channel alright people , it's friday, alright people, it's friday, it's patrick christys and you're me at three. let's go. it's a year since putin rolled the tanks and today i'll asking answering the questions on. everybody's minds. how much longer can we support ukraine? how much more. is britain done than other nations computing be assassinated and all you happier ukrainian refugees and people coming across the channel in other news, the word fireman is now . yeah, that's right. that's now. yeah, that's right. that's according to the chief fire officer of greater manchester fire brigade. or should it be

instead that fire them do we think i mean this is the same fire service that got slammed for taking 2 hours to rescue us into the manchester arena as victims terror attack victims of the terror attack lay dying. view, those fire dying. so in my view, those fire chiefs, well, not best. chiefs, well, not the best. moving on cyclists versus drivers owns the road two wheeled lycra crimes gopro wearing maniacs or normal people who drive cars and listen to gb news. i will be asking do cyclists get away with murder on the roads? and here's a turn it for the books. it's not the headline. i put in that, but i was told it's pretty watershed. we're all being urged to eat more i still don't buy more turnips. i still don't buy it. frankly, there are these massive fruit vegetable shortages everywhere you go but most people complaining most of the people complaining about look but they've about it do you look but they've never fruit and never eaten a piece fruit and that lives and we are hosting a boxing match between tory deputy chairman lee anderson and remainer protest to steve bright. should we have it's bright. but should we have it's divided office oh boxing divided the office oh boxing ring girls and a front to feminism gbviews@gbnews.uk how

long should we support ukraine for and should we ban ringo ? for and should we ban ringo? first, though, it's the news headunes first, though, it's the news headlines with rhiannon jones who has come as the ukrainian flag . thanks, patrick. i have flag. thanks, patrick. i have indeed. flag. thanks, patrick. i have indeed . afternoon. it's 3:02. indeed. afternoon. it's 3:02. you're top stories from the gb newsroom. a minute's silence is across the uk this morning marking one year since the start of the russian invasion of ukraine . ukraine. ukraine itv at downing street. the prime minister stood with ukraine's ambassador to the uk to reflect on the country's losses , britons on the country's losses, britons imposed a raft of new sanctions including an export ban on every

piece of equipment that russia uses on the battlefield. president putin's closest allies have also been targeted among his former chief of security and the chief executive of stream . the chief executive of stream. two in kyiv. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy attended ceremony with families of soldiers killed in the conflict . he described the past 12 months as a year pain, sorrow, face and unity. former president petro poroshenko to us about the human cost of russia's invasion . can't imagine that ukraine lost dozens and dozens of thousands of innocent civilians from bucha tomorrow from the minute that a criminal collusion but together imagine that 8 million ukrainian leave ukraine and go abroad . two and a half

and go abroad. two and a half million are dependent go to school abroad because of your solidarity . but school abroad because of your solidarity. but this is the humanitarian poland has delivered its first leopard 2 tanks ukraine and says it's ready to supply more quickly . ready to supply more quickly. poush ready to supply more quickly. polish prime minister matteo moravia to scale. so says the country will train ukrainians on f—i6 country will train ukrainians on f—16 fighter planes . sweden, f—16 fighter planes. sweden, too, is expected to deliver ten of the tanks, as well as anti—aircraft systems that as defence secretary ben wallace warns the war could last another 12 months. he says the uk isn't in a position send fighter jets in a position send fighterjets to ukraine immediately. i think it's just really about managing the realities of saying that we just simply can't hand over western jets and expect them to be used in the short term. i think what you can say is that if are other countries with russian or soviet jets, which they could just transfer over. britain will explore what can they could just transfer over. briton will explore what can they could just transfer over. bri to givel explore what can they could just transfer over. bri to give those>re what can they could just transfer over. bri to give those countries can they could just transfer over. bri to give those countries that do to give those countries that reassure that own skies reassure that their own skies will protected . we've already

will be protected. we've already done places romania done that in places like romania and poland, we've patrols and poland, where we've patrols to help with protecting their skies . obviously we have some skies. obviously we have some air defence assets in. so i think i that is to me the best and quickest way we can help ukraine. in other stormont, leaders say that in standing with the northern police service in the wake of wednesday's shooting , detective chief shooting, detective chief inspector john caldwell remains in a critical but, stable condition after being shot by two masked gunmen at a centre in omagh . police say a fourth man omagh. police say a fourth man has been arrested in connection with his attempted murder . has been arrested in connection with his attempted murder. sinn fein's vice president, michelle describes it as an on the entire community. i think it's important that we continue send a united message to wider society. we this year celebrate 25 years of our good friday agreement and so much that's been achieved over those past 25 years. our society has been completely transformed and we're not going to allow anybody to

reverse of that progress that's been made. so why? it's very important that do put across important that we do put across today. an attack the today. this is an attack the community. this is an attack on all us. and this is an attack all of us. and this is an attack that of us will ever that none of us will ever tolerate junior doctors will tolerate. junior doctors will stage . three days of strike stage. three days of strike action month. the british medical association announced they'll walk off the job from 13th of march. nearly 7000 bma members voted favour of industrial action . that's the industrial action. that's the largest ever turnout a ballot of doctors. it follows a series of strikes by nurses , ambulance strikes by nurses, ambulance workers putting k has announced roald dahl's classic collection will keep author's original texts in print. it follows curtis ism of recent editing of his to remove potentially offence of language. it's understood will continue with the publication of the amended texts as well as releasing the originals. camilla, the queen consort yesterday , urged authors consort yesterday, urged authors to resist kerbs on freedom of

expression . and its official expression. and its official three candidates are now running to become the next snp leader. humza kate and ash regan. all enough votes to the next round of the leadership contest. they managed to secure the backing of at least 100 members from a minimum of 20 local branches . a minimum of 20 local branches. a penod minimum of 20 local branches. a period of campaigning now gets underway with the winner announced . the 27th of march. announced. the 27th of march. this is gb news you. more as it happens now though. back to you, patrick . patrick. so remarkably, the emails are already flooding in alternative story that we're going to be doing later everyone saying that we should eat more turnips and there's suggestion in there's been a suggestion in from richard to leave from richard i'm going to leave the richard but let the nation richard but let you know be a happy. know that you will be a happy. a little bit later on because we

will doing exactly what will be doing exactly what you've views you've suggested. gb views gb news. .uk the big one. i'm asking for your take on today is much should we continue much longer. should we continue to ukraine? because to support ukraine? why? because the are this is going to the noises are this is going to be some kind of long stalemate with. battle with russia . with. the battle with russia. it's now for it's been going on now for exactly year. and i think at exactly a year. and i think at some point we as a nation going to have to have a conversation about long. continue this about how long. we continue this level many of level of support. many of you, i am well aware taken out should just indefinitely for as just go on indefinitely for as long as as it long as it takes, as as it takes. and frankly, quite few takes. and frankly, quite a few of really don't think that of you really don't think that i'm going to have that discussion now. okay because today, february marks today, 24th of february marks a year impressive year since russia's impressive invasion ukraine. now, in invasion of ukraine. now, in those 12 months, britain has stepped a big time, sending billions in and weapons and pledging to resolutely stand by, zelenskyy and his countrymen. but for how long should we continue to provide support , continue to provide support, strong views on either side of this to get them coming in. but joining me now is russia expert is donny armstrong. donny, thank very, very much. a little bit

later we're going have later on we're going to have a look exactly what britain has look at exactly what britain has done compared some other eu nations, other nations around the how longer you the world. but how longer do you think realistically think britain is realistically going to have support going to have to support ukraine? is putin going anyone ? ukraine? is putin going anyone? well i think the short answer to thatis well i think the short answer to that is no. i think what the uk has done in providing aid to ukraine was needed. of course repulsed. russia entering , kyiv, repulsed. russia entering, kyiv, russian troops in the days of the war. it led to huge territorial in especially the north—east of ukraine and of course in hot ticket. and what that led to is a huge in the objective of this special military operation it's being called in russia of course is warning an invasion of ukraine. those objectives were limited to just protecting the people have done that before the war. the pretext was to do that so far. ukraine and demilitarise ukraine. when russia realised couldn't do that and of course that was in some of the that was in part to some of the aid that was provided by the west. then the objective in the whole the war kind of whole face of the war kind of changed and putin that it wasn't

going to take just a few days or even a few weeks for ukraine to roll over and that it was going to a lot longer. now, the to take a lot longer. now, the question is how much longer. question now is how much longer. should it take? now, i think some of rhetoric coming out, some of the rhetoric coming out, the quite prevalent the kremlin was quite prevalent today on the one year anniversary of invasion anniversary of the invasion especially embassy in especially from the embassy in london, the russian embassy that is that said that this anti—russian spearhead that is ukraine that is backed by the kyiv regime was one of the main components, one of the main reasons why russia was had no choice but to launch the special military operation . now, the military operation. now, the west in what that does in russia garners huge, huge support for putin who see his main support to see him as the man and is the main force to restore russia to this reverence and respectability of the soviet union. as we've seen in many of the headlines, it's been a return to the ussr, got really little do with borders and that expanding border of what the empire was. it crumbled in 1991 and a lot to do with russian pride russian culture, russian

history which putin sees as being under threat from the west and.the being under threat from the west and. the fact that the west is committed, this aid kind of justifies that pretext by the kremlin, that they are, in fact , at war with the west and that they need to preserve their cultural and historical interests . and putin seems quite interests. and putin seems quite happy to let this thing rumble on, which i think does he means that the british taxpayer hostages buccola. and unless there's a rapid at the top of our government except fact that billions of pounds every single year and that's really only going to increase as we have to restock our military is going to be to ukraine and at some be sent to ukraine and at some point the british public is probably to have to have probably going to have to have conversation with how much of that with when conversation with how much of tha have with when conversation with how much of tha have of with when conversation with how much of tha have of our with when conversation with how much of tha have of our own with when conversation with how much of tha have of our own right when conversation with how much of tha have of our own right here1 conversation with how much of tha have of our own right here at we have of our own right here at home. yes, your is that home. but yes, your view is that we just as things down, are we all just as things down, are going to have to strap ourselves in and keep sending billions of pounds ukraine. well, yeah, i pounds to ukraine. well, yeah, i do agree with that in part. but i think what an important point is that each side or each

country in this conflict a bit as to kind of reverted to their the world war two roles. of course we have the uk this churchillian fighting fascism is this this call to defeat fascism which taken on the form of which is taken on the form of russia ukraine once again russia ukraine is once again invaded and occupied . the us has invaded and occupied. the us has become embroiled in war that has been instigated and, is being carried on in the theatre, in europe. the only nation who was involved is slightly different from its in stance. and we will see with germany and because of their stance in world war ii, they would hesitant to send lethal to a nation in europe to fund a war. now what i think people don't understand is the mentality of russians. and i've certainly putin this is one of the things that he sees is a holding and sees paramount to uphold in this conflict is the factif uphold in this conflict is the fact if you ask any russian what the who defeated and who defeated fascism in 1945, it would be russia because of those huge losses that they suffered and that prevalent in vladimir

putin's rhetoric . he needs to go putin's rhetoric. he needs to go forward and just keep mobilising troops and keep this war going on for as long as possible. that is what the west is up against and that's where aid is going towards that narrative towards to defeat that narrative and mentality . danny, thank towards to defeat that narrative and very,mentality . danny, thank towards to defeat that narrative and very, very ality . danny, thank towards to defeat that narrative and very, very much. danny, thank towards to defeat that narrative and very, very much. danny thank you very, very much. danny armstrong, a russia armstrong, that is a russia expert already. the emails are coming in on this and it is the typically mixed this is typically mixed bag. this is from patricia who says patrick, we have to choose whether to help stop in ukraine now or wait until gets to calais. and this is a massive question that i'm going to be asking because there's isn't that there's that argument isn't that i only don't know how true this is and is what hoping to is and this is what hoping to find out together throughout course which is course of this show which is there amount of evidence there a huge amount of evidence if i'm not saying he take if putin. i'm not saying he take ukraine. absolutely. not far from it hypothetical from it the hypothetical situation which putin gets a large chunk of ukraine. does he stop ? what is the evidence to stop? what is the evidence to say he's going to keep rolling through europe or nabob other parts of east europe for example. is that just a chance that's not worth taking ? because that's not worth taking? because then just slightly above

then i look just slightly above box there and it goes so down is not our it seems be a not our war. it seems be a strange war and there we go. so i want to know you think about this and i want to drill down as to whether or not there is much evidence that if some kind of dealis evidence that if some kind of deal is struck, which, by the way, noting neither way, it's worth noting neither side want. if side appears to want. but if some deal was struck now, what is actual evidence for people who. well, can't that who. well, we can't do that because putin he will just keep who. well, we can't do that be

info frankly, i'm info on because frankly, i'm a bit sick and tired of britain being the world's piggy in being the world's piggy bank in general and. when i look around at some of the facts and figures general and. when i look around aokay.e of the facts and figures general and. when i look around aokay.e of right.icts and figures general and. when i look around aokay.e of right. we and figures general and. when i look around aokay.e of right. we were igures . okay. all right. we were second only to the united states. look at the size the states. you look at the size the united states in their economy, etc. in terms of military aid and how both militarily and humanitarian, 2.3 billion quint of military aid was sent to by you, the taxpayer in 2022. loads of people think that's money well spent and from what i gather as well many of you would send a lot more . we've also had send a lot more. we've also had specialist training for ukrainian troops that's currently taking place. there is, of course, talk fighter jets being sent over as well. we've had the challenger tanks . i've had the challenger tanks. i've mentioned 200 armoured vehicles, at least 100 logistic vehicles concerned. so for a lot of people that we're leaving ourselves weak in all of this and then when we look over to the european union and we see that that cohort of quite a number states appear to have number of states appear to have done anything that's a patch on those whatsoever. and if putin is going to continue to roll

through ukraine and into europe , it not them who were , it not be them who were affected first. at what affected first. and at what point we say , i think it's point do we say, i think it's time for you to step up time for you guys to step up a bit more? it's worth noting, isn't before i go my isn't it, before i go to my guest that for quite a long penod guest that for quite a long period of time in this conflict, the european union nations were willing to pretty allow willing to pretty much allow putin to take ukraine and then mop up the humanitarian disaster afterwards , throw their arms afterwards, throw their arms around ukrainian citizens. fine, but really. actually do but not really. actually do anything to stop putin taking the land and. a lot of people would find that unforgivable. with me now is now gardner, who's the director the who's the director of the margaret thatcher centre for freedom. much . freedom. thank you very much. how you rate britain's how do you rate britain's response to let's keep it response to let's just keep it quite local? european nations ? quite local? european nations? yeah thank you for having me on the show today. patrick without a doubt. as you pointed out, great britain has been the leader in europe in terms military support for a for ukraine. and if you look at the figures, ukraine. and if you look at the figures , £2.3 billion of british figures, £2.3 billion of british military assistance . that's

military assistance. that's nearly as much as the entire european union actually, i think is about european union actually, i think is abou t ,3 european union actually, i think is about ,3 billion or so from the entire in terms of military assistance. so. so the uk has provided immense military support for the ukrainians and the ukrainians really understand this. they acknowledge this. there is no bigger friend and supporter in europe today than brexit. and the reality is the uk, outside of the european union, has been able to , as the union, has been able to, as the leader of europe, frankly, in support of the. and while the french the germans basically are have really bided their time with regard support for ukraine britain from day one was sending thousands of anti—tank missiles to the ukrainians. also of course, training large numbers of ukraine in troops on british soil . and the french and the soil. and the french and the germans really have been in control. so i would say quite the classic. and in fact behind the classic. and in fact behind the scenes, both macron and i should have been trying to

negotiate or get a get a deal with the russians, actually, to a to end the war. well any benefit that was not quite famous picture, wasn't there. emmanuel macron at the end of a very long table , somewhere in very long table, somewhere in that postcode , vladimir putin. that postcode, vladimir putin. one of the main arguments, one of the main arguments and we're going to have discussions with military experts on this and russian experts . well, about the russian experts. well, about the psychology vladimir psychology of vladimir putin. but arguments as to but of the main arguments as to why need keep sending a load why we need keep sending a load of money, a load of military equipment, oversee equipment, etc. oversee ukraine is because we don't putin will take ukraine and he won't stop there. he will go all the way through europe . well, if through europe. well, if european really believe that . european really believe that. why wouldn't they do more to contribute to war effort themselves? why is it britain got to foot the bill to a large extent? it's a great question. really and so if you look at the contributions made by the baltic states directly bordering russia, of course , they have russia, of course, they have made a tremendous contribution

to as a percentage of their their own gdp. so they've done a lot. also, the poles, of course, have been outstanding because of polling. but if you go to western europe , have this western europe, you have this appeasement mentality, appeasement mindset mentality, especially in germany also you see that as well in many, many western european nations and it is a it is a very sad state of mind actually , whereby they're mind actually, whereby they're completely dependent upon the us and british military umbrella and british military umbrella and so they're quite to rely upon the us and, the uk for their own defence, while of course the us and britain does the heavy lifting in of military assistance for ukraine. and so in my view , i don't think the in my view, i don't think the germans would even be to defend themselves against the russian invasion. they wouldn't even fight , they would just fight actually, they would just surrender . and were it not for surrender. and were it not for the nato alliance, do think the russians storming russians would be storming across europe with across western europe today with or any doubt and certainly the likes of the germans reasonably even defend themselves? yeah now i am aware, acutely aware that is one of the most issues that i

ever talk about on the show. and that's saying something because we do try to every single day buckle up and tackle head on some of the most controversial issues and at times in, you know, the bombastic way that we possibly but possibly can the day. but ukraine is that absolutely ukraine is one that absolutely divides everyone this one divides everyone like this one jenny in touch. she says we jenny got in touch. she says we forget history at our peril appeasers hitler stop appeasers that hitler would stop and literally one and he did and i literally one aboveit and he did and i literally one above it this is america's one of. as a matter of record concerning their involvement etc. etc. etc. throwing away at something that does not help . something that does not help. why can't we put it into our nhs as. so a complete mixed bag. i want to ask you know if this is going to end up in some kind of stalemate and it is going to cost us at tell you minimum around two and a half billion pounds year . around two and a half billion pounds year. at around two and a half billion pounds year . at what point pounds a year. at what point will the british taxpayer to have a serious adult conversation about say, conversation about this and say, right, look , enough's enough right, look, enough's enough now, zelenskyy mp now, volodymyr zelenskyy mp said, you're going to have to form some kind of compromise deal because because we're

