channel good morning. welcome to bev turner. today on gb news tv, radio and online. of course, it is the second day of nurses

industrial action across england and in wales . industrial action across england and in wales. the ambulance service is carrying out a 24 hour strike. i'm going to be talking the chief executive of the welsh ambulance service to see what can be done to avert another one next week and away from strikes you remember the first around blyth based first around the blyth based gigafactory in northumberland was be the heart of uk was going to be the heart of uk battery production for electric cars. battery production for electric cars . well, it's into cars. well, it's gone into administration business and economics editor liam halligan be at site this morning for be at the site this morning for us to explain what happened and how big a blow this is to the electric car movement. that's all coming up after at all coming up after a look at the latest news with rihanna . the latest news with rihanna. thank you. good morning. it's 10:01. your top stories from the gb newsroom. the government's announced more than gb newsroom. the government's announced more tha n £2 billion announced more than £2 billion will be invested in over 100 projects across the uk through a levelling up fund . the prime levelling up fund. the prime minister's promise to deliver economic growth and new jobs.

£19 million off the latest round of funding will be to richmond and yorkshire. rishi sunak's own constituency the eden project nonh constituency the eden project north and morecambe receiv e £50 north and morecambe receive £50 million, as will cardiff . million, as will cardiff. labour's critici is the plan saying london and south england will receive most of the money that levelling up. secretary michael gove says they're wrong . the way in which the money is allocated is against objective criteria . so we set out our criteria. so we set out our determination to make sure the people in those overlooked communities get support when the allocation is scrutinised by experts and government departments . order to make sure departments. order to make sure that it's rigorous . departments. order to make sure that it's rigorous. but as i say , the biggest investment of all is in more and a cross. lancashire, we're seeing investment including communities like blackburn and accrington that i mentioned and that is a deliberate way in which this government is doing more to support these communities. health leaders are making

contingency plans for what could be the biggest walk out in the history of the nhs chest. next month it was announced yesterday that ambulance workers will join nurses in a combined of action for the first time ever on the sixth. nurses england from 55 nhs trusts at today's staging a second day of strike action while more than a thousand unite members in the welsh ambulance service are holding the first of 224 hour walkouts. ferry services between dover and calais have been suspek ended today due to a national strike in france. p&o ferries says its produce an optimised sailing schedule light of the 24 hour walkout. the port of dover , it's walkout. the port of dover, it's still open with services . still open with services. dunkirk running as normal, but has advised travellers to allow extra time for journeys. ferries to calais are expected resume up to calais are expected resume up to this afternoon . the king has to this afternoon. the king has requested the profits from a £1

billion a year wind farm deal to be used for the wider public good. rather than the royal family king charles has asked for the profits from six new offshore wind farms being developed on crown estate land to be redirected to those struggling the most. it comes after his majesty highlighted the anxiety and hardship of the cost of living crisis . in his cost of living crisis. in his christmas message . jacinda christmas message. jacinda ardern is quitting as prime minister of new zealand next month, saying she no longer has enoughin month, saying she no longer has enough in the tank to lead the country. she'll down as labour party leader by the 7th of february with a vote to determine her replacement. shortly after new zealand will hold a general election on the 14th of october. ms. ardern admitted to being a tough five and a half years in the job. this has been the most fulfilling five and a half years of my life, but it also had its challenges. i know what this job

takes and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. it's that simple . officials in new mexico simple. officials in new mexico are expected to announce if actor baldwin will face criminal charges over the fatal shooting of a cinematographer. last year . helena hutchins was killed . . helena hutchins was killed. director joel souza injured on the set of the film rust when a gun baldwin was using during a rehearsal fired a live bullet. baldwin has said he was told the gun was safe use and that he didn't pull trigger. he sued crew members for negligence . crew members for negligence. university have seen a 22% increase in anti—semitism over the past two academic years. the community security trial says it's received 150 reports of incidents affecting jewish students. academic and university staff . that's up from university staff. that's up from 123 reported in the previous two academic years. it comes an

investigation last week , jewish investigation last week, jewish undergraduates face, a hostile culture within national union of students . and manchester airport students. and manchester airport has reopened after temporarily closing both runways this morning due to snow. the met office has issued yellow weather warnings of snow and ice for scotland , northern ireland and scotland, northern ireland and wales as bitterly cold temperatures continue to grip the uk. meanwhile ice warnings in place for southwest england with a major incident declared somerset due to the risk of flooding . this is gb newsroom flooding. this is gb newsroom bnng flooding. this is gb newsroom bring more as it happens now though, it's back to beth . though, it's back to beth. hey, good morning . back tenants hey, good morning. back tenants day on gb news on tv, radio and

online. here's what's coming up online. here's what's coming up on the show this morning . a on the show this morning. a patients face on precedent disruption in the health service next month with ambulance and nursing staff staging joint walkouts. it comes as thousands of nurses begin a second consecutive day of strike action and welsh ambulance service staff are on a 24 hour strike today. and i'll be speaking to chief executive in just a moment the unite union says ambulance workers will join 23 picket lines across wales in their fight to prevent the welsh nhs from collapse ahead of another strike on the 23rd. i'm joining me on my panel this morning to tackle big news of the day, including jacinda orton's resignation as new zealand's prime minister and michael gove's levelling fund. i'll be joined by the political commentator sutherland commentator matthew sutherland and of the together and co—founder of the together declaration, alan miller . and of declaration, alan miller. and of course show is vastly course this show is vastly improved with your input. we've got a running morning and got a running this morning and i'm you, the us, the secretary of state for levelling up michael announces

of state for levelling up michael gove announce s £2 michael gove announces £2 billion money for projects billion of money for projects across the country. do you think this will improve your quality of life because surely that is the point of these of these handouts effectively . email me handouts effectively. email me gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news to have your say . when i gb news to have your say. when i talk to my panel a bit. this levelling up fund i will give some of the figures which are being spent in some areas and what they're being attributed to a lot of cycle lanes, a lot of cycle lanes. i'm not sure whether that will improve your quality of life, but maybe it will if you're cyclist, it will if you're a cyclist, it definitely now, another definitely will. now, another day, another set of strikes yesterday. when i asked at yesterday. when i asked you at home you support the nurses home if you support the nurses strike, 60% did. strike, almost 60% of you did. whereas last only 30% of whereas last month only 30% of you the strikes on our you supported the strikes on our twitter polls . politically, twitter polls. politically, though, the battle continues. rishi sunak and keir starmer clashed over the ongoing nhs strikes during yesterday's pmqs

specifically ambulance. wait times. this follows two walkouts last month . patients could again last month. patients could again face disruption to operations and appointments , though nurses and appointments, though nurses are to continue providing care. on north—west of england , on north—west of england, reporter sophie reaper is in lancashire. good morning . lancashire. good morning. sophie, i believe you're at western hospital this morning . western hospital this morning. what are you hearing there .7 good what are you hearing there? good morning to you. yes, western hospital in merseyside today yesterday they had around 200 nurses taking to the picket line and now the sun has finally come out . we're expecting a similar out. we're expecting a similar turn out today. so joining now is an icu . tell me little bit is an icu. tell me little bit about your experience so far. so i'm qualified and qualified september. i look some of the most polished people in the hospital and we're massively understaffed . it's about this is understaffed. it's about this is about working conditions . the about working conditions. the

people we work with we work as a massive multiple places plenary team. it's not just those we're all people are stressed people are you're having constant conversations about where do we have enough staff? can someone cover the shift. can we do their house and it and the people are suffering and the patients and you know , these patients deserve you know, these patients deserve the best care that we possibly can give. and that's we want to do. and unfortunately we're not able to always do that. you mentioned that you're newly qualified there's a lot of reports that who are in training they will then not go to on actually take a job within nursing. what made you want to give it a go and take a job in nursing ? i think the choice of nursing? i think the choice of where i chose to work , you know, where i chose to work, you know, intensive care is there's a lot more staff than there is on the wards. also comes with a lot more responsibility. but i think only way that we can move forward is by keep going with

the nhs keep fighting, keep trying . you know, if we all just trying. you know, if we all just decide now to go anywhere. i mean, yeah, we could go and i'll work for an agency and get paid £50 an hour. but, but we're so lucky to have an nhs that we need, we need the staff to keep it going. and tell me it's going back and forth now between the government and the rcn. what needs to happen ? make these needs to happen? make these strikes stop the need to actually sit down. and so i suppose listen i am not threatened to stop us from striking and altogether am . that striking and altogether am. that just shows really what kind of viewpoint that the government are having . i mean, the only way are having. i mean, the only way i can say out of it is a new government. someone actually is going to listen to us, make it safe for patients . thank you so safe for patients. thank you so much . your time this morning, much. your time this morning, meghan . we can hear that. meghan. we can hear that. there's plenty of support for the nurses . we can hear as we've the nurses. we can hear as we've just been talking, they're all

morning, everyone driving past, constantly beeping and we're going to be bringing you updates from whiston hospital as the day goes on. thank you, sophia. good job, reaper that now the job, sophie reaper that now the welsh ambulance service start the start its 24 hour strike today in a pay dispute and another walkout is scheduled for monday . joining me now is jason monday. joining me now is jason keller, the chief executive of the welsh ambulance service. good morning, the welsh ambulance service. good morning , jason. thank you good morning, jason. thank you very much joining us. good morning . right. just give us morning. right. just give us your position . why do you or your position. why do you or ambulance workers feel the need to strike? well, look, so we've got the first day of action by unite the union today. and as you say a further day on monday, that follows two days of industrial in the last couple of weeks by gmb here in and obviously across the rest the ambulance sector in the uk to. the staff i've been talking to in the last few weeks are saying to me that they joined the ambulance service like i did, to help people provide great care to patients when they need us

most . and in the choices that most. and in the choices that our staff are making now, people are making, they feel deeply conflicted because on the one hand they joined to provide that great care to patients when they needit great care to patients when they need it most, but on the other, they feel that they can't currently that because of the pressure health social care pressure, health and social care , they feel that the time is now right for them to make their start their point with their unions about pressure and the working conditions which they are currently enduring. but of course, you know, the dispute anses course, you know, the dispute arises out of one of pay which is with government, not with me or with us as the employer. but of course these issues, these workplace are very much in the minds of . our clinicians and our minds of. our clinicians and our control room staff and the choices they make. so do you very much feel that this these employees, these workers , these employees, these workers, these beloved part of our country , our beloved part of our country, our community, we rely on these workers that they feel that they genuinely have no option that they thought long and hard about this . and it's not been an easy

this. and it's not been an easy decision to make. but we really have hit the precipice now . have hit the precipice now. something has to be done . well, something has to be done. well, there's no doubt in itself that i've been talking to in the last few weeks that many of them feel now that the pressure is such that they can't do the job that they joined for, they can't provide the great care that they want to offer to patients when they call us, when they need us. most often are our paramedics and emergency medical technicians all seeing one or two patients in a 12 hour shift. now, where, of course, you know, pre—pandemic and prior to pressure being of the extent is that six, eight or ten patients a shift . they're concerned about a shift. they're concerned about the on patients and patient safety and of course we do know that some patients sadly are coming to avoidable harm , a coming to avoidable harm, a result of the delays that are occurring now. it's a complex picture . the lives of the picture. the lives of the emergency department happen, which hold our crews there and bnng which hold our crews there and bring us from responding in the community. those delays happened

of flow through the hospital were not being as efficient as it should be. and that's because there are many patients in beds that are medically fit to discharge could in discharge that could be in communities, can't be communities, but can't be because of pressure in social care. so this is a kind of multi sector issue, but our ambulance staff , our ambulance workers, staff, our ambulance workers, paramedics call centre staff and others do feel very strongly now that they think they need to make the point to government and others that the pressure is that working conditions are such that they feel they need to take strike action. jason, how was it before the covid disruption and how much of an impact has that had on the service that can be provided ? well i mean, covid is provided? well i mean, covid is certainly an issue and it does remain us. so i mean, if you give you two example, so in december just give you two example, so in decemberjust gone, give you two example, so in december just gone, we give you two example, so in decemberjust gone, we lost december just gone, we lost 32000 hours of emergency ambulance capacity here in wales . so that includes about 38% of

