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been turbulent and we're going to of to give the latest results of our gb news people's poll, which gives your thoughts on the prime minister much more. it's also minister a much more. it's also a week since nicola bulli went missing walking dog in missing while walking her dog in lancashire. participants says he's focusing on staying strong for there to daughters. we'll have the latest on that clean air zones , drivers of high air zones, drivers of high polluting vehicles have to pay charge to enter the have been introduced in birmingham london and cities but are they and other cities but are they affected and should drivers really costs during a really face extra costs during a bad . cost of living crisis. bad. cost of living crisis. joining me for the next hour will be the political strategist and former labour councillor and businessman kevin craig, of whom i'm will disagree. and you i'm sure will disagree. and you at home, of course, are such an important part of this show. email at gb views at email me at gb views at gbnews.uk. that's what's up this houn gbnews.uk. that's what's up this hour. but first, the latest news . good afternoon. it's 12:01. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom the partner of a

missing woman says he's focusing on staying strong for their two daughters. there are growing concerns for the welfare . of concerns for the welfare. of nicola bigley who went missing a week in lancashire. the 45 week ago in lancashire. the 45 year old was last seen walking her dog just before 9 am. last friday in st michael's. her dog just before 9 am. last friday in st michael's . why her friday in st michael's. why her phone and dog found by the river half an hour . phone and dog found by the river half an hour. nicola's partner paul ansell says he hopes people will come forward with new information every single scenario comes to a brick wall, every one of them, and then all we're doing is saying they're going around, around, around , going around, around, around, going around, around, around, going through every scenario and then go back to first scenario again and the whole thing again and i think it's just all day long. that's all we're doing. we're doing a man armed with crossbow has admitted trying harm queen elizabeth in 2021. charles fencing was arrested on the grounds of windsor castle on

christmas day carrying a weapon which is loaded bolts with the safety released and ready to fire. the 21 year old pleaded guilty to three charges, including offence under the treason act . the late queen was treason act. the late queen was in residence the time disgraced p0p in residence the time disgraced pop star gary glitter has been freed jail after serving half of his 16 year sentence for sex offences . the 79 year old who offences. the 79 year old who had a string hits in the 1970s was jailed and 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. the sex offender who left a low security in dorset earlier will now be subject to licence conditions . british gas is under conditions. british gas is under pressure to compensate its vulnerable . it follows a times vulnerable. it follows a times investigation which found debt collectors broke into homes to forcibly install prepayment metres . regulator ofgem has metres. regulator ofgem has ordered all domestic energy companies to suspend the practise and says it's opening

its biggest ever market review . its biggest ever market review. the metres . anti—brexit the metres. anti —brexit campaigner the metres. anti—brexit campaigner gina miller has become the latest person to accuse the deputy prime minister of bullying. she says dominic raab launched an abuse of attack and was aggressive and intimidating during an encounter intimidating during an encounter in 2016. a source close to the justice secretary described claims as malicious and based saying they were timed to jump on a political bandwagon . shadow on a political bandwagon. shadow immigration minister stephen kinnock says it's time for mr. raab to go . i think it's pretty raab to go. i think it's pretty clear now that everybody that works around him is not. it's going to have some serious doubts about or not. they should be coming into today. that seems to be a pattern of behaviour from mr. raab and. it's not fair on his that they having to work with somebody who is potentially a bully and at tyrant and somebody who disrespects the

colleagues that works with. so he should be suspended . rail he should be suspended. rail passengers are facing more travel disruption today with train drivers walking out for the second time this week. rmt and aslef union members are demanding better pay and conditions. rail operators are warning services will be severely disrupted with little to trains running in some parts the country. aslef general secretary mcquillan says the union wants talk once talks to continue to find a solution . continue to find a solution. quite deceitfully, the put out a protocol which they led to a pay off for over two years that hadnt off for over two years that hadn't been discussed . this hadn't been discussed. this trade union hadn't been through framework agreement that we agreed with them to some sort of national national talks take place in our franchise industry. and it probably said the whole back months and months, if they not negotiate the media. not negotiate via the media. i'll you what then i'll tell you what i want. then you relate to them. then you can relate to them. then come just weeks come and talk just a few weeks time. behave like time. but don't behave like that. vulnerably. so that. we behave vulnerably. so we'll go back in the talks on tuesday trust can tuesday and hope that trust can be we can find way

be rebuilt and we can find a way forward. shows . the forward. new analysis shows. the number of people in the uk diagnosed with cancer rise diagnosed with cancer will rise by a third by 2040. cancer research found that if current trends continue new cases will rise from 384,000 per year to over half million for the first time. the charity says that as well as an ageing population, a bct is also contributing to the rise and a suspected choice . a rise and a suspected choice. a spy rise and a suspected choice. a spy balloon is being tracked by the us military. it's spotted flying over america for a couple of days now. fighter jets were mobilised but a decision was made not to shoot it down because the debris could pose a safety risk. it comes ahead . a safety risk. it comes ahead. a trip to beijing by the us secretary of state, antony blinken . china says it hopes blinken. china says it hopes both sides can handle the matter calmly . this is gb news will calmly. this is gb news will bnng calmly. this is gb news will bring you more as it happens though, it's find your.

well the man who was carrying a crossbow in the grounds of castle on christmas day in 2021. he's admitted to harm the queen 21 year old jaswant singh chilli pleaded guilty to three charges, including an offence under the treason act. his crossbow was loaded with bolts with the safety cut off and ready to fire. the late queen was in residence at the time joining the studios . gb news royal the studios. gb news royal reporter cameron walker commented fascinating treason. how rare is a treason charge levied in a court these days? well very rare. as a matter of fact. well very rare. as a matter of fact . fact. i think it well very rare. as a matter of fact. fact. i think it was well very rare. as a matter of fact . fact. i think it was 1981. fact. fact. i think it was 1981. marcus he fired blank shots at the queen when she was down the mal. he was sentenced to five years in jail for that offence, having pled guilty. but separate matter relates to a man called jaswant singh child 21. he guilty today to three charges.

the first which perhaps the most serious is under this section. section two of the treason acts from the 1800s. the wilfully producing or having a loaded crossbow with the intent to injure or alarm, and that the queen elizabeth ii. the charge was that of making threats kill in this case the late queen and having it being in possession of an offensive weapon in this case an offensive weapon in this case a loaded crossbow. so in christmas day 2021 and that's see the queen with members of her family celebrating christmas day. at about 8:10, this man just went to child was spotted in the grounds of windsor castle , having apparently scaled the perimeter wall using a rope ladder and night wearing not to do that. he was but was quickly apprehended . police officers he apprehended. police officers he told police that he was there to kill the queen. they the police officer pointed taser at him. he obuged officer pointed taser at him. he obliged , dropped his loaded obliged, dropped his loaded crossbow, which was with a bolt, and had the safety off. it's

been described by the prosecution service actually , of prosecution service actually, of having the potential to cause fatal injury or at least a serious injury. he allegedly also created this video and sent it to around 20 of his contacts , explaining the reasons why he wanted to kill the late queen elizabeth ii. and he said he sought revenge against the british empire for treatments of indians , i said. he sent that to indians, i said. he sent that to around 20 people just before his arrest. he appeared via video link from prison. sorry broadmoor hospital and he was he was found to be be in a position to enter pleas . but ahead of his to enter pleas. but ahead of his sentencing which going to be happening on the 31st of march. and the judge has asked a psychiatric report and betty has i was just looking, you know , i i was just looking, you know, i hadnt i was just looking, you know, i hadn't really. anne boleyn was sentenced to because of treason. yeah for allegedly having an incestuous touch with her brother and poor old lady jane

grade, keeping it in the monarchy and queen for nine days. treason off with her head. and of course. lord hall, who was the great traitor in the second world war. the propagandist he was executed for treason and didn't know until doing some research. you still be sent to sentenced to death until 1998 for treason? exactly 98, i think the human rights act of 1998 trumps that you could no longer executed for high treason in this country. the death sentence in this country, i think, was taken out in 1960s. yes, but you're the last person to be convicted under the separates to this case are more serious . 1351 treason act was serious. 1351 treason act was william joyce otherwise known as law and for collaborating with the germans during world war ii. so there is a history of treason. but this particular case is about the less serious. 1842 treason act. the last convicted under that was 1981. marcus serjeant, five years in prison for firing blank shots at the queen. kevin great. so what do you think? treason. we don't hear that word anymore. it's a

very word, isn't very old fashioned word, isn't it, andrew? biggest it, andrew? but the biggest thing story thing i take from that story is actually response actually the effective response of services. you're of the security services. you're not going stop not ever going to be to stop everybody from scaling wall, but they straight on yeah they were straight on it. yeah i'm greatly reassured and probably a good that we probably a good thing that we don't somebody scheduled don't miss somebody scheduled die and quarter die and hang drawer and quarter everybody anymore and i think this to get a serious this guy's to get a serious sentence for all he's done i think he will. and that's a very good point, kevin. i mean, that police facing a police officer could facing a very dangerous potential criminal armed with a crossbow that could kill . yes. and this that could kill. yes. and this police officer was armed . a police officer was armed. a taser, as we. yes, we led to believe. i mean, clearly, there were armed police officers in the perimeter. members of the royal family have, police protection officers . but it just protection officers. but it just does go to show you the quick response of the armed officers on christmas day and clearly on the web that that incident was about to take place and keeping the queen and members of the royal family safe. absolutely well, there'll be more of that. i'm sure it now can bring i'm sure it now we can bring you. thanks. we can bring

you. thanks. come we can bring you. thanks. come we can bring you of the news you the latest of the gb news people's sleaze become people's poll. sleaze has become a big issue. only 1% of voters are confident rishi sunak's got what it takes to tackle sleaze in british politics. we saw, of course, the tory chairman nadhim zahawi last week over his zahawi sacked last week over his tax affairs. 55% are not confident at all that will. and on the issue of teacher , 48% say on the issue of teacher, 48% say they support the strikes 28% oppose them. i'm surprised at that. oppose them. i'm surprised at that . actually, it's important that. actually, it's important to say 24% don't know. preferred not to answer . all of this makes not to answer. all of this makes grim reading for the conservatives who now find 24 points behind the labour party in the national polls. our political reporter catherine force is here with me. nothing in these polls ever rishi sunak to cut any at really 900 days. and then it looks like the next 100 days are going to be just as hard, not even harder. the sleaze. okay. 55. not confident of him getting a grip on it at all. not entirely surprising, i guess, because there's been long

sleaze in politics hasn't there? is not just this current administration by any means. i think the only small ray of sunshine being put it much too strongly . but boris johnson , of strongly. but boris johnson, of course, many conservative mps think they should never got rid of him, that he's the on. so he's the golden ticket. yeah the poll says the public who were . poll says the public who were. surveyed, 46% of them, would strongly oppose him coming back to cabinet, not just to lead them . only 7% would support them. only 7% would support that. so maybe some come up for rishi sunak's small crumbs of comfort. definitely kevin craig you're smiling from ear air. you're a labour party supported have being given money to the labour party. you've been a councillor. yeah. is danger for keir starmer that they could become complacent. yeah. there is danger. and one of the things i've always been encouraged by and the number of times i've been this year is been with keir this past year is he's complacent and he he's not complacent and he doesn't it's the bag .

doesn't think it's in the bag. and that labour and he understands that labour still got a big job do with the british public. would be stupid to think election is done and dusted. how do all of us know how much things have changed in politics so quickly in the last five years. but these polls reading for rishi because away the day to day. what's he for? what's this government for? what's this government for? what's it all about? and sleaze. people of a of it. and you know the and cabinet members not knowing if they've paid millions in tax or not for trying to threaten journalists or noble profession for trying to do the right thing. people don't want it. and yet again, gb news view is calling it right. i a conversation with nottinghamshire when he was in the run up , nottinghamshire when he was in the run up, him running for the tory leadership last summer. i said there's all sorts of whispers to him because he's a very successful businessman. he came a very came into parliament, a very rich business rich man about your business affairs. they absolutely squeaky clean. gone through them. clean. have gone through them. absolute there's nothing to hide. at the very time we now know hmrc was his tax effort.

