very good morning . welcome to bev turner. today on gb news we've got a belting show for you this morning, so keep us switched on until 12. jeremy clarkson comic genius and maverick millionaire emailed the duke and duchess sussex duke and duchess of sussex christmas to apologise over christmas day to apologise over his column in the sun newspaper . but sussexes rejected his . but the sussexes rejected his apology. and now there's a media with headlines that amazon prime is set to cut ties with the presenter discuss. also, the uk government blocked the scottish gender build to make it easier for people to legally change genden for people to legally change gender, sparking a war between sturgeon and anthony will explain its role . in just a few explain its role. in just a few moments. we're going to be talking to former coffee shop owners plymouth, who had to

close their business down due to fines incurred for breaches of lockdown restrictions. it will blow your mind. that's all coming up after a look at the latest news with tamzin . beth, latest news with tamzin. beth, thank you. good from the gb newsroom. it's 10:01 with some breaking news to start with in the last hour , a major incident the last hour, a major incident has been declared after a double decker bus overturned in somerset emerged at sea. services are currently at the scene on the a39 quantock road after a crash between a double decker bus and a motorcycle at around 6:00 this morning. avon and somerset police are urging people to only travel if essential due to the icy and freezing weather conditions. we will, of course, bring you more on this story as we get it. met police are investigating over thousand cases of sexual offences and domestic abuse

involving its staff . it comes as involving its staff. it comes as a serving officer . david carrick a serving officer. david carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including in dozens of rapes and sexual offences over an 18 year period. met police said. mark crowley says they work to identify and, investigate offenders within the police service . this man abused women service. this man abused women in the most disgusting manner. it is sickening. we've women and girls down and. indeed, we've let them to the stand. the women suffered and survived this violence have been unimaginably brave and courageous in coming forward . and i do understand forward. and i do understand also that this will lead to some women across london questioning whether. they can trust the men to keep them safe. we failed and i'm sorry , he should not have i'm sorry, he should not have been a police officer . women's been a police officer. women's rights activist stevenson says pubuc rights activist stevenson says public towards the met police has changed. i used to trust the

police. you know, women want to be able to trust police because we are supposed to go to. but time and time again, they're showing us that we can't trust and saying sorry , not changing and saying sorry, not changing the behaviour. the apology just feels absolutely like there's no point it. there's no point in apologising if you're not going to change what's happening . to change what's happening. these figures show that wages have failed . keep up with have failed. keep up with soaring prices more so than at any point since . records began any point since. records began on average , pay rose by 6.4% in on average, pay rose by 6.4% in the previous quarter. but when taking inflation into account, it means real term pay by 2.6. the office for national statistics also says the unemployment rate rose by 0.2% to reach 3.7% over the same penod. to reach 3.7% over the same period . in response, the period. in response, the chancellor says the labour market remains resilient and the best way to help people's go further is to stick to plans to halve inflation. this year. economist jack kennedy told gb

news the trends we can expect to see this year. we are starting see this year. we are starting see employers responding little bit to the uncertain economic climate and sort of easing off the off the accelerator in terms of demand for full time but certainly you know a lot of employers a trying to still fill staffing gaps so certainly turning to part time staff, the scottish conservative leader has backed the uk government's move to block hollywood's controversial gender bill reform . douglas ross says legislation seriously damages the rights of women. it's the first time westminster has made order under the scotland act to prevent a law from hollyrood going to royal assent. first minister of scotland has called westminster's decision a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and piece of voted in favour of anti strike laws as unions against the legislation . unions against the legislation. the strikes bill would see

having to provide minimum levels of service during industrial action. it means would legally be able to sack employees who choose not to work on strike days. choose not to work on strike days . meanwhile train drivers days. meanwhile train drivers are among those planning strikes action over the coming days as talks with the government over pay talks with the government over pay has failed to reach a resolution . aslef announced its resolution. aslef announced its train drivers will strike on the first and 3rd of february after their union rejected a pay offer. national education union members in england and wales have also voted in favour action, along with unions representing civil servants and pubuc representing civil servants and public service professionals . public service professionals. meanwhile, members from the royal college of nursing will walk out for two days this week as well as two days next month . as well as two days next month. education secretary gillian keegan told gb news. striking is not the answer . it keegan told gb news. striking is not the answer. it is so disappointing because we work very hard . we are one of the very hard. we are one of the very hard. we are one of the very few departments to actually additional funding to make sure that we didn't have had teachers

having to make those those type of choices and course now we have a one union who has now put in our children's education and recovery after the pandemic at risk. and, you know , it's risk. and, you know, it's really, really disappointing . really, really disappointing. the foreign secretary is holding talks in washington as he hopes to strengthen support for. talks in washington as he hopes to strengthen support for . james to strengthen support for. james cleverly will meet with the us secretary of state, antony blinken, before travelling for talks to toronto with his canadian . mr. cleverly will ask canadian. mr. cleverly will ask allies to go further and faster in their support for keith. he will also argue that providing ukraine with the right equipment will help them victory . this is will help them victory. this is gb news more for me in half an houn gb news more for me in half an hour. now back to beth .

hour. now back to beth. very good morning. welcome back to a stay on gb news tv radio and online. here's what's coming up on the show today. jeremy clarkson , well, apparently he clarkson, well, apparently he emailed his apology to the duke and duchess of sussex on christmas day over the article that he wrote in the sun newspaper. of course, harry and meghan have rejected the and said that he needs to lose his job. so apparently now amazon are to ditch him. we're going to be talking about that in just a moment. i'm also going to be joined by the former owner of a coffee in plymouth. ben coffee shop in plymouth. ben coffee breached covid restrictions lockdown and restrictions during lockdown and this led to them being down last year due to the amount of fines that went forced upon them. they're now fundraising to avoid potentially going to jail. i'm going to be talking to them in just moment. and to go through just a moment. and to go through some biggest stories of some of the biggest stories of the to be joined by the day, going to be joined by my morning and my guest this morning and futurist andrew kneebone the futurist andrew kneebone and the former editor labour list, peta edwards . and of course, this

edwards. and of course, this show much with your show is much with your contributions. don't forget to vote our twitter poll this vote in our twitter poll this this this terrible story about pc david carrick pleading guilty 49 offences including rape. i'm asking you two stories like this undermine your faith in the police . email undermine your faith in the police. email me gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news to have your say . first, gb news to have your say. first, though, the scottish conservatives leader has backed the uk government's move to block its controversial reforms bill. but first minister of scotland has called westminster decision a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament. cross live now to our scotland report and hollyrood tony maguire . good morning, tony. maguire. good morning, tony. what's the latest with this back and forth between scotland and sturgeon and.7 westminster good morning, beth. what we are seeing right now as as you see a

two sided political war almost out between westminster and holyrood i'm here at the scottish parliament building and over the last 12 hours we've seen almost every political party come out for or against alister jack's decision yesterday. last night at 5:00 alister jack announced that he was activating section 35, which is westminster outers veto but you know back up clause for a stop in scottish parliament hbos going to royal assent nicholas as you mentioned there has this as you mentioned there has this a full frontal attack . and it's a full frontal attack. and it's worth noting that this isn't just an bow that through this was saw cross—party from all of five of scotland's major

political parties including conservatives from benchers. what the . next 4872 hours will what the. next 4872 hours will hold is anyone's guess. we know that alister will be speaking at 12:30 today and it will be very interested thing for everybody interested thing for everybody in the building behind . i am in the building behind. i am here at holyrood to see what he has to say. this has been around batted around the scottish political spectrum since as far back as the 20 1618 mp. an affair still so for this to fall at the last hurdle we saw three days just before christmas where snp went back and forth notching up something in the region , 150 up something in the region, 150 amendments to this bill and for wee wee it doesn't really come to anyone's surprise that m westminster has reacted this way. this is all a bit the

conflict and gender recognition as a devolved issue and. equality as reserved matter . so equality as reserved matter. so i'll mr. jack has said in his statement to nicholas sturgeon that should the scottish government wish to look the bill make further amendments, then he looks forward to working closely with them on. now we can only assume that we will get much more detail at half past 12 today, when alister jack is due , give his statement certainly across the political spectrum from kezia dugdale, who has also pointed out that know two thirds of support for this bill and again across the political spectrum on all parties is and certainly a hot topic up here which is a lot more than i can say for the way the. okay. thank you, tony. tony maguire there .

you, tony. tony maguire there. now, moving on, jeremy clarkson has said that he emailed the duke and duchess of sussex on christmas day to apologise over his column in the sun newspaper . now, the article became the most complained about feature of the 62 year old said that he hated meghan. clarkson said that his language was disgraceful and.heis his language was disgraceful and. he is profoundly sorry. however, a spokesperson for the couple have said that he didn't address his long standing pattern of spreading hate rhetoric , dangerous conspiracy rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories and misogyny. how dare they. and now amazon prime has reportedly cut ties with jeremy clarkson to , a historian and clarkson to, a historian and author of elizabeth and philip. dr. tessa dunlop joins me in the show. good morning, tessa . when show. good morning, tessa. when i read this statement from the call them the is just automatically harry and meghan right and they go on to say and what remains to be addressed is his long standing pattern of articles that spread hate , articles that spread hate, dangerous conspiracy theories

and misogyny . how. what is it and misogyny. how. what is it got to do with them? how they made themselves judge and jury. whether a journalist can write an article that they don't agree with. because it deliberately targeted meghan. i think the of a false equivalence going on between what's in harry's books here and whether jeremy clarkson was right to be called out and deserves to lose one of his many platforms . i deserves to lose one of his many platforms. i think deserves to lose one of his many platforms . i think the broader platforms. i think the broader issue is , and i think where issue is, and i think where meghan is a very useful present to inform about identity to inform is about identity debates today is would debates in the uk today is would we've noticed what he'd written in article about a woman being traded naked down a street inciting violence talking about his hatred . would we his cellular hatred. would we have what said if he have noticed what he said if he hadnt have noticed what he said if he hadn't pinned it on? and so , so hadn't pinned it on? and so, so and that is i think, the valuable point on a day when 800 police officers are being investigated for sexual abuse and domestic violence on a day the day after, in fact, that the metropolitan police has been accused of in institutionalised misogyny. we need to look at the

coarsening of our public debate around women and gender, by the way, isn't protected law . i way, isn't protected by law. i agree fact that we have agree with the fact that we have got actually of and got a coarsening actually of and i particularly for i think particularly for teenagers in the online. but for me, that's that's not there. so what i love about jeremy clarkson's writing and i could take him or leave him as a present before the farm series. but i the farm is amazing. but i think the farm is amazing. it's of the few programmes it's one of the few programmes on tv my children will on tv that my children will watch with of ages is watch with me of all ages is hilarious. a brilliant hilarious. he's a brilliant writer his writing style is writer and his writing style is it is surreal. it's got a logical, it is hyperbolic that point. i mean, just to take some of the lines from his article , of the lines from his article, he says it seems that she has an arm so far up his bottom she can use her fingers to alter his facial expressions . he goes on facial expressions. he goes on to say one day, i can tell you with absolute certainty what's coming next. how books, harold's spare book will be released. then she'll do one called i think i may be god and then she'll be she'll exhaust it, the whole royal thing. so she'll be off. and a funny article

