break very good morning. welcome to bev turner. today on tb news, the biggest strike in decade is well underway this morning up to half a million workers are walking out. the increase in news. bitter disputes over pay , news. bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. news. bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions . schools, jobs and conditions. schools, universities, trains, buses , universities, trains, buses, civil service. they are all taking action today. are you fed up of all these strikes? all of you just learned to live with them. let me know on twitter. yeah, but it's not just strikes on the today. phil campion on the show today. phil campion and will here and tonia buxton will be here with of other news stories with lots of other news stories from the day, including a private letters of princess diana which going up for diana which are going up for sale . got lots to get stuck into sale. got lots to get stuck into between all coming between now midday. all coming up at the latest up after a look at the latest news ray . thanks, bev. good

news with ray. thanks, bev. good morning . 10:01. here's the morning. 10:01. here's the latest hundreds of thousands of workers are taking part in walkout weapons day, the biggest day of industrial action for more than a decade, up to half a million workers belonging to seven trade unions have walked oven seven trade unions have walked over, paid jobs and conditions. teachers belonging the national education union, the starting their first day of strikes, leaving 85% of schools fully or partially closed. education secretary gillian keegan admitted to gb news the deal is not close. they didn't break down, but they basically said very clearly, look, we do anything to stop this strike. this is going ahead on the 1st of february, but we do 28 days between this and the next strike. so we will continue those discussions. but what we can't do is offer inflation and inflation busting pay rises because we're really focussed on getting inflation down and halving the inflation for everybody . so we all feel better

everybody. so we all feel better and have more money in our pockets . well, ken and courtney pockets. well, ken and courtney is the general secretary of the national education union. he says the government needs to find the money. they never we'd reach these thresholds. they weren't on us reaching them. and since we've the thresholds, 40,000 more people have joined the union. well, so it does show there's a huge strength of feeling in the profession that government must act and put things right. i think gillian keegan is hoping that the strike won't be effective and there won't be effective and there won't be effective and there won't be any further action there. there could be further. she needs to do deal that that she needs to do a deal that that doesn't . border force doesn't happen. border force officers and bus and train drivers have also walked out, causing widespread travel disruption. train drivers belonging to aslef and the rail maritime and transport union taking their first industrial action of the year with another walkout scheduled for friday. aslef general secretary mick wieland told us workers are feeling the cost of living crisis . at some point crisis. at some point something's got to give . at some something's got to give. at some

point, some form of compromise to take place. you know we see it's not just rail workers . we it's not just rail workers. we see about a million people out on strike from the civil service to teachers to the lecturers to all sorts of people all over the place. so, yes, there's cost of living crisis. all workers are feeling it . and in all sectors, feeling it. and in all sectors, at some point someone's to take the shackles off and allow people talk and make the deals that to be done for the that needs to be done for the good of the country. uk house pnces good of the country. uk house prices have fallen for the fifth month in a row, down by 0.6% on december. nationwide's house price index shows the average uk home now costs just over £258,000. annual house price growth slowed to 1.1% in january, compared to 2.8% in december. it comes as bank of england is poised to raise rates for the 10th consecutive time. will rice of generation home told us demand for has fallen dramatically . meanwhile, retail

dramatically. meanwhile, retail pnces dramatically. meanwhile, retail prices at a record high after a rise in inflation last month. jan saw the highest inflation rate ever listed in the food category . food rose to 13.8. category. food rose to 13.8. that's up 0.6% from the month previous . meanwhile, clothing previous. meanwhile, clothing and footwear eased during the new year sales analysis by the labour party has found that an average of one serious offender on probation has been found guilty . on probation has been found guilty. murder in england and wales every week since 2010. meanwhile, every week two serious offenders on probation are found guilty of rape or attempted rape . labour says it attempted rape. labour says it raises fresh questions over releasing dangerous prisoners, with the most recent example being the brutal murder of zahra euna being the brutal murder of zahra elina by jordan mcsweeney . elina by jordan mcsweeney. shadow justice secretary steve told us one of the biggest issues is a shortage of staff. so we can see these services are collapsing. so what's gone wrong is back in 2014, the government

carried out, forced through a botched part, privatised privatisation , these services. privatisation, these services. everyone told them don't it? it was the disaster that was predicted . four years later, predicted. four years later, they did a rushed renationalisation. but they lost an awful lot of experience . an awful lot of experience. officers. there are parts of the that are still carrying 45% vacant, says . and finally, a new vacant, says. and finally, a new report claims that alec baldwin's so—called reckless actions directly caused the fatal shooting of cinematographer allana hutchins on the set of the movie rust in 2021. the santa fe district attorney's office alleges that the actor failed to attend mandatory firearms training . mandatory firearms training. both baldwin and the film's armourer have now been formally charged with manslaughter. if evicted, he could face up to five years in jail. showbiz reporter kinsey schofield says mr. baldwin's media interviews pnor mr. baldwin's media interviews prior to being charged could potentially be used against him . when alec baldwin was first approached by police officers on

the set , he says, i'm the one the set, he says, i'm the one that shot the gun. however in in interviews that he to media several media throughout this process alec says that the gun went off automatically adjust went off automatically adjust went off, he told abc. so i think that that really going to hurt him in the end, giving those interviews. when you have contradictory video , this is gb contradictory video, this is gb news we'll bring you more as it happens than it gets straight back to beth . back to beth. bergman welcome to bev turner. today on gb news tv and dab radio . what's coming up on the radio. what's coming up on the show this morning. there's only one place to start. walk out . one place to start. walk out. we're expecting more than half million workers to strike today across many different sectors .

across many different sectors. train staff, civil servants and teachers who, in an attempt twist the knife, weren't obliged to tell their school heads that they intended to desert their classrooms today. yet you heard that correct. they're all on strike. we're going to be crossing over to picket lines. towns across the uk in next 2 hours. and lots of interesting news stories in the papers today with tonia buxton phil campion, including teacher for refusing including a teacher for refusing to a transport. apple's new to use a transport. apple's new name and a jane austin . the name and a jane austin. the university giving university teachers all giving a trigger warning to private letters from princess diana. also that reveals she wouldn't have separated from prince charles if she knew it was going to be so, her words, to be so, in her words, desperate and. also major retail have joined forces with london mayor sadiq khan to call for a turn a vat free shopping for tourists . that's right for tourists. that's right for tourists, but for. not and of course, this show is nothing without you and your views. don't forget to vote in our twitter poll this morning. i'm asking you, is your day being disrupted these strikes would disrupted by these strikes would love know, because in some

love to know, because in some ways i think we've just learned to live them, haven't we? so far, 75% of you say that you will affected. so email me will not affected. so email me gb views at gbnews.uk to have say . so as i've said, say. so as i've said, hundreds of thousands of workers are taking part in walkouts at wednesday, the biggest day of industrial action for more than a decade. let's with the teachers. those belonging to the national education union starting their first day of strikes, leaving 85% of schools fully or partially . our reporter fully or partially. our reporter jack carson , outside a school in jack carson, outside a school in edgbaston in birmingham this morning. hello, jack. you've been speaking to parents there , been speaking to parents there, i believe, this morning. how are they feeling about this disruption ? well disruption is disruption? well disruption is exactly the word that i think probably sums up today. as you mentioned, walkout wednesday . mentioned, walkout wednesday. today, for every school across the country, it's a different

because for a lot of schools , because for a lot of schools, they've got certain year groups in. for some, they've got half and half. that's very much the situation here where they've got two classes in every year but only have only one of the two classes of the year group is in in the other child's home. so you can imagine if you're a parent with with two children, both saying four one of them in one year, four class might be in, the other one is being asked to at home they to stay at home because they don't staff with don't have the staff with teacher to be to teacher strikes to be able to look after children and look after the children and cover lessons. but i did cover those lessons. but i did speak one parent outside the speak to one parent outside the school's morning and this school's gates morning and this is what she told me these guys are than just teachers they are more than just teachers they do a parent is hard do a lot. being a parent is hard and do job because and they do this job because they want to. so should get they want to. so they should get what i wanted to do what they want. i wanted to do this job it's hard. so no, i this job and it's hard. so no, i understand why they do. don't get me wrong, it's a bit of inconvenience. but how many inconvenience. but look how many are today. the are striking today. the government be government should actually be listening. one or listening. it's not just one or two. most sectors. so two. it's most sectors. so they've got to do what they got to do in the same much more than

that, pretty much the feeling here in birmingham. a lot of the parents have spoken to us supportive of the strikes, no matter much disruption it matter how much disruption it may today with may have caused them today with their . but in terms of their children. but in terms of what teachers are asking what the teachers are asking for, know there's few for, we know there's a few things teachers are really things that teachers are really pushing industrial pushing for with this industrial action, of being the action, one of them being the underfunding to schools, the government that government in response that saying committing to giving saying it's committing to giving £2 billion of extra funding to schools. and of course, the other one, the other being the squeeze the school day and squeeze on the school day and hours the teacher workload. hours and the teacher workload. one one teacher on social one that one teacher on social media saying that, you know, how how of the jobs you how many of the jobs you expected during your expected to work during your times. what the teacher times. this is what the teacher unions are especially pushing for. but we know in terms of the government response, nick, give, give who's the schools minister saying that ongoing discussions remain, that very constructive and that it is disappointing that national education union decided to go ahead with these strikes and with all this that it's going to cause for millions of children across the country .

of children across the country. laboun of children across the country. labour. angela rayner saying that rishi sunak is he actually accused rishi sunak weak leadership and said the to come to the negotiating table to help sort out this chaos. but for many parents across the country we have the situation is that having to go to back to for some of them a pandemic style of teaching with some of their children being asked to stay at home do work from there. home and do work from there. unbelievable thank you, dr. carson. there in the midlands. so tonight is the ceo of education support and joins me now. good morning tonight. morning. good good morning. what is education and support? is this an organisation which helps teachers to manage the stress of their job? am teachers to manage the stress of theirjob? am i right? yes. their job? am i right? yes. we're a mental health charity working in education. we've been doing that for 146 years. so we're supporting educators, the workforce with mental health, with stress , but also trying to with stress, but also trying to shape the policy environment , shape the policy environment, create an environment where people want to and stay working

in the profession because we know recruitment and retention are such an issue facing the country the moment. well, hang on a bit. so teachers at the moment get about 170 days a year . the starting pay in in england and on qualified teacher the minimum is nearly grand in london maximum is 35,000. if you're a head teacher , you can you're a head teacher, you can earn up to you're a head teacher, you can earn up t 0 £130,000. this isn't earn up to £130,000. this isn't a terrible job, is it? i guess it is. if it was attractive that we'd be swamped by people to be in the profession and the reality on the ground is that we're losing more teachers each year than we can replace the recruitment numbers are low . recruitment numbers are low. they've been declining for the last ten years. they continue to decline. and we're now seeing we have in england, for example, one of the youngest workforces in across the oecd . and that in across the oecd. and that reflects the fact that people just can't stay in this job as a long term career. so there