the entire fleet for the month unavailable to us in 2008. so well before , the pandemic, that well before, the pandemic, that was just about 6000 hours a month. so these are the emerging department delays and the impact it has on our fleet nationally and our ability to respond . so and our ability to respond. so there is no doubt that things are worse now after , the are worse now after, the pandemic, than they were before we went into the pandemic. but the pressure that we've got now is not solely as a result of pandemic and covid. we're seeing lots of stories in the media. actually, i interviewed one lady earlier this week terribly sad, terribly sad . lesley weekley was terribly sad. lesley weekley was her name and her husband rob lost his life because they were waiting for an ambulance for 90 minutes. and he couldn't be saved she into off we're seeing these in press every day now do you think that's going to lose support from the public? we're scared , actually, to be frank , scared, actually, to be frank, we're very scared that something's going to happen to us or our loved ones all are

closely ordered to apologise to all patients here in wales that have waited longer than we would like for their emergency ambulance. i see many of those cases in terms of the concerns and the complaints are raised. so i am aware the impact of these there lies is clearly not these there lies is clearly not the service that we want to be providing and it's not the service, our clinicians and all of our staff want to be providing either. the delays occurred of pressure around us. now here in the welsh ambulance service, we've invested heavily over the last three years trying the organisation in patient facing roles by about 400 posts. we've changed our rosters system and might other efficiencies so we we're working as efficiently and effectively as we can but as fast as we're creating those efficiencies in that extra capacity it's being lost at the emergency department because of the pressure around us. so i think these these delays are here for a little while yet because are complex issues that the whole health and social care

does need to work together on to fix with support of government, with support government. but in the meantime, we will always prioritise our response to the sickest patients and those that are immediately life threatened will always get a response from us. okay really appreciate your time this morning. us. okay really appreciate your time this morning . executive of time this morning. executive of the welsh ambulance service , the welsh ambulance service, jason killens there. thank you for joining. it's interesting, forjoining. it's interesting, isn't it, when he's talking like that, a bigger problem, he that, it's a bigger problem, he said. it's not the said. it's not just the ambulance. just ambulance. it's not just the paramedics , the elderly, social paramedics, the elderly, social care . it's beds that can't care. it's the beds that can't be released it's multi facet be released. it's a multi facet it issue that needs addressing . it issue that needs addressing. don't forget, we've got a twitter poll this morning. michael gove has been doing the rounds, secretary of state for levelling. breakfast levelling. he was on breakfast this morning. going to play this morning. i'm going to play you that in just a little while with panellists here because. with my panellists here because. he's billion for he's announced a £2 billion for levelling across country. do levelling up across country. do you going to improve you think it's going to improve your quality of life? cast your vote . now don't forget to drop vote. now don't forget to drop me an email gb views at gb news dot uk. now after the break.

jacinda ardern has announced that she quit as prime minister of new zealand next month, saying hasn't got enough in saying she hasn't got enough in the tank to lead the country. any more political commentator and of the together and co—founder of the together declaration, allan miller , will declaration, allan miller, will be to give us their be here to give us their thoughts. now though, quick weather update, deakin here weather update, alex deakin here with latest weather update. with your latest weather update. it turn a little milder as it will turn a little milder as we go through the weekend but it's cold out there again today. many and bright with many places dry and bright with sunny spells, but we will continue some snow in continue to see some snow in places some heavy , places seeing some heavy, particularly manchester, the morning and some snow from this of low pressure heading its way across northern scotland mixture here at low levels rain sleet. it's over the hills where we'll continue to see some snowfall coming in and a mixture of sleet and, snow showers over north—west england, north wales, 1 to 2 moving into north—west england, north wales, 1to 2 moving into parts north—west england, north wales, 1 to 2 moving into parts of the midlands as well. but for many it is dry and bright with sunny spells , but it is rather chilly. spells, but it is rather chilly. temperatures 3 to 4 degrees celsius, maybe six or seven

across the south—west, feeling with the winds across northern scotland , further sleet and snow scotland, further sleet and snow showers coming in here overnight and it could turn icy wherever we've had showers or wherever we've had showers or wherever we've had showers or wherever we've had the snow through this morning. so just bear that in mind overnight. slippery conditions again for friday morning, even most places won't be seeing any more snow showers . the night could turn foggy, especially so in northern ireland, it'll certainly turn frosty yet again . so a cold frosty yet again. so a cold start to friday, but by large, friday is a dry, sunny day for the vast majority . some stubborn the vast majority. some stubborn fog patches for northern ireland, a few showers. grazie in eastern most parts of england and scotland. again will be a mixture of rain, sleet snow and perhaps hail. but so most places just dry , sunny temperatures, just dry, sunny temperatures, just dry, sunny temperatures, just a degree so high, a closer to average with light winds in the sunny spells not feeling too bad. but again , will drop pretty bad. but again, will drop pretty sharply on friday evening if you're heading out , it's going you're heading out, it's going to be a cold and frosty one. but

signs of a change behind me, the cloud thickening , some wet cloud thickening, some wet weather moving in. that is a weather moving in. that is a weather front that will slowly introduce milder at this weekend. do mean still weekend. and i do mean still pretty cold for most, but gradually turning milder across the with rain in the north with some rain in western scotland . good bye .

good morning. it's 1023. good morning. it's1023. this is bev turner on gb news. right. you've been getting in touch, remember? gbviews@gbnews.uk case the email. let's have a look at a few on the series of strikes. david said people are using ambulances, a taxi service to a hospital as if they had to make their own way. there they often wouldn't bother, frank has said, stopping the unnecessary requirement that nurses be to a degree level will boost recruitment hugely. i think that's probably true. and sandra says, i'm retired nurse. i've

says, i'm a retired nurse. i've been there and done nurses been there and done that. nurses work rule not go on strike, work to rule not go on strike, keep your messages coming in. vaiews@gbnews.uk now, my panel are here this morning. i am to be joined. i'm in the mood for round one. who better to round with advice from broadcaster matt find out if matt stadlen and find out if this a declaration. alan miller right. let's start with ambulance strikes go back a long way, matt, don't we? we'll be popping way, matt, don't we? we'll be popping calls up off the subs bench. call. i was at bench. got the call. i was at the last night so the football last night so i spokei the football last night so i spoke i got the late call up somebody drop out. hey, he's not wrong. i'm very happy see wrong. i'm very happy to see you. to hear all about you. i want to hear all about new now, the gmb union new baby now, the gmb union announced further days for announced six further days for action strikes. alan miller i'd , love you to come on this show one week and not talk about strikes. what's going to it strikes. what's going to end it all. well, i think you have first you have to have proper negotiations. be negotiations. they should be happening. needs to be happening. there needs to be strikes has to be understood in the context of everything of . the context of everything of. investment in infrastructure of efficiency, of having a proper productivity plan and also the

fact that staff need to be paid properly. and that's all part of productivity . i'm a little productivity. i'm a little concerned that it's done piecemeal. that on the one hand, there's like these intermittent, like disrupting strikes that don't win. there's not really an attempt to win over the public, although there is public sympathy for staff and pay , and sympathy for staff and pay, and at the same time there isn't a of discussion with the public about what needs to happen for transport infrastructure . the transport infrastructure. the uk, in fact in other areas of the news it's been noted by the cbiand the news it's been noted by the cbi and many that britain's productivity plan is sort of kind of non—existent . and james kind of non—existent. and james dyson is talking about the fact that , you know, senex government that, you know, senex government hasn't got a grip on this and all kind of sluggishness that's been endemic quite some time on top of everything happened in the last three years with restrictions and lockdowns has put us in a perilous situation. so on people do need so we to get on people do need be paid well i think we can have wealth creation all but you've got to have a robust for that.

you chatting to an you know matt i chatting to an icu yesterday about the icu doctor yesterday about the strikes he's at the coalface strikes and he's at the coalface of the most the most poorly in our society and he said that a big part that's missing from this debate all about the nhs in how we fix it is personal responsibility. our own health. he was saying, you know, when the nhs started it was meant to only kind of temporary only be kind of temporary post—war , get everyone fit post—war, get everyone fit again. and yet in last 30 years we've been in an obesity pandemic , we've got pandemic, we've got non—communicable diseases, lifestyle, illness , putting us lifestyle, illness, putting us all in hospital. do you think it's all in hospital. do you think wsfime all in hospital. do you think it's time that we all started really thinking about the personal responsibility of looking no, looking after the nhs? no, i can't . any fools who could with can't. any fools who could with the of personal responsibility we've all got to do our bit and we'll live happier and longer lives if we do the thing is if we do live longer lives , there's we do live longer lives, there's still going to be a strain on the nhs because of the problem. as i understand it and i've been talking to doctors recently too my podcast parts of the problem

is that we are living older as a society so . we've got huge society so. we've got huge numbers of people who are over 50 in this country. we haven't got that many people who are under 50 and it's largely the under 50 and it's largely the undeerfies under 50 and it's largely the under fifties who are providing money for the public services, for those who are over 50. i mean, really over over 70 and so forth. i we need to invest more in the nhs, which is an incredibly painful and difficult thing to say because are very heavily taxed at the moment. but medicine become more expensive. people surviving for longer and therefore although you could argue that funding one sense has gone up under the last 13 years of tory rule , actually in of tory rule, actually in reality it hasn't because it's not keeping pace with demand. and it's very it's that alone, isn't it, that we've got this population, as you heard jason killens there, the chief executive of the welsh ambulance service, saying the problem is that care end of our that the social care end of our service is absolutely fit for purpose at the moment . and

purpose at the moment. and therefore, you've got this this awful term blocking. i don't like that term because there willingly they don't deliberately blocking a space for somebody else. but that's that's on its knees isn't it. is what got combination of what got a combination of things. had lots beds things. we've had a lots of beds lost over the last 15 years. we've got a staffing issue throughout the nhs. we've got a bureaucracy in the nhs with too many consultants at the top getting too money. but we've also got a real problem, as you say, in social care , 165,000 say, in social care, 165,000 missing staff , 40,000 of which missing staff, 40,000 of which were lost as a consequence , an were lost as a consequence, an unnecessary and very vaccine mandate where people would be working for a year already on the frontline they didn't need it. they should be brought back and apologise to common sites that have reinstated a lot them had service diligence but had a long service diligence but you we need to get to grips you know we need to get to grips with it. and i think the thing is that seen somehow as is that it's seen somehow as a kind of almost like an iconoclastic religious institution, the nhs and it should be there to deal with as

efficiently with care . it's the efficiently with care. it's the largest employer in the world. we need to get to grips with efficiency and really like with productivity work out ways that staff can be supported and execute , do the good job they do execute, do the good job they do and really make it much more efficient at the top. it's very bloated and bureaucratic . yeah. bloated and bureaucratic. yeah. and i think what this doctor was saying today say about this this push for health like people ending hospital in the ending up in hospital in the first something that i first place, is something that i think neglected think has been largely neglected from the last from conversation for the last couple of decades right. you woke up this morning news woke up this morning the news that prime of that jacinda ardern, prime of new had resigned. were new zealand, had resigned. were you or she's you surprised or said she's going step we've because going to step we've because i was either expecting i'm to i don't go to bed at night thinking about jacinda you know genuinely do something i it open it was the first thing i saw in my capitalism hours. i wasn't expecting that i'm an expert in new zealand politics, but she has divided polarised opinion, hasn't she? because of the way that she handled zealand's response to the pandemic . and so

response to the pandemic. and so a lot of people don't like her and a lot of people do like from what seen of her press what i've seen of her press conference think she comes conference is i think she comes across as empathetic strong across as empathetic but strong at same time, i think she at the same time, i think she was the youngest world leader at the time. think she was only the time. i think she was only the time. i think she was only the second woman ever perhaps bhutto, to be a leader of her country give birth. so i country and give birth. so i think lot for women think done a lot for women around the a lot in the around, the world a lot in the sense of and what i say i'm a fan of. i i need to know more about new zealand politics to make that judgement. certainly the leader of the opposition paid, paid generous tribute what she's done in service for her country. alan, i think i used to, you know, i used to, i used to, you know, i used to, i used to think. she was amazing for all of the reasons you just cited might be why this woman's had baby. she's prime minister had a baby. she's prime minister and that women can and she's showing that women can have lockdowns have it all. then lockdowns happened. the most happened. and she had the most draconian, lacking in draconian, totally lacking in empathy. the restrictions around that that country. i remember people cry ing, you know, on the media, on their phones saying . i