off. and it's a funny article that this one section has been taken from . in his equivocal taken from. in his equivocal apology, which wasn't really published because he said to them on an email only addressed to duke sussex, given he's to duke of sussex, given he's meant be apologising hatred meant to be apologising hatred towards specifically had towards women, specifically had a he might seek to the a thought he might seek to the mail. by the way sending mail. and by the way sending somebody an apology on christmas day thought i was still day i thought that i was still about a gift in the form of a tad in some respects. but that's the kind jokey like he would. the kind of jokey like he would. now, questioning his now, i'm not questioning his ability entertain . but he ability to entertain. but he said his equivocal apology , said in his equivocal apology, in breath as saying, in the same breath as saying, you me, i don't approve you baffle me, i don't approve of the mission you're on against the royal family but hey, here's my anyway. i mean, my apology anyway. i mean, that's a bit me saying, that's a bit like me saying, look, love, i don't like your face, i'm sorry i punched it face, but i'm sorry i punched it so it didn't really wash as an apology. but beyond that, he also admitted that it's going to be really hard to be interesting. and vigils going forward in my articles. so do we want to encourage that but do we want to encourage that but do we want to encourage effectively what he's admitting to be misinformation ? because if misinformation? because if you're vigilant, careful

you're vigilant, you're careful and therefore you're accurate and. i worry that we give these men and they are generally men , men and they are generally men, giant platforms . but if you look giant platforms. but if you look at some of the writers, if you look at, say, caitlin moran, if you look some of the really good female columnist, janice turner, even, you know, there are often funny , insightful, even, you know, there are often funny , insightful , punchy, funny, insightful, punchy, satirical pieces are wonderful to read . i hate the idea that to read. i hate the idea that he's going to be castrated in writing. let's not castrate jeremy clarkson. tessa, let me give you a really good piece of news from your point of view. he lost his murdoch platform. and, you know, all 0 the grand tour was going to be rescinded not till 2024. surely by then he can be pensioned off. well, let's go down the list. i got a platform on itv. guy ain't short of platforms , but i think to platforms, but i think to suggest that we missed immediately equivocal immediately accept the equivocal when this is a man who sinned before and then the sandwich gate . yes, but then also cable gate. yes, but then also cable people do stupid things. but it doesn't mean just can't bear

doesn't mean i just can't bear the council to combat the fact that meghan and harry feel they have right to try undermine have a right to try to undermine and undermine the way that he has written he is he has a living for years a decade as a really testy funny guy. audience and he's speaking to his and his tend to be your age and my age or older they tend to be white they tend to be british. they are talking to a very different audience. and he says that in his article, says about the his article, he says about the fact everybody his age fact that everybody his age can't bear . fact that everybody his age can't bear. he says, i hate meghan not like i hate nicholas sturgeon or rose west. i held i hate on a cellular level. and he's chose he's deliberately chose and people he have an people which he does have an intake breath . but that intake of breath. but that is where the lies , right? if where the comedy lies, right? if i find that funny because i didn't find that funny because it so sexist. well and it was so sexist. well and i also thought the way that he posited, oh, this was okay, if i didn't get somebody to my article. you are 60 to make you admit yourself that you've written 5000 articles. i mean , i written 5000 articles. i mean, i don't a filter behind me don't having a filter behind me checking to you checking what i'm saying to you right but actually he put right now. but actually he put in loads of thought because he

made sure that was her gender. he attacked, not her race . he he attacked, not her race. he thought he did her alongside other white women. please note, don't you think? i don't think that's necessary . his article that's necessary. his article thought, i mean, his apology doesn't stop. apology says i wrote it quickly . that was why wrote it quickly. that was why i wrote it quickly. that was why i wrote it quickly. that was why i wrote it in haste. i didn't think about it was remark. i really got through the sun editor without them clarifying that scene in which he that that scene in which he talked walking down talked about her walking down the a direct parody of the street is a direct parody of game thrones and not that the game of thrones and not that the reader wouldn't know that i haven't seen the thrones. i didn't that would didn't know that all it would have taken like character in have taken was like character in game thrones. would like to game of thrones. i would like to see bev, i would see her. but bev, i would suggest the fact it got past the sun editor suggests that we've normally used these kind of descriptions of women . you know descriptions of women. you know the law commission looked into the law commission looked into the insightful , inciting hatred the insightful, inciting hatred laws and suggested that we might also put gender in there because of the level threat. now, this

incel misogynistic behaviour, you and at the same time as we're hearing andrew tate is a huge influence of young man. i also agree that we need to fill the vacuum for young men. they feel emasculated. they're a lost. and we don't want jeremy clarkson one end of the generation game and andrew the other let's find clever ways to come together in law . okay. come together in law. okay. that's tessa dunlop. thank you so much. just very mind as well, i think this series goes out it's got eight episodes from february the 10th. they're down, they're going out great children would be delighted. so my series three has already been filming for three months and that will go summer 24. so in go out in summer 24. so in a way, he hasn't been cancelled by. amazon in the way that the press would like us to, but we're all talking about the programme don't forget to programme now. don't forget to vote in the twitter poll this morning. asking with morning. we're asking you with pc carrick guilty to 49 pc david carrick guilty to 49 offences including rape , do offences including rape, do stories this undermine your stories like this undermine your faith in the police? around 75% of you say that it does cast your vote now. it's difficult ,

your vote now. it's difficult, isn't it? because, of course, one bad apple, etc, most police are doing a brilliant job. but let me know what you think. vote in a twitter poll. send me an email as well, gb views at gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news. now, off the break, back to jeremy clarkson, what he writes apologise , the duke writes to apologise, the duke and duchess of sussex on christmas day. former labour list's peta edwards and list's editor peta edwards and futurist will give futurist andrew bowen will give their thoughts on what we've just and lots just been discussing and lots more for a quick.

break very morning. welcome back to best tennis today on tv, news, tv and dab radio. let me take you to my guest this morning. i'm joined by lawyer and broadcaster andrew abel and former editor of labour at edwards. thank you very much for joining me. now, peter, i gave

you a bit homework then in the break, didn't i? i said read the article because there is the original jeremy clarkson article. you see, it got pulled off the website of the sun website is very cowardly of them surely they could have just done a slight amendments but actually to be fair and that's what the article said. so you had to dig article said. so you had to dig a bit into their saying it was at 80. you keep reading. they said it was jeremy's request said it was at jeremy's request . what they said so and . it is what they said so and it's and i've always been a bit sceptical about apologies when most people when they say they're sorry that sorry they've been that sorry been found out or that sorry those took offence and so those people took offence and so on well jeremy on and so forth. well jeremy says mentioned it early, says you mentioned it early, your great conversation. i say i knew what had happened straightaway. thinking straightaway. i've been thinking of game of thrones of a scene of game of thrones you know, what he said. you know, that's what he said. so sorry that said it so i'm not sorry that i said it because writes in that because he writes in that particular he's sorry that particular he's only sorry that he didn't it from game of thrones and nobody in their right thought he wanted her right mind thought he wanted her to through to be paraded through the streets. just writing streets. that's just writing style . why did you think it was style. why did you think it was the most complained articulo in

the most complained articulo in the sun's history ? i think the sun's history? i think because it's jeremy clarkson and it's a son and because the paper is insulting and because it was very unpleasant. is insulting and because it was very unpleasant . and i, you very unpleasant. and i, you know, i deeply believe that there is something good when someone apologises except accepting that if it's a genuine apology . but the point accepting that if it's a genuine apology. but the point i'd make about jeremy clarkson , that he's about jeremy clarkson, that he's written a lot of rude articles about a lot of people for many and made money from them and they're hilarious. but is being okay ? we don't want to live in okay? we don't want to live in a sanitised world, do we, peter? where no one can make a joke that's boring. i don't think we're in danger of living in a sanitised world. the number of discussions we have on programs like free speech like this about free speech shows alive shows that free speech is alive and kicking because . we're and kicking because. we're having whether having arguments about whether free speech alive and free speech is alive and kicking. so it is a in the channels, although i would say jeremy clarkson made money out of vigorous journalism, but he's made money, insults. and what's good about that, i often point out, i mean, it's barnum, isn't it? who said that? basically, if

you want to draw a crowd you start a fight. and boy , has that start a fight. and boy, has that been a fight. he's got, what, 7.9 million on his 7.9 million followers on his twitter . he says, i'm a still twitter. he says, i'm a still small voice of calm and reason is , he says, but he hasn't is, he says, but he hasn't posted on twitter since his apology on the 19th of december 20, 22, which is really strange but it's also very clever from , but it's also very clever from, jeremy clarkson, because he is the king self—promotion and self pubuc. the king self—promotion and self public . and that is one of the public. and that is one of the reasons why he's been so successful. and this series, clarkson's i don't know if you've seen it you wouldn't like it. it's very funny. you've seen it you wouldn't like it. it's very funny . what it. it's very funny. what a great life he would like it is very funny hilarious it is and it is good fashioned family entertainment draws attention to the plight of farmers . it draws the plight of farmers. it draws attention to ridicule , attention to ridicule, bureaucracy and red tape around things that we kind of can't do in our little provincial country villages. he's doing a lot of good.i villages. he's doing a lot of good. i used think he was a wally. i don't mind admitting this. i used to work in motorsport. i kind of got the

measure of him. i thought, i know men like you. and then i saw him on clarkson's he's a fish of water where fish out of water where everybody an idiot everybody thinks he's an idiot and tell him he's idiot and they tell him he's an idiot and they tell him he's an idiot and takes it and it's very and he takes it and it's very self. yeah, well, you watch it for probably give a try. for me. probably give it a try. yeah popular, but he's had several different hasn't it. he's had one as a controversialist, had controversialist, he's had one doing gear back 30 doing top gear going back 30 years but remember the years ago. but remember the reason sacked from that reason he was sacked from that was punishing producer. was for punishing a producer. and as well. so and now the farm as well. so he's different he's had a several different incarnations, but i mean, it just comes across as boorish to me. a of it. i love my me. a lot of it. i love my article back then leave it article back then i'll leave it with i'll read it as my with you. i'll read it as my bedtime. i've read jeremy clarkson's column and clarkson's column books and there you he read yours as there you go. he read yours as well. understand very well. i understand you very much about of was about about it. one of them was about childbirth. think that's childbirth. i don't think that's on right now. right. moving on his right now. right. moving on, gender issues . on, gender or gender issues. right. explain this to andrew as a lawyer. yes getting a little bit misinterpreted by other inferior news outlets. you're absolutely right. and what they've they've got two of the hot topics about gender, politics and evolution politics.