probably are conversations , probably are conversations, other people who can give you a point of view on pay. but what we see through our is that three quarters of the education workforce experienced mental health issues in any given year. three quarters of staff report significant of stress and that rises to 84% of school leaders. we measure the wellbeing of the workforce compared to the general population and. the education workforce is in considerably less good health and. they would perceive that as being a result of workforce pressure, work, workload , pressure, work, workload, pressure. then the wider general population. so there's some really serious mental health issues , chronic stress issues issues, chronic stress issues and that has an impact on people's health in the long term . it certainly affects their willingness to stay in the job. well, the thing is, should teachers have better luck around for a very, very long time? and why not previously why do teachers not previously have sorts of mental have these sorts of mental health job health issues? the teaching job in hasn't changed that in itself hasn't changed that much, it ? that's a great much, has it? that's a great question, but i think that's exactly actually the nub of the issue. the teaching job has

changed really dramatically, and i when talk to i think when you talk to teachers you understand teachers and you understand what's them out the what's taking them out to the front line, it is precisely that we here. we are. we're in we have here. we are. we're in an austerity covid sandwich. we had a decade of austerity we then had a once in a generation pandemic to contend with . and pandemic to contend with. and we're back into austerity again . and the net effect to that in schools is really real. so we education recovery trying to help children and young people get back to where they were before the pandemic. we've done it a significant increase in special educational needs schools. we've got rosie levels of mental health issues for and young people which turn up in our schools. and we know how families and children living in poverty with teachers taking kids clothes home to wash them, paying kids clothes home to wash them, paying for uniforms and food. so think it is exactly that that the nature of the job has changed over the last ten years. we've seen a decimation of children's care service , a children's care service, a schools hoover up but broken wider public position . so you've

wider public position. so you've got teachers taking home about safeguarding , dealing with safeguarding, dealing with families who've got very serious domestic situations and as i say, routine , actually dealing say, routine, actually dealing with children who are really not well but have no access to because children's mental health services are unable to take referrals . i totally appreciate referrals. i totally appreciate all of the above and i have no doubt those situations are true . but what you describing is a picture in which children, all the victims of various other services is all parents which have let them down in that situation. the people who should be looking after these kids are teachers. and yet by the teachers. and yet by the teachers or making the children victims of their action as well i think when you look at the overall funding . so for example overall funding. so for example , i spend more on my weekly shop now than i ever have spending on. my weekly shop is at its highest ever level. however, the amount of food i bring home for thatis amount of food i bring home for

that is considerably less than it used to be. and we see parallel process in education spending be high, the demand spending be high, but the demand in the system is much higher still . we are burning through still. we are burning through teachers who've come into the profession with a sense of vocation because actually they get there. there are insufficient resources , there insufficient resources, there are more issues facing and young people than are being funded to be dealt with and the experience deeply dissatisfying and demoralised . if you were someone demoralised. if you were someone who's gone into this job, as the vast majority do with the real commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people, but the resources just aren't there to let you do that. that's a pretty dreadful place . be a pretty dreadful place. be you're and you're watching children and young struggle. you know, young people struggle. you know, something could be but the something could be done, but the resources aren't there. and indeed, comes to mental indeed, when it comes to mental health, you if you are health, you know, if you are burnt an exhausted and we see burnt as an exhausted and we see very levels of this the very high levels of this in the workforce due workload , you workforce due to workload, you can't and do the best can't turn up and do the best you for those kids in the you can for those kids in the classroom the quality of classroom because the quality of teaching matters. teaching of course matters. and i think that's why you see 62%

of mumsnet users supporting strikes. and it's why as your interviewee in birmingham just said, there , parents understand said, there, parents understand this. they see it. and parents like me who've had kids go through the system, we can see the difference now for our younger children to younger children compared to what available older what was available for our older children. think that's why children. i think that's why you're support parents you're seeing support parents for all thank you for this. okay. all thank you sean. age appropriate to that the ceo of education support . the ceo of education support. the irony is not lost on me that when were calling for when teachers were calling for more and the economy more lockdowns and the economy was about tank. we would have was about to tank. we would have nothing in the coffers. nothing left in the coffers. this was going to . and now this was going to. and now here they are striking anyway. right let me know what you think, won't you? onto our next of strikes is university workers. this time over 70,000. you see you members are striking across uk in february and march . uk in february and march. joining us now is gb news, northern ireland reporter dougie beattie. he's outside queen's university in belfast. dougie us about these strikes . what did about these strikes. what did this particular group of people moaning about? well these

strikes right from the first of all, they're very and sodden queen's university in belfast and yes these university lecturers behind us are striking over number of issues. they say that they haven't been looked at in 15 years. and basically their work they're getting for work they're getting paid for four working five, four days, but working five, they their pensions secured they want their pensions secured . they want casual workers looked at more closely . and of looked at more closely. and of course, they want a pay in line with inflation. and i spoke with sean o'connell. he is the president of the branch here at queen's university, and he thinks that there's plenty of money, but it must be put out better. well, we're here. it's a take it action. for five years, we've had 15 years of real terms pay we've had 15 years of real terms pay cuts of 25. so we want a pay rise . a real pay rise. we've had rise. a real pay rise. we've had a 35% pension cut. so we want negotiations to return some of those cuts as we think they're entirely unfair and they're based on flawed financial analysis and the financial times agrees with us on that . and we

agrees with us on that. and we want real solutions to the significant workload issues and issues of casuals that are factor here at queen's and across higher education in the uk. okay thank you to you there in northern ireland. get two votes in our twitter poll this morning. so very well talking about the strikes and no, they are affecting kids school . are affecting kids in school. parents can't send their parents who can't send their kids school they might kids to school today, they might be want to know be affecting you. i want to know if your day today if they are. has your day today been disrupted by . the. at the been disrupted by. the. at the moment, 76% of you are not affected. you say as always send me an email as well, gb views at gbnews.uk. i will get to as many of them as i can. after the we're going to welcome my panel , broadcaster tonia buxton and former stripper phil campion . i former stripper phil campion. i know they'll have a few choice words for, those who are striking. tanya, actually is a former teacher. striking. tanya, actually is a former teacher . so stay tuned to former teacher. so stay tuned to see what they have to say. so you can .

take very good morning. welcome back. time to stay on tv news. thanks for finding us. now let me introduce you to panel this morning. i am pleased to be joined by broadcaster and restaurateur and restaurateur tonia buxton and former ss trooper and author fale campion. good to have you here, let's talk about here, guys let's talk about these strikes. i was getting a little wound up there listening these strikes. i was getting a lit'the vound up there listening these strikes. i was getting a lit'the womanp there listening these strikes. i was getting a lit'the woman whoere listening these strikes. i was getting a lit'the woman who looks ening these strikes. i was getting a lit'the woman who looks afteri to the woman who looks after these as these teachers, tanya, as 500,000 people across the 500,000 people strike across the country , today's effectively country, today's effectively triggered mini triggered a kind of mini lockdown lot of parents. lockdown for a lot of parents. apparently, they have terrible job. it's all because of their mental health and they can't cope with it. why teachers cope with it. why did teachers used able to cope with and used to be able to cope with and now can't. you raise now they can't. well, you raise such great point when you said such a great point when you said dunng such a great point when you said during lockdown, teachers during lockdown, these teachers were, asking more were, you know, asking more lockdowns draconian lockdowns and more draconian ways that children couldn't ways that the children couldn't go school . all of this. go into school. all of this. what they the money was what did they the money was coming first foremost. coming from first and foremost. so don't know if you know. but i

was a schoolteacher. yes you mentioned it. i think. and so i worked in tottenham, which is quite challenging area and most of all. and i had a lot of kids in my class that were necessarily abused but severe neglect was their neglect and school was their safe . i wouldn't be striking now safe. i wouldn't be striking now if i was a teacher because i knew too many of those kids needed someone to come into i couldn't do it. and the way that the unions behaved during lockdown forgive lockdown i will never forgive them for what they did for children they could of insisted that teachers went in they could have done their decent. besides that you hear the. okay let that when you hear the. okay let me just play devil's the lady who was interviewing just who i was interviewing just before that they before who was saying that they don't the resources the don't have the resources in the classroom. they have the classroom. they don't have the teaching assistant. they don't have for so many more have the help for so many more kids needs than kids with learning needs than we've before and we've ever had before and the disruption actually they disruption and actually they need to make a statement not for just but for the sake just their pay but for the sake of all children of of all the children of education. i understand and i agree it. i'm not a teacher agree with it. i'm not a teacher anymore. was too hard that it anymore. i was too hard that it was too hard. you know, my whole

life was. i no time for my life was. i had no time for my own children because of everything into teaching. everything went into teaching. it hard. so, yes, i it was just too hard. so, yes, i do think that to be best do think that needs to be best resources, i think the resources, but i think that the way is broken up way the money is broken up wrong. i don't know whether we should have lots of teaching assistants. i think should assistants. i think we should just sure we get the just make sure that we get the best unfortunately, best teachers. unfortunately, when across when i was teaching, i across some terrible teachers, some really terrible teachers, i came had gone came across people who had gone on their degrees, didn't on into their degrees, didn't really wanted to really know what they wanted to do. a kind of pgce became do. so did a kind of pgce became a teacher. it was an easy job get and were vocational get and were not vocational teachers. need to teachers. yes, we need to encourage vocational who love kids, want to teach we kids, who want to teach and we also get rid of all of also need to get rid of all of this rubbish. you. one the this rubbish. you. one of the stories come place stories that's come out place was that trans argument, gender and, all these of and, all these kind of non—teaching educational things are schools are are coming into. schools are tying up and they can't tying teachers up and they can't teach properly . yeah, there's a teach properly. yeah, there's a lot the system . do lot wrong with the system. do agree phil campion , agree with that. phil campion, me you. i know that you me come to you. i know that you feel really strongly the wellbeing of young people. absolutely. so how do you feel on a day like today, the wellbeing children is the wellbeing of the children is the primary thing of this. so

primary thing in all of this. so that's being overlooked a little bit . i think what's striking, bit. i think what's striking, you have had a tough you know, kids have had a tough time. they continue to have a tough time. and as you know, it was alluded to, there, this is a safe space some kids. this safe space for some kids. this is where they can is a space where they can actually and something and actually go and do something and feel they're achieving and feel like they're achieving and feel like they're achieving and feel yeah it's i don't feel wanted. yeah it's i don't feel wanted. yeah it's i don't feel into feel that taken into consideration. teachers more consideration. teachers get more time off than your mine safety coach you they coach know that, you know, they really so, you know really work. and so, you know you have your teacher training days. don't you spend of days. why don't you spend of those days constructively looking change the looking about you can change the situation a year situation and 70 days a year houday situation and 70 days a year holiday absolutely. situation and 70 days a year ho|much absolutely. situation and 70 days a year ho|much time absolutely. situation and 70 days a year ho|much time off absolutely. situation and 70 days a year ho|much time off to ibsolutely. situation and 70 days a year ho|much time off to uselutely. situation and 70 days a year ho|much time off to use some of so much time off to use some of that time off to other people to try and entice in that off and see what you can make the you know there because you're supposed be resourceful people take some of that resourcefulness and start at how you improve the situation. you can improve the situation. don't and whinge don't just sit back and whinge and your feet. not and stamp your feet. i'm not coming right , and stamp your feet. i'm not coming right, is it? no coming in today right, is it? no i don't think it is. i mean i sympathise them as we know this is a valuable job. it is the most important. we all, all of us would agree on that. yeah.

