be a. it's monday, it's patrick christys. it's gb news. let's take a rocket up the news agenda shall brand new homes for refugees. councils are spending millions of pounds buying or building for those fleeing conflict . but what about british conflict. but what about british people already on housing

waiting list? should the money be spent on brits first? that's what i want to know. and a body has found in the river. now, if nicola bulley have long police been vindicated. oh, you still raging at the ups that they've made . how could so many people made. how could so many people not find a body prince harry is costing you may 300 grand because he's the funding police protection when he's in the uk can't netflix pay for it harry or mummy trust fund. maybe he wouldn't need protection if he hadnt wouldn't need protection if he hadn't insulted many ordinary brits and now all of those cancel culture snowflakes have come for roald dahl. he can't call august scarlet apparently. now he's just enormous. well, no , he's a massive, greedy, fatty, fussy , fatty, bum, bum. the fussy, fatty, bum, bum. the world's gone , hasn't it, archie? world's gone, hasn't it, archie? you can't say that anymore ehhen you can't say that anymore either. gbviews@gbnews.uk. i either. gbviews@gb news.uk. i want either. gbviews@gbnews.uk. i want to know . should we? how's want to know. should we? how's brits first? that scene like that story about councils spending millions get new homes for refugees . but right now, as

for refugees. but right now, as he likes headlines. good afternoon . it's 3:01. i'm tamsin afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom. president biden has promised than $500 million worth of aid to ukraine after making a surprise trip to its capital. it comes just days before the first anniversary of russia's full invasion. mr. zelenskyy said the visit was an extremely important sign of support for all ukrainians. the us president said his country would stand with for ukraine long as it takes. putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided . weak and the west was divided. as you know, mr. president. i said to him in the beginning and he's counting us not sticking together. he was counting on an ability to nato united is counting on us not to be able to

bnngin counting on us not to be able to bring in others. the side of ukraine. he thought could outlast us. i don't think he's thinking that right now god knows what he's thinking . don't knows what he's thinking. don't think he's thinking that the partner of missing mother of two nicola bulley has spoken of the family's agony after a body found yesterday in the river near to where she went missing. police are working to provide a formal identification of the body which was found in the water around mile from where nicola was last seen. they're currently treating the as unexplained. the 45 year old disappeared more than weeks ago whilst walking her dog more than 11,000 health care workers from the gmb and unite unions in england and wales are walking out today in their continuing dispute over pay and staffing. the worker strike include ambulance workers, pyramid and call handlers . gmb says it's call handlers. gmb says it's over a month . the government over a month. the government engagedin over a month. the government engaged in meaningful dialogue.

elsewhere the result of a ballot of around 45,000 junior doctors is expected to be announced later today by the british medical association . it is medical association. it is upsetting because we don't do this to , job not help people. we this to, job not help people. we do it because . we want to help do it because. we want to help people. that's we want to do and you come in and you feel like you're not doing your job because you're not given the opportunity to. it's incredibly difficult because you feel so awful for . these people, knowing awful for. these people, knowing that you've done everything within your power to help , but within your power to help, but there's nothing more that you can provide. there's no there's no to. where is my ambulance . no to. where is my ambulance. because there isn't one at the moment . the foreign and northern moment. the foreign and northern ireland secretaries are to speak with the european vice president later as negotiations continue over the northern ireland protocol. number ten has denied reports the prime minister been forced to delay, announcing breakthrough amid backlash from his own mps. the dup and

backbench tories say it support a deal which retains oversight from the european court of justice. labour leader sir keir starmer says there's a real of opportunity to move forward . the opportunity to move forward. the uk and the eu have obviously closer together. the question now is whether the prime minister is strong enough to get it through his own backbenchers and i've said is on northern ireland the national interest comes ? so we will put party to comes? so we will put party to one side. we will vote the government if there's a deal to vote for. and so the prime minister doesn't to rely on his backbenchers . you know, we in backbenchers. you know, we in the labour are putting country first and party second best dangerous domestic will be added to the sex offender register as the home office vows to treat violence against women as a national threat. the government plans to invest up to national threat. the government plans to invest up t 0 £8.4 plans to invest up to £8.4 million over the next two years to fund specialist programmes for victims . domestic abuse for victims. domestic abuse

affected . 2.4 million people in affected. 2.4 million people in england wales in the past year. home secretary suella braverman . the changes are needed . i'm . the changes are needed. i'm changing the law to ensure that there's more robust monitoring of perpetrators . we're of perpetrators. we're introducing measures to ensure that we will be able to tag offenders of domestic abuse , and offenders of domestic abuse, and we will be also adding offenders of domestic abuse onto the violence and sex offenders register and also all police chiefs and around the country will now be put on a footing to deal with violence against women and girls as , a national threat and girls as, a national threat . finance secretary kate forbes has announced her bid to become the new leader of the snp and first minister of scotland . it's first minister of scotland. it's after nicola sturgeon's resignation last week. former snp westminster leader angus robertson has ruled himself out of the leadership race , saying of the leadership race, saying it's not the right time for him and his family. scotland's health secretary humza yousaf has already confirmed he will

run , as will former community run, as will former community safety minister ash regan. the new snp leader will be announced on the 27th of march. this is gb news more for me shortly. now though is back to patrick christys . christys. yes, thank you. tamsin welcoming him. everybody patrick christys here on gb news. now the big email call out i'm going to do for you today will be returning to this topic throughout the course of this show. vaiews@gbnews.uk pretty straight should house straight forward should house brits first. it's in of numerous reports coming out from numerous different councils are set to spend millions either building new homes or homes to house refugees primarily from ukraine and afghanistan. there of course loads of people and housing waiting list there are people already here who clearly need housing where do you stand on

that? some people are saying, where else do we put them? a lot of people. well, actually, this is money that should be used to housing brits first. that's the question should question for you today. should we first? we house brits first? gbviews@gbnews.uk uk . but our gbviews@gbnews.uk uk. but our top story today well that's that the partner of the missing mum nicola bulley has described his agony after a body found in the river wyre in lancashire close to where she went missing. now the body which not yet been the body which has not yet been identified was discovered on sunday morning and it's prompted fresh about . the fresh questions about. the effectiveness competence the effectiveness and competence the police operation. well this morning the home secretary said that she had some about the release of personal of nicola bulley i believe we can have a look and listen for that now i did have concerns earlier in the week about some of the elements really relating to the release of , personal really relating to the release of, personal information of nicola bulley into the public . i nicola bulley into the public. i raised those concerns with the chief constable , wasn't wholly chief constable, wasn't wholly satisfied, i have to say with

some of the responses i got, but it is a matter for the police themselves. there are some investigations ongoing looking into ? the investigation has been into? the investigation has been handled. we must let that carry out its own process . but what do out its own process. but what do we all make of this? ladies and gentlemen, i have lancashire police now being completely vindicated. they were adamant. were they that nicola was in the river. we'll have to wait and. see, course, as bodies see, of course, as our bodies identify. peter identify. but we had peter faulding on ellie. he was copping it a little bit. he's the head of the independent dive unit, say. well, you unit, they would say. well, you were that wasn't in were adamant that she wasn't in there there was no body were adamant that she wasn't in therewhatsoever. was no body were adamant that she wasn't in therewhatsoever. but no body were adamant that she wasn't in therewhatsoever. but io body were adamant that she wasn't in therewhatsoever. but i just dy that whatsoever. but i just cannot understand how with the combined resources, especially those frankly of the police with manpower both on the ground and in the water has taken this long retrieve a body but we're going to the facts and where we are as things currently stand in this case that has gripped the nation been gripping the nation for been gripping the nation now for over weeks. and then i'm over three weeks. and then i'm going to talk to a police expert

as to get his take on it. as well to get his take on it. but right now, we can cross live to our news north—west of to our gb news north—west of england. reporter reaper england. reporter sophie reaper sophie, thank you very much so. yes. are we at now that we yes. where are we at now that we proceedings ? well, currently we proceedings? well, currently we know that a body had been recovered . there was major recovered. there was major police presence here in st michael's on yesterday and then lancashire police informed us that a body had indeed been recovered from . the river wyre recovered from. the river wyre as part of the investigation into nicola bulley disappearance . you mention that we don't know for definite yet whether it is the mother of two formal identification is still underway and we're waiting to hear from lancashire police one way or another course this has been a highly controversial investigation from the very beginning and we've seen a issues across the board those a dispersal unit because of armchair detectives those release of private information nicola bulley that was seen an

invasion her and the family's privacy so the controversies really just continue in terms of the facts it's been 25 days now since the mother of two originally disappeared. we know that morning that she she got up she loaded the car took her to children's local primary and then went on a walk that she regularly will take with her dog willow. we know that she was seen by someone who knows the open field, and we know that 933 her phone was located id now a body we don't know yet whether or not what is nicola bulley, but a body was found about a mile downstream from where i am today. i by two walkers who informed the police and then they in their divers . so we be they in their divers. so we be looking at some answers, but it's still yet to be known whether or not it is nicola bulley look sophy, thank you very, very much . know that very, very much. know that sophie has been all over this

for case is pretty much from the start and she will right there on hand as. we get any updates. sophie thank sophie reaper that gb news west of england. reporter at the scene in lancashire. but joining me now is the former detective chief inspector scotland he inspector scotland yard and he oversaw a missing persons unit there back in the early 2000 and very pleased it's mike neville . very pleased it's mike neville. mike, thank you. now look, people are saying, well, lancashire completely vindicated , completely vindicated because a body remains to be seen if his closed. but a body has been in the river and they were adamant that there would be a body in that there would be a body in that river have lancashire police vindicated ? i don't think police vindicated? i don't think so in this sense that i've said, from the very start of this referred to the case of the case of the fireman anthony not who disappeared into river in sussex in 2020 and emerged 21 days later. so this is a very similar sort timeline to this one with a

piece of foul play he seems to be making excuses and whatever about the search . but of course, about the search. but of course, he will always that he wasn't given the full facts and he had a he had a search there with all sorts of specialist equipment and was never told by the lancashire police that this lady had all sorts of issues that be speculated this. she may have attempted to take her own life, she may have been pushed and whatever else, but they didn't she they would given that those facts when they searched it. and it's just awful that the family have been away days and days and days and she's just one mile away. you know , the actually not away. you know, the actually not the fireman he was swept eight miles down stream and i'd like to ask, you know , did they to ask, you know, did they consult an expert on river movements to say, look, this this this wide this date , this this this wide this date, this this this wide this date, this this temperature, this these bends how far would a body move in this circumstance ? and i just

in this circumstance? and i just get the impression that they been insular. they didn't like outside expert coming in. they've not consulted with other experts and it's a mess. let me just emphasise obviously yet to be confirmed, there is a body found in the river that's the state of play . i get all of state of play. i get all of that. i'm going to ask the question now, do i think most people i am will be thinking how earth can you find a body in a river with all of those resources supposedly less than a mile away from where that person is believed to have gone in the river? i don't understand that . river? i don't understand that. so what i would say. so a river is a very difficult environment, dark and dingy, to search in. it isn't good enough in the sense it's only mile away. what am i? ihave it's only mile away. what am i? i have my expertise as well is super recognised are officers and they help to locate suspect for the alleged gross murder . for the alleged gross murder. and she had been a conceal id in a river in west london and they'd already searched the river. the frogmen , and not been

river. the frogmen, and not been able to find it because it is a very, very difficult environment once they've been pinpointed where may well be, then she was found but you can see it's almost like a fingertip search because it's so dark down there . it'sjust because it's so dark down there . it's just a challenging environment and the body sinks that what you find is the body goes to the bottom. and then what will happen is of it starts to decompose. these are all awful things that people don't want to hear the but the want to hear the pulse, but the bodies decompose , oozes. it bodies decompose, oozes. it fills gas and then it rises fills with gas and then it rises that all. and if you look, it's usually between two and three weeks and tragedy . tragically, weeks and tragedy. tragically, this is the case if that is the timeline. but it just simply isn't good enough. i'm with on that. okay now i'm just going to play that. okay now i'm just going to play a little clip. stay where you are. please for me and this is of peter foley so peter faulding as of group faulding as of this group international which had all of this special equipment, the independent search he's independent search team, he's been vocal. he's been on this show times actually in show numerous times actually in the past couple of weeks. now he's copping it a bit this

morning. is a clip of him morning. this is a clip of him defending himself earlier on today our breakfast show . today on our breakfast show. let's play it's nicorette in let's play it. it's nicorette in the play at the bench . the foam the play at the bench. the foam was found. she would have landed in two feet of water. she would not have drowned at that location. i believe nicola went in because the divers searched the area thoroughly . afternoon. the area thoroughly. afternoon. a victim go to the a drowning victim go to the bottom. she could not made it over the where? in a diet. there's no way in that my whole team and other police have looked at this it's baffled me . looked at this it's baffled me. people are saying that this guy was just caught in publicity that, you know, he was there his own self promotion and all of this. do you look at peter faulding and think that actually he's got nothing to be accountable for. hey, when it comes to not finding the killer or is he vindicated ? i think he or is he vindicated? i think he made very unwise statements about definitely not being in the river. but of course, as i said to you, you will fall back on the position that it wasn't

the full facts. and if somebody to get over that weir, then they will get over that. weir but obviously think you're someone who's in there . who's just fallen in there. they're drowning, then they won't over the weir won't want to get over the weir with weeks with, then told three weeks later lancashire police, this later by lancashire police, this lady had all sorts of mental health and all sorts health issues and all sorts physical things that really we need to know about at all. and so it could have been a possibility that she did try to take her own life. we don't know. and the coroner's inquest will no doubt will look into that. will no doubt will look into that . but if we've been given that. but if we've been given those, then he may well searched further . and i those, then he may well searched further. and i think the biggest problem for me in all this is the lancashire police and the press department, the information that they gave at the very start, they tried portray nicola as wholesome mum, no issues , no. the fact that she no issues, no. the fact that she have mental health issues, i don't think any of would have thought any less of it because of that. no. but they did try to portray her in one way, which was why do that . and then having

was why do that. and then having released information now she was a domestic , which of course her a domestic, which of course her partner is certainly in the firing . and then they start to firing. and then they start to release all other information which we certainly don't need to know. this is one extreme. all the other. absolutely. i do think a peter faulding have given more information we may have had a different result, but it would be really wise. and what's the key thing is that river. it's one thing to release duff information and waiting is another thing. if that information it could have been vital wasn't given another guy who was trying to look for nicola. mike thank you, mike that former detective chief inspector of scotland yard in that missing person just reacting to the news that , there reacting to the news that, there is a body that's been found in the wyre, we are awaiting the river. wyre, we are awaiting as to whether or not that is . as to whether or not that is. nicola now i'm going to nicola now look, i'm going to move is be a theme move on. this is to be a theme running through the course of the show because i've been the show today because i've been throwing over to you. throwing this one over to you. gb views at gb news uk should throwing this one over to you. gb how's at gb news uk should throwing this one over to you. gb how's britishiews uk should throwing this one over to you. gb how's british citizens should be. how's british citizens basically before house basically before we house refugees numerous councils are

currently the business, currently in the business, either building or acquiring splendidly doing it housing for refugees councils in england are being given a share of a £500 million pot of cash to acquire houses for afghan and ukrainian . as part of an effort to ensure that those who fled from war a safe place to live as the government are being warned that increasing numbers of ukrainians are facing homelessness and destitution. but this has sparked concern. i argue it spells outrage actually about who gets in terms of and how much there is to go around. should we be spending this money on people who are already here , on people who are already here, have been here their whole lives and frankly need a place to live ? israel says the uk has no regard for british citizens. keep your emails coming in on this, but to cut through the noise on this and give us more detail is gb news economics and business editor and actually guru liam halligan on guru as well as liam halligan on the money . live. some people are

the money. live. some people are saying did you call me a housing kanu guru , i'll give you. people kanu guru, i'll give you. people say people are saying that we should be prioritising housing for brits. we haven't enough to go around as it is hit me so i think the political party solves the issue not just of housing, but in particular social housing would win the next election and then subsequent elections and frankly would deserve . back in frankly would deserve. back in 1979, a third of people in this country lived in housing. housing owned the state. it's now 13. it's much i personally think we need a lot more social housing. patrick we spend 35 billion quid a year , the billion quid a year, the government does on housing benefit. that's housing who are vulnerable and frankly don't earn enough in their jobs. earn enough in theirjobs. they're not all unemployed by any means. you know, if you've got a low income, a low skilled job, with all respect, you often can't afford the market rent or to be able to buy a home. yeah.

