hello good afternoon 3:00 you're with me. i'm not i'm in for patrick christys . this is a gb patrick christys. this is a gb news where live tv online and on digital radio. so coming up this houn digital radio. so coming up this hour, we'll be bringing you a gb views exclusive . eu citizens views exclusive. eu citizens living and working in the uk without a visa now face. a very

real prospect of arrest and we've been given exclu access to the immigration raiding businesses in london with staff to immigrate with with immigration officials who immigration officials who immigration officials who immigration officials , housing immigration officials, housing workers in the uk without the proper documentation . now all proper documentation. now all border force officials to take such a tough line on eu workers. well here illegally. we'll discuss next. then the eu like to union they've announced new strike action for ambulance workers in england and wales to take place through february and four of the new dates announced will coincide industrial action from the gmb union pretty much until responders . now it from the gmb union pretty much until responders. now it means that the nhs will face major disruption to ambulance services in the coming months and is 16 too young to decide the change agenda.the too young to decide the change agenda. the majority the public seem to think so that according to the results of exclusive gb views people's and it follows westminster's scotland's controversial gender recognition

bill, which was designed to protect people from being discriminated against because of their sex or gender assignment . their sex or gender assignment. and joining me the show today to give him to give you his take on the topic discussing it. former brexit party mep ben have been great to have you on board ben today right to join me you could email me gbviews@gbnews.uk or e—mail or email me any me it is i mean , tweet me. actually, i mean, tweet me. actually, i have a first let's get your latest headlines . good latest headlines. good afternoon. it's 3:02. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. next month will see the biggest strike action ever to hit the nhs after unite announced ten. further days of industrial by ambulance workers . in the coming weeks, members of unite are joining 10,000 ambulance staff with the gmb union along with the royal college of nursing and join

action on the 6th of february. the workers across england, wales and northern ireland are walking out in a long running dispute over pay and staffing . dispute over pay and staffing. downing street says it's disappointed , but that they're disappointed, but that they're open to further discussions . open to further discussions. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is holding talks with 50 western nations urging them to give more military aid to support their fight against russia . kyiv has requested at russia. kyiv has requested at 300 battle tanks. germany as defence minister, says they're ready move quickly to provide that highly regarded leopard to sure should an agreement reached with their allies . and the us with their allies. and the us has announced a further billion pounds worth of support for ukraine. us defence secretary lloyd austin has vowed to support the country for as long it takes. russia is regrouping and trying to re—equip. it takes. russia is regrouping and trying to re—equip . this is and trying to re—equip. this is not moment to slow down. it's a time to dig deeper. the

ukrainian are watching us. the kremlin is watching us in history is watching . us a new history is watching. us a new report into england's fire rescue services says reforms are needed as a matter of urgency . needed as a matter of urgency. the watchdog says two just of the six recommends actions made by chief inspector have been fulfilled . in an annual report, fulfilled. in an annual report, the chief inspector andy kirk says frustrated at the lack of progress made since inspections started back in 2018. but the chief fire officer, leicester fire and rescue calum faint, says he's confident the force is improving . a really good report improving. a really good report for us. it shows the advancements we've made over the last three years. whilst we accept the feedback from the previous report, we were slightly disappointed and slightly disappointed in it and we a service have responded we as a service have responded as whole leicestershire fire as a whole leicestershire fire and service is the fourth and rescue service is the fourth best at delivering the shared number fire safety number of home fire safety checks. number of home fire safety checks . what have checks. what we have got a little bit of work to do is the

number in number of referrals coming in from incredibly high from partners is incredibly high and we need to make sure we get the amount of resources to address those home fire safety checks. the checks. i'm really confident the time next inspection we time of the next inspection we will at a good level across will be at a good level across the board of all areas that were assessed hmrc sars . a 19 year assessed by hmrc sars. a 19 year old has pleaded guilty to plotting an islamist terror attack allegedly targeting police officers or military . police officers or military. matthew king appeared at the old bailey this morning. he's alleged to have carried out surveillance at police stations, railway stations and magistrates court and british army barracks. authorities had been tipped off about king through an anti—terrorist hotline after he posted a video . a whatsapp group posted a video. a whatsapp group and counter—terror police have arrested after a suspicious package was found on a maternity wing in leeds, sparking an evacuation . police say emergency evacuation. police say emergency services , including a bomb services, including a bomb disposal unit called to st james's this morning . a cordon james's this morning. a cordon is currently in place around the hospital as a precautionary and

people are being asked avoid the entrance . the home office says entrance. the home office says survivors of rape are having significant amounts of their personal records unnecessary requested by police investigations. in some records have been used to test the credibility of survivors which ministers as invasive . the ministers as invasive. the government's vowed to change the law to better protect victims , law to better protect victims, speed up enquiries and, restore confidence in the criminal justice system. mp sarah dines says these record requests are often irrelevant to the inquiry. quite often that's people like schools educational record. even at times counselling records and these take a long time to . it these take a long time to. it undermines the trust of the rape victim in process. and as time goes on sometimes they fall away from the process altogether. no, we don't want that. we want to rebuild trust to make sure that

every rape victim is treated fairly and gets to a fair trial in a decent amount of time. high profile influencer andrew tate , profile influencer andrew tate, his brother tristan, will remain in custody for a further 30 days until the 27th of february, after a romanian extended their police . the pair are being police. the pair are being investigated over allegations of , sexual assault and exploitation . a judge has exploitation. a judge has decided to remain prison for longer while police continue to investigate the self—proclaimed misogynist was arrested in bucharest on december the 29th and the church of england has apologised for what it describes as the shameful treatment of the lgbtq+ community as part of the formal apology it admits to making some people feel rejected or excluded when they should and are welcome and valued . it comes are welcome and valued. it comes after the church this said it will bless same sex civil marriages. for the first time though , its position on gay

though, its position on gay marriage in. the church won't change this is gb news. we'll bnng change this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back to nana akua akua . akua akua. good afternoon. it is faster . good afternoon. it is faster. approaching 9 minutes after 3:00. this is gb views . where? 3:00. this is gb views. where? live on tv online . on digital live on tv online. on digital radio. i'm nana akua. i'm in for patrick christys . well, gb news patrick christys. well, gb news can reveal the eu citizens living and working in the uk without a visa will now face the real prospect of a deportation. immigration officials have been issued with new guidance, allowing for the detention and removal of these nationals who are working here illegally. now home security editor mark white was given exclusive access to follow immigration officers as they raided businesses in london, arresting two eu

citizens from romania who officers said were actually in the uk without work visas . the uk without work visas. we're on board with immigration officers south—east london as prepare to read several businesses suspected of employing illegal immigrants . employing illegal immigrants. arriving at this skip hire firm. these officers to move fast if . these officers to move fast if. they're to stop their suspects disappear . they're to stop their suspects disappear. can only search all the possible hiding places as they go . among those, they're they go. among those, they're for at least two albanians. immigration enforcement officers believe one of the men has run off . i'll be believe one of the men has run off. i'll be back believe one of the men has run off . i'll be back before the off. i'll be back before the other is the wheel of this

vehicle . but a quick check vehicle. but a quick check reveals he has a proper work visa . and so we need to visa. and so we need to elsewhere the rest of the have gathered in this as immigration officers check their status . officers check their status. we're going to take you into this room to speak to you. and here you are. nice after to this romanian, he was placed under arrest on suspicion of working in the uk without a proper visa . the senior immigration enforcement officer here told us they've now been issued with new guidance allowing for the arrest of eu nationals living and working here illegally . can the working here illegally. can the servant of mp lee anderson , servant of mp lee anderson, who's on the commons home affairs, select committee, welcome this apparent change in policy ? well, it's welcome news policy? well, it's welcome news because . if eu citizens are here because. if eu citizens are here and they are working and they should not be working, then quite frankly, they're breaking the this is much the law and this problem is much bigger think. i believe bigger than we think. i believe i that this is happening

i believe that this is happening up and down the country in, every village city. every town and village and city. there's hidden there's a there's a hidden population of people are working. should not be working. they should not be working. they should not be working out of the counties. following brexit, eu nationals arriving in the uk must have the appropriate visas if they want to live and work here and. although border officials have detained some eu nationals at ports airports, they suspect of planning to work here illegally . those eu citizens already in the uk. but working without permission have not been pursued sued by immigration enforcement until now . at a second nearby until now. at a second nearby business. immigration have arrested another romanian suspected of working illegally . suspected of working illegally. it signals a tougher from rishi sunak's government after he promised to down on those abused in uk immigration laws. but with well over a million people suspected of and working in the

illegal economy , these illegal economy, these immigration enforcement officers have never been busier. mark white gb news south east london . well, joining me to discuss this is international human rights lawyer david. hey, david, thank you very for joining me. first of all, i mean, the sort of talking heads, just two of them. i mean, this seems to be quite a lot of resource going towards. are you surprised at all that the immigration service has guidelines has been given new guidelines allowing the detention and removal eu nationals working here illegally ? good afternoon . here illegally? good afternoon. i think it's certainly interesting timing . you look at interesting timing. you look at under the transition agreement there was until summer 2021 that eu nationals regularise their immigration status, apply for settlement or whatever it may be . now why has the government a year and a half through various prime ministers to actually that? that's one question that i have in mind . that is something have in mind. that is something that we're seeing across the eu as well. only last week the eu reported that about 300 brits in denmark are facing a similar

situation where they're looking at being deported interest only though and this might be a what's to come over is that a number of those british people facing deportation from denmark back to the uk are saying that the danish government didn't use attempts , tell them how to attempts, tell them how to regularise their status . so regularise their status. so that's something that we're going to start seeing in the uk. more court battles , these people more court battles, these people facing deportation . tit for tat, facing deportation. tit for tat, doesn't it? i mean, but i suppose that's what we voted for, didn't we voted for people to be here to go through the same checks and balances that everybody else goes through . everybody else goes through. there's no special pass just because they're from the is because they're from the eu is i do think it's likely that the government might sort of make it slightly sort of more easier for people in the eu compared to those from outside it to enter country. we likely to do some sort of deal , country. we likely to do some sort of deal, not country. we likely to do some sort of deal , not free country. we likely to do some sort of deal, not free movement, but there'll be some sort of deal coming down the pipeline. but think like you said, but i think like you said, you've seen three in terms of

denmark last week you'll see now the government pushing out news which they should which quite frankly they should have been doing year and have been doing a year and a half so why is it going to half ago. so why is it going to be of ongoing political be a kind of ongoing political battle with, the eu? is it something done for just to essentially the conservative essentially for the conservative appeal to their voter base ? so appeal to their voter base? so i think is certainly going to think that is certainly going to be very interesting. i mean, illegal there's no reason eu nationals should be treated differently to someone from the us, someone from india, than if they're illegally. they should be dealt with appropriate . be dealt with the appropriate. but be interesting but it will be interesting looking at the danish example , looking at the danish example, whether or not this is tit for tat. what's in countries. tat. what's in other countries. there's of great in there's lots of lots of great in eu , spain, for eu countries, spain, for instance. well they will be facing similar situations . instance. well they will be facing similar situations. mm. because i'm concerned that it might get a bit do you might get a bit nasty. do you not mean because we've this not mean because we've had this wonderful working wonderful sort of working relationship eu thing, relationship with the eu thing, a countries are bits that a lot of countries are bits that we left and i'm just concerned especially for people have maybe bought properties in places like spain and mean you've spain and just i mean you've bought somewhere , is bought something somewhere, is there that this there a likelihood that this could escalate a

could sort of escalate into a deeper divide as eu nationals a bit annoyed in the countries surrounding start to get irritated with the sort of really zation that this is what brexit means ? well, let's see. brexit means? well, let's see. i think so. i mean as i said, we think so. i mean as i said, we think we look like literally last and people then we last week and people then we pushed this in the uk we push this out what's happening elsewhere . countries will use it elsewhere. countries will use it for political purposes as well. and like i said, what you're going you're to as going face, you're going to as we from danish, you're we seen from danish, you're going to face court battles and. maybe you're going to even see in terms the uk if for instance, if some of these they if some of these say that they a similar thing to the danish and the uk people , the british the uk people, the british people in denmark and the danish government didn't advise properly. everything is going to get in the court they're probably months or years to come and. as you said, it's we're going to get more and more bitter . well anyway, david, bitter. well anyway, david, thank you very much for that. as david hake, he's an international. lovely to talk to you.thank international. lovely to talk to you. thank you very much for joining friend . while i

joining me, my friend. while i think just don't like think you just don't like me, then i'm all right. oh, my goodness. absolutely throughout the been now. thank the shows have been now. thank you. been an mep, you. well, you've been an mep, so a good idea of all the so you a good idea of all the sort of brexit, these sort of things, because you're a brexit mep. yeah. do you think it's going to end up with bit a tit going to end up with a bit a tit for well i mean what's for tat. well i mean what's what's interesting, what's very interesting, i think it's first of all, it's worth noting, first of all, that six and half that we gave six and a half million member citizens million eu member state citizens settled in pre—settled status. so if you lived for more than five years and you could evidence that and you applied, you settled status, never you got settled status, never having had having to leave. and if you had been here for less than five years time that we left years at the time that we left the eu, you still had the right to stay. we've been to stay. so we've been encouraged. be generous as a nafion encouraged. be generous as a nation and it was one of the bugbears for the eu during the negotiations back 2016 onwards. you know , i know that long ago you know, i know that long ago that , you know, eu citizens that, you know, eu citizens shouldn't be discriminated against in the uk and of we've gold plated that and been incredibly generous. the eu. i don't know if you recall this , don't know if you recall this, but at the outset the eu refused

reciprocate the unilateral declaration. we made back after the referendum that we wouldn't forcibly deport eu citizens. you know , are a very welcoming know, are a very welcoming country and here we are in 23, six and a half million eu member state citizens. given the right to stay, you know, and if there are some here illegally, they should be deported. they've had every signal every opportunity to regular rise their stay in the uk if haven't done it won't tied then off they go but it shouldn't just be applied to eu states citizens, anyone working in this country should be deported, shouldn't they? anyone this country illegally should deported. and it's quite telling that people coming on a boat. yeah. something you opened by saying, you know, suddenly two people. but did you see the news? was this. there was news? it was this. there was a massive crackdown on illegal working in the uk. massive crackdown on illegal working in the uk . and that's working in the uk. and that's because this is quite a sensitive subject to the government realised that it government it realised that it done anywhere near enough to get

a grip of what are effectively open borders . so they're open borders. so they're championing this in great mean i hope they get it i hope they do more of it. it's interesting, isn't it, that the because they don't want look bad don't don't want to look bad don't look bad because you're you're not treating people who come on boats to the boats in a different way to the people eu they people who come from the eu they especially now make that especially now to make sure that they're cracking down all of they're cracking down on all of it so that nobody looks like the it's should be it's getting it should be uniform can call it, uniform and if you can call it, you rishi number you know, rishi sunak a number of five point plans. one of them was plan for was the five point plan for illegal immigration to the united and one those united kingdom. and one of those five made was that the five points he made was that the immigration officers should go round the uk and round up people who are working here illegally, that they're doing job well. i do think what they're meant to be doing well, let's talk strikes because . you know, strikes because. you know, everyone seems to be wanting to go on strike, unite the unions announced today that workers from five ambulance trusts in england wales will go on strike on february the sixth. now the joint nurses and paramedics from

the gmb union who are walking strike, walking out the same day , teachers are also set to walk out of an unions are meeting with education minister gillian keegan today in a bid to stop action going . so joining me now action going. so joining me now to give us the latest is gb news is political reporter olivia utley . okay olivia, what's the utley. okay olivia, what's the reaction been to unite. announcement of more strikes ? announcement of more strikes? well, everyone's pretty fed up with strike after . but the with strike after. but the problem from the government's perspective is the public isn't really blaming the strikers, the pubuc really blaming the strikers, the public on whole is blaming the government this. and we saw the sort of glimmer of hope last week that some agreement was going to be reached. and it sounded, though, steve barclay was soften , saying and asking was soften, saying and asking union leaders to help him persuade the government to persuade the government to persuade sunak to give him a pay rise . but that hope ebbed away rise. but that hope ebbed away last night when talks in absolutely nothing at all and the calculation on behalf of the unions appears to be that while

the public is still behind them, at least the at least unite at least the health union's public is much behind the nhs strikers. there is no point in in capitulating to what the government is asking for. this is mounting frustration on sides. from what i'm hearing, both sides are just accusing the other of digging in the unions are saying that the government dresses talks as negotiations, but actually they're not willing to compromise on aspect of what the unions asking for. so it doesn't look as though we're going to see any change any time we could be headed for strikes going well into the summer on front. has mick lynch threatened to just a couple of weeks ago. yes and unlike well unlike arthur scargill and his latest loss of the strikes seems to be quite organised. he's organising very well. unlike mrs. thatcher, recently night appear that organised at all but in actual facti organised at all but in actual fact i think that perhaps the government are playing of government are playing a bit of a the a waiting game because the longer this on just like with the rail unions more annoyed the pubuc the rail unions more annoyed the

