i love it after it. i know you thought it was going to be patrick now he's off there skiing somewhere. i'm not a i'm in the patrick christys on gb news afternoon now coming in the patrick christys on gb ne'the afternoon now coming in the patrick christys on gb ne'the labour rnoon now coming in the patrick christys on gb ne'the labour leader now coming in the patrick christys on gb ne'the labour leader accused ning in the patrick christys on gb ne'the labour leader accused the| up the labour leader accused the prime minister of chasing headune prime minister of chasing headline with new rules as rishi sunak looks to introduce new powers to tackle disruptive protests . the amendments to the protests. the amendments to the pubuc protests. the amendments to the public order will allow police to intervene . protests become to intervene. protests become

highly disruptive and give officers greater clarity about deaung officers greater clarity about dealing with demonstrators , dealing with demonstrators, roads or slow marching . i want roads or slow marching. i want to know if you think there should be limits on the right to protest number 10 says the actions of the suffolk met police officer, whose admitted 49 offences, including 24 counts of rape over an 18 year period , of rape over an 18 year period, are appalling. pc david carrick appeared at southwark crown court earlier, opening the system and with former prime minister boris johnson . right. minister boris johnson. right. was he right to it in effect, cynical for more than was he right to it in effect, cynical for more tha n £4,000 on cynical for more than £4,000 on a government credit card.7 was this thing, the united nations general assembly , new york. general assembly, new york. labour say it's the it labour say it's the money it could have given it could could have been given it could have food to infant have given food to ten infant school children for a year. as of get touch, you know. of a get in touch, you know. email gb views. i gb news dodge uk or tweet me at gb news. but first let's get your latest news headunes.

first let's get your latest news headlines . hello. good headlines. hello. good afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm tamsin roberts the gb newsroom. the government plans to send asylum seekers rwanda is to be challenged . the court of appeal. challenged. the court of appeal. it's after the high court granted an appeal against its own ruling last month . said the own ruling last month. said the scheme is lawful. however, campaigners say it's a policy that will cause great human suffering. no has been set for the hearing . the court of appeal the hearing. the court of appeal . a metropolitan police officer has pleaded guilty to multiple offences, including four counts offences, including four counts of rape over , a 17 year period. of rape over, a 17 year period. david carrick, a serving officer, carried out 49 offences against 12 women. appearing southern crown court, he admitted raping nine of the women. some on numerous occasions over months years. he's due to be sentenced early next month. barbara assistant commissioner of the police, praised his victim for coming forward. i want to commend the

outstanding bravery of the 13 women who came forward and reported the horrific crimes they were victims of on behalf of the metropolitan service . i of the metropolitan service. i am truly sorry that they have suffered at the hands of this police officer . carrick is police officer. carrick is a prolific serial sex offender who , preyed on women over a period of many years . london mayor of many years. london mayor sadiq has called the circumstances appalling and says lessons must be learned. bratton when he first became an officer, should meant alarm bells went off. they didn't. we also know when the review should have been taken ten years after being a police officer. the vetting that didn't uncover the things that should have been uncovered. so there missed opportunities there are missed opportunities and got sure there and we've got to make sure there are no other examples serving are no other examples of serving where missed where there are missed opportunities . the foreign opportunities. the foreign secretary says he has been

sanctioned by the russian government . in a tweet, james government. in a tweet, james cleverly says he's happy to be sanctioned if it's the price for supporting ukrainian freedom. earlier today, russia also claimed the british tanks will burn on the battlefield. but downing street , it's confident downing street, it's confident ukrainian troops use the tanks effectively . jeremy says he's effectively. jeremy says he's emailed an apology to the duke and duchess of sussex for saying he hated meghan in a newspaper column . clarkson posted a column. clarkson posted a statement on his instagram account saying he emailed the couple on christmas to say his language been disgraceful and he profoundly sorry. his comments sparked a backlash with more than 20,000 complaints being made to the press regulator , the made to the press regulator, the o2 academy, brixton has had its last suspended for three months after a deadly crash a crash last month. lambeth council says no licensable activities can take place during period. its

decision comes after two people died when ticketless fans to enter a gig in december. 23 year old security guard gabby hutchinson and 33 year old rebecca khumalo were killed in a crowd surge . a third person crowd surge. a third person remains critically . downing remains critically. downing street is urging teachers not to strike and inflict what it's calling substantial damage teaching education. the plea comes as the results of ballots for strikes by two teaching unions are due to be announced today. elsewhere in scotland are beginning their 16 days of rolling strike action in an ongoing dispute over pay . police ongoing dispute over pay. police in england and wales could be given powers to intervene in protests before they too disruptive. paul parliament today debating amendment to the pubuc today debating amendment to the public order bill which would allow police to shut demonstrations before they disruption. if passed, it would

make it easier for officers to stop demonstrators . roads. human stop demonstrators. roads. human rights . liberty says the plan is rights. liberty says the plan is an attack on the right to protest. but policing minister philp says the police have a right to intervene when it impacts people's lives . of impacts people's lives. of course we as a government, you know , fully respect the right to know, fully respect the right to protest , but that does need to protest, but that does need to be proper balanced with the right of the public to go about their day , day lives and where their day, day lives and where some of these protesters have been deliberately trying to ruin the lives of their fellow citizens think that is not acceptable, but it's possible to protest, while at the same time allowing ordinary citizens to go about their daily lives. allowing ordinary citizens to go about their daily lives . a 22 about their daily lives. a 22 year old man has been arrested on suspicion, attempted murder following a drive by shooting in central london . a seven year old central london. a seven year old girl has been left in a life threatening condition. four women and a 12 year old girl were also injured. the attack at a church in euston on . saturday

a church in euston on. saturday the princess royal was among who gathered in athens for the funeral of king constance of greece. princess anne arrived for the funeral with her husband , vice admiral timothy laurence constantine. the second was a second cousin of king charles and godfather to prince william. he died last week at the of 82. royals around the world attend the funeral . this is gb news. the funeral. this is gb news. we'll bring you more news as. it happens. now back to nana . happens. now back to nana. it's a good afternoon. it's fast approaching 8 minutes after 3:00. this is dvd is on tv, onune 3:00. this is dvd is on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua it now. i controversial expansion of powers could give officers opportunity to shut down

protests before they cause serious disruption . now the aim serious disruption. now the aim of it is to crack down environmental groups such as just stop and extinction rebellion use these so—called guerrilla tactics like , blocking guerrilla tactics like, blocking roads and slow march to get their message across. but the proposals have caused a backlash from some peers who say this amendment is an attack on people's right protest. the police minister , philip police minister, philip responded to these kinds . of responded to these kinds. of course, we as a you know, fully respect the right to protest , respect the right to protest, but that does need to be properly with the right of the general to go about their day to day and where some of these protesters have been delivered really trying to ruin the lives of their fellow citizens. we think that is not acceptable, but it's possible while at but it's possible to while at the time allowing ordinary the same time allowing ordinary citizens to go about their daily lives . well, itv news political lives. well, itv news political reporter olivia utley joins me now. now, is rishi sunak facing a lot of backlash for this proposal? it's expected that he will face some backlash in the

lords where we know that piers have previously voted down any of measures that his government has attempted to introduce to try and curtail the rights of protesters. he's also will face a backlash from the libertarian right of his party who are already making a bit of noise about this, because they're worried that it's a sort of slippery slope to the end of free speech. and then, of course, will face. a big course, he will face. a big pushback from labour, who are supportive of many of these environmental protesters and are supportive generally of the right to protest the way sunak and his government will frame it is that it's not curtailing the right to protest as a tool that's the aim of the bill. the purpose of the bill is simply to clarify existing law essentially , because at the moment we're in a situation where police don't know where the power begins and ends. for with slow ends. and for example, with slow marching, people walking slowly on the streets and holding up traffic entirely, bringing london police london to a standstill. police year were unsure whether they were to were legally allowed to intervene so soon. ex defence

operation of it will be that it's simply clarification. but. but have they enough powers. i mean you know they can actually do all the things that they're trying in anyway. so what trying to do in anyway. so what is mean, there's is the point? i mean, there's one in where one bit in it where it's extending the manage extending the powers manage pubuc extending the powers manage public assemblies. now this so this an extension of what this is an extension of what they're to do, they're planning to going to do, which that it could extend they're planning to going to do, wimanage that it could extend they're planning to going to do, wimanage things. it could extend they're planning to going to do, wimanage things. so ould extend they're planning to going to do, wimanage things. so ford extend to manage things. so for example, single people protesting groups people protesting and groups of people protesting and normally says, well, mean, this feels like well, i mean, this feels like they're closing in. they're being very specific and a lot of innocent people who are just protesting normally will be caughtin protesting normally will be caught in the in this law. well the government's argument is that quite a lot of the way that the legislation already isn't that clear. and for example , that clear. and for example, slow marching issue, the of whether you're allowed for storm of protests and close it down at present you disruptive process before it begins whether you or not. so the government argument is that is it is just clarification. mean the big question hovering all of this is

what exactly will count as the definition of serious disruption because that's what the government is going to say that that any protest which causes a serious should be allowed should be under this law. but it's not quite clear what services option means. so the government is calling for clarity essentially in this bill, but isn't being particularly itself. well in this bill, but isn't being particthaty itself. well in this bill, but isn't being particthat is itself. well in this bill, but isn't being particthat is the itself. well in this bill, but isn't being particthat is the problem.ell in this bill, but isn't being particthat is the problem. and well, that is the problem. and that's the problem they were having before, because it seems like officers don't appear like the officers don't appear to know the line is. and to know where the line is. and that it's in hands of that means it's in the hands of certain officers who are going to make that decision. and what might disruptive to might be really disruptive to what not be disruptive to what might not be disruptive to others and this can also stop things before they actually happen, sounds happen, which is what it sounds like. and it the like. well, exactly. and it the government there are plenty of police officers who support this bill because they say that so far the legislation hasn't been clear enough. there a decent argument to be made that pretty much everything which this bill will allow is actually already allowed under current law and that just the police need to be more aware of what they're

legally empowered to do. but the government is just hoping that a straightforward bill like this will help to clarify things . and will help to clarify things. and i think that might also be a bit of a political element is rishi is facing quite a lot. he's fighting on quite different fronts at the moment and in some respects looking quite politically weak. we know he's trying to negotiate with these 40 rebels about the online harms , 40 rebels. this is pretty and we saw the same thing with wind turbines a couple of months ago. so i think what you're seeing is making a sort of political calculation here that protests are public are very unpopular. the public protest pretty unpopular with conservative backbenchers disruptive protest. so i think he's hoping that this will be a sort of easy political win from him for which will also him for him, which will also make tough. i'm so make him look tough. i'm not so sure i mean, they sure about that i mean, they have got couple things that have got a couple of things that are offences. so obstruct are new offences. so obstruct major transport networks is one of the new ones and a offensive interfering key national interfering with key national infrastructure. then there's infrastructure. and then there's more which criminalising more which is criminalising causing serious disruption by

tunnelling, which so i suppose they are being very specific but ultimately things under ultimately those things under the of the previous the umbrella of the previous legislation anyway. there are i mean not to get too technical about, but there are elements of the bill which which change the bill which which will change what allowed as a, as a protest . but as the government elements of it which still are very unclear, example where unclear, for example where they just the serious just use the word serious disruption isn't clear disruption and it isn't clear exactly that means. so for disruption and it isn't clear e)billy that means. so for disruption and it isn't clear e)bill that's that means. so for disruption and it isn't clear e)bill that's aimingieans. so for disruption and it isn't clear e)bill that's aiming atns. so for a bill that's aiming at clarification , i'm quite clarification, i'm not quite sure it's doing what it on sure that it's doing what it on the well, olivia, that's the tin. well, olivia, that's olivia gb news, political reporter. should reporter. i'm asking, should there limits on people's there be limits on people's right protest? i'm joined now right to protest? i'm joined now by former editor of the sun, kelvin mckenzie. thank you very much for joining kelvin mckenzie. thank you very much forjoining me. kelvin mckenzie. thank you very much forjoining me . what's your much for joining me. what's your view this ? where do you stand view on this? where do you stand with this ? well, i mean , there with this? well, i mean, there are there are probably two separate, rather baffling to why anybody should object to . the anybody should object to. the first one is that they said, i heard the lefties. they are all specifically, by the way, socialists . i've heard them all

socialists. i've heard them all complain that, in fact , that complain that, in fact, that that the police don't need these powers. they definitely do need these powers. if you just read what any of the chief constable would have today, what is not clear to them is what they can do and when they can do it. so you you get that bizarre position on the m25, regular places, especially near i live i live out in weybridge . so on live out in weybridge. so on junctions, ten or 11 or nine, it's been a nightmare . and what it's been a nightmare. and what happens is these people turn up with these abilities to climb up onto gantries. once they get onto gantries. and once they get there, then all the traffic has to stop . and so police to stop. and so the police officers see the people there, don't against them and only act when they actually get up on the gantry . now, when they actually get up on the gantry. now, under this legislation , they can act before legislation, they can act before the actual massive protest when you know something's going to . you know something's going to. for instance, if you somebody with a knife walking through soho and you think that they're going to stab somebody, you can arrest them. this is exactly the

same with these these these kinds of protesters. and the idea that walking down the middle , the road is not middle, the road is not something that you can specifically axe against because the police haven't been acting against it. i've no idea why right then is really bad. so this is a great piece of legislation . you know, these are legislation. you know, these are the strange people who seem to have a lot of spare time on their hands, presumably being funded by the taxpayer through their benefits payments. right i seem to be out of work out fresh ways causing trouble all the time. but in i see a whole time. but in case i see a whole load of alleyways being locked down, that that legislation about telling a fantastic idea is because people have been doing that now to my mind for the boom i can remember. it must be 30 odd years ago since they first started doing that. so i'm delighted that that's been shut down. i don't feel sorry for the protesters. they can still carry on protesting. what they've got to know is that they're going to

get arrested doing it at the get arrested for doing it at the moment, free show. moment, it's a free show. listen, also bring in listen, i could also bring in environmental activist geoff buzzard and former editor of the kelvin mackenzie is still with me, too. okay geoff. well, you know, what's wrong with this legislation? you know legislation? surely you know you're allowed to protest , not you're allowed to protest, not stopping you from protesting, but saying some the but just saying some of the tactics you employ will be tactics that you employ will be criminalised . well are at the criminalised. well are at the moment. you can arrest people across the road for obstruction . you can do that already. i doubt, in fact, having scanned the news that kelvin can find more than one senior police officer who is actually back this. i've looked at all the media this morning and there's only been a deputy commissioner of the metropolitan police and it's i don't know , i. okay, hang it's i don't know, i. okay, hang on. it's a nonsense to suggest that our police, our intelligence service is undercover police officers of whom will be scrutinising every from breakfast to nightcap of all of these protesters don't know what's on. that's affectively what you're saying

and it would require a degree of clairvoyance from a detective or police officer to know in advance what an environmental protester is going to do. so i mean, you'll remember kelvin know because you've got a good memory. doris and her ability to forecast the future which fell over every opportunity because she couldn't she couldn't even ghostwrite her own biography . so ghostwrite her own biography. so a protest is a and honourable tradition if it doesn't disrupt , there's no point. now, the issue here is if you want to stop protest, i've got 110% perfect solution . sit down with perfect solution. sit down with the protesters , look at their the protesters, look at their demands , work out a sensible, demands, work out a sensible, pragmatic timetable for implementing them . job done . implementing them. job done. well, listen, kevin, he's got a point. it's a bit minor. see, full report. excuse me. i mean, predicting you're going to do it. they could that wrong. it. they could get that wrong. well i haven't got that wrong, by way, just to correct. by the way, just to correct. i know. i know that your other

colleagues there may not like facts, but fact, they hear facts, but in fact, they hear the actually has come the guy who actually has come out 101% favourite is the national police chiefs council lead for public order and public safety chief pj harrington. you can't get higher up than that than the harrington. so let's just just dismiss the idea that officers on 1,000,001% behind this on the other when they go to favour that protest where ordinary people are driving to work because a load of bomb parts have decided for some inexplicable reason the oil is they is the number one devil in they is the number one devil in the world. i am not favour of having any law, but them doing it before disrupts me going to work before plumber gets to work before a nurse gets to work for a doctor who gets work on 101% in favour of well so. so you're against you're against road accidents then and, and congestion caused the overuse of roads and people are not willing to get on the train to go to

work. so you're against cars . work. so you're against cars. you really right. well you're right, mary because honestly is it to finish kelvin? kelvin there's regular disruption on there's regular disruption on the roads . face it, every time the roads. face it, every time you drive, it's by one person in 34, slowly rusting metal. and the answer to the issue here is well, you know the peasants revolt wrong were chartists protesters wrong was the peterloo massacre the people who were searching away killed by a militia . you know in the 19th militia. you know in the 19th century or the suffragettes wrong. what is an acceptable form of public protest then, do you think? well can say i'm i think you have go back way into history to find anything that supports your argument and right today i would say people have more rights through through the power of social than through politicians in order to get

their way. you haven't got support in this manner so you literally get together a half a dozen of bombs and try and destroy the ability of ordinary people to go about their business. that moment as now come an end. thank so much. come to an end. thank so much. well, it happens. oh gonna have to leave it there. i'd love to talk to you both for a great discussion, but running of discussion, but running out of time. mackenzie, former time. kelvin mackenzie, former of and jeff garza, of the sun and jeff garza, environmental with me. i'm not queen environmental with me. i'm not queer. this is gb news in for a fact check all this week. coming up, i'll be discussing greasy spoon acts, anti strike laws which would require unions to maintain a minimum service in the public sector. now the maintain a minimum service in the public sector . now the rmt the public sector. now the rmt union holding an emergency union is holding an emergency demonstration outside street tonight and teachers in scotland are out on strike today . we'll are out on strike today. we'll cross live to glasgow next. but now let's take a look at what other made a bit given from the met office the cold weather stays with us both overnight and through the next few days with frosty conditions widely and for some snow and ice. although the

snow won't affect everyone , the snow won't affect everyone, the wintry precipitation is coming in the form of showers on a northerly win. those showers forming over relatively warm seas compared with the air. and so quite a number of showers coming to the north and into the west as well. overnight primarily northern scotland, northern northwest in the north wales and parts of cornwall, seeing a mixture of rain sleet and snow. most of the snow , the and snow. most of the snow, the southwest affecting hills . but southwest affecting hills. but for northern ireland, for northwest scotland that's snow coming down to lower levels of further significant accumulations icy patches. first thing could tricky on the thing could be tricky on the roads during tuesday morning and. certainly where we avoid the be cold the showers, it's to be a cold one. temperatures widely below freezing some spots well freezing in some spots well below freezing, but although it will be cold. plenty of bright weather out there. first thing tuesday for the vast majority actually, it's not going to be snowing. it's going to be sunny for and east in for the south and the east in particular. a further showers coming the north in the coming into the north in the northwest when it's going to be cold, if you are cold, where if you are

temperatures around 2 to temperatures at around 2 to 4 celsius up and down the country and that northern and below that over northern hills, hills, seeing hills, northern hills, seeing the snow the most significant snow accumulations , but some more accumulations, but some more persistent coming in at lower levels . the far north of levels. the far north of scotland during tuesday , scotland during tuesday, although think for the although i think for the northern for the far northern isles, for the far north mainland scotland, it be a mixture and sleet at, mixture of rain and sleet at, lower but that's lower levels, but that's accompanied strong gales accompanied by a strong of gales developing in north. developing in the north. scottish blizzards and scottish and so blizzards and drifting particularly over the hills of caithness and sutherland . and then that system sutherland. and then that system comes southwards as we start off wednesday, another frosty start across the country further showers of sleet and snow into northern ireland. wales, southwest and northern scotland. once again seeing the lion's share of on wednesday and into thursday sees the showers increasing affecting eastern areas, western areas seeing dner areas, western areas seeing drier and brighter weather here on gb news live . we'll be on gb news live. we'll be keeping you in the picture. finding out what's happening across the country and out why it matters to you. we'll have the facts fast with our team of reporters and specialist correspond . wherever it's