scared . well, there's a very scared. well, there's a very questions, patrick and, you know, one of your guests actually referred this as to this as america's war actually. this is europe's wars and europe's backyard. and if the russians get away invading ukraine, they will move on to western europe next, if they could. so this is europe's war definitely and the whole of europe has interests actually in defeating the russians i would say in terms of the long term the uk has to increase defence spending. that's not enough money frankly. and i would transfer, for example, a huge chunk of th e £11 billion spent chunk of the £11 billion spent on foreign aid over to the defence budget because britain's going to need this money. well you say supporting, but you say that. but we're spending we're spending a lot of our foreign budget would anyway on budget it would appear anyway on small in the small boats crisis in the channel spending lot of channel we're spending a lot of it a variety different things it on a variety different things as well, it to some that as well, giving it to some that frankly got programs frankly have got space programs , programs and certainly for a

little while anyway, in the case of i think it was the ethiopian spice girls a bang average music career. but yes, supposedly maybe should be we should be maybe we should be we should be doing that. look, now, thank you very to get your very much. great to get your insights now gone to is insights that is now gone to is director margaret director of the margaret thatcher at full freedom. thatcher sense at full freedom. it a polarising and i make no it is a polarising and i make no excuses for talking it i am very on the generally i don't like to be on the fence regular viewers and listeners this know and listeners to this will know but see by of this i but i can see by of this i absolutely think putin has done is unbelievable it's terrible i mean it's deadly it's borderline genocide and that kind of behaviour needs be stopped. and i think britain has done the right certainly initially to go there and throw everything out and if it wasn't for us and america to be fair, if it wasn't for us in america, there is every chance that the russian will be hoisted above kyiv now, wouldn't it? but i can also a longer term picture. i cover on this every single day this show every single day strike while some strike strikes. and while some of those pay demands are unrealistic and probably a little bit rough. at the same

time, there are who are massively, massively struggling with crisis. with the cost of living crisis. and we look some of the and then we look some of the other that we're spending other money that we're spending when comes the small boats when it comes to the small boats crisis etc. i'm crisis etc. etc. etc. i'm the russian forces are russian armed forces are unfortunately massively envy unfortunately not massively envy of the world anymore. can we continue really to keep dishing them abroad ? i can see both them out abroad? i can see both sides of this and i want your views on it. gb views. gbnews.uk okay, year putin. okay, one year on from putin. first the tongue said first roll of the tongue said let's little look now on let's have a little look now on not now actually latest not now actually of latest edition , a sparkling edition of edition, a sparkling edition of gb news. this is people's poll . gb news. this is people's poll. yes friday is people's poll time. ladies and gentlemen and this week we asked whether the uk should continue to provide military aid . ukraine. a big military aid. ukraine. a big majority . the people were in majority. the people were in favour . 66% of people majority. the people were in favour. 66% of people said majority. the people were in favour . 66% of people said they favour. 66% of people said they either support or strongly support uk government helping to arm ukraine. what i think is interesting is so just 8% of people, that's 8% of people

opposed or strongly opposed the government's programme. i don't want to hear from both sides and getting a lot of the strongly support and i want to know if you're part of the 8% who think we shouldn't, why not? gbviews@gbnews.uk but the uk provided gbviews@gbnews.uk but the uk provide d £2.3 billion worth of provided £2.3 billion worth of military aid to ukraine in 2022 alone. and this afternoon i to hear from you and i want to know whether or not you think enough , enough should that , enough now or should that money be spent on things like the nhs. should it be used to help millions of families who are cost of are struggling with the cost of living crisis? i do want to hear from you. gb views gb news. .uk and if you think we should and if you do think we should continue ukraine, which well, continue to ukraine, which well, clearly do, 66, clearly majority of you do, 66, apparently. why and for how long? okay, let's have a reasonable discussion about all of but someone who you of this. but someone who you can't out the news, you can't keep out the news, you just can't keep them out of the news. this guy, the archbishop of canterbury. yes. mean, it's of canterbury. yes. i mean, it's nice isn't it, that nice know, isn't it, that christianity got itself christianity has got itself sorted now wade into sorted so we can now wade into politics international politics and international affairs justin welby has once

affairs. justin welby has once again got involved in other people's business. this time he's had his say on the war in ukraine. it's topical . we'll ukraine. it's topical. we'll talk about that a little on we've got all of that coming your way and much, much more, by the way, some rather spicy discussions about whether or not a boxing ring girls are sexist and. who is the bigger menace on the road ? okay. drivers the road? okay. drivers or cyclists i'll you into .

welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. just when we were off there, i was told that we've got some breaking news to bring you, i think. and i'm going to go over to northern ireland very shortly. a fourth man has been arrested ireland arrested in northern ireland after of an off after the shooting of an off duty officer wednesday duty officer on wednesday evening. detective chief inspector colwell was shot inspector john colwell was shot multiple times in of his young son gb news in northern ireland.

reports of dougie beattie t is that as dougie? thank you very much. yes. so there have been some developments in the last few minutes. can you tell us more. please well, there has indeed the deputy chief constable mark mcewan has said that they are now treating this as a act, an act of terror , and as a act, an act of terror, and that they are fairly and squarely pointing the finger at the new ira. this will give them more scope and say terms to make arrests hold for longer and of course question longer on when are looking or searching premises. they can be more in exactly what they're doing there . so they actually have pointed the fairly and squarely at new ira . goodness me. okay all ira. goodness me. okay all right, dickie. and yeah, interesting of the latest in terms of the of the individual who was shot as well. what do we know about that ? well, we do know about that? well, we do know about that? well, we do know that he is still in a critical and very serious condition in hospital he is

still being held in a coma in order that our medical come in induced coma to make sure that he a better chance of recover the dpp are they changing chief constable today was saying that he was with the family yesterday and last night and that's i mean basically the whole community here there was a press conference here earlier on all five political parties stood together with the chief constable and give him their backing. united in saying that this type of behaviour cannot happen in, say, northern ireland, and even that 20 years ago would have not ever, ever have happened . so it is it is have happened. so it is it is moving fast . it is fast paced moving fast. it is fast paced and fast moving . another arrest and fast moving. another arrest this morning, a 22 year old man arrested in the coalisland area. he's being held with three others who are anywhere from 38 to 47 years of age. they are being held in musgrave street serious crime unit and. they are being held under the anti terrorism act. okay dougie,

thank you very, very much. that's gb news is northern ireland. reporter dougie beattie that he's just reacting to the latest developments. breaking news following that omagh shooting treated of course shooting being treated of course as terror related right now . as terror related right now. later this hour, ladies and gentlemen , i am going. yes to gentlemen, i am going. yes to talk turnips now is not the headunei talk turnips now is not the headline i was hoping for, but pretty watershed. so we're going to have to leave it. but you heard right with the country heard me right with the country from and veg shortage, from a fruit and veg shortage, a government minister says the should eat turnips. i'll be asking a farmer to speak up in support the humble turnip. i'm also play of the also going play you one of the most iconic tv clips you've most iconic tv clips that you've ever well. we've got ever seen as well. we've got some big debates today, some of the big debates today, ladies gentlemen. is ladies and gentlemen. it is friday, all, should ring friday, after all, should ring girls banned and does girls be banned and does the word fireman you? because word fireman offend you? because apparently should. but now as apparently it should. but now as the we rhiannon jones the headlines we rhiannon jones jones. the headlines we rhiannon jones jones . thank you. it's 331. your jones. thank you. it's 331. your top stories from gb newsroom a silence was held across the uk

this morning marking one year since the start of the russian invasion of ukraine . invasion of ukraine. 80 downing street the prime minister rishi sunak stood ukraine's ambassador to the uk to reflect on the country's losses. britain's imposed a raft of new sanctions, including an export ban on every piece equipment that russia uses on the battlefield. president putin's closest allies have also targeted. among them , his former targeted. among them, his former chief of security and the chief executive of . nord stream 2 in executive of. nord stream 2 in kyiv. ukraine's president vladimir attended a ceremony with families of soldiers in the conflict. he the past 12 months

as a year of pain, sorrow, faith and unity. tens thousands of ukrainians have died following russia's invasion , which has russia's invasion, which has resulted in the largest crisis in europe since . world war ii. in europe since. world war ii. and to not breaking news story police in northern ireland say the treating the shooting of an officer omagh as terrorist related with the new i.r.a. the primary of inquiry stormed says it's united and with the northern ireland police service in the wake of wednesday's detective chief inspector , john detective chief inspector, john caldwell remains in a critical but stable condition , being shot but stable condition, being shot by two masked gunmen at. a sports centre, a fourth man has been arrested in connection with his attempted . and it's official his attempted. and it's official three candidates are now running to become the next snp leader . to become the next snp leader. humza yousaf kate forbes and ash regan all secured enough votes

to advance to next round of the leadership contest . but they leadership contest. but they managed to secure the backing at least 100 members from a minimum of 20 local branches, a period of 20 local branches, a period of now gets under way with the winner . on the 27th of march. tv winner. on the 27th of march. tv online under ab plus radio. this is news now. it's back to patrick . patrick yeah, well, patrick. patrick yeah, well, it's an action packed show that ladies and gentlemen, ladies, you've been getting in search of your thoughts on ukraine. i've got other stories, bit got quite few other stories, bit lighter coming way is lighter to be coming your way is friday, all. but let's lighter to be coming your way is fridayinto all. but let's lighter to be coming your way is fridayinto the l. but let's lighter to be coming your way is fridayinto the inbox let's lighter to be coming your way is fridayinto the inbox now delve into the inbox now because. i've been asking a question that i think maybe in a year or two time, we're year or two years time, we're going all be ourselves rather going to all be ourselves rather a with a slightly less a lot maybe with a slightly less emotional than of course emotional stamp than of course today a year today with it being a year exactly since putin rolled tanks into ukraine. and that question really longer really is for how much longer would comfortable with a would you be comfortable with a supporting ukraine? to the extent we are and why or

extent that we are and why or why not? tom says we must support ukraine to the end, and it's all in capitals, so we really means it. if not, who's next? poland. moldova britain. there's not one stop and it's done. that's another big question to this, isn't it? look, i am disputing for a single second, by the way, tom that i've only met putin is clearly, you know, pretty unhinged say the least. right unhinged to say the least. right well, he stop. would he not stop? is it a chance that we can what is the actual heart of it is that it wouldn't , i suppose is that it wouldn't, i suppose just the fact that sort of just the fact that he sort of hands would be good enough reason people think reason for many people to think it wasn't, kathleen says. i strongly feel we should support ukraine takes. ukraine for as long it takes. after all, they are ones after all, they are the ones doing the fighting on our doing all the fighting on our behalf putin from behalf to prevent putin from invading country he invading whichever country he funds now this is funds these. now this is becoming a common is becoming a very common theme, is that think that he that people think that he wouldn't stop at ukraine. wouldn't just stop at ukraine. and absolutely fair and that's absolutely fair enough. hopefully whenever i have out. and it have to find out. right. and it is good point, isn't i is also good point, isn't it? i think johnson's that this think boris johnson's that this doesn't maybe doesn't say that we are maybe paying doesn't say that we are maybe paying terms of money and paying in terms of money and equipment, the ukrainians

equipment, but the ukrainians paying equipment, but the ukrainians paying and that is paying in blood. and that is a big difference, actually. david says keep sending says while we keep sending weapons, losing lives. weapons, sides are losing lives. it think it's okay it seems people think it's okay for keep going as long for us to keep it going as long as of us are getting as none of us are getting attacked. well, this is the other thing, isn't it? oh, we the war is the war being prolonged? but what's the alternative? should ukraine really just go, okay. or i will draw a line around a little bit of our country and will keep that and you know, big mad vlad can have the other bear impeach him. stopped as him. what he stopped there as we've spoken so yeah we've already spoken so yeah difficult what the difficult to know what the solution heather says solution is that heather says it's war should we it's not our war why should we aid this war when it's not our war, we are not benefiting from this sound. like i've said , is this sound. like i've said, is very a mixed bag. one thing very much a mixed bag. one thing that i will that stands out, that i will say that stands out, it's i am very much on the fence about this and the sense that i can say absolutely , did can say absolutely, we did the right thing. initially, i am concerned what happens concerned about what happens going and whether or not going forward and whether or not we can continue to this. and we can continue to do this. and in me saying that, in response to me saying that, i am guessing as a highly edited of our emails, that in response

to this see the emails to this i can see the emails coming with, loads of people coming in with, loads of people going, oh, are shelling it going, oh, you are shelling it out then another out day you and then another load you going out you stand load of you going out you stand up for the nurses for and people who going strike and who are going on strike and people struggling with people who are struggling with the living so the cost of living crisis. so maybe doing something right because be wanting because i seem to be wanting absolutely everybody up with this, i want your views it's this, but i want your views it's good we've also a couple good stuff. we've also a couple of quickly on of emails. dave, just quickly on the going to be the debate we're going to be doing which about doing later, which is about whether or not ring girls should be allowed. we are looking to host between lee host a boxing match between lee anderson. that's the tory anderson. yes. that's the tory deputy the ramona deputy chair, the ramona with a megaphone and steve bray. and we were discussing whether or were just discussing whether or not we should whole not we should go the whole hog and girls says and have ring girls anna says ring don't offend me. ring girls don't offend me. i think all women. think they're all women. michelle yes, i we should michelle says, yes, i we should have tell you have ring girls, i'll tell you otherwise, be otherwise, miss will be cancelled i'm called. cancelled and i'm called. ray has in but has been in touch, but unfortunately for ray i won't read online. does you read it online. it does that you have emailed in off your wife's email address, ray, but you have in terms told me in no uncertain terms told me how enjoy the idea of how much you enjoy the idea of ring so gb views the ring girls so gb views the gbnews.uk keep coming in gbnews.uk keep them coming in after ask should

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obviously watch and listen to our newest recruits . jacob our newest recruits. jacob rees—mogg. what a show that's going welcome back. going to be. but welcome back. ukrainian volodymyr zelenskyy is speaking at a press conference in apparently so that's in kyiv. apparently so, that's a little than shwe . experts little less than shwe. experts are telling that we have a war of exhaust churn and not a single party would have a resources to have an promover victory clear victory. and then there will be a negotiation. so how do this negotiations look like? what's the ultimate victory for ukraine looks like i'm not thinking about how those negotiations could take place . negotiations could take place. we make very specific steps. ukraine has initiated the peace formula at g20 , although in june formula at g20, although in june we would really like to have it june 19, not g20 the fall. so we've a briefed everyone on the peace how we see that and then

there's the outcome what russia has done here and how it has an impact. not only on our security because there are different crisis it's caused by russia's aggressive steps as . you know, aggressive steps as. you know, the occupation of the nuclear power plant in support asia. and then the blocking of the sea and all the chains supply, which is part the food security. you know, all of those aspects share more than once. so. okay all right. so that is volodymyr zelenskyy that now he is currently holding a press conference in kyiv. we will let our bring you the highlights that as and when they drop. moving archbishop of moving the archbishop of canterbury has been canterbury justin welby has been making once again canterbury justin welby has been magayi once again canterbury justin welby has been magay marriage once again canterbury justin welby has been magay marriage harryonce again canterbury justin welby has been magay marriage harry and again canterbury justin welby has been magay marriage harry and meghan on gay marriage harry and meghan didn't he although definitely in secret that would have secret because that would have been, yet another been, of course yet another whopping was told whopping lie that was told oprah. but this time it just he just couldn't help himself . but just couldn't help himself. but weigh in on the war in ukraine suggesting that russia not be punished similarly to that of germany after the first world

war. we'll run again the telegraph welby says that russia should into should not be forced into accepting agreement like the treaty of versailles in 1919. accepting agreement like the trea germans.ailles in 1919. accepting agreement like the trea germans were; in 1919. accepting agreement like the trea germans were forced 9. accepting agreement like the trea germans were forced to pay the germans were forced to pay huge reparations to agree to limit the size of their army to 100,000. and they also lost key territories . now, as the head of territories. now, as the head of the church of england is, well, be speak out or is this be right to speak out or is this none of business? he as well none of his business? he as well is. what's he saying? absolute and utter tosh. joining now and utter tosh. joining me now discuss this political discuss all of this is political commentator thank commentator abraham. thank you very much . why does welby very much. why does justin welby feel as though it's his duty to talk about. absolutely everything? he's got everything? because he's got this of i think i saw this this sort of i think i saw this in the spectator milk and water ideology. absolutely ideology. they have absolutely no principles . i mean, the fact no principles. i mean, the fact is , a, he's a public figure. is, a, he's a public figure. he's a religious figure. he shouldn't be commenting on these issues he's issues. and i think he's actually got history wrong actually got the history wrong here. mean, you know, the here. i mean, you know, the treaty not as punitive treaty was i was not as punitive as many historians have made them out actually, the them out be actually, the revisionist school of thought within the historiography of actually argued that the treaty obviously punish it obviously wasn't punish it

wasn't punitive enough they didn't measure that didn't have any measure that sort that this things would sort of that this things would be tried out. hitler ended up actually just against actually just going against against entirely the meant that the actually decided you the allies actually decided you know let him increase know what well let him increase army. think he's got his army. so i think he's got his history . he shouldn't history. he shouldn't be commenting what commenting on it. but what i find interesting is the one who wanted a discussion about justin welby. he's waiting on all things scheme, things political rwanda scheme, for also now almost of for example also now almost of really revising christianity in many ways to do with same sex marriage and all of that . so i'm marriage and all of that. so i'm just wondering, you know, do you think maybe thinks that he is god or do you think he's god? but i think he definitely thinks he has the right to sort of change history. i mean, again when it comes to russia, ukraine and this sort of revisionist community, comparisons to historical events think is just unhelpful. i don't think he thinks he's god. i think he does thinks he's god. i think he does think he's slightly unlikely figure that he thinks he figure that where he thinks he can those i mean, can change those things. i mean, look, your views on look, whatever your views are on homosexuality you homosexuality and whether you believe within, you know, believe that within, you know, christianity same sex marriage

