it's 10:00 on tuesday, the 21st of february. i'm bev turner today. shameful behaviour via nicola bulley is a family out the media

for intruding on their privacy. join the search for the missing mom. but did the family fail where they failed by the police? or was this just a tragic and fast moving situation? we really need more time and resources wasting on an unofficial investigation in a four day working week ? a no pay working week? a no pay reduction, a healthy work life blend, or a sign that the younger generation are just weaker and lazy and a headache . weaker and lazy and a headache. rishi. could the extremely complicated , never ending complicated, never ending debacle over the northern ireland unravel his government and standoff over ukraine? biden ink. right now president putin is on his feet that russia did everything to stop the conflict. he claims that his country is more at risk than ever before from the west. so are we closer than ever to an escalating war. we're watching live now from the kremlin .

kremlin. very good morning. we will let know what putin says at that state of the nation address that he's giving his testimony to address in the kremlin this morning. obviously, he does this statement every year. this year might be just a little bit different. we will let you know everything as we hear it. some good for women good news for women this morning. through the morning. women going through the menopause be able menopause will soon be able to access yes supply hormone access a yes supply of hormone replacement under replacement therapy for under £20. what you think £20. let me know what you think of our other of that and all our other stories this morning . email me, stories this morning. email me, gbviews@gbnews.uk. lots to get through. but first, let's bring you to date with what's you up to date with what's happening the world with happening around the world with tamsin . thanks very tamsin roberts. thanks very much. good morning from gb newsroom. it's 1003. much. good morning from gb newsroom. it's1003. the much. good morning from gb newsroom. it's 1003. the prime minister's under pressure a speculation mounts over a possible deal on the northern ireland protocol. arriving for a meeting cabinet members were

asked if they support rishi sunak following reports the ministers could resign. if northern ireland's place in the union is put at risk. northern ireland's place in the union is put at risk . the union is put at risk. the foreign secretary, james and the eu's maros sefcovic are due to hold in—person talks this week after what was described as a productive video discussion . productive video discussion. earlier, under secretary of state for women maria caulfield , us the prime minister is , , us the prime minister is, determined to resolve the issue . our priority is to get this right for the people of northern ireland and you know, the prime minister has met with the dup, for example, who are happy with elements of it. and you know what? now is to try and get those negotiations to a place where we can get an agreement on this and make progress to this and can make progress to prime ministers are urging the government to send fighter jets to ukraine. liz truss and boris johnson . air support is johnson. air support is desperately needed to win the war, which began almost a year ago when russia invaded the country. last week the defence

secretary, ben wallace suggested it could be years before the uk sends planes to kyiv former head of the british lord richard dannatt told news the call for jets needs to be practical. i it's much more practical for countries to own and operate f—16s. they are little bit more user friendly, if you like, than a typhoon aircraft. the operates and the f—35 drives that. so we have a relatively number of that. we're operating off our aircraft carriers. so yes, it's aircraft carriers. so yes, it's a reasonable call to put pressure on countries to give some fast jets, but it's not going to happen quickly. meanwhile, russia's president has accused the west of trying to limitless power in a major speech , the war in ukraine, speech, the war in ukraine, vladimir putin said sanctions , vladimir putin said sanctions, which were designed to make russians suffer, have failed because economy is stronger than the west anticipated. he also vowed to continue the war,

strengthening the army and navy . the uk has reportedly spent more than . the uk has reportedly spent more tha n £50 billion extra on more than £50 billion extra on gas since russia's invasion of ukraine. the costs were analysed by advisory organisation, energy and climate intelligence unit. it's after the international monetary fund, said households have been hit harder by the energy crisis than any other western european country. because of the uk's dependence on imported gas. lancashire police are facing questions over the way they handled their into nicola bulley. the body of the missing mother of two was found in the river wyre on sunday. more than three weeks after she disappeared , police describe the disappeared, police describe the search as extremely complex , search as extremely complex, highly emotional . former met highly emotional. former met police detective peter blakeslee told gb news the investigation has not been up to scratch. i'm going to have to take a very

long, hard look at how they've conducted all of this , not only conducted all of this, not only the investigation , but very much the investigation, but very much the investigation, but very much the communication and i hope that the wider british police take some lessons from all of this because quite frankly, if you get the messaging wrong people don't believe you, they're not going to trust you. investigation and that, i think, is part of the reason why so many people turned up. so mark was on what. six people have been killed in a 6.4 magnitude earthquake which struck the border region of and syria. it's just two weeks after a larger near the same area killed than 47,000 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. the country's government says more than 294 people are injured . residents say more buildings have collapsed, but that most of the town had already fled after the town had already fled after the initial earthquakes . founder the initial earthquakes. founder of the global relief trust,

shahida rahman , says people are shahida rahman, says people are still shaken . the previous still shaken. the previous earthquake tonight in several cities, not only in haiti but also in neighbouring cities such as other in gaziantep. people rushed to the oil stations to get petrol , gas to their cars get petrol, gas to their cars and they slipped in their cars or some of them even tried to drive to the outskirts of the cities or to other regions , cities or to other regions, regions. and after shocks are still going , unfortunately, in still going, unfortunately, in the region and the trauma is still going on. women could benefit from cheaper menopause treatment as part of a new scheme to cut prescription costs. the government says women prescribed hormone replacement therapy will be able to get a year's worth of treatment for just unde r £20. the changes will just under £20. the changes will come in april with women also being able to use a certificate for prescription items, including patches and tablets .

including patches and tablets. the government recorded a monthly surplus of 5.4 billion last month, despite substantial spending on energy support schemes. the office for national says payments to household and energy suppliers hit . says payments to household and energy suppliers hit. 9.9 billion in january. chance sir jeremy hunt says debt is still at the highest levels since the sixties, but it's crucial to reduce the amount spent on interest so we can protect our pubuc interest so we can protect our public services . this is gb news public services. this is gb news more for me shortly . now, more for me shortly. now, though, is back to beth . and though, is back to beth. and. very good morning to you. thank you for joining very good morning to you. thank you forjoining me. now the you for joining me. now the family of nicola bulley say that she can finally rest of the mum of two whose body was recovered from the wyre and a statement read lancashire police.

read out by lancashire police. the said the press, the family also said the press, the public held the public must be held accountable for false accusations and vilification of friends and loved ones. on after reporter theo chikomba joins us now live from lancashire . good now live from lancashire. good morning theo. i imagine the mood is a little calm and sombre today. is a little calm and sombre today . it is, yes. completely today. it is, yes. completely different from what it's been like over the last three weeks or so. if you remember, on the 27th. the missing mother of two nicola bulley that was reported , the police. and over the last few weeks the police alongside specialist investigators as well and detectives have been working to find her body. and we understand on sunday someone got in touch with the police saying they had seen a body in the river. wyre and unfortunately , river. wyre and unfortunately, they did find the missing mother of nicola bulley. now over the last 24 hours or so, there has been speculation and this is

something that the family spoke aboutin something that the family spoke about in the press conference. they gave a statement to the police and they were saying , we police and they were saying, we will never be able to comprehend what. nicky had to go through in her last moments and that will never leave us. and they always also went on to say to who also went on to say to those who genuinely helped supported genuinely helped and supported us privately, we thank you the community and community support and st michael's neighbours and strangers have been nothing short of comfort saying and heartwarming and they said. finally, nicky, you are no longer a missing person. you have been found . we let you have been found. we can let you rest now . there has some rest now. there has been some criticisms about how the police handled this, particularly some of the personal information that was released for the press and of course, for people to understand what was going on here and that is going to be something we looked into something that we looked into over next weeks months. over the next weeks and months. okay. you theo theo okay. thank you theo theo chikomba river wyre chikomba there at the river wyre in lancashire , as he says, a in lancashire, as he says, a very different atmosphere to the busyness was there over the busyness that was there over the last three weeks. the police obviously come under huge criticism. former chief

superintendent sandhu joins superintendent parm sandhu joins me good morning palm. thank me now. good morning palm. thank you very much for. me now. good morning palm. thank you very much for . joining us you very much for. joining us this morning, is it you very much for. joining us this morning , is it fair, do you this morning, is it fair, do you think, that the police have accepted or had to the criticisms which have been levelled at them in the last couple of weeks . that struggling couple of weeks. that struggling to get hold of palm at the moment will address this. hello palm. good morning. hi. hi. obviously, the police have come under a huge amount criticism, various stage . yes. do you think various stage. yes. do you think any of it has been justified? right. this has been a very complex investigation . the complex investigation. the police officers there have dedicated a huge amount of resource they've had between 40 and 50 dedicated detectives working on this case. but what has let them down has been their communications where they weren't communicating with the pubuc weren't communicating with the public and the press. there was a and that gap was wasn't felt by social media conspiracy theory type and that's where the

findings led 33 different reviews have been instigated. now there's an internal review which is being done by police. there's also review being done by the police watchdog , the by the police watchdog, the autopsy and the third review is being done by the information commissioner's office in relation to the very deeply sensitive information that was given about nicola bulley mental and health status . how unusual and health status. how unusual that palm for three separate investigate to be conducted into an investigation once . it has an investigation once. it has concluded it's not unusual in itself , but it is concluded it's not unusual in itself, but it is unusual that they've made sure commissioners are involved in this because internal review would have happened anyway. and the police watchdog on is in relation to the fact that nicholas they were visited about ten days before she went missing so that's an instant referrals out if something could have been done differently at that point which

may ended with her not going missing ten days later. so that's their palm parcel. the unusual. one is the information commissioner's and that is because of the personal health data that was released and i can't see why that was released, to be honest , there was no need to be honest, there was no need for that. there was no it didn't help the investigation and it wasn't actually given to the investigators. it was given to members , the public for members, the public for absolutely no reason. do you understand why the public heard that information and it effectively as reputational damage on the part of lancashire police because it was almost it felt like it was being used to discredit nicola personally and to perhaps undermine the reasons why she might have gone missing in the first place. i think it did have a negative impact on the investigation and trust and confidence in policing is at an all time low. now this episode

will not have helps that trust and confidence and the only way that that's going to be rebuilt is by lancashire police and policing right across the country to be open and honest and learn lessons from this and learn about how to manage public, but also about the changing face of social media and how that can a negative impact on any investigation. how do they manage it in future? how do they manage it in future? how do they manage it in future? how do they stop people descending on this village and then harassing local people and going digging things and breaking into properties ? so there's a there's properties? so there's a there's a lot to be learned from this one and that needs to be done because there will be another investigation, may be a murder investigation. it may be a missing persons investigation . missing persons investigation. but these have to be but these lessons have to be learnt just last question, learnt. just one last question, though, pam . person who though, pam. the person who actually found the body was one of those social media sleuths. i mean, he went far as to call himself a medium. i'm not sure can credit that particular. he happened to be there at that time and see an object in the

river does that not raise question though in terms of why had the police not found the body, why did it take somebody like to do so ? when a body like that to do so? when a body enters water, it can move and enters water, it can move up and down the river and it be put down the river and it can be put onto the dry land next to the river bank itself. so although that body was found on that date at that location. that doesn't mean it was there day before or the week before because that river was searched extensively with divers , drones, with divers, drones, helicopters. there were members of the public going up and down and would have seen it. in relation to your question about the sleuths, you do any investigation you help from the public, but you need the right pubuc public, but you need the right public to help you and you have to appeal for that information. the dash cams and videos and photographs may have been taken, but is there is a sort of really fine balancing act between the two. yeah really is a poem. thank you so much parm sandhu that former police officer giving us her take on it. let me know you think. know what you think. gbviews@gbnews.uk just a reminder, president

reminder, russian president vladimir putin is making a key address in moscow right now ahead of the one year anniversary of his country's of ukraine. he's blamed the west for provoking the war and escalating it, saying that the us and its allies seek limitless power. he claims the west stopped trying to set posts . stopped trying to set posts. soviet countries on fire remain of economic suppression . we're of economic suppression. we're looking at pictures there of the people within the kremlin , him a people within the kremlin, him a standing ovation . now the prime standing ovation. now the prime minister chair a cabinet meeting today to speculate that ministers could resign over his brexit deal if it risks ireland's place within the uk . ireland's place within the uk. yesterday, home secretary became the second member of to cabinet warn rishi sunak against ditching the northern ireland protocol. gb news political reporter olivia joins me now . reporter olivia joins me now. good morning, olivia. it feels like this has been going on for a long time. debates about the northern ireland protocol. it is a complicated issue. it is one

