very good morning. welcome back. tennis today on gb news 300. freedom of information requests and huge amounts of research .

and huge amounts of research. the labour party has produced a document claiming that the conservatives are overseeing a culture of financial waste , culture of financial waste, spending culture of financial waste, spendin g £145 million on spending £145 million on expenses in 2021. unsurprisingly the conservatives have branded analysis a political stunt. i'm tempted to agree with them. and also we're going to dig into of that. but also, what are these mystery objects that keep being shot out of the sky. defence secretary ben wallace that the uk should conduct a security review following the recent of unidentified objects shot down in the us and canada. unidentified objects shot down in the us and canada . that's all in the us and canada. that's all coming up after. look at the latest news . good morning. it's latest news. good morning. it's 10:01. i'm right out sun with all the latest the uk is reviewing its security after the us shot down a fourth object spotted flying over north america in just over a week. now this month, a suspected chinese by balloon was downed off the

coast after it flew over sensitive military sites . sensitive military sites. defence secretary ben wallace . defence secretary ben wallace. it's another sign of how the global threat picture is for the worse. the us is yet to identify the latest object during a pentagon air force general glenn van hook was asked if it could be alien at the intel community and the counter intelligence community figured out. i haven't ruled out anything at this point. we continue assess every threat potential threat unknown that north america with the intent to identify . well back intent to identify. well back here taxpayers money is said to have been wasted with labour the government of a spending culture party analysed the use of government cards and found that foreign office officials spent almost . £345,000 on dining and almost. £345,000 on dining and alcohol in 2021. labour says 40 major whitehall departments

spent at least £145 million using pieces across the year. shadow levelling minister alex norris says the has been careless with public money. we've revealed is a culture of a government that's very very casual with the public's money. you know, as we talk businesses up and down the country are opening up and we know those businesses will be very hard on the money that they spend as the cost of their operations because they have to be we would take that same approach, that same level of rigour because you look at the things we've at some of the things we've revealed you just give the government spend government really need to spend that theatre training that money on theatre training that money on theatre training that need those that they really need those pictures take salary . pictures from to take salary. well parliamentary under—secretary the department of transport richard holden defended the government, saying it's not been reckless . what we it's not been reckless. what we try to do is introduce some real transparency , this sector. so in transparency, this sector. so in 2012 we publish on a monthly bafis 2012 we publish on a monthly basis all expenditure over £500 on the government procurement

cards. that's all available . cards. that's all available. your viewers on the government's website on gov.uk so that's what we're trying to do. greater transparency that's why we've said that massive fall since the last time labour were in office on this. but we've always got to keep an eye on it. the on this. but we've always got to keep an eye on it . the death keep an eye on it. the death toll has risen to almost 34,000 and a week after deadly earthquakes hit turkey . syria earthquakes hit turkey. syria officials say the window for finding survivors is closing, but some people , children are but some people, children are still being from the rubble alive. an appeal by the uk's disasters committee has raised more than disasters committee has raised more tha n £60 million. james more than £60 million. james denslow from charity save the children told us those who survived the quakes are still at risk. we're moving from a sort of window of rescue and fewer people sadly being taken from the rubble into sort of wider window of recovery. there are now millions who are caught in the open who have lost their homes. it's minus five currently

in gaziantep. so is a very dangerous time to be a child exposed out in the open . and exposed out in the open. and we're making sure, along with lot of other agencies that millions of people have hot food , mattresses somewhere , safe to , mattresses somewhere, safe to be for the coming weeks. , mattresses somewhere, safe to be for the coming weeks . two be for the coming weeks. two teenagers have been on suspicion of murdering a 16 year old girl in cheshire . brianna gay from in cheshire. brianna gay from warrington found with serious injuries after being stabbed in a linear park. in culture yesterday afternoon , emergency yesterday afternoon, emergency services arrived . but she died services arrived. but she died at the scene. a boy and a girl, both 15 years old, are being questioned by police . more than questioned by police. more than 84,000 babies missed out on visitor checks within two weeks. being born year according to the office for health improvement and disparities. that's the equivalent , 15% of newborns. the equivalent, 15% of newborns. the time frame recommended by the nhs is 40 days. other babies may not have received a health

visitor check at all. officials say . more than 3 million health say. more than 3 million health tests have now been carried out at community diagnostic centres in england . the department of in england. the department of health and social care says the centres reduce unnecessary hospital visits and check symptoms more quickly. it also says the centres have helped to cut the number of 18 month appointment waits by more than 50. around 19 new community diagnostic centres will open later this year , while the later this year, while the number pubs and bars cooling last has risen by more than 200 in a year. insolvency rose from 280 in 2021 to 512 last year. that's according to accountancy group u, h y hak, a young, they say it's caused by rising energy costs and falling sales with fewer people buying pub drinks and meals . and a small asteroid and meals. and a small asteroid lit the sky above the english channel morning. the one metre

meteor, or it was seen shortly before 3 am. social media users shared footage of the object which has been dubbed sa 2667. the european agency saying the object was expected to safely strike the earth's atmosphere near the french of ruin . this is near the french of ruin. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. let's get back to beth . beth. very good morning. thank you for joining me. it's monday 1007. this is bev turner today gb news tv and dab radio. hey, we've got this morning. tv and dab radio. hey, we've got this morning . labour says that this morning. labour says that lavishes spending in whitehall has a scandalous waste of . has a scandalous waste of. taxpayers money. it comes after the party has carried out an analysis of spending by officials using government

credit cards . these are branded credit cards. these are branded purchasing cards is what they're called. they that foreign office officials have spent almost £345,000 on dining and alcohol, 2021. we're going to look at the figures and work out whether it is that scandalous. the department of health apparently spent department of health apparently spen t £59,000 on chinnery spent £59,000 on stay chinnery in alone . is spent £59,000 on stay chinnery in alone. is this spent £59,000 on stay chinnery in alone . is this a spent £59,000 on stay chinnery in alone. is this a misuse of taxpayers money by the tories or it just labour making a mountain out of nothing? also this morning, a turkish police have issued 113 arrest warrants relating to buildings that collapsed during the devastating earthquake week ago today. this is the foreign office minister warns the death toll there could reach a shock . 50,000 people. reach a shock. 50,000 people. we'll get the latest on what is supportive . been provided from supportive. been provided from the uk . and the former labour mp the uk. and the former labour mp pound and liz truss his chief speechwriter bennett will join me on the show. we're going to get their thoughts on all of the

above and the use of these government cards. i can agree on whether his former boss was right spend 1400 pounds on right to spend 1400 pounds on one to have the one male. also going to have the very latest on nicola pulley very latest on the nicola pulley story, course , you are my story, of course, you are my third panellist. i'll have to hear from you. email me gb views at gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news to have your say . so. news to have your say. so. library saints day that a lavish spending culture in whitehall has been a scandalous and a waste of taxpayers money. it comes off the labour party carried analysis of spending by officials using government procurement card . they claim procurement card. they claim that foreign office have spent almos t £345,000 on that foreign office have spent almost £345,000 on dining and alcohol sale in 2021. so joining me now to look at this is nigel nelson , who's the political nelson, who's the political editor of the sunday mirror , the editor of the sunday mirror, the sunday people. good morning, nigel , to see you. good morning. nigel, to see you. good morning. it sounds like labour spent a

huge amount of time a huge amount of effort . what was it, amount of effort. what was it, 300 feet of freedom of information requests and parliamentary questions . tried parliamentary questions. tried to get to the bottom of this, but there's nothing really to say. is that . well, i'm that's say. is that. well, i'm that's why the tories want you to believe. and yes , absolutely believe. and yes, absolutely right. it is a bit of a political stunt which shows, if anything, that politics is getting back to normal after the turbulence about here. but the government procurement card is essentially the people's plastic in the sense that taxpayers pick up the tab it. and given this this is our money the public should know how it is spent and then they can make their own judgement whether whether that spending was legitimate . we have spending was legitimate. we have the expenses scandal a few years ago, of course. nigel and then everybody, the systems got tightened up, didn't they, the politicians knew that they couldn't take the mickey with putting through their expenses i mean, that was genuinely a terrible scandal at the time exposed by the media. and so

presumably is this is this a way that they're getting round the expenses by using these procurement cards but being able to still be quite profligate with what they're actually spending . no, no , this is spending. no, no, this is actually completely different . i actually completely different. i mean, what the what what the whole expenses scandal was actually mp spending on the parliamentary offices and constituency offices. that a different thing what this is what government are spending on official trips now for instance , one of the things contained there is rishi sunak when he was transferred spend four and a half thousand pounds on a five star hotel in venice when he was on a g20 . and that was for an on a g20. and that was for an entourage of 11 people. now, you say, look, that's that's official trip. president xi to spending. but where do you get down to other areas like? liz truss spending 1500 pounds on

lunch in jakarta . you could lunch in jakarta. you could actually argue is less or thousan d £500 on homebrewing thousand £500 on homebrewing which was found under a computer equipment and servers. so it's absolutely right. all this stuff is actually published, but it's is actually published, but it's is who who was spending that on a homebrew kit that that one passed me by in detail this . we passed me by in detail this. we don't know that detail. all we know is that that's what the money went on. not exactly who was doing it . money went on. not exactly who was doing it. so when you when you mention the troll labour of doing that been doing through foia eis or parliamentary question , they basically question, they basically identified a bit of spending, asked what it was spent on and got partial reply. so the whole system is not terribly transparent and it is actually really difficult to find on the gov.uk website . you have to know gov.uk website. you have to know you're looking for before you can actually it. am i right saying that that's what one of

the things that labour doing today is that they're launching a website today to basically track and government payment cards spending . yes, that's cards spending. yes, that's that's that's it. at the moment that's that's it. at the moment that's going up to 2021, which is where they've two so far . so is where they've two so far. so what it is an easy online tool where you can look at exactly who is spend, spend what with which company and where. so it just makes it very easy to follow . and then labour will follow. and then labour will start looking at more recent spending in 2022. and of course yeah spending in 2022. and of course year. so we obviously they will will they be? see, the thing here's the thing nigel. it just feels a bit of course think it's ridiculous if there are the amounts that politicians will spend particularly the foreign office . guess they've got office. guess they've got diplomatic parties entertaining foreign leaders. you see how generous hospitality might start to rack up quite easily in those

department. i mean, look, albeit for me to defend this particular administration for transparency and using that funds wisely . but and using that funds wisely. but surely it makes more sense labour to be pushing them on the procurement of, say contracts on some of the huge billion pound deals , the 30 billion spent on deals, the 30 billion spent on track and trace systems then bothering whether rishi sunak spent bothering whether rishi sunak spen t £3,000 on a piece of for spent £3,000 on a piece of for art government offices . well, i art government offices. well, i mean, they were doing that to . mean, they were doing that to. so there's a whole load of trolls looking at those very things. i mean, they'd very vocal on the waste of money on ppe . this is just another ppe. this is just another example where. money may or may not be being wasted. i think that the point really is you put the information out there and you let us decide whether you think that is legitimate spending. so if anything, this is an exercise in transfer. spending. so if anything, this is an exercise in transfer . and is an exercise in transfer. and it doesn't mean that every

single payment was unnecessary . single payment was unnecessary. many of them were. but i've been following these these questions as they be not being asked . and as they be not being asked. and so, for instance, discover the bofis so, for instance, discover the boris johnson when the end of chancellor of a un general assembly in new york took everybody , his entire entourage everybody, his entire entourage and spent hundred an d £77 ahead and spent hundred and £77 ahead on did . now, and spent hundred and £77 ahead on did. now, is that a legitimate expense? you don't expect the queue up of mcdonald's on an official trip. but i think that's £177 i had on dinner is actually excessive . it dinner is actually excessive. it certainly shows a kind of in pseudoscience let's use that word , nigel. a sort of i don't word, nigel. a sort of i don't particularly care and i am boris johnson and i can do what i want and i'd rather they were looking at why he's had 5 million to 2 and a half million quid so far in speaking for speeches, he hasn't actually carried out yet. i'm where that i'm aware that where that money's from , labour, of money's come from, labour, of course, were the people who started system these started this system these procurement car ads. what was it

back in 2010, 2011, and at the time , spending was about back in 2010, 2011, and at the time, spending was about £85 million a year. by 2021, it has gone up to million a year. by 2021, it has gone up t 0 £146 million a year. gone up to £146 million a year. what have you seen from you and i've got a spend it here who was liz truss, the speechwriter . so liz truss, the speechwriter. so glad we got arthur on in a moment. i'm going to be asking him about this. but what can you tell us about the culture within politics? it the politics? is it just the taxpayer when the bill comes along, does anybody is there a bit of awkwardness saying ? oh, bit of awkwardness saying? oh, maybe shouldn't go to the maybe we shouldn't go to the michelin starred restaurant. should just go to, you know, should we just go to, you know, the chain down the road for our lunch ? what's like ? lunch? what's the culture like? well, i think your word insouciance was actually right . insouciance was actually right. in fact, that's a very good word for it. i think it's just it's just not paying attention and that the whole you're absolutely right. labour did introduce these it was back in 1997 when they first came into government , and it was quite a good idea. it that for any incidental spending when you were away you

