very good morning. welcome. the best time to say on gb news, we have an exclusive gb news story this morning. quotes courtesy of white exposing drug gangs,

recruiting children to do the dirty work, at least 10,000 teenagers are being exploited by what are called county lines . what are called county lines. criminal gangs to transport drugs for them. stay tuned to find out how and why. and more. nurse strikes again today. patients are being warned to expect widespread disruption to services on wednesday and thursday as nurses state more strikes in england before 11 am. i'm going to be joined by three world renowned experts also to discuss what we've learned from the way that we handle the covid pandemic , handle the covid pandemic, including dr. ryan cole. let's all coming up after a look at the latest news . five. thank the latest news. five. thank you. good morning. it's 10:01. you. good morning. it's10:01. i'm bethany elsey in the gb newsroom. the rate at which pnces newsroom. the rate at which prices are rising has slowed for the second month in a row. but the second month in a row. but the cost of some food has hit a 45 year high. the office for national statistics says the

rate of inflation fell to 10.5% in december. that's down from 10.7% the month before it says falling fuel costs were largely behind the slowdown , with the behind the slowdown, with the average petrol price down by 8.3% per litre since last month, the government has pledged to halve inflation by the end of the year. but the chancellor, jeremy hunt , there's still a jeremy hunt, there's still a long way to go . any country , long way to go. any country, anywhere in the world with inflation over 10% is seeing it at at dangerous levels for. the stability of an economy . but for stability of an economy. but for families up and down the country, they are seeing food price inflation of nearly 17. and that's causing a massive hike in the cost of the weekly shop. and what that really shows is that for us and for other countries, the most important thing is to stick to a plan to bnng thing is to stick to a plan to bring down inflation . and bring down inflation. and meanwhile , the price of some meanwhile, the price of some grocery staples , including grocery staples, including butter, milk and cheese , has butter, milk and cheese, has risen by up to 30% in the last

yeah risen by up to 30% in the last year. the consumer watchdog, which found overall prices of food and drink, rose by 15% across eight major supermarkets in the year to december. but items such as porridge oats rose spice in some cases by nearly 190. thousands of nurses from more than 55 nhs trusts in england are staging a two day strike and a dispute over pay and patient safety . the action and patient safety. the action by members of the royal college nursing is expected to lead to thousands of operations and appointments being cancelled. the health secretary , steve the health secretary, steve barclay, says he wants to work with the union leaders to find a fair resolution but warned unaffordable pay rises will stoke inflation while intensive care nurse . kellie hopkins told care nurse. kellie hopkins told gb news the government is destroying the nhs . i've got destroying the nhs. i've got a relationship with the local food bank and the amounts a nurse is that i happen to use on a weekly bafis that i happen to use on a weekly basis to feed the families . is

basis to feed the families. is discussed and to be honest, i mean nurses are there to look after all the people who's looking after the nurses at the moment , looking after the nurses at the moment, nobody looking after the nurses at the moment , nobody doesn't sit right moment, nobody doesn't sit right with me or strike in inevitable . it has a place i would be on a picket line, go to government, need to take ownership and come to the table and talk about pay while the government is asking the rcn to call off the industrial action with immigration minister robert jenrick warning it could cause harm to the public . and we have harm to the public. and we have worked hard to negotiate a series of derogations with the union which will mean that services will be able to continue , but there will be continue, but there will be a knock on consequence , knock on consequence, particularly in dealing with the backlog that's so important. if we can get past the long shadow of covid and get the nhs back into a better position , and into a better position, and that's really for the rcn and other unions to work with us and to call off these strikes because they are harmful to the pubuc because they are harmful to the public and we don't want to continue . meanwhile, union

continue. meanwhile, union leaders will meet the education secretary later today for talks in a bid to avoid strike action. teachers with the national education union are planning to hold seven days of walkouts in february and march in a dispute over pay. that's at the same time industrial action by the university staff. ukraine's interior minister is amongst at least 16 people who've been killed in a helicopter crash . killed in a helicopter crash. the national police chief says , the national police chief says, denis steph takyi, was killed in the crash near a nursery in the town of bavaria outside ukraine's capital, kyiv. officials say at least 29 people were also hurt in the incident, including 15 children. the cause is unknown and there's been no immediate comment from russia . immediate comment from russia. the man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a drive by shooting outside a church in central london has been released on bail. the incident left six people injured, including a seven year old girl who remains in a

serious but stable condition in hospital. the metropolitan police say shotgun pellets were fired from a moving black toyota on saturday afternoon as mourners left a funeral service . the 22 year old has been bailed until next month while enquiries continue an d £60 enquiries continue and £60 million of government funding is to go towards building almost 6000 new homes on brown field sites. the development could also create about 18,000 jobs in the housing and construction sector. the levelling up department says the money will help drive regeneration in towns and cities as well as help more young people getting onto the housing ladder. you're up to date on tv news will bring you more news as it happens. now it's back to beth . it's back to beth. barry. good morning . welcome

barry. good morning. welcome back to insight on tv news. thank you for finding us now here is what's coming up on the show morning . gb news has show this morning. gb news has exclusive access to a major police operation targeting criminal gangs using the rail network to transport drugs and cash, using teenagers as young as 13 and patients being told to expect widespread disruption as nurses begin. a 48 hour walkout this morning. nurses begin. a 48 hour walkout this morning . the nursing union this morning. the nursing union has warned that if progress is not made by the end of january, there'll be further strikes next month. we're be month. we're going to be crossing the picket lines crossing over the picket lines around uk in just a moment. around the uk in just a moment. and throughout the and joining me throughout the show is going to be broadcaster mike parry and the author and founder of us for them campaign , molly kingsley . but you are, , molly kingsley. but you are, of course, my third panellist. click on twitter and vote in my poll today. we want to know if you support the nurses strike. so asked you this on the 15th so i asked you this on the 15th of december and at that time, 70% of you did not support them. so we are the people's channel has the mood the nation

has the mood of the nation changed? also your changed? email me also your views gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at . gb news. but me at. gb news. but first this morning, tv news can exclu possibly reveal that at least 10,000 teenagers, some as young as 13, are being exploited by criminal gangs to transport drugs . most criminal gangs to transport drugs. most of criminal gangs to transport drugs . most of the so—called drugs. most of the so—called county lines gangs are using britain's network to carry huge quantities of illegal drugs and cash to communities right across the country. home security editor mark white has been given exclusive access to follow a major british transport led operation going the county lines. gangs. it's the height of the morning commute in central london and here on the underground at euston station. the police are out in force.

they're on the hunt for the county lines. criminal gangs using the transport network to ferry drugs, cash and weapons. upstairs in the main station concourse, other officers have stopped and arrested this young man on suspicion of drug dealing. he was found with 1400 poundsin dealing. he was found with 1400 pounds in cash and a cheap burner disposable , often used in burner disposable, often used in drug deals. this country wide operation is being led by british transport police and a dedicated county lines unit. i have 70 staff that dedicated this of work across the whole of the network. we've various tactics had reallocations. you may not see them out there, but they are out there every day looking for criminals involved in county lines, activity or just a my house, just horse rider on board a train heading to the midlands. this is rear access. following these officers who are part of the county lines task as they look out for

anything suspicious approaching . if you've got valuables in that , the last thing you want is that, the last thing you want is the stuff being stolen. a quick chat with this passenger and it's clear he's a legitimate traveller . but in the three traveller. but in the three years this taskforce has been operational, these officers and their colleagues have made more than 1500 drug seizures. recovered one and a quarter million pounds in illicit cash . million pounds in illicit cash. and taken more than 500 weapons off the rail network. on the day we were filming here at birmingham's new street, officers arrested a young man carrying this with ten and a half kilos of cannabis inside . half kilos of cannabis inside. further up the line and wolverton , another man and a wolverton, another man and a woman were stopped carrying a suitcase this time with six kilos of cannabis inside . more kilos of cannabis inside. more than 40% of those arrested by the county lines. task force over recent years were teenage

years. british transport police now works closely . social work now works closely. social work and children's charities to identify those who might be victims themselves . if there is victims themselves. if there is a young person , a vulnerable a young person, a vulnerable adult, and there's a crime taking place, but we recognise actually they're a victim of exploitation , then you've got an exploitation, then you've got an investigation process and a safeguarding process that can run parallel here at coventry station. another team of officers are working with police dog gosch and his keen sense of smell. a key weapon in identifying those was the closer inspection . it doesn't take him inspection. it doesn't take him long. pinpoint a likely suspect , act as his plainclothes officers searched man. it soon clear the dog was buying on the money but a suit by what, £25,000 cash and some gentleman has arrested on suspicion of being concerned supply. so take custody and process the cash .

custody and process the cash. i've got to move as follows . i've got to move as follows. they'll be safe as well . with at they'll be safe as well. with at least 600 county lines, criminal gangs.itis least 600 county lines, criminal gangs . it is a least 600 county lines, criminal gangs. it is a major ongoing for law enforcement. right the country. as our time with british transport police starkly illustrates . tens of thousands illustrates. tens of thousands of pounds of drugs and illicit cash seized in just a single day. mark white gb news on the rail network network. mark white joins me now in the studio. mark i'm speechless watching that . i i'm speechless watching that. i didn't. how this come to your attention in the first place? to make a story it because i think there's very little is known about this. yeah i don't think ordinary members of the public will be aware that gangs are using the rail network to ferry their drugs out to communities right across the country. we've known about it for a long time, but it's just getting the access to be able to go out with those

officers from the specialist task force that are dealing with county lines , drugs, gangs, to county lines, drugs, gangs, to be able to follow them and to see what they do. and it is , you see what they do. and it is, you know, eye—watering that on one day. i mean, that suitcase that was recovered when they stopped gentleman at birmingham street station, ten and a half kilos of cannabis that's a street value of more than hundred thousand pounds six kilos stopped in will hampton again a street value of about £60,000. and then there's the cash recovered, 5000 of one person for, those and of another one and a half thousand of another . i one and a half thousand of another. i mean, it's just every day people are out on the trains trying to go communities outside the big cities, because that's how county lines works. the criminal will often be in big cities like london, birmingham, manchester, wherever, and then

