okay okay. good morning and welcome to tennis today on gb news. nadhim zahawi embroiled in attacks scandal boris plagued by questions over an £800,000 loan and the bbc executive and rishi sunak not bothering to wear his seat belt. why did this conservative government feel like they can act with impunity? let me know your thoughts. and we're being encouraged turn we're being encouraged to turn off electricity today off our electricity today between five 6:00 national between five and 6:00 national grid scheme a demand grid call the scheme a demand flexibility service. i call it blackmailing you the customer to change your behaviour rather than simply providing you with a good service at a competitive price. you agree? gb views at gb news uk. oh and i won an award. thanks a lot. i'll tell you about it in minute. all that about it in a minute. all that and more after look at the latest news . good morning. i'm

latest news. good morning. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom. it's 10:01. a source newsroom. it's10:01. a source close to nadhim zahawi says he won't quit as tory party chair despite growing pressure over his tax affairs. the former chancellor has admitted he paid a penalty to hmrc following an error over shares in the polin company yougov, which he co—founded . founded. he hasn't co—founded. founded. he hasn't disclosed the size of the settlement, which is believed to be almost £5 million. labour wants the prime minister to sack him and come clean over whether he knew about the incident when he knew about the incident when he appointed him. party chairman . thousands of ambulance workers are striking for the third time in five weeks. unison and gmb union members across england and wales have walked out along with staff at two hospital trusts in liverpool . further industrial liverpool. further industrial action is planned in the coming weeks by nurses and other nhs workers . weeks by nurses and other nhs workers. union weeks by nurses and other nhs workers . union leaders weeks by nurses and other nhs workers. union leaders are calling for fair pay, accusing the government of not wanting to

find a resolution . the health find a resolution. the health secretary, steve barclay says the action is hugely disappointing and warned patients of disruption . a 72 patients of disruption. a 72 year old man suspected of carrying out a mass shooting in california has been found dead by police . ten people believed by police. ten people believed to be in their fifties and six days were killed celebrating the chinese lunar new year in monterey park near los angeles at the weekend. ten others were injured. detectives say the suspect, who can tran took his own life around 12 hours after the attack . members of the the attack. members of the pubuc the attack. members of the public who intervened and were praised by the county sheriff . praised by the county sheriff. the weapon that was recovered aired from the alhambra location in which remember , the suspect in which remember, the suspect went to the alhambra location after he conducted the shooting and he was disarmed by two community members who i consider to be heroes, because they saved

lives. households with smart metres could receive discounts if they cut their energy use dunng if they cut their energy use during peak times today. after successful trials. national grid is launching its demand flex ability scheme for the first time between five and 6:00. 26 suppliers have signed up to the initiative. it's also ordered three coal plants to begin warming up as a contingency , warming up as a contingency, with forecasters predicting suppues with forecasters predicting supplies could be squeezed dunng supplies could be squeezed during today's cold snap . the during today's cold snap. the energy regulator today is launching a review of the checks and balance companies use to place customers on pre—pay metres. ofgem is threatening legal action if they don't take due care in the process. the chief executive says the number of people forced onto prepayment metres is extremely high and vulnerable customers shouldn't be left in the dark and cold dunng be left in the dark and cold during winter. be left in the dark and cold during winter . experts are during winter. experts are warning the recession expected

to hit the uk could be twice as bad as previously thought. economists at consultancy firm e y say the outlook has become gloomier with the country facing less government support and higher taxes despite it cutting deeper than first forecast, the firm doesn't expect it will last longer than originally predicted .bons longer than originally predicted . borisjohnson longer than originally predicted . boris johnson has made a surprise visit to ukraine. the former prime minister who met president zelenskyy in the caphal president zelenskyy in the capital, kyiv, said britain would stick by the country for as long as it takes . the pair as long as it takes. the pair also walked the streets of war torn buka, where hundreds of people were killed during russian attacks . a charity is russian attacks. a charity is calling on the government to commit to eliminating cervical cancer. commit to eliminating cervical cancer . jo's cervical cancer cancer. jo's cervical cancer trust says screening for the disease is at its lowest level in 20 years. the organisation wants home testing kits to be offered in a bid to reduce the

number of no shows for screenings . over 3000 women are screenings. over 3000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and more than 800 die from the disease. each year in the uk . disease. each year in the uk. this is gb news will bring in more news as it happens now it's back to beth . back to beth. hey, good morning . welcome to hey, good morning. welcome to bev turner today on gb news. thanks for joining bev turner today on gb news. thanks forjoining us. here's what's coming up this morning. ambulance workers are staging fresh strikes today in the ongoing dispute over pay and working conditions. the health secretary, steve barclay, said it was hugely disappointing , but it was hugely disappointing, but the constructive talks were held regarding a pay settlement for 2023 to 20 full. i'm going to be speaking to labour mp khaliq mahmood , who supports a general mahmood, who supports a general strike to see what he thinks . i

strike to see what he thinks. i am going to be looking also at the conservative party and their misdemeanours , as rishi sunak misdemeanours, as rishi sunak has been for and by the police for not wearing a seat belt. party chairman adding zahawi is being urged to reveal all about his taxes. etc. etc. do you think this government is acting within targeting that integrity 7 within targeting that integrity ? of course that rishi sunak promised to you and the orthodox tessa dunlop in the broadcast broadcaster andrew e will be joining me for the next 2 hours with some lively discussions about the biggest stories about the biggest news stories of the day. of course, you are my third panellist, so don't forget to vote in our poll this morning on twitter, please. i'm asking as household to asking you, as a household to smart metres offered smart metres are offered discounts they cut their discounts if they cut their energy use between five and 6:00 today, will you be turning the heating off this evening? and if not, why? so far, eight 2% of you will not be turning off your power. so far. email me gb views at gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb

news to have your say . it's news to have your say. it's interesting that electricity story isn't . i'd love to know story isn't. i'd love to know your reasons why you are being reluctant to follow this directive to turn down your heating between five and six today. now i meet its workers represented by three union bodies are striking today in the escalating dispute over understaffing and pay. london yorkshire. the north west. the nonh yorkshire. the north west. the north east and the south—west will all be affected. although life and limb emergency cover, as it's called , will remain in as it's called, will remain in place. last month , the labour mp place. last month, the labour mp for perry bar khalid mahmood, said he would support a general strike and he joins me now. good morning, khalid . obviously you morning, khalid. obviously you said this a little while ago. how do you feel now? do you still think that we need a concerted effort to bring together a general strike or have you sovereignty view on that? no, i think simply the

government has got to get its act together. it's got to get to deaung act together. it's got to get to dealing with the issues. the unions . you know, this board unions. you know, this board through a legislature should trying to set minimal levels of service during strikes. but the fact that the government itself is not provide minimal service levels for the ambulance service . people are waiting for hours and hours before they get the amnesty to turn up because they haven't got sufficient people to do that. these people have suffered for the last decade working in the ambulance service. they are very crucial people to our national health service and the government has clear disregard for that . i was clear disregard for that. i was talking last week to the representative of the welsh ambulance service and he was arguing that actually the ambulance strikers are not just striking full of them. he said the ambulance system isn't working because the health and social care system, if you like , at the at the top of all of our health system, is failing

dramatically . and therefore, dramatically. and therefore, it's the blocking of the beds which is leading to the ambulances having to strike. what are your thoughts on that ? what are your thoughts on that? well, i agree with that, but there is a significant shortage of personnel within the ambulance service. we haven't got enough people to cover the service as it is and is quite right in terms of the national health service and social care, particularly . i think the particularly. i think the belligerent attitude , attitude belligerent attitude, attitude that rishi sunak has towards the national health service, including the ambulance service , is that i think he wants to push and push to ensure that he can start to privatise elements of the national health service because he'll say, oh, well, look , we can't we can't provide look, we can't we can't provide this service because these people are striking. they're not prepared to speak to the national health service, to the nurses and to the ambulance services to be able to sit down and have a proper, decent negotiation and get on with the job and let people carrying on doing what they want to do, which is to serve the people.

former labour prime minister gordon has writing in gordon brown has been writing in the today to the guardian today to say exactly you've just said, exactly what you've just said, that going on. that this is what's going on. this private ization by this is private ization by stealth . so are you saying that stealth. so are you saying that you're doubling down on that accusation that the government could but could do something here, but they're allowing this run its they're allowing this to run its course that they can start course so that they can start privatised inevitably ? privatised sections inevitably? absolutely i mean, look, if it is not before the strikes started, before christmas, all the nurses said the unions said is coming to speak to us, get us in a room and start talking to us and we will not strike. and they couldn't even be bothered to do that. that's complete complacency and belligerence. and that's what this government is about. is it also, though , is about. is it also, though, mahmood, is it also the fact that this is playing beautifully into the hands of labour? a lot of these unionists are labour members as well, and they obviously know that these strikes cast the conservative party in a very dim light. it does make it look like there might be time for a change of

government. is that partly at play government. is that partly at play here? well, there's a need to change the government, but this is not a game that the labour party is happy about. labour party is happy about. labour party is happy about. labour party wants to see people served in the national health service. this is a crucial thing matter and death and we matter of life and death and we don't want to play a game with that. what we want to do is to ensure the hospitals, the national health service , the national health service, the ambulance run an ambulance service run an effectively the people effectively to serve the people , constituents. okay khalid , our constituents. okay khalid mahmood mp, thank you so much for joining us this morning, forjoining us this morning, giving us your opinion on that. what think? gb views at what do you think? gb views at gbnews.uk is the email address and also tweet me at gb and you can also tweet me at gb news. so with many of them as i can throughout the show. okay. moving on back in october, prime minister sunak addressed minister rishi sunak addressed the nation for the first time, promising his government promising that his government would integrity , would have integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level. well this weekend it seems like the tories are still behaving badly. so like himself was caught not a seatbelt in caught not wearing a seatbelt in the the car. he got the back of the car. he got fined and nadhim zahawi fined for it and nadhim zahawi is be determined to stay

is said to be determined to stay on conservative party on as conservative party chairman amid calls for his resignation details of resignation after details of a multi—million tax dispute multi—million pound tax dispute emerged . let's talk to claire emerged. let's talk to claire pearsall now , former special pearsall now, former special home office adviser and current conservative counsel cilla. good morning, clare . morning. i was morning, clare. morning. i was i was looking at some of the misdemeanours of this can conservative party and you just need to do a cursory google this morning to come up with dozens and dozens and dozens of instances where mp conservative mp have behaved with what seems to be apparent complete disregard for public opinion. never mind ethics or the law. why . well, i think this has been why. well, i think this has been something that happened throughout time with politicians as a whole. i don't necessarily think it's just conservatives . think it's just conservatives. it's more important at the moment because they are the governing party of the country. so therefore, the public, quite rightly believe that they should

be acting above the law and be whiter than white and absolutely have integrity . and have integrity. and unfortunately, what we've seen is a drip, drip, drip of information over the last three years. in reality . it has just years. in reality. it has just been chaos after chaos and leak after leak . and it doesn't do after leak. and it doesn't do well to politics any good. it certainly doesn't do the conservative party any good . and conservative party any good. and my concern is what is coming next, because it doesn't seem that they've got a handle on it. it seems that every single day something else is coming out and nobody is on top of it. let's let's look at the individual . let's look at the individual. then you've got nadhim zahawi at the moment embroiled in this accusation that he deliberately didn't pay tax . he says it was didn't pay tax. he says it was an oversight and he's a successful man. and you can easily just not pay a few million quid to hmrc. it's easily done, apparently. does that stack up for you ? what? me that stack up for you? what? me doesn't . and i think the real doesn't. and i think the real question that needs to be asked

is when did this happen? who knew about it? if there is a question over whether the negotiations with hmrc took place while the teams of how he was chancellor, that is incredibly serious. that needs to be investigated and it needs to be investigated and it needs to be investigated and it needs to be done quickly. what we call them. have you that rumbling on? so i would hope that rishi sunak is looking through all of the documents and getting absolutely everything in line to deal with that particular issue , because that particular issue, because he's always the cover up that gets politicians in the end , gets politicians in the end, it's not necessarily the scandal thatis it's not necessarily the scandal that is out there. it is the cover up that goes wrong and it just makes it worse. got just makes it worse. we've got bofis.| just makes it worse. we've got boris. i think it's so just makes it worse. we've got boris . i think it's so true, boris. i think it's so true, claire, because when you say that, i hope that rishi sunak is looking at all of the documents in the paperwork and coming to a conclusion, sinks that conclusion, my heart sinks that actually is going to be the actually that is going to be the conservative party policing the conservative party policing the conservative party policing the conservative party and myself. and i'm sure lots of people watching and listening to this will also have faith. we'll have very faith that very little faith that that would find what might be

misdemeanours which should be clamped down on. boris johnson as well, of course , it as well, of course, it transpired over the weekend that he £800,000 loan, he took an £800,000 loan, negotiated for him by a man that eventually got a very powerful job bbc. how bad does job at the bbc. how bad does that ? well, it all is that look? well, it all is incredibly damaging and there is no sugarcoating this , that this no sugarcoating this, that this kind of bad behaviour with conservatives and money has to stop. and i think the public are so fed up now when they see a former prime minister looking at getting loans of £800,000 and then somebody gets a very high powered job, as you've just said, that looks wrong . it looks said, that looks wrong. it looks corrupt. so the whole thing needs tidy up. the whole politics level of it needs tidying up and i think the real issue is we don't know exactly what went on. it hasn't been clarified. now, nadhim zahawi had an opportunity to do that at the weekend and put out a very lengthy and complicated

statement which really didn't answer any questions. so i would hope that this morning we lay out exactly what's going on because until you do that, these stories are going to keep coming up to speculate on is going to be rife and we are just handing this now to the opposition to pile into us. yeah the latest on thatis pile into us. yeah the latest on that is that labour have asked the watchdog to examine the recruitment process because of richard sharpe helping the pm. it was when boris johnson was prime minister. help him with his finances before he became bbc chairman. on a much more trivial matter, clare , is this trivial matter, clare, is this footage of rishi sunak in the back of the car doing a little video without his seat belt on. now a lot of people have trivialised this and said, well, you know, it's kind of not particularly important, is it? i personally think it is quite important because i think the tone deafness, if whoever was in that car with him and whoever is filming him to not say , look, filming him to not say, look, there's a perception that you all operate outside the rules.