i'm sorry for what he personally and his family have been through and his family have been through a very difficult episode, but that demonstrates andrew, you know that was a bad know, that that was a bad judgement bone. judgement call on bone. catherine 100 days. often we say that people that the first hundred days defines a leader and if that's the case really sooner it's not very good it's very good he certainly had no honeymoon period no real bounce in the polls there probably little bit disappointed that they haven't had bounce. of course he did come in an incredibly difficult he wasn't selected. so there's a question over his mandate. he came . now over his mandate. he came. now he can legitimately say that he stabilised the government . stabilised the government. interest rates are rising, but not much as they might have. the international markets have more confidence . but still, in terms confidence. but still, in terms of offering something positive at the moment. it's a very difficult message, isn't it ? difficult message, isn't it? you're going to have to pay more . times are going to be difficult . we can't give the

difficult. we can't give the teachers the, nurses more money, even though we'd love to. the money isn't there. it's a difficult to sell, but the hope is that, not that the polls are going to change any time soon. but if they focus on these five priorities, if they start to pay off, then down line, maybe the end of this year small boats, things will getting the debt down getting down, tackling the waiting lists so things will start to turn. but as they were told week by isaac levido the election last . it's an increase election last. it's an increase narrow path, a measly ease. all this focus what cabinet ministers have done they shouldn't have done is stopping government getting any positive messaging out. when i talk to tory mp at westminster and kevin excuse me. they all say the same is this 1992 or is this 1997? so when john major took over from thatcher in 1990, labour 20 points ahead, you turned around and he won an unlikely victory. and in 1997, of course they lost

by a labour landslide. most mp i speak to think it's much likely to be 1997. i would agree with you, but i can't say enough that the labour hierarchy do think this is in the bag and. they think that the british people , think that the british people, when they vote, they take right decision the night, the last election was so painful for the labour party . well, they know labour party. well, they know it's an appallingly right. the labour party got the result. it did right and they of the party on the case leadership . and on the case leadership. and those around him are very conscious that the british public, ultra attlee, gets the government's , it gets the call government's, it gets the call right. so but so we say what is what is mushy stand what is keir starmer stand for apart from not being the tories the awful tories. long have tories. what is how long have you right. so stands for you got. right. so stands for a fairer distribution of capital. it's not a vote catch , a fair it's not a vote catch, a fair distribution which to of our country's more but more houses more quickly. a greener economy , more jobs, working class people to the works. how's it

going to play you want quick answers? i want to give you an economics lecture, but all these things honesty in public things are honesty in public life. nhs back to the levels life. an nhs back to the levels of funding and delivery it was under time. can under labour last time. i can carry on. actually. tell me. okay do think keir starmer , okay do you think keir starmer, i mean, he's way ahead in the polls, personal poll polls, but his own personal poll rating that much further rating is that much further ahead than rishi sunak's? no people by and large aren't. he's not.tony people by and large aren't. he's not. tony blair is not exciting. he's charismatic. he's boring. yeah. and maybe boring is what bofis yeah. and maybe boring is what boris after all the trauma, maybe what's needed. but it looks like people are turning labour more because . they're labour more because. they're really, really fed up with 13 years of conservative government time for change rather than it being an act of choice of thinking. yes, this is we want and that might be because and that might be enough because . governments lose . governments tend to lose elections, don't they. rather than win them. but than oppositions win them. but yeah. things can always change. i mean, as we've seen before, things change very quickly in

politics. they do. that's catherine force. we're going to be talking about poll, but be talking about that poll, but join the show sue join me on the show now is sue atkins. she's former deputy atkins. she's the former deputy head of parenting head and author of parenting made and talking. how are made easy and talking. how are you ? i'm all right. nice see you? i'm all right. nice see you.the you? i'm all right. nice see you. the strike. we've got the strike in scotland today. sue we had a strike on wednesday , but had a strike on wednesday, but quite a lot of schools stayed open. so was the strike in your view ? i think so. raising in view? i think so. raising in this issue has been bubbling along like a slow burning casserole for many, many years for teachers and for the teaching profession . and so teaching profession. and so i think it is raising awareness of that because . you know, teachers that because. you know, teachers are not just militants . you are not just militants. you know, the days of the seventies in office and all of that have long gone. these are real issues , been going on for a very long time year. there's more and more expected of teachers , larger expected of teachers, larger classes that in droves retention is very difficult. budget cuts , is very difficult. budget cuts, morale is awful. so yes, i can

understand why people are striking and they do it with heavy heart. i know that . was it heavy heart. i know that. was it a mistake by the national union to instruct teachers not to tell head teacher when they schools were going on strike? so parents often were turning up at school gates , not knowing if they were gates, not knowing if they were going to have to put their child in the classroom. i that was really, really unfair. i think is difficult. yes. because parents need to know for childcare, for work . so, you childcare, for work. so, you know, making sure their children taken care of properly . and so taken care of properly. and so it was an unusual choice . i it was an unusual choice. i suppose it was this idea of uncertainty and see. but who was that damaging ? it was the that damaging? it was the parents, the children, because, you know, nobody what was quite happening . yeah, i wasn't in happening. yeah, i wasn't in favour of that approach particularly . do you think particularly. do you think because there's going to be more strikes. so do you think next time they should revise their strategy on that particular one? yes, because i think you could lose very easily a parental

support because of uncertainty of knowing whether the children are going to go in or not go in. and if you two or three children in different that is a logistic nightmare. and the children are uncertain the night before as well. so it it doesn't help anybody . tim, would you be would anybody. tim, would you be would you be on the picket line to would i be on the picket ? you be on the picket line to would i be on the picket? i think so, yes. would i be on the picket? i think so, yes . would you really think so, yes. would you really . i think so because these are issues , you know, pay cuts of issues, you know, pay cuts of really been sort of drip drip, drip, taking away from teachers so they don't even keep up with inflation. and you've got teachers that i know that are doing know a slot in in sainsbury's or in a supermarket to add and you know if you've got single parent who's a teacher who's divorced you know , ten years ago they would have been able to support own family and carried on. now they are really worried. and the pandemic and the cost of living crisis is squeezing everybody. as you can

see, all these different union. and i think it just needs people to be mindful of how they handle it, but certainly telling parents so they can you know plan ahead i think is an important one. there was a report this week i'm sure you saw it, which suggested that teachers in england and wales are among the highest paid in europe they work the fewest europe and they work the fewest . i wonder where they get all these stats because knew you were going to say something like that. may as my jobseeker's if i have pound for every time someone says you get long holidays and you leave at 400, i would have a whole host of jemmy choo sandals, shoes and boots . choo sandals, shoes and boots. it's not like that retention is difficult . each of the four of difficult. each of the four of the teachers they don't have the budgets there supply teaching special education needs are very supply teachers taking over so it's a mess and it really needs a proper look at. and i was kind of hoping after the pandemic we'd have a really boost of what

we'd have a really boost of what we want. education to do for our children forward into the 21st century. and this is a very difficult time. excellent me with a heavy heart that my friend to loads the teachers of having to go on strike to try get days where alright that's the what can . she's a former the what can. she's a former deputy head and she's the author of parenting made easy. kevin craig is still with former labour labour party labour councillor labour party supporter . labour councillor labour party supporter. i'm surprised at the gb news poll showing people support the teacher strike because it because because it's disruptive on parents and sorting out childcare and teachers are not badly paid if you compare them to nurses . no you compare them to nurses. no but over time suit decides that their pay basically deflated . their pay basically deflated. but i'm surprised that you're surprised, andrew, that people are supportive of teachers because they're not of disruption to parents. i agree with you. never mind the labour background. i think not telling headteachers is doesn't you sad mr. so that's a tactical but

people are the side of public service workers you've done a vital who and they think they deserve a better deal but they're also thinking having about the pandemic which sue alluded to two years children lost two years teaching they go onune lost two years teaching they go online teaching is not as good and you can never get that back and you can never get that back and here they are again. they take that risk that schooling being disrupted. yet yeah but the not telling the kids it's not fair on the kids and we've got a public sector pay with the there's no money the country is in huge debt because of the pandemic. the is in huge pandemic. well, the is in huge debt the pandemic own debt because of the pandemic own government has government i would contend has wasted pounds our wasted billions of pounds of our money of how it money and elements of how it responded pandemic. and responded to the pandemic. and people worried about people are worried about incomes, but teachers ultimately , don't every day. , they don't strike every day. it might feel this week it might feel like it this week and really hope that we can and i really hope that we can get settlement soon. had get a settlement soon. we've had five education secretaries almost one year for, you know, imagine the mail changes. so ed every where would we be the kids mustn't where would we where mustn't where would we be? where we'd be gb news change the

friday afternoon presented where would to of would be back to school of course teachers course of course teachers striking in scotland today if you're affected by that do email us. tell us what how it's impacting you and what did you think teachers not telling think the teachers not telling the they the headteachers where they were going you it's we met going on. you know it's we met it's now coming up. the bank of england interest to 4. england put interest up to 4. we'll getting latest gb we'll be getting latest with gb news economics news business and economics about what this for you about what this means for you before that, though, it's time for a little break here on gb news live. we'll be keeping you in the picture, finding out what's happening across the country out why it country and finding out why it matters you . we'll have the matters to you. we'll have the facts our team of facts fast with our team of reporters and specialist correspond it's wherever it's happening we'll be there in 12 noon on tv and online gb news is the people's channel. britain's

channel bad news if you got a mortgage interest rate went up yesterday to 4. a 40 year high but is there a little light at that in there a little light at that in the end of the tunnel of gloom may be recession isn't going to be as dramatic and as bad as we feared . but the mortgage for the feared. but the mortgage for the mortgage borrowers, it's looking pretty gloomy . joining me in the pretty gloomy. joining me in the studio is our business and economics editor liam halligan on the money . or if you've got on the money. or if you've got a mortgage loan and a lot of people in fixed term mortgages coming out of the fixed term. yeah and they're having quite a shock. you if coming off shock. if you if are coming off a and going on a fixed term and going on to variable, wait you variable, i'll wait until you fixed again because i reckon within five or six months interest will coming interest rates will be coming down. we're going to see down. i think we're going to see quite reduction quite a steep reduction in inflation coming months. inflation in the coming months. even the of england even the bank of england knowledge but for now we knowledge that. but for now we are at a 14 year high 4. are at a 14 year high of 4. i think there'll be one more rate rise come about four and a rise to come to about four and a quarter. but yesterday's

increase in rates will add about between and 50 quid a month. so the average mortgage payment , the average mortgage payment, so, you know, for households with mortgages, that's proper money. we shouldn't forget. of course, some people , they've got course, some people, they've got savings, older people, and they weren't getting any interest on their money for years and years. so better for them is so better news for them is slightly bad news. the slightly less bad news. your the rate of interest getting rate of interest you're getting your a lot less your savings is still a lot less than rate of inflation. than the rate of inflation. you're still actually losing money savings , i personally money by savings, i personally think is a major, major problem. but think the other important but i think the other important thing bank of thing of what the bank of england yesterday, andrew , england said yesterday, andrew, they've become slightly less gloomy the economy. i still gloomy. the uk economy. i still think they're too gloomy. they're there's to be an they're saying there's to be an economic contraction about economic contraction for about a yeah economic contraction for about a year. they were year. previously they were saying there's going to be an economic contraction for about two years. they said that in only so only november. yeah. yeah. so what's three months. only november. yeah. yeah. so wiwhat's three months. only november. yeah. yeah. so wiwhat's changed three months. only november. yeah. yeah. so wiwhat's changed iniree months. only november. yeah. yeah. so wiwhat's changed in three onths. it what's changed in three months is the energy prices have come wholesale come down a lot. wholesale energy gradually energy prices, they're gradually seeping through into retail energy prices and lower petrol and prices . of course,

and diesel prices. of course, the and petrol take their the energy and petrol take their time and reducing those those those those retail prices and also business investments held up quite well. and also china is now coming out of lockdown. the world's biggest manufacturer , world's biggest manufacturer, one of the world's biggest economies, of course, the biggest these days on some definitions. and so that will help drive growth bit more. but i think bank of i still think the bank of england they're being england the imf, they're being too gloomy. now, know that too gloomy. now, we know that william, the prime minister, rishi sunak, talked about you have to be an idiot to think there's going to be tax cuts, but don't you have to be an idiot to put taxes? and jeremy hunt, we know when he ran for the leadership, only the tory leadership, only summer, to cut summer, he said he wanted to cut corporation by five or is corporation tax by five or 6. is fact to put it up five or fact going to put it up five or 6% in the is it in march 6% in the next? is it in march goes will be it will be goes it will be it will be confirmed in the march budget and it will go the new and then it will go with the new tax, the first week of tax, which is the first week of april. so every year that's that. so, so interest of that. so, so the interest of corporation tax up, that's corporation tax goes up, that's going investment. it

going to stifle investment. it it's up from 19% to 25, it's going up from 19% to 25, which is six percentage point rise for a lot . lockdown ravaged rise for a lot. lockdown ravaged businesses . they'll throw in the businesses. they'll throw in the towel. i actually if you raise the rate of corporation you'll end up with less corporation tax . yeah, because a of . yeah, because a lot of businesses will go under certainly small and medium sized businesses. happening certainly small and medium sized businemoment happening certainly small and medium sized businemoment i happening certainly small and medium sized businemoment i know happening certainly small and medium sized businemoment i know you'reening at the moment i know you're picking too , andrew, as picking this up too, andrew, as you've a lot of conservative you've got a lot of conservative backbenchers and believe or backbenchers and believe it or that kind rallies around that kind of rallies around somebody called liz truss not i'm not saying she's going to make a comeback but she's certainly becoming a bearer right among the 1922 committee, the tory backbenchers trying to push , hunt and sunak to not push, hunt and sunak to not raise taxes any more in this march budget, which is now only six weeks away. and that includes the corporation tax that absolutely includes the corporation. kevin corporation. let's get kevin craig you're craig because i know what you're to is tory if he to say oh this is tory if he doesn't put do tax rise doesn't do put do tax rise that's the tories on the side of big business but corporation tax impacts businesses impacts on small businesses too. i'm sort of disappoint you