so we need more social housing. in my view. i think it should be about 20% of the population. but as it happens, we're building very, very few council houses . very, very few council houses. fact we're demolishing more than we're building. fact we're demolishing more than we're building . last year we we're building. last year we built 7000 across the whole of the uk. we demolished 29,000. in fact on average since 1991, we've taken 24,000 off the stock of social housing and not all right to buy some of it's right to buy in some parts of the uk by the right to buy has been suspended but we can talk about that at the time wales particular yeah we've had a net of 24,000 a year in terms of social housing on average since 1991. and that's why you've got this waiting list, this million waiting list, that's you've got much that's why you've got much overcrowding. can talk the overcrowding. you can talk the excellent charity shelter. they will give you chapter and on the number of families embedded breakfast accommodation in temporary accommodation, the number of what we call patrick in this country concealed households where you've got not

say a monthly with a daughter who's got a kid that's not concealed household. i can what household is when you have to comply utterly different families who aren't related living in the same house and we have millions of those in the uk simply because we've built too homes. right and that's why when you have basildon in essex to spend two and a half million quid on council houses , they quid on council houses, they want more refugees 17, they want to buy 17 houses. when you have the council in boston in lincolnshire buying up homes too when you have the council in north hants yet to decide but contemplating spending north hants yet to decide but contemplating spendin g £3.57 contemplating spending £3.57 million particular on social housing for ukrainian and afghan refugees . i housing for ukrainian and afghan refugees. i do housing for ukrainian and afghan refugees . i do understand why refugees. i do understand why ordinary working brits who've been here for generations. this isn't jingoism , just common isn't jingoism, just common sense. you get really about that now if you look at it in the round historically and i've written a lot about this isn't

actually the case that there's an awful lot of discrimination against white indigenous people in council houses there is a little at the margins and obviously where it happens people get really about it but in this particular when there is such a housing and there has been such a high profile influx of refugees it seems odd if you are going to have a have a council house building drive. so not least do one for one. so say yes, we're going to do a load of council housing as a third or a half of them. we're going to put to one side, particularly for refugees who have genuinely fled war. i think ordinary british people are tolerant enough to put up that, but to have a programme that seems to be as, as far as these reports are concerned and geared entirely towards refugees is likely to cause a great deal of political . yeah, indeed. and i think with with good people are emailing it in their droves here i'll go to

that shortly. so basildon they're looking to build 17 new homes you rightly mentioned that some of the other places have also got birmingham. they're looking to buy somewhere in the region of 50. when it comes region of 50. now when it comes to buying , okay, they will be to buying, okay, they will be buying some ones in. france in the case of north, north, north. yeah they're looking to buy houses that were formerly right to buy. so these places will presumably be buying houses at the end housing the lower end of the housing market. someone is on market. let's say someone is on 30, 40 grand a year. something along those. well average along those. well the average one. look it's one. yeah, yeah. look it's to get property ladder in get onto the property ladder in their area where their job is now that housing market is going to be squeezed even be squeezed even more. that's right. it all comes down to patrick, the fact that we not building that we simply not building enough homes and why have we stopped building council houses? why did we start in the sixties? building houses in massive tower blocks where i grew up, on the outskirts of london. most of my mates lived in council houses , mates lived in council houses, but those council houses were low density, low rise with a

fair amount of green space. they were decent homes. i spent my childhood in, but now we're building council often in inner city situations that are tower blocks because land has become so expensive and that's to do with the way is taxed is a complicated issue but the problem councils have is just the by the land to build council housesis the by the land to build council houses is really really expensive . that's why i've been expensive. that's why i've been campaigning for years for the treasury and it tend to be the treasury and it tend to be the treasury again to release government only . and the government only. and the government only. and the government owns about 7% of all land in this country. i'm not sure about national parks or the queen's or anything like that, separate from that and not saying that we should build houses in the middle of salisbury plain, which are owned houses in the middle of sa|the|ry plain, which are owned houses in the middle of sa|the middle,, which are owned houses in the middle of sa|the middle, the ich are owned houses in the middle of sa|the middle, the government�*d by the middle, the government owns many, inner city owns, many, many inner city sites are ripe for social housing that could be built. some, if only the would release them for local authorities to use to build affordable social

housing. people can buy and also council housing that can rent from the state subsidy rent, particularly when they have low jobs. thank you. that's great, fantastic stuff. liam halligan that our economics and business editor and housing guru rather thank very much sam now responding more housing support for ukrainian . this is the for ukrainian. this is the chairman now the local government association and is councillor james jamieson . i've councillor james jamieson. i've got the name of him twice the lga has been raising concerns governments on the growing number of ukrainians presenting as homeless to councils , in as homeless to councils, in particular the significant rise in those who arrived through the homes ukraine scheme. we are pleased that the government has been working with the and been working with the lga and councils on funding to help families move into their own homes, reduce homelessness and help local partners more housing. the flexibility to open these up to more general use in these up to more general use in the long term will also assist with other housing across local communities. now look, think communities. now look, i think that many of you will be looking at this story now and the

figures on this are pretty stark thinking, well, if people are genuine the case genuine refugees and in the case of and i in the of ukrainians and i think in the case many afghan as well, case of many afghan as well, that a difference of people that is a difference of people that is a difference of people that we're seeing coming over across channel in small across the channel in small boats. lot of those people boats. and a lot of those people who are now hotels quite probably in local community probably in your local community and breakfast etc. but and bed and breakfast etc. but the for me on this the big question for me on this is there in the pot is if there is money in the pot to build new homes for people who presumably unemployed or certainly towards the lower end of employment scheme and are new to this country , then why are to this country, then why are their homes people who are some of the 1 million, for example, on the waiting list? and just quickly before i go to these, i'm going to give you some facts. again, 2 million quid in basildon is going to be spent for 70 new homes, refugees from afghanistan ukraine, boston for 70 new homes, refugees from afghaniscouncil,(raine, boston for 70 new homes, refugees from afghanis council, they'reioston for 70 new homes, refugees from afghaniscouncil, they're going borough council, they're going to supposedly to buy a home supposedly birmingham, an initial 30 homes could 20 later could be bought with 20 later added on north northamptonshire , they plan buy 30 homes. now , they plan to buy 30 homes. now some of these going to some of these people going to use that were in right to

use homes that were in right to buy get this they're buy scheme or get this they're going surplus council going to run out surplus council stock again here go stock emphasise again here we go 1 million people already here a waiting list. what's going on is that should we please that right. should we please brits first? gb views at gb news uk lows you getting in touch ? uk lows you getting in touch? surprise. steve says there's of houses to go around, especially in rural areas. i see boarded properties all the time. make a law to let councils take over any houses have been empty for six months renovate and rent six months to renovate and rent out. okay steve. i mean, in out. yes okay steve. i mean, in a way just to take it at face value. fine who would you hands there first. that's really the question i'm trying to get out perhaps good of course perhaps as good name of course we put our own we should put our own folk first. some our folk i know first. some of our folk i know have been on housing list for years. if this happens. there will be riots as people are fed up with . the whole thing. it's up with. the whole thing. it's a bad look . my opinion at the same bad look. my opinion at the same time as us unequivocally being a welcoming country. i mean, people opened up their own homes for refugees, didn't for ukrainian refugees, didn't they? they opened their own homes. still them homes. people still have them living there now. it was supposed to temporary.

supposed to be temporary. clearly, is rumbling on clearly, the war is rumbling on and don't in their and i don't anyone in their right think we'll right mind would think we'll just goodbye to a ukrainian just wave goodbye to a ukrainian and send them packing back to, kyiv i think kyiv or whatever. i don't think anyone but question anyone thinks. but the question for priorities. why for me here is, priorities. why have building or have we not building homes or letting out surplus council to homeless military to hard up single mums ? what about buying single mums? what about buying as well buying cheap housing stock kind of housing stock that first time buyers, young first time buyers on a low wage would have been saving up for years to try to scrape a deposit together . and then walloping comes your local and goes, i love that you never know . might even pay a bit never know. might even pay a bit of asking price have of the asking price we'll have wait what may. and then wait and see what may. and then they own people in that. well you probably end up paying twice won't it be won't you as well because it be paying won't you as well because it be paying rent themselves. will paying the rent themselves. will they gbviews@gbnews.uk will be returning the returning to this start the course of the. do you think we should house brits first but coming the, classic books by coming up the, classic books by children's roald is children's author roald is having day makeover having a modern day makeover with words removed to with certain words removed to prevent the snowflakes got prevent if the snowflakes got hold of dahl people, the world's gone can't say that

gone mad now can't say that anyway. is he the right thing to do or is censorship by the politically correct brigade bonkers? you cannot call augustus gloop fat. he's now enormous . augustus gloop fat. he's now enormous. he's i'd rather be called fat than enormous anyway. either way, he's a fatty. fatty bum bum. back in a moment.

hello. good afternoon . from the hello. good afternoon. from the gb newsroom, i'm tamsin roberts. it's 333. here are the headlines . president biden has more than $500 million worth of aid to ukraine after making a surprise trip its capital. it comes just days before the first anniversary of russia's full scale invasion. mr. said the visit was an extremely important sign of support for all ukrainians. the president said his country would stand with

ukraine for long as it takes. putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided . as you and the west was divided. as you know, mr. president said to him in the beginning, and he's counting on us not sticking together . he counting on us not sticking together. he was counting an ability to keep nato is counting on us, not to be able to bring in another side of . ukraine he in another side of. ukraine he thought he could outlast us. i think he's thinking that right now . god knows he's think he's thinking that right now. god knows he's thinking. i don't think he's thinking that . don't think he's thinking that. the partner of missing mother of two nicola bulley has spoken of the family's after a body was yesterday in the river near where she went missing. lancashire are working to provide a formula identification of the body which was found in the water around a mile from where nicola was last seen . where nicola was last seen. they're currently treating the death as unexplained. the 45

year old disappeared more than three weeks ago whilst walking her dog . more than 11,000 health her dog. more than 11,000 health care workers from the gmb and unite unions in england and wales are walking out today . wales are walking out today. their continuing dispute over pay their continuing dispute over pay and staffing. the workers striking include ambulance workers, paramedics and call handlers. gmb says it's over a month since the government engagedin month since the government engaged in meaningful dialogue . engaged in meaningful dialogue. elsewhere, the results of a ballot around 45,000 junior doctors is expected to be announced later today by the british medical association . we british medical association. we can just bring you some breaking news in the last few , an inquest news in the last few, an inquest has concluded that five people who were shot killed near plymouth in 2021 were unlawfully killed. 22 year old jake davison shot and killed his mother along with other people in khiam in august 2021, before turning the gun on himself. the inquest

heard how davison legally held a shotgun certificate and had an obsession with . firearms. that obsession with. firearms. that news just in the last few minutes. tv online and dab plus radio. this is gb news. now back to . to. patrick yes, tom sleigh. thank you. very, very. right. let's talk about road and rishi sunak has criticised the decision to make numerous changes to the children's author's novels . children's author's novels. donalis children's author's novels. donal is being censored. okay it's absolutely bonkers . so it's absolutely bonkers. so words like fat and ugly have been removed? sounds like my profile. roald dahl's story . profile. roald dahl's story. company say that they wanted to make the books more suitable for modern audiences. so the minister's spokesman said when comes to our rich and varied literary heritage, the prime minister with the bfg , it was

minister with the bfg, it was the big friendly, giant that we shouldn't gobble around with words. i must say, it's very easy to mispronounce that word, and i'm glad i didn't at this particular time of the day look so , mrs. twit from the twit is so, mrs. twit from the twit is no longer, ugly and beastly. let's go through some of these changes that we've made to the book.so changes that we've made to the book. so we've got the first edition of the witches says don't be foolish . my grandmother don't be foolish. my grandmother says, you can't go round pulling the hair of every lady meet, even if she is wearing just you try it and see what happens. so now it says, don't be foolish . now it says, don't be foolish. my now it says, don't be foolish. my grandmother says, besides , my grandmother says, besides, are plenty of other reasons why women wear wigs. and there is certainly nothing wrong with that. while there, we okay the bald female community will be happy about that. also the witches is the line. even she's working as a cashier in the supermodel it's all time penalties for a businessman and that has become even she's working as a top scientist or running a business. right so

we've now upscale we've given the women in the witches other reasons for wearing a wig and a promotion, a massive promotion. and from the original matilda , and from the original matilda, she went on old and days sailing ships with joseph conrad. she went to africa with ernest hemingway and to india with rudyard kipling. i've got a feeling i know coming into she went now it says she wants a 19th century estates with jane austen she wants to africa with ernest hemingway . oh, yes. there ernest hemingway. oh, yes. there we go. and of course, she to california with john steinbeck, the great. well, until we know obviously culture obviously the modern culture catches with any those catches up with, any of those and we'll to remove and then we'll have to remove all of that. the top one for me, by the way is this augusta gloop from charlie and the chocolate factory. know, the one is on factory. you know, the one is on the engine his face the engine to his face as massive wright is massive fatty wright is now described as enormous. okay because the word fat has been removed from every book. right. well, we all guys and frankly, even those of us who don't i think can have a pretty good idea just by what he's eating that august is gloop is indeed

trundling large . but to discuss trundling large. but to discuss this, i'm joined now by the academic and author, dr. heather brunskill evans. thank very much. and would you offended if in a children's book someone was described as either fat , ugly? described as either fat, ugly? why are we censoring this stuff for modern audiences . well for modern audiences. well i wouldn't be offended, but i am offended by something . and i'll offended by something. and i'll tell you what, i'm offended by. i'm offended by the ways in which campaign and political active ists managing to get control of almost every aspect of our existence, including now children's books . and this is a children's books. and this is a it's a really serious issue and it's a really serious issue and it goes beyond changes to roald dahps it goes beyond changes to roald dahl's books , quite honestly. dahl's books, quite honestly. patrick, as you were reading , i patrick, as you were reading, i wanted to i want you to burst into laughter. it's risible, but but but i think audience needs to sort of as i'm sure the gb

audience will realise this is much bigger . any changes to much bigger. any changes to children's literature . it's children's literature. it's what's going on behind in all our institutions relation to diversity and inclusion again, which ironically ends up excluding people . so yeah. talk excluding people. so yeah. talk to me a bit more that because it's all very well and good for me to sit here as i intend to continue doing by the way, taking the mickey out of what i would regard these idiotic changes and all of this stuff. yeah, but there is as you've rightly identified, heather, a much more serious undertone to this, is that the woke this, which is that the woke have got of. well have got hold of. well everything haven't they. every everything . absolutely everything. absolutely everything . i understand that everything. i understand that roald dahl estate went to a particular consultancy in order to change the language. the consultancy in it talks about diversity, inclusion in all children need to be represented

in literature. and all of these sound absolutely fantastic . mean sound absolutely fantastic. mean who is against diversity and inclusion ? no one is against inclusion? no one is against that. but in practical reality, as it turns out, these ideological projects up excluding people. can i just bnngin excluding people. can i just bring in something that in my research today for this i was i discovered it that netflix which has bought some of the rights the books the estate it has said that from the millions pounds that from the millions pounds that they will get to netflix netflix what will do is they will contribute to children's charities that concerned with children's health anti—racism and so on and i immediately thought well actually if we read really had our eye on the ball about protecting children from harmful stereotypes we should have been watching what was happening to this tavistock app

years ago and what has happened at tavistock the tavistock has been informed by the very children's charities that may be being paid money from the roald dahl estate and that was not the dots that was a case to some people which of course the tavistock vehemently deny but that was the case to according some of ideology taking over medical practise and i think a lot of people would is incredibly dangerous, especially when it involves children . but when it involves children. but just veering back on to this now from what i was talking to a friend of mine who's actually a publisher the other day, and they were saying, you want to get a kid's book published these days it's to have a trans days it's got to have a trans character it. it's got to character in it. it's got to have some kind of algae b reference and it's to have a load of ethnic diversity . it's load of ethnic diversity. it's got have like a female lead got to have like a female lead or or something like this and. i actually must say there was a chapi actually must say there was a chap i on instagram who was a

friend of a friend and i happened to know that it wasn't necessarily always the nicest individual when he younger. individual when he was younger. actually was a tweet. he just actually it was a tweet. he just had a baby and he's reading them a reversed . and you're a gender reversed. and you're a baby that can't really hear or see anything. it is such a newborn baby is reading them genden newborn baby is reading them gender, children's books and actually just seriously genuine . i'm not exaggerating that either . makes . i'm not exaggerating that either. makes me wonder . i'm not exaggerating that either . makes me wonder whether either. makes me wonder whether or not i want to bring a child into this world. yeah yeah so in fact, absolutely , publishing now fact, absolutely, publishing now is becoming very restrictive. you're only allowed to publish certain things , children's books certain things, children's books and other things. so really quite authority and in the name of progressivism , it's of progressivism, it's authoritarian . i wasn't actually authoritarian. i wasn't actually just to say, patrick, i wasn't trying to divert to the tavistock. what i was trying to explain is that the political activism underlying , protection activism underlying, protection for children diversity, for children, inclusion for children in a strange ends up acting

reverse. and it's that that we need to really focus on i mean oh with regard to the books i mean what they write if i just say this before before you move on it's actually making books less rich less appealing to children . if we want to talk children. if we want to talk about diversity to pull in children who maybe are not enjoying books . roald dahl children who maybe are not enjoying books. roald dahl has been very because it makes children it may be sort of you know we don't want to make of fat people but the reality is that child do find roald dahl books very, very appealing and we sanitise them . we'll lose we sanitise them. we'll lose a whole cohort . i agree. oh, is whole cohort. i agree. oh, is also is also fiction it could not be more fictional right. it's set in different worlds and differently. and so what if one of the courses is it's a visual way of doing and there are

caricature of themselves stuffing chocolate is not taking the people are carrying a few pounds. i mean look at me for goodness i'm not exactly stick thin, not a long distance runner, but you know, at the same time, this is just getting me. take the thank you. i'll go talk to you all day. yeah, i'm not out the bus club is that. it's a girls an and an it's a girls an academic and an author reacts to this news author just reacts to this news that roald dahl essentially being work being gossip about the work book. now don't go because we've got coming way next. got lots coming your way next. no, groundhog day it's no, it's not. groundhog day it's a that never ends it's people today thousands of ambulance workers staging fresh workers that staging fresh walkouts running dispute walkouts long running dispute pay walkouts long running dispute pay staffing. i've got a little bit of info for you which maybe would give you a slightly different take on how justified these strikes are. on these strikes are. later on in this show, going to attempt this show, i'm going to attempt impossible. i'm going to attempt the i am to the impossible. i am going to try prince andrew a job. try to find prince andrew a job. i'll see you into .