is or not reported as a is allowed or not reported as a sin or not, whatever you, think that even if you think that's the pretty in the the case, it is pretty in the bible. again, it is this bible. and again, it is this sort revisionist of sort of revisionist school of thought. what is really fascinating, though, is the minute have a situation, minute we have a situation, scotland, where kate forbes expresses own now, expresses her own views. now, plenty them, by plenty of people with them, by the way. you i happen to the way. you know, i happen to agree everything she agree with everything that she says. takes what would says. she takes say, what would say an evangelical fundamentalist approach to things gay marriage, etc. things like gay marriage, etc. which, by the way, is echoed in pretty every single major world religion. similar religion. there's similar similar that similar views there that potentially is going to bar from high office. tim farron something similar happened to him, although doubt the dems him, although i doubt the dems would by landslide would have won by a landslide anyway. got these anyway. so you've got these things. then have a things. but then here we have a religious figure who can't stop getting involved in politics and everyone just hangs on his words and you know, you're absolutely right. i mean, like my family, a muslim i'll be pretty open about the that many members of my the fact that many members of my family that family don't believe that homosexuality is okay, that they do that a would they do that it's a sin. would they ever want that to be legislated

on? absolutely i think that's the with kate forbes. the same case with kate forbes. clearly, here is clearly, what we have here is religious figure wants to religious figure that wants to butt politics all the time butt into politics all the time and something and they've got something fundamentally wrong here. putin is an aggressor. putin is he is a year ago today that he invaded ukraine, a sovereign country . ukraine, a sovereign country. and whether you think that we should be spending money in ukraine again , an entirely ukraine is again, an entirely different . but we different conversation. but we cannot be compare making these unhelpful historical comparisons . he's got it wrong and he shouldn't be commenting these things. should he his things. no. should he get his own house in order before he starts with starts getting involved with everything? you everything? well, i think you should those debates. should get those debates. christianity, before christianity, you know, before he commenting on russia, he starts commenting on russia, ukraine he ukraine or whatever else he wants comment yeah, wants to comment on. but yeah, i think he needs to sort out think look, he needs to sort out those are happening those things that are happening within united kingdom, within the united kingdom, within christianity, within those domestic which he those domestic debates, which he should an expert on. and then leave russia, ukraine, leave that to the foreign experts. yeah, indeed. all right. thank you thank you for you very much. thank you for coming the studio as well coming into the studio as well as . as political commentator. remember reacting to remember him just reacting to our canterbury, justin

our bishop of canterbury, justin welby , latest intervention, welby, latest intervention, which in a nutshell was don't punish putin too hard. a couple of things wrong with that. there is no end to this war in sight anyway. jumped the gun anyway. so he's jumped the gun for better there there's for the better there there's also ever going also other i think, ever going to a situation where putin is to be a situation where putin is in a situation where we have to do some kind of treaty of scything with him. i just don't see how putin is going to that happen. so a starting is intervention that a lot of people saying now enough is enough with this religious figures involved in figures getting involved in politics. and where do you stand on the idea of trust in what we doing the same but we're moving now we're moving on because are you finding fruits and vegetables running near vegetables are running low near you? a bit of a you? i keen to get a bit of a postcode map of this because everyone seems to be getting in touch me. we radically touch with me. we radically different about . this different stories about. this some of empty shelves some pictures of empty shelves in empty shops someone what write shouldn't write a song about shouldn't they people going this they and some people going this is nonsense you can't is absolute nonsense you can't for veg wherever i am. for fruit and veg wherever i am. but apparently there is a national shortage and national

shortage of foods , tomatoes, shortage of foods, tomatoes, cucumbers and, peppers due to bad weather in countries which can grow them . so this now is can grow them. so this now is apparently big news and the shortage is expected to last until may . oh, now some until may. oh, now some supermarkets even started putting a cap on how much and veg you can buy in one go. i'm i kind of kind of wait cannot wait to see fights breaking out in the aisles where it says the marjory in scunthorpe is extra courgettes in a basket but environment secretary therese coffey raised a few eyebrows when suggested that people should eat turnips instead . eat should eat turnips instead. eat well. this of the value of turnips apparently . but do you turnips apparently. but do you remember is something that someone asked us to do earlier and ask, and you shall receive right here on this particular show on gb news do you remember what baldrick spent on his turnip, you know , let's remind turnip, you know, let's remind ourselves this really iconic clip now from blackadder, show it . i spent it. clip now from blackadder, show it . i spent it . you spent it.

it. i spent it. you spent it. what could you possibly spend ? what could you possibly spend? hundred thousand pounds. on oh, god don't tell me. no my dream. turn it on it. how did manage to find a turnip that cost £400,000? well have to haggle . £400,000? well have to haggle. yes, there you go. what i said, if i yes, there you go. what i said, ifi doubt yes, there you go. what i said, if i doubt you will find it said it that sighs but downing street that ms. coffey has simply been setting out the importance of celebrating the produce that we grow uk. some on who grow here in the uk. some on who doesn't understand importance of british produce is mark summers. he's a beef arable farmer from buckinghamshire . thank you very buckinghamshire. thank you very much. and said, look, can you sell the idea turnips to me . sell the idea turnips to me. well i don't know. i'm not a big of myself, but i definitely something in eating seasonal

like we depend too much on imports and we have such variety of things that we can grow in this country. and if we were to eat things more seasonally when they're available and it's stuff a lot of these problems of food shortages and the other thing is we waste an awful lot of food. so like the amount of food waste is a sin and we're throwing away food this perfectly . even the food this perfectly. even the food this perfectly. even the food that goes to the shows like there's a large percentage that that's rejected because it's either a funny shape or too big or too small and we just need to be eating a bit more sensibly. the people who are getting angry about some of the foods not available at the minute , just available at the minute, just cry—babies really because they've been spoilt by the fact that we're used to the, you know, all year round, whatever you want, whatever you want, it is say i'm, sure fans, we have more than enough to go around in this country. should probably

this country. we should probably eating stuff if we eating seasonal stuff and if we waste many things as we do , waste as many things as we do, then we'd be better off then we'd all be better off anyway. out you know. i think so. and there's another to be said for people who want to try and grow their own tomatoes and stuff like that, rather than importing them from other countries and like the food . on countries and like the food. on tomatoes, avocados , almonds tomatoes, avocados, almonds anything like that. you know, it's quite ridiculous . the it's quite ridiculous. the energy that's spent on getting those foods here when a large portion of them we can grow ourselves in our own personal greenhouses . it's cheaper to do greenhouses. it's cheaper to do that as well and like a lot of people might find, it's actually enjoyable to grow your own produce. but but can you just talk to me a bit about wonky because i couldn't give a stuff about what the swedes i eat or the turnip this i eat or

whatever looks like. i just don't care. but why have we got a situation where every single thing that we eat apparently has to look like it's just been hand carved by? the same person who did the system chapel? what one do do why we do we have to do that? why we just wonky veg ? i think just eat wonky veg? i think people's just kind of been bit spoilt over last few decades and used to having better quality food a people are probably bit have a bit more disposable than they used to and they'll spend a bit more on the food that they want. and, and as a result the supermarkets have just decided to put out the best produce . to put out the best produce. they're buying it up so cheaply they can afford to chuck away bad ones and try and sell their best produce and keep the good stuff on the shelves. because, you know, people they there's just a kind of a bit of a mindset suppose for people like it has to look right and has to look good, you know , look, thank

look good, you know, look, thank you very much, mark somerset who whilst not being massive fan of turnips himself, but think he made that crystal clear at the start, understand what maybe we should all be eating more of them and you to see it. them and you love to see it. thank very much. he's he's thank you very much. he's he's a beef arable farmer from beef and arable farmer from buckinghamshire. is the buckinghamshire. that is the news that therese coffey has been all, that we can been telling us all, that we can just turnips or something, just eat turnips or something, seasonal this seasonal veg. and doesn't this just it again. yes, again just a yes it again. yes, again the need for dependent to the need for self dependent to when comes to things like when it comes to things like that. well look a bit of a gear and some unexpected news nonetheless some sad news to bnng nonetheless some sad news to bring you in last few minutes is being confirmed erm that sir bernard , who was the long bernard, who was the long serving secretary for margaret thatcher, has sadly died aged 90, after a short illness. and the news was confirmed by his family . so i just want to bring family. so i just want to bring in out in case just missed it which is the breaking news that it's been confirmed that sir bernard ingham who was the long serving press secretary for margaret has sadly margaret thatcher, has sadly died aged 90 after a short

illness . so yes, we'll bring died aged 90 after a short illness. so yes, we'll bring you more on that if get any more detail. of course. now he's going to finish this hour by delving into the quite often terrifying world of. my inbox gb views. gb news does uk. we've got some big ones coming for you. i'm going to swerve ukraine stuff for now. okay. think you. i'm going to swerve ukraine stuff fhad)w. okay. think you. i'm going to swerve ukraine stuff fhad enough'. think you. i'm going to swerve ukraine stuff fhad enough of think you. i'm going to swerve ukraine stuff fhad enough of that( you. i'm going to swerve ukraine stuff fhad enough of that for one we've had enough of that for one hour just tease ahead to hour and just tease ahead to something which something that i'm doing, which is versus cyclists. joan is drivers versus cyclists. joan collins, all people, is collins, of all people, is pumped and told khan to pumped up and told sadiq khan to get grip . the cyclist should get a grip. the cyclist should be they break the be fined, etc. if they break the law. do you think get law. do you think cyclists get away at times? maybe murder away with at times? maybe murder on the roads? i've been you on the roads? and i've been you who's the biggest menace on the road we're be having a road? we're going to be having a big drive versus big debate on this drive versus cyclists. great because cyclists. and it's great because you always find people who are incredibly it incredibly passionate about it on says nothing on both sides. pete says nothing spoils morning drive in spoils a sunday morning drive in the quicker the country quicker than rounding a group rounding a and finding a group of aged clad taking of middle aged clad men taking up half of the road. why can't they just get themselves an exercise bike , annoy the people exercise bike, annoy the people in that house instead. why do they need to cycle abreast as

well? and it's always looks like a group of middle aged men who are going through some are clearly going through some of either at or in their of crisis, either at or in their own heads. hey, so into lycra, it looks like someone's pumped sock full custard. it doesn't sock full of custard. it doesn't say . then just go out and say. then they just go out and it's to cycle three abreast and ruin the day it's like the tour de fat isn't say anyway my views on are clearly pretty clear on this are clearly pretty clear and of the big one and also one of the big one we're going be doing as well, we're going to be doing as well, which firemen the term which is firemen does the term fireman offend you because supposedly to supposedly and now we have to call fire call them the fire people fire at fire them's if you ask sam smith anyway the guy at the top of greater manchester fire service has said that the term fireman sexist so that fireman is indeed sexist so that we will having big debates we will having a big debates about more locally gone mad about that more locally gone mad is instead gb views or gbnews.uk in the next hour, though, the foreign secretary cleverly foreign secretary james cleverly will un security . will speak to the un security. and gentlemen , be and ladies and gentlemen, be pleased to know we're bringing you that live. but i believe now it's you that live. but i believe now wsfime you that live. but i believe now it's time for a very quick break. simon seasonal offensive , it? i'm deakin. this is , is it? i'm deakin. this is your latest weather update. it's

friday afternoon, which means the weekend is almost here. most of us won't see much rain. a cold feel, particularly where windy it's going to be mostly dry , though, because this area dry, though, because this area of high pressure is in quite here yet however and this weather front has been slowly sinking south through the day across of england and wales and it's still providing bit of rain across parts of south wales, south—west england this evening, nothing too heavy and it should clear what got northerly winds. you'll notice if you cross eastern scotland and, eastern england today, bringing a real chill and that will continue over we'll a few over and we'll feed a few scattered showers into the east but many places dry , clear and but many places dry, clear and cold temperatures close to freezing towns and cities and well below in rural, maybe as low as minus four. so chilly start to saturday, but for quite a few it'll be a sunny start. we'll still have this breeze into eastern england. so going to be colder. these north sea coast and there will be a few showers coming in at times as well, going heavy. they should

move through, but perhaps parts of the midlands, maybe southern england most places england as well. but most places city further south and west and of course scotland will be dry . of course scotland will be dry. but temperatures only going but temperatures are only going to to six, seven, eight to get to six, seven, eight celsius for most and feeling colder in that and colder in that wind and certainly it has certainly colder than it has been over recent . a chilly been over recent. a chilly evening to come then on saturday evening to come then on saturday evening we're heading out and again where skies stay clear. the map turns blue suggesting there will be frost and again on sunday not a great deal of change for many. it will be a fine sunny start, certainly for scotland, northern ireland, southern, quite a bit of cloud in the central and eastern parts with just a few showers feeding into maybe lincolnshire down towards east midlands a bit. into maybe lincolnshire down towards east midlands a bit . a towards east midlands a bit. a stronger breeze in southern county and still noticeably chilly on the north sea coasts of england but away from the breeze, scotland, northern ireland, pleasant enough, certainly further south quite cold. feel through this weekend

yes, it's friday. everybody is patrick christys right here on gb news. let's go, shall we. it's exactly a year since putin the tanks in and this hour i will be asking and answering big question what exactly is the russian tyrant's end game if he conquered ukraine much further, would he really go ? i've got would he really go? i've got a unique solution to . this unique solution to. this problem, which you might not want to miss, and the word fireman is now offensive. yes, that's according the chief fire officer of greater fire brigade . what should it be instead of fire? fire them. fire people. and possibly like to fire him, actually. but there we go. this the same fire service that got slammed for taking 2 hours to let rescuers into the manchester

arena as victims of the terror attack lay dying. so, you know, there is that. isn't that moving on verses driver a on cyclist verses driver a debate as old as well cars i suppose. who owns the road? two wheeled lycra clad gopro wearing maniacs or normal people who drive cars and listen to gb news on the radio. i'll be asking do cyclists get with murder on the roads? aren't we're in talks to host a boxing match between . host a boxing match between. tory deputy chairman lee anderson remainer protester steve bray . but should we have steve bray. but should we have ringo . it's divided the office ringo. it's divided the office of boxing ring girls and affront to feminism gbviews@gbnews.uk . to feminism gbviews@gbnews.uk. how long should we support ukraine for? that's what i want to know. how much longer would you be willing to support ukraine? fall to the tune billions of pounds a year in military resources, etc. and should ban boxing girls should ban boxing ring girls gbviews@gbnews.uk. right now gbviews@gbnews.uk. but right now it's your headlines with polly middlehurst middlehurst.

patrick. thank you. and afternoon to you. a minute's silence was held across the uk morning marking one year since the start of the russian invasion of . invasion of. ukraine many . for one invasion of. ukraine many. for one downing invasion of. ukraine many . for one downing street, many. for one downing street, the prime minister rishi sunak stood with ukraine us ambassador to the uk to reflect on the country's losses. britain has imposed a raft of new sanctions , including an export ban on every piece of equipment that russia uses on the battlefield . russia uses on the battlefield. president putin's closest have also been targeted among his former chief of security and chief executive of stream . two

chief executive of stream. two and in kyiv, ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy attended ceremony with families , soldiers ceremony with families, soldiers killed in the conflict . he killed in the conflict. he described the last 12 months as a year of sorrow , faith . and a year of sorrow, faith. and well . former president petro well. former president petro poroshenko spoke to us about the human of russia's invasion . human of russia's invasion. can't imagine ukraine lost dozens and dozens of thousands of innocent civilians from bucha to from there military, criminal collusion . but together that collusion. but together that imagine that 8 million ukrainians leave ukraine and, go abroad. two and a half million. the financial does go to the school abroad because solidarity. but this is the humanitarian disaster. poland has delivered its first two leopard 2 tanks to ukraine and

says it's ready to supply more quickly . the polish prime quickly. the polish prime minister schmear of jet ski also says the country will train ukrainians on f—16 fighter jets . sweden, too, is expected to ten tanks as well as anti—aircraft systems . well, anti—aircraft systems. well, here in the uk, a street in central london has been called kyiv road to mark years since russian president vladimir putin sent his troops into ukraine. westminster city council given the name to a small section of face road, a short distance from russian embassy. the council it wants to show ukrainian residents that their struggle has a visible place in our city. well in other news today, police in northern ireland say they're treating the shooting of an in omagh as terror related. with the new ira the primary line of stormont says it's united in standing with psni in the wake

of shooting. detective chief inspector john caldwell remains in a critical but stable condition after being shot by two masked gunmen at a sport sports centre. a fourth man has been arrested in connection his attempted murder. sinn fein's vice president, michelle o'neill it as an attack on. the entire community. i think it's important that we continue to send a united message to , wider send a united message to, wider society. we this year, celebrate 25 years of our good friday agreement and so much that's been achieved over past 25 years. our society has been completely transformed and we're not going to allow anybody to reverse any of that progress that's been made. so that's why it's important that we put it's very important that we put across this an attack across today. this is an attack on the community. this is an attack and this is an attack on all us. and this is an attack on all us. and this is an attack none of us will ever attack that none of us will ever tolerate. junior doctors will stage three days of strike action next month. the british association has announced. walk off the job from the 13th of march. nearly 37,000 bma members

voted favour of industrial action. that's the largest ever turnout a ballot of doctors. and it follows a series of strikes by nurses, ambulance workers . by nurses, ambulance workers. the puffin uk have announced classic roald books will be king , will be keeping the author's original text in print. it follows of recent editing of his work to remove potentially so—called offensive language . so—called offensive language. it's understood puffin will continue with the publication of amended texts as well as releasing the originals . releasing the originals. commander of the queen consort yesterday urged authors to kerbs on freedom of expression . and on freedom of expression. and official. three candidates are now running to become the next snp . humza yousaf , kate forbes snp. humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan all secured enough votes to advance to the next round of the contest. they managed secure the backing of at least 100 members from a minimum

