kind of an interesting like? kind of an interesting people . people that at the point people. people that at the point where the bench is located, there quite a steep drop to the river, albeit not high. it is steep and therefore , whilst steep and therefore, whilst i don't want to speculate to what may have happened , it is our may have happened, it is our working hypothesis that she's entered the water accidentally and that's why there is no further physical on the field, she said . she comes when you ask she said. she comes when you ask how deep is it now? because it's different depths actually , which different depths actually, which is why we've had some stuff wading river and some stuff underwater search. but as i say the sheer number actually and precedent to the amount of technically equipment with the sonars the pole the dogs the surface searches the underwater search is really so thorough and that that we have discounted finding anything in the immediate on the underwater

factors and within clue that may have contributed to the situation . and so what she now situation. and so what she now we should say that the we're not considering we've clearly considered the whole picture but thatis considered the whole picture but that is not relevant at this time. no, not at all. so tell to remove to 97 when she's lost to i'm 22 on something ground correct . nicola was last seen by correct. nicola was last seen by a witness at 910 and the phone was on the bench at 920 or thereabouts. yes. you working hypothesis system and how. well. yeah. or all of the timeline details what the police have been doing every day what we're intending to do over the next few days is all relate to the family. so that they're kept updated and her work. yeah why did you have to michigan to have a fire in a hands or a pocket and a pocket when she found the

dog was off the lead was normal for the dog to run about . and for the dog to run about. and nicola was on a teams call which again would be normal for a not necessarily to participate in actively just to have the to actively and just to have the to listen and effectively but you know they have and you you do but anything have happened with the dog whereby nicola may have gone and i don't wish to speculate in that we don't know but it is possible the dog was loose, not the lead that that may have been an issue with the dog that led it to go near to the water's edge. she puts the phone down to go deal with the dog may have dog momentarily and may have fallen in. so that is a possibility of drive. the dog was . yes hello but that's all was. yes hello but that's all quite a rocky task. yes. no yes. was there any chance of itself in the river, albeit other ? in the river, albeit other? she's going to be not what is working. we don't believe the dog was in the river because . dog was in the river because. the dog we believe was dry . the the dog we believe was dry. the witnesses who who were part of the timeline i've laid out have not described dog, for example,

swimming in the river or jumping into the river. so we the dog didn't get into the river, but we don't know why. nicola may have entered the water. if she did and how long will it be? we will of missing person enquiry would be the is the interpretation operations. well clearly a 15 kilometre stretch of river is long and therefore you know partners continue to assist us in so there are lots things that we'll be doing over the weekend in terms water surface and river bank searching and our partners will be working with us into week. but it's too, too early to , say at this stage too early to, say at this stage how long it will be. i'm going to take one more question, if i may, from someone who hasn't yet answered thank answered ask the question thank you you find you for your time. you can find find this is a large rural area with a long stretch of river. all i can say is that we are doing absolutely everything possible. we working tirelessly

long hours with a very team of both plain clothed specialist officers to and do everything we can to bring nicola home to her family. but it is a very complex and challenging situation and we for hope a good outcome. the possibilities as the way you said it seem quite limited so well as day goes on we become much more concerned for nicola's safety . but we the best minds , safety. but we the best minds, the best trained officers available to us well as a number of very specialist partners. so every pattern . and possible way every pattern. and possible way of improving our chances of finding nicola are being exploited . thank you. okay . exploited. thank you. okay. okay. all right, let's gentleman. yes patrick christys here on gb news. we just take

care of arlene foster. that was superintendent sally ronnie there giving an update on the search for missing nicola? but i'm going to give you a i'm just going to give you a very run really very quick run through really before. chikomba before. we go to theo chikomba who's that press us who's been out that press for us essentially , it is an incredibly essentially, it is an incredibly mysterious case, isn't it? nicola went missing a week ago . nicola went missing a week ago. she was walking her dog through fields there there is an unaccounted ten minute window that was basically the gist of that was basically the gist of that press conference. they that they cannot account for nicola's movements between 9:10 am. on 9:20 am. on that day. they do believe they are still maintaining anyway that there theory is that nicola did suddenly fall into the river. she'd also go on to say that i've an unprecedented level resources so divers underwater searches people searching the top of the water as well cameras, etc. sonar dogs, all of that was rolled out in place and it does remain a mystery as to where nicola was she was on a work call at. the time that

works call ended at 930. she stayed on that works call a phone stayed on. that works call anyway. although as we understand this anyway it was on meet and the video not meet and the video was not on the dog found right near the the dog was found right near the scene how honest they do say scene not how honest they do say that was out of the that that was out of the ordinary , essentially just ordinary, essentially just around it all up. basically there was nothing unusual about nicola's movements on that day at all. and that they still believe that she did fall the river. of course, her family and critically, increasingly worried anyone information is urged to call either 101 or 999. it is a week since nicola bailey sadly went missing and we'll bring you more on that with theo chikomba very very shortly. he was at that press conference. do a summary of all of that , the summary of all of that, the latest. but i'm just going to kick start the show with finally what come with. of what we've come to go with. of course, that press course, before that press conference announced, you conference was announced, you are patrick christys are with me patrick christys here gb news now. richie here on gb news now. richie sunak has vowed to deport migrants arriving in the uk . migrants arriving in the uk. valid documents within days. the pledge comes after the

government abandoned plans to house asylum seekers in a pontins holiday in merseyside. and this is a fascinating story, this really because there was local , this there local opposition, this as there has many . and i am has been in many. and i am asking now throughout the course of this show , you viewers, the of this show, you viewers, the listeners whether or not you would back local referendums on migrants hotels. that's question i'm going in with today gbviews@gbnews.uk do you think there should be local in your area if the home office plans to put a migrant hotel that it is in light of the fact that that pontins holiday park is now not going to be used in merseyside. it also comes as the times can reveal is an interesting reveal this is an interesting update been in update almost been going on in the that people from the channel that people from india and now third largest india and now the third largest contingent of migrants have crossed the channel small crossed the channel in small boats so far this year. harbhajan singh bong joins me harbhajan singh bong go joins me now. immigration . hi, now. he's an immigration. hi, jeff. very much. great jeff. thank you very much. great to show let's to have you on the show let's deal with first things first really when it comes to these migrant hotels etc. pontins

houday migrant hotels etc. pontins holiday camp i think was a visible symbol that's now not going be in merseyside . do going to be in merseyside. do you think there's any case whatsoever that local residents should be to have a vote on whether or not they want of these hotels popping up in their area? well, essentially yes, i think it's not a bad idea for the residents have a say as to what goes on in the area. that's what goes on in the area. that's what they elected councillors for . that's what they are for. that's what they are peaceful and are free to lobby their employees and councillors. how feel fit. but the reason we need to have a look is how need to have a look at is how and why these hotels popping up. it's because the asylum seekers aren't allowed to work otherwise they can work and pay their own way. everyone else does in way. like everyone else does in the uk . however, the fact that the uk. however, the fact that we don't them work, we don't let them work, therefore to be housed therefore they have to be housed by have be paid for by by and have to be paid for by us. that's what is the crux of . us. that's what is the crux of. the problem. they were given the problem. if they were given a until their claims are a work until their claims are assessed, which we know can take up years we would have to up to two years we would have to pay up to two years we would have to pay them to be housed. in pay for them to be housed. in fact for their own rent fact can pay for their own rent and help the

and they pay tax and help the economy . one of the arguments economy. one of the arguments against i'm sure against that, which i'm sure you're aware of, would be we are seeing distressing yes, seeing distressing cases. yes, there they are there are minority, but they are distressing cases nonetheless of people asylum seekers people who are asylum seekers claiming be refugees, etc, claiming to be refugees, etc, who've come over channel, who've gone on to commit pretty heinous crimes. if our vetting procedure isn't good enough , then actually isn't good enough, then actually realistically it's not safe . realistically it's not safe. either one would imagine to essentially release them out into community at large to into the community at large to work well like you said, it's a minority. but the fact is if that was the case, we allow prisoners to be go out of prison and go and be rehabilitated or join normal society again. the fact that the majority of them aren't criminals , seekers, aren't criminals, seekers, despite what the media says , despite what the media says, it's a very small minority and we're always at liberty to keep them detained, but to keep people are fit and able to work, detain and pay for them and say , right, you can't work. we're going to pay for you. the british public inquiry when i if they can work, they can get a job, they can work, they can get a job, pay

they can work, they can get a job, pay tax and pay job, they can pay tax and pay their just doesn't their own rent. it just doesn't make do understand. make sense. i do understand. i think my point is my point was a little bit more nuanced charge up the of an up because in the case of an individual who reported on individual who we reported on earlier appeared earlier this week we appeared unable that he had unable to detect that he had been guilty of a double been found guilty of a double murder example in serbia we murder for example in serbia we were unable to say that he'd been found guilty of drug offences in at least two european countries. as far as we can tell. and so i suppose if we don't know facts, that was don't know the facts, that was more i was out. more than i was getting out. whereas said whereas as you said with prisoners the back prisoners we do know the back story, that they've been story, we know that they've been convicted an offence here and convicted of an offence here and there. go through convicted of an offence here and there. rehabilitation go through convicted of an offence here and there. rehabilitation plan. through some rehabilitation plan. i mean, be against the mean, would you be against the local saying alright. right. well it and we vote for well if we on it and we vote for a migrant, a hotel we would a migrant, a hotel then we would also happy to have people who also be happy to have people who were hotel working were in that hotel working in our economy . yeah, i mean our local economy. yeah, i mean , listen, the fact it boils to what people's complaint is about, the amount we're spending on these hotels, i mean that , on these hotels, i mean that, essentially is and why there is a need for it. the solution is to let the people staying in the

hotels work, go and find their own job, to get a job that need to clear dbs anyway. and i need to clear dbs anyway. and i need to clear dbs anyway. and i need to clear a criminal record, check. to clear a criminal record, check . and the employer is check. and the employer is responsible for them for paying them. yes, don't we don't them. yes, we don't we don't know back story everyone know the back story of everyone . but fact is they're . but the fact is they're already here it's bit too already here. it's a bit too long to back stories long to discuss back stories when. them in. no when. we let them in. so no change days. indeed we are change in days. indeed we are going to be returning throughout the this to that the course. this show to that pontins hotel in merseyside anyway, now , as we anyway, which is now, as we understand going be understand it, not going to be used office, there used by. the home office, there was to , but was local opposition to, but frankly, there's been local opposition areas some opposition to of areas some of them caved, them them have caved, some of them have not. but can you just take me the other , suppose, me on the other, i suppose, breaking angles , which breaking in a way, angles, which is supposedly india is now making up the third largest contingent of people coming across the channel. i was quite surprised at that really. i mean, we give quite a lot of foreign aid to india. it's a massive economy, for example. why now seeking why so many people now seeking to come across channel it's to come across the channel it's not just now patrick the indians have been coming since the year 2000 they've always been the

2000 they've always been in the top migrants to top five groups of migrants to the for the past 20 years and the uk for the past 20 years and they've also in always been in they've also in always been in the top five groups of people who overstay visas. so we who overstay their visas. so we that there's a problem with indian people who come here and the visas and overstay and indian people who are amongst groups people crossing the groups of people crossing the channel. has been on channel. our focus has been on albania however you know it doesn't mean just because albanians that number one we need to ignore number three four and five indians have always beenin and five indians have always been in there pakistanis , sri been in there pakistanis, sri lankans, afghans , iraqis, south lankans, afghans, iraqis, south americans even in the top ten, you'll find australia and canadian people overstaying visas and a lot of them, it's because they are unaware, ignorant. they just think because we've got australian we can stay here and a lot of can just stay here and a lot of brits do the same back over there well. would say as there as well. so i would say as we yeah, that's, that's the we say, yeah, that's, that's the overstayers. i want to qualify that no i think many, many that no i don't think many, many brits boat and brits are getting a boat and going canada. they do going to canada. if they do apply to be they apply to them. to be fair, they could maybe deserves a standing outside could do that. outside if they could do that.

yeah, . you know just yeah, exactly. you know just when to seeking asylum when it comes to seeking asylum from india, if you are known to be an indian national, i mean , be an indian national, i mean, you really seek asylum from india do we not regard that as being a safe country? yeah. i mean , we do. and however anyone mean, we do. and however anyone can claim and asylum by indians is often used to frustrate getting removed here this is all down to what we talk about every week patrick the fact that the conservative government just stopped removing people and sending people back under labour , which we traditionally see as being soft on immigration, we used send back 30 to 35000 used to send back 30 to 35000 people a year. that has dropped recent years to the hundreds . recent years to the hundreds. now we need to get to the crux of that. why this of that. why can't this government send back 30,000 people and process their claims? it's because the are it's because the claims are taking two years to decide. two and a half years decide when and a half years to decide when they they wrongly they decided they wrongly decided so therefore some people do take advantage of that . india do take advantage of that. india as a whole does have any

problems. and if a person can get a visa to come in in the first place, they to go through a rigorous process that, doesn't show really a sign of somebody desperate to their country desperate to leave their country around waiting for a visa. yeah yeah, exactly. i'm just going to give some numbers now to our viewers. around 250 indian viewers. so around 250 indian migrants , the uk using migrants arrived, the uk using the small boat that was in january . it the small boat that was in january. it exceeds the small boat that was in january . it exceeds the 233 who january. it exceeds the 233 who came in small boats in the first nine months of last year. there's been an upset and i wonder whether or not this has got something to do with the noises out of this noises coming out of this country, at country, in this government at the we're looking to the minute that we're looking to clamp and a lot clamp on student visas and a lot that i think was targeted towards community, as towards the indian community, as it were , you've quite it were, as you've said, quite a high . they're using it as a high. they're using it as a backdoor into britain overstaying those visas . maybe overstaying those visas. maybe they've clocked onto that and thought, you what, screw thought, you know what, screw that, channel that, i'll come over the channel instead. happening ? a instead. now what's happening? a student visa from india. it makes up the largest proportion of , and so it's quite to of visas, and so it's quite to easy get if you've got the

money, what's these people crossing the channel are getting student into european student visas into european which are cheaper to get i georgia and you know i'm looking at maybe russia other european countries latvia estonia and from there making the journey by road and coming over as opposed to paying road and coming over as opposed to payin g £16,000 a year to get to paying £16,000 a year to get into a british uni, to paying £16,000 a year to get into a british uni , they can pay into a british uni, they can pay six or into a british uni, they can pay six 0 r £7,000 to get into six or £7,000 to get into a european uni , pay a couple of european uni, pay a couple of grand to the traffickers grand to the people traffickers and get here for about 11 grand and get here for about 11 grand and asylum saving there. and claim asylum saving there. so five and yeah, just just fine. just finally on that charge, it does smack of britain on a global stage frankly being seen as a bit of a soft touch. we know the people coming over from albania. we know coming over variety of different over from a variety of different countries off countries as you've rattled off that also said as well that you've also said as well that you've also said as well that we've got a high proportion of from of overstayers from canada, from australia, now appeared australia, india now appeared to be increase it comes be on the increase when it comes to the channel crossings as well. mean, right around the well. i mean, right around the world, are world, people clearly are viewing being a viewing great britain as being a soft to asylum and

soft when it comes to asylum and immigration don't it's immigration. i don't think it's viewing it as a soft touch, but the fact impact , we haven't the fact is impact, we haven't got act together . i mean, we got our act together. i mean, we weren't touch when were weren't a soft touch when were sending back 35,000 people a yeah sending back 35,000 people a year. however , become a soft year. but however, become a soft touch because system is broken once again. the home office doesn't know how many people actually leave the we've actually leave the uk. we've only controls , you only got entry controls, you know, i know where we got know, and i know where we got the no the airport there's no immigration go, oh immigration when we go, oh there's no exit controls, we don't know anyone who's come don't know if anyone who's come in until is in has gone back until this is all rectified and, until we have people control the home people in control of the home office they're doing people in control of the home offi

like you like it will take off. do you believe you believe believe him? do you not believe him? point. him? that's the first point. now, it all before. now, we've heard it all before. we've a people's poll we've also done a people's poll which says now that the majority of we should leave the caa of you we should leave the caa are that make it are that would make it supposedly more likely and make us more able to be able to deport people . those two things deport people. those two things would in hand if would have to go hand in hand if anything that is going anything like that is going to take more more take place. more and more immediately. we've the case immediately. we've got the case of pontins holiday park of the pontins holiday park houday of the pontins holiday park holiday merseyside not holiday camp in merseyside not being used. now on south southport, not being used now to house child migrants. that's a development. it was about to be now it's not the wholesome pushback. and that is leading me to ask question. i'll be asking you throughout this show. gbviews@gbnews.uk is it now time for referenda when it comes to migrant hotels? i dare say you've got one in your area. certainly this one located in the north—west, a of people are saying the north of england has taken a disproportionate number of your area of migrant hotels in your area now would you back referendum locally on whether or you should have migrant hotels and? of

course, we'll be drilling down on the fact that there is a rising people coming over the channel as well. is that all about that? we got so loud to get into that we are going get stuck into that we are going to now back to return to go now though back to return to go now though back to return to story that doing at to the story that we're doing at the was that press the top. it was that press conference wasn't there in conference wasn't there and in the heard the last few moments we heard from lancashire the from lancashire police on the continuing missing 45 continuing search for missing 45 year burley on year old nicola burley on national reports. the theo chikomba was at that press conference us now. conference and i believe us now. yes he does feel thank very very much latest . good much what is the latest. good afternoon patrick. well, it was afternoon patrick. well, it was a comprehensive press conference just a few moments with superintendent sally riley, who gave some of the up to date regarding this case and where the police are. she's brought up some of the agencies. they've been with many people involved in this search, including drones helicopters, divers , poll helicopters, divers, poll cameras, search dogs . and cameras, search dogs. and they've been searching an area of around 15 kilometres down the river. and this includes the rnli as well. and postcards and