andrew number one i enjoy much of liam's analysis , which i of liam's analysis, which i think bang on the money think is bang on the money you're you're you're coming and you're a businessman. am a businessman you're coming and you're a buanessman. am a businessman you're coming and you're a bua company am a businessman you're coming and you're a bua company now. a businessman you're coming and you're a bua company now. a wasnessman you're coming and you're a bua company now. a was the .man in a company now. it was the money, but not anymore. now it is it still is. but i'm. i is and it still is. but i'm. i need hold onto something to need to hold onto something to think i heard liz truss come back you didn't say said she's still an mp. yes i know. but the idea that we let's talk is the corporation tax. should that corporation tax. should that corporation tax. should that corporation tax go up your rates? how many people do you employ? 106, right? yeah the country circulations of that's going to affect you. it's a cool place. that's good. so it is the heart is time in business. for decades i'm finding that it's not a political point. it's just the yeah. and then the the cost. yeah. and then the salary inflation in the private sector because talent isn't it in a never had a stronger market your but corporation or should they cancel that smartly ultimately this the country that i love has to be paid for so i'm not going to object to it if amanda you are locked ravaged

business. okay i talk to lots and lots of business leaders i actually think what we call the laffer curve. the idea if you raise a tax rate, you may end up with less actual tax revenue. absolutely to corporations taxed at a time like this. absolutely to corporations taxed at a time like this . and if we at a time like this. and if we cap corporate tax where it is at 19, it wouldn't be a tax . in 19, it wouldn't be a tax. in theory, it won't cost us any money at all, but it would feel like a tax cut because. of course, the rise to 25% is already legislated . yeah, and already legislated. yeah, and guess what? i reckon if you capped corporation tax where it is you'd actually make money because lot of the investments that we're going happen at 25% would then happen . going to come would then happen. going to come to you after today's headlines. that's liam halligan winding up my guest, which is what we like after that, the headlines. we're going live to lancashire after that, the headlines. we're go get live to lancashire after that, the headlines. we're go get the live to lancashire after that, the headlines. we're go get the latest to lancashire after that, the headlines. we're go get the latest on_ancashire after that, the headlines. we're go get the latest on missing'e to get the latest on missing mother nick leopard 2. he's now been week . good

been missing for a week. good afternoon. it's 1234. been missing for a week. good afternoon. it's1234. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom the partner of a missing woman says. he's focusing on staying strong . focusing on staying strong. their two daughters, their concerns for the welfare . nicola concerns for the welfare. nicola billy, who went missing a week ago in lancashire, the 45 year old was last seen walking her dog before 9 am. last friday at st michael's wyre. a phone and dog were found by the river. half an hour later , nicola's half an hour later, nicola's partner, paul ansell says he hopes people will come forward with new information . every with new information. every single scenario comes to brick wall, every single one of them, and then all we're doing is saying they're going around, around, around going through every scenario and then go back to the first scenario again and the whole thing again . and then the whole thing again. and then i think it's just all day long. that's all we're doing. it's all we're doing . a man who was we're doing. a man who was carrying a crossbow on the

grounds windsor castle on christmas day in 2021 has admitted trying to harm elizabeth. 21 year old jaswant singh trial pleaded guilty to three charges, including an offence under the treason act. his crossbow is loaded bolts with a safety catch off and ready to fire. the late queen was in residence at the and disgraced pop gary glitter has been freed jail after serving half of his 16 year sentence for sex offences . the 79 year old sex offences. the 79 year old who had a string of hits in the 19705, who had a string of hits in the 1970s, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. the sex offender who left a low security prison in dorset earlier will now be subject to licence conditions . subject to licence conditions. tv online and dab+ radio. this is gb news don't go anywhere. andrew back in just a moment.

well, today marks exactly one week since the mother of two, nick, first went missing while walking dog alongside the river wye in lancashire. last friday morning it was after she dropped off two daughters at the local primary school. nicholas family, a desperate is searching for answers as the police search continues with a two daughters. just six and nine, desperate for their mummy to . come back. paul their mummy to. come back. paul hansel , their mummy to. come back. paul hansel, whose nicholas partner has been saying he will never lose hope. here's what he had to say. my whole is on two girls just staying as strong as i for them. i'm scared that if i put any focus into anything else , any focus into anything else, it's going to take my focus off that. it's going to take my focus off that . so i've got to take that. so i've got to take careful just hoping to goodness that anything comes out from the

interview yesterday . i'm a tiny interview yesterday. i'm a tiny just a massive thank you to the community friends for everything that they are doing . it's that they are doing. it's absolutely incredible . i just absolutely incredible. i just can't believe that we can . and can't believe that we can. and as yet . it seems like we're no as yet. it seems like we're no out. it'sjust just as yet. it seems like we're no out. it's just just seems it just seems absolutely impossible. just like dream. cannot get my head around any of it . i mean, you're left sort of it. i mean, you're left sort of trying to make sense of the sense of something. it is just such a mystery . yeah, it is . it such a mystery. yeah, it is. it is. there's just no every single scenario comes to a brick wall. single one of them. and then all we're doing is saying they're going round around around, going through every scenario and then go back to the first scenario again and do the whole thing

again and do the whole thing again . and then i it's just all again. and then i it's just all day long. that's all we're doing. so we're doing well as the police searches continue, we can now go live to lancashire . can now go live to lancashire. our national reporter theo chikomba. what is the latest . chikomba. what is the latest. good afternoon. well, i've just spoken to one of her friends, emma, just a few ago, and she was saying thanks to some of those people who've been out in the community since the hours after early hours of this morning, holding placards which say, do have any dashcam, say, if you do have any dashcam, please 1a1. and we please do call 1a1. and we understand she was saying that a liaison officer said, we've already received some calls. so potentially that might something that can help the police with their investigation are just by their investigation are just by the river and the bench which she was . we understand she was she was. we understand she was this area and lots of people have been here in the early early hours of this morning into this afternoon . there is some this afternoon. there is some police presence now. we've seen some teams who to go into the as

well to continue those but friends are here people who don't even know her as well are also out today and saying this is something we're going to be part of to just ensure that the family also some answers. but the police are saying the investigations are still continuing and if anybody has enhanced regardless of whether they think their dash cam footage or cctv indeed might be able to help, then please do . in able to help, then please do. in touch. right. that's theo chikomba live up in lancashire now talking a cleaner. so if you've got an old car, it's to be pretty expensive. if you're in london , birmingham, glasgow, in london, birmingham, glasgow, clean air zones are being introduced across the country . introduced across the country. idea is they reduce pollution by making drivers, have cars that don't certain emission don't meet certain emission standards, charge , enter standards, pay a charge, enter them. they're controversial , them. they're controversial, they're costly. london mayor sadiq is expanding it to every single borough in london. that's all 32 nine of them are now opposing the charge, which is £12.50. and if you try and dodge

fee or you don't understand the rules, you could be lumbered with a fine get this, rules, you could be lumbered with a fine get this , £160. and with a fine get this, £160. and don't forget, of course , you don't forget, of course, you also have to pay £15 for the congestion charge in central london. so wonder what you think about that. i don't have car, so i don't have a skin in this fight, but i think it's outrageous. it's all designed apparently air pollution. apparently to cut air pollution. joining now , the conservative joining me now, the conservative london assembly member. tony, definition, tony. nine boroughs now this including lib dem boroughs , havering, which is run boroughs, havering, which is run by independents. absolutely andrew, this isn't about air quality . we're all in favour of quality. we're all in favour of better air quality . and in fact, better air quality. and in fact, bofis better air quality. and in fact, boris was the one that started to bring in the eu less for central london and it worked in central london and it worked in central london. all know central london. but we all know london a big place and london is a really big place and in is much smaller geographic wise than outside london . it wise than outside london. it does not work it's not about air quality at all and even khan's own figures . it's not about air own figures. it's not about air quality . it's yet another quality. it's yet another stealth tax. yeah, i read about this in the mail week and i

noficed this in the mail week and i noticed on page 91 of his financial strategy last week , financial strategy last week, it's expected to generate more £1 billion now from the motorist , the congestion charge and, indeed, the low emission zone charge , over indeed, the low emission zone charge, ove r £1,000,000,000. so charge, over £1,000,000,000. so it is about money the it is about money in the exchequer exact he is exchequer is an exact he is a man who has wasted so money. he has a £19 billion budget a year. he's failed on policing, failed on building houses and failed on the environment and transport. so what's it trying to do? is virtue signal to that will vote for him in the labour green coalition. but this policy simply doesn't work. but what we think across london, cross—party now, as you say, is lib dems , now, as you say, is lib dems, many labour people privately are outraged by this. and in fact the labour leaders very bravely come out against this. what we think is that this is his poll tax moment, his tipping point . tax moment, his tipping point. you all remember when a pensioner thrown out by blair in 2005 from a labour party conference for talking against tony blair and it was the

tipping point, the start , the tipping point, the start, the end for tony blair. and yesterday there was a ulez event, a of living event actually with martin lewis, the money expert at city hall, and khan harries , he thought was khan harries, he thought was going to get clapped and applauded. and actually a female driver from dagenham came in called him a con man. and thrown out by his goons . but the out by his goons. but the reality is, no more londoners . reality is, no more londoners. it' s £3,000 a year. it's lot of it's £3,000 a year. it's lot of money. it may not be a lot of money, you or me, andrew, we're very privileged indeed. mr. khan's even privileged . but khan's even more privileged. but for particularly outer for people particularly outer london, people running small businesses great this businesses. great article this week it i talked to a. week about it i talked to a. let's get kevin craig in here for labour perspective for the labour party perspective talked piece in the talked to for my piece in the mail a businessman he's run mail a businessman and he's run a run business a it's a family run business been running for 50 years it's folding because he afford folding because he can't afford to this to go into to pay all this money to go into central going to central and debbie is going to hit man if your car is hit the white man if your car is pre 2008 you're going to have to cough. pre 2008 you're going to have to cough . i mean, let's not forget cough. i mean, let's not forget as well, the mayor wherever he goes, he's got his car entourage, three cars in his

entourage, three cars in his entourage . okay. so practising entourage. okay. so practising what he preaches. well the mayor has that because he's on the risk of a tunnel. boris used to cycle everywhere. he did it. he is in his office in city hall. and he had his bike in the office in cambridge on the tube, cameras on the tube. so in the time sadiq has got a much larger of threat against it. some of it's to the fact he's a muslim man, but he's more risk. okay. okay. so three cars is okay for him . he has a level of him. he has a level of protection that i don't hesitate to justify . now, tony, very to justify. now, tony, very articulate as you expect from a leading conservative on the assembly. however you said tony, that it's not about equality there . many people who think it there. many people who think it is, many people think the reason city council doing is that a air pollution in london is causing deaths that full million people have already an improvement in air quality since he went to work on this stuff. and yesterday said city hall, sadiq khan got his goons to throw a

female lorry driver. well yesterday was a much longer event for the most part was a very constructive discussion about the cost of living . but about the cost of living. but there is a point which sensible people on all sides of the debate will have to that the ulez implemented , which is about ulez implemented, which is about saving lives and a cleaner london must take into account financial impact and even darren rodwell , a very well—regarded rodwell, a very well—regarded leader of barking tackling council labour policy, labour is saying that, but sadiq yesterday he won't apologise for trying to make a cleaner in london and what this discussion shows he's not going to pay a reckoning but we've seen the poor democrats the liberal democrat councillors. let me you a policy that would actually would work and this in and shaun bailey brought this in last colin has ignored last time and colin has ignored it and coventry and cities it and coventry and many cities are this spend the are doing this spend the hundreds of pounds hundreds of millions of pounds on he's running now a few on buses he's running now a few electric buses. coventry is doing far better as a much smaller city electric buses would improve air quality and the environment spokesman for on the environment spokesman for on the assembly i spent a lot of

time following this buses actually work it's a virtuous cycle in policy . well it's not i cycle in policy. well it's not i mean if it's virtue it wouldn't be going very well for him i think we can all agree on that. but i think he still believes it. and i worked him a lot when i was councillor and on the i was a councillor and on the stop boris johnson's garden stop in boris johnson's garden bridge he does bridge debacle. but he does believe that this save lives. it's not a virtuous signalling is it's trivialised it's quite a quite it's quite a something to get nine boroughs opposing it taking action. yeah i mean all the way out to havering romford . why do we need to see this? this is just politics. this is politics, undoubtedly , he's got politics, undoubtedly, he's got to listen. yeah, i've been seven years. and when you don't listen to a senior politician, eventually, even mrs. found this a great suspect. back to her. you listen. eventually the you don't listen. eventually the pubuc you don't listen. eventually the public you . he's up public get rid of you. he's up for election next may and for election next may well and he's man and he he's not a stupid man and he knows wants to win but he he's quite i understand quite confident and i understand why that a lot of people are really about air pollution in london and the impacts of it. but i do with you both people