okay. also playful for the next 50 minutes. also of this hour. and gentlemen, now. yes, groundhog. okay, but some interesting new info just come out. what's turning to the latest action? thousands of ambulance workers , they're ambulance workers, they're staging strikes today in a staging fresh strikes today in a long running dispute over. pay, working conditions . long running dispute over. pay, working conditions. now long running dispute over. pay, working conditions . now the long running dispute over. pay, working conditions. now the gmb union say over 11,000 of its ambulance workers are walking out across england and wales as paramedics. emergency assistants call handlers . there's a lot of call handlers. there's a lot of info flying around at the minute about what pay they have been offered. they're saying, i think in many cases been no negotiation, that has a of negotiation, that has been a of negotiation. we'll talk about that in a second. but we can go live now to gb news is national reporter costello he's reporter alec costello and he's on picket line in crawley for on a picket line in crawley for us. the mood like ? us. ali what's the mood like? it's good afternoon to you, patrick. well, i must say that the morale here is quite high. you might be able to see behind me they're actually cooking

sausages on this barbecue here. lots of tooting up horns. it does seem to be a lot of public support here. there's even a dog on the picket line here, which they're a puppet. puppet. demick is right, pop magic. sorry papa medic on the gmb picket line here. now we're being told that about 25% of the south coast ambulance headquarters , about ambulance headquarters, about 25% of staff, all going to be on the picket line today. and that is because 75% have to stay in the building in order to continue to answer emergency are really important things. say the nhs . if you really important things. say the nhs. if you are in need of an emergency ambulance today, do bnng emergency ambulance today, do bring nine no nine and your aren't your call will be answered today. but i want bring in labour field now who is the regional gmb officer for south england. so why are we on the picket line today? why are people being passionate about this? this is four of strike action and this is the government still hasn't come to

the table to talk pay with our members a 4% pay award last year which again with inflation above % is enough a pay cut they simply cannot afford to keep being underpaid . i mean, the being underpaid. i mean, the biggest criticism of , all being underpaid. i mean, the biggest criticism of, all nhs strikes is that this is selfish that this will disrupt on patients and for people are so desperately in need of an ambulance going to be disrupted, aren't they. that could be delayed so. the government likes to tow the line this is to tow the line that this is selfish people actually want selfish for people actually want better pay. actually better pay. but actually underneath that the fact that underneath that is the fact that we have thousands vacancies we have thousands of vacancies across the nhs and even 3000 vacancies across the ambulance because we cannot and retain staff because are being paid far less than need to be. and they've had a 20% real cut in their pay over the last 12 years. it's simply continue for the public who are wanting services today. you can say that some of my members are here but there 75% of them in that building ready to respond my members here in uniform. so they can respond from the picket lines as well. anything happen?

and last three strikes have and the last three strikes have shown one in shown an improved one in service. tell us about service. so tell us about the conditions that some your conditions then that some your workers some of members are workers some of your members are seeing that's led them seeing on shift that's led them to to picket line to come to the picket line today. my members are saying actual to actual harming coming to patients in day out i mean we've got a sign the site they're got a sign over the site they're saying you know they're saying that you know they're not patients because patients aren't dying because striking striking striking but they're striking patients are dying and that is what's happening all the evidence shows. the patients coming to home because it's an ambulance and the lack staff ambulance and the lack of staff in this government is in the nhs, this government is ignore rate that's critical. 60 patients a day a strike action live all you anywhere. well government seem to be at absolute adamant that they're going to ignore us. it's going to continue to be very difficult to continue to be very difficult to do more and more unions are striking the nhs and in fact more more for unions have ballots across . the ambulance ballots across. the ambulance service there is now no longer a single ambulance service the single ambulance service in the country not have a country that does not have a mandate and members mandate to strike and my members are clear they are are absolutely clear they are here government here until the government listens we've field listens. okay. we've field regional organiser gmb really

good speak to you this good to speak to you this afternoon. well patrick let's get a word from the government keep health keep on key. the health secretary says strikes in secretary says the strikes in nobody's says that nobody's interest says that constructive talks have been held with the gmb union who say that 11,000 of its members all out on strike today. he says that none of these unions should be going out on strike. he's urged them to call it off. of course, that is the case. 11,000 are on strike today here. 25% of its members are here on strike today. but patrick could see more upheaval. today. but patrick could see more upheaval . the today. but patrick could see more upheaval. the nhs in the next few weeks and months. we're going to hear the results of the junior doctor ballots a little bit on today. 45,000 members have voted on that strike action. we'll find out whether they voted in favour of it or not a little bit later on we could see weeks and months of disruption , strike action to disruption, strike action to come , and yet still no sign of come, and yet still no sign of resolution. ali, i'm sorry , this resolution. ali, i'm sorry, this can i just ask you just quickly? sorry, we hadn't planned this,

but can i just ask you to get the lady you were talking to there to just something i did think she said. i might have misheard. i thought she said that the last three strikes had shown improvement in the shown an improvement in the ambulance . would it be possible ambulance. would it be possible just to say what she means about that? okay sorry. i think a might just be worth what she said. the patrick christys, our presenterjust asked about the presenter just asked about the element you said the previous three days of strike action you actually improvement in requested an ambulance service in that time . can you explain a in that time. can you explain a little bit more about that? is that actually the case yet ? can that actually the case yet? can actually look at the statistics for yourselves all of the trusts have issued statistics it so there actually improvement there was actually improvement in across all of the in service across all of the ambulance trust in and in fact the ambulance chief executive have written to the health select committee said that the derogations we have in place have been outstanding across the country. so for the government , country. so for the government, then try and say that we're putting people's at danger putting people's lives at danger when ones meeting

when they're the ones meeting targets by saying putting people's is simply people's at risk is simply unacceptable what we're unacceptable and it's what we're talking just before talking about just before we came rsa is idea that came on to rsa is the idea that we you have put of we that you have put all of these provisions they're these provisions in they're asking staff within that asking 75% of staff within that building answer emergency building to answer emergency calls. so that on strike days, hopefully patients are not affected. you so much affected. but thank you so much for that for they for clarifying that for us. they go patrick thank you all. go patrick back. thank you all. a thank you. sorry about that. cheers. really costello there fantastic stuff ellie costello, fantastic stuff. ellie costello, our reporter . fantastic stuff. ellie costello, our reporter. well, our national reporter. well, look, i just give initial look, can i just give initial observations on this that if the last three days of strike actions have resulted in improved service rates, that is because the people are on the coalface. those striking i've implemented their own systems to deaung implemented their own systems to dealing with call outs . and i've dealing with call outs. and i've said this time and time again , i said this time and time again, i think that the people that they should be strongly against is not necessarily government and not necessarily government and not about pay. it's about management way that they management and the way that they are clearly, are managed. because clearly, if you go on strike and you can go on strike and organise a strike and that works more efficiently then the road to the people who are paid good money in the nhs to sort out if

that's better than what they're doing and the people, you should be striking. it goes i your be striking. it goes i all your managers would go managers but that would go that's my two worth that's just my two pennies worth anywhere. is full. we anywhere. my inbox is full. we discussed the decision for across to spend more across england to spend more millions of pounds to build houses for from afghanistan and, from ukraine. and i'm going to that inbox right now. so if you are just us, this is a big one. we're going to be talking about it out the show. 2 million it to out the show. so 2 million quid set to be used to build quid is set to be used to build 70 new homes, refugees from afghanistan and ukraine. that's in basildon boston in basildon alone. boston borough are they're borough council are they're looking buying a we've also looking at buying a we've also got birmingham they're looking at buying an initial 30 homes 20 more to be added 50 and total north north they're planning on buying 30 homes now was interesting is a lot of these homes are going to be they're also going to use by the way £3.7 million of its own cash in, nonh £3.7 million of its own cash in, north northamptonshire, to match government grant over the coming yeah government grant over the coming year. so not all of this is coming out of government. so if you are in northamptonshire at

the minute and you are one of the minute and you are one of the 1 million people across england and the uk who are on a housing waiting list, or you are one of the millions who are currently in temporary accommodation, maybe sofa surfing if you're a homeless military veteran, for example how do you feel about the fact that the government and local are spending millions of pounds either buying or building new for refugees ? now i know people for refugees? now i know people say, well, these people , genuine say, well, these people, genuine refugees, they are not the same as every single person that was in across the channels. these are ukrainians and people from from afghanistan. so been cleared the they cleared through the system. they are genuine are now classed as genuine refugees . so okay they need refugees. so okay they need somewhere to live but it does open the question doesn't should we be housing brits first? and that's i've been asking you that's what i've been asking you now. there's no name .onthis now. there's no name .on this one. but they say country one. but they say this country must be laughing stock. the must be the laughing stock. the world, says , don't take care world, it says, don't take care of our our older folk

of our own and our older folk are left at the bottom of the pile. they go on to say the government and councils should hold heads in shame . i've hold their heads in shame. i've got a few more on this. more than, a few. in fact, it has kicked right people are kicked right off. people are saying earth we doing saying why on earth we doing this? house own this? we should house our own people first. disgraceful son is homeless and the will not help them. he works full. he's trying to work whilst living on the streets and sofa surfing . they streets and sofa surfing. they name council. he's not here. name a council. he's not here. they find themselves. so i won't go on to name that particular council, the drift council, but you get the drift and it's basically all and frankly it's basically all this the inbox actually. this in the inbox actually. i just views on it. just want your views on it. there's a massive reduction there's been a massive reduction in social housing. we've basically stopped building. well, building well, i'll stop building and we're building enough social we're not building enough social housing. selling off housing. we are also selling off some the other some of that. and then the other side it, it's not just side of it, it's not just housing people homeless, housing people who are homeless, it's lower end of the it's also the lower end of the housing market bought up. housing market being bought up. so have a son or daughter so if you have a son or daughter or yourself and you're on or maybe yourself and you're on the tens thousands of the low tens of thousands of pounds every single year, be scrimping savings, get scrimping and savings, get yourself and on yourself a deposit and get on the housing ladder. well, now wallop comes

the housing ladder. well, now waand comes the housing ladder. well, now waand buys comes the housing ladder. well, now waand buys it comes the housing ladder. well, now waand buys it and comes in and buys it and plunks a refugee in there. how do you feel? gbviews@gbnews.uk coming up. very latest up. what the very latest developments. a was developments. after a body was found in search for missing found in the search for missing nicola on the cenotaph, nicola bulley on the cenotaph, sir churchill. find sir winston churchill. find out exactly is statues are exactly who else is statues are massively threat. all is massively under threat. all is under threat. ladies and, gentlemen, gbviews@gbnews.uk back in attack .

well, it's 4:00 and you're with gb news. i'm me patrick christys . so this our brand new homes for refugees councils spending millions of pounds, buying old building properties for those fleeing conflict. but what about british people already on the housing waiting list i am asking throughout the course this show should we house brits first? gbviews@gbnews.uk in other news

, a body has been found in the river. now it is nicola bulley . river. now it is nicola bulley. have lancashire police been completely vindicated? are all you still raging at the ups that they've made? how could so many people not find a body ? just people not find a body? just some of our statues , memorials some of our statues, memorials be removed to protect from harm? yes. you have a pre—emptive strike on our culture, ladies and gents. well scotland yard got this . has a dossier of got this. has a dossier of certain london landmarks which are considered potential targets for campaigners like the lives matter group. okay, so supposedly under threat is under threat . black lives matter group threat. black lives matter group memorials commemorate . the war memorials commemorate. the war dead. sir winston churchill, they're apparently included on a secret police list. so how secret police list. so how secret anymore is it? we've got all of it is our history in danger of being erased and everyone's london mayor, sadiq is to spend 130 million quid on giving thousands primary school pupils free meals, saving paris £440 again. now he's he's it

will give low income families a lifeline. well actually is right. he also said it was an emergency. is it right? could the money be better spent elsewhere? is he trying to say sorry for the big environmental charges he's hammering us all with ? i want to know, because with? i want to know, because bear mind, this is really to bear in mind, this is really to come to town or city near you. come to a town or city near you. it's not just about london. this people, if sounds like people, even if it sounds like it, think rich paris. it, i just think rich paris. what this rich paris is what about this rich paris is still get subsidies and still going to get subsidies and if being honest. how if we're being honest. how expensive is this? school lunch. okay and actually, should paris be pay for it? be able to pay for it? gbviews@gbnews.uk okay, the big one asking though, is one i'm asking you, though, is should essentially skip should refugees essentially skip a waiting a housing waiting gbviews@gbnews.uk but right now, it's your latest headlines with wonderful polly middlehurst middlehurst . patrick thank you middlehurst. patrick thank you and good afternoon . you our top and good afternoon. you our top story today on gb news. president biden has promised than $500 million worth of aid . than $500 million worth of aid. ukraine after making a surprise

trip to its capital. it comes just days before , the first just days before, the first anniversary of russia's full scale invasion. mr. zelenskyy said the visit was extremely important. sign of support for all ukrainians. the us president said his country would stand with ukraine for as long as it takes. putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided . weak and the west was divided. as you know, mr. president said to you in the beginning, he's counting on us not sticking together . he counting on us not sticking together. he was counting on an ability to keep nato united in is counting on us not to be able to bring in others on the side of ukraine. he thought he could outlast us. i think he's thinking that right now . god thinking that right now. god knows he's thinking. i don't think he's thinking that . here think he's thinking that. here at home, the partner of missing of two nicola bulley has spoken

the family's agony after a body was found yesterday . the river was found yesterday. the river wyre near to where went missing. lancashire police are working to provide a formal identification of the body . was found in the of the body. was found in the water around a mile from where nicola was last seen. they're currently treating the death as unexplained . the 45 year old unexplained. the 45 year old disappeared more than three weeks ago whilst walking dog . an weeks ago whilst walking dog. an inquest has concluded five people who were shot and killed plymouth in 2021 were unlawfully killed. 22 year old jake davison killed. 22 year old jake davison killed own mother along with four other people, including a before turning the gun himself. the inquest how davison legally held shotgun certificate and had an obsession with firearms . more an obsession with firearms. more than 11,000 healthcare workers from the gmb and unite unions in england wales are walking out today in their continuing dispute over. today in their continuing dispute over . pay today in their continuing dispute over. pay and staffing. the workers striking include

ambulance workers , paramedics ambulance workers, paramedics and call handlers . gmb says it's and call handlers. gmb says it's over a month since the government engaged what it's calling meaningful . elsewhere, calling meaningful. elsewhere, the result of a ballot of around 45,000 junior doctors is expected to be announced later today by the british medical association . the and northern association. the and northern ireland secretary are to speak with the european commission vice president later today as negotiations continue over the northern ireland protocol. number ten has denied reports the prime minister has been forced to delay announcing a breakthrough amid a backlash from his own mps. breakthrough amid a backlash from his own mps . the dup and from his own mps. the dup and backbench tories say it won't support a deal which retains oversight from the european court of justice. the leader, sir keir starmer, says there's a real window of opportunity now to move forward the uk and the eu officially edge closer together. the question now is the prime minister is strong enough to get it through his own

backbenchers . what i've said is backbenchers. what i've said is on northern ireland, the national comes first, so we will put party politics to one side. we will vote the government if there's a deal to vote . and so there's a deal to vote. and so there's a deal to vote. and so the prime minister doesn't have rely on his backbenchers . you rely on his backbenchers. you know, we in the labour party are putting country first and party second . now the most dangerous second. now the most dangerous domestic abusers will be added to the sex offender register as the home office vows to treat violence against as a national threat. the government plans to invest up to £8.4 million over the next two years to fund specialist support programmes for victims. domestic abuse affected around two and a half million people in england and wales in the last year. home secretary suella braverman says change is only added. i'm changing the law to ensure that there's more robust monitoring of perpetrators . we're of perpetrators. we're introducing measures to ensure that we will be able to tag offenders of domestic abuse and

we will be also adding offenders of abuse onto the violence and sex offenders register and. also, all police chiefs and forces around the country will now be put on a footing to deal with violence against women and girls as a national threat . in girls as a national threat. in scotland, the finance kate forbes has announced her bid to become the new leader of the snp and first minister. that's after nicola sturgeon's unexpected last week . former snp last week. former snp westminster leader angus robertson has ruled himself out of the leadership race, saying it's not the right time for him or his family. and scotland's health secretary humza yousaf, has already confirmed he will run, as will former safety minister ash regan . the new snp minister ash regan. the new snp leader will announced on the 27th of march. that's all for me. i'm back in half an hour. see, either .