public get the more public start to get in the more they'll lose favour. i mean, as you said, there's not really much any sort of much in terms of any sort of negotiation on i mean, what is happening? is there any conversations had? well, there are these conversations being had which the unions would say are not really conversations at all that the government is saying this. it's going to talk. then the problem keeps appearing to be the government to be that the government ministers little ministers schedule very little time for these time in their diaries for these conversations and the sort of implication from the unions is that about show are that they're all about show are not serious about getting some sort of resolution as you say it could be that the government is playing a long game and i'm hoping that public support the strikes sort of ebbs away frustration grows but a dangerous game to be playing so far what we've seen is yes on the rail strikes public is slowly losing support . but on slowly losing support. but on the nhs, strikes , the public is the nhs, strikes, the public is blaming the government for this, not the strikers. we're seeing in poll after poll. so rishi sunak could just be the prime minister who presided over sort

of years on end of strikes and the for that will lay right at his yes he presided and that without wearing a seatbelt which is rather unfortunate event for myself on camera without a seatbelt on and then to post it second time he's broken the law i know what this is going to do all the partygate can't get seat global as maybe we should all divert attention from the strikes without talking about that this is bad. you think that must i said the long game do must i said the long game but do you government you think part of the government strategy wait strategy as well is also wait for interest to for interest rates to fall further because asking further because they're asking for interest rate sort pay for way interest rate sort pay rises? yeah, but if inflation comes down then they won't look. of course , once, once prices go of course, once, once prices go up, they stay up. so even though they may reach a settlement , they may reach a settlement, it'll be at the expense of these people's welfare. and i think very important to recognise that over the last 1213 years the pubuc over the last 1213 years the public actually has suffered , public actually has suffered, you know, it's suffered twice over had rampant inflation in this country for 13 years. people are going to be looking

at their screens thinking, why is he saying that it's only raised its ugly head in the last 12 months. that's not true. we had rampant price inflation after . the credit crunch is we after. the credit crunch is we printed money saved banks and they and then austerity actually they and then austerity actually the public sector. so you saw pnces the public sector. so you saw prices go out of their reach. aspira action was stripped from the working middle classes and now we have consumer prices rising dramatically, stripping them of the ability to eat. but them of the ability to eat. but the eat and hit the homes. but the eat and hit the homes. but the point i want to make is the private has already given salary rises in excess of 7% per annum. the sector is around 3. the private sector has recognised you've got to get ahead of this problem. if we, our businesses to run, if we want to remain profitable, we to get ahead of the and the government just hasn't done. i thought a lot of the public jobs were paid better than the private sector i think. but hasn't that happened? well, there are you also have things like i yeah. get like pensions. i yeah. they get they're to fired.

they're less likely to be fired. they job security they get much more job security , pensions, they have , have pensions, they have unions can unionise the unions can unionise in the private sector. but of course, and the going and some of the strikes going on, sector strikes on, all private sector strikes by definition but, you by that definition. but, you know , private private companies know, private private companies understand , the need to stay in understand, the need to stay in business and to make money. the government quite government just hasn't quite got that spending that yet. and they love spending money. thank you very money. well, thank you very much. well, much. and joining me as well, many will be me many people will be with me throughout go get throughout the show. i'll go get rid this just coming up. rid him. this just coming up. just 3:00. i'm just in 24 minutes, 3:00. i'm nana akua . this is gb views. cut nana akua. this is gb views. cut me off. the women's charity refuge over a thousand refuge left over a thousand rotten apples outside new scotland yard earlier. now, it was all part of a protest against the number of officers in the metropolitan being in the metropolitan police being investigated , allegations of investigated, allegations of domestic . we'll have that domestic abuse. we'll have that on the way . next domestic abuse. we'll have that on the way. next on mark dolan's night in a world exclusive , night in a world exclusive, katie price joins us live to talk fame, love, money, plastic surgery and her hopes for the future to get you in the industry. gp news on meeting up with my mate mark dolan. it's

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set companies to gather illegal immigrants and pay companies immigrants and pay the companies a every person they a fee for every person they find? i think you've something that anyone's listening , that if anyone's listening, hopefully one of them, somebody out there is listening and the government has a very good idea. joe are good joe says, these raids are good to see, but i fear they're being used as a distract action from to see, but i fear they're being use channelstract action from to see, but i fear they're being use channel crossings.>n from to see, but i fear they're being use channel crossings. yeahm the channel crossings. yeah yeah, it seems that way. i can't see he's making such a big see why he's making such a big thing being thing of one romanian being arrested. it wasn't one, it was two, it was two. it's nothing but a distraction. and another woman karen says this to woman called karen says this to karen's, said, we to stop being so soft when it comes immigration. if it was asked brits arriving illegally in another country , do you think another country, do you think we'd be dealt with so softly i think the answer to that is no, and it depends it is as and it depends where it is as well, most places well, because most places wouldn't even well, wouldn't even have it. well, listen, the women's listen, coming the women's charity refuge dumped over 1000 rotten apples outside new scotland yard. this in protest against a number of met officers who've been or are currently under investigation for allegations , optimistic views. allegations, optimistic views. now, force under intense now, the force under intense pressure to regain public's

trust after it admitted opportunity dismissed the catch. david carrick the serving officer who committed or admitted to carrying out 24 counts of rape. catherine force lgbt is political reporterjoins lgbt is political reporter joins me from westminster. she was at protest earlier. catherine what the mood of the demonstrators like like ? well, immense like like? well, immense frustration and anger, obvious that it has come to this and the of the depth of issues and misogynistic attitudes that not to mention behaviours of some of the metropolitan and police. but i think also a huge determination that things must. the demonstration was the met police headquarters of course which is actually literally a couple of minutes round the corner from big ben and the rotten apples . it was really rotten apples. it was really quite striking. 1071. that's the number of metropolitan police officers who are being or have being in vest negated about

potential sexual misconduct or domestic abuse claims. and we hear don't we after the murder of sarah everard by wayne cousins . oh, well, you know, cousins. oh, well, you know, there's the occasion . no bad there's the occasion. no bad apple. there's a few bad apples in police. well, it does look like it's considerably more a few. this, of course, all triggered by the conviction of david, a serving police officer. now sacked earlier in the week , now sacked earlier in the week, convicted of 49 crimes against women , 24 more rapes. the chief women, 24 more rapes. the chief of the metropole police are mark rowley has now said very publicly they are sorry and that he should never have become a police officer in the first place because 20 years ago, before he even joined the police , there were serious allegations against him that were there. now in further incidents , were not in further incidents, were not

sufficiently . i including back sufficiently. i including back only in july 2021. he was arrested for rape , but the met arrested for rape, but the met did not view it is sufficiently serious to suspend him from duty. so obviously real anger at the huge dysfunction at the heart of the capital and police service absolutely dreadful it now do you think that the process will actually make any difference to the met's efforts to clean itself up ? well i think to clean itself up? well i think there is now huge pressure on there is now huge pressure on the metropolitan . this is so and the metropolitan. this is so and so public refuge , of course, is so public refuge, of course, is the biggest domestic abuse charity in the uk . they say that charity in the uk. they say that one in four women during their lifetime will be subject to domestic abuse and that every 30 seconds a woman rings the police with that of complaint. now course, the police are often first port of call, aren't they

? we're vulnerable when we're in need support. and the idea that there are a potentially considerable number of male police officers and operating still who are guilty . some of still who are guilty. some of these crimes is absolute utterly terrifying for women and trust or is very, very difficult to get back, isn't it? once it's been lost . well, yes. go, been lost. well, yes. go, catherine. thank you very much les catherine force. she's a gb news political reporter. you're with me on this ? a gb views. with me on this? a gb views. coming up, we'll be discuss the ongoing saga, whether or germany sends tanks to ukraine. european power is refusing to allow the export of its tanks for . power is refusing to allow the export of its tanks for. fear of antagonising putin and appearing out of step with the us. we'll discuss that next. but first, let's get your latest news headunes. let's get your latest news headlines . it's 333 i'm rhiannon

headlines. it's 333 i'm rhiannon jones in the gb news next month, we'll see the strike action ever to hit the after unite announced further days of industrial action by ambulance workers in coming weeks, members of unite union are joining 10,000 ambulance staff with the gmb union, along with the royal college of nursing and joint action on the sector february. the workers across , england, the workers across, england, wales and northern ireland are walking in a long running dispute over. walking in a long running dispute over . pay walking in a long running dispute over. pay and staffing downing says it's disappointed but that they are open to further ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has held talks with around 50 western nations, urging them to give more military aid to support fight against russia. key has requested 300 tanks, including germany's highly regarded leopard 2 tanks. germany's minister says they're ready move quickly should an agreement be reached with their allies allies . a new report , england's fire

. a new report, england's fire and rescue services reforms are needed as a matter of urgency . needed as a matter of urgency. watchdog says just two of the six recommend nations have been fulfilled in annual report. the chief inspector , andy cook, says chief inspector, andy cook, says he's frustrated at the lack of progress made since inspections started . in 2018 and started. in 2018 and controversial influence sir andrew tate, along with his brother will, remain in custody for further 30 days until the end of february after a romanian court . their police detention . court. their police detention. the pair are being investigated . allegations of sexual assault . exploitation. a has decided they'll remain in prison for longer, while police to investigate the misogynist was arrested in bucharest on december the 29th. tv on dab+ radio . this is gb news. don't go radio. this is gb news. don't go anywhere, nana akua. we're back in just a moment.

good afternoon . it's 38 minutes good afternoon. it's 38 minutes after 3:00. this is gb news. where? live on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana. now ukraine and president volodymyr zelenskyy appealed to western allies to provide his embattled country with more battle tanks. the uk has pledged to give the ukraine 14 of its challenges to tanks with the hope that it will encourage other countries to do the same. germany, on the other hand , hasn't authorised the hand, hasn't authorised the export of its leopard tanks to assist in the war effort. now thatis assist in the war effort. now that is in part because chancellor olaf scholz is wary of further antagonise vladimir putin. so to give his thoughts on this story is former head of counter terrorism at the m.i.t,

major general chip chapman. major general chip chapman. major general chip chapman, thank you very much for me now. ukraine claimed that its own soviet tanks can't match russia's tanks . surely it is russia's tanks. surely it is a no brainer that western countries should be providing them with the modern battle tanks that asking . for yeah. you tanks that asking. for yeah. you can't win by being the defensive. so only two things can pertain. you either need a combined arms fleet of and armoured personnel vehicles and mechanised infantry combat vehicles to go on the offensive. and that's why these tanks are needed unaided or have precision strike, which can mass. but it takes time. actually, in terms of what the brits have given the last few days, yesterday italian, they gave 600 brimstone missiles . they are not huge missiles. they are not huge precision munitions, which probably will have more impact than the 14 challenger twos that we've . so there's a bit of a the we've. so there's a bit of a the but a lot of people worried

because people often say that if you give people give them these tanks they could actually fall into the wrong hands. so if for example we give them really modern tanks this is one of the arguments using against arguments they're using against not sending tanks that they could enemy's hands. could fall into enemy's hands. we to that we don't want them to that technology . well, i'm the technology. well, i'm the challenger 2 tanks who are too concerned, too much to do with the radios, which the of those radios, the codes who. but i think they're going to be stripped off the antenna bases and all generators and, and all the generators and, things like that. the second one is that he'll risk assess in terms of the likelihood and have some action to if that occurs. so don't think that should be a drive of the driver should be the fact all those countries, for example , which are surround for example, which are surround surround russia know that this is a revanchist russia which wants a new empire and wants to see the defeat russia and that ukraine win by that essentially. those are all the speeches of

some are in finland two invaded in 39 and border russia kaja kallas of estonia one border russia that same same . so they russia that same same. so they know what is like. so it wasn't the eastward move of russia in which those countries the east would move nato they said it was the westward move of russia and that's the reason that poland , that's the reason that poland, estonia, latvia, lithuania , all estonia, latvia, lithuania, all those countries joined nato's. they wanted the protection of that that organisation . and then that that organisation. and then what is germany's real excuse for this? because they're saying that obviously they don't want putin there, obviously still relying on a lot of gas from him as well . but relying on a lot of gas from him as well. but it relying on a lot of gas from him as well . but it seems madness as well. but it seems madness for them not to because they obviously think it's berlin hold the export licences for them. it a bit mad that they don't sort of get on with it because otherwise they will be in the firing line at some point and. they are in very vulnerable they are in a very vulnerable position already. but first point is that germany now imports . no, absolutely zero imports. no, absolutely zero gas, oil or oh. from from russia

and in fact u.s. now has more than germany used to. the first point. the second point, of course, is they of german politics because of what happened the 20th century, they've always had a ostpolitik , always their sort of line . , always their sort of line. thatis , always their sort of line. that is that they saw the demise of the cold through engagement, not the use of hard power . of the cold through engagement, not the use of hard power. and thatis not the use of hard power. and that is that the 20th century demonstrated futility of force rather than utility of force. now, what we're seeing with russia, of course, is that if they win. that was essentially sound. and maron's message that russia would have demonstrated once again the utility and force . but it's that backdrop which makes it complicated for the russians to move in a sort of one. one of the interesting things, of course, is the one the people in germany who do want to sort of tanks and the most is actually amongst the green . they might find that green. they might find that might be slightly appealing . but

might be slightly appealing. but the reason for that is they emphasise human rights, justice and values and all those things that they see as russia have negated in the way that they conduct the invasion . so what conduct the invasion. so what i mean, i'm not quite understanding why germany won't want to sort of give them the that they're asking for. i know they're saying that they'll do it once america it. but i'm just wondering , what is it? i mean wondering, what is it? i mean we're already quite vulnerable all the countries that are around around russia are around us, around russia are very . and if putin very vulnerable. and if putin gets the strength that he you know, of time , then everybody's know, of time, then everybody's in the firing line. so i don't really i don't really understand why they won't to get on with it . but ultimately, there's a decision. and i think that the germans will take the decision the time they want to try and minimise their risk , trying to minimise their risk, trying to get the americans to move at the same time as them with the very capable abrams tank the races that the americans want to send,

that the americans want to send, that it's not because of the capable, but because of the complexity , uses jet fuel, for complexity, uses jet fuel, for example , the way that a leopard example, the way that a leopard would just use normal oils and lubricant. so a complication in terms of how maintenance and logistics capability work. i think if they don't send them terms of their influence in europe term, that will be negated and no one would buy from the german german arms industry because . what's the industry because. what's the point of buying kit from the germans which went down under export licences? you can't use one of those potentially an existential threat to a neighbouring country. that existential threat to a neighbouring country . that does neighbouring country. that does seem a bit bit foolish of them to behave that way. and even though many people will be applauding britain as we continue to for ukraine, should we be concerned about the depletion of our own defence capabilities since we're sending all the all the stuff we have? i army is way too small . we know army is way too small. we know we are making ourselves more vulnerable . well, the chief of

vulnerable. well, the chief of general staff this week that sending just a squadron challenger two tanks 14 of the weakens british army. that's an extraordinary admission for a squadron of tens. extraordinary admission for a squadron of tens . but the thing squadron of tens. but the thing that really is the key here is that really is the key here is that it that really is the key here is thatitis that really is the key here is that it is better to defeat your enemy by having boots on the ground , by supporting someone ground, by supporting someone else , than to have to have to else, than to have to have to fight that potential enemy, a on. so it makes sense so for example from an american 5% of the defence budget to defeat a persistent enemy with no boots on the ground seems like a good cost benefit analysis that perspective and makes you political and strategic sense . political and strategic sense. well major chip chapman, thank you very much for your expertise . he's a former head of counter—terrorist at the ministry of defence . well, ministry of defence. well, joining me in the studio is ben habib. ben, how do you feel about this? is it doing? about this? what is it doing? well, i take this has always had a very relationship with russia