other forces, including the air search and rescue. but they did word they said this is a working they're saying nicola fallen note third party this not suspicious and it's a tragic case of a missing person so the search continues you know understanding is they're trying their very best to account for a missing ten minute window, which doesn't sound like a lot of time. but clearly, frankly enough, time for a mystery this to occur there . exactly. so to occur there. exactly. so they've got time frame, which we've been hearing over the last few days. but as you say, there's that ten minute time frame. they don't yet know where or what happened in that time . or what happened in that time. interestingly, there was a question , her phone, they have question, her phone, they have cited , she was last on the phone cited, she was last on the phone around 9:20. and they said through their investigations , through their investigations, through their investigations, through their investigations, through the system, the police has , they were able to find out has, they were able to find out when she was last using her phone. when she was last using her phone . but of course, that ten

phone. but of course, that ten minute window and they are asking members of the public, if they did anything , please they did see anything, please contact . interestingly, it contact them. interestingly, it mentioned that around in that area there are gates which are locked so that they think she would have gone in that direction . and the other the direction. and the other the other directions where there are alleyways to go back into , the alleyways to go back into, the other areas and in the local the cctv footage in that area so saying it's possible that she remained in the area and they believe she remained in that area where dog and her phone were found . okay. i thank you were found. okay. i thank you very, very much. we'll be going back to you at some point. imagine well that was to come imagine as well that was to come to with the very latest to that with the very latest from that press conference in relation to missing person, missing , missing dog missing mother, missing dog walker, burley just a walker, nicola burley just a quick up some now of questions were being asked before we were all asking them here. i suspect you well. is you were at home as well. is there. no well, what there. no tv. well, what the police is there but police saying is there is but only of a exit from the area that she was in. she's clearly not paid on that. the other

not a paid on that. the other access could access suppose you could say a as to include lock, which access suppose you could say a as to it include lock, which access suppose you could say a as to it unlikely�* lock, which access suppose you could say a as to it unlikely she k, which access suppose you could say a as to it unlikely she will1ich access suppose you could say a as to it unlikely she will have makes it unlikely she will have gone anywhere. they are working off hypothesis currently gone anywhere. they are working of stands/pothesis currently gone anywhere. they are working of stands that|esis currently gone anywhere. they are working of stands that nicola rrently gone anywhere. they are working of stands that nicola was ly gone anywhere. they are working ofstands that nicola was sadly it stands that nicola was sadly fallen in two that river and they have emphasised that they only cannot account for around minutes 10 minutes of her movements including fact that she was on a conference call, or at was on a at least a phone was on a conference at of conference call at the time of her disappearance . the dog was her disappearance. the dog was there at scene. it's not there at the scene. it's not unusual not to have unusual for that dog not to have apparently a lead and apparently been on a lead and been harnessed. and that's, frankly, latest we frankly, is the very latest we will bring you more as we get it. also that they have it. they did also that they have used an unprecedented number of resources and continue to an resources and continue to use an unprecedented number resource unprecedented number of resource . with me, . moving on, you are with me, patrick on gb news. patrick christys on gb news. coming the rail network has coming up, the rail network has been plunged into chaos yet again as drivers strike again today as drivers strike for the second time this week. so endin for the second time this week. so end in sight? so is there an end in sight? more on that next. remember as well gb views a gb news uk. would you back a local referendum in your area relating to migrant hotels? but right now we've the weather. alex deakin

hey with your latest weather update, the weekend is almost upon us and many of us will have a dry one. there will be some rain on saturday and it will be a cloudy mild day sun a cloudy and mild day where sun turns a bit colder much, much sunnier. back to the rest of today. high pressure in control across the south. weather from, though, has been chugging its way northern britain, way across northern britain, still providing a little of still providing a little bit of rain here there across rain here and there across the pennines and pennines in particular and through northern isles through the northern isles dunng through the northern isles during evening . but for most during the evening. but for most it's some drizzle times in it's dry, some drizzle times in western areas, but say most places not seeing any rain overnight will keep a lot of cloud and will keep things cloud and that will keep things miles . temperatures east miles. temperatures in the east may drop to four or five celsius, but for most of us we start the weekend at seven or eighteen. so a mild to saturday, fairly drab starts, but most dry across england and here's some rain coming in initially to the north—west of scotland and then it will spread its way southwards towards glasgow and belfast lunchtime and then drifting towards edinburgh, of

course, southern scotland later on the far northwest may turn a bit brighter later. but for most of england it will be dry, cloudy, some in the cloud, a bit of brightness coming through and it mild double digits it will be mild double digits across the board. some of that rain will push into northern england and north wales on saturday evening , but it's saturday evening, but it's fizzling all while as it fizzling out all the while as it works its way further south. and that band of right out of the way it is introducing way by sunday it is introducing cold and clear conditions. way by sunday it is introducing cold and clear conditions . well cold and clear conditions. well so the blue hue the chart it is going to turn frosty for much of northern britain as we head into sunday. so a very different day on sunday it will be a bit colder first thing with a frost, but a sparkling day of winter sunshine by and large bit of a breeze , perhaps, for norfolk, breeze, perhaps, for norfolk, and at times the western isles, but for most light winds, plenty sunshine temperatures won't be as high because got colder air coming in. but these numbers are about average for the time year with light winds in the sunshine , fairly pleasant. , it'll feel fairly pleasant. enjoy weekend here on gb news

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channel okay, welcome back, everybody. now the rail network has been plunged into chaos yet again . plunged into chaos yet again. you could repeat it pretty much couldn't every single day of the week at the minute as drivers. for second time this week, for the second time this week, members aslef and rmt members of the aslef and rmt unions have walked out over an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions services been severely disrupted little severely disrupted with little to running in some parts of to no running in some parts of the country, and operators say

strike action may also affect services on. so is there any end in sight? let's go live now to our reporters, paul hawkins is in eastern and central is in birmingham. paul, i will start with you. what's the situation ? with you. what's the situation? you are there was a picket line here earlier in aslef picket line because it's all about aslef . these are the train aslef. these are the train drivers on strike. the vast majority of them i represent divided if a couple of hundred represented by the rmt as well. this is about as let's a day of industrial action the eighth day by as they've compare that to at least weeks of work of least three weeks of work of striking by the rmt considerably less aslef and of really unhappy with the deal that's been put on the table by the rail group that the table by the rail group that the people who represent the rail operating companies have been offered a 4% backdated pay rise 4% next year . they're also rise 4% next year. they're also terms and conditions attached which make wieland the general secretary of aslef, says i won't acceptable. and he told us earlier about how he feels the

talks are going quite deceitfully . the rtg for a deceitfully. the rtg for a protocol which i led to a pay off for two years that hadn't been discussed of this trade union, hadn't been through the framework agreement that we've agreed with them allow sort agreed with them allow some sort of national national to take place tracks mines place in our tracks mines industry and is probably said the process back months and months if they want negotiate months if they want to negotiate via i'll tell you via the media. i'll tell you what i want then you can relate to them. come and talk just what i want then you can relate tcfew m. come and talk just what i want then you can relate tcfew weeks come and talk just what i want then you can relate tcfew weeks time.|e and talk just what i want then you can relate tcfew weeks time. but1d talk just what i want then you can relate tcfew weeks time. but we alk just what i want then you can relate tcfew weeks time. but we don't st a few weeks time. but we don't behave that. we behave. behave like that. we behave. so we'll talks we'll go back in the talks tuesday that trust can tuesday and hope that trust can rebuilt and we can find a way forward . so we'll, as you've forward. so we'll, as you've heard there, is pretty and there seems to be significant gulf between aslef and the rail delivery group who represent the rail companies. he thinks that more strike dates are likely to be announced . he said at better be announced. he said at better in stark contrast to the rmt . by in stark contrast to the rmt. by the way, he will considering considering they haven't said no. they considering a deal that's been put on the table by

the network rail, the delivery group and the government. this similar to one that's been offered to aslef but with a slightly higher pay increase mick lynch the general secretary of the rmt saying that they put it to members, they're going to come back with an answer next week. so may get settlement week. so we may get settlement next from the rmt, but it next week from the rmt, but it seems the talks will be ongoing between aslef and this certainly isn't the end of the industrial action as far aslef action as far as aslef is concerned in terms of public opinion, of days ago, a opinion, a couple of days ago, a yougov released just yougov poll released just one poll, suggested poll, but one poll suggested that between 40 to 52% that there is between 40 to 52% pubuc that there is between 40 to 52% public support for rail strikes. compare that to striking staff within the nhs where public support hovering around about 6060 5. yeah indeed poll and thank you for contextualising it like that. yes those opinion polls are very, very important when it comes air strikes because i suppose realistically they've got to try and bring the pubuc they've got to try and bring the public onside with them little bit as well. johnny in bit as well. johnny carson's in for johnny situation where for us. johnny situation where you . well, patrick, like

you are. well, patrick, like many, many stations across the country that were upset, you know, services at all from birmingham new street today. but the picket lines were well attended at the four different corners of this station. and also as well at the other two stations here in the birmingham city spoke to some city centre. i spoke to some picket line members on the picket line members on the picket line members on the picket line at the moore street and they were telling me that the specifics around working conditions, of course we hear that term bandied around a lot about working conditions , how about working conditions, how our aren't happy with the our staff aren't happy with the conditions have been put conditions that have been put forward. the members forward. but one of the members on picket was telling forward. but one of the members on it picket was telling forward. but one of the members on it can ket was telling forward. but one of the members on it can be was telling forward. but one of the members on it can be so was telling forward. but one of the members on it can be so specificalling forward. but one of the members on it can be so specific for1g me it can be so specific for each different operating each different train operating company, why it can be so company, which why it can be so complex because some companies have in certain things have things in certain things for drivers their contracts for drivers in their contracts other don't. and he other companies don't. and he said to it can't be a one said to me, it can't be a one size fits all deal in order to, of course, have this by all of the members for aslef union. but with are with the rmt, we know that this dispute is ongoing, particularly network rail. of course deal that paul was

alluding to. there was a 5% backdated pay rise for 2022 and a 4% back write 4% pay rise, but 2023 of course that was initially rejected by mick lynch because of the red lines that they've got around driver only trains and wanting guards on board the trains of course not the 5% for last year. the focus of this was was the network rail's best. they've come back with that same offer in of pay. but of course red line that the rmt have got the what's happened is that network ralph removed removed disbanding one of driver only trains and so the rmt considering that now there are lot they seem to be considering the executive and possibly it of course to the members as well for network rail and for the rail companies in general. for network rail and for the rail companies in general . we rail companies in general. we know how much they're struggling after the pandemic , trying to, after the pandemic, trying to, of course , reflect the rising of course, reflect the rising cost and inflation, but also trying under the pressure to save money. we know network rail are planning to cut 1900 jobs as

part of its reworking with its maintenance teams. although the rmt disagreed that some of the changes and course what a changes and of course what a guarantee there's going to be no job losses but for passengers here today there's been absolutely no services and this is going to continue tomorrow when, of course, passengers come back to the. yeah, yes, indeed, jack thank you very much. paul hawkins on carson as well, whizzing into latest on the rail strike that gave you the numbers that gave you the public opinion. returning opinion. but returning that very, after news, very, very shortly after news, i'm going to be talking about dominic raab. that's right. do you really all of these you really buy all of these bullying allegations? i'm not sure. people with some sure. but i people say with some 24 complainants, there's no smoke without. you think it's smoke without. do you think it's part trying to run part and parcel trying to run a very, very tight ship, very difficult ? is it difficult circumstances? is it unacceptable? and yes, i'll also be asking you whether or not you would you had would vote if you had a referendum on a migrant house, how that coming how in your area all that coming your way. i'm much more of the headunes.

your way. i'm much more of the headlines . it's coming up to 334 headlines. it's coming up to 334 i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. lancashire police investigating the disappearance of a missing says the main working hypothesis is that she fell into the river wyre next globally disappeared a week ago while her dog and police say there's ten minute window that's unaccounted for the 45 year old stone was found a bench with her dog nearby superintendent sally riley a one kilometre radius has been searched . that location , been searched. that location, along with a 15 kilometres stretch downstream . our main stretch downstream. our main working therefore is that has sadly fallen into the river that there is no third party or criminal involvement and that this is not suspicious but a tragic of a missing person . this tragic of a missing person. this is important because speculation

otherwise can be really distressing for the family and for nicholas children . a man who for nicholas children. a man who is carrying a crossbow on the grounds of windsor on christmas day in 2021 has admitted trying to harm queen elizabeth, a 21 year old janse van singh trial 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 bolts for the safety catch released and ready to fire the late queen was in residence at the time and disgraced pop star gary glitter has been freed from jail after serving of his six year sentence for offences. the 79 year old, who had a string of in the 1970s, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. the sex who left a low security prison, dorset earlier will now be subject to licence conditions

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welcome i'm just going to get stuck into the inbox the moment gbviews@gbnews.uk uk. lots of you have answered my calls to get in touch. when comes to whether or not you would have a local referendum on these migrants in light the fact migrants in light of the fact that a pontins in southport , that a pontins in southport, merseyside is now not going to be used the home office to be used by the home office to house seekers, vanessa house some seekers, vanessa says, live ainsdale and says, i live ainsdale and thankfully the plan to asylum seekers in pontins has been stopped. southport relies on tourism and filling holiday accommodation seekers would accommodation with seekers would impact local negatively. impact the local negatively. anyone who enters the country illegally like this clearly has no respect the law. now that no respect for the law. now that , course, the view of ,

, of course, is the view of, vanessa. but yeah, it's interesting when look at the interesting when you look at the local angle , it local economic angle, it realistically if that particular part of the world is southport, i know it quite well. southport, they will lot on local they will rely a lot on local tourism. problem seems if tourism. that problem seems if it going to be disused, any it was going to be disused, any has people who would has the only people who would benefit the people who benefit would be the people who the pontins. and course, the pontins. and of course, people david says the people in it. david says the situation becoming situation is now becoming ridiculous information ridiculous with information obtained that many legal immigrants are of indian origin . there's no reason that they should not returned to their home country as. is the case with albanians, the migrants are clearly not clearly economic migrants not fleeing persecution, and should clearly economic migrants not flee be persecution, and should clearly economic migrants not fleebe able ecution, and should clearly economic migrants not fleebe able t01tion, and should clearly economic migrants not fleebe able to asylum.d should clearly economic migrants not fleebe able to asylum. that uld clearly economic migrants not fleebe able to asylum. that isd not be able to asylum. that is the other little bits of news that today, which about that broke today, which is about numbers people crossing the numbers of people crossing the channel. increasing it channel. now increasing when it comes from india, they comes to people from india, they now may be third largest cohort , people crossing the channels and 250 came in january alone . and 250 came in january alone. that's up from 233. that was in the first nine months of last yeah the first nine months of last year. so that is a trend that has been identified . and i think has been identified. and i think a lot of people maybe echo that individual views when it comes

to india safe country . to india being a safe country. just one more quietly, mark says, hi, patrick. british government should the government should build the countries well, government should build the countluck well, government should build the countluck with well, government should build the countluck with that well, government should build the countluck with that of well, government should build the countluck with that of making it good luck with that of making it the burden of the taxpayers. right. keep your views coming in, because have been asking in, because i have been asking as about or not you as well about whether or not you should local referendum should have a local referendum if you have right if you feel you have the right as have a local as a local to have a local referendum on it in that area, i think it will a good way of identifying areas the identifying which areas the minimum and maybe minimum wage down and maybe putting pressure on the putting a bit pressure on the government if there government as well. if there basically blanket party uk basically a blanket party uk that said no, we don't that that said no, we don't want that , maybe make , frankly, it would maybe make the a more the government do a bit more about there fresh about it. but there are fresh allegations against talking to the . deputy prime the government. deputy prime minister dominic raab today after anti—brexit campaign after an anti—brexit campaign alleged that launched an alleged that he launched an attack on her. so it comes amid reports the cabinet simon case was personally informed of a written complaint against raab months before sunak reappointed him as secretary. a lot to talk here and with me to do it. if you've been a political reporter. catherine force catherine. thank you very much.