worked like a lot of businesses their staff credit cards do the same thing. so that's what it was there for. same thing. so that's what it was there for . the same thing. so that's what it was there for. the question really is whether or not all these expenses , these are these expenses, these are actually legitimate . are they actually legitimate. are they good? are they good value for money? so that is that is that is what the public and now charge. absolutely and at the moment when people are struggling to pay for their own shopping bill, the idea that employees are just spending, you know, civil servants willy know, and civil servants willy nilly caring about it, i think will win lot of up this will win lot of people up this morning. nigel lovely to see you as always. nigel nelson there. let what think. let me know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.uk do you have a little bit of about the fact that they are in business are business people when they are engaging in hospital policy events and perhaps they have spend this money or not? let me know. now on the defence secretary says the uk conduct a security review , a series of security review, a series of objects being shot down over nonh objects being shot down over

north america in recent weeks. the us military brought another high altitude object , lake huron high altitude object, lake huron in michigan yesterday , the in michigan yesterday, the fourth to enter us and canadian airspace just over a week. ben wallace here that it's another sign of how the global threat pitch is changing for the. so joining me now is con coughlin who's the defence and chief columnist at the telegraph. good morning , con. when ben wallace morning, con. when ben wallace says that it's how the threat picture is changing, oh, can we completely discount the idea that it might be the u. reverse threat picture? because people are talking these as potential ufos . the are talking these as potential ufos. the aliens are talking these as potential ufos . the aliens have arrived . ufos. the aliens have arrived. what do you make of those sorts of accusations? that's that's moving to an entirely new level best that . i mean what is quite best that. i mean what is quite clear is that in the wharf of the future space is going to be a very important domain . and a very important domain. and when the british government

under wallace did its last defence review 18 months ago, they space technology and the development of space, military technology at the forefront of what we need to do in the uk to enhance our defence of capabilities, which is why we're building a space launching centre . in one up in scotland. centre. in one up in scotland. and are looking to be able to defend ourselves from precisely kind of threat. now these these objects in america were shot down missiles fired from jets but space, as they say, is a new frontier . but space, as they say, is a new frontier. and i think it is quite right that wallace just say precisely what is what is taking place in the skies above the uk . we were just seeing the uk. we were just seeing a picture that colin of one of these items that was shot down. what we know so far is suspected

chinese spy balloon there like a white orb and they get shot down. it appears that the disintegrate of some sort of white comes out and. do we know anything more about specific what they are? have we seen the debns. what they are? have we seen the debris . that's fallen from the . debris. that's fallen from the. sky? well, i think that investigation still going on. i mean, they the fact the first the first chinese balloon that was shot down landed in the sea. so there's a recovery job there. the american intelligence boys and girls of got some of the wreckage and they are it. and of course the chinese said it was a meteor logical balloon doing weather research . so we ready to weather research. so we ready to see they're up to but the fact of the americans have now detected several of these different objects floating around in this space suggest that something is up . and as that something is up. and as i've said know in recent years,

both the russians and the chinese have been working very, very hard to develop this space military capabilities . for military capabilities. for example, they've developed weapons that can be fired space to destroy satellite , which, you to destroy satellite, which, you know, if we had a conflict with russia or china and they knocked out all our communications satellites, the military be fighting blind. so you know, this is really important. we really need to find out what is going on out there and whether they really do constitute threat to our well—being . absolutely. to our well—being. absolutely. cohen thank you, con there, defence editor and chief columnist at the telegraph . let columnist at the telegraph. let me know your thoughts. gb views gb news. don't uk. okay after the break, the environment secretary theresa coffey is reportedly backing away from to hit water companies with fines of up to £250 million for spilling sewage into rivers and seas. you remember that in the summer, former labour mp steven pound , liz truss, his ex

pound, liz truss, his ex speechwriter bennett will be here to give me their thoughts on that and plenty more after this .

welcome my guests are here this morning. i'm delighted to be joined by former mp steven pounds. you were only 5 minutes ago, steven. nice to see again. can't you me and i last week on the first time you've been on my panel the first time you've been on my panel, isa bennett, a former number 10 speechwriter. how lovely to have you here. i think of you as from daily telegraph days when you were editor and journalist, not the editor wasn't one of the many, but nonetheless the privilege to work with you then. and so it was to be back in the hold, you guys. oh it's great to have you. now, can i just ask quickly, we were talking about this story. you might have seen just before

the break the expenses the break about the expenses scandal. i was just calling scandal. i, i was just calling that. your on it that. what's your take on it having been there in government when on when liz truss 1400 pounds on a meal decatur , three people, meal in decatur, three people, is acceptable . i mean is that acceptable. i mean i think it's appropriate when you're going the g20 that you you're going to the g20 that you go dinners where you go to official dinners where you have for lots of people have tables for lots of people and just makes sense. ultimately you have those sort of bills because you're not going to take your team to kfc when you go search a car. but there's a middle ground, isn't like it would ridiculous liz to would be ridiculous for liz to be kfc. but yeah, it's got be at kfc. but yeah, it's got some chicken on. there's a wmmw some chicken on. there's a wmmkl some chicken on. there's a summit. i have to say i the real scandal behind this story and apart from fact never apart from fact they never caught the real scandal is caught me of the real scandal is that these booze that some of these booze purchases were put through the books as computer equipment. now, is outrage pages. i now, that is outrage pages. i think that was what nigel nelson was talking about. the homebrewing kit was was considered to be. but anyway, it's all coming to say the government bought a home record who they can't organise. no, no. yeah. quite okay. right moving on.the yeah. quite okay. right moving on. the nicola story, it was,

you know, over the weekend i think we all were hoping weren't we. every time turn on the, on the tv, the radio, we're hoping that they have some news and that they have some news and that she is safe and well that she is found safe and well at the moment. she isn't. what's the latest this ? what's so ? a the latest on this? what's so? a witness has come forward and spoken to the sun say talking about two rather suspicious chaps in hoods who may have to be fishermen had rocks boats. they were so hiding their faces when you know when caught sight of the and the rules of telltale but of colour the witness says is basically they had rods but no bait no nothing else. so cross is suspicious theories will fly it looked like they were trying to pass themselves off as a fisherman. so whether you saw also at the weekend stephen nicola a neighbour , had stephen nicola a neighbour, had done an interview with the metro in which she was at pains to point out that they believe that nicola had her keys her with very, very mercedes key very, very mercedes benz key fings very, very mercedes benz key rings and a wooden one with a

pull print just in case anybody comes across a set of keys and i mean that the police are made one pretty fundamental error . i one pretty fundamental error. i mean, didn't cordoned off mean, they didn't cordoned off the they have the area, so they didn't have the area, so they didn't have the opportunity actually do the opportunity to actually do sort forensic analysis. sort of deep forensic analysis. but years ago, a but mean, about 16 years ago, a young disappeared in exactly young man disappeared in exactly the same place, exactly the same time and found his time of year. and they found his body the moor. concerns body out on the moor. concerns that right. i think it's only beenin that right. i think it's only been in a few a few of the papers but as for these fishermen, well, i've been fishing early in the morning a few and you do tend to few times. and you do tend to coven few times. and you do tend to cover. but on earth could cover. but how on earth could you that person hasn't you say that the person hasn't got bait? i mean, i think got the bait? i mean, i think acting suspiciously, know, acting suspiciously, you know, with fishing rods by with a couple of fishing rods by the river, not the river, it's not my definition, think one of definition, but i think one of the that we should be the things that we should be attention to here is the number of people who i know what of people who i don't know what they they're sort of they are. they're sort of rubberneckers there rubberneckers who come up there and here to and say, oh, we're just here to help police looking for help the police looking for pieces. you know, all they're doing is getting the way and doing is getting in the way and making a real nuisance of themselves. wish people themselves. i just wish people wouldn't that. to me, that's wouldn't do that. to me, that's really a of sign of our really a sort of a sign of our time, isn't it? can't

time, isn't it? as you can't imagine that a few imagine that happening a few years but i with years ago. but i guess with social everybody feels social media, everybody feels a bit armchair detective bit like an armchair detective these and i think these inevitably. and i think these inevitably. and i think the police has social media useful for out of various useful for out photos of various individuals. what they're doing there. ago there. i think a few days ago there. i think a few days ago there sort of woman in there was a sort of woman in a red coat was sort of red coat that was sort of identified is someone they'd identified as is someone they'd like to speak to. and so in this one, i do have some sympathy with and talk about with stephen and talk about the sort rubbernecking instinct sort of rubbernecking instinct then, found the then, you know, yes, i found the crucial have crucial the men didn't have tackle bait which this tackle or bait box, which this witness odd. you know, and witness found odd. you know, and as it, may have been as you say it, may have been cold. there may sorts of cold. there may be all sorts of excuse for that behaviour. yep, yep excuse for that behaviour. yep, yep let's hope. fingers yep well, let's hope. fingers crossed. the crossed. we're all thinking the family as well. and the children and father. right. and the father. right. moving on. could escape on. water firms could escape higher fines for pollution as the row . nice higher fines for pollution as the row. nice pun on the ministers row. nice pun on tougher penalties. so this was, of course, the summer. this summer we saw and into the early kind of autumn, wasn't it really? we saw terrible sewage outlets into , the waters, outlets into, the waters, anybody in the beach in cornwall in the summer. it was just a

calling. and now it sounds like therese coffey is not going to stand by these fines of up to 250 million quid for polluters . 250 million quid for polluters. i mean, she's saying that disproportionate , but i think disproportionate, but i think they are. i think there's absolutely astounding. i mean, you talk benjamin mentioned cornwall. to cornwall. if you go to perranporth or newquay, see perranporth or newquay, you see the surfers against and, you know, very, very good reason know, the very, very good reason i mean, ranil jayawardena, who is minister before during is the minister before during the know, the interregnum, you know, actually brought this charge in, because if you allow therese coffey i don't know why she's done this . if you had to find done this. if you had to find a more unpopular group of people in this country to give a free pass to, you'd be hard pressed. i honestly don't understand , i honestly don't understand, unless purely libertarian unless it's a purely libertarian thing. unless to raise coffee is thinking , know, can talk thinking, you know, we can talk to and actually negotiate to them and actually negotiate with them, really truly with them, but really and truly you've sharkey on you've got fergal sharkey on one side theresa's on the other. side and theresa's on the other. i know where money is. yeah, i know where my money is. yeah, people might be quite confused by your reference to 8090s pop star sharkey . he has star fergal sharkey. he has previously missed definitive figures, yet stephen has lost

it. yeah, it's a bit early in the for that when he talks about fergal sharkey, this is because he's a real hopefully for clean water he's become a real public figure of saying we need cleaner rivers, we need cleaner waters. do you think maybe i'm just giving therese coffey the benefit of the doubt his case is that she's saying, look, these water companies need to spend a lot of money on repairing the pipes need these to pipes they need these funds to put into the system. we put it back into the system. we shouldn't 250 million shouldn't be taking 250 million off them this time. well, off them at this time. well, it's idea the it's precisely idea that the estimate about 56 billion estimate is about 56 billion needs to be spent on infrastructure the infrastructure upgrades stop the sort by victorian sort of often by victorian pipework leaking . so then if you pipework leaking. so then if you are sort of taking 4 million of them as the previous minister was proposing then you know you're robbing them of the money they need or deterring investments going the way. the counterargument of course is that it's not necessary in off the shelf bomb the mammoth fine is that level it could be to it's about the symbols it's about showing to maybe use a slightly inevitable pun that you don't want to sort of water down

these patches. you get. yeah. they can't wash their hands of it. become they is, it. they become they this is, this feeling is that there this is my feeling is that there is clear water is there clear brown water between they need to be they duty to be held to account maybe it should be more a sort of if you don't do if we see the same thing next year you will have i think interesting . gardner think it's interesting. gardner is a hampshire mp and the river in one of those in hampshire is one of those beautiful country beautiful rivers in the country which is subject terrible which is subject to terrible pollution. think maybe pollution. so i think maybe he's got therese coffey got whereas therese coffey represent think represent suffolk, but i think we credit to we should actually credit to two. fergal sharkey not just for a good heart and just for a good heart and not just for teenage but also for your teenage kicks, but also for your little fool later. i'm little fool days later. i'm sorry, you're child grown up. then on, this show, i'm then this on, this show, i'm enjoying the top of the pops. it's very good. but most of that's cancelled, so. yeah, that's been cancelled, so. yeah, absolutely right, guys , let me absolutely right, guys, let me just read you some of our views. this is in terms of those expenses we were talking about, labour's report saying that the conservatives have been spending too are you too much money. are you surprised effort surprised by how much effort labour into this? well, labour have put into this? well, it's the opposition.