put them together and it's father time . what it basically father time. what it basically is, is all to do with the scotland act and what powers have been devolved wolves to the scottish parliament. and technically they can certain things by themselves. but there is this nuclear option if you where it was called section 35 of the scotland act and what that does it permits the secretary of state to make an order precluding the presiding officer from the bill going to royal assent now that what has happenedin royal assent now that what has happened in this case , if it's happened in this case, if it's likely to basically take away something from the general powers i talking about the equality act and that's what's happened here . and this is the happened here. and this is the problem because you're trying so many debates into it. many different debates into it. that's about that's much heat about transgender there's so much heat , devolution, people are missing the side . it's more heat, less the side. it's more heat, less light. and what we do on this programme is to shine that light ? well, we try we try very hard. peter, is this just sturgeon politics with westminster when she was trying to push this through before christmas. i

remember watching, going what's she doing, what is she doing . she doing, what is she doing. always to wonder with always got to wonder with nicholas she nicholas sturgeon what she playing at. it didn't much sense was she this in order to was she doing this in order to declare war rishi sunak the declare war on rishi sunak the devolution there's an devolution process. there's an element of that certainly. and it's interesting you both, it's interesting you say both, which devolution which is sunak a devolution because she's a general election, she's trying to distract from the other problems in scotland like the nhs and drug tests , but also keep alive drug tests, but also keep alive the flavour of independence. but i mean this aggravates me because it runs contrary to the equality act and the uk government are acting lawfully and nicola knows . nicola, as you and nicola knows. nicola, as you say, has chosen to this fight and keir starmer, the labour leader, is broadly, which is sunak and the uk government in terms of stance, have taken and partially on the substance . i'm partially on the substance. i'm really uncomfortable with the idea of changing gender at 16 and this is a it's a big row about law and about devolution independence . but i think a lot independence. but i think a lot of your viewers will feel that if you're going to make a life changing decision making, as

changing decision making, it as an an 18 year old, an adult, as an 18 year old, about and i think your child at 16 so in words her desire 16 so in other words her desire to play politics with this topic can potentially harm young people changing the agenda. i mean it makes us that makes us sound incredibly callous. yeah i wouldn't , i wouldn't use the wouldn't, i wouldn't use the word callous, but clearly, there'll be a potential and permanent changing impact on teenagers in scotland. and i think makes a lot of people on the left and right and not augned the left and right and not aligned uncomfortable but you think is going to happen legally underage? well, i tell you what's going to happen. first of all, we need to clarify everything in the media, which i think so important, i mean, think is so important, i mean, rishi talking respect, rishi was talking about respect, support and understanding for those community. those in the trans community. it's to take away from it's not time to take away from that. and this is what happens is there's such emotive is because there's such emotive subjects look at subjects, you need to look at why and whole reason about the section to turn out section 35 order is to turn out to say, well, is it going to have an impact the whole of have an impact on the whole of the uk's law the equality?

the uk's law about the equality? and whole thing about and is the whole thing about gender versus sex? yeah making sure that everybody to be sure that everybody needs to be in discussion . and that's in this discussion. and that's what happens, i think by throwing in the grenade, if you like, such emotive topics, like, about such emotive topics, it tricky, but nicola lost as it is tricky, but nicola lost as we predicted in the supreme court when she tried to get indyref2 going because that was against whole sort of principle. and i think she'll probably lose on this one as well because and it's to not basically diminish the argument and support which everyone's to give to the trans community. it really is trying to say, look, this is what happens next is doing this for political purposes. it's wrong to so. unfair on trans to do so. it's unfair on trans community, it's unfair on those who want a democratic process. these safeguards in these safeguards are put in place prevent this . okay. place to prevent this. okay. right. thanks guys. great start. now after the break, the former owners , finland coffee, a little owners, finland coffee, a little coffee shop down on the of england are going to join me on the show had to close this family business because they incurred family business because they incurre d £40,000 worth of fines

incurred £40,000 worth of fines and court costs after repeatedly breaching ridiculous ridiculous covid restriction in my opinion then our fundraising to pay for money to raise money to pay off the fines, have sympathy for them, or do you think they should have followed the rules? that's all. after your morning news with . tamsin bell . beth, news with. tamsin bell. beth, thank you. good morning from the gb newsroom. it's 1032 thank you. good morning from the gb newsroom. it's1032 and major incident has been declared after a double decker overturned in somerset by emergency services. a at the scene on the a39 quantock road after incident involving a double decker bus and a motorcyclist at around o'clock this morning, the bus was taking workers to the hinkley point c nuclear power station. well avon and somerset police are urging people to only travel if essential due to the icy and freezing weather conditions . the met police are

conditions. the met police are investigating over a cases of sexual offences and domestic abuse involving its staff. it comes as a serving officer. pc david carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes and sexual offences against women over an 18 year penod. against women over an 18 year period . new figures that wages period. new figures that wages have failed to keep up with soaring prices. most so then at any point since records began. average pay rose by 6.4% in the previous quarter. but when taking inflation into it means real time pay dropped by 2.6. the office for statistics also says the unemployed rate rose by 0.2% to reach 3.7% over the same period. in response the chancellor says the labour market resilient and the best way to help people's wages go further is to stick to plans to halve inflation this year. aslef says train drivers will strike in february after union bosses

rejected pay offer from rail companies . drivers will strike companies. drivers will strike on the first and third of next month, the first day of action will coincide with walkout by 100,000 civil servants in their dispute over pay and jobs. 100,000 civil servants in their dispute over pay and jobs . other dispute over pay and jobs. other industrial action this includes strike action by teachers and members of the royal college of nursing tv online and dab+ radio. this is dvd is.

welcome back to bev turner today. you've all been getting in touch. brilliant messages today about the clarkson's story. neil said, i do not believe that jeremy should have apologised sussexes . he apologised to the sussexes. he only narrated how millions of us feel fact that they refused feel the fact that they refused to his apology just to accept. his apology just undermines hypocritical and

undermines how hypocritical and small pair of really small minded this pair of really are. absolutely called are. clarkson absolutely called them out and was, in my opinion, and that millions more and that of millions more correct . and mel said king correct. and mel has said king charles and everyone else should take the sussexes take note of the sussexes reaction clarke's is both reaction to clarke's is both private and public apology. this couple do not want apologies . couple do not want apologies. they want to destroy anyone who criticises and that message criticises and send that message out to all crosses your out to all crosses at your peril. these people are bullies and there will be no compromise with i, for one, will with bullies. i, for one, will boycott. amazon mail. very wise. now . 1037 the boycott. amazon mail. very wise. now. 1037 the pandemic was phenomenally difficult for many businesses getting to grips with lockdowns and the changing rules and restrictions. and during that time , a finlaw coffee shop that time, a finlaw coffee shop in plymouth breached the rules, leading to fines worth over £40,000. it was widely reported last year local media outlets that the owners had to close the shop due to the cost of fines will now the former owners, danny yates and pendlebury, could be facing jail time if they don't pay the outstanding

fine . and they join me now. good fine. and they join me now. good morning , michael and dana . good morning, michael and dana. good morning. good morning . thank you morning. good morning. thank you so much forjoining me. this this is a story that i've wanted to do for and i'm so glad agreed to. come on, tell me the criminal. what happened? what was the business you were running? and when was the first time you encountered some trouble. we well, it was before second lockdown when the masks were enforced for, being able to move between tables and once you can sit down, you can take them off. and basically put a poster up to say that we wouldn't, you know , question anybody that know, question anybody that didn't wear a mask because we looked into the laws around it and we didn't want it discriminating to anybody or encounter any sort of conflict with anybody. and it came apparent that the local papers hold of that and blew it completely out of motion , said

completely out of motion, said that i was refusing to wear it myself and i was refusing to implement it on anybody else. and i wouldn't police it and then we had the council workers and the police arrive at our shop the following day based on that story. and so local press kind of kind of whipped it up a bit. and didn't you have some anonymous as well from people who weren't brave enough to come into your shop, but went behind your back to tell the local authorities? yeah, we several people sort of go to the local authorities and to speak out about it. and i even had people bnng about it. and i even had people bring up shop impersonating to be a police officer. we had hate mail for through the post. and but when the police turned up and, we had several visits from the council . we were doing the council. we were doing everything correct. there nothing that we were doing was incorrect and they couldn't get us anything . and fact us on anything. and in fact quite a lot of the stuff and the laws around the whole discrimination about mask

wearing, they didn't know themselves so and all the big shops now are doing exactly what i was doing right from the beginning. but they made out that i was doing everything incorrect . but even though the incorrect. but even though the police had been in the papers, the next day, they just made out that we were basically being spoke by the police and the council workers made, that we were being told off . so when did were being told off. so when did the fines start coming in and kind of amount have they got to now ? so the second lockdown when now? so the second lockdown when that sort of we were then back and forth with the council, you know, i was we were basically continuously asking for different based different evidence based on about lockdowns and we about about the lockdowns and we weren't really getting any true answers . the first lockdown, you answers. the first lockdown, you know, everyone kind of did toe the line. we don't know what what was out there become the second lockdown kind of knew that something wasn't right and we had to go to takeaway for the second lockdown. we weren't allowed to let anyone down at

tables and chairs . and you we tables and chairs. and you we were everything was two metres apart, but we allowed people to sit down still and we had a lot of elderly and vulnerable people that were breaking down in tears and we could see it first hand experience what the lockdowns were doing to people . and so we were doing to people. and so we allowed people to sit down. so on the first day of the lockdown we had two council workers and a police turn off our shop . the police turn off our shop. the police turn off our shop. the police weren't there to do anything that is to keep the peace. so we got a warning for that day. the second day, they turned up again. and then that's when we got fines on the second day. and then on the third day, they actually turned up about 15 police officers . and that's when police officers. and that's when the police actually stood in. we even to the police, if we even said to the police, if we were breaking the law, aren't you arresting us ? and they you arresting us? and they wouldn't quest they wouldn't answer we wouldn't answer anything. we wouldn't answer anything. we wouldn't answer questions . answer many of our questions. and they didn't and they they didn't they didn't do they did was the council

do all they did was the council then find us again. so we were then find us again. so we were then back and forth with the fines, didn't pay them, ended up going fight these going to court to fight these fines . there was so much wrong fines. there was so much wrong doing with it, fines. there was so much wrong doing with it , with fines. there was so much wrong doing with it, with fighting in court , with the paperwork . court, with the paperwork. nothing seemed right at all. so there'll be some people they'll they'll be people watching this . and we have to give this some balance who will say , well, you balance who will say, well, you know, these were infection minimising measures that we had to take. there must have been science behind these decisions. they were there to protect people . what would you say now people. what would you say now with with the benefit of hindsight . and i mean, hindsight. and i mean, i understand how people were upset and especially other businesses and especially other businesses and we weren't doing it for ourselves , though, you know, as ourselves, though, you know, as to a certain degree, we had built this business up for six years. we can see that it was destroying small businesses. so

it just us, was it wasn't just about us, was about businesses as about other small businesses as well couldn't see well, though they couldn't see that. well, though they couldn't see that . but there was no we were that. but there was no we were asking for evidence to why , why, asking for evidence to why, why, why we not have outdoor seating, for instance , and let people sit for instance, and let people sit outside where we can clean in between. people sit down. but yet the benches up the road , yet the benches up the road, they were allowed to go and get a coffee from us and then go and sit these benches. it make sit on these benches. it make sense no common what sense there was no common what they doing. no, not at all. they were doing. no, not at all. michael let me let me read you this plymouth city council say that they've worked with over 3500 businesses issuing guidance, advice and visiting. of all of those only 13 fixed penalty notices were issued for breach of regulations and they were paid this is not the case in instance, taking court action , say, is the last thing they wants to do, but consistent and very public breaches while all other establishments were at pains to do the right thing, just could be ignored. how would you respond to that ? well i can

you respond to that? well i can i can't say that when we call it was made out , i can't say that when we call it was made out, i was very aggressive and. i handed i placed hand on council workers. i assaulted them. i moved them out of the premises and i filmed everything on my phone for the first three days. i didn't from the position that i in until they left . i never once was they left. i never once was aggressive . i have video aggressive. i have video evidence of this. what they said was lies because i didn't provide the evidence in court . provide the evidence in court. they weren't. they clearly had an agenda. it was set to close down. we stood up against them. we embarrass them and they made an example of us . and i do an example of us. and i do believe that they're going to do it again, if we do stand and try to fight this. so we're taking some risks here. but yeah , i'm some risks here. but yeah, i'm ready for it again. i really am, because what they've done is wrong. so some people would say well you breaking the well you were you breaking the rules ? the rules there . if rules? the rules were there. if the rules don't make any sense , the rules don't make any sense, you have to break them. can you tell my heart's not any. as i'm