are financially yeah and as darren the labour leader barking said we need to take the furniture. he's running a bus all around london at great pubuc all around london at great public expense , preaching about public expense, preaching about helping people with , the cost of helping people with, the cost of living crisis, forcing small van drivers to pa y £12.50 every day. drivers to pay £12.50 every day. they to drive into any part of london is going to hurt is going to cause more problems with. the cost of living crisis. well it is coming thousand a year is coming thousand pounds a year is coming thousand pounds a year is back of lot is coming on the back of a lot of increases that and of increases that people and he's he's also raising his he's and he's also raising his of the council record of the council tax by a record amount seven years. well amount 60% in seven years. well the councils i mean fine for a very decent conservative politician to talk about increases but the councils have been absolutely strapped the government money and funding for a decent has to come from somewhere people's pockets enjoying during a cost of living crisis. well not always people's pockets i mean businesses a contributing more and the tax in this country he says this is going to say 4000 lives. yeah how does he know that this is a fair this is a very good

question because i spend lot question because i spend a lot of in weeks looking of time in recent weeks looking into the of the deaths that are caused by air pollution. but i take i direct you to public health england. right. i want to raise something with in birmingham. they've done this . birmingham. they've done this. they've had to cancel 45,000 fines because of the sheer volume of fines. they've been overwhelmed by it. and that's in the second city, 2.7 million revenue down the drain. it's not well, it's our second city indeed. well, it's our second city indeed . we as my business, we've indeed. we as my business, we've got significant of staff up there. i would say that as a result, what's the expand their most recent expansion the number of non—compliant vehicles coming in has gone down from 124000 to 57000 a day. but i'm not disagreeing with you both that people hurting financially and sadiq andrew, he won't apologise . cleaning london. this is about taking people with you. his pubuc taking people with you. his public consultations are renowned to be flawed. everything angle one in fact, the independent public consultation institute a couple of years gave award for of years ago gave him award for the consultation of

the worst public consultation of the worst public consultation of the year. and you know all about and literally 80% of people oppose the euros extension he's got to print people with him we all are elected we take the pubuc all are elected we take the public with us agree and sadiq has completely failed london survey 80% consultation of businessmen , business women and businessmen, business women and small businesses oppose . this small businesses oppose. this tfl consultations will say my whole life as a councillor and business person under whatever colour administration tfl doesn't consult very well. it's my personal experience. all right, now i want to know your views are do you have a clear agenda where you are, what you think them? are you going think of them? are you going to pay think of them? are you going to pay your think of them? are you going to pay you think of them? are you going to pay you london or pay your £560 is in london or you perhaps be of you want to perhaps be one of those people birmingham those people in birmingham whose fines been written off? you can email gb views at gbnews.uk email me gb views at gbnews.uk or news. tony is or tweet us at gb news. tony is in london supplement but thanks to join me and still with me is kevin craig now talking about the eurovision song contest . the eurovision song contest. former sex pistol london is geanng former sex pistol london is gearing up to compete become ireland's eurovision entry . he's

ireland's eurovision entry. he's banned public image limited are among six acts trying to represent ireland at 67th eurovision song contest, which of course is being held in liverpool , ukraine won last liverpool, ukraine won last yean liverpool, ukraine won last year, but we're hosting the prize we came second. johnny the show now is rebecca toomey, who is a showbiz. rebecca, i'm old enough to remember the sex pistols as he got a good voice. johnny rotten. do you know what? he's absolutely amazing, but nobody could see this one coming. the sex pistols . you coming. the sex pistols. you know, john of the sex pistols coming onto cheesy eurovision song contest . it's not something song contest. it's not something you usually associate the two. let me tell you exactly . he's let me tell you exactly. he's doing this now. he's representing he's got to representing he's got to represent for ireland is that his parents were born there. but what he's doing is he's actually this actually quite beautiful ballad hawaii in all rage . his ballad hawaii in all rage. his wife, nora, who's been battling disease. and this song really about, you know, wishing was still, you know, all and i'm so present with him those talks about the holiday they had it

and the kind of experience being and the kind of experience being a caretaker some with alzheimer's . so it's actually alzheimer's. so it's actually putting the spotlight quite a powerful cause . and the song, powerful cause. and the song, you know, i think a of modern music can be very overproduced and i think having someone with johnny johnny's talent and you know his musical abilities saying something like that on eurovision what actually might quite change that if you're really interesting to see if the pubuc really interesting to see if the public because going to public vote because going to happen tonight is on the late late ireland to late show ireland he's going to compete six other with six acts and then the public are going to be to for the song be the ones to vote for the song they want to represent their country the country come come may win the eurovision contest will be taking place in liverpool . what taking place in liverpool. what rebecca what's the feeling too if people he's got a really strong chance i think he has because . i mean i actually because. i mean i actually really quite enjoy the song if anyone can have a listen to it. the prime videos online , i think the prime videos online, i think really the emotive song will actually win people over. i think it's quite a beautiful song. very good to hear proper music again. i think, like i said, an overproduced musical

world. but i think the fact he's going down the emotional route andifs going down the emotional route and it's not something we expect from it's from him is, you know, it's johnny which what i johnny rotten, which what i think people over. i'd think will win people over. i'd actually like to see a somewhat this because i'm this before because i'm not a eurovision it's far too cheesy and sort of you know not like the kind of grammys and the brit awards so it'd be nice to have a bit more a serious, powerful, bit more of a serious, powerful, emotional and particularly because we're hosting because obviously we're hosting the hosting for ukraine and the uk hosting for ukraine and eurovision has always been quite political and i think it would be nice it to fall back a bit more actually about. all more to actually about. all right rebecca that's parenting rebecca me. sorry . say rebecca to me. i'm sorry. say this, but you're old this, kevin but you're old enough sex enough also to remember the sex pistols . and we won't say the pistols. and we won't say the most famous song because you can't use that word on the program. i'm rather wishing well on this. i wish him well and what people have forgotten what people may have forgotten about is that he was one. about him is that he was one. he's a person with substance outside music was one of the outside of music was one of the only people to call out. if you remember jemmy savile , remember remember jemmy savile, remember that do so he's is a person of

that i do so he's is a person of substance and i really wish him well . and do you like the well. and do you like the eurovision. oh, you like rebecca. find all of it too i think good do i. and think. good fun. so do i. and i enjoyed it last year and i thought it was the right result because it was the best uk entry years it. but we years was good wasn't it. but we want. you won the jury prize. want. so you won the jury prize. we jury. but the public we won the jury. but the public vote to go to vote was always going to go to ukraine. should ukraine. and so it should have. yeah, i mean the it always yeah, well, i mean the it always follows politics, the issues of the day and when we haven't been that it doesn't matter the day and when we haven't been that ourit doesn't matter the day and when we haven't been that ourit doeis,t matter the day and when we haven't been that ourit doeis, we atter the day and when we haven't been that ourit doeis, we can' how good our song is, we can absolutely don't we? absolutely hammered, don't we? yeah. do very well yeah. we didn't do very well when blair was prime minister. yeah. we didn't do very well wheiif3lair was prime minister. yeah. we didn't do very well wheiif i.air was prime minister. yeah. we didn't do very well wheiif i recalls prime minister. yeah. we didn't do very well wheiif i recall nowne minister. yeah. we didn't do very well wheiif i recall now your.inister. yeah. we didn't do very well wheiif i recall now your views'. and if i recall now your views on the stories we've on some of the stories we've been discussing, teacher strikes, i'm of strikes, mark says, i'm of heanng strikes, mark says, i'm of hearing did hearing about these teachers did everything during everything to not work during pandemic 23.6 pension admissions us the taxpayer long holidays short working date on keir starmer alan says who on earth believes starmer would be competent? pm this bloke next to me actually alan kevin craig mr. sit on the fence in his coat hole of talent is just represent corbyn with a tie the same no

hope make up the labour party that felt so badly at the last election. not be trusted. can we put him down as i don't know think we can sit down as an on you as expansion and says my daughter in the current area i've my grandchildren for i've hardly my grandchildren for the last two years. is an the last two years. my car is an older and thus older diesel car and thus non—compliant wherever i will be in the extension, i will give up work all together as so many others. more others. the government more in benefits . i others. the government more in benefits. i need others. the government more in benefits . i need my car for work benefits. i need my car for work and i can't afford to get another just briefly come another one. just briefly come it. that's a problem. if you want get compliant or want to get a compliant or a compliant a new van. compliant van, a new van. £40,000. and i think the £40,000. yeah. and i think the big pressure on siddiq to make sure as labour council sure that as labour council leader said, is the implementation on this. you've got to listen people's got to listen to people's financial pain, got to be financial pain, you've got to be a if necessary, a politician if necessary, increases scrappage scheme increases the scrappage scheme amounts or extends the time frame , or scrap entire frame, or just scrap the entire scheme , which is what i would scheme, which is what i would do. but that's bad for air. andrew craig he's a labour andrew kevin craig he's a labour supporter businessman and supporter and businessman and you will come and join me again. you're watching andrew pierce. plenty before plenty more still to come before

that, going go that, though, we're going to go to weather. hello, alex to the weather. hello, alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office. a friday a fairly cloudy one most places in the south dry with some brighter spells . but with some brighter spells. but there is some rain around from this weather fronts. it's dripping way into this area of high pressure , which is, as high pressure, which is, as i say, keeping most places dry. but this weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain and drizzle across north—west england parts of scotland stay italy of western scotland stay italy moving northwards they'll spot a drizzle further south the western parts of wales and south—west england but much of the south dry . we'll see some the south dry. we'll see some breaks developing the cloud which means a bit more sunshine coming . but a which means a bit more sunshine coming. but a blue sky which means a bit more sunshine coming . but a blue sky here and coming. but a blue sky here and there rain tending to there and the rain tending to ease day , ease way north through the day, temperatures will be well above average, particularly if we see any sunshine . the south, 13, any sunshine. the south, 13, maybe 14 degrees. and even when it's ten or 11, the rain it's cloudy ten or 11, the rain will track over the ireland through the evening. most of the parts will have a friday evening staying dry overnight. some more

clear spells in the clouds across the east will allow temperatures here to drop down close freezing maybe in rural spots but for most it's another pretty mild with lows of seven or eight cells. yes i'll saturday and again most places going to start dry but we will see some rain this across the northwest of scotland initially on saturday morning and that will spread across scotland , will spread across scotland, northern ireland through the day. so of rain likely here could be some heavier bursts . could be some heavier bursts. but for england wales by the bit of drizzle in the west it'll be a dry saturday, a fairly cloudy one again, but some brightness here again, pretty mild here and that again, pretty mild with temperatures in double digits . so with temperatures in double digits. so rain with temperatures in double digits . so rain trickle digits. so the rain will trickle a further south during a little further south during saturday evening . so we'll see saturday evening. so we'll see some rain for northern and north wales, but it's fizzling out as it does so it'll continue to trek southwards during saturday night and be out of the way by so some days looking dry and bright for the vast majority, sunny spells , slightly light sunny spells, slightly light winds , it will be just a little

winds, it will be just a little bit colder . goodbye .