of 20 local branches a period of campaigning now gets underway with the winner to be announced on the 27th of march. those are the latest news headlines. i'm back in half an hour. see either alright, people. now the foreign secretary cleverly will make a speech at the un security council in new york little later this afternoon. we'll bring you that live here on gb news. you've people. our political edhon you've people. our political editor, darren mccarthy, though, is in new york for us. darren you're travelling with the foreign secretary so what are they hoping to achieve or what you got for us? yeah, good afternoon . you, patrick. live afternoon. you, patrick. live inside the united nations, as you say. james is here at a special meeting of the un security council. one year on from the invasion of ukraine. he actually met just beforehand

with the ukrainian foreign minister here in the un . we were minister here in the un. we were kind of at the sidelines that meeting and been reflected as the kind of uk support for ukraine. we had a tweet from vladimir zelenskyy, the ukrainian president in, the last hour or so as well. again britain for its support. but james clapper, his main role here, if you like in many ways is trying to hold together the international coalition across the condemning russia for the world condemning russia for its actions in ukraine and trying to bring the fighting to an end. now, the reason i say that it a broad coalition. we had a vote here at the un night in which 141 nations were on the world's essentially condemned russia . its actions and indeed russia. its actions and indeed call for an end to the. that was a similar number of countries who don or are taking part the vote this time last year only seven. this time russia and the foreign secretary very pleased with that because there concern as you've been reflecting actually one year on into this conflict as people kind turn to

other things or get concerned about how long they will continue that that international coalition might well down. coalition might well break down. and little of and there is little sign of that. sign, given the that. and little sign, given the fact that russia has spent an awful lot the last couple of months different parts months going to different parts of world most notably of the world most notably subsaharan africa , trying to get subsaharan africa, trying to get countries onside , and in the countries onside, and in the end, they have failed in task. only mali and eritrea voted with russia yesterday. so it's a foreign visit. the foreign secretary is leaving later on today. i'm getting with him. but his effort , not just a symbolic his effort, not just a symbolic similarity it's a symbolic kind of attempt to stand shoulder to shoulder in solidly parity with ukraine. he's going to talk , you ukraine. he's going to talk, you say, at the un security council meeting the couple of meeting in the next couple of minutes , but also try and minutes, but also to try and convince kind of western allies to go further when it comes to the supply of aid and more particularly, ammunitions in the weeks with fears that weeks ahead, with fears that could second offensive. uk could be a second offensive. uk calling for longer range calling for those longer range missiles and also suggesting what a very few countries in the world to do so that the supply

of should not be off the of jets should not be off the table . well done. thank you very table. well done. thank you very much, darren mccaffrey. and we will going back new york will be going back to new york in while , however long it takes in while, however long it takes for james cleverly to graces with there. but with his presence there. but we're turning now to war in ukraine. many are wondering what russian leaders ultimately aim is what is putin's end game . is what is putin's end game. okay. now, having launched the war this time last year, many people expected kyiv to fall within weeks . but it turned out within weeks. but it turned out very differently, it ? so very differently, didn't it? so what are putin's strategic aims for 2023? and this really ties into something that i think is a core theme in the inbox and a big one for you guys. a lot of you think that we should just keep ploughing infinite resources of money, etc. etc. into ukraine so that we stop. he's in his tracks because if we don't stop him at ukraine, then in lot of people's view he'll just roll on the way through europe and before we know it, it'll be calais. and then we all know only short boat ride know it's only a short boat ride there dover, isn't. but at there into dover, isn't. but at one peace is. my name is

one hour peace is. my name is with me is martin whittaker is that his story and he's written extensively russians extensively about the russians and union was it or and the soviet union was it or is idea that is there any to the idea that putin would take ukraine in and then keep on going through then just keep on going through europe ? no for the simple reason europe? no for the simple reason that he doesn't have the capability of doing that . we've capability of doing that. we've seen the degrading of the russian to quite extraordinary degree since february 2022. he certainly can't do that. he hasn't got the strength to the capability of doing that. but secondly, don't think this war ever off with that aim. ever started off with that aim. this is not any way this is not in any way apologising putin. it's not this is not in any way ap any ising putin. it's not this is not in any way ap any way| putin. it's not this is not in any way ap any way reducingl. it's not this is not in any way ap any way reducingl. it' threat . in any way reducing the threat. and but putin's aim is not world domination. his aim is to restore what he considers lost russian lands. that's why he intervened so brutally in chechnya a few years ago in georgia, because he felt that was in his sphere of influence. that's why is attempted to draw ukraine back into russia he doesn't regard ukraine as being a independent state that's why he's a threat to places like for example which is between and

moldova which is why he's putting pressure on the baltic states, but don't think for a moment his aim was even when he thought he was going to succeed in 2022 to have will domination . no that's certainly be his capability. it's beyond capability. it's beyond capability of russia. it's threatening that he thinks he need a sovereign state in order to recreate lost what would be called the risky move, the world of russia . but i don't think of russia. but i don't think world domination is that so you think that the argument as to whether or not we should continue send billions of pounds worth resources and military equipment and money and all of this stuff to ukraine should just be sentences around the fact we should stand up for ukraine nation. not if we ukraine as a nation. not if we don't , that we're . next very don't, that we're. next very good question. i mean, i think twofold except that really one i think because we can't be sure i mean i may be wrong and severely miss underestimated the threats

of hitler in the thirties and even if putin's aim is not world domination a, we cannot see the disintegration of eastern because of the complete imbalance to the balance of power that would , but also power that would, but also because of the signal that sends to other people, because even if his aim primarily to cause trouble in the baltics, but not to invade them, not to invade poland , but to seize back poland, but to seize back ukraine force. if we let him get away with that, what kind of signal does that send over taiwan, for example , and how taiwan, for example, and how could that explode ? so even if could that explode? so even if we don't think he is a direct threat, no, he's not going to invade germany. he's not going to invade he's not going to cross the channel that still is a to , the balance of a threat to, the balance of power that still a threat to the rules based order , even the rules based order, even the reduced concept , the threat of reduced concept, the threat of putin is enough and we have to defend rules based international order . we defend rules based international order. we have to make it clear that you cannot violate national sovereignty will otherwise. is

it taiwan next for china? so even at reduced threat, it's a big threat. i believe , to big threat. i believe, to justify the continued investment and the standing foursquare with ukraine. that's my position now and i think that's a perfectly reasonable position to have and honestly, i think is a much needed interval in this whole discourse, which is the i do find it a little bit probably hyperbolic for people to go well , putin, if we don't stop putin now, then he will steamroll his way through europe because that doesn't really appear be too much evidence that that will say the is strong enough that we should be doing what we're doing in ukraine as it is to protect national sovereignty to through the humanitarian and just for the humanitarian and just for the fact really that no really should able to get away with should be able to get away with doing putin's done raining doing what putin's done raining bombs genocide that's bombs down and genocide that's taken true? you taken place. is that true? you know, the argument is strong enough. quite enough. and i know i'm quite good that really, good that you said that really, because i think for far too long. it is this other thing about i don't want want about and i don't want to want to situation where the

to get a situation where the british in ten time british public in ten years time are still paying this amount money. and they go, well, if we don't continue do, then don't continue to do, then you'll next witness are you'll be next witness you are not true, but not sure that's 100% true, but martin very much. martin thank you very much. martin thank you very much. martin what's it? a historian who's written extensively about russia's union? russia's and the soviet union? well, view. now, well, so that's his view. now, plenty disagree. plenty of people disagree. plenty of people might be saying, think that putin saying, well i think that putin would continue and he made the point that i didn't see that people appease hitler. people tried to appease hitler. that then. that didn't exactly work then. it's that as well. how it's on top of that as well. how can you ever know what vladimir putin really thinking? if the putin is really thinking? if the guy actually quite unhinged, guy is actually quite unhinged, but spent tens of but the west spent tens of billions supporting billions of pounds supporting ukraine 12 months. ukraine in the last 12 months. but stop but what else could stop vladimir putin? and this is very much vladimir doesn't much vladimir war. he doesn't want negotiate apparently he want to negotiate apparently he isn't to withdraw . this is isn't going to withdraw. this is going drag on and on, on. so going to drag on and on, on. so i was just wondering or not that was a different solution . and was a different solution. and whether solution is for to whether the solution is for to be assassinated in an attempt bnng be assassinated in an attempt bring war to an end. and bring the war to an end. and joining now international joining me now is international security specialist will geddes. well, how difficult would it be to assassinate putin? incredibly

difficult , patrick, i mean, in difficult, patrick, i mean, in beanng difficult, patrick, i mean, in bearing in mind that are already been number plots which been a number of plots which have thwarted and foiled of have been thwarted and foiled of trying to take him out. and these been quite well funded operate both privately and unofficially, possibly allegedly by governments. but certainly to remove him. there's almost a question of certainly from the intelligence sources spoken to that even if you cut the head off of putin, that is a hydra. there are many other heads which emerge and within his sort of immediate cabinet, there are other individuals that could step into the breach and fundamentally where we are right now and i agree with martin whitaker's assessments wholeheartedly. to that, wholeheartedly. but to that, i think that one has to look at the dynamic negotiations, the dynamic of this particular and for putin to simply walk away like a scalded puppy, having had himself sort of served by the western obviously in support of ukraine would be an unacceptable i think in his mind putin has

got absolute form assassinating people . it's over here or in people. it's over here or in other parts of the world. what are the chances that one of his own desires to him, somebody in russia goes to cover enough of this now. hundreds of thousands russians are dying. you've got mental. i'm going to bump you off. well, i think if one of his own is only they're going to own is only if, they're going to be out. i mean, and then be turned out. i mean, and then tradition, sort of methods be turned out. i mean, and then tramethodologyt of methods be turned out. i mean, and then tramethodology allegedly)ds be turned out. i mean, and then tra methodology allegedly is; be turned out. i mean, and then tra methodology allegedly is the of methodology allegedly is the putin been using putin friendly have been using against dissenters to is against dissenters to which is to either gravity the fire to use either gravity the fire or water. yeah. has a means of obviously disposing of them certainly . there have been and certainly. there have been and there's been a number of other suicides high profile russian businessmen that is why have launched have now migrated down the uae taking a lot of money with them to provide or some security. now there's there been rumours and discussions of those individuals that have collaborated to try and finance an operation to turn individuals within putin's circle, to try and bring them board to potentially disrupt putin in

some shape or form . and that's some shape or form. and that's not to say the technology isn't available to be able to do so , available to be able to do so, but it's getting close to them from the outset of this conflict . putin, i think, was aware that could be a target for assassination and he has really security circle to make sure no one can get to him that easily. yeah indeed we'll just talk a bit about that because even if the west wanted to it would presumably be quite hard to actually to putin wouldn't it. yeah i mean that's the biggest challenge. i mean government around the world has capability. you americans have the you know, the americans have the special you know, the special activities have the activities division. we have the alleged the incremental e squadron is otherwise known in various other governments have that capability that there is a skill set in tradecraft to carrying out these types of activities but to be honest there is also a large proportion of human intelligence which is absolute essential. and if you break or you can cultivate or you can recruit an individual closest to the target subject of interest or the subject to be

assassinated, then you've got a greater chance. but it's going to be very difficult to do. you think, the western leaders right now. well aren't should be wondering can wondering how they can assassinate think it assassinate putin? i think it would certainly something would certainly be something that the table, that hasn't been off the table, certainly of some certainly know of some clandestine and covert operations been operations that have been running across the border in russia, have disruptive. russia, which have disruptive. so, you know, some these so, you know, some of these operations been operations haven't been exclusive some exclusive to ukraine soil some have travelled further off whether they be ukraine agents that have been trained by western again . we don't know we western again. we don't know we can only speculate. but certainly there are attacks are being taken really into the heartland of russia and frankly , your view is that even if putin was assassinated that someone else might just pop up who was what is same as him or i think or even potentially worse. i mean, there are there are some real staunch allies of putin. and i think the question that it's little bit like, you know it's a little bit like, you know , indifferent to other dictators around know, that around the you know, that dictator may be a figurehead. it doesn't that they wield doesn't mean that they wield a lot power. there are lot of power. but there are others the sidelines that could

be. i'm out be. so what i'm getting out there putin was slotted there is if putin was slotted it, don't think that it it, you don't think that it means the war would end? i think it would. okay. symbolism. all right. very much. right. well thank you very much. as we'll that is as ever, we'll get is that is that international security specialist looking at a well, frankly something that a lot of people have talking about people have been talking about this it goes, this is basically if it goes, then all stop. and yes, it then it all stop. and yes, it makes a look at the makes let's take a look at the latest peoples. polls show . yes, latest peoples. polls show. yes, it's friday his poll time, ladies and gentlemen. and this week we asked whether they think the uk should continue to provide military aid to ukraine. it's topical it's almost like we planned polls, isn't it? planned these polls, isn't it? of one year on from that of course, one year on from that russian invasion of ukraine starting and a majority of starting and a big majority of people are in favour of us continuing to ukraine military aid to . ukraine, 66% of people aid to. ukraine, 66% of people said they either support strongly support the uk government helping to arm . government helping to arm. ukraine and just 8% of people opposed or strongly opposed the

program. well to put it in context, the uk provided 2.3 billion quids worth of military aid to ukraine in 2022. and this i want to hear from you . well, i want to hear from you. well, any views? welcome, indeed . i'm any views? welcome, indeed. i'm getting a lot of the again , i getting a lot of the again, i cannot emphasise how much of a mixed bag it is. i could only genuinely think that doing something right by having these discussions i've never before to the every email one the topic where every email one after the other is the polar opposite view. you know, we've got i'm a big fan of yours, patrick, but wrong about. patrick, but you're wrong about. this to be thinking this you seem to be thinking that we should leave ukraine to russia. well, that's not. russia. well, no, that's not. i'm i am floating i'm saying. but i am floating the how we continue? the idea of how do we continue? can afford, to prop up can we afford, to prop up ukraine know, a lot ukraine you know, there's a lot of other countries out there where. they're the second biggest to biggest when it comes to military financial aid. and military and financial aid. and then of people then there's a lot of people saying that the new saying that putin is the new hitler, but then hitler, for example. but then other people just saying, well, actually, frankly, patrick we've got from ancestral got one here from our ancestral you i believe that charity you know, i believe that charity starts that's an starts at home. that's not an uncommon view either. so, yes, i want or not want to hear from whether or not

you that we should you think that we should continue spend money on continue to spend money on ukraine it could be ukraine or not. it could be better spent on the nhs should it be used to help the millions families struggling with families who are struggling with the living is the cost of living or as is a view, of course, the idea that if don't stop putin, then if we don't stop putin, then he'll just carry straight on and we have a moral obligation and a moral all ukrainian moral duty to all ukrainian brothers sisters just the brothers and sisters just on the abc, a bit later i'm abc, this is a bit later on i'm going to talking about the going to be talking about the ukrainian refugee scheme because going to be talking about the ukrtookn refugee scheme because going to be talking about the ukrtook in efugee scheme because going to be talking about the ukrtook in loadsz scheme because going to be talking about the ukrtook in loadsz s

to that stuff, what reasons to that stuff, what the reasons are behind that . of people, are behind that. lot of people, of being called of course, are being called racist, etc. so we'll talk lot racist, etc. so we'll talk a lot about that. is a big talking point. but a little later this this be this hour, we're going be heanng this hour, we're going be hearing from foreign secretary james he's going james cleverly. he's going to give the un security give a speech at the un security council. after the break, council. but after the break, i've got a major development. oh, good . a major, oh, yes, this is good. a major, major , actually, major development, actually, following our brilliant documentary on, grooming gangs, i will see you in just a couple of minutes. you're not going to want to miss that. stay tuned .