it's all the opposition. does they the government they try to keep the government on their. and thought on their. and i thought it's really know, really, you know, your colleagues interviewing the labour representatives earlier basically what basically saying, so what are you differently you going to do differently about know, are you about this, you know, are you going stick up ministers up going to stick up ministers up in lodges they go to in travel lodges when they go to international conference is and they to that you know they want to say that you know because their own because they've got their own track government as track record in government as well of spending all sorts well of spending and all sorts of so you point of fancy so you can point fingers directions. fingers in these directions. it's politics writ large. nothing i nothing with a travelodge. i know of the great you know a lot of the great you know, it's absolutely excellent chains. point is, is the chains. but the point is, is the you if they're to be you know, if they're going to be a of this, you know, a point of this, you know, austerity and everything and frugality, they frugality, then what are they going with it beyond just going to do with it beyond just saying? well, actually wouldn't have deluxe suites have gone for the deluxe suites where the ones for the standard here there's some here that i so there's some security that were around here that i so there's some sec|house that were around here that i so there's some sec|house you that were around here that i so there's some sec|house you can'twere around here that i so there's some sec|house you can'twere putund the house you can't just put rishi sunak a premier inn. rishi sunak in a premier inn. yeah. it might have yeah. because it might not have the security anyway, but the right security anyway, but travelodge put up points travelodge just put up 20 points with i just as with your and then i just as premier brown says shouldn't ministers not be entitled to hotel at same hotel rooms at the same standard? that we think is standard? oh, that we think is suitable immigrants suitable for illegal immigrants . says, we . oh, rodney says, when are we going back the death

going to bring back the death penalty premeditated murder? penalty for premeditated murder? that's something completely unrelated. i'm so about unrelated. i'm so sorry about that. escalators unrelated. i'm so sorry about that. didn't escalators unrelated. i'm so sorry about that. didn't fromescalators unrelated. i'm so sorry about that. didn't from expenses to quickly didn't from expenses to the death penalty anyway off the brake in syria and the death toll has risen to almost 36,000. it is awful. a week after deadly earthquakes hit and it's expected it could reach up 50,000 people. we're going to discuss after monday's news . discuss after monday's news. 1033 on round of some of your news updates, the uk is reviewing its security after the us shot down a fourth object spotted flying over north america in just over a week earlier this month. a suspected chinese spy balloon was downed off the carolina coast after flew over sensitive military sites . defence secretary ben sites. defence secretary ben wallace says it's another sign of how the global picture is changing for the worse. taxpayers money is said to have been wasted, with labour

accusing government of a lavish spendin accusing government of a lavish spend in culture party analysed . the use of government procurement cards and found that 14 major whitehall departments spent at least £145 million in 2021. the government has being reckless with money and, says labouris reckless with money and, says labour is wasting resources , labour is wasting resources, digging up information that's already in the public domain . already in the public domain. the death toll has risen to almost 36,000 a week after the deadly earthquake hit turkey and syria . officials say the window syria. officials say the window for finding survivors is closing but some people including are still being pulled from the rubble alive. an appeal the uk's disasters emergency committee has raised more than disasters emergency committee has raised more tha n £60 million has raised more than £60 million and two teenagers have been arrested on of murdering a 16 year old girl in cheshire . year old girl in cheshire. brianna gay from warrington was found with serious injuries after being stopped in linear in culture yesterday afternoon . culture yesterday afternoon. emergency services arrived but

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very good morning . it's 1037 very good morning . it's1037 on very good morning. it's1037 on monday morning. this is bev tennis day on gb news tv and dab , plus radio . so the death toll , plus radio. so the death toll has tragically risen to almost 40,000 a week after the deadly earthquakes hit turkey and syria is expected it could reach up to 50,000. officials in turkey say 113 arrest warrants have been issued in connection with the construction of buildings that collapsed in monday's earthquake. an appeal by the uk

disasters emergency committee has raised more than £60 million. i'm joined now by david rothery, who is professor of planetary geosci says good morning david. thank you very much for joining morning david. thank you very much forjoining me. the situation seems to be getting more desperate out there. the weather is cold. the rescue missions are working with very limited . do we expect that limited. do we expect that number to go much higher, do you think, in terms of the death toll ? well think, in terms of the death toll? well i'm no expert in a number not rescuing people , but number not rescuing people, but i mean, it's pretty obvious , i mean, it's pretty obvious, isn't it? all that destruction we're going to be more bodies. so i wouldn't personally be surprised by the death toll continuing to rise. i don't know how can that they need to how they can that they need to have the bodies of the wreckage before they're added to the list. it's dreadful. but the death have been death toll could have been prevented. thing. in prevented. that's sad thing. in what what do you mean? what way? what do you mean? well, we know how to buildings that are resilient to earthquakes that don't fall

down. i've seen we've all seen pictures of apartment that have collapsed and adjacent ones , but collapsed and adjacent ones, but haven't those that turkey has seismic building codes which have been made more and more stringent in recent decades . stringent in recent decades. many of the buildings have collapsed and. modern buildings and news broke several ago. now that construct foreign companies were allowed to pay a amnesty to let them off building up to the required seismic codes. so when ihear required seismic codes. so when i hear the turkish president saying it's impossible to prepare for a disaster of this saying it's impossible to magnitude, i think you could have stop the disaster being this magnitude by enforcing your building codes and not taking money from people to allow them to avoid building standard stop building that was just collapsed after floor after floor. it's pancaked down. if it was properly built, it have it costs a bit more it costs about 20% more to build up to standards. turkey's a poor country. i understand. but if you can prepare for disasters by making them far less bad, by building

to modern construction standard , how likely was this area to suffer significant earthquake? it's a known major fault zone . it's a known major fault zone. there were three or four earthquakes, big of a magnitude six since about 1970 had nothing of this scale for a century or more . it couldn't be predicted more. it couldn't be predicted that this was going to happen, or when it was going to happen. but it's a known risk, which is why they have this seismic building codes that it they weren't adhered to. why was this earthquake so ? devastating. earthquake so? devastating. i mean, apart the buildings. david, what was it, mean, apart the buildings. david, what was it , the david, what was it, the magnitude of this of this earthquake that was so problematic ? well, the original problematic? well, the original quake was magnitude 7.8. we only have about earthquakes per year . sometimes it's somewhere in the world a big of a magnitude seven. so it was one of the bigger ones that will get year. it was also shallow to shallow depth . so the shallower the depth. so the shallower the depth. so the shallower the depth at which rupture occurs, the stronger the shaking at the

surface. so it was shallow and large . but it's not the large. but it's not the earthquake killed the people. generally speaking , it's the generally speaking, it's the buildings that fell down on top them. and most of that could have been prevented . and is the have been prevented. and is the area safe now for more geological activity like it because presumably there be smaller after shakes and quakes with that . yeah. the aftershocks with that. yeah. the aftershocks have been getting smaller and smaller . i've been looking at smaller. i've been looking at them. there's been nothing greater for the magnitude 4.5 third day also. now people will still feel these aftershocks if they're close to where they occur , but they won't last very occur, but they won't last very long and they're unlikely to cause further damage , the bigger cause further damage, the bigger aftershocks, because in the first few days, certainly likely and i think did bring some buildings down but have already been damaged. people be been damaged. but people will be unsettled by the aftershocks. we it will be another big earthquake there sometime in the next hundred or 200 years or maybe no face up the fault, the south island toll in the

anatolian fault where this is occurred . but for kilometres of occurred. but for kilometres of was moved from the coast near the syrian border inland north which past the original epicentre the continuation of the fault towards the north—east hasn't but still a lot that will why eventually, but it might tomorrow. it might not be for a hundred years. i can't tell that. okay all right. thank you, professor david rothery there . i professor david rothery there. i think the images we're seeing on the screen just then are live pictures. obviously on the syrian side of the disaster is very resourced in terms of equipment and people even to rescue those who might still be buned rescue those who might still be buried or to look after those who have survived . okay. now who have survived. okay. now moving on. it's been just over two weeks since the government announced winners and losers in the latest of levelling up spending communities and down the country are either making plans for projects will plans for projects that will revitalise their local or they're licking their wounds and

looking the next round looking ahead to the next round funding. our south—west funding. but as our south—west of reported , jeff of england reported, jeff moody now the row over the now explains, the row over the haves and the have nots is still rumbling on. the prime minister says it's about making sure people pride in the places they home. but that's not many communities are seeing it. in august last year, 529 beds were received assessed. out of those , 400 were rejected, including ilfracombe in north devon , ilfracombe in north devon, eyeing up a slice of the pie for a regeneration project that would have transformed the town . this is the second time that a bid has failed ilfracombe. if plans had gone ahead, it would have regenerate the centre of the town. it would have bolstered up the sea. defence and it would have improved transport too to fill local mp lane saxby staying positive. i think it's been a really difficult process and i think it could have been better handled to be completely honest about.

and the fund was so incredibly oversubscribed that therefore there were always going to be a lot of us that were disappointed. i the positive to take from it is that as mps we've all championed projects in our community identified our community and identified things better. not things that could be better. not so plymouth. city was so for plymouth. the city was turned down for £20 billion. that was earmarked to regenerate rundown . mp luke described it as rundown. mp luke described it as a punch in the gut but celebrates gains to £134 million goes to okehampton train station transforming transport infrastructure in devon , infrastructure in devon, cornwall. david davidson network rail is delighted . it will rail is delighted. it will definitely help the tourist industry . definitely help the tourist industry. it's going to help people and have access to education and health care, jobs and which is really going to help the department for levelling up, told gb news. we are investing millions across the south—west to unlock potential and level up the region . six and a half million

region. six and a half million in barnstable , 50 million to in barnstable, 50 million to create a direct train service linking new quay st, austell, truro and falmouth and 21 million to boost tourism along the english riviera. but week labour's lisa nandy took to the airwaves to say this wash. it's just nowhere near ambitious . just nowhere near ambitious. most of us are just losing . most of us are just losing. we've got these one off short term pots of money. it's a hunger games style contest . hunger games style contest. we're pitted against one another. meanwhile plans are geanng another. meanwhile plans are gearing up for the next round . gearing up for the next round. funding. there'll be further rounds place right up until 2030. jeff moody . gb news, 2030. jeff moody. gb news, welcome back. my panel are back with me this morning. i'm delighted. vision by former mp steven pound and former number 10 speechwriter eisa bennett . 10 speechwriter eisa bennett. right. eisa what do we know about this sick brit summit that lord frost warning of? yes, mate relations with the eu better so it happened . the house. it was

it happened. the house. it was presided over by gove . we had presided over by gove. we had the various sort of brexiteers , the various sort of brexiteers, howard, lord lamont and, these are the stewarts, were there, but also perhaps the most in the tories figures in the brexit. as you can imagine , people like tom you can imagine, people like tom scholar and olly robbins who helped negotiate theresa may's version of the brexit deal or the big chinwag and about how they can make brexit better and at that point immediately, lord frost, it must be saying, look, this means that you the set outs on the way that said you know nigel making same nigel farage is making the same although what quite enjoyed although what i quite enjoyed just frankly how sort of you know you make it seem like it's a very sort of fabulous, you know, a plan which is really two sides of masterplan, but no because they that there was no overall conclusion and from the conversations that beset the government so they just sounded off by much this many government reasons do certain where there was no conclusion at the end of it. ultimately they agreed to have meetings. the

have more meetings. that's the point. problem, isn't point. that's the problem, isn't it? why does it? which is why? why? why does that because that happen much? because everyone gets heard and then they feel important. and then everyone gets heard and then they feel. important. and then everyone gets heard and then they feel. and rtant. and then everyone gets heard and then they feel. and so nt. and then everyone gets heard and then they feel. and sont. aisi then everyone gets heard and then they feel. and sont. ais to |en everyone gets heard and then they feel. and sont. ais to be they feel. and so this is to be collected as the constitu of this country, of but this country, of course. but then they say it's a fact then they get say it's a fact finding. learnt sorts finding. they learnt all sorts of clever, impressive things they about the they can't tell you about the next or next special elite things or they lots money on they spend lots of money on hotel that as we know are hotel rooms that as we know are more than travel lodges and just get that. and again their get that. and again and their shares gone through the shares have gone through the roof doing best. so roof for it doing my best. so what you take from is what did you take from this is the brexit is brexit under threat ? well, there's no there's threat? well, there's no there's no turning back. i mean, you know , i'm a passionate remainer, know, i'm a passionate remainer, but i'm also a democrat. you know, i know the people have spoken and we all know, you know, what comes next. look, know, what comes next. but look, would to spend a weekend would i want to spend a weekend in peter mandelson, in part with peter mandelson, lord lamont and lammy? lord lamont and david lammy? it's list of it's not top of my list of desirable weekends, but also if this is some secret deep state cunning plot to actually integrate back into the biggest, the most successful trading bloc the most successful trading bloc the world's ever known, they didn't make a very good job of