saying this guys. but there will be people who say that . be people who will say that. well we didn't open the doors and drag people in. we didn't say you have to come in you know, you don't have to wear a mask. you do have to wear a mask. you do have to wear a mask. nothing changed. one day we're open, you know, 50 to 60 people per hour. the next day we weren't be open, nothing weren't to be open, but nothing had so statistics and had changed. so statistics and things were rising yet . but why things were rising yet. but why should we have to change? if you want to come in and you want to wear a mask and you want to sit down with to me, as apart from the table and this hand sanitiser there which we provided since beginning, we provided since the beginning, we didn't which didn't change it, which is pointless a respiratory, pointless with a respiratory, but let that but nevertheless we'll let that go go. i just wanted to add as well though , you know, at the well though, you know, at the same time as us breaking the rules, you know , the member that rules, you know, the member that the people that were the very people that were telling us these rules and what we had to do breaking the rules do were breaking the rules themselves know. what themselves, you know. and what did get they get a £50 did they get they get a £50 fined matt hancock was on tv

basically saying he didn't get no fine because he it was just. well you set up a crowdfunder haven't you asking support you've raised thousand pounds so far from generous right minded people . how much more do you people. how much more do you need ? that's actually it . we've need? that's actually it. we've we've now smashed so basically because we've closed for the this our personal fines what we were left with that's covered our personal fines we were due back in court in march and they every time we were going back to look at our finances, they were threatening. you don't hurry threatening. if you don't hurry up this you will up and get this page, you will be serving months in jail be serving three months in jail so were ready and but we've so we were ready and but we've smashed the target is amazing and we can't say enough thank you. well well i think it's, you know , the lack of common sense know, the lack of common sense in of this the lack of science, even more than common sense is what what resounds with me. and i wish you all the very best if i'm ever in plymouth, i will be finding you. i you get finding you. i hope you get another shop. will be there another shop. i will be there for latte. all right. thank

for a latte. all right. thank you guys, a plymouth city you so, guys, a plymouth city council spokesman said our approach was always to engage , approach was always to engage, to explain, educate and then only as a last resort to enforce . the covid 19 regulations were brought in the government as part of a massive countrywide effort to reduce the spread of the virus across the period the vast majority businesses were exceptionally work exceptionally diligent and work us public to do they us and the public to do all they to guidance . now an to follow the guidance. now an inquest begins today into the mass shooting in plymouth that claimed six lives in august 2021. five people were shot dead as they went about their daily lives to remember that two after the 12 minute attack, the gunman then turned his weapon on himself. months on, the himself. 17 months on, the devastated community hoping devastated community is hoping that will finally that an inquest will finally answer questions . how that an inquest will finally answer questions. how did answer their questions. how did this happen and how could prevent again? as prevent it happening again? as south reported , jeff south of england reported, jeff moody the inquest and us moody is at the inquest and us this report . time has passed but this report. time has passed but questions remain . today is the questions remain. today is the first tip to finding answers to those questions, namely how kim

came to be as synonymous with tragedy as hungerford and dunblane on the 12th of august 20, 21. 22 year old jake davison opened fire at a house on biddick drive, killing his mother, maxine . he then went mother, maxine. he then went onto the street and shot dead. lee martin and his three year old daughter, sophie . next, he old daughter, sophie. next, he injured a 53 year old woman and her three year old son in a house on the same street before and killing a 59 year old man in and killing a 59 year old man in a nearby park. and killing a 59 year old man in a nearby park . davison then a nearby park. davison then moved on to henderson and place where he killed again , this time where he killed again, this time a 66 year old woman. he told a passer by there was nothing to about, mate. shortly he turned his pump action shotgun on himself . his pump action shotgun on himself. today, all eyes on the inquest when a jury will be sworn in ready to hear evidence

to help them answer kim's questions . not least, why questions. not least, why shotgun and licence were returned to him by local police just weeks before the shooting . just weeks before the shooting. they'd been revoked. the year before, after he assaulted two teenagers. the office for police conduct has awarded misconduct notices to two staff members and an officer involved in approving his licence back in the summer. on the first anniversary of the shooting plymouth mp luke pollard told gb news what he to see from the inquest . well see from the inquest. well there's two questions that the community has that we need answers to. it's did this happen and how this happen. now, there's clearly lessons to be learned. the gun laws in britain are broken , as many people in are broken, as many people in the community, myself included, who want to see changes in that a case that i've made in the house of on behalf of this community. but we also need to understand the mistakes understand about the mistakes that leading up to the that were made leading up to the tragedy what be done to stop tragedy and what be done to stop those mistakes happening

anywhere in the future . the anywhere else in the future. the inquest taking place in inquest is taking place in exeter with a viewing room for relatives to watch online from plymouth. it's expected last until the end of february . only until the end of february. only then will the community answers. only then will they get a chance of closure . jeff moody gb news of closure. jeff moody gb news is . thank of closure. jeff moody gb news is. thank you, of closure. jeff moody gb news is . thank you, jeff. my of closure. jeff moody gb news is. thank you, jeff. my panel are back here this morning. i'm delighted to joined by lawyer, broadcaster and futurist andrew eappen.i broadcaster and futurist andrew eappen . i love that title. it's eappen. i love that title. it's not good on a may sound like mystic back to the futurist it's all that it's revivalist pizza edwards thank you guys for joining me. right rwanda. you know, there was a time when you say the word rwanda and people would think of terrible massacres and awful political upheaval in country. upheaval they had in country. now, rwanda, we will go, now, you say rwanda, we will go, oh, was happening. oh, immigration was happening. 140 million is what is happening. or rather not. 140 million is what is happening. or rather not . £40 happening. or rather not. £40 million of taxpayers money almost . it's currently almost. it's currently thwarted. sister and what's going on? so last april, priti patel, you

will remember signed this will remember she signed this agreement with rwanda to basically people processed basically get people processed as came over here, get the process in rwanda. intention process in rwanda. the intention was to stop people coming, not they come and we processed them, but to deter what the tragedy that's happening in the waters, what's happened is all sorts of legal challenges have been taken place. and yesterday the high court here in lord justice louis and mr. justice have said 11, seven migrants could ask the court of appeals whether rwanda's assurances uk amounted to sufficient of safe and fair treatment. now what that means in practise it's been kicked into the long grass . it's in practise it's been kicked into the long grass. it's going to take months more to. get this all sorted. you're absolutely right. we need to have safeguards in place. but the people itself was never designed for people to basically come here and be processed. it was designed to stop people. and the longer there are all these loopholes being exploited, the longer it gets dragged through the courts, the more money going to wasted. and more the to be wasted. and the more the general public going to say

enoughis general public going to say enough is enough. yeah what what do you think, peter edwards? because it. well, go on. just just at what just just talk at me. what do you think? i have no you think? i mean, i have no more complicated question than that. think that. simply well, i think andrew hinted that the kind of attention to it, because you have process about have a legal process about something us all something that, upsets us all very political stripe, which is life threatening journeys taken across the channel then i'm afraid you'll pure party afraid you'll have pure party politics apply. this is boris johnson policy backed by priti patel. so that's two prime ministers ago. anyone who wanted to succeed boris johnson had to utter the words the conservative members. yes, i'll keep the rwanda policy and which was chancellor and he wasn't tied to it at all. and he seemed to make no public utterances at all on rwanda uttered those words, i'll keep the rwandan policy. and that allowed him be elected that allowed him to be elected and we all do know, obviously, that tory members have very mixed feelings about which he sunak. but i mean, even though he was brexiteer and he after the rwanda words but this was.

yes i'd say it was a candid attempt to deal with migrant boats , but it was also a pure boats, but it was also a pure party political play to people on the right and particularly the conservative party to the members who support the conservative prime minister and it's no surprise and it's kind of run into the dust lately. and i think the best thing that can happen now is that there's a fairly quick legal process. so we get clarity. yeah would but how i wonder how that will look for sunak depending on for rishi sunak depending on which way it goes really. i mean he probably around and he can probably turn around and go really my go well it wasn't really my anyway that was patel that was boris's thing. sorry guys i tried. wiggle out it. i tried. he'll wiggle out of it. i think if i may, think it's briefly if i may, i think it's briefly if i may, i think the opposite, because i think the opposite, because i think if it if it gets the courts, then the government claimed credit for it and if it doesn't get it through the courts, we could be in another judiciary against the people type rule with the tory government saying out of touch stale male judges of frustrating the will of the people. i don't

think that's true at all. i think that's true at all. i think judges are completely independent, but i think they'll try and convert it into a political gain if they end up being humiliated and stale. male judges are totally unfair. you're that you're absolutely right. that merely interpreting as is their job. yeah. what law says. okay, right on on this issue as well about this is in the mail today fines for lorry drivers who inadvertently dry along with a stowaway the moment you get fined stowaway the moment you get fine d £2,000 if you found to fined £2,000 if you found to have an illegal immigrant on your vehicle . and that's going your vehicle. and that's going to be raised your vehicle. and that's going to be raise d £10,000. this to be raised £10,000. this doesn't feel fair. to be raised £10,000. this doesn't feel fair . andrew bought doesn't feel fair. andrew bought if you're just driving your your lorry and 18 year past and then suddenly there's bloke in the back you can't get fined grand for that but if you're 25 bit more you need to get past. i'm just stereotyping do you and everything yells all sorts of typing i love it. apologies to any truck drivers that's defended the idea that you eat the pasta, you carry on. robert jenrick what he was basically say this the crackdown on

say this is the crackdown on illegal immigration. yeah, the fine been thousand, maximum fine has been thousand, maximum £2,000. i think since 2012 to there are i put in perspective there are i put in perspective there were 3145 incidents where clandestine entries were found hidden in vehicles in 2022, 21. and that rose to 3838 and 21 to 22. what they're saying is that if people are negligent in terms of allowing these people or not people putting them there, to and deliberate, it's if it's negligent , well, negligence is a negligent, well, negligence is a bit more than accidental . you've bit more than accidental. you've got take steps to secure your got to take steps to secure your vehicle is what saying. and if you don't take steps to secure your vehicle and make sure your vehicle's roadworthy and all the other and pieces, then you other bits and pieces, then you can suffer a fine to other bits and pieces, then you can suffer a fine up t other bits and pieces, then you can suonlya fine up t other bits and pieces, then you can suonly gote up t other bits and pieces, then you can suonly got aup t other bits and pieces, then you can suonly got a few seconds. we've only got a few seconds. but does it seem fair to increase this fine and put the onus on rather than the onus on driver rather than the immigrant? no? i think immigrant? yes or no? i think it's tackling the symptom rather than you've got than the cause. when you've got people risking lives people risking their lives potentially back potentially dying the back of trucks, stronger

trucks, why don't we stronger controls french ports? okay, controls in french ports? okay, perfect. end perfect. right. that's the end of our hour coming up, of our first hour coming up, wages have grown at the fastest rate in more than 20 years. it's really and but there's really and also but there's a boss they're failing to boss there they're failing to keep up with raising prices we're going to be back with all of that after. a short break. hello mcgivern the hello aidan mcgivern from the met office . it stays cold today met office. it stays cold today with heavy snow for some, especially northern scotland, but bright spells for many in many places will be no snow. however, there has been some across cornwall overnight that's moving away associated with this low. the next area of low pushing some heavy sleet and snow into shetland, then orkney and then by the evening northern scotland along with an increase increasing winds, a strong gale force winds for the northern. as we enter the afternoon, that heavy sleet and snow for shetland , orkney the shetland, orkney and into the north the mainland of scotland frequent showers into western scotland. northern north—west england and north wales. these showers also hail, sleet and snow. but in between the showers, some sunshine and certainly plenty sunshine

through the midlands and eastern as well the south, 2 to as well as the south, 2 to 4 celsius. so feeling cold and increasingly windy there for northern with the risk for the northern with the risk for the north of the mainland of gales , north of the mainland of gales, drifting snow and blizzard . it's drifting snow and blizzard. it's really treacherous for northern into caithness sutherland through the evening that snow then pushes into eastern scotland northeast england along with the strong winds elsewhere a breezy night. so it's not going to be as cold, but still a widespread frost as we start off wednesday and some icy patches around western shores . and then around western shores. and then as we go through the day , plenty as we go through the day, plenty of pushing into the of showers pushing into the north, the northeast, as well as western areas. again, sleet , western areas. again, sleet, snow, a wintry mix for many. but in between some sunshine and for the midlands, eastern parts of england is largely sunny. temperatures a degree or so , up temperatures a degree or so, up so 5 to 6 in the south, 2 to 4 further north. so there'll be further north. so there'll be further snow coming through, though for northern scotland. that snow really accumulating over the hills especially, but also at lower levels . and then

also at lower levels. and then into wednesday nights they'll be further showers into the north, increasing the eastern areas. so thursday sees predominately the showers affect the eastern parts of the uk. brightest guys elsewhere, slow only turning milder on friday and .