hot water for raab. this is just going on. on, isn't it? and it seems to be getting worse and worse for him. and you do wonder how long this will continue. i mean, adam totally. casey is investigating . he was appointed investigating. he was appointed at the end of last year. at that point, there were only two formal complaints . there's now formal complaints. there's now 24 people have officially complained. he's interviewed about 40 people. many of the people backing up basically what their colleagues have said . and their colleagues have said. and then we've got gina miller, the anti—brexit campaigner wading in saying that he was bullying and abusive to her. a conversation that happened when they were on broadcast together in 16. also so that he shouted at a runner to go and get me a car and yeah. so i mean, he is saying he's nothing wrong. yeah well he is still saying that he's done nothing wrong. absolutely it just reminds me a little bit of this. gina miller case, the ins

and outs of it. happen to know and outs of it. i happen to know gina she's a very robust gina miller. she's a very robust individual naturally individual. i wouldn't naturally imagine kind of imagine that she was the kind of person be bullied, person who could be bullied, really. she's saying it really. but she's saying it happened on a broadcast. is that it they'd appearing on it was after they'd appearing on something together. think it something together. i think it was the run up due to the was in the run up due to the brexit referendum and it was off afterwards and he said something along the lines of i can't make out if you basically just really ritualist stupid or something along those lines , okay, not along those lines, okay, not very nice . i mean along those lines, okay, not very nice. i mean i along those lines, okay, not very nice . i mean i don't know very nice. i mean i don't know whether that constitutes bullying certainly unpleasant but then he was also horrible to runner and she regards this bullying misogyny and stick behaviour. i mean it is fascinating , isn't it, because fascinating, isn't it, because there's a lot of elements to it. certainly one of them is what did rishi sunak simon case know about these allegations and credible they were or otherwise when they're appointing raab, when they're appointing raab, when they're appointing raab, when the maintaining is appointment that is a big

question mark and it of reared its head a little bit different case of course with the zahawi but what did they know before he does also open up serious questions about what is bullying . as we were alluding to earlier and or not an individual who is by the taxpayer do a very high pressure serious job has has a right maybe to speak firmly to individuals who he believe are dragging their feet let's deal with the first things first. and just because what they knew they appointed dominic raab, did they were they aware? well it's become clear downing street are holding very firmly to the line rishi sunak hadn't been told of formal complaints but it's now emerged today that the secretary simon case had been personally informed of a written complaint eight months before . dominic eight months before. dominic raab was appointed by rishi. so then the question is did simon case fail to inform or she sunak? now they're not saying at

the lobby briefing at lunchtime , the number 10 spokesman was saying sunak has full support for confidence in case is this his fault or was sunak told more than they're letting the all these questions? because of course he came in saying he promised accountability transparency etc. and here we are. he lost gavin williamson nadhim zahawi at least that was deau nadhim zahawi at least that was dealt with relatively fast , but dealt with relatively fast, but this has been dragging for on weeks and weeks and there's no clarity about when this is going to be concluded. and it's damaging. in the meantime, do we know anything about the specifics about what dominic has been accused of ? because, look, been accused of? because, look, that may well now old school divas that they used to be in the music industry have shouted in sworn at run . they shouldn't in sworn at run. they shouldn't have done apparently now bricking it they're waiting for the to come their way about bullying in the workplace all this any

this stuff is there any indication what he's done indication that what he's done or to done is actually or to have done is actually anything other than maybe a boss, a short fuse? well, it's a grey , isn't it? and he has been grey, isn't it? and he has been known a very difficult boss for a long time. but where does that tip in to bullying, you're a long time. but where does that tip in to bullying , you're quite tip in to bullying, you're quite right. i mean, there was the ridiculous about a tomato being thrown a room. but last week there were some very specific bits revealed which were that people had been so traumatised they'd literally been vomiting before they went into meetings that sought counselling from gp that sought counselling from gp that they basically had to give up the job because they couldn't cope with . and also that cope with. and also that apparently one person at least contemplate suicide as a result , some quite serious passing allegations, but yeah, i mean dominic raab is absolutely that he has done nothing wrong and his team are saying yes, he's tough boss, boss, he has highest ends. but i do think the number

of people that have come forward and of course there's been suggestions that basically civil servants want rid of him because they don't like some of the things that he might be trying to push. yes, but 40 people is a lot people to say we have it is a lot as it stands still. they're not going anywhere soon. ihave they're not going anywhere soon. i have full confidence in simon individually was basically doing the quality initially when they appointed rob so that's where we are at the minute and it rumbles on. it rumbles on mean dominic raab might decide to stand down temporarily becoming a massive distraction but he so far so no he hasn't no he hasn't look certain she won't look catherine thank you very much has reinforced that certainly not wanting to take anything away from experience from anyone's lived experience and in and of course bullying in workplace is absolutely abhorrent. people abhorrent. a lot of people saying, well, hang on a minute, he got a very, tough he has got a very, very tough job the people expect job to do. the people expect a lot. were there instances, lot. and were there instances, civil not getting on civil servants not getting on board look, all out in board with look, all come out in the wash it, ladies and gentlemen, it will come out

gentlemen, it will all come out in wash. now moving on, disgraced pop star glitter disgraced pop star gary glitter has jail after has been freed jail after serving half of his 16 year sentence. the 79 year old. and what a string of hits in the seventies was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. our reporter alison is at the verne prison in the isle of portland in dorset . ray, isle of portland in dorset. ray, thank you for joining isle of portland in dorset. ray, thank you forjoining us. now be subject to licence conditions, i believe you . yeah, absolutely believe you. yeah, absolutely right. patrick. he's nine years old. the former pop star disgraced has spent the last few years at hmp the verne. it's on the isle of in in dorset and it's low security category c prison. it's houses specifically houses men who've been convicted of sexual offences. now whose real name is paul gadd was jailed in 2015, as you said for sexually abusing three school girls. two of the girls were

aged 12 and 13. this in the 19705 aged 12 and 13. this in the 1970s when he was at the height of his fame, he managed to isolate two girls from their mother's and assaulted them backstage. his third victim was less than ten years old. he attempted to rape her in 1975. now these offences came to light as part of operation yewtree. as as part of operation yewtree. as a result , the jemmy savile a result, the jemmy savile inquiry , in fact, he was the inquiry, in fact, he was the very first person that they arrested. part of that investor organisation. of course, glitter a history of sexual offences against children . in 1999 he was against children. in 1999 he was jailed for four months when they found that he possessed 4000 indecent images of children . in indecent images of children. in 2002 he was expelled from cambodia . well amid reports of cambodia. well amid reports of sex crimes allegations and in 2006 he was convicted of sexually abusing two young girls in vietnam . he ended up spending in vietnam. he ended up spending two and a half years in jail there. now, today, he's been

released automatically halfway through his 16 year sentence . through his 16 year sentence. i've been speaking to local to find out what they thought of him being released early . and it him being released early. and it seems a shame he was released early. so many of the prisoners seem to serve a fraction of the sentence. i've no doubt they behave and do what they should when they're in prison. but they they play the system , come out they play the system, come out early. then so often you early. and then so often you read in the papers, they re—offend . and people just re—offend. and people must just wonder why they let them go. he should serve for 16 years, if that's what a judge felt he was , he needed to correct himself . , he needed to correct himself. and that's what should happen. he should serve full he should serve the full 16 years. i think he should have stayed in for the 16 years or even longer i think against children. i think that's absolutely awful. i mean, i don't know the ins and outs of all of the prisons that are there, but this one, i think , is there, but this one, i think, is quite an easy one. i don't think it's been difficult for him . i it's been difficult for him. i don't think they should have made a bit harder. now. as

made it a bit harder. now. as i said, the verne is a category c category c means that the men who are housed here are given and the opportunity to develop skills so that when they leave they can use those to resettle back into the community, see god's will. now be the subject of licence conditions . it god's will. now be the subject of licence conditions. it means that he needs within three days to tell his probation officer where he's going to be living . where he's going to be living. if he wants to leave the country. he has give seven days nofice country. he has give seven days notice and if he starts relationship has with relationship who has with somebody who has children under 18 years of age. also will 18 years of age. he also will will to inform them of that will have to inform them of that as well . radisson you very much as well. radisson you very much right there at, the verne prison, the isle of portland in dorset just reacting to the fact that gary glitter is back out and about, albeit with licence conditions, what do you make of that, and gentlemen? i do that, ladies and gentlemen? i do a this about soft a lot on this program about soft touch , law and order, basically. touch, law and order, basically. and comes to the fact and when it comes to the fact that he sentenced originally that he was sentenced originally to time in prison 16

to very hefty time in prison 16 years he's in half. yes. years and he's out in half. yes. albeit with licence conditions. when you bear mind some of the crimes that he's done, horrific against schoolgirl in against minors schoolgirl in fact do you think realistically this is actually the right thing ? are we a bit too soft on people that but we're moving on now because ? bank england now because? the bank of england has that may be some has suggested that may be some light the end tunnel light at the end of the tunnel of gloom. right. of gloom. that's right. forecasting a recession that may of gloom. that's right. forecastdramaticassion that may of gloom. that's right. forecastdramatic ,;sion that may of gloom. that's right. forecastdramatic , previously nay be less dramatic, previously feared, but it the base rate of interest rate to a 14 year high yesterday at 4. and it's certainly spreading fresh concerns for mortgage and the property market. joining me in the studio right now. so put a bit of an end to this and gloom and the misery merchants at the bank of england is our business and economics editor is liam halligan with the money . hit halligan with on the money. hit me some good news i'll tell you i got to say hit with your rhythm stick. ian gerry probably too young to remember. ian. gerry so it's been a really busy

week. information coming all angles. so let's just recap what the bank of england did yesterday. i've got a graph here that i yesterday. i've got a graph here thati can yesterday. i've got a graph here that i can show you in gb news radio listeners will have to bear with me. the years bear with me. so in the years the covid lockdown, if we show run the graph there , the bank of run the graph there, the bank of england held interest rates below 1. then the covid lockdown when they went even lower . and when they went even lower. and then you can see on the right is then you can see on the right is the screen patrick ten successive interest rate rises pretty much the end, the beginning of last year, the beginning of last year, the beginning of last year, the beginning of 2022, up to 4, a point five percentage point rise yesterday . so from 3.5 to 4, yesterday. so from 3.5 to 4, thatis yesterday. so from 3.5 to 4, that is a 14 year high on interest rates . and that, of interest rates. and that, of course, means about 30 to 50 quid a month on your mortgage payments for the average mortgage , which is proper money mortgage, which is proper money for pretty much households. but at the same patrick, the bank of england also changed its growth forecasts yesterday and it went being super gloomy saying that

we're going to have almost two years of economic shrinkage. crikey yeah so the idea that we're going to have only one year of economic shrinkage, the economy getting smaller , i mean, economy getting smaller, i mean, i think this is nuts, frankly and that's the technical term. i don't see that happening at all we just had a business survey out from the purchasing managers , a very, very authoritative organisation been putting out surveys of opinion of business leaders, literally for decades and they a quite a sharp uptick in business optimism. now we've got a sense that, you know , been got a sense that, you know, been saying for a long time that interest rates peak at four or four and a quarter % that's four and a quarter% that's pretty much what financial markets as of today. you markets think as of today. you had from the governor of had words from the governor of the bank of england yesterday saying that inflation has turned the remain vigilant, saying that inflation has turned the unless remain vigilant, saying that inflation has turned the unless things nain vigilant, saying that inflation has turned the unless things change. lant, saying that inflation has turned the unless things change. we're but unless things change. we're probably not going raise probably not going to raise interest rates any more. so it may be that 4% is the peak. let alone, 4.25% still painful for a

lot of people. yeah with mortgages, but far , far, far mortgages, but far, far, far better than anyone could have predicted just a few months ago. why do you think that they are being potentially a necessary really gloomy? well, i'm just about this for my telegraph column this weekend literally in appearances here on and the obe of the office for budget responsibility they put out earlier just responsibility they put out earlierjust a couple of weeks earlier just a couple of weeks ago hardly anyone noticed it in the media. they put out a kind of an assessment of their previous . right. right. and get previous. right. right. and get this, the obamas borrowed in total. right, for the tax year, 2021, 2022. the estimate they made in march 2021, which you know, the government would have hated and oh we can only spend so much money we can't do these tax cuts it wa s £108 billion too tax cuts it was £108 billion too high . right. they said they'd high. right. they said they'd get about they said they'd get about £39 billion in corporation tax . they ended up getting

about £39 billion in corporation tax. they ended up gettin g £60 tax. they ended up getting £60 billion from corporation tax. wow. i think they've just been too gloomy. i they're civil servants and this is fair comment. they'll deny it. they'll deny it. and respect they'll deny it. and i respect a lot people in all know lot of people in the we all know a these people as a lot of these people as a university doing advanced degrees economics . a lot of degrees in economics. a lot of them i just think so them i just think they're so risk almost in risk averse and we're almost in to these gloomy forecast . so you to these gloomy forecast. so you need politicians who are going to be responsible , who are going to be responsible, who are going to be responsible, who are going to try and do too too soon, which no doubt, liz and kwasi kwarteng definitely tries to do too much, too soon. but forecasts aren't destiny . forecasts aren't destiny. patrick i personally and this is a personal view that come the march budget, march the 15th and we're in the run up to that now, we're in the run up to that now, we're than raising corporation tax 25% from a current current 19. i think we should keep at 19. i think we should keep at 19. and i think that would be huge. the arm for huge. shot in the arm for british business. and i know that at the of the that at the top of the government people started government some people started to same you very to say the same thank you very much. as have a good stuff ladies and gentlemen, i've been much. as have a good stuff la

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rain coming in initially to the north—west of scotland and then it will spread its way towards glasgow and belfast by lunchtime and then drifting towards edinburgh, across southern scotland on the far northwest, made ten a bit brighter. later for most of england, wales it will be dry, cloudy, some breaks in the cloud, a bit of brightness coming through it brightness coming through and it will will digits will be mild that will digits almost board some of almost across the board some of that push into england that rain will push into england and wales on saturday and north wales on saturday evening, but it's fizzling out all the while as it works its way further . the south that way further. the south and that band rain out of the way by band of rain out of the way by sunday it is introducing colder air clearer as well. so the air and clearer as well. so the blue on the chart, it is going to send frosty for much of northern britain as we head into sunday. so a very different day on sunday will be a bit colder. first thing with a frost, but a sparkling day of winter by and large bit of a breeze perhaps for norfolk and at times across the western isles, but for most light winds, plenty sunshine temperatures won't be as high because . we've got colder air

because. we've got colder air coming in, but numbers are about average for the time of year with light winds in sunshine with light winds in the sunshine , fairly pleasant. , it'll feel fairly pleasant. enjoy a weekend .

welcome along, welcome along , wonderful people. welcome along, wonderful people. it's just the clock with me , it's just the clock with me, niece. and coming up, police have confirmed their main hypothesis in, the case of missing mother nicola bailey is that she fell into a river, lancashire. we'll bring you the latest developments on that next. it is just a remarkable mystery it what's taking place that in other news , the home that in other news, the home office show plants to house hundreds of migrants at a pontins holiday camp. now, is this local opposition actually working ? i will be asking,

working? i will be asking, should that be referendums on migrant hotels? it's also emerged there's been alarming rise in the number indian people crossing the channel will examine what's going on that . in examine what's going on that. in other news is nicholas sturgeon finished? rumours are swirling her time might be up as snp leader after her ridiculous gender identity policy caused uproar . get gender identity policy caused uproar. get in touch vaiews@gbnews.uk . simple, vaiews@gbnews.uk. simple, straightforward question for you today, ladies and gentlemen, i know a lot of you've already got on board with and you will continue should that be continue to. so should that be local these local referendum on these margaret light of the margaret hotels in light of the fact the one in pontins has fact that the one in pontins has been no this . been canned but now no this. good afternoon it's been a pass . i'm karen armstrong in the gb news room. as you've just been hearing, lancashire police investigating the disappearance of missing say their main of a missing say their main working hypothesis is she fell into the river nicola bailey disappeared a week ago while walking her dog. police say there's ten minute window that's unaccounted the 45 year old's

phone was found a bench with her dog nearby , superintendent sally dog nearby, superintendent sally riley confirmed a one kilometre radius has been searched . that radius has been searched. that location, along with a 15 kilometre stretch down stream. our main working hypothesis. therefore is that nicola is sadly fallen into the river, that there is no third party or criminal involvement , and that criminal involvement, and that this not suspicious but a case of a missing person . this is of a missing person. this is particularly important because speculation. otherwise can be really distressing . the family really distressing. the family and for nicholas. earlier nicholas partner paul ansell said he is focusing on staying strong for their two daughters and hopes would come forward with new information . every with new information. every single scenario comes to a brick wall, every single one of them, and then all we're doing is

saying they're going round around, around , going through around, around, going through every scenario and then go back to first scenario again and do the whole thing again and then i think it's just all day . that's think it's just all day. that's all we're doing. all we're doing with . the community is also with. the community is also coming together to help the missing mortgage adviser. they're appealing for anyone with information to come forward, hoping images of nicola will help jog people's memories . all week, they've been searching , . all week, they've been searching, scouring . all week, they've been searching , scouring the local searching, scouring the local community. everybody's really trying to come together to try and do everything they can to find a home to find her and bring a home to a family . just, know, we're family. just, you know, we're keeping up . dashcams. keeping our eyes up. dashcams. anyone that could possibly have been here this time last. i just feel sun would do my bit, feel like sun would do my bit, even if it's just today. doing is holding a sign up a man armed with a crossbow admitted trying to harm queen in 2021. just want to harm queen in 2021. just want to sing the child was arrested on the grounds of windsor castle on the grounds of windsor castle on day carrying a weapon which was loaded with bolts which the

safety catch was released and it was ready to fire the one year old pleaded guilty to three charges, including an offence under the treason act . the queen under the treason act. the queen was in residence at the time the disgraced pop star gary has been freed from 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 the seventies, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. the sex offender who left a low security prison in dorset will be subject to licence conditions . royal licence conditions. royal college of nursing joined ambulance workers in wales in cancelling planned strikes next week, following new pay offers from . the welsh government well from. the welsh government well services are being disrupted today though with train drivers walking out for the second time this week. rmt and union members are demanding pay better conditions . rail operator say conditions. rail operator say there are severe with no trains running at all in certain areas.