it. they should have met in the travelodge rather than travelodge somewhere rather than literally now it's about literally park. now it's about premier inn. everyone oh, premier inn. everyone knows. oh, sorry. look , we live in sorry. well, look, we live in the golf celebrity up the golf here. celebrity up there. apparently they're saying there. apparently they're saying the thrust of it of this the main thrust of it of this meeting was that britain is losing out , that brexit is not losing out, that brexit is not delivering, and our economy is in a weak position . when you in a weak position. when you think about so, it does miss out the argument. two things. obviously, there was the pandemic and or the lockdowns as we know, which, you know, debilitate and crippled economies all over and all the sort of shock waves of the invasion , ukraine and inflation invasion, ukraine and inflation and energy prices soaring through the roof. so a lot of that does overshadow , you know, that does overshadow, you know, the precise impacts of brexit. think we'll see that in the longer term. but it's right. the people still thinking about this because as we know, brexit is everything else in terms of talking about the european union is policy. now we can is foreign policy. now we can debate but some point debate this, but at some point we've freedom to decide we've got the freedom to decide how or far we want to be. how close or far we want to be. yeah, that argument would work

if europe was in the if the rest of europe was in the same position but when we same position as us. but when we are bottom of the growth table anywhere europe but other anywhere in europe but other countries, than countries, so much better than that pandemic also that who also had pandemic also involved in ukraine then think involved in ukraine then i think that that argument would work. it basis the it doesn't on this basis the trouble actually part will trouble is actually part will probably come up with something called the protocol which called the protocol hole, which means going to means we're not going to actually just actually do anything. just just on though partly on that, though that partly because much money because we gave away much money and furloughs back and furloughs and bounce back loans we emptied everything we had from the treasury to get through brexit more than other european while european countries doing while having stricter lockdowns and kids longer. yeah kids off school for longer. yeah we less in germany, we did. we did less in germany, but we did exactly the same as italy and italy's economy. this, it sounds a bizarre thing to say italy and italy's economy. this, it actually) bizarre thing to say italy and italy's economy. this, it actually outperformingto say italy and italy's economy. this, it actually outperforming us;ay italy and italy's economy. this, it actually outperforming us at is actually outperforming us at the moment. i mean, you can the moment. so, i mean, you can come with different come up with this different i mean, sweden had mean, you know, sweden had a very high of furlough and very high rate of furlough and they high death rate. they had a high death rate. there's different arguments. yeah, is yeah, but the bottom line is that brexit not been that that brexit has not been good uk economy. i don't good for the uk economy. i don't think anyone can argue that it's hard to work though isn't it. and feel like with and i feel like with the backdrop almost backdrop of covid it's almost like of the brexit

like no side of the brexit debate satisfied because the debate is satisfied because the leavers are now saying we had our success because of the pandemic, regulate auctions. and of course the remainers i don't get to say completely haha told you this was going happen. i think it was. both sides need to remember brexit is not just an event but a process and yes, we've got the deal. lord frost negotiated, for example. there are various bits like services industries that he still needs to talk more about how you get what's what that amount of trade they can europe is still they can do and europe is still a significant trading partner. you it's the people you know, it's right. the people still conversations. but still have conversations. but then, know, the very then, you know, the uk is very aware of red lines. aware of its red lines. separately talking about separately we're talking about northern and the protocol and how we, you know, ensure that trade can go smoothly as trade can go as smoothly as possible through all and possible through all this. and so think to watch so i think real thing to watch out is not italy, but what out for is not italy, but what happens when sunak does an happens when rishi sunak does an agreement on the northern protocol and whether there is any of around on any sort of fudging around on the lines about that on the red lines about that on independ and the judges and you know and crucially know and border and crucially the trading yeah, i'm the trading relations. yeah, i'm talking of meetings that come

out with spineless conclusions. richard chairman of the bbc he had to sit down in front of a committee and explain the situation if you rememberjust just to remind you what happened . he organised a loan for boris johnson. he, he , he facilitated johnson. he, he, he facilitated and facilitated. thank you. make sound like you worked in the natwest on ice three did not basically but he will be the hall of basically what was his name . sam blythe distant cousin name. sam blythe distant cousin of johnson and the friend of chairman richard sharp. some acted as a guarantor for boris johnson and mr. sharpe went on to get the chairman , the bbc job to get the chairman, the bbc job and didn't declare that he'd had this interaction with boris johnson. but the conclusion isa unsurprisingly , is that he unsurprisingly, is that he should consider his impact of what has happened , but without

what has happened, but without saying that he should lose his job. yes, you might say the bbc chair is a bit of a sharp end of the criticism here because we're seeing that increasingly when you're meant to have an institution is meant be institution that is meant to be celebrated for neutrality and independence , having at independence, having the man at the top meant to keep standards high , letting himself be seen to high, letting himself be seen to be too close to the government, you know, to sort of chummy and you know, to sort of chummy and you know, to sort of chummy and you know, obviously we must respect he's got a huge contacts book he was rishi sunak boss at goldman sachs clearly he was able to you know know , boris's able to you know know, boris's distant cousin and that just introduce them and step he obviously makes clear that he at that point he was longer involved and at this he's just becoming a bit of a distraction but that happens all the time though, doesn't it? will though, doesn't it? you will know from politics and from that sort of group of suited gentlemen. so ways, gentlemen. yes. so ways, introductions and networking and talk to my mate and talk to this. there's absolutely no point going to eton otherwise point in going to eton otherwise . we know the thing

. you know, we know the thing about here is i mean, shot by name, but clearly not in any other sense because he should have recused himself. and when you're about, you know, you're talking about, you know, you're talking about, you know, you this that you know, this this book that came out couple of weeks came out a couple of weeks ago, you know, true or did he you know, is it true or did he hear on the bbc, you give me a copy of that statement. i'm not just if i ask just reading it. if i could ask you a few questions about it. the point being, as is were actually says when are you going to the paragon of to be the paragon of impartiality? how can you possibly that when possibly claim that title when you're chairman is quite clearly part call part of what you rightly call the network? yeah, it the old boys network? yeah, it is and they are usually is old, and they are usually boys. well, john nicholson from the on the tv yesterday the snp said on the tv yesterday when that job when sign up for that job application asked if there application you asked if there is your is anything about your relationships with anybody that could relationships with anybody that coulis clearly caused this is clearly caused embarrassment. so the accusation that richard sharp didn't say actually this could be quite embarrassing . well, embarrassing. well, interestingly, though, i said, why is it so embarrassing for him, but apparently not for bofis him, but apparently not for boris because, again, boris johnson, because, again, he slipping away scot free boris johnson, because, again, hethis slipping away scot free boris johnson, because, again, hethis world. 1g away scot free boris johnson, because, again, hethis world. differentcot free in this world. different standards, may say. so standards, you may say. so obviously, sharp has obviously, richard sharp has apologised though for not

disclose earlier on this relationship but it seems very clear he wants to try and tough this out there is still one more inquiry happening i think led by akc so this will run and run and i think that's why smells blood they're saying that you know his position is increasingly untenable and so you know time will clearly the government will clearly in the government you they didn't always you know they didn't always i think was row behind him think it was a row behind him they just have let this play they just have to let this play out. i want to come out. yeah. and i want to come back to this of you've been getting in touch at home. thank you. these government procurement cards , why did they procurement cards, why did they call them credit cards ? because call them credit cards? because they government procurement cards , it might confuse people. cards, it might confuse people. and that is the whole of it. what do you mean? it might confuse procurement everybody confuse procurement is everybody thinks confuse procurement is everybody thinkbattle tanks , you know. your battle tanks, you know. yes. it's that that's the idea. but critics you and i know what a credit card is. you know, i know probably what a government procurement card is. most people don't know what procurement card is. know, you can think is. and, you know, you can think of, some counter of, you know, some bean counter

the know what we'll the treasury. i know what we'll do, call it a procurement do, we'll call it a procurement that'll so george that'll fool them. so george said people are given said if people are given government don't government credit, don't be surprised them. surprised if they spend them. i'm was the same in the i'm sure it was the same in the last labour government and they're how would they're all the same. how would you to that? i don't you respond to that? i don't recall that. i remember in northern ireland used to have northern ireland we used to have to bedrooms for to book three hotel bedrooms for one, simply, so could one, quite simply, so we could have sort of cordon sanitaire have a sort of cordon sanitaire around us. so somewhere for the security. there are security. i mean, there are other and quite other issues and so quite rightly talked about i think at some stage somebody talk some stage somebody will talk about travel about people in glass. travel lodges stones. lodges shouldn't throw stones. well, little bit well, that's just a little bit different establishment for a second. always points second. it's always with points out that, know, they points out that, you know, they points john he'd run out that, you know, they points johwhen he'd run out that, you know, they points johwhen he he'd run out that, you know, they points johwhen he was he'd run out that, you know, they points johwhen he was going 'd run out that, you know, they points johwhen he was going to run out that, you know, they points johwhen he was going to chinese up when he was going to chinese restaurants and hull's the thing and the largesse that and and the largesse that he and others would over so it others would preside over so it very much a case you know i very very much a case you know i think it's always to say think it's always not to say that are more accountable think it's always not to say that it's are more accountable think it's always not to say that it's easy'e more accountable think it's always not to say that it's easy to nore accountable think it's always not to say that it's easy to find accountable now it's easy to find these things out. but of course, these are procurement cards. they will people spend. just look people will spend. but just look at inquiry the unions, at the inquiry into the unions, into tsa unite. i mean, into tsa and to unite. i mean, what were with their what they were doing with their credit the gmb, credit cards and the gmb, there's big inquiries at there's three big inquiries at

there's three big inquiries at the time major the present time about major trade unions having union credit cards being put behind the bar. right. the our right. that's the end of our first hour. next, uk first hour. up next, uk businesses calling on jeremy businesses are calling on jeremy and government provide and the government to provide more of high more support. the face of high taxes. going back taxes. we're going be right back with this short with more after this short break. hello i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office. a fine start to the week for most of us. dry with sunny spells. it would be mild, increasingly so over the next couple of days . over the next couple of days. we've got the moment. it's high pressure slipping into central europe and this southerly air flow , relatively light winds. flow, relatively light winds. but enough of a breeze to pull some cloud in from the continent and a result many places are going to brighten up by the afternoon . clouds tend to thin afternoon. clouds tend to thin and disappear they'll still be some clarity areas western western scotland northern ireland into parts of pembrokeshire, perhaps devon and, cornwall as well, and some cloud the east coast of england . but away from these clouds zones, plenty of sunny spells feeling pleasant in the sunshine , light winds and temperatures

up to 11 to 12 celsius. then overnight, those clear skies and with light , there'll be some with light, there'll be some dense fog forming, especially around parts of southern england and to the south, but also through the midlands , eastern through the midlands, eastern england as well, where the cloud , i think there'll be low cloud rather than fog further west as the breeze picks up later in the night and it will be mild in the west actually a frost possible across central and eastern parts of the uk as we start of tuesday. the fog lasting until around mid—morning, then it lifts into low and in the west there'll be cloudy. skies will even be some showers for northern ireland. parts of and western scotland. otherwise for much of the uk again it's dry, it's bright, increasingly sunny, once more across the southern half and the eastern half of the country where we get a breeze coming out of higher ground and warming temperatures of 15 or warming up temperatures of 15 or 16 celsius possible for north wales and north devon . then wales and north devon. then overnight we're going to see clear spells once again and as a result , a touch of frost in

result, a touch of frost in places. but for western scotland as well as northern ireland, outbreaks of rain move in here. those outbreaks of rain sweep across the country during wednesday. some sunshine either side of that thursday is looking cloudy and damp .