let's cross live now you lucky people to the us security council in new york where foreign secretary james cleverly is talking. they would keep calm and carry on the metro kept his promise to me and all of us in this chamber today need to keep

our promise to ukraine and, keep our promise to ukraine and, keep our promise to the world to protect and defend the un charter over the past year, putin has shown that is willing to wage a of attrition and the 20th century's two world wars have shown us what a horror that would be hundreds of thousands more and wounded global shortages of food and fuel skyrocketing prices for these reasons and many more . putin reasons and many more. putin cannot must not win in ukraine, because what's at stake on the battlefields is the international order itself . and international order itself. and thatis international order itself. and that is at the heart of the united nations nations the un

charter territorial integrity international law . these things international law. these things to protect that do not themselves have big and powerful armies and it is to them from the aggression of those countries that do . at the end of countries that do. at the end of the second world war, the united nafions the second world war, the united nations saw a unique in human history , a powerful victor history, a powerful victor aureus nations chose to limit their own power to protect their countries less powerful than themselves and that is the bottom line. that is why the un charter needs to be protected and it needs be enforced . and it and it needs be enforced. and it is why three quarters of the entire membership . the united entire membership. the united nafions entire membership. the united nations have repeated voted to

condemn this invasion in the general assembly . but putin general assembly. but putin ignores the will. the united nations, he doesn't care about the un charter. on the nations, he doesn't care about the un charter . on the 24th of the un charter. on the 24th of february last year, he told us that it was not russia's to occupy territory. on the 8th of december, he called illegal so—called a significant result for russia . his land grabs in for russia. his land grabs in eastern and southern ukraine. show us that his heart is set on imperial expansion . but 800 imperial expansion. but 800 russian soldiers . a are dying russian soldiers. a are dying for his hopeless . they are for his hopeless. they are paying for his hopeless. they are paying for his ego with their lives lives as he sees that his

aggression against ukraine is failing . we should expect him to failing. we should expect him to and strong arm us into backing down with every dirty coercive instrument at his disposal with cuts to grain and energy shipments with of escalation with poisonous disinformation and with cyber attacks . we must and with cyber attacks. we must be prepared for this and we must recognise that things are a sign of weakness rather than a sign of weakness rather than a sign of strength . those of us in this of strength. those of us in this have a special to the un charter and we cannot allow invasion or his to succeed . we must not his to succeed. we must not deviate from our resolve . the uk deviate from our resolve. the uk is proud of the support that we have given ukraine, but military and humanitarian are not enough

because when this war is over and it will be over with ukraine's successful defence of its territory , we must never its territory, we must never allow ukraine again to be left vulnerable to attack . we must vulnerable to attack. we must make sure that ukraine is safe and secure and economic be viable . and that is why the uk viable. and that is why the uk is proud to. co—host ukraine recovery in london in june of this year . recovery in london in june of this year. together we must mobilise combined might of the pubuc mobilise combined might of the public and private to ensure that ukraine gets the reconstruction. invest that it needs. reconstruction. invest that it needs . but reconstruction. invest that it needs. but what ukraine reconstruction. invest that it needs . but what ukraine wants , needs. but what ukraine wants, what we all want is for this war to now and to end with a victory for ukraine and a just and endunng for ukraine and a just and enduring based upon the un charter . only

enduring based upon the un charter. only this can bring an end to the food and fuel shortage . yes, the whole world shortage. yes, the whole world is suffering from one year on, one year into this terrible, terrible. let us in this chamber send a clear message our support for ukraine is not and never be time our defence of the un charter is not and will never be time limited. charter is not and will never be time limited . we will keep the time limited. we will keep the promises that we made to the un charter and to the ukrainian people and we will give the ukrainians the help that they need for as long as it takes until ukraine prevails , until until ukraine prevails, until its sovereignty and territorial integrity is restored and until this charter of this is upheld . this charter of this is upheld. thank you . i think , excellency thank you. i think, excellency mr. cleverly . for his statements

mr. cleverly. for his statements . okay. all right. so that was david that our foreign secretary just so the un security council and new york was one of several people have been talking though just to summarise really, he says that we will not stop in our support for ukraine until is safe, and viable. so safe, secure and viable. so doubung safe, secure and viable. so doubling or tripling down really on our commitment to ukraine. right now coming up okay. we're going to get stuck. one of the fiercest debates of that race. who's the worst ? who's the who's the worst? who's the biggest menace? cyclists or drivers? i am also going i have an update for you on, the grooming gang documentary that we had, we've a big development in promised that before in that. i promised that before we interrupted by james we were interrupted by james cleverly. said that we cleverly. what we said that we go now is your go for right now is your headlines. we're . patrick thanks headlines. we're. patrick thanks very much indeed . top stories very much indeed. top stories this hour on gb news. this morning, a minute's silence was across the uk , marking one year

across the uk, marking one year since the start of the russian invasion of . invasion of. ukraine people stood silent all over london and downing street. the prime minister rishi sunak stood ukraine's ambassador to the uk , ukraine's ambassador to the uk, reflecting on the country's losses . britain has, reflecting on the country's losses. britain has, meanwhile imposed a raft of new sanctions , including an export ban on every piece of equipment that russia uses on the battlefield president. putin's closest allies have also been targeted among them. his former chief security and the chief executive of . nord stream 2. and security and the chief executive of. nord stream 2. and in kyiv, uk's president volodymyr zelenskyy attended a ceremony with families , soldiers killed with families, soldiers killed in the conflict . he described in the conflict. he described the last 12 months as a year of

pain , sorrow and unity. tens of pain, sorrow and unity. tens of thousands of ukrainians have died following russia's invasion, which has resulted in the largest refugee crisis europe since the second . world europe since the second. world war. now, in other news , police war. now, in other news, police in northern ireland, they're treating the shooting an officer in omagh as related with the new ira. their main line of inquiry, stormont says . it's united in stormont says. it's united in standing with the northern ireland police service after wednesday's shooting. the man who was shot, detective inspector john caldwell, who was shot, detective inspectorjohn caldwell, remains inspector john caldwell, remains in a critical but stable condition in after being shot by two masked gunmen at a sports centre. his injuries are said to be life changing. a fourth man has been arrested in connection with his attempted murder . and with his attempted murder. and three candidates. so now running to become the next snp leader , to become the next snp leader, humza yousaf. kate forbes and ash regan all secured enough

votes to advance to the next round of the leadership . they round of the leadership. they managed to secure the backing of at least 100 members from a minimum of 20 local branches, a penod minimum of 20 local branches, a period of campaigning now gets underway with the winner announced on the 27th of march. there's the latest news headlines. i'm back . at five. headlines. i'm back. at five. okay. yes now a gb news investigates exclusive of last month revealed that a former councillor implicated in the town's failures over his grooming gangs had shockingly been hired by the nhs as. co—pilot of this diverted team manager. yes. gb news reporter charlie peters joins me now with an update on that story. so he's review. the nhs has finally announced they've launched an independent review into the hiring of mr. hussain after gb news investigates raised issue with them last month. now remind

viewers of the origin of the here moore for saying was councillor in rotherham from the early up to 2015 when he resigned in disgrace from the cabinet after a report into the council found that it was in over the extent of the town's grooming gangs scandal. we at the time that some 1400 girls had been abused from 97 to 2013, a period morayef hossain was in charge . in fact, he was the charge. in fact, he was the community coach , region minister community coach, region minister for much of that time and the case reports the council found that he was up the issue alleged that he was up the issue alleged that he was up the issue alleged that he had pushed back and suppressed discussion of the gangs and he even it was said made a false allegation of racism . a fellow labour racism. a fellow labour councillor order to suppress discussion . so he resigned in discussion. so he resigned in disgrace . he even denied the disgrace. he even denied the reports as he was resigning several years past and in 2020, snuck back into the public sector, working for the nhs, for a body called health england as

the west midlands diversity inclusion, participation by quality diversity, which is an extraordinary title to have considering past involvement in suppressing of. well, yes. and just anyway. really. yes, yes . just anyway. really. yes, yes. especially because he had been in charge of as one survivor told me, prioritising and their view prioritising community over the security and the sanctity of the security and the sanctity of the girls in town. not only was he given that west role, but two years later, last year he was promoted to become the national for health education england in this inclusion and diversity role. well, gb news investigates ran the story last month and finally, a month later nhs have announced that they've put him under review and that investigates and of course they won't say how long this investigation is going to take. they're not saying who's running it and haven't even told us it and they haven't even told us if mr. sterling has been suspended conducted. suspended while it's conducted. i imagine. doing i can't imagine. he's doing a lot diversity and work right lot of diversity and work right now while the spotlight is on

him. yeah, well, you'd probably hope i think this i hope not, really. i think this i mean, so essentially you just a nutshell. really you know, this particular chap managed to with i mean, there was clearly what no background check . i mean, no background check. i mean, there must have been some kind of background done. nothing. nothing flagged up. well, i mean, if you search the name there is so much there in fact. but the thing is, he went through a desperate attempt to reinvent himself the 2015 reinvent himself off the 2015 scandal. started scandal. actually started working anti islamophobe working as an anti islamophobe the time. the activist for a long time. and he even a talk to west and he even gave a talk to west yorkshire back yorkshire some years back advising which advising on islamophobia, which means of remarkable situation where man suppressed where a man suppressed discussion with the police in south yorkshire during the grooming gang scandal was advising west yorkshire police on how to with . so as on how to deal with. so as clearly as many are saying not the right link for somebody of his background have taken now his background to have taken now off the gb news run the story last month plenty of other people obviously complaints don't viewers don't trust many of our viewers submitted complaints and the network sikh organisations network of sikh organisations also complaint and

also a significant complaint and its director lord singh of wimbledon who's significant sikh figure in britain told gb news yesterday that was appalled by the decision and hoped that the investigation ends with mr. singh being kicked out of the nhs. and just to remind people, well, who maybe didn't see it first time round, there is a film that you've put together for us, haven't you. and can watch that on on youtube online on the on the gb news app and on youtube it's called grooming gangs britain the shine. yeah. fantastic. look, thank very, fantastic. look, thank you very, very much. now do have a statement nhs has statement say nhs england has released following statement statement say nhs england has relresult following statement statement say nhs england has relresult the lowing statement statement say nhs england has relresult the issues statement statement say nhs england has relresult the issues thatament as result of the issues that have at age , g has have been raised at age, g has commissioned an in—depth review to establish circumstances and inform next steps until the review is complete , is not in review is complete, is not in position to comment on individual matters so that we go right. okay, we're moving on from that honest judgement. thank very much, charlie, by thank you very much, charlie, by the way, charlie peaches. oh, you by the word fireman the way, charlie peaches. oh, you okay by the word fireman the way, charlie peaches. oh, you okay good.he word fireman the way, charlie peaches. oh, you okay good. ia word fireman the way, charlie peaches. oh, you okay good. i thinki fireman the way, charlie peaches. oh, you okay good. i think we aman the way, charlie peaches. oh, you okay good. i think we cann ? no. okay good. i think we can get out of the way, but the

chief fire officer at greater fire rescue service is he says it has connotations. yeah, you would be right. it is the same fire service helicopter in terms of their response to the manchester bombing. so priority as much anyone priority as much. but yes the word fireman now is deeply offensive and it must be banned. we'll be talking about all of this very shortly .

right we go. sadiq khan has got plenty critics, but even i didn't see. this one coming, the legendary actress joan collins has urged the london mayor to do something about cyclists after one allegedly crashed into a so it comes after the tv presenter dan walker was knocked off his bike and injured when he was hit by a car earlier this week. and this morning, boris johnson's father, stanley johnson, caused

uproar after suggesting that cyclists don't need to wear highly visible helmets. so who is to blame for growing number of disputes between car and cyclists? who's the biggest on the road and emails have been coming in thick and fast. this some of them, i must say. absolutely hilarious, by the way. so i'll be going to that shortly. robert, chairman shortly. but robert, chairman elect of the alliance of british drivers caspar hughes from elect of the alliance of british driv stop caspar hughes from elect of the alliance of british driv stop killing)ar hughes from elect of the alliance of british driv stop killing cyclists1es from the stop killing cyclists are i believe to have an epic row robert i'll start with you just purely the only reason that your name is first on the also q and the chairman of lives of the alliance of british drivers. who is a menace drivers or is it big a menace drivers or cyclists ? well, i don't think cyclists? well, i don't think i know you want to ride, but i'm not sure we're going to have right now both of them have some really go on, carry out, carry on. i think both of them some rights on the road. i think the problem that motorists view is that they don't typically pay much for it they should be more

careful and i think personally they should wear helmets and they should wear helmets and they should wear jackets. i they should wear helmets and they should wearjackets. i mean , it's a sensible to do. and if you want to save your own life. okay. well, caspar i will paraphrase very much what was what's been said , which is that, what's been said, which is that, you know, you're on the take. you don't pay any roadside sand, you don't protect yourselves . we you don't protect yourselves. we do pay well, you know, we don't tax because that's been abolished . i actually published abolished. i actually published that in 1937. there's excise duty now, which electric vehicles don't pay either and bikes do 1/17000 of the damage to roadway and that costing so you know the actually you know for every mile cycle and piece to the economy for every mile dnven to the economy for every mile driven it takes a pound away from the economy. okay i'm obviously going ask you to push back on that a little bit. caspar how we how does the add

50 pay to the economy if someone cycles for a mile? caspar did we all how how does it cost a pound to the economy every mile this dnvenis to the economy every mile this driven is there should we stop there instead noise pollution costs £20 billion a year, which the majority of which comes from cars. the majority of which comes from cars . pollution inactivity . it cars. pollution inactivity. it was quite obvious. i'll just intrigued to know about why it adds pay. i get the damage that cars do right now is disputing it can cause pollution. but what what what. what's the 50 pay added to the economy from cycling . oh it again it's so cycling. oh it again it's so it's because obviously they they don't there is no pollution and they improve people's health they improve people's health they improve people's mental health which in turn has a hugely positive effect on the workforce of this country . okay workforce of this country. okay i think we've made that up. obviously but robert. okay, go on. your your respond to that. we haven't i mean, i've never

got so much rubbish basically , got so much rubbish basically, you need to look at what makes this country work and that is that 85% of commissioned commuter used cars. therefore we should be spending and the face where people are choosing to a tremendous of money spent on cycling and half the time they don't even the cycleways anyway now i don't in london thank goodness. now i don't in london thank goodness . and so i'm not sure goodness. and so i'm not sure that i'm to comment on the actual london part, but certainly down here in bristol and that local area , the level and that local area, the level of cycling is extremely low and why so much money is spent on providing them with facilities which often they don't use anyway . they more likely seem to anyway. they more likely seem to cycle in the road than on their own. so all cycle ways. so i don't understand all the money, but i mean that'sjust don't understand all the money, but i mean that's just crazy. don't understand how cars can cost that if you took them all off road the country would off the road the country would come mean, how can come to a stop. i mean, how can you say that they're costing

money. cycled are money. they are all cycled are cyclists. caspar arguably more of a threat to pedestrians cycling on doing things like cycling on or doing things like no they're not everybody that's been on the pavement for the last 15 years being killed by driver. but i'm actually just dying to know what he's talking about, going to what robert's talking here. the cycling infrastructure is , a tiny, tiny, infrastructure is, a tiny, tiny, minuscule proportion of the transport budget that the government spends in this country. in fact, we've been campaigning for it to be 20% of the transport, which is what the un has said in 2016. it should be because. because makes a really good point that, you know , people choose to drive because it's convenient and they don't choose to cycle because it's not safe . and you know, if, if, if safe. and you know, if, if, if you make public an active transport convenient and safe, people will get out of their cars. and of course, transport is the largest emitting with regard emissions , you know, regard to emissions, you know, as a driver of climate change, we to get people out of we need to get people out of their onto safe , active their cars and onto safe, active

and public transport. i do i do appreciate the making that argument. once all cars are electric going by, not because of the impact the emissions in cars it's 12 tonnes of embedded emissions in a car over that overits emissions in a car over that over its lifetime it would to around about 70% of and allocates it emissions. if we were to agree to our paris obugafions. were to agree to our paris obligations . robert do you just obligations. robert do you just find cyclists quads annoying when they're all that with the gopros, the lycra and the cycling three abreast of the country line . i think annoying. country line. i think annoying. and again it's wrong. it can be frustrating . they do seem to frustrating. they do seem to sometimes make a an attempt to block cars particularly on country roads . block cars particularly on country roads. i mean my son's an avid cyclist and i'm not against that at all but i do think that they have their own response ability, which they should be taken. and certainly cycling particularly in the dark without lights or anything that

reflects off of car headlight , reflects off of car headlight, seems to be a crazy thing to me . now i look, i get what you're saying, caspar, about the potential nuance of you said that no one had been killed on a pavement by cyclists. i think you said for the last 15 years. i did just quickly google pedestrian killed by cyclist and i mean west the and pedestrian who killed a pedestrian london jailed jailed so i mean there are jumped lights and he's on that one they weren't on pavements version on patent so they weren't on pavements. and you know if you want to go that route then of the 17 people killed year by five is the name every know five people killed by drivers . yes it's just a total drivers. yes it's just a total nonsense argument that i haven't made the argument yet because i haven't been down to ask a question. i was going ask the question. i was going ask the question should cyclists should cyclists have number plates so that more clearly that we can more clearly identify them ? yes well , so identify them? yes well, so every day in london, there's five hit and runs by drivers .