and yet there's something wrong with mentality. it seems of with the mentality. it seems of the people who are going to in now of the teachers that now some of the teachers that just just me, me . what just it's just me, me. what about me? what your kids. i mean, worse than the strike as well. these ones are their children. to stand on the picket line them. what's that? teaching them. well, so my you know, people power i was taught is not teaching it at all in my view . teaching it at all in my view. in my opinion, it's teaching you to stand you until you get what you want. and it's not how i brought my kids up. it's this just the fact that they're asking too money. tania asking for too much money. tania isn't that they're asking isn't it, that they're asking for not for something that is just not reasonable and maybe they just have to all come together, negotiate and come sort negotiate and come to some sort of reasonable settlement. i agree they they i agree with that. they they i don't you enough don't think you just get enough money do there a lot of money and we do there a lot of time obviously we knew time off but obviously we knew when teacher's you when you a teacher's wage you haven't much money to do haven't got much money to do anything with that off. i remember that because i during the would train the holidays would train people's did people's personal and did lots of i wrote books of things. i wrote books or articles. everything to

articles. i did everything to subsidise training. subsidise my teaching training. it it wasn't. it was teaching, but it wasn't. my it was teaching, but it wasn't. my problem is, is i know we're talking about the strikes now, but to go all but i think we need to go all the way back and make sure that we encourage the kind we encourage the right kind of people teaching and people to go into teaching and we good teachers. and we we get good teachers. and we reward and get rid reward teachers and we get rid of bad teachers. do you know how hard is to get rid about hard it is to get rid of about teachers? yes very hard. yeah, absolutely. no right. okay. but talking older generation talking of the older generation of this of students, university now this is university of greenwich. is the university of greenwich. it's given a trigger warning to poor pupils who may not have the strength of character to read a jane austen novel without being by the gender stereotype and the sexism . phil campion, let me sexism. phil campion, let me come to you this. how how fragile will most of these young people this bonkers and what's it showing them to them? and this is the same university, by the way, who are on strike at the way, who are on strike at the moment. i mean, that's incredibly, incredibly insane. it's empirical if you're going to and nobody wants to sign them

into it like this, this this stuff can't carry on. surely where's it going to get to where we're actually going to get this stuff? you know, i mean, it needs ironing out. well, any society always changes the rules for the accommodation of those who can't who can't cope. that sounds terrible . you know, we sounds terrible. you know, we need we need a welfare state. we need we need a welfare state. we need to look after people who need to look after people who need genuine. but it feels at the moment that we're creating a kind everybody is kind of victim mind everybody is just if everybody needs a little victim. i mean, i've to victim. i mean, i've got to have my little thing this went my little thing that this went all years get from it what all four years get from it what you actually were trying to achieve from it, which is some literature skills. take it for what not mean. if you what it is to not mean. if you don't like you don't have to don't like it, you don't have to read that's right. read it. that's right. and that's the is. you know, that's the way it is. you know, you're trying to, you know, saying that the gothic literature worse. well literature was even worse. well it in 1817, of it was written in 1817, of course, austen. has it's course, jane austen. it has it's apparent. it's the gender stereotyping. tanya it contains toxic relationships and friendships. that is what jane austen did . i mean, she would be

austen did. i mean, she would be turning in a great, brilliant. but it wasn't she. she took the mickey of every everybody. and that's why she was brilliant. how is this costing? how much fun is this costing? how much fun is this costing? how money it costing to how much money is it costing to put these trigger warnings all over why you put that over the shop? why you put that money into educating? why don't over the shop? why you put that mor do into educating? why don't over the shop? why you put that mor do that educating? why don't over the shop? why you put that mor do that with ating? why don't over the shop? why you put that mor do that with atingmoney?|on't over the shop? why you put that mor do that with atingmoney? i'm you do that with the money? i'm so sick . this. makes my blood so sick. this. it makes my blood boil. and you know what? it really does? it just absolutely people who actually have mental health. yeah now, i know people who severely from depression , who severely from depression, who severely from depression, who are who their world is , is who are who their world is, is wracked by the problems that they have with their mental health. and then you're coming out with fluff, rubbish fluff , out with fluff, rubbish fluff, stop it, because it just belittles the reality of health. well, the logic is just so that because if you are sat with your headin because if you are sat with your head in your hands like like we largely this is what the open university spokesman said about it. a small number of may have suffered from trauma in their past and may benefit from a pnor past and may benefit from a prior warning with those students in mind, we believe. we think it is sensible to flag some course content and work

with them so they too can have the to access these the opportunity to access these classic tests . text disagreement classic tests. text disagreement and they're almost all the flag in something that doesn't need to be stuck in there making . it to be stuck in there making. it a big deal if they're making a genuine victim of trauma some sort of traumatic past. genuine victim of trauma some sort of traumatic past . don't sort of traumatic past. don't know what kind of trauma you could have from gender stereotyping or , you know, a stereotyping or, you know, a nicely sketched character . but nicely sketched character. but anyway, because they have these toxic if you genuinely toxic. if you are genuinely a victim of a toxic relationship , victim of a toxic relationship, the last thing that's going to bother you is a passage in a century novel . i can't see in century novel. i can't see in any way, shape or shape or form or this would damage anybody in particular, you know ? no, i particular, you know? no, i think maybe they're trying condition people into having fragile mental state. we're stopping our kids from being resilient anymore. i'm tough on. we will say no, no, no. are you sure you're not and suffering andifs sure you're not and suffering and it's all when you read this it's almost like it's like the that went on during lockdown

it's that's going it's almost a nudge that's going on education. tell the kids on in education. tell the kids that they're fragile, that can't take not emotionally take it. they're not emotionally intelligent, robust. intelligent, they're not robust. and just parents are and the more just parents are nothing and become weaker and weaker. don't think missiles weaker. don't you think missiles 7 weaker. don't you think missiles ? there is definitely ? i think there is definitely of, you know, some of the quite a few times just lately tough times, good, tough people weren't an easy time in weren't quite an easy time in the and it's creating the moment and it's creating even people. our even easier people. kate's our later you know i to kids later you know i say to my kids all time you know what life all the time you know what life is tough but you are tougher now the a shocking story . the break, a shocking story. failed seeker who failed iranian asylum seeker who should have been removed from the ? yes, yes. go is due to the uk? yes, yes. go is due to be sentenced today for the brutal killing of an elderly woman had given him a home woman who had given him a home home editor white home security editor matt white will studio to will join me the studio to discuss news . discuss that after your news. 10:32 on radisson in the gb newsroom hundreds of thousands of workers are taking part in walkout wednesday the biggest day of industrial action for more than a decade up to half a

million workers belonging to seven trade unions are striking over pay jobs and. teachers belonging to the national education union are on the picket line leaving . 85% of picket line leaving. 85% of schools fully or partially closed. education secretary . closed. education secretary. gillian keegan told us a deal. not close. they didn't break down. but they basically said very clearly, look, we can't do anything . stop this strike. this anything. stop this strike. this is going ahead on the of february. but we do have 28 days between this and the strike. so we will continue those discussions. but we can't is discussions. but we can't do is offer and inflation busting pay rises because we're really focussed on getting inflation down and halving the inflation for everybody . we all feel for everybody. we all feel better have more money in our pockets . well, kevin, courtney pockets. well, kevin, courtney is the general secretary of the national education union. says the government needs to find the money. they never thought we'd reached these thresholds. they weren't planning on us reaching them. and since reached the

thresholds for thousand more people the union. people have joined the union. well it does show there's well so it does show there's a huge feeling in the huge of feeling in the profession that government must act put things right. i think gillian keegan is hoping that the strike won't effective and there won't be further there won't be any further action , that there could be action, that there could be further action. she needs to do a so that that doesn't a deal so that that doesn't happen. a deal so that that doesn't happen . in other news, uk house happen. in other news, uk house have fallen for the fifth month in a row down by 0.6% on december. nationwide's house price index shows that the average home now costs just over £258,000. annual price growth slowed to 1.1% in january. it comes as the bank of england is poised to raise rates for the 10th consecutive time and a further 1500 patients of a convicted breast surgeon are being recalled so that treatment can be invested gated in paterson was handed a 20 year prison sentence in 17 after he was convicted on 17 counts of

wounding people with intent . wounding people with intent. over 14 years, he subjected more 1000 patients to unnecessary and, damaging operations in the west midlands. the new patients were discovered after a trawl through old i.t. systems . we through old i.t. systems. we were on tv online and on dab+ radio . this is gb news back bev radio. this is gb news back bev in just a moment.

barry good morning. welcome back it's 1036. this is barry good morning. welcome back it's1036. this is bev turner today on gb news tv and dab radio so a failed iranian seeker who should have been removed from the uk years ago is to be sentenced today for the brutal killing of an elderly woman who had given him a home. the 34 year old is due to be sentenced today at leeds crown court with more details of this horrific site. home security editor mark

white me now . this is a white joins me now. this is a really shocking story mark. what happened? it's horrific . this happened? it's horrific. this individual , four year old individual, four year old shaheen darvish niranjan, he was taken in an 88 year old woman called brenda blayney in the village of thornton le dale, which is in north yorkshire, up towards scarborough. there he , towards scarborough. there he, befriended her. he worked a restaurant in leeds and they kind of formed almost like a grandmother, grandson tabulation chip over a number of years and she eventually invited him to her home, gave him a room, but her home, gave him a room, but he was a paranoid schizophrenic, according to the medical evidence in court and in january of last year, the 5th of january, he this old woman , he january, he this old woman, he said, because of voices in head, telling him to do that , the she telling him to do that, the she had been on the phone this woman

to a local shop to order some food to be delivered when the line dead. the worried shopkeeper had called back a dozen times to try to contact with her again. so that point, obviously the police believe that she'd been killed . she was that she'd been killed. she was strangled , had smashed against strangled, had smashed against the kitchen wall. she was stabbed repeatedly in the chest . her throat was cut . absolutely . her throat was cut. absolutely horrific . but as as horrific as horrific. but as as horrific as the crime is, what really, really concerning about this case is fact that this man was a failed asylum seeker. he'd come to the uk in 2005 as a 15 year old to study he's permission to remain in the uk run out in 2015. so he then went on as so many people do to asylum and try to stay in the country that way

but i'm told that all of his appeals were exhausted . by 2017. appeals were exhausted. by 2017. yet despite the fact that all those appeals were exhausted for five more years . home office five more years. home office officials not remove this man from the uk . officials not remove this man from the uk. he officials not remove this man from the uk . he should never from the uk. he should never have been here in the first place and he was went on to kill this frail elderly woman who by all accounts was, you know, a very lovely kind—hearted individual who just wanted to do the right . yeah, well, a tragic the right. yeah, well, a tragic and actually it just shows, i think for me as well how raising awareness the problems of illegal immigrants because nobody has one in that situation and he certainly hasn't won she hasn't won the hasn't won the prison service will soon be for his incarceration hasn't won and that's why it's important, isn't it, that we stop these small boats. yes. i mean, he come. do

we know if he came over on a small boats? no, i think he he came here legitimately to study. but then stayed on a longer than he should have. and when he was found out, then tried to claim asylum. that's how lots of people who enter the country. it's not just boat coming across and small boat people come across and student visas on holidays , you know, short holidays, you know, short working visas and they stay on and they become and in essence, and they become and in essence, a legal immigrant, sadly. and of course , then when they're found course, then when they're found out, they go on to claim asylum as a way of trying to game system or trying to stay in the country. that's what happened in. the case of this particular iranian man . and listen, you iranian man. and listen, you know, lots of people born and bred in this country go on to commit criminal and to kill people that happens . but the people that happens. but the fact is, this man is that, you know, he should have been here and able to carry out this . he and able to carry out this. he should have been removed five