saturday very good morning . welcome. 510 very good morning. welcome. 510 today on gb news. the next hour, i'm going to be talking to maggie oliver about how to restore faith. the police after another officer is found guilty of horrific sexual crimes and liam halligan will be here as uk unemployment rises 3.7. and we're going to find what is going on with wages. i love those sections with liam so

don't miss that i'm also going to be crossing to jeff . he's at to be crossing to jeff. he's at the of this major incident the scene of this major incident which has been declared this morning after a double decker bus overturned in a crash with a motorcycle that's in somerset. all after your latest all of that after your latest news . tamsin left . i have. news with. tamsin left. i have. thanks very much and good morning from the gb news tram. it's 11:01. a morning from the gb news tram. it's11:01. a major morning from the gb news tram. it's 11:01. a major incident morning from the gb news tram. it's11:01. a major incident has been declared after a double decker bus overturned in somerset . emergency services are somerset. emergency services are at the scene on the a39 quantock road after , a crash involving a road after, a crash involving a double decker bus . a double decker bus. a motorcyclist at around 6:00 this morning. the bus was taking workers to the hinkley c nuclear power station . avon and somerset power station. avon and somerset police are urging people to only travel if essential due to the icy freezing weather conditions . met icy freezing weather conditions. met over a thousand cases of sexual

offences and domestic abuse involving its staff . it comes as involving its staff. it comes as a serving officer pc. david carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes and sexual offences against women over an 18 year period. met police commissioner sir mark rowley says they'll work to identify and investigate offenders within the police service . this man abused women service. this man abused women in the most disgusting manner. it is sickening. we've let women and girls down and indeed we've let londoners down. the women who suffered and survived this violence have been unimaginably brave , courageous in coming brave, courageous in coming forward . and i do understand forward. and i do understand that this will lead to some women across london questioning whether they can trust the men to keep them safe. we have failed. and i'm sorry , he should failed. and i'm sorry, he should not have been a police officer . not have been a police officer. women's rights activist patsy stevenson says public attitude towards the met police has

changed. i used to trust the police , you know, women want to police, you know, women want to be able to trust because who we supposed to go to and. but time and time again, they're showing us that we can't trust them and saying but not changing the behaviour . saying but not changing the behaviour. the apology just feels absolutely like there's no point in it. there's no point in apologising if you're not going to change happening . new figures to change happening. new figures show that wages have failed to keep up with soaring prices, more so than at any point since records began . average pay rose records began. average pay rose by 6.4% in the previous quarter when taking inflation into it means real term pay dropped by 2.6. the office for national statistics also says the unemployment rate rose by point 2% to reach 3.7% over the same penod. 2% to reach 3.7% over the same period . in response, the period. in response, the chancellor says the labour market remains resilient and the best way to help people's wages go further is to stick to plans

to halve inflation this year. economist jack kennedy told gb news the trends we could expect to see this year, we starting to see employers responding a little bit to the uncertain economic climate and, sort of easing off the off the accelerator in terms of demand for full time staff, but certainly, you know, a of employers are trying to still fill staffing gaps. so certainly turning to part time staff. the scottish conservative has backed the uk government's move to block hollyrood controversial gender bill reforms . douglas gender bill reforms. douglas ross says the legislation seriously damages the rights women. it's the first time westminster has an order under the scotland act to prevent a law from hollyrood going to royal assent . minister of royal assent. minister of scotland has called westminster's decision a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament. mps have voted in favour of anti strike laws as have protested against the

legislation. the strikes would see workers having to provide minimum levels of service during industrial . it means bosses industrial. it means bosses would legally be able to sack employees who choose not to work on. strike days . aslef, on. strike days. aslef, meanwhile, says its train drivers will strike next month after their rejected a pay offer . the strike on the first and 3rd of february, which will with a walkout by 100,000 civil servants in their dispute over pay servants in their dispute over pay and jobs . other upcoming pay and jobs. other upcoming industrial action includes a strike by the royal college of nursing and. 90% of national education union members in england and wales have voted in favour of . action. education favour of. action. education sector trade. gillian keegan told striking is the answer. is so disappointing because we work very hard. we are one of the very hard. we are one of the very few departments actually get additional funding to make that we didn't have had teachers

to make those those type of choices and of course now we have one union who is now putting our children's education recovery after the pandemic at risk. and you know , it's really, risk. and you know, it's really, really disappointing . the really disappointing. the foreign secretary holding talks in washington as he hopes to strengthen support for ukraine. james cleverly will meet with the us secretary of state antony blinken before travelling for talks to toronto with his canadian counterpart. mr. cleverly will ask allies to go further and faster in their support cave. he will also argue that providing ukraine with the right will help them secure a victory . this is gb views will victory. this is gb views will bnng victory. this is gb views will bring you news as it happens, of course. now, though , it's back course. now, though, it's back to beth .

to beth. hey good morning. welcome back to bev turner. today on gebe news. remember, if you're watching us at home, then you get in the car, put on tape radio, and you can hear all the show. everything else we got today here's today on there. now, here's what's coming up this morning. today on there. now, here's wha metropolitan�* this morning. today on there. now, here's wha metropolitan policelorning. today on there. now, here's wha metropolitan police is ning. the metropolitan police is facing growing for urgent facing growing calls for urgent reform . one of its officers, pc reform. one of its officers, pc david kerrick, pleaded guilty to , committing over 70 sex attacks over a span of 18 years. the met commissioner has apologised to victims and action as they investigate thousand sexual and domestic abuse involving about 800 of its officers and thousands of workers in both the private and public sector. strike overpay . the onus has strike overpay. the onus has released its latest , which show released its latest, which show 467,000 work days were lost because of labour disputes in november 2022. our very own economics and business editor liam halligan will help crunch numbers. and of course, the show is without you and your viewers.

don't forget to vote in the poll on twitter. we're asking with pc david carrick leading pleaded guilty to 49 offences including . the stories like this undermine your faith in the police . email undermine your faith in the police. email me gb undermine your faith in the police . email me gb views at gb police. email me gb views at gb news dot uk or tweet me at gb news dot uk or tweet me at gb news to have say . but first, a news to have say. but first, a major incident has been declared after a double decker bus overturned in a crash. the motorcycle in somers said emergency services were called to the scene on the a39 quantock road at around 6 am. meanwhile, police say that the road has been closed. let's get the latest . gb news, south—west of latest. gb news, south—west of england , jeff moody good morning england, jeff moody good morning , geoff. what else we know? well the incident took place at around 6:00 this morning when a double decker bus carrying workers who were on their way to the hinkley c power station

overturned in icy conditions. we believe that a motorcycle was also involved in, the crash. while police and the air ambulance attended the scene shortly afterwards , people have shortly afterwards, people have been airlifted to hospital . it's been airlifted to hospital. it's thought at this stage that injuries are too serious. hinckley point have released a statement this morning . they've statement this morning. they've said that they can't comment on how many workers were involved at this stage or whether they have injured. this is a particularly bad when it comes to icy conditions. particularly bad when it comes to icy conditions . avon and to icy conditions. avon and somerset police have said that 53 crashes were reported on monday evening alone while the crash site is about eight miles away from the power station. emergency services were on the scene first thing. police said received a total of 67 calls from other road related incidents between 8:00 and 11:00 last night. so the conditions

are extremely icy and extremely dangerous . well, seven of those dangerous. well, seven of those incidents were reported to have resulted in injuries, though, at this stage we're hearing that none of them are too serious . none of them are too serious. well, that is at least some good news . thank you, jeff. jeff news. thank you, jeff. jeff moody, they're southwest of england. reporter you know the ice this morning, i think it took a lot of people by surprise, didn't they? i'm not. there's been so much chaos on the roads. take care. weren't you in keep. keep tuned for weather. we have plenty of weather. we have plenty of weather gb and on a day weather on gb news. and on a day like this kind of important like this it's kind of important to what road to know what those road are going to be now the going to be like now the metropolitan police commissioner has for failures by has apologised for failures by the force after an officer admitted to being serial admitted to being a serial rapist . 48 admitted to being a serial rapist. 48 year old david carrick pled guilty to 49 . carrick pled guilty to 49. offences across two decades include , 24 counts of rape when include, 24 counts of rape when he appeared at london's. so that crown court. the met commissioner said rowley has apologised to the victims and vowed to take action to root out sexual abuse in the force . this

sexual abuse in the force. this comes as the met police is also facing calls for urgent reform . facing calls for urgent reform. well, joining me now is the former greater manchester police detective, maggie oliver. good morning, maggie . good morning, morning, maggie. good morning, beth . lovely to see you. shame beth. lovely to see you. shame under such circumstances, actually and maggie, what's your what's your take on this story ? what's your take on this story? i'm i'm tempted to by saying overall , the police do a overall, the police do a fantastic job and we shouldn't be considering them all in the wrong . if you get the odd bad wrong. if you get the odd bad apple is that accurate ? i think apple is that accurate? i think there's a lot of good people in there's a lot of good people in the police. i think that the chief constables on, the senior level of policing and the home office are those who are letting down the public. i don't think we should just focus on this one case. you are going to get bad apples, that is, you just say. but for me, it a much bigger problem. this know the public trust in policing is virtually

non—existent. you know my with my charity the maggie foundation we're approached every day by victims and survivors of sexual abuse who being fobbed off and dismissed on a daily basis and we see really no account ability. we see you know police marking their own homework , marking their own homework, their own failures . i think their own failures. i think policing has become politicised and, you know , like all of the and, you know, like all of the pubuc and, you know, like all of the public services, this isn't a five minute problem. it's been coming for years. i mean, ten years ago when i resigned , years ago when i resigned, greater manchester police was because i was saying that we're not doing the job, that they were corrupt. we were having apologies then and justification for they were doing and defensiveness . ten years later , defensiveness. ten years later, you know, the new chief constable of greater police apologised for the incompetent way they dealt with the rochdale case , you know, we get an case, you know, we get an apology every but we get no

action and i think we need a radical sweep out of policing , radical sweep out of policing, you know, the wages now that they are being paid are inadequate for a career where you need really capable , you need really capable, intelligent people who want career, a life long career . it's career, a life long career. it's no longer that career path. you know, we've got pc ceos doing jobs that should be done by police. we've got experienced detectives in their droves and not being replaced. we've sedated apartments being closed down. we've got cronyism at the top where people are promoted based on who the best mate is, not on what the skills are. and i personally would like to see non police management being brought in who have got an understanding of the wider problems facing the country . you problems facing the country. you know, there are so many things that the public have lost in and rightly so. you there are not enough police officers are they're not properly they are

