channel it's 3 pm. which means one thing and one thing only. it's me, patrick christys on gb news. now coming up on the day, an energy company has posted record profits. an exclusive in profits. it's an exclusive in the times that another energy company has been forcing way into vulnerable people's homes to . install pre—payment to. install pre—payment energy metres which is likely to cost them hundreds of pounds more in their bills to an insult to injury. they're also challenging them them back . it's them to switch them back. it's like an of rogue like an episode of rogue traders, isn't bang the traders, isn't slap bang in the middle cost of living middle of a cost of living crisis. are being taxed have crisis. we are being taxed have in pubuc crisis. we are being taxed have in public services crumbling in our public services crumbling and you've got these big pound companies just on the throats of the little guy. how's it affected you.7 gbviews@gbnews.uk affected you? gbviews@gbnews.uk and snatched in broad daylight the of missing dog walker nicola bailey want answers now in a missing case that has gripped the nation and how do feel about career advice at the same time as getting your dodgy knee

checked on plans to get over 50 back into work? i've taken unusual twist it could see career advisers stationed in gp practises in with stomach cramps come out with job at greggs. yep. fair enough. get in. email me gbviews@gbnews.uk . but before me gbviews@gbnews.uk. but before that, i've got all the latest headunes that, i've got all the latest headlines headlines. thank you. thank you. good afternoon. it's 3:01 on round and jones in the gb newsroom the bank of england has raised its base from 3.5 to 4. it's the 10th increase in a row . it also says the uk is set row. it also says the uk is set to enter recession this year, but stresses economic downturn could be shorter and less severe than previously . bank of england than previously. bank of england governor bailey says today's rise reflect , the economic rise reflect, the economic uncertainties with inflation currently 10. we are unsure after the territory energy pnces after the territory energy prices may not fall by as much as currently expected in

financial markets . and even if financial markets. and even if they do this , period of very they do this, period of very high inflation could play price and wage setting in the uk economy to a greater extent that we see them in our central projection . the tightness of the projection. the tightness of the labour market reinforces this risk. our decision to increase bank rate today, despite a weak outlook in our central projection reflects these uncertainties and in breaking news in the last half hour, police are looking a potential witness in the search . missing witness in the search. missing mother of two, nicola bailey lancashire police has an image of a woman walking , lancashire police has an image of a woman walking, a lancashire police has an image of a woman walking , a white dog. of a woman walking, a white dog. she's wearing a red and white coat with a fur hood, light coloured trousers and a light bobble hat . the woman is bobble hat. the woman is believed to have been in st michael's on wyre, close to where ms. bailey was last seen last. where ms. bailey was last seen last . meanwhile, the search of last. meanwhile, the search of the river will continue . the river will continue. manchester united footballer mason greenwood has had all charges against him dropped. the 21 year old forward face

allegations of attempted rape. a and coercive behaviour and assault. greater manchester police said criminal proceedings have been discontinued by the crown prosecution service. greenwood has been suspended by manchester since news of his arrest back in january last was confirmed . and inquiry into the confirmed. and inquiry into the 1998 omagh bombing has ordered by the northern ireland. the announcement follows long running legal action brought by michael gallagher, whose son aiden was killed in the real ira bombing. 29 people died in the explosion in county tyrone. hundreds more were injured . hundreds more were injured. meanwhile, a former soldier has been given a suspended sentence of three years for shooting a man in the back at an army checkpoint . northern ireland, 35 checkpoint. northern ireland, 35 years ago. in david holden was convicted the manslaughter of 23 year old aiden mccann at mccann sb in 1988. holden was the first

veteran to be found guilty of a historical offence in northern ireland since the good friday agreement . he was sentenced agreement. he was sentenced earlier to years, but the judge suspended the full term . he had suspended the full term. he had a chance at. the start of this trial , to come out and tell the trial, to come out and tell the truth until it met to what he done. truth until it met to what he done . but he tried this through done. but he tried this through the courts for years . lost our the courts for years. lost our father and sister in duration of that. father and sister in duration of that . it was like father and sister in duration of that. it was like being stopped at the checkpoint . but every at the checkpoint. but every time come here . we weren't time come here. we weren't looking for a pound of flesh . looking for a pound of flesh. we're looking for truth and justice, said and mccann . space justice, said and mccann. space brother speaking earlier. a two year old man has been remanded custody after appearing in court the murder of natalie mcnally in northern ireland. the 32 year old was stabbed in her home county, armagh, on december. she

was 15 weeks pregnant. stephen mccullough was re—arrested on tuesday after previously being arrested on the 19th. he appeared lisburn magistrates court earlier. the appeared lisburn magistrates court earlier . the boss of court earlier. the boss of british gas owner centrica . he's british gas owner centrica. he's horrified contractors for the company broke into struggling customers to fit energy metres . customers to fit energy metres. his comments came shortly after energy regulator ofgem it was launching an urgent investor action into british gas . it action into british gas. it follows a times sting which an undercover journalist accompanied a debt collectors who reported entered the homes of vulnerable people force fed pre—payment metres . shell says pre—payment metres. shell says its profits have increased by more than 53, with earnings of more than 53, with earnings of more tha n £68 billion last year. more than £68 billion last year. it's the company's highest profit and its 115 year history. energy giant's benefited from soaring oil prices due to russia's invasion of ukraine the

downing street, spokesman said . downing street, spokesman said. the prime minister absolutely understood . people's anger over understood. people's anger over shell's profits at a time . shell's profits at a time. soaring household energy bills. more has around 2.3 million households missed an essential payment last month, including mortgages and credit cards , mortgages and credit cards, according to which is consumer insight tracker. 59% of people had to either cut back on essentials, sell or dip into savings to cover spending. it's calling on essential businesses, including providers, to do more to help customers and households , england and wales will see their water bills rise by 7.5% from april. industry body water uk says customers pay an average of uk says customers pay an average 0 f £31 more uk says customers pay an average of £31 more than they did last year. of £31 more than they did last year . the of £31 more than they did last year. the annual bill for an average household hi t £448. average household hit £448. that's the biggest increase in almost 20 years. and king

charles won't feature on australia as new $5 banknote. the current is a portrait of queen elizabeth second, but the new design will tribute instead to the culture and history of indigenous australians. the country's central bank says . country's central bank says. it'll take a number of years to design and print the new notes . design and print the new notes. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens now, though. it's over to you, patrick. yeah. welcome along, ladies and gents. we're changing the running order. a little bit because of that bit of breaking news. with the latest news. we start with the latest in for missing dog in the search for a missing dog walker lancashire . and walker from lancashire. and within hour, within the last half hour, detective for 45 year old nick napoli, who vanished on a dog, will want to speak to a in a red coat who seen in the area . the coat who seen in the area. the force said there was nothing to suggest any third party

involvement, adding the woman was sought a witness and nothing more . for those of you on radio, more. for those of you on radio, the potential witness is described as yes, wearing a red. and it's also got a little white trim on it . and it's also got a little white trim on it. the and it's also got a little white trim on it . the hood, light trim on it. the hood, light coloured trousers and a light bubble hat. it says the parents of nicola have spoken out on their at the thought of never their at the thought of never their daughter again as the surgery is now its seventh day. our reporter will hollis has the story nearly a week on from her disappearance and still no answers to what happened to nicola pooley . yet her friends nicola pooley. yet her friends are holding on to hope that they can find her, knowing that her two little girls are at home missing mummy and knowing that mummy is missing is what's driving us forward . we know that driving us forward. we know that knowing nikki, her family are everything and we know without a doubt that if she could be at home with them, that's where she'd be. we are just trying to hold onto the making sense doesn't make sense. if you if

you gave us again nikki is just a lovely human being inside and out and was living a normal life, dropping the children off school, going on a daily walk , school, going on a daily walk, things planned, going out the weekend , seeing friends and weekend, seeing friends and family . yeah, you just can't family. yeah, you just can't make sense that this is actually happening . we're here. we are. happening. we're here. we are. nicola vanished from st michael's in lancashire last friday. she dropped her off at school, then walked her dog, willow espanyol, down a familiar route along the river. wyre at around 9:15. it's a popular place and usually busy . that was place and usually busy. that was the last time she was . an hour the last time she was. an hour later , her dog was found between later, her dog was found between the river and a bench. on the seat was. her phone still connected to a conference call. the sudden disappear. lawrence remains a mystery . lancashire remains a mystery. lancashire police is keeping an open mind, but says it doesn't think she was attacked and isn't treating case as criminal. the force and its partners are focusing on the. the worry is that she's in. police divers fire and rescue

teams with sniffer dogs search below. while scan from the sky. meanwhile, a man described as a key witness is speaking with officers. people here in st michael's are trying to make sense of what's happened to nicola, but that's not all they're doing. they're trying to help. and the local tennis club is being used as a base so that people can come down and offer their maps their support. they've got maps of different along the river wyre and every groups of people are walking those routes trying to find nicola. even with the community, every inch of the river's edge . the puzzle is yet river's edge. the puzzle is yet to be solved . how nicholas to be solved. how nicholas partner and family are stuck wondering her. two young girls just want their mummy back. will hollis gb news. well, joining now live in the studio is former met police detective peter black. he will also recognise peter from , the very popular tv peter from, the very popular tv series hunt. peter, you have a lot of experience . it comes to lot of experience. it comes to cases such as this tragic, cases such as this and have family

spoke out earlier with that. she may have been taking your views . well i did put that to the police and the police officers i spoke to said quite they do not think there is third party involvement . now, that's quite a involvement. now, that's quite a bold statement the police to make. we know so often in cases like this and many other cases, they kind of too, you and i seem , to be sitting on the fence and a very non—committal. so they would seem to be quite confident here that this is not a crime and this is the case of a person. okay. now when it comes to the search for the seven days into it now, what would your instincts be telling? how would you be going about it at the moment? well, tomorrow will be significant because exactly a week since nicola missing and a lot of people have patterns of life that they repeat every day or sometimes every week. for example, going the shops . and example, going to the shops. and there that you and there are people that you and might difficult to might find it difficult to believe not pay much believe do not pay much attention news and gb attention to the news and gb news and so could be blissfully

unaware that nicola has gone missing. so tomorrow i would ensure that there was a significant number of officers dotted around both in vehicles on foot or the location in major road junctions nearby to stop the traffic, stop the people that are walking and saying were here this time last week . if you here this time last week. if you were, did you see anything? i think one of the reasons why this case has gripped the nation and it has really gripped the nafion and it has really gripped the nation is because of how unusual it appears. you've got a lady here, by all accounts on a conference call. so her phone was live are repeating you was live dogs are repeating you said a pattern of life that she does most days couple of kids as well of course has been distraught partly distraught. it is a rather unusual. it's an everyday , isn't it? a loving everyday, isn't it? a loving mother with a loving partner takes children to school after she's them off. she walks the dog before carrying on with her work indict, a story that will be replicated across the country

. but of course, it's very, very unusual twist whereby . she goes unusual twist whereby. she goes missing. my car, of course, goes out to the parents ernest and daughter who we've heard from and a partner. it's a it's a real mystery. yeah, exactly as we were hearing at the top of the report, there and will hold us back because the breaking lane the minute is that there's this is being this new witness is being sought. lady in the red sought. is the lady in the red coat? i we've picture coat? i know we've got a picture of can bring that up at of her. we can bring that up at some point soon. there you go. how for will it be to how vying for will it be to speak person? how speak to this person? how difficult it be tracking difficult can it be in tracking these down? yes well, these people down? yes well, this appears to be wearing this woman appears to be wearing a distinct, bright red coat, about three quarter lengths, possibly with a white hat. and clearly , the police are thinking clearly, the police are thinking she may have seen something that is relevant . again, this could is relevant. again, this could be somebody like i just alluded to who's not watched the news and aware of . nicola's and isn't aware of. nicola's disappearance . the police are disappearance. the police are being , i disappearance. the police are being, i think, as upfront with this is they can in terms of releasing information and appeals for people to come forward specific people , because

forward specific people, because we know in the last couple of days a man said to be about 70 years of age, six foot tall. he's traced. he's been spoken to . so the police are clearly giving us as much as they possibly can. but, yes, it just remains a baffling mystery. and a lot of people looking the pictures and videos who don't know the area . i don't know the know the area. i don't know the area. i'm just looking at what i can see on platforms such this and goodness gracious and thinking, goodness gracious me. like me. well, it doesn't seem like it's the river thames. it's not the river thames. it doesn't it's this huge doesn't seem like it's this huge body of water. but you've got to into actually and all, not into it actually and all, not quite it seems when comes quite as it seems when it comes to be mistaken for to what could be mistaken for quite small river. yes. if you quite a small river. yes. if you look the images, the look at some of the images, the river as river apparently can be as shallow 18 inches. and yet in shallow as 18 inches. and yet in other places , as it flows other places, as it flows towards the ocean it comes out into the sea of fleetwood can be 18 feet deep. so that's just the mythical body of water and will take a lot of searching . now, take a lot of searching. now, look, obviously every single person out there right now and indeed local community have used the golf course to try to the local golf course to try to search for nicola. we're all

hoping the best. praying for the best in your experience. with seven days into it now it will be a full week into tomorrow, real . the golden window, you real. the golden window, you might say, is as past your views and concerns on that. as time goes on. i harbour deep concerns for nicholas and whether she will ever return to her family. fitting peter, look, thank you much for your insight on this and you did just say just just one more. one of the things that the police will be doing in your view is something you did in your day because people go your day was because people go about patterns of life . about weekly patterns of life. sometimes you get really sometimes you can get really useful tidbits. you were telling me actually earlier on. me a story, actually earlier on. yes. very case from this. this yes. a very case from this. this was a murder that i dealt with some years ago. and yes, because that pattern of life, people repeating the same pattern every week or sometimes every month, week or sometimes every month, we plotted up, to use an old expression around the area of this crime . and we stopped this crime. and we stopped a young man who already on my

suspects list , and we identified suspects list, and we identified that the route he took was the route he took every he'd taken that week that the week before. and we later more evidence to prove that he was the man responsive before murdering the lady. now you got as you've said completely but completely different case, but just an interesting insight into some police used some of the tactics police used to gather information. peter indeed. you very indeed. peter, thank you very much. black say much. as ever. peter black say that top cop just giving that former top cop just giving you an insight into case you an insight really into case that has gripped the that has frankly gripped the nafion that has frankly gripped the nation . a bully, of course, nation. a bully, of course, missing. for the day, the missing. now for the day, the search continues . but we move on search continues. but we move on and two huge news stories , the and two huge news stories, the world of big energy companies. that's we start with an exclusive investigation in the times which shows how times today, which shows how british gas is routinely believe. this, by the way, is routinely sending debt collectors into collectors to break into customers homes to. force pay as you go metres onto families when they fall behind on their bill payments. the times newspaper plunged. a reporter. this is fantastic journalism , by the fantastic journalism, by the way, planted a reporter in a firm used by the gas company to

pursue and the investigation found enforcement agents have been sent to the homes of people with mental health problems, single mothers and of course , single mothers and of course, ever elderly customers . it's ever elderly customers. it's always the vulnerable who suffer in these situations, isn't it? hey, here's a clip of the report where of the debt collectors where one of the debt collectors offered the reporter offered advice to the reporter on vulnerabilities . on assessing vulnerabilities. hello, chris after winning the cold, to leave us with all of a little of . jigsaw and i love little of. jigsaw and i love this quote , this bit. i love this quote, this bit. i love this quote, this bit. i love this bit . the this quote, this bit. i love this bit. the same agent this quote, this bit. i love this bit . the same agent offered this bit. the same agent offered me tips on judging a customer's vulnerability . but if they just vulnerability. but if they just saying, oh , a single mom and i'm saying, oh, a single mom and i'm afraid kids that that's that's not vulnerability it is a vulnerability. but a i'm a bit old school , a vulnerability. but a i'm a bit old school, a bit hard nosed. i was in teams sent to enforce warrants for british gas at homes customers included a 77 year old man as well as a young mother aged 25 who had four

children. yeah, it's like an episode of rogue traders. this isn't. and the findings come on the same day that energy giant shell revealed its last year hit £32 billion. it's the highest figure in the firm's 150 year history and has prompted from the environmental group greenpeace . well, joining me now greenpeace. well, joining me now to discuss the tom's investigation is gb news is political editor darren mccaffrey. darren, thank you very much. this has got people raging and i suspect so . yeah. raging and i suspect so. yeah. not of all. because as you saw in that clip , it's been reported in that clip, it's been reported in that clip, it's been reported in the times newspaper , there is in the times newspaper, there is a reflection that is focusing on the most vulnerable people in society . the idea about society. the idea about pre—payment metres by the way is that it pre—payment metres by the way is thatitis pre—payment metres by the way is that it is people who literally cannot afford the bills who have fallen behind on the payments. and so we've pre—payment metres. you have to in advance if you like the is that is often more costly than paying by direct debit for example . and these are debit for example. and these are people who already cannot afford it at a time of course , which

it at a time of course, which energy prices have never been high. and we've a pretty strong reaction from within government. rishi sunak's spokesperson this afternoon saying that vulnerable families should not be treated so poorly . the findings suggest so poorly. the findings suggest that british gas has failed , use that british gas has failed, use every avenue to support every possible avenue to support those struggling with energy bills as they rightly deserve and are entitled to, because that's essentially what is stated, this should stated, is that this should always clearly always a last resort. clearly for watching that clip. that is not the case. those instances, the times have found we know this afternoon the energy minister so meeting with british gas in addition to that, the chief executive of gas has been talking to every tom, dick and harry today, suggesting that they're not to use this firm in future. they're going at future. they're going to look at their processes as they go forward. clearly that is not forward. but clearly that is not enough for everyone. the labour party repeated call for party have repeated call for this practise to be stopped or doing so again today and. the liberal democrats, the and actually for bath is going to use a private bill parliament use a private bill in parliament tomorrow that this should be