. you know, you remember construction of nord stream, which effectively cut out ukraine, cut out poland and got straight from russia to germany . and a lot of people were up in arms about that. and general major—general chip may be right that they're not direct importing gas and oil from russia, but there's a lot of evidence that. germany is still importing gas and oil from third countries that have bought it from russia and at least in the initial phases of sanctions, germany did not switch its dependency on gas or and they took their time, they took their and then nord stream was blown up and that was that that that went under the radar pretty much, which is quite curious . much, which is quite curious. me, i'm not going to be part of any conspiracy, but it wasn't in russia's interest to blow up no stream , it wasn't in germany's stream, it wasn't in germany's interests who blew up nord stream. i'm just going to put it out there to viewers , germany out there to viewers, germany has incredibly slow to has been incredibly slow to react. russia and you might also

be aware that there was a discussion in amongst the countries that sanctioning russia saying that there's got to be a cap imposed globally on the price that you can buy russian oil at and germany was arguing for a higher and higher cap because they wanted russian oil to flow . so germany, i oil to flow. so germany, i think, is in the crosshairs and it's been very reluctant to send military assistance. the leopard tanks absolutely should go. of they have the ability to restrict any countries that have bought leopard tanks from passing those leopard tanks onto russia because they've got the export licences and it's a really good , a really good really good, a really good reason by the way, not i don't want to get onto brexit, but it's a really good reason why the united kingdom is out we're not going to be fettered by these kind of vested interests that germany of that countries like germany of this isn't, because this size thing isn't, because it's would have on it's the that it would have on the eu as a whole because everyone looks at it and says, hang on a minute they stop hang on a minute they can stop this and we bought them from you , they're ours. so if we're in

this wonderful supposed customs union, but yet you're in control . yeah. i mean, germany's always had that massive, but, you know, germany who calls the shots in europe, germany . and to europe, it's germany. and to some france. people got some extent france. people got a little belligerent. macron know, but people accept that if you're fair and they feel they can trust you. but as soon you start calling the shots then calling the shots and then you start taking control, then start taking control, and then people can just even. and i think on tanks, by the think germany on tanks, by the way, just quickly, germany way, just very quickly, germany on quite on tax i think is quite concerned an concerned because tanks are an offensive weapon. so far a lot offensive weapon. so far a lot of the weaponry that we've exported has been defensive. even , you know, even missiles, you know, effectively defensive . but tanks effectively defensive. but tanks allow you to take ground and i think germany, you know, is concerned about the impact that that will have on their relationship with russia. well, listen, ben, thank you very much for that. and stay with because we've loads moving we've got loads more moving on to this story today, a group of soldiers are set to finish their 100 mile march baptismal lake inside hall in. memory of the children who lost their lives there. led by sergeant blackhawk

members from the royal castles have been walking from base in tidworth to birmingham . now tidworth to birmingham. now they're raising money for birmingham's hospital. now west midlands reporterjack birmingham's hospital. now west midlands reporter jack coulson is in solihull us. jack, why it so important for these soldiers to do well ? broad hawkins, who to do well? broad hawkins, who is the one that instigated this whole charity walk , grew up here whole charity walk, grew up here in king's house where of that terrible tragedy with the four boys in their lives after falling to the in early december happened grew up here he used to play happened grew up here he used to play around the lake. he was part of the boating club that was here. and so when that tragedy it kind really hit him quite hard and based down in tidworth in wiltshire with heads with the royal hussars felt like he couldn't come and be part of this couldn't come this community, couldn't come and support his family and his still live here. and so he wanted to do something and with the request, with the permission of family organised this 100 of the family organised this 100 mile charity walk from that base

tidworth all the way up through the burford, warwick the of swindon, burford, warwick to here in solihull where couple of hours ago they arrived , they of hours ago they arrived, they laid the flag that they've been carrying the walk and the teddy bear with the crest the royal bear with the crest of the royal hussars on it. and i spoke to sergeant hawkins about why he wanted to do this walk and it's been for him . part of the king's been for him. part of the king's community is just essentially giving back to the families and the community itself was watching all of them together . watching all of them together. it was it was emotional, too. i mean and me being down south in tidworth, i couldn't i couldn't give back in a sense . so ijust give back in a sense. so i just thought to myself that i need to do something. it's been golden at times. it's very like mind over matter . the start, it was over matter. the start, it was kind of it's just walking. i mean, it'll all right. and then i think 50 miles in and this has started appearing swelling started appearing swelling started come in we've pushed past it . we've got rid of the

past it. we've got rid of the demons. i mean, the support as well we've had lads keep joining us likes and what's kept well we've had lads keep joining us going kes and what's kept well we've had lads keep joining us going through what's kept well we've had lads keep joining us going through allit's kept well we've had lads keep joining us going through all of kept well we've had lads keep joining us going through all of itept me going through all of it getting to the end. i mean if i put them on something i want to finish it and essentially that's what i want to do if i'm in pain or not, i'll do it too. i mean, so— or not, i'll do it too. i mean, so that's the main and it's for the families as well. and just being able to remember the boys . well even after finishing a 100 mile walk. sergeant hawkins was still able to walk down the road for a well—deserved pint in the pub the money raised around £2,000 have raised for the children's hospital doing . this children's hospital doing. this the justgiving page is still open so can still donate to this cause today that 100 mile walk has been completed the pops no boys that i midlands reporter jack hodson thank you so much is there in solihull now it's time for gb news poll . week. we've

for gb news poll. week. we've been asking about the big gender debate . now a vast majority of debate. now a vast majority of you said that 16 year olds are too young to change their genden too young to change their gender. 41% completely agreed this is too young whilst just% say that they completely disagreed. you can also reveal that 22% of the public strongly support the government's blocking of accounts . a virtual blocking of accounts. a virtual gender reform bill. so with me now is peter tatchell . he's an now is peter tatchell. he's an lgbtq active us and director of the peter foundation. peter, thank you very much for joining me. now peter, what do you think made me what do you make of that , the results that you're seeing on that poll was not what you would expect. well, first, let me say not trans, but i am a trans for 50 years and i'm trying to reflect the views of . trying to reflect the views of. trans people , because i trans people, because i understand that no trans person available to do this interview .

available to do this interview. the poll very, very very interesting. but it is based upon a huge amount of misinformation nobody has that trans people can change their gender at the age of 16 what is being proposed in scotland is that a person can get a gender certificate , which is just certificate, which is just basically an identity document . basically an identity document. at the age of 16 or 17, if they have lived in their firm gender for six months or more. so it's not about actually changing their physical gender at it's just a certificate and the certificate only basic gives affirmation of a person's gender in of birth certificate , in of birth certificate, marriage certificate and, death certificate. it does not give a trans person any rights whatsoever ever. and it certainly doesn't involve changing physically changing

their body through surgery . their body through surgery. well, i mean, to be i think that's the same difference . that's the same difference. okay. so you don't go see the medical process, but you've gone through the legal process. and i don't think people are concerned about the medical side of it. i think it's the legal aspect of what that that entitles to do. so as woman, if you're able to if you're man and you're able to change your gender legally at 16 without any for any sort of medical with regard to it, without any for any sort of medical with regard to it , then medical with regard to it, then i think the worry is that will be that aspect of it . those who be that aspect of it. those who are maybe not. i mean, most trans people , pretty decent, trans people, pretty decent, reasonable people. nobody's saying that. what they're saying is that opens it out for. abuse of the system . well, of course, of the system. well, of course, the scottish proposals are very , very strict. first of all, they give the scottish government or registrar the power to refuse a gender recognition certificate to any

person who has been convicted of a , person who has been convicted of , a sexual assault. so is very, very clear. that's a safeguard in principle. the second point to make is that if someone falsely claim to be trans and seeks a gender recognition certificate through fraud when they're not really trans, they can be jailed for up to two years. so that is a very clear against. well, you say that there were some abuses . the there were some abuses. the point is, we don't make laws this country based upon what a small minority might do . for small minority might do. for example, a very minority of muslims , terrorists. but we muslims, terrorists. but we don't therefore respect the rights of all muslims because of the behaviour of that small minority . and the same applies minority. and the same applies with trans people . if there are with trans people. if there are trans people that do bad things, they should of course be punished. but we frame the law

based bad actions by a tiny. when you say they could be jailed two years, i suppose, in which let's say i'm going to bnng which let's say i'm going to bring pen to paper because he wants to ask a question . that's wants to ask a question. that's okay then. well, i mean, for me the issue, i want to roll the debate back a bit. we operate a form of law in the united kingdom where everything is permissible , unless it's permissible, unless it's specifically not permissible. and the problem i have with this law and indeed a lot of laws, you born of the same kind of motivation is that they legislate where legislation required. why is this even taking up parliamentary . and taking up parliamentary. and just to put the into context that there are a quarter of a million transgender be less than a quarter million transgender people in the kingdom, only a thousand couple of a year transgender. now this is really a non—issue for parliamentary time and for the populace at large. well, i think , you say, large. well, i think, you say, require legislation. i do think it does require legislation, but

particular i think i'd rather it didn't legislation that didn't have legislation in that way. think it's way. and i think it's interesting because the effect is effect. it will have a women. i think what a woman i think what i mean as a woman now , that's what we're mainly now, that's what we're mainly concerned about. peter should absolutely i totally agree that women's welfare and safety must be protected ? but i don't see be protected? but i don't see any evidence of what proposed in scotland will change that. i mean , there are already 15 mean, there are already 15 countries where gender recognition self id is permitted , including countries like belgium france, ireland and malta, denmark and, norway. they've had these in place for many years and they've had no problems. the scaremongering i is i mean, it is so shocking. it is i mean, it is so shocking. it is de—man a minority of people, trans people suffer from very high levels of prejudice, discrimination, hate and so on. listen, peter tatchell , always listen, peter tatchell, always good to talk to you. thank you

so much. we will more about this. we're running out of time. that's there with that's peter tatchell there with me. is a gb me. i'm not queer. this is a gb news onto the online and digital radio more come in the next radio more to come in the next hour after weather .

good afternoon. it is 4:00. this is a gb news for all people channel where live tv online and on digital . channel where live tv online and on digital. i'm nana akua. i'm in for patrick christys you'll be pleased to know he's back next week. coming up this hour we have a gb views immigration . we have a gb views immigration. people living in the uk from the eu without a visa are now facing a serious prospect of being arrested. immigration enforcement have been issued with new guidance allowing for

the detention and removal of eu nationals who are working here . nationals who are working here. gb news is being exclusive access to follow immigration officers raiding businesses in london . we'll be bringing you london. we'll be bringing you the latest on that just a moment. king charles iii and camilla, the queen consort, have been holding royal engagements in bolton today. now the couple are celebrating 150 years of the borough's town hall . royal borough's town hall. royal reporter karen walker has been following the events throughout the day. we're speaking to him in just moments time. and in just a few moments time. and world's defence leaders convened at the ramstein , germany, in a at the ramstein, germany, in a bid to resolve disagreements over tanks for ukraine. the uk has agreed to send challenges tanks to the war zone. but german chancellor olaf scholz is wary of handing over its own fighting vehicles. and that is, of course, for fear of angering vladimir putin. we'll bring you the latest from the conference. and joining me throughout the show today to give you take on the topics we're discussing is former party ben v as if he

former party mep ben v as if he can get in touch . you can email can get in touch. you can email me gb views at gb news .uk or tweet me at gb news. but first, let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines headlines. nana. thank you. this is the latest, headlines headlines. nana. thank you. this is the latest , the gb you. this is the latest, the gb newsroom, the nhs will see the biggest strike action ever in the industry as the unite union announced ten further days of industrial action by ambulance workers in the coming . they workers in the coming. they joined 10,000 and ambulance staff with the gmb union along with the royal college of nursing in joint on the 6th of february. the workers england, wales and northern ireland are walking out in a long running dispute over pay and staffing . dispute over pay and staffing. downing street says it's disappointed , but they're open disappointed, but they're open to further discussions . to further discussions. ukrainian president zelenskyy is holding talks around 50 western nations, urging them to give military aid support for their fight against russia . kyiv has

fight against russia. kyiv has requested three battle tanks . requested three battle tanks. germany's defence minister says , they're ready to move quickly to provide highly regarded leopard to should an agreement be reached with their allies. and the us announced a further £2 billion worth of support for ukraine. us defence secretary lloyd austin has vowed to support the country for as long as it takes. russia is regrouping recruit , as it takes. russia is regrouping recruit, ing and trying to re—equip. regrouping recruit, ing and trying to re—equip . this is not trying to re—equip. this is not moment to slow down. it's a time to dig deeper. the ukrainian people are watching us. the kremlin is watching us in history is watching . us a new history is watching. us a new report into england's fire rescue services says reforms are needed as a matter of urgency . needed as a matter of urgency. the watchdog says just two of the six recommendations made by the six recommendations made by the chief inspectorate have been fulfilled . in an annual report,

fulfilled. in an annual report, the chief inspector andy kirk, says he's at the lack of progress made since inspections in 2018. but the chief fire officer at leicester and rescue callum faint, officer at leicester and rescue callum faint , says officer at leicester and rescue callum faint, says he's confident the force is improving. the really good report for us it shows the advancements we've made over the last three years. whilst we accept the feedback from the previous report, we were slightly disappointed we slightly disappointed it and we as service have responded as a as a service have responded as a whole. leicestershire and rescue service is the fourth best at delivering the sheer number home fire safety checks. what we have got a little bit of work to do is number referrals coming is the number referrals coming in from our partners is incredibly need to incredibly high and we need to make we get the right make sure we get the right amount resources address amount of resources to address those safety checks. those home fire safety checks. i'm confident by the time i'm really confident by the time of next inspection, we will of the next inspection, we will be at a good level across the board all areas that were board of all areas that were assessed hmrc office . a 19 assessed by hmrc office. a 19 year old has pleaded guilty to plotting an islamist terror attack, allegedly targeting police officers or military personnel . matthew king appeared

personnel. matthew king appeared at the old bailey this morning. he is alleged to have carried out surveillance of police railway stations , magistrates railway stations, magistrates court and a british army barracks. authorities been tipped off about king through an hotline after he posted a video on a group . the national police on a group. the national police chiefs council are urging police chiefs across england and wales to have all officers checked against databases by the end of march. the home office . the march. the home office. the order which came in wake of the crimes committed by police officer david carrick , who officer david carrick, who admitted to 49 criminal charges, including 24 counts of rape. the npcc says its chair has written to all chief constable urging them to take immediate action . them to take immediate action. now the home office says survivors of rape are having amounts of their personal records unnecessarily requested by police during investigation . by police during investigation. in some cases, records been used

to test the credibility of survivors, which ministers as invasive. the government's vow to change the law better protect victims to speed up enquiries and restore in the criminal justice system. mp sarah dines says these record requests are often irrelevant to the inquiry . quite often that's like schools educate or record. even at times records and these organisations take a long time to respond and it undermines the trust of the rape victim in the process. and as time goes on, sometimes they fall away from the process . now, we don't want the process. now, we don't want that. the process. now, we don't want that . we want to rebuild trust that. we want to rebuild trust to make sure that every rape victim is treated fairly and gets a fair trial in a decent amount . time gets a fair trial in a decent amount. time high profile social media influencer andrew tate and his tristan will remain custody for a further 30 days until the 27th of february, after a court , romania has extended their

police . the pair are being police. the pair are being investigated over allegations of sexual and exploitation . a judge sexual and exploitation. a judge has decided they'll remain prison for longer while police continue to investigate the self—proclaimed misogynist was arrested in bucharest . on the arrested in bucharest. on the 29th of december . this arrested in bucharest. on the 29th of december. this is gb news. we'll bring you more news as it happens. now it's back to nina nina . nina nina. it's just coming up to 8 minutes after 4:00. this is news. i'm nana akua. we are live on tv onune nana akua. we are live on tv online and digital right now . we online and digital right now. we can reveal that eu citizens living and working in the uk without a visa will now face the real prospect of arrest and deportation . immigration deportation. immigration enforcement officers been issued with new guidance allowing for the detention and removal of eu

nationals who are working illegally. our homeland security editor mark white was given exclusive to follow immigration officers as they raided businesses in london, arresting two eu citizens from , romania, two eu citizens from, romania, whose offices are said to be in the uk without work visas. let's speak to richard hewison. he's the leader of the rejoin eu . the leader of the rejoin eu. richard thank you very much for joining me . richard well, thank joining me. richard well, thank you for having me on. lovely to be with you today. thank you. good to be with you. so, richard, what do you make of this? i mean, we've left this? i mean, look, we've left the eu, if you are in a the eu, so if you are in a country without right papers and you illegally you are here illegally overstayed then it's overstayed your visa, then it's fair you should fair enough, right? you should be detained whatever it is be detained or whatever it is that i have said. i have deep concerns think concerns about this. i think it's a sad situation that it's a very sad situation that we've ended up on. and let's remind that many many remind ourselves that many many people eu came to the people from the eu came to the uk on a that they settle uk on a promise that they settle for life here and have worked life here. and that promise has been very, very badly broken.