see, either. okay, let's just i'm going to go to lancashire shortly and talk about the nicola bulley case, a body found in the yet to be confirmed to be nicholas. but before that you've kicked right off. kicked right off in off. you've kicked right off in my inbox. vaiews@gbnews.uk this is a story i'll be doing just in a few minutes time about the fact that councils, possibly your council are spending millions pounds some of their millions of pounds some of their own money government money own money some government money on building new or buying on either building new or buying homes for refugees. and these are people who've come from ukraine or afghanis. are people who've come from ukraine or afghanis . and a lot ukraine or afghanis. and a lot of you are saying that basically in answer to my question, should we be using money and housing stock to house brits ? first, stock to house brits? first, a lot of you have answered . yes, lot of you have answered. yes, to that. but in context, 1 million people currently, according to liam halligan. anyway, our economics and business editor and housing guru, 1 million already guru, 1 million people already on a housing waiting list in this country. looks like this country. it looks like doesn't it looks as though doesn't say. it looks as though

refugees skipping the refugees will be skipping the queue on a housing waiting list . just type one email. hey, i've going to talk about this a lot . going to talk about this a lot. hi, patrick. it time that ask hi, patrick. is it time that ask ourselves whether or not we're a bit overcrowd did as sharon bit overcrowd did now as sharon says then. i'm sorry to hear that, sharon, but sharon, i cry for my country with a little crying emoji .we're going to crying emoji. we're going to return to this later on. but do you should be you think that we should be housing first or of housing brits first or of course, it completely course, is it completely justified else do house justified where else do we house these a big debate. these people? it's a big debate. but moving on now, but moving on from that now, okay, of a game changes okay, a bit of a game changes because we start with the latest from lancashire and partner from lancashire and the partner of missing nicola bulley has of the missing nicola bulley has described after a body of the missing nicola bulley has des(found after a body of the missing nicola bulley has des(found in after a body of the missing nicola bulley has des(found in the after a body of the missing nicola bulley has des(found in the riverter a body of the missing nicola bulley has des(found in the river wyre body was found in the river wyre lancashire, close to where nicola, missing the body nicola, went missing the body which identified, which not yet been identified, was discovered sunday morning and prompted fresh questions and has prompted fresh questions about the effectiveness and competence of the police operation. well morning, the home said she has some home secretary said she has some serious concerns about the release of some personal of nicola bulley let's have it. i did have earlier in the week about some of the elements

released relating to the release of personal information of nicola bulley into the public domain. i raised those concerns with the chief constable wasn't wholly satisfied. i have to say with some of the responses i got . but it is a matter for the police themselves . there are police themselves. there are some investigations ongoing looking into how the investigation has been handled and we must let that carry out its own process . okay. well, its own process. okay. well, that was, of course well , that was, of course well, problem in that home secretary . problem in that home secretary. this case has been it's gripped the nation , been just seen with the nation, been just seen with controversy, hasn't it, from start to finish. but before we get stuck into whether or not the police have been vindicated, what the handling of this has been or is it not? there's bigger issues here with the police. about police. what about that independent diver as well? peter faulding he all over the faulding he was all over the media. was this show media. he was on this show saying not in the river. saying she's not in the river. wow turns out there has been wow it turns out there has been a in the river. with a body found in the river. with

us the latest on the us now for the latest on the facts is gb news is facts on this is gb news is north—west of england reports sophie thank very sophie reaper thank you very much. yes. okay no identification formally taken place yet of this body that was been found. the river, not just yet. we are still waiting for an update from lancashire police. of course it was yesterday that the body was recovered from the river wyre after police presence in st michaels on wyre , two in st michaels on wyre, two walkers spotted in the river and then got the police involved . then got the police involved. police divers went in and pulled a body from it . as you say, a body from it. as you say, we're yet to know exact whether or not that body is the body of nicola was still waiting for confirmation and formal identification is still underway . of course we don't know yet, but to hope seem to be waning. the family of nicola bulley say they're bracing for worst. we're

going to be bringing you an update on on as soon as we can. but you mentioned the facts. we that nicola bulley got up friday the 27th of january took her two children to school, went on a walk that was a really regular walk that was a really regular walk for her she followed the path, ran the open field and to the bench where. her phone was located and that's really as much as we know when we do know that a body has been from the river about a mile downstream from here, we don't know whether or not that's nicola bulley, but we will be bringing you updates that either way as soon as we know . so we thank you yet again. know. so we thank you yet again. sophie reaper that gb news is north—west of england. reporter well, i, i was talking about the force in lancashire has faced some criticism to the least over its decision release personal its decision to release personal information relating to nicola. there's a lot of controversy around this case. important say that body is not yet formally been identified as nicola but body found around a mile away from where nicola is believed

have gone into a mile away, also from where found a phone on the bench, the dog off harness. we all know those particular details of that case by now don't to go. honestly, i don't want to go. honestly, i find absolutely staggering find it absolutely staggering that an independent dive team and also the full of lancashire police force and outside resources etc. were unable detect a body in a river. that's just my take on it. i don't how thatis just my take on it. i don't how that is taken over three weeks for a dog walker to find this particular body. so criticisms initially just about the capabilities of lancashire police, but then also in terms of that communication. okay, let's get the thoughts now of. barrister and legal commentator frances hall, very, frances hall, thank you very, very much frances. this is an incredibly incredible , incredibly incredible, complicated controversial complicated and controversial case. do you think lancashire police have now been vindicated by the fact that a body has been found in the river? i have no idea because . no, nor does idea because. no, nor does anyone. idea because. no, nor does anyone . the whole point about anyone. the whole point about this is don't know why police

made decisions. we don't know. i'm not entirely clear how many resources. how much resources have been devoted to this case. but i assume substantial. i know why a diver independent diver was able to get onto scene and make those remarks to the to the press . i don't think i think make those remarks to the to the press. i don't think i think i'm right . saying he was an right. saying he was an independent diver not employed by the police , is that right? by the police, is that right? yes yeah, exactly . and in yes yeah, exactly. and in addition to that, i know why her body was if . if addition to that, i know why her body was if. if this body tragically was a nicola bulley. i don't know . it was tragically was a nicola bulley. i don't know. it was found a minor way. and nor does anyone . minor way. and nor does anyone. and that's the point . there's and that's the point. there's been fevered speculation with very little evidence and there's very little evidence and there's very little evidence and there's very little reason to make any whatsoever positive or against the police . and so how do you the police. and so how do you feel about the initial police's

communique ? because people were communique? because people were saying initially , well, you're saying initially, well, you're not giving us enough details. it's a very fine line with the press because you've to give people like me, frankly, a bit of info . but then if you of info. but then if you withhold too much, which i think initially is what the police have been accused doing, then that actually perverse fuelled speculation and leads to things. and then they ended up releasing very personal, very details about nicola later on. so about problems with alcohol, for example , the menopause as well example, the menopause as well and, hormonal issues which i feel quite bad saying really but that's what that what they've said. right. so that kind of stuff and then of them really the complexion of the way that people view it. what you make people view it. what do you make really suppose from the way really i suppose from the way that police that the police have communicated ? again, i simply communicated? again, i simply don't i don't know why they released those that information a late stage. i know whether there was a reason for it that might have been perhaps perhaps they decided to release that information because they thought

that she might still be at large or she thought they thought that somebody might information which might spurred by that might be spurred by that information. i don't know whether it was inappropriate . on whether it was inappropriate. on the face of it. it's difficult agree with the home secretary difficult to see perhaps why they released such intimate details . even if they might have details. even if they might have been justified in getting a broader assessment. but maybe they have their reasons. so on they have their reasons. so on the face of it, there be reasons to justify an inquiry, although i don't know that either. but again we simply don't know the answers to these questions, and i'm not sure speculating about them is very helpful at all to them is very helpful at all to the police , to the family, or to the police, to the family, or to anyone else . okay. so should the anyone else. okay. so should the home secretary be getting involved in this now or is actually she helping to fuel speculation? because, you know, the secretary involved the home secretary involved becomes a news headline, doesn't it well i actually have no it? well i actually have no operational control over the police. and unless police are failing in their duties, there's no as no statutory duty to

intervene or statutory right even to intervene in an ongoing police inquiry. even to intervene in an ongoing police inquiry . and again, she police inquiry. and again, she may well know more than we do . may well know more than we do. that's reasonable to believe. and it's quite reasonable that. exactly might be asking for more detail , exactly might be asking for more detail, ongoing investigations and would be able to be provided with that detail. whether she should make comments about them again, i simply know and nor does anyone . all right. all does anyone. all right. all right, francis, thank you much. thatis right, francis, thank you much. that is barrister, legal commentator frances hall. all that just talk a little bit anyway about the latest on the nicola bulley case. we're going to be on from that now. we're going to be on with that because this is a big one for me today. ipackage this is a big one for me today. i package with this is a big one for me today. i package wit h £650 million from i package with £650 million from the government. not to build the government. no, not to build housing. to build housing for the 1 million plus families already here in uk on social already here in the uk on social housing. and that's before we've got into people who got stuck into the people who are surfing and whatever are sofa surfing and whatever now instead is funding for councils in england to acquire

houses for ukraine and afghan refugees in some cases actually they say they're going to build more houses themselves. councils claim the grant will reduce the reliance of bed and breakfasts. is the government have been warned that increasing of ukrainians are facing homelessness and destitution. will to gb news will speaking to gb news yesterday chairman of the 1922 committee, sir graham brady told camilla tominey i'm going to show, by the way, need to check out that in favour of out that it was in favour of being housed over single young men, something he thinks isn't currently happening and. this is interesting. before we play a clip of this right, just bear this in mind. there's two slightly different issues here. there's the initial pot of money for housing refugees, genuine refugees . there's a big question refugees. there's a big question mark there . the fact that we can mark there. the fact that we can build houses come we and we can buy houses for, people who've just but we can't do just come here but we can't do it quote unquote for the indigenous british population. so there. so that's the question there. but one on this about but the other one on this about the hotel was the migrant hotel issues, slightly

issues, which is slightly different. brady different. it's growing. brady chairman backbench chairman of the tory backbench 22 committee, it loads a cloud loads of clout. cloud is a big cheese the tory and he's cheese the tory party and he's saying altrincham and sale is nearly part of that cheshire triangle that quiet leafy affluent area of cheshire so he can go to the tory party and say sorry we don't want a of young unemployed young men, we don't who they are, what their history is. can you give us families instead? and they go, yeah i saw graham. yeah, you're going you have you have the families. may what about the people of bolton of blackburn, skegness , of of blackburn, of skegness, of all of these places who have had knowsley, of course where we saw an rca mostly , vastly, mostly an rca mostly, vastly, mostly young men coming over, have those hotels. but sir graham brady can pipe up and he can get he can get families. so let's play he can get families. so let's play the clip you've mentioned ashley hotel in my constituency , people were very concerned at the prospect initially. it going to be about 120 young men , all

to be about 120 young men, all unemployed necessarily, because they're allowed to work in the middle of a residential area with a lot of schools around . it with a lot of schools around. it with a lot of schools around. it with school buses picking up straight it and i lobbied make sure that we had families in the hotel rather than single young men. yeah. and i think most americans statements have recognised that was a good outcome in the circumstances . outcome in the circumstances. it's not ideal. we've got such a large obviously of illegal immigrants coming to the country, but given that there are, it's a much better for the area to have families there rather than single young men. yeah, of course. yes and he can do that for his area. lots of other employees are not doing it or can't doing it? now, shortly, ladies and gents, drumroll time, please. be talking about ladies and gents, drumroll time, pleavery be talking about ladies and gents, drumroll time, pleavery with.)e talking about ladies and gents, drumroll time, pleavery with. well,(ing about ladies and gents, drumroll time, pleavery with. well, 11g about ladies and gents, drumroll time, pleavery with. well, i mean, it this very with. well, i mean, he's a new recruit, actually isn't he? gb news his newest recruit. think it is conservative mp ? jacob conservative mp? jacob rees—mogg. he joins me live air in a matter of moments. but first, let's speak to dr. haque. now see me, who is director of

the afghanistan and central asian association, which seeks to help afghan ones prosper in the uk . thank you very much. the uk. thank you very much. great to have you on the show. can you understand why homeless british people are very angry by the fact that the councils possibly in their area of building new housing or buying housing singularly to give to afghan refugees . why are truly afghan refugees. why are truly sure my sympathy to those homeless is thousands of british who are waiting for many, many years to get a council property. but at the same time , i have to but at the same time, i have to admit we cannot justify the of the photo. sorry the home office as well as houses of parliament and the local mp is how they approached the refugees from afghanis . and for the past 18

afghanis. and for the past 18 months since the evacuees young as three in august 2000 throughout thousands of those in two years from afghanistan who've been evacuated in 2021. there is with their families and small children struggling are living and staying in the region hotels and you can understand living in a parisian hotel for 18 months i think is worse . the 18 months i think is worse. the living and these are all people of afghanistan inside they are facing queues to memorise a windows violation . but should windows violation. but should given that we not have enough social housing for people already here in your view should afghan refugees skip the housing queue of course . first of all, queue of course. first of all, looking the numbers of refugees from utoya in comparison the numbers from afghanistan is this this is complete very different

numbers when we see the number of ukrainian refugees exceed that over 200,000 refugees are the majority of those ukrainian. they have no proper form with some of the british companies and businesses and the british community. they provided accommodation for the scheme but the number afghanistan been created there still struggling are living and the provision for those for 18 months. okay all so you obviously think that people who have just here from afghanistan who are refugees should skip the housing queue . should skip the housing queue. can i ask just out of interest, what would you say to a young single mother who's been waiting for a house in, say, basildon, which is one of the areas where she says she's been waiting for a house to come up for several. what would say to her if that gets taken by an afghan refugee

? i think this is the responsibility of the houses of parliament? the local mp as as the local authorities who are responsible . to cope this crisis responsible. to cope this crisis long a long time ago rather than waiting until we face the crisis after it after the in afghanistan and then after invasion in ukraine. i don't think that we should have a preventative estrategia prevent this in order to make sure that the people of british people they will not have any conflict towards the housing or any other benefits they are entitled to get from the government. look thank you very, very much. and i think a lot people will, by the way, will agree with of what you said, which is that in an ideal world, we would be in a situation where that was almost a binary between who gets these

houses now refugees or already homeless brits . unfortunately, homeless brits. unfortunately, we are where we are. dr. nur ul haq and ac milan. i thank very much. director of afghanistan at central asian association. i'm going to go live now to westminster, where i can speak to conservative mp for north east newest east somerset and the newest recruit this recruit right here of this pansh recruit right here of this parish rees—mogg. jacob parish is jacob rees—mogg. jacob thank you very, very much. it looks as though are skipping the housing waiting list. how does that make you feel feel ? well, that make you feel feel? well, migration is with illegal migrants , and it's why i'm very migrants, and it's why i'm very keen to see the rwanda scheme up and running so that people who don't have a right to be in this country are moved swiftly , country are moved swiftly, because i think that will lead to a decline in the numbers trying to get in. so that my priority would be dealing with illegal. you're dealing illegal. when you're dealing legal migrants , it seems to me legal migrants, it seems to me that if they refugees, they're genuine refugees. they have come from war torn ends. genuine refugees. they have come from war torn ends . we have a from war torn ends. we have a responsibility to them that's

why we've given them refugee. but we must treat them well but not unfairly against our british compatriots. now, with closing lists, there a system for determining need which takes into account a number of factors including your existing housing, the quality of your housing, the number of people in the property , so on. and i think refugees should be treated fairly with people who are refugees rather than jumping the list, so to speak. than jumping the list, so to speak . okay. now frankly, this speak. okay. now frankly, this situation might not have happened if we'd able to build more social housing and our economics and business and it is said there is roughly 24,000 net fewer housing, pretty much year on year and has been for a good number of years. why we ended up in this situation and why do councils now suddenly have the money to build homes and, buy homes for people who ? well they homes for people who? well they just go ahead . yes i mean,

just go ahead. yes i mean, i have to agree with you on the broad programme of planning. we have an absolutely hopeless planning system that has needed fundamental reform for a long time . it's based on a 1940s time. it's based on a 1940s socialist approach building. we need to build more houses so that we can get back being a home owning democracy. as margaret thatcher was achieving, we're now finding the percentage of people owning their own home is the age at which buy their first home is rising . and we first home is rising. and we find that there is a shortage of social housing as well, and those are problems that come from our failure to build enough new properties and something that i think it's pity that this government hasn't dealt with. can ican government hasn't dealt with. can i can i ask a lot of emails coming in now from people saying to me that it looks as our politicians so in the round says is labour and the tories all british people first are you putting british people first ? putting british people first? well, i'm joining gb news and gb

news british people's first. that's you know, i'm i put my voters first. i'm a democratic politician that i am and answerable to the people north—east somerset. now i opt to accept that we have a duty to and we should treat them well . and we should treat them well. but the point you make about a lady with a child who's been on a housing list for a long time needing that security of housing. i think it should be on the first system that exists but determined need and that whether you're refugee or not should not change place on a waiting list. you shouldn't be disadvantaged by not being a refugee . if you by not being a refugee. if you have a need for social housing. jacob, thank you very much. and i've just time to talk to you a little bit about what you're going to be delighting the viewers of and all listeners and indeed the we are international jacob going global. what can we expect from jacob rees—mogg

right here in the hot seat on gb news. well i hope that we will have interesting and informative conversation , much led by what conversation, much led by what viewers are interested in. as i say, i'm a democratic politician and i'm responsive . what my and i'm responsive. what my employers and my employers are the british people. lovely stuff. jacob i can't wait for and thank you very much for making time for us. great to have your views on the show. rees—mogg, the conservative mp for north somerset and morris and he's going to be doing a show here on dvd so that we get right now some breaking news now there's a gentleman on our top story on search for missing nicola bulley in the last few minutes have minutes lancashire have confirmed that they will hold a press conference at 5:30. that's exactly hour from now. it will happen right here on show. we will bring that to you live. so in an hour's time we're going to go live a press conference, lancashire and it's obviously an update on the search for missing

and it does come after a body was found in the river yesterday . sometimes it can be a bit early with these press conferences sometimes can be a bit late. so you might as well keep watching, is what i'm saying. we'll bring you very latest from that on that. no judgement. i'll be back in a minute .