suspended practise on the toilet until at least april when we get over winter period and then can be reassessed will be interesting see whether actually that pertains private member's bill does get cross—party support i suspect in the end the government won't give a parliamentary time, but it will be a test of resolve on this issue . and as you say, it comes issue. and as you say, it comes on a day in which you got that announcement about energy profits. shell esso doing very very well in the last couple of months last year with , record months last year with, record amounts of profits, not, they will point out, as will others that those figures that you talked about i think that those figures that you talked about i thin k £1,000 talked about i think £1,000 a second in profits is largely based on the global profits. it's made by the vast majority , it's made by the vast majority, not made here in the uk. it's made by the vast majority, not made here in the uk . the not made here in the uk. the government would suggest there is a windfall tax in place. that does mean it does off some of those profits. clearly the labour party though want governments to go further and they feel they've public they feel they've got public opinion on. their side. they feel they've got public

opinion on. their side . yeah, opinion on. their side. yeah, exactly. darren, thank you very much. darren mccaffrey gb news is pulitzer coal editor. i find absolutely, completely and utterly infuriate . think what's utterly infuriate. think what's going on right now. just the opfics going on right now. just the optics of people in the middle of a cost of living crisis that we hear so much about. of a cost of living crisis that we hear so much about . channels we hear so much about. channels like this with extreme can't like this with extreme i can't help picture own help but picture own grandmother, or grandmother, for example, or people who've got disabilities , people who've got disabilities, single mothers. in fact, one case here was a woman who had a four week old baby cost of living crisis. she was under as a result of someone broke into a home to fit one of these pay as you go metres and. her bills have gone up seven fold seven fold. i think you look at on same day that people are recording office recording absolutely box office bump profits. dedicated to bump profits. i was dedicated to windfall mainly because i'm windfall tax mainly because i'm not against wealth not really against wealth creation. i want to scare off big companies, but it does appear it's becoming harder and harder doesn't it? harder to justify, doesn't it? joining now are two viewers joining me now are two viewers to the show, sue cox is from felixstowe and lee harris in bristol . lee, felixstowe and lee harris in bristol. lee, i'm going to felixstowe and lee harris in bristol . lee, i'm going to start bristol. lee, i'm going to start with you . keep it clean because

with you. keep it clean because it's a family show. but what would you say if someone tried to your and to break into your house and change metre a be outraged, change your metre a be outraged, patrick. i was really shocked when i saw when i saw you know, something so seriously wrong . a something so seriously wrong. a british gas know i'm really pleased to hear that they all the court orders and will be investigating you know i do there needs to be a process i actually listen to one of your experts earlier and there apparently are people who can afford to pay but simply refuse to pay. that there needs to be a way dealing that situation. so the rest of us don't pick up the tab . i understand that requires tab. i understand that requires a court order . there tab. i understand that requires a court order. there is a legal process. however i totally appreciate there are a lot of people that are vulnerable . people that are vulnerable. energy prices been extortionate high. in fact, record that would be people . real difficulty and be people. real difficulty and a pre—payment metre is not the answer people in those circumstances there needs to be some sort of arrangement with . some sort of arrangement with. the energy companies that allow vulnerable people to the vulnerable people to keep the heat on maybe the government can

look extending the price guarantee ends in april . guarantee that ends in april. you the good news is, is you know the good news is, is that energy prices are that wholesale energy prices are coming down a little bit faster expected. this means energy pnces expected. this means energy prices will hopefully be in the second half of 2023 below the energy price guarantee, which means which means it won't cost the government a penny to help any households through that sort of jam. we'll be announcing more the energy price cap at the end of the month. yeah. so hopefully no more then , you know, maybe no more then, you know, maybe the government will have more room because if prices come down now, more vulnerable people. all right. so i'll bring you in now . sue cox, who is from felixstowe . so a couple of felixstowe. so a couple of questions to you. really how are you on with your energy you getting on with your energy bills moment? how does it bills at the moment? how does it make you that make you feel when you see that companies like oil? companies like shell oil? absolutely great big profits ? absolutely great big profits? well, i'm all for free enterprise, but i do think utilities such gas electric water would benefit greatly from

being nationally when the is set right the big time customers and when the price is fluctuated up and down that would be passed on to the customer and. do you think that there are any circumstances where would be justified for someone working on behalf british gas to break into somebody's home and fit a new i? it's absolutely a poor rent. it's absolutely a poor rent. it's unethical and it's like there's some person thousands of pounds has had a knee jerk reaction and so what can we do we'll focus on softer because that's exactly what done. yeah indeed. well look both of you thank you very much. sue cox from felixstowe lee harris in bristol . more on those two bristol. more on those two stories. so dropping at exactly the same time, pretty much, which is that shell has got record profits the same time, of course, that it's emerged that people working on behalf of british gas have been breaking

into , in many cases, vulnerable into, in many cases, vulnerable people's homes , the middle of a people's homes, the middle of a cost living crisis and facing cost of living crisis and facing these metres, which means these new metres, which means that end up paying more that people end up paying more and just out of the and then just out of the goodness of their own heart, they all right, well, they say, oh, all right, well, look, change about for look, we'll change you about for you, you hundreds you, but it'll cost you hundreds of pounds. tell what, if of pounds. tell you what, if someone and someone knocked on my door and tried get in, they'd hearing tried get in, they'd be hearing two that two words. i can tell you that much chief executive much centrica chief executive chris has said we have to chris o'shay has said we have to pay chris o'shay has said we have to pay better. setting pay this better. but setting vulnerable is an vulnerable customers is an absolute priority and. we have clear processes and policies to ensure we manage customer debt carefully and safely. the allegations our third allegations around our third party contractor are unacceptable and we immediately suspended their warranty activity, having recently reviewed our internal processes to support our pre—payment customers as well as creating a new £10 million fund to support those customers who need help most. i am extremely disappointed that has occurred as a result on morning we took a further decision to suspend all our pre—payment warrants activity, at least until the end of winter. yes it is fascinating

stuff, of course. and maybe they've now taken the right steps . but the they've now taken the right steps. but the point is, if it wasn't for some fantastic journalism in the times, none of this have to light this would have come to light and still be going on. and it would still be going on. you're with me, patrick, on gb news. i'm coming up. you're with me, patrick, on gb news. i'm coming up . the bank of news. i'm coming up. the bank of england raise england has decided to raise rates again. we'll we'll have the latest . what that means for the latest. what that means for you and your finances. i suspect it won't be good news, but liam halligan be us and he halligan be joining us and he normally put a of normally manages put up a bit of a positive take on things he went over usual doom and went over the usual doom and gloom. back in bit.

welcome back. it's just gone 330 on round and jones in the police looking for a potential witness in search for a missing mother of two nicola lancashire police has released an image of a woman ,

has released an image of a woman a , has released an image of a woman , a white dog. she's wearing a red and white coat with a fur hood , light coloured trousers hood, light coloured trousers and light bobble hat. the woman's believed to have been in st michael's wyre close to where ms. body was last seen on friday. meanwhile, the search of the river wyre continues . the river wyre continues. manchester united footballer mason greenwood has had all charges against him dropped . the charges against him dropped. the 21 year old ford face allegations of attempted controlling and coercive and assault. the crown prosecution service says it follows withdrawal of key witnesses and new material coming to light. the bank of england has raised its base rate from 3.5 to 4. it's the 10th increase in a row. it's the 10th increase in a row. it also says the uk is set to enter recession this year but stresses economic downturn could be shorter and less severe than previously expected. bank of england governor andrew bailey says today's rise reflect the economic uncertainties with inflation currently above 10. we

are unsure the territory , energy are unsure the territory, energy pnces are unsure the territory, energy prices may not fall by as much as currently expected. financial markets and even if they do this penod markets and even if they do this period of very inflation could play period of very inflation could play into price and wage setting. in the uk to a greater extent than we see them in our central projection . the central projection. the tightness of the labour market reinforces this risk. our decision increase bank rate today despite a week outlook in our central projection, reflects uncertainties and an independent inquiry into the 1998 omagh bombing has been by the northern ireland secretary . the ireland secretary. the announcement follows long running action brought by michael gallagher, whose son aidan was killed in the real ira bombing . 29 people died in the bombing. 29 people died in the explosion in county tyrone. hundreds more were injured . tv hundreds more were injured. tv onune hundreds more were injured. tv online under b plus radio. this is gb news. now it's over to .

patrick welcome back. now the bank of england has raised interest rates for the 10th consecutive time , putting the base rates up time, putting the base rates up by nought point 5, bringing it now to 4. and threatening further financial pressure for households already struggling with the high cost of living and soaring energy bills . on a more soaring energy bills. on a more optimistic note bank of england governor andrew bailey said earlier that they were the first signs of inflation turning a corner . well just back from the corner. well just back from the bank england is our business and economics editor it's liam halligan worth on the money . halligan worth on the money. rally. what you got for us? so as you say , interest rates up 50 as you say, interest rates up 50 bafis as you say, interest rates up 50 basis points. as we say, nought point five percentage points from 3.5 to 4 is 14 year high. this may actually be the last interest rate rise. i'm not

saying it will be no one knows, but there some people who now the rates have peaked not, least because andrew bailey there did say that rates have turned a corner . the bank of england also corner. the bank of england also a bit less gloomy much than it was before its previously predicting a economic slowdown lasting much years. blimey is predicting a slowdown that's shallower and lasts just a year. i still think they're overlooking the doom and gloom i have to say. okay. well, give good. go on that then. yes, good. go on that then. yes, good. give us some reasons to be optimistic, because we the best in world and i'm sorry, in the world and i'm sorry, viewers out there, viewers and listeners out there, we hold a mirror up we do have to hold a mirror up and whatever key news of and say whatever the key news of the let's be honest, the day is and. let's be honest, the day is and. let's be honest, the top news of the day was about missing dog walk. and about a missing dog walk. and then got which is then we've also got which is which horrific but which is a horrific story, but one have andy wants to one we have to and andy wants to coven one we have to and andy wants to cover. of course, cover. and then, of course, we've british employing we've got them british employing people to essentially into people to essentially break into people's of stuff. people's houses. all of stuff. and some well , interest and then now some well, interest rates up. but you're rates going up. but you're saying not doom gloom. saying he's not doom and gloom. can up a little bit? can you take us up a little bit? yeah, saying that if this

yeah, i'm saying that if this isn't the peak of interest rates, they've only got rates, then they've only got little bit further to go up little bit further up to go up to say 4.25. there's 50 basis point rate rise today . it's point rate rise today. it's going to put about 40 quid on a monthly payment on a variable rate mortgage on average size that, you know, that's proper money for most households, right? that then you'll feel you'll feel that but it may that inflation will start coming down from the middle of this year , in from the middle of this year, in fact, quite quickly and quite quickly is the phrase that the bank of england use. that's why and about and you've talked about inflation corner and inflation turning a corner and once you get inflation coming down, that might help the government when it's trying to associate unions associate with trade unions because, there won't because, it can say there won't because, it can say there won't be many price rises the be so many price rises in the future. can live with future. so you can live with a smaller wage increase . but once smaller wage increase. but once inflation starts coming down, just as the economy into a bit of a cul de sac in the aftermath of a cul de sac in the aftermath of the war in ukraine, things can start compound and start going a lot better. start investing. there's bit more money in people's pockets .

money in people's pockets. retail sales start rising . you retail sales start rising. you get those, what we call animal to get the economy moving. i am not i don't have a downer on the british economy. i know a lot of people do, but i think we're full of really good entrepreneurs, i think there is a there that we've got a sense out there that we've got get of funk, if get ourselves out of funk, if you like, and start moving forward and you know andrew bailey he's not exactly box office is he's quite dour but for him to a phrase like inflation has now, maybe have turned a corner is the kind of thing that investors can latch onto and think hang about. something's here. yeah, indeed. liam, thank you very, very much as ever cutting through the noise as you so often do. liam halligan our economics and business editor. now the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, under investigation for his alleged civil alleged bullying of civil servants staffers. at least 24 civil servants have made complaints about conduct with some critics that the claims may be politically motivated. number ten has repeatedly said that the

prime minister was not aware of formal when appointing raab to his cabinet. with me now is mike clancy, general secretary of, prospect trade union. thank you very much. great to have on the show. is fair to say as some people that the civil service frankly has been quite obstructive, not fit for and dominic raab was just of with him into shape . well, that might him into shape. well, that might be the positioning of it now because it's becoming rapidly clear that something to answer here are just too many allegations ones, always essential suggests behaviour which is in consistent with ministerial office . and now the ministerial office. and now the briefing starts to suggest that it's really about obstructive servants or even worse , there's servants or even worse, there's some sort of political motivation. this is all a smokescreen. unfortunately is further evidence something my union others have been talking about for some time that ministers and parliamentarians are simply not setting the standards they should do in the

workplace ? some people would say workplace? some people would say that the evidence of political motivation behind these is pretty . 100,000 civil servants pretty. 100,000 civil servants whipped up a striking frenzy yesterday and a lot of this was striking workers from right across different sectors, by the way, are quite hard left wingers, which dominic raab is not. so you can't see the logic behind people thinking now that this is politically motivated. they can smell blood and they want rid it . i they can smell blood and they want rid it. i can't. they can smell blood and they want rid it. i can't . the want rid of it. i can't. the logic of what the two attorneys chief brought together that my own union will be balancing civil servants. it's the first time we've been in that position for over a decade, and that's because of the cost of living crisis. the that the civil service is in the back, their pay service is in the back, their pay queue, even in the public services receiving only 3% last year with inflation is verging on the low and that's what drives that's nothing to with bringing down. bringing a government down. again this is a confection to avoid scrutiny . and whatever.

avoid scrutiny. and whatever. mr. might take a view of strike action. this is about his behaviours and it's about the standards of ministry. i do. i do that. this is not going around sometimes. well it has. i'm just going to counter that . i'm just going to counter that. you've said, and i completely that there's a pattern here there's a pattern of 24 or so people all saying very things about mr. raab and presumably no smoke without , fire. there is smoke without, fire. there is the revelation , but there is the revelation, but there is also a pattern . government also a pattern. government ministers and mp saying that the civil service is not fit for purpose and that they are being very obstructive when it comes to policy. and so by your realistically maybe the civil is a little bit of fault . well, you a little bit of fault. well, you have said and excuse there's a lot of ex—ministers around these days as you well aware. so you have ex—ministers talking this way. jacob rees—mogg has been mocked for that but of course he's part of that now of which

really contributed to some of the challenges the civil service have when he was denigrating civil servants . this is about civil servants. this is about dominic grant's behaviours. it's not the wider issue just on just on that . just just just on that on that. just just just on that . what is bullying and bullying is a misuse of a power dynamic at work and that will continue in many shapes and sizes and when you're in high , when you when you're in high, when you are a minister of the crown, then you need to reflect on your standards and your behaviours and how you conduct yourself can have a detrimental effect on those around you. with setting standards, there's no problem being demanding, but all of us deaung being demanding, but all of us dealing with leadership positions that there's way of going about this, that you ensure that those who work for you are not intimidated, but rather is setting the right standards and you are helping them develop. the reality this is a workplace and. yes, this is a workplace in which any of the workplace up and down the country, somebody's facing this pattern behaviour

pattern of behaviour would say suspension. this , is this is suspension. now this, is this is the thing, isn't though? the thing, isn't it, though? because any other because is it like any other workplace ? be honest with you. workplace? be honest with you. newsrooms sometimes can be pretty fractious places. okay. but that is of the job. and sometimes united. so might speak to you very especially if breaking news is going on. there's plenty of times in my career i've just had to suck it up and operating at the very thick hand of you've got an thick hand of when you've got an elected official people elected official is got people banging his door saying we've banging on his door saying we've got these different got all of these different crises. need get it sorted crises. we need to get it sorted . realistically, if never show, it is the one in the office know how to someone in the office. you've never after show to anyone about things . i don't. anyone about things. i don't. i to answer your question it is not behaviour that be coming in an office of the union or in and around the environment that . i'm around the environment that. i'm responsible for clean . we have responsible for clean. we have phone conversations , we have phone conversations, we have performance. i have to deliver for members but everyone knows that that's in a context of trust. but where the values of our organisation we try to live

to ones where we wouldn't condone bullying and harassment of our own staff or indeed anybody around them. the reality here there is a now an narrative being developed . we're getting being developed. we're getting near the truth , but getting near the truth, but getting industry to potentially another senior member of government, giving the prime minister a problem. and i'm pretty that down the line he at the prime minister is going to be facing difficult decision when these reports are completed. and of course , why now people are course, why now people are asking the prime minister , what asking the prime minister, what did you know when you appointed him ? so let's focus on lisa , on him? so let's focus on lisa, on what the issues here and all about it service. they aren't directly the culture of a newsroom by comparison to anywhere else than about leadership . government ministers leadership. government ministers the crown setting the standards, the workplaces, everyone and behaving in an appropriate way. thank you very much, mark clancy . secretary of . that general secretary of prospects just reacting prospects traded just reacting to of these. dominic raab to all of these. dominic raab allegations made patrick allegations were made patrick christys how christys gb news coming up. how do feel about career advice at