it's just 1:00. this is andrew pierce here with you on gb news. here's coming up in the next houn here's coming up in the next hour. disgraced pop gary glitter, a horrible , has been glitter, a horrible, has been freed from jail after , serve freed from jail after, serve just half of his 16 year sentence for three young schoolgirls. we'll bring you the latest reaction to that its grim reading all round for the prime minister only 1% of voters, 1% say they're confident can tackle sleaze which has gripped the tory party and meanwhile the tories are trailing labour by mere 24 points. i'll go through all this with a conservative mp. i'm the rise in interest rates just before the bank of england. i'm going to be speaking with a

campaigner from a group called uk prisoners about how uk mortgage prisoners about how the latest rise is going to affect them. and we begin heading across the pond too, because the united is tracking a suspect it chinese surveillance building . it's been spotted building. it's been spotted flying over sensitive site where they shoot it down. digesting all of this with the next satellite to say it's a telegraph set right . and telegraph set right. and columnist madeleine grant new at home research an important part. don't forget to email at gb don't forget to email me at gb views gb news and i'll put views at gb news and i'll put your points of use to those i speak to. that's what's coming up this hour. but first, up in this next hour. but first, the latest headlines . good the latest headlines. good afternoon. it'sjust the latest headlines. good afternoon. it's just gone 1:01. i'm in the gb newsroom. the partner of a missing woman says he's focusing on staying strong for their two daughters. there are growing concerns for the welfare . nicola bayley who went welfare. nicola bayley who went missing a week ago in lancashire. the 45 year old was

last seen walking her dog just before 9 am. last friday in st michael somewhere. her phone under were found by the river half an hour later. nicholas partner paul ansell says he hopes will come forward with new information. every single scenario comes to a brick wall every , single one of them, and every, single one of them, and then all we're doing is saying they're going around, around, around going through every scenario and then go back to the first scenario again and the whole thing again . and then whole thing again. and then i think it's just all day long. that's all we're doing. it's all we're doing . all the communities we're doing. all the communities also coming together to help find the missing mortgage adviser. they're appealing anyone with information to come forward, hoping images nicola will help jog their. forward, hoping images nicola will help jog their . all week will help jog their. all week they've been saying she's carrying on with the local community everybody's really time coming together to try and do everything to come to find her bring her home, her her and bring her home, her family. just you . we're

family. it's just you. we're keeping eyes up, dashcams keeping our eyes up, dashcams anyone could possibly have anyone that could possibly have been here this time last week . i been here this time last week. i just like we've lost sunday just feel like we've lost sunday and do my bit, even if it's just today. holding a sign today. doing is holding a sign up a. a man armed with a crossbow has admitted trying to harm queen in 2021. just fancy charles was arrested on the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day , carrying a weapon christmas day, carrying a weapon which was loaded bolts with the safety catch released and ready to fire. the 21 year old pleaded guilty to three charges, including an under the treason act. the late queen was in residence at the time . disgraced residence at the time. disgraced p0p residence at the time. disgraced pop star gary glitter has been freed jail after serving half of his 16 year sentence for sex offences . the 79 year old, who offences. the 79 year old, who had a string of hits the 1970s, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. the sex offender who left a low security prison in dorset earlier will now be subject to

licence conditions . british gas licence conditions. british gas is under to compensate its vulnerable customers. it follows a times which found debt collectors into homes to forcibly install prepayment metres . regulator ofgem has metres. regulator ofgem has ordered domestic energy companies to suspend the practise and, says it's opening its biggest market review into metres . anti—brexit campaigner metres. anti—brexit campaigner gina miller has become the latest to accuse the deputy prime minister of bullying. she says dominic raab launched an abusive attack and was aggressive and intimidating dunng aggressive and intimidating during encounter in 2016. a source to the justice secretary says described the claims as malicious and baseless, saying they were timed to jump on a political . shadow immigration political. shadow immigration minister stephen kenny says time for mr. raab to go. i think it's pretty now that everybody that works around him is not is going

to have some serious doubts about whether or not they should be coming into work today. about whether or not they should be coming into work today . that be coming into work today. that seems to be a pattern of behaviour from mr. raab and it's not fair on his colleagues that they are having to work with somebody who is potentially a bully , a tyrant and somebody who bully, a tyrant and somebody who disrespects the colleagues he works with. so he should be suspended . ralph all passengers suspended. ralph all passengers are facing yet more travel today with train drivers walking for the second time this week. rmt and aslef union members are demanding better pay and conditions. rail operators are warning services are severely disrupted with little to no trains running in parts of the country. aslef general secretary mcquillan says the union wants talks to continue to a solution but to see fully the rtg for, a protocol which they led to a payoff for over two years that hadnt payoff for over two years that hadn't been discussed. this trade union hadn't been through

the framework agreement that we'd agreed for them allow some sort of national national talks to place our fracture to take place and our fracture industry it's probably said industry and it's probably said the whole process back months and if want negotiate the whole process back months ancthe if want negotiate the whole process back months ancthe media.want negotiate the whole process back months ancthe media. i'llt negotiate the whole process back months ancthe media. i'll tell negotiate the whole process back months ancthe media. i'll tell youytiate via the media. i'll tell you i want you can relate to want and then you can relate to them come and talk just a few weeks but we don't behave weeks time. but we don't behave like that. so we'll like that. we behave. so we'll go in the talks on tuesday go back in the talks on tuesday and hope trust be and hope that trust can be rebuilt. can find a way rebuilt. and we can find a way forward suspected spy forward. and a suspected spy balloon is being tracked by the us military . balloon is being tracked by the us military. it's been balloon is being tracked by the us military . it's been spotted us military. it's been spotted flying over america a couple of days. fighter were mobilised but a decision was made not to shoot it down. the debris could pose a safety . it comes ahead of a trip safety. it comes ahead of a trip to . beijing by the us secretary to. beijing by the us secretary of state blinken. china says . it of state blinken. china says. it hopes both sides can handle matter calmly . hopes both sides can handle matter calmly. this is hopes both sides can handle matter calmly . this is gb hopes both sides can handle matter calmly. this is gb news will bring you more as it happens. now, though, let me hand you back over to andrew .

hand you back over to andrew. gary glitter, sentenced to 16 years in prison for released. we discover after only eight years of his sentence. what is the point ? twitter, whose real name point? twitter, whose real name is paul gad , was jailed in 2015 is paul gad, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. he previously jailed in 1999, possessing thousands child images. and again in 2006, the sex abusing girls in vietnam . he's a monster girls in vietnam. he's a monster and. i can't understand why he's out of prison . our reporter ray out of prison. our reporter ray addison is at the vernon prison in the isle of portland in dorset. ray, what's the latest when did he get out ? good when did he get out? good morning. good afternoon. rather yes, he got out earlier on today. he'd spent eight years in mp, the verne, which is a low security category c prison in portland, dorset that you can see the rather imposing to the prison behind me. now, of

course, glitter, whose real name is paul gadd , was jailed in 2015 is paul gadd, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. now attacks took place at height of his fame in the 1970s. he attacked two of the 1970s. he attacked two of the girls , aged 12 and 13, after the girls, aged 12 and 13, after inviting them backstage. she managed to isolate them from their mothers. his victim was less than ten years old at the time that he tried to rape her in 75. now those offences came to light as part of the operation yewtree investigation , resulting from the jemmy savile inquiry as well. he was actually the person to be arrested as part that investigation . of course, investigation. of course, glitters fall from . grace has glitters fall from. grace has been happening for years. it happened many years earlier. he'd admitted , as you said, 4000 he'd admitted, as you said, 4000 child images and was jailed for four months in 1999. in thousand and two, he was expelled from cambodia, cambodia , because of

cambodia, cambodia, because of sex crimes allegations . and in sex crimes allegations. and in march 2006, he was convicted of sexually abusing two girls in vietnam and he spent two and a half years in jail. now he's his release today was automatic halfway through his 16 years sentence, he'd spent , as we sentence, he'd spent, as we said, eight years behind bars. he will now be subject to licence . that's ray anderson, licence. that's ray anderson, our reporter at burma prison, portland, in dorset . madeleine portland, in dorset. madeleine grant's with me. telegraph columnist. he's not only a disgusting , madeleine, he's also disgusting, madeleine, he's also very stupid because he sent his computer in to be serviced by an engineer in 1999. and the engineer in 1999. and the engineer discovered 4000 lewd images of children . how is he? images of children. how is he? he gets 16 years. he only serves eight. should do the full term. of course he should. i mean, i kind of despair for society . if kind of despair for society. if this is how we respond to something like this. i mean , something like this. i mean, there's no other way of putting it when you have sex with a 13 year old child. that's right. no child can give consent. i just don't what of message

don't know what kind of message this and be this sends out. and it must be heartbreaking. the victims of gary glitter , because even gary glitter, because even though happened ago, these though it happened ago, these never leave you. and i think to see your molester and rapist out there in the in the free world so soon after , the initial so soon after, the initial sentence was given it must be demoralising and bring it all back to them. and then, of course, more recently, he served two months in prison for abusing children when . he was living children when. he was living abroad. exactly mean this guy's abroad. exactly mean this guy's a repeat offender just to defend. of course he is. and i'm sure you know, i don't exactly know how they they plan to keep track of. but, you know, you'd be surprised. think, when be very surprised. i think, when you're way . it you're wired in that way. it seems likely that you're seems very likely that you're going to commit other going go on to commit other offences . i mean, both offences. i mean, we've both written this and about it written about this and about it before. i understand they can't before. i understand they can't be cured . so he is a danger. be cured. so he is a danger. should he have to be allowed out ? well, i mean, he'll have hell of a tackle i suppose . for how

of a tackle i suppose. for how long? i think at the very least you do the sentence that you've been given . yeah. i mean, i'm been given. yeah. i mean, i'm often argue this with lawyers, so get six years, but you so you get six years, but you get there's an automatic reprieve after a after halfway through. why? why i don't get i mean, i don't get it. and you people get sentenced to a life imprisonment. they and the judge says it's life. i recommend you serve 15, 20 years. hang serve up to 15, 20 years. hang on, life. so why are you allowed out? not this and the thing out? i do not this and the thing that also worries me that obviously we're talking about gary glitter right now. he's famous for gary glitter that . famous for gary glitter that. we've scores that we hear we've scores more that we hear that we haven't heard of. who him just and you wonder if this is a bit jemmy saville is a bit of the jemmy saville going jemmy saville going on here jemmy saville they've been all sorts of rumours about the police they've been all sorts of rum approached the police they've been all sorts of rum approached the p

recently there was that louis theroux where he theroux documentary where he jemmy savile, talking jemmy savile, who's talking quite openly, even joking about , being interested in children, essentially, but does it all as a kind of joke it's almost like he's laughing at the world. the fact that he's been able to get with it for so long. and apparently he's still incredibly rich made such lot rich because he made such lot of money his his previous money from his his previous good. now let's touch on the latest gb people's poll of change in gear here is again not good news for . xi sunak the good news for. xi sunak the prime minister how many voters do you think trust to deal with sleaze that's engulfed tory party? a mere 1. what do they all then? 55% not competent at all then? 55% not competent at all that he can tackle sleaze and the tories are now miles behind are on 46. the tories 22. if that was general election tomorrow it would be a labour landslide and there's very little appetite if you're one of those people who thanks for the blonde bombshell, i don't mean margaret thatcher. i wish she was here still by myself.

frankly, i'm talking about former prime minister boris johnson . only 56, 56% either johnson. only 56, 56% either oppose or strongly oppose the idea of him coming in to the cabinet. let's get the view of the conservative mp for southampton itchen royston smith. he joins me now . russell smith. he joins me now. russell smith, good afternoon to i'm not much chair that poll for you if you were fighting your seat at a general election any time soon. no andre there's not. if there was a general today and those polls were be accurate, then i'd be on my way. i mean , if you're be on my way. i mean, if you're as old as me, you've been around as old as me, you've been around as long as i have. then you. you know, you roll with the punches, you know, you don't big personal following that some mps believe they have is myth and you get elected or you want based on how well the is doing. so if those polls are accurate i'm not sure they are extending but if they're accurate, there's an election today on those polls , election today on those polls, then i certainly wouldn't be here fight another day. you've here. fight another day. you've got it. you've got 18, 18 months

to it around . what is the to turn it around. what is the most important thing in your view? royston for the rishi sunak to do to get the conservatives back in the game we've got to start doing something, you know think that it was a great speech which he soon made at new year. but those five pledges in my opinion , with five pledges in my opinion, with respect to rishi, was a friend of mine. he is our prime minister and. i support him completely . but those five completely. but those five pledges were five things that i believe we should just be doing anyway. so what we need is some pledges about could be pledges about things we could be doing and should be doing. in addition to those. we've got addition to those. so we've got great challenges , the climate great challenges, the climate and ways sorting and there are ways of sorting out hydrogen the rest. out with hydrogen and the rest. but government get the but the government to get on the front foot before that technology leaves this country and elsewhere. are and goes elsewhere. there are all of things we can do with helping to people's homes, helping to keep people's homes, insulate it so that bills aren't so expen , save things that so expen, save things that people will notice and things that people deserve. but what we've getting we've got stop doing is getting pulled around by the opposition, getting pulled around the

mainstream and on the mainstream media and on the minutia. i and not doing the big ticket items that people deserve. i got a budget in the chancellor's already ruled out any tax cuts should he press ahead with the planned 6% rise in corporation tax. because i've talked to a lot of your colleagues who say you shouldn't . no, i don't think he should. and i think should be looking at every opportunity he can to cut taxes, to stimulate the economy. we england that we have a bank of england that is putting interest rates up to push down on inflation and push back down on inflation and a government that says it growth. the two things are incompatible , however, we do incompatible, however, we do have an opportunity in the budget to make sure that we do stimulate and you won't stimulate and you won't stimulate growth by putting taxes up on the very that create the jobs and for the public services that we're all talking about now because of the strikes . whenever i turn on the or watch tv or read the newspaper, keep reading and hearing about bofis keep reading and hearing about boris johnson , is he is that any boris johnson, is he is that any do is there any way in your view

