next good afternoon. with me.7 i'm good afternoon. with me? i'm nana akua. i'm in for patrick. this is gb news live on tv onune this is gb news live on tv online and on digital radio. coming up, this hour last night, it was teachers and nurses who announced the dates. a fresh wave of strike action . today wave of strike action. today it's back to the railways the aslef union announced. frame to face fresh strikes after the rejection of a pay offer . but rejection of a pay offer. but the anti legislation has moved one step closer in the house of commons , as meps voted in favour

commons, as meps voted in favour of giving bill a second reading. are we facing long term damage . are we facing long term damage. resolution isn't found. also this hour, the home secretary says an internal review into police dismissals has been . now police dismissals has been. now that's after serving metropolitan police officer david curry was unmasked as one of the uk's most prolific sex offenders. and today the 48 year old has been officially sacked from the fourth spot. this now increasing pressure on the met with london mayor sadiq claim that their failure to root out david carrick from its reflects cultural issues within the focus. we'll bring you the latest . and number 10 says a uk latest. and number 10 says a uk government cannot accept any gender recognition law amended by the scottish if it has a significant on uk wide equality matters. it is asked to legislate to reform the gender recognition is to be blocked . recognition is to be blocked. scotland's social justice secretary says the uk government is increasingly so. do you think that it was right to block the legislation ? let me know what legislation? let me know what

you think. vaiews@gbnews.uk tweet me at gb news. but first, let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines headlines. hello. good afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom the secretary says yesterday was a dark day for british policing after a former met police officer admitted multiple sex offences . david carrick has offences. david carrick has pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes over an 18 year period. today he was sacked by the force at a mishcon ducked hearing held in his absence . the met police is now absence. the met police is now invested getting over a thousand cases of sexual offences and domestic abuse involving its staff. speaking in commons earlier suella braverman says the standards and culture in the police service must change. this case will rightly throw a spotlight once again on women's safety . no one should suffer

safety. no one should suffer abuse or feel frightened or harassed whether they are at home, out and or online . we are home, out and or online. we are taking concerted action to prevent violence against women. support victims and relentlessly pursue perpetrators. and strengthen the system as a whole . dozens of people have been injured after a double decker bus overturned in somerset. 70 workers from the hinkley point c nuclear power station were travelling in the bus when it was involved in a collision with a motorcyclist. this morning. avon and somerset police are urging people to only travel, if essential, due to the icy and freezing weather conditions . freezing weather conditions. inspector rebecca wells gave further details . the incident further details. the incident this morning. emergency services have been on the scene since receiving the first 999 call and we can confirm there have been no fatalities at this time . 54 no fatalities at this time. 54 patients were triaged at the

scene and it's too soon. confirm if any of these patients have life threatening injuries. however 26 patients are being treated walking wounded . these treated walking wounded. these figures show that wages have failed to keep up with soaring pnces failed to keep up with soaring prices so than at any point since records . average pay by since records. average pay by 6.4% to the previous quarter. but when taking inflation into account, it means real time pay dropped 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. 0.2% to reach 3.7% over the same period . but the chancellor says period. but the chancellor says the labour market remains resilient . we are starting to resilient. we are starting to see employers responding a little bit to . the uncertain 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 for full time staff. but certainly, you you know, a lot of employers are trying to still fill staffing gaps. so turning

to two part time staff . that was to two part time staff. that was economist kennedy speaking to gb news earlier the scottish secretary has defended the uk government's to block hollyrood controversial gender bill reforms . it's the first time reforms. it's the first time westminster has made an order under the scotland act to prevent a law from hollyrood going to royal assent. alister says the hollyrood gender bill undermine equality laws in the rest the uk. bill would have serious adverse effects on the operation of the equality 2010. and as i've set out in my correspondence with the first minister yesterday, i prefer not to be in this situation . the to be in this situation. the united kingdom government does all we can to respect the devolution settlement and to resolve . it is open to the resolve. it is open to the scottish government to bring back an bill for reconsideration in the scottish parliament. so to conclude , mr. speaker, i have to conclude, mr. speaker, i have set out to the scottish government that they should that should they choose to do so . i should they choose to do so. i hope we can work together to find a constructive forward.

meanwhile, the government is set to publish draft legislation outlining it will ban conversion therapy , including for therapy, including for transgender people . it will transgender people. it will unveil its proposed to ban conversion practises on the bafis conversion practises on the basis of sexuality and gender identity in england and wales. the government previously said its would not cover trans people , which caused backlash from campaigners . the law will be campaigners. the law will be limited to 18 year olds who do not consent or who are coerced to undergo the practise hundreds have lost their jobs after the car battery britishvolt fell into . administrator it why have into. administrator it why have confirmed it to secure necessary . the company had plans to build a gigafactory in northumberland , which was praised by former prime minister boris johnson . prime minister boris johnson. ahead, teach as union is warning schools . england and wales ahead, teach as union is warning schools. england and wales may have close during upcoming teacher strikes if staffing numbers are dangerously low . it

numbers are dangerously low. it follows a national education union announcing seven days of walkouts in february and march in a dispute over pay. in other industry strikes, train drivers from the aslef union will strike next month after , rejecting a next month after, rejecting a pay next month after, rejecting a pay offer coinciding with walkouts by civil . meanwhile, walkouts by civil. meanwhile, the royal college nursing is also striking tomorrow and thursday . the foreign secretary thursday. the foreign secretary is holding talks in washington as he hopes to strengthen support for ukraine. james cleverly will meet the us secretary of state. antony before travelling for to toronto with his canadian . mr. cleverly with his canadian. mr. cleverly will ask allies to go further faster in their support kyiv, arguing that ukraine with the right equipment will help them secure victory . this is gb news secure victory. this is gb news will you? more news as it happens. now it's back to nina .

happens. now it's back to nina. so good afternoon . fast so good afternoon. fast approaching 8 minutes after 4:00. this is live on tv , online 4:00. this is live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. i'm in for patrick christys. now downing street has said that widespread strikes on the 1st of february will likely cause disruption to the public and train drivers will also walk alongside 100,000 civil servants. also striking on the same day. teachers in england , same day. teachers in england, wales, who are members of the national education union will also begin the first seven days of walkouts. but in parliament. employees have taken the first steps towards introducing anti strike legislation . this could strike legislation. this could see the introduction of minimum levels of service on strike. our national reporter ellie costello is outside the national education in central london . education in central london. ellie, just take us through the strike and what impact they're going to have on schools. well,

good afternoon to you, nana and the industrial action committee use. this time it's the turn the teachers and yet again children may be out of the classroom it's a reminder of what saw in the pandemic with children being forced to from home. that is what we could face now with seven planned days of action by the end eu in february and in march, it's going to affect about 23,000 schools in england and wales, 90% of teacher voted for this strike action, but a turn out of just 53. that's something put to kevin courtney. the joint general secretary of the nfu. this is what he told me . this is simply overwhelming endorsement of our campaign. it's the biggest result by any trade union since the government brought in this law about the government is making a really

big mistake if. they think government is making a really big mistake if . they think this big mistake if. they think this isn't well supported it's massively supported by our members . and the reason teachers members. and the reason teachers are supporting this sort of campaign is that they know there's crisis in our schools. we out some figures today over a quarter of physics lessons are being taught by somebody who doesn't have a degree or a postgraduate qualification in physics or pgce in physics . one physics or pgce in physics. one in six chemistry lessons almost a half competing lessons. 20% of d.a. lessons . 10% of geography d.a. lessons. 10% of geography lessons. 10% of maths teachers. there's a real crisis in our schools we can't recruit. and then teachers in our and pay is part of the answer that well will schools close will inevitably some , but the onus inevitably some, but the onus will be on head teachers to try and keep school open and keep those in the classroom will be looking for volunteers, supplies , teachers to keep those lessons being taught in person . but some being taught in person. but some will inevitably have to close if

the staffing level gets too low . and the difference between what we saw in the pandemic nine and what we're going to see now, the teachers strike, is that not a responsibility on? the teacher to set what for their pupils so we could see parents taking annual leave and having to find annual leave and having to find an other resources in order to teach their children on those strike days the national are set for february the first and the 15th and the 16th of march. there regional dates in there . there regional dates in there. well but the nfu has said that there will be no more than four strike days affecting any one school. now this is a strike over pay teachers did get a 5% pay over pay teachers did get a 5% pay rise in 2022. they that's nowhere near in line with inflation and that pay rise they comes from existing school budgets so it means you might have fewer classroom assistants or perhaps fewer school trips in for a class to take. and that is

the knock on impact on the students. they say this isn't just about pay, but it is also about retention of staff and that a really important thing that a really important thing that they the public to know , that they the public to know, yes, education is going to disrupted again again and teachers join the long line of pubuc teachers join the long line of public sector workers who are walking out this winter. public sector workers who are walking out this winter . ellie walking out this winter. ellie costello, thank you very much. that's gb news reporter , that's gb news reporter, national reporter well, also joining me is our political correspondent tom harwood is in downing street the anti strike legislation will have its second reading in parliament. tom, is the government focusing on that than negotiations ? i think the than negotiations? i think the government would say it's trying to do both the government really changed tack in the new year the first week back we saw a host of different departments invite different departments invite different union representatives to their departing house in order to sit down and have either direct discussions or

what is described as facilitate discussions for the, for example, the train companies. the government is the direct employer but is trying to facilitate discussions. the government has had a pretty consistent line over the course of these negotiations. however which is that they don't want to embed in the long term. the government argues that if they give double digit pay to a lot of . these sectors that embed the of. these sectors that embed the high inflation that we've seen over the past few months and would make price rises higher for longer . would make price rises higher for longer. however of course on the side of the ledger you have employees who are struggling with the cost of living, particularly at the lower end of the spectrum, but looking specifically at these minimum service levels or in it, ministers have begun to brand them. this is something that the conservative party has really unhed conservative party has really united around. last night they

passed first hurdle in parliament. now there's still a long legislative journey to not least through the house of lords in which the conservative party not have a majority , but in the not have a majority, but in the house of commons. this is something that has managed to unite conservative party. unite the conservative party. many mps quite many conservative mps quite relieved in the way that vote went last night. a strong argument from the government in terms of saying that these sorts of levels of minimum service , of levels of minimum service, there's legislation for this in developed countries like like france, like and saying that we're really catching up with where many countries are ready with , how they handle strikes with, how they handle strikes through . this sort of through. this sort of legislation . well, yeah . i mean, legislation. well, yeah. i mean, a lot of other countries have exactly not. tom harwood. thank you very much is our gb news political correspondent . well, political correspondent. well, the education secretary will meet with union leaders on wednesday morning as she claims that willing to talk to that she's willing to talk to teachers money. but teachers about money. but stopped short of promising to renew joining me now is renew pay. so joining me now is head teacher in ascot

head teacher at lvs in ascot christine cunniff. hello christine, thank you very much for joining me. christine, thank you very much for joining me . so, christine, forjoining me. so, christine, on your part of the head teacher, so head teachers haven't gone on strike. they voted not to go on strike. why did they vote to not on strike? was that and were the was that and what were the numbers? there any numbers? were there any percentages. well i think the majority of head teachers want to in school for the to be in school for the children. come out of children. we've just come out of a pandemic and really a pandemic and it's really important we're for important that we're here for them. this is probably the first clear year since covid and all the we're coming the disruption we're coming into the disruption we're coming into the time and we need to be the exam time and we need to be here. plus, you know, parents need to go to work. so we we've just got to get on and do it basically. so what what's your view who are view of the teachers who are striking mean, obviously, i'm striking i mean, obviously, i'm not asking you to you know, not asking you to be, you know, insulting towards i'm insulting towards them i'm just saying your do you saying what is your view? do you feel are legitimately in feel that are legitimately in right strike. i mean they right to strike. i mean they seem they seem to have a relatively good pay structure as far as i can but i get it. far as i can see. but i get it. we need more teachers, but i'm not that's the go not so. that's the way to go about it. what's your view on it? well, i'm totally

empathetic. you know, we've got a cost living crisis. a huge cost of living crisis. we've young can't afford we've got young who can't afford houses. we've got young who can't afford houses . we've got children houses. we've got children coming degrees with coming out with degrees with debt. we've got of nurses coming on a pay scale where they can't afford to live and, you know, rishi sunak would like more maths teachers and teach you maths teachers and teach you maths to 1819, but we cannot recruit already. and as you know, the general secretary and you said we are in crisis recruitment crisis, we cannot get teachers now that something to be done. so it's a broader picture i see. so in a sense, are you sort of in favour of them striking ? i'm not in favour them striking? i'm not in favour of striking because i do believe we have to be here for the children, but we have to be heard, you know, and, you know, in an ideal world it'd be great for all of it, you know, the young people to get the above inflation pay rise. but we're just of covid where just coming out of covid where the propped up by the countries propped up by furlough price to furlough and, there's a price to pay furlough and, there's a price to pay that. and we're going

pay for that. and we're going for a really difficult time in that i don't know what the answer is. but, you know, we have be here for the have to be here for the children. children first. children. children come first. and thoughts on and briefly, your thoughts on the legislation, the the anti strike legislation, the government the anti strike legislation, the goverlevels of service . people need levels of service. people want to strike. that's fine, but we need those. do you think that's fair thing ask that's a fair fair thing to ask for? i don't think that should be legislate because i do believe we are a democratic country be very proud country we should be very proud of we have a voice. of and we should have a voice. but the same time in sectors we to look after the vulnerable people and that includes children and looking after people who need the public sector. there's no real . but sector. there's no real. but what's the very strong messages? we're in crisis , all of us. and we're in crisis, all of us. and something needs to be done. oh, i. listen, christine, thank you so much for taking time out to talk to me. christine kearney, she's a head teacher at in ascot. you much. well, ascot. thank you so much. well, moving on, labour says that ministers have failed to repeated , repeated calls for reform, police vetting and standards . an police vetting and standards. an early today serving metropolitan police officer david carrick, who was unmasked as one of the uk's most prolific sex

offenders, has been officially sacked force now. the sacked from the force now. the 48 year old was found to have committed gross misconduct after admitting nine criminal charges, which include 24 counts of rape against 12 women. overnight 18 month period. and earlier, the under secretary, the president addressed tempers, calling the dark day for british policing and suggest the government are taking concerted action to improve police . well, let's get improve police. well, let's get the latest from gb news national reporter paul now. he's in south west london where a disciplinary heanng west london where a disciplinary hearing has been taking place. paul can you tell us ? yeah. so paul can you tell us? yeah. so just under 2 hours. it took that panel to decide that. correct? should be dismissed from the force for gross misconduct. the metropolitan . hill bennett metropolitan. hill bennett calling his crimes heinous targeted and deliberate policing is taking a step backward as a result of these convictions. and what he's talking about the mayor having to apologise to carrick's because on nine

occasions he's correct him to their attention over allegations of rape sexual domestic violence sexual harassment and by their own admission the force is police standards. didn't look at his history and didn't fail to join up the dots and see a pattern of behaviour over those 21 years so don't talk about that sorry. in the summer of 2021, following the of sarah everard, the police and the everard, the police was and the police telling everyone that police are telling everyone that they were going to protect women when they were failing when in fact they were failing to stop carrick from working. and was carrying out and he was carrying out restricted duty . he's still restricted duty. he's still working, even though he was facing an allegation of rape at the time, so questions for the. earlier as you mentioned, suella braverman talking the commons and she said that the case would now be considered the case of carat considered within the angeuna carat considered within the angelina inquiry which is looking into red flags that were missed over, say, sarah everard killer wayne . thousands of

killer wayne. thousands of decent, hard working police officers perform duties with the utmost professionalism they feel pride in putting on their uniform and want only the best for the communities that they serve. i know that they share our collective disgust that a fellow officer could be responsible for such a despicable betrayal of that they for. much of the impetus for change must from within policing . but this government will continue leading from the front . as i've been clear, we are bringing forward part two of the angeuna bringing forward part two of the angelina inquiry to make recommendations on how forces can improve and tackle the root causes of police criminality and misconduct . well, how is that misconduct. well, how is that number on the shadow bench a yvette cooper calling suella

braverman statement weak and saying that labour would actually legislate to strengthen standards when it comes to police. i joined home secretary in giving tribute to the bravery of the victims who have come forward but we have to face up to the further evidence this case has brought up of appalling failures in the police vetting and processes that are still not being addressed the government and are not being addressed in this statesman . i would say to this statesman. i would say to the home secretary that given the home secretary that given the scale of the problems, not just in this case, but previous cases as well, her just in this case, but previous cases as well , her statement is cases as well, her statement is very weak and it shows a serious lack of leadership on something thatis lack of leadership on something that is so grave and affects confidence in policing as well as serious crimes. so meanwhile, operation onyx , that is the

operation onyx, that is the met's rescreening , looking back met's rescreening, looking back at the cases of all 45,000 officers and staff within met looking at the decision making that was taken during the vetting process. looking back at their case file re—examining decisions . mark rowley the met decisions. mark rowley the met chief, has said that thousands. we know that there were a thousand cases of sexual violence that have be investigated covering by our officers. he said the vast majority, those could be just very low level incidents where neighbours have overheard officers arguing their families, for example . but he said that for example. but he said that there will be hundreds of officers within those within those files that will probably won't be serving within the metropolitan police. indeed, suella braverman has said that there could well be shocking cases still to come in short term, but we still have baroness casey's report to come in. she's looking into the standards and culture of the man actually in relation to that. mark rowley has hinted at radical, powerful change, saying the leadership,

culture and are all up for grabs . when he was asked earlier whether in fact this needs really fundamental change within the police whether it needs to be reconfigure it in the same way that the royal ulster can really was reconfigured. the police northern police service of northern ireland. he did not dismiss idea . well i suppose thank you very much for that. that's paul hawkins reporting live, right ? hawkins reporting live, right? well, if you just joining me, i'm nana akua. this is gb news we're live on tv online and radio. we've got to come a health check on the strength of the uk economy with figures showing rise in the of showing a rise in the of unemployment. but wages have risen at the fastest rate in 20 years. what does it all mean? our economics and business liam halligan will be joining me back in a moment .