media, on their phones saying. i can't my mother is dying. i need get back to new zealand and i can't go. yes, yeah. it was long, it was in january 2020 when they had four cases, they put auckland into lockdown the lockdowns , very brutal, not even lockdowns, very brutal, not even takeaway food . the restrictions takeaway food. the restrictions were immense . the police were immense. the police treatment of public. and we should remember that jacinda had her and celebrated idea of having a two tier society saying that those were not vaccinated would not be able to participate in society, and then it gleefully she said it with that really chilling smile on her face all the i found it so sinister. yeah and so the thing is that also know that lockdowns only do they not work, but they make things much worse. and the zero covid strategy has been an utter failure . and, you know, it utter failure. and, you know, it begs we need to really revisit the question of pandemic preparedness and not to have on precedent , preparedness and not to have on precedent, damaging lockdowns which we're all dealing with the consequences of now, i've been talking about the nhs, the economy i mean, think about

children health a range of areas and i'm not into identity politics. so it's great. you know, i'm much more interested in someone's actually doing and i think that it's been very devastating and she can join the ranks with perhaps trudeau as being kind of sort of symbolic of many the things that should not be done just to just come back on someone who, broadly speaking in supported lockdowns dunng speaking in supported lockdowns during the pandemic. because i that's what the science suggested was necessary and that's what the nhs was calling for . and i was not a fan of for. and i was not a fan of bofis for. and i was not a fan of boris johnson or his tory government . i think we've got to government. i think we've got to be careful not to rewrite history. the reason that we went into lockdown this country was to protect the nhs. now it's absolutely right that there should be a debate and even some sort of inquiry into whether lockdowns actually did more than good or did more good than harm open for that because , we were

open for that because, we were in a national crisis. open for that because, we were in a national crisis . in an in a national crisis. in an international crisis . and so the international crisis. and so the decisions made under white heat of that pressure should absolutely be scrutinised . but absolutely be scrutinised. but do we know that lockdowns didn't work? no, we don't . do we need work? no, we don't. do we need to do more to find the answers that absolute ? yes, we do. if we that absolute? yes, we do. if we hadnt that absolute? yes, we do. if we hadn't looked when we did. and i think should have lockdown earlier, the first time and the second time. well, we hadn't many more people have died. i mean, we need to find out, you know, now we know the answer. we look at you look at sweden, you look at you look at sweden, you look at florida. you have the outliers, that kind of figure. but the they don't prove it because they're different with different know different nations. but know what? want us to go down what? i don't want us to go down that rabbit hole. but what i think important terms of think is important in terms of jacinda and how it might jacinda return and how it might affect country that it affect this country is that it feels the her popular feels like the her popular nafion feels like the her popular nation country, nation in that country, her electorate, basically electorate, are now basically she's unpopular she's incredibly unpopular of the decisions that the decisions she made that might be the same here might prove to be the same here at the next election. right. thanks, guys. after the break, remember thanks, guys. after the break, rememiitr thanks, guys. after the break, rememiit was meant to be the

revolt. it was meant to be the heart of uk battery production for electric cars. but now it's into administration main guy into administration on main guy liam will give us the liam halligan will give us the lowdown on why in just moment. as after the morning's news . as after the morning's news. good morning . it's 1034. as after the morning's news. good morning . it's1034. i'm good morning. it's1034. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom government's announced more than newsroom government's announced more tha n £2 billion will be more than £2 billion will be invested in over 100 projects across the uk through levelling up fund. the prime minister's promise to deliver economic growth and new jobs . £19 million growth and new jobs. £19 million off the latest round of funding will be going to rishi sunak's constituency. the eden north and morecambe will , £50 million as morecambe will, £50 million as will cardiff crossrail labour's critici is the plan saying london and south east england will get be getting most of the money but levelling up? secretary michael says they're wrong the way in which the money is allocated is against objective criteria . so we set objective criteria. so we set out a determination to make sure

the people , those overlooked the people, those overlooked communities get. then the allocation scrutinised by experts in government departments in order to make sure that it's rigorous. but as i say , the biggest investment of i say, the biggest investment of all is in more and a cross lancashire we're seeing including communities like blackburn accrington that i mentioned and that is a deliberate in which this government is doing more to support these communities. health leaders making contingency plans for what could be the biggest walk out in the history of the nhs next month. it was announced yesterday ambulance workers will join nurses in a combined day of action , the first time ever on action, the first time ever on february the sixth nurses in england today staging a second day of strike action while more england today staging a second day of s than a thousand unite members in the welsh ambulance service are holding the first of two walkouts and ardern is quitting . prime minister of new zealand

month, saying she no longer enoughin month, saying she no longer enough in the tank to lead the country. ms. ardern it had been a tough five and a half years in the job. she'll step down as labour party leader by the 7th of february with a vote to determine her replacement shortly after tv online under police radio. this is gb news going to add that we'll be back in just a minute.

good morning. it's 1038. good morning. it's1038. this is bev turner on gb news. okay. you've been getting touch. thank you. gb views that gb news uk is the email on the continuous winter strike. brian says a pay increase won't help ambulances backed up at hospitals . the backed up at hospitals. the government was elected by the people and what the unions are

doing is totally undemocratic . doing is totally undemocratic. it occurred to me actually when it occurred to me actually when i was talking to jason collins before from the welsh ambulance, what was describing wasn't what he was describing wasn't necessarily pay . necessarily about people's pay. beverley has said , not me. the beverley has said, not me. the majority nurses in the north are striking today. we are not massively understaffed well, thatis massively understaffed well, that is good news. and catherine has said where are the nhs managers ? surely they should be managers? surely they should be helping to out this situation . helping to out this situation. very good point. keep emails coming in gb views at gbnews.uk. now the princess of wales is expected to launch a national campaign later month focussed on her decade long passion for early years development . her early years development. her royal highness believes the first five years of a child's life have a big impact their life have a big impact on their future chances . and yesterday future chances. and yesterday kate visited fox cubs nursery in luton and our royal reporter cameron was there to see this little heart. how can one small playdate have a big impact on a child's future? the princess of

believes it's those crucial years that children learn how to interact with others. these are vital that are going to take them into the next phase of education. and i'm saying to the very to they don't lose their royal highness visited fox cubs in luton yesterday , continuing in luton yesterday, continuing a decade long passion for supporting very young children . supporting very young children. the princess experience how this nursery places a huge importance on learning through play but also at the same time supporting parents to get the children here the best in life. but it's not all fun and games nearly five and a half thousand early years, providers have closed their doors in the last 12 months, according to the early years alliance, the boss blames a lack of funding being through a pandemic many children frankly you know, were starved of play. we start the sharing etc. so it's not so you know sort of surprise that we have child development issues to deprive children effectively of the good because this is what the early

years is about. it's not just cares educating children we wouldn't accept that for a five year old we would not accept that for a ten year old. somehow we were accepted for the 3 to 4 year old. so parents are struggling and not just the parents. staff don't have to dig far some children far to conclude. some children have by being stuck at have lost by being stuck at home, something fox cubs acting manager was keen to share with the princess. things that came up in the conversation were about covid and about the impact covid and lockdown on and all the people that she spoke to pretty much said the same. you know, it's such an emotional side of things . the communication, development, the delay that it had children , the princess of had children, the princess of wales launched the royal foundation early childhood in 2021 and last year visited denmark to see first hand how they supports the youngest members of society . her royal members of society. her royal highness is expected to launch a national campaign on early years development later this month .

development later this month. cameron walker gb news luton . cameron walker gb news luton. thank you, cameron now last year the blythe based britishvolt gigafactory was awarded the blythe based britishvolt gigafactory was awarde d £100 gigafactory was awarded £100 million to build an electric battery manufacturing . it was battery manufacturing. it was hailed at the time as ground on the country's green industrial revolution . the factory now revolution. the factory now won't be built after the mother company went into administration on tuesday. let's get more from our and business editor. good morning, liam what does this mean for the uk's green industrial revolution and? where's all that money going ? where's all that money going? good to be with you , beth. i'm good to be with you, beth. i'm in campus. i'm outside the famous chilterns cafe. on campus beach chemist is just a few miles north of blythe, which itself about 50 miles north of newcastle here in the north—east cambs is the sites that gigafactory which, as you say, the future of it is in jeopardy . the company britishvolt a

start up had plans to build a £36 billion plants building £3.6 billion plants building that go into electric vehicles driving car making in this region, which is the biggest carmaker in region of the uk along with the midlands. that company britishvolt is now going on to administration because it couldn't raise the money it needed to unlock that couldn't raise the money it needed to unlock tha t £100 needed to unlock that £100 million of government money which was contained on the private sector money. this is a big blow for the region. to learn more about, i'm joined by paul butler , who is the chief paul butler, who is the chief executive of , the north east executive of, the north east automotive alliance. paul been at the forefront of getting this gigafactory built. how disappointed are you yesterday's news. it's extremely disappointing for the region. obviously britishvolt had very ambitious plan to build a battery facility . it was an battery facility. it was an important landmark for the uk automotive sector . if we look at automotive sector. if we look at future demand batteries, we

probably require something in the region of 8 to 10 gigafactories in the uk to meet future demand. so britishvolt was a key element of that . was a key element of that. however, this site is extreme . however, this site is extreme. and good site to build batteries here because of the infrastructure that already exists . it's also the exists. it's also the termination for the link into norway and with the dogger bank offshore facilities going in. then that green energy was ideal to power a. gigafactory of britishvolt . so i'm fairly britishvolt. so i'm fairly confident somebody will come in and take over the facility and this cafe, the site that's just to it, is right on the coast you can see lots and lots of offshore windmills here. that dogger bank site, as you're saying, built by the british and norwegian government. it's kind of the biggest offshore wind farm the world in the middle farm in the world in the middle of the north sea. blythe is the termination point of that power plant. that's why we want to build this gigafactory . do you

build this gigafactory. do you think other private sector companies will come forward to fill the gap where britishvolt failed to then unlock that fill the gap where britishvolt failed to then unlock tha t £100 failed to then unlock that £100 million of government support ? million of government support? yes, i'm extremely hopeful that somebody well, we've certainly heard there are a number of companies are interested in companies who are interested in site and as i say, is the number site and as i say, is the number site in the uk to build a gigafactory because of the cost you would have as a result the infrastructure that already already exists here . and of already exists here. and of course if we've this factory built that would encourage more car making in this leading to thousands tens of thousands of extra . exactly. yeah. we're extra. exactly. yeah. we're growing as a sector in the north—east, we've obviously got nissan on our doorstep. the most productive car plant in the uk . productive car plant in the uk. paul of the north—east automotive alliance. great to have you with bev. all is not here by any means. the north—east is positioning itself

as the renewable energy not just of britain, but of europe. given given these wind facilities . given these wind facilities. i've been i'm going to be here reporting all day, to talking lots of people talking to lots of local people. they feel about it. but in my i'm getting the sense bev, that despite this setback yesterday , this factory setback yesterday, this factory will be built. setback yesterday, this factory will be built . well, let's hope will be built. well, let's hope so. you, liam. thank you very much , jon. my panel are still much, jon. my panel are still here. right. and at mast adland and founder of the together declaration, alan miller writes michael gove talking to gb news this morning the levelling up secretary about the money that he is giving out all around the country to improve your quality of life. let's have a listen to what he had to say. the way in which the money is allocated is against objective criteria. so we set out our determination to make sure the people in those overlooked communities get support. then the allocation of scrutiny is by experts in government departments in order to make sure that it's rigorous