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channel good afternoon. if you just join me, i'm nana akua in for patrick christys rely on tv news on, tv, onune christys rely on tv news on, tv, online and on digital radio and a lot of you've been getting in touch with your views, your thoughts on this public order film. i eileen says, i'm glad the government is finally doing something about these protesters who disrupt citizens, going about their and even preventing people medical appointments and even emergency ambulances. the thing this could this could sort of normal people, the people who aren't protesting, what if they get it wrong? i mean, you know, they have enough powers over this. they're saying says

this. what they're saying says most people want the police to use powers they already use the powers they already have. absolutely. with have. absolutely. i'm with you, deborah. remove protesters deborah. to remove protesters from the public from sitting on the public highway . i that is already highway. i mean, that is already illegal, actually so i don't quite get need to quite get why they need to extend it's weird because extend them. it's weird because i'm thinking i'm i'm actually thinking that i'm beginning with just beginning to agree with just paul which is paul on this one which is worrying jordan says see worrying jordan says i can see what the government is trying do but worry me as to but this does worry me as to what will follow these. and they got a good point there as well because i mean, basically, they will determine you're will determine if you're tunnelling obviously that's illegal. always illegal illegal. that was always illegal anyway always illegal to anyway. it was always illegal to sit in the middle of a motorway. in case don't know why the in any case i don't know why the government just on government don't just get on with it. the government is with it. now, the government is accused attempting to accused now of attempting to steamroller through new legislation on strikes. everybody to on strike at everybody seems to on strike at the moment. now, the bill, which is in the of is being debated in the house of commons set commons today, would set a minimum service level that must be met by law. periods of industrial action is being criticised spiteful anti criticised as spiteful anti strike and this comes as scottish teachers have begun a six day wave of rolling strikes

and the result of the ballot for teachers in england and wales is expected later. we're joined now by new scotland reporter tony maguire for more. tony, welcome . good to talk to you this your first. thank you. is this is it? well why? why why is the teachers striking ? so the teachers striking? so the teachers striking? so the teachers up here today marks , teachers up here today marks, the first day of the really third trains of industrial action from scotland's teachers, the educational scotland has taken point for the next 16 days and every day to local authorities will go on strike. is glasgow and east lothian teachers are wanting . 10% teachers are wanting. 10% increase the scottish government are just saying that's unaffordable . unfortunately we unaffordable. unfortunately we haven't heard much from the cabinet secretary of education but who we heard from today has been the scottish conservative shadow education secretary

stephen care and he is used wasted no time and pitting some some language into the press release saying that shirley—anne somerville is failing the children of scotland . now the children of scotland. now the sun is setting heat in glasgow. am and on the first day of strikes . but am and on the first day of strikes. but i am and on the first day of strikes . but i spoke with andrea strikes. but i spoke with andrea bradley earlier on. she is the secretary general of educational institute scotland and she's angry as are much of the teachers . let's hear what she teachers. let's hear what she has to say so the mood among members is one of the racial. they continue to be resolute. they're turning in good numbers and in high spirits on picket across the city and across east. lothian today . but it has to be lothian today. but it has to be said that they are angry. they're angry that almost year since the pay claim for 10% was lodged, there is still more than 5% sitting on the table. and that's been there really for six months. so they're angry at that. they're angry at the inaction of the scottish

government and cosla and the lack urgency shown by them to lack of urgency shown by them to really satisfied really bring satisfied resolution to this dispute . and resolution to this dispute. and there we have it now . parents there we have it now. parents have just had a chance to digest this. 16 days of strike and before even the weekend we heard a further 22 days planned february into march . on that february into march. on that occasion we're going to see schools off for three consecutive days time in each local authority . no parents. i local authority. no parents. i spoke with lots of members of the public on today and certainly there is a real mixed opinion . have these strikes been opinion. have these strikes been going on so long now? we'll just to wait and see what kind of agreement. the scottish government and is and scottish teachers unions are able to come up with . well thank you very up with. well thank you very much, tony that's tony mcguire. he's our scotland. thank you so much. is the kids i feel sorry for i you think about it to. the

pandemic. it was pretty dodgy school then and now obviously the teachers strike this the teachers on strike this yeah the teachers on strike this year. join me . welcome year. just join me. welcome aboard. it'sjust year. just join me. welcome aboard. it's just coming year. just join me. welcome aboard. it'sjust coming up aboard. it's just coming up to 31 minutes 3:00. i'm not 31 minutes after 3:00. i'm not aware the news next up. aware this is the news next up. more on surfing . met police more on surfing. met police officer who pleaded guilty to a series of rapes , an 18 year series of rapes, an 18 year period. the first, let's get your latest news headlines . your latest news headlines. hello. good afternoon. it's 331. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom and. metropolitan police officer has pleaded to multiple offences , 24 counts of multiple offences, 24 counts of rape over an year period. david a serving officer, carried 49 offences against 12 women. appearing at southwark crown court he admitted raping nine of the women some numerous occasions over months or years. he's due to be sentenced early next month. shadow secretary evette cooper says change is needed. evette cooper says change is needed . avoid this repeating in

needed. avoid this repeating in the future . this man is a serial the future. this man is a serial rapist who's committed devastating crimes against women . it's tribute to their bravery that he's been caught, but he should never been a police officer. should never have been allowed to serve for so long after the appalling murder of sarah everard. the government promised change. yet that totally failed. there been no national stand on vetting or conduct introduced, and women have been badly let down. we have been badly let down. we have to have fundamental change. the government's to send asylum seekers . rwanda is to be seekers. rwanda is to be challenged . the court of appeal. challenged. the court of appeal. it's the high court granted an appeal against its own ruling last that said, the scheme is lawful . however, campaigners say lawful. however, campaigners say it's cruel policy that will cause great human suffering. no date has been set for the heanng date has been set for the hearing for the court of appeal . the o2 academy . brixton has . the o2 academy. brixton has had its licence suspend for another three months after a

deadly last month. that lambeth council's decision comes following the death of two people who died when fans tried to enter the venue. 23 year old security guard gabby hutchinson and 33 year old rebecca khumalo were killed in the incident . were killed in the incident. jeremy says he's emailed an apology to the duke and duchess of sussex for saying he hated meghan in a newspaper column. clarkson posted a statement on his instagram account saying he emailed the couple on christmas day to say his had been disgraceful and that he was profoundly sorry . disgraceful and that he was profoundly sorry. his comment sparked backlash with more than 20,000 complaints being made to press regulator tv online and dab+ radio. this is.

gb news get afternoon is just coming up to 36 minutes after 3:00. this is gpd is on tv online on digital radio. i'm nana akua now serving metropolitan police officer has been revealed as one officer has been revealed as one of britain's most prolific sex offenders after admitting attacking a dozen woman over an year period. now the force apologised to the victims after it emerged pc david carrick had to the attention of police over nine incidents, including allegations of rape, domestic violence and harassment between 2000 and 2021. the 48 year old who joined the met in 2001 before becoming an armed officer with a parliamentary and protection command in 2009, faced no criminal sanctions or misconduct, finding no . the misconduct, finding no. the chief crown prosecutor , the cps, chief crown prosecutor, the cps, thames and chiltern spoke outside southwark crown court earlier today. it's one of the most shocking cases. the

prosecution service has dealt with involving the serving police officer. anyone hearing the 49 counts david carrick pleaded guilty to, according to 12 victims, would the sheer magnitude his offending is horrifying . today, the victims horrifying. today, the victims who suffered the hands of david carrick finally seeing justice because their courage and standing up against these heinous, abusive men, a police officer that has helped to secure conviction . well, let's secure conviction. well, let's speak to danny shaw and crime justice in policing commentator now a serial offender at the heart of our police. how shocking. something this is awful . afternoon. and this is awful. afternoon. and this is a shocking case . and this man is shocking case. and this man is one of the most prolific sexual predators and rapists in this country's history. and he the worst that has ever in the police service. is the scale of

it and the as shocking enough the coercive control he used against some of his victims the abuse that he inflicted upon them on all attacks that he committed over a long period of time, that bad enough. and the victims have horrifically it's quite likely that there are more victims as well. the police believe that there are more victims who will come forward. what is so much worse and compounded is the fact that he should never have been admitted to the police service . the to the police service. the metropolitan police was aware of two allegations made by an ex partner of his . he submitted his partner of his. he submitted his application and yet the force allowed him in. and then there seven occasions in which allegations were made against in one form or another, either to the police or to two other forces. and yet one joined the

dots , looked at this individual dots, looked at this individual and said , what is going on with and said, what is going on with this man ? how can he be an this man? how can he be an officer ? and took action to get officer? and took action to get him out of the force and investigate those. it's an appalling failure, i think, by the police was an absolute disgrace . and he was doing it disgrace. and he was doing it over a period of time and it seems that they must have been someone somewhere within force would have been aware of this andifs would have been aware of this and it's unbelievable that he wasn't actually caught out or immediately dismissed and prosecuted but this the first time that a serving officer has committed serious crimes. how damaging do you think this is for the force? look, i think is very damaging. there have been a series scandals over the past years of one kind or another. but i think what marks this out is the offending took place over a 20 year period. and some of it was very recent. this is not a case of the men being to say, well, these are historical events going back to the 1990s

or the early 2000s. and it's all very different now . the most very different now. the most recent allegation made in the summer of 2021, just 18 months ago , an accusation of rape ago, an accusation of rape against was he suspended ? no, he against was he suspended? no, he wasn't. he was placed on restricted duties . then when the restricted duties. then when the hertfordshire police, who were investigating, that allegation decided to take any action . decided to take any action. those restrictions were lifted. i mean, it's extortion , rape, i mean, it's extortion, rape, you know , so we're looking at you know, so we're looking at the recent here for these allegations and recent procedures and so on and we're told by the met, well, the vetting has changed everything is different now. i'm not really that it is different now. i'm not really thatitis is different now. i'm not really that it is the matters currently conducting a review of around overi conducting a review of around over i think 1600 cases involving over a thousand police officers and staff. that's about 2% of its workforce in which allegations of sexual offending or domestic abuse have been made and resolved over the past ten years to see whether of those

officers should further restrictions or be removed from the police . that's very the police. that's very worrying. the scale of allegations. this is the police these are the upholders of , the these are the upholders of, the law. it really goes to a problem culture i think in the police's pockets of the police. there are thousands of the brilliant jedi committed police officers who have the utmost integrity. i've met many of them during . my time met many of them during. my time covering crime and home affairs. really fantastic work officers. but there are pockets within policing that allow this kind of behaviour , sorts of attitudes to behaviour, sorts of attitudes to fester and to remain . and, and fester and to remain. and, and there has to be a culture overhaul to get rid of it. this is not how it could be so bad. do you think it's got something to with the fact that we're trying to get 20, 20,000 new officers or more and more officers or more and more officers that got lackadaisical about this, about getting officers employed within the police? don't i don't get police? i just don't i don't get how like can carry how somebody like that can carry on that and stops them

on like that and stops them until, well, they've been doing it years or whatever. i it for 20 years or whatever. i mean, ridiculous. well there needs be an inquiry, i think, needs to be an inquiry, i think, to about the vetting to find out about the vetting failings . and see that failings. and i see that baroness louise casey, who's conducting review of the metropolitan police culture and standards and ethics has called on the home secretary suella braverman to up an inquiry into carrick's conduct . find out why carrick's conduct. find out why all these missed opportunities took place . and she has to do took place. and she has to do that inquiry herself . her report that inquiry herself. her report will be published in march into wider problems . the police. wider problems. the police. there needs to be an inquiry. understand what happened in 2001 when those vetting checks were carried out. what happened on those other when allegations were raised . was there someone were raised. was there someone who was just dismissing ? was who was just dismissing? was there someone who was just trying to protect this individual? we need to know answers to that to understand really what's at the heart of the problem . it's been no secret

the problem. it's been no secret now that there have been vetting failings in the police and in other police forces for a number of years . some of that is to of years. some of that is to down staffing and resources. yes but some of it also, i think , a but some of it also, i think, a lack of curiosity. a lack of professional curiosity and an acceptance that . certain types acceptance that. certain types of behaviour will be and quite clearly this is what happens . clearly this is what happens. this is the result of that when you allow sort of attitude to sort of grow in a police service. i'm just getting sick and tired of hearing all these incidents. danny shaw, thank you very much, joining me. he's a crime justice policing commentator. crime justice policing commentator . well, stay with me. commentator. well, stay with me. in other news, a seven year old girl remains in critical following a shooting in north london over the weekend, which left six people injured. a man been arrested on suspicion of attempted in connection with what is believed be a drive by shooting outside a catholic near euston . for the latest, euston station. for the latest, we can go to our reporter theatre gomba who's euston for us now . what have we got? what's

us now. what have we got? what's the update ? yes. so what we know the update? yes. so what we know at the moment is that the metropolitan police have described this as a senseless act of violence here on my as a church. and on saturday afternoon, around 300 people were here for memorial for. afternoon, around 300 people were here for memorial for . a 20 were here for memorial for. a 20 year old girl and her mother who passed away in november last yeah passed away in november last year. now, in terms of the incident itself, we understand from the metropolitan police that a black car drove past and it was a shooting, which they believe was used by a shotgun . believe was used by a shotgun. so at the moment, we understand a number of people were injured. four women were injured, including a 48 year old woman who sustained a potentially life changing injuries and of course, we also understand some children were injured as well. a 12 year old girl , a were injured as well. a 12 year old girl, a leg injury and. a seven year old remains in hospital , stable seven year old remains in hospital, stable but has a life

threatening. candice at the moment. we've heard at this afternoon from the mayor of london , sadiq khan, about this london, sadiq khan, about this incident and this is what he had to say. he said , on saturday in to say. he said, on saturday in euston, was a senseless act of violence to carry gun, let alone use a gun in london is unacceptable. but to use a guard at a funeral because . police at a funeral because. police i've been in close contact the police service since saturday afternoon , and i'm sure i speak afternoon, and i'm sure i speak for londoners when i say i thought with the victims who have been affected, my promise is continue to be tough on crime by investing in the police at a time the government's made big cuts, but also to invest the complex causes of crime as well . we' complex causes of crime as well. we' suella braverman about this incident, she tweeted, saying she's deeply concerned by shocking shooting in terms of the police in this area . they'll the police in this area. they'll be holding a meeting later this week on thursday where residents and people who are in this can

ask about what's happened but also give their thoughts on the safety in, this area and more about the incident happened on saturday afternoon . it comes . saturday afternoon. it comes. thank you very much. if you just join me, i'm not quite in full patch. moving on to other news, the former prime minister boris johnson is facing criticism after reports that he put a dinner costing more than after reports that he put a dinner costing more tha n £4,000 dinner costing more than £4,000 on a government credit card whilst was york. an whilst was in new york. an entourage , 24 people joined them entourage, 24 people joined them for a meal and alcoholic drinks whilst attending the united nafions whilst attending the united nations general assembly on the 21st of september 2021. now labour says that the money spent is exactly the amount it would cost to feed ten infant school children for a year. was he right to? splash the cash. i'm joined now by political editor of the sunday mirror. and sunday people, nigel nelson. also with is political commentator and strategist peter barnes . right. strategist peter barnes. right. nigel, i must with you, nigel. so we'll see. vikram on full grounds. taking out some quite

