channel it's official if you protest about migrant hotels in your area, you are a far right racist. i'll discuss that suppression of free expression and speech. we'll talk about the tax burden it's going up at all levels. council tax , tax levels. council tax, tax dividend tax. we'll ask, is there any prospect in a month's time that jeremy hunt might just see sense and remember? please it's valentine's day. yes karen moody, back in the 1980s set up a dating agency . i never heard a dating agency. i never heard of them, but she's made a great success of it. she's going to tell us the real secrets to partnership, success and long,

happy marriages. well, i'll tell he what, but get that bit right will be a huge success. but before all of that, get the news. we're polly middlehurst . news. we're polly middlehurst. nigel, thank you and good evening to you. and we begin this news bulletin with the news coming to us that a british person has died in ukraine. we understand . and from downing understand. and from downing street, the uk government says the family has been informed and is in contact with local authorities on the ground . well, authorities on the ground. well, that coming as the prime minister announced a national one minute silence to be held in the uk to mark the first anniversary of the invasion of ukraine on the 24th of february last year. and nato has been discussing support for ukraine, including the possibility of sending fighter jets after they have seen a fresh russian offence active in the country and said as much yesterday, the secretary—general installed . secretary—general installed. moberg said the alliance will do

all can to help the war torn country in unity need to ensure that ukraine gets the weapons it needs to be able to retake territory, liberate their lands and win this war, and prevail as and win this war, and prevail as a sovereign, independent nation . here, two serving police officers face misconduct cases over the way they handled reports of indecent exposure by sarah everard's killer. former met police officer wayne cousins is behind bars, serving a whole life order for murdering sarah everard and has admitted three counts of indecent exposure , one counts of indecent exposure, one of which he committed just four days before her death . the days before her death. the independent office for police conduct says the new cases involve a met police constable and a kent police sergeant . the and a kent police sergeant. the government's to launch an inquiry into the sinking of a migrant boat in the english channel last year in which four people died. 39 others were saved following a major rescue

operation off the kent coast in the early hours of the 14th of december. the marine accident branch says the investigation will focus on the emergency response of the uk team turning our attentions to turkey now and more than 41,000 are known to have died following the earthquakes in the south of the country and along the border with syria. uk charities and organisations are to send emergency supplies worth more than three an d £50,000 to than three and £50,000 to turkey. eight days after it happened and syria's president told the un today he's happy to open two more border crossings for an initial three month period. so emergency aid can enter from neighbouring turkey . enter from neighbouring turkey. lastly here, the king has been meeting volunteers from the uk's turkish community. they've been sending aid to their home country and to syria in the wake of last week's earthquakes , king of last week's earthquakes, king charles visited a west london charity to see the efforts of residents working to help those

homeless following the disaster . he told them how deeply sorry he was . he also visited a pop up he was. he also visited a pop up tent in trafalgar square named house for syrians to come to and pay house for syrians to come to and pay their respects for lost relatives . you're up to date on relatives. you're up to date on tv , online and dab, plus radio tv, online and dab, plus radio with gb news, the people's channel. time now for a garage . channel. time now for a garage. good evening. well, last night we talked about the protests that took place in knowsley, merseyside last friday. we had a local resident on the programme. he made clear the people who went to that protest were mothers, fathers, aunts , uncles, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, grandparents, kids people genuinely concerned about what was going on within their community because a migrant hotel had been filled up with a

very large number of young men and they all say that younger girls, underage girls, have been approached and propositioned on approached and propositioned on a regular basis over the course of the last few months. they were standing up for that community. they were standing up for their family. community. they were standing up for their family . but a bunch of for their family. but a bunch of yobs turned up with balaclava rovers, black outfits , backpacks rovers, black outfits, backpacks and smashed in a police van and set fire to it. there were also a counter—protest that took place from an organisation called care for calais. and it's been all too easy to denounce those that want to stand up and raise a reasonable point, those that want to stand up and raise a reasonable point , to raise a reasonable point, to denounce them as being far right. but as i said to you last night, nowhere could be further being far right. the knowsley in merseyside, one of the probably most left wing constituencies in the whole of the country. well, undeterred overnight, an alliance of charities they claim up to 500 different groups and charities is have come together

in a refugee coalition to urge the government and all those in pubuc the government and all those in public life to condemn the attacks on refugees. well first things first. there were no attacks on anybody, whether that genuine refugees or illegal immigrants. there were no attacks at all. it was a peaceful protest. and the merseyside police today i am pleased to say, have confirmed that was a peaceful protest . but that was a peaceful protest. but later on people came in and brought violence with them and i'm just astonished that what they're basically saying , what they're basically saying, what these organisations and charities are basically saying , charities are basically saying, is that you cannot in any way register their your concern about your community, your concern about what is going on. and there's an irony to all of this because you've got charities like the refugee council and many others , and council and many others, and they, of course , are in receipt

