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business of tipping in restaurants with william sitwell, all of that after your news . good morning. it's news. good morning. it's 10:03. news. good morning. it's10:03. i'm news. good morning. it's 10:03. i'm rory smith news. good morning. it's10:03. i'm rory smith in the gb newsroom. the us military says it has recovered key sensors from the suspected chinese spy balloon. the balloon was designed off south carolina's coast on the 4th of february. the us northern command says the search crews find significant debns search crews find significant debris from the site, including the priority sensor and electronic pieces . the us has electronic pieces. the us has also shut down three more objects since they and beijing denies it was a government spy vessel. denies it was a government spy vessel . millions of households vessel. millions of households are facing an increase in their council tax from april . research council tax from april. research by the county council's network says three quarters of councils in england are planning a 5% hike. this is the maximum amount allowed without the need for a

local referendum and would add around local referendum and would add aroun d £100 a year to bills for around £100 a year to bills for average band d properties. the local authorities say they have little choice but to raise the council tax in order to protect services . the council tax in order to protect services. the uk is unemployment rate has remained unchanged. that's despite the economy flatlining . new figures from the flatlining. new figures from the office for national statistics say unemployed . it was 3.7% in say unemployed. it was 3.7% in the three months to december. chancellor jeremy the three months to december. chancellorjeremy hunt has chancellor jeremy hunt has described the figures as a sign of resilience , adding that the of resilience, adding that the best thing to do to make people's we adjust go further is to have inflation. but labour says the government has left the economy lagging behind on the global stage . economics global stage. economics commentator laura laird told gb news what trends we are seeing . news what trends we are seeing. unemployment rate is still 3.7. thatis unemployment rate is still 3.7. that is increased a bleak low. so many countries with envy that the eu is looking at over 6. and

that's a historical low for them. so even if we discuss unemployment rate and that rising, it's still very , very rising, it's still very, very low. vacancies are beginning to fall. that means that more people are coming into the workforce or maybe companies aren't advertised as much, but they're still seen to be plenty ofjobs. they're still seen to be plenty of jobs . car giant ford says it of jobs. car giant ford says it is cutting around 3800 jobs across europe over the next three years. this includes 1300 jobs in the uk , with most of the jobs in the uk, with most of the cuts at the research site at dunton and essex . production dunton and essex. production sites at halewood , dagenham and sites at halewood, dagenham and daventry will not be affected. it is part of a major restructuring programme with the brand saying it wants to focus on a smaller range of electric vehicles . university staff are vehicles. university staff are to begin the first of three days of strike action today in an ongoing dispute over pay, pensions and working conditions.

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happens. now it's back to bath. very good morning . welcome to gb very good morning. welcome to gb news. here's what's coming up today. it's been just over a week since the fatal turkey—syria earthquake that killed over 36,000 people. heroic rescuers continue to pull survivors from the rubble, but aid workers are warning that people will now die from infections. the syrian government has agreed to open to more border crossings to allow aid into the country. i'm going to be joined shortly by humanitarian emergencies expert to explain the current dangers to explain the current dangers to life and also how you might help on his valentine's day. it doesn't matter if it's the first date or a male with a party, frankly, a bit bored of the tipping bit is always super awkward, isn't it? especially now when we seem to be in a customer service crisis. there's always suggestions of putting tips on a gross is shopping. i'm going to get the thoughts of one

restaurant critic who is sick and tired of being encouraged to tip for a substandard set. and tired of being encouraged to tip for a substandard set . let tip for a substandard set. let me know your thoughts on that's at gb views at jb news dot uk. i'm also going to have my expert panelin i'm also going to have my expert panel in the studio this morning, political editor at the express, sam lister, will join me alongside broadcaster and lawyer andrew abel. and we'll get their thoughts on the millions of households facing a 5% tax increase from april . that 5% tax increase from april. that same story on the front page of the express today and also why record numbers of women are not applying to university . hey, why applying to university. hey, why might that be? you on my third panellist? i'd love to hear from you. email me gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news to have your say . so. or tweet me at gb news to have your say. so. in just a moment, we're going to bring you the latest on the earthquake situation in syria and turkey. but first of all, it is valentine's day, as i just said

, and tipping, of course , is , and tipping, of course, is always the awkward bit of the meal, isn't it? it's now edged its way through the hospitality sector and beyond . apparently sector and beyond. apparently from the hotel doorman to restaurant bills and grocery shopping. since the pandemic , i shopping. since the pandemic, i think it's fair to say that staff shortages and working from home culture has resulted in a quality of service decline. do you agree? joining me now is restaurant critic at the telegraph, william sitwell. good morning . william, great to see morning. william, great to see you.so morning. william, great to see you. so this is this is a this is a piece that you've written in the paper about the fact that you you're frankly getting a little bit tired of the confusion around tipping. we've always it in america. it's always had it in america. it's much more simple. are much more simple. so where are we now? what's change? well, we at now? what's change? well, the peg for this piece in the telegraph, which was online yesterday, was the fact that in a well—known magazine in new york called new york magazine, there was an etiquette guide that told you how to behave on dates, how to behave on zoom. but it also plugged into the etiquette of tipping , and it etiquette of tipping, and it

suggested that now across the united states, people should start tipping in grocery stores . and as you know, a lot of things come over from the states , a lot of things come over from the pond. some of them are glorious. of them not so glorious. some of them not so great. you jeans, prenups, great. you know, jeans, prenups, they're but i think they're pretty good. but i think they're pretty good. but i think the of tipping is one the culture of tipping is one that i think, you know, it sits awkwardly with that with the british i mean , have you british public. i mean, have you ever to avoid tipping ever tried to avoid tipping a black cab? have you to get black cab? have you tried to get out of a taxi without tipping, you know, the guy who probably chased down the street? so i chased you down the street? so i think a there's think there's a there's a cultural problem here because we don't have sort don't have that sort of affinity. been out affinity. i mean, i've been out in bars and pubs american in bars and pubs with american friends london who have friends in london who have ordered a drink from the bartender and tip them , which bartender and tip them, which some people might think is fantastically charming. i just think it's a bit strange, a bit allegiance. pervy, almost. so when you're going out tonight that you are half out for dinner and if it's the only night you're doing it, that's tragic, by the way. but we can get to talk about that in a minute. you

need really focus on how good need to really focus on how good the service is. services and art. i think over the last few years, you know, we've seen vast improvements in british hospitality, but service still lags, i think on it's next court in schools and colleges as much as sadly never more so, william, than at the moment. it feels like we came out of the pandemic and everybody had either not had any experience in shops and restaurants. they were young and they were these first jobs they were at these first jobs and nobody them how and nobody had taught them how to customer service. to do decent customer service. so people got bit so maybe people just got a bit lazy couldn't be lazy and then couldn't be bothered anymore to if bothered anymore to ask if you wanted filled up or wanted your water filled up or whether you wanted another drink. i've yet to go into anywhere. it feels anywhere. at the moment it feels like got decent customer like it's got decent customer service those circuses service under those circuses dances. okay dances. do you think it's okay to say to the waiter, can you take extra service charge take the extra service charge off my bill, please? or is that what they've got? i mean, so there are places there are places, of course, where the waiter stands in front of you

with that white machine and then guides you as to whether you want to give five, ten, 15, 20, 30. and they watch you as you do it. it's encouraged to be awkward and it really puts you in a difficult position. and what a terrible way to end a date if you have to stop haggung date if you have to stop haggling over the service , let haggling over the service, let alone suggesting whether the bills should be split . but i do bills should be split. but i do think the restaurants will only ever improve . if you can , you ever improve. if you can, you know, man up in the in the establishment and complain . when establishment and complain. when you have an issue , there's no you have an issue, there's no point really complaining afterwards unless , of course, afterwards unless, of course, you're permanently privileged enough to be a restaurant critic where job to complain where it's my job to complain afterwards. i'm exempt from afterwards. so i'm exempt from that . but think that that rule. but i do think that the british antipathy towards complaining is a weakness. so we should always moan at the time . should always moan at the time. but i think you're right. i mean, i've arrived in places and i'm a bit like, you know, the great restaurant critic michael winner , if he arrived in a winner, if he arrived in a restaurant and the first thing they said to him was, have you

got a reservation? he said that is not greeting. you need to is not a greeting. you need to look in eye, greet look someone in the eye, greet them, then segway the them, and then segway into the fact have fact that they might have a reservation of whether or not you're going to allow them in. but you in this digital but you know, in this digital age, eye contact, when humans see humans for the first time, when strangers meet other strangers restaurants , strangers in restaurants, service staff need to look people in the eye. and, you know , bad service can destroy a restaurant, even if the food is good with the food is terrible, great service can actually rescue it because you can empathise with a person who's been serving you . they can been serving you. they can probably sympathise with the fact the thing's been a disaster and if you have someone who's incredibly engaging, it really can turn the experience around . can turn the experience around. and i mean , i would say i think and i mean, i would say i think that, you know, service has improved vastly over the last few years, but it's still not something that's taught enough in colleges because . what it in colleges because. what it what's what do you think of the

idea? because, you see, i always get a little bit concerned when they add on the digital tap on they add on the digital tap on the end of a bell, you service charge 15, 20, whatever it is, i don't want it to go to the management necessarily. i certainly if it's a chain, don't want to go to the bloke who's want it to go to the bloke who's running chain. i it to running the chain. i want it to go to the waiter who served me is it okay to say take that off and then give him a few quid in cash? it's completely okay to do that. the system we have in this country is called the trunk. it's electronic system where it's an electronic system where the are split and the the tips are split and the sharing of the tips is more or less up to the management. so you have someone who's been you can have someone who's been terrible night and they will terrible all night and they will get an equal share of the tip. you are not by law tightening a legally you don't have to pay the tip . so there's nothing the tip. so there's nothing wrong with you to cross the palm of the person who's been serving you. it just might put them in a bit of an awkward position after service argue that service when some argue that someone else is really working for the tips. yeah. then what's

wrong? yeah there's a tradition of tipping. tipping doormen in hotels. people, you know , you hotels. people, you know, you get people coming out of the cab, the tip, the doorman because they want you there and that bribing them aren't they really for future good service they're in. and they're all resting in. and william, can't you william, i can't let you go without you quick without asking you one quick question about hospitality question about the hospitality industry. we had some figures yesterday saying how pubs yesterday saying how many pubs and go and bars are likely to go bankrupt. was an extra 200 bankrupt. there was an extra 200 or last compared to the or so last year compared to the year what are you saying year before. what are you saying in as a professional in yourjob as a professional restaurant is it tough restaurant critic? is it tough out there? it is very tough. but i would say people who are i would say the people who are doing are doing well. a lot doing well are doing well. a lot of have changed the of restaurants have changed the hours have not hours they operate have are not opening day the week. opening every day of the week. it's good for the because it's good for the teams because they're bit of they're giving them a bit of a bit more downtime . it's harder bit more downtime. it's harder often to book places in restaurants. i mean, i but restaurants. i mean, i but restaurants week in, week out, a pub from the nightmare of the onune pub from the nightmare of the online reservations system where you can't actually get tables when you want. it become when you want. it has become quite to get tables in quite difficult to get tables in restaurants, so a bit like measuring economy as to measuring the economy as to whether can get a cab in the

whether you can get a cab in the streets of london. i think there is because quite a lot of is hope because quite a lot of places well. i think places are doing well. i think that kobe , to protect a lot of that kobe, to protect a lot of poor businesses that should have gone i that sounds gone bust. i know that sounds harsh, there is natural harsh, but there is a natural failure that happens every year . we're still seeing the hangover from the vat relief and the bounce back loans, etc, etc. coming into place. and we are still seeing places closed down. i would salute people for going out tonight, but don't just take your other half out on valentine's day. support the hospitality industry across the rest of the year. if you can. it's a vital part of our culture . fantastic. good to see . okay, fantastic. good to see you, william. william sitwell there at one the country's there at one of the country's top restaurant. reviewers and journalist to come, journalist now still to come, we've got a story about counsel tax rises. this is some list, a story in the front page of the express today. sam is going to be here as one of my panellists and also broadcast star andrew abel and see you into . hello i'm abel and see you into. hello i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office spring like conditions for some of us today once the