not properly equipped . and we're not properly equipped. and we're sending them out completely , sending them out completely, often unprepared for the world in. and then you've got somebody like david carrick again , like like david carrick again, like wayne cousins. he is a seriously apple. but how many times was reported and many times was he let off the hook? it does not give you faith in the system at all. but what's what's the culture like, mickey? as you say . was the same with with cousins there were rumours there were allegations made that were never followed up . just as in this followed up. just as in this case. what does this say about the culture of the police isn't it that think that they turn a blind eye to their colleagues . blind eye to their colleagues. you know how it how does that work? what does that look like? i mean, all i can tell you from my own experience, you know, when i stepped outside the box, i mean, there was some my colleagues who were phenomenal. the support , too. but there is

the support, too. but there is culture that says that you stick with your gang, that you don't break ranks, that you don't out, you defend the indefensible . and you defend the indefensible. and inever you defend the indefensible. and i never felt that way back because i feel that to be a police officer you need integrity . you need you need integrity. you need you need moral courage. you need to be honest. and if you see something that's wrong, you need to stand up and shout about it. and i think what happens is that? the good people who go in the police and believe that who joins the and i believe that who joins the police joins for the right reason. i believe that they want to make a difference on whole. but if you actually through your probation and your early days, you told, no, you say you are told, no, you don't say anything. you stick anything. you know, you stick together . i anything. you know, you stick together. i think that that then becomes a habit and you know i was told come to work, put your bomb on the seat and go home with. you wage. these decisions are senior officers. it are made by senior officers. it is about above your pay rank and has to change and at the top of policing path to me are

political pawns. they are there to do the bidding of the home office and we need a complete change in the culture , this change in the culture, this country of policing of you know , silencing dissent. we've got all public services which are falling apart. we've now got teachers , we've got the nhs. teachers, we've got the nhs. this isn't a five minute problem. that is just. this has been coming for two or three decades. and, you know . i think decades. and, you know. i think the answer is complete change in how priorities are. you know decided. you know i look at covid and the billions of pounds were thrown into . yeah you know were thrown into. yeah you know masks and you know, lining the pockets of the mates. and we've got children being abused and rapists getting away with it. we've got corrupt police officers who reported nine times and don't lose the job got. yeah it does. it does feel like the resources if that's right the resources if that's right the resources have not gone in the right place. thank you so much,

michaela. that. always absolutely full of wisdom and common sense. right. i'm joined in the studio by housewife's favourite liam halligan. you've been called that before. yeah, but not for a few years , but but not for a few years, but business and economics . right? business and economics. right? this is my favourite part . the this is my favourite part. the show, liam. one of them because you're so clever and you understand this stuff. so much, right? unemployment rate for september to november 2022 increased by 0.2 percentage points on the quarter to 3.7. why unemployment pretty low because there are lots of vacancies across the labour market, because there's a lot of economic and i'll come on to those numbers because i did want to highlight the pay numbers that you also mentioned before because these pay numbers crucial in terms of public sector strikes and private sector strikes and private sector strikes and private sector strikes and, all the rest of it. i've got some graphics here for . these numbers came out here for. these numbers came out this morning between september and november. pay across the

economy was up 6.4% compared to the same period in 2021. that's the same period in 2021. that's the biggest increase in pay since 2001. that's really big increase if we can see that . and increase if we can see that. and then in addition , i can tell you then in addition, i can tell you then in addition, i can tell you the private sector was up 7.1% and public sector pay was up 3.1. if we can just catch up with that on, there's the private sector pay we got there. in the end, 7.1% and public sector pay was up 3.3. now, that's really interesting thing because a lot of these strikes are in the public sector. nurses, the teachers has just voted for strikes and so on. and they'll say, look, the private sector think they're much better off than we are in here. in the pubuc off than we are in here. in the public sector, we have a pay rise. what i would say is the private sector pay on average still than public sector still lower than public sector pay- still lower than public sector pay. then public sector pay. and then public sector people , they massive pension people, they get massive pension and more benefits , more

and more benefits, more flexibility and compared to private sector pay. and here's some more that i think are really relevant . if we look at really relevant. if we look at pay really relevant. if we look at pay after inflation so we have this massive increase in pay 6.4% across the board. yeah but pay 6.4% across the board. yeah but pay after given that inflation is higher , that pay rise is is higher, that pay rise is actually down 3.4. and that's the biggest drop in what we call real terms pay after inflation since 2009. and on top of that beth, we talked about unemployment and so . there's unemployment and so. there's something called the inactive t, right? that's the people in the workforce who are registered that they want to work, but they're not working and they're not actually now looking for work. not saying that they're looking for work. that was 21.5. and inactive t rate is much and that inactive t rate is much higher than it was before the pandemic. before the pandemic, it was 20.2. so that's a big chunk of the workforce , you chunk of the workforce, you know, 1.3 percentage points of the workforce . tens of thousands

the workforce. tens of thousands of people who've just disappeared off work rosters. and that's a reason why vacancies are very high . wages vacancies are very high. wages are going up, time up, fascinating. wages aren't going up enough to keep up with inflation . and this is what inflation. and this is what inflation. and this is what inflation does . it turns numbers inflation does. it turns numbers that look good into negative . as that look good into negative. as i've said to you before, we've had high retail sales. wow booming sales across. but when you think that inflation was 10, you think that inflation was 10, you know, five or 6% increase in retail retail sales, that's a fall in the real value of what the retailers are selling. so these this economic inactivity data is, am i right? and really it's driven by aged 16 to 24. that's partly it. that's partly it because lockdown really whacked those people . there's a whacked those people. there's a lot of really depressed people out who don't want to, you know, literally come out of the house, lockdown down, psychologically scarred lot of people, even

though we know that there are a lot of 50 somethings who to go back to work. yeah to make ends meet i can't tell you. and that's the market town where i live up in north essex. the amount people i know who thought they were retired and now they're cabs . yeah. they're driving cabs. yeah. because pensions even you because their pensions even you know they got the state pension, they private pension. yeah. they got private pension. yeah. it's enough just it's not nearly enough to just do shopping now they're do the shopping now they're driving cabs, they're going back to work. but still there's a lot of haven't emerged of people who haven't emerged from the workforce. post—lockdown and here's another interesting number you mentioned also earlier in the show that . also earlier in the show that. 450,000 strike days were lost in november. right. and when you said that, i did a quick some. and if that time's 12 is 5.4 million. right. so that would the kind of annual rate. yeah. if is lost in november were annualised . so if 5.4 million annualised. so if 5.4 million imputed value strike days were lost this year , how many do you

lost this year, how many do you think were lost? lost this year, how many do you think were lost ? 1979. lost this year, how many do you think were lost ?1979. oh winter think were lost? 1979. oh winter of discontent when i was a kid, you'll see young, cool, about the same . okay. 5.4 million the same. okay. 5.4 million strike days imputes it lost this yeah strike days imputes it lost this year. hang onto your go. 29.5 million. no way absolutely easily. and maggie thatcher said almost six times more . almost almost six times more. almost six times more. strike were lost . almost six times more. almost six times more. strike were lost. in the november figure which is probably it feels like november, it wasn't quite the peak of strike action, i think were more strikes in december and possibly in january. and as we go over the next weeks, i'm going to the next few weeks, i'm going to keep raising get these keep raising when we get these monthly strike comparison. if that annualised , it would that was annualised, it would compare to the winter of discontent interest . that's why discontent interest. that's why you're brilliant liam halligan because you actually put the meat on the both of these headlines. i think we've read the glasses i'm sat the same glasses as i'm sat there. from boots up . there. one went from boots up. we've got say the others are

we've got to say the others are available. we have the same glasses made at liam halligan 15 quit the right. glasses made at liam halligan 15 quit the right . anyway. so we're quit the right. anyway. so we're supposed to be sensible always a new show, right? my panellist andrew bowen and peter edwards. we'll be in just a minute we'll be back in just a minute for a look some of the day's for a look at some of the day's top stories after this quick.

break very good morning . this is bev very good morning. this is bev turner today on gb news you for joining me. some breaking news were talking just before the break. i'm going to be discussing it again in a moment. david carrick this is the 48 year old police officer who yesterday dozens rape and yesterday dozens of rape and sexual offences against 12 women has been sacked by the metropolitan police at a misconduct hearing held in his absence in west london . andrew absence in west london. andrew bowen, let me come to you . that

bowen, let me come to you. that seems just like a sort legal. oh, it's a nonsense to be news that he wasn't sacked. he's still got his i mean it's absolutely scandalous in light of what's happened with . wayne of what's happened with. wayne cousins, he worked for the same people who's in the same unit as leighton of the murder of sarah , sarah everard. and we've just look at every single paper's talking about missed opportunities, but times they were read in terms of what they should have spotted and what's really scary and i this in the mail is just how many more monsters in uniform we have to put in perspective . there are put in perspective. there are that number of them being investigated. if you look at the met a whole that 34,244 police officers some of them being investigated. i say, look, history repeats itself because we don't learn the lessons from history whatever the vetting procedure is. this needs to be looked at in a serious way. we don't want these headlines anymore. we don't want any more these horrendous and they are horrendous cases . well, peter, horrendous cases. well, peter, let me come to you, because i

mean, you know , sir mark really mean, you know, sir mark really has come out and said, we failed. how you think the culture is in the police that you can have opportunities in ten years. nine complaints against him and none of them are acted well. yeah, it's a missed opportunity so really going to alarm people and i think there's lots of different things going on if a prolific sex offender and obviously our thoughts are with the victims because the scale of it and the horror it the missed opportunities i think alarm all of us. and that tells us, as andrew alluded to there's something going wrong with vetting and vetting in particular and i think one of the reports i register i think it was something like ten or 15 years the gap between being vetted and that allowed him to continue offending again and again again while in uniform says is huge delay in vetting which is a concern i've seen exploitation trust. but then there seem to be lighter mistakes as well like when he was finally arrested

2021, he was just on restricted dufies 2021, he was just on restricted duties rather than being suspended immediately. i wouldn't get too bogged down in what's happened today because that's sucking just a formality after conviction that , you know, after conviction that, you know, it's interesting that the newspapers , particularly picking newspapers, particularly picking out the missed opportunities around carrick, and that's where you need institutional change. so at the moment, yeah, a moment, andrew, there are a, is this a review of a thousand serving met. yes. who've been accused of domestic violence or sex including rape . will all of sex including rape. will all of them be suspended it whilst under investigation. i think that the reality so depends on the situation and it depends on how serious and the relevant policy is. so the figures, it's shocking in amongst the 34,000 more , 40 plus thousand if you more, 40 plus thousand if you count other staff within the met and there should be procedures but we need transparency what we need to do is to work at what the procedure what happens soon as there is a complaint and then the general public can do that.