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okay. welcome back. now a former british convicted of the killing of an unarmed man in northern ireland has been given suspended jail sentence of three years. david holden, he's now two, was found guilty of the manslaughter of 23 year old aiden mccann , who of 23 year old aiden mccann, who was shot in the back near a checkpoint in county tyrone while on his way to a sports event. let's get some more detail on this now. so much more detail, i think with all

northern ireland dougie beattie, who is belfast, we hear a lot still about historic prosecutions . bring still about historic prosecutions. bring us to this one. well, this was an incident that happened the 21st of february 19. it it the then guardsman, david holden was only 15 years of age. he was manning that checkpoint and aughnacloy passed through it many, many times between monaghan and arklow. cloy and he hadn't going a.p. was on his way to a gay football match . and mr. holden football match. and mr. holden was inside the army base. the sanger if you and he claims that his fingers wet slept on the trigger and accidentally shot in mock a.p. he was brought to trial here in november and convicted and today he he was sentenced and received a three year suspension that sentence for manslaughter and on doing so

to just say o'hara took in a lot of things consideration of what he said about holden's age at the time the that he had received and couple of others but he did take into account that holden had admitted to actually the trigger but when he turned the family he said that the report there was harrowing . the report there was harrowing. the impact on the family itself and the fact that he had and mark and asked his mother, his now deceased, walked every night to the place where he and today coming out of the court in mock and speech and cousin gave us a quick, brief way of how they are thinking . david holden is had thinking. david holden is had ample opportunities in the court case to give an honest version of events that on that day he didn't take that opportunity. the judge were glad to hear and the summary said that he doesn't think his evidence credible on the various events he given wasn't accepted. we're delighted with that. that is something that we pursued over last number of years. obviously we're still

extremely sad to see it and day that he's not here, but that's given some solace to the family . and this of course, all comes on the back of , this legacy bill on the back of, this legacy bill thatis on the back of, this legacy bill that is making its way from the house of through house of lords at this moment in time that's a bill that's been brought in by the british government to try and put end to these troubles and put an end to these troubles related trial and of course what really happened here was in 2014 a trial about the high park bombings. there was no new evidence came to light and the man that was deemed to be with in possession of that dna was brought to court and produced a letter of comfort . these letters letter of comfort. these letters were given to our rea members dunng were given to our rea members during the 1998 agreement here in order to bring peace on by tony blair which meant that basically they had an amnesty and the british soldiers servicemen here have known and they're trying to bring tent and dig in. thank you very, very much. and that is a vitally

important point. that last one there, the two wrongs don't make a right , of there, the two wrongs don't make a right, of course. but the fact is that there are people who were signed up of the ira, who have gone about committing complete and utter atrocities , complete and utter atrocities, who are able to walk around free, free from fear of conviction . now, this particular conviction. now, this particular individual. all right. individual. okay all right. david holden, that gives suspended sentences for shooting an back 1988. an unarmed man back in 1988. but then you look at some other cases like dennis hutchins, who died awaiting third trial. died awaiting his third trial. he alone in hospital in he died alone in hospital in belfast . he was never allowed belfast. he was never allowed his family around him and all of this when been this stuff, when he'd been found not seem to not guilty twice, does seem to be bit weird, doesn't not guilty twice, does seem to be it. bit weird, doesn't not guilty twice, does seem to be it. but bit weird, doesn't not guilty twice, does seem to be it. but movingi, doesn't not guilty twice, does seem to be it. but moving on oesn't not guilty twice, does seem to be it. but moving on fromt not guilty twice, does seem to be it. but moving on from all say it. but moving on from all of that now, richie sunak has made it. he's made people. made it. he's made it people. he's gentlemen, he's made it. listen, gentlemen, it's day as prime, it's his 100th day as prime, which may not seem like cause for celebration. but bear in mind , of course, that liz truss mind, of course, that liz truss made it look like an impressive milestone she bowed out just milestone as she bowed out just 44 days into the job, outlasted by a lettuce sunak's political rivals . his by a lettuce sunak's political rivals. his premiership was

being clouded by a fester in a swamp of tory sleaze scandals as he's faced pressure to show leadership and tackle misconduct. let's get some more detail now on sunak's tenure. so far what gb news political reporter olivia utley. olivia, this entry is up he's turned up, but she's turned up . yes, it's a but she's turned up. yes, it's a bit of a mixed bag of rishi sunak stay in office. i don't think that's cause for celebration as allies, they're essentially few areas where he's promised that he's going to improve in the areas he's going to be judged by. one of them is the economy, where he said he's to halve inflation. well the good news is that inflation is slowly beginning to creep down. looks like it's going to creep further down soon. interest rates, although did go up rates, although they did go up today, expected to start today, are expected to start falling in the next year. today, are expected to start falling in the next year . the falling in the next year. the bad news is that house prices are still falling . you could see are still falling. you could see lots of people coming off their fixed rate mortgages and going it's equity. that's the it's negative equity. that's the sort has through. sort of thing has cut through. as say beyond westminster, as they say beyond westminster, people will feel that happening

and like then on the small and won't like then on the small boats. i mean this is that this is the issue which is really going to be judged by and although starmer doesn't have much of a plan at all beyond working with the french and tackling the problem upstream. yes he is. his plan is more popular with the public than rishi sunak's plan. that is potentially because we've seen very , very little. people are very, very little. people are just fed isn't it? that's it just fed up, isn't it? that's it is. just like every is. it's just like now every single the single time someone in the conservative party opens their mouth tells they're going mouth and tells us they're going to about what's mouth and tells us they're going to in about what's mouth and tells us they're going to in channel. hat's going on in the channel. a migrant and people being left, right centre and all of right and centre and all of that. everyone just hears that. just everyone just hears well, , just hot air, well, nothing, just hot air, just a dull noise drone with keir starmer the reality of the situation is he's probably going to do absolutely naff all about it as well but people just want somebody else to do naff all about now. yes mean about it now. well yes i mean the one substantive thing that rishi has small rishi sunak has done, small boats, to get this deal boats, is to get this deal agreed the albanians are agreed with the albanians are making up a very large proportion could wrong that

proportion could go wrong that over and the deal sensibly is supposed to mean that anyone who claims to be a victim of modern slavery from albania is sent back having to go back without having to go through the process which takes on 400 days and is massively clogging up system. so that on the face it is quite a big win. but that's the only detail that we've seen in sunak's plan we've seen in rishi sunak's plan to stop the boats, which as i he has made a real his home secretary has said that if he doesn't get a grip of they're going to lose the next election and really haven't seen enough detail . there are people who detail. there are people who believe and his supporters in the party feel that on the bright side he has studied the economy and of course after that disastrous mini budget, economy and of course after that disastrous mini budget , the disastrous mini budget, the economy was in a state. it has been today from the been we heard today from the governor of the bank of england that recession which is that the recession which is already predicted going already being predicted is going to be shallower than originally , but even only economy, you've got plenty conservative backbenchers who are fed with his high tax approach. you don't believe it's a real tory approach and i've heard that

plenty of plotting on plenty of plotting going on behind with behind seats, dealing with mistrust . yes, but actually very mistrust. yes, but actually very quickly, quietly it trust quickly, very quietly it trust mark to do you think is he going to be back or not. well, she's had a break gathered her thoughts. it's being discussed that she's planning some sort of intervention basically pointing out that our policies on working they don't speeding up the improvement of the economy and she will basically argue that her interventions were right they were just done too quickly. so it's probably not a trust mark, too. i don't think we can expect to see on frontline politics time but the politics any time soon. but the idea espoused are idea is she espoused are certainly popularity certainly growing in popularity on the backbench. yes. well they are they? is are aren't they? which is remarkable because there were quite at the time quite a few people at the time who saying, look, just who were saying, look, you just forgive her quasi forgive the fact that her quasi kwarteng essentially explained everything catastrophically, badly, the optics badly, and they allow the optics of this to be snatched by laboun of this to be snatched by labour. look at what's labour. if you look at what's really on, then this really going on, then this realistically is a better plan for country than jeremy hunt for the country than jeremy hunt bowing, the backside off the nation. thank very much,

nation. but thank you very much, olivia utley i'm making a little poll. process. cheers, poll. the process. cheers, jezza. up jezza. anyway going see dogs up and also get some advice. and also get some career advice. well you're there. ministers are reportedly and i am not making this up. i promise you i'm not making this placing job coaches at gp surgeries to help the over fifties into employment. it's rishi sunak's efforts to try and slash the tally of 9 million people who are in either in—work nor looking for a job search in early retirement . the over 50 is early retirement. the over 50 is believed to be a partial cause of the uk's recent sluggish economic performance . it's hoped economic performance. it's hoped a link between health care and job provision could help reverse this trend . but is it a good this trend. but is it a good idea to place job agencies at local gp to help the grades retirement? with me now , stephen retirement? with me now, stephen evans, chief executive of the and work aides to stephen thank you very much rather lot to get stuck into and if you are unwell and in a gp surgery. stuck into and if you are unwell and in a gp surgery . why do and in a gp surgery. why do people think that will be a good

fertile to try to recruit people to get them back into it. oh well you know my knees are absolutely i can't walk . well, absolutely i can't walk. well, you could do a job sitting down you could do a job sitting down you . yes. well, it's definitely you. yes. well, it's definitely not going to the right answer for everyone. you're absolutely right. but there is a big challenge here that there's 300,000 older people who've left the workforce . two thirds of the workforce. two thirds of them say their interested in coming , but them say their interested in coming, but they don't them say their interested in coming , but they don't always coming, but they don't always know where to get that help and support . so for those who are support. so for those who are interested to know, well and can do some work , it's not a bad do some work, it's not a bad idea to well , do some work, it's not a bad idea to well, here's do some work, it's not a bad idea to well , here's where idea to say, well, here's where you to get help . the you go to get that help. the problem, you've just problem, isn't it? you've just said well and said they're well enough and you're rounding up in a place where sick people go to get better . yeah. i mean, this isn't better. yeah. i mean, this isn't where we're waiting for the actual full later this month. and if this is the only thing in there then i think we're in bit of trouble and you'll do well to get to gp's at the moment, won't you? lots more we you? but there's lots more we need do. employs a very need do. it employs a very struggling to fill their vacancies . this struggling to fill their vacancies. this is holding back

economic growth . you were economic growth. you were talking rates just now and talking about rates just now and there are lots of people want work work but aren't work and can work but aren't getting the help we need to get that and also get that help to them and also get employers to think how employers to think about how they recruit . think about the they recruit. think about the skills of people and skills of older people and tackle . is it this tackle any of that. is it this out there as well ? yeah, i mean, out there as well? yeah, i mean, it's a tough ask at the minute, isn't it. because what they're not really saying is one of the main reasons we need 50 and main reasons why we need 50 and above to get back into work. so can tax the living daylights out of them and try and help our pubuc of them and try and help our public services out. that's not a great tip . i probably wouldn't a great tip. i probably wouldn't sell it like that. no i think there's a big crunch here, isn't so the economy hasn't really very much since 2008. and this is why we're having all kinds of problems funding public, trying to reduce tax . so we need to get to reduce tax. so we need to get out of that low growth. again, as you were just talking about just now, what might to help to do that is to get people back to work. and employment is 300,000 lower than it was pre—pandemic . lower than it was pre—pandemic. the only country in the g7 to

have a lower employment rate now than we in 2020. so we can than we did in 2020. so we can do it better than that and that can a base base which can help it's a base base which enables reduce taxes as well enables to reduce taxes as well as investing in our public services . okay. all right. well, services. okay. all right. well, thank very much. thank you very, very much. i must say, i'm going be must say, i'm going to be keeping eye on returning keeping a close eye on returning to because see to it later, because i can't see this. it great, if it this. look, if it great, if it was fantastic . but as far as i'm was fantastic. but as far as i'm concerned at the moment, this is comedy gold. the idea that you'd shuffle yourself into a gp's appointment, you go, how it. well i don't know. i mean not sort of kid these days but i'm sort of a kid these days but i'm an dierdre. right. an accountant dierdre. right. thank great to have you thank you very great to have you on stephen evans, our on the show. stephen evans, our chief of the learning and work institute. may you institute. it may shock you ladies that ladies judgement to know that many advice when i was many careers advice when i was at school i was genuinely filled in one of these online photo blogs . for you. what job blogs. job for you. what job could a whole that could it be? a whole story that came which i've never at any came up which i've never at any point in my life expressed any interest whole says interest in. it's a whole says i don't to happen, but there don't want to happen, but there you never you go. certainly. did it never say would be gob a stick say i would be a gob on a stick that we get it with me. patrick

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welcome back. it's 4:00 here with me. patrick christys gb news. and coming up on day, an energy company has posted record profits. it's emerged to an exclusive in the times that another energy company has been

forcing their way into vulnerable people's homes to install prepayment energy , which install prepayment energy, which is likely to cost them hundreds of pounds more in their bills and. to an insult to injury, they're charging them to switch it back. that's good, isn't it? it like a episode of rogue it is like a episode of rogue traders slap bang in the middle of a cost of living crisis. we are being taxed. i have in our pubuc are being taxed. i have in our public services a naked and we've these big multi we've got these big multi billion standing billion pound companies standing on the of the little guy. anyway snatched in broad daylight the family of missing dog walker nicola bailey. they want answers now and a missing person case has gripped the nation we've got breaking news on that for you as well. how do you feel about well. and how do you feel about getting career advice at the same getting dog same time as getting your dog checked to over checked on close to over fifties, back into work of career adviser stationed at gp's practises. you go in with stomach cramps , you come out stomach cramps, you come out with a job as a solicitor, a horse groomer working at greggs subway, whatever . get in touch. subway, whatever. get in touch. email me at gb views on gb news dot uk. let is coming your way also has kicked off in the inbox

about dominic raab bullying about the dominic raab bullying investigation. i'll talk about that views. gb news that as well. gb views. gb news .uk. now that you had lots. patrick thank you and good to you.the patrick thank you and good to you. the top stories on gb news. police say a potential witness in the disappearance of mother of two, nicola bulleit has now been. of two, nicola bulleit has now been . earlier lancashire police been. earlier lancashire police released an image a woman in a red and white coat walking a white dog. the woman is believed to have been on some michael's the wire footpath next to the river where pooley went missing on friday. that lady has now been locate cid and is speaking to police. meanwhile the search of the river wyre continues will continue to bring updates on that story as . the day that story as. the day progresses. now the other top story on gb news today , bank of story on gb news today, bank of england has raised its rate from 3.5 to 4. that's a 10th increase in a row . it

3.5 to 4. that's a 10th increase in a row. it also 3.5 to 4. that's a 10th increase in a row . it also says the 3.5 to 4. that's a 10th increase in a row. it also says the uk is set to enter recession this year but stresses the economic downturn could be shorter and less severe previously expected. the slump is now expected to last just over a year rather than two as energy bills fall and rises slow down. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, supports the bank of england's decision , we recognise it is decision, we recognise it is very difficult for families up and down the country when interest rates go up , but much interest rates go up, but much harder for them would be if we didn't take. decisive steps to bnng didn't take. decisive steps to bring down. and that's why the bank of england is absent only right to do what they've done today. and we in the government must make sure we support them by what i do in the budget to make sure that we make it easier , not harder for them to do what we all want to do, which is to have inflation. well, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, says although she supports the interest rates rise, she does think will be more pressure on

households . i think will be more pressure on households. i know think will be more pressure on households . i know that families households. i know that families are going to be very concerned about another increase in interest rates, which going to put more pressure particularly on people with mortgages already before this interest rate rise. we know that 4 million people are coming off the fixed rate deals or on tracker deals who on average are going to see mortgage go up by two and a half thousand pounds a year. very thousand pounds a year. a very difficult people people difficult time for people people . well, the boss of british owner centrica says , he's owner centrica says, he's horrified. the contractor for the company broke into struggling customers home to fit energy metres . his comments came energy metres. his comments came shortly after the energy regulator ofgem . it was regulator ofgem. it was launching an urgent. it regulator ofgem. it was launching an urgent . it follows launching an urgent. it follows a times sting in which an undercover journalist accompanied decca actors who reportedly entered homes of vulnerable people to force fed prepayment . vulnerable people to force fed prepayment. in vulnerable people to force fed prepayment . in other news today, prepayment. in other news today, shell says its profits have increased by more than 53, with

earnings of more than £68 billion last year. it's the company's highest profit in its 115 year history. energy giant has benefited from soaring oil pnces has benefited from soaring oil prices due to russia's invasion of ukraine. a downing street spokesman has said the prime minister absolutely . people's minister absolutely. people's anger over shell's profits at a time of soaring household energy bills. the manchester united footballer mason greenwood has had all charges against him dropped. the 21 year old forward faced allegations of attempted rape controlling coercive behaviour and assault . greater behaviour and assault. greater manchester police said criminal proceedings have been discontinued by the crown prosecution . greenwood has prosecution. greenwood has suspended by united since the news of his arrest in january last year was confirmed an independent inquiry into the 1998 omagh bombing has been ordered by northern ireland

secretary . the announcement secretary. the announcement follows a long running legal action brought by michael gallagher, whose son aidan was killed in the real ira bombing. 29 people died in the explosion county tyrone. hundreds more were injured and a former soldier has been given a suspended sentence of three years for shooting a man the back at an army checkpoint in northern ireland, 35 years ago. in november, david holdom was convicted of the manslaughter of 23 year old aiden mccann. sb in 1988. holden the first veteran to be found guilty , a historical to be found guilty, a historical offence in northern ireland since the good friday agreement . he was sentenced earlier three years, but the judge suspended full term. aiden's brother sean spoke outside belfast crown court earlier. he had a chance at the start of this trial to come out and tell the truth until it met to what he don't but he tried this through the

courts for years but lost her father and sister in the duration of that. it was like being stopped at the checkpoint every time mickey am . we weren't every time mickey am. we weren't looking for a pound of flesh . looking for a pound of flesh. we're looking forjustice, looking for a pound of flesh. we're looking for justice, truth and justice. and lastly, a 32 year old man has been in custody after appearing in court over the murder of . natalie mcnally the murder of. natalie mcnally in northern ireland. the 32 year old was stabbed in her home in county armagh in december. old was stabbed in her home in county armagh in december . she county armagh in december. she was 15 weeks pregnant. stephen mccullough arrested on tuesday, rearrested on tuesday after , rearrested on tuesday after, being previously arrested . on being previously arrested. on the 19th. that's it from gb news. now mornings as it happens. back now to .