you've got to put your seatbelt on, whether you like it or not, because you are just playing into the hands. how do they not see it? i mean, that's the question i've been speaking about this weekend with friends and family is when that was me, when i was an adviser and it was out with a minister, you would look it absolutely everything if you were doing a piece of video or photograph, you would look at the backgrounds you would think, are there any that are are there any signs that are there people around? what is there any people around? what is there any people around? what is the minister wearing? so to have a prime minister in the back of the car with a no seatbelt. how did no one spot that to begin with ? and video would with? and also that video would have gone through several pairs of it made it out of hands before it made it out onto the internet and nobody's fault is it. now, you as a parent will appreciate that . how parent will appreciate that. how many have you told your many times have you told your children , this isn't children, oh, this car isn't moving until seatbelt is moving until that seatbelt is on? the same thing here on? should the same thing here instead apply to a prime minister and you know what my kids going say to me now kids are going to say to me now clapping. they're going clapping. so they're going to say, well, the prime minister

doesn't have to wear his seatbelt back mummy. seatbelt in the back mummy. neither do i. that's the problem, right? pearsall, problem, right? claire pearsall, thank forjoining me thank you so much forjoining me this morning. know what this morning. let me know what you well. gb views. you think as well. gb views. gbnews.uk the email address . gbnews.uk is the email address. you that rishi you probably think that rishi sunak not wearing a seatbelt is kind of trivial. and know that kind of trivial. and i know that it definitely compared to it definitely is compared to perhaps tax evasion, but still . perhaps tax evasion, but still. do you know what i'm saying about the fact that it looks like they don't have to operate within the same parameters that we do as the public? also, give me a vote in our twitter poll, won't i'm asking you, the won't you? i'm asking you, the us with metres us households with smart metres could discounts. i'm could receive discounts. i'm going to be going to we're going to be digging a little bit digging into this a little bit more. liam is going to more. liam halligan is going to be as well explain how be here as well to explain how it does it apply to, it works, who does it apply to, etc. but i'm asking you whether you would turn your heating off for financial incentive for a financial incentive from your the your electricity company. at the moment, have said no, moment, 82% of you have said no, but that is because you a contrary , and that's why i love contrary, and that's why i love your gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me that after the me at gb news that after the break. going to stuck break. we're going to get stuck into for nothing. into something for nothing. culture over front culture is all over the front of the papers new report

the papers today. a new report says britons are more says that britons are more depend on state than ever. depend on the state than ever. more britons are taking more from the state than they're putting in than any other time in history . why orthodox tested in history. why orthodox tested on love and broadcast. andrew bowen will be with me to discuss that in just a moment. now, though, time for the very important weather on a very cold day. hello, alex deakin and day. hello, i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from met update from the met office. a bit of a north south split with the weather moment. the weather at the moment. scotland to northern ireland. fairly but milder air has fairly cloudy but milder air has arrived very arrived here, still very cold across england wales , but across england and wales, but many sunny, thanks to many areas. sunny, thanks to this area of high pressure around the top of it, the low pressure systems , weather fronts pressure systems, weather fronts just scotland just dancing across scotland into northern ireland, bringing cloud, not much in the cloud, but too not much in the way of rain, damp and drizzly in southwest scotland, parts of the far of england far north—west of england too, and some rain across the far north, otherwise, said, north, but otherwise, as i said, dry. some thick fog dry. we've seen some thick fog through over parts through this morning over parts of that'll of south east england. that'll only slowly clear. some places may keep all day quite may keep it all day quite cloudy. conditions just pushing in to the east of east anglia

and course the far south—east and of course the far south—east it's in the south, five, it's cold in the south, five, six degrees if the fog sticks barely freezing. barely getting above freezing. but figures across parts but double figures across parts of and northern ireland of scotland and northern ireland where the cloud persists and we'll a bit more drizzly we'll keep a bit more drizzly rain across the far north—west overnight. elsewhere further south, again, likely to see some thick fog patches in this zone from north—east england down to south—west wales , south—west south—west wales, south—west england east anglia. that's england to east anglia. that's also the zone where it will be coldest and bit more coldest and frosty. bit more cloud the south—east means it cloud in the south—east means it will be quite as cold, perhaps here as last night. another fairly one across scotland fairly mild one across scotland and northern ireland, where again mostly cloudy again tomorrow is mostly cloudy with rain. but northeast with patchy rain. but northeast scotland see some scotland may well see some brightness, spells brightness, sunny spells developing for good chunk of developing for a good chunk of england quite cloudy england and wales. quite cloudy in south—east. again, in the far south—east. again, some stubborn fog patches both in and perhaps in the morning and perhaps lingering keeping the lingering all day, keeping the temperatures freezing . even temperatures at freezing. even where in the south, where it's sunny in the south, only or five degrees west, only four or five degrees west, further north, double figures perhaps milder today , perhaps even milder than today, 11, 12 celsius 11, perhaps even 12 celsius will keep contrast going through keep that contrast going through tuesday evening as well as the

weather fronts just across the far north pushing in as we go into that will mix into wednesday. that will mix things little bit, bringing things up a little bit, bringing some patchy rain south into parts of northern in parts of northern england, in particular during wednesday and slowly switching the temperatures . so tending temperatures. so tending a little milder in the south. meanwhile, colder meanwhile, turning colder further .

nonh hey,good nonh hey, good morning. it's1024. this hey, good morning. it's 1024. this is back hey, good morning. it's1024. this is back ten today on gb news on the tv and on dab radio. let me introduce my guest to you this morning. i'm delighted to be joined by author and historian tessa dunlop and a historian dr. tessa dunlop and a broadcast and a futurist, andrew abel and i'm a lawyer. we can still call you a lawyer. they could be a lawyer. i absolutely tell you anything i want you. i am so impressed . you know, am so impressed. you know, aspirational figure, personality

of year. i love it. it's got of the year. i love it. it's got to i'm using it to my to be good. i'm using it to my advantage this morning. believe me, boys publish me, i've got the boys to publish the going to get me a the award going to get me a croissant. this one is going to be. you've got a call, saul. i've got a question, but i haven't eaten since last night, i've got a question, but i ha'don't. aten since last night, i've got a question, but i ha'don't. don'tince last night, i've got a question, but i ha'don't. don't give last night, i've got a question, but i ha'don't. don't give me night, i've got a question, but i ha'don't. don't give me too ht, i've got a question, but i ha'don't. don't give me too much so don't. don't give me too much of hard time about that, of a hard time about that, right? what is happening to this country? front country? tessa dunlop, front page daily mail page of the daily mail the shocking the something shocking rise of the something for britain over half for nothing britain over half of households the households get more from the state in tax, state than they pay in tax, while top 10% of earners while the top 10% of earners account for 53% of all income tax. what's going on as it should be, this just should be, this is just a forgive me. but talk about dog whistle. just designed whistle. this is just designed to to jump up and to get people to jump up and down arms. oh, it's down in their arms. oh, it's shocking. not shocking. shocking. it's not shocking. it's absolutely predictable. let's just the second part let's just take the second part of the subheadline. top 10% of earners account for 53% of all income tax . right. but half the income tax. right. but half the nafion income tax. right. but half the nation wealth sits with the top 10% of the richest , not 10% of the richest, not necessarily earners, but you're your asset rich group. a half of

our nation's wealth in just top 10. so we would expect them to be taxed. yes, a quarter. then let's go for the something for nothing cost of britain. well, i will have you know bev about 9 to 5. i do my dolly parton every day i've got two children of infant and school age and this something for nothing is suggesting , not those who are suggesting, not those who are sitting on benefits . by the way, sitting on benefits. by the way, you can't stand on benefits . you you can't stand on benefits. you can only have a six on them. all right. include doing all use of the nhs yet. and for example, state education. so breaking news . i am a something for news. i am a something for nothing citizen because i definitely receive more at the moment because of my children being in state education. then i pay being in state education. then i pay in tax. but but this the division between those who contribute more and take more has steadily gone up. that is the trajectory . okay. and i want the trajectory. okay. and i want andrew do i want a smaller state? i want them to just deregulate , let businesses run, deregulate, let businesses run, let us run our lives and stop

acting with such a kind of petty christian role in the lives of people. something has gone wrong with people expecting something. you're absolutely right. and this what said what this is what they said and what they claim. ian duncan smith has come and said, look, come out and said, look, lockdown the of lockdown changed the psyche of the people and i think the british people and i think you've go back the norman you've to go back to the norman tebbit bike and and tebbit on your bike and go and get some sort of work. but there's a difference. and what tessa says because tessa says is right, because there are people who go there are some people who go out and all hours under the and work all the hours under the sun. they don't earn as much as some top tax some of the top rate of tax people, but they're not scroungers. they're not the daily mail sponging off the state. more about the state. this is more about the psyche people. psyche of the british people. what to incentivise what is going to incentivise people out there work people to get out there and work ? and you'll recall that ? and i you'll recall that jeremy hunt, changed jeremy hunt, he changed the boundaries. you like, about boundaries. if you like, about taxpayers. so on and so taxpayers. and so on and so forth. so it used to be the top threshold. 45% was 150,000. and that's now been brought down to 125,000, 140. so basically more people who are earning 150,000 were paying

people who are earning 150,000 were payin g £1,243 more in tax . were paying £1,243 more in tax. what you need to do is get people to incentive to get out and work. yes, that's not enough of that, is that i think it's quite lazy of the conservative government to blame. the one thing wasn't fully in their thing that wasn't fully in their control, coronavirus crisis control, the coronavirus crisis . actually, shrunk our . actually, we've shrunk our economy . i know. . actually, we've shrunk our economy. i know. not like . actually, we've shrunk our economy . i know. not like to say economy. i know. not like to say the word news, but no the word on gb news, but no pnzes the word on gb news, but no prizes guessing why our prizes for guessing why our economy shrunk by 5% more than any other country. incidentally, in the western world, when you combine brexit, certainly economy. so aside from that, the poundin economy. so aside from that, the pound in our pocket goes less far, it gets less in terms of the export market and globally, energy prices rocket didn't energy prices have rocket didn't expect to stay high in the expect them to stay high in the long term even without a war in the that means that the the ukraine. that means that the pound goes less far. that means that of quantity that more of the quantity raising that's pushed the inflation. think we were inflation. i think we were printing money that to a lot, but that to be positive. but that was to be positive. it's bit separate from my it's a bit separate from the my point is it's not just covid, but all of it means that previously blair years, previously in the blair years, for example, when our economy was much stronger

was booming, much stronger than most stripping most on the continent, stripping ahead very strong pound, we actually felt pretty well off to on household salaries. so my husband and i midlands yemen but now it's like oh okay was made the end of the monarchy because they were they were flogging all they were they were flogging all the everything the gold and spending everything and they said, when they and as they said, when they left, there's nothing left in the that that good the bag. and that was that good in put in the thing, in those they put in the thing, as it is as you said. but it is extortionate. it's out from 24 million under tony blair to fix of what they were of households is what they were saying before. and is now 36 million they claim, million is what they claim, which about more than half. which is about more than half. but need look at what it but we need to look at what it actually means. so beneath actually means. so get beneath the that sort of the headlines about that sort of stuff, how does stuff, because how much does education does education costs? how much does health how much do the health cost? how much do the roads, the you throw roads, all the things you throw into equation should into the equation should the bed, and fact that bed, you know, and the fact that the benefit fraud now is believed to have rocketed to £8.5 believed to have rocketed to £85 a year, including £8.5 billion, a year, including chancellor exchequer. chancellor of the exchequer. he's just paid a £1 million fine. but see, he wasn't a benefit fraud . like there's benefit fraud. like there's a real difference. i think there is a problem. there is culturally a problem for some young people, particularly who

are a benefits culture. and are in a benefits culture. and like you were saying under about how do we incentivise those kids to aim and once again, to aim higher and once again, only one of the big jumps are those over 50 in the postcode covered world. yeah claiming benefit. can we blame them benefit. but can we blame them entirely you've got nhs entirely when you've got nhs waiting lists of 18 months? if you can't get your hip replacement, you can't work. but there actually where do you there is actually where do you what the state do you what bit of the state do you prioritise? do you mean the nhs to mend people, to get them back to mend people, to get them back to what it feels like in order to what it feels like in order to avoid being criticised for being yes. a tories are being cruel? yes. a tories are just dead set now on this role of handing out. i will look after you. we will of course. we need we need a welfare state to cut to catch those people who are desperately and they are increasing by the day. yes, but cycle something has cycle logically something has happened feel happened between how we feel about the state. it's getting bigger and bigger and you're absolutely right. and i think this with the this is the problem with the headlines. you if you label headlines. if you if you label everybody a scrounger , those everybody as a scrounger, those are and basically they're are 53. and basically they're all scroungers, including me.