we talk trust. you need to the police force and these cases don't they all say that trust arrives on foot and leaves on horseback. how more stories. do we need in order to restore that trust we to basically reverse the trend. we need to reverse the trend. we need to reverse the headlines . people need to the headlines. people need to take very, very firm action to clarify what happens. look the vetting procedures, because clearly they're inadequate . just clearly they're inadequate. just to also, though, just play devil's advocate and to be in defence of police, because i think the police do most phenomenal job, the hardest job. they also need protect from they also need to protect from false allegations. absolutely because it seems like it's an industry that would be rife. let's face it, you arrest a young and she's a troublemaker and she's guilty of something she might absolutely tell your boss. well, you know, he tried to touch me in the investigation room, whatever it is. so we do need to also protect the police and against false allegations, don't we? yeah, of course. i mean, i've no data at all on the

number of false allegations. i just. i wouldn't want to give a view that i think i'd make the broader point, because there's a lot of appalling headlines rightly today about the police, but, know, my day job, i but, you know, in my day job, i sit in an office outside politics. i hit keys and a keyboard and some numbers come out of it. police go to work every day . vast majority of them every day. vast majority of them are decent or people, and they might die and they might be killed and their family knows they come home from work they might come home from work and level of threat and and they a level of threat and even short of just abuse even short of that, just abuse and hostility that is alien to us, but regular to them. do you think the our our relationship with the police , though, andrew, with the police, though, andrew, is it's more problematic than just the sex offences? oh, of course there is it feels that there is a perpetually low opinion of the police. we have little that they're going to come of burgled etc. and come out of burgled etc. and that's the problem when you get attacked on many and why attacked on many. and that's why i important to put into i say it's important to put into perspective when i talk about that within that the various people within the and their reaction the police and their reaction will same as ours too. will be the same as ours too. it's one of their colleagues.

it's one of their colleagues. it's outrage gorgeous. so praise where due the 40,000 plus where is due the 40,000 plus people work for the met, as people who work for the met, as you say, 34,000 odd police officers the reality that officers. the reality is that they're attacked on they're being attacked on several fronts. you've got the crime as this. you have crime such as this. you have race you know about race issues as you know about that of stuff. also that sort of stuff. you also have effective in terms have effective they are in terms of crime and of contacting crime and everybody will have their own personal of whether personal experience of whether they burglary and they there's been a burglary and whether that sort of whether how that sort of responded to. so on and so responded to. and so on and so forth. what the crime statistics say of those need to be say are all of those need to be deau say are all of those need to be dealt i like most issues dealt with. i like most issues it's communication. yeah it's about communication. yeah yeah absolutely thank yeah absolutely right. thank you, guys. now coming up with royal of nursing members royal college of nursing members in wales due to in england and wales due to strike wednesday, thursday , strike on wednesday, thursday, can an agreement be made with the rather the government sooner rather than later we're going to cover teacher strikes as well. that's all morning news . all after your morning news. good morning. it's 1132. all after your morning news. good morning. it's1132. i'm tamsin roberts the gb newsroom and incident has been declared

after a double decker bus in somerset this morning. well, we can cross live to the scene now to speak to our reporterjeff to speak to our reporter jeff moody who's there for us . and moody who's there for us. and jeff, what more can you tell us about what happened there this morning ? well, the incident took morning? well, the incident took place at around 6:00 this morning when a double decker bus , which was taking workers to hinkley point c power station, overturned on this icy stretch of road on a39 just outside bridgwater. police attended scene shortly afterwards and an air ambulance took many people away to. it's not thought that is life threatening at the moment it's thought that there are a lot of people with fractures. a lot of walking wounded as well. a dog walker spoke to me just now and he said that this is an accident. this waiting that to happen as water trickles down off quantock hills and forms , rivulets on the road

and forms, rivulets on the road . it's been an extremely lethal of the a39 for some time. while we're expecting a spokesman from the police to talk to us any second now to give us some idea of how bad the injuries are and what's being done to and will, of course, bring you that press conference as soon as it happens here on gb news. okay, jeff now, thanks very much, jeff moody , thanks very much, jeff moody, for us live in somerset. and as he said, we will, of course, keep you up to date with this story as we get any new developments. some breaking news you've heard in the last 10 minutes or david carrick has minutes or so david carrick has been sacked by metropolitan been sacked by the metropolitan at misconduct held in his at a misconduct held in his absence west london . it's absence in west london. it's after pleaded guilty to 49 after he pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes and sexual offences over an 18 year period . met police is an 18 year period. met police is now investigating a thousand cases of sexual offences and domestic abuse involving its staff . new figures show that

staff. new figures show that wages failed to keep up with soaring prices, more so than at any point since records began . any point since records began. average pay rose . by 6.4% in the average pay rose. by 6.4% in the preview quarter , but when taking preview quarter, but when taking inflation into account, preview quarter, but when taking inflation into account , it preview quarter, but when taking inflation into account, it means real term pay dropped by 2.6. the office for national statistics also says , the statistics also says, the unemployment rate rose by 0.2% to reach 3.7% over the same penod. to reach 3.7% over the same period . in response, the period. in response, the chancellor says the labour market remains resilient. chancellor says the labour market remains resilient . aslef market remains resilient. aslef says train drivers will strike next month after their union a pay next month after their union a pay offer. the strike on the first and 3rd of february, which will coincide with a walkout by 100,000 civil servants in their dispute over paying jobs. other upcoming industrial action includes strikes by the royal college of nursing . and tv, college of nursing. and tv, onune college of nursing. and tv, online and dab radio. this is .

gb news. very good morning. welcome to bev turner. today on gb news. thanks for finding us. if you like what we do, tell one friend today what you now you've been getting in touch. remember is the email here is a little bit what you've had to say on the met police on this awful situation of a police officer being admitting to all of these sexual offences. david in cheshire has said, as a former police officer, i'm astonished at the behaviour of this mat officer. he should have been sacked years ago and an asset. the commissioner and men at the top have so much answer for. just to be clear, don't forget . just to be clear, don't forget. cressida dick was the commissioner of the met police dunng commissioner of the met police during this period of time for. and not just all the men, kevin

dorset says just think how much the london crime figures would drop if police were disbanded. i'm sure that's true. we need our police, but we need them to do a really job. now keep those emails coming in. won't you teach us across england. wales, are set to strike from the 1st of february, the national education has announced the walkout by the uk's largest union mean that gcse pupils will have had just one year of unanswered learning. so the latest, let's turn to our national reporter ellie costello, who's outside the national union headquarters. morning, ellie . an incredible morning, ellie. an incredible disappointing meant this for not only pupils , girls who are going only pupils, girls who are going to have their education yet again, but also the parents, most of whom need to go to work and now have got this terrible, responsible state of being at home with their kids. responsible state of being at home with their kids . yes, but home with their kids. yes, but good morning to you. and yes, yet again , children are going to

yet again, children are going to be shut out of the classroom. it does look like home schooling could return as quickly as next month. that's teachers in england and wales have voted to strike over pay . days of strikes strike over pay. days of strikes are planned february and in march is going to affect 23,000 schools in england and wales. now over 90% of the teacher members voted for strike action, but there was only a 53% turnout and legally you need over 50% in order for a ballot to go ahead. so it was very , it must be said. so it was very, it must be said. but some schools will have close, the onus will be on headteachers to try and keep their schools open. there will be a focus on trying to get volunteers in to keep those schools open . but of course it schools open. but of course it does mean that some pupils will have to be taught at home as they work . the pandemic have to be taught at home as they work. the pandemic and

teachers have been saying at least the infrastructure is in place to allow children to do that. but their parents will of course have to take time off school. now, the national strikes scheduled for the 1st of february and the 15th and 16th of march, and they're all going to be regional dates in there as well . but the to be regional dates in there as well. but the au, which is i'm standing outside building right now, they've said that each school will only impacted by a maximum of four dates. they will not be impacted by the full seven. now, just to take the context into this , babs, this is context into this, babs, this is a strike over pay. and teachers did have a pay rise of 5% in 2022, but the any you says that this rise is nothing in line inflation they want more and i was speaking to a teacher last night who explained to me that that 5% pay rise came out of already existing school budgets. so it was meaning that there would be fewer class classroom

resistance. for example , or resistance. for example, or perhaps fewer school trips . she perhaps fewer school trips. she said. it's, it's the pupils that suffer as a result of teachers get it getting a pay rise that also like the way in which are giving a pay rise to looked at as well and any you say this isn't just about pay well this isn't just about pay well this is about retention and about recruitment. they are struggling to get teachers and subjects such as science and maths and they're struggling to retain teachers for up to five years after they qualify. so yet again is going to be disrupted then. bev if you're a gcse student in england and wales and you only had one year of undistracted in your secondary school experience, so those people's and their parents, especially are going to be very concerned about what these strikes will mean for the upcoming exams season and of course the impact that will have on their results as well the education gillian keegan has been speaking this morning. she says she's very disappointed for both parents

and children and she says that schools have already been and children and she says that schools have already bee n £2 schools have already been £2 billion worth of additional funding that came out in the autumn statement the children's commissioner for england d'souza has reacted to there she said this is the wrong course of action and it's damaging to incomes. now that the minimum service levels bill has just passed its first hurdle in parliament, that would require a minimum number of staff to keep working throughout these strike dates and teachers would be affected by that. but that bill doesn't look like it's to be set to be passed into law until much later on this year. so it won't be ready in time for these strikes next month. and we are going see disruption in the classroom yet again this winter . awful. thank you, ellie awful early email saying you were for all ellie costello is brilliant but the story is awful. i just find it i who's worried about the children in this country who right was ellie costello right that was ellie costello that outside the headquarters of the national education union right with me

right panel are back with me this morning. right panel are back with me this morning . morning. lawyer, this morning. morning. lawyer, broadcaster andrew broadcaster and futurist andrew urban, a former editor of labour , edwards. he's a in the , peter edwards. he's a in the times page nine. labour plans to nationalise may cost £15 billion. peter were always for a solution to the nhs is this it. well it could i think the gp's model is close to being broken i disregard numbers that are put out by the conservative party or worse concern party sources. further they are aides to steve barclay . it's no surprise the barclay. it's no surprise the health secretary disagrees with the labour party on health policy, but why is the gp's model broken ? to give you model broken? to give you a couple of quick examples. first of all, you have to wait so long, get an appointment. but remember , if you work in other remember, if you work in other sectors and this saturday there's evening working, can you get a gp appointment on a saturday? can you get a gp appointment, say at 7 pm. southern surgeries? do that, but it's a minority. so the service is quite old fashioned in terms

of its opening hours and then all other sectors, all these other sectors, hospitals , police, emergency hospitals, police, emergency services , journalism, where services, journalism, where people working seven days a week and now they get paid more, they get time off . the other point, get time off. the other point, and it back decades to and it goes back decades to tonight beverley's gp is had dead mao stuffed gold was a famous adage and they run a small businesses and there's nothing wrong with that per say small businesses are vital, but that shouldn't be the model for a public . yeah. andrew wood what a public. yeah. andrew wood what do you think about this? because the gp is your it should be our line of defence, health care and no longer feels like that does people know we're not going to get rock up 20 get appointment the rock up 20 then we've got a q and a it's a and firstly on the figures you're right and there's a number of different solutions do need those solutions. need to look at those solutions. what was is the department of what it was is the department of health calculations, they're saying, got 8.5 saying, look, you've got 8.5 billion billion buying billion to 10 billion buying land so need land and property. so you need to where the headlines to look at where the headlines come and talk about come from and then talk about goodwill these surgeries. goodwill for by these surgeries. that's million. 5 that's the other 5 million. so 5 billion is just slightly a