happens. back now to. okay. welcome back. now we start with the latest in the search for . a missing dog walker from for. a missing dog walker from lancashire the last few minutes lancashire the last few minutes lancashire police excuse say a potential witness has been found in a search for 45 nicola bailey who vanished on dog walk and they want speak to a woman in a red coat who was also seen in the area. the force released cctv image of a woman earlier, but it now talking to her. the force there was nothing to suggest third party involvement, adding the woman was sought as a witness and nothing more . it witness and nothing more. it says the parents of nicola have spoken out on their fear at the thought of never their daughter again the search now its again as the search now its seventh day. our reporter will hollis has more on a story has gnpped hollis has more on a story has gripped the nation . nearly gripped the nation. nearly a week on her disappearance and there's still no answer as to what happened to nicola. yet her friends are holding on to hope

that they can find her, knowing that they can find her, knowing that two little girls are at home missing mommy and knowing that mommy's missing is what's driving forward . we know that driving us forward. we know that knowing nikki, her family are everything. i'm and we know without a doubt that if she could be home with them, that's where she'd be. we are just trying to hold to the hope that making sense doesn't make sense. if if you gather us again, if you if you gather us again, nikki , just a lovely human being nikki, just a lovely human being inside and out and living a normal life, dropping children off at school, going on a daily walk , things, plans going out walk, things, plans going out the seen friends of family. walk, things, plans going out the seen friends of family . yeah the seen friends of family. yeah you just can't make sense that this is actually happening. and when we're here we are . nicola when we're here we are. nicola vanished from st michael's in lancashire last friday. she dropped her kids off at school, then walked her dog, willow, a spaniel, down a familiar route , spaniel, down a familiar route, the river wyre at around quarter past nine. it's a popular place and usually busy . that was the and usually busy. that was the last time she seen. an hour later , her dog was found between

later, her dog was found between the river. a bench. on the seat . her phone still connected to . . her phone still connected to. a conference call. the sudden disappearance remains a mystery . lancashire police is keeping open mind, but says it think she was attacked and isn't the case as criminal. the and its partners are focusing on the river. the worry is that she's fallen in police divers and fire and rescue teams with sniffer dogs. search while helicopters scan from the sky. meanwhile, amanda , as a key witness is amanda, as a key witness is speaking with officers , people speaking with officers, people living here in st michael's are trying to make sense of what's happened. trying to make sense of what's happened . nicola but that's not happened. nicola but that's not all they're doing . they're also all they're doing. they're also trying to help on the local club is as a base so that is being used as a base so that people can come down and offer their support. they've got maps of river wyre of walks along the river wyre and every day. groups of people are walking those routes, trying find nicola. even with community treading every inch of the river's edge. the puzzle is yet be solved. how nicola's partner

and family are stuck wondering. two young girls just want their mommy back . will hollis gb news. mommy back. will hollis gb news. well, joining now is head of help lines reconnections at the charity missing people and it's paul joseph paul thank you very much for joining paul joseph paul thank you very much forjoining . what kind of much for joining. what kind of services are out there to help people look for the likes of nicola nicola. so the charity missing people we have applied that's every day to help families work out what to do if somebody goes missing , advise somebody goes missing, advise them on the next steps . we can them on the next steps. we can also, if helpful, we can help the police and family with pubuchy the police and family with publicity to kind of reach out to the public, to pass on the sightings. also encourage the missing aid appeals to contact help is also way themselves . help is also way themselves. yes, indeed. i'll help find it's just giving someone that says space to work out what to do next and kind of think things

through . yeah i know the police through. yeah i know the police have been desperate . try to have been desperate. try to track down a couple of key witnesses. it does appear that they have managed to do that now as well. but you must deal in your situation with various family members . it's just an family members. it's just an absolutely horrific time for them. surely it's a horrific time . it's something that time. it's something that obviously in a situation of this comes completely out of the blue and it pulls the out from under people's world and. what else can they focus on at the moment than been trying to find person safely which which nicholas family were just saying in the in the in the video before. yeah i know people will be looking at this case and thinking, i mean, this, this particular case gnpped this, this particular case gripped the nation, i think mainly because it seems mainly because it just seems so mundane sense , the sense mundane in a sense, the sense that was sitting there by that she was sitting there by accounts a work conference accounts on a work conference call the dog patterns call walking, the dog patterns of repeated behaviour that happen every single happen basically every single day , but it has gripped the day, but it has gripped the

pubuc day, but it has gripped the public attention on the last. however, i think will be amazed to find out how many people are how many people do go missing , how many people do go missing, how many people do go missing, how much of a regular occurrence it is for someone to actually disappear in this sense. but you will not only see, wow. i mean, yeah. will not only see, wow. i mean, yeah . i mean this statistics yeah. i mean this statistics that showed about 70,000 people reported missing a the vast are found or come home very but yeah it's a very worrying for anyone who's involved that and i'm you know there's some people who might go missing several times particularly young people who but basic exploitation things like that but yeah it's something that does happen a lot . every 90 seconds, someone's reported missing in the uk. absolutely. i know a lot of that family will be deeply concerned. all will deeply all of the family will deeply concerned, but there concerned, of course. but there are reasons to be hopeful. people do missing people people do go missing and people do found . yes, yes. the do get found. yes, yes. the majority of people who are

reported are found within a certain amount of time. sometimes as time on, then there's still a proportion of people that banned. but we would always encourage everyone still to do everything can do to find someone . and we what we live someone. and we what we live with families are in that hope that they're going to find they're safe want their loved ones safely as soon as possible . absolutely. paul, thank very, very much. paul joseph there , very much. paul joseph there, who is the head of help and reconnections at the charity missing people just reacting to that case. nicola a case that is gripping the nation at the moment. and of course , would you moment. and of course, would you wish nicola and indeed her family all the best for the next sorry this afternoon has caused you my inbox today. you to flood my inbox today. this is the fact that ofgem has now launched investigation into british gas , following reports british gas, following reports that the firm has been sending debt collectors to break customers homes to force pre—payment metres, including to households. so an extensive investigation in the times today

found that enforcement agents had been sent to the homes of people with mental health problems, single mothers and elderly customers. here is a little clip of the. well, one of the debt collectors offered advice reporter assessing advice to the reporter assessing vulnerabilities . hello. advice to the reporter assessing vulnerabilities. hello. good that's the problem with the cold war . when you break up with all war. when you break up with all of the lots of love before you . of the lots of love before you. take i love this push, but this is i love this bit the same agent offered me tips on judging agent offered me tips on judging a customer's vulnerability . but a customer's vulnerability. but if they're just saying, oh, i'm a single and i'm offering cards and i know that that's that's not vulnerability. ease of vulnerability. but i'm i'm a bit old school, a bit hard nosed. i was in teams sent to enforce for british gas at homes where customers included a 77 year old man, as well as a young aged 25 who had four children. it is i've said it before. i'll say again, it is like a proper

episode of rogue traders, isn't it? got sympathy, by the way, for gas companies, even in this case, british gas , who must have case, british gas, who must have people are malicious , not people who are malicious, not paying. that is something paying. and that is something that needs to be dealt with. and i how someone i can understand how someone whose to go whose job it is to go and recover missing payments such a poorly guess the sob story every day say oh i've got day of the and say oh i've got this kind of and this wrong email kind of and i can how they've become a bit can get how they've become a bit desensitised but optics of desensitised but the optics of this this particular moment this at this particular moment in this cost of living in time in this cost of living crisis shocking in time in this cost of living crisi the shocking in time in this cost of living crisi the findings shocking in time in this cost of living crisi the findings do shocking in time in this cost of living crisi the findings do come.ing in time in this cost of living crisi the findings do come as| in time in this cost of living crisi the findings do come as wow and the findings do come as wow this will get you going on the same day that giant same day that energy giant revealed that its profits for last year 32 billion. don't last year 32 billion. i don't even we know how many zeros that is. it's the highest figure in the firm's 115 year history. it's prompted protests from the environmental greenpeace . environmental group greenpeace. yeah. all right. well, whatever they call greenpeace needs to further. to further. joining me now to discuss news is discuss the time's is gb news is political editor darren mccaffrey. we've two stories in one go down in both of them . one go down in both of them. shocking. take it away . yeah. shocking. take it away. yeah. the fiscal reaction has been pretty strong, particularly on

the first one that times it was an as you say, that seemed to be focussed largely the most vulnerable in our society . we're vulnerable in our society. we're being almost maliciously targeted by that company. no centrica the only british gas we know it's on the tv and radio today time and time again that they were not going deal with this company in future. that the behaviour was unacceptable and that on a look at the processes going . however, what i would say going. however, what i would say is we've also had an equally strong message from the government, the business secretary grant this secretary grant shapps this afternoon was by afternoon saying that he was by this and saying this investigation and saying that switching customers and particularly those who are vulnerable to pre—payment metres should only ever a last resort and that every other possible alternative it should be exhaust . these suggest british . these findings suggest british gas are not this in doing gas are not doing this in doing anything , they said. we've heard anything, they said. we've heard similar sentiments , it must be similar sentiments, it must be said, from the labour party who've wanted these pre—payment metres that are effectively imposed on people who can't keep up with our current bills. they

want them banned altogether . the want them banned altogether. the liberal democrats are introducing a private member's bill tomorrow, to patrick, and force that into law at least until april. and all this while is an ofgem investigation underway into this very practise. so politically this has caused somewhat of a row. there is doubt about that . yes, there is doubt about that. yes, absolutely. darren, thank you very much . darren mccaffrey that very much. darren mccaffrey that gb news is political editor. what you need to a couple of stories now. i want to know what you think and judgement on all of views a gbnews.uk of this gb views is a gbnews.uk it a little bit of a mixed it has a little bit of a mixed bag in the inbox when it to the british gas knocking your british gas knocking on your door not just knocking on your doon door not just knocking on your door, the lock door, actually picking the lock and letting people in and then refitting so refitting metre at expense. so you can essentially find yourselves paying through the nose in the middle a cost of nose in the middle of a cost of living. people are saying, living. some people are saying, well, it must be very, very for the companies who have the bigger companies who do have people lot trying people on the take a lot trying it taking the and then it on taking the mic a and then now course they've go now of course they've got to go in do it. but can in and do about it. but can i just say some of the cases that

you're reading people and you're reading from people and i'm this because i'm smiling about this because it's it's not it's ridiculous. it's not because personally because i actually personally find people find this funny, but people who are vulnerable, who are incredibly vulnerable, who maybe for day, who came maybe went out for day, who came back found something fitted back and found something fitted in their house and this isn't all, is it really? it is a bit grim. the idea that someone can just kick your door right now, metaphorically and kick metaphorically talk and kick your and fix that your door in and then fix that is you a load of is going to cost you a load of money the of a cost of money in the middle of a cost of living i now to living crisis. i now speak to personal expert personal finance expert laura rsa. laura now the pre—payment metres okay. they weren't necessarily top of my radar, but what are some of the issues when it comes to this? people are saying it's costing them loads more money. yes right. so not only do you have to pa y £150 for only do you have to pay £150 for it to be installed, but it also the cost of energy more expensive than if you pay by direct debit , for example. so direct debit, for example. so actually these things do is actually all these things do is make the person who's got this forcibly installed have to pay more for that energy than ever before . but how does this work? before. but how does this work? because laura, if you've got someone who is already by

definition, falling behind payments already by definition at the lower end of the economic pay at the lower end of the economic pay scale, and you come in and you make them poorer , can you make them poorer, can companies on british gas take their assets . no, they can't their assets. no, they can't take their assets . what they take their assets. what they what you need to do , you are what you need to do, you are stuck and you think i've can't pay stuck and you think i've can't pay this. the first thing you need to do, speak to your suppuen need to do, speak to your supplier. they have to try and find you a alternative solution. so that includes looking at funds, grants , things like funds, grants, things like whether you pay via your benefits . there's lots and lots benefits. there's lots and lots of help out for people who think they may not be able to pay. so this should be a really, really last resort . so to this should be a really, really last resort. so to find out that this has happened to vulnerable people are protected is just people who are protected is just heartbreaking and very, very shocking because it should never have got to this point. well, i'm of the points that i heard earlier people need earlier on is some people need to make sure that their stay on and that the lights don't go out

because . they even have things because. they even have things like breathing apparatus home. so actually need it to so they actually need it to live, don't they? so this is i mean, it could have been deadly deadly . yeah, absolutely. so the deadly. yeah, absolutely. so the term vulnerable in this particular instance means if you disable food in a way that it makes it hard to get the metre. if you have a mental health condition that makes it hard to read or, use the metre. you have an illness affects your breathing just breathing like you just mentioned, you have an mentioned, or if you have an illness makes it worse. illness that makes it worse. the cold, like asthma illness that makes it worse. the co arthritis like asthma illness that makes it worse. the co arthritis and like asthma illness that makes it worse. the co arthritis and also ke asthma illness that makes it worse. the co arthritis and also any sthma or arthritis and also any medical equipment that needs electricity . so for example, a electricity. so for example, a stairlift . so if any of that to stairlift. so if any of that to you, then you are vulnerable customer and you should be on what's called a priority registers and you should get extra support and help to make sure that you're definitely on those. and perhaps if you're not able to yourself, if you know of the family member or friend that is a part of that group, then perhaps you to take the reins and help them to get support on that energy. can i just play

devil's advocate here for i mean and if someone has and say if someone has repeatedly fallen behind on their british gas bill and there is a court warrant. their british gas bill and there is a court warrant . what is is a court warrant. what is apart from the that the optics letting yourself into somebody's house they might be a single mum or disabled or something like that whilst they're out of the house or whatever i mean realistically what all the energy companies supposed do energy companies supposed to do i fallen behind i mean if you've fallen behind on i'm sorry, this on your payments i'm sorry, this kind stuff happen. yeah, kind of stuff happen. yeah, unfortunately it does the energy company does need to give you nofice company does need to give you notice and you need to be given 28 days to pay and think that, you know, if you can't come to an with the payment an agreement with the payment plan, for example if you just simply cannot pay , then they do simply cannot pay, then they do have to give you 28 days notice. and then obviously they're not always going to force into your house. they do have to give you nofice house. they do have to give you notice , give you seven days, and notice, give you seven days, and then can obviously then you can obviously allow them and. you might be able them in and. you might be able to back off if to to come back off if able to prove you can pay your

prove that you can pay your energy every there is energy off every time there is something scheme called something a new scheme called breathing space. you need breathing space. so if you need to advice and find to get this advice and find a solution, you may want to consider applying the consider applying for the breathing space scheme it you 60 days to get yourself sorted something like energy something like an energy pre—payment pre—payment metre is installed in your home. laura thank you very very much. so a who is a personal expert joining me now is one of our wonderful viewers , stephen hoiles, who is viewers, stephen hoiles, who is helensburgh. and i must admit, i'll just have to google where thatis i'll just have to google where that is are you in scotland ? that is are you in scotland? yeah, that's correct. fantastic good stuff. all right. we've got north of the border now. i imagine it might be a bit colder up there. i hope you're not in any danger of someone kicking door down and installing a pre—payment . i don't think so. pre—payment. i don't think so. no what would you have said to someone if you'd have found out that that big family show, by the way, would have found out that been letting that they've been letting themselves and themselves into your house and installing fallen installing this? because fallen behind your payments ? i've behind on your payments? i've been . just been completely outraged. just the whole thing . the power

the whole thing. the power companies have too much power, to be honest with . you of to be honest with. you of attorney, to come into your home. and whilst i agree some people quite frankly are just trying avoid paying the bills that was poor vulnerable people . they don't have any option . . they don't have any option. and as the lady mentioned before , you know, the missus is much more expensive , which i don't more expensive, which i don't really understand . and i think really understand. and i think the reason centrica are in this mess is because they abdicate their own responsibility and they found out two a third party company of one contracted it and i refuse to believe that somebody in centrica did not know what was going on, what's going on exactly. but i've got a concern that this is happening right across the board you know when get parking tickets when you get parking tickets these days because you are a double yellow in my case i'm double yellow or in my case i'm never so the never a never and so the evidence up never on a evidence up i'm never on a double they go double yellow and they always go oh third it's oh well it's third party. it's very rarely actually some kind

of a proper official of a proper council official traffic warden who ends up stopping with a ticket and stopping you with a ticket and it becomes an absolute nightmare. say what, do nightmare. doesn't say what, do you want happen? you actually want to happen? now, living now, clearly the cost living crisis clearly are crisis is biting. clearly are really to pay their really struggling to pay their bills , also that bills, are also seeing that companies like charlotte posting record . it goes against record profits. it goes against every instinct of mine want things like windfall taxes but only now do you think do we only then now do you think do we need tax . well whilst i need windfall tax. well whilst i agree with the windfall tax, i think the real issue is that the energy companies should be automatic , reducing the cost to automatic, reducing the cost to the retail energy companies who us, the gas and in the first place and you know you can only go so far windfall taxes and i don't know why ofgem don't automatically put this in as a fait accompli that when the pnces fait accompli that when the prices go down. no it's a certain level that they should automatically then reduce it within their time period . so within their time period. so there is to the energy hope so. yeah. you would hope so. it

looks. david, thank you very, very much. hoiles those of you from helensburgh in scotland. there go right now. centrica there we go right now. centrica chief executive chris chief executive officer chris o'shay has had this to say. protecting vulnerable customers is an absolute priority and we have clear processes and policies to ensure that we manage customer carefully and safely . the allegations around safely. the allegations around our third party contracts are an acceptable and we immediately suspended their warrant activity, having reviewed our internal processes , support our internal processes, support our pre—payment customers as well as creating a new tender pounds fund to support those pre—payment who need help the most. i am extremely disappointed that this has occurred as a result . wednesday occurred as a result. wednesday morning we took a further decision to suspend all our pre—payment warrants activity at least the end of winter . pre—payment warrants activity at least the end of winter. i think we need to find someone in the office who reads out these statements, so it gives it a slightly different time because icannot slightly different time because i cannot help us in a slightly condescending some breaking news for way for you. they're coming your way now. workers now. the communication workers union within the last few

moments announced royal mail workers fresh workers are to stage a fresh strike on february the 16th. in the long running dispute over pay- the long running dispute over pay. well, may pay. i'm working well, may i politely suggest to the royal mail workers, if you if who you job, go and get yourself an appointment and whilst you're in the room a career adviser will be able to find you a new job. if you think i'm joking, i'm not going be talking about that going to be talking about that later as well. the fact in later on as well. the fact in gp's waiting rooms right now there be career there are going to be career advisers i know advisers telling you i know you're, you're infirm, you're, i know you're infirm, i know you've just crawled here and desperate oxygen and you're desperate for oxygen . thought about in . but have you thought about in greggs. oh that's come. i'm much, much more very shortly. you're with me. patrick christys here on gb news interest rates on the up again the bank of england has decided to raise base rates from three and a half to we'll find out what that to 4. we'll find out what that really means for next. but now, though, it's weather though, it's your weather weather .