five hit and runs by drivers. they don't let them get away. they've got number plates on their, you know, we're all identifiable because because we're all unique. you know there's no reason at all to impose an anyway and the dft have said it would be an administrative nightmare and not cost effective robert would it make you feel better as the chairman elect of the alliance of british drivers when you're driving around in a cycle ? is driving around in a cycle? is that true? if you or a pedestrian, even if you knew that all cyclists were clearly by a number plate , do you think by a number plate, do you think that's something that would make you feel safer wouldn't make feel any safer? it might make them feel . but i think it's not them feel. but i think it's not a question of safety in the car we have to take account of cyclists accept that you have to give them space, all those things. but if you can't see them, i mean, if this if this action is on whether you can see them, then earth, do they not them, then on earth, do they not wear bright clothes you can wear bright clothes that you can see?i wear bright clothes that you can see? i mean, this is cropped up for i from dan walker and from

what i've seen in the video. is it on dark clothing on. and he also put himself in a very vulnerable position on a roundabout but, you know, i have to say i don't i can't talk for london because i wouldn't go to london because i wouldn't go to london . okay. just finally. but london. okay. just finally. but do you i think the answer to this is going to be rather predictable, but we'll have it on the last. kasper, who's worse in terms of road rage? is it scientists or drivers? road rage 7 scientists or drivers? road rage ? you know , if road rage leads ? you know, if road rage leads leads to killed or seriously injured, then i mean, proportionately you'd have to say that drivers are. but i'm not, you know, actually , having not, you know, actually, having listened to what robert said, i think actually there's loads and loads of common ground. you know, robert's saying , his know, like robert's saying, his son's cyclist . know, like robert's saying, his son's cyclist. i'm i'm a son's a cyclist. i'm i'm a driver. i've worked in transport on the isle of wight. yes, in mechanics, you know , it's we all mechanics, you know, it's we all need be and it's not case of sharing the road here, but we need to take responsibility and proportional responsibility for the vehicles that we're driving. okay, question

okay, robert, same question to you. off. do you you. we'll run this off. do you think there's song cancer think there's some song cancer or actually drivers get very or actually two drivers get very wound by and their horn wound up by and to their horn and them ? well, i think if and scare them? well, i think if they like to turn their horn scaring, i think they scaring, i think if they deliberately block you from going , then i think that's going, then i think that's a problem . not many of them do problem. not many of them do that. admittedly but when they do, it is a problem. but as i say i think my main of contention would be that driving around in or right around the dark clothes , i mean, as this dark clothes, i mean, as this summer comes on, it won't be so bad. but in the winter, it's very difficult. all right. both you, i myself thoroughly enjoyed that. thank very, very much. i hope to get you both back on again soon. that's from both the chairman elect of the alliance again soon. that's from both the ch british elect of the alliance again soon. that's from both the ch british driversf the alliance again soon. that's from both the ch british drivers and alliance again soon. that's from both the ch british drivers and caspar:e of british drivers and caspar hughes just hughes from stop calling, just doing way to the sign up doing some way to the sign up for bigger menace in for who's a bigger menace in light of fact that maybe cyclists will have to wear have to helmets and high, viz to wear helmets and high, viz and drivers do and potentially drivers could do and potentially drivers could do a little more to, well, not a little bit more to, well, not hurt, i suppose. moving hurt, i suppose. right. moving on. chief fire on. great just as chief fire officer russell has said officer dave russell has said that word is sexist

that the word fireman is sexist and exclusionary the fire and exclusionary and the fire chief believes the language minimises overlooks the vital minimises or overlooks the vital role, can play. i'm going role, anyone can play. i'm going to bring in now the editor of spiked. it's tom sleigh peter tom. thank you very much. if you were a fireman, what would would you be going around offending with the name, do you think would you change it to fire them or fire a person. maybe that's way forward fire thing. i don't know where we're up to with this at this point. i mean, this this individual, dave russell, i'm he was serving on the front line at one point. i've got enormous for the firefighters. i can imagine most work most of the people who work under him this under him think this is absolutely ridiculous you know, this sort of thing that this is the sort of thing that we used to talk about coming out of a student union. and yet it seems like it's built all seems like it's built into all layers society. that layers of society. i get that since the 1980s, officially fire service referred fire service have referred to fire fighters they're fighters because they're all women firefighters by 8. the total this point . but what he total at this point. but what he was doing in this story, it's fascinating, was sending an email staff and email around to his staff and basically castigating them, using casually . he

using the phrase casually. he said that we employ five firefighters, not firemen, and have decades. so why use have for decades. so why use term as a quote? and he said that it needs to stop and that term, this is a quote the from all vocabulary. so it's just such overreaction such a ridiculous overreaction that just shows that more and more institutions seem to have people them. yeah. people like this in them. yeah. can also just raise the point about the good, the great manchester brigade well manchester fire brigade as well that absolutely that they were absolutely slammed a inquest into the slammed in a inquest into the manchester arena because it took them long time them rather a long time to actually anyone because actually get anyone in because they risk averse. they were too close risk averse. so the argument could be something that maybe should something that maybe they should focus their as focus more on doing theirjob as opposed whether or not the opposed to whether or not the term fireman offensive. well, term fireman is offensive. well, this that we see this is something that we see across board talking there, across the board talking there, of the of of course, about the failings of the feet of greater the night at the feet of greater manchester police. i mean we see things like initiatives , things like this initiatives, like cropping up in the like this cropping up in the police ironically, fire police. ironically, the fire service time . for service all the time. for instance, of many of our instance, many of many of our kind of different kind of officers across the country have under sustained criticism for their mishandling of cases, horrendous that we've horrendous cases that we've heard about that we don't want

to again, on the friday to discuss. again, on the friday afternoon. and at the same time, they're spending time, they're spending all of time, money their scorecards up money doing their scorecards up and, colours. this money doing their scorecards up arsomething colours. this money doing their scorecards up arsomething that colours. this money doing their scorecards up arsomething that colourstime; is something that we see time and time. think it does and time. and i think it does speak what the other thing speak to what the other thing i think it speaks to specifically with this case is this will this willingness the celebration willingness and the celebration of effectively of employers effectively policing speech of their employees. where employees. and that's where this does bit more serious. does get a bit more serious. this is something we're this is something that we're starting and time starting to see time and time again where you have these codes, surface are codes, which on the surface are quite but if you quite ridiculous. but if you don't stick to them, could don't stick to them, you could find yourself trouble. it find yourself in trouble. it often form of pronouns, often in the form of pronouns, less form of this kind less so in the form of this kind of more gender neutral language. that's something that that's not something that i think should be comfortable with. they with. i think, yeah. and they say, want to grow up say, what do you want to grow up to you ask those kids to be? and you ask those kids primary school. think primary school. look, i think a fireman and in the case of david on the isle of wight, he's been in search. he says that he was at school recently he at the school recently and he says a teacher, piped says someone, a teacher, piped up he does road safety up he does he does road safety classes schools. he said classes at schools. and he said that said what you want to be that he said what you want to be the that fireman and the kids that fireman and a teacher said no, we use a gender

neutral a fire neutral school as a fire fighter. and then he went to another school and said another school and they said he can't firefighter it's can't call the firefighter it's too aggressive. it's fire personnel. and point do we personnel. and what point do we push back otherwise, push back on this? otherwise, the in the greatest football team in the greatest football team in the manchester united the world to manchester united is to become people and is to become people chesty and l, is to become people chesty and i, will feels like it's i, united will feels like it's going is that i mean going this one is that i mean it's so utterly ridiculous. the problem there's also problem is that there's also serious to it well, serious edge to it as well, which that this is just which is that this is just a more easily this more easily end of this compulsion that people have to try and rewrite to try and cleanse it anything. this cleanse it of anything. this weird idea so robots that weird idea we're so robots that if pick wrong idea if we pick up the wrong idea even implicitly from a town like firefighter or firemen rather than firefighters, we're going to become some sort of terrible bigot is ridiculous, but it's kind thin a culture kind of the thin end. a culture which wants language be which wants language to be cleansed sanitised, not cleansed and sanitised, not something should be worried something we should be worried about. you very much. i about. thank you very much. i always appreciate chance. always appreciate our chance. look tom sleigh look after yourself. tom sleigh to he's of course to the. he's of course the editor sure you editor of spy. make sure you check because it is of check spot because it is full of good stuff like. that conversation just had conversation that we just had that loads of you going to that now loads of you going to get in touch with your thoughts as well. on main topic of as well. on our main topic of the course, it's a year

the day, of course, it's a year to the day since putin rolled the tanks since ukraine, isn't it? at what it? i've been asking at what point you think that we point do you think that we should. let rephrase should. now, let me rephrase that. we act? how much that. how can we act? how much longer actually keep longer can we actually keep helping in terms of helping ukraine for in terms of the if this is to end the costs if this war is to end in stalemate? okay. suzy's says we support ukraine until we need to support ukraine until they have the battle. walk they have the battle. if we walk away, a message to away, this sends a message to putin that the west do not care what he does and this will give him carte blanche to. carry on. yes. world war three yes. this is how world war three started. is what someone started. this is what someone else saying yes. so else is saying now. yes. so a lot that going about. but lot of that going about. but there of other there are a couple of other views well. quite a few views as well. quite a few people saying, people are saying, well, actually, we've got problems of our going on right here at home so where do you stand on that? gbv now we going to discuss gbv is a now we going to discuss our ukrainian our attitudes to ukrainian refugees shortly. refugees very shortly. what do you how the ukrainian you rather how is the ukrainian refugee or somebody coming across news across the gb views gb news don't across the gb views gb news dont on across the gb views gb news don't on one of our don't you pick on one of our reporters well as being in reporters as well as being in the pub all i know. fantastic. anyway there you go. we'll get to that shortly

all right, people, it's friday it's patrick christys and we are live at five. so let's go . it's live at five. so let's go. it's exactly a year since putin rolled the tanks. and since then, this country has taken in over 150,000 ukrainian refugees , tens of thousands of channel migrants have also arrived in the uk over the last 12 months. does great british public have a different attitude towards those two groups of people? we're going to delve into and ask why, if indeed they do? and three people have thrown their hat into the ring to become the new leader of the snp. this hour i'm going to find out all about their strengths, if they've got any b short segment and we're in talks well to host a boxing match between deputy chairman lee and remain a lee anderson and remain a protester. steve bray . but the protester. steve bray. but the big question, ladies and gentlemen it's one that's been

doing in the offices, doing the rounds in the offices, should whole hog and should we go the whole hog and have ring girls? it's divided. the office of boxing girls the office of boxing ring girls and front to feminism and a front to feminism gbviews@gbnews.uk how should we support the war in ukraine, do you think we have different attitudes? ukrainian refugees and child migrants? and if so, why ? that's the kind of the why? that's the kind of the people not want this our gb views gb news .uk. oh yeah. and shall we bring girls? up next, how is middlehurst news . how is polly middlehurst news. patrick thank you. good to you. a minute's silence was today across the uk, marking one year since the start . the russian since the start. the russian invasion in ukraine . invasion in ukraine. ukraine people stood in silence across the uk and outside downing street. the prime rishi sunak

stood with ukraine ambassador to the uk , reflecting on the the uk, reflecting on the country's losses . and today country's losses. and today britain has imposed a raft of new sanctions , an export ban on new sanctions, an export ban on every piece of equipment that russia could use on a battlefield . and president battlefield. and president putin's closest allies also been targeted among his former chief of staff and the chief executive of staff and the chief executive of stream . two and in kyiv of stream. two and in kyiv ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy attended a ceremony with families of soldiers who'd been killed in the conflict . he been killed in the conflict. he described the last 12 months as a year of pain and but also faith and unity . well, the faith and unity. well, the former president of ukraine, petro poroshenko and co spoke to gb news about the cost of russia's invasion. can't imagine that ukraine dozens , dozens of

that ukraine dozens, dozens of thousands of innocent civilians bucha to mariupol from the military criminal future. but together and imagine that 8 million ukrainians leave ukraine and go abroad. two and a half million are children. go to school abroad of your solidarity. but is the humanitarian disaster. petro poroshenko well, poland has delivered its first leopard 2 tanks to ukraine and says it's ready to supply more. and quickly the polish prime minister matteo moore of jet ski also says the country will train ukrainians on f—16 fighter jets . sweden, too, is expected deliver ten of the tanks as as anti—aircraft systems . and anti—aircraft systems. and today, a street in central london renamed kyiv road mark the first anniversary since russian president putin sent his troops . ukraine. westminster troops. ukraine. westminster council has given the name to a

small section of the bayswater road, a short distance from the russian embassy . the council russian embassy. the council saying it wants show ukrainian residents that their struggle has a visible place in our. city. in other news today, police in northern ireland say they're treating the shooting of an officer in omagh as a terrorist related incident with . the terror group the new ira the chief line of inquiry stormont says it's united standing with the psni after wednesday's shooting and the man who was shot. detective chief inspector caldwell remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being shot by masked gunmen at a centre. his injuries are said to be threatening. a fourth man has been arrested in connection with his attempted murder and. sinn fein's vice president, michelle o'neill, described it as an attack . the entire community. i attack. the entire community. i think it's important that we continue to send a united message to wider society. we

year celebrate 25 years of our good friday agreement and so much that's been achieved over those past 25 years. our society been completely transformed and we're not going to allow anybody to any of that progress that's been made . so that's why it's been made. so that's why it's very important that we do put across today. but this is an on the community is an attack the community this is an attack on us and this is an on all of us and this is an attack none of us will ever tolerate. junior doctors are to stage three days of strike action next month , the british action next month, the british medical association has announced . they'll walk off the announced. they'll walk off the job from the 35 march. nearly 37,000 bma members voted in of industrial action. that's the largest ever turnout for a ballot of doctors. and follows a series of strikes by nurses and ambulance workers . the ambulance workers. the publishing house puffin uk has announced that roald dahl's classic will still be printed using the author's original and expressions . it follows expressions. it follows criticism . the recent editing of criticism. the recent editing of his work to remove potentially

offensive . it's understood offensive. it's understood puffin uk will continue with publication of amended tax cuts as well as continuing release. the original versions. as well as continuing release. the original versions . camilla the original versions. camilla the queen consort , urged authors the queen consort, urged authors to resist kerbs on their freedom of expression . and in scotland, of expression. and in scotland, three candidates are now running to become the snp leader. yousaf kate forbes and ash regan all securing enough votes to advance to the next round of the leadership contest . they managed leadership contest. they managed to secure the backing at least 100 members from a minimum 20 local branches. a period of campaigning now gets underway . campaigning now gets underway. the winner announced on the 27th of march. that's all for me. i'm back in half an hour. okay, people. well it is a year

to the day since dolly putin rolled the tanks into, ukraine. we've covered loads of different angles on so far. this show, of course, went to war going away. and we've covered all funding for conflict well for the conflict as well and compare to how other compare that to how other countries have gone about it looking as well. will looking ahead as well. will putin's dealt with assess whether not can even be whether or not it can even be bumped off. but another angle to all of this is the refugee side of things. is the start of of things. this is the start of the invasion of ukraine. uk the invasion of ukraine. the uk is taking in more than 150,000 ukrainian refugees with many british people just opening doors welcoming people the bombs. however with the government still struggling to a handle on the channel crisis , handle on the channel crisis, with some on the left crying hypocrisy is our attitude towards refugees is racist and i'm going to face by saying i've seen a lot of people popping onune seen a lot of people popping online saying that they seem be very happy to take ukrainian refugees in. not much people coming across the channel people highlighting that maybe just maybe that makes people racist so i wanted to have this chat

because it's tricky is a social policy analyst and he joins me now. thank you very, doctor. is there more to than this straightforward racist in which some people say that they feel the ukrainian refugees , i don't the ukrainian refugees, i don't know, are more deserving or we have more in common with them culturally. some people coming over the channel. what you over the channel. what do you think it's all about? well, patrick, there is the argument that brits may feel a that many brits may feel a certain social, cultural, cultural awareness . to cultural awareness. to ukrainians compared other nationalities . but the key point nationalities. but the key point i'd make here is that when it comes to the ongoing boats crisis , there are questions to crisis, there are questions to be asked as to whether a notable portion of , those crossing the portion of, those crossing the engush portion of, those crossing the english channel, the uk, a genuinely fleeing war. we know that a notable portion originate from albania. albania experienced conflict since the 1997 civil war. there was a recent report published , the recent report published, the times, which revealed that

indian nationals now represented third largest cohort of those crossing the channel on small boats . crossing the channel on small boats. india, also a country at war, of course, has its problems with sectarian and communal tension , but it is not tension, but it is not experiencing conflict . so experiencing conflict. so i think that what it is, is that we should be very, very sure that ukraine is currently participating in the conflict. but when it comes to those who are crossing the channel, there is an exit from countries who are not involved in the conflict. yeah and so, so, so in your view, people, people are perhaps thought, well, this is just just a small section of society of course, but some people are more welcoming of the idea ukrainian refugees. so i hope it's helpful of ukrainian refugees as opposed to a hotel full of channel of migrants. and not as far as your concern is maybe has more to the fact maybe has more down to the fact that we know that genuine refugees opposed to some of the people across the channel people coming across the channel is what you're getting at

is that what you're getting at a simple patrick gross to make the point you remember very point if you remember very clearly that there was very strict being strict controls men not being allowed leave ukraine to allowed to leave ukraine to help with military efforts , which with the military efforts, which meant women meant that it was women and children leaving children who were leaving ukraine. now, if you compare and compare that the ongoing crisis involving , small boats to the involving, small boats to the engush involving, small boats to the english channel, those that's predominantly of able bodied young men . so i think that may young men. so i think that may well factor into people's when it comes rehoming particular groups of refugees. i think those are really i make this point, patrick and also means that they may well question credibility of the claims that certain people are fleeing war and persecute . no, i think and persecute. no, i think that's a really, really interesting couple of points that you've made there, because there is the fact that we are absolutely 100% know that people coming have got coming from ukraine have got a war and on, fleeing the war on and on, fleeing the horrors there is, as horrors of war. there is, as you've there well , you've said there as well, predominantly and children predominantly women and children , isn't it? which i think naturally many will naturally many people will be more sympathetic. certainly when it to letting people into

it comes to letting people into their well, which their own homes as well, which is another angle this as is another angle to this as well. ukrainian refugee well. the ukrainian refugee scheme a lot of take women scheme saw a lot of take women and children into their homes. and let's be honest, if we had a very similar sets up when it came to people across the channel that would involve people taking young into their own homes wouldn't say and is it any wonder that people might be more comfortable with women more comfortable with the women and well i think if and children? well i think if you ask the average british family, would they be more comfortable with rehoming a woman at her child when the children to a single young male and i think that, you know what the answer would in most cases is so and i think that that be a perfectly natural response as well. so when we're at this particular issue of course, i do think social and cultural awareness that that may come into it. we also have to look at the demographic characteristics when it comes to ukrainian

refugees against, those who are crossing the english on small boats into the uk. do you think it could also be the potential short termism of it? now i know that when the scheme was first opened for ukraine, it was very much as a temporary measure. clearly the war rumbling on. in fact, there's no chance of that ending any time soon. i think anyone who realistically thought that war would be over in that the war would be over in a couple months was misguided couple of months was misguided anyway. i think that the anyway. so i think that the majority of the majority people who refugees probably have ukrainian refugees probably have quite idea that they quite a good idea that they weren't just going to be there for few months. but do you for a few months. but do you think only day the think the only day that the ukrainians, it would appear anyway, majority them are anyway, the majority of them are quite to back. quite keen to back. once everything calm down, might everything is calm down, might also add to people's willingness to in, the short to let them in, in the short term. think, as opposed term. do you think, as opposed to are desperate to to maybe who are desperate to settle permanently? well, i think if that's the perception , think if that's the perception, many people who are crossing on the small boats into uk are the small boats into the uk are in economic migrants. then in fact economic migrants. then you'd to question the you'd have to question the question how willing would they

to be back to their country of origin in the future? there's usually economic migration tends to be a longer term endeavour , to be a longer term endeavour, while with genuine refugees who have been forced out of the country , perhaps as a result of country, perhaps as a result of conflict , they may well have conflict, they may well have those aspirations to return to homeland. once that conflict has died down. so i think that a variety of considerations at play variety of considerations at play and i do think that when it comes to that consideration surrounding the social and cultural . i don't think that cultural. i don't think that necessarily equates to racism. it's just the fact that we have a whole war, the continent of europe and british people may just feel that that just relates to them in a close away. well, yeah i'm wondering whether or not part of this is genuinely just just something natural and human and would go for other in other parts of world. so what i mean by that ukraine tends to be by and large and orthodox