years before , then went on to years before, then went on to kill this woman. yeah. because also the i don't mean this is to make excuses, but he was living in a sort torturous mental limbo , not knowing what his future was going to hold, and therefore had he been sent back to his original country of origin earlier to get settled to resettle himself , well, this resettle himself, well, this woman would still be alive . woman would still be alive. yeah.i woman would still be alive. yeah. i mean, there was medical evidence in court appointed to, you know a life of problems in terms his mental health. he had psychotic episodes at one point he was in the united states. sun was in an institution. therefore while dealing with his is mental health issues. so clearly he had problems. and you can argue about his level of culpability in the actual crime that's the point. the scandal here is that, you know, why on earth why on earth in this system that the government admits clearly is a broken asylum system, are people

still five years after the results stated, all avenues of appeal still here? yes sources have told me , official sources, have told me, official sources, that if we had the rwanda plan, problem solved , he could have problem solved, he could have been sent off to rwanda for processing even if there was an issue about returning him to iran, that wouldn't have been an issue you could do it with rwanda. rwanda is not going anywhere fast. it's mired in the legal challenges and the court. so that's a moot point. okay. thank you, mark. thanks so much. now let me know what you think . now let me know what you think. all of our topics today. now let me know what you think. all of our topics today . let me all of our topics today. let me give you some of your views. this is about walkout wednesday. biggest strike day for a decade in the uk. jim says i came from a very violent home primary school for me was a sanctuary . i school for me was a sanctuary. i loved it was a refuge for me loved it. it was a refuge for me the weekends were how school is very important please don't strike amy, i said. in my opinion, teaching is a struggling profession because inclusion is not staffed or resourced . ironically, people's resourced. ironically, people's supports are the first. the

pupil support staff are the first to go when budgets stretched and leona , i know of stretched and leona, i know of two newly qualified teachers who can only get one year working contracts from schools. they've said if it doesn't change they will have to look for a different job because they can't get with that short get mortgages. with that short term , conditions for term outlook, conditions for teachers need of teachers are dire and in need of addressing. your messages addressing. keep your messages coming about new gbviews@gbnews.uk i've gbviews@gbnews.uk. i've got a twitter running today at gb twitter poll running today at gb news and i want to know whether the have disrupted your the strikes have disrupted your day now. have heard day. let me know now. have heard of the 15 minute city plan? this government, in fact, every government, in fact, every government around the world, bizarrely lockstep with this bizarrely in lockstep with this once england to live once everyone in england to live within walking green or within walking of green space or water sounds lovely in principle, but it's yet another idea which environment secretary therese coffey has arisen therese coffey says has arisen out of lockdown remember out of lockdown to remember yesterday, matt hancock was on tv that must be learnt tv warning that must be learnt for the next pandemic. so to discuss this taxpayer funded scheme joined christine scheme, joined by dr. christine dunn , who's a senior lecturer in dunn, who's a senior lecturer in natural sciences at bangor university. hello, christine .

university. hello, christine. good to you again. morning. good to see you again. morning. good to see you again. morning. good morning. thanks for me on. good morning. thanks for me on. good morning. thanks for me on. good morning vision good morning now this vision which rishi sunak described as essential his target of not essential to his target of not just halting but reversing the decline nature. sounds decline of nature. sounds wonderful in principle, but surely in england right now, people are worried about. paying surely in england right now, peop bills, worried about. paying surely in england right now, peop bills, living�*d about. paying surely in england right now, peop bills, living near)ut. paying surely in england right now, peop bills, living near schools ng their bills, living near schools , stay open and having access to a gp more than having to walk 10 minutes to see a squirrel. and it eco zealotry in it smacks of eco zealotry in place . common sense doesn't it ? place. common sense doesn't it? well, i think there's a little bit of fudging two issues bit of fudging of two issues here. so the 15 be giving access people 50 minutes from their home the green space or water that's part of the government's environmental improvement plan which early this which is announced early this week. then 50 minute city or week. but then 50 minute city or the probably could incorporate that but that is a different issue that when it comes giving people access to green space or water that's many benefits that in terms of wellbeing so if you're looking at this as a binary kind of question should we pay money for this when we need to money on that? need to spend money on that? i think actually a little

think that's actually a little bit complex when bit more complex because when you giving people access you look at giving people access to green space, then their wellbeing improves wellbeing and mental improves and save and that has been shown save money for things like the nhs. so not quite as simple as so it's not quite as simple as that to 50 minute that when it comes to 50 minute cities , i think that is a bit of cities, i think that is a bit of a different than giving people access to green space because that incorporates giving them access everything all of access to everything all of parts of the community and that is different and my views on that would probably be slightly different terms of different in terms of environmental of things. what do you mean ? because think they you mean? because i think they are time . these are are very much time. these are these much same of these are very much the same of issues. so people will have everything within the 15 minutes that live, whether that is that they live, whether that is a park with a rubbish municipal park with some rust with a rusty seesaw , some rust with a rusty seesaw, frankly, or an office building a school. so the idea that we're going to have these 15 these areas which you walk to within 50 minutes, it's all the same picture, isn't it, of changing human. yeah, but it does worry when as a, as an environmentalist, as a natural scientist, it does worry me when

big movements like 50 minute city is kind of barged . an city is kind of barged. an environmental change. i mean, i don't think anyone disagree with the idea of having having healthier nicer cities to live in. i think anyone could disagree with that when it comes to restricting people's movements, whether that's a perceived restriction or an actual restriction some defining people, i then you're onto a different issue and it's one as an environmentalist, i'd be uncomfortable . i think giving uncomfortable. i think giving people access to nature is tremendous . but do you think tremendous. but do you think people if we if we think about this christine, how are they going to improve green spaces? they're apparently planning five new or and large national nature reserve. now how knock down houses do they ring fence brownfield sites? so we've got a few houses and house increase . few houses and house increase. it feels like people , even it feels like people, even though it appears that people are at the centre of this plan, i'm not sure they are . i think

i'm not sure they are. i think that we could very, very easily that's very much a broad statement. but i think we could really actively, easily increase people's access to good quality greenspace when it comes to greenspace when it comes to green space or space, it's not just. it's not it's the quality as well that matters. so as you just kind of suggested that a grotty old park is not very good, however, with just a minimal spend, minimal effort, you can turn that park into a little bit of a healthier space for humans , for wildlife. you for humans, for wildlife. you could rewild some of the areas, you could plant some hedges in that part. for example, when it comes to how are we going to increase our area across the increase our area in across the country? we've got to look country? well, we've got to look at is being looked at farming practises. we farm the uplands in many parts of this country and that's not an economically viable operation in the way that we're farming it now . perhaps we we're farming it now. perhaps we need to start thinking differently about , how we how we differently about, how we how we manage that land. could we reforest of that land? reforest some of that land? could we looking also well could we looking as also as well can we look things our can we look at things like our rivers, looked at? but rivers, which is looked at? but

i that rivers i agree with that our rivers more so is things that we more so there is things that we could do which would have massive impact and should won't not it have a negative effect on house prices, etc. it could actually increase them well, actually increase them as well, possibly but think, possibly. but i think, christine, would like to christine, what i would like to see sounds like in essence see it sounds like in essence you probably agree with on you probably agree with me on this is i want individuals, humans especially children actually exposed to a actually to be exposed to a diverse of natural diverse society of natural space. want forests, wetlands, space. i want forests, wetlands, beaches, . you know, beaches, marshlands. you know, they offer different they all offer very different gifts and gifts to our physical and emotional health. and i'm very concerned the government is concerned when the government is going well, know, going to say, well, you know, you've green you've got you've got green space only 15 minutes from your house. well, i'd like take the children train and take children on the train and take them our 30,000 them to one of our 30,000 kilometres coastal land that kilometres of coastal land that we this country. feel we have in this country. i feel the government trying the government are trying to make these very lives make us live these very lives and i'd be very, very concerned. well, i am concerned about well, and i am concerned about that. that, you that. and i think that, you know, the idea of having liveable city, sustainable cities can't disagree with, cities you can't disagree with, but be with the but that to be backed with the correct infrastructure, as you quite rightly that get on quite rightly said, that get on train and go to the coast. of

course, tremendous. that's what we be doing. we should all be doing. everything done stop us everything be done to stop us wanting, cars and wanting, get into our cars and means infrastructure that means an infrastructure that allows and much allows that. and i'm very much against penalising people on rather encourage people i think thatis rather encourage people i think that is one of the reasons why for example the plastic pollution issue was so successful in terms of the change that it created it because it wasn't a negative campaign and wasn't we campaign and it wasn't we weren't really restrict getting people. there was paying people. yes, there was a paying for bags and things for your plastic bags and things like it wasn't there like this but it wasn't there was never sort of negative, you know , you're stopping people know, you're stopping people from something. yeah from doing something. yeah people to change their behaviour and it worked. yeah it didn't just for individuals. you just work for individuals. you work companies then the work for companies and then the government i would government as well. and i would far environment far rather as an environment this is a natural scientist ceos and courage people to get out to enjoy natural habitats too enjoy the natural habitats too when they're thinking ripping up their kind of driveway . think their kind of driveway. think about you know, having kind of grass still there. think about a hedge set of a fence in encouraging people to different

to create their own green and for councils and for local authorities to do so as well. and for housebuilders . well, i'd and for housebuilders. well, i'd much rather see that encouragement than any sort of restrictions and that kind of punitive punishment. yeah, the coercive habit. thank you so much. that's christine done that. lovely to see you this morning . thanks a lot. my panel morning. thanks a lot. my panel out back with me. i am delighted to be joined today by broadcaster and restaurateur tonia former ss tonia buxton and former ss trooper author phil campion. trooper and author phil campion. now , oh, you you get now then, oh, you you get divorced was talking about princess diana here her her letters which she wrote privately are going on sale this what do you think about this it's a very it's that thing that makes your stomach just clench and the fact that this couple the casinos are selling them and they're saying the reason they're saying the reason they're selling is because it's too much of responsibility for their children to and they're giving the money to charity. are they giving all money or is it a

is a section of the section of the charity? but this is this is wrong . every single level when wrong. every single level when you write something privately , you write something privately, should stay private. and this couple are disgusting. they were no friends of princess diana . no friends of princess diana. she she wrote 32 letters to these between 1995 and 1996 to her friend susie and tarek has seen the letters because they say as tony owning them is a great responsibility in these letters she said 1996 i'm having a very difficult time pressure is serious and coming from all sides , she says. it's too sides, she says. it's too difficult to keep one's head up .today difficult to keep one's head up . today i'm on my knees and just longing for this divorce to go through is the possible cost tremendous. it's quite an insight that there's a responsibility on friendship, as far as i'm concerned as well. i these don't want any these people don't want any responsibility whatsoever other than as far than their bank account as far as to i'll just you as can see to i'll just you whether you claim it is all going to go to charity or not going to go to charity or not going to go to charity or not going to like a hancock donation as i've called with who as i've called it with who is