aslef general secretary mike wieland says the union wants talks to continue to find a solution. quite deceitfully the rtg for a protocol over say led to a pay off for over two years that hadn't been this trade union hadn't been through the framework agreement that we with them to allow some sort of national national talks to take place in our tracks mines industry and probably said the whole process back months and. if negotiate via if they want to negotiate via the i'll tell you what i want. then can relate to them. then you can relate to them. then you can relate to them. then and just few then come and talk just a few weeks. don't behave like weeks. but we don't behave like that honourably. that we behave honourably. so we'll the talks on we'll go back in the talks on tuesday and hope trust can tuesday and hope that trust can be and we can find a be rebuilt and we can find a way. the anti campaigner gina miller has become latest person to the deputy minister of to accuse the deputy minister of bullying. she says dominic raab launched an abusive attack , was launched an abusive attack, was aggressive at intimidating juuan aggressive at intimidating julian calendar in 2016. a source close to the justice secretary , though, has described secretary, though, has described the claims as malicious and baseless, saying were timed to jump baseless, saying were timed to jump on political bandwagon and

the us secretary of state antony blinken has postponed his trip . blinken has postponed his trip. china, after an alleged chinese spy china, after an alleged chinese spy balloon was tracked flying across the united states . it's across the united states. it's been described as a civilian air by china , which the country by china, which the country claims has deviated from its planned route . when a decision planned route. when a decision was made by, the us not to shoot it down because the debris could pose a safety risk. china says it continue to maintain communication with the united states to properly the situation and this gb news will bring you more as it happens. now back to . patrick okay, welcome back. now in lancashire have revealed they believe missing mother nicola bailey into the river wyre, a major search form is barely contain news after she went missing a week ago. but no trace

of her has been found. this case has gripped the nation mainly because it appears to be so mysterious as yet nowhere near is getting the answers that . we is getting the answers that. we all, and especially her family andindeed all, and especially her family and indeed children desperately, desperately want. on national reports, the theo chikomba in lancashire. he at this lancashire. he was at this conference, theo was the latest that we know to the answers. are we know. that's right it's still a week on since her disappearance and in the last hour or we had a press conference where superintendent sally riley from lancashire police spelled out what they've been doing over the last couple of days, talking about the number of agencies who are involved. it's a huge operation that's taking place here. the rnli are involved, drone and many who have been involved in and they said at the moment they are working on a working high part assess which is nicola has fallen into the river just fallen into the riverjust behind me and no third party and this is not suspicious and this

is a tragic case of a missing person and do say it is a working hypothesis as part of their investigations throughout their investigations throughout the day in the morning, particularly saw some of her friends but course members of the community who've been out holding placards saying if anyone has any dashcam , please anyone has any dashcam, please do get in touch and call 101. and we also heard from partner and this is what he had say dunng and this is what he had say during our main working hypothesis . therefore is that hypothesis. therefore is that nicola is sadly fallen into the river, that there is third party or criminal involvement and that this is not but a tragic case of a missing person . this is a missing person. this is particularly because speculation otherwise can be really distressing for the family unfinished those children children . and just to correct

children. and just to correct their. that was from the press conference rather than from her partner . just to add in terms of partner. just to add in terms of what's the latest at the moment, they believe she was in this riverside area and that she didn't leave area and they're still looking to account for around 10 minutes during that time around 9:20 when she was involved in a work meeting and her phone was found while still in the meeting she was not here but her dog was found here by someone who was passing by. and of course, they're also urging people not to speculate , but if people not to speculate, but if they do have genuine please do get contact with them as they don't want the family to be in a situation where they may hear some wrong information . so they some wrong information. so they are saying the family has given support by specialist and they'll continue to do throughout this investigation . throughout this investigation. the search is going to continue into the weekend. there's no time frame as of yet of how long

this is going to go on. but they're saying their work continues here . exactly. look, continues here. exactly. look, theo, thank very much for bringing us the very latest there from that press conference as . well, just an unbelievable as. well, just an unbelievable case, really, when you think about it. this is the case of bailey, the dog walker mother as well, of course, who went missing last week, a week today. she was out walking dog. and it is that the police managed is vital that the police managed to happened that to out what happened in that missing minute it missing ten minute window. it doesn't amount of doesn't sound like any amount of time, in time, does it? especially in mind conference call on mind that a conference call on her was on, or her her phone was on, or why her microphone was off and the video was well. she'd was off as well. she'd been taking part in that conference call. there was lot of mystery call. there was a lot of mystery originally the dog. originally surrounding the dog. why was harness? the why was it off a harness? the police confirmed that it was not unusual at all for the dog to be off. laid off harness just off. it's laid off harness just quickly before round off the case nicola bailey for this hour police have still not found this body despite they say is an body despite what they say is an unprecedented and search unprecedented search. and search involved searches involved fingertip searches under the water, sonar, etc. they are now quite confident she's not in stretch of water,

although they believe that's where initially went in. where she initially went in. they don't believe third party involvement. say that involvement. they say that potentially and this is speculation but it's come from the police. they admitted was the police. they admitted it was speculation. saw speculation. was it they saw that maybe issue with her that maybe an issue with her dogs led her to the water's edge and obviously whatever and then obviously whatever happened after that? a happened after that? just a couple of details again to couple of quick details again to emphasise she emphasise what they believe she was particular was wearing at the particular time case had seen anything time in case had seen anything she was wearing an ankle length black quilted jacket, a black straus wasteland and that worn underneath that as well as wellington boots. so obviously anyone with information now please make you contact the police. it's 1010999. well, making from that now more updates as we get them of course rishi soon has vowed to deport migrants arriving in the uk without valid documents within. so that's the quote that within days so far we've had to stop the boats of stop the boats cleared the asylum seeker backlog down to zero and deport them within days is bold stuff for rishi sunak's back. not many

of you are frankly what he saying, we'll have to wait saying, but we'll have to wait and pledge comes after and see. the pledge comes after the abandoned plans the government abandoned plans to house asylum seekers in a pontins in merseyside. pontins holiday in merseyside. there was opposition and that is what i've been asking you and you've been getting in touch in your whether not now your droves whether or not now your droves whether or not now you back referenda on, you would back referenda on, whether or not migrant hotels should be in your area. it also comes the times have revealed that people india are now the third largest contingent of migrants crossed the channel in small boats so far this year. india i think a safe country we even send them foreign aid. we find it quite strange that now we will be lots of people from there . small boats have come there. small boats have come a long way to come as well, isn't it? that's going to all this. i'm now by the director i'm joined now by the director of for migration , of the centre for migration, economic prosperity, stephen moore. stephen i'll start with what on anyway, what i'm going in on anyway, which about local referendums which is about local referendums for migrants, hotels . do you for migrants, hotels. do you think it's time for areas to up or shut up if you really do heart refugees, refugees, welcome big flags on the beaches

and all of this. welcome big flags on the beaches and all of this . get vote on and all of this. get a vote on it your area . those areas can it in your area. those areas can have hotels because places have the hotels because places like pontins in merseyside supposedly want them supposedly now really want them . oh i absolutely agree that there should be local because there should be local because there are certainly places in there are certainly places in the north, the north—west in particular, and those on the coastal areas of northumberland , lincolnshire that have got far more than that that that kind of need for communities. they're the ones who have a of these hotels are taking places but i don't see a great deal in the leafy suburbs of or hampshire or surrey so why not allow the people to know when these people are coming in to stay in a hotel have referendum and if they say no then it forces the home office to choose somewhere else. and if those people that they want to welcome refugees, they can. well, this is the thing because because i suspect what we'd see is a pattern of certain areas. dare i say, the islington

of this world, some inner city areas where there's a cabal of guardian easterners and they'd all be in favour of it. and i'd say that's absolutely because there's probably a hung up population there as well. less reliance on tourism, less reliant seaside or holiday reliant on a seaside or holiday park actually these people park and actually these people will be more easily absorbed into the area, but actually we're seeing at the minute, i suspect stephen is people who are the chatter in classes around north london they're able to back and swirl their to sit back and swirl their sharply and say isn't it sharply and say oh isn't it awful that we're putting them in hotels but actually it's the fair people skegness or fair people of skegness or scunthorpe we had here scunthorpe or like we had here in south pole. we're actually beanng in south pole. we're actually bearing the brunt crisis bearing the brunt of this crisis . oh, absolutely. and the statistics and the figures are very clear that vast majority of housing, it's under the companies that have got the contracts. they now short term accommodation for asylum seekers or those moving into slightly longer time into hotels or indeed thereafter when they're allowed to go into the communities they've funded accommodation councils are in

the poorer constituencies in the country , they're predominantly country, they're predominantly the midlands and the north, not the midlands and the north, not the south. yeah and so it would make eminent sense where the vast majority of those people claiming to be welcome refugees are in the south. so you can take brighton for example , you take brighton for example, you can take here in the, as i said, those areas like surrey, hampshire, all of those should take them . yeah, indeed. now take them. yeah, indeed. now talking of people we should take or otherwise , there has been an or otherwise, there has been an increase in the number of people from india who've been arriving in small 250 in january. they came across the channel that's compared with 233 who arrived in the first nine months of last yean the first nine months of last year, a marked of course. and if we play that out that will big numbers indeed should we be refusing anyone from india or asylum . well i think they've got asylum. well i think they've got to be in the same category . to be in the same category. albania it is a safe country. there is a reason why they're coming over here and wanting to

stay? because predominantly a lot of them are getting a better education and a cheaper education, one that helps them with advantages they go back is very interesting , though, very interesting, though, patrick, when you look these numbers of indian , if you look numbers of indian, if you look at in the states, those going across the borders now coming through guatemala into mexico , through guatemala into mexico, if you listen to the border forces of the united states, they are telling you that there is an increase . they are telling you that there is an increase. indian they are telling you that there is an increase . indian citizens is an increase. indian citizens coming across into the united states through the southern borders . so that clearly is some borders. so that clearly is some form of strategy being used by. people smugglers and those think to get advantages in western asian. yeah indeed and speak i did speak to the immigration lawyer earlier and what he said was, well, initially lot of these people were doing apparently trying pay for apparently was trying to pay for apparently was trying to pay for a expensive student visas a rather expensive student visas in country. and overstaying in this country. and overstaying it, now potentially they it, saying now potentially they recognise that they can save a bit a student visa , a bit money, got a student visa, a poorer european nation and then

work their way through the continent and into prison that he did also go on to say that actually we'd be amazed at the amount people who overstayed amount of people who overstayed places indeed places like australia and indeed canada imply on canada does imply that on a global britain is regarded as somewhat of a soft touch, just stephen richie sunak has. he vows to vows and to deport people within just a few days. well that would rely on actually leaving these or getting rwanda, france to take. he's also vowed to stop the small boats and to reduce the asylum seeker to nil . do you believe any of it ? . do you believe any of it? well, i believe he's got the intention to do it. and i understand from those people who work within government departments on the home office that there is distinct that there is a distinct pressure and achieve pressure to try and achieve this. they're retention this. they're at retention of staff technology and working on legislation . what i would like legislation. what i would like to see, patrick, you know, in order for him to achieve that is what is the legislation that he's seeking to get through parliament. does it mean that we

leave european court of human rights or is that to be some shenanigans that allows us to stay in that and they think that is of returning these is a way of returning these people who fail asylum to their countries . will he get countries. will he get agreements the big east agreements with the big east countries of afghanistan , iran, countries of afghanistan, iran, iraq, somalia , example, to be iraq, somalia, example, to be able to return people? and finally , he if he can't do that finally, he if he can't do that and he wants to return them to the first safe country , he needs the first safe country, he needs a massive deal with the european union when he's not going happen. so it is isaac and i believe he has the intention but ineed believe he has the intention but i need to see the legislation before i believe that he can achieve this . stephen, thank you achieve this. stephen, thank you very much. as ever stephen wolfram, who is the director of the migration the centre for migration and economic prosperity , say that economic prosperity, say that lots you've been getting in lots of you've been getting in touch it's touch on exact thought. now it's about margaret who tells us a few different areas we can hit when it comes to. immigration, legal into the legal and illegal into the country. at the moment, legal and illegal into the country. at the moment , the country. at the moment, the pontins which was in pontins hotel, which was in southport, is in southport and merseyside was reportedly being looked at by the home office as

an alternative to hotel . so it's an alternative to hotel. so it's more of everyone as well. pontins is done. the identity needs your hand through needs to hold your hand through that a holiday in that one. it's a holiday park in the were the northwest. okay people were saying, this would saying, well, maybe this would be good. it's bigger facility, it's bit more separate. it's a little bit more separate. but clearly, lot of but actually, clearly, a lot of residents and anyone works residents and anyone who works in is in the local economy say it is a massive . people, it massive draw for. people, it helps with tourism , helps with helps with tourism, helps with the and as well. the wider economy and as well. and this all too often forgotten when talk about migrant when people talk about migrant is hotels , all of is all of these hotels, all of these holiday parks have , staff these holiday parks have, staff of people who work there , what of people who work there, what happens to well, they get happens to them? well, they get the don't and then the old don't they? and then home office officials and whoever else comes in. so people are being rendered unemployed as are being rendered unemployed as a of migrant hotels as a result of migrant hotels as well as the local economy missing out. well, look, local residents were quite angry about this in the home this. in the end, the home office appears to have backed down. now , for local down. i'm quoting now, for local referendums. enough is referendums. i think enough is enough when it comes to this kind a lot of places kind of stuff. a lot of places are absolute brunt are taking the absolute brunt of it your big loving it and it's not your big loving lefty areas that you would down south. tend actually get

south. they tend to actually get off almost scot free. it's a lot off almost scot free. it's a lot of the places in the red wall, it's a the places up it's a lot of the places up north, it's the places in the north, it's the places in the north who appear to be doing more their fair share when north who appear to be doing mcomes their fair share when north who appear to be doing mcomes to heir fair share when north who appear to be doing mcomes to taking r share when north who appear to be doing mcomes to taking migrantvhen it comes to taking migrant hotels big cost to the hotels out of a big cost to the local want to local economy. and i want to know whether you would know whether or not you would back referendum in local back a referendum in your local area this. frankly think area on this. and frankly think it a lot of people it might give a lot of people a because they'd be to paint because they'd be able to paint a of britain wouldn't they. a map of britain wouldn't they. we'd say well we'd be able to say well actually maybe britain has actually maybe now britain has had this and we want had enough of this and we want something to seriously done about says my area about it. john says my area votes have a margaret if my votes to have a margaret if my area votes have a margaret hotel with all the surrounding areas voted against, then a migrant living area travels around living. my area travels around committing . is it ridiculous on committing. is it ridiculous on their border of migration for their border of migration for the government to manage not individual villages , boroughs individual villages, boroughs and districts. yeah, i understand that but actually what's happening john what's currently happening john agree you by the but agree with you by the way, but what is currently happening, john around john and we can't get around this local area, this that your local area, including not including your council, is not being informed before one of these hotels just pops up . and these hotels just pops up. and so at least this will give you

somewhat of to you there, somewhat of a say to you there, john. of course, we've got time for one now, believe here for one now, i believe here we're going go says yes, we're going go to alex says yes, we're going go to alex says yes, we should be able to vote. the country is full up and we don't want them. alex's view want them. that's alex's view now interesting is because i now is interesting is because i think should there think what should happen there is of this is you get pockets of this country do well. why not? country that do well. why not? how's them there that that might like a solution. realistically lots more to come . this lots more to come. this particular show here patrick christys on. coming up, rail workers have walked off the job again today, causing disruption around the country. so when will the walkouts and more on that very, very shortly. but before let's take a quick look at whether alex deakin with your latest weather update . the latest weather update. the weekend is almost upon us and many of us will have a dry one. there will be some rain on saturday and it will be a cloudy and, mild day where sunday turns and, mild day where sunday turns a colder. but much, much a bit colder. but much, much sunnier . back to the rest of sunnier. back to the rest of today. high pressure in control across the south. this weather from been chugging from, though, has been chugging its northern britain, its way across northern britain, still providing bit of

still providing a little bit of rain because the rain here. and there because the pennines in particular and through northern isles through the northern isles dunng through the northern isles during for most during the evening, but for most it's dry some drizzle at times western areas but i say most places are not seeing any rain overnight . we'll keep a lot of overnight. we'll keep a lot of cloud and that will keep things miles in the may miles temperatures in the may drop to down four or five celsius but for most of us we start the weekend seven at or eighteen. so a mild to saturday, fairly drab starts. but most places across england and wales here's some rain coming in initially to the north—west of scotland and, then it will spread its way south towards glasgow and belfast by lunchtime and then drifting towards edinburgh, of course, southern scotland later on the far northwest made a bit brighter later for most of england wales it will be dry, cloudy, some breaks in the cloud, a bit of brightness coming through and it will double digits will be mild double digits almost of that almost the board, some of that rain will push into northern england and north on saturday evening, but fizzling out evening, but it's fizzling out all the while as it works its way further south and band of

ryan out of the way by sunday it is introducing colder air and clearer conditions as well. so the blue hue on the chart it is going to turn frosty for much of northern britain as we head into sunday. very different day sunday. so a very different day on sunday will be a bit on sunday it will be a bit colder first thing with a frost but a spark tackling day of winter sunshine and large. a bit of a breeze, perhaps for norfolk and times across the western and at times across the western isles, but for most light winds, plenty sunshine temperatures won't be as high because we've got colder air coming in. but these numbers are about average for the time year light for the time year with light winds sunshine , it'll winds in the sunshine, it'll feel pleasant. enjoy feel fairly pleasant. enjoy weekend .