fog sunny across the uk fog clears sunny across the uk and very mild it's not going to be completely sunny everywhere. parts of scotland and northern ireland sees a warm front and some showers associated with this. but the air in general is being drawn up from the south. it's dry, it's sunny and it's very mild. once the fog clears, the fog sticking around is an area of low cloud into parts of eastern england. at first through the afternoon and you can see the cloudy skies there for northwest england, parts of scotland and northern ireland, a few travelling across few showers travelling across scotland, otherwise where scotland, but otherwise where we've got the sunny skies elsewhere, temperatures up, it's 10 to celsius widely. but for 10 to 13 celsius widely. but for some, like north devon, north wales, 14 to 16 celsius is possible given the winds will be warming out a little as they travel over higher ground to the south once evening gets underway, some fog patches will develop once again across the southeast and eastern england . southeast and eastern england. more patchy, i think, compared with last night's. but still a

risk to travel first thing across eastern parts of england . further west we've got cloud and rain appearing by dawn and that's pushing into scottish and northern ireland as morning gets under way, strong winds, gales for the outer hebrides. for a time the rain , though, peters time the rain, though, peters out as it pushes across england or wales during the afternoon. it's so an area of cloud and some light outbreaks of rain and ahead of that, once the fog clears , sunny skies once again, clears, sunny skies once again, 13 to 16 celsius once more across the southeast and eastern england to the rear of the cold front, we've got some showers into scotland as well as northern ireland. then some more persistent cloud and rain pushing into northern ireland, eventually into wales and western england through wednesday evening . the winds wednesday evening. the winds will pick up as well and by thursday it's just a damp breezy, but also mild day, very windy weather on friday, clearing by .

saturday very good morning . this is bev very good morning. this is bev turner today on gb news. my guest, though, here with me, political editor of the daily express, sam lister . good to see express, sam lister. good to see sam and broadcaster and lawyer andrew abel. and sam , your story andrew abel. and sam, your story on the front page of the express today. families facing the biggest council tax rise as britons fear being priced out of life. what's this about? yeah we found research from the accounts council's network. they've gone through the budget documents of councils across the country . councils across the country. it's the biggest councils, the one.the it's the biggest councils, the one. the ones that are responsible for social care. and those councils have the power to put up your bills by at 4.99. we don't having to kind of go to the local people, three quarters have decided to do that . the have decided to do that. the information is not complete early, although some councils haven't declared yet. but of the ones that have declared, three

and four are going to put up bills by essentially 5. huge budget people at a time of cost of living, crisis. it's about £100 on average, but that really vafies £100 on average, but that really varies on where you are in the country, what kind of counts when you've got and in rural councils they have much higher councils they have much higher council tax bills. it's a small like council tax bills. it's a small lik e £150 extra a year. so like £150 extra a year. so you've got a list in the paper here of the highest council tax bills in the current financial yeah bills in the current financial year. yeah and the lowest council tax bills. so where can people go? some do as well . people go? some do as well. yeah. you're going to say exactly company they try to exactly what company they try to find out. one of their council. yeah. well ahead of the game on this on. yeah. yeah. so we've i mean as i say we've used this county council network research. they don't have to the town they don't have to say the town halls gone through halls but they've gone through these documents. but actually you'll the lowest you'll find that the lowest council nine of council tax tax bills, nine of them in london. and that's them are in london. and that's because london councils get an awful lot more in terms of subsidies government. subsidies from the government. so you've got a lower tax bill in london, you've got much higher elsewhere , but

higher costs elsewhere, but actually tax bills actually your council tax bills are for an awful lot are lower now for an awful lot of reaction on social media, huge amounts to this story. and people are saying , look, people are just saying, look, my bins collected bins aren't being collected as often to be. often as they used to be. there's potholes all over the roads haven't been filled. roads that haven't been filled. our services are being reduced and our bills are going up and people are pretty furious . i'm people are pretty furious. i'm not surprised. are you, andrew ? not surprised. are you, andrew? well, i think that that is the issue isn't to work out if issue isn't going to work out if you extra where's it you need extra money, where's it going from and a greater going to come from and a greater chuckle. if only could meet chuckle. if only i could meet the journalist who wrote it. this fantastic. but they've this is fantastic. but they've got list to say. what you can got a list to say. what you can find is going to your local find out is going to your local council website and they will tell you you're lambeth until tell you you're in lambeth until i say yours is only 1.99. i can tell you they didn't know. mine, however, is 4.99% because i'm in westminster, so that's shot up accordingly. although there is this sort of name and shame lists where actually sort of the people the rutland is people at the top, rutland is going up by 2300 and tuppence bizarre figure but that's what is going. but nottingham dorset council just just that's the

london. yes by £2,000 because want to clarify partly called the streets of rutland. i never want to do that it's got to be good but they do say but the reason in the county is historically they've received lower government money and that's why they need to try and find the money somewhere. what you need to do basically you need to do is basically have a spreadsheet. to turn a spreadsheet. you need to turn down, say this is how much will the services cost and this is where money from where the money is coming from to for it and people need to to pay for it and people need to start has telling their local mp yeah but i'm realising contact them know the them they've been you know the people been and raised people haven't been and raised by sort local stories by this sort of local stories for since for decades for almost since for decades as long remember. yeah. long as i can remember. yeah. and just my age and maybe it's just my age right, but it feels like right, but it just feels like right, but it just feels like right now getting right now we're getting a terrible we're getting terrible service. we're getting terrible service. we're getting terrible service. we're getting terrible service and we're paying terrible service and we're paying more for a fixed plane system at all. they feel system at all. why they feel they yeah, they say they need it. yeah, they say that kind of worse time that it's the kind of worse time to be setting their local council decade that council budget in a decade that actually impact actually the inflationary impact on their bills is had a huge on their own bills is had a huge effect things like leisure

effect on things like leisure centres. obviously, heating swimming pools is become really expensive at school. transport has become really expensive because of increasing fuel pfices because of increasing fuel prices and also the cost of filling potholes, the cost of materials and contractors has gone up. so they're better in that. actually, we're feeling the squeeze would the squeeze too. but i would just point this this three just point out this this three council that where if you council areas that where if you are resident in croydon, slough or thurrock, you're going to face a rise of 10% in slough in zufich face a rise of 10% in slough in zurich and 15% in croydon. and that's because those councils have been so badly run. they've basically compost and taxpayers are now going to have to kind of foot the bill for that to ineptitude is that if you're listening and watching at home, let me what you think let me know what you think about this. won't you? gbviews@gbnews.uk is the email address know address because i'd love to know whether like whether you feel like you're getting for money from getting value for money from your taxpayers money in these local and do we local areas. and do we know whether a distinction whether there's a distinction between whether they opt predominantly area or predominantly labour area or conservative council ? i think conservative council? i think it's widely spread because it's essentially it's three quarters of council. so in way it really

doesn't matter . it's more to do doesn't matter. it's more to do with are you london or not london? are you rural? just wondering whether it was some of the labour councils playing politics a bit with an election on the horizon and saying, well look, if you've got a conservative, yeah, you're going have to pay more. have not have to pay more. they have not given, know, it's important given, you know, it's important to everything. to question everything. you should at should absolutely look at that. and follow up article, we and in the follow up article, we can summarise the can summarise both to put the whole thing about questioning everything. are everything. yes some people are quite they're quite disappointed that they're not ufos. let me tell you, some people looking people were quite looking forward fact that we forward to the fact that we might distraction might have a distraction of being invaded but we're being invaded by ufos. but we're not are we, andrew? not actually, are we, andrew? i bought a boat. well spy eyeball and i bought unfortunate form and i bought an unfortunate form movement for this time of the morning dribble. that's what some people say. we all be in for the star who failed to for the star who never failed to let down. they it is that let us down. they say it is that and find it extraordinary the and i find it extraordinary the story it's sounds so low story because it's sounds so low tech that's like what you put out a balloon and you've got somebody looking down on you. it doesn't make sense to me. and if you shoot it down, don't you

then scramble and say, well, here's kitchen. well, this here's the kitchen. well, this is have done is is what you have now done is have they found have they said they found something? they're taking some sort hexagonal metallic sort of hexagonal metallic structure of water. structure out of the water. i don't i just can't help but feel we might be being played here. i'm china has i'm not sure. surely china has always spied on america in a nuke we probably doing nuke. we are probably doing something similar. i'll wait. i wouldn't. i wouldn't know. and i wouldn't. i wouldn't know. and i wouldn't want to declare if i did. i just. oh, surely these things must be always going on. i'm sure they are, absolutely. but i think lord hague, he's obviously a former foreign secretary. he was saying this morning that actually this is embarrassing china and embarrassing for both china and for it's embarrassing for the us. it's embarrassing for the us. it's embarrassing for china that they're low tech believing been spotted. believing it's been spotted. it's embarrassing for the us that they've allowed to that they've allowed this to infiltrate but what infiltrate airspace. but what struck was the actual struck me was the actual embarrassing i think for embarrassing thing i think for the us is the fact that they did put it out there that they can't rule extra terrestrial rule out extra terrestrial infiltration of their airspace , infiltration of their airspace, which then led to the white house. ben had to make a

statement. we don't think this is alien behaviour and number 10 or official spokesman for the prime minister yesterday was asked by my colleagues , you asked by my colleagues, you know, do we is the prime media concerned about the possibility of extraterrestrial involvement in these balloons? and he had to say no , you know, look, more and say no, you know, look, more and more concerned about terrestrial matters like cancer and lifeforce sending billions into what i thought rishi sunak response was quite interesting to this, andrew, because he was, you know, i will keep you safe. he will keep you safe. there's this rhetoric from the government safe government about keeping us safe . margaret thatcher wasn't bothered we were safe. bothered whether we were safe. well, i think she was, but she never sort of touted in that sort of way. but this pretty mission stop. nothing me. mission will stop. nothing me. it's to keep myself. and it's my job to keep myself. and who what we say. who adds is what we always say. it's about communication, isn't it? is that the message he's being told to paddle people? because know, the because fear, as you know, the fall pr , edward bernays, he fall of pr, edward bernays, he always said the best way of sending anything is through

fear. people are scared of whether it's little green men coming or women either coming down and invading. also, they're scared of things being on high alert . a lot of the people talk alert. a lot of the people talk about these typhoon planes being ready. they're always ready. you know, it's not because of the balloons. not news. so the balloons. it's not news. so the headunes balloons. it's not news. so the headlines that scream , we've got headlines that scream, we've got all these sort of problems they've got issues. but i can tell you the actual biggest threat from weather threat is not from weather balloons. actually from balloons. it's actually from tech. and other story , the tech. and the other story, the news at the moment is talking about these that the police are using , which about these that the police are using, which come from chinese firms . and a much easier firms. and that's a much easier , cleverer way of infiltrating if that were to be the case. so they should look that as they should look at that as well. fantastic right. thanks, guys. i've got to move on. remember all fed up remember when we were all fed up of and out too old to of lockdown and out too old to play of lockdown and out too old to play and about leaving this country a tropical country to live in a tropical paradise ? well, one man did paradise? well, one man did exactly that. find out where he went and he's been through. went and what he's been through. enough. morning . thank you,

enough. your morning. thank you, bev. good morning . it's 1032. bev. good morning. it's1032. i'm robert smith in the gb newsroom the us military says it has recovered key sensors from the suspected chinese spy balloon. the balloon was designed to off south carolina's coast and the 4th of february. the us northern command says the search crews found significant debfis search crews found significant debris from the site, including the priority sensor and electronic pieces . the us has electronic pieces. the us has also shut down three more objects since then. beijing denies it was a government spy vessel vessel . millions of vessel vessel. millions of households are facing an increase in their council tax from april. research by the counties councils network says three quarters of councils in england are planning a 5% hike. this is the maximum amount allowed without the need for a local referendum. and would add aroun d £100 a year to bills for around £100 a year to bills for the average band d property . the the average band d property. the local authority say they little