and let's honest as well, not everyone is as up to date on what papers they need to have. they have relocated their they may have relocated their lives ago and they may not lives years ago and they may not have been told through the correct paperwork. do. out. indeed, anecdotal indeed, a lot of anecdotal evidence is that many evidence we've seen is that many many people former eu many people who are former eu citizens have not been made fully aware of what their situation currently . so i think situation currently. so i think it's a sad day this well, i it's a very sad day this well, i suppose but i mean it's like you break the law. someone you thought didn't realise was thought didn't realise that was it. like that do it. you don't off like that do you also no prime you mean. and also no prime minister reiterated that yesterday after having already done that in terms a partygate inquiry . so want i have say when inquiry. so want i have say when the top person in your society flagrantly breaks the law that all the time, why is a duty on anyone else in society to do that? i think that's most important evidence because. right. is that we be looking at. at the moment then a few people who've accidentally overstayed their work visas. oh, just a few. well might a more few. well might be a lot more than a few. and actually if than just a few. and actually if we follow this its natural we follow this to its natural conclusion, then look

conclusion, we can't then look like people from conclusion, we can't then look like a people from conclusion, we can't then look like a special people from conclusion, we can't then look like a special against from conclusion, we can't then look like a special against people the eu a special against people who've come otherwise. otherwise. hold on. let me otherwise . wait. sorry. one otherwise. wait. sorry. one second. one second. one second, please hold on, hold on. you don't know i'm going to say so you can't just talk over we can you can't just talk over we can you can't just talk over we can you can return is might down please so can speak. you please so can speak. thank you very much. thank you. we'll have to do that it mean to do it that way. what it mean that. you. thank well, that. thank you. thank well, basically. otherwise, if we get people from the eu with a special because , they've special pass because, they've come eu, they'll most come from the eu, they'll most probably will told probably be white will be told that it's because they're not so—called mohammed or whatever from another country that we're being so every it will being racist. so every it will being racist. so every it will be the same reality that your own investigation uncovered . now own investigation uncovered. now if i understand correctly , if i understand correctly, please feel free to correct me if i'm wrong. that some people were taken aside based the fact that they heard a european accent taken into detention and, then revealed they did have the correct papers. if got correct papers. so if we've got a situation where, our own immigration are just immigration people are just picking people on the basis picking up people on the basis of putting of their accents and putting

them a room, frisking them, investigating their credentials. i think that's quite a disturbing thing to do, really in our society. what don't have the full details of that. i doubt it's just an accent. i mean otherwise to be arresting anyone everyone that's not quite how works and you know let me bnng how works and you know let me bring me bring barnaby and bring let me bring barnaby and not i'll go barnaby up here. he was a former mep, i know he'll have say. ben, have something to say. ben, what are say this. are you going to say to this. well say that we are an well i would say that we are an incredibly when incredibly generous nation when it settling in it comes to settling people in the kingdom. and we were the united kingdom. and we were generous eu. fact, generous with the eu. in fact, we unilaterally declared virtually immediately after the referendum that we would give to residency to eu membership reasons ahead of any agreement, formal agreement and the eu refused to reciprocate . and it refused to reciprocate. and it wasn't until we signed the withdrawal agreement that an agreement on that could be reached and shows how intransigent and difficult the eu was playing russian roulette with the working lives of its citizens in its challenge to the

united kingdom. for that our friend we have also which i'm sure is aware of have granted preset or settled status to six and a half million eu member state citizens in the united kingdom . if there are still eu kingdom. if there are still eu member state citizens living here working illegally, they ought to be deported like . any ought to be deported like. any other person working in the united kingdom? well what do you say to that, richard? i mean, he's got an absolute they will give him plenty of time. so, you know, the years or so know, the six years or so i don't i don't recognise that statistic . know there are six statistic. know there are six and a half million eu uk. and a half million eu in the uk. i don't all of them have been given pre—settled status to resettle. you need do well you need to get jump on your back richard who are currently being picked up . yes of course they'll picked up. yes of course they'll be a few points on don't go uk have not so many people are just not aware their and take up not aware of their and take up the is about being generous in terms offering full pre—settled status everybody that we didn't actually need an response from

that if we are such a generous country that we could be that now and also let let's look at the reality of broken the law gone beyond every nation we cross at the moment. oh, sorry, i didn't meet that. so that's that's all you learned from the first i know. that first world? i know. i know that people who broken the law, that if they've broken law, if they've broken the law, they need follow normal need to follow the normal procedures, especially you've been time and been given plenty of time and you that some of may you said that some of them may not well, they not know about it. well, they could a bit of research. could do a bit of research. that's they do. if that's what they have to do. if you don't do that, then fair enough. that's the way the crumbles. surely well, again, most not everyone is everyone watches gb news. not everyone up with the news. not everyone is aware what's going on in our day to day lives. i would be interested to know few more details about those people from who were arrested. as you said, it was people. and that's a very, very small sample size, if that's correct. now, i'm not saying there's any two people in the but like to the country, but i'd like to know their backgrounds. i'd know what their backgrounds. i'd like they like to know whether they have reason to suspect that they could work and that

could work it work and that reason not to have been properly explained but also i noticed the employers don't seem to be being arrested for this i thought quite a lot of the onus on the employer is to verify that people are and fit to work. and again again , i don't know again again, i don't know whether someone else was. i don't know whether we know where they worked or anything, but that's just what we have is just a little bit of information. we'll back do we'll bring back more. do you think should be allowing think that we should be allowing more unskilled labour from europe, mind one of europe, bearing in mind one of the reasons for brexit? but the main reasons for brexit? but to be honest, the words i disagree with that are from europe i think we need more immigration. europe i think we need more immigration . this country in immigration. this country in general i think it's about from you started having the debate about immigration sorry what specifically last line means i speak of you . that's all right. speak of you. that's all right. look, anything you said a while in the past, i'd never do it again. i've yes , if i say so, if again. i've yes, if i say so, if we just look at european market, then do you think we should? you said overall from specifically from europe, should we be

looking to bring in more labour things? we have such a big shortage in this country. what again europe is suffering of the sort of same sociodemographic bombs that we are in the uk. sort of same sociodemographic bombs that we are in the uk . we bombs that we are in the uk. we need immigrants in the uk people of my age group. we're going to be retired and a lot be retired and there's a lot more people in my age group than there are in the below and there are in the age below and that to put huge stress that is going to put huge stress on our economic system, our reproduction rate in uk is now down to 1.75, so even without infant more mentality, we'll only have five people in the next generation for every that we've got now. so the bottom line is we need immigration in this country, need this country, we need immigration to our health service to support our teaching industries our industries to support our farming industries and obviously the a good source of that. the eu a good source of that. but the eu of course is also suffering similar situations, not quite so bad demographically as the but it's also under a lot pressure. so this is a much wider debate, i think. and i think need to face up to the

fact as a nation, we need immigrants. well, i mean , immigrants. well, i mean, somebody will be pleased since fewer people on the planet to destroy it. listen thank you very much for joining destroy it. listen thank you very much forjoining me. that's hewson. he's a former he's the leader of rejoin eu party. and not just saying yes, he's got a point. well, no, i think he's got a point at all i mean we have a record number of people on universal at the moment. have a record number of people on universal at the moment . the on universal at the moment. the government argues we've got record low unemployment, but that's because you unemployment figures any measure those who are looking a job. we've are looking for a job. we've actually got a vast pool of people from whom we could we could, you know, get back into the workforce . the problem we've the workforce. the problem we've got in the uk is not one of lack of immigration. what we've got a problem in the uk with is an addiction to cheap labour a large corporations not willing to not wishing to increase productivity through automation . a reluctance of the government and law and corporations to actually pay wages, a reluctance

from the government to cut taxes . because if you cut taxes people it pays to work, you then wish to . but at the moment you wish to. but at the moment you can get as much on benefits as you going into into the workplace . so people are sitting workplace. so people are sitting at home, going into the workplace , getting the benefit workplace, getting the benefit of wealth distribution from the government, and then people like feel able to say, well we've got an absence of people looking for jobs. so got to get unskilled labour europe and he's labour from europe and what he's advocating, listen him advocating, if you listen to him very he's very carefully, what he's advocating a ponzi scheme, he's saying the way to grow is if a bigger population, we're not breeding fast enough. that's exactly that's. and our whole point of that was that we are overpopulated in any and that is one of the big drivers of the planet planet and the planet destroying planet and the route to wealth is not increases in gdp . the route to wealth is in gdp. the route to wealth is increase in gdp per capita and per hour worked, which is productivity . right. well, thank productivity. right. well, thank you for that, ben. and i'm with

you for that, ben. and i'm with you because lots people have been getting in touch with their thoughts on the illegal immigration that we were discussing. a shame immigration that we were dis much g. a shame immigration that we were dismuch effort a shame immigration that we were dismuch effort can a shame immigration that we were dismuch effort can be a shame immigration that we were dismuch effort can be putshame immigration that we were dismuch effort can be put intore so much effort can be put into catching a few illegal workers, but not stop them coming here in the first place. if the lorry drivers can be fined ten grand for inadvertently bringing illegal into uk illegal immigrants into the uk border force and are a law. i should also be fined for bringing them here. oh, i can sort of see logic that way and says catching and deporting illegal immigrants is all well and good , but surely it's better and good, but surely it's better to prevent them from reaching our first place. our shores in the first place. is must get royal navy is sunak must get the royal navy to channel tunnel to patrol the channel tunnel illegal immigrants to french coast. excuses are not an yeah, that's for the ones who are in the have come by the boats. i'm with you there but we were basically at people have basically looking at people have actually overstayed their visa the a chance become the eu they had a chance become a british citizen or to be you know into this community but they they chose not to do it. so we'll catch people who've been given and a half years to given about and a half years to become citizens. right. well, moving on, king charles and the

queen queen consort, camilla visiting bolton today. and it's of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of bolton town hall . it's chelsea's first visit to the region as king. however, he did hold several major gates in greater manchester whilst was still prince charles. royal reporter karen walker has been in bolton following proceedings . cameron what's been going on was latest . one and it's been was latest. one and it's been a busy day of engagement here in greater manchester for the king queen consort. first of all, the king visit the key north western hub.he king visit the key north western hub. he travelled on the royal train actually to get to this area. it's the first time he's used the royal train as monarch. he also visited the kellogg's factory to mark 100th anniversary of having a presence here in the united kingdom . here in the united kingdom. kellogg's actually has a warrant, which means it provides the breakfast cereal for the royal. the breakfast cereal for the royal . so perhaps that was one royal. so perhaps that was one of the reasons why king charles chose to visit. but arguably the main event was here at bolton

town halls marked the 150th anniversary of its opening. it was king charles's great, great grandfather edward the seventh, when he was prince of wales in 1878, who actually opened in front of a crowd of 150,000 people. now, the one that many people. now, the one that many people here today reckon those two or 3000 people here, but 150 uniforms, children on the steps, ready to greet king charles. and every primary school in bolton was invited to officially welcome king charles and queen consort to camilla and. i caught up with a headteacher and a few pupils and this is what they to say a little bit earlier on we had an email on tuesday inviting the headteacher three children so we had to reply. so we replied within 10 minutes saying absolutely we can't wait. i'm a bit of a royal fan, so we couldn't wait. so we've had some flowers made for camilla and we haven't given that the whole thing. when she comes out, maybe we'll have chat another chance. but know what all of but we don't know what all of the was it like seeing the

the what was it like seeing the king's very exciting it's a really it's really a one in a lifetime chance . he shook your lifetime chance. he shook your hand didn't. yeah did he say to you he said, is it cold. lovely to meet and have you missed your lunch. to meet and have you missed your lunch . well am reliably informed lunch. well am reliably informed so they had an early lunch before they came into bolton town hall to see the king and consort. well, when the majesties left, they visited community centre and within short to a sports and community. see the sports and community facilities there. the king met england manager manager gareth southgate. so he met young people taking part in prince's trust programmes and the queen consort to visited a few more schoolchildren . this community schoolchildren. this community centre she was championing one of her passions actually, which is that of children's literacy and encouraging children to learn to read and to read novels . so all in all, it was a long of engagements, but it's very much the king and queen

consort's focusing on their work as the heads ready of the royal family ahead of a coronation in a few months time . well, a few months time. well, cameron, thank you very much . cameron, thank you very much. that's cameron gb news. reporter you're with me. i'm not aware this a gb news coming up western meet to discuss further military support for ukraine. we'll have the latest . that and let's take the latest. that and let's take a look at whether . hello. the latest. that and let's take a look at whether. hello. i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office. it's a afternoon out there for most us. sunny skies, crisp winter sunshine but another frosty night follows for the vast majority . not for all, the vast majority. not for all, however, changes are afoot. this area of mild air coming from the west will slowly top planes in northwestern areas during the start of the weekend cloud rain and increased but also milder conditions . however for the conditions. however for the evening for it's clear skies and light winds , temperatures light winds, temperatures falling away, a widespread frost forming temperatures as low as minus three, minus four celsius

and as low as minus to minus ten celsius for some sheltered parts of scotland, northern england , of scotland, northern england, but will also see some freezing fog patches. first thing, these will be slow to clear across central and southern of the uk. now western scotland and northern ireland. the complete contrast is frost free first thing here, but also cloudy damp and breezy gales, dry and exposed western shores of scotland and gales pushing into the northern isles by the afternoon as the rain moves east over the cold air. there's the of freezing rain for a time for the grampians and some flakes of snow as well. but further south, while it's another sparkling day, england and wales seeing plenty of sunshine five or six celsius, up to nine celsius in the far northwest of scotland. but it turns even more unsettled here on saturday. wind and rain pushing in heavy and persistent rain for. northern ireland as well as western scotland . and well as western scotland. and those outbreaks of rain reaching parts of wales and western england of the night england by the end of the night so frost free as we begin sunday in west but for southeastern

in the west but for southeastern parts of the uk well that's where the coldest weather will be freezing be on sunday morning freezing once again and a widespread frost , three minus four degrees frost, three minus four degrees . now for london anglia. in the southeast, sunday's looking another bright but cold day. and we keep the cold air actually into the start of next week in the southeast. for the rest of the southeast. for the rest of the uk, it's milder, it's cloudier and it's breezier in the one mark dolan's tonight in a world katie price joins us live to talk fame love money plastic surgery and her hopes for the future get you in dangerous fake gp news. i mix it up with my old mate mark. it's been iag since done an interview with him that's katie price on mark dolan tonight on .

gb news. hello. good afternoon . on board. hello. good afternoon. on board. it's just coming up to 27 minutes after 4:00. you know, watching or listening gb news on tv online and on digital radio. i'm not i mean, for patrick christys , lots of you've been christys, lots of you've been getting in touch with your thoughts on my discussion with richard. now, richard is pro—europe . richard shelley . pro—europe. richard shelley. richard is very wrong in he says these people have not accidentally their visa they are here illegally and law is clear that people needed to apply for settled or pre—settled andrew says must have seen 500 adverts aimed at eu passport holders them to register for uk . and 6.5 them to register for uk. and 6.5 million did if they have overstayed welcome and not apply for uk residency , it's their

for uk residency, it's their fault because this is in response to our gb news exclusive where a couple of romanians were caught having outstayed their visas. they were eu citizens. so sally says, i wish had turned off. richard used his microphone permanently. i but we did try him in the end, didn't we? and mike says, we do need immigration, but it has to be immigration. absolutely 100. nobody's saying no immigration. we're just saying follow the rules. that's what everybody else has to do . moving on now, else has to do. moving on now, western leaders meeting at ramstein air base in germany today to discuss the military assistance for ukraine. now the meeting comes after western allies believed to be putting pressure on germany to allow the export leopard to tanks to ukraine. the uk is providing 14 challenger 2 tanks to the country and several other countries have pledged to send defence systems . catherine force defence systems. catherine force agp news political joins me from westminster because we can you give us an update? what's latest