money i mean it's not money there. i mean it's not this is wrong on every level. you don't just that. do you don't just do that. you do that to friend. if they that to your friend. if they really friends, i'll keep really were friends, i'll keep the and that ain't the word friend. and that ain't a that's a friend. a friend. that's way a friend. yeah. have been described yeah. i may have been described as a butterfly. wrote the late princess of wales, i don't princess of wales, but i don't want away from this lovely want fly away from this lovely family. she referring, family. she was referring, she says case another says in that to case is another thing. presumably stuff thing. so presumably this stuff has from these has been leaked from these letters. sales campaigns all letters. the sales campaigns all started it. yeah i mean, well, well absolutely well done. well done. absolutely well done. they're sold . they're expected to be sold. about £90,000. she met the couple when she used to visit. well, brompton hospital apparently and i don't think £9,000 is not a lot for a member of the royal family. you think they might want them back? think i want i want to put like you said, they've already been leaked a lot that a of leaked a lot that a lot of what's been there what's been said in there already leaked i would already been leaked i would i mean i just know you know mean i just you know you know that you if they were worried that if you if they were worried worried about maybe what the family didn't they ask family why didn't they ask the royal family thoughts royal family what their thoughts were they did this were on that? they did this because can't imagine anyone

because i can't imagine anyone from king charles across the from king charles or across the board is good board thinking this is a good idea awful for her sons, idea and how awful for her sons, for diana's for princess diana's sons to have see their raw emotion have to see their raw emotion and just up for sale . yeah, it's and just up for sale. yeah, it's very strange, right ? another big very strange, right? another big story today . so this is the story today. so this is the wonderful london mayor who is talking about sadiq khan . he's talking about sadiq khan. he's beenin talking about sadiq khan. he's been in collaboration with the owners of the ritz hotel and harrods . and they all he would harrods. and they all he would like restore vat free shopping tourists . and i can't help but tourists. and i can't help but feel that at moment when we are all really struggling to pay off bills and taking off some vat from a meal that we could and eat in a restaurant and try and keep a pub open should be on offer a lot of people, not offer for. a lot of people, not just those who can afford to shopin just those who can afford to shop in harrods and don't live in country. i'll get it. in this country. i'll get it. you've money from you've got to get money from wherever can get in and the wherever you can get in and the people going be in there people are going be in there anyway are already in this country. but if can attract country. but if we can attract a few in, then perhaps that few more in, then perhaps that will i think will help the economy. i think

that's mentality behind that's the mentality is behind this. mean, don't know a lot this. i mean, i don't know a lot about all sort of about and all that sort of stuff. it's not really my area, but what i can see with sadiq khan particular is he's khan in particular is he's normally taxing everybody in this tell this town. he's going to tell get as an economic the get away as an economic the wonderful sadiq khan . well, i wonderful sadiq khan. well, i was being slightly ironic. oh it didn't come across. oh did it not. i was being tried trying to be sarcastic at that point. so because this man is he hates london, hates londoners. london, he hates londoners. well, doesn't care about well, he, he doesn't care about children streets. children dying on the streets. he's he the villain of mayors he's he is the villain of mayors we've ever in london . was we've ever had in london. was what really think of those what you really think of those who, opinion in my opinion who, in my opinion in my opinion and i'm sure that that people are voting him in his masses there's some one who's falling for this but that is the one time i might agree with him. exactly we should surely if we're going to have reduce our vat, get our country growing. or do you think tories. i just think that the more tourism have spending money in britain it's a good thing it's really good thing. would i like it to down

to the public as well possibly but on this particular level tourists you who can get them backi tourists you who can get them back i think any spending in britain from abroad is a really goodidea britain from abroad is a really good idea so i can't believe i'm agreeing with this man but i am on this one. okay. i mean , we've on this one. okay. i mean, we've got the worst economy with the least growth in the g7 yesterday . so frankly, if people are coming here from overseas, they can afford to contribute bit of that to our tax anyway. that's the end of all of us down at the bank england poised to bank of england is poised to raise rates. what was it you're saying for the 10th time in a row tomorrow ? brilliant. liam row tomorrow? brilliant. liam halligan in halligan will be with me in studio in the next to studio in the next hour to discuss that means the discuss what that means for the money pocket so in few money in your pocket so in a few minutes. hi it's aidan minutes. hi there. it's aidan mcgivern with the latest mcgivern here with the latest forecast from the met office although strongest winds although the strongest the winds in scotland are now in the north of scotland are now easing, across easing, it stays windy across much uk through the rest much of the uk through the rest of the day. lots of cloud as well. rain for some, but not for all. rain mainly associated all. the rain mainly associated now this warm front that's now with this warm front that's going to bring some bursts of

wet weather to northern ireland. southwest northwest england southwest and northwest england , either side of that, some brighter weather mostly dry in the south south wales and south—west england, seeing some sunny spells. northeast scotland, still a few showers around is still a brisk breeze, but both those factors easing through afternoon. and then really we've got this slice of cloudy and wet weather in between pumping up the rain across western scotland and northwest england. later on, temperatures up at ten or 11 celsius in the south, eighteen further north. so a little milder in the north compared with tuesday. but it's cloudier. it stays breezy through the day overnight. so the winds do fall light and in the east of scotland, perhaps a touch of frost. the cloud thickens and outbreaks of rain move through later and towards the south. so lots of cloud cover for the vast majority . it's a frost free majority. it's a frost free night's temperatures around the mid to low single figures, but it's a wet start scotland on it's a wet start for scotland on thursday. , western thursday. heavy rain, western scotland and the north highlands seeing considerable accumulation

of rain over the next 36 hours. so wet here. the rain also affecting northern isles but central southwards by the afternoon. it's largely dry and lots of cloud still , some lots of cloud still, some drizzly showers towards western areas . otherwise, for many areas. otherwise, for many places it's , just a cloudy, places it's, just a cloudy, breezy day . but that breeze is breezy day. but that breeze is coming from the southwest. so it is mild , 12 or 13 celsius warm is mild, 12 or 13 celsius warm spots likely to hereford and into the and evening cloud sticks around they'll be rain across scotland but that does tend to ease it becomes more showery before more wet weather pushes into the far north on friday stays changeable this weekend. but it's fairly mild at times .

very good morning . welcome to very good morning. welcome to bev turner today day on gb news. before midday, we'll cover how millions children will miss school on the uk's biggest day of for over a decade do of strikes. for over a decade do you support the strikes me know your thoughts and as the bank of england to raise england prepares to raise interest the 10th time in interest rates the 10th time in a row tomorrow, how will a higher rates businesses and the property market. i'm going to be analysing numbers our analysing the numbers with our very brilliant liam very own brilliant liam halligan. so coming up after a look at the latest news with ray . good good morning. it's 11 am. here's the latest . the gb a.m. here's the latest. the gb newsroom hundreds , thousands of newsroom hundreds, thousands of workers are taking part in walkout wednesday . the biggest walkout wednesday. the biggest day of industrial action for than a decade up to a million workers belonging to seven trade unions have out over pay jobs and. teachers to the national education union is starting

their first day of strikes leaving 85% of schools fully or partially closed. education secretary keegan admitted to us they're not close to a deal. they didn't break down, but they basically said very clearly, look, we can't do anything to stop this strike. this is going ahead on february. but we ahead on 1st of february. but we do have 28 days between this and the next strike. so we will continue discussions. but what we do is offer inflation we can't do is offer inflation and inflation busting pay rises because we're focussed on getting inflation down, halving the inflation for everybody . so the inflation for everybody. so we all feel better and have more money in our pockets . well money in our pockets. well that's her view. kevin courtney is the general secretary of the national union. he says the government needs to make a deal . they never thought we'd reach these thresholds. they weren't planning us, reaching them. and since we've reached the threshold it's 40,000 more people have joined the union as. well it does show there's well so it does show there's a huge strength feeling in the profession that government must act things right. i

act and put things right. i think keegan is hoping think gillian keegan is hoping that the strike won't be effective and there won't be any further action there be further action. there could be further action. there could be further action. there could be further action . she needs to do further action. she needs to do a that that doesn't a deal so that that doesn't happen. border force officers and bus and train drivers have also walked out today, causing widespread travel disruption . widespread travel disruption. train drivers belonging to aslef and the rmt taking their first and the rmt taking their first and dutch industrial action of the year with another walkout scheduled friday. aslef general secretary mick wieland told us workers are badly affected by the cost of living . a compromise the cost of living. a compromise has to take place . you know, we has to take place. you know, we see it's not just rail workers, don't we? we see a million people out on strike today from the civil service to the teachers to the lecturers, to all sorts of people all over the place. so, yes, there's cost of living, crisis so all workers are feeling it. and in all sectors, at some point someone's got to take the shackles off and allow people to and make the deals that to be done. the deals that needs to be done. the

good the country. latest good of the country. the latest figures uk prices have figures show that uk prices have fallen for the fifth month in a row, down 0.6% on december . row, down 0.6% on december. nationwide's house price index shows the average uk home now costs just ove r £258,000. annual costs just over £258,000. annual growth prices slowed to 1.1% in january. that's to 2.8% in december. comes as the bank of england is poised to raise interest rates for the 10th consecutive time. will rise of generation home told us. demand for mortgages has dramatically . for mortgages has dramatically. yesterday the bank of england also that the number of mortgage approvals was at 35,000 in december. so if you look at where where we five months ago that number is down from 65 to 70000. and then if you break out remortgaging from purchase, yes, we doing we mortgages are doing a lot better. so the purchase numbers are down considerably more than 50, retail are at a record 50, while retail are at a record high . after a rise in inflation high. after a rise in inflation last month, january saw the

highest rate ever listed in food category. food rose to 13.8. that's up 0.6% from the month before. meanwhile, clothing and footwear prices during the new yeah footwear prices during the new year. sales in other news, a further thousand 500 patients of a convicted breast surgeon are being recalled so the treatment can be enforced negated. ian paterson was handed a 20 year prison sentence in 2017 after he was convicted on. 17 counts of wounding people with intent . wounding people with intent. over 14 years, he subjected more than 1000 patients to unnecessary and damaging operations in the west midlands. the new patients discovered after a trawl through old i.t. systems and a new report claims alec baldwin's so—called reckless actions directly caused the fatal shooting of alima. hutchins on the set of the movie rust in 2021. santa district

attorney's office alleges that the actor failed to attend mandatory firearms training . the mandatory firearms training. the photo id and the films are not been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter. convicted? he could face up to five years in jail. showbiz reporter kinsey schofield says baldwin's media interviews prior to being charged could potentially be used against him. when alec baldwin was first approached by, police officers on the set he says, i'm the one that shot the gun. however in in interviews that he gave to media, several media outlets throughout this process , alec throughout this process, alec says that the gun just went off automatically adjust went off, he told abc. so i think that that really is going to hurt him in the end, giving those interviews. when you have video you're watching and, listening to gb news, the people's channel. we'll bring you more as it happens. then. let's get straight back to beth .