exactly especially as i think you talk of the less, by the way. so in fact in new book. but the problem is you're not deaung the problem is you're not dealing with the mischief and the mischief is those who are abusing the system. that's the real thing , isn't it? yeah. look real thing, isn't it? yeah. look at those people who are. oh, not even abusing. it's those who just see a way of life. just see it as a way of life. it's the psyche. this is what i just this has not changed. just say. this has not changed. this is society wide. and it's why you can't exempt nothing at the from the kid at the the top to from the kid at the bottom is of us. and i feel bottom is all of us. and i feel why should do something for why should i do something for not? phrase. why not? oh, i hate the phrase. why should but but i think that should i? but but i think that comment society and that people think what does it matter if think oh what does it matter if politicians behave badly? it does because it sets the national really does. national tone. it really does. yeah. we're going to about yeah. we're going to talk about that next section, guys. that in our next section, guys. but right will you be but quit right now. will you be turning electricity off turning your electricity off this during the cold this evening during the cold snap national is snap the national grid is offering discounts people's offering discounts on people's bills electricity use bills who cut electricity use between five 6:00. gb news between five and 6:00. gb news is business and economics editor liam halligan will explain the detail that for us after your

detail of that for us after your morning's news with . tamsin morning's news with. tamsin firth. thank you. here are the headunes firth. thank you. here are the headlines from the gb newsroom. it's 1031. a source close to nadhim zahawi says he won't quit as tory party chair despite growing pressure over his tax affairs. the former chancellor has admitted he paid a penalty to hmrc following an error over shares in the polling company yougov , which he co—founded. he yougov, which he co—founded. he hasn't disclosed the size of the settlement , which hasn't disclosed the size of the settlement, which is believed to be almost £5 million. labour wants the prime minister to sack him and come clean over whether he knew about the incident when he knew about the incident when he appointed him. party chairman . thousands of ambulance workers are striking for the third time in five weeks. unison and gmb union members are crossing . union members are crossing. england and wales have walked out along with staff at two hospital trusts in liverpool . hospital trusts in liverpool. further industrial action is

planned in the coming weeks by nurses and other nhs workers . nurses and other nhs workers. union leaders are calling for fair pay, accusing the government of not wanting to find a resolution. the health secretary, steve barclay says the action is hugely disappointing and warned patients of disruption . a 72 patients of disruption. a 72 year old man suspected of carrying out a mass shooting in california has been found dead by police . ten people believed by police. ten people believed to be in their fifties and sixties were killed. celebrate in the chinese lunar new year in monterey park near angeles at the weekend. ten others were injured. detectives say the suspect who can tran took his own life around 12 hours after the attack . households with the attack. households with smart metres could receive discounts if they cut their energy use during peak times. today after successful trials, national grid is launching its demand flexibility scheme between five and 6 pm. 26

suppliers have signed up to the initiative . it's also ordered initiative. it's also ordered three coal plants to begin warming up as a contingency with forecasters predicting supplies could be squeezed during today's cold snap . tv online and dab+ cold snap. tv online and dab+ radio. this is.

gb news. good morning. it's 1036 gb news. good morning. it's1036 on monday. this is best tennis day on gb news. thank you for your messages. lots of you saying congratulations on my award. thank you. i take it as an award for the whole channel and i thank you for voting for me. if you did. and then we talk about politician is and said it politician is and fraser said it just that these people just proves that these people who our country so out who run our country are so out of the real world. of touch with the real world. they haven't got a clue how people really live. like thinking a pensioner live on thinking a pensioner can live on

£185 they spend more £185 a week, they spend more than lunch every i than that on lunch every day. i was about whether you was asking you about whether you are fed up with the are also fed up with the conservative politicians or politicians seem politicians almost in fact seem to impunity. right to behave with impunity. right okay. across the uk okay. households across the uk could be in line for payouts if they reduce their energy usage. this in order stave off this in order to stave off nationwide blackouts. at least that's the reason we're given. national grid is expected to pay out r £1,000,000 out over £1,000,000 to households their households who reduce their usage five and 6:00 now. usage between five and 6:00 now. economics business editor liam halligan is here to explain this to me. i don't like it. liam halligan why don't i like it? okay. this a cold snap. when okay. this is a cold snap. when i got on my motorcycle, this morning drive to station morning to drive to the station motorcycle the little motorcycle? yeah. the little gauge minus eight was gauge said minus eight was pretty cold. it was a cold weekend. and so the national grid have warned that this evening there's no chance of a blackout , but their buffer zone blackout, but their buffer zone is smaller than they'd like it to be. so they're taking action . only are they asking coal . not only are they asking coal fired power plants to be standing by you, can you know, rev them up quite quickly , which rev them up quite quickly, which which is ironic. they're also

launching this scheme in england, scotland and wales. it means if you're signed up, you have to be signed up. you have to one of these 26 to be with one of these 26 providers. crucially you a providers. crucially you need a smart metre . but if you've been smart metre. but if you've been canny enough sharp elbowed canny enough and sharp elbowed enough up , then enough to have signed up, then if on your general if depending on your general usage, you can save between ten and £20. this evening by deliberately using less energy. so compared to the previous pattern of your usage . so there pattern of your usage. so there are lots of stipulations and there's lots of nitty gritty fine print and so on. but it is the national grid saying that they want people to get on smart metres. it's a way of recruiting people to get onto smart metres and they're saying if this cold snap continues today then they may this scheme to may extend this scheme to tomorrow well . so you've got tomorrow as well. so you've got tomorrow as well. so you've got to get on the side of your electricity provider if you've got a smart metre to see if they're one of the 26 that are participating. well, craig, head of national control at the national associates , jested national grid associates, jested the measure could become a regular winter,

regular part of the uk winter, not this year. it's not just this year. it's something strongly believe something we strongly believe and provides flexibility and it provides flexibility for the and the consumer. we the system and the consumer. we see this as a growing market, as a world leading step toward net zero. it's also political as well. the government is signalling to the outside world, particularly russia that we can deal with issues. we've got haven't got much gas storage in this country as people like me have been warning for many years. that means we don't have as much buffer reserve as the germans and the dutch. so we don't have big nuclear plants like the french. so they've had some trouble with their nuclear plants, haven't they? we have got power stations and got gas fired power stations and we coal fired we have got some coal fired power stations . so and we've got power stations. so and we've got renewables. lot of this renewables. but a lot of this also bev on the also depends, bev on the wholesale price for gas, which drives those turbines and sets the and sets the benchmark right across where, you know, the price of energy generated by renewables is benchmarked . so

renewables is benchmarked. so the price of energy generated by gas and as you say in the summer, one point wholesale gas pnces summer, one point wholesale gas prices , the european markets for prices, the european markets for around 330 make up euros per megawatt hour. they're now down at ,63 megawatt hour. they're now down a t ,63 per megawatt hour. they're now down at ,63 per megawatt hour. that's down from 150 just before christmas. and yet the energy price cap that the government sets is currently two and a half gramme per household. in april, it's meant to go up. yeah. to 3000. i don't think that's politically sustainable . it's politically sustainable. it's not. and people will be saying what's wrong with that? bev turner whingeing about these smart metres. the problem is it's a change. a significant change in in our behaviour that we're being nudged towards all the time by big corporate entities and governments . and i entities and governments. and i don't feel that we are the ones that are going to be advanced as an account. the big thing is when you get a smart metre, then it may be that your energy company , the case of my company, as in the case of my household and i know yours as

well, we've spoken about then well, we've spoken about it then starts taking off you starts taking money off you upfront. they've got several upfront. so they've got several thousand my and my thousand pounds of my and my partner's money taken direct debit to the view to give it and if the company goes bust will we get that back. we don't know why they sitting on several thousand pounds of mine when that's my money i could something money i could be doing something with may need it my with that. i may need it for my family, but it's a big for family, but it's a big day for energy because this energy because there's also this there's story about there's also this story about prepayment it, of course. prepayment makes it, of course. now, what percentage of british households think have households do you think have a prepayment more than you prepayment metre more than you would is would think? 13, yes. which is which is, you know, big one in seven, one eight. this is seven, one in eight. this is a lot . we from the lot. and we know from the excellent citizens advice bureau that every year around . 3.2 that every year around. 3.2 million households run out of energy on their prepayment metre, which is one every ten or 15 seconds. and in the situation where it's cold, the idea you might have heat, you might not have lights and you might have kids, you might be disabled, might have equipment relies might have equipment that relies on is life on electricity, that is life supporting . in some senses we're

supporting. in some senses we're an ageing society means is an ageing society means there is now focus is on the extent to now a focus is on the extent to which energy companies are forcing onto prepayment forcing people onto prepayment metres if they've got a record of bad credit or credit or own benefits or disadvantage in some other way. and that's why over the weekend the government has warned an ofgem is now warning this morning that they are keeping a close eye on what companies are doing, making sure that people who are on prepayment metres are looked after during this difficult situation . it's a bit like we situation. it's a bit like we would just talking about then about the relationship between the state and the individual and this and the psychological kind of interplay of the two. i i'm sort of appalled that in 2023 people are being held to ransom by these big corporations as to whether they can and cannot hate the house and put the cooker on to make the kids take. i think there is definitely a very, very big political crisis looming

because oil and gas prices are now well, well well below where they were before vladimir putin ianed they were before vladimir putin invited ukraine in february 2022. and yet petrol and particularly diesel prices haven't come down very much at all. and it seems that utility bills are going up. why are we not hearing enough about because the media thinks it's too complicated and they want to talk about cats and celebrities all the time. that's why it's difficult for people like me to get on the telly and about get on the telly and talk about this stuff. but i think people desperately hear honest, desperately want to hear honest, honest and analysis from honest facts and analysis from trusted people. i actually think there's going to be a big political row over called a social tariff. yeah a social tariff is a regularly cheap rate of electricity and gas for people who are financially vulnerable . and it happens in vulnerable. and it happens in many, many other countries . it many, many other countries. it doesn't happen now. now, the point is , bev, in 20, in april.