they, of course, are in receipt of public funds. they're in receipt of money. so you are paying receipt of money. so you are paying your tax is to government funded organisations that tell you you're not allowed to express your own opinions , express your own opinions, you're not allowed to speak your mind . and this is now spreading mind. and this is now spreading far and wide because down in newquay, in north cornwall, again there is a peaceful residents protest planned for this saturday and i'm astonished that the conservative council leader in cornwall, that the conservative council leader in cornwall , the labour leader in cornwall, the labour party in cornwall , leader in cornwall, the labour party in cornwall, public voices in have already branded this protest a race based protest. it is absolutely nothing of the kind . free speech is being kind. free speech is being suppressed in the most astonishing way and virtually everybody is afraid to speak

out. it is sinister. it is bad, it is wrong and it's being done, of course, because firstly you've got those who are clearly completely mad, who think that everyone that crosses the engush everyone that crosses the english channel is a genuine refugee, when of course we know huge numbers came from albania over the course of last year to go straight into the criminal gangs. go straight into the criminal gangs . there is also the sheer gangs. there is also the sheer unfairness of those that legally want to come to this country, as opposed to those that pay a criminal trafficker and come across the english channel at no level is this fair. is it reasonable ? and overwhelmingly , reasonable? and overwhelmingly, the british public want something , and yet civil something, and yet civil society, our political class and much of media are coming together to try and stop us speaking our minds. tell me, am i wrong ? is this a genuine i wrong? is this a genuine suppression of free speech? give me your thoughts farage at gb news dot uk. well i'm to make

you one promise. whatever the threats or whatever the abuse onune threats or whatever the abuse online that comes, i am not going to stop highlighting this crisis. you see, i've seen what has happened in sweden, i've seen happens if you allow huge numbers of young males to come into your country, young males coming from entirely different cultures, young males coming from places where women are not even second class citizen . so even second class citizen. so i am not going to be by this mob, but i need you out there to use your voices with your mp and your voices with your mp and your councillors as well. what is going on is wrong, it's unacceptable and it without doubt the biggest of the brexit which was we would take back control of our borders. now is this situation going to get any better? well, i suspect it may even a bit worse over the course of this year, four boats crossed

the english channel today. that's another 200. that's another hotel that'll . take us another hotel that'll. take us up somewhere between 450 and 500 hotels that are booked around this country. and they're coming up roughly 200 a day. they've come for the last seven consecutive days because the weather has been really it'll worsen over weekend . one thing worsen over weekend. one thing for certain is that the french authorities have been stopping a lot more boats than they were before, and that leads to a consequence. mark white, our home affairs editor, has put together this report predicting where boats are going to start coming from in big numbers over the course of this summer. racing out from the french, a local lifeboat crew responding to reports of a small migrant boat. to reports of a small migrant boat . in but to reports of a small migrant boat. in but this incident

to reports of a small migrant boat . in but this incident also boat. in but this incident also involving a french border patrol vesselis involving a french border patrol vessel is far away from the usual small boat routes out of dunkirk . calais in fact we're dunkirk. calais in fact we're south of the line more than 50 miles from those routes . it's miles from those routes. it's one of dozens of rescues the lifeboat based in back has attended in recent months a major uptick in active city as people smugglers attempt to avoid increasing police patrols farther north. this think to donald the numbers have been rising at the end of 2021 we were involved in many migrant . were involved in many migrant. dufing were involved in many migrant. during 2022 there were significant certainly more migrants especially when you realise the further they have to travel by boat, the higher the risks travelling from down the coast brings extra being in the for water brings the danger of hypothermia and even being hit by bigger . you know, they can go by bigger. you know, they can go back to for people smugglers

increase activity around dunkirk . calais has made their regular launch points more difficult to operate from french authorities are also busy erecting of extra security fence around those beaches and that's driving the small boats farther south. for years, the criminal gangs have predominantly used the short route to the uk , pushing off route to the uk, pushing off first from the beaches around cali , then expanding to include cali, then expanding to include near dunkirk. cali, then expanding to include near dunkirk . while occasional near dunkirk. while occasional boats have been launched further south in the past six months, this route using beaches near purloin , has seen a significant purloin, has seen a significant spike in activity , with a beach spike in activity, with a beach even further south near fort morgan , also now regularly being morgan, also now regularly being . for maritime patrols in uk waters that means a far greater likelihood that small boats will

begin showing up on a much longer stretch of uk coastline in the year ahead . well, that in the year ahead. well, that very much confirms a point that i've made to you on this program and over and over. it's all too easy to blame french, but frankly, two police, about 60 miles of beach. i've had literally hundreds of square miles of sand lines would take tens of thousands of police or soldiers. you can puncture as many migrant dinghies as you like . more will get manufactured like. more will get manufactured in china and in turkey and arrive. people will keep coming. all while they know that if pay a criminal trafficker and, come to the united kingdom. your chances of being returned anywhere are less than probably about 5, maybe 5, maybe even less that maybe two or 3. so if people know they come via this route, they will be allowed to stay . and all the while we're

stay. and all the while we're part of the european convention on human rights that will remain in a moment, a different subject. we've talked about it before. it is the expansion of the ulez zone right to the edges of greater london opposition across the political spectrum is now building . across the political spectrum is now building. but across the political spectrum is now building . but does that now building. but does that opposition actually have any teeth? can we beat match.com in great battle. colin smith, conservative leader of bromley council, joins me in just 2 minutes .