high powered, high brow people, possibly in line with his for grants. not that as it's got to be a nice venue if it's to do with work . what's the problem ? with work. what's the problem? well, the question is, is it to do with what it looks like in that way? he was taking his number 10. number 20, about to dinner after they'd finished work. they'd been at un general assembly all day. now, no one's saying that the minister must queue up a mcdonald's to get a quick burger. but what it comes down to spending this kind of kind of taxpayer money, it just shows his cavalier disregard. now i think for grant on a meal is actually a lot of money, especially when you consider that it cost especially when you consider that it cos t £177 a head for that it cost £177 a head for each person who eating that ? each person who eating that? well, as you say that. but i mean, that was america. i mean, they always talk 10% on top of that, you know 10% would have been tip. i all the labour party not just splitting hairs with this because surely political if

they're going out with to work you can't really you said you can't really go to mcdonald's pizza pizza and political commentator what are you saying? oh, necessarily disagree commentator what are you saying? oh, nigel necessarily disagree commentator what are you saying? oh, nigel that.ssarily disagree commentator what are you saying? oh, nigel that. it'sily disagree commentator what are you saying? oh, nigel that. it's a disagree with nigel that. it's a particularly large of particularly large amount of money. talk about money. but when we talk about the party and cavalier the labour party and cavalier attitudes. really to attitudes. we're really going to split shall split hairs over things, shall we, angela rayner and her we, about angela rayner and her use expenses. years ago use of expenses. two years ago she was called indulgent in them. she spent 250 quid on them. you she spent 250 quid on a pair airpods, which a pair of airpods, which a person which were apparently essential at essential for her to work at home. i understand how home. i don't understand how that's going get all that's if we're going to get all morally outraged why morally outraged things. why were outraged boris? were we outraged about boris? i wrote about this . let's wrote outraged about this. let's also that angela used also forget that angela used taxpayer money to pay and taxpayer money to pay gas and electric bill just last year while she's well in. but she's that you know the tories are you know profiting off the back of poor and the rest of poor people and all the rest of it. i'm not being funny. it. well, i'm not being funny. you this both ways you can't this game both ways with the labour party the usual fashion right now are doing just that. this just seems to be like typical because typical boris bashing because everybody outraged everybody wants to be outraged for before on for 50 minutes before we move on to thing. nigel well, to the next thing. nigel well, i mean question really is no,

mean, the question really is no, actually having dinner is the kind of money being spent. so i mean, most private business people are sent away . they're people are sent away. they're given an allowance of about 30 t 0 £50 for an given an allowance of about 30 to £50 for an evening meal, which seems to be about right now. it's rather like johnson decorating downing street flat . decorating downing street flat. no one blames him for doing . he no one blames him for doing. he had every right, right to the decorations there. but do spend £800 a roll or more paper. what we're talking about here is, is the way that he splashed taxpayer money around and on the argument was it's not very it's not necessary i'm not defending other employees who actually put things on their expenses when they shouldn't have done them . they shouldn't have done them. that's why there's been a clamp down on that since. and even a select committee trips abroad for mp is they can't charge the taxpayer for alcohol they to actually that out of their own

pocket. now boris johnson didn't sit on top of that. he appears to put the whole thing on. liz truss is falling off his credit card anyway. well, perhaps we shouldn't mention liz truss because she could get a pension for 44 days in office peter. well don't again, i don't disagree with nigel, think disagree with nigel, but i think the important question the more important question is how all approved the how was this all approved in the first place? that's real question should be asking question we should be asking what what can what are the rules? what can mpas pay my other expenses on? are those the right rules? i don't necessarily disagree that, you know, i think is an you know, i think it is an extortionate amount of money and we play attention we have to play close attention to employees are spending, to what employees are spending, particularly because i don't think been returned think trust has been returned after the expenses scandal, after the 2009 expenses scandal, i know, i still think, you know, employees still seen employees are still seen as being the take. but again, being on the take. but again, we've got to have a proper about this. and i'm not quite that just out boris johnson just pointing out boris johnson , his dinner his dinner tab is exactly to go about it, exactly way to go about it, because a divisive. because it does a bit divisive. just picking him when we just picking on him when we could lot of employees could pick on a lot of employees have in a manner that we have behaved in a manner that we say, hang on a minute, why say, well, hang on a minute, why are that? and what are you spending that? and what

you for i think for the you got for i think for the stature and the kind people that you'll be entertaining. is you'll be entertaining. it is it's a lot of money, but not so much. are we are just much. i mean, are we are we just splitting hairs? nigel well, i mean, fact , were actually mean, in fact, were actually looking at all employees . what looking at all employees. what this comes out of is parliament questions put down by the shadow attorney general employees over it. and what she's doing is examining how the government procurement card, which is effectively official plastic that we pay for , is being used. that we pay for, is being used. so there are an awful lot of other who've been spending on it. it's the reason that boris johnson's stands out is so according to this troll , he's according to this troll, he's spent the most . and the question spent the most. and the question comes down to do people think thatis comes down to do people think that is a legitimate expense hundred an d £77 per head or a hundred and £77 per head or a meal after work ? hmm. well meal after work? hmm. well i mean, not it depends what kind of . i think they're mean, not it depends what kind of. i think they're all splitting hairs here. i mean, i think the mp overpaid. they

don't do a good job as far as i'm concerned. but nigel nelson, thank you very much for joining me and also viles, thank you so much. well, we're moving on. retail giant marks spencer is set to open 20 bigger, better in locations the uk in the locations across the uk in the next financial year, creating 3400 jobs. and over in switzerland , world economic switzerland, world economic forum kicks off today davos amid fears of a global recession. business leaders from across globe will meet to discuss key economic areas , including the economic areas, including the war in ukraine. inflation and climate change. so joining me now is our economics and business liam halligan with . on business liam halligan with. on the and let's just start with him in you in mass fan. i am max i love the food . this is of i love the food. this is of course a retail selling thoroughbred. it's 139 course a retail selling thoroughbred. it's139 years old, a real british institution , very iconic brand . and this is , very iconic brand. and this is blue monday . , very iconic brand. and this is blue monday. not a new order

songin blue monday. not a new order song in week's thinking that i just know you are just sitting here literally . it's not a blip here literally. it's not a blip on the sun. it's not a new order song.in on the sun. it's not a new order song. in this case, it's the day we're meant to be the most depressed event because christmas is going to getting a lot a credit card bill. i just realised not sunlight. so realised that not sunlight. so yes so on this blue monday yes. so on this blue monday though, a bit of good news because it's because that man says that it's opening 20 stores, including opening 20 new stores, including stores in birmingham, lee's manchester, gtr and liverpool . manchester, gtr and liverpool. is it just the food or is it. they're going to open some what they call full line stores so that includes clothes and everything else, all the other good stuff minus cells and mass is saying. but by the end of 2025, they're to have 420 food stores and 180 full line stores . and that has to be good news, hasn't . on the other hand , this hasn't. on the other hand, this is blue monday. the clever people, they know they're going to be looking for a bit of good news to put on the. and what they don't say in the press

releases that backing october they said they were going to close 67. yes, they did . so close 67. yes, they did. so you'll remember that, i think remember talking to you about it at because were at the time, because you were interested the story in interested in the story in particular. so stores, common stores go. know, mass is stores go. you know, mass is a huge retail operation at any one time they'll always be opening some stores and closing some of those . that's how works those. that's how retail works at that level. but you know this has to be news. 20 new stores including some big cities outside of london, as i said , outside of london, as i said, and some small towns to hopefully . three and a half hopefully. three and a half thousand jobs. so good, isn't it? and also, we got some stories about big business needs to come together today. tell me more about that. yes davos is a kind of chocolate swiss mountain resort. it's a very kind of chic ski venue . the wealthy and this ski venue. the wealthy and this world forum has been going on for many, many. this is the first time it's gathered for three years because of lockdown andifs three years because of lockdown and it's the kind of place you get the big investment banks.

the jp morgan's , the goldman the jp morgan's, the goldman sachs, they've all companies chevron. so and shell. you get big political high rollers. you get , you know, journalists who get, you know, journalists who maybe like schmooze ing to up to and maybe trying to get a job some stage no names mentioned might pop down. they're billionaires. no names mentioned. but for a lot of people watching this and indeed lot of people in general symbolises something it's a bit of a closed shop . not many of a closed shop. not many general members of the public there. quite a lot of the forum is are closed to the public . is are closed to the public. it's a situation where lots of elected leaders are rubbing shoulders throughout the day with business leaders but big businesses small businesses don't go looking in general places like davos . so some places like davos. so some people think this world economic is a bit too controlling . maybe, is a bit too controlling. maybe, you know, a little bit since or in some way they would, of course, deny that would say, look, we got to get together and talk about important issues

davos this theme this year is corporate action in a fragmented world. we've got world. obviously we've got russia, we've lots russia, ukraine, we've got lots of animosity between china and the us. it does feel a bit more fragmented. so they would say that just getting people together. interesting rishi sunakisnt together. interesting rishi sunak isn't going to be there this really doesn't go to too well. he might change his mind. they yeah, he did do that. but hobnobbing with the global elite when in the cost of living crisis for the same reason. maybe not for the same reason, but biden isn't there but joe biden isn't there ehhen but joe biden isn't there either. tell is probably either. i tell is probably working stuff his garret working out stuff in his garret at moment isn't it. this at the moment isn't it. this sums though, not me. i tell you , we're going to move on because we got about a minute and a half. i tell you, the house, i tell you is there, though, at davos. the of many united because they're looking for a. ready to sell out. so right in front of house prices house pncesis front of house prices house prices is that perennial subject if you're in the pub a dinner party talking about house prices and house prices has actually been coming down since october. these are asking because i'm

citing data from rightmove is like an estate agency. these aren't actually achieved prices. they're asking prices , but they're asking prices, but asking prices have been coming down since october. yet in january, the latest figures show and these are unofficial figures so far , house prices actually so far, house prices actually rose . so according to rightmove rose. so according to rightmove , the average house in terms of price wa s £362,000, 438. that's price was £362,000, 438. that's up price was £362,000, 438. that's u p £3,300 in a single january up £3,300 in a single january 23, going back to january 2022. so if you own a house if you're lucky enough to a property owner, high house prices philip boots. but for so many of our viewers and their kids , these viewers and their kids, these rising house prices are just pulling up the drawbridge of home ownership. well, listen in. thank you very much. good to talk to you. that's liam halligan you'll have to live on the on your money flow. on and on on and on. on that. right on and on and on. on that. right if you just don't, you're welcome aboard with i'm nana welcome aboard with me. i'm nana akua is a gb news i'm in

akua this is a gb news i'm in for patrick christys coming up. as give as the government look to give police in some of police more powers in some of the protests. we'll bring you all the latest on serving metropolitan officers. that's coming .

it's just on at 4:00. you're with me. i'm nana akua. i'm in for patrick christys on gb news this afternoon. coming up this police could be allowed intervene before protests become disruptive. that is under new measures set to be considered in parliament an amendment to the pubuc parliament an amendment to the public order bill will aim to give police greater clarity about when they could intervene . stop demonstrators blocking roads or slowing marching . and roads or slowing marching. and campaigners say it will limit our right to protest. but do you

agree not a serving metropolitan police officer has been as one of britain's most prolific sex offenders after admitting attacking a dozen women over an 18 year period. the force apologised to victims after it emerged that pc david carrick had come to the attention of the police over nine incidents, including of rape, domestic violence and harassment between 2000 and 2021. we'll bring you the latest and ask, can we trust our police . and would you back our police. and would you back reforms to the benefit which would see job hunters been recently made redundant receiving up to 80% of their some of they look for a new job. the think tank frankly warned that the uk does not provide enough a financial cushion for the short term out of work whilst being more generous , the whilst being more generous, the long jobless than other long term jobless than other countries ever, in countries. as ever, get in touch. let me know . you think touch. let me know. you think you can email gb views at gb news me gb news. news dot uk or tweet me gb news. but first let's get your latest

etc. on nana. thank you and good afternoon to you. the home secretary has been told a full inquiry should be held to consider how serial sex offender david carrick was able to serve as a metropolitan police . as a metropolitan police. baroness casey conducting a met police standards review , called police standards review, called for the inquiry. carrick pleaded guilty. 1049 offences relating to 12 women include in 24 counts of rape over , a 17 year period of rape over, a 17 year period appearing southwark crown court. the serving officer admitted raping nine of the women, some on occasions he's due to be sentenced month suella braverman says standards in the police force must change. while it's clear that today is a sobering for the metropolitan service and indeed the whole policing family , the country. appalling incident represents a breach of

trust. it will affect people's confidence in. the police. and it's clear that standards and culture needs to change in policing. and that's why i'm driving forward changes to support the police , to support support the police, to support chief constables around country. in doing so . well, the shadow in doing so. well, the shadow home secretary , yvette cooper, home secretary, yvette cooper, has backed baroness casey's call for an inquiry into carrick's and says change is needed . avoid and says change is needed. avoid this being replicated in the future. this man is a serial rapist who's committed devastating crimes against women. it's tribute to their bravery that he's been caught, that he should never have been a police officer. he should never have been allowed to serve so long after the appalling murder of sarah everard. the government change. yet that totally failed. there have no national standards on vetting or conduct in. and women have been badly let down. we have to have fundamental change. the government's to send

asylum seekers to rwanda is to be challenged in the court of appeal. that after the high court granted an against its own ruling last month that said the scheme is lawful . however, scheme is lawful. however, campaigners say it's a cruel policy that will cause human suffering. no date has been set for the hearing for the of appeal. the foreign secretary says he's been sanctioned by the russian government . in says he's been sanctioned by the russian government. in a says he's been sanctioned by the russian government . in a tweet, russian government. in a tweet, james cleverly says he's happy to be sanctioned. if it's the price to pay. supporting ukrainian freedom. earlier on today, russia also the british tanks will burn the battlefield. but downing says it's confident ukrainian troops will use tanks effective fully . arctic effective fully. arctic conditions continue to sweep across the four nations of the uk today with the met office warning the cold snap could last until end of the week. a yellow warning for snow and ice is in place across of northern ireland, north—west england and nonh ireland, north—west england and north wales until midday

tomorrow . snow will also affect tomorrow. snow will also affect northern scotland until wednesday . meanwhile, an ice wednesday. meanwhile, an ice warning has been for cornwall and in southwest england from midnight tonight until 9:00 in the morning . jeremy clarkson the morning. jeremy clarkson says , he's emailed an apology to says, he's emailed an apology to the duke and duchess of sussex for saying hated meghan in a newspaper column. clarkson posted a statement on his instagram account saying he emailed the couple on christmas to say his language had been disgraceful and he was profoundly sorry. his comments sparked a backlash with than 20,000 people complaining and making their complaints to the press . the o2 academy in brixton press. the o2 academy in brixton has had his licence suspended for another three months after a deadly crowd crash last month . deadly crowd crash last month. lambeth council says no licence or civil activities can take place during the period. its decision after two people died in a crowd surge when ticketless fans tried to enter a gig in december. a person remains

critically ill . downing street critically ill. downing street is urging teachers not to strike and inflict what it's calling substantial damage to children's education. the plea comes as the results of ballots for strikes by two teaching unions are due to be announced today. elsewhere teachers in scotland are beginning their sixth days of rolling strike action in an ongoing dispute . pay police in ongoing dispute. pay police in england and could be given powers to intervene protests before they become to disrupt but if parliament today is going to be debating the amendment to the public bill which would allow police shut down demonstrations before , they demonstrations before, they cause disruption. if passed , cause disruption. if passed, would make it easier for officers to stop demonstrators blocking roads. for example . blocking roads. for example. human rights group liberty says . the plan is an attack on the right to protest. but policing minister chris phillips says the police should have the right to intervene when it impact on people's lives . of course we as people's lives. of course we as government you know fully

respect the right to protest but that does need to be properly with the right of the general pubuc with the right of the general public to go about their day to day lives and where of these protesters have been deliberately trying to ruin lives of their fellow citizens. we think that is not. it's possible to protest while at the same time allowing citizens to go about their daily lives. you're up to date on jp news mornings in half an hour. back now to nana . now to nana. i'm not so sure she called me there, but you just told me it's coming up to 7 minutes after 4:00. i'm nana akua moon for patrick christie. now police could be given more powers , could be given more powers, close down protests before they cause disruption and that is under new plans from the government. now the prospect proposed amendments will aim to allow the police to crack on a

disruptive minority who use tactics such as slow marching and also blocking roads. and this allow officers to have more flexible t over how they can intervene . but the bill is intervene. but the bill is likely to provoke strong opposition from some peers who've been critical of previous to increase police powers . ahmed to increase police powers. ahmed also sparked outrage from some civil liberties campaigners who fear that the government's approach is an attack on people's rights to protest . people's rights to protest. joining me now is animal rebellion activist orla coughlan . i said that right orla aller. okay, talk to me. what what difference this legislation make to your protests . thanks so much to your protests. thanks so much for having me, nina . and what for having me, nina. and what i think is the issue with this legislation is that it's so and it's so broad that . it affects it's so broad that. it affects everybody . everybody who's everybody. everybody who's interested in protesting , interested in protesting, everybody who's been to a protest before . and that's the protest before. and that's the key issue. you know, the legislation says that it would be targeted . you know, groups be targeted. you know, groups that are extreme . they said that are more extreme. they said they would be targeting protests that too disruptive, but

that are too disruptive, but really in question at the moment that we don't what too disruptive is and, how can they possibly police what that is ? possibly police what that is? well, no, actually, they've been quite specific . they've sort of quite specific. they've sort of talked about criminalising disruption caused by tunnelling . so we know, some of, the . so as we know, some of, the activists have made little tunnels and things that so that be very specific actually and that affect sort normal that doesn't affect sort normal sort non—destructive sort of non—destructive protests. making a tunnel is not, you know , something that is not, you know, something that is specific in that bill. so some of the things have been specific , but the other half of the bill is incredibly unspecific . so, is incredibly unspecific. so, you know, things like if i were to have a protest in parliament square and there was a big group of people in parliament square, and if the police any point thought that road might be blocked, then they would be able to everybody in to arrest everybody in parliament and so it's parliament square. and so it's this broad sweeping rulings that really live almost an impossibility for general public to engage in protest without the