27 minutes after 3:00. this is gb news where live on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. and on digital radio. i'm nana akua . now we've had some akua. now we've had some breaking news. the train drivers of the rmt at the at 14 rail operators will strike on february the first and three. in a long running dispute overjobs ' pay a long running dispute overjobs , pay and also conditions, the union announced that they'll join members of aslef who announced this morning that they would walk out on the same dates. we'll bring you more on that as we get it. moving on to wages, though, because in this country, uk, they've country, in the uk, they've risen the fastest rate in risen at the fastest rate in over 20 years. but it's not all good news is real wages struggle to with inflation and to keep up with inflation and that according latest that is according to the latest official the owners official figures by the owners and unemployment across country is also on the rise reaching 3.7% from 3.5% in the three months leading up to november. so joining us now to crunch those in our economics and business is economics and business is economics and business editor liam halligan

with on the money . so lyn, talk with on the money. so lyn, talk me through this and what's what's going on with all of this. i thought i things were looking slightly better if wages are going up isn't good. inflation is going up. we don't want to go fast as want them to go as fast as inflation. what's what does this want them to go as fast as inflmean?vhat's what does this want them to go as fast as inflmean? lots s what does this want them to go as fast as inflmean? lots numbers. es this want them to go as fast as inflmean? lots numbers. nina,s all mean? lots numbers. nina, you've given us some of some of us there and these numbers , us there and these numbers, growth of wages, the growth of inflation and the interaction between inflation , inflation and between inflation, inflation and wages, means for a real wages, what means for a real post inflation take home pay is going to be crucial as the government and private sector employers grapple . with all this employers grapple. with all this strike action i've got some of the numbers here on screen on gb news radio listeners compared with may i'll try to be as clear as i can so between september and november 2022, compared to the same period in the previous yean the same period in the previous year, pay across the economy rose by 6.4. the actual pounds and pence we take home and as you say the biggest in more than

20 years the biggest rise in that what we call nominal pay since 2001 within that 6.4% number that private sector pay was 7.1, around 4/5 of us work in the private sector working for companies public pay, the doctors, nurses , teachers. the doctors, nurses, teachers. the fifth of us that work for the state their was up 3.3. so slower though public sector pay the actual amount of pay on that people get is still higher than in the private sector . that's in the private sector. that's not too confusing. but here's the big one, nina. as you were saying , plays a key role if you saying, plays a key role if you consider that is about ten or 11, even though wages are going up at their fastest rate in years, pay after inflation, which is the really important thing that's going down by 3.4, which kind of makes sense if inflation's bigger than wage. and that's the biggest fall in what we call real after inflation since 2009. so lots of

numbers. but that's what inflation does it turns numbers that look really good on paper, numbers that drive really good headunes numbers that drive really good headlines the highest pay rises for 20 years. but when you look the bonnet, as it were, because you've got high inflation the real pay rise that people are taking home is actually a pay rise at all. it's a pay cut. so pnces rise at all. it's a pay cut. so prices rising, wages lagging behind. that's that's right. see, with that now, we've also got employment figures. is in employment figures going down so less people are taking jobs. now what we've got we've got unemployment going up a little bit. you say , it's now bit. and as you say, it's now 3.7. that's very close to us or 50 year low. it's gone up a little bit from 3.5. unemployment is still actually low in this country. and vacancies come down a little bit, but they are still high. that's one reason why money wages are going up, because there are lots of vacancies are scrambling around . for people, scrambling around. for people, that's partly because there's something called . the something called. the inactivity, right? yeah that's

the number of people who've basically looking for work that's gone up now. that's 21.5. that's up from about 20% before the pandemic. but we have had some really bad news actually this morning on the unemployment front more and that even though wages are rising and unemployment across the country is low, there's a there's factory or a factory that was going to be built up in blythe in north england. it's a factory project that gb news is really championed and we've been out there to visit the site on several occasions now. this factory that was to be built by the british start—up volts, it was to be a £36 billion factory. actually the huge the biggest car battery manufacture here in the uk, not regular car to run your windscreen wipers , to run your windscreen wipers, your starts, a major but electric car very, very heavy very valuable things that company has now just gone administration and around 300 people have been told today they are redundant without immediate

now that's a terrible blow for blythe a proud manufacturing town for the northeast as a whole because what car batteries are very very heavy on a so you tend to make the cars as close to where the batteries being made so if batteries are being aren't being made on teesside then it's difficult to think that the british industry in teesside can really get into the electric car revolution if there isn't that supply of batteries. and that is the big concern. that's a real shame, isn't it? what a shame. liam thank you very much. that's liam. allison he's our business editor right here with. me? i'm nana akua. this views up next. we'll this is gb views up next. we'll be discussing scottish be discussing this scottish gender bill. uk gender recognition bill. the uk government the government blocking the proposals law . proposals from becoming law. we'll that next. but we'll discuss that next. but first, your news first, let's your latest news headunes. first, let's your latest news headlines . thanks much. now it's headlines. thanks much. now it's at 332. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom. well, let us start with some breaking news

that we've been hearing in the last 10 minutes. the rmt union has announced train drivers at 40 rail operators strike on the first and 3rd of february in the long running dispute overjobs, pay long running dispute overjobs, pay and conditions as train drivers from the aslef union are also striking on the same days after rejecting a pay offer in other strike action ahead, teachers union is warning schools in england and wales may have to close during upcoming teacher strikes if numbers are dangerously . it follows the dangerously. it follows the national education union announcing seven days of walkouts in february and march in a dispute over pay . in a dispute over pay. meanwhile, the royal college of is striking tomorrow and thursday . the home secretary thursday. the home secretary says yesterday was a dark for british policing after . says yesterday was a dark for british policing after. a former met police officer admitted sex offences . david carrick has offences. david carrick has pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes over

an 18 year period today he was sacked by the force at a misconduct held in his absence absence . the scottish secretary absence. the scottish secretary has defended the uk government's move to block hollyrood controversial gender bill reforms. it's the first time westminster has an order under the scottish act scotland act. sorry to prevent a law from scottish parliament going to royal assent . alister jack says royal assent. alister jack says the hollyrood gender bill would undermine equality laws in the rest of the uk . the bill would rest of the uk. the bill would have serious adverse effects on the operation of the equality act 2010. and as i've out in my correspondence with the first minister yesterday, i prefer not to be in this situation in the united kingdom government does all can respect the all we can to respect the devolution settlement and to resolve open to the resolve it is open to the scottish government to bring back an amended bill for reconsideration and the scottish parliament. so to conclude , parliament. so to conclude, speaken parliament. so to conclude, speaker, i have set to the scottish government that they should that should choose should that should they choose to so , hope we can work

to do so, hope we can work together to find a constructive way . dozens of people way forward. dozens of people have injured after a double decker bus overturned in somerset. bus carrying 70 workers to the hinkley point nuclear power station was involved in a collision with a motorcycle this morning. avon and somerset police are urging people to only if essential due to the icy and freezing weather conditions . new show that wages conditions. new show that wages have failed . keep up with have failed. keep up with soaring prices so than at any point since began. the office for national statistics also says the unemployment rate rose . by says the unemployment rate rose. by same period . but the chancellor same period. but the chancellor says the labour market remains resilient . tv and dab+ radio resilient. tv and dab+ radio this is .

gb news. good afternoon. if you just do. i mean, where have been? where live on tv? online on digital radio. i've done a quick i mean for patrick christys just coming up to 38 minutes after 3:00. now, the scottish secretary will back the government's plan to block nicola sturgeon's gender recognition bill. as the jac made announcement in the made the announcement in the house commons earlier today , house of commons earlier today, arguing would have an arguing that it would have an adverse impact equality law adverse impact on equality law elsewhere in the uk, they i will make an order under section 35 of the scotland act 1998 preventing the gender recording pension reform scotland bill from proceeding to royal assent . this order will mean the presiding officer of the scottish parliament will submit the bill for royal assent . this the bill for royal assent. this government believes, however , government believes, however, that transgender people deserve our respect, our support and our understanding . my decision is

understanding. my decision is centred on the legislation considered for the operation of reserved matters including equality legislation across scotland, england and wales as well. scottish first minister nicholas sturgeon criticised the decision. a full frontal called the decision . a full frontal the decision. a full frontal attack on democracy and a democratically elected scottish parliament. now the controversial was passed by hollyrood and was intended allow trans people in scotland to change their legal gender without medical diagnosis. but the intervention by westminster sparked fierce debate about scottish devolution. let's go live to downing street now, where gb news political editor darren mccaffrey is that darren? what is the latest on this ? well what is the latest on this? well there is currently an emergency bafis there is currently an emergency basis taking place in parliament as we speak. the snp raising this issue following that statement as you said from the scottish secretary a little earlier on today and the snp pretty angry about all of this. they argue that this is

trampling all over the authority on the autonomy of the scottish parliament. they claim that that's essentially gender recognition act that was passed by an overwhelming number of police and not just snp ones. it has is legally bounds in scotland and indeed in the rest of the uk in the sense that it's not going to break that 2010 equalities act. how whatever the uk government seems to argue that it uk government seems to argue thatitis uk government seems to argue that it is got a pretty legal case that the act would contravene . the equality act of contravene. the equality act of 2010, which applies across the whole of the uk that it would start to infringe rights of people elsewhere in england wales, scotland and northern ireland. and that is why they arguing that they cannot allow this bill to go through. now it's very there are lots of constitutional ramifications. there's a lot of politics involved as well in this act. nonein involved as well in this act. none in the sense that many feel that the snp are using this case to try and essentially make the

argument for scottish independence to argue that this is something that westminster may well do again in the future . whereas the uk government already actually pains to say that this is not anything to do with the particular legislation , even though i think many of these fundamental to disagree with changes that are with the changes that are advocated scotland . but this advocated in scotland. but this is genuinely done to the legal opinion they received as a government interest . the also government interest. the also today in parliament is alister jack was making that announcement. the government did say they're going to extend the conversion therapy which has been much talked about actually here in westminster by initially may back in 2018 that it is going to come into legislation and that it will not just be a gay conversion if you like, but it will apply to trans people as well . you know, anyone who well. you know, anyone who attempts to do that will face legal and that is an attempt, i think by the government to say that this is not trying pick on one minority group is very much based on the legal opinion they've received . yeah. thank

they've received. yeah. thank you very much, tom lead across. i mean, that's just my view. but it does seem a bit ridiculous if you can self—identify at the age of 16 with very little. well, no supervision whatsoever. well, joining us live from hollywood, hollyrood not hollywood have only been in scotland , tobey only been in scotland, tobey maguire. i tell you not in hollywood, are you? the lights aren't behind but what is aren't behind you. but what is the ? no, i'm i'm not. the latest? no, i'm i'm not. yeah, well, what is the latest, james? the latest from heat . we james? the latest from heat. we are certainly heating than i am here behind me at holyrood and the scottish government as you explained there are happy as well as calling this affiliate attack. we have also heard other you know rhetoric such as culture war and is worth saying that alister jack more than one occasion due and has addressed the parliament and has us open for the scottish government to further amend and further tweak

this bow in order to get something . you know he as very something. you know he as very much in favour of more trans rights and scotland the key issues at the minute for and between these two parliaments seems to be on the conflict between the equality bill and the gender recognition bill. what we do know and as that and i'm sorry go on you carry on what we're doing this . sorry, what we're doing this. sorry, sorry. i was just i was just going to say that for we do know at the minute and as that we are getting in the gender recognition, bill, up here as it was three rather solid days debate and amendments 150 amendments plus i've been told and went into bill and we've been hearing from mp scottish mp westminster today and that they're unhappy about the

oversight step. unfortunately 25,000 transgender people in scotland will be waiting for our jack's recommendations to see if there will be any movement . the there will be any movement. the upward trajectory for trans rights in scotland tony thank you very much for joining . you very much for joining. that's tony maguire. his gb news scotland reporter feels that they're sort of playing politics, this one. joining us now is brian monteith. he's a columnist for the scotsman and former mp. brian so do you think the government was right to block the bill constitutionally ? yes, it's easily understood , ? yes, it's easily understood, but this is in fact a process of devolution. it's an implicit part of the scotland act that formed the parliament and allows it to create laws. it's as a safeguard that if members of the scottish parliament pass legislation which can conflict with uk legislation possibly

going further than their powers, allow and creating these then the secretary of state is able to move a section 35 order and this proves instead of receiving royal assent. but does allow the scottish parliament and scottish government in that parliament to go back and make amendments or bnng go back and make amendments or bring back something new so that it it's not about stopping the making of laws, it's about preventing having conflicting laws that cause confusion across the uk and could have profound conflict quinces on people's lives . what i'm surprised about lives. what i'm surprised about and i'm thinking that the scottish people wouldn't be happy with this surely the women in scotland be saying hold in scotland would be saying hold on a minute, what's going on here is there this sort of here or is there this sort of divided loyalty you sort of divided loyalty that you sort of want independence ? and so want this independence? and so perhaps good tool to perhaps this is a good tool to claim you're not being claim that you're not being treated correctly you treated correctly because you want independent . it could want to be independent. it could be argument independence. be an argument for independence. there must be surely some uprising people in scotland

uprising for people in scotland saying bit saying that this seems a bit ludicrous, mean seems ludicrous, mean it seems ludicrous, mean it seems ludicrous to but what was ludicrous to me, but what was the well, you have the general. well, what you have what you have is a number of conflicting agendas and certainly i've never really seen or heard anyone make arguments that there's no need for reform of laws in regard to trying these rights. i think there's a general consensus that that's a good thing where it comes down to disagreement is where it impinges on other people's rights and in particular, the rights and in particular, the rights of women. the sex rights. and what's concerning not just the of women. that's there, the polling tells us, but the majority scots is that this bill of the scottish government's goes far and it does not enjoy popular support and the suspicion and there's good grounds for that suspicion that in fact it's been pushed by the snp and greens to create a

division to create conflict and still a fight with westminster . still a fight with westminster. and that in a sense is despicable if it's true, because that would mean it's using trans people . and using them against people. and using them against their interests . well, it's the their interests. well, it's the very thing that nicholas sturgeon is saying that westminster is doing. it seems like seems to be doing this herself. i'm just wondering. oh are the scottish people in of the snp's in your view, does it feel like is support for the behind this or do you think that this could potentially start to signalling nicola sturgeon's undoing ? well snp signalling nicola sturgeon's undoing? well snp is signalling nicola sturgeon's undoing ? well snp is supported undoing? well snp is supported as the largest minority party, but it does not enjoy popular for making this change in the manner it's doing . so it does . manner it's doing. so it does. it disregards that what is seeking to do is to this change through it didn't have to rush it through before christmas . and

it through before christmas. and it's quite clear that with everything going wrong for nicholas in to achieving the referendum that this gives her a distraction gives a new battle to fight and a way to rally some troops . but i can tell you there troops. but i can tell you there are many supporters, many supporters that do not back nicholas sturgeon. this and they see this as actually scoring an own goal. well brian, thank you very much for joining own goal. well brian, thank you very much forjoining us. that's teeth. he's a columnist at the scotsman and a former msp . well, scotsman and a former msp. well, let's get back to the strike action . teachers have walked out action. teachers have walked out in scotland today as they continue a 16 day programme of strike action in a dispute over pay- strike action in a dispute over pay. nicola has called for compromise on both sides as she looks to make a deal to bring walkouts to an end. and the general of the air general secretary of the air force, which is the largest teaching and teaching union in scotland and bradley says that teachers are to prepared strike into the new academic year if necessary. well, andrea joins this afternoon. andrea what do you make of nicholas sturgeon