of those issues which needs to be looked at in a full 360 degree perspective. if a truly understanding who is effective affects . what has gone wrong affects. what has gone wrong with deal . what does rishi with the deal. what does rishi sunak achieve today ? sunak hope to achieve today? good morning. so what's gone wrong with the deal? essentially is that the prime minister has failed . get the deal up and the failed. get the deal up and the erg that influential alliance of conservative backbenchers on side and problems. there are two problems really that the dup have with this new brexit deal. one of them is the continued of the european courts of justice in arbitration matters pertaining northern ireland and the other is the number of customs checks on goods passing between northern ireland to mainland britain. now on the issue , customs, there have been issue, customs, there have been some big leaps forward actually in recent days and i was in belfast on friday speaking to jeffrey donaldson and jeffrey donaldson , leader of the dup, donaldson, leader of the dup, says that what they are pleased aboutis says that what they are pleased about is that the agreement that's been made on goods from

great britain to northern ireland, that there wouldn't have to be the same checks that we previously had as a new a new way of doing it red and green lanes, essentially . so that lanes, essentially. so that would simplify matters from that , from the other way . goods , but from the other way. goods made northern ireland passing made in northern ireland passing back into great. there would still be customs checks. the dup don't like that because they worry that in the future eu british rules will diverge and northern irish goods. it will be impossible to trade them with great britain, which is obviously trading obviously biggest trading partner. so those are the two issues that are really holding up this deal and it's being said now that rishi sunak has made a bit of a diplomatic error in failing to get the dup onside before he went to brussels. and actually jacob rees—mogg has spoken out this morning and said that rishi sunak is making the same mistakes as theresa may. instead of to the dup instead of talking to the dup and going to brussels. and then going to brussels. he went brussels , spoke to the went to brussels, spoke to the dup in relative secrecy for a

couple of weeks, then left the deal on his desk while talking his aides around him about the deal and waited a whole week before going to the dup about it. and in that week issues have been allowed to fester, as it were. and erg has come onside has rallied behind the dup and now we're in a situation , some now we're in a situation, some of those brexiteers in the cabinet are actually threatening to resign because they worry that northern ireland's place in the uk is being threatened by that deal. how do you think that is, olivia, that any of them will resign based on this ? well will resign based on this? well it it doesn't feel as though we're sort of at that stage yet . it i think it's unlikely rishi sunak would press ahead the deal if it were clear that the dup and the lg weren't on. he could remember would get it through parliament, even in case, because labour has said that it would back any deal just to get the issue off the table . but

the issue off the table. but obviously a prime minister doesn't want to be in a situation where he's relying on opposition votes to get major legislation passed. so it almost wouldn't get to the stage where we had saw ministers resigning because rishi sunak will will keep trying to find a way to get it past the dup and lg and that's why we're in the stage now. as you say, these talks have been on for a while now. we're expecting deal to be put on table to parliament today on the table to parliament today and now thinking that's and we're now thinking that's pretty unlikely so we're while off the resigning say at the moment. okay right. thank you olivia olivia utley there down at hast commons now. still to come, women going through the menopause on their partners will soon be able to access a year's supply of a key treatment for just under supply of a key treatment for just unde r £20. we'll bring you just under £20. we'll bring you then. bring you when, then. we'll bring you when, where, how and in 2 minutes. where, how and why in 2 minutes. see you then .

good morning. it's 1023. good morning. it's1023. this is bev turner on gb news. just a reminder that russian president vladimir putin is making a key state address . moscow ahead of state address. moscow ahead of the one year anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. we're seeing the live pictures now. putin been on his feet for talking more than an hour. he's that western sanctions designed to make the russian people suffer have not succeeded and claims the share of russian rubles in international transactions has in fact doubled. we will, you know, any more breaking news from that particular story now. still to come, there was trial of a four day week has been branded a major breakthrough by most companies following, the pilot. are we all just becoming a little bit work shy? we're going to be talking about that in just a moment. but first of all, my panel here, delighted to be panel here, i'm delighted to be joined political joined by political editor of the express lister and the daily express sam lister and former mp steven pound. former labour mp steven pound. thank you both very much for joining me. let's start

joining me. now, let's start with she is on the front pages of all the papers still today with the headline you can rest now nick as as dust settles on this it the news that none of us wanted sam and everybody has come out of this badly he feels the police the armchair detectives . i would say even the detectives. i would say even the family haven't fared well by giving that personal information about nick. what's your take on it now ? it's just utterly tragic it now? it's just utterly tragic , isn't it? let you say that there were no there are no good things to come out of this. it just it just is awful. i think that the statement the family yesterday , i mean, you could yesterday, i mean, you could just feel the visceral , couldn't just feel the visceral, couldn't you? and that the anger and i mean you can completely in sum that you'd have to have a heart stone to not sympathise with the family at this time and how they must be feeling with the intent . focus has on them from. . focus has been on them from. from the mainstream media. and from social media. armchair it's

been made difficult. i would say . there is a distinction between those who've been out there doing this for tick tock and people from. newspapers like mine and the tv channels , mine and the tv channels, because, you know, we do not take it lightly. we are trained to do these kinds of things. obviously sometimes it can go you can slightly cause upset when you didn't mean it has been making me reflect on my time before into politics and the journalism i did then when i used to speak to families were in a state of after something tragedy had happened and it was always a really distressing thing to have to do. but what i did learn actually some families do like to talk because they want to how they feel , the want to how they feel, the person they've lost. and so actually it's not as simple as just saying you should just stay away. because actually some families do to have the families do like to have the opportunity , share their opportunity, share their thoughts , their family thoughts about, their family members. and it's interesting . members. and it's interesting. yeah, i was interesting. yeah, i thought was interesting. sam that family in

sam that the family in particular really chose to criticise itv and sky news yeah they they did actually criticise they they did actually criticise the digital warriors the armchair sleuths that didn't criticise them they criticise them the establishment mainstream . yeah. yeah but mainstream. yeah. yeah but i think there's been , i think think there's been, i think clearly with those two specific cases, i think were contacted directly by those two channels wanting to sound after they'd kind of asked for it to be to be left alone. i think that's where the issue was. but that's how i understand that anyway. i think the there is also some difficulty because people are conflating the media and social media and actually they made comments about that the way her partner has been treated in this and as far as i understand that has been social media, it hasn't been through the printed press and the tv channels. yes and so i think there is a little bit of conflation who's printing what and who's saying what. that's

right. everyone's a publisher now, isn't it, into the very interesting cultural phenomenon , in a way, stephen, we've got this brief , these two little this brief, these two little girls who've their mother . girls who've lost their mother. but very interesting but it's been very interesting for us point of view for us of social point of view in terms of like sam was saying about the fact that you've got the mainstream media working almost in competition with those people with their own youtube channels , with their own tickets channels, with their own tickets on their doorstep. the family, didn't must didn't they? and that must brutal. i think you're brutal. and i think you're absolutely right. you're one of the few people who's actually talked little girls talked the two little girls here. these are here. yeah, i mean, these are two girls, i think. what's two young girls, i think. what's it? seven and nine. seven and nine. i mean, how awful must that be for them? and if only could them the could just allow them in the space. but, know, i think space. but, you know, i think sam's sometimes people do sam's right sometimes people do actually need to know about this. but thing about this this. but the thing about this particular was the particular case, it was the normalcy think this is normalcy of it. i think this is a dropping the kids at a woman dropping the kids at school, going for a walk with dog. it was so normal and i think that's what resonated with people. think equally , i people. but i think equally, i think should all a think we should all have a moment , a think we should all have a moment, a pause to think we should all have a moment , a pause to reflection moment, a pause to reflection

and just think did the and just think did we as the pubuc and just think did we as the public do the right thing, did we spend much time this? we spend much time pushing this? because social media reflects the public the public reflects social media. you see, that raises the issue. if it was a missing persons case, which it out with family wanted to raise awareness we wanted to help , awareness we wanted to help, wanted to raise awareness. we wanted to raise awareness. we wanted people may have been driving down, pumping gas to look at that dash cam footage and maybe that was the conflict that the police had because they knew because visited the house days earlier that perhaps was somebody that was at risk of taking their own life. well, people always ask for that, but at this very moment, people always ask for that, but at this very moment , there's a at this very moment, there's a young woman and a baby and, her partner, who may be camping in a tent in kent, who'd been missing the part of months now. the best part of two months now. why hordes of people. why there? hordes of people. this woman this is the woman semi aristocratic. yes . yeah, aristocratic. yes, yes. yeah, indeed. you know, with indeed. yeah. you know, with a chap who is a convicted sex offender. yeah. who'd from the united states. they've had a baby. come burst into baby. they come burst into flames them. and you know , flames on them. and you know, that horrific a case

that is just as horrific a case in many ways. and yet there they are. camping in the woods are. maybe camping in the woods somewhere. there's somewhere. you know, there's nobody for nobody helping and looking for them. it's because them. and i think it's because nicola is gay, it was the nicola bulley is gay, it was the normalcy. yeah, wasn't it. is it. yeah you're right actually. it's these it's funny how some of these cases attached attract the pubuc cases attached attract the public attention in the that public attention in the way that others think others simply do not. i think the difference being that particular gone particular woman who's gone missing feeling is that missing, the feeling is that she's the architect of, own she's the architect of, her own escape, she has got form. escape, and she has got form. yeah, exactly . so i think yeah, exactly. so i think probably with this case, you know, a lot of women i think the reason it captivated us so much is she was a mum. she was walking dog, she went out walking the dog, she went out and school run and then she and did school run and then she just vanished into thin air. yeah. and of course. been yeah. and of course. it's been incredibly moving for all of us. we just want to bring bit of we just want to bring a bit of breaking for you. we've breaking news for you. we've been you all morning been telling you all morning about his state about a putin giving his state of the nation address the kremlin. we're going to just show you some of the pictures on that at the moment . show you some of the pictures on that at the moment. is this concerning to steven pound on

the day after biden flew into , the day after biden flew into, kate to see putin take it to the stage? they should would be worried. well, i mean, the two facts are connected because it's the anniversary but i was quite surprised president surprised to hear from president putin that whole ukrainian putin that this whole ukrainian invasion and slaughter and bloodbath is, in fact, our fault . it's us that are responsible for it. and i think this man is utterly and when i saw it come up on gb news that there was a standing ovation, i thought, well, what a surprise guys imagine if you didn't have a standing ovation, you be some six four bloke with, you six foot four bloke with, you know, kalashnikov behind know, with a kalashnikov behind you. look, it worries me because what he's talking about is being in the however in there for the long. however i think the fact that he's having to does confirm the to say that does confirm the rumours we've all rumours that we've all been heanng rumours that we've all been hearing you from your own hearing you know from your own security to about security correspondent to about the the fissures the splits and the fissures within the kremlin and particularly the wagner group now saying military now saying that the military aren't giving them the ammunition. i, i cannot see continuing for much longer. but what i can see is a horrible sort of frozen that we might get