they'll run these county lines effectively into smaller towns and villages around the country . and this is the transport of choice. do we know much about the children who were being used by these drug dealers? how young are they? are they kids that are already known to care services ? already known to care services? well, the superintendent told me that the youngest that they've stopped was 13 years old. they are young. they are vulnerable. clearly, they're being enticed into it. let's be frank , because into it. let's be frank, because for they're being sold the chance to make some money here on what for them , according to on what for them, according to the gangs and what they feed them is very easy pickings. just get yourself on the train. meet this person at the other end. hand over your drugs. take the from them and then bring it back us and whichever city we were . us and whichever city we were. but of course , a lot of the time but of course, a lot of the time they get caught. british transport police have this

dedicated county lines unit and over the four years almost since that unit's been operational they've made more than 2200 arrests of seized 1500 separate amounts of drugs, arrests of seized 1500 separate amounts of drugs , £1.25 million amounts of drugs, £1.25 million in cash. but again , that's only in cash. but again, that's only a drop in the ocean because lines there are around about 600. we're told county lines, gangsin 600. we're told county lines, gangs in operation . the uk at gangs in operation. the uk at the moment . and they are making the moment. and they are making at an estimate of about half a billion pounds a year is a huge problem and a problem that blights communities across the country because , you know, the country because, you know, the drug trade fuels , so much of the drug trade fuels, so much of the violence that we see on our streets. the stabbings and the shootings we hear about are so often as a result of turf wars. gangs you know, fighting with each other over what is a very

lucrative trade. amazing. well, thank you, mark. thanks so much. it's a brilliant report and complete eye opener. now, thousands of nurses have begun a two day strike today as part of an ongoing with the government over pay and conditions. february could see double the number of nurses joining the picket lines with further walkouts planned over the next two months. so our south—east reporter rae addison is currently at royal sussex in brighton . good morning, rae and brighton. good morning, rae and gb news is west midlands reporter jack carson is st george's hospital in salford. right. let's start with you. what is the mood like other than very cold? i imagine imagine , very cold? i imagine imagine, yeah, quite energetic here this morning. bevan the picket line is growing by the hour. you can hear quite a lot of support from members of the public as well as they drive past and as ambulance goes, go past, they're all turning their sirens as well. turning on their sirens as well. i'd over a hundred i'd say, well over a hundred people on this line. people here on this picket line. i'm joined by charlie rummery.

he's a children's nurse from the royal alexander children's hosphal royal alexander children's hospital. charlie you've been in us for 11 years and this is the first time you've ever gone on strike. why today and today this is about sorting out a pay deal so we can have nursing as a safe and sustainable profession. so we can deliver the care that our patients. do work in patients. do you work in paediatrics? as i said , what paediatrics? as i said, what sort of provisions have been made to make sure that children are going to receive the treatment and care that they need so as today, as need today? so as as today, as any other day, the priority is safety. we haven't safety. so we haven't compromised safety in order to deliver you know, and to come out and strike today . but out and strike today. but however, we do to send a clear message to the government that we to make nursing safe , we need to make nursing a safe, sustainable profession and. currently, it's not sustainable. we're all aware of the challenges and ease across the country facing and. it needs country are facing and. it needs to be resolved. i mean, a lot of people will find it hard to believe that the same level of care and safety for children is being observed today as it would

usually be at the royal alexandra . what would you say to alexandra. what would you say to them? who have genuine fears about what might happen if that child was injured today? the need to come in and receive treatment? they absolutely treatment? they will absolutely receive they need. treatment? they will absolutely r

pretty supportive reception there with ray. how is it where you are ? i think we've had the you are? i think we've had the cars beeping here all morning as . they've been going by showing their support for the nurses here on the strike. we knows about 55 nhs that are about 55 nhs trusts that are going strike, say here at the st george's hospital . they deal george's hospital. they deal with things like they with lots of things like they provide mental health services, other and are different other things and are different to the acute kind care hospitals that we've also seen. but nurses here are very jubilant and together and that support is really clear that they are unhedin really clear that they are united in this in their striking action . pat cullen, the rcn action. pat cullen, the rcn secretary saying the strike action by today is a modest escalation from that december . a escalation from that december. a sharp increase in escalation three weeks from now. as we know, there's going to be more strikes heading into the next month. she also said that people aren't because are aren't dying because are striking. nurses are striking because people are dying . but in because people are dying. but in terms of the care that patients can receive, we heard rea

talking that the cnn and the nhs say that they are committed to agreed to staff chemotherapy, emergency cancer services , emergency cancer services, dialysis critical care units as well. those stuff in a&e , a well. those stuff in a&e, a working traditional kind of christmas day stall shift. but this is going to have an impact on people trying to get care and trying to get treatment. today, we know from the december strikes around 30,000 appointments had to be rescheduled . and as we head into rescheduled. and as we head into the day of a two day the first day of a two day walkout, people are going to be disrupted once again. okay. thank a customer in thank you, jack. a customer in stafford, you all one of stafford, if you all one of those people who's had treatments, a delay today, let me know, you, gb views me know, won't you, gb views gbnews.uk. and also, don't forget our twitter poll this morning is asking whether you , morning is asking whether you, the nurses strike. i asked you this question just a few weeks ago. it's interesting to see whether it changes not. at whether it changes or not. at the about 70% of do the moment, about 70% of you do not support the nurses strike. cast your vote now and as always, send me an email gb views. gbnews.uk. now after the

break, it's time to get stuck into the big stories of the day. we're going to bring you all you need to know from the news headunes need to know from the news headlines with my panel broadcast star mike parry and the founder, children's charity earth molly kingsley. earth for them, molly kingsley. see in a few moments .

barry. good morning. it is 1023. this is bev turner today gb news. right. you've been getting in touch. remember, gb views activities dot uk is the email. let's have a look at what you've been saying on strikes and pay rises. gerry has said a rise in wages. would swell tax revenue to the government and cut the social welfare bill as the uptake of in—work benefits decreases. i think also the risk with that jeremy of course is we're already in this inflationary kind of spiral. i'm

not sure it would help alan and essex as they've lost my support for striking the nurses they are risking the lives of people to chase money and says i do not support the nurses strike or any pubuc support the nurses strike or any public sector strike. why should pubuc public sector strike. why should public sector strike. why should public sector get massive pay increases? which private sector workers are going to have to pay for? keep this emails coming in gbviews@gbnews.uk . okay, now my gbviews@gbnews.uk. okay, now my guests are here. this morning. i'm delighted to be joined by broadcaster and journalist friend of the channel, mike parry and co—founder of us for them a volunteer organisation of people who care about children. molly kingsley, thank you both so much forjoining me. right. let's start with the teachers strikes so education secretary gillian kugler said that teachers do not need to go on to strike attention. what are your thoughts on the striking molly ? thoughts on the striking molly? oh, i mean i think teachers unions lost their moral right strike when they bathed

incessantly for two and a half years for disruption and school closures. and, you know, i think there are a lot of people, myself included, actually, who would degree of sympathy would have a degree of sympathy with the teachers are with what the teachers are saying yes, a well paid saying because, yes, a well paid they do have a very decent pension but actually in real terms their , pay will have terms their, pay will have decreased many other people decreased like many other people because of inflationary pressures . that real pressure pressures. that is real pressure on school budgets. you know, school has been school and education more widely . it's been education more widely. it's been chronically underfunded. i chronically underfunded. so i think are real think these are all real problems . think these are all real problems. but i'm sorry. no, you can't . you can't cause such can't. you can't cause such gross disruption to children's education for two and a half years and then claim the right to do it again. yes. no what do you think, mike? well, teachers of course, are part of the pubuc of course, are part of the public sector. nobody in the pubuc public sector. nobody in the public sector. nobody in the public sector from two and a half years of pandemic, whereas in the private sector, people lost their businesses and they lost their businesses and they lost money. they couldn't go to work. teachers conditions , i work. the teachers conditions, i mean, the pension in particular, i think 24% of their annual pension paid for by the

employers, i.e. the taxpayer. that's right. they work hundred days a year. people say , oh, days a year. people say, oh, well, you know , on holiday well, no, you know, on holiday they have two more books and all that. i don't care that sterling shoulder days a year and as you've pointed out, molly, they were first to want to work from home. so they spent more time at home. so they spent more time at home the two and half home over the last two and half years anybody and not it's years than anybody and not it's not single penny can not cost them a single penny can i read this to you at last i just read this to you at last year's conference the year's conference of the national union, its national education union, its joint leaders were awarded a by the workers central union of cubain the workers central union of cuba in recognition of their solidarity . the nation. does solidarity. the nation. does that give you some of indication of where the political sympathies of these people are? yeah, it's not ludicrous it is ludicrous. does not give you the feeling that this could be part of the, you know, concerted political movement amongst unions to just make life very difficult for the government. it does seem like it. i mean, it's the it's the national education union. that's striking. they are the largest union. yeah the

strikes are scheduled for the 1st of february, the 15th and 16th of march. and it will affect 23,400 schools in england . wales, the ballot result was , . wales, the ballot result was, the biggest union result since thresholds have come in. the teachers really, really want to do this. it's interesting , isn't do this. it's interesting, isn't it, because they they talk the talk and this is the union bosses rather than teachers. i mean, they talk the talk about caring for children. so, you know, maribel said as she announced the results. yes, ballot said children only get one chance. that's right school. so claimed schools just so she claimed schools just think they talk the talk but actually have they had children's welfare children children's welfare in children at yes yes. it's not all at heart? yes yes. it's not all teachers is . it because there teachers is. it because there are section of teachers who didn't vote for it by dint of the fact not enough voted yes thresholds. i think that's right. yeah. i mean this might sound extreme, but in my view, teachers should be donating 2 hours a week free to go in on a

saturday morning, open the schools and try and get the children to catch up on education they missed during those and a half disastrous years. you will you will know that better than . anyone? that better than. anyone? my. your has devoted your organisation has devoted lot to really lot of time to really understanding effects of understanding the effects of lockdowns educational of lockdowns on the educational of children. and i think this is the thing i think we can talk about teachers and unions, but actually this about is actually what this is about is children because . once again, children because. once again, that as political that plays out as political football and adults . yes. and football and adults. yes. and i think actually , if you look at think actually, if you look at it from a child point view, there is just no way of defending strike at the present time. but also for parents who need to go to work . give us time. but also for parents who need to go to work. give us a break. it's obviously shocking andifs break. it's obviously shocking and it's going to cause so much pressure on families. yeah, because once again , if you work because once again, if you work in the private sector , you are a in the private sector, you are a plasterer and your is working at the local one or the other of you not going to go to work that day. and they're all on zero contracts so they don't get paid day. it's the norm , unjust . on