calling for compromise on both sides? do you that you have do you feel that you have compromised so given the claim of teachers on the desks of the scottish government officials and it authority and employers . and it authority and employers. on the 7th of february 2020 to there's already been huge element of compromise in that have waited no ten months since they should have had a pay increase in their bank accounts on the 1st of april 2022. and we're now at the 17th of january. they have waited more than ten months to receive that and they are still waiting. so there's already huge element there's already a huge element of the backdrop of of and are given the backdrop of inflation running at 11. you know , for a large part of the know, for a large part of the year by most modest measure and on 14, cpi . so teachers have on 14, cpi. so teachers have already been struggling and it over course of this academic session while the scottish government and employers have dragged the heels procrastinated and have failed thus far to say to those and so what increase

are they actually looking for? is there a percentage you could put your finger on that you can say they're after . so the claim say they're after. so the claim that was lodged last february , that was lodged last february, 14% inflation at that time was running 7. so there was a cost of living protection in there. and the 3% restorative element because teacher pay in scotland eroded in real terms to tune of almost 25% since 2008. so there's a very modest attempt to recover some of that lost reign of 10% in clean and that remains the claim on the table and for the claim on the table and for the consideration of scottish government and cosla, which is the umbrella body of authority, employers and thus far the offer from them is 5. that offer was first made in august and i'm water laced in the in the six months intervening period we're looking at an offer from employers in the scottish government of 5, which is not nearly enough to satisfy the needs of members . so it's needs of our members. so it's neither nor affordable neither free nor affordable them. we've asked the them. and we've asked the scottish government and cosla to

think again to think harder think again to and think harder about going sit about how they're going to sit with dispute. now you've with this dispute. now you've been contradictory though, been quite contradictory though, because on one hand you say that teachers are prepared to strike into the new academic then into the new academic year, then into the new academic year, then in the next you're saying if industrial action impacted , it industrial action impacted, it would a matter of deep would be a matter of deep concern. i mean, where do you stand on mandates the stand on mandates and the disruption that it's likely to cause ? so it's not it's not cause? so it's not it's not quite accurate to say that your teachers are willing to strike going into next academic year, because we haven't asked them what have said is that the what we have said is that the strength of resolve that seen so far from our members would suggest that they would wish to continue for 50 on continue the campaign for 50 on their behalf. continue the campaign for 50 on their behalf . obviously, with their behalf. obviously, with their behalf. obviously, with their involvement . but that their involvement. but that would require a further ballot of members, and that would be you would need to piloted members before the end of this academic session . if were to academic session. if we were to look to extend the mandate on into the new academic session your 2020 324 and in terms of disruption to young people's education, our members are

already concerned about that don't wish to see disruption to and young people's education. thank you very about children and young people very much about education the quality of education the quality of education that they receive . but education that they receive. but they have been left with no other but to take strike action because months and months of negotiation been negotiation have largely been fruitless terms the fruitless in terms the satisfaction of this of this claim. so it's been a last resort that our members have to take is not one that they wish to have to do over and over again. but the power and the resources settle this dispute raised very much with the scottish government cosla scottish government and cosla so any for disruption and any blame for disruption and discontinuation children's discontinuation of children's rests at the door of course the unsupported government not supported teachers. well, thank you for that. and i, i was quoting you directly, though, and that was direct quote from and that was a direct quote from you yes or no? you very briefly, yes or no? does sort of power does it give more sort of power to your campaign, because teachers in england are striking as well . i teachers in england are striking as well. i think it i think it gives strength to the argument that teachers , valuable public that teachers, valuable public sector who make a huge sector workers who make a huge contribution to society, uk wide

and on that they have to be paid fairly and that teachers across the uk dissatisfied with the offers that have been made to them by their employers. there's unity in that. okay well andrew thank very much for joining thank you very much for joining in today. your in softening today. your thoughts publishes the thoughts as andrew publishes the general educational general secretary educational institute of scotland. right dozens of people have been injured after a double decker bus taking 70 workers to hinckley point sea power station overturned in treacherous freezing conditions, even somerset police have declared a major incident earlier today after the crash on the a39 in road. now in bridgwater , which road. now in bridgwater, which also involved a motorcycle . and also involved a motorcycle. and let's cross over to the scene now and get the latest with our reporter jeff moody. jeff, what can you tell us us ? while nana can you tell us us? while nana in the last few minutes the bus has been righted , it's back on has been righted, it's back on its four wheels. the recovery came in about hour ago and it's taken them some time to be able to manoeuvre the bus that it is

upright. now the task is to clear the inside of the bus and then to tow it off site and only that point can they reopen the road, which they're expected to in, say, the next half an hour or so. avon and somerset police have not revealed why this accident happened, but we do know that there was a motorcycle involved. and we also that there was heavy ice on the road throughout the morning. the rain comes down from the quantock hills and a gathers on the road this morning at around 6:00 when the accident happened there was plenty of ice . the road. well we plenty of ice. the road. well we were hearing from avon and somerset earlier on. they say that 70 workers were injured , that 70 workers were injured, plus the driver. but no fatality. so they no longer regarding this as a serious incident . 54 people were triaged incident. 54 people were triaged at scene 26 of those were just walking wounded . but we're walking wounded. but we're heanng walking wounded. but we're hearing that some them have

fractures , too. well, a lady fractures, too. well, a lady lives in the house on the corner . this road heard the accident happen at 6:00 this morning. she spoke to a short time ago. this is what she had to say. i'm not sure if i was dreaming. i heard a big bang. i heard a couple of sort of scrapes and bangs and then i heard shouting, heard some screams . took me about some screams. took me about five, 10 minutes to realise that i wasn't dreaming. and it obviously been an accident out on the main road . and basically on the main road. and basically i got i walked upstairs, i've got children so went children upstairs. so i went upstairs look out the window. upstairs to look out the window. i see the top of the bus i could see the top of the bus and of assumed from that that it's bad accident. and it's been a bad accident. and then all the children were obviously see what was obviously panicking see what was happening to reassure happening and trying to reassure them . and then minutes, them. and then within minutes, emergency were on the scene. so i mean i've been a resident here for four years. i use this road daily there's always surface water the roads obviously water on the roads obviously more so this time of year, especially . had heavy especially. we've had heavy rainfall. believe many rainfall. i believe many complaints been put in to complaints have been put in to local agencies . nothing seems to

local agencies. nothing seems to happen. they just seem to ice warning up . injured have warning signs up. injured have been taken to musgrove park hospital to bridgwater minor injury unit to southmead hospital to. no news as to anybody's as yet, but a spokesman for hinkley point earlier on said to me that he is liaising with the families of those concerned but still no sign as to how those injuries are . thank you very much, geoff. are. thank you very much, geoff. jeff moody. he's at gb news southwest of england. reporter right, well, lots of you've been getting in touch. your thoughts on the announcements that teachers will strike in february and says teachers and march. john says teachers get a lot of holiday i was going to that out. pensions to point that out. and pensions more worked in the more than if they worked in the private and they on private sector and they go on about or cost of about suffering or cost of living they're only going living crisis they're only going to things because to make things worse because parents are to have to parents are going to have to take leave. telecom to take unpaid leave. telecom to their kids. says as a their kids. daniel says as a former myself i never former teacher myself i never striked temporarily. i left . i striked temporarily. i left. i say, get out whilst you can . say, get out whilst you can. what i mean, what if you're in

the private sector? you just go. if you don't like the job. and andrew says, in my opinion, any strike conducted the strike that is conducted by the teachers should added as teachers should be added as extra end of term time extra to the end of term time shortening school holiday. shortening the school holiday. so the don't out on their so the don't lose out on their already shortened curriculum. yes, that's that's all very well. i would be in agree with that. but unfortunately , you that. but unfortunately, you know, the teachers are not happy with the way things are going and we need teachers. if you just join me, walk on board. i'm not a choir. this is news with live on tv online and on digital radio. lots to in the next hour as the home secretary says an internal review police dismissals has been launched after serving metropolitan police officer dave carrick was as one of the uk's most prolific sex offenders and both the government blocking the scottish gender bill strengthened nicola sturgeon's campaign. all of that on the way. get in touch the usual way. vaiews@gbnews.uk uk or tweet us at gb news. we're back in a minute.

it is 4:00. you're and listening to gb views nana akua. i live patrick christys on the way more strikes our railways both aslef and the rmt union have announced the train drivers also stage fresh after the rejection of a pay - fresh after the rejection of a pay . now the action will be pay. now the action will be taken on the same day as the teachers are due to walk out with also nurses , more strike with also nurses, more strike dates. but the country's legislation has moved one step further and the houses of commons as mp voted in of getting the bill a second reading. so we facing a long time and disruption to our lives. all the silence speaking in the house of commons earlier

. the home secretary warned that there be more shocking cases involving police officers now have come to light following say , the david carrick case. the survey metropolitan officer who has been unmasked as one of the uk's most prolific sex offenders in today's 48 year old, has been officially sacked from the force. can we? the vetting and disciplinary procedures of our police force and education secretary is the only thing odds with the prime minister over gender recognition policy. after appearances that 16 year olds are old to determine their identity. gillian comments came as the uk government prepares for a clash with the scottish government after they blocked forms of the gender recognition process by hollyrood. do think that the uk government were right to block the legislation? as ever, let me know what you think. you can email gb views at gbnews.uk or me at gb news. but first, let's get your latest news headlines headlines . now.

news headlines headlines. now. no, thank you. good afternoon to you. let's bring you the story on tv news this afternoon that a second rail union has now announced its drivers will join force of other workers, striking next month. the rmt train drivers at 14 rail operators will be walking out on the first and a third of next month in a long running dispute overjobs and conditions. drivers at the aslef union will strike on the same days, while 100,000 civil servants also walk out on the first of next month. it follows the national education union announcing seven days of teacher strikes in february and, march and a dispute over pay . now the and a dispute over pay. now the home secretary says yesterday was a dark day for british policing after a former met police officer admitted multiple sex offences. david carrick has pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes over

an 18 year period. today he officially sacked by the force at a misconduct hearing held in his absence. the met police is now investigating over a thousand cases of sexual offences and domestic abuse involving its . speaking in the involving its. speaking in the house of commons earlier on today , suella braverman said the today, suella braverman said the standard and culture in the police service must change. this case will rightly throw a spotlight once again on safety . spotlight once again on safety. no one should suffer abuse or feel frightened or harassed . feel frightened or harassed. they are at home, out and or onune. they are at home, out and or online . we are taking action to online. we are taking action to prevent violence against women. support victims and survivors relentlessly pursue perpetrators and strengthen the as a whole . and strengthen the as a whole. now you've been hearing on tv news throughout today of people have been injured after a double decker bus overturned in somerset early on this morning.

70 workers from the hinkley point nuclear power station were travelling the bus when it was involved . a collision with involved. a collision with a motorcyclist about 6 am. avon and somerset police are urging people only travel if essential due to the icy and freezing conditions and poor roads. safety conditions. inspector wells cole gave further details , the incident this morning. services have been on the scene since receiving the first 999 call and we can confirm there have been no at this time 54 patients were treated at the scene and it's too to confirm if of these patients have life threatening injuries. however 26 patients are being treated walking wounded . new figures walking wounded. new figures show that wages have failed to keep up with soaring prices. more so that at any point since records began. average pay rose

by six and a half% in the previous quarter. but when taking inflation into it means real term pay dropped 2.6. the for national statistics also says the unemployment rate rose by 0.2% to reach 3.7% over the same period. the chancellor. the labour market remains resilient. we are starting to see employers responding a little bit to the uncertain climate and of easing off the of the accelerator in terms of demand for full time staff. but a lot of employers are trying to still fill staffing gaps. so certainly turning to two part time staff. the scottish secretary has defended the uk government's move to block controversial gender bill reforms. it's first time westminster has made an order under the scotland act to prevent a law from hollyrood going to royal assent . alister going to royal assent. alister jack says the reason for that is that holyrood's gender bill

would undermine equality laws in the rest of the uk . the bill the rest of the uk. the bill would have serious adverse effects on the operation of the equality act 2010 and as i've set out in my correspond just with the first minister yesterday, i prefer not to be in this situation in the united kingdom government does we kingdom government does all we can respect devolution can to respect devolution settlement and to resolve disputes . it settlement and to resolve disputes. it is open to the scottish government to bring back an amended for bill reconsideration and the scottish parliament. so to conclude, mr. speaker have set out to the speaker, i have set out to the scottish government that they should that should to do should that should choose to do so. i hope can work together to find constructive forward find a constructive way forward . meanwhile, the government is set to draft legislation, outline knowing how it's going to ban conversion therapy, including for transgender people . it's going to unveil its proposed approach to ban conversion on the basis of sexuality and gender identity in england . wales. the government england. wales. the government previously said its plans wouldn't trans people, which

caused backlash from some campaigners . the law will be campaigners. the law will be limited to over 18 year olds who don't consent or who are coerced to undergo the practise . now to undergo the practise. now hundreds of people have their jobs after the car battery british volt fell into administration. administrator hours have confirmed it failed to secure the necessary funding to secure the necessary funding to keep company going. it had had plans to build a factory in north, which was praised by former prime minister boris johnson . the foreign secretary johnson. the foreign secretary is holding talks in washington today as . he is holding talks in washington today as. he hopes to is holding talks in washington today as . he hopes to strengthen today as. he hopes to strengthen support for ukraine. james cleverly is meeting with the us secretary of state, antony blinken , before travelling for blinken, before travelling for talks to with his canadian counterpart , mr. cleverly will counterpart, mr. cleverly will ask allies go further and faster in their for kyiv arguing providing ukraine with the right equipment will help secure them

victory . and that set you up to victory. and that set you up to date with the latest gb news headunes date with the latest gb news headlines mornings as it happens. now let's get more from nana akua . nana akua. good afternoon. it's 8 minutes after 4:00. this is gb news where live on tv , online and on where live on tv, online and on digital radio nana akua. and in the last hour, we got an announcement. the rmt union that train drivers at 14 rail operators will take strike action on february the first and the third. now, that's in the long running dispute overjobs and conditions. they'll join of the aslef union also announced today that they will walk out on the same days they'll be by the teachers who've announced strike dates for february and march when thousands will walk out over a row, over pay and working conditions and the action is likely to hit more than 23,000

schools. and following the announcement, the education secretary told gb news that she was disappointed with the decision. it is so disappointing because we work very hard. we are one of the very few departments to actually get additional funding to make that. we didn't have had teachers having 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 , really, risk. and, you know, really, really disappointing . the really disappointing. the report. ellie costello is that something the national education union in central london now and now the education secretary has has afternoon said that she's willing to talk to the unions about money when they meet tomorrow. i mean what is the latest what's the update on this 7 latest what's the update on this ? the update is that home schools could return as quickly as next month, none of that. so if these strike dates go ahead , if these strike dates go ahead, those talks will continue the next few days. but at the moment