straight back to beth. martin. welcome back to bev turner on gb news. here's what's coming up on the show this morning. thousands of across england wales will be closed england and wales will be closed today as teachers begin biggest strike action in more than a decade. it's part of the biggest day of walkouts since 2011 with half a million workers across various taking downing various taking part. downing street warned the public to expect significant disruption elsewhere. the prime minister and the chancellor are facing rebellion over economic plans. a senior tories blame them for dire year forecasts. it comes at the bank of england is predicted to rise rates to a new 15 year high. tomorrow and i'll be joined in the studio broadcaster tonia buxton and former sars chief of phil campion for

another 45 minutes of the day's stories. and of course , show is stories. and of course, show is much improved with your views. do not forget to vote in my twitter this morning. i'm asking you , is your day being disrupted you, is your day being disrupted by the strikes? and if i'd like to know how at the moment, the vast majority of you about 76, say no , it hasn't affected your say no, it hasn't affected your day . email say no, it hasn't affected your day. email me, gb views at gbnews.uk to let me know you think . so? gbnews.uk to let me know you think. so? train drivers gbnews.uk to let me know you think . so? train drivers from think. so? train drivers from the aslef . r.a. unions are the aslef. r.a. unions are striking today as well with another for this friday. our reporters are out and about covering the strikes and its impact on commuters. let's go live to euston station , where live to euston station, where our reporter paul hawkins has the latest . paul sounds noisy the latest. paul sounds noisy there down at euston. is it more quiet than usual. very quiet, in fact.

quiet than usual. very quiet, in fact . are no trains running from fact. are no trains running from the station today . so it doesn't the station today. so it doesn't get much quieter than that. and in fact, the picket line that was here earlier has disassembled, if that's even a word . i was standing here in word. i was standing here in july last year on the first day of the first rail strikes, the first sector to take industrial action in the country. and i'm still standing here somewhat eight months later. now today, the strike action primarily by aslef because . it's the train aslef because. it's the train drivers who are on strike and most of them are represented by aslef. although there are 200 drivers represented the rmt, but the dispute is basically the same. it's about pay and conditions the deal that's on the table from the rail delivery group they represent the rail franchises is 4% backdated to last year, 4% this year with certain conditions attached aslef say that's not good . aslef say that's not good. they're continuing with talks . they're continuing with talks. but at the moment the industrial action continues and so most trains in england are disrupted. most services are disrupted . the

most services are disrupted. the advice is, as ever, if you're going to travel by train, check before you travel services into scotland and into wales. also affected . and of course the affected. and of course the knock on effect is also on the economy. we were talking about growth yesterday with that imf forecast and of course they do get forecasts wrong and the figures can be out. but effectively uk economy is effectively the uk economy is expected to shrink compared to other g7 economies. i'm one of the reasons, or at least it's not helping is the fact that the economy is suffering when . economy is suffering when. businesses can't get workers in onto the shop floor when you know businesses can't function . know businesses can't function. indeedin know businesses can't function. indeed in the hospitality industry, they're losing billions because of the lack of footfall caused by the strike. so huge knock effects for this industrial action continues without a resolution. okay, thank you so much, paul. paul hawkins, a to a very quiet nafion hawkins, a to a very quiet nation . let's cross over to hull nation. let's cross over to hull where our reporter riley can bnng where our reporter riley can bring us the latest from up north. good anna, how is looking

there for people trying to go about their day ? good morning . about their day? good morning. well, it's certainly busy here and the whole is actually at four different unions assembled on this picket line. so not just hours left on the rmt, but they've also been joined by members from eunice and unite. so it's certain like busy here a bit turn out for the unions and it's the same message really as all the previous strikes they're saying they haven't been able to come to the agreement in terms of and conditions and they're saying that the we're in a cost of living crisis and the offers have been put on the table in terms and pay rises just enough. so there's still sense of frustration amongst workers here. i spoke to nigel roebuck earlier , a district officer for earlier, a district officer for aslef, and he does still feel like this public support for the strikers and it's obviously not just the train strikers , is it? just the train strikers, is it? today, it's many unions

assembling together for the trade union congress day of action . okay, thank you, anna. action. okay, thank you, anna. on a rally there in hull. you've been messaging me as. on a rally there in hull. you've been messaging me as . well, paul been messaging me as. well, paul has said regarding the school strikes, it's unbelievable that the general of the new and eu, kevin courtney, is so disingenuous when he berates government for their supposed lack funding school lack of funding in the school system and. paul sorry, steve, is that teachers on strike? my god, who'd want a job in teaching christmas off? six weeks, holidays? weeks, some holidays? unbelievable just like unbelievable pension. just like the nurses i my job in a factory full on full 1300 quid full on full off 1300 quid a month poor teachers now over 7 million children will miss lessons today as teachers join the biggest day of industrial in over reporter over a decade. our reporter ellie costello is at the new rally in london for more . good rally in london for more. good morning, ali. a lot of our viewers getting in, so it's not terribly sympathetic this morning with the teachers, given what children have been what the children have been through so much school missed in the last three years. what's the feeling down there wasn't justification . these teachers .

justification. these teachers. well, beth , you can see why well, beth, you can see why parents and families might think that this is thought to be of the most disruptive strikes that we've seen this winter . 7 we've seen this winter. 7 million children will be missing school today, 150,000 teachers are thought to have walked out in a strike over pay and conditions . and you can see that conditions. and you can see that they're lining here for this march . that's going to take on march. that's going to take on westminster little bit later on today. they're going to be marched in until about 2 pm. this afternoon. thousands of people here have been gathering since early this morning. it feels quite like a carnival atmosphere . it does feel a very atmosphere. it does feel a very lively lots of conversations being had about conditions and how they want to improve them. so let's speak to some teachers. now, i can see behind us, we all trying to walk . there's of trying to walk. there's a bit of a bit a difficult. and good a bit of a difficult. and good morning to you all. so why are we out on strike today? why have we out on strike today? why have we left our classrooms behind? well, we don't really want to be on, of enforcing as we

on, but have of enforcing as we are over the last ten years, we've seen teacher retention, teacher pay has been plummeting and for new teachers like me , and for new teachers like me, the idea of making this into a career, it's getting more and more difficult to be able to stay in the classroom, support students because. we're lacking the resources we're lacking the supports and it's something needs to be done and that's why we're here on the streets. lots of people would say that these strikes are distressing because they see teachers having really good pay on average, that totals. pounds 13 weeks holiday. yeah good sick pay. they would see your benefit as very good and they don't see the problem is what would you say to them? why is it by anyone to step into any classroom into this country , see the conditions that we're working with, sort of things working with, the sort of things are expected to do to support our students, adore. we our students, which we adore. we love jobs , but the which love our jobs, but the which we're working on isn't isn't conducted over. a

we're working on isn't isn't conducted over . a successful conducted over. a successful education system. and this and it feels like this government is taking more less of education's of rights, more it's more of a buzz in which they have to tick funding , very buzz in which they have to tick funding, very minimal to get by because right now. yeah wage expectations . and in terms of expectations. and in terms of the national plan as well the uk's falling behind in becoming sick man of europe sticking out of the world in terms of education or health care over essentials . and because our essentials. and because our government is just not doing enough. and what about children whose education has been disrupted over the past three years due to covid lockdowns? they're now going to have, it looks like seven days of strike action by their teachers. so people would say that's just not fair on the is this the right course of action? well, it's not fair on the students. it's again, conditions in which they're the classroom the way they're in the classroom the way that teachers being lack of that teachers are being lack of support the government. support from the government. that is really going to that is what is really going to disrupt the education is that

they do not have that solid support every day in the classroom , but we can't get that classroom, but we can't get that support . we're complacent. the support. we're complacent. the only we can get there is if we hold this government to account , if we take to the streets it's rallying to a cause to say to them this not enough of students , better teachers , better , better teachers, better parents is got to this country deserves . and without doing this deserves. and without doing this action the government is not listening. did you let your school know that you'd be on strike today ? this to the school strike today? this to the school is aware that most of the teachers in the nigerian did not give for one because the fees the purpose of a strike if were giving full warning about who's coming in and who's not is essential to prepare. and that's strike is meant to be disruptive. if can prepare against it, then it's not being against it, then it's not being a disruption . well, thank you so a disruption. well, thank you so much for your this morning. thank you. really appreciate it. there you go , bap hearing there

there you go, bap hearing there from a teacher so many thousands of them here in central london. they will be marching down to westminster to try and get their voices . the national education voices. the national education union suggesting , that 150,000 union suggesting, that 150,000 teachers are out on strike. that's going to be affecting 85% of schools . department of of schools. department of education disputes that. so they say that many schools are open, but we will get a clearer picture throughout the day of how disruptive strikes are going to be. but ultimately are parents and families who turned up at the school gates today not knowing whether or not their children would be able to attend classes. so we are expecting it's going be a very it's going to be a very disruptive . thank you, disruptive day. thank you, ellie. brilliant job ellie costello that with the i was just watching that and thinking this is what happens when youth under estimate and you undermine the value of education by quarantining kids at quarantining healthy kids at home. what the teachers home. guess what the teachers decide? matter there decide? does it matter you there or got a twitter poll or not? we've got a twitter poll running on this morning. running on this this morning. i'm asking you, is your day

being by the strikes? want to know is and if so, 78% say know if it is and if so, 78% say that you have seen by the various action taking place today. jenny has got in touch and she says, i think after lockdowns, people have become resilient to rearranging their lives when their normal pattern is . so just let lives when their normal pattern is. so just let them lives when their normal pattern is . so just let them strike. and is. so just let them strike. and elmo says i'm fully behind them. teachers deserve better pay and conditions. many work days and extremely hard . if you don't extremely hard. if you don't support the teachers that look after children, try homeschooling your kids . you homeschooling your kids. you wouldn't last 5 minutes down. i wouldn't last 5 minutes down. i wouldn't last 5 minutes down. i wouldn't last 5 minutes elbow. we tried it in lockdown and that's the point you're inflicting now on parents again for another 5060 days over the next few weeks i think it's diabolical right email me , diabolical right email me, gbviews@gbnews.uk. tell me why i'm wrong. i always like that coming. england is coming. the bank of england is expected to interest rates for the 10th time in a row tomorrow. what this going to mean for you and your taxes and your mortgage your taxes and the i will the pound in your pocket? i will look the numbers in detail look at the numbers in detail with just after the .