welcome back. now the rail network ground to a halt again

today as train drivers strike for the second time this week. members of the aslef and rmt unions have walked out over an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. services have been severely disrupted with little to no trains running in some parts of the country and operate . bosses say strike action may also services on saturday. is there an end in sight? with me now is someone who's supportive of the strikes , willing to sit of the strikes, willing to sit in who the leader of in there, who is the leader of the democratic party. the social democratic party. great you on the show. great have you back on the show. although suspect we don't although i suspect we don't quite particular quite agree on this particular one. are so in favour of one. why are you so in favour of these strikes ? would indicate these strikes? it would indicate these strikes? it would indicate the indicate train the polls would indicate train drivers, of the drivers, for example, of the least public of least amount public support of any workers . any of the striking workers. well, the first point i mean, i don't want anyone to strike. i want a pay and i want a national integrated railway system that works for everyone. we shouldn't be surprised. in a cost of living crisis, when housing and energy costs and food prices up, that workers want to retain

their real and not take a real pay their real and not take a real pay cut. so and also we shouldn't be that the unions back them and try defend their interests. but i think what we've got now is actually madness. i think the government i mean, a lot of our problems on this, patrick, are caused by the structure of our railway system. you you've got a network rail and you've got the rail delivery group and. you've got 15 separate rail companies and you've got the government hanging around back. and hanging around in the back. and frankly , and you've also got two frankly, and you've also got two unions slightly unions who want slightly different things. so it's complex, that structure doesn't help it. but actually, i'll say it now. i think the government should have put pressure on last summer because the rmt asking for five sorry, seven or 8% and they should have stopped the hands off and got the trains running. well, possibly with a little bit of foresight, maybe because think at that time because i think at that time we were still even chaos. were still in even more chaos. the chaos been never ending. the chaos had been never ending. but to on we but just to recap on where we are the offers as we

are at with the offers as we understand drivers understand it anyway, drivers supposedly offered an supposedly have been offered an % that . well, not quite % pay rise that. well, not quite as it seems, actually 4, but dates to last year, 4% for this year coming the stuff supposedly 5% by dates last year , 4% for 5% by dates last year, 4% for this year. so very, very similar stuff. public support hovering hovering between the 40 and 52% mark when it comes to rail as a whole, though, train drivers is much less . what do you think much less. what do you think mick lynch or mike whalen would say if they said alright , then say if they said alright, then you've got a choice? well, i think if drivers a pay rise on nurses nurses , i don't think nurses nurses, i don't think it's helpful to set off like that. i think every industry is different and if you look at the rmt, a lot of we've members the sdp, i mean everyone every single time this is on the news virtually people say, well, aslef, you know train, drivers get know , £60,000. a get paid, you know, £60,000. a lot . the rmt workers on the lot of. the rmt workers on the track actually getting paid a high twenties or 30 grand and as i say, every single situation is different . i mean, the teachers,

different. i mean, the teachers, for instance, not a pay rise last year, a lot of rmt workers haven't had a rise for three years. i think we must we must be getting near to a solution because it just makes no sense . because it just makes no sense. i mean, as i say, i mean, i think i've always said i think we are anti workers have a of a case here. if you just look at what the situation is and that's why i've tended to back them. but i think it's madness to continue with it because . the continue with it because. the collateral damage, the wider collateral damage, the wider collateral damage, the wider collateral damage to the economy is economy is not going to grow pretty much this year. well, the industry lost out, you know, estimates and a half billion last year with things. there's not a lot of it. but i'm the rest as well when it comes to all of the one knock on effects as well. just in the hospitality industry. but throughout the you look at childcare now is becoming easy for people becoming very easy for people like me to if i wanted which sometimes i do make the case and go well you're all being very

selfish if we really are all in this together we really are all for the workers rights and it really is, teachers would say about the kids and nurses and doctors or whatever would , say, doctors or whatever would, say, oh, it's really about the patients. well, i can point now to numerous examples where they have a rise , been have had a pay rise, been offered a pay rise, if they that pay offered a pay rise, if they that pay rise and everybody else and we bankrupt entire nation we bankrupt the entire nation and everyone suffers. i don't really think it is about all of the things are claiming as the things that are claiming as it about the money in it is just about the money in their pocket, isn't it? and that is selfish. look am on record is selfish. i look am on record . i didn't. i i think when you get for instance the nurse is asking for 20% plus inflation claims and likewise the teachers likewise , i haven't supported likewise, i haven't supported it. i think to ask for more than inflation in this environment. is, is just not being released nick i think you know sharon graham of unite was saying the other day that the money's there . well we've got the figures from december's deficit and

basically we're what was it 27 billion down. so the money isn't there i mean, if you if you if you add to that debt what you're doing is basically spending spending money today and you can't do but on this but let's return this question the rmt for 7% last summer they haven't had a pay 7% last summer they haven't had a pay rise three years. and i honestly think that's reasonable. i'll call out any union, but i think asking for something that is unreasonable . something that is unreasonable. but in this case i just think it makes no. yeah. i am very much in agreement with that and i can completely believe that short sighted sticking plaster government policies is what ultimately has in some sense is anyway let stay here. just lastly, william , would you be in lastly, william, would you be in favour of rishi sunak's ? i mean, favour of rishi sunak's? i mean, we were not sort of briefings. were we doing the covid pandemic at point? i'm pretty. boris at one point? i'm pretty. boris johnson called a press conference nation we conference to the nation that we all our pants in the all have to put our pants in the morning take morning and make sure you take a don't forget to breathe. if you still you know. now still can you know. but now i wonder whether not rishi sunak should up and go, right.

should stand up and go, right. okay, here's what offer okay, here's what we offer teachers. we're absolutely not giving salary is . and you can teacher's salary is. and you can get around 28 grand in a lump sum if . you out sum if. you start out in a certain sector . these all sum if. you start out in a certain sector. these all this is in striking workers that we're going give a pay rise to. and we cannot to give anyone else a pay rise so you can just get back to work and. he just goes you lower paid nurses, lower paid members rmt lower paid members of the rmt may teaching assistants may be teaching assistants potentially, and he just tells everyone swivel and everyone else swivel and presents nation with the presents the nation with the numbers. in a way, actually, that's what he's trying do. he's trying to impose a 2% pay increase limit on all public sector . but as increase limit on all public sector. but as i increase limit on all public sector . but as i say increase limit on all public sector. but as i say , very, very sector. but as i say, very, very patchy. different unions that want different things. as i say as levies requirements are different to the aunties and you know it's in the railway situation you've got a very fragmented . so have you been fragmented. so have you been negotiating with the government isn't even involved really mean i wish the government were involved little bit more every single industry in situations a

little bit different. if you've had a recent rise that's been reasonable last, i think there's less of a case you can't suddenly ask for inflation busting pay rise just not not reasonably you know that exactly and i think i think we've all most people at some point in their career, at some point in their career, at some point in their career, at some point in their career, have potentially an offer for, a job, and then six months or a year later thought , i six months or a year later thought, i wish i'd done that, but that a part of life i do get the economic situation is bad . the economic situation is bad. thank you very much. i could talk to you for a very long time. i'm not willing to stay in that. was the leader of the that. it was the leader of the social quite social democratic. just quite a reasonable approach in a sense. there i think wasn't say certainly radical certainly none of the radical talks we to be talks that we appeared to be getting of the time when getting a lot of the time when we union from we break up union leaders from left, centre mostly left, right and centre mostly left, right and centre mostly left course you always left that of course you always made christys on made patrick christys on gb news. told news. now i, man, he told police, i am here to kill the queen. when he was caught carrying crossbow carrying a crossbow on the grounds windsor castle, as pleaded guilty charges pleaded guilty to charges of treason. this isn't the

treason. no this isn't the middle ages. this is 2023. i will bring you much more on that next. but first, if you like the headune. next. but first, if you like the headline . hi, there it is. 433 headline. hi, there it is. 433 a moment i'm starting the gb newsroom lakisha police investigating . the disappearance investigating. the disappearance of a missing mother now believe she fell into the river while nicole eberly disappeared. a ago while walking her dog . police while walking her dog. police say there's a ten minute window that's unaccounted for. the 45 year old's phone was found on a bench with her dog nearby. superintendent sally riley confirmed , a one kilometre confirmed, a one kilometre radius has been around the location along a 15 kilometre stretch . our working hypothesis stretch. our working hypothesis . is that nicola is sadly fallen into the river that there is no third party or criminal involvement and that this is suspicious but a tragic of a

missing person . this is missing person. this is particularly because speculation and otherwise can be really distressing for the family and for nicola's children . a man was for nicola's children. a man was carrying a crossbow on the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day 2021 has admitted trying to harm queen elizabeth. 21 year old jaswant singh child guilty to three charges, including an offence . the including an offence. the treason act, may's crossbow was loaded with bolts with the safety catch released and ready to fire. the queen was in residence the time . disgraced residence the time. disgraced p0p residence the time. disgraced pop star gary glitter has freed from jail after serving half of 16 year sentence for sex offences. the 78 year old, who had a string of hits in the seventies was jailed 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. glitter left a low security in dorset and will now be subject to licence . tv online be subject to licence. tv online and dab plus radio. this is gb

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slowly but very serious. now, ladies and gents, a man who was carrying a crossbow on the grounds of castle in 2021 has admitted trying to harm queen elizabeth. 21 year old jaswant singh . charlie pleaded guilty to singh. charlie pleaded guilty to . three charges, including offence under the treason act , offence under the treason act, used to treason as his was loaded with bolts with the safety cut off and was ready to fire. now the late queen was in residence at the time. joining me now in the studio is gb news royal reporter cameron walker . royal reporter cameron walker. coming on an unusual but serious case. very unusual, yes. in fact, i think the last person convicted under this particular treason acts was in 1981, which

gives you a sense of the history. but yes, picture christmas day, 2021, the late queen, which turned out to be her last christmas. and members of her family were in windsor castle enjoying , castle about stars enjoying, their christmas festivities when at 8:10 a man was arrested in the of windsor castle , having the of windsor castle, having just told police officers that he was there because he intended to kill the queen. right so just one thing, child. he's 21. today, the old bailey pleaded guilty to three charges, the first of which is probably the most serious section two of the treason act for wilfully produced a loaded crossbow with the intent to injure or alarm her majesty queen. elizabeth. the second. the second charge. he pleaded to was making a threats to kill , in he pleaded to was making a threats to kill, in this he pleaded to was making a threats to kill , in this case, threats to kill, in this case, the queen and the third charge was being possession of an offensive weapon in case a loaded crossbow in a public place. the prosecution on to say the loaded crossbow was loaded with eight bullets for safety. catch was off . it had deep very catch was off. it had deep very much had capacity to cause

serious injury or fatal injury. so fencing child allegedly scaled the perimeter fence at windsor castle using a nylon rope ladder. 2 hours, actually before he was arrested. but he was challenged by police with with the taser. he very quickly dropped his weapon. and jobson law and was subsequently . now, law and was subsequently. now, just before he entered the he sent a video to around 20 people where he announced his to attempt to assassinate majesty queen elizabeth ii. he said he in this video he allegedly sought revenge against the british empire for treatments of indians . british empire for treatments of indians. this clearly very serious offence . he he entered . serious offence. he he entered. the pleas from via video from broadmoor psychiatric hospital. the judge has ordered for a psychiatric report to be carried out and him to receive it by the

end of this month. he's due to be sentenced at the old bailey on the 31st of march. indeed. and quite concerning in the sense that , from what i gather, sense that, from what i gather, that he was roaming around for a little while before he was caught. that's would appear to be the case. yes however, when he was challenged by officers, it was very quickly dealt with clearly there are lots of protests at royal residences, particularly when the sovereign is in residence. yes, indeed cameron, thank you very much. as even cameron, thank you very much. as ever. come and there are royal reports right now moving on from that disgraced star gary glitter has been freed from jail after serving just half of his 16 year sentence. the 78 year old wrote a string of hits in the seventies, was jailed 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. our at radisson is at the verne in the isle of portland , dorset. ray, thank portland, dorset. ray, thank very much and lots to talk . very much and lots to talk. abbie's early release, as it were in a way and also as long as his conditions.

were in a way and also as long as his conditions . yes, as his conditions. yes, absolutely patrick, he was freed, as he said, from verne earlier on today after just eight years of a 16 year sentence, he was freed automatically because he'd served half of that time. now the verne is a low security category c prison houses specifically an only men who've been convicted of sexual offences . now of course glitter offences. now of course glitter whose real name was is paul gadd had been there since 2015 and he'd been jailed for sexually abusing three young girls. attacks took place in the 1970s when he was at the height of his glam rock fame. the two of the victims were age 12 and 13. he managed get them backstage at an event , isolated them from their event, isolated them from their mothers and carried out the attack . his third victim was attack. his third victim was aged under ten and he attempted to rape that child. now these offences came to light as part offences came to light as part of operation yewtree, which was conducted following the jemmy

savile scandal. he was first person to be arrested . not person to be arrested. not surprising, perhaps on account of his string of previous offences . 1999, he was jailed offences. 1999, he was jailed for months. here in the uk for after being found in possession of 4000 indecent images of children in 2002, he was expelled from cambodia after reports sex crimes there . and in reports sex crimes there. and in 2006 he was convicted of sexually abusing two young girls in vietnam . and he served two in vietnam. and he served two and a half years in prison. in vietnam. and he served two and a half years in prison . as and a half years in prison. as i said today, he was released after eight years i've been speaking to people about how they feel about his release and it seems a shame he was released . so many of the prisoners to serve a fraction of the i've no doubt they'd and do what they should when they're in prison but they they play the system they come out early and so often you read in the papers they're re—offended and people must just wonder why they let them go . he

wonder why they let them go. he should serve for 16 years if that's what a judge felt he was. he needed to correct himself . he needed to correct himself. and that's what should happen. he should serve the full 16 years. i he should have stayed in for the 16 years even longer . think against children. i think absolutely awful. i mean, i don't know the ins and outs of all of the prisons that are there, but this one, i think, is quite an easy one. i don't think it's been difficult for him . i it's been difficult for him. i don't think they should have made it bit harder now . c made it bit harder now. c pfisons made it bit harder now. c prisons offer the inmates the chance , learn skills so that chance, learn skills so that they could attempt to resettle into the community once they've been. into the community once they've been . now, we obviously have no been. now, we obviously have no idea where paul gadd is now or what he may wish to do now that he's been freed . whatever he's been freed. whatever happens, he will be on. he'll have a probation officer and he will be under very strict conditions. patrick right . thank

conditions. patrick right. thank you very, very much, ray artists in their reporting from the verne prison on the isle of poland in dorset, in relation to the fact that gary has gone after serving half of his sentence and one ray was outlining the length and breadth of sheet from before, as of his rap sheet from before, as well as . some the heinous, well as. some of the heinous, hideous attempted crimes and indeed crimes children as young as , ten years old as well, in as, ten years old as well, in one case that ray was outlining that does make you wonder, doesn't say on earth these people ever walk the streets again as well as echoed by plenty of people that ray talking to ordinary members of the will the public what is it will people like gary glitter ever not a threat and do we need not be a threat and do we need to take chance with them to take that chance with them anyway? right. we're on from that and it's time for gb that now and it's time for gb news people's poll . nothing news this people's poll. nothing like a little bit of exclusive content that this week we've been asking if the uk should leave the european convention on human rights to control immigration. human rights to control immigration . we get out the

immigration. we get out the a total of 38% of you agreed that we should the uk 23% said they completely 15% somewhat agree . completely 15% somewhat agree. so whilst a total of 32% of you disagreed about, leaving the 85% somewhat disagreed and 27% completely dis so that we go right the john has proved to be a substantial roadblock our government's efforts to deport people who've come to this country by illegal means and of course there's led to punt as well . are foreign judges doing well. are foreign judges doing meddling in our why have we got some or some chap from slovenia or wherever telling us that we must keep this individual in our country about our rights country what about our rights over here all of these lines anyway today's news that anyway with today's news that plans housed plans for migrants to be housed in a in southport have been shelved. i want to ask if it's time for local areas be given referendums on whether asylum can be housed in hotels near them. i've been asking you the wonderful people at home

throughout the course of this show. loads of emails have come in gb views at in on that gb views at gbnews.uk. we now have gbnews.uk. should we now have local referendums? area by area? constituency constituency, however you want to do it on whether or not we should have asylum hotels in those areas. joining me now is political commentator susan evans and jump fault the north of england coordinate to of rejoin eu policy . great stuff by the way policy. great stuff by the way thank you very much she's on i will start with you do you think that there should be local referenda news when it comes to having asylum seekers hotel . having asylum seekers hotel. yeah i absolutely do yes . having asylum seekers hotel. yeah i absolutely do yes. i mean it's quite interesting, isn't it? i actually think we should have referenda all sorts have more referenda on all sorts things, but here things, to be honest. but here we national we have a failure of national government to control immigration being foisted on local communities and understandably if you have hollow towns which may have hundreds of bedrooms over by a particular type person in a particular type person in a particular locale , that is particular locale, that is massively going to alter the whole community makeup an area. so, yes , i absolutely think

so, yes, i absolutely think there should be local referenda. this becomes local issue. as i say, it's a failure of national government, but it becomes a local issue. and therefore, local issue. and therefore, local people should surely be allowed to have a say. john, i'll throw it your way. i am aware that to have come aware that it to have come dressed one eu flags dressed as one of your eu flags today actually, is about today actually, which is about 40, mean, but there you go, 40, i mean, but there you go, john, when it comes to the local referendum idea for asylum seekers , don't tell me you'd be seekers, don't tell me you'd be happy to have a referendum, but you'd want to keep having one. and so you've the answer you and so you've got the answer you want i'd be quite happy for want. i'd be quite happy for them to have referendum , but them to have a referendum, but only on the basis of facts and. well, we established and well, we established facts. and when the referendum is set out in way that they already in the way that they already explore all of the avenues we can tell you exactly what's going to happen . okay. in this going to happen. okay. in this case, take your point. yes. in this particular case, then, if it pretty straightforward, do or do you not want. hey, margaret hotel in your constituency do you think local constituents have a right vote on that absolute yes, but only on the

bafis absolute yes, but only on the basis real facts. we don't want to repeat of the brexit fiasco with all the lies that were told. okay, would would you be in favour of us leaving ? the ecj in favour of us leaving? the ecj are john made? absolutely not wrong. i think if you look at your poll, got a majority in the single categories for not leaving the 27% and in fact if you look at your numbers, you haven't got a majority to leave , you've got about a third each way, a third don't know a third want to leave and a third want to stay. yep isn't that all the numbers of people that can say it? now, i'm just going to reiterate, those numbers are completely somewhat agree, completely 23. somewhat agree, 15% somewhat disagree , 5. so we 15% somewhat disagree, 5. so we can do this all day. i completely disagree. 27% turn out, say 7. so it's almost as close. the actual initial referendum to begin. susan, would you would leave up would you would you leave up because you see from where because rush you see from where sitting. saying sitting. i'm basically saying well we want to stop the boats. we want to reduce asylum seeker boat nil and as well vow

boat to nil and as well i vow i vow that i'm going to deport people within a few days of arriving at well well well he can't do he's uncanny if we're still at the job. well that's the problem isn't and i have to say you know i've thought about long and i think be long and hard and i think i'd be in favour leaving the ecj in favour of leaving the ecj now. i think we do now. i think that's we should do and wish to reiterate and i don't wish to reiterate the brexit referendum the whole brexit referendum campaign again but we did to take control and there was take back control and there was a clear majority voting to take back control. and yet of course we happened many ways . and we happened in so many ways. and the government course has the government of course has also not advantage of the brexit dividend that should dividend that it should have done. but i'm quite surprised by the gb news people's poll. i thought that more people would be in favour leaving. be strongly in favour leaving. the ecj are seeing as how i think it is pretty evidence of most people that it has severe flaws that very often instance put criminals and migrants before victims , before people before victims, before people who have been born and bred in a particular country. so i'm quite surprised and it's i think, it actually is quite good for gb