day. it's the norm, unjust. on what i would call a very vulnerable part society, vulnerable part society, vulnerable being parents who have to look after children . you have to look after children. you know what? we've just done a story for mark. why all of these teenagers who are involved in criminal gangs, we've got 100,000 children never went 100,000 children that never went back after lockdown, back to school after lockdown, missing system where it missing from the system where it is. are ethics and the is. where are the ethics and the morals of these teachers to say of course, we would all of we? of course, we would all like more money. we'd all like more money, but for now, let's give these run at an give these kids a run at an uninterrupted period of school without this . anyway, without all of this. anyway, thank rishi sunak thank you. right rishi sunak doubles down on plans. thank you. right rishi sunak doubles down on plans . a bonfire doubles down on plans. a bonfire of 4000 pieces of eu legislation, which are still lingering. this will politically be very popular with at least half of the country. do you think, mike, if it ever gets done, there has been so about brexit right now. i hold my hands up here. i didn't vote in the brexit vote. okay. because i genuinely didn't know whether i was going to damage the economy or, improve the economy by

saying get out or stay in. so i took however after took a step back. however after brexit, the brexit vote came in, democrat actually, i said, right, if we accelerate let's go for it. i don't think in seven years we've done one signal. difficult thing to give us an advantage , but brexit should advantage, but brexit should have brought us we followed the trade . we haven't got rid of trade. we haven't got rid of this bonfire of european, which should have gone. we still unstick like the european court of human . i mean, it's utterly of human. i mean, it's utterly ridiculous and i blame the politicians in not control the blob, because we all know the civil service in this country can react slowly or speed , can react slowly or speed, leigh, to the instructions given by the political masters , by the political masters, depending on what they think of it . clearly the civil service it. clearly the civil service didn't want it? we should say it will be, but no doubt be talking about pmqs today. this these proposals will allow nearly all remaining retained eu law to be either repealed or absorbed uk

domestic law by december 31st, 2023. yeah, i don't feel like his heart is in it. kingsley, i don't know about you, but he's proper globalist. he's rishi sunak. and i think he'd quite like part of the eu. like to remain part of the eu. yeah, i'm there's yeah, well, i'm sure there's a lot of truth in that. i mean, it goes to execution political will, execution will, and it's execution capacity. government capacity. and this government shown time again that shown time and time again that they execute that with they can't execute that with these slogans, get brexit. you're being a plus one. they were they were elected on that mandate. what do you agree with it or not? that was the mandate. they were elected, so they have to to be doing or saying to be seen to be doing or saying something. yeah they don't. they've got no mandate as to whether wants or they can. whether he wants to or they can. i mean, i think it's just too much effort. i think this is going to be too hard for the mp on both sides of the house of commons don't want to anyway determine it. most determine try and stop it. most of house of lords when goes of the house of lords when goes to them will stretch it out because they don't want as a majority of labour peers in the house lords. and quite

house of lords. and quite frankly i'm the will to frankly i'm losing the will to support brexit anymore people. the 55, 54% of people now say they want . i totally agree . what they want. i totally agree. what do you think of the red wall. think now they thought, wow, this is all going to be great in cabra and then we free up all trade so the whole new trade laws. so the whole new world opportunity will open world of opportunity will open up the north england , up across the north of england, the north—west the the north—west and the north—east. that has north—east. none of that has happened? no. well, i think it's very difficult to distinguish between of between the brexit effects of brexit the effects of and brexit and the effects of and covid but anyway , guys, covid as well. but anyway, guys, a off now the break a great kick off now the break and be joined by three experts in their field to discuss. and be joined by three experts in their field to discuss . we in their field to discuss. we handle the outbreak of coronavirus and what we would do differently of differently in the event of another pandemic. that's after your news . five. thank your morning's news. five. thank you. good morning. it's 10:32. you. good morning. it's10:32. i'm bethany elsey in the gb newsroom. the rate at which pnces newsroom. the rate at which prices are rising has slowed for the second month in a row. but the second month in a row. but the cost some food has hit a 45 year high. figures from the for

national statistics said the rate of inflation fell to 10.5% in december. that's down from 10.7% the month before. falling fuel costs were largely behind the slowdown, with average petrol prices down by 8.3% a litre since december . the litre since december. the government has pledged to halve inflation by the end of the yeah inflation by the end of the year. but chancellor jeremy hunt year. but chancellorjeremy hunt says there's a long way to go. any country, anywhere in the world, inflation over 10% is seeing it at frankly dangerous levels for the stability of an economy . but for levels for the stability of an economy. but for families up and down the country, they are seeing food price inflation of nearly 17. and that's causing massive hike in the cost . the massive hike in the cost. the weekly shop. and that really shows is that for us and for other countries the most important thing is to stick to a plan to bring down inflation for thousands of nurses for more than 55 nhs trusts in england, all staging a two day strike in

all staging a two day strike in a dispute over pay and patient safety. the action by members of the royal college nursing is expected to lead to thousands of operations and appointments being cancelled. the health sector steve barclay says he wants to work with unions to a fair resolution, but warned unaffordable pay rises stoke inflation . 106 migrants arrived inflation. 106 migrants arrived inflation. 106 migrants arrived in the uk yesterday in the first small boats to cross the english channelin small boats to cross the english channel in more than a fortnight . bad weather has deterred any crossings since the 2nd of january. three small boats left french beaches on tuesday. two made it to the uk and were picked up by border force . third picked up by border force. third got into difficulty. acholi and 45 people were rescued by french officials . ukraine's interior is officials. ukraine's interior is amongst at least 60 people who've been in a helicopter crash . the national police chief crash. the national police chief says denis want to steer ski was killed in the crash near nursery in the town of bavaria outside ukraine's capital, kyiv. say at

least 29 people were also hurt, including 15 children. cause is unknown and there's been immediate comment from russia . immediate comment from russia. you're up to date on tv, online and dab plus , this is tv news. and dab plus, this is tv news. we'll get back to bev in just a moment .

by by good morning at 1037. this is bev turner today on gb news. now, regardless of whether you believe that the government's response to covid was overreach or didn't far , i'm sure that or didn't go far, i'm sure that we all agree lessons need we all agree that lessons need to learned for the next to be learned for the next pandemic . whenever pandemic. whenever the world health decide that health organisation decide that we event since spring we are in on event since spring 2020 were unprecedented and raised important questions about the individual versus the collective medical ethics, the impartiality of regulatory health bodies. and so on and so

on. so to help us reflect on these huge issues , i'm delighted these huge issues, i'm delighted to be joined by the consultant virologist and lecturer at cambridge university, dr. chris, and in the studio with me, american physician dr. lindley and pathologist dr. ryan cole. so let me come to you first. here in the uk, the pandemic preparedness , it was years in preparedness, it was years in the making was torn up without any explanation. was the same in america. and if when did it strike you that that might not have been the necessary of action going wrong ? oh, i, i was action going wrong? oh, i, i was surprised that around the world, the pandemic plans were all very similar. we had a pandemic plan. many years ago in the early 2000, and we didn't follow anything that was written there in around the world. and so it was shocking that in lockstep around the world, everybody followed that same pattern . and followed that same pattern. and we threw all logic, all medicine, as you mentioned,

medical out the window. and we threw we had away and. it didn't make any sense. neither there nor here. so, chris, with the passage of time now, do you that was the right course of action to change what was already written down as all our response and for instance, quarantine doing the unwell as opposed to quarantine in a healthy . the quarantine in a healthy. the problem is that every challenge is a new one. and if we try to view the world as something that you have a set of guidelines that behave like tramlines and you relentlessly follow them without dynamic in your thinking , then you're also equally setting yourself up for a bruising . so you have to bruising. so you have to appraise every single situation on basis of how does it possibly fit with what we do know. but what are the important things? we don't know? and then be prepared to change your mind and the and people are the public and the people are being asked to comply with the various measures . also have various measures. also have to understand may understand that judgements may change , may change, change viewpoint, may change, and therefore rules, regulations

and therefore rules, regulations and approaches change. and and approaches may change. and the one thing we mustn't do is be our thinking that this be too in our thinking that this the way we always do it, because that's way we've always done that's the way we've always done it. we have to do it. therefore, we have to do that again, because that's exactly mistakes made and exactly mistakes are made and we've keep open mind we've got to keep an open mind about to manage about the best way to manage these confront these things and confront everything facts everything based on the facts and the evidence and what we think is the best way forward, based from past, but based on evidence from past, but with to the future. okay. with a view to the future. okay. dr. lindley , i know what chris dr. lindley, i know what chris is saying that we need to be nimble and the government needs to make decisions on on the rush sometimes. but i didn't see any science relation to science in relation to a respiratory virus suggested that we rip the plan for a we needed to rip the plan for a respiratory virus. did you? that's exactly right. one thing that didn't make sense to me being physician on the ground was they to tell was they told us to tell patients to stay until they can breathe go to the breathe and then go to the hospital. that never made sense because our job is to actually because ourjob is to actually dive into problem and figure dive into the problem and figure how to with the things are how to deal with the things are happening and try to respond . happening and try to respond. and once they started , you have

and once they started, you have to start wearing masks and things like that. you know, our cdc went from wearing pretty much a spacesuit to a 95 to surgical mask. and then when they ran out of everything, they started saying, you can wear a bandana and we all know that never made sense. okay ryan, what's your response to that? i think as was brought up , one has think as was brought up, one has to be nimble, but during these three years nobody was nimble. everybody was rigid. we didn't adapt to what was happening. the data came out very early . data came out very early. stanford and dr. ioannidis, that infection, fatality rate, case fatality was actually far lower. and akin to a flu. so there's construct of, well, we need to be nimble and adapt. well, why didn't and did we silence didn't we? and did we silence the voices that had the science? those of us have a background in immunology, virology, pathology. dr. feet on the street, dr. lindley feet on the street, seeing what was happening, we knew that this wasn't as bad as. it was painted to be, so we should have adapted bed nimble. and joke that all and i like to joke that all doctors scientists doctors and scientists agree when censor ones who