the headlines this hour on gb news we have some breaking news for you. the families of the people killed in a shooting spree near plymouth in 2021 have been speaking out against the investigation . five people died investigation. five people died , a child in a shooting rampage by 22 year old jake davison. well, today , the inquest jury

well, today, the inquest jury said victims were unlawfully . said victims were unlawfully. the inquest heard how davison legally held a shotgun and certificate and had obsession with firearms at the same time. a lawyer for the victim's says there has been a catalyst trophic failure. devon and cornwall police will bring you more that in our next hour of news . also in the headlines , news. also in the headlines, doctors in england have voted to strike for 72 hours. next month over pay the medical association's announcement as more than 11,000 health care workers from the gmb and unite unions in england and wales are striking today in their continuing dispute over pay and staffing . the workers striking staffing. the workers striking ambulance workers paramedic and call handlers and gmb says . it's call handlers and gmb says. it's over a month since the government engage meaningful dialogue . president biden dialogue. president biden promised more than $500 million worth of aid to ukraine today after making a trip to its

caphal after making a trip to its capital. it comes just days before the first anniversary of russia's full scale invasion. mr. zelenskyy said the visit was an extreme important sign of support for all ukrainians. the us president said his country stand with ukraine for as long it takes . putin thought ukraine it takes. putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was . as was weak and the west was. as you know, mr. president said to the beginning, he's counting on us not sticking together. he was counting on my inability . keep counting on my inability. keep nato united . is counting on us nato united. is counting on us not to be able to bring in others on the side of ukraine. he he could outlast us. i don't think thinking that right now , think thinking that right now, god knows what he's thinking . i god knows what he's thinking. i don't think he's thinking that . don't think he's thinking that. and here the partner of missing mother of , two nicola bulley has mother of, two nicola bulley has spoken of his family's agony

after a body was found yesterday . the river wyre near to where went missing. lancashire police are working to provide a formal of the body which was found in the water around a mile from where nicola was last seen . where nicola was last seen. they're currently treating the death as unexplained and as patrick a short time ago, we're expecting a news conference with lancashire police at around 530 this evening . for greater this evening. for greater clarification on they're treating this case. nicola bulley, of course disappeared more than three weeks ago while she was out walking dog. that's all from me back in half an hour . polly, thank you very, very much . right. okay. is art much. right. okay. is art history eroded all of the threat of some of tin soup and spray ? of some of tin soup and spray? frankly, some people would call it a mob , actually. so it's in it a mob, actually. so it's in central london. landmarks such as the cenotaph , as we all know, as the cenotaph, as we all know, commemorates the war dead and a

bronze . winston churchill, sir bronze. winston churchill, sir winston's churchill. the reason , some would argue that britain is still britain or that the wise guy have found themselves on a police list because they're seen as being at of vandalism by activists. so the statues and memorials like them have been labelled as contentious due to the perceived links to war, i.e. the perceived links to war, i.e. the fight that we've won in some cases there people who died fighting in imperial slavery. we all know the drill by now. seriously, it's getting far too much. admiral nelson robert peel. anyway, these are all of secret danger list. and frankly is because sometimes mobs want to attack them. joining me now in the studio is broadcaster and political commentator, fan favourite safe as well favourite must be safe as well here tv news is paula london. here on tv news is paula london. paula, thank you very much. now, this seen the this enrages. we've seen the dossier was compiled in the wake of the black lives matter protest in 2020 includes those figures i've just mentioned now. winston nelson winston churchill up nelson robert peel , winston churchill up nelson robert peel, one of these statues commemorate the greats

of british history under attack mobs. and what should we do about it? well those people make me feel physically ill or off, says a lot of people don't realise because what happened there was so much graffiti on them. a new bill passed last them. a new bill was passed last yeah them. a new bill was passed last year. it was called the death creation of memorials bill. creation of war memorials bill. so anderson was actually so lee anderson was actually a co—signer. so i'm very grateful for and now it's been for. him and now it's been passed to ten years. that's what you'll get years now you passed to ten years. that's what you�*graffiti years now you passed to ten years. that's what you�*graffiti on years now you passed to ten years. that's what you�*graffiti on aears now you passed to ten years. that's what you�*graffiti on a warnow you passed to ten years. that's what you�*graffiti on a war memorial put graffiti on a war memorial or a walkway. so a lot of people don't know. so anyone at home thinking about doing years? thinking about doing ten years? and go further. know what gb and i'd go further. know what gb news curry is. so people would want to know. and i think that those people should also be deported as well because a lot of these people won't be born in country. they're just here and have never spent the have never spent for the country. of myself country. a lot of people myself have grandparents. so you have grandparents. look. so you think. that think. just to drill on that then. if think someone then. so if you think someone who wasn't born decides to graffiti or vandalise a statue commemorating someone like winston churchill . yes, you

winston churchill. yes, you would them 100. i wouldn't think twice. 100. yeah have too many people in this country that don't respect our laws, our history , even christianity and history, even christianity and sick of it, to be honest with you. well, the argument that some people are making is that we should pre—emptively remove of these and put them in of these statues and put them in museums to , make sure that they museums to, make sure that they are protected so that people don't even have the opportunity to vandalise them. what do you say to that? no, we can't just hate to these people and a lot of call themselves of people call themselves because speak quite or they because they speak quite or they went to private school, their jobs they're hooligans. you know, they were working know, if they were working class, be hooligans. class, they would be hooligans. they're s they the they're not acts s they are the lowest low. and i feel lowest of the low. and i feel like is blame as well like con is to blame as well because he cares about the because he cares more about the air in london than he air quality in london than he cares about crime. he needs to get facts straight and he needs to his priorities correct. to get his priorities correct. and well, a lot of and teachers as well, a lot of left wing teachers that teach children awful about our history. all they want to talk aboutis history. all they want to talk about is slavery. they don't want speak about the. great.

want to speak about the. great. was winston churchill what he did know wasn't for did you know if it wasn't for him we wouldn't be in a free country. i mean, let me bring up an example. often . but it an example. very often. but it was a school london where. was at a school in london where. pupils burnt the union flag. and i just think , where's that come i just think, where's that come from? what was that all about, really? i'm going to just play devil's advocate here. you okay? some feel very very, very some people feel very very, very strongly about the negatives , strongly about the negatives, winston churchill's character or , about the negatives of anyone, for example he was linked to the slave trade or represented a time when britain's values weren't to that modern standard and, they feel as though they a right in a free country to love a the super paint over it. i would tell them to leave the country if you feel that strongly and don't go to central london . these memorials are if london. these memorials are if they offend you so much. we have too many people , this country. too many people, this country. and just leave if you don't and so just leave if you don't like it, we're not catering to

the left people. the woke people and activists and i mean and the activists and i mean criminals , they're criminals. criminals, they're criminals. you can't just decide to change things of a few people is it a good thing that the police have drawn up this list? because at least they are aware that people clearly want to i suppose attack these statues could we if we're moving them into a museum how would you feel about, i don't know, encasing in some kind of protective glass or making sure people couldn't get to them? or do you just find that idea quite depressing? i find that depressing? i find that depressing and they shouldn't be telling us to do. that's been that for a very very long time. and i think more people to know this ten years now before this law was passed last year, you would get probably six months. now it's ten years. it's lot now it's ten years. it's a lot longer. more need to longer. so more people need to know that. they might stop know about that. they might stop them behaving this way . do them from behaving this way. do you that this is a very, you think that this is a very, very vocal and active minority of people that actually maybe

scare others into speaking of it? so when you've got who's going off about winston and the negatives about her, i've got to be honest here, i can't really understand that, because for my money, winston churchill, is just an adult and a national hero and is one of the main reasons why we're all still doing news shows like this and being able to talk to each other freely does mindset. i think a lot of people realise he was the first person to begin the minimum wage, so a lot of white people should like that, so they should be celebrating him. if it wasn't him. may not have wasn't for him. you may not have had minimum wage this had a minimum wage in this country. a lot of country. so he's done a lot of good for this country. so people need to read up their history books and look the good, not books and look at the good, not the mentioned that the the bad. you mentioned that the education all you education element of it all you afraid future. we spoke afraid of future. we spoke earlier on about roald dahl for example elements not being example elements of not being told appease wokeist told to appease the wokeist and we a lot about we hear about this a lot about language what kids language in what kids are taught. children fact as taught. children in fact as well, point, according well, at some point, according to some being to to some is not being able to power is, not being able to opt their child out of things. i can

pride for example, and pride events for example, and stuff which is stuff like that, which is whatever but do you whatever that is. but do you that a lot of this issue starts in the education system then. i think it does i don't think it's all about yeah if was a parent i'll be at the school every week. i know because i wouldn't what my child to be not to be able to read history books and the things i'm being taught something that isn't correct a lot of these teachers are just teaching their agenda so i would be angry you would you be very angry so you would you would statues up. yes would keep the statues up. yes so wouldn't you wouldn't so you wouldn't you wouldn't pre—emptively try to protect them. no. and you would on of them. no. and you would on of the ten years in prison that people apparently can vandalise the statue . yes, paula, london the statue. yes, paula, london would deport people. yes. 100. well, you go there. you can pay for airfare as well. a lot of people wouldn't see far strong suffering. paula, thank you for into the studio. look if you're watching this, if you disagree , watching this, if you disagree, get into those gbviews@gbnews.uk . you can have your say on all of this. do you think that we should be, frankly, protecting our statues more? should we

pre—emptively put them in, etcetera, etcetera? etcetera, etcetera, etcetera? paula thank you, paula. london here now . a reminder here right now. a reminder of the i brought you a little the news. i brought you a little earlier hour. very much a earlier this hour. i very much a shift tone this hour, ladies shift in tone this hour, ladies and, it's in and, gentlemen, because it's in the for missing nicola the search for missing nicola bulley. so is the breaking line. lancashire have confirmed they will hold a press conference. that's going to come up quite so. keep your eyes and ears peeled for this because we will take that press conference live here. find body in here. they did find a body in the for nicola bulley to the search for nicola bulley to be as bulley . be confirmed as nicola bulley. and going to be going and we are going to be going live a conference by live a press conference by lancashire police quite, quite shortly . okay. so in the next shortly. okay. so in the next hour i've got lots coming your way and that's all going to come your way very, very shortly. so make sure you stay tuned any way. gb views and gbnews.uk as well. just remember. yes, we'll be shortly anyway to press be going shortly anyway to press conference the conference in relation to the nicola bulley

case okay, ladies and gentlemen. now every single state primary school child in london is going to be given a free school meal just before i get stuck in stock. yes, just a quick reminder, what you can see on this drop on the bottom, your screen. if you were watching us on tv, say i love the radio listeners as well. going listeners as well. we're going to go shortly anyway to live press conference from lancashire police. in police. they've got an update in the search for missing a body was in the river. we'll was found in the river. we'll you latest on that so is it you the latest on that so is it nicola not nicola? nicola is it not nicola? basically happening basically that's happening shortly state shortly but yes every state primary child in london going shortly but yes every state pribe ry child in london going shortly but yes every state pribe ry child freeyndon going shortly but yes every state pribe ry child free school going shortly but yes every state pribe ry child free school meal.) to be given a free school meal. the £130 million scheme been the £130 million scheme has been unveiled. sadiq he's the unveiled. sadiq khan, he's the mayor everyone's mayor of london. everyone's favourite the fund favourite mayor. the fund will mean 270,000 kids will be mean 270,000 more kids will be eligible school saving eligible for free school saving families for, £140 per year. now it's at helping low income parents. we all know the drill on this, but realistically, why is this needed? should the money be spent elsewhere and if we're being real about this , should being real about this, should parents even on very income families, should they be able to

feed their own kids ? so is this feed their own kids? so is this money well spent ? will it money well spent? will it provide a lifeline to hundreds of london families or frankly , of london families or frankly, all of us from lazy parents out there ? joining us now is molly there? joining us now is molly kingsley, author and co—founder of us for that, which is a group campaigning for the children. campaigning for the of children. molly, very much. why molly, thank you very much. why does every child in london need a free school meal ? yeah. i a free school meal? yeah. i mean, look , do understand the mean, look, do understand the argument, but personally, i think this is just such clear cut case, a policy that should be done not only because morally it's the right thing to do , it's the right thing to do, because it also makes economic sense . so the link between good sense. so the link between good and educational outcomes, health outcomes , unemployment outcomes outcomes, unemployment outcomes is really , really strong and is really, really strong and really clear. and actually, although totally get the point that not every family needs this i think enough to and there's enough fluctuation between the ones that do it's only one point

and the ones that don't particularly with the current cost of living crisis that actually we should just this actually we should just see this as should do as something we should do because can do it because we can do it and it makes sense . the economic future makes sense. the economic future of our country. molly, i've got to put this to you. a lot of people out refuse to believe the apparent cannot make a ham sandwich by an apple. some carrot sticks and a fruit juice for kids on the cheap and that they are so desperate that they need the taxpayer to feed that kid at school. i mean, realistic they are we actually are not much of an look i tell you what, i totally hear you on that argument. i do really understand that. and the sad reality is there are many, many kids, 800,000, i think, who are below the poverty line and miss currently on free school meals . currently on free school meals. and those are the kids know the reality is many of those parents are not making that happen . i are not making that happen. i understand there is a parental responsible . of course, that is responsible. of course, that is unarguable, but it's not happening. and actually, when you look at the of money that we

spend on waste on policies for adults, i just think this is so unarguable. the covid response, £370 billion of which , what was £370 billion of which, what was it? 15 billion was literally wasted fraud and error. and another 37 billion on test and trace. we are prepared to mobilise these vast of money to protect adult and there's no economic benefit from yeah. a sum of to money protect children that would reap economic . we that would reap economic. we should just do it. molly thank you very much. just very quick clarification on the word fraud bandied about that things unproven. you got it right, molly can see that. thank you very much. author and co—founder of us for them. now i'm going to bnng of us for them. now i'm going to bring in. okay one of city cons main opponents. it's shaun bailey. he's a regular on this channel. we all love shaun. he's a conservative member of the london and former mayor london assembly and former mayor of shaun . why khan of shaun. why is sadiq khan doing this? is virtue signalling at of the british at the expense of the british

taxpayer ? look, let's just start taxpayer? look, let's just start by saying a couple of things. first, hello to all your necessary. the next thing is this what we welcome the idea that helps some the poor that it helps some of the poor families london make ends families in london make ends meet a of living. meet by having a cost of living. it's and in certain it's it's real and in certain it's really devastating . but let's be really devastating. but let's be clear about what he's done . this clear about what he's done. this is off payment that won't is a one off payment that won't next and what he's done. next year and what he's done. he's given payments to only school children. that means the parents of poor parents of secondary school children will be paying for rich families, children to have free school meals . he has children to have free school meals. he has missed children to have free school meals . he has missed the point meals. he has missed the point here . if you want to help the here. if you want to help the people of london, you should know what he's cost. he's put council he's talking about council tax. he's talking about 7. if he didn't do that, everybody rich and, poor would be in a much better place. it's about the efficiency, the money you have in london and he's missed the point. he's this missed the point. he's done this to away the focus that to take away the focus that people have had on his disastrous expansion of the ulez scheme. so can't say it's one of the reasons, but and by the way, i completely to believe that

there are every single primary school that the emergence see in terms of feeding primary school kids is so vast. terms of feeding primary school kids is so vast . every single kids is so vast. every single one of these is some of the reason why some parents won't be able feed their able to afford to feed their kids because of costs kids is because of the costs that city is putting on that city khan is putting on their lives. other things like ulez and all of that 100% anybody, even you don't live in london, you may aware how expensive london and what are the most expensive parts of london? it's the mayor of london again . his recent council tax, again. his recent council tax, his pollution by 57% in his time as mayor he's about to give the poorest londoners a 12 out of the daily charge to drive their car when he spends out alone the daily charge to drive their ultralow emissions zone . so ultralow emissions zone. so let's be clear, is the mayor of london is very expensive before i mentioned the rise in public transport and before he blames your own on covid and the outbreak he had this trend in 2019 2020 british. it was always coming because he's been inefficient i just want to make

the point again that race families in london were struggling he welcome this and we should give them this help but we should be giving it to everyone because there's also lots of rich families and you could own way. and could pay their own way. and when like this, it when you do meet like this, it means for families of secondary age footing bill they age children footing bill they just can't afford it so thank you very much john bailey of course, who is a conservative of the london assembly and a former mayoral candidate regular here on, l00k, mayoral candidate regular here on, look, there's on, gb news. so, look, there's not discussion. it's not to london centric people, because i can guarantee when the can guarantee you when the mayoral up and mayoral election comes up and all you're to end all of that, you're going to end up your area with similar up in your area with similar schemes and it's schemes being opposed and it's worthwhile askin g £12.50 a day worthwhile asking £12.50 a day some of these take some of these charges take your car driveway and just car off your driveway and just drive to work. how many drive it to work. how many school dinners woul d £12.50. you school dinners would £12.50. you could could take you could take them out for dinner fo r £12.50 a them out for dinner for £12.50 a day, couldn't you? all this school kids move in on boris johnson . he's hit the headlines johnson. he's hit the headlines this weekend after warning the prime the northern prime minister that the northern ireland would be a ireland protocol bill would be a great wow it's also

great mistake. wow it's also been discovered and think this is the law and frankly , the is the law and frankly, the bons is the law and frankly, the boris johnson actually actually could have caused serious challenges to rishi sunak's following the resignation of truss. he the numbers he had the numbers for mps and this was confirmed by sir graham brady had enough buckets to support him and could have stood to become. it's already prime minister again and he stood aside speaking to camilla tominey on gb news yesterday, the chairman of the backbench 22 committee, sir graham brady , committee, sir graham brady, confirmed that boris could have put himself into the race . he put himself into the race. he chose not to. let's have a little listen to this. a lot of this boris johnson's team asked us to verify this , which we did us to verify this, which we did that, too , had the requisite that, too, had the requisite number of parliamentary supporters to go forward rishi sunak boris johnson we did us to say on that because there was some scurrilous talk that boris johnson didn't get those 100. but he did, yes , verified that. but he did, yes, verified that. yes. and his team us to do that.

