you know just to check up that everything's fine . i mean to check up that everything's fine. i mean you to check up that everything's fine . i mean you know the just fine. i mean you know the just something like that going wrong or even, you know, getting off

the ground the first place or i would have thought the interesting thing when it might be okay you use what midlife. i'm not entirely sure. midlife if it's well you know fifties , if it's well you know fifties, i'm going to be 110. well, you know, if you if you're asking what people who in their eighties to do these things at home. mum was asked to send home. my mum was asked to send various samples post she various samples by the post she was also so you know. absolutely and not for just older and it's not for just older people well even for people as well but even for younger people, you know, you find the doctor in the morning and told, well, and then you're told, well, can't doctor. the doctor can't see a doctor. the doctor will phone you to kind of will phone you back to kind of triage you even get triage you before you even get to doctor. we can't give to see the doctor. we can't give you what you're you a time. so what you're supposed do, take the day off supposed to do, take the day off work, just sit all day or you go out. you take mobile with out. you take your mobile with you, in the middle, you, you're in the middle, the supermarket, are trying supermarket, and you are trying to intimate health to discuss your intimate health problems you're in the problems whilst you're in the picking your cornflakes off the shelf not appropriate. and shelf it's not appropriate. and so and don't and so people using it and don't and then it builds up these problems further down the line and so just a few things, you know, in a way you don't even need a

massive overhaul of the structure . there are small structure. there are small things that happen in european health services, which again are absolutely verboten . you know, absolutely verboten. you know, for example, a small fee when you go into like in germany is just a small fee . obviously huge just a small fee. obviously huge numbers of people would be exempt from paying. but i imagine that the amount of money that we bring in is enormous. and also, for example, here the amount of missed appointments that they were before were just allowed go. yes. also allowed to go. yes. you also mentioned , you know, that dawn mentioned, you know, that dawn think is very important. is the huge increase in our population over the past ten years, is the this is one of those things that nobody addresses really but that we again, it's one of those things we can't talk about. it makes you racist. right. things we can't talk about. it makes you racist . right. okay. makes you racist. right. okay. we have to move on. and after the break, prince says he wants his brother . anyway, i got about his brother. anyway, i got about it . but has he gone too? his brother. anyway, i got about it. but has he gone too? has his brother. anyway, i got about it . but has he gone too? has the it. but has he gone too? has the damage been done or ? can he damage been done or? can he salvage that relationship ? don't salvage that relationship? don't go away. that's coming up after

your morning this . don't. thank your morning this. don't. thank your morning this. don't. thank you it's 1132. i'm your morning this. don't. thank you it's1132. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom train. passengers are being warned significant disruption this week . over 40,000 rail this week. over 40,000 rail workers staged fresh strikes . workers staged fresh strikes. members of the rmt network rail and 14 train operators will walk out for 48 hours from today and again on friday whilst drivers in the aslef union will strike on thursday. this latest action is part of the long running dispute pay jobs and conditions which rmt general secretary mick lynch told us is vital for the future of the industry. up to the government now to show us that they mean business and that they want to facilitate some talks rather than undermining them as we believe they did before christmas. by provisions in that they know none of the railway unions are going to. so if can get some realistic if we can get some realistic talks some proper proposals talks with some proper proposals and progressive talks will work

with all the parties to get that on transport secretary mark harper says it's time for the unions to get off the picket line and round the negotiating table . the government is going table. the government is going to continue to work really hard to continue to work really hard to try and help bring the two sides together to get this resolved. i know frustrating. this is for commuters and the dangerisit this is for commuters and the danger is it puts people off using the railways which is a bit of self—harm on the part of the rail unions that haven't settled this dispute. what i think the can do is make sure there's a fair and reasonable on there's a fair and reasonable on the table, which there is facilitate those negotiation is between employers and trade unions and try and make sure we get this dispute resolved the travelling public . health bosses travelling public. health bosses are warning the government needs to respond . mounting pressure to respond. mounting pressure within the nhs with top medics describing current situation as unbearable . more than a dozen unbearable. more than a dozen nhs trusts and ambulance services declared critical coincidence over the festive penod. coincidence over the festive period . the royal college of

period. the royal college of emergency medicine says somewhere between 300 to 500 people are dying each week as a result of delays . urgent care. result of delays. urgent care. the government says it's given the nhs and social care sector an additional the nhs and social care sector an additiona l £14 billion over an additional £14 billion over the next two years . two british the next two years. two british citizens were among four people killed in a mid—air crash between two helicopters in australia saturday. diane and ron hughes , aged 57 and 65, were ron hughes, aged 57 and 65, were on holiday in the country when the accident happened in australia's gold coast. three others were left critically . tv others were left critically. tv online and dab+ radio. this is.