when you censor the ones who don't. so not having that dialogue these dialogue led to all these draconian measures that were completely unnecessary . go on, completely unnecessary. go on, chris. was what your chris. what was what was your response well i agree. response to that? well i agree. i mean, my point was that we need to be nimble and. we need to not be rigidly approaching these things in a one size fits all way because you are really setting yourself up for fall if you do that. and that was necessarily in evidence. that was very much a me too, and a sheep mentality . this. we were sheep mentality. this. we were looking at what was happening in other countries and we also set up our own internal arguing that's here in the uk, didn't we, where we the devolved administrations having almost a competition to see could be kindest by introducing most draconian measures . this, this. draconian measures. this, this. it was the wrong way to do this. you don't look at a country and say, well, they're doing it, so we should you should look at a country and look at the outcomes and well, what's working? and say, well, what's working? what translate our what might translate to our population? fact population? respect the fact that countries are that all countries are different, a different different, they have a different demography. different different, they have a different demogconditions, differenterent

living conditions, different geography, different ways of working. and so you don't just use a one size fits all, but you should be at what other people are doing and then saying, what might able adopt that might we be able to adopt that be here. my own be sensible here. my own view with pandemic that we with this pandemic that we tended to use a one size fits all across the entire population, it became pretty apparent, pretty quickly. who was most at risk ? it was elderly was most at risk? it was elderly people , people with pre—existing people, people with pre—existing health conditions . young people health conditions. young people were at very low risk. and one of our chief medical actually sort of tongue in said, look, you have a worse if you run into your school than if you run into covid in terms of your risk of something adverse that's happening. did you nevertheless think we can put everyone into a lockdown? and i don't think that was necessarily the right thing to do. but chris, if you don't mind me saying this, i don't remember hearing you say during many appearances that you made in the media during that time that. we needed to allow children and those without pre—existing medical conditions, i know. you might say

i don't know. you might even say the under 52 to go about that job that the business normally did. you feel you couldn't say that during pandemic ? we that during pandemic? we certainly were much more vocal as time went on and we knew what the mortality rates and what the risks were. we were certainly a lot and i say we, the community that i work in, we were much more vocal about how we need to be things, opening be loosening things, opening things certain sectors things up for certain sectors of society and i certainly was clear for people who were saying, for instance, i'm vulnerable. i think everyone should stay locked up to protect me . i making the point that me. i was making the point that vulnerable people can identify me. i was making the point that vuln theye people can identify me. i was making the point that vulnthey are.ople can identify me. i was making the point that vuln they are. they've identify me. i was making the point that vuln they are. they've told |tify me. i was making the point that vuln they are. they've told who who they are. they've told who they are. they take steps to protect themselves and go the extra mile. for instance, using ppe and so on. if they feel that that will help them. but that doesn't mean it should be required the general required of the general population . i certainly did make population. i certainly did make those points, especially we knew more we knew lot more more once. we knew a lot more about disease and had about the disease and we had vaccines, sensible vaccines, it much more sensible to take a pragmatic approach to and focus on those individuals

who we knew were and who we knew were at risk and help them to protect themselves while not injuring able to care about them . you have five about them. you have five children of your own , the family children of your own, the family doctor yourself , and the way doctor yourself, and the way that we marginalise children within this pandemic. one of the things that i think is the most . have we learned lessons for the next time? i hope we have . i the next time? i hope we have. i do have concerns are signalling from wto to return to masking and specifically when it comes to masking. know that caused more harm in children when it came to their learning to their speech issues to identifying the cues emotional cues . and one of cues emotional cues. and one of the things that happened during the things that happened during the lockdowns i think lockdowns truly affected children in a way that will cause harm for long time that we have to overcome , time that we have to overcome, at least in american schools , if at least in american schools, if there's child abuse or things like that. if a child comes to school, teachers can see those and try to help . but with the

and try to help. but with the lockdowns, we left these vulnerable kids at home with possibly their abusers in bad situations. and then when they came back, they couldn't learn through zooms , things like that, through zooms, things like that, they had to make up this whole year of the they lost in learning. ryan cole let me come to you. what do you think we've learnt about the trust and baked in perverse financial incentives that regulatory authorities go. i think the large systems have lost a lot of credibility public health systems it seems around the world are broken because they work to lockstep in conjunction with the large pharmaceutical corporations and our regulatory capture therein. and so i think trust has been broken in the system and i think that's why we see around the world movements for more independent medicine and non consolidation because of what these agencies have done and not

allowed outside voice to come in and to show us there may be alternative treatments, there may be better ways to do things . we don't subject everybody to the same therapies. i think the system is broken and the world is seeing. and just one last word, ryan, if i can, from you on why that was a suppression of early at home treatments with covid 19. that early at home treatments with covid19. that is early at home treatments with covid 19. that is baffling early at home treatments with covid19. that is baffling in the emergency authorisations stateside, if you had an early treatment, you couldn't emergency authorise vaccine. so there was an suppression of early treatments so that they could use this experimental approach with a new technology . approach with a new technology. had there been an early effective treatment, that would have never happened. and believe that there are 100, 100% mechanistically as a pathologist ? absolutely. there are increased . just a quick quote increased. just a quick quote just to you, chris, and early at home treatments, why did we why the nhs not offer anything to patients until they were very ill ? well, it patients until they were very ill? well, it did patients until they were very ill ? well, it did because . we ill? well, it did because. we set up the recovery trial , which

set up the recovery trial, which was run at oxford and were appraising a scale the sorts of treatment that were being suggested, including donald trump's favourite drug, hydroxycut . and they were able hydroxycut. and they were able show what did work and what didn't work pretty quickly and pretty decisive . and that data pretty decisive. and that data then saved of lives subsequently, because we did discover a number of new treatments that way . okay. all treatments that way. okay. all right. that's chris smith. that's catlin . dr. ian coats, that's catlin. dr. ian coats, never long enough . thank you for never long enough. thank you for the discussion this morning. now, moving on, council tax was introduced 30 years ago to help local authorities for everyday necessities, but research by money don't cut it. uk shows if you live in the north, you're likely to pay more. has recently been found that rutland in the east has one of the east midlands has one of the highest council tax rates in the country. our national reporter theo chikomba the story . theo chikomba has the story. it's used to pay for waste collection, street lighting , collection, street lighting, road maintenance and more. how much you pay is dependent . your much you pay is dependent. your circumstances, which valuation band your property is in and how

much the council needs to fund its services . here in the east its services. here in the east midlands, there's mixed views on how much they pay . i know the how much they pay. i know the councils have got work to do. i think partly with rutland it's because it's such a small county that they don't perhaps get the economies of scale that other places will get, but i think you know, there needs to be some accountability for where all the money's going . i think it's money's going. i think it's difficult on the working sort of people like myself really , i people like myself really, i would say. is it? can you compare it to london ? well maybe compare it to london? well maybe not. we're two different places, but it's certainly high here. i can't deny , you know, with can't deny, you know, with everything on the chart , your everything on the chart, your pensions stretch. you to cover everything is a bit too much. really you . and it's. i've lived really you. and it's. i've lived too all my life and it's got worse over the. if you live in a

house here in rutland in east midlands your council tax around £2,300 a year, making one of the most expensive in country. and it's set to increase again. whereas if you live in the south—east in london or here in westminster, the average council tax is cheaper. those westminster, the average council tax is cheaper . those who live tax is cheaper. those who live in the midlands or in many parts of northern england . data by of northern england. data by money.co.uk uk suggests that tax bills are 20% higher in the north of england than in london, even though homes here in the capital are times more expensive . the average band d bill in london this year is £1,696, compared to £2,060 in the north of england at this local authority . they say council tax authority. they say council tax council for 78% of their budgets and that households here receive hundred an d £4 from central hundred and £4 from central government . almost half of what government. almost half of what other parts of the country receive in an ideal world. we

would be absolutely saying , would be absolutely saying, right, well, we're going to have a council tax freeze that really wouldn't be fiscally responsible because we would end up with some really really difficult to make decisions in the coming years , which would actually years, which would actually negatively impact all residents even further because would have to look at the level of service provision on some of key core services , while an additional services, while an additional £33,000 support fund is available for who need it the most. leadership here argue local government funding needs to be revised to even out disparities and make the system fairer . theo disparities and make the system fairer. theo chikomba gb news. right my panel back here, mike parry, just way to the papers there, mike. no, not at all. so i'm sure that, you know, it's you know, you hate to read, you . that's to be still my favourite. please. i'm sorry, sorry, sorry . right. favourite. please. i'm sorry, sorry, sorry. right. i favourite. please. i'm sorry, sorry, sorry . right. i also sorry, sorry. right. i also molly found a molly. found a

molly kingsley . two of us for molly kingsley. two of us for them. i'm sorry. molly, molly kingsley. two of us for them. i'm sorry . molly, great them. i'm sorry. molly, great to have here. right davos this have you here. right davos this week, economic . i have you here. right davos this week, economic. i don't week, world economic. i don't know you, molly kingsley, know about you, molly kingsley, but i'm suspicious about this lot multimillionaires get lot of multimillionaires get going making going over there making decisions and not being decisions our life and not being entirely transparent about their influence. guess what? you influence. well guess what? you know what? well they have a lot of in davos during the annual meeting of global elites. prostitutes. yep you heard that right, ladies and gentlemen , right, ladies and gentlemen, demand for sexual services rocket during economic summit is such a cliche. it's such a cliche. and it's predictable. and also just gross. the sometimes, you know, these people that preach to us about details of our lives and a setting in train and things that will outlive us and our children based on mathematical, which many dispute and, then on something just so fundamental to like human integrity in the way we behave, they let down and kind of betray an expectation of just acting like a decent human

being . so, i mean, the world's being. so, i mean, the world's biggest businessmen are here, but the biggest industry in the world is the sex industry without a shadow of a doubt, because it goes on everywhere. it doesn't matter whether it's wealth or privilege or whether it's the lower end of the social scale. ever been to scale. have you ever been to moscow stayed a hotel moscow and stayed in a hotel there of red square? you come in there of red square? you come in the evening about 1030 or 1045. i'm joking about eight of the most beautiful women in the world are sitting in armchairs in the lobby. they all smoke. i don't know why . it's just a don't know why. it's just a thing that they do. you know, i have a question forjoe about kobe and they're all giving you i mean, they'd have to be all give me the eye, obviously, but, you know, but i'm saying it it is a completely and utterly accepted industry in places like moscow . now, i'm talking before moscow. now, i'm talking before the ukraine situation , and we the ukraine situation, and we used to gather on business following football matches and that kind of stuff, you know, but everyone here been but everyone here i've been around know, my around the world, you know, my in it's apparent in journalism, it's apparent that it's there but you do they