and one of the officers of the tragedy when specially do that and confirmed that he had 110 parliamentary members parliamentary passing members nominating him. so he could have gone forward. he chose to. not wow so there you go. it wasn't just noise, boris did have the numbers and he chose to aside. olivia utley joins me now in. the studio gb news is political reporter . olivia, have news reporter. olivia, have big news this boris think many this hour. boris think many people to decide well people wishing to decide well it's very interesting this and very going forwards. very important going forwards. well because you mentioned well because as you mentioned bons well because as you mentioned boris johnson has been intervening on the rishi sunak's plan for a new brexit and saying that it would be a grave mistake to replace the current deal . the to replace the current deal. the protocol bill with this new deal and worrying rishi sunak and his allies that boris johnson and backers could vote down any new brexit deal in the house of commons. liz truss might be among boris johnson's backers, so it's fascinating actually to find out exactly how many , how find out exactly how many, how many really strong allies boris

johnson does have and if he had enough to put name forward as a leadership candidate, then he has enough to cause real problems . has enough to cause real problems. rishi sunak new brexit deal it cause problems? deal and will it cause problems? because, let's be because, you know, let's be honest with you, if boris johnson up, i know a lot johnson pipes up, i know a lot of will be saying, well, of people will be saying, well, we wish we had boris back anyway, sunak already hot anyway, but sunak already in hot water. know how bad water. i mean, you know how bad this rishi? found out this for rishi? he's found out that johnson, frankly, is that boris johnson, frankly, is pretty popular than he pretty much more popular than he was. well, in of the was. well, in terms of the brexit bill is the first has it facing rishi sunak , it almost facing rishi sunak, it almost definitely will get through the commons there a big commons if there is a big backlash from . conservative backlash from. conservative backbench labour backbench nimbys because labour has that they will back any has said that they will back any on ireland protocol on the northern ireland protocol just issue of the just to get the issue out of the way. but we that british way. but we that no british prime minister wants to be winning votes with the help of the opposition and the longer term of course having boris johnson there causing these sorts of issues. this is going to be the first this is going to be the last time that this happens. olivier you very, happens. olivier thank you very, very olivia utley, very much. as ever olivia utley, there reports that

there are political reports that just hammering home there are political reports that just made hammering home there are political reports that just made its hammering home there are political reports that just made its right mering home there are political reports that just made its right here 1g home there are political reports that just made its right here on 1ome there are political reports that just made its right here on gb|e that made its right here on gb news is a fabulous sunday show by the way check that out about the that boris johnson the fact that boris johnson definitely do definitely have the numbers do you bons definitely have the numbers do you boris back do think you want boris back do you think he should aside and he should have stood aside and what look it be what a terrible look it will be for if he does it and for rishi too. if he does it and some people are branding it betray rise of his own party betray the rise of his own party and getting something through with support of the labour with the support of the labour party. that you party. would that tell you everything know everything you need to know about of politics in about the state of politics in this time a couple this country? time for a couple of quickly on this. of emails very quickly on this. i've asking you light of i've been asking you in light of the that councils spending the fact that councils spending millions your my millions of pounds of your my money to build or buy new homes to exclusively put refugees in not the 1 million people already living here on a waiting list. should we be housing brits first? says absolutely first? caroline says absolutely appalled the expecting local appalled at the expecting local councils to house refugees when our people all have to sort our own people all have to sort themselves out, whether they're able not. more quick one, able or not. one more quick one, mary edinburgh. newcastle mary from edinburgh. newcastle all be built for all housing should be built for british it's british people first. it's always working who always the hard working who suffer. know what? in suffer. and you know what? in the current climate it is a terrible look. i think that

these people have to these people have got to go somewhere. what about who somewhere. but what about who are already here? gbviews@gbnews.uk. i'm going to be returning to that later on in the should house the show. should we house british in the british people first? but in the next hour ? oh, very shortly, next hour? oh, very shortly, actually, to be going actually, i'm going to be going live where the live to lancashire, where the police are giving a press conference to, update the public on the for mum on the search for missing mum nicola missing nicola bulley. she went missing more ago. the more than three weeks ago. the investigation been called a investigation has been called a shambles. independent shambles. the independent who was to for it, was brought in to look for it, he's dug out in media he's been dug out in the media left, centre, terrible left, right and centre, terrible communications. well, a body has been found and we will bring you the latest lancashire the very latest lancashire police on that i will also be doing that big debate on whether or not local councils should use money brits first or money to house brits first or refugees first. so all of that coming your way very, very shortly. big update this imminent from the lancashire police in the case of nicola bulley i'll be back in a sec. don't go anywhere .

and gentlemen, you are live five at with me. patrick christys on gb news now. very shortly we'll be crossing live to lancashire police hold a news conference . a police hold a news conference. a body was found yesterday in the search missing nicola foley . search missing nicola foley. we'll bring you the latest on that. that's coming your way. so what could happen at any moment, actually? so make sure you stay tuned. also this hour, this is a controversial one's. get your teeth new homes for teeth stuck into new homes for refugees councils spending millions of pounds, buying building properties for those conflict. but what about british? we've got a million people already apparently on a housing waiting list. should the money be spent to house brits first? that's what i want know from you. and now all these cancel culture snowflakes . cancel culture snowflakes. they've come for roald dahl, of all people , he can't call all people, he can't call

augustus gloop farts. we is enormous. now, i rather be called fountain. that enormous. i think. augustus gloop. does it matter what snowflake say about him? he's a massive greedy fatty, fatty, fatty, bum bum. the world's gone mad. oh, he can't even say that anymore, can you? me gb views you? in touch? email me gb views on gbnews.uk. i'll also be trying to find prince andrew a job because if all he's fallen hard be reading on hard times will be reading on prince cv let's get the prince andrew. cv let's get the man gainfully employed, shall we? one, should we we? but the big one, should we be housing people? british people own housing people already own housing waiting before we're waiting list before we're building or buying new homes for refugees your views. gbviews@gb news.uk refugees your views. gbviews@gbnews.uk right now though, it's the headlines we're pulling . patrick, thank good pulling. patrick, thank good evening to you. our top story on president biden has promised more than $500 million worth of aid to ukraine after making a surprise trip to its capital. it comes just days before the first

anniversary of russia's full scale invasion. mr. zelenskyy said the visit was an extremely important sign of support for all ukrainians. important sign of support for all ukrainians . the us president all ukrainians. the us president said his country would stand with ukraine for as long as it takes. with ukraine for as long as it takes . putin thought ukraine was takes. putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided . weak and the west was divided. as you know , president, i said as you know, president, i said at the beginning, he's counting us. not together. he was counting on an ability keep nato unhedis counting on an ability keep nato united is counting on us not to be able to bring in others . the be able to bring in others. the side of ukraine. he he could outlast us. i don't think he's thinking that right now . god thinking that right now. god knows what he's thinking . don't knows what he's thinking. don't think he's thinking that . here think he's thinking that. here the partner of missing mother of two nicola bulley has spoken of the family's after a body was found yesterday in the river wyre near to where she went

missing . lancashire police are missing. lancashire police are working to provide a formal identification of body which was found in the water around a mile from where nicola was last seen. their treating her death as unexplained and the 45 year old disappeared more than three weeks ago while walking dog . the weeks ago while walking dog. the families of the people killed in a shooting spree near plymouth in 2021 have spoken out against the investigation. five people died, including a three year old girl in a shooting rampage by 22 year old jake davison . today, year old jake davison. today, the inquest jury said the victims were unlawfully . the victims were unlawfully. the inquest heard how davison legally held a shotgun certificate and had an obsession with firearms . a lawyer for the with firearms. a lawyer for the families says there's been a catastrophic failure at devon and cornwall police. the system has hopelessly failed us in particular the devon and cornwall police force has failed us.the cornwall police force has failed us. the evidence we have heard dunng us. the evidence we have heard during this inquest over the

past weeks is a consistent story of individual failures breathtaking incompetence and systemic failings within every level of the firearms licencing unit of the devon and cornwall police , junior doctors in police, junior doctors in england voted overwhelmingly to strike for 72 hours next month. over the health secretary . steve over the health secretary. steve barclay says he's deeply disappointed by the decision. the british medical association's announcement comes as more than 11,000 healthcare workers from the gmb and unite unions in england, wales are striking today in their continuing over pay and staffing. now the most dangerous domestic abuses will be added to the sector offenders register as the sector offenders register as the home vows to treat violence women as a national threat . the women as a national threat. the government plans to invest up to eight and a half million pounds over next two years to fund specially support programmes for victims , domestic abuse victims, domestic abuse

charities affected around two and a half million people in england wales in the last year. the home secretary suella braverman says the changes are needed. braverman says the changes are needed . i'm changing the law to needed. i'm changing the law to ensure that there's more robust monitoring of perpetrators . monitoring of perpetrators. we're introducing measures , we're introducing measures, ensure that we will be able to tag offenders of domestic abuse and we will be also adding offenders of domestic abuse onto the violence and. sex offenders register and also all police chiefs and forces around the country will now be put on a footing to deal with violence against women and girls as , a against women and girls as, a national threat. so in about a month now, the foreign and northern ireland secretaries are to speak with the european commission. vice president later as negotiation continue over the northern ireland protocol. number ten has denied reports the prime minister has been forced to delay announcing a breakthrough amid backlash breakthrough amid a backlash from mps. the do you pay from his own mps. the do you pay backbench tories say it won't support a deal which retains oversight from the european

court justice . but the labour court of justice. but the labour leader, keir starmer , says leader, sir keir starmer, says there's window of now to there's a real window of now to move forward . the uk and the eu move forward. the uk and the eu have obviously edged closer together . the question now is together. the question now is whether the prime minister is strong enough, get it through his own backbenchers . what i've his own backbenchers. what i've said is on northern ireland, the interest comes first. so we will put party politics one side. we will vote with the government if there's a deal to vote for. will vote with the government if there's a deal to vote for . and there's a deal to vote for. and so the prime minister doesn't have to rely on his backbenchers . you know, we in the labour party putting country first and party second. sir starmer. that's all for me for now. i'm back in half an hour. alright, let's get a bit of breaking at the top of the five here because lancashire police have confirmed they will hold a press conference in the next few

minutes. really will bring you live and that of in relation live and that is of in relation to nicola bulley as we to missing nicola bulley as we all know , deeply mysterious all know, deeply mysterious case, massive from the way the police handled even now towards the independent team. the chap said that wouldn't be in the river. all of this stuff. well they did find a body and are going to be bringing you a press conference live from lancashire police imminently currently conference live from lancashire polilatestninently currently conference live from lancashire polilatest is1ently currently conference live from lancashire polilatest is that/ currently conference live from lancashire polilatest is that in currently conference live from lancashire polilatest is that in fathurrently the latest is that in fact scotland yard superintendent has called for an independent inquiry into lancashire police. his handling of case of missing mother nicola bulley, former officer. sure, it's a matter of sad that there was serious to be answered into the force's handung answered into the force's handling the investigation into the walker who went missing the dog walker who went missing three weeks ago. the force has faced a load of criticisms from , deciding to release personal information . nicholas health. information. nicholas health. also, , just the fact also, frankly, just the fact really if we're getting down to brass this, that so many brass on this, that so many people resources can people as so many resources can be into searching a quite be pumped into searching a quite small stretch river and find small stretch of river and find a body and. a body has indeed now turned up whether or not

it's her. we have to wait it's her. we will have to wait and see. that body was found less mile away from where less than a mile away from where nicola we'll be nicola disappeared. we'll be bringing you a press conference imminently to . make sure you imminently to. make sure you stay with us here, because lancashire police be lancashire police will be holding conference holding that press conference and it live. to and we go to it live. but to shed some more light on i shed some more light on this, i am joined meantime by am joined the meantime by retired scotland yard detective. it's brown, mba . hamish, it's hamish brown, mba. hamish, we what scotland it's hamish brown, mba. hamish, we calling what scotland it's hamish brown, mba. hamish, we calling what what scotland it's hamish brown, mba. hamish, we calling what lancashireytland it's hamish brown, mba. hamish, we calling what lancashire have was calling what lancashire have to in this press conference to say in this press conference shortly. but if this body does turn out to be nicola have they been vindicated , you think. been vindicated, you think. vindicated was just way too . vindicated was just way too. good afternoon to patrick. vindicated was the word was thinking . they've approached thinking. they've approached this in my view and a very level headed way . they weren't going headed way. they weren't going to be pursued pillar to post. they've made their enquiries and it would seem that they were on the right track all along . the

the right track all along. the factit the right track all along. the fact it took so long for a body to be found , i mean i know to be found, i mean i know nothing about ties and that can only be guided by those experts. but it would appear i don't choose my words on this that whatever is in the river, whatever is in the river, whatever it may be, will go one way. and then because change of tides will come back also to whether i understand, has a significant dealings with the effect the actual tides . so be effect the actual tides. so be but be as simple as that. well it does disappoint and you alluded to it . independent alluded to it. independent search team was brought in and they she wasn't there . well and they she wasn't there. well and now say despite whole new equipment that was in the rushes and the set of equipment do rushes well you know she's always is a rule she's not a again i do gather peter faulding has been on this show numerous times and he was on breakfast

hour and breakfast show earlier today , essentially defending today, essentially defending himself, saying what, you've said that. but i've to ask said that. but i've got to ask you, the police do rushes you, did the police do rushes because in force because they were out in force as were they and as well? were they and they didn't find well didn't find her. well absolutely. but i don't know what equipment they had . if they what equipment they had. if they had the same equipment, private companies. oddly enough , companies. oddly enough, companies. oddly enough, companies can have more access to specialist equipment, simply the money and resources that they have. they go into one particular specialist aspect, whereas police have to spread that budget over a lot of things. but she has a body has been found identification . well, been found identification. well, has to be followed . and this can has to be followed. and this can be generally speaking and better minds since thomas had a lot of work in the criminal justice system which has included identification of deceased and i know full well that's in the

first instance you would look for visual. well, sometimes it's not appropriate or not complete yet. well, that's probably that that will be the case here . so that will be the case here. so moving on, you're going to look for jewellery, clothes items, which will personally identify in person. the family will be approached and things like that was at the operation scars, tattoos . i don't yeah i can tattoos. i don't yeah i can i can i ask you how you mention your in, in your experience beanng your in, in your experience bearing mind and we are about go to a press conference by lancashire police we'll take that live here on gb news in a matter of moments but this body was yesterday morning . yes. how was yesterday morning. yes. how long your professional opinion could it take to identify a body ? i mean, we've obviously got this press conference coming. one would imagine there might be some development reading some development there reading between is quite between the lines. but is quite quick or should we be prepared? wait a bit longer, maybe. well, absolutely. there is . well,