gb news. hi, it's 37, she says, checking her phone. this is bev turner on a gb news with me. dawn neesom i'm holding on to a paper desperately. right. the duke of sussex will face american broken anderson cooper for an interview on 60 minutes on sunday, showing cooper walking with prince harry and teases revelations about the contents . that book in the uk. contents. that book in the uk. harry is also due to be interviewed by itv's tom bradby, also his mate . he's not also his mate. he's not a teenage actually, so it's like double whammy of harry coming out right now. royal reporter cameron walker joins us live now . cameron, i feel like we are having this conversation time and time again, but what can we expect from what harry is up to now? indeed is pretty much the same arguments or allegations he was making just last month dunng was making just last month during the netflix documentary series buckingham palace allegedly killed did with the media briefing , an encounter media briefing, an encounter briefing make him and meghan

look like victims. sorry looks like the villains. in order to make and catherine perhaps look better. that's the allegation. buckingham palace not responded as they haven't responded to any of these claims . the pros as they haven't responded to any of these claims. the pros and cons to that, i suppose . i mean, cons to that, i suppose. i mean, on the plus side, it doesn't drag them into this hollywood style tit. the tats arguments about. style tit. the tats arguments about . it doesn't cheapen the about. it doesn't cheapen the monarchy either. but the problem is, dawn we're only getting one side of the story with this. and it's prince truth, perhaps not the truth. yeah. and this is the interesting, because harry knows that brother and father will never back because i mean, as he says, i think one of the interviews he says, you the motto is never complain, never explain. but it is just a motto. they brief behind the scenes they do brief behind the scenes and like, you know, they and it's like, you know, they collude press. it's collude with the press. it's like, harry and meghan, like, so is harry and meghan, who collude with the press all the time as. what would. yeah, i think that's half the problem and i think the fact that there are separate interviews for are two separate interviews for this to kind of publicise his new book which is coming next

week we've got cbs with sun keeper where. he was accused of leaking and planting stories against buckingham palace. but then on itv's was much about he wants to reconcile with his brother, reconcile with with with with the king. he wants his his his father back. he wants his his father back. he wants his brother back. but you can't really go hand, hand, because on the one hand, he wants to make peace with his family. the one hand, he wants to make peace with his family . then he's peace with his family. then he's equally perhaps trashing them in this cbs . i equally perhaps trashing them in this cbs. i mean, he's equally perhaps trashing them in this cbs . i mean, he's not the this cbs. i mean, he's not the sharpest tool in the box. i think you as most people have met. but surely he see that if you want to build bridges with your family, this not the way to go about it. i think perhaps prince harry might have been into of a corner here into a bit of a corner here because longer a working because he no longer a working member family. has member of royal family. he has to make money. and i'm afraid this the publicity of this book ends the way he's decided to make money is capitalising on the fact he is a member of the royal family and talking about

private experiences growing up within the firm and equally his experience having meghan as a member of the firm and his his problems with that and he's his dirty laundry in public, as it were and he perhaps is discovered that that actually gives money money. it's all about money. how much of this do you cameron is being encouraged to by meghan. it's an question i think prince harry clearly has a lot of trauma. he's spoken about it himself in the past following , the death of his mother, diana, princess of wales. does it affect has on him and since then he has really had a problem with the press. i don't agree with the press. i don't agree with the press. i don't agree with the narrative that it was meghan that pushed him out of the royal family and encouraged him to leave the royal family. i think prince harry very much wanted find a way out before he even met meghan. but i think it is right to say meghan was perhaps a catalyst in actually leaving as working members of

the royal family. clearly as a hollywood influence and an american influence here. meghan movie aware of how the american media landscape works compared to here in the united kingdom. and i think prince harry is happy to go along with that. i think finally there is a44 book deal with random house, a harry and meghan's sign at £17 million to spare alone . meghan's already to spare alone. meghan's already had the children's book the bench out by also supposedly writing a book on wellness. yeah so what that's going to be but the other rumour i don't know any more than i do about this one is that meghan is also to write an autobiography telling more of her truth about . her, more of her truth about. her, what is it, 72 days with the royal family. yes, i've heard this rumour. well, that meghan is also going be writing a memoir. she perhaps alluded to that in it in an interview. she did. i think it was with one of us magazines last year where she hinted that she hasn't signed or wasn't told to sign a non—disclosure agreements when she a working of the she left as a working of the royal family, means royal family, which means technically say