, strike dates have been set for february and march the first one being the 1st of february. that's after percent of teacher members all of the any you've voted yes to strike action a turnout of just 53% though just above that legal threshold of 50% turn out. and that's something i put to kevin courtney , who's the joint courtney, who's the joint general secretary of the ndu. this is what he told me this is simply overwhelming of our campaign. it's the biggest result by any trades union since the government brought this law about thresholds . the government about thresholds. the government is making a really big mistake if they think this isn't well—supported, it's massively by our members and the reason that teachers are supporting in this sort of campaign is they know there's a crisis in our schools . we put out some figures schools. we put out some figures today over a quarter of physics lessons are being taught by somebody who doesn't a degree or a post—graduate qualified in in

physics, a pg c in physics, one in six chemistry lessons almost a half competing lessons, 20% of dante lessons , 10% of geography dante lessons, 10% of geography lessons. 10% of math teachers. there's a real crisis in our schools because we can't recoup and then keep teachers in our schools and pay is part of the answer to that . well will answer to that. well will schools close? inevitably, some will to the onus will now be on head teachers to find cover find supply teachers to try and keep children in classroom. but there will be schools up and down the country that simply have too low of a staffing level in order to keep the doors open. and there is going to be great concern amongst pupils and amongst about what this will mean for the child's education, what it will mean for those in exam years if your gcse student in country have only had one year of an learning and your whole secondary school career, they

will have concerns about their upcoming exam season and the knock on impact on their results as well. but teachers say that that 5% pay rise they had entrenched 20 to simply wasn't enough and it's not in line with inflation and they're struggling to retain and attract staff at the and pay is the big factor in all of this now of course within the last hour we've heard the rmt union has announced more strikes on the first and the 3rd of february. what more can you tell us about those ? well train tell us about those? well train drivers of the rmt are now the second group to announce that they are walking out on the 1st of february. they're the aslef , of february. they're the aslef, which also represents train . which also represents train. they're striking on the 1st of february as well. so that means that those two train driving unions , they will be joining the unions, they will be joining the teachers who have now announced that the 1st of february will be their first strike date and 100,000 civil servants who will also be walking out on the 1st

of february over pay and conditions. it will be a massive day of disruption across the country. now is what has just been said by the they say that going to affect 14 train operators. they're walking out on the first and the 3rd of february. mick lynch has said that negotiations with the rail companies continue on that package about pay and conditions . and he said that the 14 train operators include east midlands railway, south western railway and the west midlands as well. it is worth checking . see if it is worth checking. see if your train company will be affected by this . but none of affected by this. but none of that does mean that civil service does train drivers and now teachers are all lining up in that long line of public workers who are walking out winter and that minimum service levels bill it's thought a lot of this is to do with the protest against a service level bill that has just gone through its first hurdle in the houses

of it's not set to become law until later on this year but that's not enough to stop the disruption that we're going to see on the 1st of february. well ellie costello thank you very much is our gb news national reporter. well, joining me in the studio is head of education at the centre for policy studies, mark lehane. mark, are we on verge now of a general strike because everyone to be going. everyone's doing it. it looks like that way it like that's what the unions are trying to coordinate to and it's absolutely heartbreaking that we've . speaking for we've got here. speaking for myself, i was a teacher and head teacher 15 years. i've been teacher for 15 years. i've been in years. i've got in for education years. i've got four daughters at school. i worry that a strike is the wrong move. it's for the wrong reason andifs move. it's for the wrong reason and it's at the wrong time. where we're going through where we're all going through a difficult right now, the difficult time right now, the whole is, and been whole country is, and we've been in position for in a difficult position for a few years with the pandemic, we should coming. and strike should be coming. and a strike is divisive. national is really divisive. the national education union, with their strike, yesterday only strike, was out yesterday only 48, fewer than half of all their members actually voted to

strike. and i worry that a strike. and i worry that a strike is going to split. staff rooms and every school is potentially to pitch head potentially going to pitch head teachers against their staff. even schools even worse, maybe schools against parents i teach and against the parents i teach and the is just worse. is the timing is just the worse. is it ? and actually yesterday it? and actually yesterday i read a couple of emails from people saying that one one person that daughter's person said that daughter's just got a teacher and got a new job as a teacher and she's literally feeling she's literally almost feeling that been forced that she has just been forced almost to go on strike because everybody, you know, she's part of the union is . of she's part of the union is. do you feel that there's a way for of the teachers to sort for some of the teachers to sort of taken along in this way by of be taken along in this way by these unions and almost been pressurise? let's and pressurise? well, let's wait and see. i certainly trade see. i mean, certainly trade unions run a very unions have run a very effective, very forceful campaign part in campaign to get to take part in the that's their the ballot. and that's their right do and again, right to do that. and again, it's important point to it's a really important point to remember because the remember that just because the eu now has the to strike. eu now has the right to strike. it mean that all of our it doesn't mean that all of our members have to strike and probably members members have to strike and prosat..y members members have to strike and prosat. i'm members members have to strike and prosat. i'm thinking members members have to strike and prosat. i'm thinking innembers members have to strike and prosat. i'm thinking in the bers members have to strike and prosat. i'm thinking in the end be sat. i'm thinking in the end they stay at home, they won't go on strike, will go into school on strike, will go into school on day they might be put on on the day they might be put on a only a depression. that's only natural. that's of course

natural. but that's of course possible. i the idea possible. and i think the idea that pay is a big thing in this is slightly misleading. i just want out want to get a few facts out there. typically when people leave, the teaching profession actually pay about actually take a pay cut of about 10, which suggests might part 10, which suggests might be part of reason for some people. of the reason for some people. but the and but it isn't the becky and the thing have remember is thing we have to remember is that even though the ten that even though in the last ten years, the relative pay of teachers down a little teachers has come down a little bit compared to most people, they're really paid the they're still really paid the average pay and average teacher's pay and pension £50,000 pension package is over £50,000 here. you're secondary here. and if you're a secondary school pay and school teacher, the pay and pension is over school teacher, the pay and pension is ove r £120,000 a year. pension is over £120,000 a year. so i know we're all feeling pinch and i know teachers of what pandemic. what hurt through the pandemic. and such and they've done such a fantastic keeping kids fantastic job keeping kids learning to the pandemic. but we've be careful. this we've got to be careful. this doesn't on the doesn't backfire on the profession and undermine all the other stuff they've done well already. i mean, i saw a graph that the popularity of that showed the popularity of the how perceive the strikes and how the perceive them actually from the poll them and actually from the poll that i teachers did not the that i saw, teachers did not the pubuc that i saw, teachers did not the public support the nurses. of course the workers certainly didn't it does seem that didn't. so it does seem that don't necessarily have the pubuc don't necessarily have the public support. don't necessarily have the

public support . well, i think, public support. well, i think, you people we've had you know, people we've had a couple of messages already, people saying well, they get six weeks holiday. of don't weeks holiday. most of you don't get appreciate that that get that i appreciate that that some them would doing some of them would be doing marking there aren't marking things but there aren't really many jobs apart if you're an where you get a break like an mp where you get a break like that, you could potentially do things, some are things, you know, some are looking this thinking looking at this thinking teachers ways do have it teachers in some ways do have it quite i mean, listen, teaching is fantastic job going go is a fantastic job going to go back the profession at some back into the profession at some point. i love it's in point. i love it. it's in my blood. teachers should blood. the teachers should be well—paid. they well—paid. let's be clear. they get they are holidays get paid, but they are holidays are as part of the are needed as part of the academic out. but at the moment teaching is i think the fifth most trusted profession in, the whole and there's whole country. and there's a good that i worry good reason for that i worry like people that like other people that if teachers this action if teachers take this action if look closely at how paid look more closely at how paid they are when compared to lots of other people and then they start putting out start putting families out parents to start taking time off work losing their own income in order start having a look order to start having a look after their children. i worry it will backfire. know, we're will backfire. you know, we're all together. times are all in this together. times are tough. i think are better tough. i think there are better ways through you

ways to get through this. do you see as of the slightly see this as of the slightly more divisive to the government? divisive move to the government? in because we had in a sense, because we had marcus he's the head of marcus walker, he's the head of the union that the one that covers servants, covers civil servants, and he specifically he wants specifically said that he wants to bring down government with these strikes, which try and get everyone strike. do everyone to sort of strike. do you feel that there's some sort of coordination in these strikes? i mean, tends to strikes? i mean, there tends to be the trade unions that be in the trade unions that their leadership tend be more their leadership tend to be more left more activist, more left wing, more activist, more political than most their members. certainly members. and that's certainly my experience teaching the end of the individual will make the day, individual will make their as to whether they their mind up as to whether they strike and they'll have strike or not, and they'll have their reasons for it. and their own reasons for it. and for lots of the teachers that do strike, will be a strike, i know it will be a decision take reluctantly. decision they take reluctantly. the is there's the key thing is now there's a couple of weeks before the first friday, i hope head teachers friday, i hope the head teachers around land will be able to around the land will be able to look staff and say what look to their staff and say what are you don't have are your plans? you don't have to me if you're going to to tell me if you're going to strike, but it would really the kids if you could us know kids if you could let us know what plans are we make what plans are so we can make know according contingency what plans are so we can make know (and ding contingency what plans are so we can make know (and ding briefly,ancy plans. and very briefly, i wanted to your views on this wanted to get your views on this agenda. reform the agenda. reform bill. the nicholas sturgeon is breaking

through. the age through. 60 would be the age that potentially that you could potentially change medical change without any medical diagnosis. teacher. diagnosis. you're a teacher. you're contact with diagnosis. you're a teacher. y( lot a contact with diagnosis. you're a teacher. y( lot young contact with diagnosis. you're a teacher. y( lot young people, :ontact with diagnosis. you're a teacher. y( lot young people, especially] a lot young people, especially of that age. what is your view that? well, we know that you're 16 you're quite an adult. 16 or 17, you're quite an adult. that's country that's why in this country there's all of things you that's why in this country therdo. all of things you that's why in this country therdo. 16, of things you that's why in this country therdo. 16, you of things you that's why in this country therdo. 16, you can't|ings you that's why in this country therdo. 16, you can't vote.you that's why in this country therdo. 16, you can't vote. you can do. 16, you can't vote. you can't buy cigarettes , can't buy can't buy cigarettes, can't buy alcohol won't be alcohol and say you won't be able get married. there's able to get married. there's a whole of things can't. whole lot of things you can't. at 16, you're nearly an adult, but you're not quite there. changing identity. changing one's identity. if you're gender you're experiencing gender dysphoria to dysphoria is a huge decision to my with young my experience. work with young people talking to people and from talking to professionals , it's probably professionals is, it's probably not something should not something we should be looking now. my looking at right now. my understanding when understanding is that when people are sick. i believe the education sector made comment education sector made a comment this have this morning. you may have misspoken taken out of misspoken and been taken out of context. i all those people those young people at big those young people know at big decision that needs lot decision like that needs a lot of support what a smart guy and thank very for joining thank you very much for joining me talk to me really good to talk to you that's mark. the head of that's mark. he's the head of education for the policy education centre for the policy studies. we're on studies. right. we're moving on to story, course. of to this story, of course. of course, labour say that course, the labour say that ministers failed listen ministers have failed to listen to repeated calls for reform of

the police vetting and standards earlier today, serving metropolitan police officer david carrick , who was unmasked david carrick, who was unmasked as one of the uk's most prolific sex offenders, has been officially sacked from the force and amazed that it took them so to that. year old was to do that. the 48 year old was found have committed gross found to have committed gross misconduct after admitting 49 criminal , including 24 criminal charges, including 24 counts of rape against 12 women over an 18 year period. not only the home secretary suella braverman addressed mp is calling it a dark day for british policing and suggested the government are taking concerted to improve police standards . concerted to improve police standards. right. let's concerted to improve police standards . right. let's get the standards. right. let's get the latest from gb news national reporter paul hawkins. he's in south—west london . kerik's south—west london. kerik's disciplinary hearing has been taking place. paul, can give us an update . yeah so just to give an update. yeah so just to give you some more detail about that heanng you some more detail about that hearing earlier today took almost 2 hours, as you say and metropolitan lawyer who bennett called kerik's crimes a catastrophic effect on his victims , their families. he

victims, their families. he described them as heinous, targeted and deliver and said policing has taken a step backward . a result of these backward. a result of these convictions . and what he means convictions. and what he means by that is lot of questions being asked about how kerik's name was mentioned in at least nine incidents to the police and other police in relation to allegations involving domestic violence, rape and harassment between 2020 21. and was able to pass police on two occasions. that's why a lot of questions are being asked about the met's vetting procedure and also why even though his name kept rising up and kept kept cropping up, the professional standards department didn't look into it and no one was able to identify that pattern of behaviour and raised the alarm earlier. so earlier suella braverman the home secretary in the commons said that the case carrick's case would now be followed it into the angelini inquiry , which into the angelini inquiry, which is looking into why red flags

were missed when it came to identifying sarah everard's killer, wayne cousins . thousands killer, wayne cousins. thousands of decent, hardworking police officers perform their duty with the utmost professionalism . they the utmost professionalism. they feel pride in putting on their uniform and want only the for the communities that they serve. i know that they will our collective disgust that a fellow could be responsible for such a despicable betrayal of . despicable betrayal of. everything that they stand for much of the impetus for change must come from within. policing but this government will continue from the front . as i've continue from the front. as i've been clear, we are bringing forward part two of the angelini inquiry to make recommendations on how forces can improve culture and tackle root causes of police and misconduct . so

of police and misconduct. so they did agree with suella braverman language when it to criticising police and also david carrick's actions, but it's still coalesced week and said he would introduce legislation to try and strengthen police vetting . i strengthen police vetting. i joined the secretary in giving tribute to the bravery of the victims who have come forward but we have to face up to the further evidence that this case has brought up of appalling failures in the police vetting and processes are still not being addressed by the government and are not addressed in this state. and i would say to the home secretary that given the scale of the problems, not just in this case , but in just in this case, but in previous cases as well . her previous cases as well. her statement is very weak. and it shows a serious lack of leadership on something that is so grave and affects confidence

in policing as well as serious crimes . so we've still got crimes. so we've still got baroness casey's review into the met's standard and culture to come. the outcome of that inquiry in coming in march and indeed the police chief commissioner sir rowley, hinting at radical powerful and said he expects to agree with baroness casey's findings when they are revealed in terms of the victims of david carrick. hertfordshire believe there are more than opened an online form that victims can fill in get access to the police directly that way. but we do think that in terms of uncovering more officers who may have a undergone police misconduct within the met's suella braverman think that there may be more to come in the short and indeed sarah rowley is echoed that view . thank you very echoed that view. thank you very much for cloak international reporter you're me. i'm nana

akua. this is gb news square live on tv online and on digital radio. still to come unemployment is on the. that is according to new figures from the osce office of national statistics . the figures were up statistics. the figures were up in the three months to october last year. we'll speak to liam halligan in just moment. we'll be back after this this .

get off the. and it's coming up to 28 minutes after 4:00. if you've just joined me welcome on board. i'm nana akua in for patrick christys. this is the news now . work and pensions news now. work and pensions secretary says that the government is due to announce incentives to boost the workforce in the coming weeks. now they're focusing on the over fifties carers and the long term sick and disabled. and this follows this morning's official

figures from the office of national statistics reporting a rise in unemployed and a fall in real as firms struggle to keep up with inflation. so joining us now is our economics and business editor liam halligan with on . money so the uk's has with on. money so the uk's has insisted in respects. we'll be talking about that . i'm just talking about that. i'm just going on about nothing. liam so i just getting carried away the self that was just wanted to move on. forgot you were there. no, this is. is serious no, this is. this is serious stuff because we're unemployment has gone up. more people are unemployed. they were previously. they unemployed. they were prev but ly. they unemployed. they were prev but unemployment:hey unemployed. they were prev but unemployment iny unemployed. they were prev but unemployment in the are. but unemployment in the round is still historically very, very low. it's 3.7. it was, you know, 10% at the beginning of the 1980s. obviously unemployment is a bad thing , but unemployment is still thing, but unemployment is still relatively low. the big news out today, the news that will really the government's negotiations , the government's negotiations, the government's negotiations, the trade unions is on paye.