. but as i say , the biggest . but as i say, the biggest investment of all is in more and a cross lancashire. we're seeing including communities like blackburn accrington that i mentioned , and that is a mentioned, and that is a deliberate in which this government is doing more to support these communities. so alan miller, you're looking through the list there of which areas are going to get what and how much . what jumps out is how much. what jumps out is eight pages of this. what jumps out at you? well, it's just who gets what and where there is a discrepancy . there's also this discrepancy. there's also this differential in terms of demographics and where people are. i think one of the most worrying things is where our robust research and development , where is our commitment, dynamic transformation , dynamic transformation, infrastructure. we see a few things and little bits of track here . a town hall there . but here. a town hall there. but where is this ambitious transformation ? i'm very transformation? i'm very concerned that there wasn't of that. the other thing that's simultaneously with this

levelling up conversation is you've got a situation where you've got a situation where you've also got suffocation the limit. so you've got the conservative there giving incentives to regions and towns and cities to have limits on cars, have limits on movement and to suffocate those things that get financial . that's not that get financial. that's not helping terms of a dynamic economy. it's suffocating businesses and families and i'm very concerned about the democrat implications of all of that as well, because the public's consulted and they say they don't want it. and we're seeing businesses out. so when we're talking about levelling up, have to have an all up, we have to have an all around six to approach around three, six to approach investments important it's investments important but it's also the type of investment and emphasis housebuilding. we have a huge deficit we should be building up to 10 million new houses. that's right. they're just a missing . and just lacking a missing. and that's just not being done here. not addressed in it. is it. i mean we've got let me give you an example. i don't know where you live home, but i will you live at home, but i will maybe i to. north east

maybe i managed to. north east lincolnshire council. they're going to get 80 million for the transformational of cleethorpes seafront like cleethorpes seafront like cleethorpes seafront mazatlan . this includes seafront mazatlan. this includes rejuvenating the historic market square and the pier. that seems like a good idea. i think there's a lot of this which does sound positive i hate to say it, but i'm being quite positive at this time . billion pounds to this time. billion pounds to remodel the theatre in remodel the palace theatre in telford deliver a rich telford to deliver a rich programme for local people well as improve the sixth form college in malvern . got an college in malvern. got an outdoor theatre, a new studio space access to the space level of access to the arts . some this sounds great. arts. some of this sounds great. i think this is politically toxic for the tories. this was bofis toxic for the tories. this was boris johnson's flagship policy, wasn't it ? he's gone. sunak's wasn't it? he's gone. sunak's here off to the trusts headlines such as levelling up cash favours south east over red wall. this is electorally disastrous for the conservatives. yes, they've got to keep their south—east supporters , but who can look at supporters, but who can look at a headline like that and think that the country is levelling

up? i mean, of 80 successful bids in england for this cash , i bids in england for this cash, i think only half are in the 100 most deprived areas in the country. so it just seems on the face of it at least i mean michael gove saying experts we know what he thinks back but as he's saying this has been judged by experts. but on the face of it it looks like an absolute shambles. richmond destroy richmondshire district council sunak's constituency in sunak's actual constituency in yorkshire. they're going to get £90 million to transform qatar garrison town centre with new routes for walking and cycling. this is a theme much of the all for the cycling , walking and for the cycling, walking and getting people out active in nature that we were talking about earlier when it comes to take responsibility for own health. but the fact that so much money is going to the prime minister's own constituency. c just seems to me politic insane. yeah. what you think alan does it? you see when you look at this, i know the headline is

that it's going to the south—east, but a lot of these the projects they they like the projects they they look like the projects they they look like the thing that is it the kind of thing that is it just buying votes before next election if you say oh i've got a new swimming pool going in a new swimming pool going up in my oh, have got up my town, oh, we have got up every on the on every generation on the on the high. well i think it's important to invest in things or reinvest see lot of reinvest as you see a lot of those there. but you'll see things a new community hub things like a new community hub around coal provision and around an old coal provision and energy for instance, a huge energy for instance, is a huge thing we investment thing where we are investment in tidal could be energy independent in five years. where are the really robust jobs and wealth creation around nuclear ? wealth creation around nuclear? of course we need town halls , of course we need town halls, community centres, creative spaces , but this is lacklustre . spaces, but this is lacklustre. if it fails, i think we think it's not it's not connected is it. it's all a bit disconnected but maybe what we need is more decentral like decision making. the people in, those areas. well, here's the thing about all of that. i think we've got a problem sovereignty and like having everyone engage publicly the idea that locally and this is the point about the devolution discussion with keir

starmer that just because got a mayor locally you've got more democracy is not actually the case and. we we're seeing it with council leaders up and down the and some mayors the country and some mayors instance you less in london instance with you less in london where is making a where the mayor is making a decision to ignore over 70% of respondents saying they don't want it just because we live in london mean that he's london doesn't mean that he's got some of that devolved responsibility. any more responsibility. are any more democratic? think that democratic? yeah so i think that needs on we need to needs to be on side. we need to get public involved in a big get the public involved in a big plan that actually engages and inspires allow zombie companies and banks to fail. gets wealth creation for everyone, almost like you . the big know. if you like you. the big know. if you think about the world's fair, what be over the hundred next years? let's have some ambition . people engaged and win people over to that. yeah, right. next story. i bet you're a vegetarian mustard or not. i'm not. but funnily enough. i have been in my life. i knew that you couldn't keep it up. i should have kept it up. i couldn't keep it. i saw pink being slaughtered when was little in mid—wales and

that put me off for nine months. oh, i bet. and then i saw fish dying on a brittany on a holiday in northern france that made me a vegetarian again for another nine months. but i've been week well you said it. well edinburgh you said it. edinburgh has become the first european capital to take meat off the menu in schools in a bid to reduce the city's carbon footprint. alan miller i despair . you know , the thing , . you know, the thing, everything in moderation, right? everything i think the thing is the thing that is so telling about this particular piece and what's happened is a council report said overall the science is clear. where have we heard that before? yeah. meat and dairy consumption must reduce to achieve climate targets . so achieve climate targets. so we've got this policy that's to do with what children eat and only as well as what they're told in school. we're not so told. we also got a kind of a secular somewhat where it's all being c f this science which isn't scientific inquiry this

science is out, it's done. and now what we're going to do is transform forget things like lack of standards. the fact that literacy and numeracy is a problem that we have people that still can't even braille braille essays when they get to university people aren't reading books enough. we've got a whole array of things like that, but instead the discussion school is that we're going to get rid of meat consumption and to achieve climate targets. i think climate targets. i just think this is all proven. this this science is all proven. we've seen years that we've just seen years of that and to scientific and we need to scientific inquiry and investigation but schools should not be doing this in my opinion awful . schools should not be doing this in my opinion awful. i mean schools should not be doing this in my opinion awful . i mean the in my opinion awful. i mean the thing is, might as well, even from health point of view, goes back to what we talked about earlier about taking responsibility our health. responsibility for our health. most those dieticians most of the those dieticians nutritionists, doctors who are looking diet now say lean looking at diet now say lean protein better for one of the protein is better for one of the reasons we this health reasons we have this health crisis there's so crisis is because there's so many eating empty, many of us eating empty, nutritionally . what are nutritionally empty. what are they going replace? a sausage with? they're going to replace it with a bowl of pasta. i'm not

a dietitian and as you can see, i'm probably carrying a little bit of excess weight, although i'm no, i'm trying. i'm trying. no, i think that climate crisis is real and i think it is incredibly important that we address it sensibly and seriously . the science is clear. seriously. the science is clear. it mean that every scientist in the world who thinks that there's a climate crisis and it is important insight to have scepticism . and where there's scepticism. and where there's dissent, it should be within reason. listen to. but the overwhelming majority of scientists in the world subscribe to the idea . if we subscribe to the idea. if we don't act , subscribe to the idea. if we don't act, change our behaviour. that's not just in edinburgh, it's around the world. then world will become a much more dangerous and therefore expensive and difficult place for all of us to live in is taking me off the menus in hospitals, nursing homes , hospitals, nursing homes, schools in edinburgh going to save the world? no, but if we don't start doing our bit and to the credit of the government it

has been making some strides and how can we possibly expect other countries, china and forth who aren't doing nearly enough to do their bit. oh i bet we've run out of time . a lot is going to out of time. a lot is going to get stuck into that like a nice steak. but next i'm going to be looking at what impact all of these strikes are having on our children. see you in a few minutes, alex deakin here with your latest weather, will your latest weather, it will turn milder as we go turn a little milder as we go through the weekend, but it's cold again today. many cold out there again today. many places and bright sunny places and bright with sunny spells. we will continue to spells. but we will continue to see snow in places seeing see some snow in places seeing some snow, particularly some heavy snow, particularly manchester this morning and snow from this area of low pressure heading its way across northern scotland . a mixture here at low scotland. a mixture here at low levels of rain, sleet . it's over levels of rain, sleet. it's over the hills where we'll continue to see snowfall coming and a mixture of sleet and snow showers over north—west england . wales, 1 to 2, moving into parts of the midlands, perhaps as well. but for many areas it is dry and bright with sunny

spells, but it is rather chilly temperatures. 3 to 4 degrees celsius, maybe six or seven across the south—west, feeling colder with the winds across northern scotland , a further northern scotland, a further sleet and snow showers in here overnight. and say could turn icy wherever we've had showers or wherever we've had the snow through this morning. so just bear that in mind overnight. slippery again for friday morning, even most places won't be seeing more snow showers through the night could turn foggy especially so in northern ireland. it'll certainly to frosty yet again . so a cold frosty yet again. so a cold start to friday. but by and large is a dry, sunny day for the vast majority stubborn fog patches for northern a few showers graze in eastern most parts of england and scotland. again be a mixture of rain, sleet and perhaps hail. but say most places just dry and sunny, temperatures just a degree or so high, a closer to average with light winds in the sunny spells. not really too bad, but again, temperatures will drop pretty on

friday evening if you're out, it's going to be a cold and frosty one. but signs of a change behind me, the cloud thickening , some wet weather thickening, some wet weather moving in. that is a weather front that will slowly introduce milder at this weekend. and i do mean still pretty for most mean still pretty cold for most , but gradually turning milder across the north with some rain in western scotland good .

by very d lelrly goo v by very good morning welcomes bev turner today on gb news before midday we'll be talking the government's midday we'll be talking the government' s £2 billion of government's £2 billion of funding as of its levelling funding as part of its levelling up will this improve up scheme. will this improve your life? me, gb your quality life? email me, gb views. at i'm also going to be

discussing kids safety online and what more can be done to protect children from harm. with very interesting woman . i'm very interesting woman. i'm going to be joined by former google who also runs a non—profit organisation dedicated to protecting kids from harmful experiences. you don't want to miss her interview. i'll also be joined back in the studio by my panellists matt stadlen and alan miller this all coming up after a look at the latest news . good a look at the latest news. good morning. it's 11:01. a look at the latest news. good morning. it's11:01. i'm rhiannon jones the gb newsroom. the government's announced more than the government's announced more tha n £2 billion will be invested than £2 billion will be invested in over 100 projects across . the in over 100 projects across. the uk through a levelling up fund . uk through a levelling up fund. the prime minister's promise to deliver economic growth and new jobs. deliver economic growth and new jobs . £19 million of the latest jobs. £19 million of the latest round of funding be going to richmond and yorkshire . rishi richmond and yorkshire. rishi sunak's own constituency, the eden project in morecambe will receive eden project in morecambe will receiv e £50 million, as will

receive £50 million, as will cardiff . crossrail. labour's cardiff. crossrail. labour's criticise is the plan saying london and east england will receive of the money but levelling out secretary michael gove says several. the way in which the is allocated is against the objective criteria. so we set our determination to make sure the people in those overlooked communities get support. then the allocation is scrutinised by experts and government departments in order make sure that it's rigorous. but as i say , the biggest but as i say, the biggest investment of all is in morecambe and across lancashire . we're seeing investment including communities like blackburn and accrington that i mentioned and that is a deliberate way in which this government is doing more to support these communities. health leaders making contingency plans . what could be contingency plans. what could be the biggest walk in the history of the nhs next month? it was announced that ambulance workers will join nurses in a combined day of for the very first time