point is, bev, in 20, in april. this april , point is, bev, in 20, in april. this april, when that point is, bev, in 20, in april. this april , when that energy this april, when that energy price cap goes up. unbelievable given what's happened to wholesale energy prices from two and a half grams of three grams per household, th e £400 discount per household, the £400 discount that we all get is going to disappear . we don't know what's disappear. we don't know what's going to happen to it. so people are going to be in a worse position in april when that cap goes up and i actually think there should be a social tariff . you know, it was i didn't nofice . you know, it was i didn't notice this, i must admit. but earlier this year, 100 charities, including the citizens advice bureau , which i citizens advice bureau, which i mentioned, they wrote to jeremy hunt, chancellor, and they hunt, the chancellor, and they said we desperately need a said that we desperately need a social tariff. ofgem are now saying we desperately need a social tariff after 2024 when all of the energy support packages that the government has so far announced will apparently disappear gas well, you were talking about media. that is not afraid to tackle the difficult subjects . i won an award liam subjects. i won an award liam halligan in. i just do not know what you what are you talking about on social media and the tv

programme? come on, bev turner. don't hide your light under a bushel. well, i think this is, you pick yourself up . he's you know, pick yourself up. he's got going. she's got a few got it going. she's got a few fingerprints if you're fingerprints on it. if you're coming the next time, coming back in the next time, what can you bring a cloth and or i'll this what? i'm or i'll do this my what? i'm very i know that is my very happy. i know that is my role in life. i want to talk about you you might survive, about you and you might survive, but that's maybe for the next right. now, the hour, i'm right. now, the next hour, i'm going talking about that going to be talking about that new gigafactory new battery plant, gigafactory in was in the in the north—east. i was in the northeast the end last northeast at the end of last week. will it happen or won't it? got film to be it? i've got a film to be revealed exclusively here on bev turner sticking with business on our inflation is our economy, inflation is skyrocketing. energy costs. so the shopping the rise of online shopping dunng the rise of online shopping during pandemic, town during the pandemic, town centres streets have centres and high streets have had share had their fair share of challenges our national challenges. our national reporter chikomba has been reporter theo chikomba has been exploring what this mean exploring what this might mean for our high for the future of our high streets retail has been the mainstay of uk high streets for most of the 20th century, but towns and cities are beginning towns and cities are beginning to see more boarded up shops and falling footfall as shopping

habhs falling footfall as shopping habits change. businesses like , habits change. businesses like, this one, are having to adapt. i think the ease of being able to just buy things online , things just buy things online, things like amazon, where you can get it delivered the next day. i think that's that's what kills the high streets because i think, well , the high streets because i think, well, i'm not off until monday, so i'll have to wait until monday and then i can pop down the high street and go and get something or. i can get it from amazon and it'll be here tomorrow. i think people are tomorrow. but i think people are shopping but shopping habits of change. but then adapt to it. we've then we can adapt to it. we've realised habits it realised people's habits when it comes to having your hair done. people's habits have changed. according office according to the office for national statistics, retail sales decreased in 2020 to compared to 21, largely reflecting declines in online retailing and food stores as a result of the higher cost of living. but for businesses , what living. but for businesses, what is needed to tackle the problem they have here ? in the past, they have here? in the past, we've had a bigger selection of businesses on the high street, different shops , close shops, different shops, close shops, laundrette sweet shops. and it'd

be nice to see some of that come back.i be nice to see some of that come back. i think with covid, a lot of people obviously working from home. and we're taken away from the shops doing a lot more onune the shops doing a lot more online and it would be nice to see some new businesses come into the high street. sevenoaks district council looks after towns like and more in this part of kent. they say they did more than following the pandemic and launched a campaign to encourage visitors to return to high streets. they say more investment is on the way. £300,000 to launch projects and encourage more people to return to high streets. while investment is welcome . is it investment is welcome. is it enough for what's needed to boost the economy in towns like this? we're just looking for like what is available for the high street, like high streets . high street, like high streets. they're not they're not dead, but they're certainly dying and they need help. edenbridge is it's a it's a brilliant. they need help. edenbridge is it's a it's a brilliant . and the it's a it's a brilliant. and the high street is the high street. it's in the centre of what to be

a village. it's now becoming the town. so it's getting bigger and bigger for the heart of it's getting smaller and smaller. so the bigger the heart, the bigger the bigger the heart, the bigger the happy, the happier the town. business leaders here say there is potential to see growth, but innovation and investment are the only way to revive the high streets and make them more resilient as consumer habits change. theo chikomba. gb news. okay wendy been getting in touch? she says. why on earth is the national grid now asking people to voluntarily use less energy peak times? all it energy at peak times? all it takes is a text message, a bit of and i'll happy of publicity, and i'll be happy to usage. i think it's to change my usage. i think it's so true and passes between five or most families are or six. most families are cooking bathing cooking that tea, bathing the little ones and doing homework. the only who could the only people who could possibly the only people who could pos at ly the only people who could pos at work coming home later or are at work coming home later or staying in the pub. yeah it's bonkers. we're talking about it now. tessa is here and now. tessa dunlop is here and andrew national andrew bowen national grid paying paying homeowners switch off radiators. think ? radiators. what do you think? this big scam. how can this just a big scam. how can they possibly well, well , they possibly know? well, well, this does add up. it's a two

tier system , not just the nhs tier system, not just the nhs that you're going to have to around it, but also how you source for energy because you can benefit from the scheme can only benefit from the scheme if smart. so i'm if you have a smart. so i'm happy for my children to freeze and to smell stop a couple of quid but actually i don't have a smart metre so we'll just go out tonight be profligate with the heating but will it will incentivise you to get one of i mean that's the point this time this kicked in this our second cold snap we're veering towards almost the end of winter surely andifs almost the end of winter surely and it's only a couple of quid that going to saving. that you're going to be saving. so the effort, so i think for the effort, probably but my point is, probably not. but my point is, it does feel a bit like, you know, some for some for them and not you. so you i got not for you. so you see i got a smart metre. just go, oh that's good.i smart metre. just go, oh that's good. i can see what i'm using and some is quite good. and on some days is quite good. you watching it now? i've realised against realised it's being used against me potential to have it me and the potential to have it used against me only increasing by the andrew what do i by the day. andrew what do i think? you're actually think? that you're actually right always to ask why right and you always to ask why are doing this? and i think are they doing this? and i think it's increase the

it's actually to increase the people smart china people with smart metres china has for you use has an incentive for you use switch between the peak switch off between the peak usage hours 5:00 to usage hours what's up 5:00 to six. say most people six. so you say most people are probably work, so it's probably still at work, so it's going affect the other people anyway. why are they doing this? and look beneath the and i think you look beneath the mischief and the mischief basically people to basically is get more people to use metres. here's an use smart metres. here's an incentive, and then incentive, it's a bribe and then we what you're using. we can know what you're using. i know when you're using it it's just creeping towards more of a surveillance state will. surveillance state and it will. let's the companies let's face it, the companies running these fuel running these these fuel companies will profit. they will somehow their somehow use this to their advantage. not be for advantage. it will not be for our without a doubt. i our benefits without a doubt. i think we always look at the bottom. don't we think, oh, you know, benefits and not the problem the poor people, problem with the poor people, but the guys but actually it's the big guys at top are always at the top who are always reaping the biggest rewards. but there is something quite scary about . the national about all of this. the national grid really clear grid have made it really clear and should stress this the and we should stress this the lights going to go off lights aren't going to go off tonight. yeah, but to coal plants being put standby this plants being put on standby this is not a step forward. we're in kind of dancing on thin ice. forgive the metaphor. i'm we're

dependent on imports from europe and apparently france is short. we're short. and when we're feeling good, we give to france. and france, know, they and when france, you know, they give and neither of us give to us and neither of us like each at the moment. like each other at the moment. and a shortage and there's a shortage of energy, but it fits within the narrative heating or eating. you turn sort basis. turn on that sort of basis. i said, that's the mischief. more people interested look people i'd be interested to look at which will do at the statistics which will do in future, to say how many in the future, to say how many more people are going to buy one or get one installed as a result is creep the is the creep towards the powerlessness of as powerlessness of us as individuals, isn't it? just give powerlessness of us as individ powersn't it? just give powerlessness of us as individ power we it? just give powerlessness of us as individ power we need. ;t give powerlessness of us as individ power we need. give e powerlessness of us as individpower we need. give it powerlessness of us as individ power we need. give it to us the power we need. give it to us the power we need. give it to us a competitive rate and us at a competitive rate and stop complicating looking stop complicating it by looking into and knowing what into my house and knowing what i'm doing. it's complicated. look same commuting i'm doing. it's complicated. looi

fighting between five or six. now many rows and five seats now how many rows and five seats when the mum saying when the mum is saying to the kids, off your playstation kids, turn off your playstation , to get , the kids want to get a playstation and then she'll go to husband. don't put the kettle on. between five or six. on. it's between five or six. yeah, how kind of yeah, this how this kind of manifests in family manifests itself in family homes? conflict homes? it causes conflict issues, every night i'm issues, but every night i'm going turn off. i said yes, i'm going turn off. i said yes, i'm going to have a meeting. yeah, but i'm not saying, you going to have a meeting. yeah, but i'm not saying , you know, but i'm not saying, you know, there's going to be teenagers in there's going to be teenagers in the house are going to go, i don't want you talking about mom and going to be, you know, and it's going to be, you know, grumpy going, i've paid grumpy grandads going, i've paid for my i want me i want for this all my i want me i want we the stats we should get the stats afterwards division afterwards it causes division but does right talking about division gordon has division gordon brown has written the tories written today warning the tories about the water for two about testing the water for two tier health care systems . the tier health care systems. the fundamental point of the nhs . fundamental point of the nhs. founded on the 5th of july, 1948, is it should be free at source . so he wrote a fantastic source. so he wrote a fantastic piece in the times of it. did and he did, most of which i agreed with, because we are under a tremendous pressure. 10 million people didn't get the treatment they needed during the

lockdown and on and so forth lockdown and so on and so forth the diseases of of the the diseases of change of the requirements changed requirements have changed since the was set up. it's an all the nhs was set up. it's an all about cancer as opposed to polio and and so forth. the and so on and so forth. the solution, is not to solution, however, is not to charge people to and see their gp. he talks about the swedish model in the danish model where you model in the danish model where you pay model in the danish model where you pay about 20 quid equivalent. in ireland you pay ,75. if you go directly for a referral, is a lot but the referral, it is a lot but the idea, he says, is to distance enterprise people from getting treatment . and problem is treatment. and the problem is you're to miss the patient you're going to miss the patient need. oh well they in lockdowns people didn't go and get their cancers locked they died. cancers locked up so they died. now our excess deaths. i'll now with our excess deaths. i'll tell solution is tell you what the solution is and to love this is and you've got to love this is to say robots. i am going to tell you i'm because i'm a robot and i look what's happened in and i look at what's happened in milton where they milton keynes where they were fantastic. keynes fantastic. milton keynes is the shining people shining example where people have things, robo have engaged with things, robo bots which is bots and surgery, which is decreased the time you need to recover the efficiency is much, much better and they're doing that. just announced about that doing guy any procedures and so

on and so forth. reasonably complex . are you telling me complex. are you telling me i should a guinea procedure should have a guinea procedure with yes that's with a robotic? yes that's milton keynes and they've also got bots round got little bots going round delivering medicine . and milton delivering medicine. and milton keynes , italian guy , never keynes, italian guy, never actually had anything worse. can you ? honestly, i, i but it's not you? honestly, i, i but it's not about mechanical . it's you? honestly, i, i but it's not about mechanical. it's all you? honestly, i, i but it's not about mechanical . it's all the about mechanical. it's all the doctors will tell you. doctors will tell you it is the best thing ever. embrace robotics, embrace ai and it is robotics . embrace ai and it is robotics. do you just give andrew reality the only thing i've got, the big criticism i've got with this headline, gordon brown, remember him warns of tories testing the for water two tier health for water a two tier health care. we all ready have a two tier health care system so of my friends and people i love dearly and who really pool the idea of paying and who really pool the idea of paying for treatment, who find themselves treatment themselves paying for treatment because they around because otherwise they go around with or an ongoing with a catheter or an ongoing infection months. so way you infection for months. so way you reduce and you do you can reduce the waiting time. if could

the waiting time. if you could automate the escalation. see, i spent many medics about spent many, many medics about look opening my mind look at me, i'm opening my mind to andrew abel with your futurist intentions . so i'm futurist intentions. so i'm listening to you. tell me how robots going to save robots are going to save the nhs. things they will nhs. a number things they will basically procedures a basically make procedures a lot more and do so more efficient and they do so it's reducing recovery now it's reducing the recovery now that milton keynes was to get some people from milton keynes to talk about the practical steps that have been taken, a couple of glasses of old stuff that he didn't do it. robots all the future also artificial intelligence is the great way of basically streamlining processes if it can reduce the escalation and the times and work out the sensible way of dealing with it, thatis sensible way of dealing with it, that is the practical say the nhs is bust but charging people is not the way to fix it. embracing robotics and ai is what if we've got no time to do it? but now i'm still how to work. what you mean when you say i can streamline the system, i'll give you an example. so artificial intelligence, for example, for mortgage applications, sometimes

applications, which sometimes will about 30 days, they've will take about 30 days, they've now streamline that. they can do that minutes. if you turn that in 3 minutes. if you turn around and say, look, when a patient i'm working with a number doctors , a number of number of doctors, a number of hospitals so and so hospitals and so on and so forth, streamline the process. for patient videos. for example, patient videos. what happens your first time to go a they ask all sorts go for a gp? they ask all sorts of questions. sure the of questions. not sure about the procedure so on and so procedure and so on and so forth. simple step. we're forth. yeah, simple step. we're doing videos the doing the videos explaining the procedure patients feel procedure so the patients feel more to deal with more comfortable to deal with this, you this, of course. well, how you ask questions of a robot ask your questions of a robot and know just keep it and i know if you just keep it real, 50% of our need from , the real, 50% of our need from, the nhs comes on over 65 and actually they're not the most embracing of tech. many are, but many are. and think it can be many are. and i think it can be very off putting. actually very off putting. and actually there's like talking there's nothing like talking human to human. i love that so much more i've met her in much more now. i've met her in the have we time to the flesh. have we got time to talk boris johnson hiring? talk about boris johnson hiring? you i'm you know, just remember, i'm very inspirational woman very i'm an inspirational woman . so boris johnson, we are. very i'm an inspirational woman . so borisjohnson, we are. but . so boris johnson, we are. but i think we're going to talk about it in the next section because we've been banging on too much. i'm still trying to

work don't want to if work out no, i don't want to if i'm going have a medical i'm going to have a medical procedure, do not it. procedure, do not want it. so explain me a video on explain to me by a video on youtube, i want a doctor to sit down, explain it, and then if i have any questions, give me the dignity to ask those. and you can you can get both. can get both. you can get both. and that's the i'll take and that's the idea. i'll take you the process next you through the process next time love it. time and you will love it. i will change. i don't know about sales. right? that's the end of our first hour. we're going to be crossing to grenfell be crossing over to grenfell isolate brides took isolate after the brides took fire are fire safety regulations that are coming force. we'll coming into force. today, we'll be right back with more after this short break. i'm camilla tominey join me on gb news on sunday morning for a politics show with personality on tv, radio and online gb news the people's channel. britain's news channel join me every sunday at 6 pm. for glory meets in exclusive interviews. i'll be finding out who our politicians really are and what they really think . it's really are and what they really think. it's something you would never want anyone to suffer. i