community. so denomination , community. so denomination, christianity by it by and large and we are as it stands anyway a christian country quite in quotes clearly the vast majority of the demographics in ukraine are mostly white. okay. and that still the case in this country . still the case in this country. and do you think that there is just something psychological about that for the majority of the british indigenous population, that may be just subconsciously makes them more welcoming of people? do you think ? but that's also the think? but that's also the argument that you can also make as to why neighbouring countries such as poland should also do fair share, which they have been. there's i do think cultural closeness and compatibility comes it and i, i just don't think that's a form of racism. i think that's a perfectly natural response to the situation in and as i said , the situation in and as i said, you have to look at the demographic. demographic when it comes to ukrainian versus those who crossing on small boats into the english channel. and that's

naturally going to different responses when you're asking to rehome in their own property . rehome in their own property. yeah, i found that fascinating . yeah, i found that fascinating. thank you very much. always to great chat to you. don't keep us on. there is a senior policy analyst and i just wanted to drill down on this. like i said, we've loads of different angles when it comes to anniversary of the of the in ukraine. the start of the war in ukraine. we've the military of it. we've done the military of it. we've done the military of it. we've the financial we've done the financial elements of it and all sorts of stuff. and putin's future, i think, of the elements think, one of the big elements of of course, is the of it, of course, is the ukrainian reset that scheme, of it, of course, is the ukryrefugee�*set that scheme, of it, of course, is the ukry refugee schemet scheme, of it, of course, is the ukry refugee scheme . scheme, of it, of course, is the ukry refugee scheme . and me, of it, of course, is the ukry refugee scheme . and when we the refugee scheme. and when we compare that as with been compare that as well with been going the channel, i going on in the channel, i thought it was interesting to be out there. i hope you will find that interesting. your views that interesting. get your views coming gbviews@gbnews.uk that interesting. get your views coming more'iews@gbnews.uk that interesting. get your views coming more welcomingzws.uk that interesting. get your views coming more welcoming towards you feel more welcoming towards ukrainian is the case? ukrainian if that is the case? why if? why not? obviously right. moving on that slightly . right. moving on that slightly. ukrainians from across swindon are gathering a bar in the town today. a local brewery is launching a special craft beer which will raise money for charity . now, joining now is

charity. now, joining me now is jeff moody. he's gb news is southwest reporter and i understand you've been in the pub quite a while. what's it like ? i have you know, i've been like? i have you know, i've been here since 10:00 this morning. i've been this amazing ukrainian been i've been this amazing ukrainian beer. i'm about to have my second pint. third pint. this is barman . he's second pint. third pint. this is barman. he's been he's been making me taste this many of these as possible all day thank you very much indeed for this . you very much indeed for this. what makes this ukrainian so is the ingredients we've honey sunflower. we've got roma and wheat, which are big exports of the ukraine. and what gave you the ukraine. and what gave you the idea to brew a specific ukrainian we became aware of swindon welcome to ukraine and. that committee drank in the bar. we got chatting in the business community wanted to help basically so it's a part of the outside business community here in. wanted to give in. swindon we wanted to give back, money a back, so raising money is a massive part that for us and

massive part of that for us and of course breweries too to give forward and raise awareness and help them continue their continue their efforts. absolutely noticed absolutely if you noticed everybody talking. i've everybody stop talking. i've never to a bar. never managed to make a bar. stop talking quickly as that. stop talking as quickly as that. let's on and talk to some let's move on and talk to some other people in the. i want to talk vadim. of all, talk to vadim. first of all, vadim, you we've been sharing a few afternoon . few of these this afternoon. you've been here. you're from ukraine, you've been here 18 ukraine, but you've been here 18 years. so you've been advance party and you were very much involved , welcoming ukrainian involved, welcoming ukrainian refugees last , weren't involved, welcoming ukrainian refugees last, weren't you? what sort of issues they face when they came here and how were you able to help? well just want to say that when the war or this invasion started , we had the invasion started, we had the amazing response of the people of swindon and obviously the country helping in any way, shape and form possible britain stuff, sending stuff to ukraine and so on, so forth. but then when the first people from ukraine to come and they came before the programme was announced and before it started on the 18th of march. so there

were some people who came in the very early days of march, for example, i was able just post something facebook and see something on facebook and see tens and hundreds, not hundreds, but many, many people actually said, yes, i can welcome them. i'll be looking after them without any any promise to pay anything . and then obviously it anything. and then obviously it was about educating those who came , how this country works , if came, how this country works, if they came with children , school they came with children, school and books, if needed some medical help. how the health care system works and so on, so forth. and magic round about of they came by. i must they must have flu from europe. yes. okay vadim, thank you very much. yeah. i've a quick word with you. i mean, been drinking this afternoon and, having a nice time, enjoying the atmosphere here, but obviously this isn't a day for celebration , is it? how day for celebration, is it? how how does how does today affect you emotional, do you think? i think this day is very and very sad for many people, especially

ukrainians, because it was it affected them. the mostly. but i also see all the situation as test for humanity and how how we react how we act and situation like that. seeing swindon community, uniting nicely and helping and sharing all this love, opening doors for ukrainians. i think it gives us hope that everything's will be okay hope thank you very much welcome . i'm sensing flavour welcome. i'm sensing flavour here of the honey. i'm definitely getting a sense the honey and of the hops too. it's a good beer patrick. you should try it . it is a good beer patrick. you should try it. it is great, jeff you obviously let it ride. jeff maybe that thank you very much. said believe that that was jeff's last of the week so get yourself stuff that's going to have a think oh no definitely

not if i it my way we do a lot more of those give jeff moody that who is to say is good at a pub in swindon a while but it is of course covering a very serious story in a they're doing it ukrainian bay you got drift anyway jeff absolutely spot thank you very much back right next are going to discuss who be lucky to replace nicola lucky enough to replace nicola sturgeon as the new pound shop brave new leader the new leader of the smp. i'll see you shortly

okay ladies and gentlemen, i always love my view as my. because you never fail to deliver. i was asking you your views on what we let in our way, which is do you think that we treat you crazy creating refugees differently to we treat other migrants and just there's a big difference because ukrainians coming here for ukrainians are coming here for

safety, some crossing safety, but some crossing channel migrants channel are economic migrants who intention of going who have intention of going back.i who have intention of going back. i that there's many who are from ukrainians are are running from ukrainians are women children not men women and children not men looking for work and is it isn't it. i was getting quite actually by the usual times on twitter are all and what if you are all gay. and what if you would full of would have a hotel full of ukrainian refugees than people coming across channel then coming across the channel then that makes you a racist. and i thought, well, actually, isn't that makes you a racist. and i tho because ll, actually, isn't that makes you a racist. and i tho because ll, actof lly, isn't that makes you a racist. and i tho because ll, act of the isn't it? because a lot of the ukrainians women and ukrainians are women and children men have stayed children and the men have stayed to fight and they have every intention of going back one day and might variety other and might be a variety of other different paul different factors. well, paul says are says ukrainian citizen are legitimate their quest for , a legitimate in their quest for, a safe to call a temporary safe place to call a temporary home, a lot of whom are they would love to return to their homeland. theme, mark homeland. a similar theme, mark says people were being paid homeland. a similar theme, mark says people were being pai d £350 says people were being paid £350 a month to rehome ukrainians. i don't recall government offering this afghanis. this for syrians or afghanis. i get the gist of what you're saying that what i would say to that, though, is that the taxpayer wasn't asked at all about speaking, taxpayer wasn't asked at all about the roughly speaking , £7 about the roughly speaking, £7 million that we of

million a day that we are, of course, paying in terms of homes, etc. homes, health costs, etc. so whilst individuals might whilst people, individuals might be pai d £350 a month. i've be being paid £350 a month. i've got feeling amongst now about got a feeling amongst now about double check that 30 and £50 a month rehome ukrainians in a month to rehome ukrainians in a way we're all paying obviously for housing everyone for the housing of everyone anyway. so is, of course, anyway. so there is, of course, all that. we'll get your views coming in because i want to know whether you thought whether or not you thought that it of people racist. it made a lot of people racist. theidea it made a lot of people racist. the idea that they're maybe the idea that they're just maybe naturally or inherently prefers to refugees and to have ukrainian refugees and people across channel people coming across the channel and stop make me and it did stop and make me think that. and these think about that. and then these arguments lot of arguments about. well a lot of them we can definitively them we know we can definitively point now to anyone is coming out of ukraine we can look at that we absolutely know that you've a warzone. so you've come from a warzone. so there's of them are there's the majority of them are and children. then on top of and children. and then on top of that i think i do think there is something just inherently human and feel free correct me if and feel free to correct me if i'm on this but inherently i'm wrong on this but inherently human if somebody shares human about if somebody shares the same i would say maybe demographics as you by large but also as well potentially the same similar religious and things like that. i think maybe

just something unconscious that for a lot of people. not everyone that just makes people maybe more inclined to be bit maybe more inclined to be a bit more welcoming. don't . what do more welcoming. i don't. what do you think? gb views or gb news dot interesting stuff. but dot uk? interesting stuff. but nominations to become will go north of the border. now people where there aren't where interestingly there aren't that migrants you that many migrants it tells you just about but nominations that many migrants it tells you ju:become)ut but nominations that many migrants it tells you jusbecome nicola nominations that many migrants it tells you jusbecome nicola sturgeon)ns to become nicola sturgeon successor as leader the snp successor as leader of the snp and scotland's first minister. well, they closed midday and the grand total of three people are now against each other. i hope what we are about to witness is of course the snp just ripping apart, but there we go. who are they? kate forbes. kate forbes still running despite the backlash since she revealed that she would have voted against gay marriage legislation in 2014 if she be an mp at the time . so she she be an mp at the time. so she copped it for having bog standard religious views that she's up against scottish health secretary humza yousaf, who many say, is the front runner and i think we can all agree a potential of chaos on the third

and final candidate is the former community safety minister who formally her campaign earlier today. so late entry there. well joining me now a man with his is his finger on the pulse so much he performs open heart surgery on british politics is james hale, who's been following the race very closely. he also, of course, the diary editor at the spectator. this guy is just an absolute political animal. and he wrote the book on liz truss as. well, which is great. let's hope last longer than hope succeeds . so longer than hope succeeds. so they last longer than i can help. and that's the daily star. i've got to turn it on their front page today. not a letter. okay. right. so tells me a bit about about each candidate. so kate forbes, let's start with her gradually ease her before we gradually ease our way to yousaf. the way off to humza yousaf. the good happens. so kate good stuff happens. so kate forbes, g in hot water forbes, g, g, g got in hot water having religious views. forbes, g, g, g got in hot water having religious views . yes, having religious views. yes, that's two years old, graduate of cambridge, only elected a few years ago, but she's already seen a long heir apparent. she's

impressed with her brief. she's someone perhaps on the right of the party, both in social conservatives you've just talked about, but also she's someone who you know, we just before the spectators of the tories and thatcher in some way she's spoken about maybe reducing the size of the state and actually having public . so quite having better public. so quite an interesting one. and she's the one to a lots of the one i talk to a lots of stories. she's the who they stories. she's the one who they fear most because they see fear the most because they see her as attractive, reasonable her as an attractive, reasonable , who you actually want to trust to these public to run some of these public services scotland. right. services in scotland. right. okay. so that and then of course, we've got regan course, we've got ash regan who has joined the very recently . has joined the very recently. yes, she has. i mean she was distinguished for being the first minister to resign since the scottish government, the s&p became a scottish government in two thousand and seven to resign and appoint point policy. the first in years. and that first in 15 years. and that shows how the gender recognition was. she called that one right. i would say physically and she even campaigned to ditch this bill. but she's a bit of an outsider . bill. but she's a bit of an outsider. and bill. but she's a bit of an outsider . and actually the outsider. and actually the polling out shows that she was

the third three candidates in the third three candidates in the public's mind . but of the public's mind. but of course, one who everyone sort of seems thinks the front runner is the one the party machine the one who the party machine seem to be getting which seem to be getting behind, which humza of course. yes, humza yousaf, of course. yes, right. you're opened the right. good. you're opened the duel quite nicely for us there, jack. so let's, let's, let's dive head first into it shall we. this chap is the we. because this chap is the best known. he's around a best known. okay, he's around a long time. he's had several key prominent roles within the snp and does , it's fair to say, and does, it's fair to say, quite like the media as well doesn't he. so what's his record of snp actually like it well of the snp actually like it well humza yousaf is not a camera he didn't like but he's earned the nickname of the useless so which scottish labour be trying to make stick today because of his disastrous in multiple disastrous record in multiple briefs he was justice minister before he was health minister. there were sort of a number of pubuc there were sort of a number of public sector failings on his watch. scottish health services in that he was in a dire before that he was junior transport minister transport minister and he got fined driving without fined for driving without insurance. yeah. so this is someone who was seen as a loyal

sturgeon, but actually when it comes to delivering independence , if he can't deliver a decent health service, can he do that? well yeah, absolutely. all remember to ensure own car i suppose is one of them. there was also rather interesting involving a nursery school which i forget you can caveat for me now . yes, of course. well, he now. yes, of course. well, he accused he and his wife accused accused he and his wife accused a local of a racism for how they appued a local of a racism for how they applied to a child. they got told they can get in. but another child with a so supposedly muslim sounding was accepted, they made these accusations of racism and then curiously , a fortnight or so ago curiously, a fortnight or so ago they dropped the case and so again this is of those issues where i suspect the next month or so we're going to see more because as we saw with the gay marriage vote, are 40 marriage vote, these are 40 hasn't put that issue to hasn't put that that issue to bed properly he bed properly about whether he would not. so if i'm would for it or not. so if i'm going to criticise kate forbes to hard on her views, to be quite hard on her views, that's not to do the same. humza yes, there is of the yes, there is of course the argument there, which is that what find it amazing is that

what i find it amazing is that a lady all right. mean, lady all right. i mean, she posted bit naive. i posted billie was a bit naive. i think in her in the way that went about saying the obvious should learned tim should have learned from tim farron. was it used farron. okay but how was it used . it was potentially just done exactly the thing for exactly the same reasons appears to be getting scot what getting away scot free. what would best thing , do you would be the best thing, do you think, of the tory think, in terms of the tory government? who would they most to have? well of all i think they want a nice long, bitter contest. we've already seen today ash regan calling for nicola sturgeon's to resign. a question becomes a you said from the tax front pages, so the tax on front pages, so i think i'd better and then hope that you have to be and then it comes to a question of competence. nicola sturgeon, a master of taking master of sort of taking everything constitutional everything back, constitutional question she had 45% question for which she had 45% of behind her, i would say of scots behind her, i would say would probably be yousaf as the least effective one. certainly talking to ministers in government. that seems to be the one. they're rubbing their hands full well that you go james thank you very much as just in case people have missed your offering what is it

offering on liz truss what is it about the play, the inside story of the rise and fall. fantastic lot like james taylor is this following the race closely is diary added to this bad data is good a lot as well james writes a guide coming up with gb news and talks now to broadcast genuinely the big fight between liam neeson , the tory deputy liam neeson, the tory deputy chair, and steve the gobby remainer . and we are asking remainer. and we are asking should we have ringo's ? do we go should we have ringo's? do we go the whole hog? all sexist? is it just a bit of good old fashioned fun? but your latest news with the wonderful polly middlehurst . patrick. thank you. the headunes . patrick. thank you. the headlines this hour on gb news minute's silence was held across uk this morning, marking one year since the start of the russian of . ukraine people stood

russian of. ukraine people stood in silence across the uk and at downing street. the prime minister rishi sunak stood with ukraine's ambassador to the uk, reflecting on the country's losses . and today britain has losses. and today britain has imposed a raft of new sanctions , an export ban on every of equipment that russia uses on the battlefield. and president closest allies have also been targeted . among them, his former targeted. among them, his former chief security and the chief executive , nord stream 2. and in executive, nord stream 2. and in kyiv ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy a ceremony with families of soldiers killed in the conflict. he described the last 12 months as a year of and sorrow , but also of faith , and sorrow, but also of faith, unity. tens thousands of ukrainians have lost their following russia's invasion , following russia's invasion, which has resulted in the largest crisis in europe since .

largest crisis in europe since. world war ii. in other news today, police in, northern ireland say they're treating the shooting of an officer in omagh in county tyrone as terrorist related with the new i.r.a. their main line of inquiry. stormont says it's united in standing with the northern ireland police service after wednesday's shooting. man who was shot detective chief inspector john caldwell remains inspector john caldwell remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being shot by two masked gunmen at sports centre. his injuries said to be life changing. a fourth man has been arrested in connection his attempted murder . and as you've been hearing in scotland, three candidates are now running become the next snp leader . now running become the next snp leader. humza yousaf , kate leader. humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan all securing enough votes advance to the next round of the leadership . they managed to secure the backing of at least 100 members from a minimum of 20 local branches . so a period of branches. so a period of campaigning now begins with the

winner announced on the 27th of march. those are your headlines. i'm back . at six. okay, ladies i'm back. at six. okay, ladies and gentlemen, now i'm sure you'll agree that i am dressed very, very smartly . and it's very, very smartly. and it's friday, after all. but let me you some of my colleagues in the office , they're pretty scruffy . office, they're pretty scruffy. they're pretty scruffy. so in a few minutes , i'm going to ask, few minutes, i'm going to ask, should there be a dress to work? because people are now dressing down to go to work. we're going to have a discussion on the i am also going to be having a big discussion on or not ring girls are a sexist outdated are actually a sexist outdated thing or that thing or whether or not that just you know good old film. we're going to be talking to a former grade girl. she was the formula to the take on formula one to get the take on that. of course, i've been that. and of course, i've been asking well or not, asking you guys as well or not, you think that's makes you you think that's it makes you a racist? you'd rather a racist? if you'd rather a ukrainian as opposed to ukrainian refugee as opposed to h.a. margaret and very strong views coming in on both sides of that. get

that. so we're going to get stuck those gb and stuck into. those gb views and gb docs uk. and just a gb news docs uk. and just a quick one our quick message. one of our viewers who emailed in viewers here who has emailed in with ring girl suggestions with some ring girl suggestions and why like and exactly why he would like them. very much emailed them. you have very much emailed what appear to be your what would appear to be your wife's email address and? i am now possession that. so now in possession of that. so yes, sure that you're more yes, make sure that you're more in future. will name and in future. i will not name and shame on national television, in future. i will not name and sha|that n national television, in future. i will not name and sha|that we ational television, in future. i will not name and sha|that we go�*nal television, in future. i will not name and sha|that we go get television, in future. i will not name and sha|that we go get your ision, in future. i will not name and sha|that we go get your emails but that we go get your emails coming in. when we come back, we're discussion we're having a big discussion about or we should about whether or not we should have are they sexist? is have girls. are they sexist? is it what's it it anti feminism. what's it going talking about going to be talking about whether or not you think people who are scruffy in the who are less scruffy in the office do better? so are you more promotion. if more likely to get promotion. if you've a sue if you you've got a sue on or if you come in in flip flops and slacks and whatever. anyway your and whatever. so anyway get your views in views at gb views coming in gb views at gb news i will be back just news dot uk. i will be back just a sec for all about to kick start friday evening. people .