technically is free to say whatever she likes. we'll have to and that one. but to wait and see on that one. but i think it would me if i think it would surprise me if she actually write she didn't actually write a book, be honest, because book, to be honest, because there's been so many interviews with harry and meghan that it would almost she would seem almost impossible she wouldn't her side wouldn't want to tell her side the oh, my gosh . await the story. oh, my gosh. await with bated breath, don't we? thank much, cameron. thank you so much, cameron. right. listening to what right. okay. listening to what cameron to say. that was the cameron had to say. that was the former butler grant harold former royal butler grant harold and grant joining us now. and grant is joining us now. hello. there you are, grant. thank you so for joining hello. there you are, grant. thank you so forjoining us hello. there you are, grant. thank you so for joining us this morning. what do you make of this situation today on the front all the front pages of front of all the front pages of the newspapers, i want my the newspapers, harry, i want my father brother back. what do father and brother back. what do you interviews he's you make of the interviews he's given , the that the book's given, the fact that the book's coming next week really coming out next week is really and just went on because i shared in social media last night before i left uk and they debate that's going on is extraordinary and it's hundreds of thousands of people's with their views in the comments and i the situation horrible i feel a little bit foolhardy better. i mean, i knew him but also saying

he wants his father and brother back.i he wants his father and brother back. i understand what he's to say. i get what he's coming from i don't think they're going the right way about doing that . and right way about doing that. and i also appeal to companies that are look, i don't think meghan pushed him out. the royal family hardy's quite well. the hottie that i knew was strong willed character know he did things that he wanted to do. i always said there's been reports that was a way out. i was was looking for a way out. i was aware of that when i was there, but of course, as he became a welcome the royal welcome in the royal family maybe wasn't he wanted maybe it wasn't what he wanted to do, but i think it would be his choice. but obviously he would consult his and would consult his wife and family but the whole family on that. but the whole thing, i've always done, thing, as i've always said done, is and i've always is israeli side and i've always talked to at end game. i wonder what the end game as. and i think for obviously does. think for him, obviously does. he's us that he would he's telling us that he would like by like his father and brother by the very close. i believe the way very close. i believe that. i said, i don't think that. as i said, i don't think they're the right way they're going the right way about this. what are you about doing this. what are you doing you know, say you want a role, you know, the boys. role, but, you know, the boys. i mean, what you think mean, what effect do you think this having on william?

this is having on william? i won't anything. we he won't say anything. we know he won't. that's what the family that family do. don't ever that the family do. don't ever explain with queen explain french with queen famously always said , as you've famously always said, as you've mentioned, don't complain . don't mentioned, don't complain. don't explain which it's quite a good place for too many many years or even centuries . i place for too many many years or even centuries. i think place for too many many years or even centuries . i think that's even centuries. i think that's obviously the way they do things. but i think personally think it's really difficult because i aware of how close they were . they were very close they were. they were very close like any other family. i think that's what people maybe find extraordinarily hard to believe. they are like any other family. they are like any other family. they close they have their they are close they have their the highs and lows. the sad part is being one in one of the most famous families in the world. when you do have full son like when you do have a full son like daughter, we have family follows, especially over christmas things christmas and things you don't read it. the next day read about it. the next day we're with royal family we we're with the royal family we are because are reading about it because they're it and i, they're talking about it and i, i understand them talking about it. get there. it. that they want to get there. what's to them do what's happened to them do understand that. but i said, understand that. but as i said, i think there's ways doing i think there's ways of doing that. unfortunately, it's that. and unfortunately, it's really and as i've really tricky one. and as i've

always , i'm kind on the always said, i'm kind of on the fence. i sorry for everybody involved because . i know how involved because. i know how close they are, where wrong. just one quick question. do you think the boys will ever reunite and get to the closeness they once shared? his brother don't. i'm always. i'm a huge believer in team a healer and i'm hoping that when things escalate and things calm down, that one day we will see them become best friends again. but as a team, as a healer. but who knows ? joining a healer. but who knows? joining us this morning. and we can but hope because i do think it's sad when any families fall out. i'm sorry. i can't help but doing that right. we move on now. medics that nhs medics are warning that the nhs is on a knife edge as. critical incidents are declared in hospital trusts across the country . earlier i spoke to dr. country. earlier i spoke to dr. bob gp and director of, country. earlier i spoke to dr. bob gp and director of , the nhs bob gp and director of, the nhs highest, who says money is being sucked out of the nhs, impacting the delivery of care. let's have a listen to what he had to say.