good morning. welcome back to bev turner. today on gb news uk businesses are crying out for relief. there's a story i'm going to be doing with my panels in a about how many pubs and restaurants are going bankrupt . restaurants are going bankrupt. it's really shocking at the british chamber of commerce set its sights on the spring budget, urging the government to tackle high taxes , reform the business

high taxes, reform the business rates system. pressure continues to mount on the conservatives but can jeremy hunt ease the burden ? i'm going to be talking burden? i'm going to be talking to one economist in just a moment . one week on from the moment. one week on from the devastating earthquake that rocked turkey and syria the death has now reached over death toll has now reached over 40,000 with the united nations warning that the number may double. stay with us for the latest updates on that tragedy and rescue efforts. and the ongoing rescue efforts. all up after look all of that coming up after look at your latest news with right . at your latest news with right. and thanks, beth. good morning. it's 11:01. and thanks, beth. good morning. it's11:01. here's and thanks, beth. good morning. it's 11:01. here's latest the uk it's11:01. here's latest the uk is reviewing its security after the us shot down a fourth object spotted over north america in just over a week earlier this month. a suspected chinese balloon was downed off the carolina north coast after it flew over sensitive military sites . defence secretary ben sites. defence secretary ben wallace says it's another sign of how the global picture is

changing for worse. the us yet to identify the latest object . to identify the latest object. dufing to identify the latest object. during a pentagon briefing force general glenn van herk was asked if it could be alien at the intel community and the counterintelligence community figured that out. i haven't ruled out anything at this point. we continue to assess every threat or potential threat unknown that approaches north with the intent to identify . with the intent to identify. taxpayers money said to have been wasted with . labour been wasted with. labour accusing the government of a lavish spending culture . the lavish spending culture. the party analysed the use government procurement cards and found that foreign office officials spent almost found that foreign office officials spent almos t £345,000 officials spent almost £345,000 on dining and alcohol in 2021. labour's has 14 major whitehall spent at least hundred an d £45 spent at least hundred and £45 million using fees across the yeah million using fees across the year. shadow levelling up minister norris says the government has been careless with public money. what we've

revealed today is a culture of a government very, very casual with the public's money. you know, as we talk businesses and down the country are up and we know those businesses will be very hard on the money that they spend as the cost of their operation ends, because they have we would take that have to be. we would take that same that same level of same approach that same level of figoun same approach that same level of rigour, can look rigour, because you can look at some the we've some of the things we've revealed. you get the government really need spend that money really need to spend that money on that they on theatre training that they need pictures the need those pictures from the tate gallery , parliamentary tate gallery, parliamentary under—secretary for , the under—secretary for, the department for transport, richard holden, is defending the government . he says it's not government. he says it's not been reckless . what we've tried been reckless. what we've tried to do is , introduce some real to do is, introduce some real transparency into this sector. so in 2012 we publish on a monthly basis all expenditure ove r £500 on the government over £500 on the government procurement . that's all procurement. that's all available for your viewers on the government's website, on gov.uk . so that's what we're gov.uk. so that's what we're trying to do. greater

transparency. that's why we've said that massive fall since the last time labour in office on this. but we've always got to keep an eye on it. in international news , the death international news, the death toll has risen to almost 36,000 a week after the deadly earthquakes hit turkey and syria . officials say the for window finding survivors alive is closing. but some people, including children, are still being pulled from rubble alive. an appeal by. the uk's disaster emergency committee has raised more than £60 million. james denslow from charity save the children us those who survived the quakes are still at risk . the quakes are still at risk. moving from a sort of window of rescue and fewer people sadly being taken from the rubble into a of wider window of recovery there are now millions are caughtin there are now millions are caught in the open who have lost homes. it's minus five currently in gaza depth. so this is a very dangerous time to be a child exposed out in the open and.

we're making sure along with a lot of agencies that millions of people have hot food, mattresses is somewhere safe to be for the coming weeks. is somewhere safe to be for the coming weeks . two teenage guys coming weeks. two teenage guys have been arrested . suspicion of have been arrested. suspicion of murdering a 16 year old girl in cheshire . brianna gay from cheshire. brianna gay from warrington was found with serious injuries after being stabbed in a linear park in culture yesterday afternoon . culture yesterday afternoon. emergency services arrived , but emergency services arrived, but she died at the scene. boy and a girl, both 15 years old, are being questioned by police . a being questioned by police. a teenager arrested protests outside an asylum seekers hotel in merseyside is appearing in court today . 19 year old jared court today. 19 year old jared skeet has been accused of violent disorder assault by beating and emergency services worker . 15 other people have worker. 15 other people have also been arrested following . also been arrested following. friday's demonstration outside the suites hotel in knowsley . the suites hotel in knowsley. the number of pubs and bars calling last orders has risen by

more than 200 in a year. insolvencies rose from 280 . in insolvencies rose from 280. in 2021 to 512 last year. that's according to accountancy group uah . why? happy young higher uah. why? happy young higher energy are being blamed along with falling sales with fewer customers out because of the cost of living crisis and a you has been caught on camera lighting up the sky above the engush lighting up the sky above the english a fireball with of green could be seen just before 3:00 this morning. it's after the european space agency spotted the object saying . it was the object saying. it was expected to safely enter the earth's atmosphere. it's only the seventh time an asteroid impact has been predicted . this impact has been predicted. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as happens. and let's get straight back to .

straight back to. very good . welcome back. hands very good. welcome back. hands down, gb news. here's what's coming up this morning. bbc chairman richard sharp had to answer questions . chairman richard sharp had to answer questions. his relation ship with boris johnson and, an £800,000 loan and delivered a scathing evaluation of his . what scathing evaluation of his. what might this mean for the future of the bbc uk businesses crying out for relief. the british chamber of commerce sets its on the spring budget, urging the government to tackle high taxes and reform the business rates system. i'm going to be joined by economist vicki price to find out the latest to see what the government actually do to help. and as always, i will be back here at the breakfast table with , my panel, and it just makes sense those sense also. you had those debates. labour mp steven debates. former labour mp steven pound, could hear pound, and you could hear talking man a sub. bennet's former speechwriter liz to former speechwriter liz truss to take the latest

take us through the latest stories . and of course, you are stories. and of course, you are my third panellist. do get in touch. email me gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news to have your say . gb news to have your say. so me now is our political correspondent tom harwood this morning. we've got a quite a few loose ends. i want to tie up with you this. morning, tom. government expenses we've been talking it already. our talking about it already. our viewers have been getting in. alister says this is political tittle tattle. we would be the laughing of the world if laughing stock of the world if we spend same as we didn't spend the same as other biden takes other leaders. biden takes a fleet cars with on his fleet of cars with him on his travels. alistair have a point. the certainly point i mean a the certainly a point i mean a lot of around the government have been saying is it would be silly for the minister to silly for the prime minister to stay a budget motel. wouldn't stay in a budget motel. wouldn't going these big international going to these big international summits. clearly there summits. i mean clearly there are luxurious hotels are some where luxurious hotels are some where luxurious hotels are necessary if for diplomacy. and to be fair the labour party. angela rayner the deputy leader this morning has said pretty

much the same, that if they were in the labour party could see some where they would also book five star hotels using government procurement cards . government procurement cards. but what's interesting about the labour research compiling of different sort of expenditures across different and releasing it today is that you can really search through all of this information in a very easy way. now, not that it was hidden, but it's more accessible in this format. and you can see some funny examples of things that have been booked out the embassy in washington, dc. renting out a pink photo booth for a party one evening now that might have attracted diplomats to the british embassy, perhaps . also, british embassy, perhaps. also, it does sound a little bit silly, so i'm sure there are lots of different arguments on either way on lot of these items. the spending the hospitality thing is always controversial, isn't it, in that the you know, we need to entertain the politicians to host leaders. a lot of businesses don't they say, whether need pink photo

whether they need a pink photo booth, i suppose remains to be seen, which to go to a quick seen, which is to go to a quick video now, i believe, prime minister, sunak minister, that rishi sunak has been the past been speaking in the past minutes on a visit to a medical centre manchester. hear centre in manchester. let's hear what had to say. first of what he had to say. first of all, here to talk about all, we're here to talk about diagnostic centres just diagnostic centres and just explain what the government's trying to do effectively rolling out of the year out at the beginning of the year . made five promises to the . i made five promises to the country. one them was to cut country. one of them was to cut waiting lists. i'm here waiting lists. and i'm here today to see this fantastic community diagnostics in all of them, do them, which is helping us do exactly that. cut the waiting list. these centres bring together different together all the different types checks, scans that checks, tests and scans that people them out of people need. take them out of hospital as closer to people's homes the community, making homes in the community, making it for them to . access it easier for them to. access that and get it far that treatment and get it far quicker. really working quicker. it's really working it's making a major difference in cutting waiting lists. and that's why we're rolling out almost across the almost 150 of these across the country . let's move on. there's country. let's move on. there's lots through this morning lots to get through this morning . the earthquake there, . syria, the earthquake there, the un this morning essentially saying there's an open and shut case that there needs to be more

access north—west can access to north—west syria. can the government is the the british government is the british prepared british government prepared to do to try and show that do more to try and show that happens? what is right? we need to syria and that to get aid into syria and that means more border crossings. to get aid into syria and that meanrworkingorder crossings. to get aid into syria and that meanrworking very crossings. to get aid into syria and that meanrworking very closelygs. to get aid into syria and that meanrworking very closely with we're working very closely with the united nations , play our the united nations, play our part in trying to make that happen. and in the meantime, what also doing is sending what we're also doing is sending a directly into area the white helmets organise are providing humanitarian assistance on the ground in syria . they're funded ground in syria. they're funded by uk aid and they're doing terrific work. we're also sending hygiene kits and tents and other supplies to that region . well. just on that, you region. well. just on that, you correct me rightly the other day saying that uk government going to marc h £5 million worth of to march £5 million worth of funding , but the to march £5 million worth of funding, but the uk to march £5 million worth of funding , but the uk population funding, but the uk population has raised 50 million. is the are you guys prepared to go further and much more money given how much has been raised so far. well it's been amazing to . see the response from the to. see the response from the country to what is an unbelievable just devastating tragedy . as i said, it's hard to

tragedy. as i said, it's hard to comprehend the scale of sitting here watching it on your tv screens and why it's important that we do our bit. and i'm grateful to everyone who's given generously. the government has matched generously. the government has matche those matched £5 billion of those donations, also donations, but we're also providing support providing of other support directly . the authorities in the directly. the authorities in the region . i spoke to the president region. i spoke to the president of turkey week 77 of our best search and rescue teams are on the ground as we speak. and they've been there for almost a week, doing important work with sending tents, blankets, hygienic . but we're also hygienic. but we're also continually in touch with the authorities . and if they need authorities. and if they need more assistance, we're ready to provide it. this is the number of incidents we had in the united states with these attacks , so—called spy balloons , and , so—called spy balloons, and have we looked into in the uk? if you talk to the intelligence and military about whether those and military about whether those a possibility that some of these balloons or chinese balloons have been in the uk airspace. well, i want people to know that we'll do whatever it takes to keep the country safe. we have something . the quick something called. the quick reaction force, which

reaction alert force, which involves typhoon , which are kept involves typhoon, which are kept on 24 seven readiness to police our airspace, which is incredibly important. i can't obviously comment in detail on national security matters, but are in constant touch with our allies . and as i said, we'll do allies. and as i said, we'll do whatever it takes to keep the country safe. but just you to date, you do not know of any instance of spy balloons being spotted over uk airspace. as i said, i wouldn't comment in detail on security matters, but people should reassured that people should be reassured that we all the capable parties we have all the capable parties in to keep the country in place to keep the country safe, the quick safe, including the quick reaction alert force, which has typhoon , which police our typhoon, which can police our skies 24 seven readiness but more generally we're in touch with our allies and will make sure that the country is always protected on a rich protected not just on a rich chart. the chairman of the bbc, lots of questions over the weekend about his position, not least of because a select least of all because a select committee mps, including conservative, said that essentially he had made mistakes you have confidence in the bbc . you have confidence in the bbc. i mean, do you think he's undermining bbc impartiality? so

that this relates to a process that this relates to a process that happened before i was prime minister. obviously it's currently being looked by the independent office of public appointments and. that process is ongoing. so i can't speculate before , prejudge the outcome of before, prejudge the outcome of that. but it's an independent is going to look at it and make sure that everything was followed correctly. all the rules procedures were dear to and say we'll wait for that and i'll say we'll wait for that report phone question as report just to phone question as prime minister, first of all, one apparently brexit meeting one on apparently brexit meeting that took place relatively did you it? sank you you know about it? you sank you and michael gove to go and talk to you know, to other employees. you know, i was proud to vote for brexit. and now as prime minister i'm keen to make that we deliver the benefits it. now we've already done that when we taken control of immigration system of our immigration system example rolling out example we're rolling out freeports across the country which jobs and which are creating jobs and investment what we want investment and now what we want to , make sure that we drive to do, make sure that we drive in our economy by seizing the opportunity of brexit do opportunity of brexit to do things differently . we have things differently. we have a law that's through law that's going through parliament enable us parliament that will enable us to and whether in to do that. and whether it's in life sciences. we have faster

life sciences. so we have faster trials whether it's in data trials or whether it's in data and technology doing things differently can differently so that we can create jobs and prosperity across the one that in across the one that you in support meeting. then support of this meeting. then there's no meeting there's no doubt the meeting this is what i'm talking about with government is doing and with the government is doing and that's making that we that's making sure that we capitalise the benefits of brexit that we're brexit trade deals that we're signing around and signing all around the world and constantly in dialogue with signing all around the world and constipartnerinalogue with signing all around the world and constipartners as,ygue with signing all around the world and constipartners as, we with signing all around the world and constipartners as, we speak to other partners as, we speak to increase between increase the links between the uk countries everywhere . uk and countries everywhere. that's people's jobs that's good for people's jobs here home. those are just here at home. those are just a few of the things that can do few of the things that we can do because brexit and we're because of brexit and we're going delivering those going to keep delivering those benefits people benefits for the british people . and finally, the . and just very finally, the times are saying that times today are saying that water companies are to water companies are going to avoid some the avoid fines. we know some the spills, sewage into into rivers and lakes are the government prepare to water down these fines. i think that that reporting is categorically not i want to actually would welcome tougher fines for water companies and that's what we're putting in place. not only we holding them to account for putting in place the largest investment in our water