choice but to raise the council tax in order to protect services . the uk is unemployment rate has remained unchanged . that's has remained unchanged. that's despite the economy flatlining . despite the economy flatlining. new figures from the office for national statistics say unemployed was 3.7% in the three months to december . chancellor months to december. chancellor jeremy hunt has described the figures as a sign of resilience, adding that the best thing to do to make people's wages go further is to have an inflation. but labour says the government has left the economy lagging behind on the global stage . behind on the global stage. syria's president has told u.n. officials he will open two more border crossings so emergency aid can enter from neighbour turkey. the move comes a week after earthquake struck turkey and syria killing more than 36,000 people. president bashar al—assad has agreed to allow united nations aid deliveries

for three months. car giant ford has said it is cutting around 3800 jobs across europe over the next three years. this includes 1300 jobs in the uk with most of the cuts at the research site at dunton in essex . production dunton in essex. production sites at halewood , dagenham and sites at halewood, dagenham and daventry will not be affected. it's part of a major restructuring programme with the brand saying it wants to focus on a smaller range of a letter vehicles . tv online and db plus vehicles. tv online and db plus radio. this is. gb news. very good morning. it's 1035. very good morning. it's1035. this is back to this day in gb news. thanks for watching . now i news. thanks for watching. now i hope you find this next item inspiring rather than depressing. either way, if you're anything like me, the

chances are you'll be pretty jealous of. my next guest, he was an estate agent was was an estate agent who was isolated in his london flat when the lockdowns were the lockdown lockdowns were enforced. instead of sitting enforced. but instead of sitting at and drinking too much at home and drinking too much like of us did, he like the rest of us did, he searched the globe for a place which allow him live which would allow him to live freely without covid restrictions, and he settled upon off upon zanzibar, an island off africa's he africa's east coast, and he joins me now. richard ashby, good . directorate shavo good morning. directorate shavo ltd now let's go back to the beginning and i can't honestly, i'm inspired , but like i said, i'm inspired, but like i said, i'm inspired, but like i said, i'm also slightly jael we're very jealous actually. so what happened? lockdown's lockdowns were enacted, and you decided to do what? well, yeah, i just. you could see it coming in my life that there was something really sinister going on. so coming down the. so i just said so i fled to the country really to, to with my parents. but that was just even was, um , you know, i just even was, um, you know, i was living in central london . was living in central london. everything just closed. and then in the countryside , you know, on

in the countryside, you know, on every news channel, it was the same rhetoric. and i just thought, okay, i this so, you know, i went to the of know, i went to the south of france . um, of course, yeah . france. um, of course, yeah. which ago we've been so anti. but after ten weeks, the restrictions came back . so yeah restrictions came back. so yeah , that was, it was like i was just going to accept this sort of journey that the government were pushing everyone down and it seemed to be coming from all angles. so okay, well , looks angles. so okay, well, looks like you sort of sat on someone's patio right now, richard, but we're going to play some pictures if of where you live and how beautiful all life is for you. why zanzibar? what was it about that country, that archipelago archipelago? i think it is pronounced . what is it it is pronounced. what is it about zanzibar and those islands which was so appealing , those which was so appealing, those people who didn't want to be locked down? yeah, well, the government never did anything. and i've never to africa before there were no restrictions, there were no restrictions, there were no lockdown , there there were no lockdown, there was nothing i mean, i think you

can tell the who. early on said this is a load of rubbish. and so my mate was living here up in new orleans and they've always they've come a long i had always they've come a long i had a good life been on tv. so i was like, you know, let's wait until it gets by here. and of course, moss came back in and then you turn up here and it is just unbelievable it's like turquoise water, your plastic water, you know, your plastic vision of paradise reefs , palm vision of paradise reefs, palm trees, everything is astoundingly beautiful . and it's astoundingly beautiful. and it's just it was complete freedom and it just disconnection. you had no connection, richard, to zanzibar before this time . it zanzibar before this time. it was just it came across your radar as a place that was living freely and had no covid. is that right ? yeah. i've never been to right? yeah. i've never been to africa in my life . and now africa in my life. and now you're settled there. you're building houses and you're selling them . yeah, exact . yeah. selling them. yeah, exact. yeah. well, i was not going to stay living in london, selling real

estate, wearing a suit and a mask. it was just that was, you know, supposed to be a lifestyle job. i wasn't selling a lifestyle anymore. just said, forget this. i'm on basically. and when you finally when they put these restrictions back on in france, i was like, okay , in france, i was like, okay, that was the push i needed. i left and i've never been back . left and i've never been back. well, i want to bring up one of the pictures of the houses that you're selling, because actually at houses are not at these kind of houses are not yours, but there are lots of them available in those stores. right so this we're looking at here apparently for here is apparently on the for market equivalent of market about the equivalent of £144,000, which is of mind blowing from where we're sitting. if you're listening on the radio, it's a beautiful glass fronted high apex tape bedroom, three bathroom swimming pool on the beach. i mean, just looks incredible. all the barriers to british people moving to zanzibar and buying over there. is it quite tricky to do? no. you can literally buy land as the tories. you don't even have to physically come

there. you can buy a villa or as a tourist you can just you just. why the money? send it over and you're an owner. the only thing you're an owner. the only thing you can't do is run a business on but on land without residency. but that's sort of common sense, really. as soon as you start generating business this, generating business from this, really but i mean, can really say, but i mean, you can give to manage it, for give it to us to manage it, for example. you still never example. and you still never have a resident. you have to become a resident. you just see the income just you see the income overseas. we pay you to withholding on behalf of the withholding tax on behalf of the owners it's done. owners and then it's job done. there restrictions there are no restrictions whatsoever sounds whatsoever and they all sounds too be true. richard, it too good to be true. richard, it sounds too good to be true. why? why haven't more people done this ? i don't know. they don't this? i don't know. they don't know about it. i didn't know anything about the place. i thought tanzania in thought tanzania was in australia before came here. so australia before i came here. so yeah , let's it about tasmania . yeah, let's it about tasmania. yeah, exactly . well it's great yeah, exactly. well it's great to talk to you. i'm deeply envious that you get to wake up in the morning and have a swim in the morning and have a swim in the morning and have a swim in the sea and, have a completely different lifestyle. will you all wait? will you stay there now? when you come back to

london? yeah, yeah . you know, london? yeah, yeah. you know, i'll never come back. it's, you know, it's this simple things that are the problem here. like i'm doing the interview for my local college english because the wife is broken the office the wife is broken at the office . this whole looks like the wife is broken at the office . th sitting e looks like the wife is broken at the office . th sitting on looks like the wife is broken at the office . thsitting on someone's.ike the wife is broken at the office . thsitting on someone's foot . i'm sitting on someone's foot. but you want to build a $30 but if you want to build a $30 million beachfront residential resort, the government are like, well , uproot resort, the government are like, well, uproot takes 2 minutes. you know so it's a bit is you know? and so it's a bit is the other way around, but it's simple things, you know, tricky . the bigger things are amazing and i would never leave . okay. and i would never leave. okay. all right. thank you, richard . all right. thank you, richard. richard ashby there living the life in you've been getting in touch with your views. we talking about the council tax rises with some. why do council taxes only ever go up? not down, irrespective of the economic climate? very good point, anthony we already have far anthony says we already have far lower personal tax rates than most the eu at 36% compared most of the eu at 36% compared to 51 per 7. in france . and to 51 per 7. in france. and we've got the highest tax burden in this country 70 years at the moment. a lot of those messages

coming so them coming. coming in. so keep them coming. what views gb news dot what you gb views gb news dot uk. now farmers being uk. now farmers are being encouraged to about their encouraged to talk about their mental health health an mental health health in an effort their safety effort to improve their safety at this is a brilliant at work. this is a brilliant film we've got for you now. it's all about farmers and it's been launched as the annual mind your head campaign. well, hollis has the story. don't turn off the fields of cambridge all the flattest in the country . but flattest in the country. but farming here still comes with a mountain of responsibility . t mountain of responsibility. t matt has been a farmer for ten years. the days of the week mean very to me it doesn't really matter whether it's a sunday, a wednesday . matter whether it's a sunday, a wednesday. i'll be out at work in doing whatever age 28. he's part britain's army of young farmers . he part britain's army of young farmers. he keeps a few pigs, but mainly sheep here in whittlesey, where he and his wife floss and their dogs have settled out of the dogs. we've got six collies, four of which

work or well , got six collies, four of which work or well, one is which is a puppy at work or well, one is which is a puppy at the minute. now we've got seven colleagues now on the surface, life is idyllic . yet surface, life is idyllic. yet matt says beneath the constant pressures of living and working this way are straining his mental health. you have to get up out of bed. you have to go out there and do it. it's a half two rather than a than a want to sometimes saw inflation and other industry problems are piling to on an already demanding lifestyle . britain demanding lifestyle. britain relies on its farmers to feed the country, but the farm safety foundation says poor mental health is putting the people in our most important industry at risk. well, farmers are very good at looking after their livestock , their land and their livestock, their land and their machinery. but just not very good at looking after themselves . steph is from the charity this week is running the mental health campaign. mind your head . you're probably more .you're probably more distracted . lack of distracted. lack of concentration . now you pair that

concentration. now you pair that up with a large machine that you're working with or an animal that you're working with. and the one thing that we cause that level of distraction could end up a life changing or potentially life ending injury in 2021, 22 farmers were killed while working in the same year. 36 farmers took their own lives in england and wales. in a statement , in england and wales. in a statement, farming minister mark spencer said mental health awareness is an important issue for farming rural communities, which is why i'm proud to support the mind your head campaign . matt says he wouldn't campaign. matt says he wouldn't change career farming off as a freedom fuelled jobs scam. he's discovered ways to beat back anxiety and depression. even if it goes bad now , i'm going to be it goes bad now, i'm going to be able to get through that. and you just have to believe in your own mind that you can get through it as hard as working outdoors can be, the toughest challenge is often inside of your mind. will hollis gb news

in what was a thank you will you've been getting in touch. thanks he were talking about the china spy balloons and john said china spy balloons and john said china has around 300 satellites, of which 100 are military grade and could read a tombstone in a graveyard . but why on earth graveyard. but why on earth would they a balloon to spy would they need a balloon to spy on uk? that's what you were on the uk? that's what you were saying, andrew. this is an also the tax bill. it's the council tax bill. it's a front of some paper this front page of some paper this morning. i'm morning. craig says, i'm disgusted council tax bills disgusted that council tax bills are up considerably, yet are going up considerably, yet again. i live in bridgnorth in south shropshire. we have poor road streetlights road conditions, streetlights going at 10:00, bins emptied going off at 10:00, bins emptied once fortnight, schools once a fortnight, schools in disrepair , cuts in transport disrepair, cuts in transport services bus routes . am services and bus routes. i am shocked. are alone . shocked. you are not alone. craig bright. andrew, we both are with me . so yesterday are still with me. so yesterday we had this report from labour about the fact that the conservatives have spent all this money on these the not let's call them credit cards, these government procurements , these government procurements, car so, so, so catchy doesn't just say, well, i think it's meant to deliberately confuse you would never leave home