what are your thoughts on this suppression of free speech if a migrant hotel close to you don't complain or you're a far right bigot, that's message we got overnight from a whole of taxpayer funded charities. some thoughts. one viewer says it's

the charities that need to be stopped . well, i tell you what, stopped. well, i tell you what, we should stop funding, i think. yes, i really do mean that. david says debate is desperately required, but it will never be allowed. david wrong. i'm not going stop. and i hope you don't either . i'm going stop. and i hope you don't either. i'm put pressure on mps on your councillors . let's talk on your councillors. let's talk about these things . otherwise about these things. otherwise what's the point in in any election erin says they come to the table for discussion they merely want their way attempting to subvert people's right to protest . aaron i'm afraid you protest. aaron i'm afraid you are right now. let's get back to you liz. we all know . the 1950s you liz. we all know. the 1950s london had horrific problems with smog . there is little doubt with smog. there is little doubt that the clean air act in the early 1950s made a fundamental difference to this city and to people's way of life . but when people's way of life. but when it comes to the congestion charge and then the extension of ulez out to the south and north

circular , well, maybe there are circular, well, maybe there are some marginal benefits for the environment, though i rather doubt it. it just turns to be tax on most people , even if tax on most people, even if there are marginal benefits, i'm convinced that extending the ulez zone right out to the edges of london doesn't work for many reasons. now david lammy , one of reasons. now david lammy, one of khan's great cheerleaders , says khan's great cheerleaders, says we'll just get public transport. but actually out of the is you can't get public transport. you need a car. so ulez comes in on the 29th of august. it'll be £12.52 leave or come into greater london. if you're a nurse on an overnight shift in a hospital just inside the boundary and you do the overnight shift, it's going to cost you 25 quid a day. opposition is mounting interestingly now for labour mps have up against it. county council's all around the edge of london are now speaking up

against it. they're all saying they won't have the useless cameras sited in their counties where they won't need to because the actually cameras will be on the actually cameras will be on the boundaries. the actually cameras will be on the boundaries . and some of the the boundaries. and some of the london boroughs have woken up. indeed bexley bromley , harrow, indeed bexley bromley, harrow, hillingdon and sutton. interestingly sutton's fascinating because it's run by the lib dems who in the london assembly all voted for it, but never mind, never mind. southend council is opposing it. i'm joined by collinson smith, conservative leader of bromley council . now when you go conservative leader of bromley council. now when you go right out to the end of this, the southernmost point of the bromley borough, the west from hell point you are for the whole of greater london at the furthest point from where we are now in westminster. khan says that bromley borough is one of the worst boroughs in the whole of london for people dying of lung caused by pollution. what

do you have to say about that? well, first of all, nigel, thank you for having me on. regarding mr. he's talking about nonsense. we know in bromley that we have the cleanest air in the whole of the cleanest air in the whole of the capital bar, havering with very marginally second to havering. we know in bromley that our air is cleaner than any the boroughs already in snape within the mayor's ulez . and we within the mayor's ulez. and we simply know that what he's attempting to do is set up a network cameras across london so that a flick of a switch. time of his choosing he can introduce road price charges which will absolutely everyone whether you're driving a non—compliant a green car , a high bridge or green car, a high bridge or whatever you see the ulez extension as a beginning of road pricing in london and perhaps across the country. more widely. absolutely he already is employing people at city hall to map out and scope it council

leaders, those of us that are preparing a legal challenge least have now maps of where he wants to put the cameras all across our boroughs and i have tell you it is an impenetrable network. you will not be able to plot your way around it even through country lanes and all that. absolutely so, you know, if live in a country lane, which doindeed if live in a country lane, which do indeed you do , you will find do indeed you do, you will find it and you obviously know some of the outskirts of our borough in the most remote spots in london, you will see cameras being put up that . will being put up that. will basically, as you say , charge basically, as you say, charge peopl e £12, 50 to be going about people £12, 50 to be going about their daily business. doesn't bother me. tuppence collins personally , because i've got personally, because i've got a nice new car . personally, because i've got a nice new car. i can afford it. i'm on a good income. doesn't affect at this stage. one affect me at this stage. one little but those have got little bit. but those have got older cars. those are in lower those that are retired, they are the ones that are actually going

to pay the price for this estimated revenue of up to £400,000 a day. it's big money, isn't it? it's awful. and whether it's i've had some really, really sad phone calls, really, really sad phone calls, really tragic stories of businessmen who have sunk 20, £30,000 into buying a van . two £30,000 into buying a van. two vans. they really scared because they don't know where they're going to get the money from to replace the vehicles they need to replace. and that is, of course, even if they consults them, because there's a shortage, particularly around the . so they say that on the euro. so they say that on the euro. so they say that on the one hand. but i ironically, the one hand. but i ironically, the lady secretary—general of unison, of all people i heard passing this message this morning, which struck me as slightly ironic. the cannock networks all across london , networks all across london, you've got scenario of a son living in sevenoaks , going to living in sevenoaks, going to see a mum in beckenham get £12.50 t 0 £5 if they stay £12.50 to £5 if they stay overnight . it's scandalous