risk of criminalisation . but risk of criminalisation. but surely if you're in that square and already doing anything wrong, you wouldn't worried about that. i mean, i hear you there because obviously it's down discretion as to down to the discretion as to whether they suspect that you're going or not. but if going to protest or not. but if you are intending protest and you are intending to protest and it's obvious if people it's quite obvious if people are, banners, all are, they'll have banners, all sorts and things . sorts of placards and things. surely the police actually probably now have the right to stop this is just being stop you. this is just being very specific actually very specific and actually giving them the confidence to do so well known as you and i and all your viewers know that protesting is a fundamental human right. so simply being human right. and so simply being a parliament with banners a parliament square with banners is not illegal, and is completely not illegal, and then giving the police the powers to then arrest people on the pretence that they may go and do something that's. you know, it's a hypothesis. can't you know, i'm not saying this on behalf of climate protest or organisation, but as the british pubucin organisation, but as the british public in general need to be incredibly concerned about this, we're talking not just the climate protests, but the anti—lockdown protests. you

know, that some viewers know, that some of your viewers may have in favour and may have been in favour and we're about the vigils we're talking about the vigils for you know, if for sarah everard. you know, if there's river in your locality there's a river in your locality that is, know, being filled that is, you know, being filled waste, not be able to go waste, you may not be able to go out and protest against that for fear that, you you could fear that, you know, you could be for, you know, be arrested for, you know, considering the considering having march on the street near you. but ultimately , the right to peaceful protest hasn't been taken away so people can still protest. i mean what abouti can still protest. i mean what about i mean, what about instances where, you know, people lying on the on the motorway and stopping ambulances and things like that from getting through. partly getting through. this is partly why here. surely you why this is here. surely you must that that's this is a must agree that that's this is a good thing for things like that . well, rishi sunak has said that these new implementations are going to be, i suppose, brought into to combat protests such as just a hoyle, such as animal rebellion but i don't think that an escalation in law is to result in people not taking direct action, not protesting. we know already that

there are i think , people in there are i think, people in prison at the moment for protest. we know that we have at the moment that are perfectly capable of charging and prosecuting people who are engagedin prosecuting people who are engaged in protest. we've had hundreds of arrests, hundreds of convictions and protests are still continuing because people are afraid for their rights and for their futures. so i don't think any escalation in severity of criminalising is going to result in less . well, perhaps result in less. well, perhaps they're going to do this and then see if it does, because i mean, because i've got to admit that, i find it very irritating if trying to get someone there's somebody on a motorway gantry stopping all the traffic and causing me disruption when actually ultimately probably would agree with part of their course agree with course, just don't agree with the doing it. and course, just don't agree with the costing doing it. and course, just don't agree with the costing me doing it. and course, just don't agree with the costing me time,| it. and course, just don't agree with the costing me time, moneyi course, just don't agree with the costing me time, money and, it's costing me time, money and, that of thing. so this is that sort of thing. so this is what meant to address. what this is meant to address. now get you're saying that now i get you're saying that other people could be caught in the crossfire because of this. but reason they're putting but the reason they're putting this legislation the this legislation is because the protests extreme protests have become so extreme and that this really surely .

and that this really surely. with a difficulty with bringing laws like this. as we often see the government, you know, bring these laws forward. but are never able to retract them or very rarely do you see laws that have been brought out being taken back. and i think this is my opinion that government are really afraid at the moment they're afraid of the unions , they're afraid of the unions, why they're cracking down on unions and they're afraid of pubuc unions and they're afraid of public protest people, standing up their human rights up for their human rights because they know that there's a massive . and people massive power. and when people come collective come together as a collective and this a government that, and this is a government that, you for last 12 years you know, for the last 12 years have been ignoring the people and we're in a cost of living crisis at the moment our nhs is on its knees and we're facing a climate and ecological and people are waking and they're coming together the coming together and the government really. government are really. well i mean it's a i hear you. something does need to be done with regard to strikes, but i don't think that those can go in the same as these protests. but ihear the same as these protests. but i hear you saying. but but ultimately, the people don't want to be disrupted a daily

want to be disrupted on a daily bafis want to be disrupted on a daily basis for a cause that of basis for a cause that most of us would with. but just us would agree with. but we just don't. people don't agree don't. a of people don't agree with tactics. all cochrane with the tactics. all cochrane thank very much for talking thank you very much for talking to said from animal to me. she said from animal rebellion. activist. rebellion. she's an activist. right. let's on, right. well, let's move on, because afternoon. i'm because this afternoon. i'm asking, there limits asking, should there be limits on to protest on people's rights to protest what people's channel? what is the people's channel? and nothing you and this is nothing without you of to give their of at home. so to give their opinion i'm joined some gb opinion i'm joined by some gb news voices , shaw and lee webb . news voices, shaw and lee webb. right. so i'm going to start with you, julie. all right . what with you, julie. all right. what do you think about this? i mean the are removing the government are removing right to protest but that just putting actual specifics on it . putting actual specifics on it. yeah, but i just that this is another step towards quelling the right to speak freely. i mean i'm an author and the things i write about the vernacular i use. where's it going to end. we cannot are we going to end. we cannot are we going to end. we cannot are we going to be shut up next. i mean, how about the government passed some bills, the injustices or the environmental issues that these protesters banging on about rather than just seek to shut them up. they're going to be able to pick

and choose who they show up and who leave along. we who will leave along. will we see sunak ban all the speakers down at hyde park in speaker's corner? mean i've heard some corner? i mean i've heard some horrible speech spouted off horrible hate speech spouted off down there. nobody's saying there's a big difference between free speech and incitement. i think that that leaves the protesters to argue for what the government want. yeah, it's tricky, isn't it because i'm sort of caught in the middle of this one because i kind of agree that something needs to be done about this sort of protest. but i'm more legislation is i'm not so more legislation is the lee. you think, the thing, lee. what you think, lee?i the thing, lee. what you think, lee? i was i've been on both sides of a protest because i've been the bad side . the been on the bad side. the protests northern ireland protests in northern ireland as a so know how violent a soldier so i know how violent the can get. but also the protest can get. but also i believe that we should keep that fundamental right to protest and. there are already laws to deal some of these protesters. when start spraying paint over buildings , that's criminal buildings, that's criminal damage in the middle of the night. why when you're in the

middle of the night, why you even be prosecuted for blocking that highway . so there are that highway. so there are already those there . i've been already those there. i've been on that protest . my first one on that protest. my first one was about a year ago from lockdown protests. i was getting stuff done and you know, and that was all well and good. and i think there was a few people that caused the disruption of the day and i'm quite and that's fair enough they should be arrested. i think that there's already enough laws deal with any kind of disruption from protest and it doesn't really need to be any more. do you think that more of the problem is that the police don't to understand where about what their powers are because it seems to me that they don't appear to realise that they have the power to stop a protest in any i mean, i don't see why they're not doing it. what do you think of that, julie? i mean, they do to have the laws already in place. there are are lots of public. public order laws and it can it can do that whenever they like. if anyone

would like the said. some did this worked in a protest and behaving violently they can be arrested . there's no need to arrested. there's no need to disrupt the whole protest stop the issues. i mean yeah these guys on the motorway that's just ridiculous. and they should be arrested and the rest of employers and the police should know this. otherwise, why are they policemen or someone like that? and people glued themselves to the to the road are saying on the internet whether just the police just pred whether just the police just ripped them. they're in the handcuffs at you know, i don't see in this country, i wouldn't say that we should be doing that, but i don't i really that, but i don't see i really see that the police need extra. i don't think know, that's i don't think you know, that's just personal . i don't think you know, that's just personal. but i just my personal. but i understand they're doing. just my personal. but i undeicanid they're doing. just my personal. but i undeican you they're doing. just my personal. but i undeican you understand oing. just my personal. but i undeican you understand why they they can you understand why they are though ? i don't are doing this, though? i don't think i said i don't think they should that strict powers should have that strict powers i think need at least a bit think we need at least a bit more robust when they turn violent and when they really actually disrupt people you can't marches on night wise can't have marches on night wise for example when some of my

lockdown marches that in november time it was around the streets of london , there would streets of london, there would have been disruption. but to a certain point. that's whole point of protest in the eu. it goes little bit disruption. however not going around marching on which endangering your life and endangering life of motorists as well . so you've of motorists as well. so you've got to be aware of where you're carrying that protest . so i just carrying that protest. so i just feel that there enough laws to deal with protests at present and they turn violent or whether they're incentivises. that's first. with this one, they could probably stop you from leaving house. and that's the thing is if you come with a protest sign. thank very much. well, let thank you very much. well, let me actually show me say. yeah. and actually show love . those are my great british love. those are my great british voices and lots of you have been getting touch your as getting in touch with your as well to crack down on well on plans to crack down on protests. says, think most protests. rob says, i think most informed dumbfounded informed people are dumbfounded as why the current law hasn't as to why the current law hasn't been satisfactorily hasn't been satisfactory to deal with the disruptive protests. i can't

feeling the police have been told to . the protests aggravate told to. the protests aggravate people so it makes it look like more strict laws are needed. no, i think the interesting point that they do appear to have laws that they do appear to have laws that they do appear to have laws that they don't seem to be using. james says the government needs to bring in stricter laws to tackle these disruptive to help tackle these disruptive eco warriors. more harm eco warriors. they do more harm than good and feel lost the than good and feel they lost the pubuc than good and feel they lost the public months ago. true. public support months ago. true. but remember, normal people but then remember, normal people who aren't doing this sort of thing could be caught in the crossfire with these laws. but suzy says everyone should have the to protest. they say the right to protest. they say that are out to target just that they are out to target just as well. but what if the government disagrees with other demonstrators who don't necessarily align with their views. what will be next? good question. good question. what is next is we're on the way to a break here with. i'm nana akua. this is a gb news. coming up, a big boost to the uk job market as the retail giant and spencers is set to open 20 new stores in locations uk. they'll be locations the uk. they'll be creating of new jobs . news is locations the uk. they'll be creating of new jobs. news is on the way. i'll bringing you more

as a serving police officer plans to get pleaded guilty to a series of breaks over an 18 year period. all of that after the weather . hi period. all of that after the weather. hi there. i made a mcgivern from met office. the cold weather stays us both overnight and through the next few days with frosty conditions expected widely for and snow and ice. although the snow and ice won't affect everyone. the wintry precipitation is coming in the form of showers on northerly wind. those showers forming over relatively warm seas compared with the air. and so quite a number. showers coming to the north and the west as well. overnight primarily , as well. overnight primarily, northern scotland, northern ireland, north—west north wales and parts of cornwall seeing a mixture of rain, sleet and snow . most of the snow in the southwest affecting hills. but for for northern ireland, northwest scotland, that snow coming to lower levels of further significant accumulations, icy patches, first thing could be tricky on the roads during tuesday morning and certainly where we avoid the showers, it's going to a cold

showers, it's going to be a cold one. temperatures widely below freezing spots well freezing and some spots well below but although it below freezing. but although it will be cold. plenty of bright weather out there. first thing tuesday for the vast majority , tuesday for the vast majority, actually, it's not going to be snowing. it's going to be sunny for south and the east in for the south and the east in particular. further showers coming the coming into the north in the northwest it's going to be northwest and it's going to be cold are cold where if you are temperatures around 2 to 4 celsius up and down the country and below that over northern northern hills, seeing the significant snow accumulations , significant snow accumulations, but some more persistent snow coming in at lower levels in the far north of scotland during tuesday nights. although i think for the northern isles, for the far mainland scotland, far north mainland scotland, it will mixture of and will be a mixture of rain and sleet levels, but sleet at lower levels, but that's accompanied by strong that's accompanied by a strong wind gales developing the wind and gales developing in the north so blizzards north of scotland. so blizzards and drifting, north of scotland. so blizzards and drifting , particularly over and drifting, particularly over the of aberdeenshire, the hills of aberdeenshire, caithness sutherland . and caithness and sutherland. and then system comes then that system comes southwards as we start of wednesday, another frosty across the country, further showers of sleet snow coming into sleet and snow coming into northern ireland, wales, south—west england and northern

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bigger they're going to open 20 more stalls in locations across this country in the next financial year, creating around about three and a half thousand jobs. and after months of falling house prices in uk, they've unexpectedly gone this month with rightmove reports . month with rightmove reports. apparently a doubling their enquiries for prospective buyers . joining me now is economics and business liam halligan with on the money . well so let's on the money. well so let's let's talk about it. marks expensesi let's talk about it. marks expenses i mean i think they're great that they're getting bigger but . great that they're getting bigger but. they great that they're getting bigger but . they were getting bigger but. they were getting smaller a little while ago. yeah we should be picking up the conversation from the last hour. none we reported that magnus none of we reported that magnus have said this morning they're going to launch 20 new stores over the next couple of years, including in birmingham. manchester and, liverpool. these both full line stores will close and everything. and food stores by the end of 25 minutes say

this iconic and 39 year old retail brand . they'll have 180 retail brand. they'll have 180 full line stores across the uk , full line stores across the uk, 420 food stores. but just sort of pulling the telescope out a bit, i think this points to the fact that you're right back in october, m&s did say that they were closing down 67 stores. you know, stores opened and closed all the time in a huge empire, depending local conditions. all the time in a huge empire, depending local conditions . and depending local conditions. and this has to be good news , not this has to be good news, not just the jobs, but what it says about one of our major retail pillars with, you know, retailing employing one in ten people in this country , being a people in this country, being a big part of our economy they can clearly see some of light at the end of the tunnel. it's something i've been a theme i've been trying to develop here on gb news over recent weeks. i look data very closely. look at the data very closely. we a gdp number last week, we had a gdp number last week, gross product was gross domestic product was actually went actually positive, went to a poll almost all global poll of almost all global economists, said that uk economy will contract . november actually will contract. november actually turned out it grew only by a little bit 5.1. but they were

wrong at the you've got to take your good news where you get it and put this and i would put this announcement from minus in that same of not bad maybe even quite news on the economy after months of doom and gloom. well they've done well haven't they. they kind of reshaped brand when it was sort of failing and they've sort of re—emerged and they've been clever. they've invented the food sector, which is obviously real and also the obviously a real and also the mess clothes, particularly women's clothes. they're going waves, don't sometimes waves, don't they? sometimes they're really point. and was they're really point. and it was like, wow where did you get that mess. that is fantastic. and mess. cos that is fantastic. and then sometimes clothes are seen to be a little bit behind the curve. seem be entering curve. they seem to be entering a spot. at least what a sweet spot. at least what i hear my female family and friends and colleagues , they friends and colleagues, they seem to be on an up and i think this is some decent news. another thing i'd say about what's going on on the high street for consumers in general , nana is i was very early in british broadcasting to high

inflation when my on the money show started in september 2021, just a few months after gb news launched. my first episode was high inflation back, and here's why. and at the time the bank of england was saying, oh, don't worry, this inflation will be transitory , be coming down. so transitory, be coming down. so in the end we had double inflation, as some us inflation, as some of us predicted. saying and predicted. so i'm now saying and i a column it at the i wrote a column it at the weekend in the telegraph. i actually think inflation is going to start coming down quite quickly. a number quickly. now we've got a number coming on a wednesday. we've coming out on a wednesday. we've got the december inflation number coming out on wednesday. the november number was 10.7, down from 11.1 in october month. before i talked , people in before i talked, people in business costs , pressures in the business costs, pressures in the supply chain. this still there, the cost of inputs the firms need to make goods and services that they give us a sell on to us . but those that they give us a sell on to us. but those cost that they give us a sell on to us . but those cost pressures are us. but those cost pressures are easing around the world. shipping lines are finally trying to get finally starting get back into gear after the

trauma, frankly, of lockdowns. those chain knots and pressures are starting to ease a little bit. energy price is going to say, oh, coming down fuel prices, petrol prices are the one thing you need to know. and we could soon start to get into a virtuous circle, just as we a vicious circle before of inflation . i'm not saying it's inflation. i'm not saying it's oven inflation. i'm not saying it's over. i'm not saying inflation is going to be anywhere near. the england's 2% target the bank of england's 2% target by the end of the year. the latest number, as said, is latest number, as i said, is 10.7. when rishi sunak said 10.7. but when rishi sunak said rather, rather cleverly for a politician in his first speech of the new year earlier this month, he said, oh, i'm going to halve inflation by the end of the year. so from 7.7 to about five, five and a half, i think that's nailed. i don't think that's nailed. i don't think that's an ambition i think that's an ambition i think that's almost certainty the that's almost a certainty the only possible fly in that particular ointment . think or particular ointment. think or a major one that could happen is if you another i don't want this to happen but another big escalation in conflict between

russia ukraine and then a spike a alarm spike up in global oil and gas prices. but if we can avoid if we can carry on the way we are, i do that a lot of this economic doom gloom that we're going to see from the first three months of the year, possibly the first six months of the year. i do think that by the spring, summer, the economic news to a lot news is going to look a lot better. we'll put a lot of wind out sails of some of out of the sails of some of those strikes because they're asking for a double rise asking for a double digit rise is inflation is coming is exactly inflation is coming down. there? and down. right. is there? and that's right in a lot that's exactly right in a lot that's exactly right in a lot that that inflation number on wednesday they will be a big part political call part of the political call puzzle we're trying to puzzle that we're trying to solve it comes to solve when it comes to industrial relations and ending some of these strikes. now, positive news on the house front as well. well, positive if you own a house, because i suppose you're trying to get on the housing you're wondering housing ladder. you're wondering if to be if your kid's ever going to be able a house. you're able to buy a house. you're a student watching this, wondering if to be able if you're ever going to be able to a house not so to buy a house they're not so house prices have been coming