without. one is what i would say without. one is what i would say without my procurement god. well, of course what then subsequently happened since yesterday is that the press have hit back. it was always going to happen. and now they are very cross about the fact that angela rayner spent money on an and airpods and they consider was a luxury item. this story just doesn't fly for many days . what doesn't fly for many days. what i love. i always say history repeats itself because people don't learn the lessons from history and i tell you the spec out of your eye. i do remove all of those sort of things. so perhaps this is so that's basically the story she's trying to just apply the fact that you can't this many old you have can't this how many old you have to have the best to be able to have the best highest 249 quids worth of earphones to make it work and she's justifying that because it needs to sink with the other luxury items that she has around . it is about that sort of hypocrisy . you do need to if hypocrisy. you do need to if you've got to call something out, make sure your own house is order and won't be. do you order and it won't be. do you think was bit of a think this was a bit of a non—story you saw it

non—story when you saw it yesterday? some, yeah. i thought i thought was quite clever. i thought she was quite clever. how donate clever. they've how donate was clever. they've got of attention got an awful lot of attention from media, from the from the media, from the newspapers, broadcasters. newspapers, from broadcasters. that's exactly what the woman said. is on. said. we're all about. it is on. it was on front page of the guardian. been inside the guardian. it's been inside the papers today. so is job papers again today. so is job done for labour making plays into doesn't the into the idea, doesn't it? the conservatives us. conservatives are not like us. that's very profligate spending all our money and they don't care. and in that case care. yeah and that in that case it a win. but actually when it was a win. but actually when you drill down to the you actually drill down to the details, know, government you actually drill down to the detailsmoney now, government you actually drill down to the detailsmoneynow, gof'ernment you actually drill down to the detailsmoney now, gof theseent spend money a lot of these foreign trips now when you go on these foreign trips, a prime minister expected minister cannot be expected to stay small bay and bay stay in a small bay and bay because they need to have proper security. yeah. and they've security. yeah. and so they've got got to be put in a got they've got to be put in a place can properly place that can be properly secured security people. secured by the security people. they the staff, the they also need the staff, the now know, i that people now you know, i that people don't like government spending money but you have to accept money but you do have to accept that they do to buy that sometimes they do to buy expensive hotel rooms or you know for that are beyond their control. so it's not like i to you know all leaders are told which hotel to stay in by the

host nation because they'll do security assessments . so, you security assessments. so, you know , when if labour take power know, when if labour take power at the next election, which they clearly are hoping to do, they will be in exactly same position. so when we look at that data in two or three days time, we will find exactly the same data . absolutely right. so same data. absolutely right. so let's move on to another piece in your paper today, sam. this is written by a friend, gb news ben habib. he is he's not a politician as well. he was he was in the brexit party, wasn't he? and ben has written this piece in your paper, which is basically saying and it's brilliant. and if you if the brexit issue is kind of complicated , his piece really complicated, his piece is really good because it it incredibly simple understand where we're simple to understand where we're going andrew and his going wrong. andrew and his frustration is brexit has not been done. we haven't brexit. it uses it as a verb as opposed to the noun, doesn't he? we haven't had we haven't done brexit. what are the reasons he gives. why. well and the problem because bofis well and the problem because boris was elected. fantastic 80 seat majority on the basis well

get brexit done. yes i'm trying to say what does that mean and what badness as you're right in that britain's got a fantastic newspaper got two newspaper glad got two journalists it was my journalists from that it was my surprise they've got we've left the commission it's council the eu's commission it's council it's parliament and it's caught the eu single market in the customs union. got that to the side. and the principle about taking our laws, taking back control of our laws, our borders , our cash and our our borders, our cash and our fish is what they're sort of basically saying. but there's still sort of issues because these are telling deterrents. look how are things different? know that sort of basis. there are so many laws to be unpicked because it still feels as though it's that long for the it's taking that long for the process. and that's the sort of problem you've got to work out. well, what does leaving what does actually mean? apart does brexit actually mean? apart from into verb from being turned into a verb that's because says that's right, because he says we've the eu commission, we've left the eu commission, it's it's parliament, it's council, it's parliament, it's council, it's parliament, it's that does not it's course. but that does not brexit the frustrations for from people who were brexiteers is profound. it's building every day. yeah. i think he makes the

point that actually we haven't left as one united kingdom . left as one united kingdom. there is still this issue to be resolved with northern ireland. it's still subject to eu rules and until that's then we haven't complete it. brexit, that's there seems to we seem to be edging towards a solution on that. edging towards a solution on that . but i do edging towards a solution on that. but i do think it's one not necessarily going to be acceptable to all brexiteers because it sounds like the government is willing to compromise on whether that the european courts still have some role to play. and i think the government would say that and obviously this is all kind of in nothing's been signed off yet, but think the government would but i think the government would say that actually it's a very it would be a very minimal role and we would have control over whether went the whether things went to the european court in the first place. i think you're going place. but i think you're going to find big brexit round to find a whole big brexit round coming in next few weeks. coming up in the next few weeks. and also about sort of and it's also about sort of sound politics, isn't it? sound bite politics, isn't it? because ask the because when you ask the electorate, do you want to be in or out, the consequences of that

need to be explained . you need to be explained. you need to out well. what does to turn out as well. what does that yeah, we've the that mean? yeah, we've got the zillions of laws now, as you know, and you work on that sort of you well, we've got to of you say, well, we've got to unpick this everything else. unpick this and everything else. what basically means is what it basically means is we then to negotiate with the then have to negotiate with the rest world to the rest of the world to put all the things back in place. so i think when it and then ben when you explain it and then ben starts on sort process, starts on that sort of process, you say, look, this is it you get to say, look, this is it means in practise. yeah and conservative mp that they they are frustrated because they want conservative mp that they they ar

be safe his hands. well that be safe in his hands. well that is suspicion actually is a suspicion and actually conservative that if you conservative mp say that if you want sure he cannot want to make sure that he cannot reverse that, you have to get rid of all the inherited laws we've got and they're trying to do end of the year. do that by the end of the year. it's going to be very difficult to do that. but they fear that if to do that. but they fear that h happen to do that. but they fear that if happen and keir if that doesn't happen and keir starmer come then you starmer does come in, then you will start see this slight will start to see this slight unravelling brexit. just unravelling of brexit. i just want to the soundbite want to go back to the soundbite though. you say boris johnson said, get brexit the said, get brexit done. the question is, you women question is, have you women going all sadiq going to university? all sadiq khan. going to university? all sadiq khan . sadiq khan well, khan. sadiq khan well, interesting isn't it slammed over nonsense data is what they're saying on this sort of basis. this is about the ulez thing where basically a scheme charging motorists thing where basically a scheme charging motorist s £12.50 a charging motorists £12.50 a day to drive in london, people are opposing that today because bromley council leader sergeant colin smith , he said that the colin smith, he said that the commission report by city hall chose to ignore bromley is much older population so watch out what sadiq was saying is that in bromley he's got the most toxic

air of all. there's a higher death rate, higher excess death rate as a result of it. and the usual sort of thing about causation or correlation, all the statistics , right? no, the statistics, right? no, because he's cooked the books , because he's cooked the books, he's basically chosen a constituency with much higher age and an older population in. and what was the what's your paper stand on these low traffic neighbourhoods ? because a lot of neighbourhoods? because a lot of people do not like them. no, they don't. and i think it just means the problem , you know, it means the problem, you know, it just moves the problem. it doesn't solve the problem, does it? you create these little it? so you create these little kind of middle class protected zones. kind of middle class protected zones . right. and basically, i zones. right. and basically, i mean , i would say, you know, mean, i would say, you know, they kind of go hand in hand out these traffic neighbourhoods these low traffic neighbourhoods in scheme . i would just in the ulez scheme. i would just say scheme it's a say in the us scheme it's a london thing. this will spread. i mean it's already spreading and andit i mean it's already spreading and and it will just and it will and it will just continue. is it's spreading to all the it all cities at the moment. it will to and it is a will spread to towns and it is a tax on, on working people because if you drive around, for example, it to do your trade ,

example, it to do your trade, this to hit you. mean this is going to hit you. i mean , i know people who've , you know, i know people who've been hit by it trying to drive into london. i live a us into london. i live in a us zone. spent at the weekend zone. i spent at the weekend from wale s £25. by the time they from wales £25. by the time they dfiven from wales £25. by the time they driven their car on my driven their car park on my drive, driven their car park on my driven their car park on my drive , £12, 50 days drive, £12, 50 driver. days later , £25. that's the weekend later, £25. that's the weekend when they've already paying huge amount of petrol off and coming in to london, spending a huge amount of money on food and drink. yeah it's i it seems tone deaf to me. well it also you've got to think about the knock on effect because you're right, if it puts people off coming into london, does that then have a knock on effect for the shops? and that's my point. so lot of and that's my point. so a lot of you talked about the shopkeepers, so and shopkeepers, the and so on and so forth really so forth who are really suffering, having no suffering, having had no training lockdown, a training during lockdown, a minimal trade, what's going to happen to that? so firstly, get the statistics right that if they're wrong and you're not telling the truth about them, let's that. secondly, let's address that. secondly, look consequences and look at the consequences and it's trust isn't it? it's about the trust isn't it? because because these because these because these statistics right. we

statistics aren't right. we don't we don't trust you. sadiq khan, issue way, khan, on this issue in any way, shape form. aren't seeing shape or form. we aren't seeing as residents of london , we as residents of london, we aren't walking out of our front door chop coughing and door and chop and coughing and choking because air so choking because the air is so bad. maybe are things that bad. maybe there are things that we don't know. however, we've got to it comes back to what i was saying earlier about this idea london mayor idea that the london mayor is that safe? well, you that to keep us safe? well, you know will keep us safe? know what will keep us safe? tackle knife crime. give me a security guard on the tube and on that will make on the buses that will make people safe. this is just people feel safe. this is just kill and it's kill our high streets and it's anti motorist and i just you know what, i know you're know what, andrew, i know you're a can look a futurist. you can look into your crystal ball. i feel like the future is just going to be lots around on lots of men riding around on bicycles while the women are at home. you know, all the paraphernalia need leave paraphernalia we need to leave the as right? you the house as that, right? you think that's future? is the house as that, right? you thirfault. 's future? is the house as that, right? you thirfault. i. future? is the house as that, right? you thirfault. i take future? is the house as that, right? you thirfault. i take the re? is the house as that, right? you thirfault. i take the blame; the house as that, right? you thirfault. i take the blame . i my fault. i take the blame. i got shoulders. we've got got broad shoulders. we've got to end of the first hour to the end of the first hour while we packed lots in. now i will keep you safe. that's a rishi sunak. are you fed up of being mollycoddled? we'll be back in just a minutes. back in just a few minutes. hello i made a mcgivern from the

met office spring like conditions for some of us today. once the fog clears sunny across the and very mild. it's not the uk and very mild. it's not going to be completely sunny everywhere. parts of scotland and northern ireland sees a warm front and some showers associated with this. but the air in general is being drawn up from the south. it's dry, it's sunny and it's very mild. once the fog clears , fog sticking the fog clears, fog sticking around is an area of low cloud into parts of eastern england at first through the afternoon. and you can see the cloudy skies there for northwest england, parts of scotland and northern ireland, a few showers travelling but travelling across scotland, but otherwise got the otherwise where we've got the sunny elsewhere, sunny skies elsewhere, temperatures up 10 to 13 celsius widely. but for somewhere like nonh widely. but for somewhere like north devon, north wales , 14 to north devon, north wales, 14 to 16 celsius is possible given the winds will be warming out a little as they travel over higher ground to the south. one evening gets underway, some fog patches will develop once again across the southeast and eastern england. more patchy, i think ,

england. more patchy, i think, compared with last night's , but compared with last night's, but still a risk to travel first thing across eastern parts of england. further west we've got cloud and rain appearing by dawn and that's pushing into scotland and that's pushing into scotland and northern ireland as morning gets under way, strong winds, gales for the outer hebrides for a time. the rain, though, peters out as it pushes across england and afternoon . and wales during the afternoon. so of cloud and some so an area of cloud and some light outbreaks of rain . and light outbreaks of rain. and ahead of that once the fog clears, sunny skies once again , clears, sunny skies once again, 13 to 16 celsius once more across the southeast and eastern england to the rear of the cold. we've got some showers into scotland as well as northern ireland and then some more persisting cloud and rain pushing into northern ireland, eventually into wales and western england through wednesday evening . the winds wednesday evening. the winds will pick up as well and by thursday it's just a damp, breezy but also mild day. very windy weather on friday, clearing by saturday. i'm michael portillo. join me on gb