overnight. it's scandalous because know we've already seen people say they're going to retire they're going to pack up. but here's my here's the real point. this, you know, it's all well and good. you getting together with boroughs together with other boroughs and starting muscles starting flexing their muscles and county council saying what they're and boy, we were they're saying. and boy, we were in luton last thursday and even their is isn't realistic. their ulez is isn't realistic. it's all and good . it it's all well and good. it was elected leaders say what elected council leaders say what you're saying to mr. khan you know questioning his data with i think very good reason. but where's the teeth ? where's where's the teeth? where's where's the teeth? where's where's the teeth? where's where's the threat? i see any threat here. why don't you just tell mr. khan you will not allow those cameras to be put up in bromley borough? nigel, we speak quietly, and we hope we're carrying a big stick. well, what is the biggest? the big stick is . the four boroughs. and bexley, probably hillingdon, harrow and croydon have shown keen interest to a we have been undertaking legal works and news on that will be released very, very

shortly now. so mr. the debate here with the transport london just have the power and the authority to simply put these cameras there against the wishes of say your borough. yeah the they can unquestionably put their kit on things like traffic lights . every traffic light in lights. every traffic light in london is tfl's . they will london is tfl's. they will strongly and the law tends to suggest that they can put their kit on borough roads. suggest that they can put their kit on borough roads . we will kit on borough roads. we will see all part of the legal conversation to be had. but i can't vote for transport for london. no, you can't. can you. it's a shame . shame. but i can it's a shame. shame. but i can vote if you like. if your council . so what does this vote if you like. if your council. so what does this mean for local democracy ? frankly, for local democracy? frankly, it's struggling, isn't it? you have amir acting well. he's out of control, frankly . how far of control, frankly. how far would you take this? colin smith . nigel, we will this as far as the law permits in law and, if we come up short personally, i know if already been calling for

it . we've seen the government it. we've seen the government intervene in scotland recently . intervene in scotland recently. it can be done. i think there's a real case. the government stepping in, stopping this . stepping in, stopping this. people can't afford it. it's not fair. it's not right . and i fair. it's not right. and i think i could leave one message to your viewers tonight . yeah, to your viewers tonight. yeah, it would be to please pressurise labour mps, labour council for broken ranks already. it shows you what's happening out there. yeah they are under pressure and they are cracking. and the pressure we can apply, the greater chance of khan changing his mind. or colin smith. for the sake of local democracy. making voting at elections actually matter for the sake of tradesmen and women driving in and out of that zone every day on behalf of the poorer people. the retired please don't give up this fight. that's a promise. splendid in a moment, we'll talk tax . really forgot. how much is tax. really forgot. how much is your council going up? i'm sad to say it's going up by 4.99. oh

4.99. it but we've got to talk about council going up the tax burden being the highest for 70 years. i would ask what is mr. hunt going to do with the budget in four weeks time? all of that in four weeks time? all of that in a couple of minutes.

i'm joined by john o'connell of the taxpayers alliance. i'm sorry folks he's got really bad news for all of you. you see. we hear a lot. don't worry about income tax and what's going on. and, you know, the freezing of limits that hear about corporation tax and all the things i've discussed at great length on this show over the course of the last few months. i don't think i've mentioned council tax once. john what's happening to our council tax? well thanks for having me, nigel. yeah, bad . it looks if nigel. yeah, bad. it looks as if most councils across the country are going council are going to increase council

starting april . there's a cap starting in april. there's a cap at which council tax go up can go up, and then that cap, there's a local reference to them. and guess what? it's going up right just below that cap of the referendum , councils are the referendum, councils are putting up by 4.99% as bromley as we learned a moment ago. so call it 5% between friends. so most councils . your council tax most councils. your council tax will increase by 5% for an average 120 quid, something like that. average 120 quid, something like that . yeah. i think about an that. yeah. i think about an average band property of 5% council tax increase is looking at 100 to £120 extra on their bill, which at this time when inflation so high, you know, the cost of petrol the cost of energy , you know, heating their energy, you know, heating their homes a hundred quid is a lot of for money most families across the county. in the case of thurrock in essex and croydon, it's going up much more than it's going up by much more than 5. yeah, thurrock and 5. yeah, thurrock slough and croydon special croydon have got a special dispensation to put it up by even of the even more because of the incompetence of their own leaders, essentially a section 114 given to thurrock 114 notice was given to thurrock council, which meant that they're essentially bankrupt to,

you for want of a better you know, for want of a better phrase. and they have written to financial auditors several years ago about that so—called appetite for risk. and they kept playing speculator with playing property speculator with taxpayers and now they taxpayers money. and now they and the greens gamble the place with solar down in thurrock . and with solar down in thurrock. and is there anything people can do about. is there anything people can do about . this increase was a about. this increase was a simple things, i suppose that they can put pressure on local councillors. another thing that people can is log on to their people can do is log on to their websites, through the websites, go through the spending that councils are forced to , publish and be an forced to, publish and be an armchair auditor , find the waste armchair auditor, find the waste themselves and, take it to their local councillor and say cut this out of the budget instead of is that it's of put argument is that it's social costs have gone up social care costs have gone up social care costs have gone up so much. there's there is so much. yeah, there's there is some that argument. some legitimacy that argument. absolutely council's responsible for enormous social care bills. adult and child and it's important to say that the social care precept is a small part of that increase. i think it's two of 5. so in terms of social, of the 5. so in terms of social, you sort of say fair you could sort of say fair enough, particularly when the national such a mess.