do a little bit more to make it discreet. what thing i think about that amazes me about this story that amazes me is that all of those very powerful men who are there and it is predominately, you know, not remotely ashamed about the fact that, i mean, in the fact that, i mean, in 2020, the times an investigation, times did an investigation, found 100 prostitutes, found at least 100 prostitutes, people davos . i'm amazed it people to davos. i'm amazed it was only a hundred. well well, i think quite a lot there already. yeah, there one sex worker yeah, there was one sex worker named she's told bild, named liana. she's told bild, german that german magazine, that she regularly american regularly sees an american visit. switzerland multiple times and is among the times a year and is among the 2700 conference attendees . and 2700 conference attendees. and they charge she charges nearly 800 quid for an hour. hmm. yeah just think. it's just the most extraordinary thing that the papen extraordinary thing that the paper, the papers are running it. the women are clearly they're walking around . oh, when they're walking around. oh, when iused they're walking around. oh, when i used to do some work in in f1 and broadcasting and in i think it was istanbul, they used to be a temporary brothel set up every year race week. i can believe it i can you go to places like cyprus you know where the people

go with their yachts and all that kind of stuff it is an inherently full time, 24 hour a day business and it couldn't work without it. you know, you got monaco, places like that, but it's a lot more discreet than everybody gathering for what is clearly, you know , four what is clearly, you know, four or five days of leg over rhythm , you know, and very open about it , you know, you just , you know, and very open about it, you know, you just think it would be little bit more in the shadows. amazing anyway, nothing surprises me any more . your surprises me any more. your views. lynne in leeds this is about drugs, gangs , this county about drugs, gangs, this county line county gangs using child urine to ferry drugs around . urine to ferry drugs around. lynne says this has been going on for years. my granddaughter has seen guns. we are bringing into the country more criminals and channel crossings are and the channel crossings are a scam. we haven't made a specific link . to be scam. we haven't made a specific link. to be fair lane scam. we haven't made a specific link . to be fair lane between link. to be fair lane between channel crossings gangs. channel crossings and the gangs. but could do it would but if anyone could do it would be wise who understands be mark wise who understands both and both topics incredibly well and on kevin has said as a on strikes. kevin has said as a working man, i support all so should you laws. margaret says i

don't support the strikes, but i definitely think nurses definitely think the nurses should would save should be more. it would save the money if they were the nhs money if they were right. that's the end of our first hour. i'm be first hour. i'm going to be looking ahead pmqs, which gets underway this underway at midday after this short break here with your latest weather . updated me to latest weather. updated me to tell you it's another cold one dry sunny many but we do have further wintry showers in places. heavy snow across northern scotland and a mixture of rain and snow further west is say in the east where we've got low pressure that's pulling away. but it's still allowing the winds to be coming down from the winds to be coming down from the north. hence why , it is cold the north. hence why, it is cold out that temperatures getting up to five or six degrees, which means the showers in the west will be more of a mixture of rain, and and some rain, sleet and snow and some hail over the hills, but hail mostly over the hills, but a covering in places still across wales west of england, northern ireland, certainly northern ireland, and certainly more showers to come more heavy snow showers to come across northern scotland. many central eastern areas just central and eastern areas just staying and sunny, but it is staying dry and sunny, but it is cold feeling especially cold in northern scotland. the brisk wind temperatures generally 4 to

6 celsius at best and dropping sharply evening, which means the ice is likely to be a problem where we have further wintry coming in for wales, more snow likely in north wales and perhaps into of north—west england with northern england along with northern ireland again northern ireland and again northern scotland. the showers easing in southwest. but again, many central and eastern places , dry central and eastern places, dry and very cold. it could be some fog around as well, down to minus to maybe —15 where the snow lying on the ground in northern scotland . that's where northern scotland. that's where most of the snow will be during thursday. a few scattered flurries across parts of north wales and northwest england perhaps, and still a few wintry showers for northern ireland. but many areas will be dry tomorrow with sunny spells , but tomorrow with sunny spells, but it will be cold temperatures again for most only three or four degrees celsius. the winds, though, fairly light, which means frost will return very means the frost will return very quickly on thursday night. again, it could be quite icy almost anywhere particular. we've got the showers for northern and northern scotland.

well continue to see the snow building up any side of the cold weather and then, well, it's going to last until at least friday, slowly, slow , milder air friday, slowly, slow, milder air creep into the during this weekend .

oh, very good morning. welcome to stay on gb news before we're going to be looking ahead to pmqs where scotland's agenda recognition is being rejected and mounting a strike. actions are expected to dominate today's conversation. we'll also cover the latest inflation figures with liam halligan , which shows with liam halligan, which shows that price rises in the uk slowed for a second month in a row is pretty good news. that's

all coming after a look at all coming up after a look at the latest with beth. beth, thank you . very good morning to thank you. very good morning to you. it'sjust thank you. very good morning to you. it's just gone 11:00. i'm bethany elsey in the gb newsroom the rate at which prices are rising has slowed for the second month in a row. but the cost of some food has hit a 45 year high. the office for national statistics says the rate of inflation fell to 10.5% in december. that's down from 10.7% the month before. it says falling fuel costs were largely behind the slowdown, with the average price down by 8.3 pence per litre since last month, the government has pledged to halve inflation by the end of the year . but chancellor jeremy hunt . but chancellorjeremy hunt says there still a long way to go and any country anywhere in the world with inflation over 10% is seeing it at frankly, dangerously levels for the stability of an economy, but for families up and down the country

are seeing food price inflation of nearly 17, and that's causing a massive hike in the cost of weekly shop. and what that shows is that for us and, for other countries, the most important thing is to a plan to bring down inflation . well, as you've been inflation. well, as you've been heanng inflation. well, as you've been hearing , the price of some hearing, the price of some grocery staples , butter, milk grocery staples, butter, milk and cheese has risen by up to 30% in the last year. the consumer watchdog, which found overall prices of food and drink, rose by 15% across eight major supermarkets the year to december. but items such as porridge, oats rose in some cases by nearly hundred and 90. thousands of nurses from more than 55 nhs trusts england are staging a two day strike in a dispute over pay and patient safety . the action by members of safety. the action by members of the royal college of nursing is expected to lead to thousands of operations and appointments being cancelled . the health

being cancelled. the health secretary, steve barclay , says secretary, steve barclay, says he wants to work with union to find a fair resolution but warned unaffordable pay rises will stoke inflation . intensive will stoke inflation. intensive care nurse kellie hopkins told gb news the government is destroying the nhs . i've got destroying the nhs. i've got a relationship with the local foodbank and the amount of nurses that are having to use that on a weekly basis to feed their families is , is disgusting their families is, is disgusting to be honest . i mean, nurses are to be honest. i mean, nurses are there to look after all the people who's looking after the nurses at the moment, nobody doesn't sit right with me on strike. and i never thought i be on a picket line for. the government need to take ownership and i'm come to the table and talk about pay. while the government is asking the st to call off the industrial action with immigration minister robert jenrick warning it could cause harm to the public . and we cause harm to the public. and we have worked hard to negotiate a series of derogate signs with the union which will mean that

services will be able to continue. but there will be a knock on consequence, particularly in dealing with the backlog that so if we can get past the long shadow of cover and get the nhs back into a better position, and that's really for the rcn and other unions to work with us and to call off strikes because they are harmful to the public and we don't want them to continue . don't want them to continue. ukraine's president vladimir slansky says at least 15 people have been killed in a helicopter crash near the country's caphal crash near the country's capital. the national police chief says ukraine's interior minister denis steph takyi was among those who died in the crash . that happened near crash. that happened near a nursery in the town of bavaria. officials say at least 29 people have been injured , including 15 have been injured, including 15 children. and the cause is unknown and there's been no immediate comment from russia . immediate comment from russia. gb news can reveal at least 10,000 teenagers, some as young

as 13 are being exploited by criminal gangs to transport drugs. most of the so—called county lines gangs are using britain's rail network to carry huge quantities of illegal drugs and cash to communities right across the country. gb news been given exclusive access . follow given exclusive access. follow a major british transport led operation to break up the gangs. 70 staff dedicated this of work across the whole of the network. we various tactics we've had three locations. you may not them out there but they are out there every day looking for criminals are involved in county lines, activity . 106 migrants lines, activity. 106 migrants arrived in the uk in the first small boats to cross the english channelin small boats to cross the english channel in more than a fortnight . bad weather had deterred any crossing since the 2nd of january. three small boats left french beaches on. t made it into waters and was picked up by border . the third got into border. the third got into difficulty near calais and 45

people were rescued by french officials . this gb news. we'll officials. this gb news. we'll bnng officials. this gb news. we'll bring you more news. it happens. now it's back to this . now it's back to this. very good morning. welcome back to bev turner. today on gb news. here's what's coming up. it's wednesday, which means it is pmqs. the prime minister will face opposition on the strikes and the controversial blocking of the scottish gender recognition plus recognition. plus tory backbenchers opposing sunak for his plan of a bonfire of lingering eu laws. and as uk inflation figure slows for the second month in a row. but food pnces second month in a row. but food prices remain high. we're asking how feasible it is that rishi sunak's promise to halve the rate of inflation will happen. this year. i'm going to be joined back in the studio by my two great panellist broadcaster mike parry, and the author and

founder of us. for them, campaigner but campaigner molly kingsley. but you are panellist. you are my third panellist. click on to twitter where you invite my poll we want invite in my poll today. we want to you support the to know if you support the nurses are nurses strikes, which are happening tomorrow. happening today and tomorrow. i asked you this as well. on the 15th at that 15th of december. and at that time, 70% of you did not them. and as we all the channel, i like to understand the mood of the nation. half the people , the nation. half the people, their minds emami. the nation. half the people, their minds emami . or tweet me their minds emami. or tweet me at . gb news. so thousands at. gb news. so thousands of nurses have begun a two day strike today as , part of an strike today as, part of an ongoing dispute with the government over pay and conditions patients have been told to prepare for significant disruptions to operations and appointments, emergency appointments, although emergency care be provided . me know care will be provided. me know if you are one of those people gbviews@gbnews.uk . february gbviews@gbnews.uk. february could see double number of nurses joining the picket lines . meanwhile, the health secretary, steve barclay says