that he could possibly be back in the cabinet or even if the local elections are appalling in may, which i think they will be good? he could have replaced rishi sunak. i don't think there's an appetite parliament to make a move to bring back boris. i mean, i'm a big fan of bofis boris. i mean, i'm a big fan of boris johnson and. i've said so publicly, my , my constituents publicly, my, my constituents love him and i'm out knocking doors twice a week, at least every saturday. and people are telling me door after door. you know, we wish we still had boris. now, that's a that's sort of, you know, typical of people being nostalgic and hopping back to past . but i being nostalgic and hopping back to past. but i don't think to the past. but i don't think that there is an immediate return . boris i'm not saying return. boris i'm not saying that it would never happen, but, you know, a third of the parliamentary supported parliamentary party supported and he not to put himself and he chose not to put himself into the last two to go to the members because knew that members because he knew that two thirds parliamentary thirds of the parliamentary party didn't so much. party probably didn't so much. so there is a big move so i don't there is a big move to bring him back. there's a lot of nostalgic the days of people nostalgic for the days when exciting sort when we had that exciting sort of you know, exchanges

of boris, you know, exchanges across the dispatch box in parliament can i just ask you finally is big day for southampton because you've got a special status being conferred on you today by anne the princess royal. what is actually happening in southampton today. well, we're getting lord mayor status . we've always had a man. status. we've always had a man. we would have had his share if one of the few cities in the country has a sheriff, in addition having mayor. addition to having a mayor. and it back hundreds of years, it goes back hundreds of years, an now. so it's an 800th man now. so it's there's quite long tradition, there's quite a long tradition, but unlike some cities, we weren't lord mayor, so we now will have lord mayor with one of the. we're the only that was the. but we're the only that was had it bestowed upon us during the platinum jubilee . and i the platinum jubilee. and i think the one of only two that had it this century. it's a great day for southampton. anything that puts southampton great day for southampton. anythirmapat puts southampton great day for southampton. anythirmap beyondsouthampton great day for southampton. anythirmap beyond our hampton great day for southampton. anythirmap beyond our footballi on the map beyond our football team . good for me. all right. team is. good for me. all right. i don't know much . your football i don't know much. your football team, i'm afraid, but i'll take your word royston. your word for royston. that's royston spence. he's a conservative southampton, conservative mp for southampton, and those polls and grant nothing in those polls for any comfort at all. zero

zero. and, you know , initially, zero. and, you know, initially, i think when you talk about there was a feeling of , i think when you talk about there was a feeling of, i suppose what's the word good feeling . yeah, you had a certain feeling. yeah, you had a certain amount of buy in from his employees because felt that he inherited a complete mess and he was there to steady the ship which he's done that he has done he's restored and markets are not panicking exactly which he did . but you've got to do more did. but you've got to do more than just say i'm to than just say i'm not to frighten the too much. frighten the horses too much. you more about what you need to hear more about what they plan to do. and as they actually plan to do. and as royston smith said , the five royston smith said, the five pledges very vague. think pledges were very vague. i think remember them well. it was stuff. it is inflation. stuff. i mean, it is inflation. we are halving inflation, which was happen was is projected to happen anyway will action so anyway we will take action so that boat when, when and that a small boat when, when and how. yeah exactly. and you know, it wasn't very long ago, but i don't think it really packs a punch. and of course there's been the all the headlines about two weasley. so i wouldn't i think perhaps these are particular in india in where they because it's coming the they are because it's coming the back then have to be careful back of then have to be careful of the seats because i can

remember the dying days of john major's government i was on the times every week there was times then every week there was another a tory mp another row about, a tory mp bonking involved some bonking or involved in some controversy , resigning ministers controversy, resigning ministers resigning . yeah. and it was resigning. yeah. and it was mehta's thought in a way, because he'd launched a campaign called which turned called back basics, which turned into so they were taking this moral high ground, the tories. and then we applied the back to basics , moral high ground the basics, moral high ground to the conduct some , his and conduct of some, of his mps and they found wanting. of they were found wanting. of course does. and it's history course it does. and it's history repeating itself. it's, it does have sort of have that slightly sort of fantasy feel for the conservatives private you conservatives and in private you will sometimes hear mp saying things spell in things like maybe a spell in opposition what we need. opposition is what we need. there's , an awful lot of there's a lot, an awful lot of briefing going on. yeah that is not at all helpful. things don't feel collegiate. i wouldn't say that the party is that the mood in the party is quite of you quite got to the point of you know get rid of rishi know let's get rid of rishi sunak. but i think the morale extremely the moment and extremely low at the moment and i there were there were i think there were there were many who would have hoped that maybe those maybe not going to reverse those polls overnight , would polls overnight, there would at least general uptick , least be a general uptick, however gradual. that really

however gradual. but that really hasn't happened in the 100 days since which you became prime since which you not became prime minister not a great minister yeah it's not a great hundred days is it? that's madeleine she's madeleine grant. she's staying with right until 2:00. she's with me right until 2:00. she's a columnist telegraph and a columnist on the telegraph and she writes very she also writes a very, very wicked parliamentary , now wicked parliamentary, now returning strikes. guess what returning to strikes. guess what the train drivers striking today. they earn around £60,000 a the they're a year across the they're operating across a host the country some lines are not working at all involves the union who accused the government month of interfering in negotiations . the disruption negotiations. the disruption follows a similar walkout on wednesday. well, we can cross now to london, euston station where gb news national reporter hawkins is there. paul, is it deserted ? yeah. the picket lines deserted? yeah. the picket lines are gone , but the strike are gone, but the strike continues today . 24 hour strike, continues today. 24 hour strike, and i should . andrew, the last and i should. andrew, the last at the moment. of all the rail because no more dates have been announced . and technically there announced. and technically there are no more strikes today. however, the bad news is that after speaking to mcqueen this morning, the general secretary of aslef, he did say he's angry

with on the with this deal that's on the table rail delivery table from the rail delivery group of a 4% backdated pay and another 4% this year. the terms that are attached really angenng that are attached really angering them unacceptable. he calls it. and so he's saying that it's highly likely that there will be more strike dates announced by aslef his or the at site get that right part of the talks were that none of us would talks were that none of us would talk about what we were talking so we had something to talk about. so these people, the employers the government employers and, the government that bad now that operate in bad faith. now people no workforce people say there is no workforce reform, there's no reform, nothing. see, there's no modernisation it's just pure modernisation it's just a pure productivity gripe . so the productivity gripe. so the privateers their snouts privateers can keep their snouts in and the workers in the industry and the workers pay in the industry and the workers pay for their privilege to do so. so, yes there's cost of living crisis. workers are living crisis. all workers are feeling all sectors , feeling it. and in all sectors, at someone's got to at some point someone's got to take and allow people to take the off and allow people to talk and make deals that talk and make the deals that needs done for the good of needs to be done for the good of the country . so that's what the country. so that's what mcquillan had to say this morning. interestingly also had to say that as well as strikes, he thinks more strikes from them

are highly likely. he also said if there is an agreement between the other mic, as mick lynch the boss of the rmt next week and network rail and the rail delivery group and the rmt are currently considering the what the government called a full and final offer on the table and mick lynch tells they'll be reporting back on that deal next week. if there's a settlement, mcquillan from aslef says that that will not their dispute and that will not their dispute and that it will be ongoing. but they've only had a day to remember from the aunty's point you remember from the aunty's point you pay remember from the aunty's point you pay that they've had a total of three weeks coming up of almost three weeks coming up for month worth of strike for a month worth of strike action, some months lost pay for all rmt members. the rmt at least three times bigger in terms of number of compared to aslef have a smaller union. aslef as have a smaller union. and although yes, they try and drives they're a key part of getting the around the getting the trains around the network. they earn as you say £60,000 here. the rail delivery group would put group say their offer would put up . and this is eight up to 65,000. and this is eight days of pay so far days of pay lost so far so perhaps can afford to go on perhaps they can afford to go on strike . well, it's very

strike more. well, it's very intriguing. that's gb news national reporter paul hawkins at station. madeleine at union station. madeleine grant train grant i don't think the train have sympathy at all. have much sympathy at all. 60,000 with overtime of 60,000 with over overtime of them. 70, 75,000 a year. eat your heart out if you're a nurse. well, exactly that. that's the thing. i think their mistake is to diagnose feeling in the country as being that people feel as warmly towards them. they do towards other groups who striking . i just groups who are striking. i just don't that's the case. and don't think that's the case. and also the amount of also think that the amount of leverage they might had in leverage they might have had in past compared to today is just wildly . you know, the seventies wildly. you know, the seventies the trains were involved delivering energy around the country. whereas now an awful lot of people work from home who didn't do to. i'm amazed actually if you look at the numbers on this it's actually quite a low number of people who regularly use a train and often those do tend to be like those who do tend to be like white workers who can white collar workers who can more easily do their job remotely . so i think they do remotely. so i think they do have ability to make have the ability to make everything a bit more. life of crimea for the people who rely on trains and so on but i don't

think they have the ability to bnng think they have the ability to bring the country to a halt anymore. they just make life that more annoying. does that bit more annoying. it does have feel of turkeys voting have that feel of turkeys voting for because we after for christmas because we after the train vote, the the pandemic train vote, the volume of train trains down 20% andifs volume of train trains down 20% and it's not come back and regular strikes mean people who get used to not using the train even more even more will work from exactly it comes after the levels of subsidy that were being paid by taxpayers to keep the rail service is vaguely alive during the pandemic. so i don't think they have that great well of support that you have if you were a nurse or a teacher and just imagine you're running and just imagine you're running a little cafe or a shop or the business you're going to lose because people aren't coming to major because the major and cities because of the train you're listening major and cities because of the trame. you're listening major and cities because of the trame. i'm you're listening major and cities because of the trame.|'m you'repierceing major and cities because of the trame. i'm you'repierce here on to me. i'm andrew pierce here on gb news. madeleine grant's with me. stay we're going to me. do stay us as we're going to be what the latest be digesting what the latest rate means, particularly if rate rise means, particularly if you've a mortgage. but you've got a mortgage. but first, going take first, we're going to take a short break here on gb news live. we'll be you in the

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channel welcome. you're watching and listening to andrew pierce here on gb news. now the bank of england raised, its base rate yesterday from three and a half to 4. it's the highest 14 years. it's all about the government's plan to cut inflation, which they hope will be halved by the end of the year. but it's going to have a knock on effect for those with mortgages, including people called mortgage people who are called mortgage prisoners. this is a homeowner who's interest who's been paying high interest rates global financial rates since the global financial crisis of 2008. the mortgage

prisoner campaign group is calling for more support as inflation continues to be a problem. i'm going to speak with rachel neil, who's a campaigner at uk mortgage prisoners. rachel explain to me exactly what you mean by a prisoner of a mortgage . so prisoners were people were sold on from northern rock when the collapse happened originally in 2009 and we were sold on to non non lending companies. so people were effectively just collecting payments at the end of the month . they didn't offer of the month. they didn't offer us any more , they didn't offer us any more, they didn't offer us any more, they didn't offer us any more, they didn't offer us any way is moving from them because of the affordability criteria they changed. we were all trapped with these companies that the government had sold us on to and we've been trapped there over a decade now . where there over a decade now. where interest rate is now at 4. we

thought a starting place where. we already were. we've never been under that since all these that everybody is , you know had that everybody is, you know had the joy is sort of one and 2. we've never had that where we are now . we've had no help at are now. we've had no help at all from government or the fca. they just completely ignored any calls for help. but we're now the point where we've got people that were 4.5% and when they're now going into double digits . so now going into double digits. so they're seeing an interest rate in terms actual money, monthly , in terms actual money, monthly, seeing them that that money go from 200 and say pounds a month for their mortgage all the way up to six, £700 a month. and it's just completely unsustainable rate , too. why unsustainable rate, too. why can't you people switch mortgages all the time? why can't you switch out of this deal , go to another can't you switch out of this deal, go to another building society or another bank . so when

society or another bank. so when we took out our mortgages was pre—crash pre 2008. we were we were borrowing on the one type of quality area . then when the of quality area. then when the crash happened, everybody all the criteria changed. so we were unable to, you know pass that criteria to pass affordable ac changes. we've also you know bought before the crash and after the crash there were things like negative equity and things like negative equity and things that so there was a whole array reasons why we've never been able move or write rate to it. well it sounds pretty bleak. just finally , rachel, how much just finally, rachel, how much break? what is your mortgage rate currently , my mortgage rate rate currently, my mortgage rate is i'm no longer a mortgage person. all right. so people our group, we've got people 8, 8.4. some are on 9, some. so one ladies mortgage has increased .