break very good morning. it's 1121. very good morning. it's1121. this is back to end of day gb news now the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates for the 10th time in a row tomorrow with the base rate forecast to increase to 4. our business economics editor business and economics editor liam travelled liam halligan travelled to cairns to hear higher cairns to hear how higher interest rates will impact businesses the property . the businesses and the property. the dog wingham is a pub, hotel and restaurants deepest kent markets . owner mark bridgen works all hours to this business a success for himself and his 30 strong workforce. but taxes, rising costs above all, soaring energy bills means the is struggling to make a profit . bills means the is struggling to make a profit. in a bills means the is struggling to make a profit . in a nutshell bills means the is struggling to make a profit. in a nutshell our gas and electric was make a profit. in a nutshell our gas and electric wa s £36,000 per gas and electric was £36,000 per

annum and under the current price cap it's around annum and under the current price cap it's aroun d £80,000 price cap it's around £80,000 per annum. and when the price ends, it's going to arrive in april . april, yeah. a couple of april. april, yeah. a couple of months , £120,000 per annum for months, £120,000 per annum for months. mark hasn't paid himself a wage, despite running a multiple award winning business. inflation means costs, especially for food , are especially for food, are spiralling and the current climate mark can't risk passing on those price rises to potential customers . we are potential customers. we are offering the best deals we've ever offered in a desperate bid to keep price at least breaking even a nine successive interest rate rises have squeezed the dogs. guests more than mortgage going through the roof. the air shopping. going through the roof , the utilities going through the roof. so they coming out to a lovely place like the dog is one of the first things that get cut.four one of the first things that get cut. four years before the pandemic, the bank of kept interest rates below 1. they

then went even lower during covid lockdown itself . since covid lockdown itself. since then, rates have risen steadily to 3.5. in a bid to tackle inflation near the kent coast in sandwich. james halligan no relation runs british hovercraft company , a successful company, a successful manufacturer . company, a successful manufacturer. he company, a successful manufacturer . he exports 80% of manufacturer. he exports 80% of the craft. his company makes. but with wages , taxes and but with wages, taxes and interest rates, all rising, james says pressure on his business is too much. it's putting more and more pressure on businesses like . our wages on businesses like. our wages have to go up and we put those alongside the petrol costs are going up. our interest rates are going up. our interest rates are going up. our interest rates are going up and we're facing a situation where as exporters the confidence in the uk is at a low. so what is the impact of rising interest rates on the property market down the kent coast in deal, estate agents say a 12 thousandeight stall house price collapse won't happen . i price collapse won't happen. i think interest rates will go up

a little bit further . perhaps a little bit further. perhaps not as much as we feared. so you don't a big house price fall and no i believe more in a correction of value as a as opposed to a collapse. the bank of england is likely to raise interest tomorrow probably to 4. but inflation now falling as the economy slows. so an end to these rate rises could soon be on the horizon. liam halligan. gb news news . soon be on the horizon. liam halligan. gb news news. soon be on on the horizon. liam halligan. gb news news . soon be on the gb news news. soon be on the horizon. liam halligan to see what you did there. that was very clever, wasn't it? for listing on the wall. get the big bucks. it was a lovely panning shot of a beach in the sea in the background. now this. it sounds like it is a bad news story that interest rates are going up. but think you've finished on a more uplifting going up. but think you've finished this more uplifting going up. but think you've finished this mightuplifting going up. but think you've finished this might be ifting going up. but think you've finished this might be theg going up. but think you've finished this might be the last note say this might be the last time is or the penultimate time is it or the penultimate time? think interest time? i think interest rates have up 3.5% to 4% have gone up 3.5% to 4% tomorrow. then been tomorrow. and then as been saying few months saying for quite a few months now, i think they'll peak either or 4.25% and then stay there for

months as inflation is squeezed out of the system . of course, out of the system. of course, higher interest rates are good news for. savers, a lot of gb news viewers and, listeners will have some savings. they've been getting interest on their savings, which is less than the rate of inflation for years and years and years. which course years and years. which of course means losing money on means you're losing money on your . but a lot of your savings. but a lot of people who want to get on the housing ladder, particularly younger viewers and listeners, particularly time buyers, as those interest rates go up, mortgage go up . but those interest rates go up, mortgage go up. but i think those interest rates go up, mortgage go up . but i think the mortgage go up. but i think the estate agent at the end there, toby corfield, was right don't think interest rates the peak going to be anywhere near the sort of six or 7% which some people were saying some people just a few months ago not you not me. can we talk about the expertise of economists because there's a piece in the papers today about how the bbc have effectively let the public because the economics aren't as clever. well as you liam have i am assuming that story up . that

am assuming that story up. that is one way of looking at it. i guess, i couldn't possibly. you might say that. i couldn't possibly comment. i was part of this bbc study. tim davie, the director—general of the bbc, came in and he is from a business background and he wanted to understand standard complaints . wanted to understand standard complaints. he was getting wanted to understand standard complaints . he was getting the complaints. he was getting the business economics broadcasting on the bbc in particular was a bit illiterate . so the bbc asked bit illiterate. so the bbc asked me and other external economists to talk to them about what we think of the bbc's coverage. and of course i was i was honest and open , but this is a problem that open, but this is a problem that goes beyond the bbc, right? for years and years and years i thought to try and get more economics and business coverage on on air, on tv, on radio and indeedin on on air, on tv, on radio and indeed in the newspapers because . i personally think broadcasting executives of the bbc and elsewhere underestimate the demand for, you know, economics and coverage. you

know, i got to into a pub, right. and unless it's my where they respect me i'm mobbed by people saying what i do my mortgage what do i do with my pension? you know, how does my kid a house, etcetera, etcetera. there's demand. the trouble is, the bbc seems to have come to a conclusion that i wouldn't come to. it's come to a conclusion that higher spending isn't always seen as a good thing. right. | always seen as a good thing. right. i think we should become to a conclusion that higher spending , higher tax can spending, higher tax can sometimes be a bad thing . yeah, sometimes be a bad thing. yeah, because i think that's how a lot of people, entrepreneurial people, at the people, a lot of people at the sharp end who are working in the pubuc sharp end who are working in the public think the public sector, think about the world. the has got world. the bbc has got a fundamentally world view than i which is probably why they'll never give me a job. well i hope we thought. and maybe another reason why they should. because they need to broaden their gene pool they need to broaden their gene pool. yeah, they need a bit pool. yeah, they need be a bit more open to how majority of more open to how the majority of people in the country think. the majority people for the majority of the people for the private sector. yeah. the majority of people think that

higher because higher taxes really bad because they have to pay taxes they have to pay those taxes while they acknowledge they do have them well talking have to pay them well talking about how these affect real people these rate hikes people these interest rate hikes are going hit those who've are going to hit those who've got mortgage is there anything that do now to be that people can do now to be like one of those people in the pub is anything people can do now to protect themselves against this increase? well, i think that wouldn't fix your think that i wouldn't fix your mortgage now. i mean, obviously, if you're coming to the of if you're coming to the end of a variable deal or a fixed rate deal you to refix deal and you have to refix unless can, you know , unless you can, you know, conjure up some kind of bridging from you're going to from somewhere, you're going to have your mortgage again . have fix your mortgage again. and quite soon, i would actually , though, because i think it won't be before interest rates are coming down. okay. possibly by the end of the year. and certainly it won't be long before people are that interest rates have now peaked . and once rates have now peaked. and once that happens there is a bit of competition in the mortgage . competition in the mortgage. there quite a lot of there is still quite a lot of panic after the liz truss kwasi kwarteng budget when mortgage

rates did spike . but they've rates did spike. but they've come down quite a lot since then and now they're roughly where that you'd, you know, if the interest rate is the bank of england's rate is 3.5, you'd expect average mortgage rate to be sort of 5.56% because the industry, the finance industry puts its pretty big margin on. there should be more competition . and so mortgage rates will go up a little bit as interest rates go up. but i do think the outlook soon will be inflation being squeezed out of the system and interest coming down. and interest rates coming down. and when we expect interest and it's when we expect interest rates that's when rates to be coming, that's when you to start talking the you want to start talking to the mortgage companies. okay uk annual house price growth slows to 1.1. what are the of that? well, pretty good if you're trying get on the housing ladder isuppose trying get on the housing ladder i suppose is confusing . there is i suppose is confusing. there is growth and jobs . so from january growth and jobs. so from january last year to january this year, according to the halifax . but according to the halifax. but house prices have actually come down a little bit since august. they've come down average across the country by 3.2, which isn't

really all that much when you think about it. this important, because halifax monitors actually achieved prices . a lot actually achieved prices. a lot of the other surveys a you know bids made by estate agents so. halifax is obviously a very very authoritative source house price data. it house prices are down 3% since the top of the market in august. but as the estate agent toby caulfield was saying, there in my piece from kent he doesn't and i don't foresee a sort of like 2008 style house price collapse, some big crash really do think you'll get a levelling out of house because the economy's because you know consumers feeling the cost of living squeezed but people still need to move house. they still need to move house. they still need to move house. they still need to buy and sell houses. you see i kind of suspect there might be a sense that as people as prices might down this as prices might go down this people are sitting and waiting to market or to to put them on the market or to you know they're sure you know they're not quite sure what. people are waiting what. i think people are waiting to because i think people

to buy because i think people are waiting to buy because they think come somewhere think might come down somewhere is there's too much is where there's been too much hype, much speculation, hype, too much speculation, particularly house particularly new builds house pnces particularly new builds house prices will fall quite sharply. but we're talking about, you know, macro figures across the board. don't personally think board. i don't personally think going to some huge house going to see some huge house price correction you a price correction. you get a proper , super thunderous proper, super thunderous economic downturn , a lot more economic downturn, a lot more unemployment, and then you get what we call distressed buyers. people literally can't their mortgage because they're out of work and then they have to sell quickly and cheaply and that might can't stop looking at might i can't stop looking at the hospitality industry and at, you know, the guy your face. you know, the guy on your face. well, the one. that's why well, that's the one. that's why we week. and we went to the dog week. and that guy amazing guy. he's that guy is an amazing guy. he's all his family himself, all in his family himself, a salary. well, it's not only that he hasn't paid himself salary for of for months. lots of entrepreneurs his entrepreneurs don't that his utility up from 30 utility bill has gone up from 30 grand 120 grand. it'll be 120 grand to 120 grand. it'll be 120 grand to 120 grand. it'll be 120 grand in april. that's just not doable. is liam, thank you so much. now coming the former much. now coming up, the former prime boris johnson prime minister boris johnson made in the us last night made was in the us last night and made some interesting to fox

news about what we should be doing with ukraine. i'm going to bnng doing with ukraine. i'm going to bring you that's all after your morning's news. it's bring you that's all after your morning's news . it's 1130 bring you that's all after your morning's news. it's1130 on randerson in the gb newsroom, hundreds of thousands of workers are taking part in walk out wednesday, the biggest day of action for more than a decade . action for more than a decade. up action for more than a decade. up to half a million workers belonging to seven trade unions are striking pay jobs and conditions . teachers belonging conditions. teachers belonging to the national education union on picket line leaving 85% of schools fully open partially closed. education secretary gillian keegan told us a deal is not close . they didn't break not close. they didn't break down but they basically said very clearly, look, we do anything to stop this strike. this is going on the 1st of february, but we do have to take days between this and the next strike. so we will continue those discussions. but what we can't do is offer inflation and inflation pay rises because

we're really focussed on getting inflation down, halving the inflation down, halving the inflation for everybody . so we inflation for everybody. so we all feel better and have more money in our pockets . kevin is money in our pockets. kevin is the general secretary , the the general secretary, the national education union. he says the government needs to find the money. they never thought we'd reach these thresholds they weren't planning on us reaching them and since we've reached the thresholds , we've reached the thresholds, 40,000 people have joined 40,000 more people have joined the union. well, so it does show there's huge of feeling in the there's a huge of feeling in the that government must act and put things right. i think gillian keegan is hoping that the strike won't be effective and there won't be effective and there won't be effective and there won't be any further action there. could be further . there. there could be further. she do a deal that that she needs to do a deal that that doesn't happen . uk house prices doesn't happen. uk house prices fallen for the fifth month in a row down by 0.6% on december. nationwide's house price index shows that the average home now costs just ove r £258,000. annual costs just over £258,000. annual house price growth slowed to

1.1% in january. it comes the bank of england is poised to raise interest rates for the 10th consecutive time and a further thousand 500 patients of a convicted surgeon are being recalled so that treatment can be invested in paterson was a 20 year prison sentence in 2017 after he was convicted on 79 counts of wounding people with intent. more than 1000 patients were subjected to unnecessary and damaging operations in the west midlands. and damaging operations in the west midlands . the new patients west midlands. the new patients were discovered after a trawl through old it system were on tv, online and on derby radio. this is gb news. back now to beth .