. but what we're looking at here is president putin trying to galvanise his country's you say being in it for the long haul. he's addressing parliament he's been addressing parliament in first in moscow for the first time since in ukraine. since his invasion in ukraine. of course , he told lawmakers of course, he told lawmakers this morning western countries have sanctions on russia have imposed sanctions on russia to its people suffer. but to make its people suffer. but he said it had not succeeded. moscow's economy, he says, is much stronger than they thought. he's also blamed western countries for the escalation of war in ukraine, saying that they to turn the conflict into a global confrontation with russia. putin claimed the existence of russia is at stake that he will do everything to return peace, to his country . return peace, to his country. vladimir putin that he would provide the families of fallen soldiers with a special fund saying that he understood how unbearably hard. it is for the relatives of soldiers died fighting in ukraine. some mr. i think it's interesting that he

has mentioned that the families of the fallen soldiers because i think this is where his biggest problem lies in that actually that the kind of west the russia v west is a very powerful thing on sides. you know, we as the west feel very much that russia is a threat and vice versa . but is a threat and vice versa. but when you've got parents in russia whose sons are being killed in the way that they are for a war, that people are really convinced is the right one. and that's where his problem lies. so it's interesting that he specifically that point, but i think his point to point about sanctions is actually very phoney. when you magnitsky you think of magnitsky litvinenko times that we litvinenko all the times that we could have imposed sanctions, you know think swiss you know think of the swiss poisoning you okay thank poisoning you didn't. okay thank you still to come you both. right. still to come this workers less this morning, workers feel less stressed and productive . a stressed and more productive. a three day weekend, the biggest trial , a four three day weekend, the biggest trial, a four day week has been branded a major breakthrough by most companies following a pilot . all we will be coming. lazy is this a sign of things to come

after morning's news with tamsin roberts . beth you it's 1033 roberts. beth you it's 1033 here. the headlines from the gb news room. the prime minister's unden news room. the prime minister's under. as speculation mounts over a possible deal on the northern protocol arrived for a meeting cabinet members were asked if they support rishi sunak following reports ministers resign if northern ireland's place in the union is put at risk. the foreign secretary , james cleverly and secretary, james cleverly and the eu's amorous sefcovic are due to hold in—person talks this week after what was described as a productive video discussion . a productive video discussion. earlier, under—secretary of state for women maria caulfield told us the prime minister is determined to resolve the issue . russia's president has accused the west trying to acquire limitless power in a major speech on the war in ukraine.

vladimir putin says sanctions which were designed to make russians suffer have failed because economy is stronger than the west had anticipated. he also vowed to continue the war, strengthening his army and navy . meanwhile, two former prime ministers are urging government to send fighter jets to ukraine. liz truss and boris johnson say air support is despot needed to win the war, which began almost a year ago when russia invaded the country . last week the the country. last week the defence secretary wallace suggested it could . years before suggested it could. years before the uk sends planes to kyiv. suggested it could. years before the uk sends planes to kyiv . the the uk sends planes to kyiv. the turkey—syria border has been hit by another earthquake two weeks after huge tremors , the region after huge tremors, the region killing more than 47,000 people. the latest quake of magnitude 6.4 has killed at least six people. almost hundred others were injured injured . tv online

were injured injured. tv online , dab+ radio. this is gb news. back to bev now . now i can't back to bev now. now i can't really talk because i work a four day week, but i'm to be debating the pros and cons of that in just a few. see you then

very good morning. it's 1038. this is bev very good morning. it's1038. this is bev turner today gb news. so the world's biggest trial of a four day week has been branded a breakthrough by most companies. been branded a breakthrough by most companies . the pilot. most companies. the pilot. around 61 organisations took part in the trial , reduced their part in the trial, reduced their working hours for all by 20% over six months. this included no reduction in wages for employees. so to debate the pros and cons of this, i'm joined by callum research at the think tank autonomy and alex proud entrepreneur , owner of proud entrepreneur, owner of proud nights .

entrepreneur, owner of proud nights. right. let me come to you first, jack. why is this a good thing, isn't it? just because everybody who's very youngis because everybody who's very young is very lazy and can't cope with a five day week not at all. so in the uk we have a real with burnout and overwork our workforce and it's hitting not just employees wellbeing but taking that productivity to what we saw through with trial companies moving to a shorter week was not only did know about stress, decreased knowledge of workers burnout, decreased audio, dry problems decrease, but we saw company revenue go up against the comparison peers conventional was before we saw resignation of staff and these companies decrease compared to pnor companies decrease compared to prior to the trial so we saw a win win work as a business it's not about people being lazy. it's going to be more productive if but how is that possible? how is it possible that the companies became more profitable with people working for with people only working for four days so as part of moving towards shorter working these companies and their workers took

on a review of their working practises so i thought about how they could be more efficient in they could be more efficient in the time they had, but that was cutting down on meetings, arranging rest shift patterns or work more efficiently. work processes more efficiently. it chance like it was a real chance like an audit, working practises audit, about working practises and i saw the benefits of that. i like said, not just with i like you said, not just with the in of the workers, but in terms of business performance as well . so business performance as well. so just imagine how much profit they'd could they'd make if they could execute sorts changes execute those sorts of changes over day week. so they'd over a five day week. so they'd be making fortune. i'm right be making a fortune. i'm right on alex. proud yeah. so i on tie, alex. proud yeah. so i was about to say i'm not sure why you can't audit your work process and there were meetings at 20 working flag day the other thing i noticed we didn't say profit you said increased revenue but that was probably because the last comparison example taken during, because the last comparison example taken during , wasn't example was taken during, wasn't it? which probably more to do with it. i'm going. it? which probably more to do with it. i'm going . the rest of with it. i'm going. the rest of what you said was all the people involved in the trial. i the people not working four day weeks loved and is saying turkeys voting but christmas comes to mind of course people

are working this time. i mean i'd like to work four days a week when you said the biggest problem, great britain is burnout and overwork and stress. that is, i with due respect, complete nonsense . country faces complete nonsense. country faces have productivity epidemic nightmare are appallingly unproductive , got less unproductive, got less productive recently since since lockdown probably the worst thing you could do this country is reach 20% of the working time we, the bankrupt person of , the we, the bankrupt person of, the oecd right now we has a gdp growing faster than ours when it's in the middle of a war and sanctions. we are shockingly in a bad place economy whether it's pubuc a bad place economy whether it's public services the, nhs the police or private moving their listings to american and french in amsterdam stock markets . this in amsterdam stock markets. this country is failing . what's going country is failing. what's going to do right now is productivity. further i think what we need to do in this country is work out what's going wrong with us. why are people burnt out? why are people unsatisfied? i think it's

a very easy solutions. people unsatisfied? i think it's a very easy solutions . turn a very easy solutions. turn around and say they want to work . that isn't going to work for decades and say thank you, alex. it's very hard to argue with that and really isn't it just this idea that everyone's stress test? well, you know what? life can be hard. they don't people don't know real stress now, do they? at 23 years old, straight out of university , going for a out of university, going for a cushy job in the media and going , i don't want to work five days because i'm straight still only get to work full so that companies involved in this weren't just young people in media companies. we had breweries involved. we had forms of hospitality. we had construction companies , quite a construction companies, quite a wide range of age demographics . wide range of age demographics. look, right. look, alex is right. productivity in uk is a real productivity in the uk is a real problem, but we're looking work stress and the figures we get from the authorities like health and safety executive show me my of working time we lose so it's poor physical health amongst workers so i mean we can pretend that it's not grounded in reality but it's being black

time and time again across these trials know it's not just the workers want to a shorter working week so bosses you right and they're not going to keep it unless seeing a positive unless they're seeing a positive impact businesses impact on their businesses balance hard to get around balance is hard to get around the world right? yeah this is this is to push forward though. listen, the reason i'm bringing in age this is because i do in age into this is because i do have great deal of sympathy for parents. i have a lot of sympathy, particularly when you've got young you're trying to juggle . i mean, ijoke about to juggle. i mean, ijoke about the fact that i, i do a four day working week. well, of course, my friday spent sat at my friday isn't spent sat at home flicking through netflix the millennials might be doing you know my friday i'm catching up admin the up on the admin doing the laundry emailing the i'm doing all stuff that parents have all the stuff that parents have to do you might have a bit of sympathy maybe. alex if we kind of age , oh of delineated this over age, oh i mean, i have loads of sympathy , loads of people. i, you know , , loads of people. i, you know, but members feel quite, you know, one of the perhaps the only good things to ever come

from from covid is i'm completely five a member of staff says i've got parents day i've got my child home it's all time can i do a couple of days on scheme i don't like zoom full time because i think when we all work we're much more creative. when far off each i change when far off each other i change being at work because i like the people don't let them people i work. don't let them hear way. but hear that, by the way. but i enjoyed at work. it's meant to be really for you. i think it's all for being home and i'm totally fine. if someone voluntarily. i have senior voluntarily. i have a senior member of staff wants to join and says i want to get paid to work a day week because work a full day week because childcare rangers why i'm way off i've got various women who've worked for me for two or three days a week because they may have childcare arrangements that make much that make that much more suitable. flexible i'm suitable. let's be flexible i'm talking about well paying people the same amount of money that i paid on five days work, four days. that's what i'm saying. flexible policy, intelligence, sense , privacy, caring about sense, privacy, caring about your staff , those are important your staff, those are important things. i'm not paying the same amount of money for five days as

for four days. that's basically getting ripped off. i'm sorry. go you want to go on, jack. i see you want to come in? that's fine. let's just talk about so in terms of flexibility, across the flexibility, so across the companies involved here, it's rules a single day rules that a single a four day working is implemented . so working week is implemented. so companies to companies have a choice to design work. while some design best work. so while some have a full day many have taken a full day off, many others were to stagger across different we our different days. we reduce our hours sundays as this hours to sundays as this morning. really morning. that's what's really interesting moving forward. i also say companies weren't getting ripped off. they were getting ripped off. they were getting the same productive fatigue that got for five fatigue that i got for five days. those four days, days. within those four days, you have a increases. they saw benefits across their workplace. this wasn't a case of people starving. i flew a single day. i think many people will that they started to enjoy work more once they less time. this time they had less time. this time away from it. this is my home saying buy time at work. not getting from it. okay getting distracted from it. okay all right, thanks, guys. great debates , calum. the research at debates, calum. the research at the think tank autonomy and alex owner of a proud night of which i am quite familiar now then we

are we want to bring you the latest from russia we've got russian president putin making a key state address in moscow this morning ahead of the one year anniversary of russia's of ukraine. he told lawmakers so far that western countries have imposed sanctions on russia to make its people suffer . but he make its people suffer. but he said it had not succeeded that moscow's economy is now much stronger than they thought , has stronger than they thought, has also blamed western countries for the escalation of the war in ukraine, saying that they sought to turn the conflict into a global confrontation with russia. putin claimed the existence of russia is at stake and that he will do everything to return peace to his right after 11. we're going to be talking about these 15 minute cities and whether the health and environmental benefits they bnng and environmental benefits they bring are remotely realistic. but first, my panel arestill here with me this morning. i'm joined political editor of the daily express, sam lister, and former mp stephen, thank

former labour mp stephen, thank you for joining former labour mp stephen, thank you forjoining me. right, sam, let's your piece in the let's come to your piece in the daily today. page two hrt cuts a t £20 a year on the nhs. daily today. page two hrt cuts a t £20 a year on the nhs . good at £20 a year on the nhs. good news for women. it's great news . women, i think you can save about £200 a year. it depends on what kind of formulation of hrt is wrong, but it can cost women t 0 £18 a month is wrong, but it can cost women to £18 a month under the is wrong, but it can cost women t 0 £18 a month under the current to £18 a month under the current system. from april, you can buy one of these certificates costing you the same as one month's double prescription . so month's double prescription. so £18, i think it's 8970 that will actually the whole 12 months you can get as much as you need different formulations whether patches or other types of hrt and it will see you through for four years. so huge saving for women. i know that speaking to people in government they see this is a very important you see any women in government they want to that they are actually a government that is on the side of women and this is kind of like a big kind of announcement.