ladies mortgage has increased. from 1100 to 2100 in the last yeah from 1100 to 2100 in the last year. well thanks for helping. i mean, if the government's listening, they need help. that's neil from uk mortgage business. you're gb news live with me. andrew pierce don't go anywhere because we've got a bumper final half hour of the programme, including latest programme, including the latest on china spy on that extraordinary china spy spotted above the united . why spotted above the united. why don't they shut it ? but first, don't they shut it? but first, let's get the latest headlines . let's get the latest headlines. afternoon it's 131. let's get the latest headlines. afternoon it's131. i'm rhiannon jones the gb newsroom, the partner of a missing woman, says his on staying strong for their two daughters. they growing concerns for the welfare of nicola bailey who went missing a ago in lancashire. the 45 year old was last seen walking her dog just before 9 am. last friday and st michael's on one. her phone and dog were found by the river. half an hour later. nicholas partner paul ansell

says he hopes people will come forward with new information . forward with new information. every single scenario comes to a brick , every single one of them brick, every single one of them and then all we're doing is saying they're going around, around, around going through every scenario and then go back to first scenario again and do the whole thing again . and then the whole thing again. and then i think it's just all day long. that's all we're doing all we're doing . a man who was carrying doing. a man who was carrying a crossbow on the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day in 2021 has admitted trying to harm queen elizabeth. 21 year old james van singh pleaded guilty to. three charges, including an offence under the treason act . including an offence under the treason act. his including an offence under the treason act . his crossbow was treason act. his crossbow was loaded with with the safety catch released and ready to fire. the late queen was in residence the time . disgraced residence the time. disgraced star gary glitter has been from jail after serving half of his 16 year sentence for sex

offences. the 79 year old who had a string hits in the 1970s, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. the sex offender left a low security prison in earlier will now be subject licence conditions . and subject licence conditions. and rail passengers are facing yet more travel disruption today with train drivers out for the second time this week. rmt and aslef union members are demanding better pay and conditions . rail operators are conditions. rail operators are warning services have been severely disrupted with little to no trains in some parts of the country . tv online to no trains in some parts of the country. tv online and dab+ radio. this is gb news. don't go anywhere andrew. we'll be right back in just moment.

welcome back. this is andrew pierce on itv . now we're going pierce on itv. now we're going to touch on that story. we talked to a little earlier in the program after a man was the program after a man who was a loaded shotgun in the grounds of windsor on christmas of windsor castle on christmas day was trying day has admitted he was trying to queen, that he to harm queen, that i think he was to kill her 21 year was trying to kill her 21 year old jaswant singh, cho pleaded guilty to three charges, including offence the rarely including an offence the rarely used treason act. his crossbow was loaded , the safety catch was was loaded, the safety catch was off and he was ready . fire. the off and he was ready. fire. the late queen was in residence at the time . reporter cameron the time. reporter cameron walker's here . extraordinary. walker's here. extraordinary. very extraordinary. yes managed to get into the grounds . into to get into the grounds. into the grounds? yes. apparently using a makeshift rope ladder made nylon. he actually made of nylon. and he actually breached the perimeter 2 hours before he was arrested . cross before he was arrested. cross she was kisses, but it was christmas 2021. the queen and members , her family were in members, her family were in residence celebrating christmas at windsor castle today. just wanting child 21 pleaded guilty to three charges. the most serious of which was under the tree an axe for wilfully or

having a loaded crossbow with the intent to injure or alarm her majesty queen elizabeth, the second, the treason act , second, the treason act, redolent of so many things you think of spies, espionage and espionage in the cold. and i was looking back the last person to be executed for treason was lord hall. william joyce, who was the propagandist who was broadcasting to the nation, but it was used, i think the reason. more recently . yes, yes, it is more recently. yes, yes, it is to kind of separate treason acts. we need to about the hits to the first which is the 1842 treason act, which came about following a couple of incidents involving victoria and involving queen victoria and a man once pointed a loaded pistol at her but didn't fire a instance. the pistol fired, but it was blanks . so that came to it was blanks. so that came to the 1842 treason act, which is all about to injure or alarm her majesty, rather than actually kill the sovereign of this time. so this is what just one thing child has admitted guilt over this 1840 treason act. the separate and much more serious

treason acts which dates back to 1351 and the last person executed for that was, as you say, lord , who? william joyce say, lord, who? william joyce back in 1946 was. yet to conspiring or collaborating with germany during the second world war. and, of course, other people won't remember madeleine grant still with here the grant still with here in the studio anne boleyn, the second wife of henry the eighth, lost a head because she was charged with committing treason . she with committing treason. she allegedly had an incestuous relationship with her brother and poor old lady jane grey queen for nine days off the head. treason catherine howard, fifth wife the eighth. yeah. fifth wife of the eighth. yeah. similar situation because she was philanderer was another philanderer allegedly but i mean it's allegedly indeed but i mean it's fascinating isn't this british history. yeah when it comes to the treason act and the separate treason acts . but as forjust treason acts. but as forjust one sing, sing child, he is going to be sentenced on the sist going to be sentenced on the 31st of march. let us believe that's pending. psychiatric reports gave he entered his pleads by video link from

broadmoor prison . the judge is broadmoor prison. the judge is asked for a psychiatric report to be brought up by the of this month so he can consider it ahead of sentencing course did know this man in 1998 you could still be technically at the death penalty was still on the statute book for treason to 1998. the blair government got rid of it i didn't know that amazing it goodness me it wasn't used of course no it was never used of course no it was never used it was it was something something about something that you blair you agree with the blair government ? yes, think you agree with the blair goneah.ent ? yes, think you agree with the blair goneah. yes. ? yes, think you agree with the blair goneah. yes. happening think you agree with the blair goneah. yes. happening that1k so. yeah. yes. happening that would be. well, that. can i just make plea rambouillet. make a plea for rambouillet. don't did any of this don't think she did any of this stuff. sure. oh, thomas stuff. i'm sure. oh, thomas cornwell, and cornwell, a dodgy dossier. and of didn't produce of course, she didn't produce a boiler, what he wanted boiler, which is what he wanted producing. was one of our producing. that was one of our greatest moments she greatest moments ago. she produced elizabeth first. women often really often turn out to be really great monarchs this country great monarchs of this country that come and that they exactly come in and they to review security. the they had to review security. the royal residences result of royal residences as a result of something . and this something like that. and this was constantly under was probably constantly under review it review anyway when i'm sure it is. and as we're aware. is. and as far as we're aware. no, because the man, jaswant singh was apprehended pretty swiftly . he was when he was

swiftly. he was when he was challenged he was the police officer that approached him. he told police officer that he was there , kill the queen and then there, kill the queen and then sequinned smith seconds. the police officer produced a and points him and child very quickly obliged the court heard and was handcuffed pretty brave police officer because the guy had a loaded crossbow . it police officer because the guy had a loaded crossbow. it is but police protection officers equally armed. yeah so there would have been many people there at time. all right. that's cameron until cameron talking about the assent. well, it said things next march you said. yeah, march 31st. next month. okay. now big crime story. a dog breeder is to be sentenced today for being charge of a dog which is out of control . is dangerously out of control. margaret peacock faces charges after woman was mauled by her. of course, most dogs are not dangerous enough that their beloved companions, their best friend, aren't they? but cases like remind us of the like this remind us of the importance awareness and importance of dog awareness and training. well, i can speak now. i'm delighted to with dog trainer leavy joins us in

trainer annie leavy joins us in the studio. annie, there's seems to a terrible of to have been a terrible spate of two incidents with dogs we saw the one with the girl who was killed week is . killed only this week is. something changing with dogs or is aren't looking is it people aren't looking after them properly? you after them properly? what do you think? of think? i it's a combination of factors . the thing we're factors. the main thing we're saying is there are a huge number of dogs being owned by people who didn't dogs pre—pandemic. so been an increase of, i think, 2 million even more, probably really 2 million more homes don't have a dog in them. and that means that there's of don't there's lots of who don't necessarily the time they don't have the and those dogs aren't being they're not being cared for properly . and then that's for properly. and then that's leading to incidences like this, unfortunately. so live in north london and i have to go for a walk on hampstead heath, which is a huge, great open space. and you sometimes see dog walkers, they've six, seven, eight they've got six, seven, eight dogs lead . is that too many dogs lead. is that too many definite there? yes. and there are laws in place to stop that from happening. and if there , i from happening. and if there, i think, authority at a think, a local authority at a local authority area. yeah,

absolutely i think most places they limit to about four dogs per walker. do you think that's. do think that's too many? do you think that's too many? possibly the of possibly depends on the skill of the walker there's lots of the walker and there's lots of people who can people i know who can competently dogs competently four dogs and there's other people who go out without insurance licencing without insurance and licencing there's there's huge range there's just there's huge range evenin there's just there's huge range even in amongst dog trainers, there's a huge range and kind of and skill set there. and i think the key thing, especially when you letting you see these walkers letting their lead and letting their dogs off lead and letting those to children , those dogs run up to children, they the they maybe don't know the temperament dog enough. temperament of that dog enough. that's interesting because when you skilled you talk about how skilled the dog so not dog trainer is, it's so it's not just a of i think a just a question of i think be a dog walker and an appetising perhaps in the local paper and internet you get for dog got to be this. yeah be trained in this. yeah absolutely the moment, absolutely. and at the moment, there absolutely legislation there is absolutely legislation there is absolutely legislation there it. so you could wake there for it. so you could wake up tomorrow morning, clear itself, dog trainer, and go itself, a dog trainer, and go and charging people and start charging people to train dogs. really train the dogs. it's really reckless, it? yeah. reckless, isn't it? yeah. especially with tock and instagram types of instagram and those types of trainers cropping up and people saying internet saying advice on the internet and to train dogs. and using that to train dogs.

what's important thing what's the most important thing about are dogs? maybe about people who are dogs? maybe they've got two or three dogs. what would you tell them? any in terms preventing dog bites? terms of preventing dog bites? i think most thing we tell think the most thing we can tell people stop dog bites, i people to stop dog bites, i mean, at% of dog bites happening in the home. so people out and about walking their dogs don't see as a huge issue. right ideally, we would have proper recall before letting our dogs of would we're not of need and would we're not letting to children letting dogs run up to children and members of the public in the home. a more that we're home. it's a bit more that we're starting socialisation early. so you've got the critical period socialisation between eight and 12 weeks and that really needs to be where we're our to be where we're focusing our efforts training dogs , efforts on training dogs, letting people, letting them meet people, letting them meet people, letting spend time around letting them spend time around children other . letting them spend time around children other. and what children and other. and what about little children? about with little children? because cases this week i think she was or three the little girl who died a four year old wasn't she. that's right . how who died a four year old wasn't she. that's right. how important is it that dogs get to play with children and they don't see children and they don't see child as a menace or a threat?

mm hmm. it's really important that dogs spend time around children from a young age children from a young age children are the most likely kind of demographic be attacked by a dog . and i think that's by a dog. and i think that's a statistic is something like 70% of dog attacks are on people under the age of nine. and men in particular. but it's also really important that we are socialising children properly with dogs. how long have been working with dogs? i've been professionally training dogs for six years now. have you? but working with them since i can remember. really well, you brought up the dogs as a child, then what's your favourite dog? favourite mixed breed favourite i like a mixed breed dog. i can't give you one. bring it but dogs have you go it in. but many dogs have you go to moment. what are they? to at the moment. what are they? i chihuahua and then a i have a chihuahua and then a kind a mixed breed. kind of a mixed breed. pomeranian and type. is a chihuahua dog is, chihuahua really a dog is, i think , a very bad way to take me think, a very bad way to take me . i get a terrible raf unfortunately , but they're unfortunately, but they're lovely dogs again with proper . lovely dogs again with proper. they can be brilliant. all right, madeleine , you a dog right, madeleine, you a dog lover? love but i. i lover? i love dogs, but i. i don't one. although my

don't own one. although my refers to, i'm afraid refers to chihuahuas . a rat a string. chihuahuas. a rat on a string. oh i guess. yes. terrible anti chihuahua prejudice. yeah why do why are people going to people me and you say is it a really a dog. why is that is prejudice do you think it's chihuahuas? you see lot terribly behavioural see a lot terribly behavioural was asked about and very often they're quite dogs and they get treated like handbag dogs that people are talking under their arm going to a cafe they have their touch the floor and their feet touch the floor and i think that's probably the reason you get your chihuahua well—behaved , cool, brilliantly well—behaved, cool, brilliantly behaved. well—behaved, cool, brilliantly behaved . yeah. what would be behaved. yeah. what would be your talk you were your favourite talk if you were to what's two is i to have. well what's two is i think probably go for think i would probably go for a very of clumsy very standard kind of big clumsy golden labrador or golden retriever or labrador or something that's not going to attack anyone. i some attack anyone. yeah, i feel some rescue dogs that nobody else wanted with a sort of sad face and a half bitten. and that would i'm a cat would probably be. but i'm a cat person. i've got rosie, minnie, mrs. heritage be talking about. i'm hopefully cat i'm hopefully getting a cat soon. well. oh, you must. i don't be able to don't think i'd be able to manage dog right now. i could be