on february the sixth. nurses in england 55 nhs trusts started staging second day of strike action while more than a thousand unite members in the welsh service are holding the of 224 hour walkouts . sorry 224 hour walkouts. sorry services between dover and calais have been suspended today to a national strike in france . to a national strike in france. p&0 to a national strike in france. p&o ferries says it's produced an optimised sailing schedule in light of the 24 hour walkout. the port of dover says it's still open with services to dunkirk running as normal, but has advised travellers to allow extra time for journeys. to calais are expected to resume at two this afternoon . the king has two this afternoon. the king has requested the profits from a £1 billion a year windfall deal to be for the wider public good rather than the royal family. king charles has asked for the profits . six new offshore wind profits. six new offshore wind farms being developed on crown

estate land to be redirected to those struggling the most. it comes after his majesty highlighted anxiety and hardship of the cost of living crisis . in of the cost of living crisis. in his christmas message , jacinda his christmas message, jacinda is quitting as prime minister new zealand next month, saying she no longer has enough in the tank to lead the country. she'll down as labour party leader by the 7th of february with a vote to determine replacement shortly after new zealand will hold a general on the 14th of october. ms. ardern admitted it had been a tough five and a half years in the job and this has been most fulfilling five and a half years of life. but it has also had its challenges . i of life. but it has also had its challenges. i know of life. but it has also had its challenges . i know what this job challenges. i know what this job takes and i know that i no longer enough in the tank to do it justice. it's that simple . a it justice. it's that simple. a british actor has been reported missing after hiking in

mountains north of los angeles. chilean sands disappeared in the san gabriel mountains last friday during bad weather. ground rescue teams abandoned their search at the weekend because of avalanche risks. police say it will resume as soon as conditions improve. the 65 year old is known for roles in films a room with a view and leaving vegas as well as tv appearances on 24 and smallville .thank appearances on 24 and smallville . thank universities have seen a 22% increase in anti semitism over the past two academic years. the communities purity trial says it's received hundred and 50 reports of incidents affecting jewish students. academic and university staff . academic and university staff. that's up from 123 reported in the previous two academic years. it comes an investigation last week revealed jewish undergraduates face a hostile culture within the national union of students . and union of students. and manchester airport has reopened after temporarily closing both

runways due to heavy snow morning. the met office has yellow weather warnings of . snow yellow weather warnings of. snow andice yellow weather warnings of. snow and ice for scotland. northern and ice for scotland. northern and wales as bitterly temperatures continue to grip the uk. meanwhile, an ice warning is in place for southwest england with a major incident declared in due to the risk of flooding . this is gb risk of flooding. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens now, though, it's back to beth . to beth. ferry. good morning . welcome ferry. good morning. welcome back to beth ten today on gb news here's what's coming up this morning. the prime minister has announced that more than this morning. the prime minister has announced that more tha n £2 has announced that more than £2 billion invested in over billion will be invested in over 100 projects across the uk through the levelling up fund . through the levelling up fund. laboun through the levelling up fund. labour, meanwhile, have criticised rishi sunak for allocating more funds to the

south—east of england than north—east, with £19 million going to his own constituency. we're expecting to hear from rishi this hour on this and as the government's proposed legislation to keep children safe from harmful online goes one step closer. should parents have more control over the content their kids see online . content their kids see online. and of course, this show is nothing without you and your views. don't forget, vote in my twitter poll this morning. i'm you as michael gove announces twitter poll this morning. i'm you as michael gove announce s £2 you as michael gove announces £2 billion levelling up across billion for levelling up across country, do you think it will improve your to quality of improve your to day quality of life . 90% of you so far say that life. 90% of you so far say that it will. email me gb views at gbnews.uk or tweet me at to have your say . so strikes members your say. so strikes members of the union have resumed full of 16 days of industrial action as argue for better pay and work

conditions. as the teachers continue negotiate with the scottish government. what about the mental health and, the education of school kids ? education of school kids? joining me in the studio now is life coach hypnotherapist lucia mizen . good morning, lucia. mizen. good morning, lucia. thank very much for joining us now. when we talk about these strikes, we had an interesting, heartbreaking interview with a woman the other day whose husband died because her ambulance didn't turn up. and what i think we really can understand these strikes is when we about the human we think about the human consequences of them. so consequences of them. and so it's not really about whether the strike is right or the strike is wrong. but what i'm interested the effects it interested in is the effects it might children who've might have on children who've already through so. what might have on children who've alreyour through so. what might have on children who've alreyour thoughtngh so. what might have on children who've alreyour thoughts on so. what might have on children who've alreyour thoughts on that. ihat might have on children who've alreyour thoughts on that. you are your thoughts on that. you know, it's in dispute a more than the absence from school , than the absence from school, the pandemic. there was lots of research that's been done by gov.uk and mind and different organisation proves how the impact detrimental mentally emotionally from a from a learning of view. and there are reasons for that. 90% of the

children understood and interviewed stated themselves that they felt their mental health was seriously and the manifestation of the damage goes and manifests through anxiety, depression , suicidal tendencies, depression, suicidal tendencies, thoughts. i it in my own practise. so that's undisputable in the numbers they are there and for that very to imagine a scenario in which children are not allowed to access face to face 1 to 1 interaction with their teachers and be by their peers. is certainly very welcomed. psychologically that is explained . there's something is explained. there's something called the human needs, a psychology that lists six fundamental human needs and i can list them for you and i look at that. i see that five of those core needs have greatly affected unmet during the pandemic . any time that a child pandemic. any time that a child cannot access an institution. also if they're if they've got strike days , they're having to strike days, they're having to be at home. give me give us an idea what. are what are those? those needs are, first of all, the needs certainty. any to the needs of certainty. any to thrive and a functioning adult

well—rounded adult needs search t certainty means predict ability about them at once while one is leaving in a project ability about the future of routine children. a student needs routine to thrive. certainty is removed . and when certainty is removed. and when access to school is not offered to them. and how does lack of certainty then manifest in terms of psychological by—product is either compulsive behaviour . so either compulsive behaviour. so the need to control and you'll see it in or complete hopelessness, apathy and depress action. and i see that and i see that in my practise and all the research proves. so that's one of the first unmet need. then is also the need of uncertainty, excitement so the stimuli of your environment, excitement so the stimuli of your environment , accessing your your environment, accessing your peers . and then sure, that's peers. and then sure, that's also another core fundamental need. also another core fundamental need . the third need is need. the third need is specifically important for the age group pre—adolescent and adolescence is the need to be validated by peer group. so the importance of being able to

interact with your friends that's the family becomes and it's replaced by the peer groups that was taken away from them. and the consequence of that is a sense of isolation. and this and therefore and depression . and therefore and depression. and then you have the need to be connected. there's a real need belong, belong to the tribe. this is very primitive and that's how we're wired. your tribe becomes your outlet to protect yourself . and then there protect yourself. and then there is these are called the personality needs. and then there is more spiritual needs. one is the need to grow, which is obviously affected because there is growth isolated at home. and the other is the need to contribute to the six need. and i think that's the one that hasn't been affected. i think the pandemic, everybody to reach out and feel to the of the out and feel to the rest of the world. so if these children who've been through so much, this particular demographic and i know you have two teenagers yourself , if i know you have two teenagers yourself, if we're i know you have two teenagers yourself , if we're now i know you have two teenagers yourself, if we're now going to be telling them that the 30 te of going to school is going again yeah. what might parents

see? what can we look out for in the behaviours of children and what can we do to help . we can, what can we do to help. we can, we can see, we will see if that happens for a period of time while . different dysfunctional while. different dysfunctional behaviours , that can manifest behaviours, that can manifest through anxiety . so an increased through anxiety. so an increased need to control fear , depression need to control fear, depression . so a sense of isolation and disconnect and there has been a significant increase in children lamenting diseases. i see personally in my own practise. but obviously the numbers tell us so . look out for this us so. look out for this conference . distress, anxiety, conference. distress, anxiety, or maybe a child becoming more withdrawn and eating patterns , withdrawn and eating patterns, changing maybe use of technology . know you, you're going to cover the increase the use of technology so monitor how much access you give. it's a very and worrying issue. here's the thing. there will be some children i think might probably be amongst them who might go,

oh, really love a day off. oh i can't think of anything better than in my bedroom and playing on my screen day. is that also valid? but that's to expected. it's kind of age appropriate . it's kind of age appropriate. you know, my children personally probably . exactly. and my probably. exactly. and my children are themselves . didn't children are themselves. didn't really get affected much during the pandemic because they had the pandemic because they had the luck maybe to have a healthy home. that wasn't the case home. but that wasn't the case for many others in one of the other privileged also groups. there enhancement of there was an enhancement of issues that were already present in the home. yeah. one day it's very healthy to . reset and very healthy to. reset and reboot. we all need that. so that can be a nice break. removal from the pressure and routine . but one day not, you routine. but one day not, you know, a subset sequence. so some day back to back for several weeks. yeah. and like you say it comes down to that word on certainty. again, that's what felt during the lockdowns. but also that is what the children are going to see with these teachers strikes. am i going to go school next week, mum?

go to school next week, mum? when is the next strike? when is it going? come along. will we be having running the having strikes running up to the easter holidays know this easter holidays and i know this is bit more of a political is a bit more of a political question in a way, but as a psychologist, disappoint psychologist, does it disappoint you these this you that all of these this evidence now of how evidence there now of how disrupted yet disrupted children are, and yet the are this on the teachers are doing this on back of such an extraordinary penod back of such an extraordinary period of time? you know, i believe i see it in the believe and i see it in the resilience human mind. resilience of the human mind. and, we cannot change and, you know, we cannot change has happened. never do . has happened. we can never do. but pandemic and but what the pandemic and potentially this new coming up disruption is can offer is an opportunity for all children to go indoors and understand what is it that i do in this situation what meanings can i create out of this situation ? create out of this situation? maybe i need to become more self—reliant and not constantly seek validation in the peer group is an opportunity to on what ? well, one can do more of what? well, one can do more of or the areas that have been brought to the surface. how can they be rectified? and in the case of children, obviously they depend on adults helping emphasise detecting that process

for them . i know this isn't for them. i know this isn't exactly i brought here exactly what i brought you here talk because that talk about because i know that this interest about the this interest is about the psychology. we've got to psychology. oh, we've got to move we've i think move on i think we've i think we've think we're going go we've got i think we're going go and listen to rishi sunak. but thank you. you're welcome. misery now, the prime minister thank you. you're welcome. mise lancashiree prime minister thank you. you're welcome. mise lancashiree prirmorning.ar is in lancashire this morning. he's the past he's been speaking in the past few about levelling few moments about levelling up areas , making a mockery out of areas, making a mockery out of the entire levelling up process because you're giving more money to southern seats. what do you say to that? well, i'm here in accrington in the north—west to levelling up in action . now, levelling up in action. now, what's levelling up about? it's about investing in local communities that can communities so that we can create growth and create jobs drive growth and sure that people feel enormous pride in the places that they home. today we've announced new funding coming on top of what we've already announced, meaning that we've spent almost we've already announced, meaning that we've spent almost £4 billion in 200 different communities across , the country, communities across, the country, including dozens here in the north—west. people have talked about investing in places like this but this this for years. but it's this government that's delivering it. can justify spending

government that's delivering it. can you justify spendin government that's delivering it. can youinistify spendin government that's delivering it. can youin your spendin government that's delivering it. can youin your own din government that's delivering it. can youin your own constituency million in your own constituency on when other on catterick garrison when other areas poppy liverpool for aren't getting any money? well actually if you look at the overall funding and the levelling up funds that we've done, two thirds that funding has thirds of all that funding has gone the most deprived parts gone to the most deprived parts of our country. and with to catterick garrison the thing that need know that that you need to know is that it's home our largest army it's home to our largest army base it's home to actually base and it's home to actually thousands personnel thousands of serving personnel who are often away from their own serving country. own families serving country. it's that they have it's important that they have access to town centre that's access to a town centre that's providing amenities that providing the amenities that they that's what that they need. that's what that funding really funding is going to. i'm really grateful to all our armed forces personnel incredible personnel for the incredible that and i'm delighted that they do, and i'm delighted this will support this investment will support that. majority of the that. the majority of the funding going to that funding is going to areas that have got conservative mps. is this barrel . actually two this pork barrel. actually two thirds of all the levelling up funding is going to the most depnved funding is going to the most deprived parts of our country. i'm here in accrington , just off i'm here in accrington, just off to morecambe. i'm travelling across the north today. for example . what we're is example. what we're doing is investing in local communities