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services . i'm to their local fire and rescue services. i'm going to also be joined by toby young to discuss free speech. what does it look like? what rights do we have now and to how social media effects that i'm going to be. joined by my panellists back here, tessa dunlop for dunlop and andrew ebo. and for a look some of today's top look at some of today's top stories. that's all coming up after at your latest news after a look at your latest news . good morning. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom. it's 11:01 where roberts in the gb newsroom. it's 11:01where in roberts in the gb newsroom. it's 11:01 where in the last few minutes the prime minister has asked his independent ethics adviser to invest a nadhim zahawi tax affairs . the former zahawi tax affairs. the former chancellor has admitted he paid a penalty to hmrc following an error over shares in the polling company yougov, which he co—founded. he hasn't disclosed the size of the settlement , the size of the settlement, which is believed to be almost £5 million. a source to the minister says he won't quit as tory party chair despite growing pressure over his tax affairs . pressure over his tax affairs. well, speaking this morning, rishi sunak said there are

clearly to answer . thousands of clearly to answer. thousands of workers are striking for the third time in five weeks. unison and gmb union members are crossing . ireland and wales have crossing. ireland and wales have walked out along with staff at two hospital trusts in liverpool . further industrial action is planned in the coming weeks by nurses and other nhs workers . nurses and other nhs workers. union leaders are calling for fair pay, accusing the government of not wanting to find a resolution . the health find a resolution. the health secretary, steve barclay's says the action is hugely disappointing and warned patients of disruption . a 72 patients of disruption. a 72 year old man suspected of carrying out a mass shooting in california has been found dead by police . ten people believed by police. ten people believed to be in their fifties and sixties were killed celebrating the chinese lunar new year in monterey park near los angeles at the weekend. ten others were injured. detect do say the suspect who can tran took his own life around 12 hours after

the attack. members of the pubuc the attack. members of the public who intervened were praised by the county sheriff . praised by the county sheriff. the weapon that was recovered from the alhambra location in which remember the suspect went to the alhambra location after he conducted the shooting and he was disarmed by two community members who i consider to be heroes because they saved lives. households with smart metres could receive discounts if they cut their energy use during peak times. today after successful trials, national great is launching its demand flex ability scheme between five and 6 pm. 26 suppliers have signed up to the initiative. it's also awarded three coal plants to begin warming up as a contingency with four courses predicting supplies could be squeezed during today's cold snap. squeezed during today's cold snap . meanwhile, the energy snap. meanwhile, the energy regulator is launching a review of the checks and balance companies use to customers on

prepayment metres. ofgem is threatening legal action if they don't take due care in the process. the chief executive says the number of people forced onto prepayment metres is extremely high and vulnerable customers shouldn't be left in the dark and cold during winter . experts are warning the recession expected to hit the uk be twice as bad as previously thought. economists at consultancy firm e y say the outlook has become gloomier , outlook has become gloomier, with the country facing less government support and higher taxes despite cutting deeper than forecast, the firm doesn't expect it will last longer than originally predicted . boris originally predicted. boris johnson has made a surprise visit to ukraine. the former prime minister who met president zelenskyy in the capital kyiv, said britain would stick by the country for as long as it takes . the pair also walked the streets of war torn buka, where

hundreds of people were killed dunng hundreds of people were killed during russian attacks . a during russian attacks. a charity is calling on the government to eliminate cervical cancer screening for the disease is at its lowest level for two decades. jo's cervical cancer trust wants home testing kits to be offered in a bid to reduce the number of no shows for screenings . nearly all cervical screenings. nearly all cervical cancers are caused by the hp virus . in cancers are caused by the hp virus. in england, the number of girls getting the hpv vaccine in schools has dropped 20% lower. and before the pandemic . more and before the pandemic. more than 800 women die from cervical cancer each year in the uk for red squirrels have been successfully introduced to the castle ward estate in county down as part of efforts to help the threatened mammal make a return . the spread of the return. the spread of the invasive grey squirrel has caused a steep decline in the population of native reds in the uk. ulster wildlife hopes the estate will provide the perfect

woodland habitat for the squirrels to flourish . this is squirrels to flourish. this is gb news more from me in half an houn gb news more from me in half an hour. now though, it's back to back. very good morning. welcome back . 1210 today on gb news tv and dab radio and what we've got this morning. dab radio and what we've got this morning . what has been this morning. what has been learned since the grenfell fire? well, new safety regulations have been issued which states that those responsible for multi occupied residential properties must provide on their buildings to the local fire and rescue service . will that make service. will that make a difference? we will find out. and after i won an award for being inspirational, did i mention that we're talking about the importance of healthy , the importance of healthy, honest debate and freedom of speech ? i'm going to be joined speech? i'm going to be joined by the director of the free

speech union, toby young, to discuss whether saying what you think becoming increasingly think is becoming increasingly more and, course, more difficult. and, of course, a news today. we've been a big news today. we've been discussing already involves discussing it already involves you asked to sign up to you being asked to sign up to the smart metre system, which could rewards turning could earn rewards for turning off your heating. don't forget to vote in our twitter poll. i'm asking you as households are being asked to with smart metres to receive discounts if they cut their energy between five and six today will you turn the off this evening would you be keen to sign up to that system? email me gb views gb news or tweet me at gb news to have your say . at gb news to have your say. stephen said, i believe it is wrong that the national grid should be allowed to have a demand flexibility service that discriminates against people who don't have or want a smart metre. we all pay our electricity bills and just because most want them, because most people want them, they don't want they have to suffer, don't want them. keep those messages them. sorry. keep those messages coming today. those

coming now from today. those responsible for occupant residential must residential buildings must provide information on those properties to the local fire and rescue service. the regulations are next stage of new fire safety legislation, which has been as a result of , the been as a result of, the grenfell tower inquiry. so gb news south—east of england. reporter ray addison has more this. good morning, ray. reporter ray addison has more this. good morning , ray. what this. good morning, ray. what more do we know about these regulations? i know there's been a lot of frustrate action from people who were affected by the grenfell fire that enough grenfell fire that not enough change has happened sufficiently . yeah morning, beth. well, it was just before 1 am. on the 14th of june 2017 that a fire started in a kitchen, in a flat on fourth floor of grenfell tower behind me now, within minutes it had spread to the outside of the building and then raced up the side of the 23 stories. and then spreading to all four sides of grenfell tower . 72 people died that morning as a result of , the blaze. now, as

a result of, the blaze. now, as you said, this new come into effect today, meaning that one person is responsible . each person is responsible. each building that's usually the building's owner and they have give information to the fire and rescue service on the type and construction of the walls and floors and the idea of is that they then have better chance of preparing a plan if events such as grenfell were to happen again. now, emma o'connor, as a survivor, she was a resident of grenfell. she joins me now. and ithank grenfell. she joins me now. and i thank you very much for joining me. what's your take on these new regulations ? simply these new regulations? simply not enough . and another tick not enough. and another tick boxing exercise is the regulator actions categories with . the 18 actions categories with. the 18 metre rule, which totally should be abolished , everyone's lives be abolished, everyone's lives matter . you be abolished, everyone's lives matter. you can't be abolished, everyone's lives matter . you can't categorise matter. you can't categorise people's lives . this

matter. you can't categorise people's lives. this cladding is still on hospitals on schools and hotels. why does disabled people's lives matter? not more than anyone else's. people's lives matter? not more than anyone else's . even though than anyone else's. even though the percentage of disabled people were quite high for it. sadly passing away in the fire, it was more able bodied people that were actually stuck and to have help from the fire service . so you'd like to see greater regulations which impact protect people who have disabilities . people who have disabilities. earlier on we were talking to justice grenfell and they were saying that the rates of these regulations introduced it will take till 2060 for 65, for all safety measures to be in place. what's your view? we're five years after grenfell. it's far, far too slow and should shouldn't be . it shouldn't be shouldn't be. it shouldn't be happening slowly. they can get things in quicker. they believe

they care about but not fire safety. so each building will now have a responsible person . now have a responsible person. and if they do not follow the regulations, it's a possibility of an unlimited fine or up to two years in prison . is that two years in prison. is that enough? definitely not. unlimited funds do nothing for the foot of people. that truly affects . and i'm sorry, what was affects. and i'm sorry, what was the offer just saying regarding the offer just saying regarding the penalties? do you think that they've gone far enough penalties? absolutely not. they that it's an unlimited fine for there's no there's no one who will take responsibility for these corporate people and the thank you very much can have to end there just to let you know we did reach out to london fire brigade and they said this is just the beginning in terms of improving fire of improving fire safety of residential buildings. they're calling a culture change in calling for a culture change in the. thank you, ray ray edison

there down at grenfell in west london. joining me now is liam spenden london. joining me now is liam spender, the spokesman for end our cladding scandal. morning, liam. what do you make of these new regulations? do they go far 7 new regulations? do they go far ? good morning. thank you for having me . it's i think the having me. it's i think the issue with the regulations, obviously, adecco . everything obviously, adecco. everything the grenfell survivor just told you. but the issue is enforcement . there's no extra enforcement. there's no extra money to fire and rescue services or to the health and safety executive to enforce these new regulations on unless they're enforced properly, they won't make lot of difference. mm how are the people now from grenfell, the people whose lives were affected by it , liam, do were affected by it, liam, do they feel like they've had any sense of justice yet . i think sense of justice yet. i think it's been a long road and yet to reach the conclusion but i mean this year it's six years and there's still no sign of any any real for the people who were who were involved. i can understand

their frustration . okay. all their frustration. okay. all right . well, thank you so much . right. well, thank you so much. and we're seeing pictures here of the commemorations, which the people of grenfell have to go through every year , forever in through every year, forever in our hearts, says huge sign that still hangs over the building. do we have any idea what the fullness of time, what will happen to the actual tower, to grenfell tower , presumably still grenfell tower, presumably still needed for investigations? is it even to this day ? i think that's even to this day? i think that's part of the reason it's been preserved. as i understand it, the ministry of housing has set up a group and taken responsibility for the building and they're supposed to be consulting with the grenfell community on the way. but i think there's definitely a plan for some sort of memorial. but i don't think anything's fixed.