that patients will pay the as nurses walk out. well, joining me now is , one nurse who voted me now is, one nurse who voted against the strikes, psychiatric nurse julia taylor . good nurse julia taylor. good morning, julia. thank you very much for joining morning, julia. thank you very much forjoining me. and amongst your cohorts at your place of work you in the minority for not voting for these strikes . yes i voting for these strikes. yes i was . there's voting for these strikes. yes i was. there's a lot of my colleagues did vote to strike. however i might trust that i work for isn't strike going because we didn't get the required amount of people. but the trust that i work opposite they are striking today and i've just driven past them. there on the picket lines and then they're all there, all with the banners up and saying, you know, about the conditions and the pay, about the conditions and the pay, etc, etc. and what do you think has happened, julia , if think has happened, julia, if you kind of look back on the last couple of years and how we've got this point. i mean, kind of psychologically, emotionally, what how and what position of the nurses in. it's

been a tough for been a tough few years for everybody . it definitely has. everybody. it definitely has. it's been very tough, but it already getting tough prior the pandemic that we had . and sadly, pandemic that we had. and sadly, all luck did was highlight the all luck did was highlight the all of the errors that were working . and it's so very working. and it's so very difficult. i'm not working in these , but some of my friends these, but some of my friends that i know don't do it in our shifts are not having break that . the scrapping the holidays are doing bank shifts on the holidays when they should be on holiday. there's enough staff on the wards on a normal day and it made me light when the government have said that, they're going to bring in this bill to try and make it so we've got to have the required minimum amount of work and on strike days.i amount of work and on strike days. i it would be very nice to have the required minimum amount of staffing on a normal day . of staffing on a normal day. where have all the nurses gone ? where have all the nurses gone? juua where have all the nurses gone? julia and how bad ? how long has julia and how bad? how long has it been this bad ? i would say

it been this bad? i would say it's been this bad for. about two years. but prior to that, it was getting bad anyway. and as to where they've gone some nurses have totally left the profession completely and don't want to have anything to do with nursing . some nurses have joined nursing. some nurses have joined agencies where they get three, sometimes three times more than we do on shift and some nurses have gone abroad. they've gone to what the likes of australia where they've got a really, really great life and at a house included to get everything the needs and the thing is . the last needs and the thing is. the last 12 years has the ruination of this nhs . and it's not just on this nhs. and it's not just on its knees now. it's along the bottom of the floor . that's bottom of the floor. that's where it is and yet to hear it so . ironic isn't it. because the so. ironic isn't it. because the nhs has never pumped more money managers devoted to your well—being managers devoting to

diversity , happiness and include diversity, happiness and include johnin diversity, happiness and include john in the workplace. none of it seems to have worked . what it seems to have worked. what what did and do need other than pay what did and do need other than pay to make them want to in what is a very important job. more nurses . we need more nurses. nurses. we need more nurses. we've got thousand nurses and midwives shortage. we've got 12,000 doctors shortage . we also 12,000 doctors shortage. we also need to be sorted out because a lot of people at the hospital in the first place could have been seen at a gp surgery, but they can't get appointments. so any backlogged . we've also got backlogged. we've also got 10,000 people in beds at the moment who are blocking those beds and they can't get out to social care. cork city are all data . what we need and what we data. what we need and what we needis data. what we need and what we need is that social care fixed so that people can go from hospital into the care home or into home care with . relevant into home care with. relevant carers coming in to see people . carers coming in to see people. and my big thing is student

nurses they leave university with a £60,000 debt to go and in the nhs where they get 20% in real terms pay cut to what i got 12 years ago and it's all happenedin 12 years ago and it's all happened in 12 years. it's all it's as if i feel and i'm not very political in that sense i feel as if it's being done purposely so that oh well it's broken up privatised nhs. that's what it feels like to me. i think it feels like that to a lot of people . julia i think it feels like that to a lot of people .julia i think lot of people. julia i think because we look around for the logic and yes, you know, the nhs , a lot of money, it get s £4 , a lot of money, it gets £4 billion a week, there's huge amounts of money that goes into it. but i, for me, i agree with you. one of the things that baffle me is that nurses have to have a degree before they go in and how expensive of that is for nurses. do you like there is a general sense the nursing community that that that is in a logical and that somebody should

be fighting with the government to say you need to drop that requirement. i don't know because it's quite academic these there's a lot of things you have to know and you have to have a certain level of education to become a nurse these days . am i still think we these days. am i still think we need to do a degree, but why can't you like when did my training we had a bursary and i didn't have to pay for my nurses training if i had to had to pay for my nurses training, i wouldn't have done it . i wouldn't have done it. i wouldn't have done it. i wouldn't have done it. i wouldn't have wanted to be in debt. i hate being in debt and i wouldn't have wanted that. so i wouldn't have wanted that. so i wouldn't have wanted that. so i wouldn't have become a nurse. what the government should do is give an incentive . for instance, give an incentive. for instance, if you and stay with the nhs for seven years, we will pay your student fees off . why can't they student fees off. why can't they do that? yeah yeah, well, there's a lot you talk lot of sense, julia and thank you from our viewers and listeners for the fact that you haven't gone on strike today, 70% of you is

an it's not supporting strike. so we appreciate your commitment and your service . psychiatric and your service. psychiatric nurse julia taylor there . now, nurse julia taylor there. now, scotland's gender recognition bill is being rejected and mount is strike action are expected to dominate today's pmqs rail workers, teachers, university staff and civil servants are all heading to the picket line next month. meanwhile, mr. sunak remains , under pressure from remains, under pressure from some tory backbenchers standing by plan for a post brexit by the plan for a post brexit bonfire of eight new laws. let's cross over to downing street and speak gb news is political speak to gb news is political editor darren mccaffrey. i'm darren. he's got a very busy inbox rishi sunak at the moment what do you think his priorities will today at pmqs. yeah he will lie today at pmqs. yeah he does indeed have. in fact, the cards are just lining up outside downing here at the prime minister's you to leave in lead to travel across the for parliament as you say prime minister's off minister's questions kicks off at noon. always is i'm at 12 noon. as always is i'm sure labour are going to focus unsurprisingly on the strike action by nurses today and the

real potential for mass industrial . on top of industrial action. on top of what we've already seen on 1st of february with civil servants working out, walking out on that day, it sounds like railway workers potentially workers to potentially paramedics and all this while teachers are going to go on strike alongside a continued strike alongside a continued strike by nurses and others and. you're right i think the labour leader will press rishi sunak on how and when is this going to be brought to an end and the government in a pretty tricky situation. and steve barclay, the health secretary today saying that effectively in a what government willing what the government all willing to compromise on all of this but at same time he expects the at the same time he expects the nurses to, though the nurses compromise to, though the impact is pretty huge. thank was and apparently our procedures postponed in december because of the nurses strike and at the moment 60% of the irish public according to an opinion poll by ipsos, shows that they are blaming the government. so six out of ten blaming the government for these strikes, only one in ten blaming nurses

themselves. so, yes , as always, themselves. so, yes, as always, it's dominated the political gender so far this year. i suspect it will dominate. pmqs as you touched upon, the snp almost certainly will bring up that gender that issue of the gender recognition act in scotland . recognition act in scotland. there is and was a very heated debate in parliament yesterday about , the uk government's about, the uk government's decision to invoke section 35, le. overrule the scottish i.e. to overrule the scottish parliament. so looks like nicholas sturgeon is going to take this all to court. we're expecting an announcement on that a little later on today. and then this other announcement by around by the government around changing eu regulation , you know changing eu regulation, you know , when we look at brexit and what substance , obviously there what substance, obviously there many people feel that the uk is not taken advantage, do they , of not taken advantage, do they, of some of the benefits that potentially could come from brexit one of those is around rules and regulations. when we left the eu , i sent you all left the eu, i sent you all those rules regulations those rules and regulations from. copied into . from. the eu were copied into. british law the government british law and the government are to try and get are determined to try and get rid of some of them to change others. and the of this

others. and at the end of this yean others. and at the end of this year, lot of them are actually year, a lot of them are actually going to sunset. so they are fundamentally disappear going to sunset. so they are funthe|entally disappear going to sunset. so they are funthe statute disappear going to sunset. so they are funthe statute books. disappear off the statute books. now that's ramifications that's massive ramifications because still do need rules because we still do need rules and regulations around employment around health employment law, around health and for example, and so and safety, for example, and so the government are determined to try and make these changes year though there is a bit of a rise suggest that the labour party saying this not possible to go through all the detail of these regulations in such a short penod regulations in such a short period of time they're asking the government to postpone it until later on this decade until 2026. some 2026. meanwhile, some conservative backbenchers, brexiteers , are saying they want brexiteers, are saying they want more of an impact into what the rules and changes could well be. so it's one to watch actually as the months progress, but certainly an attempt by the government to and see some of the opportunities that could be presented by brexit when it comes to those rules and regulations, some of which of course people complained about dunng course people complained about during the that were during the campaign that were too stifling on business. for example . okay. thank you, darren

example. okay. thank you, darren darren mccaffrey there at downing street. thanks, darren. now, don't to vote in our twitter poll. we are asking this morning whether you support the nurses strike in december. i ask this question, 70% of you said that you didn't support then. well, the tide appears to be turning because 46% of you now do support the strike action . do support the strike action. let me know. why won't you cast your vote now? and as always, send me email gbviews@gbnews.uk . right. coming up in just moment, gb news is economics and business editor. liam halligan will join me to analyse the latest uk figures. that's after the weather . alex deakin here the weather. alex deakin here with your latest weather updated enemy to tell you it's another cold one dry sunny one for many. but we do have further wintry showers in places, heavy snow , showers in places, heavy snow, northern scotland and a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. further west that say in the east where we've got low pressure pulling away, but it's still the winds to be coming down from the north, hence why it is cold out there. temperatures up to five or six degrees, which means the

showers in the west will be more of a mixture of rain, sleet and snow and hail. snow mostly over the hills, but a covering in places wales, west places still across wales, west of england northern ireland, and certainly showers to certainly more heavy showers to come northern scotland , come across northern scotland, many central eastern areas many central and eastern areas just dry and sunny , but it is just dry and sunny, but it is cold feeling, especially cold in northern scotland with a brisk temperatures generally 4 to 6 celsius at best, and dropping sharply this evening, which means ice is likely to be a problem where we have further wintry showers coming in for wales. more likely in north wales. more likely in north wales perhaps into parts of wales and perhaps into parts of north—west along north—west england along northern ireland and again northern scotland. the showers easing in the southwest. but again, many and eastern places dry and very cold, could be some fog as well, down to minus ten to maybe —15 where the snow lying on the ground in northern scotland. and that's why most of the snow will be during thursday day. a few scattered flurries across parts of north wales and northwest england perhaps, and still a few wintry showers for

northern ireland. but many areas will be dry tomorrow with sunny spells , but it will be cold spells, but it will be cold temperatures again, most only three or four degrees celsius. the winds though fairly light, which means frost return which means the frost return very quickly on thursday night. again it could be quite icy, almost , but particularly we've almost, but particularly we've got the showers for ireland and northern scotland will continue to see the snow up any side of the cold weather ending. well, it's going to last until at friday, slowly slowly milder air creep into the west during weekend .