okay, welcome back, ladies and gents. .nowthe bank of has gents. .now the bank of has raised interest rates for the 10th consecutive time , putting 10th consecutive time, putting the base rate up by nought point 5, bringing it to 4, and is threatening further financial pressure for households already struggling with the high cost of living and soaring energy bills . can't just say before we started if anyone's got any good news stories there, what do you mind emailing them to me? gbp is at because think at gbnews.uk because i think this is giving me depression. but chancellor but anyway, shut to chancellor rachel although rachel reeves says that although she interest rate she supports the interest rate rise . thinks will be rise. she thinks there will be more on household adds. more pressure on household adds. i families are going i know that families are going to concerned about to be very concerned about another increase in interest rates, which going to put more pressure particularly on people with mortgages already before this interest rate rise. we know that 4 million people coming off a fixed rate deals are on tracker deals who on average are going to see mortgage payments going to see mortgage payments 90 up going to see mortgage payments 90 ”p by

going to see mortgage payments go up by two and a half thousand poundsis go up by two and a half thousand pounds is very difficult time pounds is a very difficult time for people okay, it's for people. okay, so it's a breakdown . the bank of england's breakdown. the bank of england's latest interest rate rise . latest interest rate rise. personal finance expert alexandra joins me now . please alexandra joins me now. please tell me, please tell me that this isn't as bad as saying it is . well, you know, you're is. well, you know, you're right, patrick. good afternoon. you know, this is the 10th consecutive rise interest rates to 4% today, but that comes with it a bit of a bit of sweet message because what we have seen the bank of england say today is that they are upgrading their economic forecasts and what does that mean and why are doing that. well they are projecting economic to fall by about 2.5% this year as opposed to the 1.5% prediction in november. so there is there are thoughts and it's clear to see that they think inflation has now peaked and that the will gradually start to down which we

are seeing . so the past couple are seeing. so the past couple of months we've seen a go this it i'm going so as boris as bofis it i'm going so as boris as boris would say we've we're about to flatten the sombrero away this is where there is light at the end of the tunnel and britain will flourish in just a matter of months . well just a matter of months. well there's , no guarantees patrick, there's, no guarantees patrick, but i'm i'm at a cup half full and trying to be optimistic and it's great to see that the bank of england are taking that view. look, you know, nothing nothing is certain. but i think we can take comfort in the fact that they are softening that they're of a stance in terms of how they will face into inflation and they seem to be more confident that will see reductions in inflation going away have a way of looking at this a way of looking at this if indeed it is cup half full. although to be honest given the news just today times of this cup was times out of which this cup was half full of gin. but alas is not allowed these days . but when half full of gin. but alas is

nccomesred these days . but when half full of gin. but alas is nccomes as these days. but when half full of gin. but alas is nccomes as if1ese days. but when half full of gin. but alas is nccomes as if interests . but when half full of gin. but alas is nccomes as if interest ratesit when half full of gin. but alas is nccomes as if interest rates go hen it comes as if interest rates go down, then maybe we can give rises people in the public rises to people in the public sector that don't break bank and actually do make their lives a bit easier. maybe people will be inclined to get moving in the market. maybe people will be more to invest more inclined to invest in britain. potentially and in britain. so potentially and in six months time i might be saying here talking to you and a spa princess is booming . well, spa princess is booming. well, i don't think it's going to happen quite that quickly, patrick, but i think in respect of how's it going to impact people , you going to impact people, you know, sort of savers , borrowers. know, sort of savers, borrowers. i think if we if we to see that slowing of inflation and that reducing and we see therefore that translate into interest rates peaking , then we would rates peaking, then we would hope that will have a positive impact on the cost of living. it will it will will start bringing down and reducing the pressures on everyday people right now today you know it's not an easy time for mortgage holders it's a

more positive story for savers . more positive story for savers. but i think the forecast in a more optimistic future . okay, more optimistic future. okay, good. i'm just going cling on to that hope for now . you don't that hope for now. you don't mind. thank you very much, alexandra. alexandra lord dannatt, personal finance expert at st james's. dannatt, personal finance expert at st james's . right. you're at st james's. right. you're with me patrick christys on gb news now. rishi sunak has been in office as prime minister for 100 days. how's it going well? i mean, the bonus is still crossing the channel. that is undeniable okay and quite often it in record numbers. it seems in record numbers. thousands waiting more thousands are still waiting more than 8 hours be seen in i and than 8 hours to be seen in i and a lots of people are on strike but make of that what you will we are going to be talking about rishi sunak's 100 days we are going to be talking about rishi sunak's100 days and i want to hear a bit from as want to hear a bit from you as well priorities . i find well on his priorities. i find it that right at the it remarkable that right at the bottom of his list , it remarkable that right at the bottom of his list, his top five priorities, that you can definitely condense to three priorities the priorities he's got stop the boats despite that if boats despite the fact that if he it , that be the one he does it, that will be the one priority brings him down he priority that brings him down he views as have a gb views a

gbnews.uk. now as you had . gbnews.uk. now as you had. patrick thank , you and we have patrick thank, you and we have some breaking news for you this royal mail workers are planning to stage a new strike by walking out later this the communication workers union announced the industrial action over the ongoing dispute will be held on the and other headlines today. lancashire police say they've located a potential new in the search for nicola. that's after they released image of a woman who was seen in the area. the mother of two disappeared. the 45 year old went missing last friday in st michaels on wyre whilst walking her dog are still searching . the bank of england searching. the bank of england has its base rate from and a half% to 4% today. that's the 10th consecutive rise . it also 10th consecutive rise. it also says the uk is set to enter a recession this year but stresses the economic downturn could be

shorter and, less severe than previously expected acted much . previously expected acted much. the united footballer mason greenwood has had all charges against him dropped the 21 year old forward faced of attempted rape and controlling and coercive behaviour well as assault. the crown prosecutor service says it follows the withdrawal of key witnesses and new material has come to an independent inquiry into . the independent inquiry into. the 1998 omagh bombing has been by the northern ireland secretary . the northern ireland secretary. the announcement follows long running legal action brought by gallagher, whose son was killed in the real ira bombing. 29 people died in the explosion in county tyrone. hundreds more were injured. those are the headlines. we're back in half an houn headlines. we're back in half an hour. and patrick's here in just a bit .

a bit. okay, ladies and gentlemen now a former soldier has been given three year suspended sentence for killing aiden mccann. s.p. an army checkpoint in northern ireland in 1988. david holden is the first veteran to be convicted of a historic offence in northern ireland since the peace agreement . let's get some peace agreement. let's get some more detail on this now. northern reporter dougie beattie is in belfast to give. it's all right with you. i'd like to up where we left off in the last hour actually. this agreement has i've a lot has been signed. well i've a lot of scratching their of people scratching their heads, what exactly is heads, won't it. what exactly is it . well, the agreement that was it. well, the agreement that was was put in place the good friday was put in place the good friday was a whole pile of things was put in place, actually, to stop the troubles in northern ireland at time , northern ireland at that time, northern ireland was worst place live. was the worst place to live. then beirut. and that's a fact. it terrible. they met the it was terrible. they met the troubles that was on here. troubles that was going on here. but there but to stop all that there was a number things in place to

number of things put in place to get the northern ireland assembly and running. and it assembly up and running. and it all friday. and all happened on good friday. and one was consent where one of those was consent where both had to have consent . both sides had to have consent. and came across the and i think they came across the doesn't stormont and doesn't that sat on stormont and we've heard about that the we've heard about that in the protocol but in that ira had protocol but in that the ira had asked for letters of comfort of tony blair for all the wrongs as it was known and behind. nobody knew it wasn't in the i know i voted on the belfast agreement and of course it wasn't in the agreement that these letters to on the runs are letters of comfort had been given to members of certain terrorist organisations in order to bring them into the political arrangements it never, ever said in fact the first time anybody heard of these letters was in 2014 when the trial came up of a man who was accused of being in the hyde park that killed many people , indeed horses and people, indeed horses and everything else in the middle of london. there was also that same day there was another few soldiers killed , suspected by soldiers killed, suspected by the seaham bomber. and of

course, he then brought it this letter and said, you can't touch me. i have these letters of comfort. and it was stewed . so comfort. and it was stewed. so basically was an amnesty basically there was an amnesty given while those given to terrorists while those in the security forces , he only in the security forces, he only carried out 10% of the killings . northern ireland actually had no protection. and this new law that just finished that's trying to go through the house is trying to straighten that line. david holton had ample opportunities in the court case, give an honest version of events that happened on that day. he didn't take that opportunity. the judge were glad to hear and the that he doesn't the summary said that he doesn't find evidence credible on find his evidence credible on the various events he given wasn't accepted. we are delighted with that. that is something that we've pursued over last number of years. obviously we're still extremely sad to see it and every day that he's not here, but that's given some to family that some solace to the family that they the family of ian mac and sb, he wanted and of course got them and they're delighted have them and they're delighted have them and they're delighted have them and deserved to have them .

them and deserved to have them. it must be stated that they're family wasn't involved in anything and it was a manslaughter case where david holding that said that his finger had slipped off the trigger hit it and mac and trigger and hit it and mac and asked me killing him. so all of thatis asked me killing him. so all of that is now brought in to have a look at how we're going to straighten the past . northern straighten the past. northern ireland and dougie , thank you ireland and dougie, thank you very much. dougie beattie , who very much. dougie beattie, who is reporting from northern ireland, a lot of people will find confusing that find it quite confusing that people were signed up, people who were signed up, members ira some of members of the ira of some of the upsetting, abhorrent the most upsetting, abhorrent crimes civilians crimes that innocent civilians can walk free letters of comfort. they've got legal. given they are, they given this as they are, they can't prosecuted and then there are people some areas are people course in some areas of our armed forces who may or may not have done several years ago, find themselves hauled ago, you find themselves hauled before but there we are before a court, but there we are now. sunak has been in now. richie sunak has been in office for 100 days as prime minister and with strong cost of living and political scandals, it's been anything but a smooth ride. he's pressure to ride. and he's faced pressure to show tackle . show leadership and tackle. let's get some more detail now

on rishi sunak's tenure so far. prime minister, which is political reporter olivia utley having a bit of a bumpy ride for do you think he's growing to the job? oh no. because initially when he first was anointed and he was just anointed as prime minister, i just thought he looked sounded robot. looked and sounded like a robot. well would tend to well the public would tend to agree with you on that the polls on really anything for and his team to celebrate age he is less popular than almost any minister we've had apart from interestingly previous two so he's more popular than boris johnson but less popular than novichok. some polls i've seen, if you look at it, the best news over last hundred days is really on the economy, which is you don't promise to steady economy after disaster virus mini after the disaster virus mini budget and the markets going turmoil. that front , he turmoil. and on that front, he has at least partially succeeded is things are looking much steady than . they were we are on steady than. they were we are on track see inflation go down track to see inflation go down interest today in interest rates went up today in the medium to long term can't the medium to long term we can't expect them starting to expect to see them starting to

go down. he has kept saying he's going to halve inflation looks quite plausible that he do that. that said even on the economy which is the area where he seems to be doing best, it's not all plain sailing because he's pledged to halve inflation. he's left himself with very, very little wiggle room to on on anything particularly on the strikes. he he can't he sort of painted himself into a corner, even you wanted to. he can't really reach any agreement with any of the unions. also it's got to be said that the economy, the recession that we're heading into, not looking as bad as previously , which is what the previously, which is what the bank of the governor of, the bank england, said today bank of england, said today isn't which is going to make people rush vote people rush and vote conservative next crisis conservative at the next crisis . good news . and . now, wonderful, good news. and we can expect to see house pnces we can expect to see house prices continue to go down and people coming off their fixed rate mortgages . so we could see rate mortgages. so we could see plenty going. it's plenty of people going. it's negative the blame negative equity and the blame for not will at for that fairly not will lie at the feet of rishi sunak so that's the best sector and it's not looking too good on the

other areas where he's pledged to change things quickly to have a huge reform . we're not seeing a huge reform. we're not seeing much sign movement stopping the small boats . he did have a small boats. he did have a little bit of a breakthrough when he that deal with when he made that deal with the albanians albanians albanians to send back albanians seeking without having seeking asylum without, having to go the ridiculously to go through the ridiculously long currently long process that they currently go takes about 400 days. go through takes about 400 days. but that we haven't seen but other that we haven't seen very much detail of , that's just very much detail of, that's just not the small boat, i suppose the. saving grace for rishi sunak, it will be pretty sunak, is that it will be pretty similar matter. who was in similar no matter. who was in charge so things similar no matter. who was in charg quite so things similar no matter. who was in charg quite levelled so things similar no matter. who was in charg quite levelled at) things similar no matter. who was in charg quite levelled at him. gs similar no matter. who was in charg quite levelled at him. one can't quite levelled at him. one of the concerns would have of the concerns i would have with of priorities with him is order of priorities when about his big when he's talking about his big five pledges. and at the bottom when he's talking about his big fivthatedges. and at the bottom when he's talking about his big fivthat he's;. and at the bottom when he's talking about his big fivthat he's got|d at the bottom when he's talking about his big fivthat he's got|d istopz bottom when he's talking about his big fivthat he's got|d stop the ttom of that he's got to stop the boats. that appears the boats. but that appears be the one that actually one thing that could actually keep him in office. yes i think he would say that that list of five priorities isn't in any particular to any specific order. i was not aware of those allegations made. oh is he aware of anything anyway. oh yes near the top of that is sort out the nhs a huge amount of detail his

plan to do that and obviously a lot of the problems with the nhs. i mean pretty much all the problems with the nhs aren't fault. was already a fault. it was already in a pretty pitiful before we pretty pitiful state before we got into the covid pandemic and now coming out winter now we're coming out this winter of calling triple of what they're calling a triple dominic various dominic with flu, various respiratory diseases which are all at a big high because of the lockdowns plus covid. so we've got this enormous backlog and we should do next has talked about clearing he's talked about new ambulances we can expect some new policies we can expect a primo hospital but it's not primo hospital beds but it's not the of big flagship reform the kind of big flagship reform that he talked about and on the nhs labour well the proposals at least suggest that labour is sounding more credible wes streeting plans is sound pretty centrist and they're going down well with the public . well, that well with the public. well, that well with the public. well, that we are. olivia, thank you very much. are political much. there are political reports and i don't know about you, ladies gentlemen but you, ladies and gentlemen but i have a depressed by the have been a bit depressed by the general news agenda today. and i did ask you for some good news, okay. i'm of of okay. because i'm sick of all of this nonsense have

this nonsense and you have delivered. very much. delivered. thank you very much. we've rodney, who's just we've got rodney, who's just still nottingham still happy that nottingham forest league forest threw the premier league . a cuckoo his . keith has fixed a cuckoo his clock and henry fox a winning horse earlier today. please keep these good news stories in because losing because i'm losing the gbviews@gbnews.uk you are with me patrick christys coming up soon you won't be able to get your knee checked out. in a way, this good news. well, be able this is good news. well, be able to checked out. to get your knee checked out. but you're waiting. and a doctor, career doctor, someone from a career advice board will come and tell you what can do. if you're you what you can do. if you're over 50 and you want to get back into work, which you probably don't. you simply can't go see a gp. royal force has gp. also the royal force has been discriminating been accused of discriminating against its effort against white men in its effort to diversity i to. meet diversity targets. i will back in a moment. keep will be back in a moment. keep the good news stories coming .