okay thank you very much indeed for discussing that with us now. liam spender there. now the prime minister is making a speech from a hospital. let's take a listen . and apparently take a listen. and apparently he's . not. we've got a twitter he's. not. we've got a twitter poll going on today. we're asking you, as households with smart metres could receive if they cut their energy for use it cut their energy stream five or 6:00 will you off 6:00 today. will you turn off the heating evening? cast the heating this evening? cast your now. gb views gb your vote now. gb views at gb news dot uk . tweet me at gbp news dot uk. tweet me at gbp news. i think there is a possibility that rishi sunak might be talking, but i will let, you know, as and when that happens. thank you so much for all of your views this morning . all of your views this morning. gary i won't be turning gary has said i won't be turning power off at b&b. it's just not a control test of the a control thing test of the nation. they have do is nation. all they have to do is flowery up by saying if the flowery it up by saying if the planets, etc. this works , planets, etc. if this works, then yeah then what's next? yeah i couldn't agree more. i think we have to be really vigilant to these sorts of social changes without having again, it seems that of discussion that huge amount of discussion about and suzy has

about it does it? and suzy has i want help the country to want to help the country to conserve electricity . it is the conserve electricity. it is the least we can do to help. yes. but then we should probably and i think the vast majority of people would do that anyway without being somehow blackmailed by our smart metre . blackmailed by our smart metre. off the break, my panellist tessa dunlop and andrew abend will be here to debate some of day's top stories. first, though, time for a quick break. hello, i'm alex deakin . this is hello, i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from . the met office, a bit of a north south split with the weather scotland weather at the moment. scotland northern cloudy northern ireland, fairly cloudy but milder air has here but milder air has arrived here still england and still cold across england and wales , but many areas sunny. wales, but many areas sunny. thanks to this area of high pressure around top of it, the low pressure systems fronts just dancing across scotland and northern ireland, bringing cloud but not much in the way of but not too much in the way of rain. dampened drizzly in southwest scotland parts the southwest scotland parts of the far of england , too, far north—west of england, too, and across the far and some rain across the far north. otherwise, as i said, north. but otherwise, as i said, dry, thick dry, we've seen thick fog through morning over parts through this morning over parts of southeast england that that'll slowly clear some

that'll only slowly clear some places keep all day quite places may keep it all day quite cloudy conditions just pushing in to the east of east anglia and of course the far south—east. it's cold in the south. degrees if the south. five, six degrees if the fog , barely getting above fog sticks, barely getting above freezing, double figures freezing, but double figures across scotland and across parts of scotland and northern where the cloud northern ireland where the cloud persists keep a bit persists and, we'll keep a bit more rain , of course, more drizzly rain, of course, the north—west overnight . the far north—west overnight. elsewhere again to elsewhere further south again to see some thick fog patches . this see some thick fog patches. this zone from north—east england down to south—west wales , down to south—west wales, south—west england to east anglia. that's the zone where it'll be coldest and frosty bit more cloud in the south—east means it will be quite as cold perhaps here as last night. means it will be quite as cold perhaps here as last night . and perhaps here as last night. and another fairly mild one across scotland and northern ireland, where tomorrow mostly where again tomorrow is mostly with patchy rain. but northeast scotland, well some scotland, well see some brightness, spells brightness, sunny spells developing good chunk of developing for a good chunk of england quite england and wales. quite cloudy in far south—east. again, in the far south—east. again, some stubborn fog patches in the morning perhaps lingering morning and perhaps lingering all the all day, keeping the temperatures at freezing even where in the south, where it's sunny in the south, four or five degrees west, further north, double figures perhaps even milder today , perhaps even milder than today,

11, even celsius will 11, perhaps even 12 celsius will keep contrast going through keep that contrast going through tuesday evening well as the tuesday evening as well as the weather fronts just across the far north pushing in as we go into wednesday. that will mix things up a little bringing things up a little bit, bringing some south into parts of some patchy south into parts of northern england in particular dunng northern england in particular during and slowly during wednesday and slowly switching the temperatures . so switching the temperatures. so tending a little milder in the south. meanwhile, colder south. meanwhile, turning colder further .

nonh very good morning. it's 1120. very good morning. it's1120. this is bev turner today on gb news tv and dab radio. my panel are still here. i'm delighted to be joined by author and historian tessa dunlop and broadcaster and futurist andrew abel broadcaster and futurist andrew abel. right. tessa are we talking about prince andrew or bofis talking about prince andrew or boris johnson? which would you like to talk about first? oh, the two heavyweights of i think

we're going to go prince andrew then this the question of prince andrew . many of then this the question of prince andrew. many of us may have felt that's been dealt with, you know, and not suggesting for one moment that he's got away with it. but at least it fell off from the headlines . someone like from the headlines. someone like me, i'm a monarchist like i like the idea of constitutional monarchy. i totally what had to be dealt because it was be dealt with because it was a drip, drip, drip our public drip, drip, drip into our public narrative. do not stand narrative. just do not stand in case know what case those who don't know what we're with yet. virginia we're dealing with yet. virginia giuffre, accusations giuffre, who made accusations against of inappropriate sexual activity she under activity when she was under i want to say under 16 but it was in america. i think she 77 dunng in america. i think she 77 during the 7070 he settled out court we don't know for how many millions, but one of the premises of the settlement , he premises of the settlement, he did any guilt. and did not assume any guilt. and this is what he has clearly been chafing ever since. and he felt he was jumped into the accord because, of course, it was his mother's jubilee . and then and mother's jubilee. and then and then the funeral meant there's been no for this conversation.

of it's been triggered of course it's been triggered because tonight ghislaine maxwell, , did fell and maxwell, a convert, did fell and currently in prison in america for facilitating possibly the most notorious of all times. so one of them at least has is speaking out live on television, claiming has no memory of that photo . now, surely everyone photo. now, surely everyone knows that photo. the one of him, andrew , with these things him, andrew, with these things around. andrew what he's saying. yes, he is. sorry just i've just begun to. but isn't that the new twist on this is that the prince andrew has just inherited a load of money. exactly. with the queen's passing and now he feels emboldened, angry to take this back to court, to clear his name. how extraordinary. well, it's a mixed one. there are two things on this. he is saying that he was basically forced into shutting it up. so it didn't the jubilee didn't spoil the jubilee celebrations , is celebrations, which is a narrative that some they believe he paid 13 million, 12 million, and he had to sell his little chalet, which he had with fergie all sort of stuff. it still all that sort of stuff. it still haunts him. and they had the wonderful the musical on channel

4 over december , which is very 4 over december, which is very good with the best advertising campaign ever, because they went to woking express to the woking pizza express and said , if you missed it, you said, if you missed it, you better have decent alibi, which i think bit about what i think a little bit about what he's basically saying. he's saying the photo is fake . we all saying the photo is fake. we all know in this wonderful world of ai intelligence ai and artificial intelligence and that you can fake photos . and that you can fake photos. glenn maxwell is saying that recollects may vary i never saw this woman claire she's saying she has no memory. this woman claire she's saying she has no memory . yes and this she has no memory. yes and this this is therefore it reinforces andrew's point. yes. so it's emboldening his case. but she's in prison. so this has been triggered. yes, you're right because suddenly his pockets are somewhat deeper . and generally, somewhat deeper. and generally, when slug it out , the when you slug it out, the courts, those with the deepest pockets tend win. but also , pockets tend to win. but also, she is now been given this international i feel angry about. this is what i don't understand. so to sum this if he felt that he no case to answer why pay the money in the first place and therefore if he chose

to me if his conscience clear, he wouldn't have paid that to money what could possibly i think i agree 100 cents on his lawyers , according this lawyers, according to this report don't do report is saying, look, don't do it, leave alone? he is it, do we leave it alone? he is turning and saying that turning round and saying that he was basically into getting a settlement and the narrative would was forced would be he was forced into getting settlement. you getting to a settlement. so you don't jubilee don't spoil the jubilee celebrations. force into celebrations. you force into getting if you've getting a settlement. if you've done something you might want to kind march, he said. but he kind of march, he said. but he never he never admitted never he never he never admitted it never misses anything. it's without prejudice. what this points once again is his points to once again is his entitled he still is a man in shock. it seems something much have been thrown in. some of his stuff he can't kind of believe he has to say, well, what happens if you're born with talking of a spoilt man child babies? boris johnson. all right. sorry know a lot of you like him, boris. thank them. we always love sort of headlines and things like that, don't they? this bbc boris bank chum is absolutely genius headline . is absolutely genius headline. it is right. what's he done?

tests are. and do we think he's guilty of anything inappropriate? he's one of his big tory donors , richard sharpe, big tory donors, richard sharpe, who unfortunately quite quickly after this , basically after this, basically facilitation of an £800,000 loan became the chairman of the bbc and now it's unravelled because was this is a question of favours and therefore appointments my just so many stand out in this case first of all 800,000 price he was living in a government funded flat what did he need , £800,000? well, did he need, £800,000? well, i did he need, £800,000? well, i did ask this twitter. i thought the best response was to pay for his gazillion children, because he's not entitled to child he's not entitled title to child benefit. course, the benefit. but of course, the bigger is, you know, this bigger point is, you know, this is not a seemingly neutral organisation impartiality is the buzzword of the bbc. the chairperson of that organisation not only is a tory donor, by the way, that's standard fare under tony blair. the chairman was a labour donor, but that there was an introduction question with a guy called blye, the canadian bofis guy called blye, the canadian boris johnson's related to and

somehow they helped him because he's a distant cousin his distant cousin of boris johnson. and basically he gave the loan guarantee . but it does raise guarantee. but it does raise questions , impartiality and so questions, impartiality and so on and so forth , which he would on and so forth, which he would need to answer. i mean, and i think you're looking at that sort of principle. i mean chairman of the bbc, marmaduke lady hussey , had all the news. lady hussey, had all the news. she was one of the he was a previous chairman. very good indeed. and i know richard. he's a lovely guy . and i think we a lovely guy. and i think we have to make sure that we get away from just the sensational was his appointment as a result this or is it just really a question to be answered and therefore i guess the point is who is in the wrong yes because you know the headline is that it's boris johnson who's acted out with some perhaps some sort of he's tapped him up for this guarantee of the loan . yeah, guarantee of the loan. yeah, maybe boris johnson is in the wrong for doing that. i can't help but think if he's a friend of a friend of a friend, maybe a small world. they've helped each other out. should that lead

other out. how should that lead to the loan isn't the to helping of the loan isn't the problem. very shortly problem. it's the very shortly afterwards. appointed afterwards. he's then appointed as appointment as government appointment to this impartial role as this key impartial role as person. yes, the bbc but just quickly on the whole, johnson but that's if you see him out there in ukraine and of course there in ukraine and of course the timing of that photograph, of course landscape is not of course the landscape is not coincidental, such coincidental, but it's such a missed moment with missed opportunity moment with germany foot dragging, mealy mouthed their leopard mouthed over their leopard attacks, not even letting poland give tanks to ukraine. we give their tanks to ukraine. we should be leading this. we were so strong on it. and actually because of all the sort of quagmire of sleaze around, i think it's a tragedy. i can't think it's a tragedy. i can't think the worst thing boris johnson it in the johnson has done. it was in the papers week is writing papers this week is him writing his bomb that was his name on the bomb that was being sent. did you see a really awful image of him in kyiv signing his name on a bomb designed for russia's like who advised you to do ? do you not advised you to do? do you not see how inflammatory and provocative a statement that is just like prince harry talking about the taliban think you don't want to be associated with the and destruction the death and destruction and

all business away all that sort of business away from britain's from actually britain's clear sighted backing. sighted and generous backing. they relate to the very genuine thing we have been hosting russian oligarchs for far too long, but we a clear cut from that. and it's a shame that we don't have good news to follow through. arguably too generous. but anyway, listen, covid restriction fines still in restriction fines are still in operation in two thirds of hospitals. what restricting patients from seeing their loved ones. over two thirds of nhs trusts are still using covid restrictions without the key word in that is outdated because if it's no longer effective live then you shouldn't be having and all sorts of questions regarding the effect of a new been very about your views there's a lot of it but you have to question the logic so why is this happening and it's not necessary then it shouldn't be in place. what needs to happen? like most of these things, the key is about communicate, listen, explain it's why it's explain why it's why it's necessary. and then those questions have to question questions we have to question everything . what do you think, everything. what do you think, tessa? i mean, it's even things

like some hospitals are still the quality commission . the care quality commission. over half of pregnant women denied the support of their partner giving birth year. partner giving birth last year. yeah, i think just i know what's is particularly so feels quite punitive doesn't it. entering any kind of public health care space at the moment? i've noficed space at the moment? i've noticed that steve barclay's family, he's kind of scared of his own department because they're half them are they're half of them are striking. they're striking today. the ambulance workers. and this is okay. you and i think this is okay. you can make your own decision about covid it's almost covid rules. then it's almost like a little crumb because like he's a little crumb because i'm pay. you won't. i'm not going to pay. you won't. but you can. and i think the problem that health workers but you can. and i think the prob post that health workers but you can. and i think the prob post fromt health workers but you can. and i think the prob post from from .th workers but you can. and i think the prob post from from nurseszers but you can. and i think the prob post from from nurses and also post from from nurses and auxiliaries upwards. that probably inconvenient . probably is a bit inconvenient. you know dad wants to lost you know new dad wants to lost so it's easier actually . yes to so it's easier actually. yes to minimise the interaction with joe public and of course scientifically obvious , isn't scientifically obvious, isn't it, that actually the more people have around, the more germs you have milling around. but again, you know how we lived our life before code. this reason should indeed. but reason why we should indeed. but the and