these numbers came out this morning from the national statistics. let's just have a quick look at some of the numbers. so the office national said none that between september and november last compared to the same period the year before paye was up 6.4. and that's the biggest rise since 2001. private sector was up . 7.1% and public sector was up. 7.1% and public sector was up. 7.1% and public sector pay was up 3.3. that's on the next graphic . and then we the next graphic. and then we also learned from the owners this morning that pay after inflation because inflation of eight, nine, 10, even though pay went up sharply real terms, it 3.4. that's we call real terms pay 3.4. that's we call real terms pay after inflation and that's the biggest fall in real terms pay the biggest fall in real terms pay since 2009. so here we are . pay since 2009. so here we are. the headlines are wages going up the quickest since 2001? the reality after inflation, wages are falling at the fastest pace

since 2009. that's it's always important to look under the bonnet when it comes to economic but it's quite there isn't it? says up, down, up, down. going through a spiral of inflation that's going to come down. so then that will that little then that will that the little equaliser won't equalise equaliser that it won't equalise in the that even though in the sense that even though inflation down prices aren't going to come , it just means going to come, it just means they stop rising as quickly. and you're right, wages, wage growth eventually recover to the extent that people actually get a real wage increase , a wage increase wage increase, a wage increase or allowing for inflation . and or allowing for inflation. and there is a lot of turbulence and there's lot of turbulence in the economy as a whole. i said earlier that unemployment is historically low. it is, historically very low. it is, but we some bad news this morning. i it in the last hour to you that this factory britishvolt is it's a factory that was going to be built in. blythe up there , the north—east blythe up there, the north—east of england, the north of of england, just to the north of newcastle, a proud newcastle, still a proud industrial town. that factory that the company was going to

build that factory now into build that factory now gone into administration . the site is administration. the site is still there, but 300, 350 or so of there workers have been made redundant today with a media effect. that's a quote from the company and that obviously is terrible news for them. it's also terrible news for, i think, car making in the north—east because in order to build electric cars, you need factories nearby that make the batteries . some carmakers in the batteries. some carmakers in the north—east, like nissan, are making some of their own batteries. but if we're really going to expand this electric vehicle industry here , the uk vehicle industry here, the uk and the north—east is the place that we're trying to do that. bofis that we're trying to do that. boris johnson about a green industrial revolution when he was prime minister, the government up for this factory british volt a £100 million credit line of government , credit line of government, conditional on them making certain targets and getting amounts of the factory and running . that has all now gone running. that has all now gone out the window the owners of britishvolt had some other

buyers but their creditors , the buyers but their creditors, the people lending them the money weren't prepared, accept their conditions so very sadly, this company has now folded. whether was going to be that gigafactory as well. so that's all that's it. that's exactly what i'm talking about. the gigafactory is for now. it may that the company or the project can be resurrected in some form because even though the factory doesn't exist, they've got a huge amount of work, planning and design. and of course so there is some value there in company and value there in the company and if you investors come then , if you investors come in then, this bad news could turn around to become good news. well, let's hope so. thank you very much. now and always good to talk to you. that's liam halligan. he's gb news business and economics edhon gb news business and economics editor. 33 minutes after 4:00. that's on the way with. me i'm nana akua this is gb views coming uk's government coming up. uk's government insists it respects scottish scottish devolution despite blocking nicola sturgeon's gender bill. speaking in the commons earlier this year, the scotland secretary that the government only blocked the proposed legislation because it would have a serious adverse

impact on the uk wide law. we'll have the latest that next. but first, let's get your latest news headlines . now. no, thank news headlines. now. no, thank you.the news headlines. now. no, thank you. the latest headlines this houn you. the latest headlines this hour, a second rail union has announced drivers will join thousands of other workers striking next month . the rmt striking next month. the rmt says train at 14 rail operators will walk out on the first and 3rd of february in a long running dispute overjobs, pay and conditions. running dispute overjobs, pay and conditions . drivers at the and conditions. drivers at the aslef union will strike on the same days while 100,000 civil servants will also walk on the first of next month. and that follows the national education union announcing seven days of teacher strikes in february and march in dispute over pay . the march in dispute over pay. the home secretary has said yesterday was a dark day for british policing after a former met officer admitted multiple sex offences. david carrick

pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes over an 18 year period. today he was officially sacked by the force , officially sacked by the force, a misconduct hearing held in absence. the met police now investigating over a thousand cases of sexual offences and domestic abuse involving its staff. the scottish secretary has defended uk government's position on blocking hollyrood controversial gender reform bill. it's the first time that westminster made an order under the scotland act to prevent a law from scottish going to royal assent in uk. alister jack says the hollyrood gender bill undermine equality laws in the rest of the uk. bill would have serious adverse effects . the serious adverse effects. the operation of the equality act 2010 and as i've set out in my correspondence with the first minister yesterday , would prefer minister yesterday, would prefer not to be in this situation . the not to be in this situation. the united government does united kingdom government does all we can to respect the devolution settlement and to resolve . it is open to the

resolve. it is open to the scottish government to bring back an bill for reconsideration in the scottish parliament. so to conclude , mr. speaker, i have to conclude, mr. speaker, i have set out to the scottish government that they should that should they choose to do so. i hope we can work together to find a constructive, forward . find a constructive, forward. and dozens of people have been injured after double decker bus overturned in icy road conditions in. somerset in the early hours of this morning, bus carrying 70 workers to the hinkley point nuclear power was involved in a collision . a involved in a collision. a motorcyclist at about 6 am. avon and somerset are urging people only to travel essential due to the freezing weather conditions and poor road conditions and poor road conditions . a new figures show conditions. a new figures show that wages have failed to . keep that wages have failed to. keep up with soaring prices. more so than at any points. up with soaring prices. more so than at any points . records than at any points. records began the office for national statistics also , the statistics also, the unemployment rate rose by point 2% to reach 3.7% over the same

period. but the chancellor says the labour market resilient . the labour market resilient. that's it. we're back in half an hour.

good afternoon. if you're just joining me, it's just coming up to 39 minutes after 4:00. this is dvd . we're live on tv online is dvd. we're live on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. and on digital radio. i'm nana akua . now the scottish secretary akua. now the scottish secretary has confirmed that it will halt sturgeon's recognition bill using constitutional powers, arguing that it would have an adverse impact equality law elsewhere in. the uk. just seems like common sense me now the bill which would allow trans people in scotland to change their gender without a medical diagnosis has become highly controversial . both its content controversial. both its content and, the constitutional process that it has exposed . now the snp that it has exposed. now the snp former westminster leader ian

blackford has told ministers that scotland needs to take away the threat of intervention from the threat of intervention from the uk government by leaving the union once again. and the discussion set to continue in westminster throughout the afternoon as the emergency is held. let's go live to downing street, where gavin is. political editor darren mccaffrey aidan, what is the latest ? well there's this latest? well there's this current emergency debate prompted by the s&p, the speaking vote , the commons as we speaking vote, the commons as we speak. now, that's been pretty feisty affair , as you say, with feisty affair, as you say, with insults and allegations of actually flying the chamber that's due to last, what, just under another hour . so. at the under another hour. so. at the heart of all of this is where the power lies within united kingdom, if you like , the uk kingdom, if you like, the uk government saying, you know , government saying, you know, they didn't want to take necessarily this action. it's not based necessarily on the bill in the sense that it is an issue that they want to kind tackle scotland on this of

transgender recognition what age it happens that they're simply saying the uk government is that is based on the legal advice that they've been that the current bill is it's dans it's been passed overwhelmingly by the parliament, by msps the scottish parliament, by msps at holyrood contravene uk , at holyrood does contravene uk, does contravene the equalities act of 2010. now of course there is a lot of politics as in this as well not it's not simply about that legal opinion that we may well end up in the court thatis may well end up in the court that is the action that the scottish government may well take to challenge uk government decision to enact section 35. what i say there's politics. well, clearly lots people within government and indeed across the house commons disagree with this legislation in scotland. we heard from keir starmer the weekend saying that he thought 16 was too young to allow people to change the gender. there are many within the conservative party who feel that this does go too far in regards to the changes that would have and the

effect it may well have on young people. so there is a political disagreement here as and there is another political at play which is many within the government see this issue if you like may well have even initiated this bill to a degree to try provoke again this argument about scottish independence and about the role that westminster has challenge in the scottish parliament's authority and autonomy when it comes to the snp deny that they say that this is undermining the scottish parliament's authorities . the first time this authorities. the first time this is ever happens when it comes to that of all of parliament since it was set up in 1998. so it's a really complex issue. it's one that involves politics, it's a really sensitive issue around transgender rights and also that big constitutional question of it does end up in court my word, is going to be pretty, pretty is going to be a pretty, pretty battle, i would suggest, between the the uk , but it is the snp and the uk, but it is certainly a row that today demonstrated itself in the house of commons that evoked passions and not going to go away any

and is not going to go away any time soon. well, darren, thank you very much. that is darren company's editor. honestly, i mean, when is going to stop mean, when is she going to stop trying break up the unions? trying to break up the unions? it down that. well, it always down to that. well, in that debate, within that emergency debate, within the moments, snp the last few moments, the snp leader flynn branded the leader stephen flynn branded the uk's government's decision not fair. and it's not democratic . fair. and it's not democratic. let's get the latest from scotland . joined by the scotland. joined by the political editor of the scottish daily mail, michael blackley . daily mail, michael blackley. and michael, look what you think about this, the impact that it's going to have. do you think that this is a constitutional battle? will it will it be. will it be an issue with regard to the union? do you believe that that is is about? well this is what this is about? well this is what this is about? well this is certainly a constitutional and it is about demolition operates. but i don't think it's really going to have that of a an impact on how people about the actual independence . the actual independence. certainly there's some in the snp that are trying to portray such as as we heard ian

blackford is trying to make the case for to say that this is the uk blocking this from the uk government's perspective of all this is effectively democracy in action. this is devolution and they following through a process that set out by the people who set up the scottish parliament in the first place. so they don't really want this to be a constitutional battle. and clearly it looks like is heading that. clearly it looks like is heading that . it seems to clearly it looks like is heading that. it seems to me that everything she does always equates to break up union at the end of it as it boosted her independence bid at all. do you think i know you said that the issues a lot of people don't see it as a constitutional issue but those who do think it those who do you think it boosted her bid? i don't think anybody will be jumping to judgement on that at the moment. and what i think certain is that as process goes on, the snp repeatedly refer to this and

they'll talk about how uk government is denying democracy. and so a big challenge there i suppose for uk government to actually be able to, to challenge that to to, kind of counter point across . but i counter point across. but i think what we, what we have from some, even some senior lawyers today, such as the dean of the faculty of advocates in scotland and he's been talking about the fact that this this isn't an attack on democracy . he's been attack on democracy. he's been standing up some of what the snp . i am on on this issue so i think bill will see see that file some may try make some political points of it and others will simply see that this this is the process of devolution taking effect as as we expected it might be an unprecedented but certainly not a situation that is leading in the scotland that the government

used to say to the scottish parliament in the first place. well i mean, they did agree to the conditions of the whole union. so if they do come with the legislation that could impact the uk as a whole and from england mean we that that's a if that goes through that's an proposition for the people in the in the united kingdom, not just scotland. michael, thank you for joining just scotland. michael, thank you forjoining me . you very much for joining me. that's he's that's michael blakley. he's a political editor for the scottish daily mail . well, lots scottish daily mail. well, lots of have been getting in of you have been getting in touch on nicola touch with your on nicola sturgeon's bills. sturgeon's agenda reform bills. jill says i am jill from glasgow says i am a scottish woman and i am delighted that this dreadful bill is being made , protested bill is being made, protested against for well over a year and sturgeon has ignored the scottish women who have had concerns. well, that was my thought. i mean, surely women unhappy with this. i don't know any woman that thinks that this is good idea. neil says, give is a good idea. neil says, give us on it and we will let us a vote on it and we will let see we don't want her bill see how we don't want her bill to go through. i'm confident the vast majority of don't want it. bill says nicholas sturgeon is

only after voters for herself and has no of the consequences that she may create in this bill. thank god westminster has blocked a gates as well. someone downstairs and to put a cork in it . as a nation we have more it. as a nation we have more important things to focus on. yes, she has got loads of other things to focus on. i know. i don't know why she hasn't focussed on them, for some focussed on them, but for some reason she to want dabble in reason she to want to dabble in that. but stay with me. it's coming up 47 minutes after 4:00. this is gb news. i'm nana akua. i mean this is gb news. i'm nana akua. imean for christys i mean, for patrick christys home secretary suella braverman has warned that as more shocking cases involving , police officers cases involving, police officers could emerge following david carrick's monstrous campaign abuse. serving metropolitan police officer david carrick has emerged as one of the uk's most prolific sex offenders and was officially sacked this morning following a misconduct hearing . following a misconduct hearing. now brockman extended her sympathies to the victims, saying that is beyond the such abuse to have happened at the hands of someone in a trusted position of authority . well,

position of authority. well, joining me now in the studio , a joining me now in the studio, a partner in the sex abuse team. he's jane solicitor alan collins, who represents victims of abuse in cases now. alan where is the law failing us on these sorts of situations? i there's two aspects to this. number is accountability , lack number is accountability, lack of accountability , because of accountability, because i think there's a feeling there's this keeps on happening . and the this keeps on happening. and the police generally in the uk need to get their act . which brings to get their act. which brings me on to the second point, which is that looking these cases , is that looking these cases, there isn't sufficient ongoing monitoring or vetting of police officers is . one thing to officers is. one thing to recruit a police officer at the age of 20. that police officer may in many ways a completely different police officer by the time he or maybe she is 20, 30 or 40. well, there to be some sort of continuation of the vetting process that you're in.

and then nothing happens and you could stay there. so what are the implications then ? i mean, the implications then? i mean, could these victims, if they are , prosecute him? i mean, what what are the implications? can they they can prosecute them? they or they can't? well if crimes have been committed, then the you know , offender will be the you know, offender will be prosecuted and duly within courts. and for victim or survivor of sexual abuse, that might be part of the journey, so to speak. that may be justice for them or it may a form of justice. but to get accountability, to get, say the police to put its hands up and say, we've let you down. that is completely different. and it's difficult to the police generally to account . things go generally to account. things go so badly wrong . and that is why so badly wrong. and that is why i say accountability is an issue . one of the home secretary today that the independent inquiry looking at the murder of sarah everyone by seven police

officers will also consider the crimes of david. do you do you have faith in that process? i have faith in that process? i have faith in that process? i have faith the to the extent that we will probably end up heanng that we will probably end up hearing much of what we know about the inspector h.m. inspectorate. and i'm constabulary last year produced a very detailed highlighting failings when it comes to recruitment and vetting of police officers. so there's a lot of information available which the government should be taking on and actually thinking how are we going to get the various police forces in uk to have conformity and have rigorously and ongoing vetting ? rigorously and ongoing vetting? the government really in my opinion knows what it's got to do . it doesn't need more do. it doesn't need more inquiries . keep hearing lessons inquiries. keep hearing lessons have been learned always have said that that irritates me. yeah but this is was recruited in 2000 for what i thought. 2001 of i mean it was a labour

government in power then and obviously we have a conservative government, they seem to be sort of using it as a slight political football where they to come together and we need some sort procedural change for sort of procedural change for this. how, how is this? this. but how, how is this? well, it we've got a government, we've got a home secretary and the government had a report from , the inspectorate last year that was, you know , that was that was, you know, that was created in the wake of the, you know, the sarah everard in a monstrous tragedy and said the government needs act on that report knows what the problems are and i don't think it needs to wait for yet more inquiries. someone needs to take ownership of this. and that's what that's what government is there for because. that's what i'm concerned about. will spend concerned about. they will spend a inquiry, which a fortune, the inquiry, which will take a couple of months or years or, whatever, they will report the results of the inquiry and then they will say lessons be learned. yeah. and it repeats again. that's right. yeah and it's very easy to get

cynical about this because we and hear and we hear about we've got to deal with the, you know , got to deal with the, you know, here and now, which is i say government needs to step up to the plate. it knows what the issues are and it it's got a responsibility here that is currently in parliament a victims bill which is an opportunity would say for the politicians to say, right, here's an opportunity to introduce accountability into the system . you know, the you the system. you know, the you know, the state the form of the police has possibilities and it needs to be accountable for its actions or its inactions . watson actions or its inactions. watson thank you very much, adam . thank you very much, adam. joining me and is alan collins. he's a partner in the sex abuse at hugh james solicitors. he's a partner in the sex abuse at hugh james solicitors . well, at hugh james solicitors. well, it was the double decker bus which overturned in somerset has now been righted onto its four wheels. that was dozens people were injured after the bus, taking a 70 workers to hinkley point c power station overturned

in treacherous freezing conditions. avon and somerset police declared major incident earlier today after. the crash on the a39 quantock road in bridgwater , which also involved bridgwater, which also involved a motorcyclist . let's cross over a motorcyclist. let's cross over to bridgwater , the minor injury to bridgwater, the minor injury unit where a number of casualties are being treated. our reporter jeff moody is . our reporter jeff moody is. geoff, what is the latest ? well geoff, what is the latest? well people have been taken here to bndge people have been taken here to bridge water and also to two other hospitals in the local area . within the last 5 minutes, area. within the last 5 minutes, the nhs has released a statement which says following an incident at around 6:00 this morning on the a39 road, the nhs in somerset has been working closely with the local emergency organisations and other relevant agencies to coordinate a response . as of 3 pm. today, 27 response. as of 3 pm. today, 27 patients were treated at the minor injuries unit in bridgwater and a 26 were treated

at the emergency department at musgrove park hospital for injuries consistent with a serious traffic collision. a small number required so and some have admitted to inpatient wards . a further three patients wards. a further three patients were taken to southmead hospital in bristol where they received treatment but none of these have needed excuse me to be admitted to hospital. we would like to our colleagues say the nhs including those who came in on their day as well as the emergency who have been involved and supporting today and. we wish all patients involved a speedy recovery . well, earlier speedy recovery. well, earlier on today i to a lady who heard the crash at 6:00 this morning this is what she had to. i wasn't sure if i was dreaming. heard a big bang. i heard a couple of sort of scrapes and bangs and then i heard shouting, heard screams , took me about heard screams, took me about five, 10 minutes to realise that i wasn't dreaming. and it obviously been an accident out