news. it shows a broad representative viewers because if you ask concern voters whether they we should leave the law 68% think we should so obviously have a much more broad viewer support than perhaps some people like to make out. it's a yes. i mean, you don't to take the gloss off this season because that was a wonderful little bit of pay off of gb there. but we do outsource these polls so it is a fair polls to a so it is a fair demographic of entire rosie demographic of the entire rosie of britain. there we but of britain. so there we go. but yes, take credit that yes, i will take any credit that we can get, john. so why should we can get, john. so why should we should have now we should i have here now a judge from slovenia , montenegro, judge from slovenia, montenegro, wherever? now to sell, to tell us, to tell that we shouldn't have we should have, we should have. we be able to deport someone who we have no idea or not. they committed a double murder in serbia or convicted offences in italy. in no way . so offences in italy. in no way. so we can no longer conceive information because left the eu. you've the system that allowed

the police to know this kind of information . but the yes , for information. but the yes, for the sake of this information away from you and made you unable to take a decent decision because can't access it. but why were the countries that were in the eu then not themselves able to see that about each other? it clearly working. john, if you can . but they didn't italy can. but they didn't italy didn't you know. i know i didn't know about it. so this particular chap was to walk through at least five different european before european countries before getting in calais. i'm getting on a boat in calais. i'm not surprised . not surprised. getting on a boat in calais. i'm not i urprised . not surprised. getting on a boat in calais. i'm not i thinked . not surprised. getting on a boat in calais. i'm not i think the not surprised. getting on a boat in calais. i'm not i think the way surprised. getting on a boat in calais. i'm not i think the way by'prised. getting on a boat in calais. i'm not i think the way by the ed. getting on a boat in calais. i'm not i think the way by the way, 70. i think the way by the way, i get free travel. you don't get stopped at the borders. they get checked tough. so the checked so it's so tough. so the compromise compromise, compromise the compromise, i suppose far you're suppose as, far as you're concerned us, maybe maybe concerned for us, maybe maybe having been able find out having been able to find out whether this guy whether or not this guy slaughtered two fellow asylum seekers in, serbia would be to live a system that would have allowed him to just freely through with . so through it to begin with. so what is the difference between a slovenian murderer, a frenchman murderer or a british murderer? nothing they're all murderers,

two of them altogether, having been in a different place. been born in a different place. what's difference ? the what's the difference? the difference don't want difference is that we don't want them in our country. and at the moment know, it's much moment we you know, it's much more to out more difficult to them out of a country once they're already in johnny's place. all right, john you are saying who is way? do you want a load of foreign murderers in britain britain ? i murderers in britain britain? i don't want to get a load of murderers anymore. we so we don't want to there is this far more british murderers , this more british murderers, this island, than foreign murderers. why you of them why don't? you get rid of them first? yeah are impressive, though. we in britain take british. that's a totally . british. that's a totally. that's it. i'm sorry. that's a really silly . why is it really silly. why is it different ? because if you have different? because if you have british nationality , are they british nationality, are they supposed to go? where are we supposed to go? where are we supposed to go? where are we supposed to send them? that's not the issue . that's very well. not the issue. that's very well. why . not? interesting stuff. you why. not? interesting stuff. you wanted to and you want turn today's. what would we send? criminals to australia? is that what you're advocating? that doesn't some doesn't sound like some i've done remember, the done in the past. remember, the uk ones who

uk were the ones who concentration camps in south africa where we women , africa where we put women, children left them to starve children and left them to starve or to starve die of typhus . or to starve and die of typhus. whilst the soldiers were feasting between the feasting outside between the barbed wire fence , that is barbed wire fence, that is precisely surely a world we do not want to return to . yes, not want to return to. yes, right, exactly that i'm going to gently note about doing about murderers. see no . between murderers. and i see no. between the european or an african or an american or a british. john, real human. okay but the impressive powers . impressive impressive powers. impressive powers in deflection with respect you do know full well that we are talking about whether or not we should have tighter for people over tighter security for people over the channel it would be the channel and it would be rather did not have rather if we did not have potential etc. coming potential murderers, etc. coming over you the point, over. would you take the point, chief, can tell you how chief, that i can tell you how you achieve that. go on, open the league . go routes for people the league. go routes for people to come to the uk. assess them . to come to the uk. assess them. they're here instead of cutting the and not bothering the budget and not bothering to assist which is where the assist them, which is where the whole problem from . the whole problem has come from. the government to decide to close all routes that use all the routes that they can use . so guess they could use . so guess what they could use the ? well, wouldn't

the boats? well, they wouldn't stop. that's for the john. but john. yes i'm sorry, but that's just wilfully not, is it? we've had more than 100,000 ukrainians. we've had 250,000 hongkongers. suzanne, just quickly if you give you quickly, if you will, give you the last enough for you, but by making the season very quick , making the season very quick, very quickly, if you had a vote about month every week, about a month to go every week, why you vote, suzanne, if why would you vote, suzanne, if you a vote? i had it you had a vote? if i had it in my yes, would . we have my area, yes, i would. we have actually one big hotel has been taken over one of the oldest hotels in the and people hotels in the town and people are unhappy about it. hotels in the town and people are unhappy about it . yeah, are very unhappy about it. yeah, i see. you would vote it, guys. all you vote all right, john, would you vote for ? your area, for margaret hotel? your area, quick vote. absolutely i live in bolton with one of the asylum reception. reception centres. you are ? yes. much to the you are? yes. much to the annoyance lot people in annoyance of a lot people in bolton. of thank bolton. but both of you, thank you sir. the you very much. fowler sir. the nonh you very much. fowler sir. the north england coordinates north of england coordinates average eu policy as average of the eu policy as well. political commentator suzanne evans. no debate , far suzanne evans. no debate, far more than anyone ever anticipated anyway. there we go. you're with me patrick christys on gb news coming up in the next houn pve on gb news coming up in the next hour. i've got it all for you

guys. gentlemen, we'll be returning that house. i'll returning to that house. i'll be. we're going be. oh, gosh. we're also going to update as well to be giving the update as well on case of, missing on the tragic case of, missing dog walker nicola. right. dog walker nicola. all right. what your wife? what about on your wife? much more with your more alex deakin with your latest weather update . the latest weather update. the weekend is almost upon us and many of us will have a dry. there will be some rain on saturday and it'll be a cloudy and day sun turns and mild day where sun turns a bit colder, but much, much sunnier. back to the rest today. high pressure in control across the south as weather from low has been chugging its way across northern britain, still providing little bit of rain here there across the here and there across the pennines particular pennines in particular and through during through northern isles during the but for most it's the evening but for most it's dry some drizzle at times in western areas but i say most places not seeing rain overnight will keep a lot of cloud and that will keep things miles in the may drop to four or the east may drop to four or five celsius, but most of us we start the weekend seven or eighteen. so a mild start to saturday, fairly drab starts, but most places dry across and

wales. here's some coming in initially to the north—west of scotland and then it will spread its way southwards , glasgow and its way southwards, glasgow and belfast by lunchtime and then drifting towards edinburgh , drifting towards edinburgh, southern scotland later on the far northwest may turn a bit brighter , but for most of brighter, but for most of england wales it will be dry, cloudy, some breaks in the cloud , brightness coming , a bit of brightness coming through will be mild through and it will be mild double digits almost across the board that rain will board some of that rain will push into northern england and nonh push into northern england and north saturday evening. push into northern england and noriit's saturday evening. push into northern england and noriit's fizzling:urday evening. push into northern england and noriit's fizzling allay evening. push into northern england and noriit's fizzling all the vening. push into northern england and noriit's fizzling all the while]. but it's fizzling all the while as it works its way further south and that of rain out of the way by sunday is introducing colder air and, clearer conditions as well. so the blue hue on the chart , it is going to hue on the chart, it is going to turn frosty for much of northern britain as we head sunday. so a very different day , sunday, it very different day, sunday, it will be a bit colder first thing with a frost, but a sparkling day , winter sunshine by and day, winter sunshine by and large , bit of a breeze, perhaps large, bit of a breeze, perhaps for norfolk and at times across the western isles . but for most the western isles. but for most light winds , plenty of sunshine light winds, plenty of sunshine temperatures won't be as high

because we've got colder air in. but these numbers are about for the time of year with light winds sunshine, it'll winds in the sunshine, it'll feel pleasant. enjoy feel fairly pleasant. enjoy weekend .

welcome back. it's just going 5:00. you're with me. patrick christys gb news. coming up earlier this afternoon, superintendents , lancashire superintendents, lancashire police confirmed authorities main hypothesis in the case missing mother nicola belli is that she fell into the river. in a press conference, sally riley said the case is not suspicious but a tragic case of a missing person . earlier today, police person. earlier today, police partner , that her disappearance partner, that her disappearance was like a dream a bad dream and

that it can't get his head around any of it. that it can't get his head around any of it . we'll bring around any of it. we'll bring you the latest developments in very bizarre case, next. in other news , the home office has other news, the home office has shelved plans to house hundreds of migrants and a pontins houday of migrants and a pontins holiday camp is local now working. i will be should that be local referendums ? margaret be local referendums? margaret atwood. we've just had a debate on we'll have another one very, very shortly. it's also emerged that there's been an alarming in the indian people the number of indian people crossing we'll crossing the channel. we'll examine what that really means next. and the disgraced pop star gary glitter has been freed from jail early . he was left out jail early. he was left out after serving just half of his 16 year sentence. the 78 year old was originally for abusing three schoolgirls. we'll to a lawyer representing of britain's victims . and that's coming your victims. and that's coming your way shortly as well . coming to way shortly as well. coming to us, gbviews@gbnews.uk kaye. should there be local referendums on marketing hotels? that's what i want know for now. is your . boss

that's what i want know for now. is your. boss good evening. it's a minute past five. i'm afraid i'm throwing the gb news from lancashire police . the lancashire police. the disappearance of a missing mother now believes she fell the river. nicola bully disappeared. a ago walking her dog . police a ago walking her dog. police say there's a ten minute window that's unaccounted for the 45 year old phone was found a bench still connected to a works teams meeting with her dog nearby, but no trace of her has found. superintendent sally riley confirmed a one kilometre radius has been searched from that location along a 15 kilometre stretch downstream . our main stretch downstream. our main working hypothesis therefore is nicola is sadly fallen into river that there is no party or criminal involvement and that this is not suspicious. but tragic case of a missing person . this is particularly important speculation otherwise can be

really distressing for the family for nicola's children . family for nicola's children. well, nicholas paul ansell says , he's focusing on staying strong for their two daughters and hopes people will come forward with new information . forward with new information. every single scenario comes to a brick wall. every single one of them. and then all we're doing is saying they're going around, around, around , going through 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 day long. that's all we're doing. it's all we're doing. the community is also coming together to help find the missing mortgage adviser . they're find the missing mortgage adviser. they're appealing for anyone with information to come forward, images of nicola forward, hoping images of nicola will help jog people's memories. all week , been saying she's all week, been saying she's carrying on the local community. everybody's rally come together to try and do everything . come to try and do everything. come to try and do everything. come to find her and bring a home to her. to find her and bring a home to hen you to find her and bring a home to her. you know , we're her. it's just, you know, we're keeping our eyes up. dashcams anyone could possibly have anyone that could possibly have been here time last week ? i

been here this time last week? i just feel like the would do my bit even fits to start here doing is holding a sign up up a man who brought a crossbow to windsor castle with the intention of queen elizabeth has pleaded guilty to a charge under the treason .jaswant singh kyle the treason. jaswant singh kyle was arrested on the grounds of the castle on christmas day in 2021, carrying a weapon which is loaded with the safety catch released and ready to fire. the 21 year old told a protection officer, i'm here to kill the queen. the queen was in residence at the time , disgraced 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 was offences. the 79 year old was jailed in 15 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. glitter, who ? a low security glitter, who? a low security prison dorset will now be subject licence conditions . subject licence conditions. royal college of has joined ambulance workers in wales in cancelling planned strikes for

next week following a new pay offer from the welsh government. well services, though, are being disrupted , with train drivers disrupted, with train drivers out for the second time this week. and aslef union members are demanding better pay and conditions . rail operator say conditions. rail operator say there are severe delays with no trains running at all in some areas the general secretary of aslef mcquillan says the union wants talks to continue to find a solution . quite deceitfully a solution. quite deceitfully the a protocol will say let's work a pay off for over two years that hasn't discussed with this trade union, hadn't been through the framework agreement . we've agreed with them to allow some of national allow some sort of national national talks to take place in our industry and it our franchise industry and it probably set the whole process back they want to back and months. if they want to negotiate media, i'll negotiate via the media, i'll tell what i want. then you tell you what i want. then you can relate to them. then come and just few weeks time. can relate to them. then come and we just few weeks time. can relate to them. then come and we don't few weeks time. can relate to them. then come and we don't behave veeks time. can relate to them. then come and we don't behave likes time. can relate to them. then come and we don't behave like that.e. but we don't behave like that. we honourably. so we'll we behave honourably. so we'll go talks go back into the talks on tuesday that can tuesday and hope that trust can be rebuilt and we can find a way

forward. anti—brexit forward. the anti—brexit campaigner gina miller has become to become the latest person to accuse deputy prime minister accuse the deputy prime minister of bullying. says dominic of bullying. she says dominic raab an abusive attack and was aggressive and intimidating an encounter in 2016. a source to the justice secretary described the justice secretary described the claims as malicious and baseless, saying they were timed to jump on political bandwagon on the us secretary of state antony blinken has postponed his trip to china, after an alleged chinese spy balloon was tracked flying across the united states. it's described as a civilian airship , it's described as a civilian airship, china. it's described as a civilian airship , china. the country it airship, china. the country it deviated from its planned route when a decision was taken by the us not to shoot it down because the debris could pose a safety risk. china says it will continue to maintain communication with the us properly handle the situation . properly handle the situation. mr. gb news bring you more as it happens. but i suspect .

happens. but i suspect. patrick welcome back , ladies and gents. welcome back, ladies and gents. it's about 5:07. you're with me, patrick christie's on gb news now. police in lancashire have revealed that they believe missing mother nicola bailey fell the river wyre. fell into the river wyre. a major search for ms. continues after she went missing a week ago. but no trace her has been found. gb news is national. theo chikomba has the latest for what? this afternoon we heard from lancashire police's superintendent sally riley about the latest in their investigations looking into the disappearance of nicola bailey here in lancashire. they say , here in lancashire. they say, they are working on a working hypothesis which is nicola has fallen no third party involved and this is not suspicious yes and this is not suspicious yes andifs and this is not suspicious yes and it's a tragic case of a missing person they also believe that she remained in this riverside area where her dog and her phone were found . they're her phone were found. they're also saying if anybody has any dashcam footage or cctv footage, which would be useful in their

investigations, please do get in touch. this morning, some of her community, but also friends were out the main roads holding placards saying if we do have any discomfort please do get in touch and get in touch with 101. they still aren't able to account for a ten minute window. this from lancashire police over on 9:20 and they say they're still working. what happened dunng still working. what happened during that time period leading up to nicola's disappearance? the search continues into the weekend at, the moment they say they don't have a timeframe of how long this is going to go on for. so for here in lancashire , for. so for here in lancashire, investigations and search continues . thank you theo continues. thank you theo chikomba our national reporter with me in the studio now , with me in the studio now, former detective peter black. peter, great to have you back in. i think we spoke a couple of days ago yesterday. it's all a blur, actually, isn't but blur, actually, isn't it? but about in this about the developments in this case, think lot of people case, think a lot of people certainly i when we found out

that press conference going to that a press conference going to be by police we be called by the police we feared the worst possibly. that wasn't they are still wasn't the case they are still it would none the wiser it would appear none the wiser despite the astonishing resources that have been pumped into this. yeah. it was very interesting we heard about interesting what we heard about was they checked every route was how they checked every route both into the river and every path every drive way and all of that and they examine a lot of doorbell footage . other cctv doorbell footage. other cctv footage and of course when you get a negative sighting on a cctv camera, you don't see the person you're looking for. that could be equally as helpful as a positive sighting because you suddenly go, right, we can that route that person did not go down that route and by a process of elimination and this is exactly lancashire police have done there was only one route that they can't be exact search and on and that was golf stood in line which leads onto a main road and they did ask if anybody's got dashcam footage or anything that covers garston

lane between shall we say nine and 930 a friday week ago then please get in touch with the police. yeah indeed. that is pouce.yeahindeed.thatis that police. yeah indeed. that is that process of elimination this led them down that route. oh really . led them to believe that really. led them to believe that she go the water she did just go the water because every other because they've every other avenue they've clearly deployed many, many resources to not just the search of the river. and let's remember they said there's 15 kilometre edges of river potentially that they've got to search . so that's that's over search. so that's that's over nine miles. that's a lot of river that there is in depth from 18 inches to 18 feet. so clearly they've got quite a mammoth task on their. clearly they've got quite a mammoth task on their . but yes, mammoth task on their. but yes, throughout this process of elimination they're saying our working hypothesis is unfortunately nicola must have gone into the river in your experience cases similar to this anyway , how long will a search anyway, how long will a search of scale go on, do you think

this will go for on considerable time because course we have a distraught friends and the community that will deeply affected by this so all the resources that been deployed for the last week , i'm sure are not the last week, i'm sure are not thinking being stood down any time soon. they will keep going with this a superintendent riley almost to that by saying they had plans for the weekend so i'm those other stretches of and they will go on i'm sure until every scrap inch drop of water has been searched best they can and the resources at their disposal are quite remarkable actually she mentioned things like using sonar and all of this stuff to try to find a body in the water and i don't know what you saw told you have all of this at your disposal in your day. we most certainly did not drown skye. many, many years after left the police and of after i'd left the police and of course today we heard about not only drones the sky. but only drones in the sky. but underwater drones. so every bit