7 give us an update? what's latest ? well, german , we are still ? well, german, we are still unfortunately for ukraine dragging their heels . this dragging their heels. this decision of whether or not they will send their leopard tanks. now vladimir appealed to them morning said we have to speed up it is in your power now of course britain we've already pledged 14 challenger 2 tanks are the first modern battle tanks to go to ukraine. france are also sending tanks but the involvement of germany could be critical because these leopard 2 tanks are easy maintain easy to get parts they're widely used across europe by about a dozen countries. but at the moment, germany is still considering options. it's saying no decision has been made . not only does has been made. not only does that a problem, but also other countries that have these tanks like poland and would to send them can't send them without the

permission of germany, although poland are now saying that they might send permission or no permission . i think the what permission. i think the what they used was with their blessing, with the blessing they were after. but that they were even they said they would do with or without. now, i'm wondering, though , if germany wondering, though, if germany off and don't allow people to send these tanks . well where are send these tanks. well where are we with this conflict because thatis we with this conflict because that is concern if germany carry on. i mean, how long have we got until things get a bit? you know, it's all sort of for russia to kind recoup and, you know, get more, you know, get get of more men and troops , get of more men and troops, everything. i mean, we haven't got have we? surely well, got long, have we? surely well, obviously, there's a little bit of a lull during winter because battle is very difficult . but as battle is very difficult. but as the weather starts to improve in another month or so, as we begin spring, then russia will likely advance again. and so ukraine needs these tanks and wants to

have them in place . and it's have them in place. and it's people trained to use them now. but germany's really is will part from along stemming a desire not to get involved and having been rather close to germany for to russia sorry for many many years but also don't want to be seen to be leading the charge on this not that really any risk of that they really any risk of that they really america to tanks they've basically said i will if you will and america has said . well will and america has said. well we're giving $2.6 billion of military aid already , but we're military aid already, but we're not giving tanks various technical reasons . and germany, technical reasons. and germany, as a sovereign country, you know, you need to stand on your two feet and make this decision and yourself. but these tanks really are the ones that zelenskyy needs and wants most. so there be hoping that germany will move soon and. of course all this division between western allies is really

probably putin is looking for and will be looking on and pleased with what seeing at the moment, what of course, volodymyr zelenskyy lost temper, didn't he? and he said he in plain language. can you deliver leopards or not? he said that hand them over. well, how is that speech received . well a lot that speech received. well a lot of western nations are really keen to give the green light to this and they do realise time is critical. one thing i think worth noting is that the german defence minister is very, very new. the post he's literally just been appointed. he's called a boris . he's just been appointed. he's called a boris. he's never been in the military, he's never held national office until this point . but he's a stalwart of olaf scholz says sdp party. he was up until point minister of the interior here of and support for the state of lower saxony. so

certainly not the safe pair of hands we have in ben wallace who has been a point of stability and strength with this conflict. going back to when first invaded. well, thank you very much, catherine that's catherine force. she's our gb news political reporter was just coming up 33 minutes after 4:00. here with me . not patrick here with me. not a patrick christys all that gb news. next up , i said sorry. the police say up, i said sorry. the police say that they're investigating case of the prime minister's seat seatbelt. the video emerged of him not wearing one. a video that he posted of himself that was going on social media video whilst he was a passenger. was going on social media video whilst he was a passenger . a whilst he was a passenger. a moving car. we'll discuss that after your latest news headlines headunes. after your latest news headlines headlines . nana, thank you. this headlines. nana, thank you. this is the latest from , the gb is the latest from, the gb newsroom. next month will see the biggest strike action ever hit the nhs after unite announced ten further days of industrial action by ambulance workers in the coming weeks

members of the unite union are joining 10,000 ambulance staff with the gmb union, along with the royal college of nursing in joint action on the sick, the workers across england, wales and northern ireland are walking out in a long dispute over pay and staffing . downing street and staffing. downing street says its but that they're open . says its but that they're open. further discussions . says its but that they're open. further discussions. ukrainian volodymyr zelenskyy has helped with around 50 western nations, urging them to give military aid to support their fight against russia. he has requested 300 tanks, including germany's highly regarded leopard tanks. germany's defence minister says they're ready to move quickly should an agreement reached with the allies. while the us defence secretary lloyd austin has commended the uk for agreeing to send a challenger times to the war torn country . a new report war torn country. a new report into england's and rescue services says reforms are needed

as a matter of urgency. the watchdog says just two of the six recommend options made by the chief inspectorate have been fulfilled and an annual the chief inspector, andy cook says he's frustrated at the lack of progress made since the inspections started in 2018. counter—terrorism say the 27 year old man arrested earlier today over a security at st james's hospital leeds has been arrested on of firearms and explosives . emergency services, explosives. emergency services, including a bomb disposal unit, were called to st james's morning after a suspicious package was found on the maternity wing . a cordon is maternity wing. a cordon is still in place around hospital and people are being asked avoid the entrance and the controversial influencer, andrew tait and his brother tristan will remain in police custody for a further 30 days until the 27th of february, after a court , romania extended their

detention . the pair are being detention. the pair are being investigated over allegations of sexual assault exploitation. a judge decided they will remain in prison for while police continue to investigate the self—proclaimed misogynist that was arrested in bucharest . on was arrested in bucharest. on the 29th of december . tv online the 29th of december. tv online and dab radio. this is.

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of a moving to grow the economy . and today we're announcing the round of allocations from our levelling up fund and that's about investing in local areas in order to create jobs and deliver on that promise to boost growth . oh dear. well the prime growth. oh dear. well the prime minister said that the incident was a brief error of judgement, but police have announced that they'll looking into it within hours. gb news political reporter . olivia utley. olivia reporter. olivia utley. olivia should sunak be worried . well, should sunak be worried. well, it's a of ludicrous own goal from rishi sunak apparently . he from rishi sunak apparently. he took off his seatbelt to film the video, which just seems a little bit ridiculous. case scenario, he gets fined little bit ridiculous. case scenario, he gets fine d £100 by scenario, he gets fined £100 by lancashire police. obvious that's not a massive problem legally or anything, but it will put political pressure on him. labour will point out that it's the second time that he's been fined. i mean, as a side note, i find it quite funny the way

richard sunak, who comes as a pretty straight of pretty straight laced sort of a man getting fined . very man keeps getting fined. very rebellious, of the law rebellious, breaking of the law because part of the during drinking at party during lockdown and now this but really from from a wider perspective you just sort of out of it it's just beginning to feel as though rishi sunak is scoring his own goals. he was trying to was up in lancashire doing this , in lancashire doing this, handing out money, a levelling up fund. it should have been a really easy trip for him. it should have been easy political win and. he's made it difficult for himself. meanwhile, you've got labour shadow cabinet members coming out day after day with huge reforms to their sector . so we saw jonathan sector. so we saw jonathan ashworth a couple of weeks . ashworth a couple of weeks. bridget phillipson shadow education secretary, doing serious childcare reform plans. nick thomas—symonds today talking about the clean energy andifs talking about the clean energy and it's just from the outside you can imagine voters beginning to feel as though looking like a credible election rule option.

and the conservatives are looking a little bit silly. well, it feels a bit like do as i say, as i do. i mean, there he was with his reasonably priced car, which wasn't his filling up, which he didn't appear to now fill up a of fuel. now to fill up a tank of fuel. didn't appear to know how to use any of the contact list because obviously it doesn't that obviously it doesn't appear that you anything and you have a pays for anything and then a place then you know going a place where are poverty where people are in poverty parata shoes know and then parata shoes you know and then he is now sitting there without the seat seatbelt which he says that he took off to film . but i. that he took off to film. but i. why you do that ? nobody why would you do that? nobody would. it's basically it's would. so it's basically it's they start to feel like the they seem of entitlement seem have a sense of entitlement is seems be coming across is what seems be coming across to me. well i think that rishi sunak's team will be head in hands about this because . yes hands about this because. yes thatis hands about this because. yes that is exactly the impression they want to avoid it . always they want to avoid it. always a sort of political risk having . sort of political risk having. such a wealthy person as prime minister and during the during the first covid lockdown, for example rishi sunak came across as enormously slick. he was

really well liked. he came out with these pr stunts and they were pulled off very slightly. he seems to lost that touch and thatis he seems to lost that touch and that is a big problem for and his team because . that was the his team because. that was the way to sort of differentiate him from keir starmer both men of thought but this what you'll hear this is what i'm hearing from inside labour and conservative camps . the worry is conservative camps. the worry is that they both know that their man is a little bit boring , but man is a little bit boring, but the is that they can, you the hope is that they can, you know, differentiate themselves from keir starmer that from keir starmer is doing that by this big by coming up with this big reforming. rishi sunak's answer to seems to be to do slick to that seems to be to do slick pr stunts . if he can't pull them pr stunts. if he can't pull them off, then he's got absolutely no chance. so what? let's bring in ben. have they been i mean, do these people , they seem to be these people, they seem to be coming across as they're very from the reality of real world that we all live in the rules that we all live in the rules that to abide by is that all have to abide by is coming across now that they're not even bothered about following the in fact, so unaware we'll see that he wasn't following the rules that he's prepared to himself. yeah

following the rules that he's prepalzd to himself. yeah following the rules that he's prepai mean, himself. yeah following the rules that he's prepai mean, i himself. yeah following the rules that he's prepai mean, i olivierelf. yeah following the rules that he's prepai mean, i olivier is yeah well, i mean, i olivier is absolutely right. you know, there's a kind of disconnect, isn't there? and there's an inability to appear genuine and to deliver message genuinely. this should have been a fantastic moment for the prime minister. know, eventually minister. you know, eventually they're specifics they're talking about specifics on up not just a sort of general concept. i don't want to get into the specifics of policy, which i think are bad, but, you know, why did screw that up by taking his seatbelt off? and secondly, and i think this is a big differentiator between sunak and johnson. and i, a vocal critic of johnson and i'm a vocal critic of sunak . but vocal critic of sunak. but johnson always spoke at least as if he believed it. it came from the heart when johnson spoke, he connected with everyone and down the social spectrum , the the social spectrum, the spectrum everyone could understand sunak is really wooden. you see him in pmqs, he's very good in pmqs he's very in a combative question and answer session . he's hopeless at answer session. he's hopeless at new policy and that ought to be where his passion is setting out

the path for the recovery of the united kingdom . and you saw how united kingdom. and you saw how wooden he was in the car seat belt off on. he was incredibly wooden, wasn't he? and he was when he did this five point plan, save the plan, which meant to save the nafion plan, which meant to save the nation in 2023 and five point plan out of which many of those things happen anyway. yeah. and some may never because he some may never happen because he never deadline on them never put a deadline on them stopping boats, which is always often the way with these people. sadly well, if you. thank you very much joining me, olivia very much for joining me, olivia utley habib right now utley and ben habib right now moving to this story, new mexico's district attorney office has said that actor alec baldwin be charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting last year held the hutchins was killed and directed to joel souza injured in the set of the film rust when a top gun baldwin was using dunng a top gun baldwin was using during rehearsal found alive bullet baldwin has said that he was told the gun was safe and that he didn't pull the trigger . he crew members for . he sued crew members for negligence . the incident. well, negligence. the incident. well, with me now is kinsey schofield.

showbiz reporter. kinsey, thank you very much for joining me showbiz reporter. kinsey, thank you very much forjoining me all the way from the states. what is going on? well, i think, you know, what we're seeing is a result of alec baldwin insists to go on national television even here in the united states repeated liy pleading towards the court of public opinion versus allowing the district attorney and prosecutor to, you know, patiently organise his this case review . they have over this case review. they have over 600 items that they reviewed and it took them 15 months to put this together. and i think at the end of the day, it really hurt him that insisted i went hurt him that he insisted i went on television and did these interviews demanding people interviews demanding that people cut him some slack instead of being empathetic and apologise for this horrific incident . being empathetic and apologise for this horrific incident. hmm. it does seem bit of a strange way to go about it, but it felt the story quieting down. i mean, didn't he pay them some compensation. was that some money that changed hands at some

that was the civil issue . that that was the civil issue. that is not a criminal issue. so with the civil issue , he did settle the civil issue, he did settle along with the production. and what was so interesting about that particular situation was that particular situation was that helena's husband , upon the that helena's husband, upon the settling, also came on as a perdue of the film. so it could be completed. will all of that be completed. will all of that be in jeopardy now that criminal charges have been filed? i so i absolutely think so . and there absolutely think so. and there was two additional people that were charged with the exact same charges . one was the prop master charges. one was the prop master and the other was the assistant director . now, the assistant director. now, the assistant director. now, the assistant director has taken plea deal and has agreed testify against the piop has agreed testify against the prop and alec baldwin. wow. so getting very messy , but it just getting very messy, but it just seems very odd that a live round would end up in a in a gun that is supposed to be followed. i mean, it just seems a bit of an odd, odd situation because it is under investigation. so we won't go into too much. and what are

the american public? what is their sense? because alec baldwin there trying to baldwin is out there trying to get their sympathy . what are you get their sympathy. what are you heanng? get their sympathy. what are you hearing? are people feeling sorry him in this respect ? sorry for him in this respect? well, really quickly, i'll address the live round . this was address the live round. this was address the live round. this was a set that was plagued with problems, plagued security problems, plagued security problems, plagued security problems, plagued with people quitting and complaining and alec baldwin was aware of that as a as well as a star and that is one of the reasons why the district said, we are charging you not only as an actor, but as a producer, because a producer, it's your role to protect. but i think the american public i don't they sympathise with don't think they sympathise with him. i think that they certainly wish saw more . you know, wish they saw more. you know, they saw more sadness from him versus the defiance that we see. yeah i mean, but that would be terrible thing because feels i don't know. i mean, this is an case we will stay close to that case we will stay close to that case and hopefully you will keep us updated . right. thank us updated. right. thank you very thank you so very much, kinsey. thank you so much. kinsey schofield .

much. that's kinsey schofield. she's a show, showbiz report. she's a show, showbiz report. she's america. well she's there in america. well retail sales dropped by 1% in december. that is according to figures from the office for national statistics . retailers national statistics. retailers stated that consumer is cutting back on costs for and affordable opfions back on costs for and affordable options over financial concerns. experts and predicted they 0.5% rise but the month was tougher than many expected of course it's january. ben what , do you it's january. ben what, do you make of the ominous figures? well, i mean the telling and the other stat you didn't mention is that sales in 2022 were down 3% on 2021. and remember, 2022 was the year we were meant to be coming out from lockdowns. economies would start recovering and actually that's the biggest reduction in consumer sales since records began in 1997. that's a big hit to the economy . and i know everyone's kind of punching the air with delight that we grew 0.1% in november, which, by the way , a rounding which, by the way, a rounding error and could be revised when they do the detail numbers and

inflation is beginning to come down but that that collapse in spending the in spending in 2022 should be sending alarm bells to andrew bailey the bank of england. you know they've come down they've borne very heavily down they've borne very heavily down on inflation, raising interest , which you could argue interest, which you could argue have any effect, don't have any . i'm so glad you like this thing . nothing to do then. the thing. nothing to do then. the domestic thing. absolutely. what domestic thing. absolutely. what do interest rates they prevent you from buying ? this wasn't a you from buying? this wasn't a housing problem . nothing to do. housing problem. nothing to do. this is buying fuel, heat your home buy eggs to feed your home and buy eggs to feed your family and that interest rates have no on that. so what we're seeing actually is people cutting back on staple on absolutely requirements of being cut back . and what i would say cut back. and what i would say to andrew bailey is, he's got to he's got to rein back on the interest rates. he's got to let the economy start growing and it ought also to be a signal to sunak and to hunt. they've got

to let wages rise. you know, they are going to kill the if you've got the bank of that's out control with interest out of control with interest rates. not saying they're rates. i'm not saying they're out control, they're out of control, but they're certainly to certainly putting their foot to the you've the floor. it were. and you've got government also tightening got a government also tightening at same time , growth is at the same time, growth is going to people keep talking about us avoiding a recession . i about us avoiding a recession. i don't think that's possible. well i mean, happening is well i mean, what's happening is the other day i went through my statements to what i was statements to see what i was wasting money on. i started to cut back and that what cut back and that is what everybody is doing . and everybody is doing. and that affects . what's happening affects growth. what's happening i an underline why they think let's raise interest rates so that people spend more on their mortgages . the that people spend more on their mortgages. the only that people spend more on their mortgages . the only people that mortgages. the only people that feel like they're profiteering here are the banks and they say well the definitely making well the banks definitely making money. i said interest rates money. i said the interest rates to accounts , i'll to the savings accounts, i'll bet absolutely my saving bet you're absolutely my saving account any interest at account gone up. any interest at all. the banks are creaming it right now . and, it's right now. and, you know, it's just not good. look, is it that this is happening a when this is happening a time when the cost living crisis is the cost of living crisis is affecting right across affecting so many right across the course, the board, of course, the working class is most

working and middle class is most yet it's always the yet again. it's always the working and middle classes who pick the tab. i do want to pick up the tab. i do want to digress you les hits them digress but you les hits them the hardest congestion charge hits increase hits then the hardest increase in hit them the and you in to fares hit them the and you know this is a this is nationwide phenomena so we've got we've got go for growth and this is where again i'm digressing but i think it's important to make the point this is where liz truss really got it. we've it, it. we've had it, but unfortunately happened unfortunately what has happened to to have to liz truss, i'd like to have a chat with her. well, maybe will ask us what maybe a parent can use. it's time our use. but now it's time for our gb news people's poll . so this gb news people's poll. so this we've been asking you about the big gender debates. a vast majority of you said 60 year olds are too young to change their gender. 41% completely agree is too young, whilst just 8% said they completely disagreed. we also revealed that 20% of the public strongly support the government's blocking of the controversial gender reform bill. ben habib

thatis gender reform bill. ben habib that is the stats we talked about. yeah we spoke to peter tatchell. what's your view on all of that. so just to repeat a bit of what i said last time, there are a quarter, just under a quarter of a million people who are trans gender in the united kingdom. that to united kingdom. that equates to about our population of about 0.4% of our population of less people, less than 2000 people, transgender every year. this is not a mainstream issue and for me , this is a really good me, this is a really good example where woke manifest itself in our society so woke i woke is the ostensible champion of minority rights at the exclusion and often the detriment of the majority . you detriment of the majority. you get very vocal minorities who make a argument for their position and actually what they end up doing is inculcate division between themselves and the majority, often doing their own case damage . and what we've own case damage. and what we've got here is a classic example legislation from scotland which wasn't no one was calling for

it. it wasn't a big problem in society . and then all of a society. and then all of a sudden you've got westminster to it. and before know it for an issue that affects very small number of people , you've got number of people, you've got a constitutional crisis well, it's affecting and you've got an early constitutional crisis all affect a lot of people and to be honest lots of you've been in touch with your thoughts on the transgender i transgender issue. mel says, i believe need to see this as a psychological problem , not a psychological problem, not a medical not 100 or medical one and not 100 or something that, of course, something where that, of course, is if you don't if you think that in the body. yeah that in the wrong body. yeah you've health issue you've got a mental health issue potentially what potentially. i mean, that's what i think is. potentially. i mean, that's what ithink is. but potentially. i mean, that's what i think is. but what i? i think it is. but what am i? i'm a doctor? this is just i'm not a doctor? this is just my humble opinion. i'm not a doctor? this is just my yours humble opinion. i'm not a doctor? this is just my yours too, humble opinion. i'm not a doctor? this is just my yours too, ben1ble opinion. i'm not a doctor? this is just my yours too, ben and opinion. i'm not a doctor? this is just my yours too, ben and many n. and yours too, ben and many others, she says. i don't believe it is possible to change your for your biological sex. for me, it's mainly it's not as good as mainly pandenng it's not as good as mainly pandering to with mental pandering to those with mental illness. who illness. another person who thinks i mean thinks the same thing, i mean look at and at the expense of women as which yeah, women as which is. yeah, well, i mean, is where mean, mean, and this is where i mean, how works against the how it works against the majority know a majority you know all of a sudden majority and this sudden the majority and in this case have to case women in particular have to tolerate transgender people