down since october rightmove is an estate agency also buying price. they deal in asking pnces price. they deal in asking prices , say the average asking prices, say the average asking prices, say the average asking price in january wa s £362,438. price in january was £362,438. a huge of money in some parts of the country wouldn't buy you a matchbox in other parts of the country . but that's a national country. but that's a national figure. they give a regional breakdown and that 362 odd graph and that is breakdown and that 362 odd graph and that i s £3,003 roughly and that is £3,003 roughly higher than it in january 2022. so house prices, at least for now , prices in january are now, prices in january are slightly up. i think it is you say of that was because enquiries have gone up because christmas is over. what liam halligan thank you very much for joining me. lovely to talk to you. that's liam halligan is on the money with me. i'm nana akua is a dvd on the way after the is a dvd is on the way after the news number 10. since the actions of serving police officer admitted 49 offences officer who admitted 49 offences including 24 counts of rape over

an 18 year period of calling pc david coward appeared at southwark crown court earlier . southwark crown court earlier. we'll bring you the latest and it can serve as a think tank. i suggested the people has recently been made redundant should get up to 80% of their salary whilst look for new job. i'll ask do you think that that is fair but first let's get your latest news headlines . now. no, latest news headlines. now. no, thank you. the headlines this houn thank you. the headlines this hour, the office has confirmed a british is among one of the passengers killed in. the plane crash in nepal. officials passengers killed in. the plane crash in nepal . officials say crash in nepal. officials say the black box and cockpit voice recorder have now been recovered from the plane, which in nepal killing at least 68. the foreign office says they are in contact with the local authorities and they are supporting the man's family. it's the worst plane crash in nepal for 30 years. the home secretary been urged to hold an inquiry into serial sex offender david carrick was able to serve as a police officer so

on a brafman has a letter from baroness casey who's conducting a metropolitan police standards review calling for a full investigation, serving carrick has pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including relating to 12 women, including 24 counts of rape over 17 year period. ms. brafman says police standards must change. while it's clear that today is a sobering day for metropolitan police service and indeed for the whole policing family throughout the country , family throughout the country, this appalling incident represents a breach of trust will it will affect people's confidence in police? and it's clear that standard and culture needs change in policing. and that's why i'm driving forward changes to support the police , changes to support the police, to support chief constables around the country. in doing so , the government's plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda is to be challenged at the court of

appeal that's after the high court granted an appeal against its ruling last month that the scheme was lawful . however, scheme was lawful. however, campaigners say it's a cruel policy that will cause human suffering . no date has been yet suffering. no date has been yet set for the hearing. there 02 academy brixton has had its licence suspended for another three months after a deadly last month. lambeth decision comes following the death of two people who died when ticketless fans tried to enter the venue. 23 year old security guard gabby hutchinson and 33 year old rebecca akmal were killed in the incident . a jeremy clarkson says incident. a jeremy clarkson says he's emailed an apology to the duke and duchess of sussex for saying he hated meghan in a newspaper column. clarkson posted a statement on his instagram account saying he emailed the couple on christmas day to , say his language had day to, say his language had been disgraceful and that he was profoundly sorry . been disgraceful and that he was profoundly sorry. his comments sparked a backlash . around

sparked a backlash. around 25,000 complaints being made to the regulator . those are 25,000 complaints being made to the regulator. those are your headlines. you're up to date on tv online on dab, plus radio with .

gb news. good afternoon. it's just coming up to 38 minutes after 4:00. this is a gb views where live on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua . now the home i'm nana akua. now the home secretary has been urged to launch an inquiry into how serial sex offender david carrick was able to serve metropolitan police officer . now metropolitan police officer. now this comes as he admitted 49 offences against 12 women, including 24 counts of rape over a 17 year period. and he's due to be sentenced early and early next month . now, earlier, next month. now, earlier,

barbara grey , assistant barbara grey, assistant commissioner of the met police that carrick's offending was unprecedented and the outstanding bravery his victims. labour's shadow secretary, yvette cooper said that the case demonstrated appalling failures in the police vetting . this man in the police vetting. this man was a serial rapist who's committed to devastate and crimes against women . it's crimes against women. it's a tribute to their bravery that he's been caught, but he should never have been a police officer. should never have been allowed to serve so long after the appalling of sarah everard. the government promised change. yet that has totally failed. there been no national standard on vetting or conduct introduced. and women have badly let down. we have have fundamental change. well, joining now is kevin hurley, who's a former chief superintendent in the met police. thank for joining superintendent in the met police. thank forjoining me. how on earth not to tell them to just watch on television . yeah.

just watch on television. yeah. sorry, i missed it for you. sorry, i missed it for you. sorry are you trying to get sorted out? all right. all right. kevin so how on earth was this person first? because i care. he. he was somebody. he never have been employed in the first place. how how how would that. why would like this slip net? well, the military, they've all got it wrong or grandstanding showing off . you grandstanding showing off. you can't make an inquiry. motives are quite simple . happened. this are quite simple. happened. this is just what the jemmy savile happened. john warboys, the rapist happened . wayne cousins. rapist happened. wayne cousins. stephen paul, the man he murdered four people in east london. how they happen? two reasons. one, there is no joined up national police system for crime reporting and intelligence analysis and the second one is the way in which police operate now, the old values and

standards have gone in that . standards have gone in that. officers who to take say a report from someone that's alleging they've been harassed or whatever don't investigate. they reported . then it's they reported. then it's essentially written off . it essentially written off. it can't be solved . at the same can't be solved. at the same time. detective inspectors, if you like . so you themselves know you like. so you themselves know it's figures managers as opposed to managers of people who need to managers of people who need to be nosey with . this to be nosey with. this particular case . if each one if particular case. if each one if when we've made some of these initial occasions we're coming up from various women and some of them are, quote, i won't say, but they were not as bad as some of the stuff we've seen harassment stuff the harassment stuff in the hampshire other stuff in hertfordshire . if there'd been a hertfordshire. if there'd been a national system and an individual constable who turned up and took the highest report and then put his name into a national system and come up with this , it's known in some this, it's known in some different places for these types

of offences unless they were completely free, they would have thought , oh, completely free, they would have thought, oh, there's something here. i to look at this in the here. ito look at this in the same way with jemmy, savile , same way with jemmy, savile, everyone around the country knew there were things happening, but they weren't joined. so the issue here is the home office, the very same secretaries have failed to create a national police , intelligence management police, intelligence management and, crime management database the first place. and in the second point, because of the police have now , if you like police have now, if you like responded to the overwhelm with numbers of calls . they've ended numbers of calls. they've ended up with constables the street seeing themselves as just and will offences instead of basic investigation coupled with the fact there are totally numbers of detectives to follow up on that example. one cousin should have been found earlier because the first constable should have been able to go the i.t system and say there's a similar

incident in. kent several years ago . similarly, the guy paul the ago. similarly, the guy paul the four times murdered should have been killed earlier because the investigators should have seen there were links to other matters . jemmy savile should matters. jemmy savile should have called this particular have been called this particular offender carried is a serial monster he happens to be a police officer but it's got nothing to do with police vetting systems . it wouldn't vetting systems. it wouldn't have mattered how much you vet someone. you're not going to find out . coercive, controlling find out. coercive, controlling , rapist . what you need is more , rapist. what you need is more because you you know, you don't ask questions or. because you you know, you don't ask questions or . vetting ask questions or. vetting systems is this person known as a rapist or whatever . systems is this person known as a rapist or whatever. but all of this offending occurred . all of this offending occurred. all of this offending occurred. all of this offending occurred after he joined the police . there was no joined the police. there was no link to course the fact that cousins got in here. the police system is far more intense with virtually any other job system is far more intense with virtually any otherjob in virtually any other job in country. it's not as good as it should be and it's dropped off significant . but there's no significant. but there's no

doubt that the references and the checks done on someone in the checks done on someone in the police are far greater than they would have been for a child. who someone joining the health service gb news news or education. but would have. it's not that . but but you would not that. but but you would expect that you would the vetting is going to be vetting which is going to be a serving officer, would better than other official . they than any other official. they are going to be, you know, those and they are . but what are the and they are. but what are the procedures? and they are. what are procedures? well issue are the procedures? well issue that i back to my point this guy offended, of course, every police force which are not network links so that when you put in job if kevin hurley me is involved in the harassment of a woman who said to hampshire involved in a molesting a woman offence in london had a previous allegation against of indecent assault in hertfordshire or bedfordshire . there should be a bedfordshire. there should be a system where my name springs out in large part . this guy's popped in large part. this guy's popped up four times. why would you do

this? are sick. but kevin, why would you have to take your time? surely you just popped up once. that would be enough. i mean, i hear you that you're saying disturbing they saying it's disturbing and they need . what point is my need to look. what point is my point ? if you need to look. what point is my point? if you pop once it's locked back in the in the not looked at in regard to individual so some person alleges but i've been them or harassing them what would happen is police initially serve a warning notice on me and that will be the of it because that's the process of what happens if it goes on you'll get more but if the same i'm doing it to another woman the county and if i've been arrested but not for indecent assault in the county. and i've been but not prosecuted for flashing another county. it's not linked up yet, however but kevin, if you what can i do? this is ? my point is that i just this is? my point is that i just want to make this point that he he did actually pass vetting procedures , join the met in procedures, join the met in 2001. and this is despite

allegations of malicious communication since a burglary against an ex—partner previous year before he joined force year so before he joined force these allegations were there just so you know you said the vetting better gb news vetting is better than gb news is than this. than is better than this. it's than that. doesn't to be that. it doesn't appear to be because already had because he's already had allegations him they allegations against him and they didn't know what area didn't seem to know what area that they watson's area, whether it's allegations by dave . well it's allegations by dave. well you know i'll try and get some more detail but but this this is this is which is one you have to shame part of our systems that they've got now which are totally inadequate . you're totally inadequate. you're talking 22 years ago so , the talking 22 years ago so, the whole issue is all about inadequate i.t. whole issue is all about inadequate i.t . things are not inadequate i.t. things are not picked up unless there's teeth. you're correct . yes, maybe that you're correct. yes, maybe that should have been picked up in past, but if it shouldn't , past, but if it shouldn't, another focus area when it happens , the one that's being happens, the one that's being picked up because of course it's not a criminal record . so why not a criminal record. so why would a police why you want to

be a policeman? should we say, or policewoman, shall we say , or policewoman, shall we say, devon and cornwall? what police through the mechanisms of searching the database for isle of man police when employing information. yeah but when you're employed as a police officer, they'll go through every single database. should every single database. i should imagine, said, vetting is imagine, as you said, vetting is second in your second to none in your in your words. you said it was than anything else. so if a risk if they how well paid . i see they know how well paid. i see your point then only is but the point is that if you're vetting you don't just vet in an area that someone is in. you do a proper full vetting over, wouldn't you, if i went to join the police, i'd expect them to check to see if i haven't committed offence anywhere in the just in this little the uk, not just in this little area or cornwall or area of, devon or cornwall or wherever go . i wouldn't wherever i'm go. i wouldn't i would expect it to be as as you say it is, if i've coming say it is, even if i've coming to gb news, they vet me to to gb news, they would vet me to make sure i haven't done make sure that i haven't done something just in something anywhere, not just in kind of also, of course, if you convicted of a criminal offence

being convicted of a criminal sense or caution for a criminal offence , then you have a offence, then you have a criminal record . so you will, of criminal record. so you will, of course pop up and you will not get in the police if it's a significant matter. so you won't p0p - significant matter. so you won't pop . but if significant matter. so you won't pop. but if we're significant matter. so you won't pop . but if we're saying i shall pop. but if we're saying i shall never been involved in a domestic violence incidents in the autumn of 30, the isle of man , belfast or somewhere it man, belfast or somewhere it will not. it will turn on the show to criminal records office record record , but would be record record, but would be recorded on the intelligence system in the states of jersey police for devon and cornwall . police for devon and cornwall. well, of course , no one in the well, of course, no one in the world is going know. no one is going to sit down and go through the 50 different police forces in the uk state to basis it doesn't happen because it's not realistic. the point . well, realistic. the point. well, that's the problem. just is that not how i started i started by saying what the intelligence databases i started by saying

that the intelligence databases in the country are not cohesive. and i can tell you i've personally been present when i was an elected place in front commissioner with a conservative police minister , when the head police minister, when the head of the national police chiefs, southampton , said to him, we southampton, said to him, we need you direct, but we will. one national intelligence database and one national crime reporting database so we don't have of these simple . you know, have of these simple. you know, i think the difficulty running at a time but thank you so much thatis at a time but thank you so much that is very insightful. hear from you as well and you'd think they would actually have that. i assume that they did. kevin hurley, thank much. as hurley, thank you very much. as a detective chief a former detective chief superintendent the superintendent of the metropolitan right. metropolitan police. right. well, on. it'sjust well, let's move on. it's just coming up to 48 minutes after 4:00. another story, a seven year old girl remains in a critical condition following a shooting in north london over the weekend, which six people injured. now a man has been arrested on suspicion of

attempted murder in connection with what is believed to be a drive by shooting outside a catholic near station. catholic church near station. for the latest we can go to our reporter theatre compere who is at euston for her now. so what's the response to this event been like ? yes, the metropolitan like? yes, the metropolitan police have said this is a an attack on the community which has been going through it for the last few days and there having conversations later this week , members who live in and week, members who live in and around community we understand on this saturday there was a memorial taking here. sara sanchez, to two year old who died from and her mother, who also died in this same month . also died in this same month. now, this afternoon, we've heard the home secretary suella braverman and this is what she had to say . braverman and this is what she had to say. i'm deeply braverman and this is what she had to say . i'm deeply concerned had to say. i'm deeply concerned by the incident near euston station over the weekend and my sympathies and condolences are with the families of the victims

and those who have been affected. there's a live police investigation ongoing right now. and we know that at individual has been arrested and i support the police inquiry out their full investigations so that we can get to the bottom of what happened. can get to the bottom of what happened . and during that happened. and during that incident we understand six people were injured. we understand four women, including a 48 year old woman, has sustained potentially life changing injuries. sustained potentially life changing injuries . and we also changing injuries. and we also understand two children, a 12 year old girl sustained , a leg year old girl sustained, a leg injury. she was treated at a hospital in central london , but hospital in central london, but was discharged yesterday afternoon and is expected that she will be able to recover. and we understand a seven year old girl is also at the moment in hospital with a serious but stable condition. so later this week, we understand the police in this area will be meeting with members of the to community

speak about what's happened this week. but of course, the safety in this area the met police have also said that they arrested a 22 year old man in barnet towards the north—west of here, about six miles. and he's arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the used and shootings. so, of course , community here are of course, community here are still coming grips with what's happened here in the last few days. happened here in the last few days . thank very much . we're days. thank very much. we're moving on to another story now with the council of the conservative think tank suggested that people that recently been made redundant should get up to 80% of their salary. bright blue said that the state should pay more in benefits to those laid off work who are looking for by introducing a eurostar insurance scheme. now is a new idea which could help to drive britain's economically inactive back to work. but would it work. would it actually work in. communications manager at bright blue max anderson joins me now

in the studio. max okay. so detailed this plan to me because i've always thought it's quite unfair that if you're suddenly made, you're suddenly put out of work. it's difficult to get benefits. well, that's completely true. and actually, when the it's when you look at it, the it's such a steep curve when you find yourself you can go such a steep curve when you find yo the lf you can go such a steep curve when you find yo the basic you can go such a steep curve when you find yo the basic level you can go such a steep curve when you find yo the basic level of you can go such a steep curve when you find yo the basic level of universal go to the basic level of universal credit for a number of people especially income especially middle income households. big households. that's that's a big change. so the way this scheme would work is it's quite simple as you get the choice if you pay national insurance , you get the national insurance, you get the choice to opt into this scheme. and decide for in and if you decide to opt for in certain period of time, when you find yourself unemployed, whatever you're whatever reason, if you're having out the market, having to out of the job market, you're a short period you're given for a short period time. when find yourself time. when you find yourself unemployed, receiving a slightly higher level of support, it's kind a bit similar to the furlough scheme . but the furlough scheme. but the difference is, as you would only receive that support if you have paid in and contributed during time when you're employed because because it seems unfair that you you've been that if you you've been contributing this time then

contributing all this time then suddenly find yourself out suddenly you find yourself out of and if you're not made of work and if you're not made redundant you can't immediately access that access the benefits. isn't that correct. so you have to then go to other that could take to some other that could take weeks the money and then weeks to get the money and then you much. yes, i mean you get very much. yes, i mean we also want try and the we also want to try and the accessibility so this like accessibility so this is like as you is fairness is the one you say is fairness is the one side to try and be side willing to try and be fairer to people and that's the issue. whole the issue. the whole point of the chapter is fairness. the public would agree that's the right, fair but other side as fair way. but the other side as well, we also to well, that we also want to improve accessibility because as you say, it can sometimes be very this is where we very and this is where we recommend introducing social recommend introducing a social security platform or security digital platform or welfare depending welfare system if depending which terminology prefer to use and. that should also help make it easier and highlight where you support . so when you can find support. so when you can find support. so when you yourself unemployed , you find yourself unemployed, you're made, it's not you're not only made, it's not even easier to find where that support but it's a little support is, but it's a little bit it currently is. bit more than it currently is. but what? if you've paid but then what? if you've paid into this? you never actually ever it out. what as it ever take it out. what as it accrue? happens? we've accrue? what happens? well we've kind up with few kind of come up with a few ideas, but kept it very, ideas, but we've kept it very, very and kind of the