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gbnews.uk is the email on strikes and a pay . louise has strikes and a pay. louise has said i'll be lucky to get a 2% pay said i'll be lucky to get a 2% pay rise this year and just over minimum wage. pay rise this year and just over minimum wage . we all need to minimum wage. we all need to just get on with it until the country is in a better place. they need over says it's sad to see the same people who voted to take back control believe brave workers rights to strike should be taken away from them. and joe says whether i support them or not. whether support them to strike or not is important. stopping others from fighting their rights is just not. keep your messages coming in right now. the office for national statistics earlier released latest inflation figures, price rises in the uk slowed for the second month in a row if the consumer price index was at 10.5% in the 12 months to december 2022, down 10.7% in november , is here with me to november, is here with me to talk numbers. what's the headune talk numbers. what's the headline from this we need to take out today ? the headline is take out today? the headline is the numbers you just said and

i've put them a graphic with some other numbers gb news viewers to listen to. so as you , say, in december, cpi, inflation , the consumer price inflation, the consumer price index that was 10.5% higher than the same month in 2021. that's up that that's that's just down slightly from 10.7% in november back in october the cpi inflation was 11.1. that was a 41 year high. so from october, november, december, the trend is definitely down. but i think a lot of people thought it would start dropping more quickly than that within that 10.5% start dropping more quickly than that within that 10.5% cpi number of food and non—alcoholic beverages. we can see on the next graphic. they were up almost 17. wow. absolutely right there is why when you go into there is why when you go into the supermarket to pick up a few bits and pieces, you've spent 50 quid a well, you know, it is why 16.9% food and alcohol, non—alcoholic beverage inflation dunng non—alcoholic beverage inflation during the year to december and fuel price up 11.5. that fuel

price inflation is actually down on where was because we have seen a fall in petrol and some diesel prices there not to such a great extent, but then there were other aspects . the regular were other aspects. the regular consumer basket that were below inflation. and we have transport that's public transport and other high calls. and so on that was 6.9% inflation and recreation culture 4.8% because lots of venues have been discounting frankly in this of living squeeze to try and get through the door. but look this a disappointment inflation in the us now is down at 6.2. right that's a 14 month low inflation in the uk still in double digits and that's not going to help at all when comes to the government trying to resolve these. so we keep hearing rishi sunak say, oh, this is because of ukraine, this because of russia , isn't it this because of russia, isn't it partly because central banks printed truly of pounds in the

last few ? is that not why we're last few? is that not why we're in this position? it's many, many things. part part. i mean, what i would say is, as i headune what i would say is, as i headline , this isn't only a cost headline, this isn't only a cost of living crisis, this is a cost of living crisis, this is a cost of lockdown crisis. why have we got lots of inflation why is it inflation? hit a 41 year high in it was largely and that was way before you inflation was already a 30 year high in january 22 way before the war in ukraine. why is that? because as we came out of lockdown, you had all over the uk, all over the world completely discount bob belated. many of them had been put on ice work , scattered, doing other work, scattered, doing other jobs, global shipping chaos all the ships in the wrong place, supply chains knotted up all around the world and yet when lockdown was lifted pretty much around the world at the same time, you had this wave of pent up demand looking for goods and services firms couldn't supply them . presto, prices go up

them. presto, prices go up a lot. then on top of that, we've lots of workers, particularly in the uk , not going back to work the uk, not going back to work over after covid. so there's a shortage. that's why pay are high. you a 6.4% increase in pay dunng high. you a 6.4% increase in pay during the last few months of last year on the figures we heard earlier this week of course that's a very high increase in pay. it's the highest since 2001 completely wiped out by so real wages were down and then indeed you do have energy price rises because of the war in ukraine. but a lot of the war in ukraine. but a lot of the energy price rises should be starting to fall out . the starting to fall out. the inflation number. yeah, oil and gas prices on wholesale markets now lower than they were before the war in ukraine. and then you have this imponderables something i've written about lots and lots over the years. massive expansion of the bank of england's balance sheet. the bank of england has created hundreds of billions of pounds from nothing the government has used that money to fund furlough

support loans. a of that money is washing around the economy so thatis is washing around the economy so that is another factor that's up inflation here in the uk and keeping it high when might we see a price this go down in the shops liam . i don't think we'll shops liam. i don't think we'll see prices go down in particular but we'll just them rising less slowly . yeah inflation is about slowly. yeah inflation is about rates change and the bank of england's inflation target is of course to % i don't think we're course to% i don't think we're going to get 2% inflation down from 10.5 today. this year i do think we'll get like four or 5% inflation by the end of the year it almost becomes an arithmetic , inevitability and. those supply chain issues that i mentioned before, they are now significantly that's my hand on how i expected this inflation number to be lower today. but it is a number for december. number to be lower today. but it is a number for december . and in is a number for december. and in fairness, we seen energy prices fall significantly since december in december the wholesale energy price on

european markets wa s ,130 per european markets was ,130 per what we call megawatt hour. that's the units in which you can sell gas is no w ,55 per can sell gas is now ,55 per megawatt hour . i can sell gas is now ,55 per megawatt hour. i mean, that's a huge. oh, yeah. which thing? we're not. we're not because they're not passing it on to us all. i am really concerned that the petrol companies, not the independent petrol retailers, they are, they just take the price that they're given. but the big, you know, oil majors who retail petrol on concern they're not passing on the lower oil costs when we fill up all cars and vans particularly diesel and also concern that the energy providers all utilities the companies that send you your and electricity bill they not passing on those reductions in wholesale prices . and i wholesale prices. and i personally think you know the big energy providers will deny i'm not saying i have evidence of any wrongdoing. i certainly say that ofgem, the energy regulator, should be looking

very, very closely at the fact that energy companies continue to take increasingly high and rising direct debits households across the country rich , poor, across the country rich, poor, at a time when energy prices everyone can it. people like me are talking about it in the media all falling so sharply . media all falling so sharply. it's scandalous. it feels pretty scandalous . i mean, let me say, scandalous. i mean, let me say, we've got no evidence that's what's happening. but it's not. none of this adds up. i wanted to ask you about house prices. have you got off 30 seconds on house price index? yeah, i have. so have seen rise in house so we have seen a rise in house prices. this week, i was prices. earlier this week, i was reporting that house prices have been falling since october . and been falling since october. and then we saw a rise in the month of january. but figures out today official for national statistics, figures point to around a nine or 10% increase in house prices officially across the year. obviously, that's great if you're lucky enough to own your own home. the trouble is that increasingly we don't own our own homes. the uk now is

the average of the european union countries when it comes home ownership . there's a whole home ownership. there's a whole generation of 20 now that's of huge social. there's whole generation of 25 to 34 year olds who now can't get on the housing ladden who now can't get on the housing ladder, even . they're a couple ladder, even. they're a couple with professional jobs, let alone, you know, people without posh degrees. and flashy occupations , just trying to get occupations, just trying to get on the housing ladder. there are areas of the country where housing is more affordable , but housing is more affordable, but the fact that young people are out of housing, it isn't just the london and south east phenomenon whatsoever. the west country , north—west, even parts country, north—west, even parts of north—east where houses of sometimes tended to be much better value . young families are better value. young families are finding it very difficult now to own their own home and that's security that that brings as our friends in would say by 2030 you will have nothing and you will be won't own your own cars be happy won't own your own cars won't went back to are won't only went back to what are you don't think will you in houses i don't think will be though. happy every

be happy though. i'm happy every time here. liam halligan time you're here. liam halligan thank you so much. now, after the will the break, my panellists will be back. perry and molly back. mike perry and molly kingsley. they're going to be in the to look at some of the studio to look at some of the studio to look at some of the the day's top news, the day, the day's top news, one that's attraction that's getting a lot attraction is headline. i asked my is the male headline. i asked my teachers call a boy. this teachers not to call a boy. this is a really interesting story about a girl that wanted to change gender. the parents change her gender. the parents weren't keen. the teachers went ahead your ahead anyway. first, here's your morning's . good morning. morning's news. good morning. it's 1133. i'm bethany elsey with your top stories from the gb newsroom the rate at which pnces gb newsroom the rate at which prices are rising has slowed for the second month in a row. but the second month in a row. but the cost of some food has hit a 45 year high. figures from the office for national statistics set the rate of inflation fell to 10.5% in december. that's down 10.7% the month before . down 10.7% the month before. falling fuel costs were largely behind the slowdown with average petrol prices down by 8.3 pence per litre since december of

nurses from more than 55 nhs trusts in england are staging a two day strike in a dispute over . pay and patient safety . the . pay and patient safety. the action by members of the royal of nursing is expected to thousands of operations appointments being cancelled. the health secretary, steve barclay , he wants to work with barclay, he wants to work with unions to find a fair resolution , but he warned unaffordable pay rises stoke inflation . ukraine's rises stoke inflation. ukraine's president floored me, zelinski says, at least 15 people have been killed in a helicopter crash near , the country's crash near, the country's caphal crash near, the country's capital, kyiv. national police chief says ukraine's interior minister denis moniz jet ski was among those who died . the crash, among those who died. the crash, which happened near a nursery in the town of bhavani. officials say least 29 people have been injured, including 15 children and 106 migrants arrived in the uk yesterday in the first small boats to cross the english

channelin boats to cross the english channel in more than a fortnight . bad weather has deterred any crossings since the 2nd of january. three small boats left french beaches tuesday. two made it into uk waters and were picked up by border force. the third got into difficulty near calais and 45 people were rescued by. french officials europe to date on tv nine and ddb plus radio . this is gb news. ddb plus radio. this is gb news. we'll be back you in just a moment .