billion is all just slightly a bit nebulous. what's to bit nebulous. what's going to happen a problem. happen is there is a problem. everybody recognises there is a problem, are number problem, but there are a number of solutions. i bang on about artificial intelligence and ai and access to and how that can access to research around the world and so on and so forth. we can look at those inefficiencies and tackle those inefficiencies and tackle those everybody within the profession . we talk about the profession. we talk about the police and so on and so forth. they always highlight the bad stuff. there's a lot of great stuff. there's a lot of great stuff which is happening, but they this to be a better they want this to be a better solution. i think we can work well. we can access that information a regular basis. information on a regular basis. but robots cannot replace but are robots cannot replace a good gp, but it's not so much. well, two sides of it. what? well, two sides of it. what? well you'll be surprised at all. sort of an absolute. but i know i'm the great thing about but they can make the processes efficient artificial efficient so artificial intelligence if you can access the research anywhere in world so that you as a patient for you go in there you present certain symptoms and you track that and your gp all as one gets access to the best solutions in the world and can provide you with a

better treatment, more effective because saves because early diagnosis saves sorts of problems oh pete mean i'm sorry peter i'm going to come to you that sounds like my idea of hell. i don't to go into a into a surgery where you have to kind of log on you already have to log. i'm going to go to my gp on a screen in the corner never works that usually never is always out of order and then talks with the gp to talk to a computer find what's wrong computer to find what's wrong with know. don't with me. i don't know. i don't like vision of the future. like that vision of the future. yeah, worries mater. yeah, it worries mater. i'm loathe to disagree with andrew because gotten so well because we've gotten so well i think think the role think i think part of the role with medical care but particularly gp we are particularly around gp we are seeing is seeing patients regularly is emotional and emotional intelligence and that's really hard to replicate for a and i'll give you perhaps the most obvious example is on in my forties middle aged man is it's might be the man that goes in who says he's got a bit of a cough or a lump but actually something a lot more serious going on the articulate or doesn't wish to articulate and

the gp that's known for v is could look into his eyes sees he's behaving and give a view on that and i think there's tonnes of other problems the gp model we're not training nhs staff and in any area of the nhs, but i think there's a there's a role for it. but i think we're, i can't see us getting to stage where i replaces humans . no where i replaces humans. no i was by your ambition, i promise you. it will happen. you're going to come in here. one day and all three will be robots. we will. but how do you know we're already not? i'm not my already not? i'm not in my thirties. i had a paper out. there's got to be a good. it will be the future. it is here now. should embrace the now. we should embrace the opportunities presented by technology drinking enjoyable. i think there is because we get to talk about 6003 so longer story he's the best in the world apparently who you is it's so good it's been crowds world's best in the seventies on blonde crowned the world's best table what it says here and this is donein what it says here and this is done in blind tasting which is

done in a blind tasting which is the best way of testing anything so get all these so they get all these experts they all smells like they buy it all smells like spirits, i don't like. spirits, which i don't like. some but happens is some of. but what happens is they decide this came out in first place. so rather english wines, i'm working on that sort of premise. so this is a good story for england. it's not good . it's a gloucestershire based vineyard, which festival it's slapped up , vineyard, which festival it's slapped up, snapped up the master medal . haven't been master medal. haven't been drinking the globe. no. yeah global seven on masters awards . global seven on masters awards. we should be celebrating things like this that we're good at in this country. should we be? yeah, absolutely. and i think that been a bit of a renaissance engush that been a bit of a renaissance english food and drink over the last years. you know, i think when first started going to when i first started going to pubs had you had your pubs you had you you had your your from holland, from your beer from holland, from from spanish beer from france, your spanish beer on and your kind of on holiday and your kind of french italian wine, the french or italian wine, the restaurant. so a meads restaurant. and so it's a meads is it's nothing to is great. it's nothing to brexit. i don't want to talk about brexit, but it's just a positive and hopefully you'll encourage england and the rest of the uk to be positive about.

so you just said this is a positive of brexit is that we've now got excellent british wine brexit. easy oh yes, look brexit. it's easy oh yes, look at you i have to say that as well. both boris johnson is going to write his memoir , going to write his memoir, surprise, surprise, fantastic . surprise, surprise, fantastic. one's going to pay him for those, are they, andrew? well they are. they're going to pay him a fortune to make 6 million 0 r £6 million. that's what it's or £6 million. that's what it's like going deal with my good like going to deal with my good friends harper collins. they friends at harper collins. they do fantastic do some fantastic fantastic work. i'm they've done very well. prime ministers. i mean, maggie thatcher received about three half for three and a half million for her. three and a half million for hen book three and a half million for her. book deal. if tony her. how to book deal. if tony blair did his one as well. even matt hancock, with his pandemic diaries, didn't get mr. diaries, didn't even get mr. he's made a fortune from public speaking boris. he's a great speaker and he's made about a quarter times a pop. so he's made about a out of four engagements in the last few weeks. i don't know. it's probably not as yet. it is now revealed. oh gp that was in the paper i've chosen not to dwell

uponit paper i've chosen not to dwell upon it because it just makes me so cross to of the of that so cross to of the none of that behaviour and the actions of the last couple years. and then he rides the and makes rides off into the and makes millions i said millions which is what i said would happen it will would always happen it will happen. it's happen. absolutely it's just something rememberchurchill something to remember churchill bofis something to remember churchill boris heroes. will boris heroes. history will be kind me because i intend to kind to me because i intend to write it myself. i think boris is living out his dreams. but i don't doubt increasingly whether he'll get what churchill achieved, which is a come back as minister, because i think everyone, the tory party is a bit pro boris at the moment and tories could do badly in the local elections in may. it could be a move against a late night. the tories is on tv every day about the virtues of boris, but still the house of investigation by a committee about whether bofis by a committee about whether boris was truthful or not. very good point . there's also the good point. there's also the covering query, which is also going and regardless of, you know, i think it'll be a bit of a whitewash. but do you think

should do it? does he have the will? do you think he has the rights it well, of course he has the right to set what he thinks. of course. of course he has. will he be honest to won't be honest. it's good right? the never let the truth stand in the way a good story what way of a good story that's what they publishing and they always and publishing and they always and publishing and the he went from the reality he went from being the reality he went from being the hiding the politician the politician who could parts of the electorate other politicians couldn't to being the marmite and so are so divided on and so people are so divided on those but he's an entertainer first and foremost the popularity polls still put him ahead of the current prime minister. well, that's not hard, is it well, nobody but it's good is it well, nobody but it's good is the and politicians is the reality and politicians are in a popularity contest every so years you get elected based on personalities, politics, needs, personality . politics, needs, personality. his and boris is undoubtedly a personality. people really people slag off harry. what we've lauded him. but his book has been one of the bestselling books of all time know, and he's made an fortune of it. it's putting out his of events. and i'm one of the few people who

speaks up in favour of harry and meghan, as you know, just to provide some sort of balance so people read it, they people will want read it, they will but they go will criticise, but they will go out and buy out in their droves and buy copies. you think he will copies. do you think he will come back before the next election for the next election? no, think he'll keep no, but i think he'll keep trying. he's had trying. bear in mind, he's had three leader in only three runs for leader in only made it to the starting line once, not the finishing line. the other two attempts most recently and last summer with . recently and last summer with. and then theresa may the and then when theresa may the premiership in 2016. he didn't even make it to the starting line . so this is someone he's a line. so this is someone he's a very gifted communicator and a good writer , though i don't like good writer, though i don't like his but he's a very his comments, but he's a very good this is someone good writer. this is someone whose and narrative whose ambition and his narrative skills are a big disjuncture from the political reality . from the political reality. yeah. and he's taking over , i yeah. and he's taking over, i understand, jeremy clarkson's column in the sun. so that's going to happen as well. not really. no, he's not. he's got to be addressing , don't you? to be addressing, don't you? just like that. that's close of oven just like that. that's close of over. yeah. you're the future . i over. yeah. you're the future. i like you. he's got everything possible , you know. futurologist possible, you know. futurologist you're a futurist . i could be

you're a futurist. i could be both. and all of you between friends as maureen lipman would say, analogies. always good, isn't well absolutely. isn't it? well absolutely. he's got you . you've got an got all you. you've got an ology. yeah, i would have you. let me have a look at some of your views that been sending in this morning on the met police fellas that the real question that you seem to be asking, how do thrive and get away with do we thrive and get away with it we've been asking it for so long we've been asking that, we need looking that, yeah, we need be looking at of our at the culture of our workplaces, institutes, institutions, broken institutions, communities broken britain. a lot of messaging in support of our coffee owners. this was the couple in plymouth who lost their coffee shop because didn't necessarily adhere with covid restrictions, although they said that they did . suzanne says the couple trying to make a living with their cafe plymouth the behaviour of the police had nothing do with protecting from covid protecting the public from covid it behaviour of bullies it was the behaviour of bullies and of power . it was the behaviour of bullies and of power. and and clear abuse of power. and dean says the government partied throughout the whole pandemic while businesses and lives were ruined. and that's what i think

winds me up about boris johnson's book know regardless of what's what side of the lockdown debate. you sat , he let lockdown debate. you sat, he let you down. for those of us who felt the action was disproportionate that he was letting us down with further and further draconian with the further draconian rules with the guidelines changing every 5 minutes. for those wanted minutes. and for those wanted more he more lockdowns, then actually he let because of his let them down because of his parties. see what you have parties. let's see what you have to those. right. thank to say about those. right. thank you, been you you, guys. we've been asking you on today with pc david on the show today with pc david carrick guilty to 49 carrick pleading guilty to 49 offences and including rape, do stories undermine your stories like this undermine your faith the police ? according faith in the police? according to our twitter poll , 75% of you to our twitter poll, 75% of you say yes , this does undermine say yes, this does undermine your faith in the police. and 25% of you say no. we've come to the end of our show. flown by again. coming up next is gb news with mark longhurst. thank you to peter andrews and peter edwards and andrew weward . if edwards and andrew weward. if you missed today, you can watch this and any other shows on the gb news app so you can see bev turner today from yesterday and i'll see you tomorrow. have a great day . hello. i'm aidan

great day. hello. i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office. six days cold today . heavy snow six days cold today. heavy snow for some, especially northern scotland, but bright spells for many in many places there be no snow. however, there has been across cornwall overnight that's moving away associated this low. the next area of low pressure pushing some heavy sleet , snow pushing some heavy sleet, snow into shetland, then orkney . and into shetland, then orkney. and then by the evening northern scotland along with an increasing winds as strong to gale force winds for the isles. as we enter the afternoon with that heavy sleet and snow for , that heavy sleet and snow for, shetland, orkney and the north of the mainland of scotland frequent showers into western scotland, northern ireland, northwest england and north wales. these showers also hail, sleet and snow. but in the showers, some sunshine and certainly of sunshine through the midlands and eastern england as well as the south . 2 to as well as the south. 2 to 4 celsius, though, feeling cold and increasingly windy for northern scotland with the risk for the north of the mainland of gales drifting , snow and gales drifting, snow and blizzards. so really treacherous

for northern aberdeenshire into caithness and sutherland through the evening that snow then pushes into eastern scotland, northeast england along with the strong winds elsewhere a breezy night. so it's going to be quite as cold, but still a widespread frost as we start off wednesday and some icy patches around western shores and then as we go through the day, plenty of showers pushing the north, showers pushing into the north, the as well as western areas . the as well as western areas. again, sleet, hail, snow a wintry mix for many , but in wintry mix for many, but in between some sunshine and for the midlands, eastern parts of england, it's largely sunny temperatures in degree or so up. so 5 to 6 in the south, 2 to 4 further north. there'll be further north. there'll be further snow coming through, though for northern scotland. that's really accumulating over the hills especially, but also at lower levels. and then into wednesday nights there'll be further showers into the north and increasing the eastern areas . thursday sees predominantly the showers affect the eastern parts of uk. brightest guys elsewhere slowly turning milder. on friday. saturday i'm camilla

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