national system is such a mess. yeah, when we're talking yeah, but when we're talking about other parts of council's absolutely residents log on absolutely residents can log on find some areas of wasteful spending , hold their councillors spending, hold their councillors to account it. well have a go to account on it. well have a go folks. yeah. become armchair more generally. john you know, the tax burden, we understand is the tax burden, we understand is the highest it's now been for 70 years. i mean, since clement attlee was prime minister in post—war britain . we also have post—war britain. we also have a very debate about tax going . by very debate about tax going. by nearly 30. big announcement at the beginning of this week, astrazeneca were going to invest 330 million in cheshire. i've said, no, we're doing that. we're off to ireland where corporation tax is much cheaper . firstly, the conservative government criticised for reducing taxes too much. now i think criticised for increasing taxes too much and i actually thought cos i can trust they may have mismanaged it but i thought they were on the right track. do you think there's organisation

as taxpayers, allies ? is any as taxpayers, allies? is any chance of rethinking some of these tax rises ? i think the these tax rises? i think the astrazeneca news was pretty big. i mean, choosing to locate in ireland is indicative of the corporation tax rates there of 12 and a half % but guess what? 12 and a half% but guess what? ireland's going to grow by nearly 5% this year. rights that we could only dream of so, you know, when we're looking at that when anaemic when growth, anaemic productivity bad, it seems to productivity is bad, it seems to be the one tax that backbench conservative meps and now taking to jeremy hunt and rishi sunak and saying look. corporation tax up and saying look. corporation tax ”p by and saying look. corporation tax up by percentage points when up by six percentage points when we're for inward we're desperate for inward investment jobs and growth investment for jobs and growth is absolutely crazy we've backed that corporation and tax ought to be low simple and investment in the uk. will they listen . we in the uk. will they listen. we don't john doesn't know. don't know. john doesn't know. i don't know. john doesn't know. i don't know. john doesn't know. i don't know. jeremy well, maybe he hasn't yet made his mind up, but on the 15th of march, in the budget, we will find out now what the 4 hours moment, the prevent from william prevent review from william shawcross last week shawcross that was out last week and. my name wasn't up in lights

.indeed and. my name wasn't up in lights . indeed trevor kavanagh wrote in the sun monday it would be much too obvious to mention nigel farage, but now know nigel farage, but now we know from that actually he from shawcross that actually he revealed that training for a workshop about the extreme wing profile . nigel farage's brexit profile. nigel farage's brexit party, now known as reform uk and included pro—brexit and centre right commentators folks. the brexit party was a coalition of people on the centre right and the centre left of politics. we had lots of people standing. the brexit party who'd been active members of the labour party . i active members of the labour party. i formed it to try and bnng party. i formed it to try and bring democracy back to the uk . bring democracy back to the uk. i genuinely don't that at any point , i genuinely don't that at any point, anything i've said or done has posed a terrorist threat . but whilst they were threat. but whilst they were busy with all of that, as we've learned, they ignored too often severe islamic terrorism and seven out of the last 12

atrocities committed in this country were committed by people who'd been referred to prevent and they hadn't done their job. it makes me really quite angry . it makes me really quite angry. and finally, what the farage last week we told you that churches here, including the church of england, are considering what the agenda pronouns for father for god should be, what a church in pasadena , in california, where pasadena, in california, where they've gone one step further already , they put a great big already, they put a great big sign up outside their church saying god's pronouns are they them? yes. they've gone the whole way in that mad of california , but they're very california, but they're very pleased and proud of themselves . and they boast about what a wonderful, inclusive , divisive, wonderful, inclusive, divisive, modern, spiritual church they are . well, i have to say , it are. well, i have to say, it doesn't convince any of me . and doesn't convince any of me. and i just think what will happen is

we will see church congregations falling and, falling yet further . in a moment. it's talking pious , folks. it's valentine's . pious, folks. it's valentine's. yes, absolutely. and karen mooney in the late 1980s set up a agency. virtually none of us had ever heard of them at the time, but they appear to be quite a success. in a moment, we'll find out why. coming up on dan wootton tonight . as it's revealed, harry and meghan are working with wealthy hollywood gurus. do you believe they are motivated by humanitarian or money? esteemed biographer tom bower weighs in. plus, vaccine victim john asks why his i'm many others plight is still being ignored by the mainstream media. and nigel farage tackles the migrant crisis . don't farage tackles the migrant crisis. don't miss dan farage tackles the migrant crisis . don't miss dan wootton crisis. don't miss dan wootton