absolutely. if there is. well, there's not going to be a identification , but there might identification, but there might be telling which will be other telling which will quickly identify the person. so that that can turn around enormously quickly . on the other enormously quickly. on the other side, if it is dated for dna and there are troubles taking samples because the person has beenin samples because the person has been in the water some time , been in the water some time, that that can be quite a bit longer. so there isn't an actual full answer at the moment. now, hopefully it will be pretty clear who this person is and at least we can go to the next stage, whatever that may will promote. that will be a post mortem exam very, very quickly, hamish, on this now , do you do hamish, on this now, do you do you anticipate that in the next few moments of this press conference, we're probably going have a conclusion to this nicola bulley case, do you think just quietly. well it's interesting. they've called the they've suddenly called the police conference now, so would assume that has something relevant to say. and we'll have to wait and see. i think it's

significant that the conference is being called . okay, hamish, is being called. okay, hamish, thank you very much . always thank you very much. always a pleasure. although we do always talking rather bleak circumstances, i'm afraid. but it's hamish brown mob, retired scotland detective scotland yard detective inspector. gentlemen . inspector. yes, gentlemen. breaking strap that you'll be able see on your screens if able to see on your screens if you're watching on telly, you're watching us on telly, i will you it. if will talk you through it. if you're listening us already. you're listening to us already. lancashire are holding lancashire police are holding a press conference very shortly where think it's reasonable to where i think it's reasonable to expect suspect that we might expect or suspect that we might be about to have a conclusion to this nicola bulley that has gnpped this nicola bulley that has gripped the nation for the best part of three and a bit weeks now. a body was found in the river wyre about a mile or so from where nicola went, missing that length time ago. make sure you stay tuned to us here on gb news because we'll throw it out as soon as it happens. now, i think time before that think we've time before that possibly squeeze another possibly to squeeze another story here, which been story here, which has been absolutely utterly massive in our got you our inbox. and it has got you all incredibly incredibly wound up.and all incredibly incredibly wound up. and i'm not surprised. and all incredibly incredibly wound up. because not surprised. and all incredibly incredibly wound up. because oft surprised. and all incredibly incredibly wound up. because of this'prised. and all incredibly incredibly wound up. because of this the ed. and all incredibly incredibly wound up. because of this the focus|d it's because of this the focus of this is dog. so get your head

around this. okay councils in england given england now they've given a share a £500 million pot of share of a £500 million pot of cash to acquire houses . so it's cash to acquire houses. so it's a money to buy or build new houses for afghan and ukrainian refugees, just exclusively for afghan and ukrainian refugees. it's part an effort to ensure that those who fled from war have a safe place to live. and the government is being warned that increasing numbers of ukrainians, they're facing homelessness and destitution. so we but of course , we get of that. but of course, this is about massive concern. in it's part outrage. i'll in fact, it's part outrage. i'll go to say it's go as far as to say it's actually sparked outrage about who what in terms of who gets what in terms of housing. we around a million people here on a housing people already here on a housing waiting lots of people waiting list. lots of people homeless military veterans, homeless, military veterans, for example , young single mums, example, young single mums, people like that who've been on the housing waiting list for years and years and years. people are sofa surfing. they can't seem to get property can't seem to get a property from council. but from their local council. but new , albeit refugees , new arrivals, albeit refugees, arrivals. well, there you go have a house. and it's not just about building houses and it's not just about the ones that

they are buying. some the ones that buying are coming that they're buying are coming out buy scheme. so out of the right buy scheme. so these specifically designed for people who are help to buy. right, need help to buy house, people who are not earning a lot of money first time buyers. what's going to do for property stock in area? there is a stock in your area? there is a lot to talk about here because the of it is massive, the flipside of it is massive, which else do we do which is why else do we do these people? do put them? people? why do we put them? joining now is conservative joining me now is conservative surrey michael. surrey councillor michael. i'm also by james as well. also joined by james as well. he's head of communications pryce to campaign for pryce out to campaign for affordable housing. look, thank you very much. i will start with you, michael, if that's. a lot of people saying pretty straightforward housing should go to brits . your views . well go to brits. your views. well thank you, patrick. yes i don't think i quite that view . the think i quite that view. the issue i have is to do with the scheme tandridge district council that decided to pursue

and the scheme doesn't actually recall the building anything at all and given our current woeful of housebuilding over the past, this is leaving a lot of people as you quite rightly say, living in substandard , inadequate in substandard, inadequate accommodation . not only that, of accommodation. not only that, of course people who, as you said , course people who, as you said, like to get on the housing ladden like to get on the housing ladder, don't because the government is funding the purchase of those . i then to purchase of those. i then to start going down this route of only categories of people can actually get those houses really causes a problem . i certainly causes a problem. i certainly see similar reports on tandridge that a council might do anything provided it doesn't is not prohibitive by legislation and under the quality legislation by states point categorically that an authority must have regard to

eliminate discrimination . now, eliminate discrimination. now, this clearly is discrimination policy. so you think it's discrimination? just before i go to james and i just want to drill down on this, michael, quite quickly for me. you think that this policy to build and buy new houses exclusively for refugees , what discriminates refugees, what discriminates against indigenous population. brett as far as i'm concerned, it should do neither . at the brett as far as i'm concerned, it should do neither. at the end of the day, the birth have a need and that need needs to be assessed and district officers and they will therefore be put at the appropriate in the housing list . that seems to me housing list. that seems to me the way to do it, to keep going because . otherwise it is racist because. otherwise it is racist when choosing people based on their race not on their need . their race not on their need. okay, michael, i'll come back to you, james. i'll bring you in here now. you, james. i'll bring you in here now . £2 million to be used here now. £2 million to be used to build 17 new homes in basildon, boston borough council . they're going to buy eight

homes, apparently they might buy as as 50. north as many as 50. north northamptonshire gallo this. northamptonshire gallo to this. they're just going to use they're not just going to use the money given by the government. they'll use the money given by the government. they'll us e £3.7 government. they'll use £3.7 million his own cash match million of his own cash to match a government over the a government grant over the forthcoming year. if you're a single mum or a homeless in those areas, do you have a right to be angry at. the fact that your council appears to be prioritising refugees over the indigenous population . i think indigenous population. i think young, single and homeless veterans shouldn't be angry at refugees . immigrants. they refugees. immigrants. they should be angry . the government should be angry. the government who have scaled back on their housing. make no mistake, this is a housing supply problem , not is a housing supply problem, not a refugee problem . yeah, i'm a refugee problem. yeah, i'm going to get you to elaborate on that because that is a really good point. james, actually, i look at some of the figures here. we've had something like net 24,000 fewer social houses available year on year for a very, very long time. and this

isindeed very, very long time. and this is indeed a housing. the concern, james, i think people is what's got councils and the government's backside engaged it comes to building houses. is the fact that they want to build them for refugees. shouldn't they have been more focussed primarily on people who were already both this already here? we both know this housing crisis . well think, you housing crisis. well think, you know, we recognise the importance of safe and affordable for refugees who are fleeing war torn countries and god knows the conditions they've gone through . but, you know, gone through. but, you know, like you said, i think it's to ensure that there is enough affordable housing everyone, affordable housing for everyone, including those already living including those already living in the i think especially in the area. i think especially important to make is that important point to make is that we with a focus in we need houses with a focus in the least affordable areas in areas like london on the south—east yeah, indeed and this is a huge issue for loads of people . michael, i'll ask you people. michael, i'll ask you the same question if that's all right. i mean, you are a conservative councillor and. there will be plenty of people

living in areas in the country right now who will think that this policy discriminates against brits. there will be other people who will say, well, what else are we supposed do with these people? and i want to ask you that question. if not this, what else we do with this, what else do we do with the refugees from afghanistan? you cry . well, i think the point you cry. well, i think the point being made there is there been sufficient housing. and it's not just the last 510. it's like 20 years when started with a few people coming and we love them. but the problem is we've never been providing the accommodation, all the hospitals , all the schools that have been necessary to support this influx of . and that is what what i of. and that is what what i think we've got michael frozen that james suppose that gives you a bit more time here, doesn't it really? james look, should we realistically be saying now to ordinary brits

we're going to build one for one or we're going to buy for one when it comes to this housing market issue, when it comes to refugees, etc, because programmes like this are for just refugees from afghanistan and can't local councils james say, well, i will do one house for refugee and one for ease ? in for refugee and one for ease? in this example, homeless veterans or young single mums ? well, i or young single mums? well, i think it's to take into account legal side of things, you know, providing housing for refugees. it's not just a moral imperative, you know, it's a legal obligation under the 1951 refugee convention signatory such as the uk are required to provide refugees with access to housing and other basic needs. and you know, by denying refugees access housing we risk violating international law, failing in our duties to protect the most vulnerable . okay, the most vulnerable. okay, james, look, thank you very much. james, you saw that it was head of communications priced

out. they campaign for affordable house prices. before that, we did have surrey tory councillor michael cooper as well. lord james mentioned i'm sympathetic towards this view. don't get me wrong. he mentioned there idea of our there about the idea of our international duty what about national duty. i'm getting after email after email. i like this one from views at gb news uk. one from gb views at gb news uk. the priority public housing the priority for public housing should be for our own homeless, especially our ex—military . and especially our ex—military. and these people have been neglected for. wholly for. it would be wholly justified to build one for one. and i'm getting emails and in droves. we're going to keep going to them throughout course of this year, ladies and gentlemen. a lot of you are gentlemen. but a lot of you are very angry out that the fact all of a sudden here's load of money, here's wheelbarrows full cash to either build cash to be able to either build houses houses for houses or buy houses for refugees. people have been refugees. when people have been trying these housing trying to get these housing waiting to get waiting lists and try to get themselves somewhere to live for years other saying, hey, years, other people saying, hey, it's justified . it's justified it's justified. it's justified because do we put because where else do we put them? vaiews@gbnews.uk quick reminder, we're moving on now. quick i'll going live in just

quick i'll be going live in just a matter of minutes actually to hutton, lancashire, because in fact, if you're watching this now on gb news, what you can see there are live pictures. the headquarters of lancashire police and the reason why we're showing you that is because they are going to hold a press conference very in the search for missing . conference very in the search for missing. i'll bring conference very in the search for missing . i'll bring you that for missing. i'll bring you that live here . do not miss it, live here. do not miss it, people. i'll be back in 2 minutes and we'll bring you that press conference live. okay updates .

yeah. welcome back , ladies and yeah. welcome back, ladies and gentleman. okay. as you can see, that breaking news drop is up right there. and with good reason because in just a matter of moments, we're going to be going live to outside lancashire police headquarters which we police headquarters is which we can on screen there. if can see on the screen there. if you're on radio, you're listening on radio, basically it's outside lancashire headquarters lancashire police headquarters because an because there's going to be an update on the nicola bulley

case. now has gripped case. now this case has gripped nation. been one of nation. it's been one of the most mysterious i've most mysterious cases that i've reported everyone or reported on and everyone or wrongly everyone has had view wrongly everyone has had a view on bulley went on this nicola bulley went missing just over three weeks ago , mum of two. she was out her ago, mum of two. she was out her dog and then as we all know, disappeared and as a result of that that it's caused mass of massive, massive searches. the police used unprecedented resources . a body was found in resources. a body was found in the river wye yesterday yesterday morning and we are waiting for an update confirmation as to whether or not that is nicola the family have said they are bracing for the worst loads of unanswered questions here and is what we're hoping to get from lancashire police outside their headquarters loads unanswered questions. firstly of course the obvious one which is this body nicola we will to wait and see about that how on earth the unprecedented amount of resources that the police used to search and scour what was quite small stretch of river.

this body if it is nicola this body was found less than a mile away from where she's believed to have gone initially. how on earth it's taken this long. we're also going to get a reaction from the police. i would expect, i would hope as to why that has been so poor on net, revealing, very personal about nicola i think caused massive distress . her family massive distress. her family also as well . we're going to be also as well. we're going to be discussing whether or not lancashire police now actually have been vindicated as a result this very shortly we'll be going to a press conference. we will keep our eyes on those microphones, ladies and gentlemen, bring it to you as soon as we can. joins me soon as we can. martin joins me now. police and crime now. former police and crime commissioner, lecturer . commissioner, senior lecturer. martin, police have, of martin, the police have, of course, press conference course, called press conference in professional opinion, in your professional opinion, what do you what do you anticipate that we're going to hear because i've hear from them? because i've said loads of said there are loads of unanswered questions, presumably said there are loads of unanswe answer, .tions, presumably said there are loads of unanswe answer, at ns, presumably said there are loads of unanswe answer, at leastesumably said there are loads of unanswe answer, at least some|bly going to answer, at least some of and think that in my of them. and i think that in my view, you'll get to things in the next few minutes . the first the next few minutes. the first will be, although identification

of nicola and the second will be the results of the home office post—mortem , but it's reasonably post—mortem, but it's reasonably achievement 6 hours. so that's the two things i'm expecting to hear and everything else will be about quite frankly . so just to about quite frankly. so just to emphasise on that one. martin he think that there might even be a of a postmortem, is that right 7 of a postmortem, is that right ? i expect a post—mortem has been held by now. i was spoke to is normally on an unexplained death, which what lancashire police are calling this at the moment and there are numerous just around the country it's quite capable to do this. but it's 6 hours and it's also quite achievable . identify nicola's achievable. identify nicola's bodies . they're the two things bodies. they're the two things i'm expecting have to take away from the press conference coming in a moment. but we all know the of this case isn't going to disappear i'll certainly know indeed just to fill people in

there are some movement outside lancashire police headquarters where we can see at least one individual who is wearing a police walking towards the microphones, flanked either side by some of the people they are carrying document. s and i would expect that one of them is going to start talking soon. this is lancashire police headquarters and the latest update on nicola bulley. it . bulley. let's go to it. yesterday we recovered nicola bulley from the river wyre nicholas family have been informed and are of course devastated our thoughts are with them at this time as well as with all her loved ones and the wider community we recognise the huge impact that nicholas has had on the family and friends but also the people of st michael's . we would like to michael's. we would like to thank all those who have helped dunng thank all those who have helped during what has been a hugely complex and highly emotional investigation . today's investigation. today's developments is not the outcome

any of us would have wanted , but any of us would have wanted, but we hope that at least can begin to provide some answers for they remain foremost in our. the case is now being handled by his coroner , the family of us that coroner, the family of us that we read a statement on their behalf . i'll now hand over to behalf. i'll now hand over to detective chief superintendent pauune detective chief superintendent pauline stables to do that that . nicholas family have asked that we release the following statement on their behalf as follows our family liaison officers had to confirm our worst fears today , we will never worst fears today, we will never be able to comprehend . and what be able to comprehend. and what nicky had gone through in her last moments , and that will last moments, and that will never leave us. we will never forget nicky . how could we? she forget nicky. how could we? she was the centre of our world. she was the centre of our world. she was the centre of our world. she was the one who lived so and

nothing cast a shadow over that all. girls will get the support they need from the people who love them the most . and it love them the most. and it saddens all that. one day we will have to that the and members the public accuse their dad of wrongdoing misquotes and vilified friends family. this is absolutely appalling . they have absolutely appalling. they have accountable this cannot happen to family . we tried last night to family. we tried last night to family. we tried last night to take in what. we have been told in the day only to have sky news and itv making contact with those dear atlee when we expressly asked for privacy , expressly asked for privacy, they gain have taken it upon to run stories about us to sell

papers and, increase their own profits . it is shameful they profits. it is shameful they have acted in this way. profits. it is shameful they have acted in this way . leave us have acted in this way. leave us alone now . do the press and alone now. do the press and other media and so—called profession not know when to stop . these are all lives and our children's lives to those who genuinely helped and supported us privately . we thank you . the us privately. we thank you. the community support in st michael's close friends , michael's close friends, neighbours and strangers has been nothing short of comforting and heartwarming friends you know who you are. thank you . our know who you are. thank you. our hearts truly for all those who have missing loved ones, keep that hope alive . finally nikki , that hope alive. finally nikki, you are no longer a missing person. you have been found. we

can let rest now . we love you. can let rest now. we love you. always have and always will. we take it from here . thank you . take it from here. thank you. thank you, everyone . thank you . thank you, everyone. thank you. i okay. okay. ladies and gentlemen you're back now with me. patrick christys on gb news. now, that was the press conference outside, lancashire police headquarters . they've police headquarters. they've confirmed that the body confirmed that that the body that found in the river wye yesterday morning is indeed that of mother nicola bailey of missing mother nicola bailey . so unfortunately nicole's has of course been found the comments there that were made by an individual reading a statement out on behalf of the family were pretty clear what was saying was that the family now must be left alone and wanted to be left alone . earlier wanted to be left alone. earlier on yesterday . and they were on yesterday. and they were saying over the course of this investigation and, the search

for nicola, the and the relatives have been vilified , relatives have been vilified, been misquoted and even accused. polly our partner, of wrongdoing , of course, been incredibly hurtful. this two little girls there who have lost a mother on that they didn't want any of that they didn't want any of that stuff. and i think those people who were doing that online, etc, of course are pretty horrible. people i just want to recap where we are. okay let's just if you're just joining us here on news, joining us here on gb news, we just press conference just had a press conference there confirming there along police confirming that bulley body that sadly nicola bulley body has identified. she was has now been identified. she was in river all along, has now been identified. she was in river all along , found in that river all along, found less than a mile away from where she was believed to have entered the course, more the river. of course, more details in details will emerge, in the fullness time, cause of fullness of time, cause of death, etc. they didn't go into that it currently stands, but that as it currently stands, but they did that that body that they did say that that body that was at the river around was found at the river around a mile away from where was believed to have gone the believed to have gone into the river, was that of river, was indeed that of missing of two nicola missing mum of two nicola bulley, if take you now? bulley, who if we take you now? 826 all the way back , all 826 i am all the way back, all the way back on january the 27th, nicola bulley left her