of modern technology they did the thing she didn't mention which i like to i would have liked to have heard from is they that they're talking to academics about flows and all of that. academics about flows and all of that . i'm academics about flows and all of that. i'm sure academics about flows and all of that . i'm sure they academics about flows and all of that. i'm sure they must have spoken to gillies or the water, the people that look after the river basically will enforce fishing rights, for example if they exist because those people know their stretches river like nobody else . but i'm sure they nobody else. but i'm sure they must have spoken to their. absolutely. look, i've just got to touch on this. as one would imagine, the family and in fact, nicola's partner alluded this nicola's partner alluded to this . round in . they keep going round in circles around circles, and everything's end the everything's a dead end the minute a completely minute everything's a completely closed them you keep closed avenue them you can keep seeing different seeing these different hypotheses that come the police absolutely convinced it would seem she the fallen into seem that she the fallen into the river the family were coming out earlier on and saying somebody must know something in this case. unfortunately it's looking quite likely that does know anything at the moment possibly. and of course the

police went to great lengths to say that speculation is unhelpful and in fact very distressing for the family and i completely understand why they would have said that . yeah it's would have said that. yeah it's a huge task it must be just living hell for the family and let's hope they get some resolution . but thank you very resolution. but thank you very much as ever, especially for coming into studio. much appreciated. peter baxley, the former met detective, just shedding more insight on shedding some more insight on what will be taking place now in the search for nicola bailey. sadly went missing seven days ago . and on the ones that ago today. and on the ones that we had a press conference earlier on the police, lancashire police pretty that she the water as it she fell into the water as it stands anyway many many many more questions than answers but we're moving away from that story because sunak has story for now because sunak has vowed migrants vowed to deport migrants arriving uk without valid arriving in the uk without valid within days . and lots of you within days. and lots of you rightly saying, well, you can't do that we leave the uk, do that unless we leave the uk, which had a big debate which is why we had a big debate on the charge a little bit on the charge just a little bit earlier and while poll earlier on. and while poll reveals that by a margin but a

margin the left, the vast margin on the left, the vast majority sorry , the majority of people sorry, the vast a small majority vast majority, a small majority of think that we should of people think that we should leave job. now, the pledge leave the job. now, the pledge comes after the government plans to seekers. a to house asylum seekers. a pontins in pontins holiday park in merseyside . it is understood merseyside. it is understood that a of objections to the plans were raised including logistical concerns , access to logistical concerns, access to the and the impact on the sites and the impact on local tourism . us now is local tourism. us now is crucially councillor from southport is brough, who is the deputy leader of conservative group at sefton . great to have group at sefton. great to have you on the show. thank very much your initial thoughts about this. pontins no longer being used . i'm well, we're relieved i used. i'm well, we're relieved i suppose, but we haven't had any official confirmation of that situation . we've heard and been situation. we've heard and been told, but there's no official confirmation. yeah, indeed . all confirmation. yeah, indeed. all word of mouth. but the fact is as well, it takes you quite a while to get official confirmation that these places are used and some the are being used and some of the reports in other areas reports have done in other areas tend landed with them and tend to get landed with them and

told later. that was told about them later. that was those. but there's little or consultation whatsoever with local people, with councillors or even with our mp . they the or even with our mp. they the situation occurred , we reacted situation occurred, we reacted to it because clearly we felt it was inappropriate at the time, largely because of the impact on local . and particularly for if local. and particularly for if there are children involved , there are children involved, then those the needs of those children have to be met. we didn't feel that the sefton had the resources to meet needs. no, exactly now when it comes to this particular, the pontins site , i would imagine it's site, i would imagine it's a little bit of a goldmine, especially in the for our local tourism is not would your area have missed significantly if this had been used to house asylum seekers seekers . well asylum seekers seekers. well i think i think the area would have missed out as regards tourism tourism is what

southport's about we have lots and lots of guests and visitors all year round , but particularly all year round, but particularly in the summer and they make a big difference to the visitor economy for southport . so yes, economy for southport. so yes, we would have missed out that well. can ask you tony you must have. well. can ask you tony you must have . every area has but you have. every area has but you must a lot of needy people in and around the southport area and around the southport area and around the sefton area , the and around the sefton area, the homeless people who maybe homeless people who maybe homeless military veterans, for example , presumably you would example, presumably you would have been much more inclined to support government scheme looking to house them a pontins i would have thought . may be i would have thought. may be some of these people your views . i think any time any proposal could looked at but certainly need to be aware of it so there would have to be proper consultation and people need homes . so i don't think there's homes. so i don't think there's a blanket no to anybody. we, we

entertain over 2 to 3000 people a week at pontins during height of the summer anyway so , it's of the summer anyway so, it's not unusual for to us have people who are accommodated at pontins . what what what was is pontins. what what what was is when these people are introduced without form , consultation or without form, consultation or advice, could you not go ahead and do a local consultation? consultation and easy for me to say it yourself. now and then sticks out to the home office case. they try out again in the future. could you don't do a local referendum on whether or not sites like the not people want sites like the pontins asylum . i pontins used to house asylum. i think we possibly could do that . but that in itself is a little and perhaps a little unfair, you know, with the support services and a proper organ method of deaung and a proper organ method of dealing with people, then maybe

a possibility that they could come or another group it really probably isn't a blanket. no, from the people of ainsdale while southport to say we don't we don't want these people we attract visitors all round. well but yes i get what you're saying. absolutely and i completely wholeheartedly understand you certainly don't want to paint your area in a negative light because it is an unpleasant rather. well, actually, i've been there several times, especially i was youngen several times, especially i was younger, i've enjoyed it and it's a lovely part of the world and people there and the people there are incredibly and lovely incredibly and it is a lovely place. differences, place. there some differences, though, you will, though, as i'm sure you will, between housing. well, people us in pontins and in housing people who i dare say we don't always know exactly who they are and where they're from, what would there cultural there have been cultural concerns with hearing other areas where a significant proportion of people from , other proportion of people from, other parts of the world overnight might get dropped into your part of the world with a not being maybe concerns about cultural issues arising that there'll be

a lot of issues and a lot of concern and you're right, there's a difference between transiently visiting pontins in ainsdale for the first time, a houday ainsdale for the first time, a holiday and actually accommodating a number of people who may have travelled from overseas may not have language available to them , who have who available to them, who have who may not have had significant medical . and then there's the medical. and then there's the issue of education issue for children so all of the services in southport will be put under pressure , but we don't know how pressure, but we don't know how that pressure would be until they're here and so that would be a concern to all residents i'm sure. okay. alright so just, just one more quick one with you if that's alright . do you know if that's alright. do you know if that's alright. do you know

if indeed is true. i mean it is strongly suggested this is true that home offices decided not to use pontins. i mean , do you have use pontins. i mean, do you have anyidea use pontins. i mean, do you have any idea exactly . that is i any idea exactly. that is i mean, were you personally a local councillor quite strongly against did you did you say, look, you can't drop this on us. oh, well it was a shock to find that the proposal was to drop drop it on us without any warning. but having said that, you know, all of these things can be considered . i think can be considered. i think there's a huge amount of lobbying. our mp who obviously has the ear of government . so has the ear of government. so that's usually helpful . really, that's usually helpful. really, the issue is not no to asylum seekers . it's saying, well , how seekers. it's saying, well, how are we going to do that? yeah and that has been echoed in numerous parts and i think it adds another, another dive, another development to it doesn't it . well which places doesn't it. well which is places like maidenhead in windsor etc. where they wake one morning and it's people it's essentially these people who saying well who are arriving and saying well hang a minute. our local mp used to the secretary, our to be the home secretary, our

local to be the prime local mp used to be the prime minister a magnate actually. minister of a magnate actually. and the it just and she's still none the it just begs going and she's still none the it just begin going and she's still none the it just begin parts going and she's still none the it just begin parts of going and she's still none the it just begin parts of the going and she's still none the it just begin parts of the country. going on in parts of the country. tony, very much. tidy tony, thank you very much. tidy up. is the deputy leader up. that is the deputy leader the group sefton the conservative group in sefton council that council. that is the story that the pontins in south will the pontins in south pole will not be used to house asylum not now be used to house asylum seekers . that was going to be seekers. that was going to be used for seeker used for asylum seeker accommodation. yes. i just wonder or not your wonder whether or not in your area back kind of area would back some kind of local referendum to say in case one day the home office says, well, we're planning an well, we're planning plonking an asylum hotel in your asylum seeker hotel in your area, maybe your council area, maybe your local council would have the factory for them and go, actually, 80% of and go, well, actually, 80% of our people agree or disagree it. and or it would and then whether or not it would make more sense then to focus the and schemes in areas the reload and schemes in areas of country where people of the country where people work badly of maybe, maybe badly in favour of maybe, maybe there be afraid of what they'd find out, but that they probably will or gb news uk will be gb views or gb news uk coming the rail network coming up the rail network ground a halt again today as ground to a halt again today as drivers strike for the second time this week. how much more time this week. so how much more of will the public of this will the public accept? i media legend i will speak to media legend kelvin mackenzie about that

very, very shortly . i want to very, very shortly. i want to switch sides on now that we've got your weather alex here with your latest weather update . the your latest weather update. the weekend is almost upon us and many of us will have a dry there will be some rain on saturday and it'll be a cloudy and mild day . sun and it'll be a cloudy and mild day. sun turns a bit and it'll be a cloudy and mild day . sun turns a bit colder, but day. sun turns a bit colder, but much, much sunnier. back to the rest of today. high pressure in control across the south as weather from there has been chugging its way across northern britain, providing little britain, still providing little bit rain here and there bit of rain here and there across the pennines in particular through northern particular and through northern isles during the evening . but isles during the evening. but for most it's dry, some drizzle times in western areas , i'd say times in western areas, i'd say most places not seeing rain overnight will keep a lot of cloud will things cloud and that will keep things miles . temperatures in the east miles. temperatures in the east may drop to four or five celsius, but for most of us. we start the weekend seven or eighteen. so mild start to saturday, fairly drab starts, but most places dry across and wales. here's some coming in initially to the west of scotland and then it will its

way southwards towards glasgow and belfast by lunchtime and then drifting towards edinburgh course southern scotland later on far northwest made it a bit brighter later. but for most of england, wales it be dry, cloudy, some breaks in cloud, a bit of brightness coming through and it will be mild double digits the board some of digits almost the board some of that rain will into that rain will push into northern england and wales on saturday evening , but it's saturday evening, but it's fizzling out all the while . it fizzling out all the while. it works way further south. and works its way further south. and that band of ryan out of the way by introducing air by sunday it is introducing air and clearer conditions as well. so the blue hue on the chart, it is going to turn frosty for much of northern britain as we head into sunday. so a very different on sunday it will be a bit colder first thing with a frost but a day of winter sunshine by and large, bit of a breeze, perhaps for norfolk and at times the western isles. but for most light winds, plenty sunshine temperatures won't be as high because . we've got colder air because. we've got colder air coming in, but numbers are about average for the time year with light in the sunshine ,

light winds in the sunshine, it'll fairly pleasant. it'll feel fairly pleasant. enjoy weekend .

okay, well let's handle the rail strikes in the way that only we can . and gentlemen, as train can. and gentlemen, as train drivers have been striking for the second time this week, members of aslef in rmt unions have walked out an ongoing dispute today with pay and conditions. but let's be honest, it's mostly pay. have it's mostly pay. services have been severely disrupted with little to no trains running in

some the country. some parts of the country. although given the way that the service has been in recent years, often hard to tell years, it's often hard to tell how mckenzie joins now the how we. mckenzie joins now the former the sun. kelvin former editor of the sun. kelvin thank you very much public sympathy is starting to when it comes to train drivers many believe are already on a pretty good wage . well, the reality good wage. well, the reality they've just been offered 8% over two years, which mean that they will be on average the aslef drivers will be on 65,000 a year. i i don't know about you . i would have thought 65,000 basically for sitting there and your hand very slowly and down like that for perhaps a maximum of about 5 hours a day is not all that onerous . and i would all that onerous. and i would have thought that i actually think that rishi sunak this is a unique thing to say is actually playing an absolute blinder against the public sector workers. what we have learned to do is to get on without there

being trains and. all that's happening is that these you know, we and now all they're doing is they badgering their own members . their own members own members. their own members will not this dispute. but most of most of these people are politically who run unions . politically who run unions. they've got nothing else to do except . talk to other except. talk to other socialists, all long. and therefore, they think they are actually damaging our lives. they are damaging networks, that's for sure. and they are damaging some travellers, but by and large, everybody. and thanks . technology is getting around issue technology and cars i mean, we're not being defeated . mean, we're not being defeated. well, they are. i mean, even if we really had to push it, probably could have even done this show from home. the fact is the vast majority of people can work from home you are doing yours home sometimes i'm at yours from home sometimes i'm at home. i could do it from my office, just the office, which is just down the road. they're not damaging. road. so they're not damaging. they people they aren't damaging some people . strange is that . what is strange is that they've probably damaging

actually people how to actually very people how to clean those and get around anymore . i mean it's really anymore. i mean it's really terrible. and i have sympathy and what i can't so the next movement where i right wing networks is probably not a good idea. as far as as jeff jarvis can say, i would seek that reverse the pain and have a law, have a lock out and lock down because remember we then said today that we expect this dispute and i don't disagree with them the way he's not going to win it to go on to 2026. well that's years why don't we say i tell you what matey we changed the on this we are shutting the joint down and if you guys want to come back to work that one day that's fine. what seems to have happened is that the customers can get on without you . yeah. and another interesting way doing it a few sunak is saying and you believe him on this is we just as a nation afford all of the different pubuc afford all of the different public pay rises all at public sector pay rises all at once or at all. we just make make links and might we learn

choose between giving own people a pay choose between giving own people a pay rise or nurses and i'll really intrigued to see why can't they pick union against union? well actually, in a funny way, i think he has actually and this is why i congratulate rishi sunak's, duke him. he may not have a lot of strength but he having this year i think he's actually pitched the country pubuc actually pitched the country public sector workers i have neveri public sector workers i have never i mean these imbalances at the moment he's about 7030 against the railway guys when the public realised that they rail drivers have turned down 65,000 a year which you know, i mean i, he doesn't come anywhere near what you make patrick but for ordinary i would have thought that was quite a lot of money. i do think the rest you see should maybe stand up and say this is the current say right this is the current state nation's finances state of the nation's finances in of public sector pay . in terms of public sector pay. this is what was offered them.

this is what was offered them. this what they're on. if you this what they're all on. if you have a look ladies and have a look at it ladies and gentlemen, i'll do now is gentlemen, what i'll do now is say that nurses at the end say that nurses at the lower end say that nurses at the lower end say or teaching assistants rise the your cleaners the lower end or your cleaners on, trains, etc. well, give them a bit of a pay offer, but actually else can swivel on. the nafion actually else can swivel on. the nation can't afford it. and then maybe just expose them to nation like that. do you think that mick lynch? and then i say we be prepared for that row members to go under in for their own egos, to not suffer . i i go under in for their own egos, to not suffer. i i think i think it's been going on the now been going on in the railways for so long now that they can't afford to lose so a friend of mine was at a meeting in the city of really wigs the other night to dinner and these are people who placed billions of bets you they're massively important our country not one of them was going to invest in the uk over the next 3 to 5 years. no, every penny was going to go . the penny was going to go. the united states . to me, this

united states. to me, this reminds me the right because i'm a bit older than you guys and probably a good bit older than your right. i this reminds me so much of the late seventies and i really feel sorry for our country we have things that we have got this railway right with dispute going on it will go on all they are not going to win for the first time they are going to be defeated calvin very quickly and finally, do you think that one thing this expose i mean, we're even talking about potentially consultants, hospitals are on about 80 grand a year. they're even talking about going on strike, for goodness sake. do think what goodness sake. do you think what this exposing is many this is exposing is how many selfish there are and how selfish people there are and how many people b hate britain ? many people who b hate britain? i think that social media has created a sense that is entitled actually to 150 grand a year while , the two day week and that

while, the two day week and that everybody does a very important job. your money is defined by what somebody is prepared to pay the taxpayer . not going to pay the taxpayer. not going to pay the taxpayer. not going to pay the rail drivers. you have lost. thank you. good night, calvin . thank you. good night, calvin. thank you. good night, calvin. thank you. good night, calvin. thank you and good evening, calvin . the former editor of the calvin. the former editor of the sun doesn't help out. does he always make on gb news? there are reports that people from india no make up the third largest group of people , the largest group of people, the channel that's this year. what do you make of that? ladies and gentlemen, getting stuck into it very, very shortly. but now is . very, very shortly. but now is. the it is . 534 good evening to the it is. 534 good evening to you. i'm out i'm strong in the gb newsroom like i police investigating the disappearance of a missing mother of two say their main working hypothesis is she fell the river while nicola belly disappeared a week ago walking her dog . police say walking her dog. police say there's a ten minute window

that's unaccounted for. the 45 year old's phone was found a bench with her dog nearby superintendent, sally riley confirmed one kilometre radius has been searched near the location along with a 15 kilometre stretch down stream to the sea our main hypothesis therefore is nicola is sadly fallen into the river that there is no third party or criminal involvement and that this is not suspicious but tragic case of a missing person person . this is missing person person. this is particularly important speculation otherwise can be really distressing for the family for nicholas children a man who was carrying a crossbow when he broke into the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day in 2021, has admitted to harm the queen. a 21 year old jaswant singh child 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 bolts and had the safety catch released . the queen safety catch released. the queen was in residence at the time disgraced pop star gary glitter has been freed from jail after serving half of a 16 year sentence for offences. the 79 year old was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. a glitter left a low security prison in dorset earlier and will now be subject licence conditions tv online and dab+ radio. this is gb news don't go anywhere. patrick will be back just a moment.