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gb news. it's gb news. wsfime gb news. it's time for talking points on valentine's day. and karen mooney joins me wearing heart jumper to match my heart. ty, welcome to thank you very much. thanks for having me. no, not at all. valentine's day and, you know, way back . in the 1980s. know, way back. in the 1980s. yes you founded sara eaton introduction agency, i think dating agents. i know. and i think we are the second firm doing it in the country or like that. yeah. literally mean it was dateline. yep but there was nothing like that was computer dating, of course. but, you know , i was in my twenties and. people were finding it difficult to meet people. why and because we were working so hard . and the

we were working so hard. and the last thing you wanted to do when you finished a long day in the was really get sent back to the wine but don't be chatted up by some like. oh whatever. you know . so i started sharing . and for . so i started sharing. and for young professionals or professionals to meet like minded people. what i first heard about dating agencies and we talked about it with the boys , we sort of kind of thought, well, that's for losers. we'll be big, unfair. yes. but it's interesting you should say that, nigel, because when i first started, people used to we used to have to convince people it was sensible thing do that was a sensible thing to do that it wasn't for losers. it was for people making people who were making discerning they discerning decision that they wanted to meet who was wanted to meet somebody who was an had as much to an equal who had as much to bnng an equal who had as much to bring to the table as they had and, you know, they could be they could meet somebody that they could meet somebody that they wanted to be with for the rest of their life . it was rest of their life. it was i used to say to people at the time, a bit like, if you want a house, you go to an estate

agent. you know, if you want a partner, you were way ahead of you, way ahead of the curve on this. oh, no. yeah, yeah. but you really i don't think, could have if i hadn't been in have done it if i hadn't been in my twenties at the time, you know? so you saw the need for it. did it. it was a brand it. you did it. it was a brand new i mean, days i'm new concept. i mean, days i'm struck way people are struck by the way people are used to me going back, you know, 70 or 80 years. it was it dances. yeah. yeah. the whole dances. yeah. yeah. the whole dance nights or dance on saturday nights or whatever. i'm wrong. whatever. i maybe i'm wrong. seems people these seems me that most people these days work and it i days meet through work and it i think a lot of people used to meet to work. yeah and they probably do still now but i think if you go back to the back to the eighties , it was a role to the eighties, it was a role for changing, you know, we women had their own careers, they had their own , they had their own, their own, they had their own, you know . it was the first time you know. it was the first time because in the seventies have more clearly defined roles, didn't you, for the man or woman and i think that's probably true. yeah. yeah fast forward to the yeah it was the 1980s. yeah and it was a changing. yeah things are changing. yeah things are

changing quickly . changing very, very quickly. well, were way ahead, as well, you were way ahead, as i say. you were way ahead of the pack. but something else that's happened up your happened since you set up your dating all those years ago , dating all those years ago, something came along called the internet. yes yes. at that to have changed all of our interpersonal relationships in the most extraordinary way, i mean, people are abusive towards each other, all sexual the way that they really be towards each other in the street . absolutely. other in the street. absolutely. but there are upsides to it, you know, all sorts of incredible upsides information you can find and things you can learn. so there's up and down with all of it. but the apps , the apps, the it. but the apps, the apps, the tinder's the grinders or whatever it takes your fancy, all these different apps that appear. all these different apps that appear . so all these different apps that appear. so how does a traditional i'm going to call you that maybe tell me i'm wrong that's fun yeah the new year of matchmaking. so how do you compete now against. what's the difference between you and these apps? well, first of all, when

the internet along, it actually bought dating and people's homes. so it was really actually quite good for us. it took away the bottom end of the dating if you like, you know, going back back to the nineties and things we often used to dirty phone calls and things, you know , we calls and things, you know, we didn't anymore. you anywhere with there was lots of women working we think that and then of course the apps came along but our people they're all financially secure. they want to meet somebody . that can bring as meet somebody. that can bring as much to the table as they can. they want to meet people who've been met, so they meet through tinder. it's a different motivation. it can be. yes, yes . are you seeing changes in that, nick? no, i don't worry that, nick? no, i don't worry that it that, nick? no, i don't worry thatitis that, nick? no, i don't worry that it is a very interesting. let's suppose karen , moody, the let's suppose karen, moody, the i come to you nick tomorrow get i come to you nick tomorrow get isend i come to you nick tomorrow get i send you an email to your website or whatever it is what's the process that i would go through with you what would i have to pay you how would it

work? okay. when you come to, you'd email us, we send you details. we see lots of questions about you and the sort of things you want out of life. and then we make an appointment for you to either come to our westminster office or windsor office. meet ? office. you physically meet? yes, meet. it's yes, we physically meet. it's important , i yes, we physically meet. it's important, i think, and people have liked that. the have really liked that. the pandemic, , in the pandemic, you know, in the pandemic, you know, in the pandemic we learnt to use zoom and these other mediums that and all these other mediums that we can still can users , but we can still can users, but people actually want to meet in person they won't, they person because they won't, they miss the interaction with a real person. but how do you spot they're lying. oh is out there whether it's their financial means or the job they do or you can find because there are a lot of ultimate is out there know if they hopefully don't come us because we ask for three forms of id. we do our own checks as well and they're sitting talking to us, as you said, you know, on the internet, you find out so much about somebody now. mm hmm. so we don't we've been in business. it's not so year. and