on the main road . and basically on the main road. and basically i walked upstairs cause i've got children upstairs. i went children upstairs. so i went upstairs look out window. upstairs to look out the window. i see top of the bus i could see the top of the bus and obviously assumed from that that been a bad accident. that it's been a bad accident. and all children and then all the children obviously to see what obviously panicking to see what was happening and trying to reassure and then within reassure them and then within minutes emergency were on the scene. so i mean , i've been a scene. so i mean, i've been a resident here for years. resident here for four years. i use this road daily, there's always surface water on the roads more so this time of year especially . we've heavy especially. we've had heavy rainfall. believe that many rainfall. i believe that many complaints have been put in to local agencies . nothing seems to local agencies. nothing seems to happen. they just seem to put ice signs up . well, ice warning signs up. well, hinkley point saying that their liaise with the families of the people who have been injured. but it does look tonight as though we have serious injury. it looks as though most people will recover pretty well from this . thank will recover pretty well from this. thank you very much, geoff. that's jeff moody there at the site of that at the crash . lots of you've been getting in

touch with your thoughts on the teachers strike due to happen in february and. march once again impacting a children's education. mike says, i only have high praise for our teachers decades. the government has consistently suffocated funding, stifled and piled extra social burdens and longer hours. well, to fair, they are paid quite well. i've got to be honest with you that i mean, we had a teacher in telling us not to. but james says it appears that the public sector are consciously wishing to replicate the winter of discontent in the 19705 the winter of discontent in the 1970s much 1970s for political as much financial reasons. however, this just contribute to an inflation spiral demands and spiral by wage demands and i feel would make matters. and inflation much worse. james says teachers complaining about pay, but if they strike then schools will have to shut and parents have to either not go to work or fork out extra costs for childcare. let's not forget the fact will lose out fact that pupils will lose out on learning. a good. on their learning. not a good. well, thoughts . your well, keep those thoughts. your with i'm not a quitter . this with me. i'm not a quitter. this is gp for patrick christie's is a gp for patrick christie's lots to come in the next including the news on all that's

coming on the thousands train drivers joining teachers at a mass walkout on friday february the first before that , let's get the first before that, let's get some . hello i'm aidan mcgivern some. hello i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office. staying cold, all of us during the rest of the day. but very mixed conditions across the uk. northern scotland is the risk of heavy gales, blizzards and drifting of the snow . one low's drifting of the snow. one low's move away from the south—west that brought snow to cornwall overnight . next low is deepening overnight. next low is deepening and, pushing through the northern isles, bringing in an increase activity here. heavy increase in activity here. heavy and snow gales picking up across the north of scotland . and the north of scotland. and although it's coastal level, we're likely to see a mix , rain we're likely to see a mix, rain and sleet inland and above hundred metres of treacherous conditions with those gale force winds leading to blizzards over hills of northern scotland drifting an additional 15 centimetres of snow, building up in space of time. in a short space of time. elsewhere across the uk, further wintry showers, sleet and snow into areas that lead to into western areas that lead to some icy patches. first thing wednesday going wednesday because it's going to be for all of us. a

be a cold start for all of us. a frosty start with temperatures around 0 to —3 celsius. however plenty of bright weather around the west . the weather moving the west. the weather moving away from northern scotland, still windy down the north sea coast . some rain and sleet coast. some rain and sleet showers. they'll also be rain and sleet further west and sleet showers further west with over the hills . with some snow over the hills. wales the south—west of wales and the south—west of england . temperatures up england. but temperatures up a degree or so compared with tuesday , looking at five or six tuesday, looking at five or six in the south, 2 to 4 in the north. and further snow showers coming along for scotland, especially in the north and northwest throughout the day on wednesday. snow will wednesday. in fact the snow will continue build up, especially continue to build up, especially inland over hills . but inland and over the hills. but elsewhere, spells many elsewhere, clear spells for many overnight thursday off overnight. thursday starts off with another widespread frost coastal areas close to zero. but inland temperatures where get some winds dropping out will be a few degrees below freezing . a few degrees below freezing. then we start off thursday with bright skies. many there will be an area cloud and outbreaks an area of cloud and outbreaks of light rain pushing into cornwall and there'll be further showers nature into showers of a wintry nature into the north of scotland. but in between plenty of sunshine

thursday feeling cold thursday still feeling cold there through friday, there however, through friday, saturday, sunday, the weather slowly turns from the west .

it is 5:00. you're watching , it is 5:00. you're watching, listening to me. nana akua is sitting in for patrick christys on gb news. coming up, teachers civil servants and now thousands of train drivers are to strike on february the first. that's along with a planned walkout by means the uk faces weeks mass walkouts. the coordinated raises fears of a general strike with the government refusing to on the government refusing to on the pay deals they've already offered . i want to ask if we're offered. i want to ask if we're facing a long time standoff and ongoing disruption our lives.

and jeremy clarkson, renowned for petrol heading and more recently farmer he's reportedly likely to be dropped by amazon prime. now this is after his comments in the column about the duchess of sussex . clarkson duchess of sussex. clarkson wrote that he lay in bed dreaming of the day when meghan is made to drive naked through the of every town in britain whilst the shout shame throw lumps of excellence at her. i mean, this is a terrible comment. i'll just repeat that i think is terrible. is fair or just cancel culture its best. we'll discuss that later this houn we'll discuss that later this hour. let me know what you think as ever. gb views . as ever. email gb views. gbnews.uk. or tweet me at gb news. before that, let's get the latest headlines . not a you news. before that, let's get the latest headlines. not a you and the top stories are just after 5:00 on gb news as a second rail union has announced its drivers will join thousands of other workers who are striking next

month . the rmt says train month. the rmt says train drivers at 14 rail operators will walk out on the first and the 3rd of february. in a long running dispute overjobs, pay and conditions, drivers of the aslef union will now on the same days, while 100,000 civil servants will also walk on the first of next month. it follows the national education union announcing seven days of teachers strikes in february and march in a dispute over pay . the march in a dispute over pay. the home secretary says yesterday was a dark day for british after a former met police admitted multiple sex offences. david carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences including dozens of rapes over an 18 year period. well today , he was officially well today, he was officially sacked the force at a misconduct heanng sacked the force at a misconduct hearing held in his absence. the metropolitan police is now investigating a thousand cases of sexual offences and domestic

abuse its staff. in the house of commons earlier on today, suella braverman said standards and culture in the police service change. this case will rightly throw a spotlight once again on women's safety . no throw a spotlight once again on women's safety. no one throw a spotlight once again on women's safety . no one should women's safety. no one should suffer abuse or feel or harassed whether they are home out and about or online . we are taking about or online. we are taking concert action to prevent violence . women and support violence. women and support victims and survivors relentlessly pursue perpetrators and, strengthen the system as a whole londoners have expressing their concern over culture within the police . i'm sorry we within the police. i'm sorry we didn't have that clip for you right now. let's move on to our next story. the scottish has defended the uk government's move to block hollyrood controversial gender bill reform plans. it's the first time westminster has made an order

under the scotland act to a law from hollyrood going to boil assent. alister says the reasoning behind the move is that hollyrood gender bill would undermine equality laws . the undermine equality laws. the rest of the uk . and the climate rest of the uk. and the climate activist greta thunberg has been detained once again during climate protests in germany . the climate protests in germany. the 20 year old was escorted away police officers after taking part in demonstrations against the expansion of an open pit coal mine in the german village fila. it follows protests over the weekend where police an investigation has been launched against 150 people following a violent clashes. the protesters say germany should be using more energy instead of mining coal. their government has said it remains committed to phasing coal use . by 2030. and here at coal use. by 2030. and here at home, hundreds have lost their jobs after the car battery company britishvolt fell into

administration have confirmed it failed to secure the necessary funding to keep the company going . the company did have going. the company did have plans build a huge new factory , plans build a huge new factory, northumberland, which had been praised by the former prime minister boris johnson. and the latest news. i'm back half an houn latest news. i'm back half an hour. see them . hour. see them. good afternoon. this is gb news where? live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua in for patrick christys. now whilst we've been on. we've had an announcement from. the rmt union, the train at 40 rail operators will take strike action on february the first and the third. and that's in the long running dispute overjobs pay long running dispute overjobs pay and conditions. now so members of the aslef union do . members of the aslef union do. also announced today that they'll walk out on the same

days they'll be by teachers. everyone's doing is they've announced strike dates to february and march when . february and march when. thousands will walk out overall over pay and working conditions. now the action is likely to hit more than 23,000 schools. earlier on, gb news caught up with kevin courtney . he's the with kevin courtney. he's the joint general secretary of the national education union. following the ballot results . following the ballot results. this is simply endorsement of our campaign. it's the biggest result by any trades union since the government brought in this law about . the government making law about. the government making a really big mistake if. they think this isn't well supported. it's massively supported by our members . and the reason teachers members. and the reason teachers are supporting this sort of campaign is that they know there's a crisis in our schools. we put out some figures today , we put out some figures today, over a quarter of physics lessons are being taught by somebody who doesn't have a degree, a postgraduate qualification in physics, a pgce in physics, one in six chemistry lessons . almost a half of

lessons. almost a half of competing lessons . 20% of dante competing lessons. 20% of dante lessons , 10% of geography lessons, 10% of geography lessons. 10% of maths teachers. there's a real in our schools because we can't recruit and then keep teachers in our schools and pay is part of the answer to that . well, i'm joined answer to that. well, i'm joined now by retired head teacher and chairman of the education, chris mcguff . and chris, thank you mcguff. and chris, thank you very much for joining mcguff. and chris, thank you very much forjoining . so what's very much for joining. so what's your view , these strikes and the your view, these strikes and the teacher strikes ? well the teacher strikes? well the campaign for real education to close the strikes and we have to say to what the head of the nea just said in your clip there a majority of teachers have not actually voted for a strike. a majority of those who who who decided to respond to the ballot did vote for a strike. but the majority of teachers have not voted a strike. teachers are a is a great profession. and what these union bosses are doing by leading the profession into disrepute because the children particularly children from poor

backgrounds who suffered backgrounds who have suffered massively during those school lockdowns over covid going to suffer even more as a result of this. and i don't think it's quite scandalous the union bosses should be pretend that this is going to be massively supported by all that by all teachers is simply is not and i think it's going be devastating for a lot of parents, but also for a lot of parents, but also for those children. and what sort of examples it set for children is their future as we're talking about here. and teachers have case that i'm teachers have a case that i'm i'm trade unionists. i've served on the tuc i'm not an anti union but what i will say is that in education we spend more pupil than almost any other country on the planet, but we have more. most of the in schools are not teachers. so what we need to look at is how schools are organised and decide how we can funnel the money to the good teachers . because at the moment teachers. because at the moment schools are full of people who actually teachers, actually aren't teachers, support they have an support staff, and they have an important role play in some respects. you around the respects. but you go around the world good education world looking good education systems don't have this systems that don't have this

there's this up stuff. so there's this back up stuff. so there's this back up stuff. so there's in the we need to there's money in the we need to redistribute it. that's what we should be about because should be talking about because good to paid good teachers need to be paid more . but look, we're devastated more. but look, we're devastated by this strike action. by this by this strike action. it it really fails children and first responsibility as teachers to support you don't get the children that's we should be saying to teachers just as doctors have to say don't harm the listen, we the patient. well, listen, we earlier had paul lane in and he was a teacher and he said that's, actually, teachers are paid quite well actually. and you know. well i mean, they're paid quite well . i mean, some paid quite well. i mean, some they do have holidays . i know they do have holidays. i know a lot of the time is spent marking and doing things and they might take work home. but there are many jobs that that happens and you signed up to the profession. that's what about. what that's what it's about. so what is they really want if is that they really want if they're quite well, you they're paid quite well, as you said, a little bit said, they want a little bit more money. but got to more money. but there's got to be more to it than that. be a lot more to it than that. well, i think there's a lot of political stuff in this. you know, the people around those union bosses mean they're acting know, the people around those ullittleosses mean they're acting

know, the people around those ullittle bites mean they're acting know, the people around those ullittle bit like|ean they're acting know, the people around those ullittle bit like|ean tr bosses :ting a little bit like mafia bosses on coercing they're on coercing people. they're political, fighting the political, they're fighting the government. extent government. and to some extent the teachers of people are the poor teachers of people are being as the cannon being used as sort of the cannon , the teaching profession. it's a of heroes in a way a profession of heroes in a way . they're led by donkeys so heroes led by donkeys. these these union leaders need to understand what's happening as a result of their of the action by some by some teachers. the children are being hit. what are these union bosses all about ? these union bosses all about? look, i say i'm a trade unionist . we need look after our . we need to look after our children ultimately this country. take dictation system will determine our future it want to see our economy in 20 years time. look at our education and people education system now and people who are at school today will be paying who are at school today will be paying wages of teachers in paying the wages of teachers in the can't afford the future. and we can't afford pay the future. and we can't afford pay rises at the moment. but as i said and gillian will talk about this , of course, because about this, of course, because she went on standing, she's the new educator the secretary, she went on to stand. the fact that the majority of in schools the majority of staff in schools are and that we a are not teachers and that we a country spend more than almost any in the world any other country in the world on purpose and on why do we

spend so much? why is it so wasted? why we do so badly? and those are those are the those are the important points we should discussing. just should be discussing. and just by support the good by all means support the good teachers, because if they are quite well—paid, good teachers deserve salary, so deserve a good salary, so they must protected. but there's a must be protected. but there's a lot teachers out lot of mediocre teachers out there teaching is there as well. teaching is a vocation of the day and vocation the end of the day and you to be for that. you you have to be up for that. you have to want help kids. and have to want to help kids. and if to help you, don't go on if want to help you, don't go on strike. do you think part of this is that we've had successive education secretaries who it is. who keep changing way? it is. i mean, is a minefield mean mean, this is a minefield mean i go lecture in schools been go i lecture in schools been doing it for about eight years go schools go to different schools all around i first around the country. when i first started lecturing, was started lecturing, it was a class a, stars whatever. then it became stars who been stars, and then it became 9 to 1. the then it became from 9 to 1. the numbers nine is the best and a all the way. and that a very short period of time there've been so many different changes in structure that require people to sort of reshuffle their education system and structure that it's become something that

even the teachers can't keep with . and so you're right. look, with. and so you're right. look, i go back a long to when i was advising margaret thatcher and we're working with joseph who's education secretary. it's talking about 20 i've never met 20 or so since then . i'm not 20 or so since then. i'm not particularly popular these days with department education, with department for education, mainly because , like cassandra, mainly because, like cassandra, we it right . they we always get it right. they never but we're never believe us. but we're telling i'm telling telling you now, and i'm telling you this , we've got crisis in you this, we've got a crisis in education it won't be solved education and it won't be solved by strike. i mean it by going on strike. i mean it has been badly, badly led. and i think you'll find that the education, including the current one, particularly to one, aren't particularly up to the don't understand . the job. they don't understand. they're of that they're in the hands of that civil servants. these people need to talk more widely then they need to understand that there are other opinions about education other than the one which is coming from the from the unions, that a lot of people, a lot of parents have a sensible view of education. and, yes, we do need of course, we need reward our good need to reward our good teachers. shouldn't teachers. well but we shouldn't be going strike. we should be going on strike. we should be looking current budget

looking at the current budget with of money. with there's plenty of money. and think teachers have and i think teachers have been let decades as worked let down for decades as worked in it for a very, very long at all levels. and i think with the quality of education secretary, with david with possible exception of david blunkett , was labour blunkett, who was a labour minister , educated, said it was minister, educated, said it was possible a section him have been pretty hopeless. i as the chairman of the campaign to re—educate past the re—educate my office past the education sector terry's to write a piece for us to reflect on their time in office and. you know the vast majority wouldn't consider doing it like it was one who would consider doing it. but on the whole they wouldn't even consider riffling putting on they had achieved. and on what they had achieved. and the that is because the reason for that is because it's been disaster. and it's been a disaster. and although of talk although there's a lot of talk in profession about what a in the profession about what a great they're doing in great job they're all doing in profession, reality is we're profession, the reality is we're falling further and further behind. we'll see this behind. and we'll see later this year comparisons come year when these comparisons come out we're actually out that we're not actually doing particularly well if doing particularly well and if anything, getting worse. doing particularly well and if anythaving getting worse. doing particularly well and if anythaving all getting worse. doing particularly well and if anythaving all of atting worse. doing particularly well and if anythaving all of that] worse. doing particularly well and if anythaving all of that look, .e. but having all of that look, teaching is great job. we need the best people it. we need the best people in it. we need to good people. need to attract good people. we need to attract good people. we need