the difference now part and partly of covid we've got an nhs as a tipping point and so over regulations we've got an nhs . regulations we've got an nhs. and they were told last march that the operations postponed and this massive backlog and. so they don't want to take any risk even they don't want to take any risk ever. but you have that human thing, you know, if you're mabel in hospital, then i come and see and you can't hear me because i'm wearing mask. a i'm wearing a mask. it's a little order. yeah but. but why have we. you know what happened? we actual bell to we never had the actual bell to say well, in march say covid over. well, in march we the call saying, i need we gave the call saying, i need it. i mean, we won't. it is in terms of how we live our lives. it to not now. we now it has to be not now. we now have to live with it. is there is the now two of flatten is the now two weeks of flatten the curve. yeah. yeah. i hope i hean the curve. yeah. yeah. i hope i hear. what metric was boris johnson to say. right. johnson going to say. right. it's we it's done now we're over. we still never but some people. still never it but some people. but back in march they said you can restrictions and this can lift restrictions and this is point. 70% of is the point. so 70% of hospitals are not lifting that in told in spite of being told march that was one. so you have that it was was one. so you have ask why are they in place? is it because is causing more because it is causing more damage result of people not

damage as a result of people not being able to see loved ones and so on and so forth? it's got to be wrong. if you needed to look at which i think most acute crisis, acute cases of, crisis, the most acute cases of, those coronavirus are in those with coronavirus are in hospitals. correct. so have hospitals. correct. so they have a narrow, different. a very narrow, very different. absolutely understand absolutely no, i do understand that. always that. but we always had infections going to be infections that were going to be at risky to people in at risk, risky to people in hospitals, coronavirus that came along was worse . i accept that along was worse. i accept that spnng along was worse. i accept that spring 2020, but what we dealing with now is no different to what we had before spring. but i think the key difference is a we have another endemic problem with covid as well as flu , and with covid as well as flu, and you have an nhs a managing. it's numbers. so any kind of risk they fear is going to tip over. and that's the landscape difference. i think there are no excusing yeah, no one thinks what i think, but i think that logic is flawed because i think the risk, you know, you have a pregnant woman going in to give birth. she's told you can't have your with you in your at your partner with you in your at your partner with you in your at your birth because covid. your birth because of covid. i agree that some man is instrumental, is

instrumental, inhumane and it is instrumental, inhumane and it is in absolutely right in that you're absolutely right and restrictions cause and if the restrictions cause more than good that's got more damage than good that's got to be wrong. so it's good to call this out. we need the hard facts and evidence. people should look at that is why say should look at that is why i say question why have question everything. why have they place? not they still in place? it's not reassuring. more reassuring. it's causing more damage good at the moment. damage than good at the moment. with the strikes, the government isn't control, which is isn't in full control, which is why have anything is. yeah. why they have anything is. yeah. and they've this is a and so they've left. this is a decision health care workers decision for health care workers . we're going to get . yes. so we're going to get science capping humanity , if you science capping humanity, if you like. and you know what as well, it brings it back to what i was saying earlier about the arguments that they'll have at dinner or dinner tables, five or six tonight. arguments tonight. this will be arguments in wards, maternity wards and in wards, in maternity wards and in wards, in maternity wards and in sorts of hospitals. you in all sorts of hospitals. you will midwives saying will have some midwives saying you in because of you can't come in because of covid. you have other midwives saying isn't fair. it's saying this isn't fair. it's not. she made, it's not not. it's in she made, it's not compassionate. that's compassionate. and that's conflict. division conflict. and there's a division and to have and we just have to have somebody the top where the somebody at the top where the grown ups in room making these decisions that aren't decisions so that people aren't fighting themselves fighting amongst themselves anyway, over the break, take a deep breath. do we need more freedom challenge

freedom to question challenge and yes, and debate the status quo? yes, we going to be joined by we do. i'm going to be joined by director of free speech director of the free speech union, toby young, after your morning news . good union, toby young, after your morning news. good morning morning news news. good morning . it's 1130 to hear all the headunes . it's 1130 to hear all the headlines from gb newsroom. the prime minister has asked his independent ethics adviser to investigate the tory party chair's tax affairs , saying chair's tax affairs, saying clearly there are questions that need answering. james holloway has welcomed the investigation , has welcomed the investigation, saying he's confident he acted throughout the former chancellor has admitted he paid a penalty to hmrc following an error over shares in the polling company yougov, which he co—founded . he yougov, which he co—founded. he hasn't disclosed the size of the settlement, which is believed to be almost million pounds. thousands of ambulance workers are striking for the third time in five weeks. unison and gmb union members across england and wales have walked out along with staff at two hospital trusts in liverpool . further industrial liverpool. further industrial

action planned in the coming weeks by and other nhs workers, union leaders calling for fair pay ' union leaders calling for fair pay , accusing the government of pay, accusing the government of not wanting to find a resolution. the health steve barclay says the action is hugely disappointing and warned patients of disruption . a 72 patients of disruption. a 72 year old man suspected of carrying out a mass shooting in california near has been found dead by police . ten people dead by police. ten people believed to be in their fifties and six were killed while celebrating the chinese lunar new year in monterey park near los angeles at the weekend. ten others were injured. detectives say the suspect, who can tran took his own life around 12 hours after the attack . hours after the attack. households with smart metres could receive discounts if they cut their energy use during peak times. today after successful trials, national grid is launching its demand flexible scheme between five and 6:00, 26 suppliers are signed up to the

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gb news now i insisted that we didn't do this next item , but over the this next item, but over the weekend the inspiration awards women took place at the landmark hotel. and thanks to you , i want hotel. and thanks to you, i want this . thank hotel. and thanks to you, i want this. thank you very much to all the viewers and listeners and everyone who follows me on social media. was shortlisted and i won the award for aspirational public figure i think is over a little bit. but anyway, i'm dedicating this award to everyone has award to everyone who has followed this journey and followed me on this journey and providing truth and providing balance and truth and asking questions that needed

providing balance and truth and as be; questions that needed providing balance and truth and as be , questions that needed providing balance and truth and as be , especially)ns that needed providing balance and truth and as be , especially since at needed providing balance and truth and as be , especially since springied to be, especially since spring of 2020, and most importantly , of 2020, and most importantly, in the area of freedom of speech . well, joining me now is the general secretary of the free speech union, toby young. good morning , toby. speech union, toby young. good morning, toby. i'm speech union, toby young. good morning , toby. i'm now speech union, toby young. good morning, toby. i'm now i speech union, toby young. good morning , toby. i'm now i would morning, toby. i'm now i would say most surprising, anybody i was most present anybody to be given an award with a public vote. and i think it shows that there is a real tide swell. there's a swell feeling from people who are frustrated, perhaps by the lack of and honest debate and conversation that they feel that they have been allowed to have since spnng been allowed to have since spring 2020. is that how you might see it ? spring 2020. is that how you might see it? yes i think there is a real public appetite to controversial , contentious controversial, contentious issues , particularly if they issues, particularly if they affect all of our lives. discourse just in a more open in the mainstream media. and i'm sure that this much deserved award beverley it being far too

modest but of course we should be talking about it and congratulate you about it. i'm sure that it was , i'm sure that sure that it was, i'm sure that it was due to the fact that there is this huge public appetite to more appetite to hear more responsible, articulate journalists like you raise questions about some of these big policy issues that is becoming increasingly hard to debate in the public square . why debate in the public square. why has it been so hard since spring 20 to have these debates ? toby 20 to have these debates? toby and i know that is a big question and it is multifaceted influence , but how does does it influence, but how does does it seem to you how would you sum it up ? well i think the fundamental up? well i think the fundamental reason that journalists and editors in the mainstream media were unwilling to really give a platform to voices , the wisdom platform to voices, the wisdom of the lockdown policy and are now equally unwilling, though , now equally unwilling, though, see a little bit more flexibility. but unwilling to give platform to people raising

questions about the safety efficacy of the marina vaccines. i don't think it's a it's the result of a conspiracy i don't think that the mainstream is being controlled by big pharma or the wef or anything like i think it's just groups . i think think it's just groups. i think most journalists and editors, senior professionals share the consensus view of politicians, of senior officials , of public of senior officials, of public health pension firms , that these health pension firms, that these policies are in the best of the pubuc policies are in the best of the public and if you allow too many people to raise questions about them, that will increase coverage in the case of the lockdown. encourage members of the public not to observe covid restrictions. and in the case of the vaccines, discourage people from getting vaccinated and it. so i think they do genuinely believe that suppress dissent on those particular issues is for

the public benefit and that's how they rationalise it i think i mean, i think that's a mistake. and just to just i mean, in the case of the lockdown policy, i think there's now much more discussion than there was years about the wisdom of that policy. and i think, you know, many senior scientists are coming to the conclusion that actually the lockdowns probably did more harm . good. and i think did more harm. good. and i think on the issue of sorry. no, because i know i agree. and i think for those of us who were shouting, the fact that we were going to have huge inflation and we going to have mental health issues we were issues with teenage yes, we were going have education going to have education attainment for some attainment slashed for some particularly poor youngsters . particularly poor youngsters. but have an nhs that but we can have an nhs that would never survive and come back from covid. these are the things were things that you you were shouting as well. shouting about toby as well. i know and i think lot of know that. and i think a lot of people the fact that people appreciate the fact that you trying to cut through you were trying to cut through as well. let me just talk more broadly and about broadly about speech and about this policing our this idea, of policing our language. jeremy take language. we saw jeremy take a really huge sort of amount of

really a huge sort of amount of abuse from public when he wrote his piece about. meghan markle and it took fictional scene and people took it very literally . people took it very literally. and did you see his piece in a newspaper he wrote yesterday where he raised the question who is behind? so much verbal? maybe that's the phrase we should use that's the phrase we should use that are being encouraged to use at the moment. who do you think . yeah, it was a very good piece and it was great to see jeremy clarkson fighting back. the free speech union started petition on friday. beverley directed at the chief executive of urging her not to sack jeremy clarkson as the host of who wants to be a millionaire and that's got over 35,000 signatures. i think if we can getit 35,000 signatures. i think if we can get it up to 50,000, it's going to be hard to ignore and if any viewers want to sign that petition, if they think jeremy clarkson has paid a heavy price for remarks which were admittedly in poor taste, but

which he's apologised for three times now, if they don't want to see jeremy clarkson cancelled and kicked out of public life, then please do go to change.org. such for don't cancel jeremy clarkson and sign the petition. yeah, i thought it was an excellent piece and it did raise some very good questions. you know, why is it that the same ideological cult seems to have captured so many different parts of our society ? sport, tv, drama of our society? sport, tv, drama . the nhs, the civil service . . the nhs, the civil service. and it is extraordinary. it as though we've witnessed a kind of silent coup in, which without a show and trace used, wasn't it ? show and trace used, wasn't it? i hate to silence you, toby young, especially when you hear us talk about free speech. we run out of time. good to see you.thank run out of time. good to see you. thank you so much for joining us this morning. now tory, politicians have talked about gigafactory was due about gigafactory that was due to built in the east at the to be built in the east at the end of last week. the company behind the new went bust. behind the new plant went bust. where that the project

where does that the project what does represent. our business does it represent. our business and liam and economics editor liam halligan from halligan is just back from north—east. what's going on up there? british thor was a start—up company that was raising money to build this £3.6 billion gigafactory, making the batteries that go into electric vans and cars. this gigafactory, which would be only the second in the uk, was meant to secure the future of car making in the north—east. because you need to make the cars near to where the batteries are built because they're very very heavy and uneconomic to transport. we heard this news at the end of last week so i immediately got on a train . we're making phone on a train. we're making phone calls the way up to newcastle . calls the way up to newcastle. we've got lots and lots of interviews . put them together in interviews. put them together in a film. this is me in the north—east examining whether or not that gigafactory at the heart of the so—called new industrial green revolution is actually going to happen. this scrappy piece of land in chemists just north of newcastle is the proposed site of britain's second gigafactory

£3.6 billion plant making the battery that will secure the future of carmaking in the north—east already linked to the national grid . this former power national grid. this former power station site is perfect for a battery factory , but not for now battery factory, but not for now because britishvolt, the company building the plant has gone bust. it's really, really disappointing for the north—east and for the uk to see britishvolt where we are, what we like to see. the government's effort to see, see if they can support the britishvolt or somebody else coming in to take over the site, which is the number one site in the uk to produce batteries . camas number one site in the uk to produce batteries. camas is number one site in the uk to produce batteries . camas is next produce batteries. camas is next to the deep water port of blythe, which is also hooked to countless offshore turbines which could power a new gigafactory . the north—east is gigafactory. the north—east is meant be the heart of britain's new green industrial revolution , with attention now focussed on chemists sites of huge potential . it's history in interest.