we call it , that actually makes we call it, that actually makes a difference people's daily a difference to people's daily load. yeah, because recently there was an mp tried to push through menopause, through making menopause, putting same level as putting on the same level as maternity leave you have time off work. it didn't get through the of commons. off work. it didn't get through the of commons . maria the house of commons. maria caulfield, the minister for women said the government had women, said the government had made support made menopause support top priority. think , a much priority. this i think, a much more sensible way it more sensible way of doing it rather than allowing when you've got of the got more experience of the menopause. is menopause. steven pound is this because life at because coming to your life at all, not a participant ? you all, not a participant? you know, men can periods according to the nhs so anything. yeah but that's only in scotland but but no i mean but what i do know is, you know people, are very, very close to me, you know, have patches and i think it's quite remarkable . one of the things remarkable. one of the things that you from an outsider, that you know from an outsider, if like, is the impact of if you like, is the impact of the menopause can be dramatically some dramatically different. some people with people just sail through with some crippling. and some people it's crippling. and also seems to also the age spectrum seems to be extraordinary . i thought be extraordinary. i thought it would sort like the late would be sort of like the late forties fifties around. in fact, it it can be it can be earlier. it can be later. so anything that a

later. so anything that life a little easier maybe this little bit easier maybe this kind of links in with the four day working as well day working week as well because. forget, some because. don't forget, some people couldn't to work. people simply couldn't to work. that's of that's right. and it's one of those topics, it, that those topics, isn't it, that nobody about really. and nobody talks about really. and then years then in the last couple years helped davina mccall helped largely by davina mccall tv presenter who's done a lot of work on and has actually work on this and has actually written a book about it recently. like the last recently. it feels like the last taboo been smashed open, taboo has been smashed open, really, glad really, doesn't it? i'm glad we're about. we're talking about. yeah, i think, you for older women think, you know, for older women in the workplace, you often hit that kind point in your that kind of point in your professional you're professional career. you're actually top actually getting to the top of your game actually the your game and actually the menopause, as stephen said, can be crippling some women. so actually, know , we can have actually, you know, we can have things like this to help women who are struggling, then i think that's all the good. and i think actually if you are somebody who is, say, a diabetic or has long term health needs, you get your prescription costs reduced . and prescription costs reduced. and so it's simply kind of put in this on a on a level without really. yeah, quite right, too, i think. and it's also the argument, i mean, menstruation an issue here too and sanitary

products, it's actually no way they had vat charged they should have had vat charged on i hope that we've on them. and i hope that we've now on that. and we now moved on from that. and we can know, we can can actually you know, we can talk about wasn't all talk about these. it wasn't all that long ago. there's we that long ago. there's no we could mentioned these on could have mentioned these on back certainly, you know, back and certainly, you know, we wouldn't bloke wouldn't expect you know bloke of to be talking about it of my age to be talking about it but we've moved on a little bit, maybe a little glimmer of hope of you're of progressiveness you're a modern steve pound you modern man, steve pound well you only cos you give me a hard time if i wasn't huh. no i think it's a really good story and a really good news story and i think government. think actually the government. i'm it on page i'm glad you've got it on page two of your paper, sam, you i think the government should take quite credit this quite a lot of credit for this actually. they've, they've been getting a hard time. everything we a glimmer good we can see a glimmer of good news doing one thing news that the doing one thing right is an right then this this is an example this you've been example of this you've been getting with your views getting in touch with your views racist. is the four racist. this is about the four day week grossed day working week grossed domestic is more domestic happiness is more important than gross domestic product. should product. surely we should be aiming at all unless aiming to not work at all unless we to. we're not work we want to. we're not to work the a week. go ahead if the 40 hours a week. go ahead if you but don't stop you want to. but don't stop people. you know there's more to

life than working. work is good for you. race purpose good for you. race purpose is good for. was dying to him for. you. i was dying to ask him on what people do their on that. what people do on their day because i can promise day off because i can promise you a lot of a lot of them will just and watch about telly nothing so i'm nothing wrong with that so i'm going news right south going to gb news right south park. whether you park. i don't know whether you familiar south park. familiar with south park. stephen i identify with stephen pounds i identify with one in particular. one character in particular. it's like satirical it's a satirical like satirical cartoon. it's bacon america have. listen this. it's have. a listen to this. it's been several now since our beloved died, beloved queen has died, our canadians are finding it hard to go on canadians. that is except for guests, the prince for our first guests, the prince and wife, mary, we love and his wife, mary, we love their their . thanks for having their their. thanks for having us on the show it's awesome the be cry okay now if you don't need to explain who that was meant to be, that was a meghan markle and prince harry moaning about the attention that they just didn't want. it's brilliant, isn't it we need satire time like this some satire at a time like this some she's upset apparently harry and meghan's casting an meghan's lawyers are casting an eye. shouldn't say shade. eye. i shouldn't say shade. they're upset it they're both upset about it they're casting an and

they're casting an eye and wondering this legal wondering about what this legal action i what action against them i mean what are they never you know are they never upset, you know just upset. and they're just always upset. and they're always legal. and always considering legal. and you think, really you just think, is this really what life? you what wanted from your life? you know, play about know, you made this play about going your private life going to have your private life as private citizens and all i can tell you is engage in legal action, whingeing frankly the press. yes, they want a case against against the mail, didn't they? not the kind of things that you think about as a newspaper editors all people getting worried and thinking doesit getting worried and thinking does it put you off. i mean actually the law changed a while ago about privacy and it's completely changed the way newspapers cover certain stories and newspapers are incredibly careful now. and if look at the kind of stories we do now compared say 25 years compared to say 25 years ago, i mean, it's just a completely different landscape . but i think different landscape. but i think with these two, i think, you know, if you're taking if you're considering legal action against south really got to south park, you've really got to have look at your values you have a look at your values you know, always been raucous, know, it's always been raucous, anarchic it's famous for anarchic carter it's famous for lampooning famous people,

celebrities , and it's done it celebrities, and it's done it for a quarter of a century you know, and if they can't take a little bit of mild joshing on a carter you you have to wonder what's wrong really they're monetising grievous so they really intruded. yeah nothing would depress them more than not being lampooned by south park or the or whatever. i don't know. but i don't i just really, really wonder where they're going with it obviously touched a nerve, didn't it. yeah well, fair play to south park , you fair play to south park, you know they clearly very thin skinned. they want everything on their terms. skinned. they want everything on theirterms. it skinned. they want everything on their terms. it feels they want to be able to have their cake and eat . to be able to have their cake and eat. never has that phrase been more with these two, but that would be a gluten free, egg free choice . great joy free cake free choice. great joy free cake but no i think could could they have handled this differently, do you think, stephen, given the kind of pr disaster that now recovering from , do you know recovering from, do you know what they could have done is perfectly simple. just have. that's funny. yeah

that's really funny. yeah you know, actually it and know, just actually take it and just it. they can't laugh just enjoy it. they can't laugh at themselves. no, it's not. that's their fatal flaw. these two. and that's the problem because as brits, that is our number one hobby isn't really laughing at and being self—deprecating eating, you know, joshing with each other . know, joshing with each other. and you know, it of and i think, you know, it of upsets us when we when we see this happening because you just think actually, you know, think well actually, you know, come cartoon not from come on it's a cartoon not from yorkshire , but one of the famous yorkshire, but one of the famous back. so, you know, johnny, the yorkshire batsman has got a exactly like that and of course all over the twitter things in yorkshire what's jonny yorkshire they say what's jonny bairstow lampooned yorkshire they say what's jonny baisomething lampooned yorkshire they say what's jonny baisomething know lampooned yorkshire they say what's jonny baisomething know you mpooned yorkshire they say what's jonny baisomething know you know1ed yorkshire they say what's jonny baisomething know you know and on something know you know and prince said by prince harry could done said by the it's me jonny bat the way it's me not jonny bat you can i ask you both of you know can i ask you both of your thoughts we reflecting in the like to people the inboxes like to people talking about this four day working good idea some working week so a good idea some might dream it. might be the dream wouldn't it. he wouldn't a four work he wouldn't live a four day work full for days. oh full time you work for days. oh well yeah. i mean i work can use it. have in the office. yeah it. we have in the office. yeah well paul can tell you how many hours i love my job and so there is a difference between working

enormous hours and enormous amounts of hours and loving your job and in a job loving yourjob and in a job that you hate and being forced to work in enormous amounts hours. i think it's a very different thing, isn't it? and i think it really depends. i went to i went out for a drink on sunday night and at 8:00 they said, oh, orders were said, oh, lost orders were closing, a fork. and closing, it's a fork. and i said, oh, there's no there's no demand. and they said, actually is staff work. so is because the staff work. so many on a friday and many hours on a friday and saturday we should eight saturday that we should at eight to have the kind of to let them have the kind of night thought, well night off. and i thought, well you know actually demand you know actually the demand is not night not there on sunday night perhaps and the staff have worked really hard. maybe, maybe the could you the employer could drink. you know really worrying know what's really worrying about this is this there's a class here when you're class divide here when you're talking food, you're talking about the food, you're not factory. not talking about a factory. you're talking about port you're not talking about port talbot. you couldn't have a steelworks car factory. the steelworks or a car factory. the classic on this was classic work on this was actually done in manchester which up north which is the city up north somewhere have cotton somewhere where they have cotton mills used have mills and they used to have a thing called the golden and thing called the golden hour and idea that if you had a 50 or idea was that if you had a 50 or 60 hour working the profit 60 hour working week, the profit was achieved was actually achieved in the last of interesting right

last period of interesting right you the next few you guys right the next few moments i'm going to be hearing from the year old who i'm from the 12 year old who i'm calling the thunberg calling the anti thunberg protests place against 50 minute cities this weekend due . i don't cities this weekend due. i don't want to miss this the two minute alex deakin here with your latest weather update. another dry, cloudy and mild day for most today, but we are going to see a change by that's because of this cold front tucked in ahead of it. we've got the mild air. that's why temperatures are above today. but behind it is blue suggesting the air weather will be pushing across the country tonight. and but it's not yet. so for most places it is another mild but cloudy day. some holes in the cloud. northeast england and particularly northeast scotland, where we're seeing a bit of sunshine. but generally staying fairly drab, perhaps little brighter over east wales and south east england this afternoon. weather front afternoon. that weather front will bring some rain will eventually bring some rain to west isles. as to the west isles. but as i said, ahead of it, it is mild. the temperature is not quite high as yesterday, but still 10

to maybe or 14. in to 12, maybe 13 or 14. in aberdeenshire, the rain will push western scotland and push into western scotland and northern through this northern ireland through this evening will picking evening. winds will be picking up well , right? not up here as well, right? not particularly it will particularly heavy, but it will spreading into parts of southern scotland, northern england and wales through the night. so things damp in west things turning damp in the west and we could see a few showers across the south—east east anglia by the the night anglia by the end of the night as another pretty mild as well. another pretty mild one. the colder is coming in one. but the colder is coming in to the northwest. so temperatures by dawn, temperatures here by dawn, getting one or two getting down to one or two degrees celsius a cold field degrees celsius and a cold field tomorrow for scotland in northern be northern ireland. but will be some sunshine, start . some sunshine, a great start. england wales with some england and wales with some outbreaks rain, most outbreaks of rain, in fact most of the looking fairly dull of the day looking fairly dull and of course, east anglia and down. of course, east anglia in brightening up in the southeast, brightening up over the midlands and wales, just or two scattered just one or two scattered showers, some sunny spells for northern england and the showers stunning wintry over northern scotland the scotland, chiefly over the hills, but some wintry weather down to levels . it could down to lower levels. it could turn on wednesday night and turn icy on wednesday night and into thursday morning . still into thursday morning. still some outbreaks of rain across east anglia the southeast of east anglia in the southeast of link into thursday morning. but

clearer skies elsewhere and a hint of blue. the charts, yes, frosts become a thing once more later week as things turn a little colder, there should be some sunny spells .