to motivate need to to motivate them and need to retain look, we have retain them. so, look, we have to pay them well, it costs, but we want the best in the profession. you to finland is profession. you go to finland is a a successful education. a quite a successful education. they top 20% of they recruit from the top 20% of their graduates. we recruit from bottom want the best in bottom 20, we want the best in our class and they should be properly and yes we already spend loads money on education and you've got find why it is and you've got to find why it is it's wasted. this money. and it's so wasted. this money. and i think we do really to get to the bottom of chris the bottom of it. chris mcgovern, thank very much, mcgovern, thank you very much, your and your retired headteacher and chairman education chairman for the real education well. moving on to another story, home secretary swan up above a menacing current all chief to carry out chief constable's to carry out a review to identify any police officers who may pose a risk . officers who may pose a risk. the metropolitan police officially sacked 48 year old david carrick this morning after he admitted to dozens of rape and sexual offences against 12 women across two decades. the shocking case of the serial rapist has prompted many politicians to criticise met for failing to punish behaviour sooner despite . officers sooner despite. officers seemingly being aware of his

threatening nature . let's get threatening nature. let's get the latest from gb news national reporter paul hawkins. he's there in south—west london, where carrick said disciplinary heanng where carrick said disciplinary hearing took place earlier . hearing took place earlier. paul hearing took place earlier. paul, what can you tell us ? yeah paul, what can you tell us? yeah just to give you some more detail on that hearing the. metropolitan police, nigel barnett called carrick's crimes a catastrophic effect on his victims and their families. the words he used a heinous, targeted and deliberate. he said policing is taking a step backwards as a result of convictions. and what meant by that was how carrick had come to the attention of police over nine incidents involving , nine incidents involving, allegations of rape , violence allegations of rape, violence and harassment between 2020 21, and harassment between 2020 21, and also how he divided police vetting on two occasions, how that was allowed to happen . now that was allowed to happen. now earlier the home secretary suella braverman told the commons that the current case would now be into the angelini inquiry , which is looking into inquiry, which is looking into how red flags are messed with

regards. to sarah everard's killer wayne cousins , thousands killer wayne cousins, thousands of decent , hardworking police of decent, hardworking police officers perform their duties with the utmost professionalism they feel pride in putting on their uniform and want only the for best the communities that they serve . i know that they they serve. i know that they will share our collective disgust that a fellow officer could be responsible for such a despicable betrayal of everything that they stand for. much of the impetus for change must come from within policing, but this will continue leading from the front . as i've been from the front. as i've been clear , we are bringing forward clear, we are bringing forward part two of the angelina inquiry to make recommendations on how forces can improve and tackle the root causes of police criminality and misconduct . will criminality and misconduct. will labour call her statement weak

and said it would legislate to enforce standards when it comes to police vetting. i joined the home secretary in giving tribute to the bravery of the victims who have come forward . but we who have come forward. but we have to face up to the further evidence this case has up of appalling failures in the police vetting and misconduct processes that are still not being addressed , the government and addressed, the government and are not addressed in this state. and i would say to the home that given the scale of the problems, not just in case, but in previous cases as well. her statement is very weak and it shows a series bias, lack of leadership on something that is so and affects comfort in policing as well as serious crimes . so in the long term in crimes. so in the long term in terms of funding mental change,

we've still got the outcome of baroness casey's inquiry public inquiry into the met's standards and culture to come in march and. sir mark roly, the met police commissioner, has said that he will almost certainly expects to agree with whatever she recommend . but in the short she recommend. but in the short term, operation onyx is in force. the met looking over all its staff and officers , looking its staff and officers, looking back over their vetting procedures , back over their case procedures, back over their case files , and it says that it's files, and it says that it's identified a thousand cases of sexual and domestic involving 800 officers. so far, and according to some morally and suella braverman, there will more shocking cases involving police officers to come. thank you very much, paul. that's paul hawkins , our national tv news hawkins, our national tv news reporter. well, lots of you have been getting in touch with your thoughts on the shocking story of serial rapist policeman david county. janet says more terrible crimes the met. crimes from members of the met. it as though, behaviour it seems as, though, behaviour and been allowed and misconduct has been allowed to problem innocent to fester. problem innocent people suffer and they have big time. sometimes something needs

to change. you know, i totally agree with you on that one. anthony this problem goes back far beyond the 1970s. police officers with an attitude of superior of the public. they're supposed to serve. it includes lying , a supposed to serve. it includes lying, a general supposed to serve. it includes lying , a general attitude that lying, a general attitude that they are above the law. it cannot be allowed. continue. agreed. but how do they stop that? you're with me. i'm not a quitter. this is gb views . quitter. this is gb views. unemployment across . the country unemployment across. the country rose in three months to october last year. according to new figures from the own. we'll have the latest from our economics and business editor liam halligan in a moment. before that let's take a look at the weather. hello i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office cold for all of us. during the rest the day but very mixed conditions across the for northern scotland's the risk heavy snow gales blizzard and some drifting of the snow one low's moving away from southwest that brought snow to cornwall overnight next low deepening and pushing through the northern isles bringing in an increase in activity here. heavy sleet and

snow , gales picking up across snow, gales picking up across the north of scotland. and although a coastal level, we're likely see a mix of rain and sleet inland and above 100 metres treacherous conditions with those gale force winds leading to blizzards over the hills of northern scotland drifting and an additional 15 centimetres of snow building up in a short space of time elsewhere across the uk further wintry showers, rain, sleet and snow into western areas that lead patches. first lead to some icy patches. first thing because it's thing wednesday because it's going cold all of going to be a cold for all of us. a frosty start with temperatures around zero. it's a minus three celsius. temperatures around zero. it's a minus three celsius . however, minus three celsius. however, plenty of bright weather around the worst of the weather moving away northern scotland. away from northern scotland. still down the north sea still windy down the north sea coast with some rain and sleet showers. they'll also be showers. and they'll also be rain west with rain and sleet further west with some snow over hills of some snow over the hills of wales and, the south—west of england. but temperatures up a degree so compared with degree or so compared with tuesday. we're looking at five or six in the south, 2 to 4 in the north. and further snow showers coming along for scotland, in the scotland, especially in the north northwest throughout scotland, especially in the north oniorthwest throughout scotland, especially in the north on wednesday.'oughout scotland, especially in the north on wednesday. inghout scotland, especially in the north on wednesday. in factt scotland, especially in the north on wednesday. in fact , the day on wednesday. in fact,

snow continue to build up, snow will continue to build up, especially and the especially inland and over the hills , but elsewhere, clear hills, but elsewhere, clear spells for overnight since spells for many overnight since thursday off with another thursday starts off with another frost coastal areas close to zero. but inland temperatures where get some winds dropping out will a few degrees below freezing . then we start off freezing. then we start off thursday with bright skies . for thursday with bright skies. for many, there will be an area of cloud and outbreaks of light rain pushing into cornwall and they'll further showers of a they'll be further showers of a wintry the north of wintry nature the north of scotland. but in between plenty of sunshine on thursday still feeling however, feeling cold out there, however, through friday, saturday and sunday, weather slowly turns sunday, the weather slowly turns milder the west . this year milder from the west. this year on gb news got brand new members of the family join us across the entire united kingdom, we cover the that matter to you gb news will always stay honest, balanced and, fair. we want to hear whatever on your mind and we don't talk down to you. the establishment had their chance. now we're here to you. britain's watching come join us on tv news

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channel is just gone 24 minutes after 5:00. if you just join me welcome on board this is a gb news when live on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana are quit now real wages continue to fall at the fastest rate since 2009, and that is according to official figures from the office official figures from the office of national statistics . as of national statistics. as individuals and households to keep up with the rising cost of living. and this all comes as the uk's unemployment rate is on the uk's unemployment rate is on the rise, hitting 3.7% this morning. so joining us now is economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . so

liam halligan with on the money. so we've been reporting these numbers all day now that they came out this morning from the office of national statistics. they important. yes. unemployment's gone off a bit from 3.5 to 3.7% of the workforce. it does remain that's very, very low by historic standards . the very, very low by historic standards. the main story from the labour , if you like, is that the labour, if you like, is that there are still lots of vacancies the labour market is tight and one reason why wages are going up and let's about wages going up, then i've got some numbers here on. the graphics between september and november 2022 compared to the same period the previous year, pay same period the previous year, pay rose 6.4% on average. that's across the economy . that's the across the economy. that's the biggest rise in nominal pay. the pounds and pence that you get since 2001. so that's good private sector pay was up 7.1, around 4/5 of us work in the private sector for companies.

around a fifth of us work for the state. state pay was up 3.3. but here's the kicker now, as you suspect , wages are but here's the kicker now, as you suspect, wages are impacted by the rate of inflation . and by the rate of inflation. and between september, november 2020, a pay after inflation, if you take account price , cost of you take account price, cost of living increase, what we call real wages real pay was up it was actually down 3.4% and that's the biggest decline seen in real wages since thousand and nine. so lots of numbers the summary is that that the rates of pay pounds and pence is going up sharply but all the increase and more is being out by high inflation. so real wages are down at the fastest rate since 2009. so what kind effect would this if, say the government go along with what the nurses are asking it increase their pay to asking it increase their pay to a about inflation levels. so what we now 19% or something that's what they're asking what

effect with that so the nurses were asking 19% i think now they say they've moderated that now i'm putting words in their mouth they're very sophisticated union in a negotiation my impression is i'm reporting this my impression is that they're more around ten or 11, though, of course , everyone's keeping their course, everyone's keeping their cards very close to their chest. so if the government matched that, then what what effect do you think have? seeing as you think they have? seeing as the one of largest the nhs is one of the largest employers in fact in the world and obviously got and you know, obviously we got the workers as well and the the well workers as well and the teachers yeah that's teachers. yeah that that's a large portion population if large portion the population if those rose in line say 10% those wages rose in line say 10% what kind of. well you're right the nhs employs over a million people. the state as a whole employs know over a fifth of our workforce and what government would is if they give the would say is if they give the nurses a 10% pay rise then everyone else in the private sector is going to want a public sector is going to want a public sector is going to want a public sector is to want a 10% pay rise. and then people in the private sector will say, hang about public about those public sector people. better people. they've got better pensions get sick, pensions than us. they get sick, leave the rest of it. we 10%

leave all the rest of it. we 10% too. and then you get what's called price spike called a wage price spike because if wages go up lot, because if wages go up a lot, then firms to pay those then firms have to pay those wages the government has to wages or the government has to get revenue to pay those get tax revenue to pay those wages . that that firms wages. that means that firms costco more, they pass on those rises to us in the shops when we buy stuff. what the government put up tax as well because then they'll need to get more money out. they might. so in the end you end up in a higher tax bracket paying more tax, possibly that possibly less money. that is the argument what's the core argument is what's at the core of these negotiations. that's why strike action is so painful and so difficult to resolve. but these numbers that came out this morning from the un s, on the one hand you get the government saying, oh, look , pay, pay is saying, oh, look, pay, pay is going up lot. and then on the other hand, the unions will be saying, yeah, but pay has been completely wiped out by inflation, so we want higher wage increases . it's a really, wage increases. it's a really, really difficult thing to get your head round, but that is actually what's happening and these are important numbers . these are important numbers.

now, of course, that that gigafactory we we were gigafactory we again, we were talking that been talking about that i've been i've telling people i've been telling about people that this morning that news broke this morning that news broke this morning that the planned gigafactory that's a factory to make lots and lots of batteries for cars that was planned blythe and just north of newcastle a proud industrial area it was going to revolutionise british car battery making . we've talked battery making. we've talked about it a lot on gb news was to be a £36 billion gigafactory. that just means it's a really factory as is a posh name for it, but it was going to employ lot of people. we can see cgi graphics of it here . this is the graphics of it here. this is the site where it was going to be the company behind this factory which yet been built called they've gone bust , they've been they've gone bust, they've been put into administration . they've put into administration. they've run out of money. they couldn't raise private sector money. so unlock th e £100 million unlock the £100 million government credit line that they could have had that was offered to them, provided they raised

enough sector money. now that's bad news for the area because if you want to build cars , electric you want to build cars, electric cars and the north—east is absolutely a forefront globally this revolution, then you need battery manufacturers nearby because you can't transport the batteries very far because they're very, very heavy. you got to put them in the cars and then transport the whole thing. now i've been talking to lots of people about this today and actually i'm going to travel up to north—east next few to north—east in the next few days, a film about what's days, make a film about what's going this thing is going on here. this thing is very, important to viewers very, very important to viewers and listeners . and also is and listeners. and also this is at the heart of what we call our green industrial revolution . and green industrial revolution. and so to find more. but so i'm going to find more. but it seems to me there are other battery makers on in the north—east. it seems to me this factory can be built , but factory can be built, but they're going to raise more private sector money. so while the receivers are being called in, it may be that the factory sites and all the plans sold as

what we call a going concern . so what we call a going concern. so we may yet get that it's not unusual that companies collapse the capital raising process and then other companies come and try and take up the reins . try and take up the reins. what's been achieved so far, so for now, it's bad news for , the for now, it's bad news for, the north—east. but i do think this is no by means nana the end of the story. well, there's a huge potential of investment there from the government to so it's go is a going concern thank you very much liam good to talk to that liam halligan is that is liam halligan is a business and economics editor. this is gb news. we live tv onune this is gb news. we live tv online and on digital . coming online and on digital. coming up, uk government that it respects scottish devolution despite blocking nicola sturgeon's gender reform bill speaking in the commons earlier , the scotland secretary , the , the scotland secretary, the government only blocked the proposed legislation because it have a serious adverse impact on uk wide law. we'll discuss that next. and then of course, jeremy clarkson, he's been given a kick

back by that. you've got the duke and duchess of sussex after he apologised his comments in a sun column about. meghan, let me know what you think . well, is know what you think. well, is this a sign that the king charles that perhaps just the royals apologise it still won't make a difference. first of all, let's get your latest news headunes. let's get your latest news headlines . now. thank you. let's headlines. now. thank you. let's bnng headlines. now. thank you. let's bring you up date, then. more than 70,000 university staff have confirmed date. they are due to walk out on as being february. the that's the first of 18 days of strike action by the university and college union and it follows the rmt unions announcement that train drivers at 4018 rail operators will walk out on the first and third effect sorry in their running dispute overjobs effect sorry in their running dispute over jobs and effect sorry in their running dispute overjobs and conditions dispute over jobs and conditions and drivers at the aslef union will also strike the same days and 1000 civil servants will walk out on the first of next

month as well. that follows the national education union announcing . seven days of their announcing. seven days of their strikes, teachers strikes. that is in february and march. and another dispute overpay will also in the news, the home secretary says was a dark day for british policing after. a former met police officer admitted sex offences . david admitted sex offences. david carrick pleaded guilty to nine offences, including of rapes over an 80 year period. today he was officially sacked by the force at a misconduct hearing held . in his absence, the met held. in his absence, the met police is now investigating over a cases of sexual offences and domestic abuse involving staff . domestic abuse involving staff. the scottish secretary has been defending the uk government's to block hollyrood controversial social gender reform bill. it's the first time westminster has an order under the scotland act to prevent a law from scottish parliament going to royal assent . alister jack says the

hollyrood bill would undermine equality laws in the rest of the uk . the bill would have serious uk. the bill would have serious adverse effects on the operation of the equality act 2010 and as i've set out in my correspondence with the first minister yesterday , i prefer not minister yesterday, i prefer not to be in this situation. the united government does all we can to respect the devolution settlement and to resolve disputes. it is open to the scottish government to back an amended bill for reconsideration in the scottish parliament. to so mr. speaker, i set out to the scottish government they should that should they choose to do . that should they choose to do. so i hope we can work together , so i hope we can work together, find a constructive way forward and.the find a constructive way forward and. the climate activist greta thunberg has been detained once again during climate protests in germany the 20 year old was escorted away by police taking part in demonstrations against the expansion of an open pit coal mine in western germany . it coal mine in western germany. it follows protests over the weekend . german police saying weekend. german police saying investigations have launched

against 150 people following violent clashes . the protesters violent clashes. the protesters say germany should be using more renewable energy instead of mining for more fossil german governments . it remains governments. it remains committed to phasing out the use of coal by 2030. there's the headlines, you're up to date. i'm back in half an hour. see you then .