there is absolutely required for a forest site to be a battery plant . the power coming a forest site to be a battery plant. the power coming in from the north sea collect to link the north sea collect to link the power station supply to the national grid. the deep sea port here in blythe. all are key and the transport links are key to manufacturing batteries and getting them away safely . but getting them away safely. but britishvolt couldn't its vision to enough private sector backers so to enough private sector backers s 0 £1,000,000,000 of to enough private sector backers s o £1,000,000,000 of government so £1,000,000,000 of government money conditional on private investments also remains out of reach down the coast in sunderland , us energy company sunderland, us energy company tyneside making smaller batteries for industrial use has invested heavily . the company invested heavily. the company says new investor will emerge to build the gigafactory at chemists 20 overall. looked to enter the transport electrification space. look the east because i understood that this production capability was engineering capability and there was the talent and the depth of workforce to make that happen.

it seems strange this britishvolt factory isn't going to happen . like i say, it may to happen. like i say, it may and may happen. we're hoping that someone is going to be gone and be able to do something with it. but if it does go down and jobs are lost from a long term standpoint, we think the jobs will be packed up elsewhere. we're hiring, will be packed up elsewhere. we're hiring , for example, and we're hiring, for example, and we continue to grow and evolve our business. backing chemists local say the gigafactory is just another broken . pub owner just another broken. pub owner chorlton, son of the 1966 england world cup hero. jackie, doesn't believe rishi sunak's promises of commitment to the region. do you trust labour more to get this gigafactory built and no, i wouldn't trust either of them to be honest with you. i mean, what they do is to fight each other and it just it's just they're not worried about the people that live. they're worried about their own particular parties and their own particular parties and their own particular policies . and it's particular policies. and it's about the people live in the north—east and they're not being considered at all. local dog

tracey is also sceptical of rishi. sunak's claims that don't buy the northeast enough the say the two. but when it comes down to it. the daunt , the taunting. to it. the daunt, the taunting. don't get us wrong, they have done a lot of things right for other people. but i wouldn't say open a lot of people. it's open or a lot of people. it's against up here. the against the tories up here. the uk an estimate to ten uk needs an estimate to ten battery making gigafactory east by 2030 when sales of new petulant diesel vehicles are due to be outlawed. british volts plant would have been only the second, but well informed. locals say the strength of the sites and the local workforce means this factory will built. yes am hopeful and certain that there will be a plant at the japanese site because of the infrastructure. it is the best city in the country for a battery plant but not british volts failure exposes the tories to claims levelling up is just a slogan and voters here in the north—east and across the red wall will determine the next

general election . liam halligan general election. liam halligan . gb news. is that right? i'm wittering away with my panel here. thank you. liam halligan for that. andrew bowen is back with me and also dr. dunlop. now we are looking we all very aware of the effects that the last few years have had on the education of our youngsters. but there's a new story that's just broken this morning, actually, while we've about the fall we've been on air about the fall in first class degrees after a crack down on pandemic grade inflation, what does that mean ? inflation, what does that mean? what happened? certainly this marks the first time there's been fall in the award of degrees . the organisation that degrees. the organisation that monitors it was founded in 1993, so it's not just during covid times that . we've seen grade times that. we've seen grade inflation. there's a lot of factors that come into play. i know a bit about this because to do my ph.d. to get your funding, you'd of lecturing. you'd also do a of lecturing. and it's such a different now between student and lecturer because previously all day back we are so old that we have to be hands up. we our education for

free. i got a government grant to help me drink. i got free from the government. obviously it was meant to be for accommodation just on the first days, day , all from the state. days, day, all from the state. but nowadays of course, kids are paying but nowadays of course, kids are paying they might be paying up front building massive debt , front building massive debt, nine grand just for tuition alone. so they want bang for their buck. there's an expectation , given that they're expectation, given that they're not just going to be receiving a really high quality education, but that they're also going to get something worth having at the of it. does it explain the end of it. does it explain why the grades little realised families and statistics? my view is really clear. families and statistics? my view is really clear . they used be is really clear. they used to be percentages to . say how x x% percentages to. say how x x% would get first class. yes, that's on a percentage. we got up that's on a percentage. we got up a second and so on and so forth. my view is that if everybody is of a certain standard, then everybody should be afforded first be able to be afforded a first class think that class degree. and i think that would logical thing. also would be the logical thing. also if deeper into the if you look deeper into the article, they say to the percentage is still higher than it the pandemic. percentage is still higher than it the pandemic . what it was before the pandemic. what they're that 2021

they're saying is that in 2021 to 2022, 32% of undergraduate degrees were awarded to first class honour of all to 4% from 36% the year before. so you've got to ask, well, why that happening? is it because the standard is getting lower or have rise moved and have the bound rise moved and the trouble with these sort of that the headline things as opposed getting into the opposed to getting into the details that is. we details as to why that is. we know why there is foundry know why there is a foundry shift. also, there's been a greater example on greater emphasis example on coursework, can coursework, which you can control and you're you're control more and you're you're more likely to get your predicted our i remember predicted in our day i remember i went to oxford my entire three year degree was judged on how i performed in eight three hour exams in one week. yeah if i had flu my period , can you imagine flu my period, can you imagine anything could have thrown me off. actually, ironically feel great pity for those caught in the covid pandemic because it was such a great training. i mean, live tv, no problem . mean, live tv, no problem. you've got three, 8 hours. it's always a joy, especially this yeah always a joy, especially this year. we love doing it. it's a ward with award winning people.

so robot one day. so let it happen. and i know it makes me unpopular with your viewers, but just one of the other key things to pull from this report, the number of eu entrants coming to our fell 53. every our universities fell 53. every student not educated in britain. thatis student not educated in britain. that is such a loss of soft power in europe going into future. i'm well but then some people would say, but that's fine because what we want is born to take those born students to take those places. those have places. no, those places have been global citizens been taken by global citizens predominantly people coming in from india everything's 53% from india and everything's 53% today. is that 53% of all income tax and so on. and so if we touched on earlier in the show, but again have to ask why and it's no good just having the headunes it's no good just having the headlines explain headlines unless you explain what's if what's actually happening. if you happened, we you explain what's happened, we then try and find the solution. yeah this is a story yeah and this is a story i really us to do. it's really want us to do. it's a lovely obviously in today. this is called mark is a gentleman called mark frith. he was a bafta winning maker and. he got to 60. his family report. we bought bought mother's house of family business to his family home that he'd grown up in and started to

draw and has made it his life's work and his life's passion. he's now making a living of it, and it just made think. what should be revisiting ? for my should we be revisiting? for my child's wonderful, i'll tell you exactly what, i'll tell you lots of things. and music is one of the most powerful things best the most powerful things. best film, haven't it, film, if you haven't seen it, there's ballerina marta there's a ballerina called marta gonzalez , who was a principal gonzalez, who was a principal ballerina , at least in swan ballerina, at least in swan lake, and she was lost in a different world through alzheimer. what happened? they put some headphones and makes put some headphones and it makes you of tip. i haven't done you sort of tip. i haven't done look at it, but they play the main thing , swan lake, main thing, swan lake, tchaikovsky's swan lake and she just came alive. she's something , gestures and things like that. it brought tears to mind. you can remember the movement and everything. memories can remember the movement and eve all|ing. memories can remember the movement and eve all in}. memories can remember the movement and eve all in there. memories can remember the movement and eve all in there. the memories can remember the movement and eve all in there. the wayemories can remember the movement and eve all in there. the way thaties are all in there. the way that we can help people through this sort stuff brilliant. so sort of stuff is brilliant. so draw back to the early things draw go back to the early things that do as a child. that you should do as a child. it is superb. what i want to do sometimes just stand against a brick a tennis ball brick wall, throw a tennis ball back forth. that's back and forth. yeah that's great. me interesting great. me it's interesting because my day job is

predominantly about very old people experiences for people experiences. for instance, women who instance, the last women who served ii, etc. and served in world war ii, etc. and there is something joy filled , there is something joy filled, about watching these women go back . but but also back in time. but but also because human nature, we love to talk about ourselves. few talk about ourselves. and so few people ask these people actually ask these treasure information treasure trove of information about themselves i on about themselves. but i think on animal prosaic level, i grew up in scotland, i desperately miss it, but i don't live up there anymore. but i do find if i can work out a way of just transporting a bit, a lot transporting a little bit, a lot of it was about of myself, it was about foraging, pick foraging, going, pick the raspberries, pick raspberries, go pick the blackberries go and forage for mushrooms. all things. we were really and so go out in really remote and so i go out in london the park, a cane, and london in the park, a cane, and when the brambles are out, get when the brambles are out, i get pounds worth almost a thousand. it's not worth the time it it's not worth it. the time it takes. but the joy . it is takes. no, but the joy. it is j'oy takes. no, but the joy. it is joy and. i also believe the strange about talking against technology. but the more means of communication that we have, the less we're able to communicate. yeah. and i think what happens , people are what happens, people are now burying themselves in screens. they don't know to converse. so

i would absolutely get rid of technology for a moment. we'll come back to technology time. but if you can have that sort of penod but if you can have that sort of period where you get rid of all of of stuff and just of that sort of stuff and just engage conversation, sit engage in a conversation, sit down, a board game from down, play a board game from your childhood that your childhood or whatever that is maybe you could is the case. maybe you could tell powerless and say it like we've got back into playing cards christmas of cards over christmas and all of those, things. those, those things. and i remember i was talking to my brother weekend, we, brother last weekend, but we, you would just go you know, we would just go out in morning and roll the in the morning and i'll roll the boots the day. there you go. boots for the day. there you go. sometimes think maybe i should sometimes i think maybe i should just a sunday just wake up on a sunday morning, go out on my roller boots the day. yeah, and boots for the day. yeah, and this is these are the kind of things we need for our mental activities. what mental health support on do really support is going on to do really simple. it doesn't cost. and i say in the right i'm say walking in the right i'm sorry but raised in your cheek we were asking you i've been asking morning about asking you all morning about this i had two tweets, this twitter. i had two tweets, paul this move to paul running about this move to provide discounts for your energy. energy energy. if you cut your energy between 6:00 today, between five and 6:00 today, will the heating off? will you turn the heating off? well, you no , you

well, 82.3% of you say no, you wouldn't doing this in wouldn't be doing this in trusting, it? i've even trusting, isn't it? i've even had saying, had messages from saying, because such contrarian, because you are such contrarian, maverick crowd. i've had people saying at 5:00 tonight, i'm going to turn my heating right up just to make a point able. tessa dunlop, thank you so much i will see you again soon. just after that, after me is going to be mark longhurst, but i am bev turner. i'll see you tomorrow morning at ten. thanks for watching . hello, i'm alex deakin watching. hello, i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update. the met office, a bit of a north split with the weather at the moment. scotland northern ireland, fairly but ireland, fairly cloudy but milder arrived milder air has arrived here still england and still cold across england and wales , but many areas sunny. wales, but many areas sunny. thanks to this area of high pressure around top of it, the low pressure systems fronts just dancing across . scotland and dancing across. scotland and northern ireland bringing cloud. but not in the way of but not too much in the way of rain dampened drizzly in southwest scotland parts of the far north—west england , too, far north—west of england, too, and some rain across the far north. but otherwise, as said, north. but otherwise, as i said, drive, thick fog drive, we've seen thick fog through morning parts

through this morning over parts of that will of southeast england that will only clear some places only slowly clear some places may keep it all day quite cloudy conditions just pushing in to the east of east anglia and of course the far east. it's cold in south. six degrees in the south. five, six degrees if sticks , barely if the fog sticks, barely getting but getting above freezing, but double figures across parts of scotland northern ireland, scotland, northern ireland, where cloud persists and where the cloud persists and we'll a bit more drizzly we'll keep a bit more drizzly rain , course, far rain, of course, the far north—west overnight elsewhere further south, again to see some thick fog patches . this zone thick fog patches. this zone from north—east england down to south—west wales, south west england to east anglia. that's also the zone where it'll be coldest frosty . a bit more coldest and frosty. a bit more cloud the south—east means it cloud in the south—east means it will as cold, perhaps will be quite as cold, perhaps here night . and another here as last night. and another fairly mild one across scotland and northern ireland, where again tomorrow is mostly cloudy with but northeast with patchy rain. but northeast scotland may well see some brightness, spells brightness, sunny spells developing for good chunk of developing for a good chunk of england wales. cloudy england and wales. quite cloudy in far south—east. again, in the far south—east. again, some stubborn fog patches in the morning perhaps lingering morning and perhaps lingering all the all day, keeping the temperatures freezing even temperatures at freezing even where in the south, where it's sunny in the south, four five degrees west,

four or five degrees west, further double figures, perhaps even milder than today, 11, perhaps even 12 celsius will keep contrast going through keep that contrast going through tuesday evening well as the tuesday evening as well as the weather fronts just across the far north pushing in as we go into wednesday. that will mix things little bit, bringing things up a little bit, bringing some rain south into some patchy rain south into parts northern england, in parts of northern england, in particular wednesday and particular during wednesday and slowly switching the temperatures . so tending temperatures. so tending a little milder in the south. meanwhile, turning colder further .

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