in october of this year alone , in october of this year alone, there were over 40,000 people awaiting for a hospital bed. 12 hours after a decision to admit them had been made. now, those on record figures , we know that on record figures, we know that for every patients waiting under those circumstances, there will be one preventable death . so we be one preventable death. so we are in new territory and people like myself, campaigners have been warning for years now that the nhs is being delivered to be funded, reached , ruptured and funded, reached, ruptured and the chaos face now is of delay . the chaos face now is of delay. government creation us not be in any illusions about what's going on here. we have the deliberate sabotaging bringing nhs to a point of collapse so the politicians break our trust in the service so they can move us to an insurance based system. the junior doctors voting for strike action in the next few days. strike action in the next few days . we have nurses voting for

days. we have nurses voting for strike action . they about strike action. they about ambulance men on strike . now, ambulance men on strike. now, you would have thought this would an obvious thing to sort out to stem the haemorrhage of staff out of the nhs . that's the staff out of the nhs. that's the first thing they could do. the next thing they could do is to allow healthcare who are being pushed out of the health and social care system because of the no with a covid mandate . to the no with a covid mandate. to bnng the no with a covid mandate. to bring them back into the workforce . so we have a problem workforce. so we have a problem of discharging patients out of hospitals into social care. so they could very instantly repair some of the damage that their policies have already done. respect the restoration of wages and it just requires to stem the exodus nhs staff . it's and it just requires to stem the exodus nhs staff. it's a and it just requires to stem the exodus nhs staff . it's a lot of exodus nhs staff. it's a lot of people who who watch and listen to gb news would say that the system is broken. it's not for purpose anymore . do you think

purpose anymore. do you think the nhs does need a radical not just more money slung ? well, it just more money slung? well, it has had multiple radical overhaul that have got us to this situation. we have had consecutive governments deliberately restructuring the nhs , pretending as if nothing nhs, pretending as if nothing has changed but what hasn't was under con behind the scenes is a mess of structural change which has fragment of the nhs outsourced services 7 to 8 with massive debts , finance massive debts, finance initiative debts and allowed the suck a lot of money away from the delivery of care . wow. okay. the delivery of care. wow. okay. all right . it's not good news all right. it's not good news this morning, is it? i'm sorry. i'm trying to do a happy new year thing. you right? my panellists are still with me. they haven't gone on strike. john williams and peter with. all all going all right, peter. all going to change still change the subject now. still not happy story. it has

not a very happy story. it has to said somebody you've to said somebody that you've picked a story that's in the telegraph about food banks what's going on with this? that's basically a that's right basically it's a little a kerfuffle . this little bit of a kerfuffle. this happened because that was. yes, because a conservative mp of one, they say from the red wall, brendon clarke smith has said that firemen who allegedly having to use food banks just simply need how to budget and that's essentially if you're on 32,000 salary you shouldn't be using food and so of course because it's a backbench tory mp . of course he's got a fair amount of criticism. do you think he's got a point? i think he has. i'm sorry. i mean , yeah, he has. i'm sorry. i mean, yeah, you shouldn't have to use a food bank on 2000. well, i think the problem is 32,000. it can vary hugely, depending upon your circumstances , if you're a circumstances, if you're a single person in part of the country by house prices are cheap, then absolutely you

should be able to live off 32,000. but if you're in living in london or part of the south—east, where where house pnces south—east, where where house prices extremely high, you have two or three children, 32,000 is going to go very, very quickly. but that doesn't mean to say that don't think there is something in this story. food banks think we should be banks and i think we should be questioning really going on questioning really is going on here. at risk of kind of here. so i'm at risk of kind of giving you know, giving sob story. you know, i grew in middlesbrough , the grew up in middlesbrough, the 19705 19805. grew up in middlesbrough, the 1970s 1980s. there was 1970s and 1980s. there was incredibly high unemployment, both my parents were out of work. i was one of five children. there were no banks and people did manage to get by. so i think there is a very interesting phenomenon going on here with food banks where it's almost as a of last almost too easy as a of last resort and think the problem with that is it stops taking a bigger look at what are real economic problems over a personal life or at the level of the whole country that we've got this situation , or has it become this situation, or has it become a kind of self thing that because banks are there, it

becomes an option for people to make use of? again, it's one of those things like so many things these days that we're discussing earlier on with the nhs that people are frightened to criticise or to point out, that maybe do maybe things that do need because you're accused of because then you're accused of being all sorts of guys trying to destroy the nhs or sort of like, you know, you're so privileged your class privileged to your middle class london existence now you've london existence now that you've what about food what do you know about food banks. anger but it's banks. it's an anger but it's until we have these debates which is what do so well on which is what we do so well on gb news we have these debates so you these issues and you can about these issues and those are kinds shouted those are the kinds of shouted down because we need to talk about these things. we're so frightened these days doing so. i think yes. anything to i mean, i think yes. anything to do with poverty or perceived is a bit of , you know, a land mine a bit of, you know, a land mine area actually because as well what we consider to be poverty and, that is conditions that might give rise to going to a food bank . you know, that has food bank. you know, that has changed become much more relative . in fact, it was