coming into the loos and potentially , you know, posing potentially, you know, posing over this event . and i could over this event. and i could tolerate that potentially. but my is the extension of this to absolutely anybody who might have a potential forjust have a potential for just actually have a potential forjust actually including single sex prisons and all that kind of things. they might even be in jail for sexual offences and they'll actually be put in a jail i it doesn't jail. women, i mean, it doesn't make sense . it also offers make any sense. it also offers brushes in terms of rape. brushes also in terms of rape. if you you rape a woman, a woman can rape a woman. therefore can rape a woman. so therefore that be that wouldn't be that would be that wouldn't be someone if they were someone who did if they were doing that specifically , to do doing that specifically, to do that wouldn't be to be with that wouldn't be able to be with rape. on we should rape. well, on we should say that a seatbelt that you feel without a seatbelt make says be the only make says i can't be the only one couldn't care less about one who couldn't care less about whether was filmed whether or not he was filmed without seatbelt. well that's without a seatbelt. well that's not the point. now he's breaking the says, are we the law, amal, and says, are we now to start calling this now going to start calling this seatbelt gate? why not? i think that's good idea . but if you that's a good idea. but if you just you're with me. just join me, you're with me. i'm this is news loads i'm done. this is gb news loads . still to come in the next . more still to come in the next houn . more still to come in the next hour. email us hour. tuned. email us gbviews@gbnews.uk . that's on the

gbviews@gbnews.uk. that's on the way. first of all, let's get some weather . hello, way. first of all, let's get some weather. hello, i'm aidan mcgivern from met office. it's a beautiful afternoon out there for most of us. sunny skies , for most of us. sunny skies, crisp, winter, sunshine on. but another frosty night follows for the vast majority . not for all, the vast majority. not for all, however, changes are afoot. this area of mild air coming from the west will slowly top planes in northwestern areas during the start of the weekend . cloud, start of the weekend. cloud, rain and wind but also milder conditions . however for the conditions. however for the evening for it's clear skies and light winds and temperatures falling away. a widespread frost forming temperatures as low as minus three, minus four celsius and as low as minus 7 to —10 celsius for some sheltered parts of scotland, northern england , of scotland, northern england, but will also see some freezing fog patches. first thing, these will be slow to, clear across central and southern of the uk. now western scotland and northern ireland. the complete contrast is frost free first thing here, but also cloudy damp

and breezy gales, dry and exposed western shores of scotland and gales pushing into the northern isles by the afternoon as the rain moves over the cold air, there's the of freezing rain for a time for grampians and some flakes of snow as well. but further south, while it's another sparkling winter's england and wales seeing plenty of sunshine five or six celsius, up to nine celsius in the far north—west of scotland. but it turns even more unsettled here on saturday night and rain pushing in some heavy and rain pushing in some heavy and persistent rain for northern as well as western scotland . and as well as western scotland. and those outbreaks of rain reaching parts of wales and western england by the of the night. england by the end of the night. so as we begin sunday so frost free as we begin sunday in the west. but southeastern parts the uk well, that's parts of the uk well, that's where the coldest weather will be on sunday morning. freezing once again and a widespread frost , three minus four degrees frost, three minus four degrees . now for london anglia. in the southeast, sunday's looking another bright but cold day. and we keep the cold air actually into the start of next week in the southeast . for the rest of

the southeast. for the rest of the southeast. for the rest of the uk, it's milder, it's cloudier and it's breezier. the uk, it's milder, it's cloudier and it's breezier . on cloudier and it's breezier. on mark dolan tonight in a world exclusive save, katie price joins us live to talk fame, love money, plastic surgery and, her hopes for the future. get in restrict gp news. i some up with my old mate mark dolan. it's been ages since i've done an interview with him that's katie price on on gb news news. this on gb news we've got brand new members in the family join across the entire united we cover the issues that matter to you gb news will always stay honest balance and fair. we want to hear what ever is on your mind and we talk down to you. do you establish had better chance now we're here to represent you

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of immigration officials claim warehousing workers in the uk without proper documentation so border force officials right to take such a tough line on. the eu workers who were here illegally . we'll discuss that illegally. we'll discuss that next. and the nhs is facing a near shutdown on february sixth. that's after the unite announced industrial action for ambulance workers in and wales. it'll mean that coordinated action from emergency responders and nurses on the same four of the new dates announced will coincide with industrial action from the gmb union for emergency responders . but it means that responders. but it means that the nhs will face major disruption to ambulance in the coming months and the world's defence leaders convened at ramstein in, germany in a bid to resolve disagreements thanks to ukraine, the uk agreed to send challenges to tanks to warzone. but german chancellor is wary of overits but german chancellor is wary of over its own fighting vehicles . over its own fighting vehicles. and that's a fear of angering vladimir putin. we'll bring you

the latest from the conference. and joining throughout the show today to give you take all the topics by discussing is former brexit party mep ben habib. as you can get in touch. email gb views at gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news. but first, let's get your latest news headlines . your latest news headlines. then. a thank you. i'm tatiana sanchez in the gb newsroom vienna chess will see the biggest strike ever in the industry next month as the unite union announced a ten further days of industrial action . days of industrial action. ambulance workers in the coming , they join 10,000 ambulance staff with the gmb union along , staff with the gmb union along, with the royal college of nursing and joint action on the 6th of february, the workers across england, wales and, northern ireland are walking out in a long running dispute over pay in a long running dispute over pay and staffing downing street says it's disappointed, but they're open to further

discussions . ukrainian president discussions. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is holding talks with around 50 western nafions talks with around 50 western nations , urging them to give nations, urging them to give more military to support their fight against russia. he has requested 300 tanks. germany's minister says they're ready to move quickly to provide their regarded to leopard shed an agreement be reached with their allies. meanwhile the us announced a further allies. meanwhile the us announced a furthe r £2 billion announced a further £2 billion worth of support for the war torn country. the us defence secretary, lloyd austin , has secretary, lloyd austin, has commended the uk for to supply british army challenges to tanks . all of today's announcements are a direct result of our work at the contact group and these are important new commitments demonstrate the ongoing resolve of our allies and partners to help ukraine defend itself because this isn't just about ukraine's security, it's also

about european security , and about european security, and it's about global security . a it's about global security. a new report into england's fire and rescue services says reforms needed as a matter of urgency . needed as a matter of urgency. the watchdog says just two of the six recommended signs made by the chief inspectorate have been fulfilled in an annual report . the chief inspector, report. the chief inspector, andy kirk, says frustrated at the lack of progress made since inspections in 2008. but the chief fire officer at leicester fire and rescue callum faint, says he's confident the force improving. the really good report for us it shows the advancements we've made over the last three years. whilst we accept the feedback from the previous we were previous report, we were slightly disappointed and slightly disappointed in it and we a have responded we as a service have responded as whole.leicestershire we as a service have responded as whole. leicestershire and as a whole. leicestershire and rescue service is the fourth best at delivering the sheer number home fire safety checks. what we have a little bit of what we have got a little bit of work to number of work to do is number of referrals coming from our referrals coming in from our partners and we partners incredibly high and we need sure get the need to make sure we get the right amount resources ,

right amount of resources, address fire safety address those home fire safety checks. i'm really confident by the of the next inspection the time of the next inspection we will a good level we will be at a good level across the board of all areas that were assessed hmrc. our that were assessed by hmrc. our office . a 19 year old has office. a 19 year old has pleaded guilty to an islamist terror attack allegedly targeting police officers or military personnel. matthew appeared at the old bailey this morning . he is alleged to have morning. he is alleged to have carried out surveillance at police stations, railway stations and magistrates court and a british army barracks . and a british army barracks. authorities had been tipped off about king through an anti—terrorist hotline after he posted a video on a whatsapp group . the met police group. the met police commissioner, seema rowley has published his plan to improve standards and rebuild trust in the police force . mr. rowley the police force. mr. rowley said the next two years are critical from adopting new technologies to achieving their goals and investing in that people . it comes as the national people. it comes as the national police chiefs council are also

urging police chiefs right across england and to have all officers checked against national databases the end of march. it comes in the wake of the crimes committed by the former police officer, david carrick, who admitted to 49 criminal charges, including 24 counts of rape . the home office counts of rape. the home office says survivors of rape are having significant amounts of their personal records unnecessarily requested by police during investigation and in some cases, record have been used to test the credibility of survivors, which describe as invasive . the government has invasive. the government has vowed to change law to better protect victims , speed up protect victims, speed up enquiries and restore confidence in the criminal justice system . in the criminal justice system. mp sarah dines says these record requests are irrelevant to the inquiry . quite often that's inquiry. quite often that's people , schools, educational people, schools, educational even at times. councillor records and these organisations take a long time to respond . it

take a long time to respond. it undermines the trust of the rape victim in the process and as time goes on, sometimes fall away from the process altogether . but we don't want that. we want to rebuild trust to make sure that every rape victim is treated fairly and gets a fair trial in a decent amount . time trial in a decent amount. time high profile media influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan will remain in custody for a further 30 days until the 27th february, after a court in romania has extended their police detention. the pair are being investigated over allegations of sexual assault and exploitation . a judge has and exploitation. a judge has decided they'll remain in prison for longer while police continue to investigate the. self—proclaimed misogynist was arrested in bucharest on december the 29 . this is gb news december the 29. this is gb news will you more news as it happens. now it's back. nana akua.

good afternoon . it's just coming good afternoon. it's just coming up to 8 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news on tv online and digital radio. i'm not a quitter . get smart. you can stream us live on youtube now. citizens living and working in uk without a visa now face the real prospect of arrest gb news can reveal that immigration officers have been issued with new guidance that's allowing for the detention and removal of those eu nationals who working here illegally at home. homeland security editor mark white and his team will give an exclusive access to immigration officers as they raided businesses in london , arresting two eu london, arresting two eu citizens from romania these officers said were in the uk without work visas .

without work visas. we're on board with immigration in south—east london as they prepare to read several businesses suspected of employing illegal immigrants immigrants . arriving at this immigrants. arriving at this skip hire firm . these officers skip hire firm. these officers have to move fast if they're to stop their suspects disappearing. oh yeah . searching disappearing. oh yeah. searching all the possible places as they go it's among those they're looking for at least two albanians. immigration officers believe one of the men has run off . yeah, i'll be back before off. yeah, i'll be back before the other is behind the wheel of this vehicle. but a quick check reveals he has a work visa and so we just need something else . so we just need something else. the rest of the workforce have gathered in this portacabin as immigration officers check status. we're going to take you

into this room to speak to you into this room to speak to you in here. you have a nice after speaking to this romanian , he speaking to this romanian, he was placed under arrest on suspicion of working in the uk without a proper . i suspicion of working in the uk without a proper. i think suspicion of working in the uk without a proper . i think the without a proper. i think the immigration enforcement officer here told us they've now been issued with new guidance allowing for the arrest of nationals living and here illegally . conservative mp lee illegally. conservative mp lee anderson, who's on commons home affairs select committee , affairs select committee, welcomed this apparent change in policy. well, it's welcome news because if eu citizens are here and they are working . they and they are working. they should not be working then quite frankly, they're breaking the law this problem much law and this problem is much bigger i believe bigger than we think. i believe i this happening i believe that this happening up and country and, every and down the country and, every town and village and city, there's a hidden there's a there's a hidden population. who population. people who are working, not working, they should not be working, they should not be working in county following working in the county following brexit. eu nationals arriving in the uk must the appropriate visas if they want to and work

here . and although border here. and although border officials have detained some nationals at ports and airports, they suspect of planning to work here illegally . those eu here illegally. those eu citizens already the uk but working without permission, have not pursued by immigration until . at a second nearby business, immigration have arrested another suspected of working illegally . it another suspected of working illegally. it signals a tougher approach from rishi sunak's government after he promised to crack on those abusing uk immigration laws. but well over a million people suspect checked out of living and working in the illegal economy these immigration enforcement have never been busier. mark white, gp south east london gosh i wish they'd put that much effort into sort of getting our people within this country into work

honestly right to speak to up colom who is a human rights . so colom who is a human rights. so what do you make of this shift in policy policy ? i think i mean in policy policy? i think i mean i mean, obviously there are i think quite grave concerns about some of this. i don't think it's necessarily a shift in policy . necessarily a shift in policy. obviously, the law has always about, you know, if you don't have a visa work here and the working here, that's you can be detained at any time. you can be deported at any time. you can be apprehended. you arrested apprehended. you can be arrested . but think does , you know, . but i think it does, you know, give concern . there are huge give concern. there are huge concerns that it rise to. i mean, for instance, just even in this clip that we saw, we saw that one person who in fact, did have the correct papers, did have the correct papers, did have stitches, actually had a and because that's the thing i mean the incompetence of the government the incompetence of the home office doesn't give us any confidence that they'll do anything fairly or properly or justly. they have become targets to beat . you know, for instance to beat. you know, for instance now this something that's now if this something that's

coming directly from the prime minister instance, you know, minister for instance, you know, we lookout for we have be on the lookout for illegal eea nationals and we know i'm in the home office the way they work the officials and people going on these raids that are to be looking are just going to be looking at i'm targeting eu nationals detain people a few days a few months a few weeks will realise okay some of them. half of them. most of them. will in fact have been here legally or will have had some process in place. i think that reason. mean think for that reason. i mean i mean we just saw how that mean like we just saw how that poor man who actually had correct papers. but as soon as those opened up from the home office he actually on office, he actually went on here. that is the of here. and that is the sort of terror that incompetence of the government and the home office strikes in people's hearts. well, think they're just well, do you think they're just going for an easy win, though , going for an easy win, though, instead dealing the instead of dealing with the problem coming across problem of people coming across the that the channel and things like that , they're focusing on people who are should be are here, which they should be doing . but there's a doing anyway. but there's a bigger coming across the bigger problem coming across the channel that they don't seem to be able to come up with any solution at anyway once. they

are brought into custody . are are brought into custody. are they going to end up like ? a lot they going to end up like? a lot of channel migrants were of the channel migrants were detained a long detained and held for a long time and in the end being allowed to stay in this country. in any case of. allowed to stay in this country. in any case of . well we don't in any case of. well we don't know but i think you're right. i mean, it might just end up being a waste time and money a huge waste of time and money because obviously these people, you they illegally, you know, if they illegally, then we know they're desperate to aren't they? and to be here, aren't they? and then obviously, if there is any legal their legal right to have their members, claim they members, any other claim they can stay here, they will can make to stay here, they will use that. mean, just in use that. i mean, just in december few months ago, the high found that the uk high court found that the uk settlement scheme, the eu settlement scheme, the eu settlement scheme, the eu settlement scheme to settlement scheme set up to irregular eu nationals was unlawful because of the way it was being operated and the policy behind it. obviously at the the you know, the the time the you know, the government we're really government said we're really disappointed. know disappointed. did you know that the they're our the nationals they're our friends, neighbours. will friends, our neighbours. we will do to resolve things do everything to resolve things peacefully and so on. but obviously, you know, just a few weeks we are. so i weeks later here we are. so i think i mean, it is really, really concerning. and you really concerning. and like you said, it is just, you

said, i mean, it is just, you know, the easy target. you know, obviously, people want immigration under immigration brought under control . and is one way, control. and this is one way, you know, every months you know, every few months they can you know, people on can say, you know, 29 people on a romania , 33 people on a plane to romania, 33 people on on a plane to poland. but are those actually the immigrants are people want the government to be targeting . it does seem to to be targeting. it does seem to be. we're going to bring ben habib in on this. it does that this seems like an easy for the government a and they're government in a way. and they're not really doing that much mean. they've got this big force to these two or three people, one of which was meant to be here anyway. but in any case, because you would have people coming after you like, that sort of thing. i mean, is really what we're asking government . i we're asking the government. i think quite revealing, think it's quite revealing, isn't that they isn't it, that on a bus they invite to gb news along. it's always like they're desperate to convey the nation that convey to the nation that they're something illegal, they're doing something illegal, working passing gb views working within passing gb views i think you don't to be that desperate to get this message across and you're absolutely right that they're right now that they're distracting issue, distracting from the core issue, which illegal migration.