if we think somebody is lying, we're not going to write. so i come to you for the interview. yeah, then we ask you signed a confidentiality contract because we have a lot of high profile we do have a lot of high profile people on offer to you yet. do you really. yeah. only worried about press finding out that about the press finding out that they've been to you or not so much. no, not so much now we change names and things, but, you know, mean, you don't have you know, i mean, you don't have to photographs you don't to use photographs if you don't want . and you sign, just want to. and once you sign, just confident charity contract, we'll make a selection of people we'll make a selection of people we be suitable and we think would be suitable and you select who you want to meet from there. and have from there. and we have different membership to from there. and we have dso rent membership to from there. and we have dso we've|embership to from there. and we have dso we've got)ership to from there. and we have dso we've got a rship to from there. and we have dso we've got a very to from there. and we have dso we've got a very high to . so we've got a very high success. and how expensive is this starts including very . this? it starts including very. £6,100 for one year, actually from one use frozen, which actually very reasonable if you think about well, it sounds like he's quicker to find your partner for life. it's definitely worth it. and you know, the people you met, you're meeting have been vetted and you know , we have a close

know, we have a close relationship with our clients. so we keep in contact. i believe you . yeah, no, i believe you . you. yeah, no, i believe you. yes. so what of your biggest. i mean, give me some examples. me two or three examples of big successes that you feel that you've we've had a double generation double generation success, double generation success, double generation . the first that first generation. the first that first couple came to us and they were second time round for both of them. then we had a big 30th anniversary bash a few years ago and they came along and he said , son's an airline pilot. you can't meet the right sort of person . so he put phoned some person. so he put phoned some pretty son on the phone to debbie, my manager and he came along and he's now married with along and he's now married with a baby unfortunately, because of the pandemic, they had to put their marriage off twice. yeah, but many people. so but at the so many people. so many but i've got a many people. but i've got a beautiful, baby beautiful, beautiful baby i suppose the, age profile. but is it all young, professional that come to know god? no it's our oldest member at the moment is

89. no. yeah. no we, we've got lots of older members and it's good, you know, i, if i'm honest, nigel, i think the pandemic made people think about and think about the future, and they want to make the most of it now. so you eighties they knew 60 i believe i'm guessing that the pandemic must have led to an epidemic of loneliness as well. of course it did . it was it was of course it did. it was it was amazing because i went into the pandemic and i didn't know, you know, what was going to happen. now i do. and we started zooming and children you know, children , older clients were teaching them how to use whatsapp and all sorts of things . they were sorts of things. they were actually going on virtual dates and it was lovely because it stopped them being lonely virtual dates. they've couldn't virtual dates. they've couldn't virtual dates, you know, they could yeah. you know, walking when you went up for 1 could yeah. you know, walking when you went up for1 hours when you went up for 1 hours a day, you were allowed to at the time they could walk together and, you know, speak to each

other and so people became a lot people became very clever at finding alternatives we even had quite a few of our clients having meals together . you know, having meals together. you know, they do one of them cooked something, cooked something else . so you stop being so lonely now. i do not believe that you've had 35 years of totally untroubled success without the odd disaster along the way. what are the most unsuitable that you've put together during your career ? well, i'm trying to career? well, i'm trying to think now . a well, we have had think now. a well, we have had couple of divorces, obviously. yes of course we have. and also , didn't you match somebody with their ex—husband or ex—wife? yes. a dangerous . yes, yes. their ex—husband or ex—wife? yes. a dangerous . yes, yes . yes. yes. a dangerous. yes, yes. yes. it was really . yes. a dangerous. yes, yes. yes. it was really. i yes. a dangerous. yes, yes. yes. it was really . i interviewed it was really. i interviewed this chap and. i took his profiles up to him and said to me, obviously, very good at this. i see. he said, that's my ex wife is my 25 year right. so

as far as you're concerned, you're 35 years young as a business and it's going to go on. it's going to continue. absolutely. and is this all across the western world, these sort of agencies, america , sort of agencies, america, europe, they're their own. the people are wanting to come to offline agencies. a more now dating fraud went in which reports came in june 2021. it was up 40% in the pandemic. interesting. you know , and interesting. you know, and people had to go into if they had to go it with an open mind. and that's why people like coming to us because they're meeting people who've been met who they know are being vetted and karen, outside of all this, you spend a bit of time working at buckingham . tell us about at buckingham. tell us about that. i did a long time ago. gosh, different world now. yes. i was in charge of the staff and gosh , you know, you think of all gosh, you know, you think of all those years that the queen was