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channel very good morning. welcome back to a gb news with me, bev turner right. it is valentine's day. you might have noticed or maybe didn't. does that matter to you? no, i'm not that bothered personally. and what exactly is going this spy balloons? going on with this spy balloons? rishi he's to keep rishi says he's going to keep you we're to you safe, but we're going to talk expert in just talk to a defence expert in just a to out why he

a moment to find out why he might be saying that. that's all coming up after a look at the latest news . thank you, bay. latest news. thank you, bay. good morning . it latest news. thank you, bay. good morning. it is latest news. thank you, bay. good morning . it is 11:00 am good morning. it is 11:00 am already smith in the gb news is ready. the us military says it has recovered key sensor from the suspected chinese spy balloon. the balloon was brought down south carolina's coast and the 4th of february. the us northern command says the search crews found significant debris from the site, including the priority sensor and electronic pieces . the us has also shut pieces. the us has also shut down three more objects since then. beijing denies it was a government spy vessel . millions government spy vessel. millions of households are facing an increase in their council tax . increase in their council tax. april. research by the county council's network says three quarters of councils in england are planning a 5% hike. this is the maximum amount allowed without the need for a local

referendum and would add around £100 a year to bills for average band d properties . the local band d properties. the local authorities say they have little choice but to raise the council tax in order to protect services . the uk is unemployment rate has remained unchanged. that's despite the economy flatlining. new figures from the office for national statistics say unemployment . was 3.7% in the unemployment. was 3.7% in the three months to december . three months to december. chancellor jeremy three months to december. chancellorjeremy hunt has chancellor jeremy hunt has described the figures as a sign of resilience, adding that the best thing to do to make people's wages go further is to have inflation. but labour says the government has left the economy lagging behind on the global stage . economics global stage. economics commentator laura laird told gb news what trends we are seeing . news what trends we are seeing. unemployment rate is still 3.7. thatis unemployment rate is still 3.7. that is incredibly low. so many countries would envy that the eu is looking at over 6% and that's a historical low for them. so

even if we discuss us unemployment rate and that rising, it's still very, very low. vacancies are beginning to fall. that means that more people are coming into the workforce. or maybe companies aren't advertising as much, but there still seem to be plenty of jobs. there still seem to be plenty of jobs . car giant ford has said is jobs. car giant ford has said is cutting around 3800 jobs across europe over the next three years. this includes 1300 jobs in the uk , with most of the cuts in the uk, with most of the cuts at the research site in dunton in essex. production sites at halewood , dagenham and daventry halewood, dagenham and daventry will not be affected. it's part of a major restructuring programme with the brand saying it wants to focus on a smaller range of electric vehicles . range of electric vehicles. university staff are to begin the first of three days of strike action today in an ongoing dispute over pay , ongoing dispute over pay, pensions and working conditions . around 70,000 members of the

university of college union are walking out, threatening disruption in 150 universities. civil servants are also striking this week . that includes union this week. that includes union members at the british museum department for work and pensions. dvla and the animal and plant health agency . syria's and plant health agency. syria's president has told un officials he will open two more border crossing so emergency aid can enter from neighbouring turkey. the move a week after an earthquake struck turkey and syria, killing than 37,000 people. many syrians have expressed anger over lack of aid, reaching opposition controlled areas. un says aid deliveries will be allowed through the two crossings for an initial three months. nato defence ministers are meeting this afternoon in brussels to discuss support for ukraine. the secretary—general of alliance says the possible supply of fighter jets to kyiv will be

discussed at the two day to day gathering. it comes after his warning that we are already seeing a fresh russian offensive in ukraine. meanwhile, the kremlin says nato is trying to make its involvement in ukraine's conflict even clearer . the leaders will also discuss the threat posed by sky berlin's at least three people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at michigan state university late last night . university late last night. another five people have been taken to hospital , some with taken to hospital, some with life threatening injuries . life threatening injuries. police say the suspect died from a self—inflicted gunshot . the a self—inflicted gunshot. the motive behind the attack is not yet known where council has removed councillors contact details from its website . details from its website. following abuse over missing mother of two nicola bailey. the decision after a number of councillors received inappropriate emails , phone inappropriate emails, phone calls. lancashire police is investigating. the 45 year old

were last seen walking her dog over a fortnight. were last seen walking her dog over a fortnight . this gb news over a fortnight. this gb news will bring more news as it happens. no back to bath . happens. no back to bath. very good morning . welcomes bath very good morning. welcomes bath tennis day on gb news. still to come this hour. rishi sunak has pledged to do whatever it takes to keep the country safe with typhoon fighter jets ready to shoot down chinese spy balloons. do we really have anything to fear? i'm going to be finding out in just a moment. my panel will be back. thanks to all defived will be back. thanks to all derived was electric vehicles ford cutting 1300 jobs in the uk. we'll that and why are so few women applying to go to university and it's valentine's

day are you scaling back your plans to raise the cost living. let me know. a survey has found that nearly half of breast that want to get married say that they afford to propose due they can't afford to propose due to rising prices . what has a bit to rising prices. what has a bit more about that in a while? and of course you are my third panellist do get in touch me gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news to have your say . gb news to have your say. so the prime minister has got all tough and says he's going to do whatever it takes to keep us safe amid threats from suspected chinese spy balloons, rishi sunak said that typhoon fighter jets were standby in the event of incursion after the us shot down a fourth suspected device . down a fourth suspected device. the chancellor jeremy hunt is under pressure to increase defence budget spending in light of tensions from russia and china . so joining me now is gb china. so joining me now is gb news political correspondent tom harwood in street. good harwood live in street. good morning, tom . i have to kind of

morning, tom. i have to kind of stifle the wish to giggle when i hear that rishi sunak is getting fighter ready to shoot down balloons . so can you just balloons. so can you just clarify what's going on here, please ? yes, it does sound a bit please? yes, it does sound a bit fantastical, doesn't it? although when we look in the context of what's happened over the last seven days or so, it's sort of becomes more real for objects shot down over north american air space. one of them a confirmed balloon . three of a confirmed balloon. three of them being less clear what they are . but clearly the us is on are. but clearly the us is on a heightened state of alert with its military and air force to deal with these objects . deal with these objects. listening to. the us military, they've been saying that these sort of spy balloons have been spotted over other continents as well and earlier this week the defence secretary wallace said that it's entirely possible that a chinese spy balloon may have

entered the uk airspace as well. this means that all surveillance systems are on a higher level of alert and we do have the capability to send these air air missiles from all jets in order to knock out any potential objects from our airspace. however there are some logistical challenges here because our radar systems designed to pick up fast moving objects, they filter out slower moving so we don't get scared by bird and the like. so that need to be a greater degree of scrutiny really when it comes to our radar systems , but also of our radar systems, but also of course, due to the curvature of the earth britain might not be the earth britain might not be the first country to pick up a balloon coming from china . it's balloon coming from china. it's likely that our nato allies would be those that would be able to spot one of these things. sir or earlier. and it does seem that all of our nato allies are on a state of higher

alert , more aware of this alert, more aware of this potential threat of chinese surveillance from these slow moving , enormous sky balloons. moving, enormous sky balloons. it's worth emphasising just how big and, sophisticated these balloons are. let me say the word balloon. we could almost of a child's birthday party, but the first one that was shot down over united states was more than 20 metres in height. these are enormous and technical pieces of kit and no doubt we'll be learning more as the us retrieve the elements of those balloons. we've learned that have done in the last 24 hours and really go through what equipment was on those balloons . okay. thank you, those balloons. okay. thank you, tom. let's get a little bit more analysis from the defence editor of the evening standard , robert of the evening standard, robert fox. good morning , of the evening standard, robert fox. good morning, robert. now can you can you help me understand a little bit more about these as tom just said, a balloon is perhaps a little bit. they are they are big and why would they need to a spy balloon to rattle some cages ? why?

to rattle some cages? why? surely china has more sophisticated technology than this , that high. sophisticated technology than this , that high . they're sneaky this, that high. they're sneaky and they can creep across the skies fighting skies. and they can creep across the skies fighting skies . the arctic skies fighting skies. the arctic which is a very vital communications zone almost undetected . and we find because undetected. and we find because become clear that they've been launching these things since 2017. that's nearly six years by man . and now we become aware man. and now we become aware that they are a real threat. why because they can jam communications , they can communications, they can interfere with digital wolf . and interfere with digital wolf. and where does europe and nato's average work? digital war, great. right. brilliant. i'm glad we've got you, because you could help me understand this, robert, a little bit detail. so how have they , as you said, were how have they, as you said, were doing this for six years? but why we now? are america why are we now? why are america why are we now? why are america why it western governments why is it western governments

are cutting onto them? are only now cutting onto them? why are we now seeing them shooting them i think shooting them down? i think you'll be very polite. i think why they waking up to this now? because taiwan has been seeing this kind of activity for a very, very long time . i think very, very long time. i think for nearly ten years, where we surveillance bit of kit of choice and it's not just kiddies party number of these balloons because that sorry public illusion that's silent and deadly that very difficult to detect as tom explained beautifully. radar the highly sophisticated high level radar tend to fall to the bottom, but i don't think albatrosses and vultures fly 40,000 feet. but it's another part of the mix, andifs it's another part of the mix, and it's very much part of what you try to with the defence agenda , the defence budget. now agenda, the defence budget. now we are extremely vulnerable from all sides, from china, from russia on communications that

includes your and my mobile phones. right. let me tell you what some of our very clever view is. listeners have been getting in touch and saying here is the well, possibly hugh has said, let's be honest , china said, let's be honest, china isn't going to invade britain . isn't going to invade britain. it hasn't invaded taiwan yet or japan. south korea, i doubt its people would stand for the disruption the chinese government caved in on covid due to uncontrollable unrest across the country. does he have a point? it's a very good point but i would add a chinese as it's not. you see me. now you don't say very peculiar and complex foreign policy in japan . confrontation strikes at taiwan building out into the atolls causing a lot of trouble and damage right across the pacific with fleets. it's a huge part of aggressive activity by china. but china loves its trade. china with its ageing population, has to live by trade. so it can't sort hack off europe and the allies overmuch

because it needs to look at their interests in europe's premier port, the euro port of rotterdam , they're trying to buy rotterdam, they're trying to buy into genoa. key aspect, they have great chunks of paris. it is very complicated , but what is very complicated, but what a worry must be is what they may be sneaking through to third party, obviously not to the enemy. very complex, very important india. but could be sneaking through russia. some vital stuff. but communication which relate to what i said earlier, the digital war that is fought out across eastern europe . so it was so do you see, robert more as a kind of information gathering? it's you know, when people are saying, well, we're not being we're not being invaded by the chinese, if they picked up censored. right. that's number. so i'm not going to going to point to. and 3.2 is interruption disruption. and that must be the real worry. and

it is a worry not because if china is doing it from above in the atmosphere, we know particularly since last february the 24 that the russians have been doing it underwater looking at our undersea cables where you get tens of trillions of transactions done but they are weak and this is where we are on the planet. it actually plays very strongly for ben wallace has been for a lot of money but website and wallets i think is right. i disagree with him about quite a number of things, but what right. it is not what he is right. it is not getting through his government, let alone to opposition to let alone to the opposition to defend security , communication, defend security, communication, resilient , the complexity it's resilient, the complexity it's now centre stage . it is centre now centre stage. it is centre of political agenda and i think at village westminster has yet to wake up to that. so what we're looking really is a cyber war am i right. we're looking really is a cyber war am i right . yeah i war war am i right. yeah i war digital war info war. yes.