good afternoon. it's just coming up to 38 minutes after 5:00. this is a news on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua . the scottish secretaries that he will hold nicola gender recognition bill using constitutional powers argue that it would have an adverse impact equality law elsewhere in the uk. now bill would also would allow trans people in scotland

to change their legal gender without a medical diagnosis which i think is madness which has also led to fierce public debate with labour even proposing blocking the uk and scottish governments in a room until they find a resolution and a constitutional clash has been sparked, as the snp argue that it is a complete infringement of scottish democracy by westminster . and this is what westminster. and this is what the snp's westminster leader stephen flynn had to say . this stephen flynn had to say. this issue as very core is about democracy on these islands and what democracy looks on these islands within this united kingdom and scotland's democratic elite elected in holyrood legislation has been passed, which relates directly direk lee to a devolved competency . but legislation the competency. but legislation the

our bill is the most consulted upon and the history of the scottish parliament. it received support from nearly two thirds of scotland's democratically elected parliaments and holyrood. it is outrage, mr. that we have a situation and this united kingdom where this government is seeking to overturn the mandate and the legislation put down by the people . and i will parliament people. and i will parliament and scotland . well, joining me and scotland. well, joining me now is mayor phil stata, who is the executive of sex matters, which campaigns for greater clarity on the definition of sex in public policy. clarity on the definition of sex in public policy . well, mayor, in public policy. well, mayor, i mean, first of all, what's your view, nicholas sturgeon this saying that it's sort of an infringement that rights and powers as an independent sort of the union? i mean, what do think

7 the union? i mean, what do think ? we think alister jack did the right thing to challenge this bill the devolution settlement comes with safeguard and one of them is this section 35, which allows the uk to challenge where allows the uk to challenge where a scottish bill will have a adverse effects on. the operation of legislation that concerns the whole of the uk , concerns the whole of the uk, the whole of great britain in, the whole of great britain in, the case of the equality act . the case of the equality act. and so that's what he's done . and so that's what he's done. back to the fact that you'd be able to change genderjust able to change gender just because you say so and then also at the of 16 and that sort of reduced the times upon which you have to sort of live is that of the as well to me seems madness i just you know because this is a serious thing that you're about to through you need to make sure that you're doing the right more time right thing. and the more time take like that, the take a decision like that, the better. what is your thoughts on the actual bill itself right. it was trying to do. mean, the was trying to do. i mean, the

gender act 2000 for gender wrecking act 2000 for whatever you think about it, was designed to solve a problem for a particular group of people, which they thought of as the people who were going to have mainly who were going to have surgery, but certainly who were going to have medical treatment, who was seen having the very rare medical condition and at the time when they passed the act in 2004, they thought there were about of those were about thousand of those people . and that's the people. and that's roughly the number got across the number who have got across the whole the uk . so the act has whole of the uk. so the act has worked for for the the people that it was intended for. now there's a much larger group . the there's a much larger group. the census said . 96,000 people who census said. 96,000 people who who who identify as trans men or trans women . somewhere around trans women. somewhere around that number . trans women. somewhere around that number. and many, many more who identify transgender and. so taking out the requirement to

have medical assessment to have any medical checks to have shown that lived in the acquired gender two years is opening up to a much wider group of people and when they brought in the gender recognition act in the first place, they said, yeah, this not for transvestite and this is not for transvestite and cross—dressers you know, there are people who have a lifestyle where they want to dress as the sex and they said this is for not people. this is mainly for people who go through surgery . people who go through surgery. that's a very, very small group . and so the scottish bill is opening up to a much wider group who who may be you know, adopting this lifestyle from all kinds different reasons. and then the question is what's the impact that that has on single sex service is which are meant to be there to protect the dignity the privacy the safety. and i think for the fairness , and i think for the fairness, particularly for women . well, i particularly for women. well, i think you say that it's opened it out to people who may who are not actually transgender, but

who are but i think actually it's wider than that because it opens out to. absolutely anyone. it opens out to people who may want to use that legislation. i mean, you're saying nine, 6000. i mean, that is a small amount of people. and, you know, i have a respect for someone if they are trans and, they wish to change but what this change genders. but what this legislation my view, legislation does, in my view, is actually out anybody, any actually it out to anybody, any any people, any, rapist anyone who to manipulate , anyone who wants to manipulate, anyone who wants to manipulate, anyone who is in prison, who wants to say, i'm a woman now, can then identify saying it no identify just by saying it no diagnosis and to women's diagnosis and to a women's prison isn't that how openness would . absolutely i mean would be. absolutely i mean there are some safeguards in prisons because prisons are very controlled places and but having a grc makes it more likely that somebody end up so the male person will end up in a women's prison. but it's not an absolute ticket of entry, but in lots of other places that are much less controlled , it's much harder controlled, it's much harder for. somebody, you know, running

a gym, changing room example or a gym, changing room example or a school know, workplace toilets or anywhere where. people expect some privacy and to say this is single sex. so the issues range from , you know, prisons, women's from, you know, prisons, women's refuge is places that are able to do some of risk to places that. to do some of risk to places that . you know, on that is just that. you know, on that is just assumed. everyone what sex is and that you the privacy of others . but now that this bill others. but now that this bill would say there's no why somebody with a completely male body can't be a woman just as much as you and me and. there's no reason why they can't . in no reason why they can't. in a changing room with and you know that i you talk about crime the largest sexual crime is exposure and voyeurism and it would be quite to even say this person is committing exposure or voyeurism because they all say well, i'm

allowed to be here the same as you. well may i thank you very much for your view. that man, for starters she's the executive director of sex matters. thank you very much . while 26 patients you very much. while 26 patients were treated at an emergency department of the moscow park hospital today , that's after hospital today, that's after a double decker bus overturned in somerset. the bus had been taking 70 workers to hinkley point power station, but ran into in treacherous freezing conditions of the patients at, the musgrove park hospital. a spokesperson , a small number of spokesperson, a small number of clients surgery while some have been admitted inpatient wards. let's briefly cross over to bridgewater. the minor injury unit where a number of casualties are being treated. our reporter jeff moody is there. jeff can you give us a brief update ? yes, certainly. brief update? yes, certainly. with that that came through about an hour ago from the nhs really spells out how lucky everyone not to have an. more severe injuries . the statement

severe injuries. the statement says as of 3 pm. today 27 patients were treated at the minor units injuries units . in minor units injuries units. in bridgewater, where i am now and a further 26 were treated at the emergency at musgrove park hospital for injuries consistent with a serious traffic collision when a small number, as you said , did require surgery . and some , did require surgery. and some have been admitted to ward as well . a further three patients, well. a further three patients, these are the ones are thought to have more life changing injuries have taken to southmead hospital up in bristol where they have received treatment . they have received treatment. but the nhs says that none of them have needed to be admitted to hospital. well hinkley point c said today that they are working carefully with the families and the loved of the people that have been injured . people that have been injured. they say that the safety of their workers is their one concern, particularly in their journey to work as well. police are still not saying exactly how

this incident occurred. we know that it involved a double decker and a motorcycle . and we assume and a motorcycle. and we assume that it was that it was down to theice that it was that it was down to the ice was on the road because of the recent rain. a lot of water had fallen down trickled down from the quantock hills onto the a39 . and we think that onto the a39. and we think that at 6:00 this morning, onto the a39. and we think that at 6:00 this morning , that road at 6:00 this morning, that road was treacherous. but we do not know as yet this afternoon that the police taken the bus away for examination and once that bus has been fully examined , bus has been fully examined, police are able to some of the witnesses , that's when we'll get witnesses, that's when we'll get a clearer idea of not only what happened , but how we can stop it happened, but how we can stop it from happening again. thank you so much. that is jeff moody reporting with regard to that bus overturning well, jeremy clarkson , as we all know him, is clarkson, as we all know him, is renowned for losing his job as the host of the brilliant top gear series. after a physical altercation. it's never been the same since, has it, really, since he he's made another error

of judgement he baselessly referenced quote , the game of referenced a quote, the game of thrones which frankly i've never watched and he incorporated , watched and he incorporated, meghan his gaff, he meghan markle in his gaff, he stated that hated it on stated that he hated it on a cellular and for some reason his editor at the sun let this pass . what on earth were they thinking ? he basically enabled thinking? he basically enabled the and duchess of montecito to validate their narrative and very naive and that was after being reprimanded by his daughter . jeremy said that he daughter. jeremy said that he was mortified . he apparently was mortified. he apparently sent a confidential email to harry, not meghan . and then harry, not meghan. and then yesterday, amid speculation that amazon may ditch him issued pubuc amazon may ditch him issued public apology . well, this public apology. well, this afternoon amazon does announced the next season of clarkson's farm is still in production . but farm is still in production. but guess what? it doesn't matter as the apology was rebuffed the sussexes anyway and given that they are demanding an apology from the royal and that harry has pretty much them to ransom as he claims to have let out a load of stuff in his book, left out a lot of stuff in his book to spare his family ordered them

to spare his family ordered them to come clean as they know what they have done . is there they have done. is there actually point , king charles actually any point, king charles even bothering to him? given their response , jeremy clarkson their response, jeremy clarkson 7 their response, jeremy clarkson ? well, joining me now is royal biographer angela levin fussy. what do you make of the response by the duke and duchess of sussex? i mean, you know, you should perhaps gravitas somebody apologises perhaps. i don't know what i think it was what do. yes, i think it was appalling . i got that . but if appalling. i got that. but if somebody apology is not once, not twice but three times, i think you could just be gracious and say, well, you know, don't ever do that again and move on and. have nothing else to do with him. and just feel that you've been you handled it very well . but actually, to try and well. but actually, to try and be over pompous and smack him actually verbally with getting what he called it dangerous theories and misogyny . that's

theories and misogyny. that's what he does. all time. it's a real sort of opportunity for them to play the hard number. and i think that king charles, be aware of this . they don't be aware of this. they don't like and weakness as if you give in and gave in and king charles could give him because he loves son. so it's very difficult . but son. so it's very difficult. but i think they have to completely avoid apologising because, first of all, harry has been vile in his book about his father and said that actually, if he can, he wants to curtail any that the royals have to with the newspaper , piers. and he will newspaper, piers. and he will fix for them. he will turn them monarchy around. he wants to look after william and catherine's children turn them around so they don't end up like him. you know, this is not someone who say. yes. well, i appreciate you, son killing me.

my appreciate you, son killing me. my thought there , paul. let's my thought there, paul. let's move on. i think if he does try to do that , how many apologies to do that, how many apologies is he going give, especially to meghan? she's the one that harry wants to be apologised to. so if you say it once , that's not you say it once, that's not going to be enough. they've got a list of 3000 grievances that they're going to go through and tick off and be this occasion of that occasion and they would absolutely grind him down and it is said that the coronation is in their hands, but they've got to have a proper with harry. they've got to apologise to make them before hand. so everything is in. he's a bully now. his his role and he will actually try and smash them because he still is full of resentment . and smash them because he still is full of resentment. he wouldn't be doing this. he have written this book. it's completely different from when i knew him in 2017 and 18 is unrecognisable , but now he's mr.

unrecognisable, but now he's mr. bully and his strong control. control he wants to be in control . and i think that it control. and i think that it would be if our king and indeed our queen consort would be hurt in front of everybody . yeah, it in front of everybody. yeah, it will go round world. he won't keep it secret. do it. i mean, this is what he said. i mean. i want you to top it. it said, well, a new public apology. this is what the response from the sussexes was was a new public has been issued today by mr. clarkson. what remains to be addressed standing addressed is his long standing pattern articles pattern of, writing articles that rhetoric , that spread hate rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories and . unless each of his and misogyny. unless each of his other were. or unless of his other were. or unless of his other pieces were also in a hurry. as he stated clear that this is an isolated this is not an isolated incident set in haste, but rather a series of articles shared in the heat. i think the thing you say that i think the thing you say that i think you said that you do you think you said that you do you think you. i mean we're now into they're so grandiose . they're so

they're so grandiose. they're so important. they're having this sort of secondary family running in america and even they don't like it , but they have no like it, but they have no respect for anyone. and push themselves so high the ladder that you have to say , hang on. that you have to say, hang on. well, if would disappoint, i mean, will they grand enough to apologise themselves? so no, no. i mean, we could see that from harry's interviews and he's done them from in his book. he's never wrong is always right, as indeedis never wrong is always right, as indeed is meghan. and he says oh, if i find out there's anything i've done wrong, i will say something. of course he won't. yeah you won't. because he now feels strong to attack them and possibly win. because his father is vulnerable because he loves him and it's his coronation . and he would like coronation. and he would like him to be there . but i think you him to be there. but i think you have to hold back and realise that you will get incredible insults if you do that. well and what's my view? well isn't it was good to get your 11 royal biographer. thank you very . biographer. thank you very. always good to talk to you. well

well, stay with me, because up next it's dewbs& co with michelle dewberry who's here in the studio . what have you got the studio. what have you got coming up in show? hi, nana. yeah, most strikes this time. the teachers . are they justified the teachers. are they justified or are they letting down the kids by the way they've had more than their share of disruption already their education haven't they also ? another day i know they also? another day i know they also? another day i know the police officer sacked for gross misconduct . the sexual gross misconduct. the sexual nature . we all know that. we now nature. we all know that. we now know that police have to be reformed. but we trust the police to reform them selves. that's what i'm wondering tonight . that's what i'm wondering tonight. it's been that's what i'm wondering tonight . it's been suggested that's what i'm wondering tonight. it's been suggested as well that house of lords should relocate to black specifically, should it own people's thoughts on that and half way through dry january? does the uk have a problem with alcohol. what a michelle that looks extreme exciting stay with michelle she's next. and lots of you that have been getting in touch. your thoughts on the uk government blocking sturgeon's controversial agenda ? bill john controversial agenda? bill john

says i think the gender bill is clearly a trap. sturgeon, who is with rush this bill. so in the knowledge that the government will it now she claim will block it now she can claim that westminster against scotland they scotland and therefore they should independence. what should have independence. what a farce . can't it, farce. she can't stop it, rebecca says. i believe that westminster stepped here . it westminster stepped in here. it is important bill is really an important bill which will make a difference to the lives people from marginalised groups. why are the government to government so opposed to helping? that's helping? well, listen, that's it for be tomorrow. i'm for i'll be back tomorrow. i'm nana akua this of course is gb views with live on online and views with live on tv online and a way to don't forget to a digital way to don't forget to download the gb news app with all the shows. right now though on if michelle with on the way, if michelle with dewbs& co after the weather. hello i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office staying cold for all of us during the rest the day. but very mixed conditions across for northern across the uk for northern scotland. risk of heavy snow scotland. the risk of heavy snow gales , blizzards and some gales, blizzards and some drifting of the snow . one lows drifting of the snow. one lows moving away from the south that brought snow to cornwall overnight next low is deepening and through the northern isles, bringing in an increase in

activity here. heavy sleet and snow, gales picking up across the north of scotland . and the north of scotland. and although it's a coastal level we're likely to see a mix of rain and sleet inland and above hundred metres of treacherous conditions , those gale force conditions, those gale force winds leading to blizzards over hills scotland, hills of northern scotland, drifting and an additional 15 centimetres of snow building up in space of time in a short space of time elsewhere, the further wintry elsewhere, the uk further wintry showers rain, sleet and snow into western areas now lead to some icy patches. first thing wednesday because it's going to some icy patches. first thing wea1esday because it's going to some icy patches. first thing wea coldiy because it's going to some icy patches. first thing wea cold forecause it's going to some icy patches. first thing wea cold for alluse it's going to some icy patches. first thing wea cold for all ofe it's going to some icy patches. first thing wea cold for all of us,; going to be a cold for all of us, a frosty start with temperatures around 0 to —3 celsius. however plenty of bright weather around the worst of the weather moving away from northern scotland . away from northern scotland. still windy down the north sea coast . rain sleet coast. some rain and sleet showers . they'll also be rain showers. they'll also be rain and sleet showers further with some the hills of some snow over the hills of wales and the south—west of england. temperatures up england. but temperatures up a degree or so compared with tuesday , looking at five or six tuesday, looking at five or six in the south, 2 to 4 in the north. and further snow showers coming along for scotland, especially the north and

especially in the north and northwest throughout on northwest throughout the day on wednesday. fact snow will wednesday. in fact, snow will continue to build up, especially and the hills elsewhere, and over the hills elsewhere, clear spells for many overnight since thursday starts off with another frost coastal close to zero. but inland temperatures where get some winds dropping out will be few degrees below freezing. then we start off thursday with bright skies. for many, that will be an area of cloud and outbreaks of light rain into cornwall rain pushing into cornwall and they'll further showers of a they'll be further showers of a wintry nature into north of scotland. but in between plenty of thursday still of sunshine thursday still feeling cold out there, however, through friday, saturday, sunday, weather slowly turns sunday, the weather slowly turns from the west .

it was all small thought. oh do you think these pupils that , you think these pupils that, let's face it, have had an incredibly hard time when it comes to disruption of their education? do you think they just basically getting discarded, forgotten about who cares about them when we care about this? oh your thoughts on that tonight and what on earth is going on with our police? open down the country? there have been scandals galore, plenty . all day. every day it plenty. all day. every day it feels like we seem to be reading about the latest police officer that's been in trouble or sacked. and today was no different. who is going to be