very broad and kind of in the suggestions, not as a fund as in other areas one possible area that government could that the government could explore you retire, explore that when you retire, if you've it this you've been doing it all this time, maybe retirement you time, maybe in retirement you see little of come see a little bit of it come back. but at the moment we've kept that fairly open may maybe further down line we'll look further down the line we'll look more but the more into that but for the moment this is a great moment we think this is a great to ensure people will to ensure that people will unemployed get little bit more unemployed get a little bit more support but it also get support but it also helps get back into employment. find back into employment. we find when countries the when people in countries the curve is really really steep they harder to get they find it much harder to get back employment or they're back into employment or they're being might being into sectors that might not right for them. not be right for them. and that's not something want to that's not something we want to we to go into the we want people to go into the right where they can be the most productive help this country for. but it for. that's right. woman but it couldn't this sort of couldn't be this sort of interminable it couldn't be interminable like it couldn't be just on. you get just carrying on and on. you get 80. long? no, no and how 80. how long? no, no and how much would you have to put before would that money? before you would get that money? so we keep it so again, we try to keep it a little bit open. this this is for the government decide for the government to decide when. right. it's just the contribution want to be contribution scheme want to be introduced. be introduced. it wouldn't be that's first thing. would that's the first thing. it would be of time. it

be a short period of time. so it could months, six could be three months, six months, it would just be months, but it would just be factual atomic. can't continue forever, of course, government's pockets ending, so pockets are not never ending, so that's we'd recommend that's where we'd recommend it just short of time. just a short period of time. okay, throwing it okay, so let's throwing it something scenario. okay, so let's throwing it somethii'm scenario. okay, so let's throwing it somethii'm i scenario. okay, so let's throwing it somethii'm i have scenario. okay, so let's throwing it somethii'm i have been nario. okay, so let's throwing it somethii'm i have been working what if i'm i have been working for three months for about three months somewhere. paid in somewhere. i've paid in the contribution suddenly contribution this i suddenly lose my job. do i still quantify what would i still get the what i would i still get the money i only what money because would i only what i you probably gets like i put in you probably gets like this is how the government there is a number of ways that this could be done. it could be done, depending how much you contribute it. you will then see more support. that's one to more support. that's one way to do maybe there's just a do it. maybe that there's just a set that everyone can set level that everyone was can opt in the same and then they'll get the out. there's also get the same out. there's also opportunity possibility that you have three have to contribute for three years part the years or be part of the employment before then. employment system before then. you there's a number you can opt in. there's a number of this can be of scenarios that this can be played obviously we played out, but obviously we understand there's concern understand that there's concern around that don't people around that we don't want people advantage for example, advantage of it. for example, already in week, already being in for a week, contribution and then contribution one week and then seeing that of support offered. so possible so there are possible ways to mitigate for problems. but

mitigate for those problems. but at the day this is at the end of the day this is a really fantastic opportunity help people, especially help so many people, especially middle households, help so many people, especially middle reallyiouseholds, help so many people, especially middle reallywellholds, help so many people, especially middle really well protected they'll be really well protected this support make this and help support them make sure when they're unemployed. how government will how do you the government will actually at this in is it actually look at this in a is it something that they might do? i mean, think they asked mean, you think that they asked you and is it something you to do and is it something that yeah we were that they might. yeah we were always government always talking with government and they've and always them ideas. they've they've in the past adopted a huge amount of policies. and so it seems that's of the ones it seems that's one of the ones that they've be. oh, that they've had to be. oh, they're really testing now. they're really testing me now. said amount. this is said a huge amount. so this is this frightening for me. this must be frightening for me. yeah. example, the net yeah. well, for example, the net zero is one of us that zero agenda is one of us that got a bit get out. get out there. yeah. that one of your guilty of that . we are guilty of that. we are unfortunately guilty of that . do unfortunately guilty of that. do you think that was a good one too still. i still think it's a good way to go. obviously know there are people who have mixed feelings that feelings on this, but that certainly one us back in the certainly one of us back in the day almost everyone else day i it's almost everyone else is and thank you is on background and thank you very confessing that very much for confessing that you with net zero easy you came up with net zero easy to communications of to communications manager of bright lots of been

bright blue. well lots of been getting with your getting in touch with your thoughts the proposal thoughts on the proposal amendments the public bill amendments the public order bill which it easier for which aims to make it easier for police break disruptive police to break disruptive protests. at the protests. phil says look at the damage obstruction caused damage and obstruction caused over . they need to be over the years. they need to be stopped. but why haven't we heard of the hundreds of and imprisonments that the woman from talking about from rebellion is talking about have missed something? yes, i think missed it. think we've both missed it. harry if protesters have harry says if protesters have the right damage the lives of the right to damage the lives of non protesters, protesters non protesters, non protesters should right to damage should have the right to damage lives protesters. they says lives of protesters. they says the right to protest may , well, the right to protest may, well, be a human right, but should go about your lawful business without people out risking without people out or risking your own or other people's safety. it is a civil disobedience. i mean, this is just disruption to aspects that are key . and jason says are key. and jason says fantastic news of potential fantastic news of a potential crackdown this ridiculous crackdown on this ridiculous behaviour . crackdown on this ridiculous behaviour. the warriors well behaviour. the eco warriors well done to rishi sunak least he's done to rishi sunak least he's done well with me. i'm not a in for patrick christie . coming up for patrick christie. coming up in the next few minutes, we're expected to hear where. but the teachers walk strike teachers will walk out on strike in a over pay in

in a dispute over pay in england. wales. we'll bring you that on the that live. plus more on the government's plans to give police more powers to stop disruptive i'll disruptive protests. i'll be back minutes.

it is o'clock. i'm not in full patrick christys with you until 6:00. coming up this hour. within the next few minutes, we're expecting the teachers union to announce if their members opt to join nhs workers and take strike on in around over pay. i'll bring that soon after the news more mps have been discussing. we should next plan to introduce new strike laws which would ensure a minimum service in the public sector during walkout. the rmt union will protest outside downing street this evening .

downing street this evening. also this hour, please could be allowed to intervene before protests become highly disruptive under new measures set to be considered parliament. an amendment to the public order bill will aim to give police greatest clarity about when they can intervene to stop demonstrators blocking roads or slow marching . campaigners say slow marching. campaigners say it will limit right to protest. do you agree ? a serving police do you agree? a serving police officer has prevailed as one of britain's most prolific sex after admitting to raping a dozen women an 18 year period. the force apologised to victims after it emerged that allegations of sexual violence against pc. david carrick the previously been raised a number of times . we'll bring you the of times. we'll bring you the latest and ask you whether you trust the police get in touch as ever you know as a. email gb views at gb news. or you can tweet me at the gb views before that. let's get your news headunes. that. let's get your news headlines . now. the thank you.

headlines. now. the thank you. and good evening to you. the top stories on gbp. today the home secretary has been to hold an urgent into how the serial offender david carrick was able to as a metropolitan police officer . suella braverman to as a metropolitan police officer. suella braverman has received letter from baroness casey , who's conducting casey, who's conducting a metropolitan police standards review calling for a full investigation . carrick has investigation. carrick has pleaded guilty to 49 offences relating 12 women, including 24 counts of rape over a 17 year period. appearing at southwark crown court, the officer admitted raping nine of the women, some on numerous occasions. he is due to be sentenced next month. meanwhile brafman says police standards must change. well it's clear that today is a sobering day for the metropolitan service and indeed the whole policing family throughout the country. this appalling incident represents a breach trust. it will affect

people's confidence in police. and it's clear that standards and culture need change in policing. and that's why i'm driving forward changes to support the police and to support the police and to support chief constables around country in doing so . well the country in doing so. well the shadow home secretary that has backed baroness casey has called for an inquiry into case and she says change is needed . this man says change is needed. this man is a serial rapist committed devastating crime against women. it's tribute to their bravery that he's been caught he should never have been a police officer. he should never have been allowed serve for so long after . the appalling murder of after. the appalling murder of sarah everard . government sarah everard. government promised change. yet that has totally failed . there have been totally failed. there have been no national standards on vetting or conduct introduced. and women have been badly let down. we have to have fundamental change. the foreign office has confirmed a british man among one of the

passengers who died in a plane crash in nepal. officials say the black box and the cockpit voice recorder have now been recovered from the plane which crashed in nepal. recovered from the plane which crashed in nepal . at least 68 crashed in nepal. at least 68 people. the foreign office says they are in contact with local authorities and they're supporting the man's family. it's nepal's worst plane crash in 30 years. the government's plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda is to be challenged in the court of appeal . that's the court of appeal. that's after the high court granted an appeal against its own ruling last month that said the scheme was lawful. however, campaigners are still saying it's a cruel policy that will cause great human suffering . no date has human suffering. no date has been yet set . the hearing at the been yet set. the hearing at the court of appeal . the foreign has court of appeal. the foreign has said he's been sanctioned by the russian government. in a tweet, james cleverly said he was to be sanctioned if it was the for supporting ukraine in freedom. earlier today , russia also earlier today, russia also claimed that british will burn

on the battlefields . but downing on the battlefields. but downing street says it's confident ukrainian troops will use the tanks effectively . police in tanks effectively. police in england and wales could be given powers intervene in protests before they become too disruptive. parliament today has been debating an amendment to the public order bill which would police to shut down demonstration before they're too disruptive . if it's passed, it disruptive. if it's passed, it could make it easier for officers to stop demonstrate. it is blocking roads, for example . is blocking roads, for example. human rights group liberty says plan is an attack on the right to protest. but policing chris philp says the police should have the right to intervene . have the right to intervene. what it impacts on people's lives . of course we as lives. of course we as a government you know , fully government you know, fully respect the right to protest, but that does need to be properly balanced with right of the general public to go their day to day lives. and where some of these protesters have been deliberately trying ruin the lives of their fellow citizens. we think that is not acceptable

. it's possible to protest while at time allowing at the same time allowing ordinary to go about ordinary citizens to go about their daily lives. ordinary citizens to go about their daily lives . the o2 their daily lives. the o2 academy brixton has had its licence suspended for another three months after deadly crowd crush at christmas. lambeth council says no licensable activities can take place during the next three months and its decision after two people died in a crowd surge . when in a crowd surge. when ticketless fans tried to a gig in december. a third person remains critically in hospital . remains critically in hospital. jeremy clarkson . he's emailed an jeremy clarkson. he's emailed an apology to the duke and duchess of sussex for saying he hated meghan in a newspaper column. clarke's posted a statement onune clarke's posted a statement online and said he's emailed the couple saying he's language had been disgraceful and he was profoundly sorry . been disgraceful and he was profoundly sorry. in been disgraceful and he was profoundly sorry . in the profoundly sorry. in the statement he added it's and amazon which as he was to be a millionaire and the grand tour respectively were in can decent following his column . his

following his column. his comment sparked a backlash . comment sparked a backlash. well, with around 25,000 complaints being made to the press regulator. that's a breaking news we're just receiving in about the teachers strike. we can tell you that teachers , england and wales have teachers, england and wales have voted favour of strikes in a dispute over pay. that means nine out of ten members of the national education union voted for strike action. the union has declared seven days of walkouts in february march, but it has said any school will only be affected for four of those days . and that comes despite downing street , urging them not to street, urging them not to strike and inflict what called substantial damage to children's education. elsewhere, teachers in scotland began their 16 days of rolling strike action in an ongoing dispute pay those are your latest news headlines. you're up to date on. i'm back in half an hour with more .

in half an hour with more. good afternoon is gb news. i'm nana akua. let's start this hour with some breaking within the last few moments been announced that teachers in england and wales are set to go on strike in february and march after members of the education union voted in favour of action in a dispute over pay . so teachers in england over pay. so teachers in england and wales will joining their scottish counterparts on the picket lines despite downing street, urging teachers not strike, which they said would inflict substantial damage to children's . well, joining me in children's. well, joining me in the studio now is gb news political reporter olivia utley . olivia so they have decided that they will strike. was it one in ten were against it. nine in ten were for it. yes and last week or a couple of weeks ago, there was a similar vote and failed to reach the 50% threshold because the turnout was so low, the numbers was so low, that the numbers were pretty similar. so this is

extremely bad news for parents and children across , the uk. we and children across, the uk. we know how damaging remote learning was children during the pandemic. the threat is that that's what's going come back now. had teachers have said that they'll take all reasonable steps to keep schools open as many pupils as possible over striking days and has that any individual school will only be affected by four of the seven days of strikes. but any reasonable steps is pretty . and reasonable steps is pretty. and the bottom line is the government has no leverage to push teachers into into into school if they don't want to. so what the government is going to do , seems, is sort of plead with do, seems, is sort of plead with teachers to keep schools open for four to teach at least gcse and pupils in the lead up to their exams. gillian keegan the education is going to meet union later this week , but again, just later this week, but again, just like with the nurses , it's hard like with the nurses, it's hard to see how that can be a breakthrough when the when the disparity what they want to be

paid and what they are being paid and what they are being paid is just so big. so what is it that they're actually asking for percentage out. do for now? percentage is out. do we how much they want? we know what how much they want? more pay rises. they more than 10% pay rises. they were they were offered a were given they were offered a five cent pay rise year, but they were given a 5% pay rise last year, should but last year, i should say. but they say that that amounts to a pay they say that that amounts to a pay cut as inflation is around 10. so they're for a more than 10% pay cut figures, not yet clear. where are the government with that sort of strike limitation bill? they're trying to sort of get people to at least give a minimum level of service. well, it's moved forwards a little bit . it was forwards a little bit. it was tabled last week , but the tabled last week, but the expectation that it won't if it is to get anywhere, there's a big question mark over that because we know that there will because we know that there will be plenty of employees. well, the whole of labour and quite a few conservatives who weren't support then faces in support it and then it faces in the and in the courts . the lords and in the courts. well. but even if it were to get through, we could only start to see the summer, which see that in in the summer, which is too late for these

is far too late for these strikes obviously. so maybe that's a long time station for the government. but even then the government. but even then the minimum service legislation would only apply to certain sectors and it's thought that it would only apply to sectors lives are at risk which this probably wouldn't fall under. lives are at risk which this probably wouldn't fall under . so probably wouldn't fall under. so that so how many days are they saying they're going to strike then. and is it all because it's head teachers and it's also teachers is it across the board now. will there be schools that people won't strike in its seven days of strikes as they say for individual schools any expected to be affected by four of those seven days. there are 300,000 teachers in this , so i don't teachers in this, so i don't know how they across schools, but it sounds as though almost every school will be affected. so be no level of minimum minimum service basically. they say , might do remote learning. say, might do remote learning. or is it just that will actually have to take their kids in because that's what the public will be wondering. i mean, i've

got a 13 year old in school, 14 year old actually in school. and a am i going to a five year old. am i going to have to stay at and look have to stay at home and look after them. well, the conversation week was that conversation last week was that it be return remote it would be a return remote learning, it's not quite learning, but it's not quite clear that would be clear whether that would be provided. headteachers provided. again headteachers have they put have said that they would put reasonable measures to reasonable measures in place to ensure are kept ensure that. schools are kept open pupils as open for many pupils as much as possible these over these possible over these over these days, sort of days, but without sort of minimum legislation in minimum service legislation in place, you say, it's place, as you say, it's basically at the whim of individual teachers. and the government can if it wants to. but it might not get anywhere with that. i mean, that said, gillian is meeting the teachers this week to discuss it. it's possible there will be some sort of breakthrough. we know. well, it sounds very much as though heading for a breakthrough on on rail strikes and on the nurses . rail strikes and on the nurses. well, it looks as though the government capitulate, well, it looks as though the go least|ent capitulate, well, it looks as though the go least in|t capitulate, well, it looks as though the go least in some capitulate, well, it looks as though the go least in some areasapitulate, well, it looks as though the go least in some areas .)itulate, well, it looks as though the go least in some areas . so late, well, it looks as though the go least in some areas . so itte, well, it looks as though the go least in some areas . so it is at least in some areas. so it is possible these strikes end possible that these strikes end up not going ahead. but with disparity between 5% pay rise disparity between a 5% pay rise and the inflation plus pay rise,

which teachers are asking for it. i quite see how that gap could be closed. well, thank you very she's our gb very much, olivia. she's our gb news political reporter. olivia we'll bring you more on right here on gb news throughout the and within the next minutes, i'll be getting reaction from math tutor. do not go anywhere . math tutor. do not go anywhere. i will. lots of you've been getting in touch with. your thoughts on boris passing anthony. it says boris is bashed again for taking his staff out to dinner because we were talking about the fact that £4,000 apparently that boris spent on a dinner where he took his staff out in new york, that £177 it's not that £177 a head. it's not that expensive, which exactly what expensive, which is exactly what i and is saying i out i said. and this is saying i out in london recently and spent ove r £100 a head that the two of over £100 a head that the two of us only one bottle of wine. us with only one bottle of wine. linda says the only reason why the boris bashing has stopped gain labour party and the gain by the labour party and the left they fear him left is because they fear him coming back because they know that he'll they'll vote for him . will vote for that he'll they'll vote for him .will vote for him. that he'll they'll vote for him . will vote for him. yeah. that he'll they'll vote for him .will vote for him. yeah. he's probably mean probably right there mean there's really options there's not really much options that wonder how much

that liz says. i wonder how much is spent on all these cop27 gatherings. exactly unless those leaders flew there private jet and they've dined at some of the most expensive restaurants , all most expensive restaurants, all in the sort of guise of helping with climate change slightly . with climate change slightly. but janet says, how dare politicians use taxpayers money to fund their posh lunches abroad ? there are families in abroad? there are families in the uk that can't even afford to pay the uk that can't even afford to pay the gas bills. absolutely disgusting. when is a bit grim. but you know, there is we pay for them full stop , right? well, for them full stop, right? well, keep your thoughts coming in other this afternoon, other news this afternoon, a controversial police controversial expansion. police powers officers powers could give officers opportunity down opportunity to shut down protests before they cause serious disruption throughout the of last year, various the whole of last year, various environmental campaigns such as just stop oil targeted london with a series of protests raise their concerns over climate change and often involved activists climbing gantries on the m25 . you probably got stuck the m25. you probably got stuck there at some point or super glueing themselves railings which is really which caused huge traffic disruption delays