to its 11:00 on tuesday, the 21st in february. i'm bev turner we've been bringing you live of putin talking in and spelling out his ambition for the war in ukraine . we'll have expert ukraine. we'll have expert analysis in just a moment. ukraine. we'll have expert analysis in just a moment . also, analysis in just a moment. also, 15 minute cities. the solution to the climate crisis over gross suffocation of your freedom to travel. what on earth is happening to our farmers? they are struggling . make a profit are struggling. make a profit whilst putting food on our plates. good news . the plates. good news. the government are providin g £168 government are providing £168 million. but will it be enough to our much loved . and good

to our much loved. and good morning. my guests will be back with me as in other news, actor jude law becomes father for the seventh time to four women. do we have double standards when it comes and children the comes to men and children the amount they have. me amount that they have. let me know you on that and know what you think on that and all the other stories this. morning. email me, gbviews@gbnews.uk but first, let's to date with let's get you up to date with what's here around what's happening here and around the tamsin roberts . the world with. tamsin roberts. thank you. good morning . from thank you. good morning. from the gb newsroom. it's 11:01. thank you. good morning. from the gb newsroom. it's11:01. the the gb newsroom. it's 11:01. the prime minister's under pressure. as speculation mounts a possible deal on the northern ireland protocol. arrive ing for a meeting. cabinet members were asked if they support rishi sunak. asked if they support rishi sunak . following reports, sunak. following reports, ministers could resign if northern place in the union is at risk. earlier undersecretary of state maria kofi told us the

prime minister is determined to resolve the issue . our priority resolve the issue. our priority is trying to get this right for the people of northern and you know , the prime minister has met know, the prime minister has met with the dp, for example, are happy with elements of it . and happy with elements of it. and you what? now to try and you know what? now to try and get those negotiations , a place get those negotiations, a place where we can get an agreement on this and can make progress. shadow environment secretary mcmahon told gb news the conservatives need to put national first. there is no point to have an agreement that doesn't work in practise that doesn't work in practise that doesn't allow the of goods across the border. we need to make sure that those are in place and it can be workable in practise and so far we have from the government is in the practical policies of how it will work. we just hear the squabbling place this squabbling taking place in this place conservatives place where the conservatives are own internal are in their own internal disputes said, look at the disputes and said, look at the national interest. and what labour's is it's for labour's saying is it's time for the country. having agreement, of course that work in of course that can work in practise get it through practise and get it through that. in only have that. if people in not only have to to russia is its

to build to russia is its participation in the nuclear arms treaty with the united states. vladimir putin made the announcement during a major speech on the war in ukraine where he also accused the west of trying to acquire limitless power. he sanctions which were designed to make russians suffer have failed because the economy is stronger than western powers anticipated . he also vowed to anticipated. he also vowed to continue war, strengthening his army and navy . meanwhile, two army and navy. meanwhile, two former prime ministers are urging government to send fighterjets urging government to send fighter jets . urging government to send fighterjets . ukraine. liz truss fighterjets. ukraine. liz truss and boris johnson say air support is desperately needed to win the war. began almost a year ago when russia invaded the country . last week the defence country. last week the defence secretary ben wallace suggested it could be years before the uk sends planes to kyiv. former head the british army lord richard dannatt told gb news the call for jets needs to be practical . i think it's much

practical. i think it's much more practical for countries that own and operate f—16s . they that own and operate f—16s. they are a little bit more user friendly, if you like than a typhoon . the uk operates on the typhoon. the uk operates on the f—35 so we have a virtually small number, although we're operating off our aircraft carriers . so, yes, it's a carriers. so, yes, it's a reasonable call to put pressure on countries to give some fast jets , but it's not going to jets, but it's not going to happen quickly . the uk has happen quickly. the uk has reportedly spent more than happen quickly. the uk has reportedly spent more tha n £50 reportedly spent more than £50 billion extra on gas since russia's invasion of ukraine. the costs were analysed by advisory organisation an energy and climate intelligence unit. it's after the international monetary fund said british households have been hit harder by the energy crisis than any other west and european country because of the uk's dependence on imported gas. police are facing over the way they handled their investigation into nicola

bowley, the body of the missing mother of two, was found in river wyre on sunday. more than three weeks after she disappeared police describe the search as extremely complex and highly emotional . former met highly emotional. former met police detective peter blakeslee told gb news the investigation has not been up scratch. i'm going to have to take a very long look at how they conducted all of this not only the investigation but very much the community action. and i hope that the wider british police . that the wider british police. take some lessons from , all of take some lessons from, all of this because quite frankly if you get the messaging wrong , you get the messaging wrong, people don't believe you. they're not going to trust you. investigations and that, i think is part of the reason why so many people turned . so mark was many people turned. so mark was a lot the turkey syria border has been hit by. another earthquake two weeks after huge tremors rocked the region,

killing more 47,000 people. the latest quake of magnitude 6.4 has killed at least six people. almost 300 others were injured . almost 300 others were injured. founder of the global relief trust, shahida rahman , says trust, shahida rahman, says people are still shaken by the previous earthquake tonight in several not only in haiti , but several not only in haiti, but also in neighbouring cities such as adama and gaziantep . people as adama and gaziantep. people rushed to the all stations to get petrol and gas to their cars and they slipped in their cars . and they slipped in their cars. some of them even tried to drive to the outskirts of the cities or , to other regions, safer or, to other regions, safer regions and the aftershocks are still ongoing. unfortunately in the region and the trauma is still going on. women benefit from cheaper menopause treatment as part of a new scheme to cut prescription costs . the prescription costs. the government says women prescribed hormone replacement therapy will be able to get a year's worth of

treatment for just under £20. the changes will come in april with women also being able to use a certificate for prescription items, including patches and tablets . this is gb patches and tablets. this is gb news more for me shortly. now though is back to beth . though is back to beth. it's 1107. the russian press and vladimir putin has addressed delegates in moscow in a key state address ahead of the one year anniversary of russia's of ukraine. he was on his feet for nearly 2 hours. putin announced that russia has suspended its party's a patient in a strategic offensive treaty so that systems arms reduction treaty that is between the us and russia that was signed in 2002. he also that russia needs to be ready to test nuclear weapons if the us does

so first. he also said that western sanctions designed make the russian people suffer. had succeeded. and claims that the share of russian rubles in international transactions has actually doubled . senior fellow actually doubled. senior fellow at the russia and eurasia program at chatham house, keir giles joins me now. good keir , giles joins me now. good keir, you've been watching the speech this morning. you've been watching the speech this morning . how significant is this morning. how significant is it that russia is pulling out of this arms treaty ? it's this arms treaty? it's important, but it's not unexpected. not only does this follow a trend of russia pulling of arms control treaties when it feels it's in an advantageous position to so. but also, of course, the precursors for this have been in place for some time. the warnings from the united have been that united states have been that russia was not in compliance with the treaty. it's interesting, the excuse that president putin settled for president putin has settled for wanting the rationale wanting to review the rationale behind this treaty. he's pointing at the uk and france as countries that ought be brought into strategic arms of this

kind. but in general it's just part of an overall pattern of russia being less and less of the audience. the kremlin on their feet giving putin standing ovation . and are we likely think ovation. and are we likely think that they they believe him? or is it simply , as my guest, is it simply, as my guest, steven pound, was saying, that they have no choice but to support him. well, those are both true. of course, there be people who believe what president says in this fantasy , president says in this fantasy, that he's created this complete mirror image of what's actually happening in the real . if you happening in the real. if you look at the first 20 minutes of his speech, where it's this familiar recital of all his grievances against the west , the grievances against the west, the reasons for the current war in ukraine that the 180 degree opposite of what is actually happenedin opposite of what is actually happened in real life. but of course, people don't have course, within people don't have the amount of access to the the same amount of access to the information about what's happening. then, course happening. but then, of course they have to back putin in this and the standing ovation will

not just the threats not just be for the threats against the west not for the world's language about nuclear weapons, bio labs. so . it's weapons, bio labs. and so. it's also of the economic also for all of the economic measures that he's announced , measures that he's announced, also for all of the fine detail how russia is doing. so at the moment and its economy thriving and it will make people wealthier. there's a big element to speech that is about a to this speech that is about a very mundane details of how the russian economy progressing, as opposed to of the really quite dramatic language that he used against ukraine and against the west. how is the russian economy doing? kyiv because i don't think it's doing as badly as people expected it to. is it ? it people expected it to. is it? it depends which people you're talking about. now, some people expected immediate dramatic effects western against effects from western against russia following the invasion the february invasion of ukraine last year. but they were never designed have an immediate impact and of course some that was mitigated russia's was mitigated by russia's revenues. the fact that for some time countries were still buying oil and and propping up the oil and gas and propping up the economy and providing sources of

revenue that supposed to be revenue that was supposed to be cut the sanctions. but cut off by the sanctions. but most economists agree that the long is going to be long term effect is going to be far the problem, of far greater. the problem, of course , is president putin, course, is that president putin, in speech pointing at the in his speech pointing at the western sanctions, says being western sanctions, he says being intended make citizens suffer intended to make citizens suffer and course blaming the west for this as opposed to russia's own actions. russia we know, can withstand a great deal more economic pressure because economy is resilient, because it can suffer a great deal more of the degradation that we've heard president putin referred this morning. but sanctions are a long term tool, not an immediate one. he said he would respond to any challenges from the west. do you hear that as an act of escalating the potential aggression ? no. there's a lot of aggression? no. there's a lot of standard language that we've heard from this. in fact, people's buzzword bingo cards were filling up very rapidly in the first few minutes of putin's speech, all of the usual complaints and all usual complaints and all the usual threats there threats as well. there a reference to the use of nuclear

weapons in this but it weapons in this speech, but it was very subtle one, much was a very subtle one, much subtle than we over the subtle than we heard over the course the last summer, where course of the last summer, where there intense and there was this intense and constant driving home of the nuclear from putin. he nuclear threats from putin. he was talking about the calls, a defeat of russia in ukraine being the same as threatening to of russia and that of of russia itself and that of course is one of the criteria that they use for when they can use weapons. but it's use nuclear weapons. but it's roundabout . it's quite roundabout language. it's quite well coded. and so it's people that were paying close attention that were paying close attention that see this as effort that will see this as an effort to deter backers from to deter western backers from providing ukraine with the kind of support needs to win the of support it needs to win the war. announced he's war. he announced that he's suspending participation participation in a new start, a strategic arms reduction treaty between us and russia. just remind our audience. what does that mean ? in effect, it's what that mean? in effect, it's what we started talking about at the beginning of this interview. it's russia stepping away from one of the few remaining arms control treaties in this case regarding, nuclear weapons that actually kept the development of nuclear weapons . both sides nuclear weapons. both sides under control . and again, the

under control. and again, the specific rationale that he has pointed to for doing this is the fact that the uk france are fact that the uk and france are not in that. he's also not included in that. he's also said russia may resume said that russia may resume testing. that, too, is an expected . but he specifically expected. but he specifically ruled out that happening unless the united states starts first. so that is an twist on things that we were thinking were going to happen anyway. okay thank you. keir giles, thank very much. let me know what you think about that speech from putin. morning. no great surprise in that he could have ramped up the aggression rhetoric much more than did. i think we can probably breathe a little sigh of relief, actually about that this gb views at gb this morning. gb views at gb news dot uk oc at the weekend there were some big protests in various cities around the uk against this idea of low neighbourhoods. 15 minute cities. there was little girl you might call the anti greta thunberg. have listen to this. me as a 12 year old walking home in the dark. hello? is that going to be safe ? then they will

going to be safe? then they will say, i don't worry that we've already thought of that you will be safe . we will have a thousand be safe. we will have a thousand cameras on the streets following you and checking you all the way home. oh just remember, it's for you . what are you serious? do you. what are you serious? do you. what are you serious? do you really ? i want to be watched you really? i want to be watched every second of the day. are you serious ? i love a i don't know serious? i love a i don't know about you, but i think she's fantastic i'm joined now by independent researcher and writer ben pyle and senior lecturer in sustainable and climate change , john grant. ben climate change, john grant. ben me, come to you first. morning, gentlemen. just to explain to all our listeners and our viewers the idea behind the 15 minute cities . well, i think 15 minute cities. well, i think 15 minutes, which is probably quite a broad category of policies that local councils are adopting , and that's generated lot of confusion about, what their intentions are. some of the councils are saying that people