they're all interlinked . that's they're all interlinked. that's one hope. there is this new so called integrated review looking at the whole piece of national security and strategy do or march and seven. i hope this takes it on board. i'm a bit worried actually. they're very slow at writing and they've got to bring that one up to date because this is a development. okay thank you so much, robert. that was fascinating defence editor at the evening standard. robert fox . well, it's look, you robert fox. well, it's look, you are not plotting anything like a like a massive database of digital ideas. anything like thatis digital ideas. anything like that is it's a good tool. we all know, to do anything that the chinese be able tap into. chinese be able to tap into. amazing. still come, the amazing. now, still to come, the car ford cut car manufacturer ford has cut a thousand jobs today. and you'll find out why electric cars are partly responsible. see you in 2 minutes. hello i made a mcgivern from the met office spring like conditions for. from the met office spring like conditions for . some of us conditions for. some of us today. once the fog clears sunny across the uk and very mild.

it's going to be completely sunny everywhere . parts of sunny everywhere. parts of scotland and northern ireland sees a warm front and showers associated with this . but the associated with this. but the air in general is being drawn up from the south. it's dry, it's sunny and it's very mild. once the fog clears, the fog sticking around is an area of low cloud parts of eastern england. at first through the afternoon and you can see the cloudy skies there for northwest england, parts of scotland and northern ireland, a few showers travelling across scotland but otherwise where we've the otherwise where we've got the sunny skies elsewhere. temperatures at 10 to 13 celsius widely, but for somewhere north devon, wales , 14 to 16 devon, north wales, 14 to 16 celsius is possible, given the winds will be warming out a little as they travel over higher ground to the south once evening gets underway, some fog patches develop once again across the southeast and eastern england . more patchy, i think, england. more patchy, i think, compared with last night. but still a risk to first thing across eastern parts of further west, we've got cloud and rain

appearing by dawn and that's pushing into scotland and northern ireland as morning under way. strong winds, gales for the outer hebrides for a time the rain peters out as it pushes across england and wales dufing pushes across england and wales during the afternoon. it's so an area of cloud and some light outbreaks of rain and ahead of that. once the fog clears , sunny that. once the fog clears, sunny skies once again at 13 to 16 celsius, once more across the southeast and eastern england to the rear of the cold front, we've got some showers into , we've got some showers into, scotland as well as northern ireland. then some more persistent cloud and rain pushing into northern ireland, eventually into wales and western england through wednesday evening . the winds wednesday evening. the winds will pick up as well and by thursday it's just a damp breezy but also mild , very windy but also mild, very windy weather. on friday, clearing by

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on the panel. i'm joined by political editor of the daily express , sam lister, and express, sam lister, and broadcaster lawyer andrew bowen. you know what, anything can happen on this show, i think usually does . we should think usually does. we should think twice . it's going to be good . twice. it's going to be good. love flying by the seat of my pants. i mean, what'll pants. i mean, that's what'll happen. there was not the balloons. as you fly by the seat of your pants, that would be the one most days i feel like i am right. okay is a bad news right. okay this is a bad news story. yes andrew bourne, it's partly of you it's it partly because of you it's it sends by false whatever is bad news is my fault. about news is my fault. this is about all future towards electric. and i don't think we have thought this through. if i had a pound for every story when i start with saying that ford have cut 3000 jobs in britain as it shifts production towards vehicles , are you completely vehicles, are you completely convinced that electric vehicles are the way forward? i'll tell you what, i'm not in the game. i thought as i had more to say this, but i did tell you so. and

it's that we've been speaking about for a long time and it's going to get worse. but it is not one that first see. not just the one that first see. my not just the one that first see. my heart goes out to these. these are jobs and families and that of and whilst that sort of stuff. and whilst we light of certain things, we make light of certain things, the of is horrendous the loss of jobs is horrendous it is something warned about it is something we warned about for going to for long time what's going to happen. not just the move happen. it's not just the move to electric cars, it's actually the robotics replacing the move to robotics replacing the move to robotics replacing the and so on and so the force and so on and so forth. so what we need to look at i've said for at any job as i've said for years, any job that can be automated will and jack ma , he automated will and jack ma, he predicted exactly that. it's going to be an existential threat to the way that the workforce is constructed. so it's a story, it's tragic that it's a story, it's tragic that it's 1300 jobs. there will be more . yes, that's the issue. more. yes, that's the issue. it's because the way that the cars are made , as you say, means cars are made, as you say, means that they're significantly work to be done on drive, trains moving out of combustion engines. it'sjust moving out of combustion engines. it's just the moving out of combustion engines. it'sjust the making engines. it's just the making these cars and my father my father my father's father fixed cars that was our family business when he sold it a few

years ago, the 100 year old car business. now we have to move with times, but not with the times, son. but not sure we've thought sure whether we've thought through what these people do. instead of cars. i mean , instead of making cars. i mean, these these are highly these are these are highly qualified jobs. you know, these are jobs . but qualified jobs. you know, these are jobs. but we're going are good jobs. but we're going to as as a country. to leave here as as a country. and that great shame. and and that is a great shame. and it is you know, the government is constantly being asked to think about the jobs of the future. but what we see long term is, i mean, government is always as we and always difficult as we know. and really, need to find a way if really, we need to find a way if every industry is constantly evolving, you know , the evolving, you know, the journalism industry is not the same industry i started in 20 years ago. staff been caught because of advances in technology. it makes the job easier to do. you can you don't need people to take copy down the phone like you used to 20 years ago. you can do it on your phone. so i love those days and they were great. i remember phoning me up and reading i be typing on the other i mean, typing on the other end. i mean, does fabulous mistakes does be some fabulous mistakes made but time but made down the line but time but you know every industry has

evolve and is the sad evolve and that is the sad reality on jobs with but the reality on jobs or with but the key thing is how we find good quality employment for these people in the future . i think people in the future. i think the government wants to kind of down the green technology route , but there's an awful long way to go. but a lot of the green technology will also be made by robots this will involve i don't whether you've ever read that speech that matt gave in 2017, launching the fourth industrial revolution and introducing class 12 on stage, and he said, you know, don't much like know, if you don't much like change, have no news for you change, i have no news for you and he talks about the dirty the danger the difficult jobs being done by ai and robots but he's got a point but then he says and that leaves people to do the creative and artistic jobs. i'm not sure that bloke who was making cars and ford wants to spend his day doing a watercolour, also , i can watercolour, but also, i can tell you the watercolours are also being by ai. we've got chat bots and i've bots now turning around and i've spoken about this. are spoken about this. they are affecting the creative

industries journalism . they can industries journalism. they can start doing all of that sort of stuff. the creative stuff. so the creative industries you've industries were affected you've got talk about got moonpig talk about valentine's day a lot is in the air as well as balloons. the reality is it's writing poems. one of the things that moonpig is now offering is a chat bot which you your which will give you your artificial roses and volleys of whatever you work on sort whatever you work on that sort of creative of principle. so creative industries, every industry is going be affected and not going to be affected and not being the profit of dumas said this is what i is that this is what i will say is that looking at alternative ways throughout history, we've had advancements. the industrial revolutions where people printing presses and so on and so forth. you need to look at what the future's going to hold that gave people jobs. i can't see what people are going to do to make a living. well, you to have more leisure time for people certainly. problem people certainly. and problem is people certainly. and problem is people lazy. people because all fat and lazy. well, longer , which well, people live longer, which is you go things find lazy is why you go things find lazy was that's the idea was i mean maybe that's the idea isn't it. yeah but but there is that balance. you've got to look the basic sort of understanding is what's going happen with

is what's going to happen with technology. every can technology. every job that can be automated automated be automated will be automated and you need to look and every job you need to look at say, could i be replaced at and say, could i be replaced by a ai at and say, could i be replaced by a al or robotics? and the answer, yes, we need to flatten the learning codes so people can prepare i'm prepare for the future well. i'm all with you all very pleased with you getting about it, you've getting about it, but you've not give solutions to what give me any solutions to what people going instead, people are going to do. instead, they leisure they they have leisure time. they will need leisure time purpose. we need to get up the morning we need to get up in the morning and want to go to work and human beings purpose . beings need a sense of purpose. i maslow's i really agree. maslow's hierarchy of needs. we have our food, we have our shelter, and then we need fulfilment and philosophical satisfaction at the top of our pyramid. we're losing. yeah, but i think and also would slightly question the fact that we're going to have more leisure time because actually, but for many, many years that's always been the kind of offer that we can take over these jobs , robotics and over these jobs, robotics and that kind of thing. and we get more leisure time. actually we don't all working week is just going up and up and up. so people working, end people who are working, we end up working longer, longer hours.

yeah, no. how many emails yeah, no. how many do you emails on switch off? so on your phone switch off? so your solution is more or less coming. your homework. coming. your your homework. don't something don't buy something for the future that's going be future that's going to be satisfying to coding satisfying to these coding according to goal . rather do according to goal. rather do less of what should so that less of what we should so that what people today must tell 18 isn't they become isn't it? they will become robots talking of robots right? talking of education, record 10,000 fewer education, a record 10,000 fewer young applied for young women applied for university for this september particularly it looks like in the nursing of the teaching industry what industries, what else is the kind of the detail of this? so it's a funny story. yeah suggesting that there's been a big fall in applications from women because the number of people applying to nursing courses has dropped and teaching courses has dropped and teaching courses , where it's courses, where it's traditionally more female led . traditionally more female led. and so, you know , this drop, and so, you know, this drop, it's saying that actually during the pandemic there was a spike in nursing applications because people were in by what we've seen by nurses going out there and doing their bit to help people on the street. yeah

absolutely. but since then , i absolutely. but since then, i think people have seen the reality obviously that nurses are out on strike. there a pay dispute. they they feel undervalued. it's been incredibly hard work. undervalued. it's been incredibly hard work . and so incredibly hard work. and so that has really tailed off. and this is the number of applicants to nursing courses fell by 18.6% and for teaching it was down by 15.6. it's huge demands jobs of the future. yeah and you know these are high demand professions . and so where are professions. and so where are these people going to from in these people going to from in the future? you know, three or four years down the line, we were already struggling. there's already of already a massive number of vacant, think, them . it's vacant, i think, from them. it's about 45,000 vacant nursing vacancies . we've already got a vacancies. we've already got a huge number of jobs to fill. yeah. this isn't going to yeah. and this isn't going to get worse because three years time we're going to have even get worse because three years time shortagesg to have even get worse because three years time shortages ifto have even get worse because three years time shortages if thesee even get worse because three years time shortages if these figures more shortages if these figures are. depressing this are. yeah. very depressing this andrew well, you've also got to put it into context. you must remember that beforehand there was a so when you're was a spike. so when you're saying what happened is saying fallen, what happened is you look over a period you need to look over a period of time during, pandemic, of time during, the pandemic,

the applicants the number of applicants choosing nursing surged choosing to study nursing surged . so you need to look at that sort of well, how much did sort of side. well, how much did it by? on and so it surge by? and so on and so forth. also this report and we've got sort of we've got that sort of headlines. they talk about the number of young women you've got to look across the workforce. it's it's on it's not just women, it's on and so forth. and figures. so so forth. and those figures. so a of 59,000 596590 people a total of 59,000 596590 people applying undergraduate courses in the uk institutions by the january deadline that was down 2.3% from the same point last yeah 2.3% from the same point last year. the question is why is it because they can't afford it anymore because of other issues 7 anymore because of other issues ? got to get out and start earning or they're no longer interested in these . and of interested in these. and of course, we had we had the situation last september is very difficult to get on to a course . so many people have deferred their interviews during lockdown. got of bit lockdown. we got a kind of bit of a backlog actually, so that students who would even do really well in their a—levels didn't rejected didn't get it, just got rejected . and so i think a lot of people have gone away and maybe come up with alternative university with an alternative university doesn't appealing

doesn't look as appealing anymore. very anymore. obviously, it's very expensive. people are worried about also about money. and there was also about money. and there was also a line , report, the a line, this report, about the fact that universities are fact that more universities are taking non british applicants because get more money from those students. it makes a bit of a mockery of brexit, doesn't it? but that's always been the case. so foreign students have always paid more and universities they need to get the money. so it's the same way as we've touched on councils beforehand. you need to look at the money flow and you've got to work behind all of these headlines. and as i say , try to headlines. and as i say, try to make sure we stay away from a fear mongering , trying to say fear mongering, trying to say why is it why universities need money survive ? how are they money to survive? how are they going to get well, you'll be going to get it? well, you'll be delighted to know that there was a rise in people to study computing. but 10% are low by two by noise computer. see, that's that's the profession going to be good, right? okay. still come , it is valentine's still to come, it is valentine's day. of course, many of us, andrew bowen , the purse strings andrew bowen, the purse strings are tight. we'll find out some innovative that people are