good morning. this is bev turner today on gb news. my panel are back with me for one last time. this morning. broadcaster and journalist mike and co founder of ask them a volunteer organisation of people who capitalism. molly kingsley now this story. molly i saw headline

. i thought that can't be right and then i read it and it made my blood boil. 14 year old girl whose name is esmee , her mother, whose name is esmee, her mother, patricia thomas, saw that a piece of homework written by this girl had had a different name on it. it had a name called lex, and she i instinctively i suspected something wrong, but i waited until next morning before iphoned waited until next morning before i phoned the school. and then what say to her? what did the school say to her? molly well, they didn't molly kingsley well, they didn't tell they that they tell her, did they that they decided to to , change start decided to to, change start addressing this girl as a boy without the consultation of the parents. i mean, it's unbelievable. listen to it. and it's of the ways in which we have just lost common sense. it's one of the ways in which parental rights are under attack, you know in this case from these very extreme minority actually ideologies and have here teachers who are becoming complicit in what many of us would say is , a glaring, would say is, a glaring, safeguarding . because, you know, safeguarding. because, you know, obviously we had the cas , which

obviously we had the cas, which said socially transitioning , not said socially transitioning, not a neutral act . it does set these a neutral act. it does set these kids on a path which . some of kids on a path which. some of them may then go through the full surgical route. and actually the thought just a parent, i mean, you'd want to know know that way, don't know you to know that way, don't you well, she's 14 years old. you. well, she's 14 years old. mike, the parents that she'd been dressing a she's wearing baggy hoodies are they all wear that as far as i can tell what's a hair off shorter. that as far as i can tell what's a hair off shorter . yeah. so the a hair off shorter. yeah. so the parents were kind of keeping an eye and then to get to eye on it and then to get to know that the teachers would change her identity without the parent's consent or knowledge school. yeah i find this deeply disturbing. well, it's very deeply disturbing . and further deeply disturbing. and further on to that story, because i read the whole thing first thing this morning. tanya carter, spokeswoman for safe schools alliance. you may know that malik an increasing malik says this is an increasing issue with schools acting as if they have the right to strict parent parental responsibility . parent parental responsibility. but we have to make it

absolutely clear , do not only absolutely clear, do not only the courts have that power in this country ? so this is not this country? so this is not just a sinister happening . it this country? so this is not just a sinister happening. it is completely against the law in this country. but they appear to be getting away with it. yeah now, who's going to clamp down on this? who's to start the investigation to make sure that teachers on inside seriously changing the minds of impressionable young children without their parents even knowing this about molly is it about the fact that we've really blurred the lines between a child and adult? in my mind , for child and adult? in my mind, for the last probably 50 years, there's been this idea in schools, you know, all these children have rights. and i think it's a very difficult thing to get right. of course, you have a right to live safely and not be under threat. you have a right to able to learn have a right to be able to learn in school without disruption, have a right to be able to learn in s

i think actually dissenting in florida has been really strong this. so he's introduced a parental bill and that aims to uphold the fundamental of parents to make choices for their children. and actually it addresses this situation expressly which far as i know the law here doesn't . so what the law here doesn't. so what that says is schools simply can't not tell the parents. so if the becomes aware of an issue which very relevant to child's mental health which would include something like this they have to tell the parents. mr. desantis took on disney , didn't desantis took on disney, didn't it? the world's biggest corporate actions. because he felt so strongly about it. is that right? it's funny. we mentioned desantis is a republican politician, america. is there a right, left delineation to be made in this debate? feels like there is my. i feel that there is as well. because where do you draw the line between socialism liberalism in terms of thought and when socialism drifts into and when socialism drifts into and you mix the two together, the overwhelming feeling i always get is we know where,

right? you know what i mean? yeah, it's always been, you know, it's for your own good. it's your own good. don't question else. i mean, all signs here, reported to social here, they reported to social services. the school, here, they reported to social services. the school , the services. so the school, the parent to social services. listen to this from another group. parents tell us that when they try to engage constructively with schools. it is often in pride that those parents are a risk to their own children . yeah. and why can't children. yeah. and why can't teachers more mindful of some of the most common conditions like autism adhd, trauma and internalised homophobia ? instead internalised homophobia? instead of reaching out into this really grey and unknown territory ? grey and unknown territory? yeah, i couldn't agree more because this girl is apparently on the autistic spectrum, mother says. and they needed to go to, at the very least, discuss this with parents. yeah, with the parents. yeah, shocking, right . okay. another shocking, right. okay. another shocking, right. okay. another shocking the not so shocking prince harry. we have a story has moved those switch off is has moved on those switch off is being dubbed a stupid boy is growing number of ex top brass criticise him revealing his

taliban counts so iran have used how is words in this book to justify hanging this british citizen amid growing row over this maniac or regimes bid. citizen amid growing row over this maniac or regimes bid . to this maniac or regimes bid. to crack down on the population ? crack down on the population? molly this is the real life consequence of what should have been a frivolous piece of autobiography. i mean, just so staggeringly naive and stupid. where were the lawyers . why were where were the lawyers. why were they no lawyers looking at this book. he got paid millions . he book. he got paid millions. he could have afforded legal advice . surely you'd want that. this is not illegal. . surely you'd want that. this is not illegal . you say that i'm is not illegal. you say that i'm saying it's not legal . is not illegal. you say that i'm saying it's not legal. but in terms of military trade, well—being , it's a shocker. this well—being, it's a shocker. this is guard had been gb news. i've just been chatting to your ex—servicemen. that's the sort ofjobs ex—servicemen. that's the sort of jobs go into, isn't it? he said never in my whole career . said never in my whole career. and he's had a long career in the military. would you ever even after a few drinks, start trying to boast about the number

of kills that you've got battlefield. completely of and completely . i don't think the completely. i don't think the publishers you know, went through that book with a fine tooth in case they found things . well, according to harry had 800 pages and he dropped 400. he says in to save the blushes of his family . says if you've his family. says if you've you've written books mike. i've written three books normally. oh, yeah. the lawyers go through these things with a fine tooth comb . and i was very, very comb. and i was very, very careful and like , say, it isn't careful and like, say, it isn't a legal issue , but it's a legal issue, but it's certainly a moral and an ethical issue. oh, i agree. i mean, look, if we're talking about things don't edited things that don't get edited properly. about jeremy properly. we talk about jeremy clarkson , know who again, you . clarkson, know who again, you. how can these things sometimes appearin how can these things sometimes appear in print? you know what i mean? well be absolutely right also. yes it's become one of the biggest selling non—fiction books ever. and that's exactly what the publishers want. an even a lawyer because a even if a lawyer because a lawyer should have had the responsibility it's not responsibility to say it's not good the thyroid said good form even the thyroid said that nobody took any

that maybe nobody took any nofice. that maybe nobody took any notice . no absolutely . you notice. no absolutely. you thinking about going on holiday? well now, not so. this is houday well now, not so. this is holiday travel expenses chaotic again this summer due to strikes? no just stop. let's just just have six months. please calm molly . go, go. you please calm molly. go, go. you know what? i've got my kids a and six. we've given up going abroad . it's got that bad. and abroad. it's got that bad. and actually, i'm quite with that decision now. we've had great you know last year we did the whole clam thing we did england we went fine bits of the uk that we went fine bits of the uk that we wouldn't have seen on you know well it was a blessing it probably wouldn't have been what i'd and i have to i'd chosen myself and i have to say i'm really missing not looking forward a summer trip now, equally so now, but equally has been so painful, particularly kids. painful, particularly with kids. i'm also that's the uncertainty so you the thing that i really objected to all the strikes had obviously all covid testing obviously all the covid testing leave going to bring leave are they going to bring back ? we back restrictions? are we actually to to go actually going to be able to go either going to have either countries going to have to bring know, bring back to bring you know, bring back restrictions then we'll have restrictions and then we'll have to cancel. i'm yeah.

to cancel. and i'm just yeah. particularly when you've got such holidays, such limited time for holidays, i'm that. know, i'm just for not that. you know, we a week we've come to the end guys it's going hasn't it. unfortunately we have to give to prime minister's question time. that's absolutely don't that's absolutely fine. i don't mind the prime mind people regarding the prime minister greatest source minister as the greatest source of don't of knowledge to me. i don't think true. mike parry now i've been nurses been asking you about the nurses strike back december 70% of you did not support the nurses strike. i've you the same question today and 7% of you say that yes you do support nurses strike with 43% of you saying no so . right. thank you. it's flown so. right. thank you. it's flown by. coming up next is gb news life with mark longhurst. i'm bev turner i'll say smart alex deakin with your latest weather updated me to tell you it's another cold one dry sunny wallop for many but we do have wintry showers in places . snow wintry showers in places. snow across northern scotland and a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. further west is actually in the

east where we've got low pressure that's pulling away , pressure that's pulling away, but it's still allowing the winds be coming down from the winds to be coming down from the north, hence why? is cold out north, hence why? it is cold out there. temperatures getting up to five or six degrees, which means the showers in the west will be of a mixture of will be more of a mixture of rain, sleet and some rain, sleet and snow and some hail. mostly over the hail. snow mostly over the hills, but covering in places still across wales, western england, northern ireland and certainly more heavy snow showers across northern showers to come across northern scotland. many central and eastern staying and eastern areas just staying and sunny, but is cold feeling, especially cold in northern scotland with the brisk wind temperatures generally 4 to 6 celsius at best and dropping sharply evening, which means ice is likely to be a problem where we have further wintry showers coming in for wales, more snow likely in north wales and into parts north—west england with parts of north—west england with northern ireland and again northern scotland. the showers easing in the southwest. but again , many central and eastern again, many central and eastern places , dry and very cold, could places, dry and very cold, could be some fog around as well. down to minus ten to maybe —15 where

the snow lying on the ground in scotland. and that's where most of the snow will be during thursday . a few scattered thursday. a few scattered flurries across parts of north wales and northwest england perhaps, and still a few wintry showers for northern ireland, but many will be tomorrow but many will be dry tomorrow with sunny spells, but it will cold temperatures again for most three or four degrees celsius. the winds, though, fairly light , which means the frost will return very quickly on thursday night. again, it could be quite icy almost anywhere, but particularly we've got the showers for northern ireland and northern scotland will continue to see the snow building up any side of the cold weather ending. it's going to last until at least friday. slowly slowly, milder air creep the west during this weekend .