welcome back ladies . jezebel.

welcome back ladies. jezebel. i tell you what, it's always a great laugh behind scenes now new data has shown uk companies are increasingly their dress code policies in favour of more casual dress . and this comes casual dress. and this comes just under 88 0% of uk jobs advertised month promoted a relaxed attire reaching a full high so at the same time just 5% ofjob high so at the same time just 5% of job adverts specify people should wear smart casual clothes. it is a good move . do clothes. it is a good move. do you not think there's something good about putting a suit and tie on and going to work? and fundamentally well? you not fundamentally well? do you not think when bosses look to promote someone, they are more likely promote person likely to promote the person who is suit tie the person is in a suit and tie the person who looks homeless? i think they would go. me now is liz would go. with me now is liz burleigh, etiquette burleigh, who's etiquette and behaviour thank behaviour expert. liz, thank very much. what do you make of this? should people be more formal in the workplace? well, look at you know, it's not just me any favours, does it? you look wonderful the look fabulous. wonderful the thing about how you dress. look fabulous. wonderful the thing about how you dress . first thing about how you dress. first of all, it depends on the job

you're doing. i mean, you can sort of back of house or in a basement doing a good job. but i mean, you dress accordingly . if mean, you dress accordingly. if you're front of house, if you're representing a company and if you want to feel good and actually do a good job, it's for your own self esteem to dress accordingly. you dress to make yourself feel good . you know, if yourself feel good. you know, if it was sitting there and, you know, jogging outfit and i'm sitting there glamorous . you sitting there glamorous. you look lovely as well, by the way . it's got me far too long to say sorry. yes, carry on. and i've come back with that. yeah, but i've come straight from a glamorous lunch, so. but so it's all a question of really what do and what is appropriate . now you and what is appropriate. now you go through the centuries , we go through the centuries, we went back a hundred or couple of hundred years, you'd be sitting there looking like a peacock, would you? ruffles you the powder wig, the velvet jacket . powder wig, the velvet jacket. things change and things changed due to what happens in the

world. we've through a covid and a pandemic . and because of that, a pandemic. and because of that, we've really taxed. people have been slightly they haven't needed to dress up they've been, you know, the highest bad thing because i know there's the work from home culture etc. and there's all of this and i gather i'm not expecting it. but you know, when the pandemic first case, people are going to slightly this. but when the slightly for this. but when the pandemic off and pandemic first kicked off and i was from home actually was working from home actually did used to put a shirt and jacket on every day because it made me feel as though much more for too i got up i put on my makeup i dress with only did it makeup i dress with only did it make me feel better but it also put me in the right frame of mind to do i was doing which was quite important. getting through all my files and feeling good . all my files and feeling good. and i have to tell you the odd postman or the delivery bag used to get quite a shock . i'd be to get quite a shock. i'd be dressed up in my 70 and it made

me feel good when you catch a glimpse of yourself in a mirror and you think, oh yes, great and you get it actually makes you not only do better and feel better , but it's the way you better, but it's the way you portray yourself even on the phone or on your computer to other people . i think i really other people. i think i really do think that when it comes down to it, if bosses are serious people who make the decisions are , genuinely looking at who to are, genuinely looking at who to promote a workplace. i really do think that parents there's something also if you're if are a salesman and if you look at all those tickers which i glance through and the average well it is people who are very much front of us in sales so selling property selling luxury goods . property selling luxury goods. if you turned up and they weren't sort of looking their best and it's a question of grooming it's question of having, you know , nails, having having, you know, nails, having a hairbrush and feeling good .

a hairbrush and feeling good. but how can i sales sell something to somebody else ? you something to somebody else? you know, if looking a bit slovenly. yes i said gary's been thank you for this gary inbox he says he's in the meat trade he's got to shops he recently advertised a full time member of staff. he interviewed candidates. he said all four were equally qualified , but only one of them turned up wearing a suit tie. he got the job, he'd made the effort to impress me. nobody dealing with the public. exactly what you've just said. and in a way, now do you when we look at these you think when we look at these figures more and more and figures that more and more and more are basically more jobs are basically saying, oh, their advertising a plus oh, their advertising is a plus for the decline of for us is it the decline of society. don't believe those society. i don't believe those figures represent reality . i figures represent reality. i honestly don't because and i that's why i question what kind ofjobs that's why i question what kind of jobs you can put a load of jobs where nobody's even seen but and even if they're not seen want to feel good so it's very much a question of we've we've come of the pandemic we've come

out of staying at home. we're now and about and we competitive by nature . so if you got people by nature. so if you got people out of workplace don't tell me that the girls are going to make an effort whether they girls boys he's she's whatever daisies or whatever well it's still going to affect if you are in a workplace you want to feel good with the people you and also we are everything every time i open my mobile i'm being sold and it's not it's a lot of time there's goods, shoes , coats and there's goods, shoes, coats and it's too it's really how you look is how feel. yes. fantastic you look great. and you've made me and indeed the nation feel . me and indeed the nation feel. so thank you very much . really so thank you very much. really appreciate you coming into the studio for les. great to have you on the show . drew, that is you on the show. drew, that is an etiquette and behaviour expert said fabulous nearly to expert said a fabulous nearly to this show nearly end to the show right but moving now because

there is division in the office people okay there's division in the office right staff here at gb news are undecided on whether we should have ring girls if we host a boxing fight between straight talking mp lee anderson and arch remainer steve bray. the arguments on both sides make this out. some people are saying it's tradition as to the events to answer the occasion. everyone else does. other people are saying it's an outdated sexist trope. that's a person living on an unrealistic pedestal and actually in a way victimises them so there's that but melanie dowding used to work in this particular industry. i've got that you used work as a, as a ring girl , is that that you used work as a, as a ring girl, is that correct? was it you were you ring around one. didn't know whether were in formula one or whether you did it but talk about of it all. but we'll talk about of this you've got out you've this but you've got out you've hit out at restrictions on the industry and accused people of hypocrisy celebrities hypocrisy claiming celebrities like are celebrated hypocrisy claiming celebrities liketheir are celebrated hypocrisy claiming celebrities liketheir body are celebrated hypocrisy claiming celebrities liketheir body , are celebrated hypocrisy claiming celebrities liketheir body , whilezlebrated hypocrisy claiming celebrities liketheir body , while sometimes for their body, while sometimes beautiful women are punished for tells me about this. and so if we do host a boxing match

between lee anderson , steve between lee anderson, steve bray, should we have ring girls ? i think should have . and ? i think you should have. and if lee anderson's in it, i'm happy to step forward and be equal happy to step forward and be equal. not that anyone want to see me doing it anymore , but i see me doing it anymore, but i want i was a ring girl. i did the greats at formula one. i a lovely life doing them a lot . lovely life doing them a lot. the girls that did it with me, they were at university and it was helping them pay way through uni. so it was actually a really great opportunity for us and it was really sad when all these i think were a lot of women and feminists came out and look, it should be banned as our it's degrading where are they when sam smith's for flaunting himself you know all over social and for the kids dressed up a pork loin and you know just every and children can see it and you everyone's style and all they say he's brave and brilliant okay all right. so the argument is that ring girls and

of the similar roles objectifying and it's just a load of seedy men leering out and then don't need that for entertainment would you say to that ? i'd say entertainment would you say to that? i'd say it was really fun it was a fun time. and like i said, a lot of the girls are paying said, a lot of the girls are paying their way through university was great money for what we were doing, you know, 20 years ago, couple of hours years ago, a couple of hours couple quid and just couple of hundred quid and just walking around with a card or, you know, doing the grades. that formula was it was amazing. we got see the races. it was got to see the races. it was a glamorous event. we were fully dressed. we're like cat suits on. you know, maybe when we did the wings. it was hot pants , but the wings. it was hot pants, but big deal. these were girls that looked their bodies. we were healthy and we were just enjoying life . and there's enjoying life. and there's nothing about it. well, it's degrading is like you see these these men as women. and it's a power like parody, like eddie izzard and, you know, the sexual procreation of women almost in a caricature style. no, that's

degrading. but that , you know, degrading. but that, you know, being a green girl in, a quaker, was just such a great time. well, i i'm going to have to take your word for the marketing for the patrick christys. ringo is though. i'd be i'd be a ring boy. now the was are just jim from somebody who emailed in and. i'm hoping i've got a name on this, but can't seem to find it. i guess i can't. it's maggie says. it. i guess i can't. it's maggie says . we not ban ring says. we should not ban ring girls mail boxing matches . she girls mail boxing matches. she says that we should introduce hunky ring boys. that female boxing matches . i mean, would boxing matches. i mean, would you for that ? i'd . i mean, you be up for that? i'd. i mean, as long as it was two female was fighting, not a male dressed as a woman fighting. another female then bring on hunky males. you know, i. i'm all for it. yes yes, i agree. although the way the world's going at the minute, you never know what you're going to get. what do you make of women? other women looking to ban things so women almost getting on on ring behalf of

women saying we should cancel this because there's suppose there's a case to say that is women rendering women unemployed, isn't it ? unemployed, isn't it? absolutely. and that's exactly happened. i can't remember how long it was. i was living in america at the time, but that's just what happened. it was that came out and said women during, the great women walking darts players out on tv wrinkles , it's players out on tv wrinkles, it's all degrading and any left a lot of girls out jobs you know they do it on the weekends as i said paying do it on the weekends as i said paying their way through uni . paying their way through uni. it's not like being, you know, being and these are goals that address straight up and i'm you know what we left we were left with only fans or something that so you there was nothing wrong with it. it they had clothes on and it was just such a shame and i just felt it was a bunch of it wasn't men it was just a bunch jealous women and i don't even know for what reason and they

would be just appreciate the female form you know it wasn't like these were unhealthy , you like these were unhealthy, you know, unhealthy girls or someone like elliot page who's plastered all over the newspapers , a all over the newspapers, a double mastectomy, trying to be a man . you know, these are a man. you know, these are young, healthy women. what what was wrong with that. and they did they ruins the crew, you know, not that it was a good cornerstone the things . i cornerstone of the things. i mean. yeah, that's true. is they replace great girls at one point. replace them with great kids i think it just it was all happy kids i think it just it was all happy copy. they would do something. i don't know if the greek girls back now. probably not way the world's got. not the way the world's got. there a debate about there was a big debate about dolls girls as well. and dolls walking girls as well. and quite a lot of the dolls walk on girls came out and said exactly what said that, which what just said that, which is you understand that this is this is choosing to do this is we are choosing to do this as a enjoy it you know, a job and we enjoy it you know, it's straightforward as that. it's as straightforward as that. be like someone rendering be like someone just rendering me i enjoy doing me unemployed. i enjoy doing what i'm doing. just low what i'm doing. just lay low and can with you before let

can i come with you before let you going? can can i ask you get going? can i can i ask you, i think mean, i don't you, i think i mean, i don't quite a contract here ready quite have a contract here ready to sign, but i think you say that if we do host the lee anderson, steve bray fight, did you services you offer your services as a ringo for that? you know i did. i know. can maybe it i don't know. you can maybe it to your viewers. i know to your viewers. i don't know anyone would actually want to see do that at my age. but see me do that at my age. but they did i would do it because. i'm of lee anderson i'm a big fan of lee anderson and and like i said by the and yeah. and like i said by the way, no one was ever forced into doing that job. were thousands and thousands of girls queuing up to take on those jobs. so yeah let alone a great see you guys thank you very, very much. and always take care. they learned dowding as a broadcaster and campaigner and as well former ringo great go look we are obviously being a bit tongue this because you this but why not because you know it's a front after all know well it's a front after all well i'm just. well, this is a debate that keeps rearing its head.the debate that keeps rearing its head. the emails on this are absolutely fantastic all absolutely fantastic not all of them or indeed any of them at them or indeed any of them at the moment broadcast of, but they gb views the gb

they would go gb views the gb news keep your emails coming news uk. keep your emails coming in. to say there's not in. it's fair to say there's not a big for me being one of a big market for me being one of the gb news girls. it must be sad, but you know, that's probably just you've got probably just because you've got eyes. lot of have. eyes. but a lot of you have. getting touch your getting in touch with your thoughts today. know i've thoughts today. i know i've asked loads of questions, asked you loads of questions, so let's round the show, let's just round off the show, shall we with few of them i think this one is going to be on. yes it is. it's to be on the one that led the hour in one that we led the hour in with, which was do you think with, which was why do you think that some people are more accepting ukrainian refugees that some people are more accepting arejkrainian refugees that some people are more accepting arejkraini generalees than they are about general migrants? lots of interesting comments there comments here. john says there is in so nobody leaving is no war in so nobody leaving france in a small boat. is a refugee from syria safe country , graham says a simple fact is that if someone enters the country illegally, there should be , which is why be allowed to stay, which is why the government is changing the law. do not law. genuine refugees do not tend to need to try and seek illegal , so both people are illegal, so both people are going in off the mood. the of entry into the united there and the fact that france as you are right is not a war torn country on holidays in france in january

my birthday and i tell you what they were certainly not a war torn country andre says i would help ukraine rather than economic every time economic migrants. every time they from a genuine they have come from a genuine war country. go, war torn country. here we go, people. okay. that we thank war torn country. here we go, pe0|very)kay. that we thank war torn country. here we go, pe0|very much. that we thank war torn country. here we go, pe0|very much. it's at we thank war torn country. here we go, pe0|very much. it's been thank war torn country. here we go, pe0|very much. it's been an ank you very much. it's been an absolute build sort of a week here news. really here on gb news. i've really enjoyed the pleasure of your company. i hope you all have a wonderful weekend, but course i know be locked know you will be all locked into. tuned be news. into. stay tuned to be news. i also want to say you very also want to say thank you very much. everyone, of course, is tuned in over the course of week in red roaring show. and yes, in a red roaring show. and yes, thank much by today, are thank you so much by today, are we 3 on monday we back 3 pm. on monday afternoon? up next, we've got dewbs & now. michelle bri is dewbs& co now. michelle bri is away is going to be presented this evening by the wonderful nun. a quiz to make sure that you tune in for that. you all have an absolutely wonderful weekend . i make sure as well weekend. i make sure as well that do get in touch with us that you do get in touch with us throughout the course. gb views at dot. you k everyone at gb news dot. you k everyone is in touch say is getting in touch here to say that i actually would oh one person one person has said that

they want see me as a ring girl when we host a fight. lee anderson unsafe right thank you very much. that's come from my mum. have a great weekend, everybody. deakin. this everybody. i'm alex deakin. this is it's is your weather update. it's friday afternoon , which means friday afternoon, which means the almost here. most the weekend is almost here. most us much rain a cold us won't see much rain a cold feel, particularly where it's windy. it's going to be mostly dry though, because this area of high pressure moving in quite high pressure is moving in quite heavy. yet, however , and this heavy. yet, however, and this weather front has been slowly sinking south through the day across much of england and wales andifs across much of england and wales and it's providing a bit of rain across parts of south, south—east england this evening . think heavy and it should . think too heavy and it should clear a northerly winds clear what got a northerly winds all have noticed that if you cross eastern and eastern england bringing a real england today bringing a real chill and that will continue overnight and we'll feed a few scattered showers into the east but many places and clear and cold temperatures widely close , cold temperatures widely close, freezing in towns and cities and well below in rural spots, maybe as low as minus. so actually start set today, but quite a few it'll be a sunny start. we'll

still this breeze coming into eastern england. so it's going to be cold in north sea coast and there will be a few showers coming in at times. and there will be a few showers coming in at times . well, coming in at times. well, nothing too heavy. they should move through, perhaps into move through, but perhaps into parts midlands maybe parts of the midlands maybe southern as well. southern england as well. but most places city further south and west. and of course, scotland will be dry, but temperatures are only going get to seven, eight celsius for to six, seven, eight celsius for most and feeling colder in that wind and certainly colder than it has been over recent days . a it has been over recent days. a chilly evening to come, then on evening we're heading out and again , skies. stay clear. the again, skies. stay clear. the map turns blue suggesting there will be frost and again sunday not a great deal change for many it'll be fine start setting for scotland northern southern england quite a of cloud in the central and eastern parts. just a few showers feeding into maybe lincolnshire down towards east midlands a bit of a stronger breeze in southern counties and still noticeably chilly on north sea coasts of england . but away sea coasts of england. but away from the breeze, scotland,

northern feeling pleasant enough, certainly further south, quite cold. feel through this weekend .

evening at 6:00. this is gb views on tv online. and on digital radio. i'm in for michel. so what's on the menu? well, today marks one year to the day that vladimir putin decided just don't say completely unprovoked war, which he spun to his people as a special operation, while russians celebrated the defenders of the fatherland . on defenders of the fatherland. on thursday, had a pop concert . thursday, i had a pop concert. on the wednesday, the nightmare for the ukrainian people continues with the assistance of nato countries on nato and countries on the border. china has stepped in border. now china has stepped in with a 12 point plan which has refused to blame russia. it's