have misunderstood what want to do and that 15 minutes is just a way of calming the traffic. but actually in places like oxford was the council itself which confused the issue of climate change and air pollution reduction and congestion reduction and congestion reduction . so it's all kind of a reduction. so it's all kind of a bit of a mess on the on the, as it were, pro green side . and it were, pro green side. and there seems to be a very much a continuation of the anti motorists anti private transport and actually freedom of movement policies that we've been seeing over the last 20 years or so. but have amped up during the covid crisis, which has really emboldened the green lobby as is acting in local governments , acting in local governments, local authorities and national governments. and of course globally. that's a very important global dimension to all of this. so i think it really is for local authorities to explain by what what they mean by 15 minute cities and come back to the popular

sections of those cities and, well, do you want this? do you want this. because that's that's the thing that's been missing from all this direction , some from all this direction, some sort democratic mandate . john sort of democratic mandate. john grant, good to see you again. let let me bring bring you in. you heard that little girl there talking about, you heard that little girl there talking about , the fact that if talking about, the fact that if she cannot be picked up, a play date by her parents, she's going to have to get a bus home the dark. is it worth putting children risk to somehow save children at risk to somehow save the planet 100 years time . well, the planet 100 years time. well, firstly, it's not your assignment. secondly, there's no one saying you're not allowed to use your car. it's just really annoying when you have to travel further. if you are if, you are an essential car user. nobody's saying that a little girl's life should be put in danger, but you always talk about extra cameras . no, but her point is right, though, if. if i am in and i do live in a ulez zone and i'm living in one of those low traffic neighbourhoods, if i can't take my car down certain

roads and i'm forced onto the main arterial roads to pick up my little girl from a house might only be a short distance away . have go round the away. i have to go round the block and the atmosphere while i'm in my. it makes no i'm doing it in my. it makes no sense. what you should do, of course, is, is to be with her and maybe ideally get home a lot quicker on your bike or walking. how well, at 10:00 at night. but then you drive . the roads are then you drive. the roads are going to be a lot quieter on those busier roads anyway , those busier roads anyway, aren't they. so you know, this has got to be dealt with sensibly, have to reduce the number vehicles on our roads , number vehicles on our roads, one lever, one lever is to stop people running through urban areas like this so that you can reduce the pollution and you can make it advantageous to walk or cycle and this is one of those levers and it the advantage of reducing the emissions and the pollution in the air and also improve living for everyone. the

opportunity to to travel services, close to where they live. services, close to where they uve.ben services, close to where they live. ben getting into this this war on the ban, is there any evidence the moment that these low traffic neighbourhoods, these ulez schemes i know that we all kind of lumping it all in in one kind of debate about the car and demise of the car. but is there evidence to suggest that they do improve air quality in residential areas ? well, i in residential areas? well, i guess if you if you live the middle of a street that's now the perhaps you're going to have less slightly air pollution. but what people who near these places are saying is that along the boundaries of, places are saying is that along the boundaries of , those spaces the boundaries of, those spaces at air pollution has been significantly . and so and so significantly. and so and so i think the health benefits i mean greens talk a great game about creating all these health benefits and improving society . benefits and improving society. i think what we've just heard there indicates they, they don't really understand how people

live and they haven't really explain to people they're explain to people how they're going be able to carry on their lives the way that they've grown accustomed to it. so, so i think is a bit of a misleading about call it a red herring or so like that. but i think if you are really interested in health and if policymakers are really interested in health, what they need to do is concentrate on wealth because know for sure. at every level , look at this. the every level, look at this. the relationship between household income and individual income or household income and healthy life expectancy is extremely they're extremely correlated. the relationship between air pollution and healthy life is far less correlated. but i think the difference more than 1/10. so you know, you can you can account for difference is in health outcomes . it account for difference is in health outcomes. it in in in terms of wealth. but you cannot

with air pollution and so complicated and it's only statistical but . okay. thank statistical but. okay. thank you. john, if i can just say there are shops closing in some of these neighbourhoods. oxford seen a significant reduction footfall on the streets which are being increasingly pedestrian ized. the death of the car means , the death of the the car means, the death of the shopper. the car means, the death of the shopper . local, not local shops shopper. local, not local shops . that can't be right. the i think the pedestrianisation of shops. people can't shop when sat in their car. they have to. but they need to see their car, put their shopping in it. but they need to see their car, put their shopping in it . and if put their shopping in it. and if you've got a baby in a prime or you're in a wheelchair, or you disadvantaged and you can't you just give up on shopping. you go home and you buy online and it's death of the high streets. the whole point of the 15 minute city is supposed to be to have local services for local people. the fact that we're a transition

and those local shops are going to be supported by the local people . you can't just pick people. you can't just pick a moment time and say, why should we transition ? but yes, while we transition? but yes, while we're in transition and it's going to be difficult this is, as i said, one of many levers that we're going to have to pull on businesses usual with cars and congestion just can't can't continue. i'm sorry. i wish that personal in its current could continue but inner cities that it isn't working it just just isn't working and the congestion in san ysidro feeds the insanity the insanity of the british not being allowed to drive a car while china continues to create coal fired power stations every month . i can't get my head month. i can't get my head around that. you can't justify it physically. you can't bring in china on a limited city. all right. you can't bring it in.

but it's just not right. what we're talking about here is can we're talking about here is can we improve the quality of our cities and resilience of people both rich people who own cars and. poor people who don't. and can improve their lives. help people and pull people . people people and pull people. people on cars and we can improve their lives by making the services close to where they live. that it resilient so that if there were problems if fuel prices up if there are challenges with air quality if the weather's you know if we are in a climate imagine that is part of it this is one lever that we have to pull . and the problem is poor pull. and the problem is poor people . my area where i live, people. my area where i live, which is you less compliant a lot of my mates who didn't want to have to buy a new car because they're quite happy with that second car every time second hand car but every time they took it off the drive, they had to pa y £12, 50 to just go had to pay £12, 50 to just go within minutes of that road within 15 minutes of that road home, on the motorist, home, the war on the motorist, i think is going to be one of the biggest crimes of our time. we have to find a solution, i

agree. but this not it. gentlemen, i really love to gentlemen, i it's really love to talk again. john, talk to again. john, i appreciate the we will appreciate the inputs. we will pick again. no ben pile pick this up again. no ben pile and grant there. let me and john grant there. let me know what you think. gb views at gbnews.uk. in the next few minutes, i'm going to be asking if dahl books should if roald dahl books should be rewritten in modern rewritten to. keep up in modern society. in few minutes .

welcome back. still to come this morning , the fate of our much morning, the fate of our much needed , much loved farmers. they needed, much loved farmers. they are really at the moment. the government is making an announcement to help them. that's up shortly. but first, let me introduce you to my panel let me introduce you to my panel. are still here. panel. my guests are still here. political of the daily political editor of the daily express. sam lister and former labour mp steven pound writes, i'm going to come to you first. even this time, roald dahl, wonderful . the best children's wonderful. the best children's books in history, apparently no longer for children in 2023.

what utter total nonsense this truly look. imagine this is a broad spectrum. they certainly remember agatha ten little bit and conrad's book you know the of the narcissus the certain words you don't yes that's no but to actually say you can't call someone fat, you've got to call someone fat, you've got to call them enormous glued across. as for mrs. trunchbull not having a horse, if well, she did have a horsey face, you can't say horsey face. what are you upsetting horses or who you either i'm. sorry. go. look, these are great. and kids. actually love it. i mean, there's a real villain this cat, mr. fox, is a complete rascal. yeah, fantastic. well, fantastic. mr. fox doesn't have three sons. he has daughters . three sons. he has daughters. well, i just. three sons. he has daughters. well, ijust. in three sons. he has daughters. well, i just. in case actual fraud , if we're honest, they fraud, if we're honest, they wholesale these books. it's not the work rolled out. and stephen said there are certain ways now i just don't acceptable and i don't have a problem with certain words being changed this is not one of those show facts he's not one of those they've taken black white in case that anybody, though it's

anybody, even though it's referring robbing referring to tractors robbing people, referring to the ump. lopez yeah, yeah, yeah . orange lopez yeah, yeah, yeah. orange in in the movie. yeah and in the in the movie. yeah and these obsidian phrases as well too because i think which is in the witches the witches wear wigs. yeah. and so to make sure people who wear wigs don't feel offended, they in a line offended, they ordered in a line saying fine wear wigs. saying it's fine to wear wigs. i mean, is just are many mean, this is just are many reasons why women be bald reasons why women might be bald and yeah. and you and that's okay. yeah. and you know what must know what we think what must these publishers think children are like they must think that they're milked hosts who they're week milked hosts who look what the roald dahl of the how all his back history is now being sold to a company called the roald dahl literary foundation. and netflix and netflix own it. yeah. and they also do something the also do something called the sensitivity project . oh, me sensitivity project. oh, give me wild. i know that that would be maybe want to leave . i'll go and maybe want to leave. i'll go and work at the centre project. i might go go in there disguise and infiltrate the sensitivity project just to tell people it's a toughen up. i would give the

sensitivity project two days. look, maybe , maybe there is look, maybe, maybe there is a serious that's not. i'm going to pretend there's just it's ridiculous if you can't characters who's who character is built on their physical idiosyncrasy some and read those your children and you might say your children and you might say you can even start a conversation colony where you say gosh you know in the 1950s or whenever the books were written, i think it's about 5060. was it roald dahl when he was writing from 1948 onwards until he died in 73? so and you might have a conversation, might even have a conversation, isn't use isn't it, that they would use that language now ? wouldn't that language now? we wouldn't use now. is use that language now. that is debating literature is about with kids sanitising it . debating literature is about with kids sanitising it. in with kids not sanitising it. in case you might have said because you they still you know, kids do they still call kids fat? yeah. i call other kids fat? yeah. i mean, there's nothing can do mean, there's nothing you can do about that. kids will call you. who knows? pick something, but you i won't call you don't miss it. i won't call mrs. about the mrs. bowdler a rant about the 1890. she the entire works of shakespeare . and she out shakespeare. and she took out all the bits, all the all the fruity bits, all the dodgy so was she left dodgy bits. so what was she left with exactly now, with two pages? exactly now, this is a story that i

absolutely love this. it's in the express this morning. now this was a woman on a website called reddit. it's bit like you know it's a mumsnet discussion forum. she books a window seat on an aeroplane . and when she on an aeroplane. and when she got on the plane was a little girl sat in the window with her father. next to her and she sat down and he said, you can have the aisle seat because my daughter's in the window seat. and said, she there and she said, she sat there a bit then she kind of texted bit and then she kind of texted her dad that dad said, her dad and that dad said, i bought you ticket. you've bought you that ticket. you've bought you that ticket. you've bought it's a nine hour bought that. it's a nine hour flight. window is flight. that window seat is yours so kicked the little yours. so she kicked the little girl then was made to girl out and then was made to feel terrible the father feel terrible with the father saying, you've made her cry . saying, you've made her cry. honestly, stephen is this is this what you call a milk toast ? i like that word is often underused. but this is the more the q generation and this is the problem i anybody coddling their kids anybody wants to sit on the window seat is very bonkers. also they've got a very very strong like a cervical strong bladder like a cervical go. yeah. look, i would always

virtually everything in life is a young child involved give them what they want. yes. up to a point to a point. but you remember the time when chasing it. dad, i what's a lot about. well i don't know. i don't. how about woman? she's in about this woman? maybe she's in her twenties and. that that's hard for to i don't hard for you to say. i don't know. i don't know the story but i mean, think the point i mean, i think the point is there women want i'm sorry there some women want i'm sorry i said to a geriatric concept like when we you could never i would made to give up my seat would be made to give up my seat for adult. i think it's for an adult. i think it's really significant that we now expect their expect adults to give up their seats children. i this seats for children. yeah, i this is that i do and is something that i do moan and it make me sound like an it does make me sound like an old fogey. but we were not allowed to sit down on the bus if an adult standing if there was an adult standing that was the room. it was that was just the room. it was for kids. it wasn't just, for all kids. it wasn't just, you know, family. it was all you know, my family. it was all the haven't only. the siblings. haven't you only. well, anyway, i know. well, i know but anyway, i know. yeah but you know essentially if you an adult and there's a kid sat down i find that really weird concept because it's the complaint we face of the eighties. yes and i don't know when that and why