around, but that's the as around, but that's the point as well, it? you make well, isn't it? because you make the the pandemic the point during the pandemic everybody's working from home, they they back they have dogs and they go back to dog perhaps to work and then the dog perhaps stuck at home all day. yep and dogs can't with being home stuck at home all day. yep and dogs5 an't with being home stuck at home all day. yep and dogs5 without with being home stuck at home all day. yep and dogs5 without walkingaing home stuck at home all day. yep and dogs5 without walking .ng home stuck at home all day. yep and dogs5 without walking . and ome stuck at home all day. yep and dogs5 without walking . and when 9 to 5 without walking. and when you get back home from work and wanting out and train your wanting to go out and train your dog especially dog walking dog, especially not in dark. so how in winter when it's dark. so how how hours you a how many hours do you think a dog could be? is it safe to leave a dog on its own for personally, i wouldn't leave a dog 4 hours. wouldn't dog alone from 4 hours. wouldn't lots and lots of lots of people do. and lots of people successful that. and people successful with that. and i have your, let's say i mean, if have your, let's say elderly chihuahua, you're probably absolutely fine leaving that alone for 8 hours or that dog alone for 8 hours or so. if you have your one year old doberman german shepherd . i old doberman german shepherd. i know. well great adverts for dogs and we have so much coming only leaving she's been training dogs for a very long time and if you heard her advice, you really shouldn't have. how many dogs that say for 4 hours that you say maximum for 4 hours alone 4 hours hello and walk if you're a dog walking no more than four no more than four at a time. good advice. that's time. very good advice. that's

leave now turning to leave you now turning to international now international matters now because the united states is tracking this a tracking i love this story a suspected we know it suspected suspect and we know it is it's a chinese surveillance balloon that's been spotted flying sensitive officials flying over sensitive officials have confidence the have expressed confidence the high altitude surveillance plane belongs to china. it's been recently seen the northwestern us state of , montana, beijing us state of, montana, beijing has provided comment warning against spectacular hype until the facts are on the plane have been verified. well, they know if theirs. i'm joined now by simon dickens, who's a former defence attache. simon why don't they just shoot the ratcheting down the line that's been put out by president biden is they're worried about the debris . that's a decision. he's he's he's made. other people have got different views . i mean, he's made. other people have got different views. i mean, i read tobias ellwood said you should shoot it down but that's vice president biden's statement . so president biden's statement. so tobias, that, of course, is a mp and chairman of the commons defence and former army officer. what would you do . i think i what would you do. i think i

would try and get it down somehow. there be quite large areas of counter america where it could come down and just read, just release of call. the chinese bluff and say, look, we found you, we've caught you. i mean, i think this is part of a wider which is, you know, that we are look at the chinese the chinese they've been chinese at us. but they've been they've out doing they've been caught out doing what and what they're doing. and i suspect americans the suspect the americans at the moment looking at options to moment are looking at options to try bring thing down. try and bring the thing down. it's very it, it's not very subtle, is it, simon? because pretty simon? because it's pretty big and obvious and it's and it's pretty obvious and it's not take very for long not going to take very for long the nation in the the most powerful nation in the world where this world to work out where this thing from. that's thing come from. i think that's exactly right . i said i mean, exactly right. i said i mean, i think he's quite cheeky and it's in own way. i mean, in its own way. i mean, interesting there's a interesting there's been a significant uptick in the number of the us unidentified of what the us unidentified aerial aerial objects over the last and that we're not talking about ufos we're talking about things like these which they can't really properly explain. they are saying in some respects this because they were the catch and they they're flying over restricted sensitive restricted airspace sensitive areas etc, etc. but they are

they are definitely monitoring an uptick . the they are definitely monitoring an uptick. the in the numbers of the say unidentified aerial platforms or similar sort of words . and what about how they words. and what about how they it gets to america's . i words. and what about how they it gets to america's. i mean what they have launched it from china but it looks like yeah it looks it. i mean they've used you've used the high level winds. they've used the jet stream. i've some some images which suggest that it's basically just part of the jet stream across any. and people are looking at way to imagine a way to get an advantage over other the whole time and look chinese to find a good way to do it. i'm to bring matthew in his conversation. are you conversation. madeleine, are you like would you just get the like me. would you just get the ratcheting i ratcheting? yeah, i think i probably would actually. mean, ratcheting? yeah, i think i proiline' would actually. mean, ratcheting? yeah, i think i proiline'woulyouztually. mean, ratcheting? yeah, i think i proiline' woulyou:tually.theiean, the line that, you know, the pentagon think been, pentagon line, i think has been, you know , there's some risk of you know, there's some risk of civilians on the ground. but montana not renowned for having a tonne of civilians. it's not the best place. federal. state. yeah i just more than anything, i just wonder what's going on

here, because would think that with the number of chinese satellites that already floating around, china already have around, that china already have around, that china already have a pretty good eye on things. i'm not balloon would add, not what this balloon would add, but different or extra. but it's so different or extra. and i almost if it's just there to kind of remind us that they're watching sort of a they're watching it sort of a bit of a mind. okay. what do you think i mean, what is think to that? i mean, what is the because they of the purpose? because they of course, got all sorts of course, they've got all sorts of sophisticated satellites around the world and we know the that they hack into phones and all they hack into phones and all the rest of it. what is the purpose? i think what they're doing probably is a bit of both. i mean, there's an island where they may well have instruments on board the balloons are difficult to get through on satellite. so there may be elements of complementing intelligence gathering from elsewhere. but think i think elsewhere. but i think i think is absolutely right. there's a certain amount of tweaking the nose and the most recent comment from a chinese spokesman. so it's always a tease americans and say how is your your and just to say how is your your air defence so there's an element of element that and

element of element of that and you , there's a bit of that you know, there's a bit of that going on. we were all in a difficult place. we knew we've had we've had the north koreans revisiting sabre rattling this and rightly concern the chinese ambition to take over taiwan. a very strong statements from us asean defence chiefs saying that the threat from china. so there's an element of just just pointing pointing and just say we are here. and this is what we can do with some impunity . so can do with some impunity. so i have to say, just finally , have to say, just finally, doesn't this make joe biden look like weak, useless if he can't even order the taking down of a big balloon? i'm a i'm a can't comment on his overall performance . i would say i mean performance. i would say i mean i don't have a i have a very mixed youth here. i have to say i think he's been extremely strong effective on ukraine strong and, effective on ukraine in afghanistan and the way which you pull the americans in august 21 and drag this out and us in the situation and so i've got very views on him. i would

suspect nine american military they are they are working on different ways to bring down and ihave different ways to bring down and i have every confidence they'll work it out and that thing will come down at some. right. come down at some. all right. so, i you're definitely to so, i mean, you're definitely to come program again come on the program again that simon deakin a former defence attache to talk attache madeleine i want to talk to the programme to you before the programme closes delilah. closes about delilah. no, i'm not rugby fan, think he not a rugby fan, but i think he is outrageous that rugby authorities are banning choir delilah, the welsh rugby match because a labour mp says it's a it's an anthem to because there's a line there about a knife it's just a song . it's knife it's just a song. it's great to have so much time to deal with the important issues of the day isn't it like a naughty song. i had no that it was offensive because just think of the well you know i was thinking of tom jones warbling i don't think what the actual lyrics are and it's one of these things where people make an issue out of something that until day yesterday, until the day before yesterday, literally no one was literally no one thought was that never there was that would have never there was anything about this anything problematic about this . makes politicians very

. and it makes politicians very unsafe because there's a line in there about like it's a there about like it's got a knife hand, he says it knife in the hand, he says it encourages after , encourages violence after, sporting matches the violence, domestic often takes place after a major sporting nothing to do with delight. it's because the people yes, yes. people drink a lot. yes, yes. sometimes then go home and bash their partner. some people, it's almost if we don't know how almost as if we don't know how to solve the problem of violence . women, which requires i don't know. i mean, to some extent you can never fully cure it because some are just going to be violent some people are damaged and but i think that some of this stuff is a sort of there's no moment of impotence, don't this stuff is a sort of there's no m(h0wil of impotence, don't this stuff is a sort of there's no m(how tof impotence, don't this stuff is a sort of there's no m(how to dealiotence, don't this stuff is a sort of there's no m(how to dealiotenythision't know how to deal with this awful, problem. go awful, ghastly problem. so we go off song . so woke off to a song. so this woke welsh rugby union has taken the song off. it's halftime entertainment these entertainment because of these complaints these mps and complaints from these mps and guest have asked not guest choirs have been asked not to song. i hope the to sing the song. i hope the spectators sing whole way spectators sing it the whole way through halftime. through halftime. well, i mean, halftime. thank well, i mean, they've made it such a pointless mountain out of a molehill, i suppose.i mountain out of a molehill, i suppose. i just. just sock it to them. these are just people that

have nothing better to do, you know, it's partly because it is about somebody about an anthem to somebody who's going to kill a prostitute, but it's even a dispute as to whether that's what it's really about. well, exactly. i mean, songs are a bit like you know poems novels. like you know poems or novels. that's always open to interpretation once again, i just go back to the point of why are we sitting around analysing song given everything that's happening country now? happening the country right now? well, wales lose the well, let's hope wales lose the rugby because well, let's hope wales lose the rugiwelsh because well, let's hope wales lose the rugiwelsh rugby because well, let's hope wales lose the rugiwelsh rugby union because well, let's hope wales lose the rugiwelsh rugby union well:ause well, let's hope wales lose the rugiwelsh rugby union well mye the welsh rugby union well my grandad well could never grandad was well i could never say that but lots of in. say that but lots of coming in. stuart says all this fuss about i stuart says all this fuss about l pay stuart says all this fuss about i pay 14% for years when i was in my twenties talking about the interest wife and interest rates, my wife and i went got a second job. went out and got a second job. i got lawyer. when interest got a lawyer. when interest rates up, the high, stuart rates went up, the high, stuart gordon says back eighties gordon says back in the eighties i'm to 15. we had to i'm giving up to 15. we had to sell what's so sell downsize. so what's so special people in a special about people in a similar overseas similar position today overseas holidays, a new cast went on hold because no one owes you a living , peter says. i've always living, peter says. i've always voted for the conservative party, but not do so again until they go back to adopting

conservative values. they could always cut taxes . don't you always cut taxes. don't you think that would be a good idea instead of putting them up? that's what peter's view is. and finally, regarding sadie comes a low emission zone area congestion . charges are so congestion. charges are so expensive, trains on strike. absolute joke . just finally on absolute joke. just finally on that congestion charge , the that congestion charge, the extent i think this is a real gift for the conservative party . yeah. she really whacked sadiq khan. . yeah. she really whacked sadiq khan . nine boroughs are opposing khan. nine boroughs are opposing the extension of this charge £12.50. well every plot of london you drive into and then of course you've the congestion charge on top it is a gift for the conservatives it's an absolute it's a tax on mobility it's people who trying it's a tax on people who trying to to it's tax on to get to work. it's a tax on people are less able be people who are less able to be able replace their able to afford to replace their vehicle. also of course, vehicle. it's also of course, it's a tax on mobility , as it's a tax on mobility, as i think. was it, peter, one of your callers said that just at the time when nothing seems the time when nothing else seems to as if the to work, it's almost as if the mayor prefer that was mayor prefer that london was always at a complete standstill. exactly. that's grant. you've been watching andrew pierce been watching me. andrew pierce and to me, of course,

and listening to me, of course, here thank you for here on gb news. thank you for staying the show is staying with us. the show is back friday. don't go back 2 to 3 friday. don't go anywhere, though, up anywhere, though, because up next, briefing the next, it's the briefing with the wonderful before wonderful arlene foster. before that, though , the weather. hello that, though, the weather. hello alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office. a mild friday, a fairly cloudy one. most places the south dry with some spells, but there is some rain around from the weather fronts. it's dripping its way into this area of high pressure, which is, as i say, keeping most places dry. but this weather front is bringing outbreaks of rain and drizzle across northwest england, of western england, parts of western steadily moving northwards. they'll spot a drizzle further south western parts of wales and south western parts of wales and south england. but much of the dry will see some breaks in the cloud, which means a bit more sunshine coming through. but a blue sky and there and the rain tending to ease its way north through the day , temperatures through the day, temperatures will be well above , particularly will be well above, particularly if we see any sunshine in the south, 13, maybe 14 degrees and even white, cloudy , ten or 11. even white, cloudy, ten or 11. the final track over the

northern isles through the evening , most of the parts will evening, most of the parts will have a dry friday evening staying dry overnight. some more spells in the clouds across the east will allow temperatures perhaps here to drop down close to freezing, maybe in rural spots. but most it's another pretty mild night with lows of seven or eight celsius onto and again most places are going to start dry but cloudy. we will see some rain this weekend across the northwest of scotland initially on saturday morning. and that will spread across scotland to northern ireland through day. so a spell of rain likely here could be some heavier bursts. but for england wales by the all but a drizzle in the west it'll be a dry saturday a fairly cloudy one again but some brightness here that again pretty mild with temperatures double temperatures in double digits. the will trickle a little the rain will trickle a little further south. fury during evening. so we'll see rain for northern england and north wales. but it's fizzling as it does. so it'll continue to track southwards during saturday and be out of the way by sunday. so

some days looking dry and bright , the vast majority sunny spells light winds. but will be just a little bit colder .

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