infrastructure in decades, investment in our water infrastructure in decades , £56 infrastructure in decades, £56 billion of investment that we're expecting. the water companies to put in. we will hold them to account for their part in reducing the overflows, and that will be very significant fines for if they don't their for them if they don't do their part this. that's what part in this. that's what government and government is delivering and that's committed. do that's what i'm committed. do thank you very much. thank you, sir tom harwood is with me now. anything that you found from what he said that was particularly captivating that last question there on the issues of leakages into waterways and all the rest of it has been such an emotional issue over the last two and a half years really and it's interesting that rishi sunak is really this argument that there will be tougher fines. of course, there's an active debate within government in terms of what level those fines be. currently, they sit . at £125,000 currently, they sit. at £125,000 and the previous defra secretary wanted to raise them to £125 million. now that is a pretty crippling find that could well

put some of these companies out of business. so there's an activity debate in government as to whether or not that would be a good thing or whether there should some sort middle should be some sort of middle ground. could levy ground. these fines could levy out . wouldn't necessarily out. it wouldn't necessarily become productive because, of course, if companies out course, if these companies out of business, there's no infrastructure investment at all. viewers have been all. well, our viewers have been getting in touch about this. michael water companies michael said all water companies must practises, use must change their practises, use old that currently old that are currently distributed to until these terrible are rectified . it's no terrible are rectified. it's no good these companies pleading poverty when they distribute massive without sorting out fundamental problems. enough is enough to feel quite strongly about this . but there's all the about this. but there's all the of lords also looking at this at the moment. yes, exactly. the environment bill has been going through houses of course, but there's , there's a similar there's, there's a similar argument , the house of lords argument, the house of lords that's not related to this issue of fines , but related to the of fines, but related to the retained eu law bill which is going through the lords as we

speak. going through the lords as we speak . and that bill of course speak. and that bill of course would give ministers the power to delete some or indeed amend or keep around 4000 pieces of eu legislation , two of which are legislation, two of which are related to waterways. now government wants a clean bill whereby of that eu law gets transposed , secondary transposed, secondary legislation and ministers can do what they will with it . the what they will with it. the house of lords and, a cross—party group of lords in the lords are saying they want a specific exemption for these two out of the fourth house and pieces of law. of course, the government's response to this that this doesn't mean that every single gets deleted. this means that ministers have the power to keep which ones they want get of the ones want to and get rid of the ones they don't . so that's to they don't. so that's going to be a of an argument, the be a bit of an argument, the lords in the coming weeks. and just last thing, what just one last thing, what did you make sunak was you make of what sunak was saying there about the chinese you make of what sunak was sayibeingere about the chinese you make of what sunak was sayi being sholioul the chinese you make of what sunak was sayi being shot down?! chinese you make of what sunak was sayi being shot down? yes. nese you make of what sunak was sayi being shot down? yes. soe spy being shot down? yes. so that not only that we've seen not only a number of balloons over the united states, also these unidentified objects us unidentified objects that the us military wanting to call

military is not wanting to call balloons or anything else because they're just of because they're just sort of shapes in sky that have now shapes in the sky that have now been out. this is clearly been taken out. this is clearly a big worry for a lot of western democracies. the reach of china is spread further and more widely . don't think there's been widely. don't think there's been any confirmed instances of a balloon floating all the way from china to the united kingdom. perhaps our geography protects us a bit more. there but clearly the fact that the kingdom government is in correspondence with the us government and is keeping a watchful eye on this stuff is something of note. okay, thanks tom. right after , the break. my tom. right after, the break. my panel will be back with me after this short break to look at the shocking number of pubs and bars who've declared bankruptcy recently. and age uk are urging government to act now to help a much valued but neglect hit senior citizens seemed .

to very morning it's 1122 this is beth tennis day on gb news. my guests are back with me this morning. former labour mp familiar face lots of you stephen pound and former number 10 speechwriter isaiah bennett . 10 speechwriter isaiah bennett. right. this has felt like a ticking time for hospitality industry really since 2020 when everything got closed down, more pubs and bars going to be calling last orders and insolvencies rose in 2021, 280 of these hostelries went out of business in 2022. it was hundred and 12. stephen pound we are going to see so many more of these this spring i remember talking to somebody from the hospitality industry just before christmas on this show, and they said , will tell you now we can

said, will tell you now we can just about get christmas. we can probably get through january based on our christmas income and we won't make after march. well, that's the hospitality industry in the generality. and we're specifically pubs industry in the generality. and we'ri specifically pubs industry in the generality. and we'ri think specifically pubs industry in the generality. and we'ri think withecifically pubs industry in the generality. and we'ri think with pubs|lly pubs industry in the generality. and we'ri think with pubs as pubs industry in the generality. and we'ri think with pubs as aubs industry in the generality. and we'ri think with pubs as a range and i think with pubs as a range of forces in play here , you of forces in play here, you know, the old joe took derek and clive, two blokes in a cap and a pint of bitter in a temple mug. you those days gone you know, those days have gone and the drink and wasn't just the drink driving it wasn't just driving rules, it wasn't just the smoking ban. it's also the fact that many, many pubs were tied. they no say tied. pubs and they had no say in they charge or even in how much they charge or even what could come in. what beer they could come in. however, is some good however, there is some good news. we've around news. although we've been around by pubs are closing by the way, the pubs are closing left, right centre. the left, right and centre. the mighty horse in greenwood mighty black horse in greenwood is what are is no more, but what we are seeing more of is pop up real elbow specialist bars and we're also other pubs like i also seeing other pubs like i could mention, them, the could mention, many of them, the viaduct way which viaduct around my way which are becoming gastropubs becoming i mean gastropubs it sounds like you eating snails, but it's, it's where you but i mean, it's, it's where you actually get decent as well actually get decent meal as well as been actually get decent meal as well as beer. and i must admit, as a beer. and i must admit, since the smoking and you know i'm reformed was i'm a reformed that i was a smoker see more and more

smoker i see more and more people into pubs. i think people coming into pubs. i think it's not the closing it's it's not the are closing it's pubs and you know pubs are changing and you know the smoke filled yellow the old smoke filled yellow ceiling gone but these ceiling that pubs gone but these are mean these are also are also i mean these are also bars well, know, the kind bars as well, you know, the kind of you see you might of bars you see that you might think a young crowd to think of a young crowd out to see your young on a saturday night do you still go to bars? no, not lately because . i've got no, not lately because. i've got a three month old, so actually on have a thank you in this case though i really feel it though the whole story because on my local high street was a great bar i'd go to, you know, sort of and that shot last because they couldn't make it for the winter they said that they had you know they said that they had you know they to come out of lockdown one then lockdown two came along the lockdown three and then energy pnces lockdown three and then energy prices the final nail in the prices was the final nail in the coffin. think now maybe the coffin. i think now maybe the post office is going to be opening up there. but the thing is they going to for those is that they going to for those ehhen is that they going to for those either. broader either. absolutely on a broader level , there's still the level, there's still the challenge, though, about, you know, those where it might know, for those where it might replaced by chat shop or replaced by a chat shop or something else, you know, maybe

people fear there's like people will fear there's like a hollowing out of their local high streets. and each i high streets. and each one i mean, culturally, we to mean, culturally, we have to remember pub goers, remember for many pub goers, they'll have the kind of scarring been scarring from where they've been told can't told by the government, can't gather in. don't go in. gather in. crowds don't go in. these people want to these pops people won't want to go numbers anymore. go in such numbers anymore. there will that's a permanent there will be that's a permanent reduction numbers having to reduction in numbers having to deal with. so it's to be deal with. so it's going to be harder them to stay afloat at the the moment, the moment and also the moment, of you've got who of course, you've got people who haven't spare haven't got as much spare disposable income. so what do you if you've a bit you do with if you've got a bit of money at the end of the month, you treat yourself, you take the kids out, you do some. and now people haven't got and now that people haven't got that they've less spend, that they've got less to spend, they're also saying in this report have massively report that rails have massively hit industry hit the hospitality industry because people aren't into work in centres, so they're in the town centres, so they're not a drink after work. not having a drink after work. you there, in 2020. you were there, though, in 2020. surely government saw this was coming . i surely government saw this was coming. i think that's why surely government saw this was coming . i think that's why you coming. i think that's why you know now prime minister would say he put furlough in there to try and support industries that you know when you basically put the in freeze you the economy in freeze dry you can least support workers so

can at least support workers so they come back something they can come back to something . in my view , . but i think in my view, there's still the longer term damage, as from all the damage, as we know from all the kind of residual of people having months thinking, having months of thinking, i can't these places, can't go to these places, i shouldn't to these, know, shouldn't go to these, you know, and thinking that maybe shouldn't go to these, you know, and have, inking that maybe shouldn't go to these, you know, and have, you1g that maybe shouldn't go to these, you know, and have, you know, maybe shouldn't go to these, you know, and have, you know, someye shouldn't go to these, you know, and have, you know, some form still have, you know, some form of know, some of something, you know, some lucky i'll get and that does through in the numbers the footfall we're seeing i need a crystal ball to know that was going to happen though. did you because i think that's the because i think it's that's the balance took at the balance of cost took at the time and you know i think it's for example rishi you know made a great play year of saying great play last year of saying how from california how flew back from california before say lockdown before i want to say lockdown 23i count and make 23i lose count to try and make that you his his grave that you know his his grave about this you know that's the thing that i haven't come to terms and was seeing that terms with and was seeing that you with you know basically with inflation it's been the inflation it's really been the other mean yesterday other factors. i mean yesterday afternoon in royal british legion, asylum fell legion, a hushed asylum fell over the assembly . people pace. over the assembly. people pace. it turned ashen when we heard that beer was going go up by 65, pay a that beer was going go up by 65, pay a pint so why on earth turn the screw in the wrong direction

now . okay beer is now what , £6, now. okay beer is now what, £6, £57 a pint and that's pretty expensive. it is. and this why i guess people are choosing to dnnk guess people are choosing to drink at home. it's cheaper to buy your wine from a supermarket or your beer and sit at home. i don't like so i don't like fact that we're forcing people by soft means or , as you know, no soft means or, as you know, no longer lockdowns. they're becoming kind of voluntary lockdowns to sit home with your family, who you probably sick of the sight of, sit with your husband you bored of him husband you quite bored of him rather pub, not rather than to the pub, not necessarily to find a new i necessarily to find a new one. i mean , i'm a human being on my. mean, i'm a human being on my. you would we need to have human beings . we are tribal animals beings. we are tribal animals and we to be able to go out and mix with other people it's good for we talk about mental health all the time. well, the best way mental health for a lot of people is be able to go out on a saturday night, meet up with some friends, have a bite, have a drink. do you think the government take that seriously enough? know enough? rishi said. i just know the necessary

the kind of madam necessary doesn't drink does. well, i think it's all the answer to that question come in the that question will come in the forthcoming a few forthcoming budget in a few weeks when no the weeks time, when no doubt the industries will weeks time, when no doubt the industrieswill speaking weeks time, when no doubt the industries will speaking very industries will be speaking very much know, getting much so, you know, getting the loudspeakers and loudspeakers out there. and that's chancellor that's what the chancellor a chance that he's heard chance to show that he's heard because obviously for months chance to show that he's heard becauhad )viously for months chance to show that he's heard becauhad otherly for months chance to show that he's heard becauhad other tory' months chance to show that he's heard becauhad other tory mp nths chance to show that he's heard becauhad other tory mp talking we've had other tory mp talking about the for tax cuts and, about the need for tax cuts and, other support businesses other support for businesses have up have obviously whacking up corporation this is corporation tax. now so this is all come to a head of all going to come to a head of the budget the deputy. you put your on something to lay your finger on something to lay something really important that george this george orwell wrote this marvellous essay about the moon under being under water, about a pub being much a place where much more than a place where people go to drink round my way every, party or pretty every, single party or pretty much pubs, a football much all the pubs, a football team and actually have, we team and we actually have, we have a night know we'll have a quiz night you know we'll have a quiz night you know we'll have nights it's changed have curry nights it's changed it's evolved but the tragedy the government simply isn't supporting that's real industry and that's the real problem just it. problem they're just driving it. i just not bothered. i maybe it's just not bothered. maybe bothered. maybe they're just not bothered. maybe they're just not bothered. maybe well, maybe they just think, well, this is this is the, you know, this is this is the, you know, this the i'm sorry, this is the future i'm sorry, guys. get used to it. you know, every time rishi sunak comes on the tv goes about how the tv goes on about how important is. i'm not heading