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very good morning. it's1136. this is bev turner today on gb news tv on dab . now you might news tv on dab. now you might have noticed love is in the air. today it's valentine's . or maybe today it's valentine's. or maybe you're not that bothered. i'm not bothered. i'm asking, how do you find a spot with someone? how do you know if they are one in the studio me? in the studio with me? relationship expert and radio presenter siobhan copland. copland to come off copland wants people to come off with that's with each other. that's a perfect isn't yeah. perfect name, isn't it? yeah. i never thought of it that way. now, if you let's just talk about valentine's day. first of all, it's become much more of a commercial enterprise in recent years, hasn't it? i don't remember it being a big thing kind of ten, 15 years ago. and i think maybe that's why i resisted a little bit. do you find in your work that people do take it seriously still? yeah, i think it's definitely for singles. they feel, you know , singles. they feel, you know, it's highlighted the fact they're single on valentine's day because there's so many people walking around with bunches i remember bunches of flowers. i remember when myself, you when i was single myself, you know, the train and know, you're on the train and everyone's their balloons know, you're on the train and everflowers their balloons know, you're on the train and everflowers tiitir balloons know, you're on the train and everflowers tiit kind loons know, you're on the train and everflowers tiit kind of,ns know, you're on the train and everflowers tiit kind of, you and flowers and it kind of, you know, other day you can kind

know, any other day you can kind of forget about the fact single but it definitely comes into focus day. so have focus on this day. so have set up over about 5,001st date. yes is that right over almost 13 years in the business. yeah okay. and how do you go about those dates turn into long term relationships? good question . i relationships? good question. i mean, the thing about the service is it's not online, right? so it's not a quick swipe decision. it's really sort of investing and getting to know each individual. so interviewing them, really getting down at not just the shallow questions , just the shallow questions, really getting deep, you know, and understanding their values and understanding their values and really them with someone who's in alignment with values. do you have some success with that then? yeah, we've got plenty marriages, babies plenty of marriages, babies born. that definitely born. yeah. and that definitely i yesterday we got i mean, just yesterday we got news of another engagement , so news of another engagement, so it's. yeah, i've done with that. that must be a lovely job. i must make you feel full in your heart. it really does. yeah, yeah. so now people yeah. i really so now people today who what happens if you want a relationship now this is actually my particular situation

just as using it for her and my partner thinks valentine's day is very meaningful and important and in fact, i'm not even sterilising it this darling. but while we've been on air, he sent me six pictures on whatsapp of us together and just, oh, it's all in. i don't really care . i all in. i don't really care. i love him every day, right . what love him every day, right. what do you do in that situation if you're the couple because the way lot of people watch this way a lot of people watch this go. yeah i feel a bit the same way. normally traditionally this is terribly stereotypical, but it's isn't who it's the woman, isn't it, who wants to marry somebody? yeah, that's no, it is that's right. yeah. no, it is obviously touch with feminine obviously in touch with feminine side, is lovely, is side, which is lovely, is emotionally intelligent, which is great qualities a is great, great qualities in a partner it's also partner think. it's also important to understand your partner's love language. so would for example acts would you like for example acts service him doing things service like him doing things around house you rather than around the house you rather than all these romantic gestures. how do yeah how would we do you know? yeah how would we talk the love language? just explain to viewers what you explain to our viewers what you mean languages. yeah. so mean by love languages. yeah. so there's a test called there's a there's a test called there's a there's a test called the five love languages. there's a book it as well. and you can figure is the main figure out what is the main

thing really your thing that really feels your partner's know, and for partner's up, you know, and for some people it might be gifts. so they really, you know, if they're getting a gift today so they really, you know, if tiknow getting a gift today so they really, you know, if tiknow gettinghaveft today so they really, you know, if ti know getting have the day , know they could have the right. it could be words of right. yeah it could be words of affirmation. so you know, always kind using those kind of speaking using those expressive saying how you expressive words, saying how you feel you know, encouraging feel and, you know, encouraging in that way, access service. so taking out could be taking the penis out could be good know, doing good for you. you know, doing the dishes , getting onto the car the dishes, getting onto the car up on it. all right. so anyway, i make the bins out genuinely, that's all i is. and then the. the other one, isn't it? quality time, quality time, adequate physical. not forgetting physical. not forgetting physical touch. yeah, of course . yeah. and how do these . i . yeah. and how do these. i think they're quite easy ways to work out which those you are work out which of those you are and which partner is. yeah. and which your partner is. yeah. if are in a relationship if you are in a relationship where though, where you don't align though, how do you make that work? well, as i say, you don't have to have the you know, long as the same, you know, as long as you're what your you're aware of what your partner's making partner's is and, making sure that that effort to that you make that effort to make that effort with that particular side of things so that because we all that feel loved because we all kind express and receive

kind of express and receive and feel love differently in different true, different ways, very true, right? are feeling the right? people are feeling the pinch moment. so of pinch at the moment. so a lot of people sure i can justify people not sure i can justify going for an expensive three going out for an expensive three course meal with wine so what kind of things that people doing they're doing valentine's day on a well i'm a big a budget. well i mean i'm a big fan of feel most suitable for 40 in the morning well i'll be doing today to be honest i won't mention exactly where but i'll be going to one the supermarkets and getting one those meal and getting one of those meal deals quid, you know, and deals for 20 quid, you know, and you really good you can get some really good ones actually where it comes with dessert, main course, with wine, dessert, main course, but to cook but even better to cook together, you know, actually prepare a together. think prepare a meal together. i think that's thing that's a really romantic thing to it could be a total to do. it could be a total nightmare right with nightmare right the with your partner kitchen and, you partner in the kitchen and, you both differently and you both cook differently and you don't get. then he leaves like pans stuff and you go like, pans of stuff and you go like, why using pans on? we can why are we using pans on? we can only one. so for you ugly only use one. so for you ugly the and you just the cooking to him and you just enjoy a glass of wine. why not? now you've got. i know you've got three young children have your months your youngest is nine months three tell viewers three and six. just tell viewers a to talk about the

a little bit to talk about the impact when your you know when you have kids that is the biggest i think, biggest threat, i think, to relationship happiness. yeah. yeah you know, yeah i think, you know, obviously you obviously before you have children, baby , baby. children, it's oh, baby, baby. and of course, there's and then, of course, there's another this takes focus. and another this takes a focus. and i think often the man is the one that feels really kind of out of the picture. misplaced you know, because as women, we're just obsessed our babies. yeah, obsessed with our babies. yeah, but it's really but i think it's really important to remember that your relationship is the tree, the children are the branches . children are the branches. you've got to really make the effort to reconnect , you know, effort to reconnect, you know, because that connection does get a little bit distant and you've got to try to make the effort to reconnect. you spend that time to that quality time to give that quality time together. and also just showing appreciation working a team. appreciation and working a team. you that's what's so you know, that's what's so important because with , you important because with, you know, that teamwork really comes into, oh, especially for mothers, you don't want to become resentful. i mean. michelle talked about you michelle obama talked about you know of marriage with know ten years of marriage with him hated once had him she hated him once had children because yeah she was scoring points you know who's

doing more on the domestic side of don't you? the of things, don't you? the division labour. yeah. division of labour. yeah. john, thank a lovely thank you so much. have a lovely evening. you. you too evening. thank you. you too right? siobhan copland. thank you. sticking with you. now sticking with valentine's has valentine's day, a survey has found half of brits found that nearly half of brits want get married, say that want to get married, say that they afford propose due they can't afford to propose due to cost of living crisis. to the cost of living crisis. the survey by lottie leigh jewellery the full 7% jewellery revealed the full 7% of would be proposes are hesitant to buy an engagement ring of concerns over ring because of concerns over the reporter ellie the cost. our reporter ellie costello met who got costello met a couple who got engaged the help of a gummy ring . yasmin and michael have been together for two years. they want to get married? but the cost of living crisis has made buying an expensive ring impossible . michael took matters impossible. michael took matters into his own hands and proposed with help of a haribo ring . i with help of a haribo ring. i knew didn't matter if was gold or if it was haribo. i hired, but i knew i wanted to . i knew but i knew i wanted to. i knew i wanted to get engaged her. i genuinely thought he was making fun of me and just so i thought

he was joking. you had to convince me you weren't joking. and then once i was convinced that you are joking, obviously i was, like, completely over the moon . simply can't afford it. moon. simply can't afford it. we've always said, since we've got engaged that, oh, we would like to get one. and every time we get close to being able to afford it, there's always just more important, like an electricity bill or council tax or something. suddenly more . no, or something. suddenly more. no, i had a blanket just saying. just go . i was not trying to just go. i was not trying to leave the house, you know . leave the house, you know. yasmin and michael aren't alone. since the russian invasion of ukraine, diamond prices have increased by 20. as people rush to invest their money in safer commodities, gold and diamonds. this increase in demand has made it harder for people to afford traditional diamond ring hasn't gotten . jeweller lottie lee gotten. jeweller lottie lee conducted a survey and found that 41% of couples who want to

get married now say they cannot afford to. 47% of respondents were hesitant to buy an engagement ring because they were worried about the cost . were worried about the cost. ultimately, people still want to get engaged and they still want a fabulous ring. all i'm saying is that people will have to spend a lot longer saving in order to make a big purchase. and also, people are much more careful about how they're spending their money. i would always , in terms of all the always, in terms of all the stones you look at either ruby or sapphire , we're a much more or sapphire, we're a much more cost effective and they're still beautiful love going diamonds are very cost effective they're actually 50% less than natural diamonds. you can get much more bung diamonds. you can get much more bling for your money and they are beautiful . cannot tell the are beautiful. cannot tell the difference between them . a difference between them. a natural diamond. yasmine michael are considering alternative engagement rings and hope that once life gets more affordable , once life gets more affordable, they can start saving for their

future together. but for the future together. but for the future is that the money will come in the cost of living, go down and we'll be able to afford it. and we can get hitched. hafibo it. and we can get hitched. haribo ring may not to be taste, but for yasmine michael, the cost of living crisis means is sweet enough for them to start their lives together. ellie costello . gb news. thank you, costello. gb news. thank you, ali. now my panel are back with me. i am delighted to our political editor of the daily express, lister, broadcaster express, sam lister, broadcaster and abel, and write sam, and lawyer abel, and write sam, this story today about gp shortage, shortages meaning that family doctors are looking after 3000 patient notes. that sounds like a lot for a family doctor. huge number, hisham, and it's not quite so the number of fully , fully qualified, full time gp's fallen by 7% in six years. so see you've got about 3000 on

average, but it really varies across the country. if you're in blackburn and with darwen, you're in trouble. that's the kind of worst place to be in terms of your access to gp. other badly affected areas are portsmouth, holt and oldham liverpool . there's quite a lot liverpool. there's quite a lot in liverpool . it really is. this in liverpool. it really is. this is lib dem research. they're saying it's a postcode lottery lottery and it really does seem to be dependent on where you are. i mean a lot of issues with with gp's that there is a kind of pension tax to top tax, but they call it . so if you are they call it. so if you are a long serving gp, you've paid into your pension. that becomes a point where it's not actually worth being at work because penalised with your pension. i think that has led to quite a lot of very senior doctors leaving the profession over the last years. it's a big problem across the nhs actually not just in gp. you know , professions in gp. you know, professions exist actually in consulting and across the nhs and that is something that the i think the