in okay. this story just had me in fits of laughter earlier today. could be that the next time you go for a check—up your gp, you'll also get prescribed a job. ministers are considering plans stuff job agents at gp surgeries as part of a drive to tackle early retirement. among over 50 doctors will be able to refer who want to return to work but may be averse to visiting a jobcentre . forgive me, but jobcentre. forgive me, but probably aren't the kind of people who are up for a hard day's graft. with me now is mike parry, broadcast and journalist. mike i'm going to throw this one over to you. i mean, why we even start with this ? well, i think start with this? well, i think this is a very good idea, patrick. i mean , without being patrick. i mean, without being unkind to you isn't really a job. but, you know, it's not fun to sit there and, you know, you're told talk incredible intelligence , but you never pick intelligence, but you never pick up a pickaxe , install that, you up a pickaxe, install that, you know, try anything like that. you know, a sort of real job you

said to me. so what i'm. is that why is that one of the best ways to get you out of the of bad health is to raise project initiative into you to go and get yourself job. right. and if you've your doctor surgeon, he says, you know , wrong with you. says, you know, wrong with you. you're a bit depressed. your feeling low because you have no physical for a long time . i physical for a long time. i think if you've got yourself a job, you'd better let me tell you a story, patrick. okay in 2004, i didn't have field hospital waiting for a heart transplant. i've been there for three months. and what decided? i couldn't wait any longer because i could see my disappearing. i could save my life disappearing. i checked myself out. three years later, i ran the great northern run. i went on to marry. i'm now 20. is later . because i decided to take later. because i decided to take control of my own health with

advice of some of my doctors . advice of some of my doctors. doctors don't want to treat people who are depressed , who people who are depressed, who are just low on the fact that they haven't got a job. to so them the initiative to become active again within society . it active again within society. it is a great thing. active again within society. it is a great thing . i'm sorry that is a great thing. i'm sorry that you can't see the benefits of that. well, you know what, mike ? i'll homans credit where credit is due. you have potentially my head on this one of those little bits actually because i was thinking i was thinking know someone comes in who's , got a couple of dodgy who's, got a couple of dodgy knees , whatever or is just knees, whatever or is just frankly ill genuinely and you've got some bloke with a clipboard is probably on minimum wage himself saying to you if you thought about working at greggs or mcdonald's or something . but or mcdonald's or something. but isuppose or mcdonald's or something. but i suppose what you saying is? actually, lot people actually, maybe a lot of people the minute are not making themselves ill, but not doing their health any favours by not being as employed as they could being as employed as they could be . maybe this will give them be. maybe this will give them a kick at the backside. well, i

totally agree , patrick. you totally agree, patrick. you know, i believe in one thing. we believe in endeavour, we believe in hard work . we believe in in hard work. we believe in contributing to society . you contributing to society. you know, we we're pretty wages and we can contribute . now, ever we can contribute. now, ever since the days of gordon , i since the days of gordon, i believe that society has opened up an avenue . people who don't up an avenue. people who don't necessarily want to work , who necessarily want to work, who have been convinced that you don't need to work because the welfare state this country is now so well advanced. it is full of so much money you can get away with. not working now . you away with. not working now. you and i know, patrick, that the best thing in life is to stand your own two feet, provide your own family, and have self—esteem, and self—esteem has been taken of a big, big part of our country . you saw the report our country. you saw the report last week which half the people in this country now take more and government welfare than they give back in taxes . that's give back in taxes. that's a shocking situation . so if it

shocking situation. so if it does come actually, you know, recognise somebody who is potentially a great asset to the economy, if they went to look for a job and got work. what's the state of the country ? he the state of the country? he feels depressed and he doesn't want to do it. you just can turn round. it's a great thing. i'm actually maybe it kill a couple of birds with one stone as well because hit nail the because you've hit nail on the head with psychological head with the psychological elements. actually, if people come might feel the come in, they might feel the need to have a doctor say, actually, you can work all of the bleak destruction this country of the last couple of years. but dare say it as years. but dare i say it as well, a doctor openly says well, if a doctor openly says this fit to work, then this person is fit to work, then it might become little bit it might become a little bit more them to rely more difficult for them to rely on state. you mike on the state. like you say. mike i tell what, i've you've i tell you what, i've you've you've, turned head on you've, you've turned my head on this thank you for it. was this and thank you for it. i was feeling a bit down myself actually unrelenting misery actually is unrelenting misery in this agenda and you've in this news agenda and you've done these due me done it on these due to me a service. you, michael. service. thank you, michael. good talking to all day my good talking to you all day my parry and parry that broadcaster and journalist turn this journalist got his turn this frown down right now from

frown upside down right now from trying get into work so trying get people into work so putting things place to stop putting things in place to stop people getting job. royal people getting the job. royal air accused in air force has been accused in describing seconds white describing an 80 seconds white man and his effort to meet diversity targets. it's reported man and his effort to meet diveigroupirgets. it's reported man and his effort to meet diveigroup captain 's reported man and his effort to meet diveigroup captain who aorted man and his effort to meet diveigroup captain who was�*d man and his effort to meet diveigroup captain who was in that group captain who was in charge of the scheme , that charge of the scheme, that around 160 cases of positive had taken place before resigning as she no longer wish to persist with the policy employees yesterday. defence select committee chair tobias ellwood said, prioritising having ethnic minority and female pilots over those who are better qualified could be detrimental to operational performance. joining me now , military analyst, me now, military analyst, lieutenant colonel stuart crawford . will the enemy feel crawford. will the enemy feel much better if it is an ethnic minority woman who shoots them down as opposed to a white middle class man ? no, i think middle class man? no, i think the end result will will be the same, but done . i it's same, but done. i it's interesting that the area has chosen to go down this route because i think the setting of quotas whether it be for sex or

for ethnic background is actually unlawful under the equality act 2010. now i'm not a lawyer and it's been a long since i studied this topic at university for the actually and the mid nineties and i contravenes the both free race relations act 1976 and the equality act of 2010. okay. i mean , some people would just say mean, some people would just say diversity . i think most people diversity. i think most people would say actually , diversity would say actually, diversity has got no place when comes to national security and defence of the realm. why on earth has the woke brigade managed to infiltrate raaf well, i mean thatis infiltrate raaf well, i mean that is the question, not just the raaf, the services and the civil service and much of the media as . if i civil service and much of the media as. if i may so bold, but think the importance of the answer in recruiting widely and

broadly is that they should seek as far as possible all to reflect communities for which they recruit because ultimately support for the armed forces comes from the electorate via elected representatives in parliament. and therefore the closer we can get to reflecting society in britain as a whole , society in britain as a whole, arguably the better supported our armed services will be . but our armed services will be. but i think we have to make the difference between a positive action and positive , positive action and positive, positive action and positive, positive action to encourage people represented. is a good thing. but i don't think it's good for anyone. if i can just interject because when you've hit the nail on the head that we want to make things as representative of society possible, but all too often, i can tell, often, as far as i can tell, people go way over top with people go way over the top with it. you look the of it. when you look at the of people actually from people who are actually from ethnic mean, the ethnic minorities, i mean, the clues in the i think you clues in the name, i think you look a variety of different look at a variety of different sectors you well, sectors and you think, well, we've to 40 or 50% of people

we've got to 40 or 50% of people from a bame background. well not 40 or 50% people in the uk from a bame background. so that seems a bame background. so that seems a bit strange if you ask me i find that quite but some find that quite bizarre but some . there we go. colonel stewart, thank you very, very much. great to on the show. sorry, to have you on the show. sorry, we were a bit our time, but i see colonel crawford, that i've just actually a couple just time actually for a couple of this. and of quick e—mails on this. and i was you get into it was asking you to get into it when to a couple of good when it came to a couple of good news stories. alright. because the news agenda recently been a bit we've got fact bit bleak and we've got the fact that said that she that elaine has said that she broke she wants give broke down and she wants to give colin out a he strapped colin a shout out a he strapped a rope to a car, managed to get it to a destination. so well done. this is great stuff and i'm just going to give a shout out to neil as he says. good out to neil as he says. the good news for he's completed news for him is he's completed dry and he's managed to dry january and he's managed to raise his hospice raise cash for his local hospice as well . there we go. not as well. there we go. it's not all doom and gloom out there. keep good stories and keep your good news stories and gb at gb news dot uk. you gb views at gb news dot uk. you love to say, right? i've got loads coming your way and much, much more right on gb views with

me. lots more come. downing street says reports about how british gas use debt collectors to break into customers homes have pre—payment metres are deeply shocking. i'll be back and check .

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christys on gb news. and coming up . police say that they've up. police say that they've identified woman in a red coat was revealed as a potential witness in a search for a missing woman. nicola bailey, the mum of two, was last seen at quarter past last friday and the police have urged anyone who may have any information her disappearance to please, please come forward. it's revealed that british gas been getting enforcement agents to break vulnerable people's homes to instil prepayment energy metres . we'll speak to a tory mp who's .we'll speak to a tory mp who's been very vocal on this issue and the king won't appear on cash in australia any more. mnemonic won't replace the like queen on the country's new $5 banknote, it's being hailed as an anti royalist victory in one step towards a republic down unden step towards a republic down under. get in touch with me. vaiews@gbnews.uk but right now, if you had lost. vaiews@gbnews.uk but right now, if you had lost . patrick. thank

if you had lost. patrick. thank you and good evening to you. well you've been hearing lancashire police say . they've lancashire police say. they've located now a potential witness in the search , nicola bulli. in the search, nicola bulli. that's they released an image of a woman was seen in the area where the mother two disappeared. the 45 year old went missing last friday in st michael's on wyre while she was walking her dog . divers are now walking her dog. divers are now searching the river while nicola bully's friends told gb news they're doing all they can to find her. knowing that her two little girls are both missing mummy and knowing that mummy is missing is what's driving us forward . we know that knowing forward. we know that knowing nikki, her family , everything nikki, her family, everything and we without a doubt that if she could be at home, them, that's where she'd be. nikki is just a lovely human being inside and. and was living a normal life, dropping the children at school, going on a daily walk things planned, going out weekend, seeing friends and family . yeah. you just can't family. yeah. you just can't make sense that this is actually

happening. and when we're here, we are are . royal mail workers we are are. royal mail workers are planning to stage a new strike walking out this month. the communication workers union announced the industrial over the ongoing pay dispute and the strike will be held on the 16th of the month. now, the bank of england has raised base rate from three and a half% to 4% as the 10th increase in a row . it the 10th increase in a row. it also says the uk is to enter a recession this year but stresses the economic downturn could be shorter and less severe than previously expected. the slump is now expected to last just over a year rather than almost years as . energy over a year rather than almost years as. energy bills over a year rather than almost years as . energy bills fall over a year rather than almost years as. energy bills fall and price slow. the chancellor jeremy hunt, supports the bank of england's decision , but we of england's decision, but we recognise it is very difficult for families, businesses up and down the country when interest go up, but much harder for them would be if we didn't take decisive steps to bring down

inflation and. that's why the bank of england is absolutely right to do what they've done today. right to do what they've done today . and we in the government today. and we in the government must make sure we support them by what i do in the budget to make sure that we make it easier , harder for them to do what we all want to do, which is to halve inflation, but shadow chancellor rachel reeves said she supports the interest rate rise. she does think . there will rise. she does think. there will be more pressure on households . be more pressure on households. i know that families are going to be very concerned about another increase in interest rates, which is going to put more pressure, particularly on people with already before this interest rate rise. we know that 4 million people coming off a fixed rate deals are on tracker deals who on average are going to see mortgage go up by two and a half thousand pounds a year. so a very difficult time for people boss, a british people now. the boss, a british gas owner centrica, says he is horrified by the contracts for the company broke into customers homes to fit energy metres . his homes to fit energy metres. his comments come shortly after.

energy regulator ofgem announced was launching an urgent. it follows a times sting in which an undercover reporter a company debt collector as he reportedly entered the homes of vulnerable people to force fit pre—payment . and shell says its profits have increased by more than 53, with of more than have increased by more than 53, with of more tha n £68 billion with of more than £68 billion last year. that's company's highest profit and its 115 year history. the energy giant has benefited from soaring oil pnces benefited from soaring oil prices due to russia's invasion of ukraine. a downing street spokesman said the prime minister absolutely . people's minister absolutely. people's anger over shell's record profits at a time of soaring household energy . but the shadow household energy. but the shadow climate secretary, ed miliband, says the government needs to step up. when people look the shell profits, they are sick and tired of the way this country is being run. we don't have a proper windfall tax companies

like shell. we have millions of people struggling , pay their people struggling, pay their energy bills and we have the prospect of energy bills up at all. our 40% in april. that's labour would have a proper windfall on companies like shell to stop bills rising in april and end pre—payment metre penalty that millions of people are paying . manchester united . are paying. manchester united. mason greenwood has all charges against him dropped. the 21 year old forward faced allegation of attempted rape control and coercive behaviour and. greater manchester police said criminal proceedings have been by crown prosecution service . greenwood prosecution service. greenwood had been suspended by since news of his arrest in january last year. of his arrest in january last year . an . inquiry into the 9098 year. an. inquiry into the 9098 omagh bombing has been ordered by the northern ireland secretary. the announcement follows long running legal action by michael gallagher ,

action by michael gallagher, whose son aiden was killed in the real ira bombing. whose son aiden was killed in the real ira bombing . 29 people the real ira bombing. 29 people died in the explosion in county tyrone and hundreds more were injured and a former has been given a suspended sentence of three years for shooting a man in the back at an army checkpoint in northern ireland. 35 years ago in november , david 35 years ago in november, david holden was convicted of the manslaughter of 23 year old aiden mccann s.p. in 1988. holden was the first veteran to be found guilty of a historical in northern ireland since good friday agreement. he was sentenced earlier to three years, but the judge suspend added the full term. aiden brother sean spoke outside belfast crown court . he had belfast crown court. he had a chance at the start of this trial to come out and tell truth until it to what he done . but he until it to what he done. but he dragged us through the courts for we lost our father and

sister in the duration of that . sister in the duration of that. it was like being stopped at the checkpoint every time him here was . we weren't looking for was. we weren't looking for a pound of flesh. we're looking for justice. truth and justice. forjustice. truth and justice. a 32 year old man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court over the murder of natalie mcnally in northern ireland. the 32 year old was stabbed in home in county armagh in december. old was stabbed in home in county armagh in december . she county armagh in december. she was 15 weeks pregnant . stephen was 15 weeks pregnant. stephen mccullough was re—arrested on tuesday after being previously arrested in december . that's the arrested in december. that's the latest news on gb news. more news as it happens. now back to . patrick och , ladies and gentlemen, now

och, ladies and gentlemen, now this afternoon, ofgem launched an investigation into british gas following reports that the firm is being sending debt collectors to break customers homes to force pre—payment metres, including in vulnerable households. and exclusive investigation in the times today found enforcement agents had been sent to the homes of people with mental health problems, single mothers and, elderly customers. here's little clip the report. well, one of the debt collectors offered advice . debt collectors offered advice. the reporter on assessing vulnerability says hello british gas. before i was able the call was to clean up the bill of 42. and i love this bill. i this bit the same agent offered me tips on judging a customer's vulnerability . but if they just vulnerability. but if they just saying, oh, i'm a single and i'm afraid kids and i know that that's just a vulnerability . it that's just a vulnerability. it is a vulnerability. but i'm i'm a bit old school and a bit hard . i was in team sent enforce

warrants for british gas out homes where customers included a 77 year old man as. homes where customers included a 77 year old man as . well as a 77 year old man as. well as a young mother aged 25 who had four children . gosh yes. i mean, four children. gosh yes. i mean, it is staggering , isn't it? and it is staggering, isn't it? and the findings come on the same day the energy giant shell revealed its profits for last year hit, revealed its profits for last year hit , £32 revealed its profits for last year hit, £32 billion is the highest figure in the firm's hundred and 50 year history and has prompted protests . the has prompted protests. the environmental group greenpeace which for some reason we keep mentioning. joining now is paul bristow, the conservative for peterborough. he's spoken out the house of commons against these pre—payment metres. paul, these pre—payment metres. paul, the this are the optics of this are absolutely awful . oh, it is absolutely awful. oh, it is absolutely awful. oh, it is absolutely terrible and i think quite right. that the times have reported this . take my hat off reported this. take my hat off to them . i think that was to them. i think that was despicable the way people are forced onto prepayment energy metres. i think the energy company be ashamed of themselves that carried on. it's been proven now, but i'm to see the

british gas decided to no longer force pre—payment metres on houses. force pre—payment metres on houses . all three possible houses. all three possible installation of 35 metres. i think i just saw edf have done the same. so look, it's having the same. so look, it's having the desired, but it's no shame that the times do this dispute had to be out for this to happen . indeed. what need to happen now? because i think people getting increasingly wound up, aren't they . the cost of living aren't they. the cost of living crisis. we've got shale and co producing record profits and it goes against all of my instincts of some kind of windfall tax. but then you do also look at the fact that single mothers with full are having fact that single mothers with full houses are having fact that single mothers with full houses broken are having fact that single mothers with full houses broken andre having fact that single mothers with full houses broken and the aving fact that single mothers with full houses broken and the bills the houses broken and the bills were increasing seven fold. some these got to be double. well, i think come look i'm quite a the depth of people in peterborough who have the least ability to pay who have the least ability to pay being put on these pre—installed payment metres they that means that they're paying they that means that they're paying the most and that's got to be wrong and i think that's

been proven and i think thankfully i think the ministers do recognise that. i asked that question , the house committee of question, the house committee of the day, he said clearly going to the minister that all to do it, the minister that all opfions to do it, the minister that all options explored options have been explored before . we have multiple before. we have multiple installations on the absolutely right. clearly happening and i think the sentence is going to be hauled before the minister and i hope you some dressing down right that they've stopped doing this edf of i hope the other energy companies it. paul look thank you much really appreciate you taking the time us here today a bit short and sweet but last the for the beast i'm afraid really great to get your views that bristow mp your views that paul bristow mp for lancashire for peterborough lancashire police said potential has been found in a search for five year old nicola bullock. you've vanished in riverside dog walk. they they wanted to speak to a woman in a red coat who was seen in the area . the force released in the area. the force released a cctv image , a woman earlier a cctv image, a woman earlier but are now talking her. the force said there was nothing to suggest that any third party involvement was obviously adding

that the woman was a saw as a witness and nothing more. it says the powers of nicola have spoken out on their fear at the thought of never seeing their daughter again as the reaches its seventh day. joining me now , retired scotland yard detective hamish brown mba. hamish very, very, very concerning times. now this gnpped concerning times. now this gripped the nation. this particular case i think because of just how mundane it initially i mean this lady goes missing it is a proper mystery as it stands, isn't it ? well, firstly, stands, isn't it? well, firstly, good to you. i hope it was never monday or missing person enquiries of are very important and the circumstances this make it almost inexplicable how. this could happen and the police have got on with that. they've the pubuc got on with that. they've the public well informed but i must say and i seen the heartfelt messages from the family my heart goes out to them and

indeed two little girls aged six and nine, a little it affect the family but also the local as well and they must feel so on and devastated by events and just don't what to say to themselves . the police really themselves. the police really are because i've been there the assists from the community and witnesses coming forward it doesn't matter how much or how little information you got. tell the place they're going to it up. but the police don't want is people to the scene they're because and i think this may well be an issue is the river and the slope leading to it and most certainly they don't want the public falling into difficult east themselves. so please keep away . but the police please keep away. but the police also have put out a timeline of the events. they found witnesses , as you correctly said just now