with her two daughters. those it's worth remembering, as well as just and nine bless them drop them at school had a brief with another parents around 15 minutes later and then as we all know the mystery started the mystery began . she took mystery began. she took a spaniel, willow, for a walk along the path of the river. wyre 840 3ama 50 3 am. she sent email to her boss. she was on a teams call a work teams call, one of those group meetings . she one of those group meetings. she was seen by a witness at 9:10 am. and then a phone was back in the area of the bench at 920. i am meeting ended shortly after that and we all know what happened following police were called. they responded quickly and they responded quickly in a big way as they made it because there were those specific vulnerabilities. and we remember when they revealed that down way people were . well, hang on a people were. well, hang on a minute. why was nicholas case treated with such vigour? so on. then they came out, said the

police, and that it was due to specific vulnerabilities. and that's when another layer of controversy started, because they went reveal they then went on to reveal nicola with alcohol. nicola had issues with alcohol. those issues had resurfaced. people are saying that was incredibly bad of the police to have revealed . other people have revealed. other people saying what they should saying actually what they should have done is reveal it earlier and it to individual and reveal it to the individual who's the who's in charge of the independent dive team who says that it would changed his search. also said that if search. they also said that if she'd been struggling with hormonal getting don't hormonal issues of getting don't particularly like saying that myself on air but that's what they so there you go in relation to the menopause. lancashire constabulary drones helicopters police search dogs as part of this major operation . and here this major operation. and here we are, ladies and gentlemen , we are, ladies and gentlemen, three and bit weeks down the three and a bit weeks down the line with a press conference just heard, that was more of a statement really. it nicola bulley his has now formally been identified and nicola he went missing three in a bit weeks ago was in that river. i'm going to go back now martin underhill, his former police and crime

commissioner, senior lecturer and met police detective peter , and met police detective peter, also joined the fray for us now. martin didn't quite predict everything that we about ahead there's no formal results of a post mortem or like that but postmortem or like that but peter i'll start with you. on this particular occasion. peter, what do you make of the statements that read out that the police initially saying that, of course, nicola bulley body now identified another body has now identified another statement the statement on behalf of the family, saying that are family, saying that they are clearly but also clearly absolutely but also livid with the media for being , livid with the media for being, as they would argue it, far to intrude as if gypsy or you or your general take on what we just heard. yeah yeah, i wasn't surprised at all that . surprised at all that. lancashire police stuck very closely to the narrow that nicola that unfortunately been identified and that it was made thereafter. the family statement that was read out, we know how much criticism lancashire constabulary has attracted recently . so what i have

recently. so what i have described described as a ham fisted media strategy and. much of the message in i've thought has been very poor throughout this missing person inquiry. so yeah, i'm not surprised in the slightest that they kept it very kept it to the very very narrow facts and the matter as we were told, is now in the hands of the coroner. okay, i'll come back to you, martin. i'll bring you in. sorry, i he thought you were on to that a second ago. martin, you're on that now. okay. so what your initial response what was your initial response to heard that to what we just heard that police statement , police body police statement, police body opened unfortunately page opened that unfortunately page of peter, i'll of lost martin. peter, i'll stick you. peter clearly, stick with you. peter clearly, the family are very, very i think the big question for me , think the big question for me, for a lot of people, peter will, be why has it taken so long with all of these resources to find what is now definite nicola bulley body and was located less than a away from where her phone was found and the dog was found. peter yes, indeed . of course.

peter yes, indeed. of course. like yorkshire police were very keen to tell us wednesday about experts that they had on board leaders in their field to experts and the like and they told us and i'll just get this wording right, told us and i'll just get this wording right , they told us that wording right, they told us that they were following the nationally recognised searching doctrine . well it would appear doctrine. well it would appear that those experts and that doctrine might have to looked at again because despite the searches and, the efforts and the divers and equipment and everything that was applied into this search , it ended up with this search, it ended up with a couple members of the public who were on a sunday morning to discover this floating in the water. peter once again, that will be another aspect that will have to be looked at. a lot of the a lot of people will find that incredibly hard to understand how with all of these resources is with an independent dive team as well that it ended

up being dog walkers three and a bit weeks after nicola went missing lancashire . police for missing lancashire. police for their part were adamant that she was in the river information or intelligence that they had. they were adamant that she was in the river and now clearly she was the river all along. let's forensic can just out how long it took for us to be found and the fact that it wasn't the police who found just bearing in mind that she was now in that river, have the lancashire police been vindicated or frankly still a series of frankly is it still a series of ups? as your concern i, ups? as far as your concern i, i've been far less critical of the investigation but my criticism has been focussed on the very poor messaging that they've done. so yes, i'm sure that there will be many within the lancashire constabulary that will feel that their working hypothesis was vindicated and. as we pocket for a moment it was the public that found up in that regard. they were absolute

right. there are of course, when they said the evidence pointed to that working , it would have to that working, it would have been extreme really helpful in terms of closing down speculation if they told the pubuc speculation if they told the public that evidence was in an early stage. but of course, we know they really suppressed the truth on a lot of matters . and truth on a lot of matters. and when you try and do that and it comes out and the public know you've been forced into a corner and that's why you release information it attracts a lot of criticism it does and by the i and i say with my eyes wide open as somebody is in the media and has been talking a lot about nicola bulley case and i am aware of all of that. okay i can't help but wonder or not the family who are angry at speculation and are angry at maybe the way the manner in which they've been approached comment as well, which appeared to be the key theme for the

statement, the family statement that naming a couple of other news organisations is saying leave alone. be leave us alone. now we to be left alone and saying it was very, insensitive. okay very, very insensitive. okay actually. they quite actually. should they quite angry? i'm not absolving everyone of the media here, but should they be quite angry at the police for creating with that communication a situation where the press were speculating to the extent that they were and almost a way hanging the family out to dry by getting that communication wrong . peter, your communication wrong. peter, your views on that at the moment ? my views on that at the moment? my thoughts are with everybody who loved nicola . they must be in loved nicola. they must be in the grip , loved nicola. they must be in the grip, unimaginable grief for and of course, but i have my absolute sympathy for that and all in due course, perhaps after there's been an inquest, after there's been an inquest, after the inquiries into , the police the inquiries into, the police actions, they've been held and everything has been laid bare, i suspect then might be the time when nicola's partner makes us

fully of what he thought he might in fact be at some stage as part of the coroner's process and as part of any review that he's conducted into the lancashire police is not only their investigate but their handung their investigate but their handling of the flow of information and the review into , the investigation. i should to add was due to be carried out by detective chief super staples as she was lady the read out the statement from the family just a few minutes ago. peter you've mentioned a bit about what we can expect next. so there will be an inquest into this and in due course presume we will find out maybe a bit more how nicola ended up in the river, cause of death, etc. how. do these things normally pan out ? yes, we will. normally pan out? yes, we will. what will happen is that the

coroner's inquest will be opened possibly as early as tomorrow and then it will be adjourned . and then it will be adjourned. and then the detective work really still carries on. there's a lot to be done because a coroner's court is a very important and very high court. in fact , it's almost the most in fact, it's almost the most powerful court in the land . and powerful court in the land. and all the evidence will have to be eventually presented at an inquest into nicola's death. so the coroner and any jury that be heanng the coroner and any jury that be hearing the case can a proper verdict . so there's plenty of verdict. so there's plenty of work left for the police to do. this is from over. and i expect that the coroner's inquest as i will probably be opened , will probably be opened, adjourned as early as tomorrow . adjourned as early as tomorrow. and frankly, one of the big questions, if not the big questions, if not the big question actually confronting police now will be whether or not, there's any foul play involved at the moment. and i mean , how on earth could the mean, how on earth could the police be to tell that? clearly

they didn't think initially that there was, did they know it died, but there would have been or there will be a very thorough examination of any clothing that might have been on the body. the body, of course , be subject to body, of course, be subject to the most close examination by the most close examination by the pathology during the post—mortem . and let's remember post—mortem. and let's remember these pathologists , very highly these pathologists, very highly trained people . and, of course , trained people. and, of course, i'm sure it will be the pathology that gives the cause death. there might be other matches that we simply don't know about the moment that will come out some later stage. but what can absolutely guarantee is that each and every fact that is discovered that my current may be unknown to the media, to the pubuc be unknown to the media, to the public , will eventually be bare public, will eventually be bare at the inquest when. so whether thatis at the inquest when. so whether that is they'll look. peter, thank you very, very much piece of luck say i'm just going to ask you if it's all just liaising my production team when i move to one side now maybe

just hang around for if that's okay because i'm probably lots come back to you. i'm just going to though to gb to go live now though to gb news is north—west of england. reporter sophie reaper was reporter sophie reaper who was watching that conference watching that press conference in sophie, thank you in person. and sophie, thank you very . just recap anyone very much. just recap if anyone is joining now, watching or is just joining now, watching or listening, what's just happened, what saw ? well, patrick what you saw? well, patrick achi, assistant chief constable pizza lawson in the last 15 minutes has sadly confirmed to us that the body pulled the river wye yesterday was the body of missing of two nicola bulley. he also said that the case is now being by hm. coroner. of course this is the news that nobody wanted . and he then nobody wanted. and he then handed over to detective chief super attendance pauline stables , who read a statement from family who were of course reacting to the most horrendous news anyone could ever really receive . they said in the

receive. they said in the statement , they will never statement, they will never forget nikki because . how could forget nikki because. how could they? they were also quite critical of some media outlets who were named in particular. they said that their privacy has been invaded and that they asked they not be left alone of . they not be left alone of. course, they want some time to grieve for nikki . i think the grieve for nikki. i think the most poignant bit of the statement came towards the end. read you just a little bit . our read you just a little bit. our hearts truly break all those who have missing loved ones keep that hope alive . finally, nikki, that hope alive. finally, nikki, you are no a missing person . you you are no a missing person. you have been found. we can let you now. we love you . have and now. we love you. have and always will. we'll take it from here . now that line there . you here. now that line there. you have been found. we can let you rest now, this is, of course, the that nobody wanted. but perhaps it's now going to allow nicola's family , her partner, nicola's family, her partner, her two children, the opportunity grieve. they know where she they know she's at rest. there's no worrying in the search for her. they have her,

of course, this this investigation is not over. we still have plenty to come. and we will, of course be bringing you all the latest updates on this. just to reiterate, finally , we now know the answer to the question is nicola bulley. the police have now confirmed it was that she pulled from the river wyre yesterday . okay okay, look, wyre yesterday. okay okay, look, sophie, thank very, very much. is sophie reaper that? who's gb news is north—west of england. reporter sophie was at that press conference. we just brought you that live here on gb news in a body. brought you that live here on gb news in a body . the body that news in a body. the body that was found in, the river wyre in lancashire is , that of missing lancashire is, that of missing mum two nicola bulley. it's worth remembering that nicola, 45 years old, went missing initially on friday, the 27th of january. she was walking her dog. well, i want to pass you just drop to two kids off at school and she was walking by the river in st michael's on the lancashire. and since then it's just been a massive hasn't it.

an absolutely massive that's seen unprecedented levels of police , even independent divers police, even independent divers . and i think initially it was just the absolute mystery of the whole thing, wasn't she was on a works team and people were saying , well, hang on a minute. saying, well, hang on a minute. could no one have identified find exactly . she was there. find exactly. she was there. there was so much information confusion at times that was surrounding this case that we were told initially she was wearing a fitbit, presumably that meant that we were able to track movements. it turned out that fitbit synched to nicola at the time so people couldn't tell exactly where she'd been or what she was doing. and all of this gnpped she was doing. and all of this gripped the nation. then there was this hunt for the key witnesses, wasn't there? those key forward and key witnesses came forward and the were revealing them the police were revealing them while nothing of while we got nothing out of them. basically one had them. basically no one had really her. then were really seen her. then we were where actually. there where they were actually. there was way out of this was only one way out of this particular in area of land particular in this area of land that covered. cctv, they that wasn't covered. cctv, they then had ring doorbells dash cam footage of people who were in the area at that time . they

the area at that time. they found there was no of found that there was no sign of nicola, but then later on it emerged they were actually emerged that they were actually three blind spots people was three blind spots and people was saying, gracious me, saying, goodness gracious me, what to her? she what could have to her? and she taken off somewhere has taken a self off somewhere has indeed taken. this was indeed been taken. and this was fuelling all speculation it fuelling all the speculation it because this stuff was because all of this stuff was going on and every single going on live and every single time we had police press time we had a police press conference it seemed to even conference it seemed to get even more mysterious then it culminated really didn't in the police revealing that they went really big on search for nicola bulley because that was well underlying issues signified , underlying issues signified, camhs issues they would say. and then everyone got in touch and even supposedly, supposedly even people who knew nicola, supposedly friends of nicola were looking to sell stories about her and that's why they say they were forced come out and that it meant that she had issues with alcohol, which is not nice for have to have not nice for anyone have to have admitted them. that admitted about them. that then shone unfair so on her shone a light unfair so on her relationship with her partner paul poole for what worth, who is a partner, said that they had

to deal with horrendous speculation about not just their relationship but even people saying he was in some way involved in all of this being misquoted family members being vilified was . the comment that vilified was. the comment that we from the we just had that from the family, were vilified family, they were vilified onune family, they were vilified online just members online by just ordinary members of public on twitter, etc. of the public on twitter, etc. but i'm going to bring you an up to date version of this statement. now, we heard lancashire police moments ago and this is what assistant chief constable peter lawson confirmed about the body in the river yesterday. it has been formally identified as nicola bulley here is exactly what he had to say . is exactly what he had to say. i'm going to read it for you now. sadly we are now able to confirm that yesterday we recovered nicola bulley from the river wyre nicholas have been informed and are of course devastated . our thoughts are devastated. our thoughts are with them at this time as as with them at this time as as with all her loved ones and the wider community, we recognise the huge impact that nicola's disappearance has had on our family and friends, but also the

people of st michael's . we would people of st michael's. we would like to thank all of those who have helped to bring what has been a hugely complex and highly emotional investigation. today's development is not the that any of us would have wanted , but we of us would have wanted, but we do hope that it can at start to provide some answers for nicola's loved ones who foremost in our thoughts. now those answers are going to come in due course, and those , of course, course, and those, of course, are going to be things like, frankly how did she end up in the river what happened there? what was the cause of death. but there are bigger questions here, ladies and gentlemen, and there are are are numerous inquiries that are going to take place and. all are taking place right now. and those bigger are how can a police force with this amount of resources at disposal, drones being used now being used specialist dive equipment used. the sheer number, human resources, both online and, as it were, found in the river. how it were, found in the river. how it take so long for them? what's so no fun about it? because it was a dog walker who found the

bodyin was a dog walker who found the body in the end. so there's a question mark there over the quality, frankly, just of the search investigation, a quality question . but there's also question. but there's also a much wider human and communications question , which communications question, which is also going to be answered. and professional home and so while a professional home secretary, intervened secretary, she's intervened on this, i need this, she's saying, i need i need to have answers as to why on earth in. some details about nicola bulley was actually revealed. i'm going to go now to have some thoughts, some of your thoughts on the sad news that nicola bulley his body has been identified and this is in the box right in front me now gbviews@gbnews.uk deborah says lancashire police have had to deal with constant onslaught of second guessing from media pubuc second guessing from media public and so—called experts , public and so—called experts, which has blurred the lines on. this proves that police just do job. that's going to be a big question going forward. isn't the lancashire police now vindicate said. what about the person who's in charge that independent that ? we independent dive team that? we go look. thank you very much, everybody. leave you on everybody. sorry to leave you on such note, but that is, of

such a sad note, but that is, of course, leave you the course, i leave you with the breaking nicola bulley breaking news that nicola bulley body has been identified of dan. i'll back again tomorrow at 3 i'll be back again tomorrow at 3 pm. hello my name's rachel les, and welcome to your latest weather update from the met office. well, tomorrow is going to be a dry day for many with a few sunny spells around and remaining quite mild remaining still quite mild and most the weather is most of the settled weather is due to this high pressure that's still around across most of england wales. they're england and wales. they're looking north. have looking further north. we have some try to some weather fronts that try to push monday and into the push through monday and into the start of tuesday, just bringing some outbreaks of rain and drizzle to end the day, there will be some of light rain and drizzle mostly over west and up slopes as through this evening. otherwise it's going to be a dry night, quite cloudy. so temperatures are going be temperatures are going to be remaining again remaining pretty mild once again with little to frost around with little to no frost around for start of tuesday. it's for the start of tuesday. it's going to be another cloudy start to the day that tomorrow little in the way of brightness to start the day with outbreaks of rain the far north of rain across the far north of scotland and could be scotland and these could be heavy times with a freshening

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