with motorists stuck in queues for hours. the government new legislation to allow police to intervene before any demonstrations could impact people's lives. but critics saying that this would undermine the right to protest. so joining me live in the studio is political commentator david bolt. david okay, let's that they're putting through . a lot they're putting through. a lot of people are saying that it's a bit it's a bit overreach of their powers. what do you think? think it's right that there is overreach and. the other point is that this is yet instance of governments making where legislation already exists. if you look at the highways, 1980, there exists already the power for the police to remove people who are causing an obstruction to the highway. so anybody saying, well, what people on the gantries about people stopping know glueing themselves to the m25 the legislation m25 at russia the legislation and statute already exists and the statute already exists for those people to be dealt with. i think there's a fundamental point here that there be the power there should not be the power under statute demonstrations under statute for demonstrations be before they've taken

be stopped before they've taken place. have fundamental place. we have the fundamental right british common law right under british common law andifs right under british common law and it's a right of all freeborn englishmen to protest, not just you dislike the reason for these protests doesn't mean that we should have the police to stop them, because what might them, because what we might dislike others like an end dislike others might like an end to give the something to give the obverse something which might support. for example, during when there were people protesting against lockdowns against vaccine lockdowns, against vaccine mandates , there were plenty of mandates, there were plenty of people would have liked to people who would have liked to have seen stopped before it took place. we have to be place. so i we have to be extremely careful powers extremely careful about powers that state, yet that we give to the state, yet more power give the state more power we give to the state to our behaviour. but to control our behaviour. but i was under the impression that they could what they say they're going anyway. but they've going to do anyway. but they've been so they've been very specific. so they've got offence, got down a new offence, interfering national interfering key national infrastructure. thought infrastructure. well, i thought be offence anyway. they've infrastructure. well, i thought be another:e anyway. they've infrastructure. well, i thought be another one1yway. they've infrastructure. well, i thought be another one criminalising; got another one criminalising people. tunnelling got another one criminalising peopyou're tunnelling got another one criminalising peopyou're not tunnelling got another one criminalising peopyou're not meant lling got another one criminalising peopyou're not meant llirbe then you're not meant to be tunnelling. but if you're tunnelling. but surely if you're not to something not meant to be, something breaking i just. breaking the law anyway. i just. i'm struggling to understand why they're so specific and they're being so specific and disguising things within that specifically. i think what

they're trying to or what the object of this bill is to bring it all together under one piece of legislation that. i fundamentally with . yet fundamentally disagree with. yet more statute being added to an already statute . already overburdened statute. just use the existing laws and make sure that the police are aware of. it's interesting, if you look the government's you look at the government's that commissioner of the that the commissioner of the metropolitan police, mark rowley , seems to be backing off already from supporting this bill. bill wholeheartedly . for bill. bill wholeheartedly. for instance, he has said that in statement that he's issued today , he's implied that he agree that protest ought to be before they begin, whereas the prime minister's statement is very clear . he minister's statement is very clear. he would like to see that happen. so there's already some political manoeuvring going on here between the met and, between government, as you between the government, as you say that exist under say, the things that exist under the order offences are the public order offences are already offences and already criminal offences and can't just decide to build a tunnel. so i'm not quite sure what this is other than yet another piece of virtue signalling from, a rather insipid, a managerial prime minister have minister who doesn't have terribly ideas . i think

terribly many ideas. i think another concerning part another slightly concerning part of because divided because of it, because divided because on side yes we do on one side i think yes we do need to actually enforce law and if there is the enforcement is inadequate then yes and perhaps the penalties need to be harsher. but i think we've got the things there because one part is extending the part of it is extending the powers to manage services. and within that they're talking about power to place about including power to place conditions on the noises from a pubuc conditions on the noises from a public and a single person protest . and currently these protest. and currently these these particular things, the powers are only available to the home office forces. so they're the availability to the transport police and the ministry of police. so they're actually extending. yes the remit these to different remit of these to different elements of the. well, that's fine. that's a that's an amendment to existing legislation. but what we not needis legislation. but what we not need is yet more legislation because. the because. i don't think the police clear enough already police are clear enough already on the powers that they possess unden on the powers that they possess under, the highways act. under, say, the highways act. i'm multiple public order i'm just a multiple public order offences already what offences that are already what we is for the police we really need is for the police to the powers that to effect the powers that currently not to be currently possess and not to be so let's say let's be so timid

about removing people who are clearly causing a disturbance for people on rail tracks that's trespass to begin with, which is a civil offence , a criminal a civil offence, a criminal offence, but they can still be removed they're causing removed because they're causing a own others a danger to their own others lives if they're on the roads they're covered by the highways if a fence, for if they're causing a fence, for instance, going into the national and throwing paint or onto works of art that is a pubuc onto works of art that is a public order offences statutes exist. and so what the point of this is from the home office from the prime minister remains to be made other as i said it seems to be some kind signalling that we do take this seriously well if you take it seriously, give clear guidance. the home office to metropolitan about office to the metropolitan about the that policing be the extent that policing can be and penalties can be reached and the penalties can be reached under civil law or under criminal law. do you think this is a case that basically they just put some money into just need to put some money into educating police, the educating the police, by the sounds of it, because it's almost police know almost like the police know what their think, you know, their powers. i think, you know, where money needs to. yeah. where the money needs to. yeah. you've hit the nail on the head, solved because there such

solved it because there is such a proliferation solved it because there is such aproliferation statutes a proliferation of statutes already difficult already is incredibly difficult for policeman given for the average policeman given the of paperwork like the burden of paperwork like every arrest or every time he makes an arrest or every time he makes an arrest or every enquires into case or every he enquires into a case or it's incredibly difficult for them keep on top of all the them to keep on top of all the powers are available to powers that are available to them that are them and the penalties that are already perhaps it's a already exist. so perhaps it's a police this money into police put this money into training, as you say, or the home office with clearer on its guidance about police guidance about what the police should in these should be doing in these instances. not be should be doing in these instneed. not be should be doing in these inst need for not be should be doing in these inst need for yet not be should be doing in these instneed for yet more not be the need for yet more legislation. well, can't legislation. well, if they can't work out what the current legislation is, just giving them more it's actually more homework, it's actually even thank much, even worse. thank you very much, david. lovely to talk david. thank you lovely to talk to you're with me on nana to you. you're with me on nana akua patrick on akua in the patrick christys on gb up, i'll get gb news. coming up, i'll get reaction from maths teacher reaction from a maths teacher after the education union announced teachers in england and go on in february and wales will go on in february and wales will go on in february and not in a dispute over pay. do not go anywhere. but let's take at why that. hello take a look at why that. hello aidan mcgivern from the met office called from the arctic have arrived bringing overnight a widespread frost snow and ice for some, but also spells for

many the winds. at the moment it's coming from the north and surpassing over , well, surpassing over, well, relatively mild seas and. as that occurs, they pick up quite a number of showers. those affecting those areas exposed the north winds, the northern scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, north wales, continuing see snow showers overnight , continuing see snow showers overnight, building up at low levels, but significant accumulations over the hills. there's another of showers affecting cornwall and parts of devon here . rain and sleet at devon here. rain and sleet at lower level snow , the hills. but lower level snow, the hills. but either way, icy , forming as day either way, icy, forming as day on tuesday begins with widespread frost and temperatures well below freezing , but away from those showery areas , plenty of clear weather , areas, plenty of clear weather, plenty of sunshine in the south and the east during tuesday, crisp winter sunshine , not a crisp winter sunshine, not a snowflake in sight, but in the north and the northwest. further sleet and snow showers coming in. and again, that snow building up the northern hills . building up the northern hills. some patchy accumulations , lower

some patchy accumulations, lower levels as well. cold days come to for celsius, feeling even colder in wind which will strengthen across northern as we end tuesday, bringing spell of gales and more significant sleet and snow. i think rain at lower levels . shetland, orkney, the levels. shetland, orkney, the north of the mainland but snow continuing to build over the hills with blizzards in places so treacherous conditions in the north of and further snow is coming to northern ireland western parts of england and wales overnight widespread wales overnight a widespread frost again we start of frost once again as we start of wednesday. plenty of bright weather out there, some patchy cloud, otherwise a fine day cloud, but otherwise a fine day to come if you're in central and eastern parts . the to come if you're in central and eastern parts. the uk sunny spells further showers coming into the west and increasingly northeast england well as northeast england as well as eastern , then into thursday , eastern, then into thursday, showers mainly become confined to eastern coasts, western areas , plenty of sunshine, but it stays .

cold good afternoon. 25 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news tv online and on digital radio. we are the people's channel, not a quitter. well, let's get more on that breaking news we heard at the start of the hour. teachers in england and wales are set to go on strike in february and march. that after members the that after members of the national education or the and eu they in favour of action in a dispute over pay. now the union has declared seven days of walkouts february and march, but it has that any individual school will only be affected by four of the days and the first day of the strikes will be february. the let's talk to bobby seagull now, who's a teacher host of the mass appeal podcast . what impact this have podcast. what impact this have on children? because obviously they've all been affected by. years of disruptive disruption due to covid. you know, this

this isn't this is not great. i understand. and the way i think about it is i almost consider it analogies to the strikes going on in the health sector with our nurses and doctors and. of course, if you're in the health sector, the thing you want to see a patients are waiting on see is a patients are waiting on beds, incredibly long waiting lists lines . and the same lists and lines. and the same thing teaching, course , thing in teaching, of course, when enter the profession when people enter the profession , they enter they want , they enter because they want to positive impact the lives of young people . but the reality young people. but the reality is, the last 12 years, is, over the last 12 years, we've seen massive under—investment in education. i think the numbers in terms of teachers pay, it's been down nearly a quarter to 4% in real terms , 2010. so it's about terms, 2010. so it's about trying to redress that. and what impact does this have on actual teaching . and young people? teaching. and young people? again, i'm a maths teacher and one in eight teachers want to take across the country for mass is taught by anonymous specialist . and in terms of specialist. and in terms of national recruitment, i think we found that recruitment . i think found that recruitment. i think now i think there's more of two thirds more vacancies. and there

was pre pandemic. people are was pre pandemic. so people are choosing not the choosing not to enter the teaching profession . and also, teaching profession. and also, there's factors that there's multiple factors that are at play here, but pay one of them. as a teacher, the last them. and as a teacher, the last thing want to do to harm thing you want to do is to harm students but the students education. but the reality is that government hasn't been this issue serious enough with the unions. so this is a measure of last. enough with the unions. so this is a measure of last . what is is a measure of last. what is the right there. the publicity right there. because we're getting more breaking comes breaking news now when it comes the teachers at school, the teachers strike at school, leaders are take leaders in wells are set to take industrial action pay in funding that teachers england will industrial action pay in funding thatstage teachers england will industrial action pay in funding that stage walk|ers england will industrial action pay in funding that stage walk outsengland will industrial action pay in funding that stage walk outs after1d will industrial action pay in funding that stage walk outs after the 'ill industrial action pay in funding that stage walk outs after the hd not stage walk outs after the hd union ballot turnout failed to meet the legal threshold. bobby can get your reaction from that . yes, i think that again with , . yes, i think that again with, unions there are various different like today we have the any announce that there'll be strikes going ahead the nhs you w t they said they got 90% of people voting strikes but only about 44% turn out. so they're going to rebound. and again, the head teachers unions a one and again you can think in terms a

perspective that teachers are thinking in terms of holistically we need to make sure that the young people educate but the vast majority people in schools between 25 to 40000, let's say they , are just 40000, let's say they, are just regular teachers working day to day and maybe managing times. but they're not senior leaders . but they're not senior leaders. so for them, they in particular they're when you think about the cost of living crises, the energy crises , rising mortgage energy crises, rising mortgage rents, etc. they've been impacted more heavily. so i can see why there's a disparity , the see why there's a disparity, the two, but i think it's the case of the government needs to come and have a proper discussion with i think of with teachers. i think none of the last they the figures were last they offered 5% increase for existing teachers. and when you look at inflation at 19, that's a 5% drop in real terms. inflation at 19, that's a 5% drop in real terms . well, i drop in real terms. well, i mean, look i suppose maybe the headmasters didn't because they've got to get paid pretty well. but all i'm saying is, look, yes , inflation, but look, yes, inflation, but everyone's going through what you're talking. so we hear that. but also inflation is actually set to fall. so they've offered 5. if you go in most jobs, you

don't just get a pay rise 5. and, you know , people will point and, you know, people will point to the holidays. you know, i know you . it's not popular, but know you. it's not popular, but there many jobs where you get like six weeks off. i know you might be marking and doing things that, you know, the teachers in many people's view have it quite, quite so. why on earth are they insisting on strikes ? yeah, i understand that strikes? yeah, i understand that perspective. no, no. but if you look at the general macro picture in the uk , we have rail picture in the uk, we have rail workers, we have doctors have nurses, we have baristas , nurses, we have baristas, different sectors, all going on strike in the past few months and. in the next few months, there has to be a common thread for this because these public paid workers are underpaid and teaching is one of them. and i think in the uk had mr. sunak, the prime minister come out last week. well couple of weeks and talk about the value of numeracy, education. so numeracy, maths, education. so if government genuinely , if if the government genuinely, if the education is a silver bullet to making sure that our young workers are adults , are equipped

workers are adults, are equipped for a 21st century britain. they need to make sure that people educating them are fairly paid. and again and teachers, we're asking know to have maseratis. we've got these fancy cars, they just to be fairly paid. and just want to be fairly paid. and if you look at our peers, let's say singapore , in say in singapore, in scandinavia, germany the scandinavia, in germany the teachers there are paid relatively compared to other professions , think it's just a professions, think it's just a case of fairness. we're not for. yeah, you're like silver linings and gold plated meals you just have a fair sense equality. well, i mean, last time i looked, i mean, i didn't think teachers would pay that back into other into compared to other countries. you've countries. i mean, if you've ever singapore cost of ever to singapore the cost of living a lot higher mean my living is a lot higher i mean my sister lived out there and everything else like that. but what the perspective what about from the perspective someone i've got someone like me, i've got a daughter. 14, you know , daughter. she's 14, you know, and a son who's five. what about us parents who've been putting up this all time and like, up with this all time and like, i don't a 5% pay rise other the people aren't going to get even opportunity . i think when you opportunity. i think when you asked about those people strike most most what you're talking about were public sector workers

you could hold us to ransom. where's the money going to come from? it's going to come from pubuc from? it's going to come from public teachers public purse. the teachers will be higher income bracket be put in higher income bracket and, more tax. and, therefore pay more tax. none really adding up. none of it is really adding up. what you say to the what would you say to the parents? and sounds really tough, but way i think about tough, but the way i think about it that a of my friends, it is that a lot of my friends, i'm a parent myself, but i'm not a parent myself, but a lot my friends who are lot of my friends who are teachers, parents, are teachers, are parents, are uncles, they young uncles, aunties, they have young people. the education system, as i before, teacher, the i said before, as a teacher, the last want to do is to last thing you want to do is to harm young people's education. but bought start but again, i bought a start table in, i think since the pandemic the number of teaching vacancies are up by two thirds two thirds compared to 2019. so clearly young people or people changing are thinking are looking at the teaching profession and saying, actually, there are easy jobs there. we don't to deal the don't have to deal with the headache of marking young people. working people. i get paid working conditions better. conditions are probably better. so if you look at that, people are voting with their feet, they're not joining the profession. so we want people to join the profession if we want to make sure that our young

people taught by maths teachers rather than non, we need to make sure are fair and sure that things are fair and again bigger. it is a again i think bigger. it is a really time the really tough time in the country. understand there's inflation there's higher of inflation there's higher cost of living and it's not an easy time. there is no easy solution, but could end up but probably it could end up being counterproductive because not that there not the professions that there where with labour shortage in light professions just light professions not just teaching we. your plea bobby teaching but we. your plea bobby seagull. thank you very much for joining he's a teacher and joining me. he's a teacher and host maths appeal host of the maths appeal podcast. prime minister podcast. now the prime minister official we would official spokesman said we would continue to call on teachers not to strike given . we know what to strike given. we know what substantial damage caused to substantial damage was caused to children's during the children's education during the pandemic and it's certainly not something that want see something that we want to see repeated . you know, with me, i'm repeated. you know, with me, i'm not a square gb news coming up, the serving police officer, he's admitted to being a serial rapist, attacking a dozen women over an 18 year period. why wasn't he stopped when the met police had heard numerous allegations against him. i'll be joined by detective superintendent at the met the

first. let's get your latest news headlines . now. no, thank news headlines. now. no, thank you. let's bring you the headlines. teachers in england are to go on strike in february , march in a dispute over pay nine out of ten members of the national educ action union have voted for action , which will voted for action, which will include seven days of walkouts . include seven days of walkouts. that's despite downing urging them not to strike and inflict what they're calling substantial damage on children's education. teachers in scotland also began their 16 days of rolling strikes action today in an ongoing dispute to overpay . the home dispute to overpay. the home secretary has been urged to hold an inquiry into how the series of sex offender david carrick was able to serve as a police officer. suella braverman has received a letter from baroness casey who's conducting a metropolitan standards review calling for a full investigation . serving officer carrick has

pleaded guilty to 49 offences relating to 12 women, including 24 counts of rape over a 17 year period. ms. says police standards must change. well it's that today is a sobering day for the metropolitan police service andindeed the metropolitan police service and indeed for the whole policing family throughout the country . this appalling incident country. this appalling incident represents a breach of trust . it represents a breach of trust. it will affect people's confidence in police and it's clear the standards and culture needs to change in policing. and that's why i'm driving forward to support the police and to support the police and to support chief constables around country in doing so . the foreign country in doing so. the foreign office confirmed a british man is among one of the passengers killed in a plane crash in nepal . 72 people were on board the yeti airlines flight from the caphal yeti airlines flight from the capital, kathmandu , pokhara, capital, kathmandu, pokhara, with a death toll currently

standing at 68. officials say the black box and cockpit voice report recorder been recovered from the aircraft . and here the from the aircraft. and here the foreign office says , they're in foreign office says, they're in contact with local authorities in nepal . contact with local authorities in nepal. meanwhile, supporting man's family. it's nepal's worst plane crash in 30 years. the government's plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda is to be challenged . the court of be challenged. the court of appeal. that's the high court granted an appeal against his own ruling last month that the scheme was lawful . campaigners scheme was lawful. campaigners are saying it's a cruel policy that will cause human suffering. no date has yet been set for the heanng no date has yet been set for the hearing at the court of appeal . hearing at the court of appeal. and jeremy clarkson says emailed an apology to the duke duchess of sussex for saying he hated meghan in a newspaper column. clarkson posted statement online saying he's emailed couple saying he's emailed couple saying his language had been and he was profoundly sorry. he added that itv and amazon, which