there . oh, know and i remember there. oh, know and i remember there. oh, know and i remember the day of a funeral when i was at canada gate doing broadcasting and the amazing procession, the coffin the hearse and all the staff out of buckingham palace and lining up outside , it was a very, very outside, it was a very, very moving moment. it outside, it was a very, very moving moment . it really, really moving moment. it really, really was very moving . well, carol, was very moving. well, carol, all i can say , congratulations all i can say, congratulations on what you've built and what you've done. a big a pioneer. thank you. i've learned something tonight that can't be a bad thing. happy a bad thing. and happy valentine's. happy valentine's day. i ever need you, i know day. if i ever need you, i know exactly to . where fantastic. exactly to. where fantastic. thank you. thank . okay, it's thank you. thank. okay, it's time to barrage the barrage. what have you sent me this valentine's day ? i'm asked by valentine's day? i'm asked by bob . do you valentine's day? i'm asked by bob. do you think valentine's day? i'm asked by bob . do you think the riot bob. do you think the riot outside the hotel in liverpool housing migrants is going to become a regular event unless ? become a regular event unless? the government stop the small boats crossing, the channel. bob you know it is not my job to sit

here and to be seen in any way to encourage people to behave in a dis orderly fashion. but i do think it's my job to say to people that they can actually use their democratic rights and peaceful protest should be allowed and the mass of mainstream media. much of our political class , to say to those political class, to say to those concerned families in knowsley last week that they're all far right bigots is , a complete and right bigots is, a complete and utter disgrace. as i showed you earlier on the package about how the boats are now to come from 50 or 60 miles to the southwest calais, tens of thousands more will come this year. more hotels will come this year. more hotels will get filled up. all of this , a time of economic hardship . i , a time of economic hardship. i think there's going to be a lot vociferous protest in this country. i just want to make that it's peaceful at all times. mike asks me, mr. verhofstadt thinks brexit can never work. do

you agree what needs to be to prove him wrong? well, mr. verhofstadt, that sort of ranting cartoon character in the european parliament said we were absolutely opposites there, both with very different views. look brexit is about self government, it's about being in charge of believers over the future of our own life . we can make a success own life. we can make a success of it or we can make a failure of it or we can make a failure of it. the point is, those that make the big decisions that affect our lives are directly our control. as an independent , our control. as an independent, self—governing democracy . the self—governing democracy. the tragedy is the conservative party right at the moment are not making a very good job of it . there we are. i'm back with you tomorrow night at 7:00, full of joy. but right now to patrick christys. oh you will, nigel. fantastic stuff ever. i've got it all tonight. eight till nine. ladies and gents, foreign aid. should we scrap it? why are we sending to some of the wealthiest countries in the world? we need world? do we need more immigrants to plug labour immigrants to plug our labour shortage will have a very

shortage and i will have a very special day special mystery valentine's day guest of my show. guest at the end of my show. sure. stay tuned . good sure. you stay tuned. good evening. to your latest evening. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office i'm jonathan office. i'm jonathan vautrey after a fairly dry couple of weeks, some of us are going to see a bit more rainfall on the cards as we move into the half of this week. the pressure that has been us is slow its way has been with us is slow its way off continental europe off towards continental europe andifs off towards continental europe and it's allowing this frontal feature move its in from feature to move its way in from the west. whilst it will be the west. so whilst it will be dry initially for northern ireland will ireland and scotland, we will see bursts of rain see heavier bursts of rain moving during the second moving in. so during the second half of the night, further to the we hold onto some the east, we hold onto some fairly dry and clear conditions that will allow fog patches to form they could form and they could be particularly dense across some south areas frost also south areas of patchy frost also forming as well down low single figures for towns and cities. the increasing though will help the fog clear off a bit quicker than morning. i meanwhile will watch this frontal system move its way in and provide again some heavier bursts for a time but it will tend to fizzle its

way out as moves across england and wales. so turning patchier and wales. so turning patchier and lighter throughout the day, we'll hold on to the milder air in the south e so highs of 1514 degrees. a relatively pleasant day here. but further to the west it will just be that bit cooler, particularly where we've got breeze around it got the breeze around and it could be a fairly blustery day for during the overnight for some during the overnight penod for some during the overnight period feature period though. frontal feature continues the away and it's more this second front that will start pushing in across southern areas of the uk, providing some fairly and dismal fairly drizzly and dismal conditions that will persist throughout thursday and is looking like a fairly grey and drab day for most of us. it will actually be northern areas of scotland that see some the scotland that see some of the sunny skies underneath that cloud. it's necessarily going to feel as particularly pleasant as late, but it's more into thursday night where we'll got to watch points for some particularly strong winds that will start moving across northern areas of the uk . these northern areas of the uk. these could provide 70 mile an hour gusts at times . so do just keep gusts at times. so do just keep

up to date with the forecast as we head towards then. but .

i a welcome along everyone. patrick christys here once again and i assure you that there is nothing i'd rather be doing on valentine's as day evening than provide you the people with an action packed 8 pm. show. even if my long suffering fiance doesn't see it that way. but anyway, that's how shall we i'll say emerges that the nhs and say team to india it's stopping shortages. we want to ask if immigration the solution to a immigration is the solution to a failing and flailing workforce. we've had this before and it culminated in the brexit, didn't it? but it hasn't stopped record highs