the tv goes on about how imdo tant is. i'm not heading the tv goes on about how imdo ant is. i'm not heading the tv goes on about how imdo an interview not heading the tv goes on about how imdo an interview yet, heading the tv goes on about how imdo an interview yet, where1g the tv goes on about how imdo an interview yet, where it to do an interview yet, where it doesn't quote air or technology. we well, our problem was the we well, our problem is was the last want to go meet last place if want to go meet your future in a pub who your future husband in a pub who is prime minister or is the last prime minister or the cabinet man? i mean, i the last cabinet man? i mean, i think you actually you'd likely meet i probably meet in a pub. i think probably ken clarke can't think of ken clarke i can't think of anybody recently. funny enough, ken clarke i can't think of awasydy recently. funny enough, ken clarke i can't think of awas reading1tly. funny enough, ken clarke i can't think of awas reading somejnny enough, ken clarke i can't think of awas reading some georgeough, ken clarke i can't think of awas reading some george orwell i was reading some george orwell at anyway, he was at the weekend. anyway, he was talking the talking about did may well the moon water is a brilliant moon under water is a brilliant picture and there is a pub in it actually called that which was named it. he was an named after it. yeah he was an etonian of course, so he was pretty true. pretty bright. yeah. true. right. you, azhar. right. okay thank you, azhar. you you so much, sir. you too. thank you so much, sir. hey, no, no, no, no you know, i met, you know, nobody. tony don't how offended he was of don't see how offended he was of that. said, oh, you that. and they said, oh, you know, whole, you know, that know, this whole, you know, that state school boy. well, you. yeah you know you know yeah you know you know you know i try after the break we i try right after the break we all that businesses all know that you businesses need support. we've just need more support. we've just been it, the been discussing it, but the prime and prime minister and the chancellor's when chancellor's hands tied when it comes the tax burden. comes to easing the tax burden. no, they are not going to be discussing this with an economist news . it's

economist after your news. it's 1030. here's the 1130, rather. here's the latest from the prime minister refused to say if spy balloons have been spotted over the united kingdom . it comes the united kingdom. it comes after the us shot a fourth object flying over north america just over a week. defence secretary ben wallace announced that uk will now review its airspace security rishi sunak . airspace security rishi sunak. the country has the capabilities to keep the skies safe . i want to keep the skies safe. i want people to know that we'll do whatever it takes to keep the country safe. we have something called the quick reaction alert , which involves typhoon planes which are kept on 24 seven readiness to police our airspace, which is incredibly i can't obviously comment in on national security matters, but we're in constant touch with our allies , taxpayers is said to allies, taxpayers is said to have been wasted . labour have been wasted. labour accusing the government of a lavish spending culture . the lavish spending culture. the party analysed the use of government cards and found 14 major whitehall departments

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good it's 1135. this is good it's1135. this is bev turner on gb news tv on dab radio. thank you for finding me. so ukip businesses are understandably calling jeremy hunt and the government to provide more support in the face of high taxes. provide more support in the face of high taxes . the british of high taxes. the british chambers of commerce have

outlined goals that they want the chancellor to hit at his upcoming spring budget, including reform of the country's business rates system . i'm talking now to chief adviser at the centre for economic and business research, becky price . good morning, becky price. good morning, becky. good to see you. and some really shocking statistics in the paper this morning about the number of pubs and, bars who just have gone bankrupt. and no doubt number will increase in the spring. are the government any noises to try and help these people? well i've been hearing your discussion and the answer for the moment is not very much. there has some move on business rates and that's been quite helpful. but of course what you do need and i think what the chambers of commerce are asking for is a review of the business rates regime , which is rates regime, which is inconveniencing fact, adding to huge costs for , businesses and huge costs for, businesses and also those that start , which also those that start, which they say is a big deterrent right now. so but so far, in

terms of looking at it all again, i mean, the government said that they are and they will. we still don't quite know how the whole regime might end up being. but there is no doubt the thing the chambers are saying as the cbi did just saying and as the cbi did just a few days ago because this is the time when all organisations are putting forward their suggestions for march budget , suggestions for march budget, cbi has done something very similar , talked a lot about the similar, talked a lot about the help that businesses need not just in terms of their own costs on running a business. if you exclude staff issues, but also how to make sure that there are more people available to . do the more people available to. do the work that is necessary , work that is necessary, encouraging more for childcare, for example, which i think is really important. we know the government also trying to get the other 15 back to work . so. the other 15 back to work. so. so there is a lot that needs to be done. you know, if you look at issues, again, huge demand by all organisations to something more than make the various regimes that now exist investment big, more permanent. a lot of uncertainty around with

energy . so a lot of uncertainty around with energy. so going a lot of uncertainty around with energy . so going back to what energy. so going back to what you asked about sort of pumps and unrest , rents, you asked about sort of pumps and unrest, rents, i you asked about sort of pumps and unrest , rents, i would say and unrest, rents, i would say the verdict that they have been let down to very considerable extent , the energy issue, the extent, the energy issue, the security and the predictability , if you like, of that situation is , as you say, that's missing is, as you say, that's missing at the moment. what businesses need more than anything is certainty . and just explain certainty. and just to explain vicky, how the energy bills that these businesses are already being hamstrung by are about to increase unless the government do something in april . well, do something in april. well, yes. i mean, this regime that was there before that was really putting a of cap, if you like, on what it is businesses would be paying has now been moved to just giving a discount per unit of energy you use that is a of energy that you use that is a lot less generous than was the case before. so as april cost to businesses increase , one businesses will increase, one ray of hope, if you like, is that prices been falling. so gas pnces that prices been falling. so gas prices in europe have come down

very significantly. in fact, on counts. if you look particularly what is being brought forward, if you like for the summer we've gone back to where we were pre—invasion of ukraine by russia so good news the negative thing is that we've seen oil pnces thing is that we've seen oil prices probably you know beginning to show some signs of going up because china has come back into the market. and also there are now blockages of , oil there are now blockages of, oil coming from russia by west and russia itself has cut production . so there are some elements there that will be going off. but then, of course, wages going up. we're going to hear a bit more about that tomorrow. so costs of businesses also be costs of businesses will also be adding that, energy costs adding to that, energy costs that already had live that they've already had to live through and. of course, through and. now, of course, those will be going those costs will be going slightly as of april. and slightly higher as of april. and then, of course, is still have wages are now expanding by wages which are now expanding by something on average by 5. what are these specific reform aims that the british chambers of commerce are calling for? becky well, there are asking. i

mentioned childcare. i think that's quite important. they want to make the labour market more flexible because . there is more flexible because. there is a lot of pressure there. so in addition to everything else is, as i said, wage costs are going up and they don't have enough people. you've also been people. so what you've also been heanng people. so what you've also been hearing pubs in particular hearing about pubs in particular is are opening for is that they are opening for smaller of hours in order smaller number of hours in order to cope with the fact though they don't have the people or isa do them, it costs them quite a lot, you know, the business rates we already touched on. but they is more they also want is more investment they want is anything that facilitates in a greater investment become a me because without that of course you don't the improving productivity and improvement long term growth. improvement in long term growth. one things that they are one of the things that they are talking about is also encouraging investment in infrastructure is infrastructure which is absolutely needed across the regions. so one of the suggestions of the government in any case in the deregulation they're doing since brexit is , they're doing since brexit is, to look again at the way in which pension funds and insurance companies invest in infrastructure . for the moment, infrastructure. for the moment, the risks are quite great and

they have to keep a lot of capital behind. so they're restricted in what they do. the idea is to change the that europe has which we actually have, contribute to in any case through the years getting those rules, ethical solvency to requirements for those big funds invest in long term and give a boost if you like to infrastructure investment which they perceive is going to be very very important for levelling up purposes. okay. all right. thank you, vicky vicky price, the chief economic adviser, the for economic adviser, the centre for economic and business. it's one week since the turkey—syria . while since the turkey—syria. while the current death toll is now almost 40,000, the foreign minister believes the total loss of life could be as high as 50,000. this makes it turkey's deadliest earthquake , 1939. and deadliest earthquake, 1939. and while rescue continues, the chances of finding survivors is becoming more and more remote . becoming more and more remote. paul hawkins has this this look

. a five year old girl pulled out after almost a week under the rock . similarly after four the rock. similarly after four and a half days and an anxious, painstaking wait by rescuers. this man was out alive . whether this man was out alive. whether . children got . babies . children got. babies. not even pets , but these moments are now pets, but these moments are now even rarer in hatay . mehmet is even rarer in hatay. mehmet is desperate. my children are under the rubble, he says . i've been the rubble, he says. i've been waiting for rescue teams five days. nobody comes here to help. i got out by myself. i saved own life. but i shut me down when i

get there , among others. we came get there, among others. we came to . help you? shouts this rescue to. help you? shouts this rescue . we came to listen. to hear your voice. give us a sign here . a disaster on this scale has called for an international response . tens of thousands of response. tens of thousands of professional and volunteer rescuers have joined search. but it's . not distress rescuers have joined search. but it's. not distress . go it's. not distress. go to. this man survived and was later recovered from the rubble . it's recovered from the rubble. it's a similar story in northern syria . the city of aleppo for syria. the city of aleppo for example , moves to the dangers example, moves to the dangers and destruction of missiles than mother nature . the response here mother nature. the response here complicated by the ongoing civil war. northern syria, a patchwork

quilt of territory controlled by different rebel groups and the government and syrian . president government and syrian. president al—assad. here visiting nine year old fat man. the only surviving member of her family. satellite pictures of southeastern turkey before . and southeastern turkey before. and after the earthquake show the scale of the destruction but the loss of life is set to climb much further with the un. warning it's likely to reach 50,000 deaths. that would make it the world's seventh deadliest earthquake since 1950. the epicentre of the earthquake was the worst event in 100 years in this region . as you have seen this region. as you have seen here , there has never been an here, there has never been an international response a turkish response to a natural disaster as see here in these terrible days. many turks will not share that view as the death toll rises , so does their anger at

rises, so does their anger at their president erdogan. sunday's ziggurat of after 20 years in power. many are questioning why earthquake building regulations followed. what happened to the billions raised from earthquake taxes? the president who faces re—election in the summer has hit back, saying it's not possible to be prepared for such a disaster disaster. but the loss of life on this means inevitably questions will be asked . paul hawkins. gb news by asked. paul hawkins. gb news by faben asked. paul hawkins. gb news by faber. my panel are back with this morning. stephen pound, former labour mp and familiar face to gb news is with me. you've on very good behaviour today, stephen. you behave yourself. well done. not over yet. oh, that's true . and former yet. oh, that's true. and former number 10 speechwriter aissa bennetts write eisa piece in the mirror today saying shameless. liz truss blames tories not being right wing enough after economic . she wrote that 4000

economic. she wrote that 4000 word piece in the paper was not only last. it was a week. it wasn't. this wasn't yesterday it wasn't. this wasn't yesterday it was a week ago. do help her write that it was all has got a lot of time to work on these things. would you have edited in any particular way? i think, you know, from my heart. i know, it's from my heart. i would ultimately, she's the would not. ultimately, she's the chief writer on chief speechwriter and writer on all things. you know all these things. so, you know she wants to put that down. you know, have stopped know, i would not have stopped her in that sense because it's, you would been you know, no one would have been closer the engine room of closer to the engine room of government than was. so many government than she was. so many people, my people, including me, i'll my hands have out with all hands up, have come out with all theories, and, theories, accounts and, you know, various ways know, limited their various ways of you know, no of what happened. you know, no one would know it better than the woman in the centre, the woman room where woman with the room where it happened. you happened. and so clearly, you know, she came out swinging, saying, when. saying, i'm not strong when. you sort of say it's all the fault of the left economic establishment. clearly left establishment. clearly the left wing off about wing i'm going to kick off about this and, you know, obviously, she's the ideas she's not going to say the ideas were and i sympathise were wrong. and i sympathise because, you know, you can really understand that, you know, tax you know, growth, tax cuts, you know, growth, tax cuts, you know, these things people know, these are things people want and you know, the