across the country . levelling up across the country. levelling up is about making people is about making sure people pride in the places they call home. it's about driving jobs and investment . that's what and investment. that's what we're doing. i'm pleased we're doing. and i'm pleased that we make these that we can make these announcements today. and it's that we can make these anrpart:ements today. and it's that we can make these anrpart offents today. and it's that we can make these anrpart of ours today. and it's that we can make these anrpart of our planay. and it's that we can make these anrpart of our plan thatnd it's that we can make these anrpart of our plan that if it's that we can make these anrpart of our plan that i sets all part of our plan that i set out beginning of this year out the beginning of this year when i said to the country that we were going focus, on their we were going to focus, on their priorities, halve inflation, grow reduce grow the economy, reduce debt waiting the waiting lists, and stop the boats we're getting boats. that's what we're getting on delivering . money on and delivering. more money going and south going to london and the south east than the north. is this because you think you're hedging your electoral bets that really your electoral bets that really you need to shore up the south of england and give on the north. we're investing hundreds of millions of pounds across the north in dozens of projects . i'm north in dozens of projects. i'm here talking to you from accrington . i'm just off to accrington. i'm just off to morecambe after this then i'm over to the north—east and the thing need know, actually thing you need to know, actually if the funding and if you look at the funding and you compare number of you compare to the number of people live in each region people that live in each region , region that done the , the region that has done the best of funding per best in amount of funding per person actually person is north. it's actually that's where we are today. that's why we're here talking to

you accrington these you in accrington market. these are that are are the places that are benefiting the funding benefiting from the funding delivering on what we said? we're local we're investing in local communities. levelling communities. this is levelling in action . perfect. thank you in action. perfect. thank you very much . in action. perfect. thank you very much. right. i see in action. perfect. thank you very much . right. i see you in action. perfect. thank you very much. right. i see you . we very much. right. i see you. we are asking you for your reaction on this up fund on our twitter poll. do you think it is going to improve and increase your quality of life? let me know at gb news. there we go. there it is. we're asking you as this. it was michael, the secretary of state for levelling up, announce s £2 billion across the announces £2 billion across the country will improve your quality life let know quality of life let me know which was ever so which is so mike was ever so excited about it. okay now the moment 90% of you say no, it won't do anything to help me. as always, send email gb always, send me an email gb views. gbnews.uk the break. itv boss carolyn mccall says there is no place for jeremy clarkson's views on the channel so clarkson's views on the channel s0 is there any chance of redemption after apparently getting cancelled over his comments about meghan markle, my panellist will be in debate that

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good morning. welcome back to bev turner. today on gb news, it's 1122. my panel about with me i'm delighted to be joined by writer and broadcaster matthew stadlen and founder of the together declaration. alan miller right, guys, i don't know whether you saw this story earlier the week. jeremy earlier in the week. jeremy clarkson this article for clarkson writes this article for the which he talks the sun, in which he talks about meghan markle deserving to be walked the street and hit walked down the street and hit with excrement. how that got through. the editor of the sun. i know without making it i do not know without making it clear, was scene from game. clear, it was a scene from game. game of thrones. he's this game of thrones. he's got this new out of clarkson's new series out of clarkson's farm, starts couple farm, which starts in a couple of brilliant and the of weeks. brilliant tv and the headune of weeks. brilliant tv and the headline that he's going headline is that he's going to get ditched prime amazon get ditched by prime amazon prime. the show. it's prime. it's not the show. it's not, yeah yeah. and so

not, right? yeah yeah. and so now so terrible . cancel culture now so terrible. cancel culture woke mania go mad harry and meghan said we don't accept your apology . and we determined in apology. and we determined in the way that they do of trying to be kind to destroy his life . to be kind to destroy his life. itv now , max have come out and itv now, max have come out and made a statement. it says there's no place on the channel for the who wants to be a millionaire. host views about meghan. what do you make of it? yeah, i think it's fine, says no place on the channel for those views. for his employer or the person who in the company that engages make absolutely engages him to make absolutely clear distance clear that they distance themselves from hateful themselves from the hateful misogyny mistake column that he wrote . he wrote the column he wrote. he wrote the column he has take response ability has to take response ability part of his matt cooper by the way, saw yesterday seemed way, that i saw yesterday seemed to that to involve him saying that usually reads his stuff to usually he reads his stuff to someone else in the house before he it. on this fateful he sends it. but on this fateful day, he said there was no one around. so he just press send, which doesn't seem to really which doesn't seem to me really to be owning up to it. do i think he should be cancelled? actually don't. what

actually no, i don't. what i think he should be cancelled. he hasn't done he hasn't broken the law. there have been huge law. yeah there have been huge numbers of complaints. is it 25,000 complaints. i think because call. i don't because of the call. i don't think should his job. think he should lose his job. i absolutely it was right absolutely think it was right that apologised i'm that he was apologised and i'm pleased now live in pleased that we now live in a society where talk about society where if you talk about whether it's a whether it's unked whether it's a whether it's linked of or linked to game of thrones or not, if you talk about the idea of a woman being paraded through the streets, i mean, excrement thrown live in a thrown it. so we now live in a society where you have to society where you do have to apologise you will lose apologise or you will lose your job. you the whole job. did you read the whole article? i read the whole article? have i read the whole article? have i read the whole article? read relevant article? i read the relevant bit, don't tend to read the bit, so i don't tend to read the sun. did i? did i read the entire article? i don't think you need to read the entire article know that when you article to know that when you talk having talk about someone having excrement in the excrement in his her in the streets, completely streets, that's completely unacceptable. i was determined to article before to read the whole article before i a call on this because i took a call on this because the sun took it down in the panic. so i got one of the very clever minions in the office here yesterday to it here yesterday to find it online. is available. you online. it is available. you have quite hard. it's have to look quite hard. it's hillary. alan miller it is

classic and it's like classic clerks and it's like scatological. we just scatological. so real. we just want it. that's what he's famous for. this comedy writing where he reaches for extreme themes. and think this is such a sad and i think this is such a sad story that we're living in a world where no one can say anything funny. well, i think the that, jeremy, cause the thing is that, jeremy, cause he's particular sense of he's got a particular sense of humour, for and many he is funny. he actually in the past has things that you has written things that if you just take actual words are just take the actual words are actually really horrific. he says like, should says things like, should prostitutes be shot? should strikers be mowed down by, you know, lorry strikers? but he's got kind of grumpy old man got that kind of grumpy old man and also kind of a particular kind of comedy. now, i think we're seeing a number of things happenin we're seeing a number of things happen in comedy. there's lots of people being cancelled saying you can't say that . what was you can't say that. what was most worrying about this whole thing for me was when i saw scores employees campaigning scores of employees campaigning to have things never be allowed to have things never be allowed to be said. we've got an online safety bill that has been talking about, you know, taking a farming out sentences chip to big tech with at times and

conditions and we've got a kind of culture of you can't say that and i'm offended now obviously i didn't like what he wrote, but if i went round demanding, have you read this whole article ? i you read this whole article? i have, yeah. it's i think it's hilarious. i don't particularly find him hilarious. right. but i guess i'm just sensing my point is more that if i was to start insisting on all the things that upset, annoyed and insane me, we'd have nothing. so i'm. that's one of the problems that we've got now. we've got this idea that people are getting offended by various things. obviously itv can make their own decisions about who they commission and who they don't. he's obviously massively popular with the public . he's apologised with the public. he's apologised for this . he's done that whole for this. he's done that whole apology both to the individuals concerned and in the press. and his daughter was very upset with him. you you know, clarkson is entertaining, but the vast majority of the time when he's not saying things that are

beyond the pale, isn't saying he's is a good watch, right? i think he is. and i obviously believe in press freedom and freedom of speech. but we also have to recognise that there are things that you shouldn't say , things that you shouldn't say, not necessarily that you can't say, but that you shouldn't say. one of those is stuff that is hateful towards women and i wrote you with that , but you can wrote you with that, but you can kill a lot of women and not in a lot of men and not you can. you cannot, for example, you cannot incite hatred on racial grounds. just an example in the law already it does step in. we don't have total freedom of speech. don't have total freedom of speech . and this is somewhere in speech. and this is somewhere in the sort of twilight zone where it's not unlawful, it's not it's not illegal, it's not criminal. and he should not and therefore, he should not lose job, but is absolutely lose his job, but is absolutely right that he apologises. because did i read because you say, did i read the whole article? wasn't whole article? it wasn't available. that available. by the time that i started thinking about it seriously. or perhaps it seriously. but or perhaps it perhaps it was. but i saw enough of what i of what he'd said to make a judgement on it. but if you talk context , the

you talk about context, the context that there is a context is that there is a certain think about certain whatever you think about harry revelations in harry and the revelations in his book i've got views on book and i've got mixed views on that. the context is a tsunami of hate towards meghan and harry and harry. meghan is not perfect , but she has received horrible abuse and this is a man with a column in a national newspaper who has a responsibility not to fan those flames of hatred . i fan those flames of hatred. i think it's really important that, you know, people often say i'm all for free speech and then it comes magic word box. it comes that magic word box. and we see it consistently and hate is a word that's used increasingly for all sorts of things, hateful speech can be that you actually think that defining someone by their biology is a thing. it can be that you think that borders are important . it that you think that borders are important. it can be dressed up as being racist or presented in as being racist or presented in a slightly different way, throwing excrement at a woman . throwing excrement at a woman. you have to contextualise that. otherwise it's like shakespeare. shakespeare, it wasn't contextual. hold on, hold on. you didn't read the whole thing. if you didn't even take it to

the other day and take out a couple of items. and in many of the plays they are barbaric, right? where people are eating children or people that have done things to them. you've got a situation where if you were to take those things out of context, you could say that should be banned. like conversations about a range of things from volcano to all sorts of things. these discussions are happening across society happening now across society that it's hateful. we that you it's hateful. we mustn't . it's beyond the power. mustn't. it's beyond the power. and when you say you shouldn't do it right, that's fine. that's your opinion. but when we get into a situation where mps and others are calling for people not allowed speak, to not to be allowed to speak, to lose positions on very lose their positions on very i want to be really clear. i'm not saying that jeremy clarkson's pace should meets the bar of criminality. i'm not saying that what he said should be against the law. i don't think he was literally encouraging people to throw excrement at meghan. had he been doing that, perhaps it would have fallen foul of the

law. the sun has deleted . the law. the sun has deleted. the article in the sun is delete the article in the sun is delete the article for a reason and it believes or at least at the very least has been pressured into into into believing by a significant amount of public opinion that you you don't write such hateful pieces about a woman. you just you just don't it doesn't mean it does arise about a man. no, but you see, the thing is, if you read the actual context, the joke is on him because he's talking about lying in bed at night and gnashing his teeth and imagining a day when she might walk down the to be pelted with the street to be pelted with excrement just like that. it doesn't like the scene in doesn't say like the scene in game thrones . and i think game of thrones. and i think that's where whole thing that's where this whole thing would happened if the would not have happened if the editor just contextual. editor had just contextual. i'm not because as i said, not so sure, because as i said, the context this the wider context is this enormous height, this disproportion of hate is never really proportionate. but this hate directed towards meghan. and imagine his job is in imagining he hasn't called for her to be banned. so speaking, the making out of her called friends to be parades around the