. and they're just trying piece together, regret . blazey under together, regret. blazey under water teams and things like that . they have to come into play and they're doing just that . the and they're doing just that. the police are going to need that one lead. but i have just one question. the dog . is it question. the dog. is it normally walked without a lead and a harness? that's only thing i feel is outside . just perhaps i feel is outside. just perhaps just consists the police set just consists the police set just outline exactly why why even as important for us. well the dogs its own clearly what was with nicola and it's what it was with nicola and it's what it was found is anything different. this is what i get. what you mean is that anything itself being found that could be missing . she was on conference missing. she was on conference call to her employers so . call to her employers so. everything was as is . so

everything was as is. so i think. i think a dog saw it's just one side to it and the police are saying keeping an open a keeping the public informed. yeah, i agree with you and some interesting coming out saying the dog was bone supposedly in a bit of an agitated state and crucially as well some family members now expressing fears that nicola may have been taken and that remains a possibility in your capacity, of course, as a scotland yard detective , would you have fears detective, would you have fears about that? just looking at the facts as we know them of this case so far your views on that possibility of having been taken ? well, i have every in the lancashire police i've got say that and the way they've forward and i have no doubt supported the family and with family liaison officers, specially trained people will be involved with the family. but what they have stressed is that keeping

it. open mind and this sort of remote control . it's a terribly remote control. it's a terribly important place we don't want any conspiracy theorists it doesn't anyone. the only of the family distressed over this but the local people as well they they know this what they've done but please don't go in upset them this unfounded stories this is not going to help at all what is not going to help at all what is going to help this information given to the place and any organised search parties by the police and indeed to go to mountain rescue people coming in that sort of thing and i'm sure that doing a very thorough job but , it is sure that doing a very thorough job but, it is a matter of finding . nicola yes, an absolute finding. nicola yes, an absolute priority see. absolutely. look, hamish, thank you very much hamish, thank you very much hamish stroud. i'm being he was retired scotland yard detective giving his take on frankly what is a missing persons case that is a missing persons case that is currently gripping nation. and anyone have any and if anyone does have any information course information of course that on the disappearance of nicola body

then can get touch with then they can get in touch with police one or indeed police one on one or indeed no no, no. if it's particularly urgent. do you to dip into urgent. do you want to dip into the gb views gb news the inbox gb views at gb news .uk. now there's two ones .uk. now there's two big ones that been off in that have been kicking off in the found a quarter of the inbox i found a quarter of you. have been in you. have you been getting in touch. story that we're touch. the story that we're going on a little bit going to touch on a little bit later which about this later on, which is about this after drive. okay. so after diversity drive. okay. so essentially white essentially 160 white men discriminated against now a lot of people think in some cases maybe smattering of maybe a little smattering of positive discrimination or affirmative action, whatever they call it, be they might call it, could be good thing. i would argue it's only thing if you happen to only good thing if you happen to work this is work environment. this is institutionally you only institutionally racist. you only really kind affirmative really need any kind affirmative action. if in one of you you can't be trusted to behave, to not behave like racist misogynist in the first place. otherwise why wouldn't you just employ people on the merits of their cv or the job interview or like person? but no , like a normal person? but no, they are. i have decided . they are. i have decided. they've got they absolutely they've got to. they absolutely to. they now need to do a big, big woke recruitment . and what big woke recruitment. and what i meant was that good candidates

who happen to be 160 of them are in fact, white men were overlooked, according to the reports , because we needed to reports, because we needed to have more minorities, have more ethnic minorities, more recruits think when more female recruits think when it comes to defence of the realm , especially times like this, , especially in times like this, when on when we see what's going on in ukraine all the world ukraine and all over the world forgive maybe thinking forgive me for maybe thinking that's possibly not your average man and woman on the street would care whether not the person them person flying above them fighting off one of vladimir putin's was indeed gay putin's jets was indeed a gay female ethnic. now, i think they probably just have the best person job. but yes. of person for the job. but yes. of you've getting on you've been getting in touch on this particular as i knew this particular topic as i knew you absolutely you would. absolutely unbelievable. says gilbert's a fantastic name gilbert young man trained to the standard. all right i've got bypassed jobs in favour qualified favour of lesser qualified people you have no idea how ridiculously unfair and crazy this is also going on to make point as well of course that can you imagine what would have happened the other happened if it was the other way? and i have way? yes, indeed. and i have been asking you to in touch with some good news to always go looking at the news agenda

today. and i'm the one reading it. i was getting a bit depressed. so i can only imagine how people were feeling. and how you people were feeling. and we've ones we've had some interesting ones and from says my wife and this one's from says my wife just with just wanted to a&e with a fractured she in and fractured ankle she was in and out and one hour i'm not sure this is great news her to be this is great news for her to be fair news for you fair joan news for you you didn't a long wait in the didn't have a long wait in the waiting want if is waiting room you want if is still presumably with a fractured ankle yeah. fractured ankle so. yeah. alright, take alright, slightly selfish. take the uncle, i'll the good news, uncle, but i'll go have feeling go with it. i have feeling better today, says andy, because after the pub. great. yes. hi, patrick. a joyous day. i celebrated the opening of my wife's purse . fantastic. yes, wife's purse. fantastic. yes, that would go. you never disappoint. oh, quietly as well on mike went in five quid on in the bookies and 140 quid confetti. good news patrick christys on gb news talking of good news , it finishes here good news, it finishes here because come back to because now when i come back to because now when i come back to be about the bank of be talking about the bank of england raise interest england decided raise interest rates you're lucky people stay to have hello alex deakin to go to have hello alex deakin here your latest weather update from the office another dry from the met office another dry day the vast majority day for the vast majority tomorrow. a bit brighter , tomorrow. a bit brighter, perhaps a bit more in the way of

sunshine here and, and it sunshine here and, there. and it will mild as well. dry will be a mild as well. dry because high pressure remains in control. it's not dry control. but it's not dry everywhere at the moment . and it everywhere at the moment. and it won't overnighttonight. won't be overnight tonight. these friends slowly these weather friends are slowly pushing and. notice pushing southwards and. notice how the bars are. it's how close the ice bars are. it's turning windy more turning very windy once more over northeast england and eastern scotland, especially rain across scotland that will edge south through the night as a variable st in the north—east at times the rain creeping into northern ireland southern scotland. but as it does , it's scotland. but as it does, it's kind of fizzling out. so won't amount to much. certainly further south, most dry, very mild here seven, eight, nine degrees as an overnight minimum. temperatures for the north will drop a little as we get clearer late in the night. now, drop a little as we get clearer late in the night . now, weather late in the night. now, weather front will still provide some drizzly for the north coast of northern ireland. northwest and western of scotland during western parts of scotland during friday, slowly pushing through the day. but the again most places dry and perhaps brighter across parts of east wales, south—west england . but a chance south—west england. but a chance of seeing some sunny spells

generally though still fairly cloudy . but look at the cloudy. but look at the temperatures well above average double digits across the board and places getting into the teens. and places getting into the teens . it'll stay mild on teens. it'll stay pretty mild on friday evening. a bit of light rain and just here and there over the northern isles, the western isles and some light rain at times over western hills . dry as we head . but most places dry as we head saturday saturday across . saturday and saturday across. much of the south, it will mostly way. again, a lot of mostly that way. again, a lot of cloud, but we should see some breaks. the cloud, we'll see some wetter weather coming into the northwest with outbreaks of rain. a weather pushing rain. this is a weather pushing across and northern across scotland and northern ireland by the end of the afternoon . another pretty mild afternoon. another pretty mild one. again temperatures widely in some in double figures with some brightness the south, 12 brightness across the south, 12 or 13 is possible, should be a sunnier day on sunday. most set fare, but it will also be just a little bit colder as well .

okay, welcome back. now the, bank of england has raised interest rates for the 10th consecutive time, putting the base rate up by nought point 5, bringing it to 4, and expressing further financial pressure for households already struggling with a high cost of living and soaring energy bills. but on a more optimistic note , and this more optimistic note, and this is something for us to cling to, bank of england governor andrew bailey said earlier that we are expecting and seeing the first signs of inflation a corner. yet that's the good news. that is crucially as good as it gets. with me now is vicky pryce , with me now is vicky pryce, economic adviser at the centre for economics and business research . let's cling to the research. let's cling to the good stuff . okay. we turn to, as good stuff. okay. we turn to, as bofis good stuff. okay. we turn to, as boris says, we flatten the sombrero. maybe now we can stop seeing interest rates rising this much . i seeing interest rates rising this much. i think that's probably true. but it has very little to do with anything that the government has done far. so

if you look at what's happening in the world economy, you've seen energy coming down and food costs coming down. even though we're not seeing them yet in the shops here in the uk . so is that shops here in the uk. so is that what you want is bringing inflation down and of course bringing it down in the uk as well . so that's i bringing it down in the uk as well. so that's i think turning the corner on that means as far as the is concerned. but the interesting thing and the optimistic thing, if you like , optimistic thing, if you like, if one could mention that, is that the bank of england has already revised it as the economy for 2023 reached negative but nothing like as bad as they expected. just a few ago when they thought economic would decline by 1.5. now the thing only 5, i'm afraid still a recession, but out of the one. well, indeed. and judging by his headune well, indeed. and judging by his headline , he would know a thing headline, he would know a thing or two about recession wouldn't see. but it good news, though, because this could mean this

could people get could mean that people could get get that maybe will get back in work that maybe will be rises . you know be to give pay rises. you know not exactly inflation busting but something anyway to our pubuc but something anyway to our public sector workers, the housing market get moving again. and crucially , it's not all doom and crucially, it's not all doom and gloom. you know, if you were reading the imf report, do you think britain was just sinking into the earth? but actually, you not as you know, not as bad a recession, people were recession, as people were thinking actually, it's thinking. well, actually, it's exactly the same figure. well, more because the imf more or less, because the imf thought —0.6, the bank of england thinks minus point 5. so it's neither here nor there. the difference that exists , the two difference that exists, the two measures so frankly, we're talking about more or less same thing. it'sjust talking about more or less same thing. it's just the words that are being used. i think the imf said it was going to the worst performance in the industrialised world. so which is interesting. whereas the bank of england just looking at itself really are looking at what uk doing and saying what the uk is doing and saying it's thought it's better than we thought just a ago. so i think a little while ago. so i think it's more the it being it's more the in which it being presented than anything presented rather than anything different of different frankly in terms of okay. different frankly in terms of okay . and point will our

okay. and at what point will our chancellor the omens club him and rishi say not what will they be to no longerjustify and rishi say not what will they be to no longer justify taxing us all to high heaven ? well, the us all to high heaven? well, the real problem is, of course, if the economy is not growing. what you get is less receipts coming into the exchequer . so it's not into the exchequer. so it's not very easy right now to do anything about spending anything at all about spending more government or more money by the government or opposed really lowering taxes. so i think we're going to have to wait a little bit longer on. we're going to have to wait a bit longer. i just suck bit longer. okay all i just suck it people becky thank it up, people becky thank you very much. becky price chief economic adviser at, centre economic adviser at, the centre for business for economics and business research. coming up the king won't appear on cash in australia any more on him on it when the late queen on the country's new dollar banknote. it's being as an anti royalist victory and one step towards a republic down under. interesting though on that one because i would have thought the king would have thought the king would have thought the king would have marked australia day. but did it? we'll talking to

but did it? we'll be talking to an on that. hey, well, let's go right to the source. also i'm very keen for you all to keep your e—mails in a bit your e—mails coming in on a bit of news with trying of good news with trying to crowbar in a of good news. okay. gb views gbnews.uk. whatever's going on in life listen to going on in your life listen to me because from where i'm looking at the minute it's all cost nightmare. it's cost of living nightmare. it's all strikes and all strikes drone strikes and i for sick it. for1a.m. simply sick of it. but right is yard lines. but right now is yard lines. patriotic key the top stories lancashire police say they have located a potential new witness in the search for nicola bulli. that's after they released an image of a woman who was seen in the area where the mother of two disappeared. the 45 year old went missing last friday in st michaels on wyre whilst walking her dog. divers are still searching the river. the bank of england raised its base rate three and a half to 4% today. that's the 10th consecutive raise in a row. it also says the

uk is set to enter recession this but stresses the economic downturn could be shorter and less severe than previously thought. manchester united footballer greenwood has had all against him dropped. the one year old forward faced allegation of attempted rape controlling and coercive behaviour and assault, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault , the crown behaviour and assault, the crown prosecution service says it follows the withdrawal of key witnesses and new material has come to light. witnesses and new material has come to light . and former come to light. and former soldier holden has been given a three year suspended sentence for shooting a man in the back at an army checkpoint in northern ireland 35 years ago. found guilty of the manslaughter of aiden mccann. sb he's the first veteran to be convicted of historical offence since the good friday agreement and an independent inquiry into the 1998 omagh bombing has been ordered by the northern ireland secretary . the announcement secretary. the announcement follows long running legal action brought by michael gallagher, whose son aiden was

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jones hit delilah apparently dunng jones hit delilah apparently during their performances on rugby international match days as the lyrics mate to a woman being murdered by her jealous being murdered by herjealous partner. the welsh rugby union took the song its half time entertainment playlist drawing in 2015, but is now being asked gas choirs to not sing the song. with me now is tom gifford welsh conservative sports . tom, thank conservative sports. tom, thank you very much. mr. may i was unaware of the precise backstory , this song, but i don't think people bounce this out at sporting events are really singing about someone who's murdering their partner because . they're jealous because it's a song. . they're jealous because it's a song . why is it being cancelled song. why is it being cancelled ? no, you're quite right. it's important to put this in its proper context, to look this. it's been a really difficult week for the welsh rugby union and they faced a lot of allegations of misogyny in their

organisation and frankly, this is a distraction from the real issues and they've got a lot of issues and they've got a lot of issues in the in the welsh rugby union that they need to tackling first foremost this first and foremost and. this unfortunately been unfortunately is what's been dominating headlines and. i to dominating headlines and. ito remember this is a really organic song people enjoy singing. reason on the singing. the reason on the playlist because started playlist is because started singing it themselves their own back and. it's a real shame that to see it, as you say, being cancelled by. the welsh rugby union in this way. but cancelled by. the welsh rugby union in this way . but it's union in this way. but it's certainly not a part of, in a way, welsh heritage , welsh way, welsh heritage, welsh culture. it's about this kind of songis culture. it's about this kind of song is a good song. it is becomes but it's woke miserable. i won't be happy until we're all just eating soy , you know? i've just eating soy, you know? i've just eating soy, you know? i've just started out crying ourselves to sleep every day . ourselves to sleep every day. well, it's a warning to debate, isn't it, about sort of deleting my history to fit. maybe i think it's really important that don't forget that someone like this and artist like tom jones really put wales on the map . we can't

put wales on the map. we can't just trying to edit or censor history or , our culture in that history or, our culture in that way. just frankly doesn't doesn't work like that . and the doesn't work like that. and the idea that singing this song, that particular lyric even will lead to an increase in domestic violence, which seen some commentators say just nonsense, quite frankly, because you know there's absolutely no link whatsoever between the singing in that song and on any increase in that song and on any increase in that song and on any increase in that way . and also, if sorry in that way. and also, if sorry to interrupt, but if that is the logic , i shudder to think what logic, i shudder to think what woke brigade are going to say about some latest musical which appeared to show , i mean, appeared to show, i mean, certainly a thinly reference to him drinking human fluids and what can only be described as a i don't know what the collective noun for group of people is, but an assortment we say of. i'll just say sex slaves really . i just say sex slaves really. i mean, if certainly , you know, mean, if certainly, you know, we're not cancelling that at any so you know but delilah by tom jones that's got to go. we can't have that round the terraces it all seems a bit out well and how

far you take this opening line to want to put me one of those famous british songs i had the bohemian rhapsody is mamma just a man. are you going to say that's inciting violence in some way? know , i don't think way? you know, i don't think it is. it's all you know, how far do you take this what are the welsh rugby union going to which inevitably this song started inevitably this song get started inevitably this song get started in the stands, it gets started pretty much every rugby game i've been to . you know this i've been to. so, you know this questions about that as well. all right you can take off all right you can take it off the playlist, never the playlist, but you never going stop 70,000 welsh going to stop 70,000 welsh singing . can i just singing for instance. can i just ask, was a massive push to get rid of this thing with petitions know maybe i'm wrong about this maybe . you're wrong about this. maybe. you're wrong about this. maybe people taking to the maybe people were taking to the streets around swansea or cardiff this is cardiff and say this is a visible and signal of an visible and audible signal of an atrocity and this must be cancelled time. i hear this song. it makes me want to have a fit and be sick all over myself. but there actually any but was there actually any pushback on this at all?

absolutely . i pushback on this at all? absolutely. i represent pushback on this at all? absolutely . i represent seven absolutely. i represent seven parliamentary constituencies in the senate that no one constituent has come to me and said that they want to see this song banned. as say, it's song banned. as i say, it's a distraction from the welsh rugby union, some union, unfortunately from some of issues that they're of the other issues that they're deaung of the other issues that they're dealing with a result dealing with and as a result they were . that's what we're they were. that's what we're talking about this evening and that's where want the attention to be rather than looking in—house problems that in—house at the problems that they've deal with. okay. they've got to deal with. okay. all right. well, very all right. well, thank you very much shedding light on much for shedding some light on just woke nonsense . just the latest woke nonsense. think. you on the think. great to have you on the show. know it's another there show. i know it's another there are still some pretty sound people well. i imagine people in as well. i imagine only welsh only the vast majority welsh are sound. it's just a shame for some the people who happen to be at rolling. for that we go right now fact now very much of is the fact that apparently been that delilah has apparently been cancelled was which means one thing thing it thing and one thing only. it doesn't to sung doesn't it's going to be sung even talk to bands, even now if you talk to bands, something a sporting something at a sporting event, it happens even more it usually happens even more than already was. was than it already was. that was tom gifford, that was welsh conservative sports minister. now hop on a plane go now let's hop on a plane and go down under. that's right.