government is looking at. but it's one of a number of priorities for the budget only, you know , inflation comes down you know, inflation comes down if little bit of extra if there's a little bit of extra money, they will look. sorting out this problem lot might out this problem a lot might help, but that doesn't really help, but that doesn't really help know, help people right now. you know, andrew , when i'm looking at andrew, when i'm looking at these figures it is these figures and it is interesting it's analysis interesting that it's analysis by democrats, this by the liberal democrats, this is a like doing the, is a bit like labour doing the, digging, everything, digging, questioning everything, isn't labour doing isn't it like the labour doing the digging into expenses. the digging into the expenses. so this as well you can so this week as well you can tell that's going be tell that that's going to be we're going be running up we're going to be running up to an election 12 months an election in eight, 12 months and so you have to take some of these some of these figures which found by rival parties which are found by rival parties with a little pinch of salt. i always think. but these figures are and i can't quite work out why. it's not that we've necessarily got fewer gp's, but we've got an extra 4 million patients of registered, registered with doctors since 2016. that's a huge number of it is a huge annual rise as we always said. look, dig beneath the story. why is this story coming out now? who's feeding this narrative and why is it happening ? i'm touched earlier

happening? i'm touched earlier on about the pension pot. yeah and the cap on the pension pot . and the cap on the pension pot. and the cap on the pension pot. and they are looking at that sort of side of news story that broke this week. and actually they've touched on it previously to we can encourage to say that we can encourage people back to work by giving them tax breaks so they can invest the pension invest more in the pension because people tend to say, well, should yeah, well, why should i work? yeah, i don't want be the richest don't want to be the richest person in the graveyard. i want to incentive to that. to have an incentive to do that. also, what it do, and also, what it will do, and i know you was like, what i say this, good to accelerate this, it's good to accelerate artificial intelligence and it's going accelerate robotics going to accelerate robotics within the medical field. and i always say, imagine if you could have a doctor surgery which could be connected . the best could be connected. the best medical intelligence in the world and all doctors could benefit from that. what will happenis benefit from that. what will happen is you're going to get early diagnosis and early diagnosis, which means that people get cured earlier and so on. so we're to get on. and so we're to get misdiagnosis. let me tell you what happens go into my what happens when i go into my gp. they've got one of those screens where you go in and you put your date birth and then

put your date of birth and then it tell you doctors it will tell you the doctors really see is always gone. really see you is always gone. out of order. sign on the front of doesn't you. of it. it doesn't believe you. and much younger lads and he goes so much younger lads will have nothing works. this is the problem. this drive towards tech future digital to tech and a future of digital to save nothing works on save the nhs. nothing works on this the certainly right to this. the certainly right to a point. some of it breaks down and you a direct result. but it's wrong to nothing it's wrong to say nothing i might be something electricians that's a good job for people so get to get a few is the reality is it is going to work going to get better it's understand that's what i'm doing the show we turn and explain what's going to happen and as futurist to happen and as a futurist that's exactly and to prepare people the future gp the people for the future gp the whole point of the gp is the personal sort of it is the human face of your health journey, right? i don't want a, a screen well to go in and type in what you're doing with what are your symptoms, type in. right. we're going to give you a little box of pills on your way out. yeah. the way my local gp has dealt

with this is to effectively put in many layers before you can in so many layers before you can actually ever to the gp. so if you ring up you're asked why you're it go, then you are referred to a clinician specifying to you that brings you take you through a questionnaire. then you get to see somebody but it's not a doctor and they don't actually tell you when you get there. it's another clinician who then takes you through another questionnaire and then you might get a call back or then might be able to see an actual doctor . able to see an actual doctor. but you know what they're doing, trying to weed out minor cases , trying to weed out minor cases, which a lot of which actually makes a lot of sense . it telling you sense. it is not telling you what it's doing. it's exam. treating the need for the real cases everybody recognises cases and everybody recognises that you can reduce waiting that if you can reduce waiting times by two to things, one is earlier diagnosis, but secondly , getting rid of that admin side of it. yeah, has got to be of it. yeah, that has got to be an advantage and i speak to a lot of doctors, i speak at conferences, i talk about technology and the power technology and how the power that can unleash. we help

that it can unleash. we help them prepare videos in terms of getting patients ready. the first all of that first experience, all of that will reduce waiting times . will help reduce waiting times. no, i don't agree. you and i will fight about this. so we're all living it. you'll robust it. well don't agree. i just well don't agree. and i just think are so many to think there are so many to i think there are so many to i think maybe it's maybe as think maybe it's maybe it's as a woman. have quite woman. well we have quite complicated health needs because , we birth children , you know, we birth children just to point out, we still do . just to point out, we still do. we may have to use satellites to do that for us. yet for the time being, we have we are these multiple multifaceted, multiple, multifaceted, sophisticated system of pipes and tubes and, you know, various things that we don't want to have those conversations with a robot . it's just come robot. but it's not just come say, it's things as well. it's early adopters. so it's not taking completely out the human element. speeding up the element. it's speeding up the bofing element. it's speeding up the boring stuff , the stuff boring admin stuff, the stuff which takes a lot time and which takes a lot of time and takes from the expertise. takes away from the expertise. so it's like you're working on that of basis. you'll still that sort of basis. you'll still have your personal touch. i don't. i just don't care. i want more beings, more doctors more human beings, more doctors more human beings, more doctors more put the power more nurses. let's put the power back in the hands of doctors. they've of taken

they've had enough of that taken away years. and we away the last few years. and we had talking earlier, had we were talking earlier, weren't you weren't we, about whether you missed it. if you missed the show, you see it back on show, why you can see it back on the on the gb news app. and the app, on the gb news app. and we were talking to william sitwell restaurant, sir, about tipping in tipping and the complications in this were this country particularly were quite software. quite awkward about software. and been getting in and you've all been getting in touch did touch on this. it really did light up inbox and david had light up the inbox and david had said absolutely no problem and ask him for the service charge to removed. i this only to be removed. i did this only the in a chain the other day in a chain restaurant, tipped restaurant, always tipped separately in cash, and they sent us a tip. goes to the staff who served you usually check the size the bill before deciding size of the bill before deciding how give. so do you how much cash to give. so do you find when the service find it awkward when the service charge of comes charge bit of the comes from? i prefer it to be included and then i can just do it all on my card. politician in human card. you politician in human charge. i can possibly comment, but i think it's funny because i spend if i'm not in i'm spend if i'm not in london, i'm in and i do notice in yorkshire and i do notice there difference in london there is a difference in london is yorkshire is automatically outed yorkshire very rarely is and i think there is more resistance in yorkshire to just having it automatically because to. whereas because people want to. whereas in london people just want to

pay in london people just want to pay card. they don't pay it on the card. they don't carry and they just want it carry cash and they just want it to be really quick. so i've noficed to be really quick. so i've noticed difference. i'm wildly, but that's my experience . we but that's my experience. we know don't make taken know that is don't make taken exactly hold out where people just go it's fine. i don't want any foster comments made by british isn't it? i'm not crazy, but a lot restaurants they say at the bottom service are not included. boy, do they mean included. and boy, do they mean it so this has it sometimes. so this has service has collapsed in some of these stuff now you have the joy of eating in some of the finest establishments. a lot of those have gone downhill tremendously over the things. i think over the last things. i think have be if you a service have to be if you a service industry, you need to deliver on that service and that requires good managers. absolutely. who are prepared train staff and are prepared to train staff and hold onto they're a hold onto if they're doing a rubbish job. absolutely let's just little bit about just talk a little bit about valentine's go. i'm valentine's day. so we go. i'm sure you've been excited . do you sure you've been excited. do you have plans for valentine? have any plans for valentine? every day. it's valentine's day for they talk the for me. they talk about the goats. of goats. that's the greatest of all gloat. i'll be all time. i will gloat. i'll be the greatest lover of all. good

luck.i the greatest lover of all. good luck. i not romance throwbacks these . you're married . you have these. you're married. you have a couple of kids. well, we're not actually married. we stand. we are . we've been together 14 we are. we've been together 14 years, and i am allergic to valentine's day . and i put a ban valentine's day. and i put a ban on it in my late twenties . just on it in my late twenties. just will not celebrate it. i'm just not interested. it's a phone, isn't it? like, just be nice each other the rest of your yeah each other the rest of your year. you don't to like just the thought of going out with loads of other couples. want looking of other couples. i want looking at we having pay this at why are we having to pay this massive and i'm very very and it's just not thing is your it's just not my thing is your partner same as you ? he's partner the same as you? he's more than me , you know. more romantic than me, you know. he's quite. he doesn't believe in valentine's day either. so we're quite happy on that score. no. well we have a little bit of realism the show. bit realism to the show. bit depressing. i wasn't. oh love is in the alley. we're going do in the alley. we're going to do that. going to like, that. it's going to be like, what in beef baked what else in that beef baked alaska ranch yourself? alaska yellow ranch yourself? a

little that's what they little ducky. that's what they say. well, love is in the air. thank you so much for watching today come the end of today. we've come to the end of the coming next is tv news the show coming next is tv news live mark longhurst bev live with mark longhurst bev turner. i'll see tomorrow at turner. i'll see you tomorrow at ten. i made mcgivern ten. hello i made a mcgivern from office spring like from the met office spring like conditions some of us today. conditions for some of us today. once the fog clears sunny across the uk and very mild. it's not going to be completely sunny everywhere. parts of scotland and northern ireland sees a warm front and some associated with this. but the air in general is being drawn up from the south. it's dry, it's sunny and it's very mild. once the fog clear is the fog sticking around as an area of low cloud into parts of east and england at first through the afternoon. and you can see the cloudy skies there for north—west england , parts of for north—west england, parts of scotland northern ireland, scotland and northern ireland, a few travelling across few showers travelling across scotland where scotland. otherwise, where we've got elsewhere , got the sunny skies elsewhere, temperatures up, it's 10 to 13 celsius but somewhere celsius widely, but somewhere like devon, north, 14 to like north devon, north, 14 to 16 celsius is possible given the

winds will be warming out a little as they travel over higher ground to the south, one evening gets under way, some fog patches will develop once again across the southeast and eastern england more patchy. i think , england more patchy. i think, compared with last night's , but compared with last night's, but still a risk to travel first thing across eastern parts of england. further west we've got cloud and rain appearing by dawn that's pushing into scotland northern ireland as morning gets under way strong winds gales for the outer hebrides a time the rain though peters out as it pushes across england and wales dufing pushes across england and wales during the afternoon. so an area of cloud and some light outbreaks of rain and ahead of that once the fog clears , sunny that once the fog clears, sunny skies once again , 13 to 16 skies once again, 13 to 16 celsius once more across the southeast and eastern england to the rear of the cold front, we've got some showers into , we've got some showers into, scotland as well as northern ireland, then some more persistent cloud and rain pushing into northern ireland, eventually into wales and england through wednesday evening . the winds will pick up

evening. the winds will pick up as and by thursday it's just a damp breezy, but also mild day, very windy weather on friday, clearing by .

saturday it's 12 noon. a very good afternoon and you're with gb news live i'm mark longhurst and coming up for you all today duke has recovered key sensors and electronic equipment from the suspected chinese spy balloon he shot down as tensions between the two countries escalate. our defence actor ben wallace is in brussels with nato. leaders discuss . the increased security discuss. the increased security needed to combat chinese surveillance operations . so has surveillance operations. so has the balloon gone up on a new cold war between beijing , the cold war between beijing, the west? millions of households

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