streets. well, he has basically it's he's imagining a dream. yeah and i think that the thing is that he's not gone and said people should go and do this. and i also think it's really insulting to the public because within all of this, the whole idea that i know you're idea is then that i know you're not this, this is the not saying this, but this is the whole strand hate whole strand of hate and everything we've got all everything that we've got all these terrible people in society, our colleagues and our loved friends loved ones and our friends and family, the precipice. family, that is the precipice. and about to go and do and that just about to go and do terrible things, go and do these things women, other things to women, to other people, actually just people, and actually that's just not right? so the not the case. right? so the idea that say something that is that you say something that is imaginary, he's doing, i imaginary, that he's doing, i didn't was particularly didn't think was particularly funny hateful and funny and that's hateful and then therefore it shouldn't happen, right. it's then therefore it shouldn't happen, right . it's the whole happen, right. it's the whole the whole direction we're going in is speech codes limiting people? second guessing. and now people? second guessing. and now people are often scared to say certain things. if i'm in the company of absolute company of an absolute misogynist , i want know. i misogynist, i want to know. i want him to feel like he can say the things that might upset me. this idea of silencing

everybody, censoring empathy, they can't tell the truth. they can't stand up. meghan the council batteries, you know, they can't they can't speak honestly or write in a national newspaper per i find really to do do we not do we not think that you have a responsibility to see if you have a column in a national newspaper or if you have a show on a national tv station ? if you have a show on station? if you have a show on gb news with the privilege of hosting a show that you have and that we both had, formerly lbc comes responsibility. absolutely we operate within those guidelines. i'll give you an example. okay. this morning i tweeted to say that when there are serious economic challenges and times of very tough times right now for millions of people in this country are really very tough. people are struggling to make ends meet. hence the strikes malign governments and or dictators . strikes malign governments and or dictators. ships strikes malign governments and or dictators . ships scapegoat or dictators. ships scapegoat minorities and immigrants. and i said the do it. did it to the

jews and rishi sunak ex government is doing it to albanians . now, i wasn't for albanians. now, i wasn't for a second suggesting that rishi sunak's government is about to implement holocaust, but what i was trying to say is it was an extreme thing that the did in the early 1930s when they blamed the early 1930s when they blamed the jews for the economic crisis. we don't want to go anywhere near that as a country . a lot of people let me finish. a lot of people got offended because you should never, my because you should never, in my view, things the view, compare things to the holocaust, i wasn't my holocaust, which i wasn't my grandparents were forced from their by the. my great their homes by the. my great great uncle died at the hands of the gestapo. i know of which i speak, delete the tweets speak, but i delete the tweets because some people , jews, i because some people, jews, i think amongst them found it offensive. and i feel i have a responsibility not unnecessarily to offend people . yes. okay. so to offend people. yes. okay. so i think that when we've seen that the last two years speech being silent, you can't say that you shouldn't do it. you have a responsibility, say only certain things and others can in order

to really get to things and clarify them and resolve questions around migration and borders, race and all of that . borders, race and all of that. we need to have wide open debate and win people over to better and win people over to better and that's what we do right here on news. but we're going to on gb news. but we're going to carry our debate after your carry on our debate after your morning with rhiannon . morning news with rhiannon. thank you. it's 1134, morning news with rhiannon. thank you. it's1134, your top stories from the gb newsroom. the government has announced more than the government has announced more tha n £2 billion will be more than £2 billion will be invested in over 100 projects across the uk through a levelling up fund. the prime minister has defended th e £19 minister has defended the £19 million of funding going to his constituency of richmond in yorkshire . the eden project, yorkshire. the eden project, nonh yorkshire. the eden project, north in morecambe will receive £50 million, as will cardiff . £50 million, as will cardiff. crossrail labour's criticised the plan, saying london and south east england will be getting most of the money. but rishi sunak's promise to deliver economic growth and new jobs in local communities so that we can

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very good morning. it's 1138. very good morning. it's1138. this is bev turner today on gb news. thank you for joining this is bev turner today on gb news. thank you forjoining me. news. thank you for joining me. you've been getting in touch. thank remember gb views gbnews.uk is the email. ana has said every single year it seems the nhs is on the brink of disaster, yet every year it's a shock to a service with more managers and planners than any other . nigel managers and planners than any other. nigel has said yesterday my neighbour, who worked as a nurse for over 30 years, said it

was not unusual for her to work 60 hours a week and she would never dreamed of going on strike. times change, i guess , strike. times change, i guess, and trevor got in touch to say every single year it seems the nhs is on the brink of disaster. i think we've just read that one. keep your emails coming in. vaiews@gbnews.uk and i've also got a twitter poll running asking you whether you think that michael gove and rishi sunak their levelling up fund of 2 billion quid is going to improve your quality of life. keep your tweets coming in on that. okay. a new survey has revealed that parents are losing control what their kids are control over what their kids are saying and doing online . a saying and doing online. a yougov poll commissioned by text reveals that the vast majority of parents aren't fully confident that they've set adequate controls their adequate controls on their children's devices. so joining me studio is miranda me now in the studio is miranda wilson, a former google employee and founder of text of what and now founder of text of what is tactile from miranda. so it's basically an information site which has gathered together all the negative information around

what's going on with our children, technology and has also provide some of also started to provide some of the so the solutions the solutions. so the solutions are form video showing are short form video showing parents how to very clear, simple short videos that show parents how to start putting in controls on their children's iphones, android phones , ipads, iphones, android phones, ipads, etc. brilliant because it is the bane of every parent and actually a lot of grandparents lives as well. when they they're looking after the children, it feels like tech just suddenly kind of sprung upon us in the most unregulated and life changing way. most unregulated and life changing way . and we parents are changing way. and we parents are always a few steps behind. always that what you hear from parents? yes, absolutely. i have very similar conversations with with friends who are parents. you talk about losing control, talk about their children being addicted. and this is what i mean. and i saw what was going on with my kids thankfully on with my kids who thankfully aren't the not extreme in aren't to the not extreme in their behaviour around tech. but i've seen changes. so, what i've seen changes. so, so what led me set up this

led me to set up this organisation you know, organisation was you know, looking around me, seeing what was going with kids. i was going on with kids. i started at, you know, started looking at, you know, it was the time of we were was around the time of we were talking about rape culture in schools, rape culture in schools. really , you schools. i mean, really, you know, then i was reading know, and then i was reading about on you know, about the effect on you know, children's academic performance, their mental health and physical health. was also looking health. i was also looking at what valley parents are what silicon valley parents are doing, is clearly very doing, which is clearly very different in terms of them just not even allowing their kids anywhere tech. the anywhere near tech. so the people who creating these people who are creating these tools aren't letting their own children to just children in. to them, just reiterate that again, for miranda, our listeners and our viewers, what you just said then. so the so, so, so, so parents who live and work in silicon valley, so where are the tech giants? our based are sending their children to steiner schools and they are not letting their children anywhere near tech. so even to the point of getting their nannies to sign agreements to say, i will not allow your child to even see a screen while i am looking after them. why are they doing that? i

think they know how addictive they are. i think they know how they are. i think they know how they can affect a child's conscience concentration span. i think know how think they probably know how difficult you know, even difficult it is. you know, even if incredibly if the parents are incredibly savvy, think they probably savvy, i think they probably understand once their children get age that they get to a certain age that they can controls. can get around the controls. i mean, you know , this this is mean, you know, this is this is this is a huge part of the problem. you know, if all these parents, you know , are confused parents, you know, are confused about certain controls and something large proportion something and a large proportion also certainly also haven't even certainly controls, think there's 11% controls, i think there's 11% that's a lot of kids out there who are who are who are seeing all wrong things and having all the wrong things and having far too much time potentially online, whose responsibility is it, do you think? is it the phone manufacturer? is it the search engines? is it the parents? i think we all need to take responsibility here. the phone manufacturers haven't. i mean, i'd love to see a world where a, you know, health warning is slapped on a is slapped on a phone. so, you know, you you open the box and it says, you know, is this phone for a child? you better you better know about all these

things. maybe here's a things. and maybe here's a source information help source of information to help you then you know you there. and then you know that that isn't happening. obviously, legislation moves very slowly . so i think the only very slowly. so i think the only thing that we can do right now is for parents to really, you know, get more savvy around controls, but also be incredibly vigilant. you know, because you can set controls and kids a sneaky, you know, they will get round them, especially older kids. so that's where vigilance comes in. and obviously conversations and i and i also, you know, i don't know about you, but i wish i hadn't bought my kids phones until they were 16. you know, i tried that with my eldest and i gave him a knock year break when he first started at school . and then went at high school. and then i went on journey to school with on the journey to school with him of because it him a couple of times because it was couple of train journeys was a couple of train journeys and embarrassing and i sat there embarrassing him, few seats away and i him, but a few seats away and i watched all the children have smartphones he couldn't play smartphones and he couldn't play with playing with them and they were playing games were comparing games and they were comparing videos stuff. videos to look at stuff. and i just looked and i thought, he is isolated cohort because

isolated from the cohort because he a smartphone. he hasn't got a smartphone. yeah. then eventually had yeah. and then eventually i had to one. yeah, i do. to give him one. yeah, i do. i regret it. possibly my second to have extra timely data old apps they have custodio on their phone. me and my partner can monitor it. we can switch on, we can switch off, we can see exactly what they've googled and it means that when you're saying to your child, you've got to put that phone you know, that phone down, you know, actually fighting get out of actually fighting to get out of their the power their hand. you have the power and phone just to click it and your phone just to click it off. is that the kind of thing on your website that you're recommending? so we're recommending? so what we're recommending at the moment, because we've launched, is because we've just launched, is in controls. then in in device controls. and then the stage start the next stage is to start reviewing these third party, reviewing all these third party, you likes of you know, the likes of custodians which ones custodians and which ones actually did actually work. because i did start some into start doing some research into that unfortunately there are that and unfortunately there are there a wealth of information there is a wealth of information out who want to out there for kids who want to get also the of get around. also the likes of custodial net nanny. so, you know, on youtube. know, they're on youtube. i've looked them. know, looked at them. you know, there's for there's kids making videos for other about how you get how other kids about how you get how you can circumvent security. you can circumvent the security. i had a conversation with 19 i had a conversation with my 19 year thati i had a conversation with my 19 year that i when

year old, the idea that i when i was despairing at my daughter and he said, mum, you've just got let herself regulate, got to let herself regulate, you've it, you're you've got to stop it, you're taking from she's taking away from her and she's not to self—regulate. not learning to self—regulate. does he have a point? i don't know that it's fair expect know that it's fair to expect children to self—regulate when these intended these devices are intended to be. addictive. that's be. you know, addictive. that's how or how they've been designed. or rather, platforms , you know, rather, the platforms, you know, but the screen but actually just the screen itself and dopamine triggering , itself and dopamine triggering, which is why, you know, young children also so susceptible children are also so susceptible to them. so yeah, self—regulation. i don't know, maybe with some children it works. others it works. maybe with others it doesn't. know, depends doesn't. you know, it depends on the of child, the the nature of the child, the nature of their home environment. you know what else they've going know, they've got going on. you know, they've got going on. you know, they loud their bedroom they loud in their bedroom for hours, hours without hours, for hours on end without playing there is no playing sports. but there is no doubt itis playing sports. but there is no doubt it is the bane of doubt that it is the bane of most parents. what was the statistic in your survey? the parents it problematic parents who find it problematic that worried that their that 80% are worried that their children addicted and children are addicted and i think around 80% think that it interferes family life. interferes with family life. okay. much . and okay. thanks so much. and miranda thank you miranda wilson, thank you for joining studio now back joining me. the studio now back to is dominating the to the news is dominating the headunes to the news is dominating the headlines today. the nhs could be the worst day of