because charles, image because king charles, his image will featuring on will not be featuring on australia's new front. now you might thinking, well, why might be thinking, well, why does me ? well, it's, does this affect me? well, it's, you know, a visible symbol of the of the british the decline of the british monarchy on monarchy and a of influence on the stage . it's been the world stage. it's been decided will decided that indigenous will have pride of place. instead classic portraits late queen elizabeth. the second appears on the current design . maybe this the current design. maybe this isn't the only event signalling . an increasing gap between the commonwealth and the royal family. last none of . the royal family. last none of. the royal family. last none of. the royal family publicly acknowledged australia day . i wasn't aware of australia day. i wasn't aware of this until this wonderful lady decided to bring it my attention. it's so failsworth , attention. it's so failsworth, who is from melbourne. thank you very much to media rights at the australian newspaper and a contributor at sky news australia . now let's deal with australia. now let's deal with with first things first. is the of the kings face on a bank no visible sign britain's and the monarchy's decline australia do you think . absolutely patrick

you think. absolutely patrick it's the way that we're moving here . australia, we a new here. australia, we a new government elected in may year a very left leaning who are pro repub and this is a step in the move towards going to the republic . there was move towards going to the republic. there was a move towards going to the republic . there was a lot of republic. there was a lot of people outraged yesterday that the would not be on the $5 note the would not be on the $5 note the queen is on the $5 note at this point. the queen and this would change this. this note will eventually be phased and instead will run images of first nafions instead will run images of first nations australians on the north. so this is the way australia and the australian government is trying to push the population . but in saying that population. but in saying that patrick there still is a lot of support for the monarchy. good. that's good to know but i'm you know i'll it out where i it i'm not sure the monarchy was helping itself the time in a way that i'm sure i would like they missed it open gold they didn't they mean, they could at they i mean, they could have at least acknowledged australia day

. exactly. patrick i was really stunned every year for at least the last decade that i could go back on their social accounts . back on their social accounts. the royal family has acknowledged australia day. it's acknowledged australia day. it's a really important in australia andifs a really important in australia and it's one that they really should commemorate with us. but instead year obviously under the reign of king charles now , there reign of king charles now, there was no messaging whatsoever . now was no messaging whatsoever. now this is the same world family that a day earlier they put out a note thanking jacinda ardern and new zealand minister for her legacy after she announces she was stepping down from her role. so they find to acknowledge jacinda legacy a very socialist prime minister but here in australia we were ignored and a lot of people were quite shocked by this. there was no recognition of that. absolutely. i mean, they say go, whoa , go

i mean, they say go, whoa, go broke down there. and i can't help but wonder or not. this is quite a visible example of it, because now charles will because now king charles will not be featuring on your dollar bills. is bills. it's which is astonishing. can just ask astonishing. so can just ask you, you think some of you, do you think that some of it it could be led it maybe some of it could be led to that, you know, to the fact that, you know, prince harry has done his best to trust the royal family on the world think world stage? do you think there's little bit of this as there's a little bit of this as well? not in terms of prince harry having an impact here . harry having an impact here. look, i think people just think that guy's just got to get over . i mean, all he does is bag his own family and make a fortune out of it. well, i don't think prince harry moaning. we're so used to it here in now we sort of roll our i don't think that is so much turning people off the royal family but we this government here labour led by prime minister anthony albanese really pushing a republic can change here in australia. i think that's what the underlying thing driver is . but prince

thing driver is. but prince harry certainly doesn't help cause but i don't think he's a for people deciding or not we should be part of the british monarchy . should be part of the british monarchy. i'm massively concerned draws from public and frankly right across various different elements of commonwealth and i think it is symptomatic of the kind of world that we live in at the moment and i get all of that and you know we're just had a story before about the fact now the song by tom jones, delilah will not be sung welsh rugby not be sung to welsh rugby stadiums apparently stadiums because apparently there in that song there are lines in that song that wars, domestic that harks wars, domestic violence, i'm absolutely violence, which i'm absolutely that bloke ten points in that no bloke ten points in a rugby match singing his team on has got any any kind of thought about that in his mind. but no, we've got to councillor and i think now you know, you look at the way that it's going the the way that it's going on the world stage people just hark world stage and people just hark back battle the back to maybe battle of the british. oh you concerned that it is just inevitable that one day australia will just completely distanced itself from

britain . i don't think so, britain. i don't think so, patrick. i think is sort of fashionable at the moment to go, oh, you are the british monarchy, which , you know, it's monarchy, which, you know, it's not cool to , be fat, you know, not cool to, be fat, you know, to be associated with that. so we're going through this sort of situation now where people are frowning, opponents but this is part of our history. frowning, opponents but this is part of our history . we cannot part of our history. we cannot resist and i think if the family not going to erect nice things such as a straley day, then why on earth should australians support the monarchy ? so it's to support the monarchy? so it's to their detriment as well they really have to give us support and if they don't do that then people will turn off. so i think. king needs to step up here , not ignore us and, not be here, not ignore us and, not be swayed by what people are saying on twitter . swayed by what people are saying on twitter. some of swayed by what people are saying on twitter . some of these swayed by what people are saying on twitter. some of these public opinion out . on twitter. some of these public opinion out. i on twitter. some of these public opinion out . i mean, you know , i opinion out. i mean, you know, i am a monarchist. i came to london for the queen's jubilee . london for the queen's jubilee. but if people like me are not getting any recognition or the

australian population are not getting from the british monarchy, then what is what we should support it. i agree, i agree completely and that has to be going about it's not just good enough to sit back and start apologising for things and start apologising for things and start trying to appease all the woke brigade. now they need to be coming actively going be coming out actively going into people like into bath for people like yourself. i just say. yourself. can i just say. i will. thank you. even king will. thank you. even if king charles because you charles will not because you have early the have got up really early in the morning are of need to morning where you are of need to do what it do this. at what time is it where you are the minute ? where you are at the minute? it's about 5 am. patrick i'll start to the dan . well, it is start to the dan. well, it is much appreciated. thank you very, very much . great to have very, very much. great to have you on the show. sophie is the oldest and the wonderful, said elizabeth. he writes, the australia's colonies australia pretty sound pretty sound stuff. all right. okay now we are going to be delving into the terrifying world of my inbox quite if you've been getting in touch with your thoughts on a variety differentthings touch with your thoughts on a variety different things , do variety of different things, do the and then i'll the serious stuff and then i'll round off with stuff that's light this is very light hearted. this is very serious because i was

serious though, because i was a fantastic investigation conducted by the times that revealed gas are revealed that british gas are routinely sending debt collectors into homes collectors to break into homes and these fake pay as you and forces these fake pay as you go metres basically ends up costing you more money energy firms. this is from sap energy firms. this is from sap energy firms been doing this for firms have been doing this for years. they back to me in years. they did it back to me in 2012. tend as bulk of 2012. they tend to as a bulk of issue warrants and act as if they've given to attend. when i send up the call they didn't even have a lawyer, just an engineer with a handful of warrants applications, all of which granted. yeah, i mean which were granted. yeah, i mean i've said it before and it is a bit like rogue traders isn't it. and also as well as anyone else find it completely self—defeating that have self—defeating in that you have people if we take it all at people who, if we take it all at face value we're not dealing face value and we're not dealing with are with people here who are deliberately bills. deliberately not paying bills. you're people you're dealing with people in the of living the middle of a cost of living crisis , many of whom crisis, many of whom with disabilities or vulnerabilities, whatever the elderly , for whatever the elderly, for example, who are unable pay their bills. and then one day someone essentially breaks into their house and fits with a much more expensive metre against their will and if they want to

change that means they have to pay change that means they have to pay to change it. completely self—defeating , isn't it? who self—defeating, isn't it? who wins that? i find it really, really bizarre? marie has been on this. it's not just british gas who've adopted this process . other energy firms have done exactly same to my daughter, who's a single and vulnerable, disgraceful and abhorrent behaviours . yeah, indeed. look, behaviours. yeah, indeed. look, it's not to diminish the fact that a lot of these massive companies must deal with people trying everything day. i trying it on everything day. i bet single time they knock bet every single time they knock on someone's door is genuinely paying on someone's door is genuinely paying bills. they play paying their bills. they play one of the cards that they owe . one of the cards that they owe. know i didn't do this. i couldn't do that. i'm vulnerable. actually what vulnerable. but actually what we're unquestionably we're seeing now unquestionably is people very like your daughter, the it, daughter, by the sound of it, who vulnerable in a who are vulnerable in a desperate situation at the moment as millions of people are were being hammered by these companies and. i just think it's completely morally unconscionable what's going on and also as well the fact is if the times hadn't uncovered this, it would still be happening. it makes wonder what makes you wonder what other what other is taking

other industries this is taking place as well, doesn't it ? place in as well, doesn't it? now, this ship i've now, of course, this ship i've asking you to cheer us up a little bit, because been little bit, because it's been a lot doom game stories like lot of doom game stories like that. they were already that. people they were already on the breadline, getting their homes broken by a big gas company then being made to company and then being made to pay company and then being made to pay that they pay a load of money that they haven't i was asking haven't got. so i was asking for a little good news and. a little bit of good news and. you absolutely 100% you have absolutely 100% delivered. so thank you very, very much. a lot them have been health related actually, which is nice given the fact that the nhs to the minute. nhs appears to be at the minute. linda says, i've just been given a on gallbladder a date to have on gallbladder removed a year. removed waited almost a year. thank much linda can i just thank very much linda can i just say when we are living in a country having gallbladder country where having gallbladder removed is the good news, but i suspect something has gone wrong. will it. wrong. but i will take it. i will face value. i this will take at face value. i this one from jake went to the bookies today took a fiver in the there walks out 40 the band there walks out with 40 quid. now that's inflation quid. now that's an inflation rate yes thank you very rate i like. yes thank you very much. everybody's been getting this reaction. lots this and lots of reaction. lots of reaction to the kind of woke stories that done so far. stories that we've done so far. two of that really stand two of them that really stand out .

two of them that really stand out. one two of them that really stand out . one delilah two of them that really stand out. one delilah has out. first one is delilah has now essentially banned and outlawed and sneered at. so if you watching a welsh rugby match, i like that . for god's match, i like that. for god's sake, what's going on? this is my karaoke song and i will carry on singing it. and that is from june. yeah seriously, the idea now that i like boost up welshman at a rugby match are going to be told by someone who's some kind of ivory tower they can't sing. why is tantamount to a national song ? tantamount to a national song? it's only going to make them sing it more louder and the other one that we did as well, which is apparently some 160 white men who wants to join the raaf were deliberately overlooked. sacrifice at the altar of diversity . this is altar of diversity. this is according to reports they were passed on simply it would appear because they were white, because they were male in or lack of favour to who are ethnic minorities and women . james has minorities and women. james has been on, james says you imagine if this was the other way round. well yes, indeed. i think when it comes to national security in

the defence of realm , the defence of the realm, probably shouldn't probably diversity shouldn't really into it. i don't really think anyone feel any less think anyone would feel any less safe or more safe. in fact, by virtue of having somebody in there is don't know, like a there who is don't know, like a gay, l there who is don't know, like a gay, i think minority , what gay, i think minority, what would that be? the point of that anyway? because being anyway? because now being in office as prime office for 100 days as prime minister and with strong of minister and with strong cost of living political , it's been living and political, it's been anything a ride. and he's anything but a ride. and he's faced pressure to leadership and tackle misconduct . gb news is tackle misconduct. gb news is political editor darren mccaffrey . she has this report mccaffrey. she has this report for . us it was mccaffrey. she has this report for. us it was the job he fought that assumes he would never gets. but an october 25th last year she said it walked into downing street as new prime minister. i've just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king's invitation to form a government invitation to form a government in his name. his first 100 days have been marked by the s's strikes , sleaze and stability .

strikes, sleaze and stability. the prime minister's undoubted first success had been to stabilise the panicky financial markets after the calamitous tenure . liz truss . confidence tenure. liz truss. confidence has been restored , but the has been restored, but the economy remains bruised and inflation continues . plunge into inflation continues. plunge into double digits . interest rates double digits. interest rates are still rising and britain is faced with a recession year unlike any other g7 economy . unlike any other g7 economy. real time wage cuts are also provoking massive action not seen for decades. teachers, nurses. firefighters paramedics. railway workers bus drivers . railway workers bus drivers. frankly, the list goes on and on. have joined picket lines with no end sight . but as you with no end sight. but as you say, nick has also failed to get away from the mire of tory losing to cabinet ministers so far. gavin williamson resigned within weeks amid claims and the zahawi was sacked over his tax

affairs for the home secretary , affairs for the home secretary, who was found to have broken the ministerial code remains in place as dominic raab, who is facing his own claims of workplace bullying . so maybe workplace bullying. so maybe it's not surprise the opinion polls are looking grim for the prime minister and the conservative party. some now predicting a 1997 wipe out by the government as to whether there is a path to victory at there is a path to victory at the next election with a spring budget and local election campaign ahead. it is the next 100 days that will determine just how narrow that path ? just how narrow that path? deborah mccaffrey, gb news well, the first 100 days are out of the first 100 days are out of the way for stuart. i'm not sure we all feel particularly richer. do we. but there we go. at least he has lasted longer than a lettuce. and michelle's head now michelle dewberry with dewbs& co michelle, how do you feel after 100 days on the rishi? that's only barrow. yeah there was a fine line that that could have

come out all wrong , but 100 come out all wrong, but 100 days, it flies . i don't know, days, it flies. i don't know, patrick. and i can't help but wonder, what does he think ? he wonder, what does he think? he goes to bed at night is down. does he think he's. yes and a good job today or not? and i would love to know, does he really, really, really think we're going the right direction. was it michael gove who said bonng was it michael gove who said boring is back at the start of his premiership . i think he was his premiership. i think he was a bit right, wasn't i. well he was, yeah. it's a dull men's club. that's call it now. club. that's what call it now. no way. and it's no just by the way. and it's already in cabinet already party in the cabinet office. pmqs is office. they're also pmqs is just watching two different varieties cowboy just go varieties of wet cowboy just go at other in the commons. at each other in the commons. isn't it. is that. is that what we need. do we just a we need. do we just need a little less buffoonery, just a little less buffoonery, just a little calm, sensible little bit more calm, sensible in there's got to be in there. there's got to be a happy, there? has happy, hasn't there? there has got be in the middle between got to be in the middle between kind of little bits of excitement something gets excitement and something gets you up and. just people you pumped up and. just people that make you want to take a long walk off, a short pier. anyway, michelle, i'm sure you're have a great you're going to have a great show up for us. michelle you're going to have a great shov be up for us. michelle you're going to have a great shovbe up up for us. michelle you're going to have a great shovbe up nextor us. michelle you're going to have a great

shov be up next with. michelle you're going to have a great shov be up next with. iboxelle you're going to have a great shov be up next with. ibox ofe you're going to have a great shov be up next with. ibox of as will be up next with a box of as a firecracker of an hour for i'm not allowed to ask you what you got there we go. got coming up, but there we go. no they've cut you off . they've no they've cut you off. they've cut you off. they've cut you off. they're going to have to tune in to find out what's coming up on james and co now make you say here, because make sure you say here, because i reliably informed is i am reliably informed it is a good you've been good morning. you've been watching news. oh got watching me on gb news. oh got tomorrow. 3 pm. we're probably a bit more chaos. i'll say that . good evening. i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update . will be dry for the vast update. will be dry for the vast majority. some cloud , some sunny majority. some cloud, some sunny spells poking through and a pretty mild day as well. the reason high pressure is anchored just to the south of . but it's just to the south of. but it's not completely dry at the moment , far from it, because northern scotland's been very wet day thanks these weather fronts, thanks to these weather fronts, they are now edging south will ease down as they do so but they're also bringing gusty for they're also bringing gusty for the next few hours across eastern scotland and northeast england. very the rain does fizzle as it sinks into southern

scotland and northern, but a light rain and drizzle turning up in northwest england around to the south of that most places dry, cloudy and very mild or eight the low overnight to their more typical of maxima this time of year. friday's then mostly cloudy with some rain early on over north—west england. any early rain on the north coast of northern should fizzle out. but another damp in western scotland, although the rain won't be as heavy as it has been through today and it should ease off certainly afternoon off certainly by the afternoon along west coast, along much of the west coast, most of england, wales dry quite a of cloud. but i'm hopeful a bit of cloud. but i'm hopeful for few more breaks in the clouds. some sunny spells, clouds. so some sunny spells, particularly of particularly eastern parts of wales, and it wales, southwest england and it will be mild 12, 13 degrees likely as we go through friday evening . most places just evening. most places just staying dry and cloudy, some drizzle times on western coast and hills, particular the highlands, but say generally dry, start to the weekend. still lot of cloud around and we will see another weather front, another of rain coming in to the northwest during morning and that will spread northern

ireland by lunchtime and then through the central parts of scottish and into southern scotland by the end saturday afternoon. it it turns afternoon. behind it it turns little brighter for most of england once dry and england, once again, dry and cloudy, some drizzle over the hills west and again hills in the west and again above average, 11, 12, maybe 13 degrees celsius. look the numbers for sunday that we are going to see a dip in temperatures turning cooler this weekend, but also plenty of sunshine on .

this is dewbs& co the show where this is dewbs& co the show where we'll get into some of the we'll get into some of the things that have got you talking things that have got you talking now, 100 days. that is a long now, 100 days. that is a long time , isn't it? but it is a time , isn't it? but it is a time, isn't it? but it is a lifetime when it comes to time, isn't it? but it is a lifetime when it comes to politics. and today is rishi politics. and today is rishi

sunak's 100th anniversary. sunak's 100th anniversary. politics. and today is rishi sunak's100th anniversary. how is he doing? you tell me. and boom. and i mean bumper profits for shell announced today . it for shell announced today. it has got all the right people shouting that we need to tax them more. 75% though if you calculate it, it is the rate that they should be paying on things that are profits that are applicable . how much more do you