relative. in fact, it was changed, i think officially around about 1960. the idea of poverty being simply not being able to feed yourself and that was it. and it was changed. now i think it's about a lack of choice i think this has actually come to join the you might know this more better than i, but essentially it's just a essentially it's just a essentially about a not having the freedom of choice. you should have , which is not the should have, which is not the same as not able to feed yourself. but i you know. absolutely. can you when you look at the cost of living now i tend get it you know , outside of tend get it you know, outside of london and you should how do people even manage on 16, 17, 18. so but we're talking here about 32,000. but we know no, i think there are important issues to discuss around personal responsibility as well. and which is absolutely not to say that people shouldn't have higher wages, but it's kind of people i think that's an important point, isn't it? we all always looking for all now always looking for somebody else to blame the days of personal responsibility

appears to long gone, no appears to be long gone, no matter , what problem is. but matter, what the problem is. but we move to we all going to move on to another story now because people using foodbanks probably using foodbanks will probably not you not know exactly what. can you talk about ? i not know exactly what. can you talk about? i mean, i think i've got to preface this by saying take out the world's smallest violin because it's scale holidays which are threatened with being ruined year because there are it's probably all to do with change, isn't it? all these stories always our best show in the lower stretches of the alps, i've got to confess. i mean, say nothing to me. i've never been skiing, never been on a ski holiday. so my heart bleeds for these poor, rich people who are wanting to go off skiing and, finding that they are having to go up to a higher level, presumably up the mountain to find the snow . it's mountain to find the snow. it's very much a times story, extreme logic to their heart, it has to be said . i logic to their heart, it has to be said. i mean, logic to their heart, it has to be said . i mean, obviously it's be said. i mean, obviously it's like, you know, we will all be looking forward to a nice houday looking forward to a nice holiday this year at some point.

hopefully can get away any . i hopefully can get away any. i have to say no news yet but i would like to think about making it when i know i. i really do want to go a, you know, as soon as possible about easter possibly, but also my whole year to topping has changed. i don't know about you, but i find it the actual travelling part party now really unpleasant experience. yeah and i cannot face it on. that would almost be enough. me and if that mask things comes back, well almost it would stop me going north with the mask. right. well that's it. we've come to the end of our show . a massive thank you of our show. a massive thank you to joanna and peter and for of you for watching. coming up next is a gb news live with stephen dickson. bev turner we'll be back tomorrow. thank hello. i'm aidan mcgivern from the met. most of us will see outbreaks rain today. it will also be windy and it will be mild. the coming from the southwest at the

moment, bringing a lot of mild air with but also bringing an awful lot cloud outbreaks of rain a. couple of weather fronts to watch out for. one has already pushed through a spell of rain earlier, but the next weather front is moving for in afternoon and that will pep up rain once again. so some gaps in between the spells of rain, especially in the east and for northern scots where it stays fairly cold but it is turning milder here. so the snow that we've seen eventually more confined , the higher tops of the confined, the higher tops of the mountains and the rain replacing it . a lot of rain across the it. a lot of rain across the country , strong wind, but that country, strong wind, but that wind from the southwest , it is wind from the southwest, it is going to be feeling mild, especially in the south. the heavy at times as it moves could cause issues for central and southern scotland, particularly over higher parts. and it stays in the south as well through . in the south as well through. the evening and overnight, it's a windy night, but the winds of course since they're coming from the southwest, mean that it's going to be mild temperatures in many places. the double by dawn

just in the midst single figures there for northern scotland where the eventually moves in overnight , then clears slowly overnight, then clears slowly through the morning the rain also clearing the southern of the uk. but in between there a band of wetter weather for southern scotland for northern england and for northern ireland that turning a bit more later in the day and it's a mild day, blustery yes, but temperatures up at 14 celsius in the south seven or eight for scotland, northern ireland, some damp weather to cornwall in devon for a time during the afternoon and early evening. but that clears through. and then clear spells for many overnight on wednesday night's showers in the north tending to fade away thursday it looks like another showery day for many friday a little drier but further rain or showers coming along for the weekend . coming along for the weekend. i'm committed to many join me on gb news on sunday morning for a politics show with personality on tv radio and online gb news

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