which is illegal migration. remember, romania is are actually allowed to come to this legally. they come here they legally. they can come here they just aren't allowed work just aren't allowed to work here. know, that's here. you know, that's differentiate. can go to differentiate. you can go to france, germany as france, you can go to germany as a citizen. you just a british citizen. you just don't work there and. so don't like to work there and. so these people were rightly arrested if they didn't have , a arrested if they didn't have, a working visa. but is a distraction what this government really needs to do? well, it needs to do a lot of things. but amongst the things it needs amongst all the things it needs to it to stop the to do, it needs to stop the illegal the channel illegal crossings of the channel which are illegal and there's no doubt about that. and they need proper force doing that. it won't work through. deportation and they need to actually fix our labour markets so that this for cheap is abated you know we've got to stop operate in a first world country which is what we are as third world as a third world one. and you know, i don't know , completely lost don't know, completely lost a mission to up the up the wealth

the prosperity of the individual in the united. the prosperity of the individual in the united . we've lost that in the united. we've lost that as a mission statement . we just as a mission statement. we just want to bring in cheap labour. we gdp to ostensibly be growing by way it isn't it's by the way it isn't it's shrinking and know we're not shrinking and you know we're not any progress. yeah, that's sort of whines me up a bit there all of whines me up a bit there all of that because people especially people voted to especially people who voted to remain say, well, you see look what's labour what's happened to the labour market. we need to get people from abroad will end up with a cheap we're on cheap labour. we're drunk on cheap labour. we're drunk on cheap and we'll be back cheap labour and we'll be back to one. let's thank to square one. so let's thank you forjoining me. you very much forjoining me. i have here. he's a human have come here. he's a human rights lawyer. thank so rights lawyer. thank you so much. with me in much. right. still with me in the ben habib the studio, former mp ben habib . we're talking now about the unite unions and all the strikes are going on. literally everybody wants to strike the unite and gmb unions have announced new dates for nhs staff, which will include a joint strike. nurses and ambulance workers on february 6th. even the health department says that it's having constructive discussions with unions about pay the strike will nevertheless be the largest nhs walkouts far in this long

running dispute . so to give us running dispute. so to give us our views this and outlook is nhs practise nurse naomi barry . nhs practise nurse naomi barry. naomi, thank you very much for me. okay, so can you start by detailing the pressures that nurses , other nhs staff are nurses, other nhs staff are currently under so we can get a handle of why are going on strike in the first place? we so many patients that to be seen so many patients that to be seen so many reviews. there's lot of pressure on across the whole board from paramedics to nurses to health care supporters that we just can't keep up with capacity because we haven't got the staff numbers. years ago, you'd have more patients to nurse looking at tuple in . a 14 nurse looking at tuple in. a 14 patient to nurse which is just it's not doable anymore the nurses can't continue paramedics can't continue with minimal staff but it feels like the focus is actually on the money so if you're saying that but people keep saying well you know we can't we can't afford we're going to foodbanks when having a

lot of stories about nurses doing that despite all the people that grand people feeling that the 35 grand is good salary for most. is quite good salary for most. i mean, i'm, i don't know where i sit on that. it depends what your expenses are because of any kids depends if kids you've got depends if you're so many you're single. there's so many different things that could make that bad salary. the that good or bad salary. but the focus actually focus feels that it's actually on we've always had that the on pay we've always had that the nhs been mess a long nhs has been in mess for a long time. they've waiting lists time. they've been waiting lists the queues covid doesn't help. we've there. so why we've always been there. so why is suddenly now they're is it suddenly now they're saying that is an issue ? i saying that that is an issue? i think pay is an issue. you look at the that are on the floor, the staff, they aren't on a very good they're on a lower bound five which isn't really an at all. and the increases do happen as what they should be . and as what they should be. and that's the issue as well is the wages aren't going to cope with the cost of living . they haven't the cost of living. they haven't gone for quite a while . and it's gone for quite a while. and it's how can we expect them to continue buying foods when it's increasing and paying for childcare because by the time you've got a child in childcare

, that's your wage gone . so , that's your wage gone. so that's why a lot of people work in any more as well because it's a ground a week to, put a child in childcare some places , but in childcare some places, but that's no different for anything . okay, so it's a grunt week anyway. some people might say that you're, disguising that as a disguise, saying that demand need for more money because of inflation and trying to sort of make it look like actually it's more to the pay, the conditions that they're having to with that they're having to deal with and, the fact that they're waiting lists and everything to sort of garner our sympathy. would that's would you say that that's a real, argument or do you real, real argument or do you feel that that's that's sort of an thing to say? i think an unfair thing to say? i think it's an unfair thing to say and the pay has always been an issue for nurses. it's always been one of the big things that the pay isn't where needs to be. we have to pay an extra hundred an d £20 to pay an extra hundred and £20 a year to stay registered. we pay a year to stay registered. we pay 16, a year to stay registered. we pay 16 month to a union pay 16, £17 a month to a union on top of that, plus plus transfer . so on top of that, plus plus transfer. so there's a lot of unknown hidden that people see

that go on. well with ers. there's not broadcast state and of what we have pay there's not broadcast state and of what we have pa y £220 is of what we have pay £220 is a lot of money but when you pay it out per year yeah but you know but other professions have to pay but other professions have to pay to be registered. i mean even as a fitness instructor, i used to teach and fitness. i have to insurance every have to pay insurance every yean have to pay insurance every year, have to pay for me. pr some and don't get some people and you don't get paid that much. i mean , you paid that much. i mean, you know, it's everybody an d £17 for know, it's everybody and £17 for the unions. the unions are the ones are actually fighting your corner. so surely that's money well spent . oh it's money well well spent. oh it's money well spent. nana. i'm not saying that all i think the issue is fair and about the conditions as well. i think nurses do need that around day . so i don't that around day. so i don't think you're ever going to find a fair argument between either of it . that makes sense. yeah. of it. that makes sense. yeah. no, i hear you're saying. and i mean, i wouldn't argue with that at all. i do believe nurses should more anyway, but should be paid more anyway, but to out there, those who

to put it out there, those who actually earn less than you think. hang a minute. that think. hang on a minute. that seems but as we know seems a lot me. but as we know already, we're talking about waiting they're waiting lists. they're the longest and waiting lists. they're the longwere and waiting lists. they're the longwere saying and waiting lists. they're the longwere saying that and waiting lists. they're the longwere saying that this and waiting lists. they're the longwere saying that this is nd you were saying that this is what striking to sort what you're striking to sort of draw how difficult draw attention to how difficult the is really the conditions are is now really the conditions are is now really the best time to be staging the masters strikes at nhs has ever had to face spite that. had to face in spite of that. yeah yeah. there's never a right time . and i said this before, time. and i said this before, even if this this striking dunng even if this this striking during covid, it wouldn't have been the right time. it wouldn't have the right have been the right time. pre—covid well, people are living longer, which means that there's operation happening there's more operation happening within the elderly is more at knee hip joint replacements going on as well with more of the elderly that needs that need to be in hospital for the care they can get into the care homes because they're full as well so there's never right time ? no, there's never a right time? no, there's never a right time? no, there never is the right time. look, i mean, want the to be look, i mean, i want the to be paid well, whatever that will be. naomi parry, thank you very much for joining be. naomi parry, thank you very much forjoining me. she's an nhs. thank you so much for your time. appreciate it. it's coming

up to 23 minutes 5:00 here up to 23 minutes after 5:00 here with me. this is gb news up with me. i'm this is gb news up germany is still yet to make a decision whether to send tanks to ukraine. the us defence secretary lloyd austin met with other military leaders at ramstein in germany this afternoon in an attempt to progress on aid for ukraine. we'll bring you the latest on that next. before that, let's take a look at the weather . take a look at the weather. hello, i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office. it's a beautiful afternoon out there for most of us.sunny afternoon out there for most of us. sunny skies , winter, us. sunny skies, winter, sunshine but another frosty night follows for the vast majority . not for all. however, majority. not for all. however, change afoot. this area , mild change afoot. this area, mild air coming in from the west, will slowly top planes in northwestern areas during the start of the weekend . cloud rain start of the weekend. cloud rain and increased wind, but also milder conditions, however , for milder conditions, however, for the evening. for many, it's skies and light winds and temperatures falling away, a widespread frost forming temperatures as low as minus three four celsius widely and as

low as —7 to —10 celsius for some sheltered parts of scotland northern england. but will also see some freezing fog patches . see some freezing fog patches. first thing, this will be slow to clear central and southern parts of the uk. now for western and northern ireland, a complete contrast frost free first thing here, but also cloudy , damp and here, but also cloudy, damp and breezy gales. rain exposed western shores of scotland and those pushing into the northern ireland. by the afternoon as the rain moves east, the cold air there's the of freezing rain for a time for the grampian adds and some flakes of snow as well but further south while it's another sparkling winter's day england and wales seeing plenty of sunshine five or six celsius up to nine celsius in the far north of scotland. but it turns even more unsettled here on saturday night. wind and rain pushing in some heavy and persistent rain for northern ireland as well as western scotland. and those outbreaks of rain reaching parts of wales and western england by the so frost free the end the night. so frost free as sunday west . but

as we sunday in the west. but for southeastern parts of the uk well that's where the coldest weather will be on sunday morning . freezing fog once again morning. freezing fog once again and widespread frost minus and a widespread frost minus three, minus four. now for, london, east anglia in the southeast sunday's looking like another bright but day and we keep the cold air actually into the start of next week in the southeast . but for the rest of southeast. but for the rest of the milder , it's the uk it's milder, it's cloudier breezier . on cloudier and it's breezier. on mark dolan tonight in a world, katie price joins us live to talk fame, love money, plastic surgery and, her hopes for the future get you in dangerous for gp news. i meet up with my old mate mark it's been ages since i've done an interview with him that's katie price on mark dolan tonight on .

gb news. 28 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news live on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua . digital radio. i'm nana akua. welcome aboard. if you just. you mean the patrick christys back next week they said don't worry. although we have some nice messages there. somebody said , messages there. somebody said, oh much nicer. we're oh no, you're much nicer. we're happy this day to happy with. but this is day to day sparkles. tomorrow it's my show, 46 to me on saturday show, 46 to join me on saturday and. sunday. right now, we're moving on which set to moving to on which is set to make a decision on whether to send up two tanks to ukraine. now the us defence secretary lloyd austin today led a meeting of western defence ministers at ramstein air base in germany. he praised uk's decision to supply ukraine challenges to tanks ukraine with challenges to tanks but stopped sort of clutching american vehicles despite american made vehicles despite requests from ukraine now despite still not a decision on

sending support , germany's new sending support, germany's new defence minister said the berlin wasn't unilaterally preventing the delivery of the leopard. two tanks catherine force our gb news political reporterjoins me news political reporter joins me live from westminster. catherine what is the latest on that meeting ? well disappointingly meeting? well disappointingly for volodymyr zelenskyy , for volodymyr zelenskyy, although there has been a lot of unity, a lot of military aid has been pledged from these western countries . so a success by some countries. so a success by some measures . countries. so a success by some measures. but the tanks countries. so a success by some measures . but the tanks the measures. but the tanks the leopard 2 tanks that german could unlock that has yet to happen so zelenskyy this morning asking very strongly via video link for these tanks and saying we have to speed up it's in your power this is not just about future of ukraine this is about the future of europe but . the future of europe but. although the uk has pledged 14 of its modern challenge to

battle tanks, although france is sending some modern tanks. the leopard to tanks that germany and control as about 3000 of them in about 12 countries across europe . they are easy to across europe. they are easy to maintain , easy to run, easy to maintain, easy to run, easy to ukrainians to use and easy to get parts . but germany is still get parts. but germany is still considering its options. and although it has said it's not blocking the being sent, it said that it will send the nor has it given the green light to countries like finland or poland who would like to send a to leopard but currently can't , leopard but currently can't, because there is a german export licence agreement and germany has not okayed it . so what licence agreement and germany has not okayed it. so what is it that germany are really concerned about ? because we are, concerned about? because we are, it would appear my view we are in a war ultimately because we are involved within . the war, as

are involved within. the war, as are involved within. the war, as are germany . so what are they are germany. so what are they worried about about ? well, worried about about? well, they're concerned about potential fallout from vladimir putin. they very much want not to be taking the in this. i don't really there's any chance of this. but what they would like is to have the cover of falling in behind the unite states. now the united states are spending a huge point $6 billion in military aid . they billion in military aid. they are not sending modern battle tanks. now, they say that they run jet fuel, that they're very complicated. they take a long time to. so they're not sending those . that is what germany those. that is what germany would like. germany have basically said that they would send the to leopard if america would send their america has said . well, you're a sovereign said. well, you're a sovereign country . you can make your own country. you can make your own decisions . a decision for you to decisions. a decision for you to make. but of course, germany have over recent years been very

friendly towards russia , let friendly towards russia, let their energy become very dependent on. russia, although they've seen themselves talked a large extent, they're still bringing in russian gas , oil via bringing in russian gas, oil via third parties, if not directly . third parties, if not directly. and of course, going back to the second world war for many , they second world war for many, they had a pacifist approach. they didn't want to get involved in conflict. they ran down their armed forces and course they're worried because although they've been sending defensive and although volodymyr zelenskyy needs these tanks to defend ukraine, they are also potentially offensive vehicles . potentially offensive vehicles. and so they are concerned about what vladimir putin might do. of course, he's warned of terrible consequences before , but consequences before, but zelenskyy is stressing these are only going to be used on ukrainians . catherine foster, ukrainians. catherine foster, thank you very much. as gb news is political reporter , oldest is political reporter, oldest trick in the book that if you oh, that is the oldest

negotiating trick the book with me i'm done this is a use we'll have the latest from our gb news people's poll this week. it found that the majority you think that 16 is way too young to decide for people whether they transition to they should transition to another gender. i'll speak to founder of standing up for women . kerry j. keane next. and we'll be getting a military breakdown of western of splits in the western alliance mean for the soldiers on the ground in ukraine. but first, let's get your latest news headlines headlines . first, let's get your latest news headlines headlines. nana, thank you. it's 533. i'm tatiana sanchez in the gb newsroom. next month will see the strike action ever to hit the nhs after unite announced ten further days of industry action by ambulance workers in the coming weeks. members of , the unite union are members of, the unite union are joining 10,000 ambulance staff with the gmb union along with royal college of nursing in joint on february the sixth. the

workers across england, wales and northern ireland are walking out in a long running dispute over pay and staffing . downing over pay and staffing. downing street says it's disappointing gutted, but they're open to further discussion as . president further discussion as. president volodymyr zelenskyy has been holding talks with western , holding talks with western, urging them to give more military for their fight against russia . kyiv has requested 300 russia. kyiv has requested 300 tanks. germany have yet to make a decision on whether will send tanks to the war torn country. meanwhile, the us announced a further £2 billion worth of support ukraine. the us defence has commended the uk for agreeing to supply challenger to tanks. agreeing to supply challenger to tanks . a new report into tanks. a new report into england's and rescue services says are needed as a matter of urgency. the watchdog , just two urgency. the watchdog, just two of the six recommendations made by the chief have been fulfilled . in an annual report, the chief inspector andy kirk, says he's

frustrated at the lack of progress since the inspections started . in 2018. the met police started. in 2018. the met police , sir mark rowley, has promised a thorough review of the force's and standards in an effort to out corrupt officers such as former officer david. mr. rowley said next two years are critical to achieving goals. it comes as the national police chiefs council urging chiefs across england and wealth to have all officers checked against national databases by the of march . controversial influencer march. controversial influencer andrew tait and his brother tristan will in custody for a further 30 days until the 27th of february, after a court in romania extended their police detention. the pair are being investigated over allegations of sexual assault and exploitation . a judge has decided they will remain in prison for longer while police continue to investigate . the self—proclaimed investigate. the self—proclaimed misogynist was in bucharest . on

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gb news good afternoon is coming up to 39 minutes after 5:00. this is a gb views tv online and digital radio. i'm not a choir. now there are fears that the continued amongst western countries over the issue of whether or not to provide ukraine with more battle plays right into president putin's hands. now, whilst the has already pledged 14 of its challenges to tanks to help ukraine, germany still has to . ukraine, germany still has to. whether or not to provide key with any of its leopard. two tanks. well joining me is con coughun tanks. well joining me is con coughlin defence , editor and coughlin defence, editor and chief foreign affairs columnist

at the telegraph. con, thank for joining me. now you wrote a column on this. tell us a bit more about it. column on this. tell us a bit more about it . well, yes, i was more about it. well, yes, i was just at the way the conflict is going. i mean, we're coming up to the first year anniversary of putin's unprovoked of ukraine when putin made his decision to invade ukraine, his one of his calculations was that the west was far too divided to come to. ukraine's assistance. and of course, has been sorely disappointed . but you know, a disappointed. but you know, a year into the conflict just at the point when you know the ukrainians been doing quite well. we now have what i think are very uncertain disagreements between . key western allies in between. key western allies in particular the germans and the british and the french over what kind of equipment to provide to ukraine and this conference going on in ramstein in today.