when that happened and why should young kids, they've should these young kids, they've got, know, plenty of energy. got, you know, plenty of energy. and why did happen? and why did that happen? well, i have kids , you've have to say, you kids, you've got many siblings, isn't it? you neal? yeah, yeah. a night. neal? yeah, yeah. on a night. and you what hurts and i tell you what really hurts for. i will always stand for. i mean, i will always stand up on the tube. up for woman on the tube. i would just do that in a cool, mean, old fashioned, ghastly, antediluvian prolapse area in sex however what sex if i did. however what happened me the other day cut happened to me the other day cut me quick and hurt me. me to the quick and hurt me. what happened? for me. what happened? stood up for me. oh steve. and little did i know . they don't know. you like waiting ? still to come, some waiting? still to come, some good news for farmers this morning. almost good news for farmers this morning. almost £170 million has been promised but is been promised to them. but is the going the right areas? the money going the right areas? that's after your news with . that's after your news with. tamsin bell. thank you . it's tamsin bell. thank you. it's 1132. here are the headlines . 1132. here are the headlines. the prime minister's under as speculation mounts over a possible deal on the northern ireland protocol. the suggestion rishi sunak could be facing a rebellion and possible

resignations if northern ireland's in the union is put at risk . the foreign secretary, risk. the foreign secretary, james cleverly and the eu's sefcovic are due hold in—person talks this week after what was described as a productive video discussion discussion . russia is discussion discussion. russia is suspending participation in the nuclear treaty with the united states . vladimir putin made the states. vladimir putin made the announcement during a major speech on the war ukraine, where he also accused the west of trying to acquire a limitless power. he said sanctions , which power. he said sanctions, which were designed to make russians suffer, have failed because economy is stronger than western powers anticipated . meanwhile, powers anticipated. meanwhile, two former prime ministers are urging the government to send fighter jets . urging the government to send fighterjets . ukraine. liz truss fighterjets. ukraine. liz truss and, boris johnson say air support is desperately needed to win the war which began almost a year ago . russia invaded the year ago. russia invaded the country last week. the defence secretary ben wallace suggested it could be years before the uk

sends planes to kyiv the turkey—syria border has been hit by another earthquake two weeks after a huge tremors rocked the region , killing more than 47,000 region, killing more than 47,000 people. latest quake of magnitude 6.4 has claimed at least six lives. almost 300 people were also injured . tv people were also injured. tv onune people were also injured. tv online and dab+ radio. this is now it's back to this this . more now it's back to this this. more than now it's back to this this. more tha n £168 million has been than £168 million has been promised to help farmers find out where that money is going . out where that money is going. just a few minutes .

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just moment, nhs warnings because of course it's pancake day. you won't believe what they're telling you to do now. but first the government is pledging increased funding to boost . the money will be used to boost. the money will be used to drive innovation and productivity in the industry as well as supporting animal health and welfare through, you guessed it greener equipment it, greener equipment and automation . joining us from automation. joining us from birmingham is gb news reporter jack carson . good morning, jack. jack carson. good morning, jack. tell us about this funding announcement . what is the money announcement. what is the money going ? well, as you mentioned, going? well, as you mentioned, it's going? well, as you mentioned, it' s £168 million of investment it's £168 million of investment to try and boost fund, both with it being environmentally friendly, but also boosting productivity as well. the funding is going to sit alongside the environmental land management schemes that already exist to support sustainable food production, while also of course the national environment . countryside makes up around 75% of the country's farmers look after that. and so that's one of the main things as well

that batters the nfu also mentioned here in her opening address , a lot of the money address, a lot of the money could go . farmers can apply for could go. farmers can apply for grants for farming equipment and the technology funds , which goes the technology funds, which goes into things, of course, like to how improve a productivity, sustainability equipment as well as also funding small abattoirs to, improve that the welfare of animals through shortage early times to slaughter. animals through shortage early times to slaughter . the grants times to slaughter. the grants include between times to slaughter. the grants include betwee n £2,000 up to include between £2,000 up to £25,000 and also the farming fund which is also part of this scheme a £25,000 up to £500,000. so some serious investment . but so some serious investment. but farmers say the feeling here is that they don't want government to talk. the they want them to start walking the that was one of the messages minette batters delivered in her opening address is what is as well what the key things for them in the nfu

conference going forward are of course the environment and farmers being the pioneer in britain for how to sustainable a net zero food production, but also the importance of backing british farming and holding rishi sunak . and this rishi sunak. and this conservative government accounts for actually backing british farmers and the importance of domestic food production and food security . okay. thank you food security. okay. thank you very much, jack carson there in birmingham. well, i'm joined now by gareth when jones, a farmer from a beautiful snowdonia. joining this morning with his thoughts on the sun is shining there gareth. but i know that times are not easy for farmers at the moment, particularly following our brexit decision . following our brexit decision. doesit following our brexit decision. does it sound like good news for you?is does it sound like good news for you? is this a financial support that farmers need? is it enough and is it going to go in the right places? well, you know, 12 months ago i said on your programme that we were sleepwalking into food shortages , seeing it now in the

supermarket it's eggs were the first thing you know we've seen now and a lot of the batch and the salads and things we have to be more food secure in this country we have to address the problem and yeah okay give them money. give them some money. but i would say that's peanuts . i would say that's peanuts. absolute peanuts. what we need to do is look at seasonality, how we grow things. i was on the farm doing some filming work last week . it was an amazing, last week. it was an amazing, amazing idea. so that using waste food from morrisons and they are producing small tiny little markets i'm feeding to the chickens you know, looking back at what our forefathers that these animals would have eaten insects and a lot of grubs that the eggs are bake you know the chickens are happier coverage of the feathers they just look healthier and happier. so you know innovation is and

technology is part of what we needin technology is part of what we need in this country. but as well. we need to be back british aquaculture and we need to build aquaculture and we need to build a better britain on our bellies and these all very, very relevant to what the government should be looking at. and this country is going to go hungry if it doesn't wake up and smell the coffee because that isn't, you know , and all of food coming in. know, and all of food coming in. everybody's struggling they are now struggling with food. sorry, why ? why are the food shortages why? why are the food shortages ? well because like i said last , you know, hikes , fertiliser , you know, hikes, fertiliser pnces , you know, hikes, fertiliser prices and unbelievable, you know , last year you were talking know, last year you were talking about 12 to 1500 pound a tonne for some and energy costs. so if you want to go tomatoes out of season , it's going to cost you season, it's going to cost you a fortune . and it's the same with fortune. and it's the same with the eggs. you know, feeds for their eggs were just so the

supermarket wasn't stepping up to . give the farmer a fair price to. give the farmer a fair price for were producing. so every egg these farmers produce and they were losing money. so what they do is they pull the plug on it and you know the food chain is a it's a very very slow top. so when turn that tap off, it drips dnps when turn that tap off, it drips drips and that food will come through to a certain point. and then there's nothing. so do we want to stay dependent on other countries to bring our food then on, or do we want to look at innovation ? we want to stop, you innovation? we want to stop, you know, producing more of our food seasonally regenerative, really , you know, sustainably environmental friendly. yeah. let's let's use solar. let's stop planting. so many trees in the wrong places in great warm agricultural land . let's stop agricultural land. let's stop putting. solar is not agricultural land. let's stop putting them on industrial units and use that electricity then to produce our fruit and, our veg. we can grow these things . we can we can grow these things. we can

produce our own microclimates, aquaponics . there's so many aquaponics. there's so many things we can do in this country, but we need the and i'll say one thing cheap food at a cost. cheap comes at a cost to the environment and sometimes to the environment and sometimes to the animal, sometimes to the farmer . and we have to address farmer. and we have to address that. we need to be producing food affordably , sustainably, food affordably, sustainably, you know, and environmentally friendly and. it's not easy, but we have work together to. do it. yeah, absolutely. it isn't easy. we appreciate everything that. you do. but as you say, times are really, really hard. that was gareth windows that a farmer from . now the minister is from. now the minister is chairing a cabinet meeting amid speculation that ministers could resign over his brexit deal if it risks northern ireland's within the uk. yesterday secretary suella braverman became the second member of cabinet to warn sunak against ditching northern ireland protocol. bill gb news is political editor at darren mccaffrey joins me now from

central belfast. good morning . central belfast. good morning. good to see you. what's the latest ? is rishi good to see you. what's the latest? is rishi sunak in trouble? how can come out of this? well well, it's clearly proving a lot more difficult for the prime minister than he originally had intended. you'll remember he was belfast last remember he was in belfast last week meeting with the party leaders, trying to get this deal with the eu commission over the line. must be said that at the moment he's struggling to do that. we thought it been announced yesterday. we thought might today. that is not might come today. that is not looking very likely. in fact, it's not very that it it's not very likely that it might come this week at might well come this week at all. now, why that? the two all. now, why is that? the two reasons. first of all, it seems that the dup, the main unionist here in northern ireland, do this with the this for northern sides with the prime minister suggested, they say , yes, it's going in the say, yes, it's going in the right direction but it's not right direction, but it's not quite there where they wanted. yet they're playing card yet they're playing the card pretty the. and then pretty close to the. and then in addition some of addition to that, got some of the of hard core the kind of hard core brexiteers, you like, inside brexiteers, if you like, inside conservative who concerned conservative party who concerned about what the deal would look

like and also about lack of support from the dup. and so the prime minister spent yesterday afternoon in the house of commons in parliament speaking lots brexit mp . he's trying lots of brexit mp. he's trying to cajole and convince them that deal was a good deal and at the same time talks with the eu are continuing in fact just been announced in the last couple of minutes that james cleverly, who's the foreign secretary, were kind of the lead negotiator . all this when it comes to the british government side, alongside heaton—harris, alongside chris heaton—harris, the be meeting with the ireland will be meeting with the ireland will be meeting with the remotely again the eu commission remotely again today. we're expecting those talks in person later on this week . all of this, of course, week. all of this, of course, while northern ireland bad still frankly doesn't have a government here. in fact, teachers have just been on strike today . they've got no one strike today. they've got no one really to negotiate it when it comes with pay, not least of all because civil servants who are running the country. well, they're talking about on they're talking about going on strike next month for sale . strike next month for sale. right. thank you so much, darren darren mccaffrey . guest darren mccaffrey. my guest is still here. listed at it's

still here. some listed at it's a daily express editor and former labour mp pound. right. i always get very moved talking to these farmers, you know, because you see those beautiful shots of our countryside and how important it is and how much we need them. and it feels like they're constantly neglected, doesn't it seem? and britain's battered by brexit fallout and rising costs, say their union, the press today. what are your thoughts? yeah, i thought i thoughts? yeah, i thought i thought it was really interesting interview with gareth and i think he makes the point which is cheap food comes a cost and as a nation we have to decide what's more important is it cheap food or is it local food and often you can't have both and obviously with part of the kind of bonus of brexit for many people is that you can go and negotiate new trade deals with australia, new zealand, places like that obviously what these nations what the prices for that is to have access to

all markets to be able to sell in cheaper lamb and beef. that has an effect on the local . so, has an effect on the local. so, you know, you have to decide what is what is your priority. is it the local farmers or is it families being able to get cheaper food? and it's quite difficult balance to kind make this really difficult, isn't it ? i think it's something we're going to try to grasp. look, last week you would have been inundated it on february the 14th with red roses. you you probably couldn't have got out your of, a lorry, your front door of, a lorry, loads you know none loads of them. do you know none of them were grown in this country. they were flown in from ecuador paraguay and ecuador and paraguay and portugal. a ridiculous portugal. it's a ridiculous situation. talked , situation. look gareth talked, you know, the reasons why we've had got this crisis. we also have one of the hottest summers in yeanl have one of the hottest summers in year, i mean, in history. last year, i mean, i had a glut strawberries , my had a glut of strawberries, my allotment. my marrows, you allotment. but my marrows, you know they were the talk of and well, mean yeah, i to get well, i mean yeah, i had to get up 7:00 every morning up at 7:00 every morning i'm more you know these more to the you know these things happen. i'm not eating tomatoes the because tomatoes at the moment because tomatoes at the moment because tomatoes season and tomatoes aren't in season and yeah of your age you yeah most people of your age you