oh, okay. let's just very shortly going to be talking about what's been going on in the channel. it turns out there appears to be a rather

interesting increase in the number of citizens trying to come across channel and claim asylum. i'm going to be talking why that is and whether or not now britain just now increasingly britain is just becoming a of where becoming a plot of land where the can just come and live the world can just come and live willy nilly. we'll be talking about all of that. but before that, star that, disgraced pop star gary glitter has been from jail glitter has been freed from jail after just half of his 60 year sentence. the 78 year old for a string hits in the seventies was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. and let's be honest , has abusing three schoolgirls. and let's be honest, has a rap sheet. as long as your armed say. joining me now is a lawyer representing one of gary glitter is victims . with me now is is victims. with me now is richard scorer head of abuse law at slater gordon lawyers. thank you very much for coming on the show. great to have you on. the fact that gary has been allowed out early i will shock people. he always . well it should shock he always. well it should shock people i think it's wrong. i mean , how the system works, if mean, how the system works, if you have a determinate under the

that applies to him then you your released on licence halfway through in most situations. i think that's wrong i think it offends against principle of justice and it's particularly wrong because the idea releasing people early is trying to rehabilitate them . but this man rehabilitate them. but this man will never be rehabilitated . i will never be rehabilitated. i mean, he's never shown any for his crimes. he's never apologised , he's never even apologised, he's never even admitted. actually that he did these things, that he was convicted for. and he probably represents a continuing, continuing to the public. so i it does offend against people's sense justice that he gets this early , but that's how the law early, but that's how the law works. unfortunately yeah. i mean, obviously the police will say and justice authorities say he's under very strict licencing conditions . yeah. okay. i think conditions. yeah. okay. i think a lot people will be of the mind that if you crimes especially against children that well maybe even go as far as to say a lifetime in prison isn't quite enoughi lifetime in prison isn't quite enough i think we know what i'm alluding to there. however richard. all the victims lost in all of this , i think they are.

all of this, i think they are. and i spoke to my client earlier today and, you know, she was finding this very difficult, very, very distressing and very hard day her you know what hard day her and, you know what she said to me was, you know, this man me a life sentence. you know trauma and nightmares and the post—traumatic stress disorder she has and, you disorder that she has and, you know, very serious abuse. i know, for very serious abuse. i mean, the worst kind abuse that you imagine when , she was you can imagine when, she was when she was 12. and she does feel forgotten in all of this. you know, she said that the early release like this it devalues the experience of people like her she was promised justice and she doesn't feel that this gives it to her. no i can only imagine she must be feeling and it is absolutely horrific and look at someone like caricature and there's been serious marks about his behaviour in cambodia, vietnam . behaviour in cambodia, vietnam. the question marks, obviously the situation is over here when you really drill down into of the cases. well as you said that your client 12 i understand that one of them was as young ten one of them was as young as ten

years well, throwing years old as well, throwing and you've nail the head you've hit the nail on the head i about i think when talk about rehabilitation you do not believe is capable of being believe that is capable of being rehabilitated if we take that to his natural conclusion means he will in your view always pose a threat to society , locked away threat to society, locked away forever that in your view should be well, he should certainly the full sentence in that he was he was given back in 2015. and i think that's the most offensive thing, is the idea that you out halfway through but he does represent in my view a continuing risk i mean the service of course will say they will manage that risk that he will manage that risk that he will have conditions attached . will have conditions attached. but, you know, i think it is very for victims to see somebody like this released out into the community and be subject to conditions. yeah no. now can just broaden this out a little actually because it's all very well and good talking gary glitter and that name itself gets the headlines. okay but actually, if this is happening with someone like gary glitter ,

with someone like gary glitter, how many convict stage and horrific sex offenders are just out walking the streets at the minute ? i couldn't give you an minute? i couldn't give you an absolute number, but know the fact is , as you will be aware fact is, as you will be aware that most people who commit serious sex offences get life sentences, i mean that that does occasionally happen. but what's majority don't and then course as with glitter there will be release halfway through opiates on licence so i mean the reality is that there will be a lot of people walking the streets who committed serious sex offences, who've served prison terms for them, but then being released. i mean that reality that we mean that is the reality that we have society and of course have as a society and of course of victims. that is very, very of victims. that is a very, very difficult to deal with. difficult thing to deal with. i only imagine. little richard, thank you very much and we thank you very, very much and we won't go into obviously any huge amounts the specifics of your client are several ongoing issues understand . issues there, as i understand. so leave that be for now. issues there, as i understand. so richard ve that be for now. issues there, as i understand. so richard ,e that be for now. issues there, as i understand. so richard , youat be for now. issues there, as i understand. so richard , you much or now. issues there, as i understand. so richard , you much appreciate but richard, you much appreciate your insights and your intellect

on this particular on the show. richard, score head abuse richard, score that head abuse law at slater and gordon lawyers and yeah it's not just about gary gazza is it really it's about the wider picture, the bigger picture, the that bigger picture, the fact that people can commit very, people who can commit very, very, serious and multiple very, very serious and multiple offences against can serve what some would argue is a minuscule amount of time in a prison. and it was a low security prison that that as well we're moving out from gary goes into the home office have revealed that people from now make up the third from india now make up the third largest group of migrants who have the channel this have crossed the channel this yeah have crossed the channel this year. that year. the times reported that around 250 indian migrants arrived in small boats , far arrived in small boats, far a fifth of the nearly 1200 across this year. but what this means in terms of point of difference is that that number, 250 is around three times higher than it was this time last year. officials believe that india's are taking advantage of a loophole asylum rules which allows asylum seekers to pay domestic fees rather than international fee rate . joining

international fee rate. joining me now is international human rights lawyer david hague. david, thank you very much. great to have you on the show . great to have you on the show. why we offering asylum to anyone from india ? i think i mean, as from india? i think i mean, as said, what we've seen now is an increase in the numbers and it's obviously they are fact in the home office have given us reasons excuse as to why that has happened . one of them is has happened. one of them is that they've made comment that changes in law in serbia are essentially stop the visa for visa free entry for indians means that the numbers have gone up and the other being obviously related to that and the fact that are now suggesting that they are now suggesting that they are now suggesting that indian students come into the country rather than going the country rather than going the normal route which would cost them 25, the normal route which would cost them 25 , £30,000 in terms cost them 25, £30,000 in terms of tuition fees , are instead of tuition fees, are instead seeing that it's easier risk their life and pay maybe four or 5000 and come across on watch out and just on these why it's easier for them because one

would have thought that if you're claiming to be from afghanistan and you're claiming to be some war hellhole , to be some war torn hellhole, that might be worth that yeah, it might be worth payoff because you could get here. be granted here. would you be granted asylum? turns that asylum? but if it turns out that you class member you just a middle class member of indian family over the and well, why on earth would we give you a asylum anyway ? well, you a asylum anyway? well, absolutely. i mean, we saw last year short of time year when a short period of time when truss was minister, when liz truss was minister, when liz truss was minister, when she was trying go to a trade deal with india, a little bit a between her and. bit of a spat between her and. the secretary who said that the home secretary who said that the indian all the highest group overstayers from from legitimate in the uk. that caused a of a spat now that obviously is a fact and it's something that i remember going back probably even you know quite a while ago when i was a trainee lawyer was as you mentioned earlier, i think in your programme , think in your programme, somewhat a scam where. there somewhat of a scam where. there were and of the were indian private and of the engush were indian private and of the english cases when they would come over as students and overstay that's something that i saw, you know, maybe 20 years ago. it's still and now clearly

they are now seeing that it's easy for illegal migrants from india to come that way because effectively the complete incompetence of the government incompetence of the government in terms of immigration throwing open the gates. well this is it but if you weigh it all up, we've a lot of people who we don't know who they are or where from. we had that horrific case of an individual who was found guilty murdering two people guilty of murdering two people at with an ak 47 at close range with an ak 47 serbia not long ago drug offences as well in i believe norway and italy allowance wandering pretty freely. but on top of that now , we've just got top of that now, we've just got people who are not coming from as far as we can tell, that escaping any kind of persecution whether that's in albania or in india . i was quite surprised to india. i was quite surprised to learn as a bit in the learn as well a bit in the program that a huge program that we have a huge amount overstay from amount of overstay from australia as well. australia and canada as well. it is picture of england is painting a picture of england or the should say , the or the uk, i should say, the world stage being regarded an unbelievably soft art. well, exactly and you've got to blame the current government for its

its consistent continue failure to actually look like we're a country that protects our borders. so anyone and everyone seems to be coming to england at the moment and i can't see even with the many promises from from rishi sunak which we heard with all the other prime ministers that going change that that's going to change any time soon, because course, time soon, because of course, this general election this is a general election coming. indeed . just on the coming. yes, indeed. just on the eci angle . well, you are, of eci angle. well, you are, of course, human rights lawyer. do you foresee that being massive, massive concerns about the uk leaving the eci just because you see that today or yesterday. i should say came out and said, look, i'm vowing i'm vowing to deport these within days. right. okay then he's saying, i promise you flights it's going to take to one day. right. okay. when reduces this asylum seeker backlog, he does backlog, i don't see how he does all this stuff without all of this stuff without getting out the eci job. getting us out the eci job. what's your take on how likely thatis what's your take on how likely that is ? exactly, exactly . same that is? exactly, exactly. same with the reminder policy. there are going to be issues with existing law and the with that

policy . so unless they change policy. so unless they change the policy or the existing laws , it's not going to be doable. and like i said the general elections coming. so just elections coming. so i just don't how that can be done to avoid challenges the time that's left i'm trying to figure out what out really what is playing out really because he's very he's obviously for not of his flaws is obviously a very intelligent guy for not of his flaws is omean ly a very intelligent guy for not of his flaws is omean clearlyy intelligent guy for not of his flaws is 0 mean clearly that elligent guy for not of his flaws is omean clearly that shinest guy i mean clearly that shines through i think there's through and i think there's a lot more about him actually than what sometimes in what comes across sometimes in his speeches. his teleprompter speeches. i think quite a think he has got quite a bit about him. when you saying about him. but when you saying like and these like stop the boats and these very things, saying think very things, i'm saying think you will. how are you actually going to this? you going to do this? because you must aware of what saying must be aware of what saying it's thing, but it's quite a fine thing, but just thank you very, just have you. thank you very, very great have very much. it's great to have you show. david the you on the show. david the international human rights lawyer right . moving on now, lawyer right. moving on now, that's mp front bencher , that's mp front bencher, repeatedly refused to say if a transgender double rapist is a man or a woman. i'm going to read that again and we'll let sink in. and as mp frontbench has repeatedly refused to say, if a transgender double rapist

is , a man or a woman as mp is, a man or a woman as mp transport jenny gilruth was questioned by question time. audience about the gender of rapist isla bryson , but she rapist isla bryson, but she consistently to the rapist as individual. nicola sturgeon's party is once again under intense scrutiny . its stance on intense scrutiny. its stance on the transgender debate and are increasing rumblings that nicholas sturgeon may well, may well fall in a sword over this matter match with this ludicrous, big woke transgender nonsense. with me now is austin sheridan, former mp glasgow councillor. great to have you back on the show . okay. so is back on the show. okay. so is the individual who was a convicted rapist said to a woman's prison, a man or woman ? woman's prison, a man or woman? well, i don't know. the individual. so would not answer that question. what i do know is individual in question a rapist and committed one of the most heinous names that you can towards anyone and they should face full extent of the law. i

believe that the scottish prison service have been diligent and of justice and insurance and the prison population are safe and i believe they came to the correct decision . and what i'm not going decision. and what i'm not going to do . but i'll tell you if not to do. but i'll tell you if not if you're not willing to tell me that this individual with a penis is a man. right. that this individual with a penis is a man . right. can penis is a man. right. can i just ask . you, austin, are you just ask. you, austin, are you a man or a woman ? it's not that man or a woman? it's not that i'm not willing to do so. i don't know the answer to that question . what i can say is that question. what i can say is that people from all walks of life and people from all different backgrounds, whether they be black, gay , whether they be black, gay, whether they be transgender people and can commit crimes that are that are bad people and fought for across ulster. no conversation, no , no. ulster. no conversation, no, no. i'm saying that people do. can i ask you, a man or a woman? well, i advise man. i'm not making you a man. i can say that for i advise man. i'm not making you a man . i can say that for sure, a man. i can say that for sure, because know because i know that

for you in your in your personal view and your chosen identity , view and your chosen identity, what makes you a man. view and your chosen identity, what makes you a man . well, it's what makes you a man. well, it's my beliefs . it's my gender. my beliefs. it's my gender. that's about that . that's what i that's about that. that's what i feel comfortable with. and anybody who chooses identify as anybody who chooses identify as a lieutenant of to gender the sex that were born and then i i'm comfortable to generally support that. what we do know about the individual we're speaking about, and i think that we should be clear and as a rather this person as being genuine a law and certainly something that i would question. right. but i'm not in a position to decide whether that the case or not, but to question . but or not, but to question. but we've know as say i would do so. do you feel that there is ever a circumstance where someone is in high office can genuinely go please vote for me. i am a

credible candidate, but i, i am unable to look at a man with genhaua unable to look at a man with genitalia completely intact , genitalia completely intact, with a convicted of two rapes. and i am unable to tell you whether or not that individual is a man or a woman. that makes me seriously whether or not that person, frankly should be allowed to walk the streets themselves, in office. themselves, let alone in office. well, what i would say as it's not nicholas sturgeon or other politician is dealing versus individual . actually, scottish individual. actually, scottish presidential and as an individual . and to make that individual. and to make that assessment behalf of scottish government ministers . whatever government ministers. whatever conclusion that they come to and if it does transpire . and that if it does transpire. and that that's heaviest i cite in masquerade as someone that the and order to try and make the life easier . and order to try and make the life easier. you know and then obviously as i said once that's going determined then because you're sure but but there are no

there has been no determination made on that. and i think it's reasonable say that, you know, transgender people can be examples as well . we don't want examples as well. we don't want them to be crimes with one. anybody but just because of the criminal doesn't mean they're not transgender . okay laura not transgender. okay laura austin, thank you very much. austin, thank you very much. austin the former snp, glasgow city councillor. i wish we had more time. i'm just sick and tired of people coming on here going, oh, you can't demonise all transgender . it's upsetting. going, oh, you can't demonise all 1knowender . it's upsetting. going, oh, you can't demonise all 1know what . it's upsetting. going, oh, you can't demonise all 1know what we're upsetting. going, oh, you can't demonise all 1know what we're doing. ng. you know what we're doing. but what i am saying is this a bloke over that with penis and over that with a penis and everything right to everything else. he's right to women. nowhere women. it should be nowhere near a president anyway. a female president anyway. i sometimes whether sometimes just wonder whether or not the void. not it's just me into the void. michelle thank you very much. get out this place. what's get me out of this place. what's going i can't going on with you? i can't get you patrick. think you out it, patrick. i think it's ludicrous as you do it's as ludicrous as you do this whole kind thing people whole kind of thing where people get whether it's a get called names, whether it's a tef whatever, just do tef or whatever, a they just do it shut the debate because it to shut the debate because loads of people go, oh, i don't want to be tough. even though the public don't really know what i face. so then they just kind sit there and go, yeah,

kind of sit there and go, yeah, definitely over there, definitely that guy over there, definitely that guy over there, definitely of definitely a woman. you know, of the whole debate, the things on this whole debate, i ponder why it happen i can't but ponder why it happen . the concept of a transvestite . yeah, because . well, it used . yeah, because. well, it used to be that if guy was wearing a dress , it was a person that was dress, it was a person that was known as a transvestite. that seems to. well, this was a point that was made actually at one of the committee hearings where the individual lawyer said individual she was a lawyer said actually is these days. now, the trans is encompassing a lot of these things. but shall i say, we're going to ourselves we're going to get ourselves into trouble. leave into trouble. so we just leave it recall names. it there. i don't recall names. do absolutely. michel, do i? absolutely. yeah michel, you're great you're going to have a great show . you're going to have to show. you're going to have to watch find out what's watch it to find out what's coming. won't it, but coming. we won't tease it, but thank it's going thank you very. it's going to be a office. i be michelle a box office. i be michelle dewberry kickstart dewberry to kickstart your friday patrick friday evening. i'll be patrick christys. oh back 3 pm. on monday? yes weekend we alex monday? yes the weekend we alex deakin with your latest deakin here with your latest update. is almost update. the weekend is almost upon us and many of us have a dry one. there will be some rain on saturday and it'll be a cloudy, mild day where sunday turns a bit colder, but much much sunnier. back the rest of

today, high pressure in control across south—east. weather from there has been chugging its way across northern britain , across northern britain, providing little bit of rain providing a little bit of rain here . the pennines in here and there. the pennines in particular through the northern isles during evening. but for most it's dry . isles during evening. but for most it's dry. some drizzle at times western. but i say most times in western. but i say most places not seeing any rain overnight will keep a lot of cloud and that will keep things miles temperatures the east miles temperatures in the east may drop down to four or five celsius. but for most of we start the weekend seven at or eighteen. so a mild start to saturday, fairly drab . but most saturday, fairly drab. but most places across england and wales here's some rain coming in initially to the north—west of scotland and, then it will spread its way south woods towards glasgow and belfast by and then drifting towards edinburgh, of course, southern scotland on the far northwest made a bit brighter later for most of england it will be dry, cloudy, some breaks , the cloud, cloudy, some breaks, the cloud, a bit of brightness coming through and it will be mild double digits, almost the board, some that rain will push into

some of that rain will push into northern and north on northern england and north on saturday but it's saturday evening. but it's fizzling out all the while . it fizzling out all the while. it works its way further south. and that band of rain out of the way sunday it is introducing colder air and clearer conditions as so the blue hue on the chart it is going to turn frosty for much of northern britain as we into sunday. so a very different on sunday. so a very different on sunday it will be bit colder first thing with a frost but a spark clean day of winter, sunshine by and large bit of a breeze, perhaps for norfolk and at times across the western isles, but for most light winds, plenty sunshine temperatures won't be as high because we've got colder air coming in. but these numbers are about average for the time of year with light winds in the sunshine , it'll winds in the sunshine, it'll feel fairly pleasant. enjoy a weekend .

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