it designed to shore up support for ukraine but instead of concentrating on the weaponry we should give to ukraine. what's happening is we're having this argument about whether whether which countries are to send tanks , which countries or not, tanks, which countries or not, with the being very difficult in day . well, once because day. well, once because i remember beginning, it was all about the red lines and which red lines. and we were literally vladimir putin's red lines for him without even saying . and him without even saying. and then he gave us a threat, which he didn't follow through. and we sort pushed further and further away. so why are the germans concerned, seeing as the uk have said they're sending tanks, it's hardly like as if we are actually an island in a space, the heaven forbid. but we are not attached to the rest of europe. so definitely a target the americans have set support and given a lot money and there's still they pledged more . why have they come up with a

sort of nonsensical, you know, if you give us these tanks are going to be completely useless to the ukrainians, then we will do something about it. why are they coming with something that really it wouldn't make sense to the americans to agree with . the americans to agree with. well no. the official german argument is the concern about, escalation, as you said, that has made all kinds of threats over last year and. i've said on this on many, many times this is all bluster by a russian president is losing the war. so you make sure that any threats about nuclear weapons and anyone knows about the whole nuclear issue is this is just nonsense. but i mean, the germans are using as an excuse because they have a long standing relationship with moscow and they're very reluctant to see it complete . they destroyed and complete. they destroyed and they think that any any attempt by nato powers and force britain

as a prominent european nato power , any attempt by the nato power, any attempt by the nato powers to increase support for ukraine will further russia, particularly cfr germany is concerned and they don't want to do that. so it is there's a lot of politics at play and a real damage juice is being made. but you know, what we really need to do is to make sure the ukrainians have the kit they need to win this because i think that would be very good for if russia ends up getting a nose as a as a consequence of its unprovoked aggression against, ukraine. you think that the germans might be slightly concerned if they kick back if they don't allow us to send all these tanks and allow other countries to send their tanks because in end what will happen to germany literally? i mean, in my view seems to be pretty much one of the main players running the eu . well, this then caused the eu. well, this then caused division within the eu itself and actually this could be a

bigger problem to germany than russia . surely well, i think russia. surely well, i think i think you're right. russia. surely well, i think i think you're right . and i think think you're right. and i think that there's a lot of tension building up with it within eu. of course , know when it comes to of course, know when it comes to european security the eu itself has a bit of a bit player nato looks after european security . looks after european security. much of the eu would love take it over if a they've been talking about creating their own defence force , which we have defence force, which we have resisted quite . nothing's come resisted quite. nothing's come of it. it comes down to nato and you know, i think nato is getting pretty fed up with the german position and a lot of major nato countries, particularly the us. and britain and, even france, are getting very frustrated with the germans. but know they are in far closer proximity to russia than. far closer proximity to russia than . those countries . and we than. those countries. and we cannot ignore german concerns, but , you know, if putin

cannot ignore german concerns, but, you know, if putin is sitting in the kremlin watching this , he will think he will this, he will think he will conclude that he was right or wrong . but there are divisions wrong. but there are divisions in the west that the nato alliance cannot act as one when it comes to major security concerns in the heart of europe. and he will take comfort from that and i think that in the long we can win this war. well let's hope that the germans get on with it concocted. thank you very much for joining on with it concocted. thank you very much forjoining me. thank you so much . the defence editor you so much. the defence editor in chief , foreign affairs and a in chief, foreign affairs and a columnist at the telegraph . now columnist at the telegraph. now it's columnist at the telegraph. now wsfime columnist at the telegraph. now it's time our people's poll it's time for our people's poll . now, this week we've been asking you about gender. and a vast majority of you said that year olds are too young to change their gender. 41% completely agreed that that is too young. almost 8% said they completely disagreed . we can completely disagreed. we can also reveal that 22% of the pubuc also reveal that 22% of the public strongly support the

government's of the controversial gender bill. so with me now is kelly jane keane, founder of standing for women. kelly all of the majority right to think 16 is too young . to think 16 is too young. absolutely. i'm surprised . absolutely. i'm surprised. wasn't 100. absolutely. i'm surprised. wasn't100. yeah absolutely. i'm surprised. wasn't 100. yeah well, absolutely. i'm surprised. wasn't100. yeah well, i don't know who the 8% were, but yeah . know who the 8% were, but yeah. very old, isn't it? so what in your view, why why do you think that this bill is kind of being reformed by the scottish people, in particular nicholas sturgeon snp party, want to bring this bill to the forefront when no one was really talking about it . i think she might see it as some sort of legacy . i think she some sort of legacy. i think she might see her in this position . might see her in this position. the most virtue signal leader. of course, she's competing with biden, trudeau and the newly resigned attorney. so i can only it's really bad reasons. i can't think of a single good reason why anybody would want children

, minors to change sex at all. i mean, frankly, i don't think anybody should, but certainly not under 18. it's absolutely proposed chris. and it's a worrying thing that people going on about saying , but it's only a on about saying, but it's only a tiny minority . on about saying, but it's only a tiny minority. but on about saying, but it's only a tiny minority . but in my on about saying, but it's only a tiny minority. but in my view, it isn't a tiny minority. surely this idea that at 16 you can do this idea that at 16 you can do this and you don't even need any sort of medical referral. so nobody even needs to see you that you can then go and do that potentially. you can do that legally doesn't open the legally as doesn't open the floodgates actually . any floodgates actually. any predator . well, it's not the predator. well, it's not the whole idea . safeguarding and whole idea. safeguarding and predators is deeply concerning and we do see the most vile violence any time i try and speak publicly with women who want to just talk about this issue. maybe they've lost children to this cult or whatever whatever their connection is with this might've lost their jobs of being how to

speak. we get really opposition trying to women talking and this bolstered and emboldened by the that the state has got involved with something that isn't where do you stay issue. it's not up to the scottish government to affirm in something that frankly isn't true . jay stay that i've isn't true. jay stay that i've got better with me. ben, what's view on that? because ultimately feels like a divisive ploy to break up the union again to create division. i don't think it actually has any genuine in actually wanted help trump. yeah well think you're absolutely 92% i mean i don't know why as you say wasn't 100% 92% don't say it wasn't 100% 92% don't want this. so if are taking the lead from popular demand, it's not wanted. but that's typical, isn't it? i don't want to use the word woke lightly as a throwaway term, but this is a typical woke issue . this is an typical woke issue. this is an issue that does affect minority people, but they're enforcing will on the majority and doing so they inculcate . it's the same

so they inculcate. it's the same with blm we were discussing this in the break. you know, it's same with all these other minority issues that are almost to sort of as if it's an existential threat to the way communities operate and. and in doing that, they drive their agenda home. they they inculcate division . and that's the aim, of division. and that's the aim, of course , you know, they all have course, you know, they all have perhaps different ultimate goals, but ultimately it's damaging the union, damaging, you know, society and. it's the promotion just to repeat by the promotion just to repeat by the promotion of minority rights at the expense often of the majority . and that is wrong what majority. and that is wrong what is at the expense of women in front of a what to you what how do you see this should go forward do you think they should scrap it altogether or do you feel there is some relevance to some of the changes there . some of the changes there. what's thoughts? what's your thoughts? final thoughts ? you. i we should thoughts? you. i think we should totally . any idea that somebody totally. any idea that somebody can change their sex in any shape or form. that's my view, i

think the uk government now as a whole needs to get rid of the gender recognition act. let's get rid of it all. no more legal . that would be good for. get rid of it all. no more legal . that would be good for . thank . that would be good for. thank you very much for a very decisive colleague keen to talk to you . moving on, motorists to you. moving on, motorists might only need to get an emoji every two years so there isn't a new proposals being considered by the government. the plan could see car owners save money, but has been greeted with scepticism . some road safety scepticism. some road safety groups and the consult nation's been by department been commissioned by department of transport into having an emotive four years after car has been first been registered rather than the current. so with me now is motoring journalist , me now is motoring journalist, former top gear presenter quentin wilson . quentin, what do quentin wilson. quentin, what do you make of these proposals ? you make of these proposals? well, nobody's asked for them and would you want to reduce roadside safety? the government said cost roadside safety? the government said it's going to cos t £100 said it's going to cost £100 million save said it's going to cost £100 million or save £100 million to consumers. it's , consumers. but really it's, what, consumers. but really it's, what you'll that's the what, £40 that you'll that's the average of animals that average cost of animals that you'll so we know people

you'll save. so we know people are hard up. they're not servicing their cars. i spoke to a quick fit met test equipped with the largest and mighty providers in the country and he said he sees cars that are three years old coming up with the first ability with bold tyres and worn out breaks because . and worn out breaks because. people aren't servicing them properly . so this reduce properly. so this will reduce road safety, not improve it . and road safety, not improve it. and everybody from the franchised dealers association, the aa, the rac, the society , motor rac, the society, motor manufacturers and traders all say the same thing. no, don't do it . it's a say the same thing. no, don't do it. it's a it's a step say the same thing. no, don't do it . it's a it's a step too far. it. it's a it's a step too far. and thing here and on it is i think it's electioneering. i think it's electioneering. i think the are doing this because they want to throw this sop to they want to throw this sop to the beleaguered motorist and make them think that they're on side. so just there's a consultation absolute neatly resisted. we need to keep this rigorous testing in our country to keep our road safer. well also, when you go for an empty the car has to be insured as well. so it's almost like a double check on the insurance. you've got the car insured

because the i it. obviously, because the i do it. obviously, you if you didn't have insurance, then i don't think it would because you would go through because you have details have to put in all the details of it. technically, you can you can car without having insurance because the doesn't at because the test doesn't look at it on the website you it but on the on the website you can't can't do without you can't you can't do without you you're empty. but back in what 2012 we looked at the numbers , 2012 we looked at the numbers, 800,000 cars failed. their motive for dangerous faults in the first first in 80. now that's two and a half million. so it's gone up because people haven't got the money to look after the cars properly. so i think really, really think a really, really retrograde . and also when i retrograde step. and also when i take whenever i see take my calls, whenever i see i know there's some , but a lot know if there's some, but a lot of time when picks up stuff, of the time when picks up stuff, i would never known that i would never have known that was wrong with the car completely. and think you know completely. and i think you know broadly population broadly the population becoming less than they were less car skilled than they were when i was much younger and we tinkered with our cars and the driveways and we all this driveways and we did all this stuff eye repair stuff with, our eye repair manuals people know what manuals and people know what to do. can't really do. and also you can't really fix much on modern. this fix much stuff on modern. this whole thing is complicated . so

whole thing is complicated. so the ability is this vital moment in the cycle where somebody professional looks at your car and tells you what's wrong and what's unsafe. so going forward then , if the if this does go, then, if the if this does go, what would you say would be the biggest worry, obviously, that but are there any other worries with regard to that as well? well, the government claim that the of killed and serious injuries due to technical and mechanical faults on cars is low. but i would say we don't know that because when there accidents the aren't forensically inspected to see what was wrong what caused accident so those figures that they they trumpet i believe they'll much much greater and this will lives. make no mistake about it i spent a lot of time in france have a system where it's indemnity every two years and you look at the cars and the car and they're just you know, so badly maintained with lighting my lighting faults. and to my faults. and, you know, we don't want down that road. we have want go down that road. we have really, this really, really standards in this country , not muck about with it.

country, not muck about with it. well, word you benefit if well, final word you benefit if you drive i drive and you you drive. i do drive and you know, normally i would be for all deregulation because, you know, takes burden off know, it takes the burden off business, the burden off business, takes the burden off the is the consumer. but quentin is absolutely right. this is this isissue absolutely right. this is this is issue that no one's crying out have relieved and it is dangerous. i know every time i take my car in, there's something for an entity there's something for an entity there's something that i couldn't have predicted . strong with it last predicted. strong with it last time i took mine in, it had a gash down one of the tyres which we knew last time. i thought he's having me on his knee this is just it himself. is guys just done it himself. just wants. but no just you know, he wants. but no i think, he did that. but i didn't think, he did that. but i didn't think, he did that. but i thought, are you making a mountain out of a molehill? but then you then he showed me the gash, you know. think it it's a know. so i think it it's a regressive step. wants regressive step. no one wants it. got rates road it. we've got great rates road safety. fantastic. gear safety. fantastic. the gear for speaking , i'm speaking of ascents, i'm completely with completely in agreement with quentin . these top gear quentin. these are on top gear anymore. you what are doing anymore. you what are you doing now? we go. oh, i do lots of stuff. lobbying for electric cars. stuff. lobbying for electric cars . know the electric cars. cars. know the electric cars. okay, now we're to have a

disagreement. yeah honestly , i disagreement. yeah honestly, i want to say you promised me a lift in. i know you haven't said of any time, you know, i'll get your number. okay all right. and i promise we're going to see that. can. we can agree that. and we can. we can agree to disagree. fabulous. well, i would course that's quentin would of course that's quentin wilson, a motoring legend and journalist. let's find out journalist. okay let's find out a beep . thank you very much for a beep. thank you very much for joining me as well. up next, it's dewbs& co with michelle dewberry here in, the dewberry who is here in, the studio. michelle, what have you got up? hello nana. my got coming up? hello nana. my eyes something eyes are watering something habib , then habib just said innocently, then has very different meaning has a very different meaning from where i'm that is for from where i'm from. that is for sure . but anyway, moving sure. but anyway, moving on, where i was your friend ben habib, coming up in my show tonight is one of the eu bosses says that he would be delighted for keir to be the prime of the uk. of course he will. and keir starmer would be a soft upon trying. she was all back into the eu, wouldn't he . what do you the eu, wouldn't he. what do you think to that. and kids. the eu, wouldn't he. what do you think to that. and kids . are think to that. and kids. are they getting more vile and you

know i don't remember all this stamping people's hands and all of this kind of adults being murdered kids is it social murdered by kids is it social media or is it just genuinely that kids are getting more violent? how do we deal with it 7 violent? how do we deal with it ? ukraine, germany, it's dragging heels when it comes to exporting tanks . should the uk exporting tanks. should the uk apply exporting tanks. should the uk apply pressure to them or not? and belt its hashtag belka and people got better things to do than obsess about rishi sunak's seatbelt . goodness me. well, seatbelt. goodness me. well, i've all to and face my favourites by the way paul, embery alex dean will be joining me tonight. well, i'm into that six seat belt thing. i mean, if he wasn't wearing it breaking the law, michel, that's what i. oh, none of the police are looking it what i to them is looking it what i say to them is looking it what i say to them is looking for crimes are looking for the crimes that are occurring and outstanding in your that your patch rather all that nonsense. well, that a good. nonsense. well, that is a good. michelle, forward to michelle, i'm looking forward to your show later. thank you so much. michelle gp. she much. that is michelle gp. she is next. we'll listen to is up next. we'll listen to you've been with me on a quiz. this, of course, is gb news. thank you so much for. this, of course, is gb news. thank you so much for . joining thank you so much for. joining me today. thank you so much. and

it was a pleasure working with you. and thank you to for you. and thank you to you at for your company. be back at your company. i'll be back at four usual show. four for my usual show. stay with for that stay right with me for that to stay right here because michelle here right now because michelle is weather. hello. it is here the weather. hello. it was a beautiful day out there on friday. and this to stay that way into the weekend . england way into the weekend. england and wales milder conditions, though in the far west spreading into parts of scotland and northern ireland during the evening , accompanied by and evening, accompanied by and windy weather as well. meanwhile, for much of the uk as we head into friday its clear skies and light winds. temperatures soon falling below widely and by the of the night minus three minus four celsius across much of the uk —7 to —10 degrees over some parts of snow covered northern england and north—east scotland. freezing folk around first thing as well from the vale of york into the midlands wales marches southwest england . they'll be slow to england. they'll be slow to clear cause some issues on the roads thing but a completely

different for western scotland the for northern ireland here. cloud and rain have been increasing through the night and a strengthening wind gales around western coast of scotland . the northern isles by the afternoon along with those outbreaks of rain those outbreaks of rain those outbreaks of rain reach parts of the grampians . falling into cold the grampians. falling into cold air leading to the risk of freezing rain by the afternoon here . but support from the here. but support from the cloudy breezy damp weather in the northwest . we're also going the northwest. we're also going to see that too. dry weather across much the rest of the uk with a clear skies once again leading to frost. this time it's more confined on saturday night to the southeastern quarter of the uk with the east midlands, east anglia and the southeast seeing temperatures widely below minus three celsius and some freezing fog once again to contend with elsewhere across uk. it's a cloudy and damp start to sunday. outbreaks of rain into scotland, northern ireland, western of england and wales and increasing breeze and increasingly mild temperatures

by sunday and monday in some western areas up to ten or 11 celsius. meanwhile, we keep the chilly air in the southeast into the start of next week .

hi there at 6:00. i'm michelle dewberry and this is dewbs& co, the show where we'll get into some of the things that have got you talking. i'll tell you what's got me wondering. keir starmer , what are the f is he starmer, what are the f is he doing around davos? doing wandering around davos? it hasn't unnoticed. have to hasn't gone unnoticed. i have to say. of the bosses at the eu say. one of the bosses at the eu was being quoted today saying they cannot until keir they cannot wait until keir starmer becomes the next prime minister of this country. i'm sure that they can't quite frankly, because i suspect it would be quite a soft touch. am

i wrong? i