probably what probably don't even know what being means . probably don't even know what being means. no, it's being in season means. no, it's because used it . go to because you're used to it. go to vegetables the year round. oh yeah. yeah. well i think i really want to see us sustainable. self—sustaining in food, product and energy. ultimately but certainly in the first year we can grow almost anything here. and what gareth wyn jones said about aquaponics and various others, we be and various others, we should be doing that . we not be doing that. we should not be flying in fruit and vegetable from kenya. we should actually be flying it, you know, from kenilworth i mean one of kenilworth yeah. i mean one of my favourite programmes the my favourite programmes at the moment watching news moment i'm not watching gb news is have you is clarkson's farm. have you watched it? so similarly with clarkson? yes . wonderful. and clarkson? oh yes. wonderful. and actually one of these farms called diddly squat by the way, in wiltshire, and it's basically squat because that's a profit that he made at the farm . and that he made at the farm. and it's it gives you such an interesting insight into the challenges and the margins, the tiny and you can't help but think supermarket kids have to take some responsibility but then they're passing on cheaply to their customers. i mean ultimately is it when you go to

do your shop, are you prepared to see your prices go up significantly? they already are. so get better deal. and so farmers get better deal. and this the of, you know, this is the kind of, you know, people to kind think people have to kind of think about important to you. about what is important to you. and maybe the one thing we can do i mean, you know, budget permitting, is to the fruits permitting, is to buy the fruits and which are british and vegetables which are british grown. the grown. when you look on the shelves as often a choice isn't that quite hard to that it's quite hard often to find you you can find find you know you can find british apples know british apples even you know it's flown from abroad. it's often flown in from abroad. yeah yeah because the yeah well yeah because the supermarket actually supermarket kids will actually go know, the lowest go for the, you know, the lowest possible you know, possible cost. and, you know, i think we do actually need to recalibrate. i mean, during the lockdown we had riots in the kitchen counter at weight had grabbed way. yeah. who the grabbed my way. yeah. who the hell quinoa was? you hell knew what quinoa was? you know, didn't. is the know, i certainly didn't. is the world a better place because people tofu. i don't people can eat tofu. i don't know don't definitely know i don't know but definitely maro underestimated maro very underestimated vegetable whole vegetable right now this whole show something talking show your mind something talking of it's pancake day of it of food it's pancake day of it is so the nhs because nobody can think for themselves anymore the nhs has of course issued

warnings to say it's pancake day please be careful and just don't burn yourself on pancake day. you think the would have more important things to do, wouldn't you? department of the office 0 the department of the flipping. well state i'm just well done. state i'm just baffled by this bill. i mean, if you're painting yourself when you're painting yourself when you making a punk, you will. doing what me to, to doing what it took me to, to burn yourself such an extent. you and consult for you have to go and consult for advice. was that treacherous flipping? dangerous. flipping? that's very dangerous. well, . come on. tossing is well, come. come on. tossing is extremely dangerous . steve and i extremely dangerous. steve and i have achieved very little in my life . i very seldom actually had life. i very seldom actually had the accolades , the plaudits. the accolades, the plaudits. however, in one i was however, in one area i was westminster this top toss up because every year there's a marvellous charity for brain injury called mind. we used to have westminster parliamentary pancake race and my team won it years running and retired. the i have it at home and nobody picked up penny burns good lord. no because we were grown up. we were adults, you know. and you know, we actually knew well

actually were actually that we were parliamentarians. so scratch that. parliamentarians. so scratch that . i parliamentarians. so scratch that. i mean, parliamentarians. so scratch that . i mean, look, apparently that. i mean, look, apparently this i just have a 16,000 people are admitted to hospital specialist burn care every year. i we're joking about i mean, look, we're joking about burns are awful and the treatment should all probably treatment we should all probably be you should be familiar with what you should do event somebody being do in the event somebody being scalded burnt at home. but scalded or burnt at home. but i just can't help but think a story in the the national story in the in the national papers nhs warning us don't burn yourself pancake day the yourself on pancake day the worse going to get is worse you're going to get is maybe handle on your maybe a hot handle on your wrist, japan's wrist, aren't you. yeah japan's the problem. talk to the real problem. you talk to any firefighter and they'll talk about japan. what we be about japan. what we should be concentrating not this concentrating on that. not this ludicrous nonsense about. well one's everyone's to one's got much everyone's got to fry to oh don't fry these days see to oh don't write that that's a joke i mean it's so this is a brilliant story. stephen pound you brought this i'm not going to like this mean all right this is the apparent maybe say who you are paying apparent maybe say who you are paying for. remember that they have been issued with new direct on the bbc news channel to encourage the presenters to look sweaty and, dirty, in order to

inspire trust in the viewers. what are talking about? i i clearly i didn't mean to bother you on this morning. i mean i would have be more trustworthy if i just turned up straight out of the shower. seems from of the shower. it seems from this. i think what they're saying is that actually if you're some of i don't you're in some kind of i don't know, say, in a zone or even know, say, in a war zone or even turkey or covering the tragic events there, maybe events over there, then maybe actually, know, kind of actually, you know, kind of telling with nicely telling what with your nicely covered hair gives the viewers the impression that you're actually not really fully engagedin actually not really fully engaged in you're doing. engaged in what you're doing. but actually, think people but actually, i think people like to see people be respectful . and i think it shows respect to actually a bit of an effort and to wash hair and not look sweaty on screen and i think that's respectful to the people you're there talking you're actually there talking to. to the viewers at to. and it's to the viewers at home. just think is home. so i just think is absolutely crackers. well, they're thomas they're talking about thomas shepherd, whether shepherd, who's of whether presenter who's been doing it in a t shirts. how dare he? a jacket, t shirts. how dare he? mark easton, bbc home editor, has paired his suit with tray liners. the scandal on a paper

they all say are drawing distinction. so the woman who's come up with this did do like revolut chinnery idea. she's a salary of between 108 to £185000 a year. apparent and she's been talking about what the bbc should look like. apparently, more staff have do stories on smartphones engage the tik—tok generation. it looks like they're panicking because they're panicking because they're losing all that viewers to gb news steve well they're not only losing all their viewers are losing all this all their staff and all that. this is not nielsen she's the is not a nielsen think she's the head digital at and head of digital at the and i think it is ridiculous because if somebody takes the trouble to present themselves well on television credit television you should credit that nobody new set if that nobody needs new set if she's a foxhole she's crouching a foxhole somewhere know somewhere in donetsk you know you expect her to be you don't expect her to be perfectly you know, looking like bev expect it but bev turner don't expect it but on this particular case, i don't expect to be here today when expect you to be here today when a flak jacket and a helmet, you know, because know, dripping sweat because well, as you know, ladies don't sweat. glow. well, sweat. they glow. but no. well, i most bizarre i just think most bizarre stories , panicked panic stations

stories, panicked panic stations running at the bbc. so it's like, what was that? there was a sitcom. was there the bbc that was won a satirical sitcom about the i thought it was a documentary in which somebody sat there said, we need to in order to inspire trust, we need our reporters look sweaty and scruffy in order to trust, just give us two sides of every story. thank you very like we do here. oh now then, quick. last story, jude law actor. he's become a father the seventh time he's got a wife he's 35. of course he has. he's got seven kids. two, four women. can you imagine if that was a female actress. well i remember when ulrika was nicknamed . four by ulrika was nicknamed. four by four because she had four children by four different fathers and. she said it was the nickname was designed to shame her. and she said, actually, all those children were planned. they were all kind of , you know, they were all kind of, you know, in love. yeah. in loving relationships. obviously that then went wrong. jude does then went wrong. jude law, does he this kind of treatment. of course he you know, he's kind of

a buccaneering player on this scene seems. but actually it just to highlight that what's the sentence we've got you're absolutely totally right i mean i think there's words we could use to describe a woman in that situation which i hope we wouldn't use him. he's a player, you he's a study. jack, you know, he's a study. jack, the the only the lad. outrageous. the only problem i think i can say that i didn't know he was that jude law . oh, sure. well, they say he's been too having children to make any the same but any films recently the same but also the idea of becoming a father of 50. i mean. oh for the seventh time, i'm not sure how. anyway. galston it must anyway. charles galston it must be exhausting . a lot of you were be exhausting. a lot of you were getting in touch about the four day week. tony says destroy it nursing everyone at joint agents work off, ending working work days off, ending up working 60 knackered could have 60 hours a knackered could have a better argument for wages this says was doing this 20 years ago it's called consolidated hours we still detect 7.5 week we still detect 7.5 a week though . thank you all for your though. thank you all for your views this morning. i'm going to be back on gb news at 8:00

tonight. i don't just do a four day week. if i, i do two shows a day. i'm on eight, eight till nine, i might be sweaty then. thank you so much to. stephen pound and sam lister coming up next news life with mark next is gb news life with mark longhurst i'll you later. longhurst. i'll see you later. now alex deakin here now you weather alex deakin here with latest weather updates with your latest weather updates . another dry, cloudy and mild day for most today , we are going day for most today, we are going to see a change by tomorrow. that's because of this cold front tucked in ahead of it. we've the mild air that's why temperatures above average today. but behind it there's blue suggesting colder air weather will be pushing across the country tonight and tomorrow but it's not yet. so for most places it another mild but cloudy day. some holes in the cloud. northeast england and particularly northeast scotland, where we're a bit of sunshine, but generally staying fairly drab, perhaps little brighter over east wales and south east england this afternoon , weather england this afternoon, weather will eventually bring some rain to west isles, but as i said to the west isles, but as i said ahead it, it is mild. the ahead of it, it is mild. the temperature is not quite as as yesterday, but still 10 to 12,

maybe 13 or 14. in aberdeen, the rain push into western rain will push into western scotland and northern ireland through evening. winds through this evening. the winds will up here as well. will be picking up here as well. the particularly heavy the right not particularly heavy , spreading into , but it will be spreading into parts southern scotland, parts of southern scotland, northern and, wales northern england and, wales through the night. so things turning in the west and we could see a few showers across the south—east in east anglia by the end night as well. end of the night as well. another pretty mild one. the another pretty mild one. but the colder is in to the colder is coming in to the northwest. temperatures here colder is coming in to the n0|dawn,:. temperatures here colder is coming in to the n0|dawn, getting mperatures here colder is coming in to the n0|dawn, getting down |tures here colder is coming in to the n0|dawn, getting down |tures hore by dawn, getting down to one or two degrees celsius and a colder feel tomorrow scotland , feel tomorrow for scotland, northern ireland. there will northern ireland. but there will be a start be some sunshine. a great start for england wales , some for england and wales, some outbreaks in most outbreaks of rain. in fact, most the day looking fairly dull and down. of course, east anglia in the south east brightening up over the midlands wales just one or scattered showers, or two scattered showers, some sunny northern sunny spells for northern england showers wintry england too. the showers wintry over , chiefly over northern scotland, chiefly over northern scotland, chiefly over the hills, but some wintry weather down to lower levels. and it could turn icy on wednesday night and into thursday morning . still some thursday morning. still some outbreaks of rain across east anglia southeast still

anglia in the southeast still unger anglia in the southeast still linger into thursday morning, but clear elsewhere. a hint of blue on the chart. but clear elsewhere. a hint of blue on the chart . yes, frosts blue on the chart. yes, frosts will become a thing once more later this as things turn a little bit colder , there should little bit colder, there should be some sunny spells to .

a very good afternoon to you. it's noon and you're with gb news live mark longhurst and coming up for you this hour, can he fix ? yes, he can. says number he fix? yes, he can. says number . no, he can't say. he fix? yes, he can. says number . no, he can't say . dup and many . no, he can't say. dup and many of his own backbenchers as the political headache of brexit which did for theresa may's premiership, now causing rishi sunak to for the aspirin bottle. he's trying to juggle the competing pressures. the northern ireland protocol. downing street has been making approaches to europe to move the process forward. it sounded