be facing the worst day of strikes action in history strikes action in its history with nursing staff with ambulance and nursing staff staging walkouts next staging joint walkouts next month. east midlands reporter will hollis joined the nurses picket line in derby yesterday and has the story under the watchful eye of history , most watchful eye of history, most famous health worker, florence nightingale, the nurses of the present fight for the future of their profession. ellie has joined the picket here in derby . she works in the community. me personally, i can't do the kind of nursing that i want to do, the kind of nursing that i trained to do. and the reason that came to the job. you're that i came to the job. you're rushing around, you finish work at the end of the day, feeling like done a good job like you haven't done a good job for patients it's for your patients when it's right most rewarding job right is the most rewarding job in world. and that's why we in the world. and that's why we do and that's why we're here do it. and that's why we're here fighting for a better profession, for people want profession, for people to want to the so there's enough to do the job. so there's enough of to provide good of us to provide really good care. there are picket lines like this one in derby across the country, it doesn't the country, and it doesn't really matter where you go because you'll the same because you'll hear the same answers nurses that answers from the nurses that this strike is about pay and

working conditions, because it seems that you can't improve one without doing something about the other. some has worked in the other. some has worked in the nhs for 13 years. he may be outnumbered by his female colleagues, but he's facing the same financial challenges. everything is going up, you know, we're not having to look more more our and bank more and more into our and bank carers moving to , you know, the carers moving to, you know, the week before payday comes along. you having to put it you know, i'm having to put it out a lot more in the last independent pay review , nhs independent pay review, nhs workers given on average workers were given on average a 4% pay rise, admits home elation. the royal college of nursing says that's not enough . nursing says that's not enough. sandi is from the union. she says they won't back down until the government negotiates on pay- the government negotiates on pay. we don't want to end up without negotiations . and, you without negotiations. and, you know, we will continue our monday is until end of may for us to be able to strike. and, you know , as it stands at the you know, as it stands at the moment, know, would go moment, you know, we would go back out our members at back out about our members at the end of may to see if they wanted strike, wanted to continue strike, if nothing been brought to the nothing has been brought to the table. nurses have agreed

exemptions covering exemptions like covering chemotherapy dialysis for chemotherapy and dialysis for the strikes are hurting an already troubled health service . newly announced action by nhs colleagues in the ambulance service will fall on the same day in february as nursing strikes. the challenges for both the nhs and the government are great health secretary steve barclay well, i want to work constructively with the trade unions in terms of the pay review body process . those are review body process. those are the discussions we have. that is a constructive way that i and other ministers are engaging with our respective trade unions, but ultimately we need to act in the interests of the patient . frozen in place. it patient. frozen in place. it appears that this dispute will not. last winter will hollis for gb news in derby . we don't have gb news in derby. we don't have freedom as we right we disagree . alan miller must huddle ahead. chatting, chatting, chatting . chatting, chatting, chatting. right. what we're going to talk about now , guys, a cake in the about now, guys, a cake in the office, apparently should be viewed like a passive smoking. so this is professor susan jebb

of the food standards agency. i think it's been taken slightly out of context . she wasn't out of context. she wasn't talking in a she was talking in a kind of personal capacity. she said no behalf of the fsa and said no on behalf of the fsa and she said if nobody brought cakes into office i wouldn't eat into the office i wouldn't eat cakes in day. but because cakes in the day. but because people break, bring cakes, people do break, bring cakes, they now eat them now. okay i've made a choice. but people are making to go into a making a choice to go into a smoky people were smoky pub. people were making a choice, mustard. and i don't choice, oh, mustard. and i don't want this world, this want to live in this world, this fog, a joyless existence fog, unless a joyless existence where can't cake into where you can't take a cake into the unfortunately, we the office. unfortunately, we still hate cakes into the still can't hate cakes into the office. understand . and office. i understand. and elements the logic here, elements of the logic here, because she's saying , look, because she's saying, look, effectively , you don't have to effectively, you don't have to eat a piece of cake if it's brought in. but it is nonetheless influencing you to eat cake. if someone does bring it. and i think it's overstretching things a bit. and i think it's different to smoking in pubs because there's such a thing as passive smoking. there isn't such a thing as passive cake eating. last time last time i checked. but no, i

think that when it comes to advertising and she touches on advertising and she touches on advertising as watershed advertising as well, watershed for and stuff that for junk food and stuff that probably can't come close enough because though have free because even though we have free choice, are all capable of choice, we are all capable of being influenced. are you being influenced. why are you hosting a show on gb news? because you hope part to because you hope in part to influence people to your influence people as to your world view. it's really fun hosting a show on gb news. it's a huge privilege to do this every day. alan miller but listen, we live in a world listen, if we live in a world where we can't take it because people there some people people there will be some people who've this headline and who've taken this headline and have oh, we must have sort of gone, oh, we must ban cake in the office. but it does to what i was saying does tie in to what i was saying earlier fact that we earlier about the fact that we do need to take more do all need to take more responsibility for our health and the metabolic crisis that we're what is crippling we're in is what is crippling our might have our nhs. so we might have something that disagree something here that we disagree with, and it's with, not so much, and it's about personal responsibility and think that and judgement. and i think that when we say people should and we should or we must, it kind of abdicates that idea of that person responsible . let's see, person responsible. let's see, i've been very concerned about much covid, and it was

much before covid, and it was primarily around key areas and food was a big one of them. and actually it was interesting. jane covid no one wanted to talk about obesity, but prior to that there series of there was a whole series of campaign they often did. campaign things they often did. they often about they often became about intervening family intervening with the family needs and decisions and quite control . and when i say control. and when i say something like this, i think thatis something like this, i think that is in every arena. this nofion that is in every arena. this notion that we've got to have limits , restrictions, cut back. limits, restrictions, cut back. you can't have that joy and fun and there's that trajectory. it might be about the amount of alcohol at units. it might be about kind of amount of about the kind of amount of sugar everything. and sugar or so and everything. and we've got questions about health, right? physical work, exercise, all of those kind of things. really strongly things. but i really strongly believe these should be about personal decisions rather of them. this impulse to kind of restrict ban and just to say restrict and ban and just to say even more controversially, the epidemiology of co evidence on second—hand smoking of passive smoking was not conclusive in new york, they banned smoking in parks. now, where there's no possibility of second—hand

smoking. so you get to see that it's a kind of creepy doctrine about public health telling you what you must do. okay but if we all if we the thing is, i know what you sent out there about personal responsibility, but then we aren't taking personal responsibility, are we? and i guess this is what susan jebb is saying fattening is saying when fattening food is everywhere, low nutrition everywhere, when low nutrition high, i mean , it's all high, i mean, it's all delicious. don't get me wrong, that's the problem. i love good food, i love good booze. you know, i always want to have more of everything, but somehow we have people . day we have to help people. day we might not be making unhealthy choices all the time. yeah, i mean , it might surprise ireland, mean, it might surprise ireland, but broadly speaking, i'm not a big state ist. i want that to be a welfare state. i want people to be able to survive. if i'm fortunate enough to be unemployed , i want children to unemployed, i want children to be able to be fed if their parents are unemployed and so forth. so i think we need to have a safety net, but we also want to live in a reasonably where the line is drawn is a

question for debate regulated society , where, for example, you society, where, for example, you don't advertise cigarettes to 14 year olds because that is obviously dangerous, even though 14 year olds have freedom of choice , that is dangerous. so choice, that is dangerous. so for example, i'm coming back very briefly to what we were talking about before the break. and alan, i would debating it quite heatedly. yes we want, broadly speaking, to have freedom of speech, but we don't want people to go on national tv shows and spout racism because that influences those people so nobody is allowed . exactly. so nobody is allowed. exactly. so it is all about where you draw the line. and i think it is important we catch up on junk food. we do want to have a watershed for junk food because children are impressionable. right. is a story which on right. this is a story which on the is hilarious. but i the surface is hilarious. but i think into a much deeper think it taps into a much deeper night mess scenario. siri, you know , the thing you talk to and know, the thing you talk to and this was a jim aspiring guy and a guy was sparring in a gym in australia and he said , one, one,

australia and he said, one, one, two nice shots. next thing , 15 two nice shots. next thing, 15 officers including , undercovers officers including, undercovers showed up with several ambulances parked out the front. they said they'd had a report that somebody had rung one, one, two and reported shots fired. alan yes, it we a bit of tech. i don't want to sound like a lot i sound like a luddite regularly but doesn't this show how it doesn't always get it right and we have to be mindful of that. well i think we have to be very mindful of tech. we have to think about rights and think about our rights and privacy surveillance. i privacy and surveillance. i love tech. think the wearable tech. i think the wearable technology, particularly for people that are older and isolate it, can used by isolate it, can be used by networks and groups and families to things like open doors. to do things like open doors. people about the people talk a lot about the internet of things, so i like the technology, but technology is in and of itself doing is not in and of itself doing particular things. that's what humans do. and i'm very concerned with the trajectory of surveillance restrictions and use technology in a particular way. so this gives light to some of those concerns . but if we

of those concerns. but if we think about all the biometrics, facial stuff that's going on now, there's discussion about digital ids increasingly across the european union now and in the european union now and in the uk . and the whole idea of the uk. and the whole idea of everything from 15 minute cities to whether you're eating too many cakes or recycling things and restricting the picture, doesn't it? and dec is. yeah, i think then i could begin to get very concerned about those things. okay, i can't get a response from you on that i'm afraid because we frequently look at my ankle apple look at my ankle warning apple watch. steps have you watch. how many steps have you done sexy for done right? sexy state for levelling michael gove levelling up. michael gove announced a £2 billion fund this morning to go across the country. and i asked you whether you this would improve you thought this would improve your quality of life . well, 90% your quality of life. well, 90% of you say no. that's a bit bleak, isn't it? well, we've come to the end of our show this week . coming come to the end of our show this week. coming up next is gb news live with mark longhurst. i'm bev turner. i'll see you on monday. have a lovely weekend. alex deakin here with your latest weather update. it will turn milder as we go turn a little milder as we go

through but it's through the weekend, but it's cold again today. many cold out there again today. many places with sunny places dry and bright with sunny spells. but we will continue to see some places, seeing see some snow in places, seeing some particularly in some heavy snow, particularly in manchester. this morning and some this area of low some snow from this area of low pressure its way across pressure heading its way across northern scotland. mixture northern scotland. a mixture here at low levels of rain , here at low levels of rain, sleet. it's over the hills where it will continue to see some snowfall coming in. and a mixture of sleet and snow showers over north—west england , north wales, 1 to 2 moving into parts of the midlands perhaps as well. but for many areas it is dry and bright with sunny spells. but it is rather chilly temperatures. 3 to 4 degrees celsius, maybe six or seven across the southwest, feeling colder with the winds across northern scotland , across northern scotland, further sleet and snow showers coming in here overnight. it could turn icy wherever we've had showers or wherever we've had showers or wherever we've had the snow through this morning . so just bear that in morning. so just bear that in mind overnight conditions again for friday morning, even though most places won't be seeing any more snow showers . the night more snow showers. the night could turn foggy, especially so

in northern ireland. it'll certainly turn frosty yet again . so a cold start to friday, but and large friday is a dry sunny day for the vast majority . some day for the vast majority. some stubborn fog patches for northern ireland, a few showers grazing eastern most parts of england and eastern scotland again will be a mixture of rain, sleet, snow , perhaps hail, but sleet, snow, perhaps hail, but say most places just dry and temperatures just a degree or so higher, closer to average with light winds in the sunny spells, not really too bad. but again, temperatures will drop pretty sharply on friday evening. if you're heading out, it's going to be a cold and frosty one. but signs of a change behind me, the cloud thickening, some wet weather moving in. that is a weather moving in. that is a weather front that will slowly introduce milder this weekend introduce milder at this weekend . and i do mean slowly, still pretty most, but pretty cold for most, but gradually turning milder across the some rain in the north with some rain in western scotland. good bye .

very good afternoon. you're with gb news live. i'm mark longhurst. i'm coming up for you today. it's day to of that nursing strike across england in the dispute over pay and patient safety. around a quarter of hospitals and community services now affected by strikes at 55 trusts across england . the trusts across england. the health secretary, steve barclay's, rejects the latest suggestion from the rcn that a 10% deal could end the action moving across the country to assess the mood on the picket lines as more strikes . we're lines as more strikes. we're not. so february could the british volte plant in blythe spark back into life after the announcement that the battery maker essential for britain's electric car plants was going into administration when dozen companies now express interest in the site. we've sent our economics and business editor liam halligan that to assess its future . rishi