want to see and you know, the conservatives know, conservatives for, you know, emphatically backs that she was delivering that granted you know she then went too far for the party and she didn't bring them with her on this journey because half of governing is just having coming up the ideas the other half then persuading half is also then persuading people your people delivering your job though, i've to be though, right. i've tried to be we worked in lockstep we worked together in lockstep on things. reason on these things. all the reason , said the communications, , she said the communications, you more clearly. you know, needed more clearly. the to be laid, the ground needs to be laid, which a rival . the ground needs to be laid, which a rival. i think it's which is a rival. i think it's definitely it was what she wants to say the whole time. so actually it was the worst thing would be for minister to just kind of would read out almost like teleprompter. like a teleprompter. ron burgundy style. you know, whatever you front of whatever you put in front of them. see always interrogate every would every paragraph in line would be chewed so chewed over, pondered. and so nothing would say, had nothing she would say, had not been really considered . and some been really considered. and some people you know, did write people said, you know, did write the speeches, for the cheese speeches, for example. in when she was example. i came in when she was at trade that when she was at trade and that when she was on the verge of, you know, being sacked by dominic cummings. and then turnaround then suddenly the turnaround since was then

since then in which she was then becoming the most popular conservative cabinet minister among roots in them. i among the grass roots in them. i think the viewers of this esteemed channel and you esteemed channel and then, you know, to get the clear know, was able to get the clear mandate, membership prime mandate, the membership as prime minister that minister and the thing is that after that i think what made after that, i think what made her an excellent cabinet minister, wants to do minister, it always wants to do more. to the envelope, more. she wants to the envelope, you never fly you know, she will never fly out, just to sort of shake hands and, know, waffle. carter and, you know, waffle. carter and talk about the restaurants and this stuff she wants to and all this stuff she wants to and all this stuff she wants to and done deliver. and get things done deliver. it's delivered to whitehall jargon creeping in and then there's also a piece in the paper this in the telegraph actually , unsurprisingly, saying actually, unsurprisingly, saying that boris johnson is poised for a comeback. stephen, how desperate must they be? mean on his day, boris broke all the all the rules . you know, he was the rules. you know, he was quite extraordinary. and all the numbers, terms of a mandate from have you know he got amazingly the tories had an 80 seat majority which is obviously shrunk a deal. no, he's an extraordinary politician. but i don't think he's an extraordinarily good politic. and the that in and i think the idea that in politics is second act and

politics is no second act and you come back, it's as you don't come back, it's as simple as that. i don't see it. but on the fundamental thing aboutis but on the fundamental thing about is going to ally about is he going to ally himself liz truss cuts himself with liz truss tax cuts take off capitalism take the brakes off capitalism argument. i don't that argument. i don't think that case has made at all case has been made at all in northern it years. we northern on it for years. we situations where from margaret thatcher onwards we'd say to people like delorean, to people like delorean, come to northern build you northern ireland, build it. you won't pay any tax. won't have to pay any tax. there'll no corporation, there'll be no corporation, there'll vat. you just, there'll be no vat. you just, you just be capitalist you know, just be capitalist every fly would every you've got the fly would come in and then disappear as soon as tide went down of it. so capitalism to be actually dealt with, but and more with, but slowly and more seriously, there is a case for cutting taxes to . encourage cutting taxes to. encourage investment growth . investment to encourage growth. get more growth. you get more tax case for tax revenue. there's case for that, gung not that, but not gung not absolutely slammed by, you know, like she did, although if not now, when do we need to slam ban when people can't you know, when pubs are closed and. we've just had a struggling if not now when tax cuts this seems like the time for wham bam. well, i think that's the rationale she'd have taken then. like you only

taken back then. like you only had two years to turn things around actually paper, around and actually on paper, like, budget you like, let's the mini budget you know captain hindsight's now know the captain hindsight's now all saying oh all and the press are saying oh we we news can we know we news can be disastrous and at the time disastrous and yet at the time the groups all said it the business groups all said it was brilliant. the cbi, all of the you know, all saying the fsb you know, all saying this is what we need is what need. and they will it need. and they will welcome it with open it's just with open arms. it's just instead clue the fact you instead this clue the fact you and in room with the and i in the room with the economic establishment as it were. i'm not to know were. so i'm not going to know the minutia on this. you can the minutia on this. but you can clearly sort of became clearly once it sort of became clear, how you clear, you know, how are you going for all this? that going to pay for all this? that question starts to creep into the and, you know, kind question starts to creep into th

left economist. i wish i left wing economist. i wish i could found one, but what could have found one, but what this what rishi this actually is what rishi sunak left. well, the sunak is pretty left. well, the economy, the economist that liz truss is talking about actually to to small seek. to conserve to small seek. and so prepared to do so they weren't prepared to do what thatcher what margaret thatcher did. the big in city of london big bang in the city of london they prepared to go they weren't prepared to go along but the reality along with it, but the reality is the international had along with it, but the reality is 1confidence ional had along with it, but the reality is 1confidence in|al had along with it, but the reality is 1confidence in it had along with it, but the reality is 1confidence in it and had along with it, but the reality is 1confidence in it and that had along with it, but the reality is 1confidence in it and that was no confidence in it and that was the problem. okay right. moving on uk have on now guys age uk they have said that people need said that elderly people need urgent they calling on urgent support. they calling on the government for urgent action to ensure that elderly people receive adequate adequate care. i mean , a part of me was like, i mean, a part of me was like, well, stop the press. tell me something. didn't know. why does it seem that we're neglecting esa all our elderly so badly? the social care is horrendous ? i the social care is horrendous? i think that's the really knotty problem that the last governments over the years have been trying to grapple with. and it may be it's, you know, one sense, it can be the simple thing of funding. another sense it maybe know just it may maybe know just culturally, you know, there are some societies people take

some societies where people take greater care of their grandparents where almost, grandparents where it's almost, you you know, you know, they, you know, perhaps them and perhaps live near them and they're closer in their they're so more closer in their lives, know, in lives, you know, perhaps in britain, become britain, we've become more distance too, you know, so each distance, too, you know, so each case is so very sensitive . what case is so very sensitive. what do you i thank you very indeed for coming to me first on for not coming to me first on this one, especially introduce that young shave. if my expertise . but if you actually expertise. but if you actually look at the beveridge which was preceded nhs, the creation preceded the nhs, the creation of the nhs, it was predicated on a couple of things, you know, mostly people dying 75, mostly people dying in 75, but also working and staying also women working and staying behind to after their behind to look after their relatives. women working the nhs became virtually . so i think became virtually. so i think point esa makes is very good. i mean, i'm from west london a very, very high asian community there. the idea of an asian family putting them in the sheltered housing scheme is completely untenable. they do look after . but have to say, look after. but i have to say, as someone is extremely ancient, you know , i get free bus travel, you know, i get free bus travel, you know, i get free bus travel, you and i get a winter fuel allowance. you know, i get out of that fortunate generation that able to a for ,

that was able to buy a for, house £10,000. so i think all of us are that badly off and i think every once in while we think every once in a while we should say, let's stop should actually say, let's stop moaning actually moaning and see. we've actually done. i had a pub to go done. if only i had a pub to go down to so i could actually stop moaning. i'd be happy. but don't you that's you think, though, that that's all well for those families all very well for those families who have support. but who have that support. but unfortunately all too unfortunately that all too often, just said about often, as you just said about the to women to be the nhs falls to women to be absolutely carers absolutely primary carers and are that generation when are of that generation when still kids who still looking after kids who call the generation with the also got ailing parents look also got ailing parents to look after that at feet of women after that at the feet of women overwhelmingly overwhelmingly . overwhelmingly overwhelmingly. and i think there's something we haven't actually recognised and haven't actually recognised and haven't realised. we've, we've talked the of talked about the amounts of patience but patience of women, but unfortunately a and freedom sometimes means freedom to actually have to do two or three jobs. right. let's talk about this bank of mum dad. okay, this is a good segway. they're both in the mail today. i know. is as if as if the elderly don't have it hard enough. now they've got to over their money, their to hand over their money, their children. apparently, parents are a £17 are fuelling inequality. a £17 billion handed over to children

annually. this is according to a tank, a fiscal studies think tank. most of the cash being given by parents over the age of 50 to children in their twenties , early thirties, because they can get on the property ladder or get support or help with kids . this is something ace says, which is just increasing it, as this report says, it's increasing the division it between the haves and the have nots. but the same time, it's a sign that you know of the other climbing interest. i've been lucky fortunate be lucky and fortunate to be supported by my parents, you know, various stages life know, on various stages of life . but the thing is, i'm bit sort of uneasy about the headline just trying was, you know, just trying to was, you know, demonise , you know, for demonise, you know, parents for wanting well in some ways wanting to do well in some ways it's deepest primal it's the most deepest primal instinct of support instinct to kind of support their in the ways they their children in the ways they can it. others want to can grant it. others want to sort keep their keep their sort of keep their keep their savings protect them and savings and protect them and spend the money. now go on cruises the world for the rest of lives. we even on of our lives. we even on a bigger level, the billionaires for example, they make big points how not points about how they're not like gates and like i think bill gates and

others, example, they're others, for example, they're not going hand their going to just hand over their doctor, their little ones. they want them to work it. they want to their own efforts. so i to go on their own efforts. so i think is part of life, think it's it is part of life, but it's transitional, isn't it mean? nine children. mean? i'm one of nine children. i should so lucky. i mean, the only got from my dad was it only i got from my dad was it was one way ticket to the was a one way ticket to the royal naval recruiting office. you it with your you must see it with your your eye generation and eye about that generation and yeah, 34 years, yeah, my daughter's 34 years, which a very senior teacher which is a very senior teacher on a extremely salary and on a extremely good salary and she the loft extension she lives in the loft extension up hopefully she'll be up there and hopefully she'll be moving but she's 34 moving out soon. but she's 34 years old. you know, it's a transition when she gets a job, when she sorry, when she when she feels sorry, when she gets or a house, she will gets a flat or a house, she will not able to hand onto her not be able to hand it onto her children. that's the reality it's just that my generation i'm far could put your far than if you could put your ages together. be ages together. i'd still be older you. were able to older than you. we were able to buy houses very, cheaply buy houses very, very cheaply and we were extremely fortunate. but i think we should but i don't think we should actually be worried about handing on our handing that money on to our children because there's no pockets don't pockets in a shroud. i don't want richest person in want be the richest person in the see my kids the graveyard. i'd see my kids happy. absolutely right. happy. yeah, absolutely right. and what a note to undo.

and what a nice note to undo. isabel stephen pound, thank isabel and stephen pound, thank you so for into you so much for coming into to the you for all of the show. thank you for all of your contributions. up your contributions. coming up next is gb news with mark longhurst. i'm turner. i'll longhurst. i'm bev turner. i'll see morning at ten. see you tomorrow morning at ten. hello. aidan mcgivern from hello. i'm aidan mcgivern from the office a fine start to the met office a fine start to the met office a fine start to the for of dry eye the week for most of us. dry eye with spells. it would also with sunny spells. it would also be mild. increasingly so over the of days. we've the next couple of days. we've got it's high got the moment. it's high pressure central pressure slipping into central europe southerly air europe and this southerly air flow still relatively light winds , but enough of a breeze to winds, but enough of a breeze to pull some outbreaks in from the continent. as a result, many places going to brighten up by the afternoon the clouds tend to thin and disappear. they'll still be some clarity areas western southwestern western and southwestern scotland, northern ireland into parts pembrokeshire perhaps , parts of pembrokeshire perhaps, devon well. and devon and cornwall as well. and cloud east coast of cloud around the east coast of england. but away from these zones, plenty of sunny and feeling pleasant in the sunshine with light winds and temperatures up to 11 to 12. selsey then overnight under to those clear skies and with light winds, there'll be some dense

fog forming, especially around parts southern england and to the southeast , but also through the southeast, but also through the southeast, but also through the midlands, eastern england as well, where the cloud breaks , i well, where the cloud breaks, i think it'll be low cloud rather than fog further west as , the than fog further west as, the breeze picks up later in the night and it will be mild in the west , actually frost possible west, actually a frost possible across central and eastern parts of the uk as we start of tuesday , the fog lasting until around mid—morning and then it lifts into low cloud and. in the west there'll be cloudy skies will even be some showers for northern ireland parts of central western scotland. central and western scotland. otherwise the uk again otherwise much of the uk again it's bright, it's dry, it's bright, increasingly once across increasingly sunny. once across the southern half and the eastern half of the country where we get a breeze coming the higher ground and warming up temperatures of 15 or 16 celsius possible for north wales and north devon . then overnight north devon. then overnight we're going to see spells once again and as a result, a touch of frost in places. but for western scotland as well as northern ireland. outbreaks of rain move in here . outbreaks of

rain move in here. outbreaks of rain move in here. outbreaks of rain sweep across country during wednesday. some sunshine either side of that thursday is looking cloudy and damp .

a very good afternoon . it's 12 a very good afternoon. it's 12 noon. you're with gb news live. i'm mark longhurst and up for you this afternoon is a bird is it a plane? is even a balloon simply no one knows. but fighter jets have been scrambled across america and canada to shoot down the objects . the white house has the objects. the white house has held briefings . the objects. the white house has held briefings. now britain's defence secretary says britain is launching its own security review. the prime minister saying britain would do whatever it takes to its safety. one government minister has admitted it's possible chinese balloons