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good afternoon . just coming up good afternoon. just coming up to 39 minutes after 5:00, if you just me welcome on board. i'm nana akua i'm in for patrick christie now. the home secretary urged to launch an inquiry into how a serial sex offender was able to serve a met police officer. now it comes . david officer. now it comes. david cameron committed 49 offences against 12 women. that includes 24 counts of rape, over 70 year period. now earlier barbara grey, assistant commissioner of

the met police, said carrick's offending unprecedented and commented on the outstanding bravery of his victims. it used to be census next month so joining me on the show now is shabnam chowdhry, who's a former detective superintendent at the metropolitan police. as of now , metropolitan police. as of now, how on earth did this even get the job in first instance? i mean, is i just can't fathom how he could have got through without questions . do you know without questions. do you know what incomprehensible now they'll because in 2000 he was already suspect of two offences. he applied for the senate and he got through in 2001 and he was vetted and he passed the vetting process despite the fact that there were two allegations are already being made him for domestic by an ex—partner yet in 2002 20005 domestic by an ex—partner yet in 2002 2000s full domestic by an ex—partner yet in 2002 20005 full 2009, 16, 17 and 19, they were either against him

again, allegations no less than . nine. he came to the notice and met in 2017 and he was read and met in 2017 and he was read and then he passed vetting process. how that even possible 7 process. how that even possible ? it'5 process. how that even possible ? it's possible because the vetting processes in the metropolitan police are broken. well, it sounds useless. and then whilst he was there. he committed these offences and it seems that people were aware them but nothing seemed to happen. i'm just at a loss to . happen. i'm just at a loss to. understand now why if people are aware this person is able to continue serving as an officer well . not sure that they're well. not sure that they're aware of the fact that he a rapist and that he abused and violently abused women . but violently abused women. but there were red flag behaviours he had i really name and nickname which i won't repeat here on live television but the fact is he got a do to nickname he would had those behaviours it

wouldn't necessarily have been displaying fact that he's got a rapist on his forehead. officers would known his red flag behaviours . there's a fear of behaviours. there's a fear of speaking out in policing across the of the uk because of this is a scared if they speak out they going to be vilified they're going to be vilified they're going to be isolated, they're going to be isolated, they're going to be to investigation themselves and they're going to find themselves out in the cold. and so they don't speak out. i get that because i've been in i've experienced that myself so the met and policing the uk have got a lot of work in order to protect whistleblowers the police and also to ensure that victims externally that report allegations against police need to be protected the metropolitan police ignored . these police ignored. these allegations the idea came to light because hertfordshire police finally investigated them and brought him to justice and gave the victims the justice that they deserved . see this is that they deserved. see this is worrying because it's the

confidence now the public have in the police in particular were when an officer is telling you something or asking you to do things it just you know, for me , i'm going to be sort looking again and thinking, well, you know , i trust this individual. know, i trust this individual. am i safe in the hands of this individual? and not only that, even if i was to complain about this individual, would those around even anything about around him even anything about it ? you know what i really it? you know what i really desperately want ? females, women desperately want? females, women and girls to be able to come forward and to trust police. but they have not held this has just eroded trust , though. i've had eroded trust, though. i've had phone calls today from female officers upset because they themselves at a loss as to how this individual got away with the behaviours that he's actually got away with look you know this put in a hotline they've got what you call the right line to internal investigations. i added an additional 100 officers that's not going to enough they need to

create safe for officers to whistleblower and they also need to have an independent oversight when allegations are made externally by as well as internally about sexual abuse violence and such. and these six because clearly they have not they're not fit for purpose it's themselves to investigate it you see that's the thing isn't it. because i'm trying to think of these are all things to look at these are all things to look at the situation and investigate why this reporting was , why this why this reporting was, why this wasn't found out, but why this reporting was, why this wasn't found out , but what wasn't found out, but what changes can they actually to stop them? stop these kind of officers in the first place? because that seems to be the issue. if they had investigated properly, it wouldn't have even been an officer in the first place. so what can they do there? well, they've admitted that their vetting process him in that particular situation wasn't robust enough. and i suspect that if they do a deep dive into any organisation across the they'll find that they're processes are not robust

. these officers apply the metropolitan police also policing have a tick box on an onune. policing have a tick box on an online . they'll be asked online. they'll be asked questions like have you got any affiliations to any political affiliations to any political affiliations . all you at affiliations. all you at actively engaged in sites or something like that and they just tick the box to say no no, no then no further scrutiny around that to actually go and check what they're actually doing and they through the net. and so this is also how they this it is i know you so i you all your rapist. no have you ever you just you obviously take. no, this is not it's really not good enough. is it they you know, i cannot believe that that is what passes for vetting this bloke. but they see undertaking a review already . undertaking a review already. they've seen a full a previous report they the full report due out i think that requests to sit

down and what i would say is that the met needs a full blown into why this serving officer because let's not forget he's serving is suspect indeed he's in custody and he's earning a living paid time which yeah we're cut him off this by the way you wouldn't be paid. siobhan chowdhry, thank you very much for joining siobhan chowdhry, thank you very much forjoining me. she's a former detective superintendent at. the metropolitan police. moving nicholas . she's moving on to nicholas. she's accused the uk government of using trans people as a political weapon if they seek to block the agenda . reforms passed block the agenda. reforms passed by scottish parliament. now by the scottish parliament. now this multiple suggest this comes as multiple suggest that will move block that sunak will move block scotland's gender recognition this week using powers which will put him on course for a major clash with scottish government. the legislation was also backed by the scottish labour party . but labour leader labour party. but labour leader sir keir has voiced his concerns with the legislation, saying the 60 is too young for such a

decision to be made. so are labour divided on the issue of gender? joining me now to discuss is political and social commentator ling mei. and then thank you very much for joining me. i'm sorry, i'm that anyone would consider 16 would be a decent age no checks and balances to be able to say i'm you know i'm changing gender now i mean where your what is your view. i'm really happy that keir starmer has actually come out and said it too young he's been flip around the trans conversation a long time like you what's a woman on and you know what's a woman on and so forth. he's out in the so forth. he's taken out in the post and i it's post here. and i think it's a really for the simple fact really move for the simple fact that have a look on that even if you have a look on the nhs website themselves, say even when it comes to puberty blockers, they don't know the effects going to have on bone density, on the mind of a young person . so definitely too person. so it's definitely too young.so person. so it's definitely too young. so glad that he's taken this approach. well, so this should this . this should even consider this. this is a good thing, but when looking though. this was looking at it though. this was backed labour backed by the scottish labour party. don't know what their party. i don't know what their thinking know what

thinking is. i don't know what on earth is going in their minds to think that this is a good thing. just don't understand. yeah, that yeah, well, separate to that i do feel something for scotland for simple what for the simple fact that. what does about devolution? does that say about devolution? they've government. they've got their government. section they can section 35 says that they can renege on that and the uk consent only block them. and if they're in support of this . i they're in support of this. i understand why they would be angry, but overall 16 is far too young. well, i think that's i mean i'm just a guess. i'm thinking the scottish people will be saying, i don't think so and i suspect this is going to be a vote to, lisa, for nicholas sturgeon if she thinks that people are going to go behind it because on earth i just can't see anyone their right mind thinking that's a good thing. it's which has it's a big decision which has further implications therefore at 16 you are too young to make that sort of life changing choice. is clear. and with this legislation they don't have to declare they're being seen by a psychologist . again, if you look psychologist. again, if you look at the nhs website , there's so at the nhs website, there's so many different processes that have to occur before they even

suggest that can look at suggest that they can look at gender or anything of that nature . so this legislation will nature. so this legislation will mean that they can just self themselves to a different genden themselves to a different gender. but my thing is this if we're especially prior to keir starmer saying this in the labour party, we don't know what a woman is. if we don't what a woman is, we don't know and we don't know what a man is. why is there a need to change gender? what changing if we what you're changing from? if we don't know if we can't say what a woman we can't and also a woman is and we can't and also actually of is actually the of gender is a social construct that we've created. is what a man created. this is what a man does. this is what a woman does. we don't fit into we sort of if you don't fit into those narratives of that social construct that we have created, then might think that you then you might think that you need gender, that need to change gender, that you're body simply you're in the wrong body simply because you believe because your mind, you believe that woman or that you behave like a woman or that you behave like a woman or that move towards that. so i that you move towards that. so i think as you get older, you start construct brain in start to construct your brain in sort of more sort of more malleable way, which you start to that you to identify with the that you feel with and. feel comfortable with and. you're about whether you're not worried about whether you're or a woman

you're called a man or a woman is that can cost back to not long ago when you were six days ago two years yeah when was ago two years ago. yeah when was 16 had a world thoughts of 16 we had a world thoughts of what wanted to do, what we what we wanted to do, what we were and then we changed the aircraft changed aircraft and then changed again and again. so how and changed again. yeah. so how can lifelong decision and can a lifelong decision and are not that conversation not having that conversation about people that are transitioning as well because they didn't the they didn't go through the necessary checks the process necessary checks in the process well. just that well well. it's not just that as well because actually opens this because it actually opens this out any predator wants to out now to any predator wants to then a woman when you're then say i'm a woman when you're not woman you know it is not woman we are you know it is absolutely prison dare as absolutely prison on a dare as well people might do this change in come to the uk with in and then come to the uk with it so they it as a bit like the retrogressive sort of thing but to great effect they go they get married that married quickly and so that you'd to there to do it. you'd have to go there to do it. yeah exactly. yeah listen, yeah exactly. yeah well, listen, miley, thank very much. if i get that now, it's like, yeah, that right now, it's like, yeah, i mean, you see, all of it wrong, all of it. i try some breaking news to bring you onto this topic . the uk government this topic. the uk government has decided to block the scottish bill designed to scottish gender bill designed to make easier for people to make it easier for people to change their recognised

change their legally recognised genden change their legally recognised gender. let's get the latest with our political reporter, olivia lydia, we were olivia utley. lydia, we were just talking about now. yes. just talking about it now. yes. so is an unprecedented so this is an unprecedented move from the government. it's an act in section five which will essentially put a block on boilers of this bill, which was agreed in holyrood last year. boilers of this bill, which was agreed in holyrood last year . we agreed in holyrood last year. we expected was coming. but that doesn't really make it any less of a sort of constitutional bomb if you like . essentially what if you like. essentially what alastair jack's argument is, who's the scottish? is this that there will be a uk wide impact which with the gender recognition bill which wouldn't be compatible , the english be compatible, the english equalities act, and you could have a situation where, someone who is facing a waiting trial for sexual offences , a male body for sexual offences, a male body person awaiting trial in scotland , getting a gender scotland, getting a gender recognition certificate being tried in england and ending up going to a women's prison. you raised concerns in his letter to

sturgeon about . the effect on sturgeon about. the effect on women . scotland, too. and we women. scotland, too. and we that this bill was hugely controversial. it was rushed through hollyrood late last year i went to the second reading of it and the atmosphere was just electric . i mean there were electric. i mean there were nearly 100 women in the room wearing , suffragette colours wearing, suffragette colours protesting at every opportunity. and they felt as though this was being rushed through , being rushed through, essentially because nicholas sturgeon wanted pick a fight with the westminster government and wanted to create this kind of constitutional chaos . it of constitutional chaos. it feels as if this was a trap that nicholas sturgeon set. the uk government has walked into it, although it's hard to see how they avoid doing so essentially creating legislation. this controversy or with this uk wide impact was always going to mean that the uk government basically had to step . but of course had to step. but of course you've now got nicholas sturgeon and stephen flynn, the snp man

in westminster claiming that this is even if you don't agree with it, with issue of gender, this is an issue for scottish democracy and are framing it as the uk government is putting a roadblock on. scotland's democratic will. very interesting that she's trying position it that way. i suspect the scottish people policy on the scottish people policy on the side of the english on this one i doubt they'd like it. lynn i'm ask you for some of i'm going to ask you for some of your thoughts then, your thoughts on this then, because, mean, we were just because, i mean, we were just talking and i'm yeah, talking it and i'm glad. yeah, yeah, and i do think. yeah, i'm glad. and i do think. and i agree that nicholas sturgeon has done as a sort of angst against the against westminster essentially and she's politicised it . so westminster essentially and she's politicised it. so i'm glad that sunak has found himself and done what is necessary . well olivia , you necessary. well olivia, you think that this could be because i know that probably i mean, potentially has done as a sort of ploy to try and show that actually scotland scotland should be independent and not be controlled but controlled by westminster. but could her because could it backfire on her because the people probably

the scottish people probably i would the majority would suggest the majority of probably with english. probably agree with english. well might not be as well it might not be as straightforward as that. what the polls in scotland show. the gender recognition act isn't so much the people against it. much the people are against it. it's that people don't it's mainly that people don't really understand is. really understand what it is. they're interested the they're not interested in the issue and that's not really surprise at the surprise when you look at the figures. year, for figures. so last year, for example, 30 people, three zero people in scotland gained gender recognition certificate and the scottish expects that that could rise around 250 or 300 if rise to around 250 or 300 if this legislation which go . it this legislation which go. so it affects very tiny proportion affects a very tiny proportion of the population . so most of of the population. so most of scotland isn't particularly in it. nicholas sturgeon it. what nicholas sturgeon hoping and banking on is that she will she will go to the scottish people and say that britain has put a roadblock on scotland's democracy . therefore scotland's democracy. therefore you should vote for independent and they will see that section 35 has been enacted. they will see that alison, just saying no to legislation was passed in holyrood and without really understanding what the legislation support her legislation is they support her claim independence. claim for independence. of course is hoping

course rishi sunak is hoping that people just find the bill very strange and unnecessary and don't like it and therefore side with the english. but it's a tncky with the english. but it's a tricky game. well, we'll see. mean perhaps the scottish people will be more interested exactly what it is. let's hope they are and thank you very much and also lynn, may he got it right. i it right. right. up next. it's dewbs& co with michelle dewberry. he's in the studio. michelle good to see you. what have you got coming up on show? hello, nana. yes in my view, anyway, common sense has prevailed. it comes to that scottish gender. i know that it will divide. interested will divide. so i'm interested in response to that. also starmer, he's saying the nhs not be treated like a shrine and it isindeed be treated like a shrine and it is indeed time for reform labour then the party to do it are they're the ones for the job. i'm fascinated by people's views on that and also when it to the wealth of people in this country doesit wealth of people in this country does it matter that for example 1% of people depending on which reports you believe apparently have more wealth than something

like 70% of the popular nation? does matter why and should there be a wealth tax. and i'll are they becoming kind of political football because there's been a lot of conversation narrative, whatever you want to call it. so the boat crossing and lots of criticism towards the government in the terms of the language that they using around these people all of that a say. well forward to it, michel. thanks so much for that. well, you've been getting in touch with your thoughts on teachers striking. stephen says, my daughter is a newly qualified teacher while she obviously to maximise she wants obviously to maximise earnings. accepted the job earnings. she accepted the job knowing the level of pay. she wanted to keep her head down and concentrate work. but has to concentrate on work. but has to have bombarded text have been bombarded with text emails union saying emails from her union saying that we can see you haven't voted. please ensure you do. these became so frequent that she blockaded as well. she had to blockaded as well. well you've been with me. i'm nana akua in for patrick christys here on on the way. it's michelle. be with dewbs & it's michelle. be with dewbs& co. i'll be back tomorrow. at the same time. it's o'clock.

please join me there. but right now. right now, we'll give you some. michelle is up next. hello, i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office. cold winds from the met office. cold winds from the have arrived bringing overnight to widespread frost snow and for some but also clear for many the winds at the moment it's coming from the north and passing over well relatively mild seas and as that occurs they pick up quite a number of showers. those showers permanently affecting those areas exposed to the north winds. the northern scotland northern northwest northern ireland, northwest england, to england, north wales continue to see showers building up at see snow showers building up at lower levels . more lower levels. more significantly, accumulations over the hills, there's another area of showers affecting cornwall , parts of devon here , cornwall, parts of devon here, rain and sleet at low levels, snow over the hills. but either way, icy patches forming as the day on tuesday begins with widespread frost and temperatures well below freezing , but away from those showery areas , plenty of clear weather ,

areas, plenty of clear weather, plenty of sunshine in the south and the east during tuesday crisp winter sunshine not a snowflake in sites, but in the north and the northwest. further sleet and snow showers coming in. and again, that snow building up the northern hills . building up the northern hills. some patchy accumulations at low levels as well. cold dates come 2 to 4 celsius, feeling even colder in the wind, which will strengthen across northern as we end tuesday , bringing a spell of end tuesday, bringing a spell of gales and more significant sleet and snow. i think rain lower levels for shetland, orkney the north of the mainland. but snow continuing to build over the hills with blizzards in places so treacherous in the north of scotland and further showers to northern ireland, western parts of england and wales overnight, but frost once but a widespread frost once again as we start of wednesday, plenty of bright weather out there, some patchy cloud, but otherwise come if otherwise fine day to come if you're in central and eastern parts of the uk. sunny further showers coming into the and increasingly northeast england as well as eastern scotland then into thursday the showers mainly

become confined to eastern coasts western areas see plenty of sunshine but it stays .