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today it is 1137. we have a slightly shorter show on a wednesday because pmqs let me introduce my panel, you for the last time this morning broadcast tonia buxton and former trooper and author phil campion right in mail. tanya, another teacher , mail. tanya, another teacher, the victim of the trans naming culture war. what's happened to this guy ? he's been sacked. he's this guy? he's been sacked. he's sacked for bringing up complete , pletely, commonsensical ds and concerns about what's going on here? he's being called names like transphobic . he's he's he's like transphobic. he's he's he's lost his job he's been forjust asking some questions and. this is where i find big problem because you know i actually grew up someone who was trans in the eighties and i what she went through to become a it's really really hard and what she to get to that stage to become so i'm not transphobic at all i have trans friends but what they're doing now with this gender fluidity in school is messing with kids and at the

with kids minds. and kids at the top this time are, you know, top at this time are, you know, you they kind of you know, how they kind of they're a influx, they're going a crazy influx, you know, sometimes they are they not gay? they kind they are they not gay? they kind of exploring what they're doing. don't we just must ask them question . and then to help clear question. and then to help clear their mind. i mean, he said if even if a girl had come in who's called alice and had come up to him and from now on i want you to call me jane, he would have flagged this. why am suddenly flagged this. why am i suddenly calling to calling this girl, jane? so to go from girl's name to a boy's go from a girl's name to a boy's name in this case he flagged it up. that's all he did. he asked some questions and this this teacher, lister , he's 60 teacher, kevin lister, he's 60 years old. he's got two children himself . he years old. he's got two children himself. he said it was the other teachers who he would describe as trans activist who basically raised complaints about him . and this was because about him. and this was because the child is not a child. the seventh was. yes, he was still officially a child at 17. the 70 year old student lizzy said that she'd now to be called liam and. he was concerned about that

going okay that the critical thing in this for me is this is an ivory tower problem. again, this is the people on this upstairs understanding the factory again because in factory floor. again because in this says staff have this segment it says staff have to decisions, to make their own decisions, presumably to avoid any liability for the management. what management of that what is the management of that concern? they a concern? then perhaps they put a proper briefing that proper briefing place that people understand and adhere people can understand and adhere to and they wouldn't have to sack people when it goes wrong. does suggest does that suggest if there's a problem? think it's a problem? so you think it's a leadership massively, leadership issue? massively, yeah. leadership issue? massively, yeah . see, you know , promoting yeah. see, you know, promoting this stuff, they're expecting me, you know, but there's no guidelines in. he said, you know, i don't know what to do. all of that is flagged up when i've lost my job. it's not fair, is it, do you think, when it comes to these issues and there are many seems individuals are so many seems individuals now that change agenda now that wish change the agenda feel that we're kind of normalising what used to be a severe mental health condition body gender dysphoria not feeling happy in your own skin and there are loads of reasons for that. and yet in the risk

with risk of being caused offence or being criticised for doing the wrong thing, we're failing to have the correct sorts of conversation with who you are. so what you've done is you've normalised, you've normalised the issue, but you marginalise the bloke who doesn't understand it as well . doesn't understand it as well. so he doesn't understand that he's been marginalised, he's 60 years old, don't forget. that years old, don't forget. so that was, know , when he was at was, you know, when he was at school or he was going school or when he was going through teens what have through his teens and what have you even, probably you that wasn't even, probably wasn't of the wasn't even full of the words weren't in recovery . weren't even in his recovery. yeah. and he's having to yeah. and now he's having to take that just feel take all that on. i just feel sorry there's no way he should have lost his job. for that's because we are letting children down. mean, this this man down. so, i mean, this this man for questions sacked for asking questions was sacked from which is from gross misconduct, which is ridiculous . from gross misconduct, which is ridiculous. aside from gross misconduct, which is ridiculous . aside that, ridiculous. but aside from that, we are letting children down because whole gender thing is being pushed through . whereas in being pushed through. whereas in another and another time when i was at school or , you know, when was at school or, you know, when my when my older children were at school, there was a lot of self—harming going on. there was like he said, body dysmorphia

and, and we would then look at what was wrong with that child and give them some we wouldn't say, self—harming, say, oh, you're self—harming, please out . please knock yourself out. please doing that. you please carry on doing that. you to it as you know, fine. to look at it as you know, fine. this person might feel that they're in the wrong body and. then i'm sure a very small percentage these gender percentage of. these gender issues, truth . but i issues, that is the truth. but i think the majority cases think in the majority of cases i'm psychiatrist, i'm not i'm a psychiatrist, i'm not a psychologist. from what i psychologist. but from what i can see and from my experience being teaching do with being in teaching is to do with some issue , we need some other issue, we need to find the other to help. find the other issue to help. child absolutely. we need child yeah, absolutely. we need be talking about it, right? bofis be talking about it, right? boris weighted in on boris johnson has weighted in on the ukraine russian conflict likes to be a thorn in the side of rishi sunak, doesn't he? he said that we should basically every time we've said we would, it would a mistake give such it would a mistake to give such a such item of weaponry. he says to , ukraine, end up doing to you, ukraine, we end up doing it anyway it being the it anyway. it ends up being the right to do. and this is right thing to do. and this is in relation to whether they should be given death jets to should be given death by jets to ukraine or what do you ukraine from us or what do you think for the first level with

the ukraine thing as whole? i think you know, it is right that we would be doing something, i guessin we would be doing something, i guess in the right thing at the right time is key with. this, you you can't just you know, you can't just escalate things because that's what that's what's happening, that you that it's mission creep, you know? it's escalating . know? i mean, it's escalating. it of going out of it runs the risk of going out of control. so i don't know what the generals are saying behind this. i don't know what their timeframes or their timeframes are or what their combat indicators are. as the things but things getting worse. but i think jumping the gun think he's jumping the gun a little bit myself. i don't think that's yet, that's called for yet, but i think he's and as far as think he's right. and as far as you cannot this we can't you cannot let this we can't just it go and we can't put just let it go and we can't put it the floor and go right it on the floor and go right now. let's all pull our let's just forget ever happened and let's the on it. we let's let's the plug on it. we can't do that. and it's a balance isn't it? because we also infinite funds also can't give infinite funds to at the moment in my to ukraine at the moment in my personal tanya personal opinion. right tanya a bit lighter story when bit of lighter story here when go for coffee, we don't go for your coffee, we don't find out how much is in it. and this is a piece in the paper today saying we should be given the right to know. we really should, had idea

should, because i had no idea that coffee has that the amount of coffee has 270 milligrams of caffeine compared to 102. that in starbucks. people starbucks. now people are saying, should saying, well, why should this make difference? we make a difference? because we metabolise caffeine in a different i know i'm different way. so i know i'm a slow metabolism of caffeine , so slow metabolism of caffeine, so i that you know that i know that you know that because i tell others i'm fine, that i actually had a test that told me. but actually i, i could oncei told me. but actually i, i could once i knew that i was all sense to me. so i can't have coffee late if i have coffee, i'm up all night. my daughter, though, all night. my daughter, though, a fast metabolise, which is wonderful means she wonderful. which means if she has a coffee she can't do her eyeliner because a handshake away. really a good thing away. it's really a good thing to fast metabolise them to be fast metabolise them because can use because then you can use caffeine benefit you. so if caffeine to benefit you. so if you're feeling sluggish you're really feeling sluggish and have an and tired and you have an espresso you go and train, espresso and you go and train, it's going you that it's going to give you that boost need. i don't get that boost you need. i don't get that boost you need. i don't get that boost because takes a long boost because it takes a long time it to hit me. so i need time for it to hit me. so i need to know this, i need to know that i can a that maybe i can have a starbucks coffee at 3:00, but i definitely can't have that emotional how. amazing. this is some research by watchdog which. yeah and it shows you that

actually a costa coffee cappuccino contain 325 milligrams of caffeine and a can of red bull is only 80. who knew anyway , right today's show, anyway, right on today's show, i've you , is your i've been asking you, is your day disrupted by the day been disrupted by the strikes? want to know and strikes? we want to know and i've been asking you, 79% of you say you are not disrupted say that you are not disrupted by today's strikes. well, that does raise the question then what is the point if they're meant to be causing disruption and? they're not. we made we've made haven't right. we've made do haven't we? right. we've come the end of the show. come to the end of the show. it's flown by again. tonia buxton thank you so phil buxton thank you so much, phil campion. see you. campion. great to see you. coming is gb news live coming up next is gb news live with longhurst. off at with mark longhurst. pmqs off at midday. bev turner. i'll midday. i'm bev turner. i'll see you tomorrow . hi there. it's you tomorrow. hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here . the latest aidan mcgivern here. the latest forecast from the met office although strongest although the strongest the winds in scotland are now in the north of scotland are now easing stays of easing it stays windy much of the through rest of the the uk through the rest of the day lots of cloud as well. day and lots of cloud as well. and rain for some, but for all the rain mainly associated now with warm front that's with this warm front that's going to bring some bursts of wet weather to northern ireland, southwest scotland and northwest

england , either side of that, england, either side of that, some brighter , mostly dry in the some brighter, mostly dry in the south south wales and south—west england seeing some sunny spells, northeast scotland still a few showers around. it's still a few showers around. it's still a brisk breeze, but both those factors easing through the afternoon and then really we've this slice of cloudy and occasionally wet weather in between pumping up the rain across western and northwest england. later on, temperatures up at ten or 11 celsius in the south, eighteen further north. so a little milder in the north compared with tuesday . but it's compared with tuesday. but it's cloudier and it stays breezy through the day. overnight, the winds do fall light and in north—east of scotland, perhaps a touch of frost before the cloud thickens and outbreaks of rain move through later. and towards south, lots of cloud towards the south, lots of cloud . vast majority , it's . so for the vast majority, it's a frost free night's temperatures around the mid to low single figures , but it's low single figures, but it's a wet start for scotland on thursday rain across thursday heavy rain across western scotland and the northwest highlands seeing considerable accumulate tonnes of rain over the next 36 hours.

so staying wet here. the rain also affecting northern isles but central southwards by the afternoon it's dry, a lot of cloud . still some drizzly cloud. still some drizzly showers towards western areas. but otherwise for many places , but otherwise for many places, it's just a cloudy, breezy day . it's just a cloudy, breezy day. but that breeze is coming from the southwest. so it is mild, 12 or 13 celsius warm spots . the or 13 celsius warm spots. the exeter, hereford , yorkshire into exeter, hereford, yorkshire into , the afternoon and evening , the , the afternoon and evening, the cloud sticks around. they'll be further rain across scotland. but that does tend to ease. it becomes more showery before more wet weather pushes into the far north on friday. stays changeable this weekend. but it's fairly mild at times.

a very warm welcome a very warm welcome to gb news live with me, mark longhurst slightly earlier, of course, this wednesday, because up prime minister's questions live for you from the house of and this is the chamber at the moment we'll be having prime minister rishi sunak facing leader sir keir starmer once more and this time of course amid a of industrial action this involves some half a million workers also yesterday's warnings from the international monetary fund that the uk is expected to be the only